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CONTAINING TKfi 



OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: 



TRANSLATED OUT OF 



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THE ORIGINAL TONGUES ; 



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WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS 



DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED, 



BY THE SPECIAL COMMAND OF KING JAMES I. OF ENGLAND, 



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WALPOLK, (N. II.) 
PUBLISHED BY ANSON WHIPPLE. 

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[VARIOUS Englifh Translations of 
*he Bible were extant at the clofe of the 
£xteenth century : In fome of them the 
Old I'eftament was made from the Sep- 
tuagint, (that is, from a Greek translation 
of the Hebrew executed by order of 
Ptolemy; Philadelphia, 284 years before 
the Christian JEra) itf others, immediately 
from the Hebrew Text, except a few 
paffages which were rendered from the 
Septuagint — and in others, both the Old 
and New Teftament were made from the 
Latin of the.Vulgate. Thefe translations 
in feveral isfiances differed from each 
other, which induced King James I. to 
felect fifty four men, eminent for their pi- 
ety and learning, and particularly fkilled 
in the original languages of theScriptures, 
to make an entire new tranflation of the 
Bibe — the Jid Teftament from the ori 
ginal Hebrew Text, and the new from the 
original Greek. Fortyfeven of thefe em 
inent men commenced the important bu- 
finefs in the beginning of the year 1607. 
They arranged themfelves into feparare 
claires, «nd to expedite the work, each 
clafs took a feparate portion of the Bible. 
After three years clofe application, the 
feyeral claftes had completed the parts 
aliigned th*m The whole number then 
alfembled in a body, and critically com- 
pared ihe copies of each clals with the 
original, and with other tranflations ; and 
no Sentence wash;, tlljj accepted till, in the 
general ©pinion, it expreffed the fenfe of 
the infpired original : Nearly another 
year, it is Said, was fpent in this bnfinefs ; 
And in the year 161 1, this tranflationwas 
by authority firSf, published. As it was 
executed by the order, and at the expenfe 
ot the crown, the copyright became the 
property of the King, whofe it has ever 
Since continued. 

This is univcrfally acknowledged to be J your very name is precious among them ; 
the moft correct Engliih translation of the) their eye doth behold yon with comfort, 
Bible that has yet been publilhed to the; and *hey blefs you in their hearts, as that 
world — and it is generally uled in Church- (Sanctified perfon, who under God, is the 
es and private Families throughoutGreat- immediate author of their true happinefs* 



beflowed upon us the people of England, 
when firfr. he fent your Majefty's Royal 
Perfon to rule and reign over us. tor 
whereas it was the expectation of many, 
who wiShed not well unto our Sicn, that 
upon the fetting of that bright Occidental 
Star, Queen Elizabeth, of moil happy 
memory, fome thick and palpable clouds 
of darknefs would fo have overfliadowed 
this land, that men Should have been in 
doubt which way they were to walk ; 
and that it Should hardly be known who 
was to direct the unsettled State ; The 
appearance of your MajeSty, as of the 
Sun in his Strength, inltantly difpelied 
thofe fuppofed and furmiled mifts, and 
gave unto all that were well affected, ex- 
ceeding caufe of comfort i eSpeci dly when 
we beheld the Government established in 
your Highnefs, and your hopeful feed, 
by an undoubted title, and this alfc ac- 
companied with peace and tranquillity at 
home and abroad. 

14 But amongSt all our joys, there was 
no one that more filled our hearts, than the 
bleSfed continuance of the Preaching of 
God's facred Word among us ; which is 
that inestimable Treafure,whichexceileth 
all the riches ot the earth ; becauSe the 
fruit thereof extendeth itS'elf, not only to 
the time/pent in this tranfitory world, but 
directeth and difpoSeth men unto thate- 
ternal happinefs which is above in heaven. 

" Then not to fuffer this to fall to the 
grotind, but rather to take it up, and to 
continue it in that State, w herein the fam- 
ous predeceffor of your Highnefsdid leave 
it : Nay, to go forward with the confi- 
dence and resolution of a man in maintain- 
ing the Truth of ChriSt, and propagating it 
farand near,is that which hath fobou-ndand 
firmly knit the hearts of all your M,'jefry's 
loyal and religious people unto you, that 



Britain and America 

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DRESS, which has ever Since been pie- 
fixed to all Britiih editions of the Holy 
Scriptures, viz. ] 

•' To the M-jjt Hi%b and Mighty Prince 
JAMES, by tbe^Grace of God, King oj 
Great- Britain, France, and Ireland, 
Defender of the b'jttb y &c. 
"The TRANSLATORS of the Bible wuh 
Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through le- 
fts Chrifl OUT Lord. 
11 GREAT and mini fold were the 
bleliings. moft dread Sovereign, which Al- 
liughty God, the Father ot all mercies, 



And this their contentment doth nut di- 
miniSh or decay, but every day increaferh 
and takeHi Strength when they obferve 
that the seal of your Mnje'ty toward rl<e 
houfe of God cloih not ll.ick or go hack- 
ward, but is more and mure kindled, man- 
ifesting itfelf abroad in the farther): parts 
of Cbi ijtrndom, by writing in defence of 
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unto that man of Sin, as will not be heal- 
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and learned dilconrfe, by frequenting the 
Houfe of God, by hearing the Word 
preached, by cherilhing the teacher! 
thereof, by caring for ihe Church , as n 
molt tender and loving muling father. 

11 There 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES. 



Meafures of length. \ 

A Cubit, 

A Span, 

A Hand breadth, 

A Finger, 

A Fathom, 

Ezekiel's Reed, 

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A TABLE 

WEIGHTS. | 



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OF WEIGHTS AND MONEY. 

Sterling. 
MONET. 1 I L. ;JL />; 

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I Piece of Silver (Stater) 4 
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March. 
April. 

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7 Miy. 

5 >«'. 

? June. 

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A TABLE OF 

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July. 

aguft. 

7 Tifri, or E- 7 September. 
thanim. 5 Oclober. 

8 Marchcf- 1 Oclober. 
van, or Bui. 5 November. J 

13 Veadar, intercalary. 



IE. 

9 Ghifleu. 

10 Tebeth. 
It Shebat. 

! ta Adar, 



7 November, 
3 December. 

7 December, 
3 "January, 

X January, 
5 February. 
7 February, 
3 Mar^, 



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Friday. 

Sat unlay. 



Hours of the Day. 



Watches. 
The 1ft wxjchyjrom funfet to 
(be day, reckoning from the 3d lour q/ibe nighi. 
fun nfe, and /be nigc/ . The i>.d or m;dd'lewa'ch, /'ro;^ 
/ro;« ya/? yjr/, oti^r^ | //v 3d hour 10 /he 6th. 
f<ac.& divided into \ I j The 3d w*tch, or cock crow, 
r^««/ i>aris t calt'dA \ncr,from the &\h to tveSth. 
The Ift, 2tl, 3d, 1th, The 4th, -or morning watch, 
frr. Hour*. jyro.Tj tb{$thb»urt»fuMrtft, 

TH8 



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THE 



OLD TESTAMENT. 



THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. 



CHAP. I. , 

1 the creation of heaven and ear tb^ 3 of 
the lights <b of the firmament, of the 
earth fe tar a ted from the waters, 11 
and made fruitful, 14 of the fun, moon , 
and jiars, 20 of fifb and Jowl, 24 of 
beajts and cattle, 26 of man in the im- 
a g? °f God. 29 Alfo the appointment 
of food. 

IN the beginning God created the 
heaven and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without form 
and void ; and darknefs 'was upon the 
face of the deep. And the Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters. 
S ^J And God faid, Let there be light ; 
and there was light. 

4 And God faw the light, that // was 
good : and God divided the light from 
the darknefs. 

5 And God called the light Day, and 
the darknefs he culled Night. And the 
evening and the morning were the firft 
day. 

6 ^ And God faid, Let there be a fir- 
mament in the midft of the waters, and 
let it divide the waters from the waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, and 
divided the waters which were under the 
firmament from the wafers which were 
above the firmament : and it v\a» fo. 

8 And Goo called the firmament heav- 
en. And the evening and the morning 
were the fecond day. 

9 ^j And God faid, Let the waters un- 
der the heaven be gathered together unto 
one place, and lot the dry land appear ; 
and it was fo. 

10 And Godcalled the c'ry/awJ Earth : 
and the gathering together of the "vaters 
♦ailed lie Seas ; and Goo law that it was 
good . 

11 And God faid, Let the earth bring 
forth grafs, the hero yielding feed, and 
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, 
whofe feed is in itfelf, upon the earth : 
and it was fo. 

12 And the earth brought forth grafs, 
and herb yielding feed after his kind, and 



the tree yielding fruit, whofe feed was 
in itfelf, after his kind : and God faw* 
that *> was good. 

IS And the evening and the morning 
were the third day. 

14 qj And God faid, Let there be lights 
in the firmament of the heaven to divide 
the day from the night ; and let them be 
for figns, and for feafons, and for days* 
and years : 

15 And let them be for lights in the 
firmament of the heaven to give light 
upon the earth : and it was fo. 

16 And God made two great lights j 
the greater light to rule the day, and the 
lefTer light to rule the night : be made the 
ftars alfo. 

IT And God fet them in the firmament 
of the heaven to give light uponthe earth: 

18 And to rule over the day and over 
the night, and to divide the light from the 
darknefs : and God faw that it <umj good. 

19 And the evening and the morning 
were the fourth day. 

20 ^ And God faid, Let the waters bring- 
forth abundantly the moving creature 
that hath life, and fowl that may fly 
above the earth in the open firmament of 
heaven. 

21 And God created great whales, and 
every living creature that movcth, which 
the waters brought forth abundantly. after 
their kind, and every winged fowl after 
his kind : and God Jaw that // was good. 

22 And God blefled them, faying, He 
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters 
in the fcas,.atid let fowl multiply in ihe 
earth. 

"2$ And the evening and the morning 
wev the fifth day 

24 A And God laid, Let the earth bring 
forth the living creature after his kind, 
cattle, and creeping thing, and hi all of 
the earth after hi* kind : and it was (o. 

£.0 And God .marie thr beafl ol the 
earth after his kind, And cattle after Iheir 
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon 
the earth alter his kind ; and ImkI favr 



that /"/ was good. 



26 fl And 



l\Un isfortneJi GENESIS. 

26 q And God faid, Let us make man 
in our image, after our likenefs ; arid let 
them have dominion over the fifh of the 
fea, and ever the fowl of the air, and o- 
ver the cattle, and over all the earth, and 
over every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in his onon 
image, in the image of God created 
he him ; male and female created he 
them. 

28 And God ble (Ted them, and God 
faid unto them, Be fruitful, and multi- 
ply, and repleni(h the earth, and fubdue 
it : and have dominion over the fifh of 
the fea, and over the fowl of the air, 
and over every living thing that moveth 
upon the earth. 

£9 f And God faid, Behold, I have 
given j ou every herb bearing feed, 
which ts upon the face of ail the earth, 
and every tree, in the which is the fruit 
of a tree yielding feed ; to you it find! be 
for meat. 

30 And to every bead of the earth, and 
toeveiy fowl ©f the air, and to every 
thing that creepeth upon the earth, where- 
in there is life, i hanje given every green 
herb for meat : and it was fo. 

SI And God law every thing that he 
had made, and, behold,// ivas very good. 
And the evening and the morning were 
the ftxth day. 

CHAP.. IT. 
1 The firfi fabbatb. 4 The manner of 
the creation. 8 The planting of the 
garden of Eden, 10 and the river 
thereof. 17 the tree of knowledge on- 
iy forbidden. 19, :0 The numing of the 
creatures < 21 The making oj woman, 
and '.nft'ttvt'ton of marriage, 
'X\W)^ fhe heavens and the earth were 
finifhed, and ail the hoft of then?. 

ft And on the feveath day God ended 
his work which he had made : and he 
refted on the feventh day from all his 
work which he had made. 

3 And God blciTed the feventh day, 
and fancYified it : hecaufe that in it he 
had refied from all his work which God 
created and made. 

4 Thefe are the gestations of the 
heaven* and of thee^rth when they were 
created, in th> d iy that the Lord God 

le the earth and the heavens, 
a And ( rery plant of the field before 
it was in the r.inh, and every herb of 
the field before it Brew : for the Lonto 
God had nol canfed it to rain upon the 
earth; and there was not a man to till 
the groun >!. 

6 But there went u» i mi ft from the 
earth, and watered the whole face of the 
ground. 

7 And the Lord God formed man of 
the dull of the ground, and breathed into 



The' tree of 'knowledge* 



his noflrils the breath of life ; and mart 
became a living foul. 

8 f[ And the Lord God planted a gar- 
den eaftward in Eden j and there he put 
the man whom he had formed. 

9 And out of the ground made the 
Lord God to grow every tree that is 
pleafant to the fight and good for food ; 
the tree of life alio in the mid ft of the 
garden, and the tree of knowledge of 
good and evil. 

10 ^[ And a river went out of Eden to 
water the garden ; and from thence it 
was parted, i\nd became into four heads. 

11 The name of trie firft't* Pifon ; that 
is it which compaileth the whole land of 
Havilah, where there is gold 3 

12 And the gold of that land is good : 
there ts bdellium and the onyx ftone. 

13 And the name of the fecond river 
if Gihon : the fame is it that compaireth 
the whole land of Ethiopia. 

14 And the name of the third river h 
Hiddekel : that is it which gceth toward 
the eaft of Alfyria. And the foarth river 
is Euphrates. 

15 And the Loud God took the man, 
and put him into the garden of Eden to 
drefs it, and to keep it. 

16 f And the Lord God commanded 
the man, faying, Of every tree of the 
garden thou mayeft freely eat : 

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of 
good and evil, thou (halt not eat of it : 
for in the day that thou eateft: thereof 
thou (halt furely die. 

13 And the Lord God faid, It is not 



good that the man fhould be alone j I 
will make him an help meet for him. 

19 ^ And out of the ground the Lord 
God formed every beaft of the field, and 
every fowl of the air ; and brought them 
unto Adam to fee what he would call 
them : and whatfoever Adam ca.led ev- 
ery living creature, that ivas the name: 
thereof. 

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle^ 
and to the fowl of the air, and to every 
beaft of the field ; but for Adam there 
was not found an help meet for him. 

21 f And the Lord God caufed a 
deep fleep to fall upon Adam, and he 
flept : and he took one of his ribs, and 
clofed up the fiefh inftead thereof; 

22 And the rib, which the Lord God 
had taken from man, made he a woman, 
and broupht her unto the man. 

38 And Adam faid, This is now bone 
of my bones, and fie ft of my flefh : (he 
(hall be called Woman, becaufe (he was 
taken out of man. 

24 Therefore fhall a man leave his fa- 
ther and his mother, and fhall cleave unto 
his wife : and they (hall be onerlefh. 

25 And they were both naked, the man 
and his wife, and were not afhamed. 

C H A P. 



?ie ferpent deceiveth Eve. Chap, iii, iv. Tbelirtb of Cain and Abel. « 

CHAP. III. [children ; and thy defire jhall be to thy 

a The ferpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's fall. ! hufband, and he fhall rule over thee 



1 5 The promifed feed. 16 Thepunifbrnent 
of mankind. 22 Their lofs oj faradife. 
NOW the ferpent was more fubtle 



IT And unto Adam he faid, Becaufe 
thou haft hearkened unto the voice of thy 
wife, and halt eaten of the tree, of which 



than any bead of the field which the : I commanded thee, faying, Thou fhalt 
Lord God had made. And he faid uu- I not eat of it ; cu-rfed is the ground for 
to the woman, Yea, Hath God faid. Ye 'thy fake ; in furrow fhalt thou eat of it 
(hall not eat of every tree of the garden ? i all the days of thy life ; 

2 And the woman faid unto the fer- j IS Thornsalfo and thilTlcs (hall itbrin* 
.pent, We may eat of ths fruit of the freest forth to thee; and thou lhait eat the 



of the garden 

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is 
in the midlt of the garden, God hath faid, 
Y'e fhall not eat of it, neither fhall ye 
•touch it, left ye die. 

4 And the ferpent faid tmto the wom- 
an, Y e fhall not Lirely die : 



herb of the field ; 

19 In the fweat of thy face fhalt thou 
e;it bread, till thou return unto the 
ground ; for out of it wad thou taken : 
ior dull thou <*.-/, and unto duft ihalt tho'i 
return. 

20 And Adam called his wife's rag ne 



5 For God doth know that in the day ;Lve ; becaufe ihe was the mother of all 

tt thereof, then your eyes fiia.ll be living 



•opened, an.i ve&all be as gods, knowing 
i and evil. 

') «] And when the woman faw that the 

tree <w*s good for food, and that it n.vas 

dam to the eyes, and a tree to be de- 

d to make *ne wife, fhe took of the 

fi nit 'hereof, and did eat, and gave alfo 

unto her hufband with her,- and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both were o- 
.pened ; and they knew that they <\vere 
•naked ; and they few ed fig-leaves togeth- 
er, and made tliemfelves aprons. 

t* And they heard the voice of the Lord 
God walking in the gardes in the cool of 
i l > ■ day: and Adam and his wife hid them- 
felves from the prefehce of the Lord 
Ood amongfl the trees of the garden. 

9 And the l.oRu God called 1 >• > Ad- 
and faid unto him, Where art thou ? 

1 ( > And lie laid, 1 heard thy voice in 
<hc garden, and I was afraid, becaufe I 



21 Unto Adam alfo and to his wife did 
th« Lord God make coats of (kins, and 
clothed tlrcm. 

22 <fl And the Lord God faid, Behold, 
the man is become a-> one of us, to know 
good and evil : and now, left he put forth 
his hand, and take alio of the tree of life, 
and ea^, and live forever ■; 

23 Therefore the Lord God fent him 
forth from the garden of Kden, to till the 
ground from whence he was taken. 

24 So he drove out the man ; and he 
placed at the eaft of the garden of Kden 
Cherubims, and a flaming Iword which 
turned every way, to keep the way of the 
tree of life. 

(HAP. IV. 
1 The birth of Gain and A'jcI. S Ihcmur- 
dtr of Abel. \\ I he curft ojCain. 19 
f (imecb and bis tiuo ncives. 
AND Adam knew live his wife : and 



becau 
Kvas naked ; and I hid myfelf. [ fhe conceived, and bare Cain, and laid, I 

11 Vnd he faid, Who told thee that have gotten a man from the Lord. 
1 nvmjl naked ? Hafl thou eaten -of the] 2 And fheagain bare hisbrother Abel, 
.whereof I commanded thee that thou And Abel was a keeper of (keep* but 
moulded not '"at J Cain was a tiller of the ground. 

it\6 the man laid, The woman o And in pruccls of time it e:tme to 
Whom thou gavefl fo^withme, fhe gave pafs, that Cam brought of the fruit of 'he. 
if the tree, and I did eat. ground, ah offering untp the Lord. 

13 Andthe Lord God faid untothe 4 And Abel, he alio brought ol the 
woman, What >s this that thou !■ 'fi done; fn filings of his flock* and ol ti. ! fat lh< i* - 
^nd the woman faid, The ferpent beguil- of. And the Loan ha 1 reipeel unto 
<d me, and I did eat. I Abel and to his ofteOQg : 

li And the Lord God faid untothe 5 But unto. Cain and to. Ii he 

fe thou haft doue this, thou hail not refpecl. And Cain was 
an «.u 1 ed above ill < ittle and ibove ev- wroth, and his coun«enan< fell. 

'•■•ait of Hi" field; upon thy belly 6 And the- Lqrd faid unto Cain, Why 
fhalt thq md duft Ih.dt thai' .' ill art th,OU. wroth 1 an 1 why i,i.> ; CQ 

til'- d thy lo l ten rice t".i ! I n ? 

13 «'| And 1 will put enmity berw en 7 If thou < ell, fhalt tluxi noi 

• and > l . in, and bel md if thou do< ' • •• < d, li 1 

I; it (hall bruife thy lieth at thedoor. And unto thee jbutl £<■ 



hou Ihalt bra. I !. 
I Milan he .. d, I wil 

itlj mull iply thy I 



ifire, and ihdu fti ill cuie u\ :i him. 
B «| An t Cain talked < tbel hrtj 

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: >rro\v tho •' • • 

1 I 



ta The futufhtnent of Cain.. GENESTS. 

gainft Abel his brother, and Hew him. 

9 And the Lord faid unto Cain, Where 
is Abel thy brother ? And he laid, I 
know not : A;n I my brother's keeper ? 

10 And he faid, What haft thou done ? 
'The voice of thy brother's blood cricth 
unto me from the ground. 

11 ^1 And now art thou cm fed from the 
earth which hath opened her mouth to 
receive thy brother's blood from thj hand ; 

12 When thou tilled the ground, it 
(hall not henceforth yield unto thee her 
ilrength ; a fugitive and a vagabond flialt 
thou be in the earth. 

IS And Cain faid unto the Lord, My 
punifhment is greater than I can be;ir. 

14 Behold, thou haft driven me out this 
day from the face of the earth , and from 
thy face mail I be hid ; and I fhall be a 
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; 
jmd it (hall come to pafs, that every one 
that findeth me fiudl ilay me. 

15 And the Lord- faid unto him, 
Therefore whoioever flayeth Cain, ven- 
geance (hall be taken on him feven-fold. 
And the Lord fet a mark upon Cain, 
left any finding him fnould kill him. 

16 And Cain went out from, the pref- 
ence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land 
of Nod, on the eaft of Eden. 

1? And Cain knew his wife;, and fhe 
conceived, and bare Enoch : and hebuiid- 
ed a city, and called the name of the city, 
after the name of his fon, Enoch. 

L8 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and 
Irad begat Melmjael: and Mehujael begat 
Methuiael : and Methuiael begat Lamech. 
19 ^1 And Lamech tcok unto him two 
wive : the name of the one iuas Adah, 
and the name of the other Zillah. 

v, id Adah bare Jabcl : he was the 
father of fucb a; dwell in reus, and of 
jucb as ba*ve cattle. 

21 And his brother's name ivasjixbal: 
the father ofall fuch as handle the 
harp and organ. 

And Zillah, (he alfobareTubalcain, 
an inllructor of every artificer in brafs 
and iron : and the lifter of Tubalcain 
ivas Naam ih. 

ameeh faid unto " 
Adah and Zillah, Hear my 
Wives of .1 ameeh, hearken 

ch : for J have llain a man to im 
Wounding, and ;i \oungman to my hurt'. 
24 If Cain iliall be avenged feven-fold, 
tn i enty and feven-fold. 

And Adam know his wife again : 

fhe bare a fop, and called his "name 

God,fuidJbe s hath appointed 

me another feed inilead of Abel, v\ horn 

C i ■, 

And to Seth, to him alfo there was 
born a fon ; and lie called his name E- 
nos : then began nan to call upon the 
me of the Lord. 



Ir.s wives, 

voice ; ye 

unto my 



Adam's genealogy unto A'cSM. 

CHAP. V. 

r The genealogy , age, and death ofthefxx* 

triarchsfram Adam un'O Noah. 24 Ihe- 

godl'inefs and tranfhtion of Enoch. 

THIS ij the book cf the generations of 

Adam. In the day that God created 

man, i n the likenefs of God made he him ; 

2 Male and female created he them ; 
and bleued them, and called their name. 
Acam',in the day when they were created. 

3 And Adam lived an hundred and 
thirty years, and begat a fon in his own 
likenefo; after his image ; and called his. 
name Seth : 

4 And the days of Adam after he had, 
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: 
and he begat fons and daughters : 

-5 And ail the days that Adam lived 
were, nine hundred and thirty years : and 
he died. 

6. And' Seth lived an hundred and five, 
years, and begat E rip's : 

t And Seth lived after he bega* Enc* 
eight hundred aid feven years : and begat 
fons and daughters : 

8 And all the days of Seth. were nine 
hundred and twelve years : and he died. 

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and 
begat Cainan : 

10 And Enos lived after he begat Ca; r 
nan eight hundred and fifteen years., and 
begat Ions and daughters : 

11 And ail the days of Enos were nine 
hundred and five years : and he died. 

12 And Cainan lived feventy years, 
and begat Mahalaleel : 

13 And Cainan lived after he begat 
Maha. aleel eight hundred and forty years, 
and begat fons and daughters.: 

1-4 And all the days of Cainan were nine 
hundred and ten years : and he died. 

15 And Mahalaleel lived fix.ty' and five 
ye.irs, and begat Jared : 

%6 And Mahalaleel lived after lie be- 
gat Jared eight hundred and thirty \ ears, 
and begat fons and daughters : 

17 And all the daysof Mahalaleel were 
eight hundred ninety and rive years: and. 
he died. 

18 And jared lived an hundred fixty 
and two years, and he begat Enoch i 

13 And Jared lived after he begat r\. 
noch eight hundred years, and begat fons 
and daughters : 

20 And all the d iyso£ Jared were nine 
hundred lixty and two veara* : and he 
lied. 

21 And Enoch lived fixty and five 
years, and begat Mehufehh : 

-2 And Enoch walked with, God afrer 
he begat Methufelah three hundred years^ 
and begat Ions and daughters : 

23 And all the days of &noch were, 
three hundred fixty and rice \ eai i : 

24 5 And 1 1 alked with God: 
; and 



Mu --.ean/s. Chap- 

not ; for God took him. 
And Mathufelah lived an hundred 

■.:)d feven years, and begat La- 



\ i, VU. YtJdfovm o/rbf ark. it 

ti The earth alfo was corrupt before 
God, and the earth was nllcd with vio- 
lent 

12 And God looked upon the earth, 



- .-\nd MathnfelahdiveL-.ffer he begat and, .behold, it was corrupt ; for all tielh 

I-i:nech ieven hundred ei hty 'nd twfl had corruptf .1 his way up oil the earth. 

I ^egat fons augiiters : i j And God laid «into Noah, d he end 

27 And ail the days of M.u luifelah of all fjeift is conie before me; for the 

Were nine hundred jixiy and nine vears ; earth is filled wirh violence through 

.d. them ; .-nd, behold, I will deftrpy them 

And Lamecli lived an hundred with the earth. 

eighty- and r wo years and a Ion : 14 5 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; 

And he called hia name Noah, fay- rooms fltalt thou make in theark, and iho.lt 

>fa/M ib.dl comfort us concern- pitch it within and without with pitch. 

ir work and toil of our hauls, be- 1 '$ And this is tbr fajbian which thou 

" the a.k 

breadth 

And Lantech lived after he begat of it fifty cubits, aud the height of it 

h fjve hundred ninty and five years, thirty cubits. 

and begat fons and d; rs : '6 A. window (halt thou make to tha 

31 And all the days pi Lainec*\ were ark, and in a cubit fnalt thou rinilh it a- 

fcven hundred fev< •; aad the door of the ark (halt thou 

I he died. let in the fide 'hcrcoi ; tuitb lower, : 

And Noah was five hundred yt .0, and t\vrdj?cr; t -s (hdt thou make it, 

j.--., .» . 17 And, behold, I. even I, do pri 



'1. n'.'i N iiiiu iuii <n win 11.1 M'- L»<_ ■ •) ikiiu 1.1119.1J fvi jujviv^ IT)1I1.1J 

.le of the ground which the Lord hath fhah nuke it of i The length of th 
cur fed. '.'.' <V three hundred cubits, the hi 



. 



C H A P. Vt. 



flop ' of -.y.'.r.u i upon theeartlji, to d< | 
all H :\\ t wherein is the breath c^ 1:1 



1 Toe rvii kedn-:fi 1 •/ raufetb from undei heaven ; <nd e% :r : : thir.g tjiat 

the / . ij is in the earth (hall die. 

The orJ?r, J'rcn. the ark. lb Hut with thee will I c:i il 1 \.h 

AND it came to . ::.nt ; and thou Asa It pome into 

to m fous, and thy 1 

in, ftith 'J. ! 

19 An< s ing thing ol 

I he a i 1 
, to keep tbey$ alive w... 
pe n:..: female. 

20 Of I . id, and of 
Belli : yet h ' 1 kind 

; : after hia kindi two . : 

•in I 1 . ■ J'ort 11. , lo : 



21 rhou unto t] 

• 1 thou (halt j ut er n I > 

I I :;_.>. 



■ 

- 

] 
tbarx 



. ;• i) fai 1,1 



Tbf i 

: 

■ 

U ■- . 

Of J 



» ■ 

9 






4 I 



uioiU drvwnttT. 

ide will I deftroy from of! 

the earth. 

5 Joali dul accordir > all 

I the Lord had commanded him. 

f. And Noah was fix hundred yearsold 

hen t lie flood of waters wai upon the 



- 



r.ii til. 

7 And Noah went in. and his Tons, and 

, and his fens* wivae with himinta 
« ho ark ,lSecaufeol thewatersof the fioocr! 

8 Of clean be bealts that 
an, and of fowls* and ofevery 



GENESIS. The waters ajfaage, 

and they that nvere with him in the ark, 
74 And the waters prevailed upon ther 

earth an hundred and fifty days. 
CHAP. Vlll. 

l The nvaters affuage. 18 Noab goeib' 
forth of th' ark, 20 buildeth an altar t 
and-offereth fac*ifice. %,! God's prom- 
ije to curj'c the earth no more. 
AND God remembered Noah, and 

every living thing, and all the eattle that 

ivas with him in the ark : and God 

made a wind to pafs over the earth, and 

the waters alluaged ; 
2 The fountains atfo of' tHe deep and 



tiling thai ■ 1 h upon the 1 .-:th. 

it in two and two unto, - -*.*. .vuiiwuijauv «» «»w «^ K «..~ 
th< ai k, the male and the fc- the windows of heaven were flopped, and 
God had commanded Noah 



10 en days, 

oi thi Boon were upon 

ih. 
, , 1,, ■ hundredth ye tr of Noah's 

nd month, the feventeenth 
nae day were all 



'the rain from heaven was reflrained ; 

3 And the waters returned from off 
the earth continually : and after the end 
ot the hundred and fifty days the waters 
were abated. 

4.. And the ark reded in the feventh 



lay were all [month, on the leventeenth day of the 
broken up, month, upon the mountains of Ararat 



ilJLUMIlllUi'.' C* I --j 

the v r of heaven w ere opened 
! tin was upon the earth 
t b it y d H r 1 



5 And the waters decreafed continually 
until the tenth month : in the tenth 
month, on the finft day ol the month, were 



• in t! ntercd Noah, arid 1 the, taps of. the mountains feen. 

,.thefonsof| 6 And it came to pals at the end of 
wife, and the three forty days, that Noah opened the win- 

^ it irli i K.Mii inin iiii* 11 l • fiiui/ rf\f t n** *i r-Lfl u liwli l-\ /> K'wt i-»ti/"J t* • 



. ah them into the ai k ; 
■ /cis beali after his kind, j 
tie aftvr the 1 kind, and 

y fowl I 
v bird oi every fort. 
I tl n in unto Noah, into 



dow of the ark which he had made : 
7 And he fent forth a raven, which' 



went forth to and fro* until the waters 
■ dried up from offthe earth. 
8 Alio lie lent forth a dove from him. 
to fee if the waters were abated from off- 
the face oi' the ground ; 
Bin Q But the dove found I no reft for the 
>~ her foot, and rhe returned unto 
• in male him into the ark, tor the waters nvere 011 
( red had com- the face of the whole earth : then he put 
'■ ■ 1 » -■ >> ihui .'••■ • ". forth his hand; and took her, and pulled' 
the I up- her in luito him into the alk. 

led, j 10 And he (layed yet other feven days : 

■ hu it \ tip in he lent forth the doveoutof 

1 l ark. : 
•S And th and we U rtrad the dove came in to him in the 

"h;andt|,. ng ; and lo, in her mouth njjas an ol- 



* 

jli\ ce of tl 

I 
rth ; and all tl 
the whole heal 

ao r 

dredth and fiuft year, in the fir ft 
•1 And all the nx(t dap of the month, the 

of 

I 

.an : 
Iril • uthebrcai 

. 
1 1 1 
■ 1 

■ 

the 



> 



plucked off: loNoah knew that the 
were abated from off the earth. 
12 And he ftaj ed j ?t othenfeven days ; 
and lent forth the dove : which returned 
not igajn unto him any more. 

I • \:\d it came to pafs in the fix hun - 

montby. 
waters 
dried U| from orl the earth : and 
\ removed the covering of the ark, 
and looked, and, behold the face of the 
dry, 
U. And in the fecond month, on the 
feven and twentieth day of the month, 
I. 
ind God fpakc unto Noah, faying, 
Go forth ot'the ark, thou, and thy 
, and thy fons, and thy fans' wives 
with tl. 

17 Bring 



;a'b g-ietbout of the aik. Chip. 

ft Bring forth with thee every living 

filing that is with thee, of all tleih, boib 
of fowl, and of cattle, and ot every creep- 
ing thing that creepeth upon tlit earth ; 
that they may breed abundantly in the 
tarth, and be fruitful, and multiply up- 
on the earth. 

18 3 And Noah went forth, and his 
fons, and his wife, and his ions' wives 
with him. 

IV Every bean 1 , every creeping thing, 
and every fowl, and whatfoever ( reepeth 
upon the earth, after their kinds, went 
tonh out of the ark.. 

■20 1 And Noah builded an altar unto 



ix. God* s covenant "vitb bim 

From all that go out of (He ark, to every? 
bead of the \u th. 

M And I will covenant 

with you : neither (hall aliflefii be cut 
off" any more by the waters of a flood ; 
neither jhall rhere any more be a flood to 
deftroy the earth. 

^ 12 And God faid, This is the token of 
the covenant which I make between me 
and you, and every living Creature that 
is with you, for perpetual generations : 

IS 5 fdo fet my bow in the cloud, and 
it ihall be for a tok n oi a-covenant be- 
tween me .and the earth. 

14 And it Priall come to pafcj when I 
t he Lord ; and took of every clean bead, j bring a cloud over the earth, that the 



and of every clean fowl, and od'tred burnt 
offerings ori the altar. 

£1 H And the Lord fmelled a fweet 



bow ih all be Cccn in the cloud 

15 And I will" remember my covenant, 
which is between me and you and every 



favour ; and the Lord faid in his heart, living creature of all flefh ; and the wa 



I will not again curfe the ground any 
more for man's fake ; for the imagination 
of man's heart is evil from his youth; 
neither will I again finite any more every 
tiling living, as I have done. 

While rhe earth remameth, feed 



ters flmll no more become a flood to def- 
troy all flefh. 

l'6 And the bow dull be in the cloud ; 
and I will look upon it, that I may re 
member the everlafting covenant hi tween 
God and every living creaturedf all flefh 



time and harveft, and cold and heat, and that is upon the earth. 



iummer and winter, and' day and ni^ht, 
(hall not ceafe. 

chap rx. 

i God hltpftd Kojh. s Blood and murder 
are forbidden . %God'$ covenant . i3^'i r - 
nifiedby the rainbo-vj. 21 Noab is drunk- 
en. 2; curfe tb Canaan 29 an / dietb. 
A v d blefTed Noah and his ton-,, 

Hid faid unto them, B< fruitful, and mul- 
tiply, and replenifb the earth. 

\nd the fear of you and the di 
of you fiiall be upon every be .id of the 
earth, and upon every fowl ot the air, 
upon all that mOveth upo-i the earth, and 
upon all the fifties ofthe fea; into your 
1 1 1 id .1 ■' they delivered. 

■ > l moving thing that livetll ftrall 

be n you ; even as the green herb 

Rave I n'ivr:i voll all thin 

S r . But II. lit with rhe life thereof, which 
i: th< Blood thereof, (hall ye not eat. 

\nd finely your blood of J our ! 



IT And God faid unto Noah, This is 
the token of the covenant, which T have 
rdabhfhed between me and all Hefh that 
is upon the earth 

18 And the fons of'Noah*, that k 
forth of the ark, were Shem, and H 
and fapheth .- and 

Can tan. 

19 I befe are the three fons of No 

of them v i> the w hole earth c ead 

■in And \n>]\ began *»A^ an hufband 
man; and he plant 1 1 vin 

. 1 ' \i"i he drank of tl ■ v ine, 
• di nnken ; and he * prci 

within his tent. 

And Ham, 1 if Canaan 

faw the nakedneftoi his father^ and told 
wo tnc mt. 

And Sh '-.i an 1 ! 
ment, and Paid in th the v (houl 

, and wenl : . n! 

the nakednel • ol tli fu 1 ttlu r : ai I 



will I require : at the hand of every beafl fa 

will 1 require it, and at thchand or man : theii fa her's I 

and kne'A » I 



1 v man's brother w iil 
mine the life ot man 



blood, by , untO I 



for ill t lu- 



ll ii inc m 
6 Whofb Ihrddeth m in' 

il-.all hi blood be (hed 
:n> ij e of 1 ■•od made he man. 

e fruitful, and multi- 
ply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, 
and multiply therein. 

8 H And God fpake unto Noah, and to 
his fons \s ith him, fay ii 

And I, behold, I eftabliui m nant 

with you, and with youi feed afti 

10 And u ilh every livii. ore tint 

is with >ou, of the fowl, of th 
and of 



faid, ( 
a fecvanl 

11. 

• 

I ii 
11. ill dwell in th litem ; 

I 1 Ih ill be Ii 

v 1 
■ 
. I I > • 'iin«: 



f4 71 i ati j/7j ' ' .» sab. 



ana 



GLKESlS. The building of BalA 

Ci'AP. X. 24 And Arphaxad begat SalaJi ; 

* sfaab's g Titrations, i Ihe fons of fa- ' SaUih begat Kber. 

tb, bOkd Ham 8 tfimrod the fi'ft\ S5 Arid unto Eberwere born two Tons; 

A 2i The fkm of Shem. (the name of one tu^j Peleg ; for in his 

tionsof the days was the eart)\ divided f arid liisproth- 

Ham, and Japheth: ei's name ivds Jok'an 



born ai'ter the 

- I ;r, and 

fadan : ■•■ v\ [avaaj andTu.- 
ba', 

rdmer ; Afhkenaz, 
' ., ;arniah 

i '. ; Klifliah, and 

J . rfhiJh, K - lanim. 

5 By the! >f the Gentiles 

in tin ir lands : e\ erv one aft 



t r > And Joktan begat Alniodad, and 

Shejeph, ar.d Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 
2? AndHadoram,andUzal,andDiklah, 
c l?> And ObaJ, arid AbimaeJ,andSheba, 
£9 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jo- 

bao; al! thefe ivere the foris of joktan. 
30 And their dwelling was from Mefha, 

as thou gbeft untd Sephar, a mount of the 

eaft. 
. 31 Thefe are the fdns of Shem, after 

their families, after their tongues, in their 



i in tn< ry one alter, 

ngue, heir Families, in their lands, after their nations. 

natii 



6 ' Ham.j Gift, and 

m, and Phut, and Canaan. 

7 And the fens of Cufh ; Seba, and 
Havilah, and Stibtah, and Raamah, and 
Sabtechah i an I the fons ct Raamah ; 

'HP. 

8 r - And C .rod : he be 
to ' • in the earth. 

9 I a mighty hunter before the 

fore it is faid, Kven asNira- 
»hty huriterbefdre the Lord: 

10 And th .mingofhis kingdom 

. id Accad, and 
. in the land of Shinar. 
Out of that land wentfonth Asfnur, 
i Nineveh, and the city Reho. 
ih, 
!- Vn '• »■'< c n ( between Nineveh and 
ih : tin it city; 

ri begat Liidim, and 

ibim.and Naphtuhim, 

a ICafluhim, 'out 

■:n,)and L'aphtorim. 

-idon his firft- 

bo h, 

- morite, 

17 Hivite, ar.d the Arkite, 

l R lite,andtheZemarite, 

and • rward uere the 



32 Thefe are the families of the fons of 
Noah, after their . generations, in their 
nations : and by thefe were the nations 
divided in the earth after the flood. 

CHAP. XI. . 
lOne language in the ni'irld. SBahel built. 

5 Languages confounded iOTbe genera- 
tions 'f them. e 2X of TerakAbram' sj other, 

AND the whole earth was of one lan- 
guage, and of one fpeech. 

% And it came to pafs, as they .fcurney- 
ed from the eaft. that they found a plain 
in the land of Shinar \ and they dwelt 
there. 

3 *2 And they faid one to another, Co 
to, let us make brick, and burn them 
thoroughly. And they had brick for 
(lone, and flime had they for mortar. 

4 And they faid. Go to, let us build 
us a city and a tower, whole top may 
reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a 
name, left we be fcattered abroad upon 
the face of the whole ear^h. 

5 II And the Lord came down to fee 
ihe city and the tower, which the chil- 
dr< n of men builded. 

6 And the Lord faid, Behold, the peo- 
ple is one, and they have all one language; 

r :vs they begin to do : and now no- 
thing will be restrained from tliciri, which 
they have imagined to do. 
'? Go to, let us go down, and there con- 



• *, ' ""V^ 1 ^" 1 - « »u) io, iet us go aown, ana tnere con. 

Ipread abroad. J found their language, that thev may not 
19 ( . anaanites understand one another's fpeech 



l MI, 

unt . tliuu i oeft, unto So : 

I Zeboi- 
n unto 

H im, after 
, in their 



8 So the Lord fcattered them abroad 
i thence upon the face of all the 

earth : and they lefr off to build the city. 

9 '1 herefore is rhe name of it called 
Babel ; becaufe the Lord did there con- 
found the language of all the earth : and 
from thence did the Lord icatier them 



_ iiv/ni uitin-v. urn iu„ XjKJ Ifl. U ICcillCI Ul 

I upon the face of all the earth. 

;fjapheth id HThefe^r* the generations of Shem* 

ild* en born. Shem -ruaran hundred years old, and be* 

niu i l lam.andA u gat Arphaxad two years after the Hood : 

^ram. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Ari 
L " d * n * cl i ' ^and phaxadftve hundred years, and be^at 

Httlj -:h. libnpand'j ers, 

n And 



T.u- generations of Shem. Chap. 

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty- 
years, and be^a: Saiah : 

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat 
•alah four hundred and three years, and 

be«:at funs and daughters. 

14 And Sdlah lived thirty years, and 
begat Eber : 

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber 
f hit hundred and three years, and begat 
(on,s and daughters. 

iO And Eber lived four and thirty 
years, and begat Peleg : 

IT And Eber lived arter he begat Peleg 
four hundred and thirty years, and begat 
1j:u and daughters. 

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and 
begat R'ju : 

Ji» And Peleg lived after he begat P^eu 
fwo hundred and nine years, anu begat 
ions and ('.fighters. 

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, 
and begat Seru^ : 

%\ And Reu lived after he begat Serug 
two hundred and leven years, and begai 
fons and daughters. 

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and 
begat Nahor : 

23 And be rug lived after he begat Na- 
hor two hundred years, and begat fons 
and daughters. 

£4 And Nahor lived nine and twenty 
years, and begat Terah : 

45 And Nahor lived after he begat Te- 
rah an hundred and nineteen years, and 
begat fons and daughters. 
£6 And Terah lived leventy years and 

at Abram, Xahor, and Haran. 
11 1 Now thefeaiy the generations of 
Terah : Terahb'egat Abram, Nahor, and 
Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. 

And Haran died before his father 
Terah, in the land of hia nativity, in Ur 
pf this Chalcces. 
£'J And Abrain and Nahor took them 
.id the name of Abram's. wife, ttwj 
; : and the name of Nahor's wife, 
Miic.ih, the daughter of Haran, the fa- 
of M lean, and the father of [fc ih. 
Bui Sarai was barren ; fhe bad no 
Id. 
And Terah took Abram hi 
and Lot the fon o( Haran, his lon> fon 
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, h ; ^ ton 
Abram's wife ; and t! ,< forth with 

n from Ur of the Chaldees to go into 
the land of Canaan ; and they came unto 
i dwelt there. 
31 And the days of 
dred and five year, : and lei 
an. 

clap, xii. 

- <3fd calletb Abram. -i 11 . 

Dm Haran 7 Canaan is ft mtjed 
>W the Lord had faid unto 
n of thy country . 

I, and fj nn thy fath 



xik Cod cattttb Ah ram, %$ 

unto a land that I will fhe w thee* 

2 And I will rank': cf thee a great na-. 
tion, and I will blefs thee, and nuke thy 
name great ; and thou ihaft bea ble-fiing ;. 
8 And I wilt blefs them that blefs thee, 
and curfe him that curieth thee j and in 
thee (ball all families of the earth be 
bieifed. 

■4 E So Abram departed^ as the Lord 
had fpoken unto him ; and Lot went with 
him, and Abram xva s leventy and hve 
years old when he depj i ted out cf Haran. 

5 And Abram took. Sarai his wife, and 
Lot his brother's Ion, and all their fub- 
ftance that they had gathered, and the 
fouls that they had gotten m Haran ; and 
they went forth lo gt> Ir <to the land of 
Canaan ; and into the kind of Canaan they 

le. 

6 And Abram palFed through the \md 
unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain 
of .\Ioreh. And the Canaamte ivas then 
in the land. 

7 11 And the Lord appeared unto A- 
brarri, and iaid, Unto thy teed will 1 give 
this land : and there bu.lded he an altar 
unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 

8 And he removed from thence unto a 
mountain on the eaftof Oeihei, and pitch- 
ed his tent, having Bethel on the weft, 
and Hai on the ealt : and there he build- 
ed an "altar unto the Lord, and called 
upon the name of the Lord. 

9 And Abram journeyed, goingon ftil.l 
toward the fouth. 

10 And there was a famine in the land ; 
And Abram went down into Egypt to lo- 
journ there; for the fa n > ;ne -zvus grievous 
in the laud. 

11 And it came topafs, when he was 
come near to enter into Kg) pt, that liefaid 
unto Sarai Ins wife, Behold now', I know 
tlait thou oil a fair woman to look upon : 

i~ rherefore.it Gia!l come to pais, when 
the Egyptians lhall lee thee that they fhaU 
fa] , i hi i n his wife, an 1 ih ;y will lull 
me, but the) will lave thee alive. 

$ Say, J praj thee, thou art my filler : 
that it may be well with me lor thy fake ; 
-and my fo il Ih ill livi i thee. 

li me to paf3, th i r , when A- 

bram gyp- 

■ i 
ry ta:r. 

iltb of Pharaoh lav. 
her, and < oi h i 1> toi - Pha- 

.. was taken into 
PJi.i 

>1 well 
id h ' h id , an.l OX 

tnd ll n fei v.;:: >,an 1 n. 

, an i i ameli ■ 
II And th • Lord I I 

and h,s houfe with 

aoh i ailed Abram, - 

I 



16 Abram an I Lot difagree. GENESIS. The battle of the kings. 

laid, What is this'/ bat thou haft done un-4 the place where thou art, northward, 
w me I \N hy didfl thou not tell me that and fouthward, and eaftward, and weft- 



fhe ivas thy wife I 

19 \ thou, She is my filter ? 

So I might have taken her to metowife : 
ire, behold thy wife, take her, 
and go thj 

And Pharaoh commanded h is men 
ron( i n : and they lent him away, 

and liis wife, and all that he bad. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Abram and Lot re turnout of Egypt. 7 
Bt difag> cement they part a [under, 
14 Cod t fro/nife renewed to Abram. 
A S I) Ait; -mi went up out of Egypt, 
I his wji'e, u:ul all that he had, 
I Lbl with h'un, into the Iouth. 
- And Abram luas very rich in cattle, 

Iver, and in gold. 

9 And be went on his iourne.ys from 

the iouth even to Bethel; unto the place 

re hi teni had been at thebegining, 

i H :thel and Hai ; 

X Unto the place of the altar, whirl) 

he i (e there at the firft : and there 

rain called on the name of the Lord. 

5 Vnd Lot alio, which went v\ith A- 
m, ha 1 Rocks, and herds, and tents. 

6 Vnd the land was not able to bear 
then-., that they might dwell together; 

their fubftance was great, fo that they 

1 njt dwell together. 

t r An 1 there was a ftrife between the. 

imen of Abrani's cattleand the herd' 

i i.»t Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite 

. vite dwelled thru in the 

land< 

8 And \bram Paid U0ta Lot, Let there 
be ■ pray thee, letween me and 

•» imd l i my herd men and thy 

hei ; for we be brethren. 

> Is not the whole land before thee > 

-it rthyfelf, I pray thee, from m- : if 

wilt sate the left hand, then I will 

■ \ftbou depart to the 

I will go to the left. 

fted up his eye-., and be- 

I the pi tin ol Jordan, that it nvat 

'ore the 

- tdora and Gomorrah, 

irden of the Lord, like 

ypt, as thou comolr unto 

him all the pi tin of 

1 e id : and 

mfelv me from 

a tb • laud of C'a- 

dwrlled in the cities of the 

\ '•' ■ toward Sodom. 

Bui tn t vt ick- 

LORD I ty ■•■• I - 

I D 1 lid Unto Abram, 

ii bun, 

>P now ti | look from 



ward : 

15 For ail the land which thou feed, to 
thee will I give it, and to thy feed forever. 

t-3 And I will make thy feed as the dull 
of the earth : To that if a man can num- 
ber the dull of the earth, then fliall thy 
feed alfo be numbered. 

17 Arife, walkthrough the land in the 
length ot it, and in the breadth of it ; for 
I will give it unto thee. 

18 Then Abram removed bit tent, and 
came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, 
which is in Hebron, and built there an 
altar unto the Lord. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 Battle of the kings. 12. Lot taken, liis 

refeved by Abram. 10 Meiibizede'k 

bleffeth AbramSS'whc ginjeth him tithes , 

AND it came to pafs in the days of 

Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king 

of Ella-far, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, 

and Tidal king of nations ; 

2. That thefe made war wirh Beraking 
of Sodom, and with Birfhaking of Go- 
morrah, Shinabkingof Admah, and She- 
meber king of Zeboiim, and the king of 
Bela, which is Zoar. 

3 All thefe were joined together in the 
vale of Siddim, which is the fait fea. 

4 Twelve years they ferved Chedorla- 
omer, and in the thirteenth year the v re- 
belled. 

5 And in the fourteenth year came Che. 
dorlaomcr, and the kings that ivere with 
him, and fmote the Rephahm in Aflne- 
roth-Carnaim, and the Z-ttzimsvtn Ham., 
and the Eraims in Shaveh-Kiriathaim, 

6 And tlie Horites in their mount Seir, 
unto Elpa-ran, Which is by the wildernefs . 

1 And they returned, and came to En- 
miflipat, which is Kadelh,and fmote all the 
country of the Amelekites, and alfo the 
Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. 

8 And there went out the king of So- 
dom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the 
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboi- 
im, and the king of Bela, (the fame is 
Zoar ; ) and they joined battle with them 
in the vale of Siddim ; 

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of E~ 
lam. and with Tidal king of nations, and 
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch 
kinu of Klla(ar ; four kings with five. 

10 And the jrale of Siddim iuas full of 
fliine-pits: and the kin^s of Sodom and 
Gomorrah fled, and fell there : and they 
that rem lined fled to the mountain. 

11 And they took all the goods of Sod- 
>m ar.d Gomorrah, and all their victuals, 
ind went their way. 

141 And they took Lot, Abram'.s 
brother's fon who dwelt in Sodom, and 
his goods, and departc I. 

15 And there came one that had efcap- 

cd, 



Y.lelcbizeJek blcjjcih Abram, Chap. 

ed, and told Abram the Hebrew ; for he 
velt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite. 
brother of Kihcol, and brother of Aner: 
and thefe nvere confederate with Abram 

14 £ And when Abram heard that his 
brother wa-s taken captive, he armed his 
trained fer*vants y born in Iris own houTe, 
three hundred and eighteen, and pur filed; 
tbe*n imto Dan. 

15 And bt' divided h : mfr!i\iga".r.uVhenv 
he aod his fervants, by night, and fihpte 
them, and purfued rr.em unto Hobah 
which is on the left hand of Damafcus. ■ 

16 And he brought bnck ail the goods, 
and alfo brought again his brother Lor, 
nnd hib ^oodi, an'a the f/omen alfo, and 
th" people. 

IT An€hthe king df Sodom wfe'rft out to 
meet him after hib return from the (laugh, 
ter ot Ghedorlaomer. and of the kings 
lh.it nti'ere \sith him, at the valley ot' Sha- 
ven, which it the king's dale. 

18 I And Melchizedek, idng-oiF Salem,, 
brought fo.rtlj bread and wine : and he 
*toiu the prieft of the liidfthigh Gut}. 

19 And lie bletfed hun, and faid, Bb-f- 
fed be Abram of the moft high*Gpd,pof- 
feMbur ot* heaven and earth : 

20 1 And blelled b • the moffhigh God, 
Which hath delivered thine eneiuie into 
ihy hand. Aha 1 he gave him tithes of all. 

l\ And the king of Sodom laid unto 
\b i 1 1 1 : . Give iiie the peHens, and i^ake 
ihe goods to thyf-lf. 

d A oram (aid t< the I "-"od- 

* rfi, i have lift up mine hand unto rhe 
LoftD,ib$ moft high God, the poiFeC 
of heaven; rth, 

I will nor ta'fr from a \\ read 
even to a flio< -lr.t< hot, aipd thai I v> ; i! riot 

r n-, : ■[ rh'iu ', a i r v'i ■■!••.- liif!i::i -, ;-;nj a burnipj 
. I have maft< \bram rich : fljpfepiec< 

I n that ('.trie da • t}" Lo :>. p ui e 
:.-;• with Abran . (".•> ing, ' dim i h 
iv en ijhis land, from the r 
of J v- reat river, t] 

1 
• :.■ K mitl s, i*n<J th« K.c . 
and the K? Luioniti , 

• -1 •■ P« i . 
an I rlii K ejmaims, 

-'1 An .•! the Car. 

iti -,.(-)(! ^heG 

t V 1 . 
: K i . i bra fi , o 

r/f, g f'j /<«/ .'„,* 
bv an angel, \% 4 • ".. 

bi iin*jj >\ i<-.i> o<- him ng 
cjiild 11 • .. 

i .,.;.!'. wl ' • I : ; ■ 



xv, xvi. Canaan is again promifed. lY 

faid, Look now toward heaven, and teH. 
the (tars, it" thou be able to number them: 
and he (aid unto him, So (hall thy feed be, 

C il And he believed in the Lop. d ; and 
he counted it 'o him for right coufnefs. 

T U And he (aid unto liim, 1 am the 
Lord tiv.t brought thee out of Ur of the 
Chaldees, to give thee thib Jand to in- 
herit it. 

8 And he faii, Lord. God, whereby 
(hall I know that I (hall inherit it ? 

9 And he faid unto him, 1 ake me an 
heiferof three years old, and a foe-goat of 
three yea: > old, ahd a rani of three years 
old, and a turtle dove, and a youngpigeon. 

10 And he took unto him all thefe, and 
divided tiieni in th.c mujft, *md laid each 
piece one agair.lt anotj}3r ; but the birds 
divided he not. 

It And when the/owh came dpwn up- 
on the ci-rcaft'o, Abram drove them away, 

it And when the fun was goingdown, 
a deep (Jeep fell upon A brain : and, lo, an 
horrour of great qarkQe/s-feH upon him. 

13 A'hd he (aid imto Ab-am, Know oj 
a (urety that thy feed (ball he ef in 

a hind thai is not their . Qjail (n 

"Ithem; and th.ey jhall affli-t them tou. 
hundred ^ ea-rs ; 

l'-i And alio that nr-.ticn, v :; • . they 
fhafl f-rv;, will ) judge : and ward 

iha!l they come out with great f'ubfrance. 

1"' And thou (halt gp to t.hv t ithers ii> 
peace ; thou {halt be buried in a , d old 

-1 ir» 

4G Brit [n the fourth generation tl 

ih;ui coma hither agatfj : ' r "he inie 
of th . not yet hill.. 

it An'! it tame to p>fs, that, when 
I fun "wajL doA a, and it was dark, behold. 



- only that wvi h t, 1 !" young mei 
. Ah<\ the port on of the 
w.'iich went uirh me, Aner, b)flic"o1, and 
; let fhem t.tk< t i tion, 

IAP. "CV. 
t Abram U (. ^ J fon h !■ 

I (> He n jufiified'by Jait-b. , '. 1 
n an is Sromiffd tigaiit. 
\ I IKK thef< th i o1 the 

T.OIv in a > iiiou, fj\ - 

ifng, I ear not bram : [ ai 
and thy exo 

2 Aftd Al)ia i 

wilt tiiou g i 

and the (tev. •-<< of q i.l. : 

I 

\nd Al . ' 

had given no f 

houle i^ mine htii . 



4 1 And, beheld, th< r,oRDln( v^ the J.o -j m • ;■ 

rcne unto him, 'J I 1 oi > ■ I • , :■ 

thine heir ; bill ht tj <r ui:ill come fbrtlipnaid ; it m 
£.ut (,f thineow nbov Vnd 

^Andhel t-h un -forth ibi >ad,artd!tl 



13 Hagar fleet b from Sarai. GFNLSfS. 

\vA Sara', Abram's wife, took I! 
hen maid tl ptian, aftei Abram had 

dwell ten years in the land of Canaan, 
a to her hufband Abram to 
\ e his wife. 

4 at in unto Hagar, antl ihc 
conceived, and when (he faw that flic 
had conceived, her miltrefs was defjpifed 
in her cv;- 

5 Ana Sarai faid unto Abram, My 
ig le upon thee : I have given my 

im ; and when (he law 
\ I was defpifed in 
her eye- Lord judge between me 

and tie 

6 3 ' Abram faid unto Sarai, Be- 
' id if in thy hand ; do to her 

And when Sarai dealt 
h her, ; from her face. 

r - I of the Loud found 

. of v. ater in the wilder- 
, by th< ay to Shur. 

• i nd, Hagar, Sarai 's maid, 
' thou ? and, whither wilt 
id, I ftee from the 
ti. 
'J ' if the Lord faid 

o her, Return to thy miltrcls, and 
■ under her ham! ;. 

10 ! of the Lord /aid un- 
I will multiply thy fee 1 xeced- 

it lhall not be numbered for 
mull 

1 1 ncd ( f the Lord laid 
unto I u art with child, 

, and (halt Call his 
ic the Lord hath 
rd thy 

I v :' | iran ; his 

, and eV- 

linft him : and he lhall 

II in the fall nisi rethren. 

the 
I that fpake unto her, i hou ( iod 

ive 1 alio here 
i him that feetlj me ? 

■ the well «.n i leer- 

; heboid, /'/ is b Kadeih 

and 

« \nd li ■ 'jr bare Abram a ( m i 
Abrai n's name, v 

■ ire. Ifhmael. 
16 And Abram ivji fouj U 1 fin 

CHAP. XVI!. 
i The cwinant is renewed. \Abran?i 
l. 10 Circumcifitn hinfti. 

tut. . . t prom- 

A N I) u lien Abi ^m • 

the 1 oi d appeared to 

unto him 
, w ilk I ■• 
i u pei fc 

:11 make my covenant be 



, 1 am the Ai- 
nu, and be 



The covenant lenen.ced. 

a me and thee, and will multiply 
thee exceedingly. 

S And Abram fell on his fece : and - 
God talked with him, faying, 

•i As lor me, behold, my covenant is 
with th.ee, and thou (halt be a father cf 
man) nations. 

5 '.: Neither mall thy name any more 
be called Abram, but thy name lhall be 
Abraham ; for a father of many nations 
have I made thee. 

And I will make thee exceeding- 
fruitful, and I. will make nations of thee, 
and kings (hall come out qJ thee. 

7 And I will eflablilh my covenant be- 
tween me and thee and thy feed after thee 
in their generations for an everlafting 
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to 
thy feed after th.ee. 

il And I will give unto thee, and to thy 
feed after thee, the land wherein thou art 
a ltran^er, all the land cf Canaan, tor an 
everlading poffeffion ; and I will be their 
God. 

And God faid unto Abraham, Thou 
(halt keep my covenant therefore, thou, 
and thy feed after thee in their genera- 
tions. 

10 %. This ii my covenant,, which ye 
(hall keep, between me and you and thy 
feed after thee : Every man-child among 
you (hall be circumciled. 

11 And ye lhall circumcife the fieft of 
your fore Ik in ; and it (hall be a token of 
the covenant betwixt me and you. 

1 - And he that is eight days old (hall 
he ctrcumcifed among you, everv man- 
child in your generations, he that is born 
in the hou fir, or bought with money of 
any Granger, which is not of thy feed. 

13 He that is born in thy houfe, and 

he that i> bought with thy money, muft 

needs be circumciled : and my covenant 

lhall be in your fleih for an everlafting 

■ n. i" r. 

H And the uncircumcifed man-child, 
C Heft] cf his forelkin is not circum- 
cifed, that foul lhall be cut otf from his 
people; he hath broken my covenant. 
15 Ind God laid unto Abraham, As 
thy wife, thou (halt not call her 
nam • Sarai, but Si rah y^?// her name be. 
' ill a ;!1 blefs her, and give thee 
a lonalfoof her : yea, I will blefs her. 
ai.d (he (hall hi' a mother cf nations 
kin ople (hall be of her. 

II Abraham fell upon his face, 

and lailj hed, and laid in his heart, Shall 
a ch II be horn unto him that is an hun- 
dred ye us old • and, Shall Sarah, that is 
ninety \ ears old, bear > 

18 And Abmham (aid unto Cod, O 

that h'hmael might live before thee ! 

l'.' And c.od faid, Sarah thy wife (hall 

indeed ; and thou malt 

nc ; ?nd 1 vvill cftablifh. 

my 



bear tin e a Ion ii 
J call hi- name Ifa 



Irudionc-f Sodo)n rc-vealed. Chap. wi'u. 



Ahyn '. : • :'s h ■•or.. 19 



my covenant with him tor an everlafting |Sarah thy t (kid, Behold, i 



covenant, and with his feed after him. 

~0 And as for Ifhmael, I have heard 
thee : behold I have bleJed him, and will 
make him fruitful, and will multiply him 
exceedingly ; twelve princes Hi ill lie be- 
and f will nuke him a great nation. 
-i But my covenant will J eftfcbliih w ith 
Jfaac, which Sarah lhall bear unto thee at 
this fet time in the next year. 

22 And he left off talking with him, 
and Go.l went up from Abraham. 

And Abraham took Uhmael his fon, 

and all that were born in his houfe and 

all that were bought with his money, 

:ale among the men of" Abraham's 

and circumciied the tieih of their 

km in the feitsame day, as God had 

laid unto him. 

i Abraham yas ninety years old 

and nine, when he « circumciied i:; 

Heih of his.fore(kin. 

- And Linn [on teas thirteen 

j ears oW when h< v,a, circumcUedinthe 

Heih of his I .re'kin. 

cday Abraham 

ip.d Ith ni. id his Ion. 

)\cn of his houfe, born 
[a th ight with money of 

the lira;, ere cirenmcifed ttfrhliim. 

CHAP. Will. 
t Ah ra l> i ■•* tmtrfainetb t b <ce <t n ^ch . 9 . 
S.uah's laugbti r. IT 'soJiru' s .lijl'u 
y fertile < to Abra/n»9£ Nisintercfffion. 
\ f) the L«ru appeased unto him in 
1 he fat in the 
|( tli'.- day. 

uid looked, 

tum flood by him : and 

he ran to meet tii -m 

, «.nd bowed himfelf 

■ 

l< : ', it :. .•. f | 

i thy i. 
i pi t : 

i ! ter, I i .1, 

I w n'.i j our ! - t, an I relt 
• 
li a morfel of bi 
and thai 

\ c ilidl fore .i! 

• i v our fei v tut. And th 
• lion it lit Caid. 

■ 

tltiN, uly ihj 

oi fine m. d, k li- ..>l //. 
upon the hearth. 
Abraham ran unto the h 

ilt* tend d, and 

■ .'• ■ a 

..' I w hich he had di ll -d. an.l I 

I by tl.em un- 
tlie) di 

ii 



the tent. 

It) And h? laid, I will certainly rctu 
un'o thee according to t!ic time oi 
and, 1c, Sarafothy wife [hall have a fo t. 
And Sarah heant it in the tent door, 
winch li'.is behind hi 

11 Nov.- Abraham and Sarah were 
and veil (iricken in age ; and it ( eafed to 
be with Sarah after tin- manner o: i . 

1 1 1 berefore Sarah laugh iin her- 

fdf, faying, After [am waxed i I I 

have pteaiure, Ray loN being pld alio ? 

13 r\nd the Lord faidunto Abraham, 
WJi did Sarahlauj h, faying, Shall 

I of a furety bear a child, which am old f 

1 1 is any tiling tL.o hard for the Lord ? 
At the time appointed 1 will return unto 
thee (l:n;;to.thc time oi hfe, an i 

Sarah lhall have a f. hi. 

1."' i he.nSarandtmcd, laying, 'I U« 
ed not ; for (!:•• w is afraid. And he 
faid, Nay ; but thou didlt laugh. 

16 And the men ijole up irony thence, 

and looked tow av 1 Sodom-; and Abraham 

xth them to brin.; them on the 

; 17 tj And the I.or.i; faid. (lull 1 hide 
from Abraham that thing which J do : 

18 Se< ingthat Abraham lhall hirely be- 
come a great and mighty nation, and all 
the n uions of the eai th thaH be I in 
b i 1 1 1 

19 for I know him, thai he will ( >nv 
irtand hU t hildrcn and his h >ufel r 
him, ami they lhall keep the way fti tl 

id, to do.jultice and judgment; that 
tin- Lord ma j bring upon Abraham that 
which he hath fpoken i f biin« 

A id the Lord Paid, Becaufe.the cry 
oi si kIoob and Gomorrah is i eat, a w 

itile iheir fin is very . 

'il I -down now, and. I 

they have done ah ' ' 

( i . o' it, whii hi co n< unto u : 

and it not, 1 will k I 

a And the men ttu n< 
them e, an I went I >m : but 

Abraham fl beton tl 

. • ii rat, an I 

•) the i , 
with • 

■ 
a:u\ no: . lor d 

to d 

I 

\nd tfl 

I 

d» 



id I.ol enteua'tnttb tvjb atTocls. GEN 

Behold now, 1 have taken upon me to 
ak unto the Lord, which am but dull 
in^i if] 

Perad venture there fball lurk five 
ot t l .hit oils: Will thou deftroy 

all tin - : lack of five 1 And he faid, 

It I find there fortj and n. <-, I will not 
//. 
29 And h i urtto him yet again) 

and laid, Perad venture the re fiiall'be forty 
found there. And he faid, L will. not lo 
j i 

90 And I. - l.c.d/////o him, Oh let not the 

Lo&o bca f,and I will fpeaL: Perad- 

Kire there fhall thirty be found there, 

And he faid,. L will, nut <iu /;, if I fihd 

rty thei 

31 And he fiit!. Behold now, I have 

T ike i upon me to fpeak unto the Lord : 

ire there (ball be twenty tbund 

re. Aid he laid, I will not deitroy // 

S£ And he laid, Oh let not the Lord 
be a I I will fpeak yet but thib 

q ce : Heradventttre tea (hall be foupd 
theret And he faidj I will not deitroy// 

lor • ike. 

S9 And the Loi at his way, as 

Toon .i., he h:»d left communing with 
Abraham : and Abraham cetumed unto 

CHAP. XIX. 
i / <:aineth iivo angels : 2A Sodom 

i (romtrtab dejhroyed. 3t&hot'siuift 
fttnijbed. 31 Hi> nicrjh 

AND then* came two an gels to Sodom 
at ei van Lot l.u in the gate of I 
om : ana I ina them, colli up to 

et them wed himleii with 

ound ; 

;d now, fay fords, 
your, fervant's 
id wall) \ our 
I ye I urh , and . 

w>d the Va J ; b'.»t we 

ght, 
3 greatly j 

turned in imto h at, uid en- 
I ■ : he made them 

d bread, 

b) doa n, the men 
. com* 

K*»i' ' both 

laid 

the men which 
ia them 

■ tn in. 
unto 

in, 

, brethren ( do 

8 Uehold ?.i\. I . ighters 

.an ; let 1 iiC, I 
ou, and 



Si?.. Lot direfttd to- fie?,-.. 

do ye to them as *■» good in your eyes j- ; 
only unto thele men do nothing ; to- 1 
therefore came they under the lhadow of 
my root. 

9 And they faid, Stand back. Andthey 
faid again* 1 his one/<?//«:u> came in toio-. 
joiinn, and he will needs be ajudge: now 
will we deal wor.fe with thee than with 
thrm. And they pre fifed fore upon the 
man, e<i>m Lot, and cajne near to break 
the door : 

10 But the men put forth their hand, 
and pulled Lot into the houfe to them,. 
a\m\ ihit to the door. 

11 And they, fniote the men that tverr 
at the door ot the houfe with blind nefs, 
both frnajl and great : fo that they wea> 
ried thtmfelves to, rind the door. 

12 And the men faid unto Lot,. Haft; 
thou here any befides ? fon-in-!aw, and 
thy fons, and. tby daughters, and what-, 
foever thou halt in the city, bring them, 
out of this place. 

1 jf'erwe wilj defjroy this place, be- 
cause the cry of 'hem is, waxen great be-. 
fore the face of the Lord ; and the Loup 
hath font us to deftroy it. 

14 And Lot went out, and fpake unto, 
his fon>-in-law,. which maruied hisdaugh-. 
vis, and laid, Up, get ye out of thi^ 
place; fortheLoRD will deitroy this city .. 
But he fee me d as one that mocked unto, 
his fons.in-!aw. 

15. And when the morning, arofe, then. 
the angels haitened Lot, faying, Arife,. 
take thy wife, and thy two daughters. 
which are here ; left thou be coniumedx 
in the iniquity of the citv*. 

16 And while he lingered, the men. 
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the 
liand of his wife, and upon the hand ct, 
his two daughters ; the Lord being mer- 
ciful unto him: and, they brought hinj 
forth, and fet him without the City. 

IT And it came to pa.fs, when they had 

brought them forth abroad, that he iaid r 

' '■ for thy lite ; look not behind th.ee, 

neither flay thou in all the plain ; efcapg 

to the mountain, left thou he confumecL 

1 • \ nd Lot laid uuio them, Oh, ao.l 
fo, my lord : 

19 tJeJiol 1 now, thy fervant hath found 
in thy light, and thou haft magni- 
fied thy mercy, which thou haft ll'eWe'Uj 
unto me in laving my life ; and I cannot 
-•(cape to the mountain, u it fomeevil take 
me, and I die : 

! I Bi hold now, this pity is ne.u; to flee 
unto, and it is a Little one : Oh, kr me ef- 
thither, ( U it not a liule one ■ ) and 
m) foul ihail live. 

zi And he faid unto him x See % I have 
pted thee concerning this thing alio, 
hat I will not overthrow this City, for 
the which thou halt fpoken. 

2-2 Halle thee hither ; for I 

Car. not 



tfffs inet 

innot do anv thing till tliou be come 
thither. 1 herefore the name of the city 
was called Zoar. 

\ The fan was ri fen r.pon the earth 
M hen I ol entered into Zoar. 

' I hen the Lord rained upon Sod- 
om and upon Ciomorrah brimttone and 
tire from the Lord out of heaven ; 

And he overthrew thole cities, and 
all the plain, and all the inhabitants of 
the cities, and that which grew upon the 
groun 

his wile looked back from be- 
hind him, and the became a pdlar of (alt. 
fJ .\r.d Abraham gat op early in the 
morning to the place where he ftuod be- 
fore the Lord j 

tiB And he looked toward Sodom -a\v\ 
Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the 
tin, and beheld, and. io, the fmoke 
'country went up as the fmoke of a 
;i. 

And it came to pafs, when God 
troyed the cities ot the plain, that 
God remembered Abraham, and Cent Lot 
out of the midii of the overthrow, when 
he overthrew the cities in the which Lot 
d'Aeit. 

50 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and 
dweat in trie mountain, and his two 
daughters with him; for he feared to 
dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, 
be and hu two daughters. 

■ '•1 1 And the fuC-hor.i laid unto the 
'. Our father is o! there is 

i man in the earth to come in unto us 
utter tlv manner of all the earth : 

let us make our father dl 
wine, an i we will lie with him, that we 
may preferve feed ofoui father. 

And they made their father drink 
• that night: and the firlUbom v\ent 
i.i, indla with her father } and be pi- 
lot when the la> down, nor when 

ihe 

in the morrow, 
that the firlLborn faid unto the younger, 

■hi. 1 lay > eltertught w ith mj fal 
lei i. him drink wine tins niuhl 

alfb ; and go thou in and lie with him, 
thai we 

their father di 
wine that night alio: and the you 
arofe, and la) with him • and he pcrcciv. 
cd not m Ik ii ll. i, nor m h- rn 

us were both 
Lot with child 

.And | 
tailed hi -ioal> : tl l the 

ot the M tabitea urvto I 
id the % oungei , 
fon, and mini . the 

u the fathei ol the • hildren -; Aui* 

Kion unio ' 



Chap* XX. Abraham's iii/e 'rilon^. t\ 

CHAP. XX 
i Abraham denieth his 'wife i an ./ lifcth 
her. 14 Abinuleeh rfito>r:h her. 

AND Abraham journeyed from th- 
toward the lout h country, and dwelled 
between kadefh and Shur, and (mourn- 
ed in Gerar. 

z And Abraham faid of S trah h 
She is my filler ; and Abimelet h king of 
Gerar lent and took Sarah. 

3ButGod c ame toAbiineJecbin a di e on 
by night, and faid to him, fL hold thou 
air hut a dea i man, for the n which 

thou halt taken . for (He is a m in 's w I 

4 But Abir.-.i lei li had not come near 
her : and he laid, Lor p., Wih thou (la - 
alio a righteous nation i 

Said he not unto m ,Shei/myfil 
and the, even Ihe h'-.ult faid. 11* is my- 
brother : in the integrity ol iny heart, and 
muotencs ol my hands, have 1 done this. 

6 And God laid unto him in a dreail . 
Ve.i, I know th^t thou clidlt this in the 
integrity of thy heart J fcr I alfo with- 
held thee from (inning again!) uie • *.',< j< . 
tore fu tiered I thee not to touch Iter. 

7 New therefore reftore the man /it 
wif;; tor he is a prop he tj a dhe (hill 
pray for thee, and thou ih alt live : and if 
thou red in her not, know thou that thou 
lhalt furely die, thou, and all thai are 
thine. 

■s Ther *• in 

the. morning and called all Iun lervunt*, 
and told all thefe things in their ear-. . 
and tne men w ere I u i uti lid. 

i hen . \b ; i:, '••'•< h called Abraham, 
and faid unto him, What hall thou .'. 
unto us' and whathave I attended thee, 

it thou nail bid ■ and on my 

kingdt . at lin; thou hart done d< ds 

unto me that ought not to be done. 

10 Abimelech laid ujito Abi ihatn, 
w ha' faw< li tlmu, that thou hail du 

1 1 And Abraham (.« d 
thought, Surely the I • God #4 not 
tin- pi . Hay m,e for i 

l£ A nd y et iiv 

i< the dailj . • lilc 

.y ntbtiiei ; in 
111) .. 

1 . '. 
i.uiled mi to w andei I 
houfe, thai 1 fai * uni r h< . I his h tl 

.halt li.' 

whithei '••■ ■ 
of me, H( i< m . bi 

U 1 \i\d 
oxen, and i md wo. 

1-. And VI inn ' 

•. Iwel 

eth *!.•'•. 

10 And 



li'jac is L r . GE N £S i r . 

i ah he faid, Behold, I 

thy brother a thou land />/.<<••* 

it to thee a covering 

, unto all thai an with thee, 

thalle/Arr; thus (he was reprov- 

\\ iha m prayed unto God : . 

ch, and his wife, 
his ma ts ; and they bare 

Wen. 
\ I I • the Lord had 1 ifl i lofed up all 
the ■ '*!■" the houfe of Abimelech, 

ih, * bra . ife. 

HAP, \M. 

., ffagar and IJhmael 
7i /tbimeiecb*s rovt- 
na-: 

had 
ie Lojld did unto Sarah is. he 

1 1 rah conceive I, and bare A- 

in his old age, at the fet 
■ d had fooken to him. 

3 A • the name of his 

unto him, whom Sarah 

4And Abraham circumcifed his Ton I- 
old, as ( iod had 
i htm. 

an hundred years 

horn unto him. 

6 And Sarah (aid, God hath made me 

uigh,/# //-a/ all that hear will laugh 

'■ ' •'!. would have laid 

Sarah ihould have 

I have borne Mm 

tned; 
■ ilt the famt 
that 1 1 
? 9 1 A . the fon of H 

f ' . borne unto 

. 

Abraham, 

*• id h r fon : 

bond-woman rhall not 

n v. uli Ifaac. 

11 :sin 

ifc ol his (on. 
1 ' - Abraham, Let 

• be< tufe oi 
nd-woman ; 

lhall 

i 

irly in :' 
.• unto H 

i. 



Abimelech* s covenaftf. 

tie, and fhe call: the child under one of 
the umibs. 

16 And fhe went, and fat her down 
over againlt him a good way off, as it 
were a bow -f hot : tor (he laid, Let me- 
not fee the death of the child. And the 
fat over againft him^rA lift up her voice 
and wept. 

17 And God heard the voice of the 
lad ; and the angel of God called to Ha- 
gar out of heaven, and laid unto her* 
What aileth thee, Hagar ? Fear not ; for 
God hath heard the voice of the lad 
where he is. 

18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him 
in thine hand ; for \ will make him a 

(t nation. 

19 And God opened her eyes, and fhe 
(aw a well of water ; and me went, and; 
filled the bottle with water, and g?.ve the 
lad drink. 

'20 And God was with the lad ; and he- 
grew, and dwelt in the wilderr.els, and 
became an archer. 

21 And he dwelt in the wildernefs of 
Paran ; and his mother took him a wife. 
out of the land of Egypt. 

22 5 And it came to pafs at that time,, 
that -Voimelcch and Phicpl the chief cap-, 
tain of his hoft fpake unto Abraham, fay- 
ingj Ciod is with thee in all that thou do- 
eft. 

Mow therefore fwear unto me here 
by Godj that thou wilt not deal fallely 
with mei nor my fon. nor with my Ion's 
fon : but according to the kindnels 'hat 
l have done unto thee thou {halt do unto 
me, and to the land wherein thou is aft iu- 
journed. 

I And Abraham faid I will fwear. 

%5 And A braham reproved Abiinelecfy 

becaufe of a well ofwarer. w hich Abime- 

lech's fervants had violently taken ay-ay.. 

26 And Abimelech fiid, I wot not wluo, 

hath done, this thing • neither didft 

tell me; neither yet heard I ?//'/, but 

t< iday. 

li And Abraham took iheep ajnd oxen, 
and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both 
of them ma i venant. 

And Abraham fet fcven ewe-lamb* 
of t.he Bock by thenifelves. 

I Abimelech laid unto Abraham, 
W hat mean thefe (even ewe-lambs which 
thou haft fet by themfelvi 

30 And he laid, l'or thefe feven ewe*. 
lambs (halt thou take of my hand, that 
■ be a w itnefs unto me, that I 
• ell. 
&J Wherefore hp called that pi ice Beer- 
ufe there th . (ware both.ofJ 
n. 
■ ; - I hus the\- marie a covenant at Beer- 
(Heba : then Abimelech rofe up and Phi- 
the chief capain of his holr, and they 
rned into the land of the Philistines.' 

33 And- 



\ffer*th 1/aac 






And Abraham planted a grove in 
firer/heba, and called there on the name 
of the Lord, the everlaftinj; God. 
34 And Abraham fojourned in 

CHAP. XXII. 
S Abraham tffetin^ I/aac, ilisjtaytd bj 
an angel, 15 he U blejfed a% a in 20 Tot 
gtnetation of Nahir unto Rebekab. 
AN D it came to pais after thefe t! 



Sarah's j^v <*■ 

this day, In the mount of the Lord it 
Ihall be feen. 

i 1 And the angel ofthe Lo*i 
unto Abraham but of 

16 A:. J faid, By my/elf haVe I (worn, 
faith the Lord, for^becaufc tli 

ng, and haft riot withlield thj 
ion, thine only />■'. . 

IT That in blefling I will bU ft tliec, 



that God did tempt Abraham, and (aid in multiplying I will multiply thy fd 



unto him, Abraham 
Jiold, here I am 



and hr_ faid, Be 



And he faid /Take now thy ion, thine (hall poffcls th 
only/o// I.'aac, whom thou love ft, and get 18 And in th all the 

thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer ofthe earth be j becauj I i 



him there for a burnt offering upon one 

of the mountain, which I will tell thee of. 

J 1 And Abraham rule Hp early in the 

morning, and faddled his afs, and took 

ten with him, *nd Ifaac 

on, and clave the wood for the burnt 

offering, and rofe lip, arid went unto the 

place of which God had told him. 

4 Then on the third day Abraham 

. and Jaw the place afar off". 

1 Abraham faid unto fits young 

men, Abide ye here with the ais ; and I 

Mid the lad will go yonder and worihip, 

and coi n to you. 

the 
burnt offering, and laid // upon [faac his brother 



• l the hea 
which is upon the fea-lhoft : and th) - 
ite of rriies ; 

-': 
obeved my voice. 

i rS » Abraham returned unto his y ting 
men, and they rofe up an-'. rthri 

to Beeriheba ; a id Abraham d i 
Beer.i eba. 

r - And it rame to pafs after rl 
things, that it was told Abraham 
Behold, Milcah, (he hath :dfo b-i 
i unto thy brother Nahor 
SfHuz his hrrt-bo 
er, and K<muel the father o: Aram. 
-- And Chefed, and H. ./.•>, and 1' 1< 
and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 

I Bethuei begat Rebekah : th-fc 
eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abra- 



fon ; and he took the fire in hi*- hand, and 
a knife ; and they went both of them, to- 
gether. 

•iro Abraham 
fatherland faid, Mj father: and he 
Here am I, my (on. And he faid, Behold 
the fur and • here n the 

t imb for a burnt ■»::■ 

, nn faid ' ••• ill 






-1 An l hisconei l) : i,<-, whofenatne in** 
Reumah, the ba i and i.u- 

:, and 1 h rhath, and N 

chap. xxnr. 

i far b'sa Tbt pu 

Maebpelab^y ) r whertSarab - as bsn 

\ N D Sai zh was an hun li ad .m*\ i 
and twent i >£ die 

: the \\\ ah. 



provide hi nt offej . t)«c 

inn : fo they went I H ., in t., la on; 



God h 'd told himof ; and Abrahaan buil i :ep for her 






an al i laid th -1 in or 

►und 1( ia< his '• laid 
the alt 

And Abraham fti I forth 1. . 
h ind, and • 

11 Lord < died 

ham, tham ! 

'.n.l he I* I, I thine h 

upon the la Li do thou an 

unto th >u 

U arcfl i ; thou halt not 

■ 
13 And Abi thani lifted 
and looked, and behold be 
ght in a thi< kei 

I 
' him up for a ! 
id of hia fon- 
1 i And Abrahai 
4hat .-!. 



his il unto tin i 

llct I 

:i, fa) in, 

■ 



■ 



< 









Ind Al 

1 at 



U fi .Uchpilub. GENESIS. Abraham's fervantjuc cef s jut. 

•.» That he may give mc the cave of : * But thou fhalt go unto njy coixdtffi 
hath, which rj in and to my kindred, and take a wife unto' 
nuch money my Ton Ifaac. 

5 And the lervant laid unto bin- Per- 

gfl you, adventure the woman will ridt be willing 

tlie < ltd- to follow me unto this land : Malt I need.- 

hron the Hittitean- bring thy ion again unio the land from 



ndience of the 
A\ that went 

t • field give 

: • 

• the fans of my 
■ • ad. 

rd down him- 
ind. 

'he au- 
■ I ind, faring, Blit 

me : 

lie tield ; take 

d there; 

1 1 rakajD] 

1 j ' ■ me : the 

hundred fhekels of Id- 
ii tii it Ct me and tl. 

■ ■ 
• ham hearkened unto 

t lr d t>. Ephron 

s hi< h he had named in the au- 
I tour hundred 
ihek'-h r, current fnbney with the 

inf. 
\~ ■■ Held <.f Kphron, which ~vas 

\\ Inch tuat before Mamre, 
the field, a which *uai therein, 

n the Bel 1, 
• und about, 

\v - ' 

it lion, in the 

i leth, b< 
nil 

19 r - An I . M>r iti im buried 

• tl"- field of 

the fan.- is 
J Icbi hi in - an. 

lire that is 

Kbrahani, 

i biu-; c,by the 

rn \\\ XXIV, 

Jirabamfentltib 

■ -rtb Re- 
tt • etetb her. 

well 

I.OKDJ ' 

i um tn all tl 

• f cr _ 

I that 

I' 1 " I 

S Snd 1 t>y the 

1 1> the 

u ih.dt kg a 

of the 

whoru I dwell • 



whence thou earned ? 

6 And Abraham faid unto him, Be- 
ware thou that thou brirtg Hot my ion 
thither again. 

7 The Lord C-od of heaven, which 
took me from my father's houfe, and 
from the land of my kindred, and which 
[pake unto me, and that fware unto me,- 
laying, Unto thy feed will I give this* 
land ; he ("hall fend his angel before thee, 
and thou fhn.lt take a wile unto my foil 
from thence. 

8 And if the woman will not be willing 
to follow thee, then thou (halt be clear 
from this my oath : only bring not my 
(on thither again. 

9 And the fervarit put his hand under 
the thigh of Abraham his mailer, and 
fware to him concerning that matter. 

10 And the fervanl took ten camels of 
the camels of his mailer, and departed ; 
for all the goods of his maiier t Were"mh\s 
hand : and he arofe, and went to Mefo- 
putamia, unto the city of Nahor. 

11 And he made hih camels to kneel 
down without the city by a well of water 
at tlv* time of the evening, even the time 
that women go out to draw --water. 

12 And he fad, O Lord God of my 
mailer Abraham, I pray thee, fend me 
good fpeed this, day, und mew kindnefs 
unto my mafter Abraham. 

IS Behold, I ftand here by the well of 
water ; and the daughters or the men of 
the ( ity come out to draw water • 

14 And let it come to pais, that the 
damfel to whom I diall fay. Let down 
thy pitcher, I pray time, that I may drink j 
and (he lhall fay, Drink, and I will give 
thy camels drink alio : let the Jame be 
(he ibmt thou halt appointed for thy fer- 
Vant lf«c ; and thereby ihall I know 

th m baft (hewed kindnefs unto my- 

15 And it came to pafs, before lie had 
done i. aking, that behold, RebekaU 
*. nne out, who was horn to Bethucl, fori 
ol Mil* ah, the wife of Nahor. Abraham's 
brother, with her pitcher upon her (houl- 
d i . 

16 \-v\ th- damfel nvas very fair to 

•ii <i virgin, neither 'had any 
man known her : and (he went down 
to the well and filled her pitcher, and 
came |ip 

1" And the fervant ran to meet her, 
I, Let me, I pray thee, drink a lit* 

r of thy pitcher. 
1 hi :d v Prink, my lord : andt 

the 



Lao it's hcjp'italtty. Chip. xxiv. 

Cne haded, and !et down her pitcher upon 
h? r hand, and gave him drink. 

19 And when fhe had done giving him 
drink, the faid, I will draw ivater for thy 
:lfo, until they have done drinking. 
£0 And (he hafted, and emptied her 
pitcher into the trough, nni ran a^ain 
unto the well to draw ■Tva.'er, and dre\ 
for all his camels. 

•21 An i the man wondering aj her, held 
his peace, to wit, whether the Lord had 
nude his journey profperous or not. 

tt And it came to pals, as the camels 
had done drinking, that the man took a 
golden ear- : half a (hekel wc 

and two bracelets for her hands of ten 
/bekels weight cf sold ; 

23 And bud, Whofe daughter a'/fhdu? 
Tell me, I pray thee : Is there room in thy 
father's home for us t* lodge in \ 

-4 And the faid umo him, I am the 
daughter of Eethuel the fon of Milcah, 
which (he bare unto Nahor. 

She faid mjreover unto him, We 
have both draw and provender enough, 
room to lod^e in. 
And the man bowed down his head 
and worshipped the Lord. 

And he faid, BlelTed be the Lo rd God 
of my mafter Abraham, who hath not Icfr 
deftituce my mailer of nis mercy and h:> 
truth : I being in the way, the Lord led 
me to the home ofmv mailer's brethren, 
28 And the damfel ran, and told tbem 
if her mother's houfe th 

a-i i Rebekah had a brother, and his 

name ivas 1^1 an ran out 

to the man, unto the well. 

SO Ami ii to pafsj wnen he faw 

the ear-ring and bracelets upon liis rider's 

when lie heard! the worda oi 

Rebckah his fiftei , fayi »g, Thi 

(he man unto me ; thai h unto the 

•Id, Iv (food by the cam- 

And h Come in, thoi 

of >r d ; Where! <iett thou 

thout ? for I have pr . the houfe, 

\ room for the camels. 
31 And the man came info the houfe : 
- -Is, and ^ 
ftraw and r for the camels, i 

nvere in. 

S3 \n 1 th 

.'. : but he faid, I will not eat, until I h 
toldi xrand. And he faid, Speak on. 

\y\am Abrah ira* fervant. 
And the Lo rd h ith I -naf- 

:n him Mocks in \ 

, and 

36 A n . £ re ^ 



Tie feriiant jhe-wetb his mejfa^e. 25 

37 And my matter made me fwear, 
faying, Thou fhalt not take a wife to my 
(on of the daughters of the Canaanites, 
in whofe land I dwell : 

38 But thou (halt go unto my father's 
houfe, and to my kindred, and take a 
wife unto my fon. 

39 And I faid unto my mafter, Perad- 
venture the woman will not follow me. 

40 And he faid unto me, The Lord, 
before whom I walk, will lend his angel 
*ith thee, and profper thy way ; and 
thou fhalt take a wife for my fon of my 
kindred, and of my father's houfe : 

41 Then fhalt thou be clear trom this 
my oath, when thou Cornell to my kin- 
dred ; and if they give not thee o\c y thou 
lhalt oe clear from my oath. 

4-2 And I came this day unto the well, 
and faid, O Lord God of my mailer. A. 
braham, if now thou do profper iriy way 
which I go : 

43 Behold, I ftand by the well of wa- 
ter ; and it fhall come to pals, that when 
the virgin Cometh t jrth to draw --joater^ 
and I fay to her, Give mc, I pray thee, a 
little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 

k i And lhe fay to me, Both drink thou, 
and I will alfo draw for thy camels i let 
the fame be the woman whom the Lokd 
hatH appointed out \or my matter's Ion. 

45 And before I had done 
mine heart, behold, Rcbekah came torth 
with hei pitcher on h'-r (houlder ; 
?he went down unto th • v .11, and drew 
water: and I fatdurfto Her, Let me drink, 
I pray thee. 

46 And fhe mid'- halle, and let d 
her pitcher frorn her Jboutder t and I 
Drink, and 1 will give th 



fon to my m itcn fhe wa., old : 

th he given all ih il lie hath, Ibi 

n vs 



llfo : Co I drank, a;.d l' Q LU1- 

■ 
47 And I and fai 

i art th nd (he faid, 

lite r of 1 

I put 
ear-r lets 

woi (hipped 

Lo RD (j 

• 

4'.* And n 
tr 

tell me : t!u' I • . turn * 
I the Ii ' 

50 
mil faid, I he thing »h- 

Lor bad 

: i n fv Id Relx I 

Lo a d h a t h 



"."hipped the Lop.D, ba'Wtngbimfelj to 
the earth. 

53 And the fervant brought forth jew- 
els of filver, and jewels of gold, and rai- 
ment, and gave the in to kebekah : he . 
•• alfoto her brother and toiler moth- daah 
ecious things. Kerurah 

And th( cat and drink, he and 5 And Abraham gave all that he had 

the men that wterewith him, and tanied unto Ilaac : 
all night; and th up in the morning: G But unto the fons of the concubines, 



GENESIS. Abraham's age and dea-thy 

3 And Jokfhan begat Sheba, and De^ 
dan. And the Ions of Dedan were Aslhu- 
rim, and Letufhim, and Leummim. 

4 And the fonsofMidian ; Ephah, and 
Ephcr, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and h\- 

All thefe 'were the children of 



andhefaid,SeJidmeaway unto my matter, which Abraham had, Abraham gave 

55 Andher brother ana her mother faid, gifts, and lent the:, away from Ifaac his 

Let the damielab k\&afeivd&ys } ion, while he jet Jived, ealtward, unto 

at ' r ten : hat (he fhall go. the eaft country. 

56 And he Uid unto them, Hinder me 7 *1 And theie are the days of the years 

not, the Lofe d hath profpered my of Abraham's life hicbjielived,anrmn- 

way , fend i. , mat i may go io dred three-icore and fifteen years.. 

':er. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghoft, 

will call the and died in a good ola age, an old man, 

damfel, and inquire at her mouth. and full sj years ; and was gathered to 

art %\ And they called kebekah, and his people. 

i Wilt thou go with this 9 And his fons Ifaac and Ifhmael buried 

d, I will go. him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field 

B And ' r\t away Kebekah their of Ephron the Ion of Zohar the Hittite, 

r, and hernurfe, and Abraham sfer- which is before Mamre ; 
and his men. i 10 1 he field which Abraham purchaf- 

bleffcd Rebekah, and faid ed cf the tons of Heth : there was Abra- 

Thou ar: ourfifter, be thou the ham buried, and Sarah his wife. 

**9tbero\ inds of mi II ions, and let 11 And it came to pafs after the death 

> the gate of thole which of Abraham, that Ood blcfled his fon 1- 

' ''»• &ac ; and Ifaac dwelt bv the welll.ahairci. 
ih arofe, and her dam- 1 12 Now thefe are the generations of 

and the> rude upon the camels, and Ifhmael, Abraham's fen, whom Hagar 

1 the man : and the fervant took the Egyptian, Sarah's hand-maid, bare 

ih, and went his way. unto Abraham: 

[faa< came from the way of 13 And thefe are the names of the fons 

hairoi j lor he dwelt in the of Uhmael, by their names, according to 

'' I l,l ' n , • their generations : the ririt-bornoflfhma- 

out to meditate in el, Nebajoth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, 

theeventide : andhe lifted up and Mibfam, 



dDii, behold, the cam- 



ill lifted up her • and Kedemah : 



UAnd Mahma.and Dumah.and MafTa, 
15 Hadar, and 1 ema, Jetur, NaphifUj 



iac, ihe lighted off 



16 '1 hele are the fons of Ifhmael, and 
*ir names, by their towns, and 
by their catties; twelve princes according 



I unto the ferv; nt, , 

f/this that walketh in the.field to their nations. 

dfud, : ^nd thefe are the years ofthe life -of 

Ihe took a \ eil, I :ael, an hundred and thirty andfeyen 

: andhegaveuptheghoftanddi, 
all things ed ; and was gathered unto lus people. 
l« Andthev dwelt from HaviTahWo 
t before Egypt, as thou goeft 
ward rhediedinthepref- 

of ail his brethren 
riiismo! 19 fcare the generations of Ifaac 

ham begat Ifaac: 
rr L r rVi ' d "ape was forty years oldwhen 

bekah to wife, the daughter of 
uel the Syrian of Padanaram, the 



lb his b: 

I If! 



j 1 :. 



and Jok- 



fter in the Syrian. 

-' entreated the Lord for 

becaufe (he ivas barren : and 
Lordw -ated of him, and He- 

ll his wife conceived. 

renftruggled together. 

within 



Godblejfetb Ifaac. Chap. xxvi. 

within her ; and fte faid, liitbe Co, Why 
an I thus ? And ihe went to inquire of 
Che Ljrd. 

And the Lord faid unto her, Two 
nations a re inth. womb* and two manner 
■of people iha!l b* leparated from thy bow- 
els; and/!><r one people (hall be tlronger 
than tbe other people; and the elder fhall 
ferve the y. 

til And . tobeiielivered 

■were fulfilled, behold, there toe re twins in 
Jier womb. 

15 And the firft am? cut red, all over 
like an ha ry garment ; and they called 
his name Elan. 

And after that came his brother 

out, and hi> h ■ >k hold on Elan's 

; and his name tvascal : and 

; -was ' rs eld when (he 

• them. 

And th -nd Efau was a 

..iter, a f the fic'.d : and 

j. plain man, dwelling in tents. 

loved Efau, becaiife he 

did eat of :ni(bn : but Rebekah 

-b. 

- : and Efau 

. the fi'.ld and he was faint: 

I And Efau faid to Jacob, Feed me, I 

i that fame red fottage ; 

I am r.iint : therefore was his name 

called Edom. 

And Jacob faid, Sell me this day 
thy birtii-right. 

fan faid, B I am at the 

and, what proht fhall thib 
I 

. Swear to me this 
hiltl ; and 
birth -right unto Jacob. 

: and 
e of lem i he did eal i 

. went his way : 

( 
ll/aac gortb ta G'erar. im. 

f i O'ver.an: ira. 34 

1 es. 

c in the landj 
■ 

iham. A: entunto 

-.mg of the Philiftines unto 

1 unto ; 

in I lui:. 

I unto thy feed, I 
and I will 



Ifaac denieth o'isij'lje. 

5 Becaufe that Abraham obeyed my 
voice, and kept my charge, my command- 
ments, my (tatutes, and mi laws. 

6 And Ifaac dwelt in (jerar : 

7 And the men of the place afked him 
of his wife ; and he faid, She ;'/ my filler ; 
for lie feared to fay, She is my wife ; led, 
faid be, the men of the place fliould kill 
me for Rebekah ; becaufe ihe oww fair 
to look upon, 

8 And it came to pafs, when he had 
been there a long time, that Abimelech 
king of the Philiftines looked out at a 
window, and law "id behold, Ifaac noas 
fporting with Rebekah his wife. 

9 And Abimelech called Ifaac, and faid,. 
Behold, of a furfcty (he is thy v,\:c , and, 
How fa'-dft thou, 5he is my Qfter ? And 
Ifaac laid unto him, Becaufe I faid, i 
I die for her. 

10 An-d Abimelech faid, What is th'r 
thou hal done unto u^ ? One of the pea* 
pie might lightly have lain with thy v. if?, 
and thou fhouldctt have brought guiit'.- 
nef> upon i. 

11 And Abimelech charged all bisy 
pie, faying, He that toucheth this ma; 
his wife fhall furely be put to death. 

1-2 Then Ifaac lowed in that land, an<2 
received in the fame year an hundred 
fold : and the Lord blelled him : 

13 And the man waxed great, and u 
forwardj and grew until he became very 
great ; 

U For he had pofTeflion of flocks, and 
pollellion of herds, anil ^reat ftore of fer- 
vants : and the Philiftines envied h in 

\u For all the wells which his father's 
trits had digged in the d^.. bra- 

ham bis father, the Philiftines had fl 
ped them and tdled them with earth, 
elech f.iid unto H.. 
: us ; for thou art much w 

than v. e. 

iv An i Ifaac rred th . and 

pitched his tent in the rar, 

re. 
IS And (laac dig 
: , which tl 
ol Al the Pi 

it of 
Abraham • and he called I d 

trr the t. 

I 
vail 






c f<»r tl 



.'. hich I fwar 1 
\nd [will 
asth< 

thy feed all tin ih. 

fced fhall all the nations ol tnd he 1 



1 



93 LfauU wives. GENESIS. 

ftrove not : and he called the name of it 
Rchoboth ; and he laid, For now the Lo k D 
hath nude room for u>, and we (hall be 
fruitful to the land. 

29 And he went up from thence to 
Beeriheba. 

I And the Lord appeared unto him 
the fame ni^ht, and laid, I am the God 
Of Abraham thy father: h_ar not, fori 
am with thee, and will blcis thee, and 
multiply thy Iced for my Servant Abra- (peak unto Efau thy brother, faying, 



Jacob, deceiteth his father, 

go out to the field, and take me fame 
venifon ; 

4 And make me favoury meat, fuchas 
I love, and bring //tome, that I may eat ; 
fhat my foul may blefs thee before I die. 

5 And Rebekah heard when Ifaac fpake 
to Efau his ion : and Efau went to the 
field to hunt/ar venifon, and to bring //. 

6 f And Rebekah fpake unto Jacob her 
fon, faying. Behold, I heard thy father 



haul's lake. 

And he builded an altar there, and 
called Upon the name of the!, o rd, and 
pitched Ins tent there i and there Ifaac's 
tCrvantl digged a well. 

26 <| Then Abimclech went to him 
from Gerar, and Ahuz/.ath one of his 
rids, and Phicol the chief captain of 
his army . 

A Ifaac faid unto them, Where - 

; eto me, feeing ye hate me, 

I have lent me away from you ? 

And they laid,W e faw certainly that 

the Lord was with thee : and we faid, 

there be now an oath betwixt uneven 

. iit us and thee, and let us make a 

nit with thee ; 

1 hat thou -wilt do us no hurt, as we 

have not touched thee, and as we have 

f unto thee nothing but good, and 

I, ive lent thee away in peace : thou art 

the bleflcdof the Lord. 

90 And he made them a feaft, and they 

did cat and drink. 

SI And they rofe up betimes in the 

morning, and fu are one to another : and 

Ifaac i :t them away, and they departed 

him in peace. 

. And u came to pafs the fame day, 

- fei rants came, and told him 

ning the well which they had dig- 

, rtd laid unto him, We have found 

. 

lied it Shebah: therefore 
•ie of the city is Beeriheba unto 

rty years old 
ife Judith the daughter 
• ■, and Bafhemath the 
llie Hit; i' 

ief of mind unto 

.'i. 

CH II. 

ilfaac fen r au for venifon, & Jacob 

inf bthebltffing, 

41 i ' 1 rting btm^i is I tt I . 

ND when Ifaai 

{•> that 

ti not U did 

l (aid unto him, My fen : and 

he (aid no <: I. 

told now, I .iin old, 

I V- jt)i 

Si- . f pray thi 

, ai 



7 Bring me venilon, and make me fa- 
voury meat, that I may eat, and blefs thee 
before the Lord before my death. 

8 Now therefore, my fon, obey my 
voice, according to that which I command 
thee. 

9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me 
from thence two good kids - of the goats ;' 
and I will make them favoury meat for 
thy father, fuch as he loveth : 

10 And thou (bait bring /'/ to thy fath- 
er, that he may eat, ana that he may 
blefs thee before his death. 

11 And Jacob faid to Rebekah his 
mother, Behold, Efau my brother is a 
hairy man, and 1 am a fmooth man. 

12 My father peradventure will feel 
me, and I (hall feem to him as a deceiver ; 
and I (hall bring a curfe upon me, and not 
a bleffing. 

13 And his mother faid unto him, Up- 
on me be thy curfe, my fon : only obey 
my voice, and go fetch me them. 

14 And he went, and fetched, and 
brought them to his mother : and his 
mother made favoury meat, fuch as his 
father loved. 

15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment 
of her eldeft fon Efau, which ivere with 
her in the houfe, and put them upon Ja- 
cob her younger fon. 

16 And Hie put the (kins of the kids of 
.the goats upon his hands, and upon the 

fmooth of his neck. 

17 And (he gave the favoury meat, and 
the bread which Toe had prepared, into 
the hand of her fon Jacob. 

18 *? And he came unto his father, and 
faid, My father : and he faid, Heie am I ; 
who a<t thou, my fon ? 

19 And Jacob laid unto his father, T am 
I- fui thy firll-born ; 1 have done accord- 7 

as inou bade ft me ; ari(e, I pray thee, 
(it and eat of my venilon, that thy foul 
may blefs me. 

£0 And llaac faid unto his fon, How is 
it that thou halt found it fo quickly, my 
fon And he faid, Becaufe the Lord thy 
( rod brought it to me. 

'21 And Ifaac* laid unto Jacob, Come 

near, 1 pray th< e, that I may feel thee, 

my (on, whether thou be my very fon E- 

not, 

Ap<i Jacob went near unto Ifaac Ins 

father, and he I 1 faid, r fhe 

voice 



i 



Efau bringr.'b 'venifon. Chap. 

voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands a/v 
the hands of Efau. 

And he difcerned him not, becaufe 
hands were hairy, as his brother E- 
fau's haads. : io he blefTed him. 

And he fauL, Art thou my very fon 
Efau ? And he faid, I am. 

Ana he faid. Bring it near to me, 

and I will eat of my fon's venifon, that 

foul may blefs thee. And he brought 

it near to him, and he did eat : anii he 

brought him wine, and he drank. 

And his lather Ifaac la ; .d unto him, 
Come near now, and kils me, :\\) ion. 

27 And he came near, ami killed him : 
and lie fmelled the fmell of his raiment, 
and blefTed him, and faid, >ee, the fmell 
of my fon is as the frnell of a field which 
the Lord hath blefTed : 

28 Therefore God give thee of thedew 
of heaven, and the fatnefs of the earth, 
and plenty of corn and wine : 

29 Let people ferve thee, and nations 
bow down to thee ; be lord over thy 
brethren, and let thy mother's fons bow 
down to thee ; curled be every one t;.„t 
curfeth thee, and bielfed be he that blel- 
feth thee. 

S>') And it came to pafs, as foon as Ifaac 
had made an end of biejfing Jacob, and 
Jacob was >et fcarce gone out from the 
i-refenceof llaac his father, that Efau his 
brother came in from hi* hunting. 

31 And he alio had made favoury 
meat, and brought it unto his father, and 
faid unto his lather, Let my father arife, 
and rat of his lun'i venifon, that thy foul 
may blc 

And [fine his father, faid unto him- 
Who art thou \ And he faid, I am thy 
fon, thy firtt-born Efau. 

33 And Ifaac trembled very exceeding- 
ly, and laid, Who I \\ here is fie that 
lu'h taken vc.rfon, and brought // me, 
and I ha ;i ot all before thou earn- 

ed, and have bletfed him? \ca,&'/n/hefhall 

And u! en Efau heard the words of 

.1 u it I) - . ' iri'l ( \- 

ling bit t* r s unto hi^ !a- 

1 1 ?>: mealfo,( > in;, Father. 
1, '1 li\ btoi.fi ;r i ame m ith 
lubtletv, and batht iken aw ay thy blcfling. 
• 3G And he faid, Is not h( rightly named 
Jacob ? ' .'.uth fupi (anted me th •:<■ 

two times: he took my birth-right; 

and, behold, now he hath taken; 
bleflirtg. And he faid, Hafl thou i ot re- 
fcrved a blefTing Foi n 

37 And Ifaac ahfwcred. and faid 
Efau, Behold, I have niade him I 

id all his brethren h tv< I giv :n t 
Forfervantsj and with corn .<;k! 

e I futl.iincd him : and, what tliall I 
now unto thee, my fon 1 

I fan faid) ' > tak 



xxviii. Jjaac again h . . h 

thou but one ble her 1 B 

me, even me alio father. r\nd 

Efau lifted up his wept. 

S9 And Ifaac his fat 
faid unto hin , B 

be the fatnefs of the eartn, the 

dew of heavei- fro ve i 

40 And by thy f 
and (halt ferve thy brc 



come to pals when thou 
dominion, that 
from off" th) qi 

41 * An-j'Efau hated Jat . iufe ci 

thebleffing \ 
him: and bfau (aid i I 
of mourning 
then will I 

•42 !1 And - 
fon were told to Rl : arid fl.e lent 

and called Jajob hi r fo.n', and 

faid unto him, Behold, thj Brother .- 
as touching thee, doth comfort I 
l>urpej;ng to kill thee. 

45 Nov. therefore, my fori, obey my 
voice; and arife; Bee thou to Labah 
brother, to i ; 

44 ,-\nd tarry with him a fc> 
til thy brother's fury turn away ; 

45 Jntil thy brother's anger turn away 

. th.ee, and lie forget tia: 
haft done to him : then I will fen 
fetch thee from the na fhould I be 

deprived alio of you both in one day ! 

46 And Rebekah laid to Ifaac, I am 
weary of my life becaufe i 
ters of Heth ; if Jacob take a wife of the 
daughters of Heth, fuch as theft 
of the daughter^ of the land, what | 
fhali my life do me ? 

CHAP XXVIII. 
1 Jacob it Biejfed t andfent tc i\i ianarttn . 
10 Hts yijtin. i$Thf/ xbel. 

fueob's r.'O'zu. 
AND llaac called Jacob, and blefTed 
him, and charged him, 

him, '1 hou I 

ot B< thu 

' .-'in t! • ...ightei i 

3 And Uod . 
ruitful, and multiply 1 1 

thou mat (it be a multitu 

4 And 

h nil, toll; 

thou 

Bethi 

• I . cr. 

6 V 

• 



33 Ja<Gb's<vo™. GENESIS. 

ss hebleffed him he gave him a charge, 
faying, Thcu {halt not take a wife of the 
daughters of Canaan ; 

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father 
and his mother, and was gone to Fada- 
saram ; t 

8 And E fau feeing that the daughters 
of Canaan pleated not Ifaachis father ; 

9 Then went Efau unto Ifhmaei, and 
took unto the wives which he had, Ma- 
halah the daughter of lihmael, Abraham's 
fon, the filler of Nebajoth, to be his 
wife. 

10 5 And Jacob rvent cut from Beer- 
fheba, and went toward Haran. 

11 Andhe lightedypon a certain place, 
and tarried there all night, becauie the 
fua was fet • and he took of the fto-nes of 
that place, and put them for his pillows, 
and lay down in that place to deep. 

12. And he dreamed, and behold* lad- 
der fet upon the earth, and the top of it 
reached to heaven : and behold the an- 
gels of God afcending and defcending 
on it"; 

13 And behold, the Lord flood above 
it, and laid, lam the Lord God of Abra- 
ham thy father, and the God of Ifaac : 
the land whereon thou lieft, to thee will 
I give it, and to thy feed : 

14 And thy feedihall be as the duft of 
the earth, and thou ihalt fpread abroad 
to the weft, and to the ead, and to the 
north, and to the fouth : and in thee and 



in thy feed {hall all the families of the 
earth be bleffed. 

15 And, behold, I <z?rc with thee, and will 
keep thee in all places whither thou goefl, 
and will bring thee again into this land ; 
for I will not leave thee, until I havedone 
that which I have fpoken to thee of. 
• 16 And Jacob awaked out of his deep ; 
and lie faid, Surely the Lord is in this 
place ; and I knew it not. 

IT And he was afraid, and faid, How- 
dreadful is tills place ! This i* none other 
but the houfe of God, and this is the gate 
of heaven. 

18 H And Jacob rofe up early in the 
morning, and took the (tone that he had 
put for his pillows, ami fet it up for a pil- 
lar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 

19 Andhe called the name of that place 
Bethel i but the name of that city ivas 
called Luz at the firfl. 

20 II And Jacob vowed a vow, faying, 
IF God will be with me. and will keep me 
in this way that I go, and will give me 
bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my father's 
houfe in peace ; then (hall the Lord be 
my God : 

22 And this (lone, which I have fet 
for a pillar, (hall be God's houfe : and of 
all that thou fh tit give mo I will furely 
give the tenth unto thee, 



He is entertained by Lab an. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

i Jacob comet b to the well of Haran ; 13/f 
entertained by Laban. iS Jacob cove- 
nanteth for tiachel ; and is deceived 
ivithLeab; i%but marrieth Rachel alfo. 
THEN Jacob wenton hisjourney, and 

came into the land of the people of the 

eaft. 

2 And he looked, and behold a w.ell in 
the field, and, lo, there <were three flecks 
of fheep lying by it ; for out of that well 
they watered the flocks : and a great ftone 
njjas upon the well's mouth. 

3 And thither were all the flocks gath- 
ered : and they rolled the (lone from the 
well's mouth, and watered the fheep, and 
put the (tone again upon the well's mouth 
in his place. 

4And Jacob faid unto them, My breth — 
fen, whence be ye ? And they laid, Gf 
Haran are we. 

5 And he faid unto them, Know ye,' 
Laban the fon of .Manor ? And they faid, 
We know birr.. 

6 And he faid unto them, Is he well ? 
And they faid, He if well : and, behold, 
Rcchel his daughter cometh with the 
fheep. 

7 And he faid, Lo, it is yet h*gh day, 
neither is it time that the cattle (liould be 
gathered together : water ye the fheep, 
and go and feed them. 

8 And they faid, We cannot, until all 
the flocks be gathered together, and till 
they roll the (lone from the well'* mouth j 
then we water the fheep. 

9 And while he yet fpake with them, 
Rachel came with her father's iheep ; for 
(he kept them. 

10 And it came to pafs, when Jacob 
faw Rachel the daughter of 'Laban his 
mother s brother, and the fheep of Laban 
his mother's brother, that Jacob went 
near, and roUed the done from the well's 
mouth, and watered the flock of Laban 
his mother's brother. 

11 And Jacob ki (Ted Rachel, and lifted 
up his voice and wept. 

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he toaj 
her father's brother, and that he ivas 
Rebekah's fon : and (he ran and told her 
father. 

13 $ And it came to pafs, when Laban 
heard the tidings of Jacob his filler's (on, 
that he ran to meet him, and embraced 
him, and killed him, and brought him to 
his houfe. And he told Laban all thefe 
things. 

14 And Laban faid to him, Surely 
thou art my bone and my fle'.n. Andhe 
abode with him the fpace of a month . 

15 And Laban faid unto Jacob, Becaufe 
thou art my brother, (houldcfr thou 
therefore ferv erne for nought ? Tell me, 
What jhall thy wages be? 

16 And Laban had two daughters : thej 

name- 



Jac o bfe r<vethfo r Leah ar.J Re. cbel, C h'g p . x*x x . 

the 



Iiac . . - irrenneff. M 



and 



name of the elder "Mas Leah 
name of the younger ivjis Rachel. 

17 Leah tua tender eyed ; buc Rachel 
was beautiful and well favoured. 

18 H And Jacob loved Rachel ; and 
faid, I will ferve thee feven years for Ra- 
chel tin*. vounger daughter. 

i9 And Laban faid, It is better that I 
give her to thee, than that I mould give 
her to another man : abide with mc. 

20 And Jacob ferved feven years for 
R.achel : and they feemed unto him but 
a few days, for the love he had to her. 

21 And Jacob faid unto Laban, Give 
me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that 
I may go in unto her. 

26 AndLaban gathered together all the 
men of the place and made a feaft. 

23 ^| And it came to pafs in the even- 
ing, that he took Leah his daughter, and 
brought her to him ; and he went in un- 
to her. 

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter 
Leah, Zilpah his maid/or an hand-maid. 

25 And it came to pafs, that in the 
morning, behold, it iuas Leah, : and he 
faid to Laban, What is this thou haft 
done unto me ? Did not I ferve with thee 
for Rachel ? Wherefore then haft thou 
beguiled me ? 

. 26 And Laban faid, It muft not be fo 
done in our country, to give the younger 
before the firft-born. 

27 Fulfil her week, and we will- give 
thee this alio, for the fervice which thou 
malt ferve with me yet feven other vears. 

28 3 And Jacob did fo,and fulfilled her 
week : and he gave him Rachel his 
daughter to wife alfo. 

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daugh- 
ter Bilhah his hand -maid, to be her maid. 

30 And he went in alfo unto Rachel, 
and he loved alfo Rachel more than Leah; 
and ferved with him yet feven other years. 

31 And when the Lord few that Leah 
*was hated, he opened her womb : but 
Rachel <ivas barren. 

32 And Leah conceived, and bare a 
fon, and (he called his name Reuben : for 
ihe laid, Surety the Lord hath looked 
upon my affliction ; now therefore my 
kulband will love me. 

3S And the conceived again, and bare 
a ion ; and laid, Becaufe the Lord hath 
rd that I tvas hated, he hath there- 
fore given me thisybfl alio : and ftie call- 
ed his name Simeon. 

34 And the conceived again, and bare 
a ion : and laid, Now this time will my 
hufband be joined unto me, becaufe I 
have borne him three fons : therefore 
wasjiis name called Levi. 

35 And the conceived again, and bare 
a fon : and ihe faid, Now will I praife the 
Lord : therefore me called his name Ju- 
dah ; and left bearing. 



CHAP. XXX. 
i Rachel's barrexnefs. 22 She bcareth- 
Jofepb. 27 Jacob's covenant -iviib La- 
ban 37 By his policy he becom*th rich. 
AND when Rachel faw that ihe bare 
Jacob no 9 children, Rachel envied her 
lifter ; and faid unto Jacob, Give me' 
children, or elle 1 die. 

2 And Jacob's anger was;kindled -a~ 
gai n ft Rachel ; and he -faid, Am I in 
God's ftead, who hath withheld from 
thee the fruit of the womb ? 

3- And ihe faid, Beheld my maid Bil- 
hah- go in unto her ; and ihe (hall bear 
upon my knees, that I may alfo have 
children by her. 

4 And ihe gave him Bilhah her hand- 
maid to wife ; and Jacob went in unto her, 
5r And Bilhah conceived and bare Ja- 
cob a fon. 

6 And Rachel faid, God hath yidgecL 
me-, and hath alfo heard my voice, and 
hath given me a fon : therefore called ihe 
his name Dan. 

7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceiv- 
ed' again, and bare Jacob a-ieco nd fon. 

m 8 And Rachel faid, With great wrenV 
lings have I wreftled with my lifter, and 
I have prevailed : and ihe called his name 
Naphtali. 

9- When Leah faw that fhe had left 
bearing, (he took Zilpah her maid, audi 
gave her Jacob to wife. 

10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare ~Ja- 
cob a fon. 

11 And Leah faid, A troop cometh z. 
and fne called his name Gad. 

12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Ja- 
cob a fecond fon. 

13 And Leah faid, Happy am I for the- 
daughters- will call me bleSed : and (he 
called his name A /her. 

14 And Reuben went in the days of 
whea-t-harvefL and found mandrakes hi 
the tield, and brought them unto his 
mother Leah. Then Rachel faid to Le- 
ah, Give me, I pray thee, of -thy fcn*s 
mandrakes. 

15 And (he ibid unto her. Is it a final! 
matter that thou haft taken hly hulban.d K 
And wouldeft thou take awav my foil's 
mandrakes alfo? And Rachel faid,' There- 
fore he mall lie with the to night Jf-irthy- 
fon's mandrakes. 

16- And Jacob came out of the field \.v 
the evening, and Leah went out to n 
him, and faid, Thou rrihft come \i\ imcn 
me ; for furely I have kned thee ynf) 

fon's mandrakes. And heTaj vvk 

that night. 

17 And God hearkened r.n;o Lc" u - 
ft)e conceived, and bare Jacob the Sub. for 

18 Arid Leah faid, .Gopiiath / 
my hire, becaufe I have giv en .idea 



to my hufbahd 
Eflach'ar. 



and ihe called his nains 

X a. i. ] . _£ 



.-, and bare 
•i. 
di Go! fi ith cndo. 

now will my 

life I have 

Ailed his 

;ter, 

l Rachel, 

:>n<l I to her, a*nd opened 

fen : and 

j my reproa :h : 

ie Jo'feph ; 

l to me an- 

whin Rachel 
: iid unto La- 
go unto 
a n plac . my country. 

i my children, 

for vs li thee, and let me 

thou knoweftmy fervice which 

i faid unto him, I pray 
thee, if I have found favour in thine 

, tarry ; for ] h.,'> (• learned by e 

■ LoKDkath bleflTed me tor 

Ice. 

d he faid, Appoint me thy wa- 
- and I v E //. 

1 And he faid unto him, Thou know. 
ferved thee, and how thy 

with ii 
50 F6r ii *umu little which th«u hadft 
before I tame % and it \tno>w increafed un- 

' multitude : and the Lor r> cfTed 

now, when 
- alfo I 
31 And he fa I give thee ? 

i ("halt • ; me 
1 1 r do 1 1 

, I will , c fc : 

- I will |c to 



GENESIS. Jacob commanded to return. 

twixt himfelf and Jacob : and Jacob fed 
the reft cf Laban's flocks 

37 TAnd Jacob took him rods of green 
poplar, and of the ha/el and chefnut 
tree : and pilied white ftrakes in them, 
znd made the white appear which tea s 
in the rods. 



38 And he fet the rods which he had 
pilled before the flocks in the gutters in 
the, watering troughs, when the flock? 
came to drink, that they mould conceive 
when they came to drink. 

39 And the flocks conceived before the 
rods, and brought forth cattle ring-ftrak- 
ed, fpeckled, and fpotted. 

40 And Jacob did feparate the lambs, 
and fet the faces of the flocks toward the 
ring-ftraked, and all the brown in the 
flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks 
by themfclves, and put them not unto 
Laban's cattle. 

41 And it came topafs, whenfoever the 
ftronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob 
laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle 
in the gutters, that they might conceive 
among the rods. 

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he 
put them not in : fo the feebler were La- 
ban's, and the ftronger Jacob's. 

43 And the man increafed exceedingly, 
and had much cattle, and maid-fervants, 
and men-fervants, and camels, and afles. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
i Jacob departethjrom Laban. 22 Laban 

purfuetb him. 44 Their covenant at 

Galeed . 

AND he heard the words of Laban's 
fons, faying, Jacob hath taken away all 
that nvas our father's : and of that 
which uoas our father's hath he gotten 
all this glory. 

2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of 

in, and, behold j it tuas not toward 
hi in as before. 

3 And the Lord faid unto Jacob, Re 



fromthence all th .- turn unto the land of thy fathers; and to 

1 and all the brown thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 
fpotted 4 And Jacob fent and called Rachel and 
and fperkkd among the . and of Leah to the field unto his flock - 

ktf* tnall br m\ 

33 So (hall n fsanfwerfor 

rne n it fhall come 



ny hire >vf.,rr thy hi ry one 

d and among 

the goats, and brown the fheep, 

' 

5i I, I would 

cording to thy 

day the he- 
ed and fpotted, 
t.were fpeckled 
1 that hid/om/- 
' o among the 
tm into the hands of 

36 And h three days journey be- 



5 And (aid unto them, I fee your fa- 
ther's countenance, that it is not toward 

is before ; but the God ef my father 
hath been with me. 

6 And yc know that with all my'powc: 
I have ferved your father. 

7 And your father hath deceived me, 
and 1 d my wages ten times ; but 

I him not to hurt me. 

8 If he faid thus, The fpeckled (hall 
bethj wag< : then all the cattle bare 
fpeckled ; and ifhe laid thus, The ring- 
ftraked (hall be thy hire ; then bare ail 

•• rine-ftralced. 

9 rocl hath taken away the cat- 
fyour father, and given them to me. 

10 And t can to pal! at the time that 



And he faid Lift up now th'mee 
fce, all the rams v\ hich Ic 
cattle are rin - Irak 
jpifteft ; for I have lc^.i all that La 
c • into th< 

1 \ I am ■ od of Bethel, w 

thou anointed ft the pillar, and where 
~<\\\ a vow u n »w 

anie, get thee ou r . 
re he land 

l '. A.nd lachel 
into him, /j f/ ■.'••<" 
Mitance for 

Minted 
5 for he hath fold cjuite 

hath 
•l from cu: 
• •ur children's : now tl,< n wh 

b rofe 

18 cattle 

■ 



La t. Ch^ . Laban and Jacob ccntent 

he cattle that I lif edup mine | ^ . I haft not fuffered me to k 

a dream, and, berti Thou ,v 

he ra p.5 which leaped upon 

1 raked, ipeckled, and ^rifl . T t is In of mv 1 

11 And the an^el of Uo'. ' • kc u inirt : but 

in a dream, fojYng 
lid, 1 . I . Tal 

1 or b 

woi:l 

dft 
re 
haft tl 

I and faid to 
»•.<-• I v. i | : tbr I la. 

m me. 

r thou findeft I 
: before our bi 
. fcern thou \» !i,.t ir \\ 

r ]ac ob kne .-. not 

them. 

... 

.md 

. mts' 

- 

ut them in the can ure, 

ami fat upon th 
.dl the tent, • ■ ■ . 

* it 

till 

i 
. 

tli, and cl 

I 

hat Fir mj u . 

ptU 

i. 

•as thou 'all my 

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Jacob's I'ifton. 

i rut the labour of my hands, 
and rebuked thee >eilernight. 
^ And iuifwerea and faid unto 

- ' i«'* my daughters, 

and tbefech Idren arf my children, and 
//^ cattle arc my rattle, and all that 
thou fceft i* mine : and, Chateau I do 
this da> umo ihde nis termor unto 

their children which the • t orne ? 

44 1 Now therefore co method, let u 
make a covenant, land- uul let U 
be Eur a witnefs between 

45 And [acob took a (lone, and Jet it 
p U ' a pillar, 

46 And Jacob faid unto hi> br thren. 

her (to ies ; and they took lbne>, and 

mate an heap j and they did cat there 
upon • p. 

17 And Laban called it Jegarfahadu- 
t).i : but Jacob called it Gafeed. 

in faid, I his heap is a 
witnefs between me and thee ties day 
•re was the name of it called 

'ted ; 

40 A / Ebrhefcid. I he Lord 

i thee, when v. 
abfent one from another. 

It tii mi -alt afflict my daughter. 

or if thou fl .. | ves betides iny 

no nun ts with us ; Ice, Goe 

■ ixt me and thrp. 
I lo faid to Jacob, Behold 



GENESIS, 



His prefent to Efatt. 
Laban, and frayed there 



heap, and behold raw-pillar, which I 

betwixt me and th 

51 rbia heap fo witnefs, and tbi s pKlar 

fie witnefs, thai I will not pafc over th s 

P to the thai thou (halt nor pals 

ind thispillai unto me for 
harm 

n,andtheGod 
1 of their father. iud L e 
betwixt u* And [a cob f wear b 
foar ol hi 

1 |r " : facrificeupon 

led his brethren to eai 

eat bread, and tar- 
•i the mount. 
« And a in the mornint 

and dam h. 

I al.an dc- 

and 

ael. 

way, and the 

>e 
! 



called 



the Ian 
, 1 ha*. 



journed with 
until now ■ 

5 And I have oxen, and affes, flocks 
and men-fei vants, and women -fervants - 
and I have fent to tell my lord, that I 
may find grace in thy fight. 

6 And the meH^ers returned to Ja- 
cob, lay in-, We came to thv brother 
»' ->au, and alfo he eometfi to meet thee 
and four hundred men v\3th hiin. 

7 'J hen Jacob was greatly afraid and 
diltrefled : and he divided the people that 
was with him, and the flocks, and herds, 

and the camels, into two bands : 

8 And faid, If Efau come to the one 
company, and fmite it, th-n the other 
company which is left \\ all efcape. 

9 And Jacob faid, C God of my father 
Abraham : and God of my father Ifaac 
the Lord which faidft unto me, Return 
"n'orhy country, and to thy kindred, and 
' will oeal well with thee : 

10 lam not worthy of (he lea ft of all 
the mercies, and of all the truth, which 
thou, halt irewed unto thy fervant : for 
with my ftaff I pa'»cd over this Jordan • 
and now 1 am become two bands. 

UDeliver ire, I pray thee from the hand 
ol my brother, from the hat: d of Efau • 
tor I tear him, left he will comeand fmite 
wd the mother with the children. ' 
12 And thou faidfl, I will Oirely do thee 
pood, and maketh* feed as the fand of 
the lea, which cannot be numbered for 
multitude. 

/'SU And he lodged there that fame 
night; and took of that which came to 
nishand, a prefent for Efau his brother; 
i^ Lwo hundred (he-goat*, and twenty 
ne-goats, two hundred e*es. and twenty 
ranis. « 

M Thirty milch camels with their colts, 

:• kine. and ten bulls, twenty ftc-affes,. 

and ten foals. ' 

M And he delivered /***i into the hanc> 

fervants every drove by them- 

■tdunro his fervants. Pafs- 

renw.andputafpaoB betwixt 
nd drove. 

he commanded the foremofr,. 
!';fn Man my brother mectcth 
1 h thee, faying, Whofe art 

*ou Whi, her RO eft tho™ aad 

who 'hefe before thee? 

r ihou (halt fay, TbnbeOtivfcv- 

^.^apretentl^ntu.tVmy 
nd, behold, alfo he h behind 

And fo commanded he the fecond, 
th-rd, and all that followed the 
'ves, fayine, On this manner (hall ye 
MJ>/&u f when ye find him. 5 

m .-.nci fay ye moreover, Beh.ld thv 

crvantJacob,.beh 1 ndus. , rorhefaid ) I 
l.appeafejbrm with the prefent that 



before me, and afterward I 



will 

fe*- 



Jacob and Lfau's kind meeting. Chap, XXX hi, fcxxiv. y^:cb buyeth a field. Z<j 

his face ; peradventurehe will accept 6 Then the hand-maidens came near, 
of me. they and their children, and they bowed 

ill So went the prefent over before themfelves. 
him : and himfelf lodged that night in 7 And Lc?.h alfo with her children 
the company. came near- and bowed themfelves : and 

And he rofe up that night, and took, after came Jofeph near and Rachel, and 
his two wives, and his two women-fer- they bowed themfelves. 
vants, and his eleven fons, and palled o- & And he faid, \\ nat mraneft thou by 
ver the ford Jabbok. all this drove which I met j and he Paid, 

£3 And he took them- and fent them Tteje ate to hnd grace in the light of my 
over the brook, and feot over that he had- lord. 

2 4 1 And Jacob was left alone ; and 9 And Efau faid, I have enough, my 
thtrc wreftled a man with him until the brother j keep that thou halt unto thyfeit. 
breaking .of the day . 10 \nd Jacob laid. Nay, I pray thee, 

"lo And v* hen he fjw that he prevailed if now I have found grace in thy light, 

unit him, he touched the hollow of then receive my prelcnt at my hand : for 

thi^h; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh therefore I have Jeen thy face," as though 

was oat of joint, a^ he ed with him. I had feen the Ucc ot God, and thou waft 

2»> And he laid, Let me go, for the day pleafed with me. 
brcaketh : and he lad, I will not let th< H Take, I pray thee, my blelTingthat 



go, except thou blci 



is brought to ihee : becaule God hath 



And he faid unto him, What is thy dealt graciouAy with me, and becaule I 

name? And he faid, Jacob, have enough. And lie urged him and 

And he fa-d, I hy nam: .h?.l! becall- he took //. 

no more Jacob, but lfrael : for as a' 12 Andhelad,r mrney, 

prince haft thou power with God and and let us go, md 1 will gob 

with men, and halt prevailed. 13 • faid unto him. My lord 

And Jacobalked bim. and faid, Fell knoweft that the children Jrc tender, . 
me, I pra , thy name : And he faid, the flocks and herds with young are with 

Wherefore ts it that thou dolt a k after m drive them 

id he bleuedhim thei .11 the Ho^k will a 

led 'he name of the ; li I e( :n. lord, I pray thee, pafs ( 
plac I have feen God lace before h . lit : and 1 w.U lead 

to fai foftly, according a^ the cattle that gOCth 

31 A id as he pair 1 thefan' be foie me, and the children, be able to 

' "dure, unci', I com; unto my lord unto 
,h. eir. 

• ;- I hercfore tlir* 15 an faid, Let me now le 

h ch // with of the folk that are with 

i tid, What needeth it ? Lei 
iw of me find in the fight of my lord. 

L6 So f.i.iu returned that day on his 
Bto Sc 

I Tbe kindnefs if Jaa \nd Jacob journeyed to Succoth, 

■ tir.%. rid built himar. , and m 

ilem, and ■ 

AND Jacob lifi >th. 

1, behold, ind with b came ro city 

Four hui 
hildrenuiri »to Kat 



1 unto the two hand- mj 
thei". 1 and Jofeph h 

oft. 

• 3 And 

I 
■ 

wept . 
lifte 1 up 1 
the ch 
Who or*- til 



19 And parcel 

Bin's 

: 

• an altar, 
1. 

V. 
1 /). 

V °J 

.! to 

>n of I 
nee of th 



SC til ed. G) $ 

.th her, 
r. 
ul clave unto Dinah the 
,and he loved ri 

rhc damf 
4 'her 

et me 
v. i: 

'hat he I 
ter : now his ions were 
wit 1 
he M 

- father of Shechem 

vent om ui commune with 

.»f Jacob came out of 



'Jacob frntto Beth 

'21 1 hefe men are peaceable with us ; 
therefore let I dwell in the land, and 

tor the land, beheld, jus 
enough for them; let us take their 
hters to us for wives, and let us give 
m our daughters. 
22 Only herein will the men confent 
unto us, tor to dwell with us, to be one 
le, if every male among us be cir- 
eifed, ar. they #r<r circumcifed. 
Shall not their cattle and their fub- 
e and every beaft of their's be ours ? 
only let iioCcnient unto them, and they 
v- ill dwell with us. 

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem 
lu's fon hearkened all that went out of the 



the fieli ; id it : and the men gate or' h ; s city ; and every male was cir- 

v were rery wroth, nimcifed, all that went put of the gate of 
beca fit folly- In Ifrael in! his city. 

lying with Jacob' 5 daughter, which thing °1Z II And it came to pafs on the third. 

j be done. " ty, when they were fore, that two of the 

8 And Hamor communed with them, pons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's 

I he foul of my fun Shechem! brethren, took, each man his fword, and 

hi daughter ? I pray you came upon the city boldly, and flew all- 



give her him to wij 

And nuke ye marriages with us, and 
give your daughters unto us, and take 
• ;rs unto you. 

10 An*! ye (hall dwell with us : ana the 
lhall bebelore you ; dwell and trade 

ye therein, and get you pofleflions therein^ 

11 An hem faid unto her father' 
into her brethren, Let me find grace 

id what ye Hull fay unto 
ve. 
1! r fo much dowry and 

, and I will ^,\ \ e thall 



• t.ie mali 

A nd they flew Hamor and Shechem 
his for. with the edge of the fword, and 
took Dinah out of ohechein's lionfe, and 
went out. 

£7 *j 1 he Tons of Jacob came upon the 
flail and fpoiled the city, becaule they 
had denied their fitter. 

i hey took- their fheep, and their ox- 

jen, and their aires, and that which r voas 

in the city, and that which ivas in the 

field. 

29 And all their wealth, and all their 



c me the damfel to : little ones, and their wives took they cap- 
tive, and fpoiled even all that was iivthe 
- And the fons of Jacob ?.^(>'^ uV. 

father ; 30 And Jacob faid to Simeon and Le- 

"S Ye have troubled me to make me to 

14 And H hem, We can 



ftink among the inhabitants of the land, 
among the Canaanitesami the Periiiites: 



veoui "11 being few in number, thoy fnall 

;• that tvere i gather themfelves together againft me, 

and flay me ; and I (hall be deflroyed, I 

fJut ii • i nfent ill my houfe. 



be t that c\ e ofj 

d ; 

in uigh- 

le. 

n 



rid they faid, Should he deal with 
filter as with an hai lot - 
CHAP. XXXV. 
ndetb Jacoh to Bethel, i He fur- 
tb bis houfe of idols, 6 and buildeib 
■ altar nt Bethel. 7 > Ifuac'i death. 

lid unto Jacob, A rife, go 



ir Up to I dwell there: and make 

th eared 

unto thou fteddel? from th< 

■ 
' faid unto h'.s houfe - 

hold, and to all that nverew'iih him, I 
away th gods that a>e among 

you, and be clean, and change your gar^ 
ments : 

3 And let us arife, and go up to Beth- 
el ; and I will make there an altar unt» 

G 



• aor, 

■a. 

had d< 

his f<m 



)b buildeth an ai/ar at Betbcl. Chap. jy 

d, who anfwered me in the day of my (dwelt in that land, that Reuben yventand 
refs, and was \*. itli rae in the way lay with Bilhah his I , concubine \ 

which I vent. i liiael heard it. \ lie ions of 

•4 And they gave unto Jacob all the t Jacob were \ 
ftri Is winch -were in their band, 

and alt /AWrear-rings which 'were in their firrt-la ju- 

earj i and Jacob hid them under the oak. dah. and tflachar, and Zebul 



Which ivas by Shechem 

5 And they journeyed : and the terrour 
of God wns upon the cities that -iuerg 
roHnd about them, and they did not pur- 
ine after the fons of Jacob. 

£ liSo 1 icob came to Luz, which i 
the land of Canaan, that is Bethel, he 
and all the people that --were with him. 

T And lie built there an altar, and 
called the place Klbethcl : becaufe there 
God appeared unto him, when he tied 
from the face of hi o brother. 

8 But Deborah Rebekah's-nurfe d\cd } 
and (he was buried beneath Bethel u*n- 
oak. : and the name of it v. as 
Called AUonbachuth. 

ppea red unto J a 
ime out of P. am, and 

ed him. 
l€ And v rod raid unto him, Thy name 
is Jacob : t: .(hall not becahei any- 

more Jacob, but lirael thall lie thy name . 
ins name lirael. 
11 And G idfaidunto him, ! im God 
Almighty: be fruitful and rualtip] 

liiall be 
ot thee, and ki 1 come out ot th) 

h I gav • A - 
:ac, to thee I w ill '^ive it, 
will I give the 
J. 

And God went i • 
■ 
14 

ith him, even i . 
i 

• 
led the 

th him, 
- 1 S thel ; 

:ome to 
1 Ihe 

17 

unto 

ne to 



•:i i he fori 



tchc . 



and 



n i ri 

-•' An I the fon i f Bilhah, Rachel's 

hand-maid ; Da 

26 Ai d the ft n ' ah's 

I maid; Gad. ■ (hep lliefe are 

the Ions of J; born to 

him in Padanaralii'. 

~7 And Jacob ithcr 

unto Mane.-, unto the i 
which is Hebron, • mi and 

i ed , 






e an 



And ii"- d iys >f II 
him Ired I foui fc ir». 

and 
died, i unto -pie, 

[ *h:a Ions 
Efaii 

-2 I. H\s\ 

e the » of 

1- ( tu, v. ho it I -i >m. 

i '- 1' lau. I 

r of 
hlon the 

i or* An • lau 

the I 

.ter, 
th. 

and I 
5, And 

;sof 

6 *- Ana blati 

id all 1 h he 

■ 

oi 

i 

I 

ii 

\nd 



SO kings and dukes of Edom. GENESIS. Jojepb is bated by bis brethren. 



12 And Timna was concubine to Eli- 
pfcaz Efau's fon ; and foe bare to Eliphaz 
Amalek : thefe were the fons of Adah 
Elan's wife. 

13 And thefe are the fons of Reuel ; 
Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah,andMiz- 
zah ; thefe were the fons pi Bafhemath 
Efau's wife. 

14 And thefe were the fons of Aholiba- 
mah, the daughter of Anah the daughter 
of Zibeon, Efau's wife ; and (lie bare to 
Efau Jeufh, and Jaalam, and Korah. 

15 Thefe were dukes of thefe fons of 
Efau : the fons of Eliphaz the firft-born 

fon of Efau ; duke Ternan, duke Omar, 
duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam,<37^ duke 
Amalek : thefe atie the dukes tbat came 
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; thefe 
were the fons of Adah. 

IT And thefe are the fons of Reuel E- 
fau's fen ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, 
duke Shammah,duke Mizzah; thefe are 
the dukes tbat came of Reuel in the land 
of Edom : thefe are the fons of Bafhe- 
math Efau's wife. 

18 And fchefe writhe "fons of Aholiba- 
mah Efau's wife ; duke jeufh, duke Jaa- 
lam, duke Korah, : thefe were the dukes 
that came of Aholibamah, the daughter 
of Anah, Efau's wife. 

19 Thefe arc the fons of Efau, who is 
Edom, and thefe are their dukes. 

20 Thefe are the fons of Seir the Ko T 
rite, who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and 
Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah. 

21 And Diihon, and Ezer, and Diihan : 
thefe are the dukes of the Horites, the 
children of Seir in the land of Edom. 

22 And the children of Lotan were 
Hon and Hernan ; and Lotan's filler was 
Timna. 

2.3 And the children of Shobal w re 
thefe ; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal 
Shepho, and Onam. 

24 And thefe are the children of Zib- 
eon ; both Ajah, and Anah : this was 
tbat Anah tkat found the mules in the 
wiidernefs, as he fed the affes of Zibeon 
his father. 

25 And the children of Anah were 
thefe ; Difiion, and Aholibamah the 
daughter of Anah. 

26 And thefe are the children of Di- 
fiion : Hemdan, and Efhban, and Ithram, 
and Cheran. 

27 The children of Ezer are thefe ; 
Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 

23 The children of Diihan are thefe ; 
TJz, and Aran. 

29 Thefe are the dukes that came of the 
Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, 
duke Zibeon, duke Anah. 

SO Duke Difiion, duke Ezer, duke Di- 
shan : thefe are the dukes that came of Ho- 
ri, among their dukes in the laud of Seir. 



31 And thefe are the kings that reign- 
ed in the land of Edom ; before there reign- 
ed any king over the children of Ifrael. 

32 And Belathefon of Beor reigned in 
Edom : and the name of his city was 
Dinhabah. 

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the fon 
of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his fiead. 

34 And Jobab died, and Hufham of the 
land of Temani reigned in his /lead. 

35 And Hufiiam died, and Hadad the 
fon of Sedad, who fmote Midian in the 
field of Moab, reigned in his Head : and 
the name of his city was Avith, 

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of 
Maf rekah reigned in his ftead. 

37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Re- 
hoboth by the river reigned in hs ftead. 

38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the 
fon of Achbor reigned in his Head. 

39 And Baalhanan the fon of Achbor 
d:ed, and Hadar reigned in his ftead ; and 
the name of his city was Pau j and his 
wife's name was Mehetabel, the daugh- 
ter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab, 

40 And thefe ar^ the names of the dukes 
that canieot Efau, according to their fam- 
ilies, after their places, by their names ; 
duke Timnah, duke Alvah,duke Jetheth,, 

41Duke Aholibamah, duke Elan, duke 
Pinon, 

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke 
Mibzar, 

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : thefe 
be the dukes of Edom, according to their 
habitations in the land of their poirefTion 1 
he is Efau the father of the Edomites. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 

2 Jofephis hated oj b s b<etbren. $ H/stzvn 

dreams. 18 Hs bretbren confpire bis 

death. 36 He is fold to Potipharin Egypu 

AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein 

his father was aftranger, in the land of 

Canaan. 

2 H 'i hefe arc the generationsof Jacob. 
Jofeph, bem% feventeen years old, was 
reeding the flock with hi* brethren ; and 
the lad was with the fons of3ilhah, and 
with the fons of Zilpah, his fathers 
wives : and Jofeph Drought uato his 
father their evil report. 

3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more than 
all his children, becaufe he was the fon 
of his old age : and he made him a coat 
of many colours. 

4 And when his brethren faw that their 
father loved him more than all his breth 
ren, they hated him, and could not fpeak 
peaceably unto him- 

5 5 And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and 
he told it his brethren : and they hated 
him yet the more. 

6 And he faid unto them, Hear I pray 
you, this dream which I have dreamed ; 

7 For, behold, we were binding (heaves 
in the field, and, lo ; my fheaf aroie, and, 

alio 



His brethren confpire his death. Chap. 

alfo Rood upright ; and, behold, your 
iheaves flood round about, and made o- 
beifance to my (heaf. 

8 And his brethren faid unto him, Shalt 
thou indeed reign over us ? or, (haltthou 
indeed have dominion over us ? And they 
hated him yet the more for his dreams, 
and for his words. 

9 And he dreamed yet another dream, 
and told it his brethren, and faid, Be- 
hold % I have dreamed a dream more ■ 
and, behold, the fun and the moon and 
*he e 'even (tars made obeifance to me. 

10 And he told it to his father, and 
to his brethren : and his father rebuked 
him, and faid unto him, What is this 
dream that thou haft- dreamed ? Shall I 
and thy mother and thy brethren indeed 
come to bow down ourfelves to thee, to 
the earth ? 

11 And his brethren envied him ; but 
his father obferved the faying. 

^ 12 And his Brethren went to feed their 
father's flock: in Shechem. 

13 And Ifrae! faid unto Jofeph, Do not 
thy brethren fe^d tot flock in Shechem ? 
Come, and I a- ill fend thee unto them. 
And he faid unto him, Here am 1. 

14 And hefaid to him, Go,- 1 pray thee, 
fee whether it be well with thy brethren. 
and well with the flocks ; and bring me 
word again. So he fent him out of the 
vale of Hebron, and he came to- She- 
chem. 

15 And a certain man found him) and, 
"behold he <was wandering in the field: 
and the man afked him, faying,- What 
feekeltthou ? 

16 And he faid, I feek my brethren : 
tell me, I pray thee, where they; feed 
their flocks. 

IT And the man faid, They are depart- 
ed hence ; for I heard them fay, Let uc 
go ro Dothan. And Jofeph went after 
his brethren and found them in De-:han. 

18' I And when they faw him afar off. 
even before he came near unto them, 
they confpired againft him to flay him. 

19 And they faid one to another, Be- 
hold tliis dreamer cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and let us flay 
hi 



xxxviii. Jofeph fold to Puiphar. $$; 

dripped Jofeph out of his coat, his coat of 
many colourb that nvas on him : 

24 And they took, him, and cafl him 
into a pit : and the pit lOas empty, tbeic 
zvas no water in it. 

25 And they iat down to eat bre?.d : 
and they lifted up their eyes and looked, 
and, behold, a company of. Iflhmeciites' 
came from Gilead^ with their camels 
b ca ri ng fp: ce r y , a nd bal m , a nd my rrh> 
going to- carry it down to Egypt. 

26 And J ud ah faid unto his brethren,- 
What profit is it if we flay Our brother, 
and conceal his blood ? 

27 Come, and let us fell him ta the 
Ifh neelites, and let not our hand be up- 
on him ; for he i> our brother and our 
fleftiv -\nd Ills brethren werecbhtsnt'. 

2s Then there palled bv M 



a brethren, 
I; 



m, and call him into fome pit, and we 
will fay fome evil beaft hath devoured 

him : and we mail fee what will become! i f-udahhegefe^i t 
of his dreams. 

21 AndReuben heard it, and he deliv 
ered him out of their hands ; and faid, 
Let us not kill him. 

22 And Reuben faid unto them, Shed 
■no blcod, butc^ii him into this pit that is 
in the wildernefs, and lay no hand upon 
him ; that he might rid him out of their 



merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted 
up Jofeph out of the pit, and fold Jofeph 
to the Ifhmeelites for twenty pieces othX- 
ver : and they brought Jofeph-intc Egypt. 
£9 And Reuben returned unto the pit 5, 
and, behold Jofeph --vj as not in the pit ; 
and he rent his clothes. 

50 And he returned'uhto hi; 
and faid, The child it not; and 
whither Avail I go ? 

51 And they feck Jofeph* $ coat, and 
killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the 
coat in the blood'; 

32 And they lent the coat of many col- 
ours, and they brought it to heir father ; 
and faid, i his have we found : know now 
whether it £<rthy ion's coat or no. 

S3 And lie knew it, and faid, // " my 
fon's coat ; an evil beaft hath devoured 
him ; Jofeph is without doubt rent in 
pieces. 

■'U And Jacob rent his clothes, and 
put fackcldth upon his loins, and mourn- 
ed for hisfon many days. 

55 And all his funs and all Iirs daugh- 
ters rpfe up to comfort hi-m ; but he re- 
^ftifed to be comforted ; and he faid, For 
I will go down into the grave into my 
f6n, mourning, i hus hi i father wept tor 
him. 

35 £ And the Midianites fold -him inter 
Egypt unto Pbtiph&r, an cilice r of Pha- 
raoh's, end caotain ot rf : >rd. 
CHAP, XXXVIiL 



0/ 



andSfyfab 



hands, to deliver him to 
gain. 
23 And it came to pafs. 



nis 



fatke 



r a- 



wnen 



Jofeph 



was come unto his brethren, that they antd he called h&'na 



6 Er mai rietb Tartf&r, 'S 'he '.r'ffpafs v-f 
Qnan. \i Jud&b*s-in-cefl-- r u;iih IMnfur* 



AND it came t6. pafs at 1 it :ime, s tka 
ent down friom his bi s ' ; 
: to a certain Ailulis n-ite 
is Hi rah. 

i Judah fa^v th'ere t 
t Canaanite, whole' nai 
and he took her 3 arid kz 
unto her 



judah \vent down fro:- 


v /..en. arf;1 


turned ri 


to a certain Aduli; 


- .lite, iyhofo 


name ivat Rirah. 




2 And 


Judah fa^v th'ere a 


. h ! ::r ol 


a certain 


Canaanite, whole' name %Q4 


Shuah ; and he took her. : 


id ; - went in 



3 And fiieeoncs 



rive< 



/-; 



.m 



And 



• 






jojepb's advancement 

rdy by the way fide I and they 
ere was no, harlot in \\\\> place. 
Zl And he returned to Judah, and 
faid,I cannot find her ; and alfo the men 
:e ("aid, thai there was no har- 
lace. 
idjudah faid, Let her take U to 
we be afhamed : behold, I Cent 
the this kid, and thou haft not round her. 

24 And it came to pafs about three 



I bai e .1 

and 

!• r 



n, Go in 'months after, that it was told Judah, 
irrj l:<-r, Ifaying, 'I amar thy daughter-in r law hath 



! flmuld 

n he 

that he 

that lie 

ifp'.eif- 
• 

I uiiar hi i 

d '•'• .u thy 

till b my Ton be 

re he 

ihreh a 

'tile. 
• i ugh- 



■ d the harlot : and alio behold, (lie. 
•is with child by whoredom. And Judah 
I faid, Bring her forth: and let her be 
bur -t. 

25 When (he if ^brought forth, (he fent 
to her lather-in -law, faying, By the mart 
whole thefearf, am I with child: and 
(he (aid, Difcern, I pray thee, wiiofe are 

the fignet, and bracelets, and ftatt". 

26 And Judah acknowledged them, and 
faid, She hath been more righteous than 
I ; becaufe that I gaveher not to Shelah 
my fon. And he knew her again no more. 

And it came to pafs in the time of 
her travail, that, behold, V.vinsivere in 
womh. 



I ; and |i: 
. i m u[> imtol And it. came {o pafsi when fhe tra,v- 

id hia ailed, that the one put out bis land : and 



Adlllla 



the mid-wife took and bound upon his 
, Be- J hand a fcarlet thread, faying, This came 
out firft. 

And it came to pafs, as lie drew back 



i thy \ up to lim 

natl 



• t .ut her widoV his hand, that, behold his brother cam 

i veil, out, and fhefaid, How haft thou brokers 



I fal ; .i .'••. open forth? this breach be upon thee 
to Timnath ; foi • his name was culled Pharez. 



there 



I Shelah was gr a\ n, and 

In- thought hand 

• 
and 

bt thai fhe 
n-law. And li.e faid, 
■ ,i it thou ma\ - 
n 

II I nd I kid 

:li thuu 

V 



And afterward came out his broth- 
er, that had the fcarlet thread upon hfo 
and his name' was called Zarah. 
CHAP. XXXIX. 
• Jopbb advur.c din Pciiphar's houfe, T 
rr/ijleth his mejhefi' temptation. l$He 
is fatfelyaccu ed % x j and cajl into prijon. 
AND Jofenh was brought down to 
i't ; and rotiphar, an officer of Pha* 
raoh, i \\ •» tiii ( r trie guard, an Egyptian, 
in iiini of the hands of the Immeel- 
ites, which had brought him down thith- 
er 



' Vnd the Lord was with Jofeph, and 
e (hall I he was a profperous man; and he was 
I in the houfe <>< his niafter the Egyptian, 
in 3 And his niaftei (aw that the Lord 
i ■ nvas with him, and that the Lord made 

him. all that he dii >fj er in his hand. 

'. \in\ [of< . h found grace in his fight, 
and he f m , and he made him 



o 



the 

' i hand: 
but i 

the men of that 



feer ov< r his houfe, and all that he 
had he pm into his hand. 

■' And it i to pafs from the time 

that he had made him overfeer in his 
houfe, and >v< r all that he had, that the 
D bleflTed the Egyptian's houfe fur 



*rcwth Dt, that] Joft] and The blefling of the 

Lord 



.sfalfe ed. Ciiap. 

Lord was upon all that he had in the 
fe and in the field. 

6 And he left .ill that he had in To- 
feph's hand ; and he knew not aught lie 
had fave the bread which he did eat. 
And Tofeph waa a goodly per/on, and 
well favoured. 

T i An I it came to pafs after thefe 
things, that his mailer's wife cart her eyes 
upon Jofeph ; and (he Paid, Lie with me. 

8 But he refilled, and (aid unto his 
matter's wife, Behold, my matter wotteth 
not what i/with me in the houfe, and he 
hath committed all that he hath to my 
hand \ 

9 There is none greater in this houfe 
than I ; neither hath he kept back any 
thing from ine but thee, becauie thou art 
his wife ; How then can I do this great 
wickedne: inft God ? 

id it c . , as :he fpake 

h day by day, that he hearken- 
ed not unto her, to lie by her, or to be 
!i her. 

11 And it came to pafs about this 
time, that Jofeph went into the houfe to 
do his bnfmefs ; and t^ere icas none of 
the men of the houfe there within. 

12 And flic caught him by his | 
ment, Ikying, Lie with me : and he let? 

sirment in her hand, and fled, and 
gat him out. 

13 1 And it came to pafs, when flu 
faw that he had left his garment in her 
hand, and was Hcd forth, 

1 i That fh? called into the men ot her 
houfe, and (pake untothera, fa;, ing, Set-, 
he hath brought in an Hebrew unto u> 
to mock us une in unto me to lie 

i me, and I cried with a loud v. 
nc to paf>, when he h 
that I Lifted up my voice and < :i 
he left bis garment with me, and fled, 
and ut. 

.J up his garment by 
until his lord came lion 

And A 
to thefe woids, 
var.t, which thou I 
ca mock n 

I it came r o pafs, as I lined up 
my voice and cried, that he leu his | 
it with me, and Bed out. 
19 And it came I when hi-> maf- 

i licard th 
the fpake unto I 

manner did thy fervant to me ; that his 
wrath was kind'.- 

»fl And JofeprTa mafler tc- . 
and put him into I ifonj a \ 

•re the kin 

i he was there in the , 
-I Rut the Lor a w... -with Jofeph, and 
■ ed him mercy, di)d gave hii 
ightofthe keeper ol t!i- pri 

»f the prifon com- 



He . ttctb drrams-. H 

raitted to Tofeph's haivd all the prifoners 
that ice re in the prifon . and whatfoevcr 
re, he was the doer •/ it. 

'23 The keeper of the prifon looked not 
to any thing that icas under his hand ; 
becaufe the Lord ^j; with him, and 
that which he did, the Lord made it to 
profper. 

CHAP. X 
i The butler and baker of Pharaoh are 

imprijoned . \ 'fo/epb hath charge of 

them. 5 He interpreted their dreams. 

AND it came to pafs after thefe things, 
that the butler of the king of Egypt and 
t:s baker had offended their lord the king 
»t. 
Lnd Pharaoh was wroth agamfi two 
o/'his officers, againfl the chief of the but- 
lers, and againfl the chief of the bake: 

S A put them in ward in the houfe 

of the captain of the guard, into the prif- 
on, the place where Jofeph ^vas bound. 

4 ^ And the captain of the guard 
charged Jofeph with them, and he ferv- 

them : and they continued a feaibn 
in ward. 

5 I And they dreamed a dream both 
of them, each man his dream in one night, 

man accord the interpi 

le butler and tl 
the king of Egypt, which 'were bound in 
'.he prifon. 

6 Vnd Jofeph came in unto them in the 
morning, and ! n them, a 
behold, they - 1. 

\nd he afked Pharaoh' 
xverewhh him in the ward of his l< 
houfe, laying, Wherefore look ye/o 

day ? 

\nd they Paid unto him, v 

re is n< 

preter of it. A iid unto them, 

no not inter] r ■? itit n b< l»ng 

i. 

9 And tl 
to Jofeph, and (aid unto him, In my 
dream, be; t»tvas I i 

K) And It) the vi\ three I 

rhe <. lufl 

11 And rharaoh'a mp --.as in 
hand : and I took I 

them int I . ,i\e the 

into P. 1 ' hand. 

i . • I Jofeph 1 
the interpretation ot u 1 h •• three b 

\3 \ el « it bin tin : 11 Phaj 

lift up thine 

thy | l fhalt i 

oh's cup into h 

rier when thou wait 1. 
H Bu' 
with thee, and I 

akc it. 



ms. 

ihoufe. 

.' ol 

alio 
:at they lhoul.l pur 

the 
unto Jo- 
old, 

. head : 

. | 

its for PI a 
t thero out of 

I faid, '! 

•of; the t] 
I : 

- foall Phar 
■ if thee, and I 

. the birds ili'al! 

the third day, 

. that he 

: and he 

he chief butler and 

\ ants. 

hief butler un- 

id he gave the 

nd : 

tl chief baker : :i> 
I to them. 

*-* er remem- 
ber Jofeph, b. • him. 

Hi I. 
tob's fwq dreams. - & infer. 

raob 
~;cd. 50//* 
bt 

two 
h dreamed : and. 

■«-r. 

tbc I id fat 

fleO ' '\v . 

3 
Up I OUT- 

the 

■ 

welM 

■ 

the 






ond 

tnd 
i the c . 

ired the 

dream. 
I 

tnd I'ii.i. 

none 

loh. 
9 c duet butler unto 



-I?. Jofeph interprstetb j 

Pharaoh, faying, I do remember my faults- 

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his fer- 
vants, and put me in ward in the captain 
of the guard's houle, both me and the chief 
baker : 

11 And we dreamed a dream in one 
night, I and he; we dreamed each man 
according to the interpretation of his 
dream. 

H And there was there with usa young 
man, an Hebrew, fcrvant to the captain 
of the guard ; and we told him, and he 
interpreted to as our dreams; to each man 
according to his dream he did interpret. 

13 And it came to pals, as he inter- 
(1 to us, io it was; me he reftored 
i mine office, and him he hanged. 

1 i Then Pharaoh fent and called Jo- 
fej h, and they brought him haflily out 
of the dungeon : and he fliaved himfclf 
and changed his raiment, and came in 
unto Pharaoh 

15 And Pharaoli faid unto Jofepli, I 
have dreamed a dream, and there is none 
that can interpret it : and I have heard 
(ay of thee, that thou canft underfland a 
dream to interpret it. 

16 \nd Joleph anfwered Pharaoh, fay- 
ing, // u not in me : God (hall give Pha- 

an anfwer of peace. 

17 \nd Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, In 
my dream, behold, I ftood upon the bank 
or the ri\ er. 

10 And, behold, there came up out of 
the river (even kine, fat-fleflied and weli- 
favoured ; and the) fed in a meadow : 

19 And, behold, feven other kine came 
up after them poor and very ill-favoured 
and lean-fleflied, fuch as I never law in 
all the land pf Bgypt for badnefs: 

\nd the lean and the ill-favoured 
did eat up the firft feven fat kine : 
21 And when they had eaten them up, 
>uld not be known that they had 
eaten them : but they nvere Hill ill-fa- 
voured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 
\nd I law in my dream, and be- 
en ears cams up in one flalk, full 
and u*<>d : 

And, behold, feven ears, withered, 
thin, and blalted with the eaft wind, 
Up after them : 
\ml the thin ears devoured the fev- 
\nd I told this rmto the 
but tbereiLas none that could 
•■ it unto me. 

' \nd Jofeph faid vinto Pharaoh., 
1 he dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath 
ihev raohwhat he /j about to do. 

g K>d kine are feven 

ind the feven good ears are feven 

the dream is one. 

\nd the leven thin, and ill-favonr- 

ed k ; ne that came up after them are fev ■ 

en years ; and the feven emptv ears, 

Watted 



His advancement. p.xlii. I F phraim Icrn. 43 

blafied with the eaft wind, fhall be fevenf; fOn. And Jofeph wen*out ovejt 



yea nine. 

lh ; s r* the thing which I have I. 
en unto Pharaoh : ^ bat God is about to 
do he fheweth unto Phara 



atl the land of 

M I Dfeph tuas t : 

when he efore Phar 

gypt-. And '• •, .i - ent out fr< 



Behold, there come fevenyear h and went through- 

neat plenty throughout all ur all the land of Kgypt. 






ypt. 



-47 And in the feven plenteous ye 
after tl em the trth brought forth by handful 
And he gathered up a! I the I 
the feven yeai s, winch w ere in the Ian 



■ 30" And there fhall ar 
feven years of famine : and all the 
fhall be the land of Egypt ; 

and the famine (hall confume the land, 
31 And the plenty ihail not be know 
in the land by reafonof that famine fol- , 1 ry city, laid he up in the fame 

lowing : for it/bail be very grievous. 49 gathered corn as the 

id for that the dream was doubted very much, unt«l-he left 

unto Pharaoh twice; /* is becaufe the nui ig ; fori/ tuas without number, 

thing //eftabiifhed by God, and God will 



pt, and laid up the food in th 

I, which was round a- 



(hortly bring it • 

2 Now therefore let Pharaoh look 
out a man. difcrect and wife, and fet him 
ever the 1 ind of Egypt. 

Ler Pharaoh do this, and let him 
appoint othcers over the land, and take 
up the fifth part ot the land, of fig) pt in 
the ' plenteous yea: . 

And Let them gather all the food of 
■ toad years that come, and lay up 
corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and 
them keep food in the 

And that food (hall be for (tore to 
the iand againfl the feven years of 

h ih ill be in the 1 ind of 1 gjrpt : 
that the land perifh not throu fam- 

.\pd the thing was good in I 
of Pharaoh, and in the <•;. es of all hi 



11 i r ) J ifeph were born two 
the y- famine came, 

whic .!'!i the daughter of Potiphe- 

: i of On, 1 

t the name of the 
Aril-born V1 mallTeh : ! or God, fai i be. 
made • all my toil, and ail 

father'* 
52 Ind the n; - »nd called 

he Ephratm : for God hath can fed n 
in the la my atflid 

ind the (e\ 
th it was in the 1 in I 1 led. 

S l mm the even j rai sof d< 11 1 

ind the • ; but in 

all the land of Egypt I I. 

55 And v, hen w is 

famiflied, th< h for 

brea t : and Phara to all th 

, Go ; what he I 



unto do 

in we find fucbanone as this is, a And the fami all the 

1 in whom the fpirit is t tec of the earth : a I all 

-\n i Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, the fl », and Ibid unto the 1 . 

. I. 1' h ft ••• I th( '• : I : amine v I the 

. thrrc is n m: ' I wifeas Ian ' 

thou art ; 



40 Thou (hah ho ufe, 

.11 coi 

in the thi ■•• ill I 

1 thou. 
t Phara >h 
I h ive (el il 

hi And r 

his h in ' ' upon ' 

and a 

hich J . and 

d In foi d he 

e him > . 

I 
am Pharaoh znd withoul thee lhall no 
man lift up his ha 1 in all the 

1 

I I'll It loll 

hn ithpa me 

I 



"1 1 1 
a as fo 

,'. ill 

' Itlv 1 

. 1 

that thej 1 1 

id buy I 

ine - 



<4 i brethren rnprifoncd. GENESI?. 



Accufed as fpie /. 



01 And J feph wasxbt governourover took from them Simeon, and bound him: 
; j that Cold to all the before their eyes. 
ie land : and [oftyh'b brethren j 25 Then Jofeph commanded to fill their 
■ir.lelvcs before I facks with corn, and to reflore every 



■ the earth. 
. his brethren, and he 

himfclf (trance un- 
to t. . roughh unto them j 

m, Whence come 
.. the land of Ca- 
naan, to buj 
8 And Joleph knew his brethren, but 
not hii 
Jofeph • ihcred the dreams 

h he dreamed of them, and laid unto 
I to fee the naked nefs 
of tl I ye are come. 

1»> And tney faid unto him, Nay, my 

.buttubuy foodarethj Pennants come. 

1 1 We are all on< Ions ; we are 



and to give 
and thus did 



true men, thy fcrvan( to fpies. 

It \:\\ I el kid unto them, Nay, but to 

thenafo A the land \ e are come. 

I And they faid, Thy fervants are 

brethren, the fons of one man in 

anaan ; and, behold, the 

'X is this day with our father, and 

one is i 

1 I \'.d Jofeph faid unto them. That is it 

I I (pake unto you, faying, Ye ar^fpies: 

l5Hereby yerti ill be p roved :bj the life 

of Pharaoh ye (ball not go forth hence, ex- 

<ur youngefl brother come hither. 

10 Send one of you, and let him fetch 

.. r brother, and ye (hall be kept in prif- 

' lut your W'. iybe p roved, w heth- 

iberebtmny truth in you : orelfe.bythe 

y ye are fpics. 

IT And he put them all together into 
■.I three 

18 And Joleph. faid unto them the third 

I h : ■ ■' ' and live for I fear God : 

19 It ye be true men, let one of j our 
hrcn be bound in the houfe of your 

.•■ on : co corn for the famine 

your young* I I ither 

II not die. \ I ; 

l> gir our b 

h ot his 

1 not 
>mc up- 

: - 

child . mid not 

o his bl 

1. 

un- 
them 
i 

If about f. 

- 



man's money into his fack, 
them pro virion for the way 
he unto them. 

^6 And they laded their alTes with the 
corn, and departed thence. 

27 And as one of therm opened his fack 
to give his afs provender in the inn, he 
for, behold; \\-was in 



efpied his money ; 
j his Jack's mouth. 

28 And he faid unto his brethren, My 
money is reftored ; and, lo, it is even in 
my fack : and their heart failed them, and 
they were afraid, faying one to another, 
What is this that God hath done unto us ? 

-0 And they came unto Jacob their 
father unto the land of Canaan, and told 
him all that befel unto them : faying, 

30 The man, r who is the lord of the 
land, fpake roughly to us, and took us for 
fpies of the country . 

31 And we faid unto him, We are true 
men ; we are no fpies. 

32 We be twelve brethren, fons of our 
father ; one is not, and the youngefl is this 
day with our father in the land of Canaan. 

38 And the man, the lord of the country, 
faid unto us, Hereby (hall 1 know that je 
are true men ; leave one of your brethren 
here with me, and take food for the famine 
of your houfeholds, and be gone : 

34 And bring your youngeft brother 
unto me ; then lha.ll I know that ye are 
no fpies, but that ye are true men : fo 
will I deliver you your brother, and ye 
lb all traffick in'the land. 

\nd it came to pafs, as they emptied 
their facks, that, behold, every man's 
bundle of money ivas in his fack: and 
when both they and their father faw the 
bundles of money, they were afraid. 

' And Jacob their father faid unto 
them, Me have ye bereaved of my chil- 
dren : Jofeph is not, and Simeon is not, 
will take Benjamin a-waj : all 
ihefe things are againftme. 

id Reuben fpake unto his father, 
l;, y y my two ions, if I bring him 

to thee : deliver him into my hand, 
and I will bring imp to thee again. 

38 And lie (aid, My (on (hall notga 
down with you for his brother is dead, 
and he is left alone: if mifchtef befal him 
by the way in the which ye go, then (hall 
yt bring down my gray hairs with forrow 
the grai 

CHAP. XLIII. 
cob is i a rdly ferfua ded 1 9 fend Benja- 
min. 2$ 'Jofeph entertainetb his breth- 
ren ji and maketh a Jea/l. 

N I) the famine 'was fore in the land. 

Vnd it came to pais, when they 

had up the corn which they had 

breugi 



Jacob is hardly ferjuaded. Chap, xhii. Jofepb entertaineth his brethren. 45 



brought out of Egypt.their father faid un- 
to them, Go again, buy us a little tool. 

5 And Judah (pake unto him, faying, 
The man did folemnly protelt: unto us, 
faying, Ye {hall not lee my face, except 
your brother be with von. 

4 If thou wilt fend our brother with 
lis, we will go do.vn and buy thee food : 

o But if thou wilt not lend him, v\e 
will not go down ; tor the man (aid unto 

Ye (hall not lee my face, except 
brother be with you. 

6 And Ifrael laid, Wherefore dealt ye 
/d ill with mc, as to tell the man v\ :. 

ye had yet a brother ? 

7 And they laid. The man aflced us 
ftraitly of our (bite, and of our kindred, 
faying, is your father yet alive \ Have ye 
another brother i and we told him accord- 
ing to the tenour of thefe words. Could 

certainly know that he wouki lay, 
Bring your brother down ? 

8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael his father, 
Send the lad with mc and we will an; 

go ; that we may .d not die, both 

we, and thou, and alio our little ones. 

9 I willbefurety for him ; of my hand 
(halt thou require him : if I bring him 
not unto thee, arid let him before thee, 
then let me bear the blame forever : 

10 lor except we had lingered, fure-h 
now we had returned thi I 1 time. 

11 And their father Ifrael (aid unto 
fhem, If// ntt/ji he fo bow, do tl 

of the belt fruits in the Land in youi 

. and carry down the man a prefent, a 
little balm, and a little hone. . 
myrrh, nut londs : 

12 And take double money in you: 
hand x and the in 

i in the mouth trry it 

n in ) our hand ; peradventure i' 
ht. 

id arile. 
go a^ain unto the 

14 And I rod 
bef< man, thai 

you rot her 
here i my cbtldren, I am I i 

and 

• , and : 

li"» And • Ken | 
with them, d to the i nli i 

' Hny f 
and 

noon. 
And th lid as Jofcph b 

and • in bi o i ht tl into Jo- 

ile. 
Anil the men 

it info ' 
. 
turned in our I 



canon againft us, and fall upon us, and 
take us tor bond-men, and our afles. 

19 And they came near to the Reward 
ofjofeph's houfe, and they communed 
with him at the door of the hou: 

feO And laid O ii r, we came indeed 
down at the ririttimeto buy . 

-21 And it came to paf:, when we cams 
to the inn, that we opened our lacks and, 
behold e-ve- man's money ^os/inthe 
mouth of lus fack, our money in 

ht ; and we have brought it again in 
our hand 

-l And other money have we brought 
down in our hands to buy food : we can- 
not tell who put our money in our facks. 
23 And he faid, Peace be to you, fear 
not : your God. and the God of your 
father, hath given you treafurc in your 
lacks : I had your money. And he 
brought Simeon out unto them. 

And the man brought the men into 
Jofeph's hoiv • and gave them water, and 
they waihed their feet ; and he gave their 
a lies provender. 

I And they made ready the prefent 
It Jofeph i ' noon : tor they 

.1 that they Ihould eat bread there. 
1 when Jofeph came home, t' 
brought hiin th nt which i<j.is in 

their nand into the houfe, and bo 
i (elves to him to the eai tl 

eh welfare, 
11/the old man 
of whom ke \ Is he yet alive ? 

\n.i t : tfwercd, (errant 

h, he is yet a- 
And iweddown their heads, 

and 

I he lifted up his eye.;, and Civ: hii 
mother' 
(aid. l> rh : your younger bro 
whom ye fpake um And I 

•, my lun. 
SO h ma his 

and 
, and he eni 
■ 

. 

for him by himfelr, 

h him, by 

■ i 
he Hebi 

, ,, ■,- 

■ 

!thr 

i Jt nt mclfes unto 
i t'pom bel . . bit B 

. \nd I Irank, and were mer* 

with him. 

CHAP. 



- J°f'Pb fl<*}ttb his btetbren. 

IAP. XL! 
epb*s to'.icy tojlay bis brethren. 
he commanded th< ird of his 

. Fill the m. with 

food, as much as they ca« carry, i put 

ufh 
'. put mv cup, i lip, in 

the ; t, and 

cording 
i that Jofeph h i 1 fpok 
S As I ■ light, 

men were fenl 

•4 And when • at of the 

• ' unto 

, : . •• men ; 

, fay 

■ have ye rewarded 

\i 

i Is not this it in w hich my lord drink- 

eth, and whereby indeed he divineth > 

evil in fo doin 

ik them, and he fpake 

y An ' tid unto him, Wherefore 

i my lora thefc words I God forbid 

•rding to 



3 B the money, which we found 

mouths, we brought again 
out of the la 
•• thf n ihould v. mt of thy lord's 

iioulc Giver or go 

With whomfoevei us it 

!i let him die, and we alfc 
bond-m 
And h • Ij !, • be ac- 

ding untoyourwords he withw I 
he iw . 
ftull 

,na '' . opened 

I, and mat the 
• he you I the 

ick. 

r clothe^ and 

I 



GENESIS. Judab's integrity. 

as for you, get you up in peace unto your 
father. 

13 Then Judah came near unto hiro, 
and faid, Oh my lord, let thy fervant, I 
thee, fpeak a word in my lord's 
ears, and let not thine anger burn again(t 
thy fervant : for thou art even as Pha- 
raoh. 

19 My ford afked his fervants, faying, 

• ye a father era brother ? 
90 > nd w e faid unto my lord, We have 
a father- an old man, and a child of his 
i little one : and his brother is 
, and he alone is left of his mother, 
his father loveth him. 
~l And thou /aidft unto thy fervants, 
Bring him down unto me, that I may fet 
mine eyes upon him. 

22 And we faid unto my lord, The lad 

cannot leave his father; for //he fhould 

e his father, his fat he would die. 

And thou faidft unto thy fervants, 

Except your youngeft brother come 

I with you, ye (hall fee my face no 

more. 

And it came to pafs when we came 
up unto thy fervant my father, we told 
him the words of my lord. 

45 And our father faid, Go again, ami 
buy us a little food. 

And we faid, We cannot go down : 

it our youn^'- brother be with us, then 

•vill we go down : tor we may not fee the 

s face, except our youngeft brother 



v with us 



. •* 



I 

i 

or, 
Ho* 

■ 

■ 



11 And thy fervant my father faid un- 
to us, Ye know that my wife bare me two 
fan 

le one went out from me ; 
;md ! -ely he is torn in pieces, 

and 1 law him not fince : 

And if ye take this alfo from me, 
and mifchief befal him, ye (hall brin< 
ray hairs with forrow to the 
grave 

50 Now therefore when I come to thy 
fervant my father, and the lad be not with 
us : : th it his life is bound up in the 

51 ft (hall come to pafs, when hefeeth 
that the lad is not iv>tb u<, that he will 
die : and thy fervants (hall bring down 

hairs of thy (ervant our father 

• » the grave 

For thy fervant became furety for 

father, faying, If I bring 

htm not unto thee, then I (hall bear the 

i her forev 

i f thee, let thv 

id of the 1 id, a bond- 

; aid let the lad go up 

vihall I go up to my father, 

»t with me ' left perad- 

I it Ih ill come ou 

CHAP. 



th for bisfitber, Chap. 

i\p. xr.v. 
i 

kr, g Hefendetbfor bi father, 

■e'vi'ved at the ne 
THEN Jo mid nor refram Ji "in 

felt b II rhem that flood by him ; 

and h every man »ogo 

nme. And r ere fto d n 
him w hie Jofeph made himfelf known 
unto his bretl ren. 

\nd he wept alou I : and I 
t'an^ and the houfe of Pharaoh lie i 

$ And Jofeph laid unto h»s brethren, 
I am fol'eph : do'h my l>her ycl 
And hi* brethren could nor anf • r h 
for they were trouble J ::t his pr 

i And Jofeph laid unto his brethren. 
Come near to me, I pi hi*. And 

they came near. And he fa I, I am 
leph jrourbrother, whom ye fold into 

u New therefore be nor nor 

angry with >>>o ye fold 

hither; for God did fend me before you 
to preferve 1 

the(e t rs bath vne 

been in the land : a nd yet there 
years, in the which there :her£<r 

T And G ■ me bdLore you to pre - 

: ve your posterity in thr earth, 
• vour lives by a great delit 

8 So now it -tuji 

hither, b ad he lu»h ma 1c 

a Father to Pharaoh, an 1 lord of ill 
houfe, and a ruler throughout all the 
land of r 

9 ' ye, and go up to my father, 

him, "Thus : i th thy I 
lofeph, God hath made me lord of all 
Egypt : , tarry 

»1 : 

10 And thou (ball 'ic land 
ot 

. . 
ddren'sct I thy fl 

1 1 A id there w ill • f.>r 
t there are n lelt 

th iou 

hu . poverty. 

1 1 

• es of my brother B 
«/ i'j ; eth unto you. 

• all 
my glory in 11 that 

have ;)' ill haltc and b: 

vn my I 

r Hcn- 

H ' 1 all his brethi 

and \ 

bi i him. 

1 1> . \ 1 1 | t . 

Pharaoh* 3 houfe, laying, Jofcph'i brcth- 



ar. : '.': 

ren are com d Piiaraok 

. and hi tnta 

: . unto Jofjph 
rethren, this do yc, lade\ 
beads, and go, get you unto the land or 
iaan ; 

your father and your 
houfeholds, and come unto me : a 
will j iand of V - 

gypt f 1 (hall cat the fat of the la 

19 Now thou art commanded, this 
you; it of t lie land ot 

tSgypt lor your little ones, and for . 

n i brine your father, and come. 

ror the 
all the land of Egypt 
ft the < 

and jo! e them >rd- 

• ) the i ndment i f Pharaoh, 

;. 
To all of them he each i 

nent ; b amin he 

; ave I pi ces of lilver, 

fent afl 
nnnnrr < ladeh w itfa the 

. 
with cot n and bi tor his 

father by tlv 

n .w,z-:, and 

■d : and he laid unto th 

and < I ol Canaan u 

Jacob their I 

. fayin -, fofeph i 
md he ii i er all the 

land 

• 
And tl J the w 

I 

Jacob t 

- 

':■■■.. gO 

fee him I 1 die. 

■ 

ty. tt 

nl> 
tme I 
onto ifa • his 

cob I . 

,'.'••• I of 

thy : > K- 

■ ' i 

II 
I 

on t . . 

nd 






44 ted'inta Egypt 

5 t And : ofc up : <; ie- 

| >as of Ffraal :d Jacob 

their father, ai r little ones, and 

th« waggons which Pha- 

I Kent to carry fin 



Jofeph meeteth his father, 

Laban gave unto Racjiel his daughter, 
and fhe bare thefe unto Jacob : all the 
fouls nvere&veti. 

£6 All the fouls that came with Jacob, 
into Egypt, which came out of his loins, 



6 And they took their cattle, and their befides Jacob's fons' wives, all the fouls 
goods, which they had gotten in the land were threefcoreand fix. 

m, and came into Egypt, Jacob, And the fons of Jofeph, which were 

ed with him : borne him in Egypt, were two louls : all 

7 His funs, and his fons" fons with the fouls of the lioufe of Jacob, which 



him, his daughters, and hib fons' daugh- 
,1 his feeil brought he with 
I into Egypt. 

8 * <irj the names ofthcchil- 

n of Ifrael which came into Egypt, 
and his fons : Reuben, Jacob's 
Brft-bom 



of 
came intoEgypt, 'were threeicoreand ten. 

28 H And hefentjudah before him unto 
Joieph to direct his face unto Gofhen ; 
and they came into the land of Gofhen. 

29 And Jofeph made ready his chariot, 
and went up to meetlfrael his father, to 
Gofhen; and prefented himfelf unto him ; 

9 And the fons of Reuben : ITanoch and he fell on his neck, and wept on his 
and Phallu, and H< ind Carmi. neck a good while. 

1(> And the fons oi i; Jemuel,! 30 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Now let 

and Jarnin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and me die, fince I have feen thy face, be- 
Zohar, andShaul the fon of a Canaanitiih caufe thou an yet alive. 

31 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, 

I 1 Vnd th.c fons of Levi ; Gerfhon, and unto his father's houfe, I will go up, 

Kohath, and Mcrari. and (hew Pharaoh, and fay unto him 

\1 And th of Tudah ; Er, and My brethren, and my father's- houfe, 

nd Shelah, and Pharez, and Za- which were in the land of Canaan, are 

ndOnan died in the land of icome unto me. 

i the fons of Pharez were 8£ And the men are ffoepherds, for 
n and I hunul. j their trade hathfceen to feed cattle ; and 



I And the fons of Iffachar ; Tola, 
uvah, and Job, and Shimron. 
1i And the fans of Zcbulun ; Sercd, 
and E I I fahleel. 

be the fons of Leah, which fhe 
bare unto lacob in Padanaram, with his 
rlir. ' ih : all the fouls of his fons 



they have brought their flocks, and their 
herds, and all that they have. 

33 And it fhall come to pafs, when 
Pharaoh <hall call you, and fhall fay, 
What is your occupation ? 

34 That ye fhall fay, Thy fervants* 
trade hath been about cattle from our 



and three, youth, even until now, both we, and alfo 
our fathers : that ye may dwell in the 
land of Gofhen ; for every fhepherd is 
an abomination unto the Egyptians. 

CHAP. XLVII. 

i Jofeph prefentcth five of his brethren.'] 

and his father bejore Pharaoh, xx He 

gintetbtbem habitation andmaintenance , 

THEN Jofeph came and told Pharaoh, 

and faid, My father and my brethren, 

and their flocks, and their herds, and all 

that they have, are come out of the land 

of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the 

land of Gofhen. 

2 And he took fomeofhis brethren, 
even five men, and prefented them unto 
Pharaoh. 

Ind Pharaoh faid unto his brethren, 

What is your occupation ? And they faid 

untoPhai aoh,Thy fervants are flvepherds, 

, and| both we, flft</alfo<our fathers 



tG And the I id ; Ziphion, and 

i Ezbon, Eri, and A- 
\rcli. 
1 the fons of Aiher ; Jimnah, 
and Beriah, and 
the fons of B 
. 
the (on- of Zilpah, w horn 
ih his daughter and 
• bare unto Jacob, even fixteen 

hel Jac 

id I phraim, 
i the •( of Poti- 

• him. 

I 

1 "ra, and 



»r/th< I, which 

•i n to Jacob ; all (he foul 



e fons ' . .'in. 

I 

•ni, and Je. 

i, which 



4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, 
For to fojourn in the land are we come'; 
lor thy fervants have no paflurefortheii 
flew k^ ; for the famine is fore in the lam 
of Canaan '• now therefore, we pray thee, 
let thy fervants dwell in the land of Go- 
fhen. 
I 5 And Pharaoh fpake unto Jofeph, 

faying, 






y-rcob declaretb bis age . Chap 

faying, Thy father and thy brethren are 
come unto thee : 

G I'he land of Egypt is before thee ; in 
the beft of the land make thy father and 
brethren to dwell ; in the land of Gofhen 
let thenuf >vcll : and if thou knoweft any 
rnen of activity among them, then make 
them rulers over my cattle. 

7 <\ And Jofeph brought in Jacob his 
father, and fet him before Pharaoh: and 
Jacob bleired Pharaoh. 

8 And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, How 
old art thou? 

9 And Jacob fuid unto Pharaoh, The 
days of the years of my pilgrimage aivan 
hundred and thirty years . few and evil 
have the days of the yean, of my life been, 
and have not attained 



xlviii. Hi gl*veib direal**$t9 jofepb. A\i 

£0 And Jofeph bought all the Ian'.-! 
Egypt tor Pharaoh ; for the ttgypti 

fold every man his field, becaufe the fam- 
ine prevailed over them : fo the land be- 
came Pharaoh' i. 

21 -v nd as for the people, he remove J 
them to cities trom or.e end of the bor- 
ders of Egypt even to the ctber end there- 
of. 

22 Only the land of the priefls bought 
he not ; tor the priefts had a portion 
affigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat 
their portion which Pharaoh gave then. 
wherefore they fold not their lands. 

Then Jofeph faid unto the people, 
Behold, I have bought you this day, and 
your land, for Pharaoh : lo, here is feed 
for you, aid ye mall law the land. 

<2i And it fhall come to pafs in the in- 
creafe, that ye fhall give the fifth par: 

be 
for 



unto the days of 
the years of the life of my fathers in the 
days of their pilgrimage. 

10 And Jacob bleued Pharaoh, and ' unto Pharaoh, and four parts fhall 
went out from before Pharaoh. | vour own, for (ced of the field, and 



11 - And Jofeph placed his father and 

his brethren, and gave them a pollemon 

in the land of Egypt, in the belt of the 

land, in the land o'f Kamefes, as Pharaoh 

commanded. 

1 Z And Jofeph nourifneu his father, and 
1 lis brethren, and all his father's houfehold, 
with bread acco r di n g to their famili e s . 

13 And there ivas no bread in all the 
land; for th" famine ivas verv fore 
that the land of Egypt and all the Ian 
Canaan fainted by reafon of the famine. 

14 And Jofeph gathered up all 'be mon. 
cy that was I md of Egypt, 
and in the land of C for the corn 

jht : and Jofeph brought 
the money in - houfe. 

\-> And when money failed in the tandof 
vpr, and m the land of Canaan, all 

mc unto fofeph, and (aid, 
veusbi for why fliouldwe die in 

prefer i the money failejh 

jfeph laid Give your ( attle ; 
and I will give ;,un For your cattle, it 
mi t. 

And they broughl tl ttleuato 

Jofeph : ■■■'■ them bread in 

exchange for 

and for the cattle of ihe hen 1 for 

the aTcs : and he fed them with bl 
for all their c attic for that 

18 When th 
♦ame unto him the fecond year, and 



your food, and for them of your houfe - 
nolds, and for food for your little on< 

25 And they faid. Thou haft faved 
livei ; let us find grace in the fight of my 
lord, and we will be Pharaoh's feryant 

26 And Jofeph made it a law over th 
land of Egypt unto this '• . that Pi 
raoh fhoulri have the fifth part ; except 
the land (if the priefts only, --which 
came not Pharaoh's. 

27 And Iir.nl dwelt in the Ian 
gypt, in the country of Gofhen : and l 
had polfeflions therein, and grew, and 
multiplied ly. 

28 And Jacob lived in tli- land ol 
gypt feventecn years : fo the whole age 
of Jacob was an hundred forty and I 

years. 

And the tl h (hat \\ 

nuiii nd he call :d I 

and faid unto him, if now f have found 
thy figl . thy 

hand nnd< i my thigh, and d I 



and ti ul . v. ith me ; bur) me not, I , 

SO Bui 1 will lie with r. 
thou iii ' me out • I 1 

bury nae in then- bu 1 he 

faid, I will hou hafl faid. 

91 

l - m unto hnn- And I 1 

him. - i the bed*s hei 

P. K1WIIJ. 



wnto him, We will // from mj i' tetbbis 

unri, how that oui is fpenttmy tateibtbeyt%mife\%\m) rji- 

d alfo hath our herds of eth their rea-rn. 

is not aught left in th 

our bo ur land u tolc! 

19 Wh fhall ■ is fie took w:»h him hii 

- and our 1 i 
our land for bread, \nd one told Jacob, and 

will be fervants unto Pharaoh : and give 
fix feed, that v live, , andlfra I fire 



r/hat the land be n#t d< folate. 



upoi 



1 e 1 



3 1 






at I.UZ in 
i, and bldlcd 

I, I will 
imilrii 

tultitud 
land tu 

on. 

phraim and 

< rn unto the: in 

fore I can.- unto 

uben 

• mine 

tteft 

. i (hall be 

ithren in 

hen I < •■ 

the ! ind of 

re tvas 

but , Ephrath ; 

in the wa; 
thlehem. 
d Jofeph's Tons, and 
■ 

'unto his father, They 
God ):arh given me 
cm I 
will blefs tl 
u ' [frael were dim for 

Id not fee. And he 
' ' r unto him ; 

I embraced lh 
I Paid unto |ofeph, 1 had 
md.lo, God 
I 

• them out from 

wed himfelf 
irth. 

d 
li rn hi i le fi hand 
lit hand, and br< ught 

out hi i 

i the fi 

me 
my 









He bhjfeih his-fottf. 

\'ot ;> . rather : fortius is the firft- 

• t thy right hand upon his head. 

19 And his father re fu feci, and laid, 

I know //, my fom I know // : lie alfo 

lhall become . i people, and he alfo fhall 

reat ; but truly his younger brother 

Ihafl be greater than he, and his feed 

(hall become a multitude of nations. 

■ And he blefled them that day, fay- 
ing, Inthee fhall lirael blefs, faying, God' 

thee as K phraim and as Ivfanafleh: 
iii'l he let Ephraim before Manalf'eh. 

SI 1 And I frael faid unto Jofeph, Be- 
hold, I die: but God fhall be with you, and 
bring you again unto the land of your fa- 
the: 

Moreover, I have given to thee 
<«rrion abo^/e thy brethren, which 
' took out of" the hand of the Amorite 
with my iwordand with my bow. 
CHAP. XLIX. 
cob calletb bis Jons f blefs them. 3 
Their bleffing in f articular. rqHis charge 
concerning bis burial. 33 h'is death. 

AND Jacob called unto his fons. and 

faid, Gather yourfelves together, that I 

may tell you that which fhall befal you 

in the hft da 

2 Gather yourfelves together, and hear, 

os of Jacob ; and hearken unto If- 

I \ our father 

ben, thou art my firfi-born, 
my might, and ihe beginning of my 
ftrength, the excellency of d and 

llency of power. 

4 Unfrab'.e as water, thou fhalt not 
excel ; becaufe thou wenteft up tc thy 
father's bed ; then denledft thou /'/ : he 

up to my couch. 

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; inftru- 

of cruelty are in their habitations. 

6 () n>. foul, come not thou into their 
fecrct ; unto their alTemb'y m ; ne hon- 
our, be not thou united : for in their 
anger they Hew a man, and ; n their feli- 

gged down a w all. 
Curfedl; their anger, for // icas 
t\ and their wrath, for it was cruel : 
I will divide thcrn in Jacob, and fca 

■ in Ifr 

fudah, thou art he whom thy breth- 

' mdjba.! e in the 

enemies; thy father's 

II bow down before th 

udahisa lions whelp: from the 

• my fon, thou art gone up : he 

as a lion, and 

old lion ; Who fhall roufe him up? 

U) I he re (hall not depart from 

giver from between his 

,'*'/, "7 * v and unto him 

of the people be. 
. " Bmdn al u nro the vine, and 

unto the choice vine ; he 
garments in wine, and his 
thrs m the bio. ; 8; 

12 His 



ffis charge co'::> Chap. 1. 

12 His eyes/hall be red with wine, and and Rebekah h'.> wife ; :u. 
•his teeth white ••• ' ed Leah. 

Zebulun mall dwell at the haven of 32 I he purchafe field and of the 

the led : and he /bail he for an haven of cave that is therein, 'was from the chil- 
fhips : and h:s bordtrjba 11 be unto Zidon. dren of Heth. 

fachar is a ftrongafs couching Mwn 33 1! And when Jaeob had mad 
two burden endofcomm hisfon ,! 

1" And he law that reft Tt^.r good, and |Up his feet into I, and yielded up 

the land thatir was plea fan t ; an I .hull, and was gathered unto his 

(houlder to he; I becam . le. 



rant un ite 

Din (hall people, as one i 

e tribes of Ifi 
17 Dan (hall be a ferpent by the way, 
an adder in the path thatbiteth the hoi 
:ls,fo that his i ider fti ill fall backward. 
lfl I have waited for thj ion, 

D. 

19 Gad, a troop (hall overcome him : 
hefhal! aft. 

her his bre 11 be fat, 

and he ihai 



w\ L. 
The mourn ob. 7 Tbt funeral. 

2 * Jofrpb frop to bis brethren <>r 

t turn. »6 ///j death, 

•V- upon his father's face 

him, and killed h 
\n.i Joieph commanded his fei rants 
the phyficians to embalm his fath 
the phyficians embalmed Ilia 

ind forty da< ' .• fulfilled 

him : ; : • fulfilled the da . de 

embalmed : and the agy pti 1 



phtali '. r a hmd let loofe : he I forhim three! n 1 ten d 

Is. k And w h< n the days ol 

eph /* a fruitful bou^h, even >h fpake unto the houl 

fruitful bough by a well j tuoi/Jr branch- j Pharaoh, laying, If now I have found 
es run over 1 lie wall : ace in es, fpeak, Ipi , in 

i, 



le in ftrength, 



5 \ 
Lo, I die : in my grai e 



the arm ftron me in the land here 

by tl • the mi • >u bin j me. 



f lro:n tl rd, the ftoi 

of thy father, who 



. 



>;i 1 Phai 



(hall help thee , and !>y the Almightj er, according ma le 



go up, 1 

1 of thy fal I Pha 

thy fa ' 
who ih ill bl th blellings ofnea 

p to b 
under, blefll the breads, and of th< x: and with him 

iraoh, tli • 

x have pre 
vailed above th- bleffingsol mj 

.untotl 
ing hills: 1 
feph, and on the cr 
that \va. I 1 the l.i 

went up with i. in : 
the morn 

ihdl divide t 1 

'^are\ flf- 

unt 



to hisbl ' " hie I- 

1 them. I am 
the cave thai 

hpclah, u hi( h ill 
I m I of ( 

lite 
31 1 h 

, then 



< 1 ihabitai 

1 

) 

I l 11: 

ric I 



Tee Ijiaiiucsoppiej,. EXODUS. Tag men children fave4. 

» iham bought with th.e field for apof- £0 But as for you, ye thought evil a- 

burying-place, of Ephron the gain ft iuc ; but God meant it unto good, 

, before 'Mamie. 10 bring to pafs, as it is this day, to fave 

14 | ypt.he, much people alive. 

and his brethren, and all that went I Now therefore fear ye not : I will 

m to bu ifter he had io'uJ"h you and your little ones. And 

tc. \ he comforted them, and fpake kindly un- 

A when Jofeph 1 * brethren faw I to them. 

that their father v- , they faid, Jo- , 11 And Jofeph dwelt in Egypt, he, 

. will ftradvtnture hate us, and will ' and his father's lioule : and Jofeph lived 

f requite u» ail the evil which we i an hundred and ten years, 
unto h I 23 And Jofeph faw Ephraim's children 

1U And thev frnt meflengers unto Jo- : of the third generation : the children al- 
i, faying, 'thy father did command fo of Machir the fon of ManafTeh were 
I, fa) ir J brought up upon Jofeph's knees. ^ 

I r ^o iball ye fay unto Jofeph, ve, 

T pray theenoi ifsofthy breth- 

ren, and their no : for they did unto thee 
M\d bow we pray thee, forgive the 



I And Jofeph faid unto his breth- 
ren, I die : and God will furely vilit you, 
and bring you out cf this land unto the 
land which he fware to Abraham, to I- 



trefpaU of the ferranti of the God of thy ; faac, and to Jacob. 
father. And Jofeph wept when they J 25 And Joleph took an 



oath of the 



him. 



children of Ifrael, faying, God will fure- 



18 And his brethren alfo went and fell ly vifit you, and ye fh.iil carry up my 

e his face ; and they faid, Be- .bones from hence. 

I, we be thy fervanU. *J So Jofeph died. bein\> an hundred 

1 J And Joleph faid unto them, Fear and ten years old : and they embalmed 

r, am 1 in the place of God 1 . him, and hs was put in a coffin in Eg) pt. 



THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. 



CHAP. I. 
• e children ot Ifrael multiply. S Ttry 
t oppr, ; HnjF. 15 The 

■ 1 e males .i!i 

«f 1 he chil- 
dren of Urael, which came in pt ; 
an and hi& houfehold vith 

i, and Judah, 

3 IlTachar, 7 .. id Ben- 

4 I ad, and AtV.cr. 

came out of 
uls: for 

6 eth- 

ren, and A\ th on. 

nulti- 

• 

8 * o- 
•a not 

4 old, 

. are 

1 

' I I Dill 

t for I' y 



trcafure cities, Pit horn and Raamfes. 

12 But the more they afflic'tedthem, the 
more they multiplied and grew. And 
they were grieved becauie cfthe children 
of Ifrael. 

13 And the Egyptians made the chil- 
dren of Ifrael to ferve with rigour : 

14 And they made their lives bitter 

:, in mortar, and in 
brick, and in al : er of fervice in the 

field : all their fervice, wherein they made 
them ferve, 'was with rigour. 

15^ And.the king of Egypt fpake to 
the Hebrew midwn h the name 

of the one was Shipkrah, and the name 
of the other Pi: 

16 An< lien ye do the office 

of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and 
cm upon the ftools ; ifit^<r a ion, 
re Hum kill him : 1 be a daugh- 

ter, then fhe ihall I: 

IT But the midwives feared God, and 

ot as the king of hgypt commanded 

n, but laved the men-children alive. 

Andthekingof Egypt called for 

the midwive faid unto them, Why 

. is thing, and have faved 

l.ildrcn aliv> 

19 And the midwives faid unto Pha- 

aufe tlic Hebrew women are not 

as the Egyptian women ; for they ar^live- 

;re delivered ere the midwives 

unto them. 

Therefore God dealt well with the 

midwives : 



Mo/es is born. 



ves : . people multipli I 

led vei ity. 

i it ca p»<s, becaufe the 

feared God, that he mad. 
hou 

ah ©harmed all his pec 
fon that is born, ye rfc 

•er 

II. 

life s it torn, ana put . §ags.$ffe\ 

h rounJ at ;gb: up by l J hjr:iob's ' 

daughter, i .rtb in:o M 

>ufe 

of levi, rt of 

Le 
'1 A 

a fon : a: 

:h*. 
him. I! 

{. 

^ - 
what 

i I 
down to wafh . arwd 

her : 

the Mags, »he I 
And (he 

the 
the 



hap. iij ui. He keefetk Jethrt >' s ft<ak. 5i 

1* An "ho made thee, 

and a over u; j Intendeit thou to 

kill me, as thou k;lle 

•es feared, 
thm^; is known. 

hen Pharaoh heard : 
thing, he fought toflay Mofes. Bt- 
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt 
in the land ofMidian : and lie fat c 
bj a well. 

16 Now theprieft of Midian had feven 
daughters : and they came and drew 
ivater, and rilled the 5 to water 
their father's fleck. 

17 And theihepherds came and drove 
them away tup and! 
ed the a, and ■ 

hen the to Reuel theii 

fatlv . is it i- 

19 . nian d«. 

ercd us out of the hand of t fie lliepherds. 

igh toe us, and 
• 

into his daughters, And 
it it that ye h 

f eatbr 
content to dwell « 
the man : a . » 

im a U 

tor lie u;d,I have 
inge I a 

i in proce 
, and 

the b 

of the 



her, 

me, and I v 



: tbc 









fa;C, 









' 



w 
Dl 



' 



i he went out the iccond 



and 

'it Jao 

'•em. 
ill. 
lifts keep i .-bro'tjli.i. tGodap. 

fa. 

■I. 

ian : 



, 



hy fel 



ot c 
3 
and \ gr« 

ORD (. 
rod I 

• att I. 

raw no* ;,i^fi I 

put 



J4 Mcjesftn: -el. EXODUS. His rod turned into a ferpent. 



Hivitcs, and the Jebufites, unto a land 
flowing with milk and honey. 

1S And tliev fhall hearken to thy voice : 
and thou (halt come, thou and the elders 
of Ifrael unto the king of Egypt, and ye 
(hall fay unto him. The Lord God of the 
Hebrews hath met with us : and now let 
u.-. go we befeerh thee, three days' iour- 
ncy into the wildernefs, that we may ia- 
eriiice to the Lord cur God 

19 And I am lure that the king of E- 
gypt will not let you go, no, not by a 
mighty hand. 

20 And I will ftretch out my hand, and 
the Eg' , and tojfmite Egypt with all my wonders which 

cm up out of that land unto a good I will do in the midft thereof: and after 
and a large, u 'd flowing with .that he will let you go. 

•i honey ; unto the place of the 21 And I will give this people favour in 

kites, and ittites, and the Am- thefightof the Egyptians: and it (hall 

cute*, and I , and the Hi- 'come to pafs, that, when ye go, ye ih all 

Jebufites. ; not go empty : 

9 % Now, therefore, behold, the cry of I But every woman {hall borrow of 

the children of Ifrael is come unto me : her neighbour, and of her that fojourneth 



put ctt' thy fhoes from off thv feet. 

i' whereon thou ftandert is holy 

6 Moreover he fai<L I am the God of 

;athcr, the God oiAbraham, theGod 

e God of And 

\:ce ; for he was afraid to 
look upon God. 

7 And the Lord faid, I have furely 
(een the affliction of ID.J C which are 

id have heard their cry by 
>f their talk-matters ; fori know 
their forro 

8 And I am comedown to deliver them j 



alfo feen the opprelfion where - 
with th- Hans opprefs them. 



in her houfe, jewels of river, and jew els 
Id, and raiment: and ye fhall put tbem 



therefore, and 1 will fend upon your fons, and upon y^our daugh- 
re unto Pharaoh, that thou ma\clt Iters ; and ye fhall fpoil the Egyptians. 



j people the children of I fra- 

11 lid unto God, Who am 

into Pharaoh, and that 

torth the children of Ifra- 

..t ? 

IS And he laid, Certainly I will be with 



CHAP. IV. 
i Mofes's rod is turned into a ferper.t. 6 
His band is leprous. 2i God's mejfage 
to Pbar ob. 

AND Mofes anfwered and faid, But, 

behold, they will not believe me, nor 

hearken unto my voice : for thev w ill fay, 

ill bt a token unto thee, 1 he Lcrd hath not appeared unto thee. 

lent thee : when thou haft 9 And the Lord faid unto him. What 

rth the people out i >t, ye is that in thine hand ? And he faid, A 

upon this mountain. rod. 

)ld, 3 And he faid, Cart it on the ground. 

> the children of Ifrael,] And he cart: it on the ground, and it be- 

and .• unto then., I he God ofyour*came a ferpent ; and Mofes fled frombe- 

. hath fent me unto you ; ami th • it 

lha hia name ? \V| 

hall I lay unto th» 



U to M I AM' 

: * . and hrf fh.ilt 

thoa m ot Ifra 

■ h fent rrt* unt 

er unto Mofes, 
not' 
I o k : 
the ( , the G 

;ne unto 
I this 

r n 
I ot A 

' nn- 



•4 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Put 
; forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. 



the Am 



nd 1 



And he pu forth his hand, and caught 
it, and it became a lod in his hand : 

5 fhatthey may believe that the Lord 

God of their fathers, the God of Abra- 

( id oflfaac, and the God of 

b, hath appeared unto thee. 

\nl the Lord (aid furthermore 

unto him, Put now thine hand into thy 

m. And he put his hand into his bo- 

fom : and when he took it out, behold, 

'as leprous as fnow. 

d, Put thine hand into thv 

bofom a-ain. And he put his hand into 

md plucked it out of 

>fom, and. behold, it was turned a- 

:ber neHi. 
Vnd it fhall come to pafs, if they will 
not believe thee, neither hearken to * 
ill bring you up. voice of the fufl lign, that they will be- 
theland ce of the latter fign. 

md| 9 And it fhall come to pafs, if they 
md the] will hot believe alfo thefe twofigns, nei- 
ther 



lone to ) 



J's mc L'h-sp 

fher hear- 

iialt tak 

pc the w_ 

_ 
. jnic blood upon the dry land. 

Loud. O 
nv 

:cnun- 
lam :. 
-de. 
11 And the Luzd fa 
hath made man s mou h ? or, who n 
eth the du . or the feeing, or 

le L o :< 
rfore go. and I will be 
and teach thee what thou 

- 
pr. ,; :;-* 

wilt tend. 

14 And t -r of the Lord was 

. Is not 
I .-... 
^Ht he can fpe*k mcl. i alio, bene . 

. ■ 
iee, he will be u-ljd in b 5 heart. 

1 5 .iim and 

be 
hyrau.. 

un- 
; peopl. 

be to: 

1 take this rod in thine 
kail do ligns. 
18 rned to 

ielh unto 

which a 



v . f 

I 

. a 1 thou to me. 
,t him go 
J .y bulbars aufe o. 

n. 
." 

eft to 

of the Lord who h 

» id com i him. 

*ath 






c w 






30 And 

•:hepev- 

31 And tr 

Lord had 

indth?." : looked 

upon the bowed 

■ 

CI V. 

1 Pkaraob cb'idetb 5 

Hi aelite: 

ifet co- 

roa 
... I 

Lord God or i 
• 

*• I . juld o". 

I let : 

a of the 

the 

or w 



out I 

;nto Pi 

RD, I.' 


















:\c to J 

ie Lord nict fa 

n. 
£ orah looh 









b'sfevr 

fpake to the people, Thus faith 

Pharaoh, 1 will not give youfrra 

11 Go ye, get you ft] -v ■• ye can 

find it : yet not aught of your work, (hall 
liminimed. 



KXODUS. The genealogy of Reuben, tSc. 

Almk'htv, but by my name JEKOVAH 

was I ri 
4 And I I > eftablifhed my cove- 

Lnant with them to give them the land 
'of Canaan and of their pilgrimage, 



11 So the people were fcattered abroad * wherein tl • ;reftran « 

.... /i i ..u . i i • ............ i. r a . j t i. _ ir.. 1 __4 ti 



hout all tile land of Kg) pt, to gath 

cr Hubble inftca i i 



5 And I h > heard the groanipg 

'the children f Israel, whom he Egyp- 
\Z And t! matters haded them, . nan* keep in bondage ; anil I have re- 

Fulfil your works, your daily membered n enant. 

swhen rav . 6 Wherefi re r uy unto the children of 

11 And the officers of the children of Ifrael, \ am the lord, an 1 T will bring 
'., which Pharaoh's tafk-mafters had you oir from under the burdens of the 
• crtluni, were beaten- and demand- Egyptians, and Tw'll r'd you out of their 
-rcforehave ye not fulfilled your fco/idage, and I will redeem you with a 
talk in nuking brick, both yefterday and [rretched out arm, and with great judg- 
"f<»re \ ■ mc-ts : 

15 '1 hen the officers <>f the children of T And I will take you to me for a pec- 
Ifra* and cried unto Pharaoh, fay- pie, and T will be to you a God : and ye 

fore dealefl thou thus with fhall knowthat I am the Lord your God, 



16 I here h r.o fl raw ;.;iven unto thy 

' fay to us, Make brick ; 

•<n«r\ behold, thy frrvants are beaten ; but 

thefanlr is in thine own people. 

H But he faid, Ye<jr/ridlo, ye are idle : 
f ye fay, Let us go and do facri- 

D. 



j ~ — » 

which bringeth you out from under the 
burdens of the Egyptians. 

& And I will bring you in unto the 
land, concerning the which 1 did fwearto 
give it to Abraham, to Ifaar, and to Ja- 
cob ; and T will give it you for an heri- 
tage : I am the Lord. 
• 9 And Mofcs fpake fo unto the chil- 
18 now, and work ; for dren of Ifrael : but they hearkened not 

■ be given you, yet unto Mofes for anguifh of fpirit, and for 
'ale of bricks. cruel bondage, 

luccrs ofthe childrenof 10 \ nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

in evil cafe, faying- 
I, Ye flnll not diminifh 11 Go in, fpeak unto Pharaoh king of 
in r bra our daily Egypt, that he let the children of Ifrael 

,go out of his land. 
met Mofes and Aaron,' 12 And Mofes fpake before the Lord, 
n the way, as they came forth faying, Behold, the children of Ifrael 

have not hearkened unto me ; how then 

l, The fhall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncir- 

be- <_u mci fed lips ? 

ur to he 13 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes 

f Pharaoh, and in and onto Aaron, and <>;a v e them a charge 

put a fword in unto the children of Ifrael, andiinto Pha- 

j raoh king of F.gvpt, to bringthe children 

rfrael out of the land of Egvpt. 

herefore haft j 11 q Thcfe be the heads or their fath- 

people?why;j cr,' houfes : the fons of Reuben the 

Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, 
tw Phai i 1 , and Carmi ; thefe b'e the fami- 

:s of Reuben. 

15 1 And the ions of Simeon ; Jemuel, 
andjamin, and Chad, and fachin, andZo- 

lul the fon of a Canaanitifb 
woman : thefe are the families of Simeon. 

16 1 And thefe are the names of the 



• 



• ... 

i 






'leu- 



fons of Levi, according to their genera- 
• ; Gerfhon, and Kohath, and Mc- 
rari : and the years of the life of Levi 



•n hundred thirty and ieven years 



- ' ' : idUzzieT: and 

to the years ofthe life of Kohath ivere an 
i hun. irtyand three years. 

19 And 



17 The Ions of ( 

ng to tl 

hath : Amram, 



r es is encouraged. 

10 And the Tons of Merari ; Mahli 
id Mjihi : thefe <i>r the families of Levi 
according to their generations. 

And Aim. in took him Jochcbed 

wife; and (he bare 

-s : and the years of 

the life of Amram -were an hundred and 

thirty and {even yea 

:l And the fons of Izlnr; Koran, and 

heg, and Zichri. 
-- And the fons of Uzziel ; Miihael, 
and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 

23 And Aaron took him Elifheba, 
daughter of Amminadab, fifter of Naa- 
ftion, to wife ; and (he bare him Nadab, 
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Itham 



vii. Pbk 



' 



14 Arid the fons of K ; Aflir, and 

Elkanah, and Abiafaph : thefe arc the 
families of the Korhites. 

1 Eleazar, AaronSfon, took him 
oi e of the da tiel to wife j 

Phinehas : thefe are the 
head-, ot the : of the Levites ac- 

cording to their famil 
26 Thefe are that Aaron and Mofc:, 
whom the Lord faid, Brine out I 
children of Ifrael from the lam 
according to their armi- 

y which fpake to Pha'*] 
h king ypt. to bring out the' 

children oi Ifrael from Egypt : thefe are 
-. and Aaron. 
And it pafs on the i 

ivben the Lord fpake unto Mofes in I 
land of Egypt, 

.- Lord fpake unto \ 
. I am the . thou 

■ > >' kingc J ia. 

udbef Lord, 

how (hall Ph; ... ? 

CHAP. \ 

fes is er.c 

10 ' • a ferpent . 

heart Tfj e 

river is turned into bl^ 
■ 

■ 
A^ron 
prophet. 

.and 
of flrael »i 

in the land 

♦ Dill I 

I ■ I 

\nd th 
I am th 

out 



the chi, Ifrael from among them. 

6 And Mofes and Aaron did as the 
Lord commanded them, fo did th< 

ffourfcore years old, 

and Aaron fom ,nd thr 

when they fpake unto Phara 

8 And the Lord (pake unto 
and unto Aaron, (ayi 

9 When Pliaraoll i"hail I ntoyon 
faying, Shew a miracle for von : t 
thou (halt fay unto Aaron, Ta'ke thy rod, 
and caft it before Pharaoh, and it mail 
become a ferpv 

10 I And Mofes and -Aaron went in 
unto Pharaoh, and they did Co as the 
Lord had commanded': and Aaron cart 
down his rod before Pharaoh and before 
his fervants, and it became a ferpent. 

11 Then Pharaoh ailed the wife 
men and the forcerers : now the m 
c:ans of Egypt, they alfodid in like r. 
ner with their enchantments : 

1* 1 *r they ca:l down every mar. 
rod, and they became ferpents .- but 
ron's rod (wallowed up their rods. 

13 1 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
that he hearkened not unto them ; 
Lord had faid. 

1-i And the Lord faid 
Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refufeth 
to let the people . 

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morn* 
ing ; lo, he goeth out unto th- - y 
and thou (halt ftand by the river's br 

inft he conius ; and the rod which w 
turned to a ferpent (halt thou take in th 
id. 

16 And thou (halt lay unto him, The 
Lo ; the II, hath fent i 

to thee, at 

the ferve n 

■ 
he.! 

I'll. | : ( I 

(ha ! • 

I will finite with I 

trr in tl 

riv 

(hali 

1 

■ 

vejfe'isoj tie. 
manded ; and he 



.-■c/j'rr.. ODU 

that icoe in the river were turn- 
i. 
.1 the fifh that ioas in the river 
river (tank, and th 
of the wat< 

throughout 

icians of Egypt did fo 

with their end ana Pharaoh's 

1, neither did he hear- 

1 ori) had laid, 
and went into 
lid he fet his heart to 

1 round 



eflice, nxd jtlct. 

thou mayeft know that there is none like* 
unto the Lor. d our God. 

11 And the frogs (hall depart front 
. and from thy houfes, and from tjiy 

fervants, and from thy people ; they fhall 
remain in the river only. 

12 And Mofes and Aaron went out. 
from Pharaoh : and Mofes cried unto 
the Lord becaufe of the frogs which he 
had brought againft Pharaoh. 

13 And the Lord did according to the 
word of Mofes : and the frogs died out. 
of the houfes, out of the villages, and 
out of Hie fields. 

14 And they gathered them together 



: to drink; for | upon heaps ; and the land ftank 
f the water of 15 But when Pharaoh faw that there was 

refpite, he hardened his heart, and heark- 
! filled, after ened not unto them . as the Lord had faid, 



I (mitten the river. 
'. VIII 



16 ^j And the Lord faid unto Mofes, 

, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod. 

16 'the du ft turned 'into and finite the duft of the land, that it 

become lice throughout all the land 



•>:s of flies. 32 L'ha- 
AND th vTofes,Go 



of Egj 



Pt 



ITAnd they did fo ; for Aaron ftretch- 
unto him, Thus { ed out his hand with his rod; and fmote 



ord, let my people go, that 
. ■ 

• ) let them go, 
, ! te all thy borders with 

S ' the river (hall bring forth frogs 

1 iViall go Up and come 

id into thy bed-cham- 

l, and into the houfe 

pie, and 

nd into thy kneading 

i hall come Up both on 

•pie, and upon all 

unto Mofes, 
»rth thine ,' 

the 
, and < 
n the lai 
iied out his hand 



upon thee, and upon 
I l!" i ... I oi I' .•• nt. 
► with their 
• up. 

8 ' fes a nd 



will let the 
un- 

1 



the dull of the earth, and it became lice 
in man and in beaft ; all the duft of the 
land became lice throughout all the land 
of Egypt. 

i'i And. the magicians did fo with their 
enchantments to bring forth lice, but 
could not, : fo there were lice upon 
man, arid upon beaf. 

19 Then the magicians faid unto Pha- 
raoh, This is the finger of God : and 
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he 
hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord 
had faid. 

20 <| And the Lord faid unto Mofes, 
Rife up early in the morning, and ftand 
before Pharaoh ; lo, he cometh forth to 

1 atcr ; and fay unto him, thus ft 
ord, Let my people go, that tl 
may ferve me. 

£1 Klfe, if thou wilt not let my people 
go, behold, I will fend fwarms of flies 
upon thee, and upon thy iervants, and 
upon t-liy people, and into thy houfes ; 
and the houfes of the Egyptians fhall be 
full of fwarms offlieSj and alfo the ground 
whereon they < re. 



Ami I will fever in thcrt day the 



o( Gofhen, in which my people 

dwell, that no fwarms of flies fhall be 

to the end thou mayfft know that 

I ord in the midft of the earth. 

And I will put a divifion between 

my 1 md thy people : tomorrow 

mail thi- ii :n i 

Lord did fo: and there 

grievou u irm of flies into the 

oh, and into his fcrvants' 

houfes, and into all the land of Egypt: 

1 by reafbn of the 

25 And 



una in oft ap 

25 And Pharaoh called for Mofes and 
iron, and faid, Go ye, facrifice to 

f fcod in the 1. 

Co fa. J, [t is n * meet f 
to do ; for we (hall facrifice the abomi- 
nation of the 1 to the Lor Dour 
God: lo, thall we facrifice the abomina- 
tion of the Egyptians before their eyes, 
, will they not ftone u 

:1! go three [ourney into 

the wilderness, and facrifice to the L 
our God, as he thall command us. 

And Phar J, I will let you go, 

may facrifice to the Lord 
God in the wildernefs; only ye (hall not 
go very tar away ; entreat for me. 

29 And M iid, Behold, I go out 
from thee, and I will entreat the Lord 
that the fwarm % may depart from 
Pharaoh, fi vants, and from his 

i row ; but let nut Pharaoh 
e in not letting the 
people go to I. to the Lord. 

30 And M ait from Pharaoh, 
and entreated the Lo 

d the 1. id accoi - the 

word of V the 

iwarms o/Ji.es from Pharaoh, from hi* 
feryants, and from his people ; there re- 
mained not one. 

Pharaoh hardened his heart 
at this time alfo, n< Id he let the 

people go. 

CHAP. \ 
i Tbe murrain ojbeafU. <<• of 

toil £1 Thr pi a gut oj 

THE N ?; I unto Mof! , c .. 

in unto Pharaoh, and tell him. Thus 
faith ,- i 

go, that they m ly I 
me. 

- for iit , and 

wilt hold them ftill, 

tie which is in the field, upon the 
Jiorf- .) the ad on the 

ceil, and upon • 

lin. 
K And the I.' 

I 
gypt : and there /hall 

mo 1 1 

I I 
not let the 



d. 



■ faid 

\aron, I 



hiatus. 

of the fui 
rd the! 

\ntl it Q nail dun* ii 

md of Egypt, and (hall be a 
forth 

upon beaft, throughout all th< 

gypt. 

10 And tl: 

and (tood before Pharaoh ; and 
fprinkled it up toward 
came a boil breaking forth ixtiib bla 
..an, and upon bead. 

1 1 And t!i<-' r 

Vlofesbecaufeof theboil ; forthc 
bail was upon the m is, and 

the Egyptiai 

12 And the Lord hardened the h< 

of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto 
them ; as the Lord hadfpoken unto ' 

! t!ic Loro faid unto 
Rife up early in the morning, and ftand 
tiaraoh, and fay unto him. 1 hus 

faith the Lo 

my | 'hat th< ' •" me. 

1 1 For 1 ii :ll at this time .'end all 

n thine heart, and upon th> 
, and u; ; that I 

it knov c re is n me lik 

!i. 

15 Foi now 1 will (Ireich out mi 

iy fmit 

C ; and thou (halt be cut 

16 And in Vi . 
'■ 

i j and . nam-' i 

clared throughout all the 

17 A ■ i 

pie, that thou wilt n 
lit hold, tomorrow 
will . 
fin h is hath not i 

,i until 

td all that th< 

l 

! tl •■ Ii 

i 
Id. 

■ 



The plague *f bail and fire, t \ODUS. The plague of locujh, &c 

ril:. unit! vi> rail itjforeme? let my people go, that they 

up< Egypt. ! may ferve me : 

and tire mingled | 4 Elfe, if thou refufe to let my people 
I, vcrj there I go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the lo- 

land of K ufts into thy cqaft 



on. 
Vnd the hail fmote, throughout al] 

the ; i the 

field, both man and bead; and the hail 

ie field, and b 
Id. 
ly in the land of Gofhen, where 
the children of I!: .. there no 



5 And they fhall cover the face of the 
earth, that one cannot be able to fee the 
earth : and they (hall eat the refidue of 
that which is efcaped, which remaineth 
unto you from the hail, and fhall eat 
every tree which groweth for you out of 
the field : 

6 And they (hall fill thy houfes, and the 
houfes of all thy fervants, and the houfes 



Pharaoh fent. and called for of all the Egyptians ; which neither thy 

md Aaron, and laid unto them, I fathers, northy fathers' fathers have feen, 

me: the Lord jj right- fince the day that they were upon the 

eon d my people are wicked, earth unto this day. And he turned him- 

ird for // is enough] felt, and went out from Pharaoh. 
that no more might} thunde rings 7 And Pharaoh's fervants faid unto 

tnd I will let you go, and ye him, How long fhall this man be a fnare 
(hall (by : r. unto us ? let the men go, that they may 

unto him, As foon 'ferve the Lord their God: Knowe'ft thou 
ie out of the city, I will fpread not yet that Egypt isdeftroyed ? 
■ oad my hands unto the Lord; arid the | 8 And Mofes and Aaron'wcre brought 
thunder (hall ceafe, neither fhall there be^again unto Pharaoh : a 
hail ; that thou mayeft know; them, Go, ferve the L 
it the earth is the Lord's. 

id thy fervants, I ! 



and he faid unto 
ORD your God : 
but, who are they that fhall go ? 
9 And Mo(e> faid, We will go with our 



■ill not yet fear the Lord jyoun^and with our old, with our fons 



God 

and the barley was 
•r the barley nuas in the ear 
X ivas boiled. 

rheat and the rye were not 

re not grown up. 
I out of the city 
fpread abroad his 
ID : and the thunders 
I the rain was not 
th. 
hen PJ iw that the rain 

and the hail and the thund 

! hardened his 



and with our daughters, with our flocks 
and with our herds will we go; for wc 
mujl bold a. feaft unto the Lord . 

10 And he faid unto them, Let the 
Lo r d be fo with you, as I will let you go, 
and your little ones : lcok/o;7 t for evil is 
before you. 

11 Not fo : go now ye that are men, 
and ferve the Lord ; tor that ye did de- 
file. And they were driven out from 
Pharaoh's prefence. 

12 And the Lord faid unto Mofes 

Stretch out thine hand over the land of 

ypt for the locufts, that they may come 

I up upon the land of Egypt, and eat ever*/ 



1 
I 



( i i 
1 

mts, 
before 



Kith left. 

L3 \nd Mofes ftretched forth his rod 



*h« h< Pharaoh was herb of the land, even all that the hail 

• the chil- ' 

■ 

'be f . : 



I 

■ 



i 



ears 

! nngs 

unto 









over the land of £gypt, and the Lord 

brought an eaft wind upon the land all 

that day, and all that night ; and when it 

morning, the eaft wind brought the 

' I Vnd the locufts went up over all the 

land of Egypt, and relied in all the 
pt : very grievous <weretbey t 
there were no fuch locufts as 
the. her them (hall be fuch. 

15 l.nihey covered the face of the 
trth- fo that the land was darken- 
ed they did cat every herb of the. 
land, and all the fruit of the trees which 
the hail had left : and there remained not 
n thing in the trees, or in the herbs 
of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 

16 then 



• 



!p. X 



16 Then I 
Aaron in I, nned 

irGod. 
icrctore for 
only this once, and en 
Lord your God, that he may take 
m me this death only. 

18 And h- t out from Pha: 
and entreated the Lord. 

19 And the Lord turned a mi. 
ftro: wind, which took away 
locurts and caft them into the Red' Tea ; 
there remained not one locuft in all the 
coaflsofl 

20 But the Lord hardened Phar 
heart, ro that he would not let the chil- 
dren of Ifrael go. 

«. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, 
Stratch out thine hand toward heaven, 
that there maybe c! r the land of 

i icb may be felt. 
!icd forth his hand 
d there was athickdark- 
ill the land of Egypt three d 

. not one another, neither 
rofe r three davs : 

but lof Ifr 

their d 

i unto Mofes, 
*nd i the Lord : 

ir herd .; ed 

.1. 

alfo: > and burnt often it we 

»d. 
Z6 I 
there fh. 

thereof nui Lord 

ith wh 
• >RD, • e come 

tint! 

■ 

in tba: 

I 

n no m< 
i Gc elites i 

■ 

you .out 

>w in t!i 

■ 

S A 

: in the 
over. 



I o/ibfftrf:- 6 1 

land of 

■ 

Lord, n- 

tothc 

\nd all t-born 

raoh that fittcth on his ti 

to the firtt-born of the mai us 

behind the mill ; and all the 
beal 

6 And thrrefhallbea great cry through- 
out all the land of Kgvpt, ruch as there 

none like it. nor mall be like it any 
more. 

7 But againft any of the children of li- 
rael mall not a dog move his tongue, a- 
gainfl man or beaft : that ye >w 
how that the Lord doth put rence 
between th . tians and Ifra 

8 And all thefe thy fervants ihall come 
down untome, and bow down themfelv 
unto me, faying, Get thee out, and all the 
people that follow thee : and after that I 
will go out. I he went Oil 

raoh in „ ger. 

9 
raoh fhall I rken unto you ; that : 

iders nuv be mult 
pt. 

\ iron did all t' 

v D 

heart, fo that he 
nld not let • : Ifrael go out 

. 

CM 
vcrinft. fitji-bo 

are/, en 

OUt Of tke 

: unto ' and 

I e- 

be the 

I 



' 






• 









- 



Hotu the pajl'over is to be kept. 

8 And rhej (hall eat the flefh in that 

fire, and unleavened 

/ v. ith bitter herbs they (hall 

i» J it raw, nor fodden at all 

but roafl with lire ; his head 

!n<l with the purtenance 

10 And ye mall let nothing of it remain 
until the morning ; and that which re- 
mai net h of it until the morning, ye (halt 
burn with fi 

11 And thus ihall ye eat it ; ibitb your 
loins girded, your ihoes on your feet, and 

•ir hand ; and ye mall eat 

it in halte : it is the Lord's paffover. 

i. For 1 will pais through the land of 

pt this night, and will fmite all the 

fir It- born in the land ofEgypt, both man 

ift ; and agatnfl all the gods oi E- 

fypt I will execute judgment; \\cim the 
,0 R 
1 I And the blood (hall be to you for a 
n upon the houfes where ye are : and 
when I iee the blood, I will pafs over 
you, and the plague (hid 1 Hot be upon you 
leftroyjroa, when I fmite the land of 

14 And this day fhalLbe unto you for a 
memorial ; and ye fhafi keep it a feaft to 
the Lord throughout your generations; 
ye Hull keep it a Feall by an ordinance for- 
ever. 

15 Seven d.iys mail ye eat unleavened 
btfead ; even the firft day ye fhall put aw ay 

out of your houfes : for whomever 
eateth leavened bread from the firfr day 
1 the farenth day, that foul ihall be 
cut oil from [frael. 

16 And in the firft day there Jhall beww 

cation, and in the feyenth day 

e fhall be an holy convocation to you ; 

no manner of work (hall be done in them, 

-/ whichever) man mult eat, that 

only may be done of you. 

fcafl o/un- 
:ncd bread ; for in th ime day 

out of the 
' pt : the, hall ye ob- 

in youi ..itions by an 

or 

-.•//•, on the fourteenth 
it un- 
I, until • and twenti- 

etl ii. 

leaven 

it foul 

:ation ot 

d ; in all 
unleavened 

II the elders 



EXODUS. rhefirfi-bomjlahi, 

and take you a lamb accordingto your 
families, and kill the pallbver. 

And yefhalltake a bunch of hyflbp, 
and dip it in the blood that is in the bafon, 
and ftnke the lintel and the two fide pofts 
w : tli the blood that is in the bafon ; and 
none of you Ihall go out at the door of his 
houfe until the morning. 

23 For the Lord will pafs through to 
fmite the Egyptians ; and when he feeth 
the blood upon the lintel, and on the two 
fide pofts, the Lord will pafs over the 
door, and will not fufler the deftroycr to 
come in unto your houfes tofmitej'0«. 

24 And ye {hall obferve this thi^g for an 
ordinance to thee and to thy fons forever. 

25 And it (hall come to pafs, when ye 
be come to the land which the Lord will 
give you, according as he hathpromifed, 
that ye fhall keep this ferviee. 

2(i And it (hall come to pafs, when your 
children fhall fay unto you, What mean 
ye by this ferviee ? 

27 1 hat ye ihall faj . It is the facrifice 
of the Lord's pa'fTover/who paflfed over 
the hbufe c of the children oc IfraeJ in E- 
gypt, when he fniote the Egyptians, and 
delivered our houfes. And the people 
bowed the head and worfhipped. 

£8 Andthe children of i frael wentaway, 
and did as the Lord had commanded 
Mofes and Aaron, fo did they. 

29 5 And it came to pafs that at mid- 
night the Lord fmoteall the firft-born in 
the land ofEgypt, Irom the firft-born of 
Pharaoh that fat on his throne, unto the 
firft-born of the captive that nvas in the 
dungeon ; and all the firft-born of cattle. 

30 And Pharaoh rofe up in the# night, 
he, and all his fervants, and all the Egyp- 
tians : and there was a great cry in E- 
gypt ; for there r was not a houfe where 
there toas not one dead. 

■A U And he called for Mofes and Aa- 
ron by night, and (aid, Rife up, and gee 
you forth from among my people, both ye 
and the children of lfrael ; and go, ferve 
the Lord, as ye have (aid. 

Alfo take your flocks and your herds,. 
; aid, and be gone ; and bleft; 
me alfo 

And the Egyptians were urgent up- 
on the people that they might fend them 
out of the land in hafte ; tor they laid, 
W e be all dead men. 

And the people took their dough 
before it was lcavened^their kneading- 
troughs being bound up in their clothes 
upon their moulders. 

And the children of lfrael did ac- 
cording to the word of Mofes ; and they 
born gyptians jewels of m* 

ver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : 
3G And the Lord gave the people fa- 
Gght of the Egyptians, fothat 



, Draw out they lent unto them/arA things as they 

required. 



t •rJlnance cf the JaJJbvei . Chapt 

wired. And they fpoiled the E ins. j 

And the children of Ifrael iournei - 1 
.fes to Succoth, about 
houfand on foot that nvefc m 
Idren. 
And a mixed multitr.de went up alio 
with them ; and flocks, and herds, 
tie. 
' And they baked unleavened cakes 
of t! hich they brought forth 

out or" Egypt, for it was ni I ned ; be- 

.'tlirult Dut of I . and 

coul irry, neither had they prepaf- 

rd for themfel finals. 

wthe fojournine of the children 

clt in bgypt, " mr 

ndred and thirl 

•41 And it came t 

the four httndr -von 

ly it ca at all 

the bofts ol it out from the 

luch ol 
i the L< r bringing them out 

is that i 
of the Lord to be o I all the 

chi! f Ifrael in I 

And the Lor d laid and 

1 his is the ordin the pair 

re (hall noftrangi reatthei 
But eviry man's fervant that is 
ightfbr money, when thou bad 
n, then (lull 
4a gnerand an hired fervant (hall 

not eat thereof. 

In one houfe fhall it be eaten ; thou 
(hall :h a- 

bro. 1 • houl her (hall ye 

47 All tel (hall 

4H An (hall fojourn 

LOS U,lcT 
and then let him 

I he fl 
Ian i (hall 

■ 

49 On 1 " law (hall be to him thai i li 
born, and unto the fti an irn- 
eth u. 

50 'I'll 

i be T.o p 
, i did tli' 

51 And it pafis the felfs 

LOR I) did br 

:nof lii i- 1 out of the land 
their armii 

c HAP. > III. 

r Thefujl bom fane t if: 'd t 3 The 

memorial of if verist 

2i God guideth item by a tilta 
cloud and of fji c 
AND the Lord fpake unto M 
- 
anctify unto me all the hrft-horn, 



. xiii. The jirjl-bomfanciified to Cod. 6e» 

whatsoever openeth the v\omb amon^thc 
hrepof Ifrael, both of man and of 
■ ■. it is mine. 

3 5 And Moles faid unto the people. 
Remember this day, in which ye came 
out from Egypt, out of the houfe of bond- 
age ; for by Strength of hand the Lord 
brought you out From this place: tl 
dial! no Leaven<d bread befiaten. 

•i Thi: out in the month 

Abib. 

5 And it fhall be when the Lort (hall 
bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, 
and the Hittites,and the Amorites,and the 
Hivites,and the Jebiifites,which he L\are 
unto thy fatlters to give thee, aland flow- 

ith milk and honey, that thou ihalt 
keep thisfervice in this month;. 

6 Se\ en daj s thou lhalt ear unleavened 
bread, and in the feventhday ffjall be a 

to the Lou i). 

7 Unleavened br< Ibeeatenfeven 

; and there (hall no leavened b^ 
be feen with thee, neither (hall :hcrc be 
.. iih thee in all thy quar- 
ters* 

thou flialt (hew thy fon in that 

daj : / is donebecsafe of that 

which .the Lord did unto me when I 

forth out of Kgypt. 

9 And it fhall be for a dim unto thee 

thine hand, and for a memorial be - 

, thine eyes, that th Lord's law 

be in th) mouth : for w ith a fti 

hand hath the Lord brought thee out of 

i' r - 
to Thi u ihalt therefore keep tbisordi- 

ce in his feafbn fi ir to \ ear- 

11 And it (ball be wh I ord (1 
bring tin e into the Ian 1 of the ( 'anaani 

unto thlce and to thy fath 
■ 

12 i hat thou Dial th 
Lord all th 

. firMing that < omcth of a I 

hafl ; t!..- : U6e tlu 

L() R 

I I 

wilt i 

his n til the firii 

hv i hildren Ihalt the m. 

II |j be « 

:id the 1 at from 

I 
won' ' >, that th I 

bormn 
both 

• i the 

if. .11 be for a tokc 

;ne 



I 



.«/:Joff.rc.hXQDl Pharaoh purfuetb the 

l frontlets between thine and hishorfemen, and hisarmy, and c 

the Lo them encamping by the fea, befide 

Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. 

»h I')'.'. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, 
■u the children of Ifrael lifted up their eyes, 
. the land behold, the Egytians marched after 

t : for them ; and they were fore afraid : and 

i, Lefl nre the people the children of Ifrael cried out unto the 

- Lord. 

11 And they 'aid unto Mofes, Becaufe 

pie about, there tuere no graves in Egypt, haft thou 

wilder : the taken us away to die in the wildernefs ? 

id went Wherefore haft thou dealt thus withtis,to 

forth out o t ? 

Jo- 12 fr north void that we did tell 

i hehad ftraitlj »g, Let us alone, that 

will We may ferve the Egyptians? For // 

til carry uj \een better for us to" ferve the Egyp- 



ou, 



dans, than that we should die in the 



SO And th< . ney from|den 

Etham, in the 



■ 

i 

D went before them 

ad, to lead them 

ir of fire, 

l Jay and 

• p'.ll.tr of the 
• pillar o\ 

tetb. \o nur. 

Red fca. 



kc unto Moles, fi\ 



>kunto that 

tUI P : 

linfl 

dl yc em 













. 






















the < hildren 
are land, 

n. 

- 















Mofes faid unto the people, 

Fear ye not, ftandftill, and fee the falva- 

Df the Lord, which he will ftiew to 

you to day : for the Egyptians whom ye 

i today, ye (hall fee them again 

no more forever. 

It The Lord mall fight for you, and 
ye (hall hold your | 

15 And the Lord (aid unto Mofes, 
re criefl thru unto me ? Speak 

unto ihe children of Ifrael, lhat they go 
• ard : 

16 But lift thou uptl. and ftrctch 
cut thine hand over the lea, and divide it : 
and the children of Ifrael (hall go on dry 
ground through the mid ft: of the fea'. 

17 Audi, behold, I will harden the 
'3 of the Egyptians, and they (hall 

follow them : and I will get me honour 
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his hoft, up- 
on h his horfemen. 

- Ihall know that 
I am the ivh< n 1 have gotten me 

how i oh, upon his chariots, 

19 And th. of God, v\hich went 

le camp of Ifrael. removed and 
1 the pillar of the 
fore their face, and 
:il : 

i the camp o( 

and the ca fraeljand 

loud and d to them, but 

hi ;othefe : io that the 

her all the night. 

tched out his hand 

oven 

ft wind all that 
dry land, and the 

.to 
uponth . • ju i : 

on 
- 

purfued, and 

in. 






Pbaraob drsivie.t in the Red fea. Chap. 

his chariots, 



n all Pharaoh's horfes, 

borfemen. 

lit came to pafs, that in the 

the Lord looked unto the 

through the | 

ire and c id troubled the 

of the I 

c 15 And took, off their chariot wheels, 

that they drave them heavily : fothat the 

. Let us flee from the 
oflirael ; for the Lord fighteth for them 
; ptians. 
And; rd fa : d unto Mofe>, 

tch out thine hand over the fea, that 
the waters may coime again upon the 
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and up- 
on their horfemen. 

And .V rretched forth hishand 

the fea, and the fea returned to his 
ftrength when the morn geared ; 

the Egyptians fled : it : and the 

Lor threw the h J in the 

midft of the fea. 

I the waters returned, and cc 
ed. the chariots, and the horfemen, an 
the hoft of Pharaoh that came into the 
'ea after them ; there remained not fo 
much as one of them. 

Bttt the children of Ifrael walked 
upon dry /am/ in themidftofthe fea ; 

'■'ere a wall unt I on their 

' r.d arid on their !■ 
Hms the Lord fave 1 I 
■ 

d upon 
ih'jre. 

k which 
and 
liev- 
the Lord, tntMol 

CI: 
S T 21 f rtuant 'water . 

. i ab, a j are 
o Elim. 

iren 
tit lie Lo; 

I 
D, for ! fly : 

the Iiorfe an 
the fe 

- 

Lo R 

[he depths 1 

'lC. 

lit hand ome 

: thy ■ UP 

Lord, hath da died in pieces the 

7 And in I 
ienc 

I 



The fang of M'./c-s. > . 
thou /enteft forth thy 



up againft thee 

wrath, tvbii uraed tliem asitubble'. 

8 And with the blafi otthy nolrrils the 
waters were gathered together, the floods 
(rood upright as an heap, and the depths 
wen aied in the heart of the < 

nrtt laid. I will purfue, 1 
overtake, 1 will the fpoil ; m\ 

(hall be fatisfico upon them ; I will draw 
my fword, my hand mall deftroy them. 

10 Thou didll blow with thy wind. 
fea covered them : they lank as lead in 
the mighty waters. 

11 Who is like unto thee, O Lorp 
mong the gods \ Wlio is like thee, glo- 
rious in holinefs, fearful in praifes, doing 
wond rs ? 

1 ! rhou fti etched ft out thy right hand, 
the earth (wallowed them. 

li i hou in thy mercy haft led forth 
le ivbicb thou halt redeemed : 
ded them in thy ftrcngth un- 
to thy holy habitat 

14 1 he people fhall hear, ar.dbc afraid : 
forrow (hall take hold on the inhabitants 
Paleftiri l. 

1j I hen the dukes of Edom fhall be 
amazed ; the mighty men of Moth, trem- 
bling (hall t. d upon them ; all the 
inhabitants of Canaan thall melt away. 
16 I raran 11 fall upon them ; 

arm they (hall 
be as\\\\ I 11 thy people 

, O LORD, till the people pals over, 

ch thou ha!t purchafed. 

IT rhotl fli'ilt bri id plant 

mount thine inherit- 

ance, in the hou 



■ 



in, 



in the 



1 1 . h 



made tor thee i > 
(ancruarj , 1 <» 
1. 
1 he l.o» d (ball 
ever. 

19 For the hoi I in 

with I tioi feirfen 

■ R D In >m hi a 

i the fea U| on them , but the 
childi / in the 

. 

i timbi 

and jilt' 
wjrh timbi 
- 1 

oufly .- the hath 

- fea. 

it out into the 

•5S * And 
rah, I ter j th( '- the 

14 And 



-S •/• far bread. EXODUS. Quails and manna are fc,::. 

\c murmured agaiuftl 9 And Mofes fpake unto Aaron, Say 

\ unto all the congregation ot the children 
«' Andfie^ried unto the Lord ; ot lfrael, Come near before the Lord ; 
atvd (hewed him a tree, tvbicb j for he hath heard your murmuring?. 

the waters, the w a- 10 And it came to oafs, as Aaron fpake 
e fweet : there he made tor unto the whole congregation 



;n a •■ n ordinance, and 

there he proved 

. If thou wilt diligently 
of 'he Lord thy 
hat which is right in 
• ear te his com- 
p all his (latutes, I 
on thee, 
•. ■' gyptian ; 
that healeth thee. 
, ■ , came to Elim, where 

of water, and three- 
: . nd ten palm-trees : and they en- 
re b\ the waters. 
HAP. XVI. 
i . -Ifraelites murmur for want of bread. 
lils are fen ;, 14 and manna. 
ND they took their journey from E- 
ud all the congregation of the chil- 
li of I frael came unto the wildernefs 
: bet\\( -.d Sinai, 

fifteenth day of the fecond month 
their departing out of the land of 

whole congregation 0} the 
f I frael murmured againii Mo- 
*& 1 Aaron in the wildernefs : 
An.i the children of I frael faid unto 
ddtoGcd we had died by the 
■ 1 of the Lor:; in the land of Egypt; 
1 we fat by ti,e flelh pots, and v 
we d bread to the full ; for j e have 

brought us forth into this wildernefs. to 
lesibly with hunger. 
■4 1 hen faid the Lord unto Mofes, Be- 
v i, I v. ii -cad from heaven for 

i ko out and ga- 
ther a certain rate every day, that I may 

y will walk in 
or no. 
5 And it (hall come to pais that on the 
(hall prepare that which 
the. . and it Hall be t»\icc as 

daily. 
6 . ' \aron fiid unto all 

el, At even, th.cn >c 
th brought 
pt : 

1 ye fliall 
fee- ryoftheLjORD that he 

again!! the 
••hat are we, that ye mur- 
mur againft us ? 

S And i be, \\\v:\ 

ou in the evening 

J 1:1 the mc -d tt 

ethyour 

hich ye murmur ajzainll 

nunnui . 

imftthe Lord. 



of the chil- 
drenof I frael, that they looked toward 
the wildernefs, and, behold, the glory of 
t he Lord appeared in the cloud. 

11 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

12 I have heard the murmurings of 
the children of lfrael : f'peak unto them, 
faying, At even ye fhal! eat flefh, and in 
the morning ye mail be Filed with bread*; 
and ye (hall know that I am the Lord 
your God. 

13 And it came to pafs, that at even 
the quails came up, and covered the 
camp : and in the morning the dew lay- 
round about the hoft. 

14 5 And when the dew that lay was 
gone up, behold, upon the face of the 
wildernefs there lay a fmall round thing, 
as fmall as the hoar frofl on the ground. 

15 And when the children of lfrael faw 
//, they faid one to another, It is manna : 
for they will not what it 'was. AnO Mo- 
les faid unto them, This is the bread which 
the Lord hath given you to eat. 

16 1 his is the thing which the Lord 
hath commanded, Gather of it every man 
according to his eating, an omer for eve- 
ry man, according to the number of your 
uerfons ; take ye every man for them 
which are in his tents. 

17 And the children of lfrael did fo P 
and gathered, fome more, fomelefs. 

18 And when they did mete it with an 
omer, he that gathered much had nothing 
over, and he that gathered little had no 
lack ; they gathered every man according 
to his eating. 

19 And Mofes faid, Let no man leave 
ofit till the morning. 

20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not 
unto Mofes; but fbmeof them left of it 
until the morning, and it bred worms, 
and flank: and Mofes was wroth with, 
(hem. 

'21 And they gathered it every morning, 
man according to his eating : and 
when the fun waxed hot it melted. 

And it came to pafs, that on the 

lixth day they gathered twice as much 

bread, two omersfor one man : and all 

iters of the congregation cam« and 

told Mofes. 

And he faid unto them, This is that 
which the Lord hath faid, tomorrow 
is the reft of the holy fabbath unto the 
Lord : bake that which ye will bake to- 
day, and feethe that ye will feet he ; and 
that which remaineth over lay up for you 
to be kept until the morning. 
-4 And they laid it up till the morn- 
ing* 



The/abb ith appointed for ftft. Chap 

ing, as Mofes bade : and it did hot Link, 
her was there any worm therein. 
And Mofes laid, Eat that today : 
tor today is a fab bath unto the Lord: 
today ye fhall not find it in the field. 

£6 Six days ye ihall gather it ; but on. 
the feventh clay, ivbich is the fabbath, in 
it there (hall be none. 

2T And it came to pafs, that there wsnt 
out fame of the people on the feventh day 
fur to gather, and they found none. 

And the Lord laid unto Mofes, 
How long refufe ye to keep my command 
rnents and my laws ? 

29 See for that the Lord hath given 
you the fabbath, therefore he givet!. 
Oft the iixth day the bread of two d 
abide ye every man in his place, let no 

utofh on the feventh day. 

30 So the people reftedon the feventh 

31 And the houfe of Ifracl called the 
name thereof 1 : and it ivas like 

inder feed, white ; and the talte of it 
ivas like wafers made with honey. 

And Mofes faid, i his is the thing 
lich the Lord commandeth, fill an 
omerof it to be kept for your gen 
tions ; that th- the bread v 

th I have led you in tl lernefe, 

when I brought you forth from the 1 a 
pt. 
And Mofes faid unto Aaron, '! 
a pot, and put an omer full of munna 
rem. and lay it up before the Lord, to 
•*pt for your generation. 
Si As the Lord commanded Mofes, 
fo . . .aid it up before the tertimony, 

to be kept. 

35 And the children of Id 1 eat 

manna forty year?, until thej came to a 
land inhabited ; they did eat manna, un- 
til the • unto the borders or 
land cf Canaan. 

35 No-v an omer is the tenth part tl 
an ephah. 

CHAP. XVII. 
i The people murmur lor itsater at Ret 
dim. ijent to the rock in II ■ 

• 3 Amalek is o-jercme . 
AND all th?- co' tionofthei 

dren of Ifrael jour; 
ernefs of Sin, h ir journ 

■> the c 
and pitch | there 

noas no th ! ; 

drink- 
Where r 

.1, O: r th.it wc 

Why chi I \ Where; 

■ 
And the 
ter ; and murmured againft 

lid, Wherefore is th 



it us 



up out of Lgypt 



mi. The people mu rfttii rfor "jjatsr. 57 

to kill us and our children, and our ca r - 
tle, with thirft ? 

•4 And Mofes cried unto the I.o?-^, 
faying, What fhall I do unto this people ¥ 
1 hey be almolt ready to (tone me. 

5 1 [An the Lord faid unto Mofdi 
Go on before the people, and take with 
theeof the elders ot Ifrael ; and thy rod, 

erewith thou fmoteft the river, take in 
thine hand. . o. 

6 Behold, I will lland before thee there 
upon the rock in Hereb ; and mod - 
finite the rock, and there thail come w - 
ter out of it, that the people may druV- 
And Mofes did fo in the light cf the 
ders of Ifrael. 

7 And he called the name cf the p. 
Maftah, and ah, becaufe of t 

r of the childn n of Ifrael, and '.. 
caufe they tempted the L &j - I| 

the Lord among us, or net ? 

U 1 hen came A and fou 

with Ifracl in Rephid: . 

9 And M< . '. :, Chcofe 
us ou' men, and g fit with Ama- 

tomorrow I will (land on the top of 
ththerodofG d- 

10 - ua did as M h Ld faid to 
him, and t h Amai.-k randMc- 

'0 the top 
of the hill. 

11 An I ir Mcfes 
held up hi tl at Ifrael prevailed ; 

n his hand, Ami!.'; 
pre. 

12 But Moles' handsourr* heavy; and 
:vo-r?- and put // under him, 

and he fat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur 

one on the one 
: the oth 

. the j 
down "i the <un. 

nfi ted Amalek and 
h the edge <•: the f\\ord. 
1 i And th<- Lord (aid u 

>; .i memorial in a buok. and 

it in tl ■ : for I 

will i M :ance of 

I 

■ 

CHA1 III. 

Lord had bio 

rook Zippo; '*" I 

fent her ba 



b>» 



rocoutifclUtb Mofes, 

her two Tons; of which the name 
}$ Gerfhom ; tor he iaid, I 
have been an alien in a ftrange land : 

of the other nvqs Eli. 
eaer ; $ortl lofmy Uihev, /aid be, 

ne help, and delivered rpe from 
fword of Pharaoh : 



;DUS, God's meffage t% the people. 

give thee counfel, and God (hall be wit** 
thee : be thou for the people to Go4 
ward, that thou mayeft: bring the caufe s 
unto God ; 

20 And thou fl alt teach them ordinan- 
ces and laws, and malt fhew them the way 
wherein they mud walk, and the work 
5 And Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law^ that they muft do. 

ne with his funs and his wife unto Mo- 21 Moreover, thou (halt provide outof 

ies into the wildernefs where he encamp- all the people able men, fuchas fear God, 

I the mount of God : men of truth, hating covetoufnefs ; and 

Vndhefaid unto Moles, T thy father- pkicefucb over them, to be rulers of thou- 

in-law Jethro, ain come unto thee, and thy fands, and rulers of hundieds, rulers of 

and her two fonswith her. fifties, and rulers of tens : 

rent out to meet h ; s ! 22 And let them judge the people at all 

r-in-law and did obcifance, andkifT"- fcafons : and it mall be, that every great 

mj and they aflced each other of tbeir. matter they lhaU bring unto thee, but 

. came into the tent. every fmall matter they (hall judge : io 

8 And told his father-in-law all (hall it be eafierfor thyfelf, andtfeey (hall 

that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh bear the burden with thee. 

and t<> the I* gj ptians for Ifrael's fake, an4 -3 If thou (halt do this thing, and God 

all the travel that had come up. >n them command thce/o, then thou (halt be able 

b ; tl , and hoiv the Lord de- to endure, and all this people (hall alfo go 

'hem.' to their place in peace. 

wid |ethro rejoiced for all the good- 24 So Mofes hearkened to the voice of 



the Lord had done to Ifrael, 

ered out of the hand 
oft ptians. 

i And jethro faid, P>leired be the Lord 



his father-in-law, and did all that he had 

85 And Mofes chofe able men out of 
all Ifrael, and made them heads over the 



irered you out of the hand people, rulers of thoufands, rulers of hum 

md out of the hand of dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 

io hath delivered the people 26 And they judged the people at all 

i under the hand of the Egyptians. fcafons : The hard caufes they brought 

li Now I know that the Lqrdu greater unto Mofes, but every fmall matter they 

than all I r in the thing wherein judged themfelves. 

dealt proudly be <was above them. 27 And Mofes let his father-in-law dc- 
i- tnd Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law, part; and he went his wayjnto his ownland. 
burnt-offering and facrifices for CHAP. XIX. 

came, and all the eld- t Tie people come to Sinai. 3Gr>d's mef~ 
> :tii Mofes' fa- fage to them out oj ' th mount. 8 Their 
tric: xi. anfhoer. \G His jearful yrefer.ee. 

mor- I N the thirdmonth when the children 

ople: of Ifrael were gone forth out of the land 

: om the of Egypt, the fame day came they into the 

, wildernefs of Sinai 

law faw ' 2 For they were departed from Repln- 

Qplc, I I, dim, and were come to. the defert of Sinai , 

• thou docfl to the and had pitched in the wildernefs ; and 

If alone, there llr, el i imped before the mount. 

1 ' - from 3* And Mofes went up unto God, 

and the Lord called unto him out of the 
-i ii- 
la 






mountain, Hiving, 'I litis (halt thou fay to 
unto me to the In ufe of facob, and tell tlie children 

•» Ye havefeen what T did unto the E- 
n one and gyptians, and hoiu I hare you on eagles' 

id brought you unto mvielL 
S >v therefore, if ye will obey my 
mdeed, and keep my covenant, then 
• rhe ^lng tl :'.: is not yc (hall be a peculiar treafure unto me 

above all people : fcr all the earth is 

mine. 

Ult, i ' 6 And ye fliallbcunto me a kingdom 

i of pi lefts, and an holy nation Thefe are 

»e. the words which thou (halt focak unto the 

unton [will children of Ifrael. 

TAnd 



l . 



t 



God's ftai'fui prefence. Chap. y.x. The :e> t%mm& is. 6& 

T And Mofes came and called for the- near to the Lord, 
elders of the people, and laic i their, left the Lord break faith upon them. 



tpoi 
:oies ia : d unto the Lo 
I The people cannot c^me up to mount ! 

. for thou ch 
bounds about the mount, and lanctify it. 
2i And the Lord laid unto him, A- 
jet thee down, and thou malt cc 
up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let 
not the priefts and the people bre 
, through to come up unto ti 
he ' rth upon them. 

went down unto the | 
, and '.pake unto them. 

10 And the Lord (aid unto N lofes, G I A P. XX. 

unto the people, and ia: them today i The ten cc its. 22 Idolai 

and tomorrow, and let them walh Iden. 24 Qfibkat fort ike altar 

clothes, be. 

11 Aid be re- thirdd AND God (pake all thefe words, faying, 
for - the Lord will come' -1 I sm rhe Lord thy ( hhave 
down in the light of all the people upon brought thee out of the land of Egyj 

lai. out of the houfe of bondage. 

1- And thou malt fet bounds unto the .S 1 hou (halt nave no other gods before 
people round about, laying, fake heed ; me. 



pe 

faces all thefe words which the Lord 
manded him. 

8 i And all the people anfwered to- 
gether and laid, All that the Lord hath 

: do. And Mofes returned 
the words of the people unto the Lor d. 

9 And the Lord laid unto Mole.-.. Lo, 
I come unto thee in a 

tli: people may hear when I lpeak with 
thee, and believe thee forever. And 
festold the words of the people unto the 
Lord. 



to yourfelves, t brat ye go nut up into the 

mount or touch the border of it : whom- 
ever touchcth the 11 be i 
put to death : 

13 '1 here (hall not an hand touch i r , 
but he Hull hi rely 

igh : whether//^' I m, it 

(hall not live : \\ hen the trumpet I 

, they (ball com! up to the mount. 
1 i And M the 

mount unto th ti fled the 

lothes. 
15 And h unto t] !i • 

ift the third day . not at 

jour 

10 cj And it came to pafs on the third 
day in the n , that there w< 

d lightn i up- 

on them 






nd ; fo that all tl 

1 ' And M 

> 

And n. 
a fm 

»faf- 



■4 Thou (halt not make unto thee any 
•;, or any likenefs oj any thing 
that ts in n above, or that ti in the 

earth beneath, or that is In the water un- 
der the earth : 
5 1 dt not bow down thyfelf to 

m, no; them: fori the Lord 

ilous God \- i 1 1 1 i 1 1 ^ the in- 
upon the children 

n that hate mc ; 

And (hewing mercy unto thoufands 
of them that nd keep my com- 

mand 

7 J 1 u 1 -e the name of the 

LoRi, t. the Lord 

will i 

the fubbath day, : 

It thou la 1 ' 

■ 
of the Lo 1 ill] 
not d< 

: ' 

thy 

. 

1 



D 
mount 

I 
-1 And the T ( 

"i, char 
c Lord t 

ri(h. 
tthe prieftl 



I 

• I. 

■ 

ho 



us. 

Cc, thou fhalt not covet 



EXOD' 



Divers latus. 



ife, nor his man-fervant, nor his 
it. nor his ox, nor his aft, nor 
ne that is thy neighbour's. 

iw thethun 
. and the lightnings, and theno'feof 
nd the mountain fmoking: 
. remov- 

ofF. 
19 And th . 1 unto Mofes, Sj 
|Bdt: ..nd \vc will hear : but let 

.rid unto the people, 
1 is conic to pr >ve you, 
be before your face? 
t. 

le flood afar off, and 

into the thick darknefs 

as. 

S And the Lord faid unta Mofes, 

v ill (. y unto the children of 

c feen that 1 have talked 

from heaven. 

23 Vc fhall not make with me gods of 

fhall yc make unto you 
gold. 

24 t An thar of earth thou fhalt make 
unto m^, and (halt f.icrifice thereon thy 

peace-offerings. 
n : in all places 
1 record my name I will comcun- 
i I will blefsthee. 
And if thou wilt make me an al 
of!' toil (halt not build it of hewn 

ft up thy tool upon it, 
I it. 

• Reps un- 
c not 
■ 

. ?. CXI. 

ter, i6 man-jieaL t f. 17 curfers o/j 

' • tits which 

th 

enth 
20 

(hall go 
trried, then 
him 
■ 
I 

laf- 

. hil- 

1 

im to the 

I 






* 






1 



- 



8 If fhe pleafe not her mafter who hath 
betrothed her to himfelf, then (hall he let 
her be redeemed : to fell her unto a flxange 

on he fhall have no power, feeing he 
hath dealt deceitfully with her. 

9 And if he have betrothed her unto 
his fon, he fhall deal with her after the 
manner of daughters. 

10 If he take him another nvife ; her 
food, her raiment, and her duty of mar- 

' , fhall he not diminish. 

11 And if he do not thefe three unto 
her, then fhall fhe go cut free without 
money. 

1-2 <fi He that fmiteth a man, fo that he 
die, fhall be furely put to death. 

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but 
God deliver bim into his hand ; then I 
will appoint thee a place whither he fhall 
flee. 

14 But if a man come prefumptuoufly 
upon his neighbour to flay him with guile; 
thou fhalt take him from mine altar, that 
he may die. 

15 And he that fmiteth his father, or 
his mother, fhall be furely put to death. 

16 1 And lie that ftealeth a man, and 
felleth him, or if he be found in his hand, 
he fhall finely be put to death. 

IT fl And'he that citrfeth his father, 
or his mother, fhall furely be put to 
death. 

18 And if men flrive together, and one 

thcr with a (tone, or with/-^ fift, 
and he die not, but keepefh bis bed : 

19 If he rife again, and walk abroad 
his flaff, then fhall he that fmote 

be quit : only he fhall pay for the lofs 
of his t 'me, and fhall caufe him to be thor- 
ough! y healed. 
'20 And if a man fmite his fervant, or 
L, with a rod, and he die under 
nd ; he fhall be furely punifhed. 
Notwithftanding, if he continue a 

• wo, he fhall not be puniihed : for 
he is his money 

ive, and hurt a woman 
with child, fo that her fruit depart jrom 
mifchief follow : he fhall 
irelypunifhed, according as the wo- 
od will lay upon him ; and he 
y as the judges determine. 
nd if any mifchief follow, then 
u fhalt give life for life, 
£i Kye for eve, tooth for tooth, hand 
nd, foot for foot, 

Burning for burning, wound for 
:nd, ftripe for ftripe. 

if a man finite the eye of his 

• or the eye of his maid, that it 
h ; he fhall let him go free for his. 
l fake. 

Vnd if he fmite out hisman-fervant , <» 
1, or his maid-fery ant's tooth ; he fhall 
let him co tree for his tooth's fake. 

1 f an ox gore a man or a woman, 

that 



that they die : then the ox (hall ely 

med, and his flefli thai! not be eaten; 

.ner of th - OH Jh ill be quit. 

it if the with 

rn in time paft, and it Ik; tell 

: } his owner, and he hath not kept 

m in, but that h killed a man or 

iroman : the ox lhall be Honed, and his 

,wner alfo (hall be pat to de tth 

Inhere be laid on him a fumof mon- 
ey, then he fliall give tor theranfom of 
hatfoeveris laid upon him. 
31 Whether he have gored a foo, 01 
ive gored a daughter, according to this 
ju t thall it be done unro him. 

5-i If the ox {hall pufli a m m • ■fcrvan: or 
maid-fervant; he fh;. .nto their maf- 

tcr thirty (hekels offilver, andtheox fliall 
be (toned. 

S3 Arid if a man Hull open a pit, or if 
a man lhall dig a pit, md rut cover it, and 
an ox or an als fall there 

34 The ownerof the pit (hall make it 
)d, and give money unto the owner of 
them ; and the dead £<r^y?(hall be his. 

S6 And it one man's ox hurt another's 
that he die : then they (hall fell the : 
ox, and divide the money of it; and th 
dead ox alio (hall they divide. 

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath 
ufed to ptifh in time paft, and his owner 
Lath not kept him in ; he fhall furely , 
ox for ox ; and the dead (hall be hi 

JAP. XXII. 
i Of theft. 5 (jf damage . 7 Oftrejftajfes. 
14 Ofbtrwoing. 16 Of fom cation. 
\% Of r witclc*\i}t ,and other offences. 
IF a man (hall Real an <> if] 

and kill : II it ; he (hall reftore fit e 

oxen fur an ox, and four (beep for .1 

fheep. 

2 If a thief be found br 
imitten that he die, there jh ill no bit 
be Jbed for hi 

in be rifen up 
Jh ill he bloo 
make full reflitui 
then he lhall be fold fol 
4 lithe theft be 1 

md alive, whether it be ox, or afs, or 
(Ik ihall reftoi 

9 f] If a man (hall 
vineyard to be e (h dl put 

>ih •; ... in i * 

ol a oi his ow n field , of the 

beft of his own vineyard, fliall he ma 

6 [f fire break out, and cat< h in 
fo that the H ■ 1, or th 

com, or the field, 

■ (h di make 



It the thief be not found, then the 
matter of the] I be brought un- 

to the judges, / fee . 
his hand unto his neighbi 

For all manner oi 
// he for ox, for al , lfi 

or for any thing, 1 

other challengeth to be 1 
bothp; s . 

a«4whom the judges faall 1 
lhali pay double unto his neighlx 

10 If a man deliver unto 
an afs, or an ox, or a 

p ; and it die, or be hurt, < en 

away, no man feeing it : 

11 Then (hall ah oath of the Lord be 
between them both, that he I 
his hand unto his neighbdui . , and 

11 accept//. he 

(hall not make it good. 

» - Arid ifil be 8 ilen fromhim, ■ 
make reftitution unto the owner therec 

13 rf it be torn n 

bring it/or witnel ,<v\-7hei!iall notma 
good, that which « rn. 

U I And if a man fa >rr< 

I : ' be hui •• or lie, ; 
;ier thereof be ittjt not with it, he fliall 
!y make it good . 

15 But if tl he with it, 
he (hall not make it : if it ; 

I thing, it can: lis hire. 

16 r . And if am I that 

e \ :ih her, he 

ill. ill fill I 

17 U her father utterly 1 ive 
unto him, he (h cord- 

"." ' 
I8f Th 

19 \\ ). : lieth with a ' 

furely be pul I h. 

:th unl I, 

• unto tl be 

• 
nor oppre( 

<•{% chil 

I 

id I 

will kill you with 



7 * nun Ih ill 

'ibour 1 or ftufl 

flolen out ot the man's h il the 

f be found, let him p blc, 



;;oney to anv of my 
that 

r (halt tl 

n lii 'ii ufury . 

thou 1! 

I ■ : . n : 
I 
I 



7 i Of Janderjnd falfe nxittnefs. FvXODl/5. 
tricth unto me, that I will hear ; for I dm 

■ Thou fhalt not revile the gods, nci 
cur(e the ruler of the pec. 

■ r net delay to offer the firft 
cf thy ripe fruits, and ct thy liquors: 
thefirft-born of thy fons (halt thou give 

to me. 

SO Likewife flialt thou do with thine 
oxen, and with thy fheep : feven clays it 
(hall be with his dam ; on the eighth, day 
thou fhalt give it me. 

- (hall he holy men unto me : 
her (hail ye eat any fleih that is torn 
n the field ; ye (Sail caft it to 
the dogs. 

CHAP. XXHI. 

i Of Jlander and falfe i&itnefs. l Of other 

offences and duties. 20 An Angel prom- 

a blejfing, il tbey "hey him. 

Ti hah not raife a falfe report: 

not thine hand with the wicked to be 

• ous witnefs. 
! ; hwo (halt not follow a multitude 
. 3 evil : neither fhalt thou fpeak in a 
: after many to wveftjudg- 
t : 

her flialt thou countenance a poor 

■ in his caufe. 
k If thou meet thine enemy's ox, or his 

*afs, going affray, thou (halt furcly bring 

it hack to him again. 

5 If thou fee the afsofhim that hateth 

:r his burden, and wouldeft 

to help him, thou fhalt furely 

help with 1 



An angel promifed. 

15 Thou {halt keep the fead of unleav- 
ened bread : thou (halt eat unleavened 
bread feven days, as I commanded thee, 
in the time appointed of the month Abib f 
for in it thou 'earned out from Egypt: 
and ncne fhall appear before me empty : 

16 And the feaft of harveft, the firft, 
fruits of thy labours; which thou haft 
fOwn in thy field: and the fead of in gath- 
ering, tbhicbis in the end of the year, 
\- hen thou had gathered in thy labours 
out of the field, 

IT Three times in the year all thy males 
fhall appear before the Lord God. 

13 Thou fhalt not offer the blood of 
my facrifice with leavened bread; neither 
(hall the fat of my facrifice remain until 
the morning. 

19 The fird of the firfl fruits of thy 
land thou fhalt bring into the houfe of the 
Lord thy God. 1 hou fhalt not feethe 
a kid in his mother's milk. 

20 qj Behold, I fend an Angel before 
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to 
bring thee into the place which I have 
prepared. 

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, 
provoke him not ; for he will not pardon 
yoiirtranfgreflions: for my name win him. 

22 But if thou fhalt. indeed obey his 
voice, and do all that I fpeak ; then I will 
bean enemy unto thine enemies, and an 
adversary unto thine adverfaries. 

23 For mine Angel fhall go before thee, 
and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and 
the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the 



' hou fhalt not wreft the judgment of Canaanites, and the Kivites, and the Jeb 

r in his caufe. .' ufites : and I will cut them off. 

k ;r from a falfe matter ; ' 24 lhou fhalt not bow down to their 

nt and righteous flay thou god, nor ferve them, nor do after their 
not: for I will not jul wicked. ; works : but thou fhalt utterly over- 

ft : for the j throw them, and quite break down their 
1 perverteth the images. 

■ 25 And ye fhall ferve the Lord, your 
..alt notoppref>a dranger: God, and he fhall blefs thy bread, and 
art of a ftr . lee- thy water : and I will take ficknefs awav 

ntbeland 5ypt« from the midft of thee. 

I fow thy land, j There (hall nothing cad their young, 

l, ' ! ei' >n th if : nor be barren, in thy land : the number 

houfhalt let it of thy days I will fulfil. 
1 of thy 27 I will fend my fear before thee, and 

ill deftfoy all the people to whom thou 

In hi - (halt come, and 1 will make all thine ene- 

I, and mies turn their backs unto thee. 

I. 28 And I will fend hornets before 

sthoulhall -rk.and thee, which (hall drive out the Hivite, 

it the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from be - 

and 1 th --. 

laid, and 1 L l? \ will not drive them out from be- 

d- in one year ; left the land be- 

' h >> me defolate, and the bead of the field 

' ' multiply againft thee. 



' il ' th. 



•30 By little and little I will drive them 
om before thee, until thou be in- 



a feaft I creafed, and inherit the land. 

• Si And f will fet thy bounds from the 

Red 



The people prowfe obedience. Chap. xxiv. xxv. Mofes gietb into mount Sinai. 73 

Red fed even unto the fea of the Philif- iter Jofhua : and Mofes went up into the 
tines, and from the defert unto the river : . mount of God. 

for I will deliver the inhabitants of the ; 14 And he faid unto the elders. Tarry- 
land into your hand ; and thou lhalt drive ye here for us, until we come again unto 
them out before thee. : you : and, behold, Aaron and Hur are 

Si Thou (halt make no covenant with with you : if any man have any matters 



them, nor with their gods. 

They fnall not dwell in thy land, 
left they make thee fin agaiuft me : for 
ifthou ferve their gods, it will furely be 
a fnare unto thee. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
: Mofes is called up into the mountain. 3 
The people promife obedience . 6 Mofes 



to do, let him come unto them. 

15 5 And Mofes went up into the 
mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 

16 And the glory of the Lord abode 
upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered 
it fix days : and the fevemhday he called 
unto Mofes out ot the mid ft of the cloud. 



17 And the fight of the glory of the 

fprinkletb the blood of the covenant" 1 5 Lord nvas like devouring fire on the top 

tie goeth up into the munt. of the mount, in the eyes of the children 

AND he faid unto Mofes, Come up oflfrael.. 

unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, 18 And Mofes went into the midft of 

and Abihu, and (eventy of the elders of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount ; 

Ifrael; and worfliip ye afar off. land Mofes was in the mount forty days 

2 And Mofes alone fnall come near the and forty nights 



Lord: but they (hall not come nigh, 
r fllall the people go up with him! 

3 1 And Mofes came and told the peo- 
ple all the words of the Lord, and all the 
judgments : and all the people anfwered 
with one voice, and faid, All the words 
which the Lord hath faid will we do. 

4 And Mofes wrote all the words of 
the Lord, and rofe upearly in the morn- 
ing, and builded an altar under the bill, 
and twelve pillars, according to the twelve 
tribes of Ifrael. 

5 And he lent young men of the chil- 
dren of Ifrael, which ottered burnt-of- 
ferings, a Ificed peace-offerings of 
oxen unto the Lord. 

6 «I And Mofes took half of the blood, 
and put it in bafons : and half of the 
blood he fprinkled on the altar. 

7 And he took the book of the cove- 
nant, and read in the audience of the 
people : and they faid, All that the Loud 
hath faid will wc do, and be obedient. 

T> And Mofej took the blood, and 
fprinkled it on the people, and faid, Be- 
hold the blocd of the covenant, which 
the Lord hath made with you concern - 
all thefe wor< 

9 then went up Mofes, and Aaron, 
ftabab, Vbihu, :venty of the 
elders oi Ifrael : 

10 And they Lrx the Cod of Iff 
and there ivas under his fret as it were a 
paved work of a lapphire done, and as it 
were the body of heaven in bis tlcarncf .. 

It And upon the nobles of the children 
of Ifrael he laid not lus ban 1 : alio the) 
few God, and did cat and drink. 
^\t And t! :• D faid unto M( 

Come up to me into the mount, >\'u\ be 
rhere : and I will give thrc tables of 
Rone, and a law. and commandments 
which I have written j that thou ma. 
teach them. 

13 And Mofes rofc up, and his mjnif- 



CIIAP. XXV. 

r Tbe offering for tbe tabernacle. loThe 
form of tbe ark. 17 The mercy- feat. 23 
The Table. 31 The candlefiick. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

faying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, 
that they bring me an ottering : of every 
man that gi veto it willingly with his heart 
ye mall take my offering. 

3 And tins is the offering which ye fnall 
take of them ; gold and filver, and brafs, 

4 And blue, and purple, and fcarlct, 
stnd fine linen, and goat's hair, 

5 And rams' fkinsdied red, and badg- 
ers' (kins, and fhittim wood. 

C Oil for the light, fpices for anointing 
oil, and for fweet incenfe, 

7 Onyx Hones, and Hones to be fct in 
thecphod, and in t/ie breaft-plai 

8 And let them make me a ianctuary ; 
that I may dwell among!) them. 

.' According to all that 1 fhew thee, 
after the pit tern of the tabernacle, and 
the pattern oijll the infhuinents thereof, 
even fo fliall ) e make //. 

10 f And they ftiall make an nrk of 
fliittim wood : two cubits and a ha\( Jhall 
be the length thereof, and a cubit and a 
half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and 
a half the height thereof. 

it And thon Aral t overlay it with pure 
gold, within and without (halt thou over- 
lay it, r.nd Ihdt Make upon it a crown of 
gold round, about. 

\i And thou lhalt cafl four rings of 
gold for it, and \ ui tbem in the fbui coi 

thereof; and tWO : ',11,: ifbalt te'\V\ the 
fide of it, and two rings in the oilier 
fide of it. 

13 And thou flialt make (laves o/ihit- 
tim wood, and overlay them with gold. 

14 Ana thou (halt put the (laves into 
the rin£< by the lule.s of the ark, that the 
ark may be borne with them. 

15 The 



"i 71 cat i 

lie ftaves (hall be in the 
l (hall not be taken from it. 

\-..l thou (halt put intotheark the 
which 1 iH ill give thee. 
it ' And thou (halt make a mercy - 
-old ; two cubits and a half 



EXODUS, of the tabernacle and candlefltck. 
rings of .the (ides of it ; three branches of the 



candleftick out of the one fide, and three 
brandies of the candleftick out of the 
otlier fide : 

33 Three bowls made like unto al- 
jmonds, with a knop and a flower in one 



-ththcreof,andacubitand branch ; and three bowls made like al- 



monds in the other branch, with a knop 

that 



.: hall the breadth there >t. 

And th<»u (halt mak< t wocherubims and a Hower : loin the fix branches 
of . ten work lhalt thou make, come out of the candleftick 

then wis of the mercy- 



34 And in thecandlefticky^^// be four 
i bowls made like unto almonds, <voith their 



li one cherub on the one knops and their flowers. 

cherub ofl the other •'55 And there/hall ^aknop under two 

if the mercy-leat (hall ye make-j branches of th£ fame, and a knop under 

■ ubims on tl e two ends thereof, two branches of the fame, and a knop 

mbims (hall llretclv under two branches of the fame, accord- 

iben- on high, covering the i n g to the fix branches that proceed out. 

h their wings, and their ' ofthe candleftick. 
\ all look :r, ,•. a rd the ' 36 Their knops and their branches (halt 

I the faces ofthe cherubims be of the lame : all of it /ball be one beat- 
en work ©/"pure gold. 
id thou (halt put the mercy-feat, 37 And thou (halt make the feven 
k ; and in the ark thou lamps thereof: and they shall light the 
Jl put tl. ony that I (hall give , lamps thereof, that they may give light 

over agamft it. 



I 

• I will meet with thee, and 

• with thee from above the 
men i the two chcr- 

.. , \\ hit h art upon the ark of the tef- 

!' things which I will give thee 

in i i Iment unto the children of 

i (bait alfo make a table of 

ih'utim two cubits Jball be the 

length thej d a cubit the breadth 

, and a cubit ami a half the height 

Vnd thnu (halt overlay it with pure 
. .1 make thereto a crown of gold 
ut. 
hot! (halt make unto it a I, 

idth round a*. out, and 
thou (hall \ to the 

ut. 

■ !■ -ur rings 
in the four Cor- 
el thereof. 

ball the 
, for pi .ofthe i: bear the 

*• d thou (halt n 

■ lyl 

i i"ii. ilt make the d 

■ 

ith- 
• I : 

• U I upon the table 

me alwa 

ft, and 



• 



30 And the tongs thereof, and the 
fnnft'difhes thereof, /ball be o/pure gold. 

39 Of a tahnt of pure gold (hall he 
make it, with all thefe velTels. 

U) And look that thou make them after 
their pattern, which was (hewed thee in 
the mount. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
i T'he ten curtains of the tabernacle. 3 

The 'veil ofthe ark. 

MOR EOVE K,thou (halt make the tab- 
ernacle ivitb ten curtains of fine twin- 
ed linen, and blue, and purple, and fear- 
let : noith cherubims of cunning work 
(halt thou make them. 

l i The length of one curtain /ball be 
eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth 
ol one curtain four cubits : and every one 
of the curtains \hall have one meafure. 

J 1 he five curtains lhall be coupled to- 
gether one to another ; and e/A*rfivecui- 
tams /ball be coupled one to another. 

•t Arid thou ilialt make loops of blue 

the edge of the one curtain from 

the felvage in the coupling ; and like- 

(halt thou make in the uttermoft 

of another curtain, in the coupling 

oi tl id. 

j liby loops (halt thou make in theone 

curtain, and fifty loops (halt thou make in 

of the curtain that is in thecoup- 

ot the fecond ; that the loops may 

take liold one of another. 

6 And thou (halt make fifty taches of 
g< Id, and couple the curtains together 
with the taches : and it (hall be one tab- 
ernacle. 

i thcHi flialt makecurtains a/goats* 
hair to I pon the tabernacle ; 



Andlixbn ' of eleven curtains fhalt thou make 



8 The 



x\v The xltarofburnt-oferhip. 

wood ; five for the boards of the one fide 
ot the tabernacle. 

9.1 And five bars for the boards ot 
other fide of the tabernacle, and five I 
for the boards of the fide of the taberna- 
cle, for the two fides weltward. 

\iS And the middle bar in the midft of 
the board (hall reach from end to end. 

-9 And thou (halt o ards 

with gold, and make their nn,L;s o/^old 
for places for the bars : and thotl (bait o- 
verlay the bars with gold. 

SO And thou (halt rear up the taberna- 
cle according to the fafliion thereof which 
was (hewed thee in the mount. 

31 IAnd thou (halt make a veil o/blue, 
and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined 
linen of cunning work : with cherubiins 
(hall it be mad< 

•ill And thou (halt hang it upon i 
pillars of (hittimiot o<f, overlaid with gold ■. 
theil hooks 'ball be o/gold, upon the four 
fockets of filver. 

Vhd thou (hall hang up the veil under 
the tai h( s, that thou mayeft bring in thiNi- 
er within the veil the ark of the teftimo- 
ny : and the veil (hall divide unto you be- 
tween the holy place and the molt 1. 

54 And thou (halt put the mercy-feal 
upon the ark of the teftimony in the molt 
holy place. 

35 And thon (halt fel 
reilj and the candleftk 
the table on the fide of the tabt rna< I to - 

ward the fouth : and thou Ilialt put the 
table on the noi tli fid 

\nd thou (halt i.iake an I l H 

the dooi of tin' tent, o/'blue, afi I , 
and fcarll t,and fine twined linen, W 
with needle- 

\:id thon (hall make for the ham 
five pillars oj (hittiin ivood. and overlay 
i with gold, an /, th< ii Ik ill be 

•Id : and thou (halt i ait fiv< 
for them. 

CUM'. \ WIT. 
i The altar of burnt -offering , nvhb the 
ft Is. <) Tbe court oj the tab* i 

oil for thr lamp. 

A \ 1) thou fhali make an alt 
under one board* and two tim wood, five cubit indfivc 



The curtains of tie tabvnacle. Chap. 

3 The length of one curtain (ball be j 
thirtv cubits, and tlie breadth of one cur- 
tain four cubits : and the eleven curtains 
JbaV be all q{ one meafure. 

9 And thou fiialt couple five curtains 
rhemfelves, and d\ curtains by them- 

felves, and ihalt double the fixth curtain 
in the forefront of the taben 

10 And thou fhalt make fifty loops on 
the edge of the one carta' n iba- h outmoO 
in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge 
of the curtain whiah coupleth the fecond. 

11 And thou (halt make fifty taches of 
brafs, and put the taches into the loops, 
and couple the tent together, that it may 
be one. 

1 1 And the remnant that remaincth of 
the curtains of the tent, the half curtain 
that remaineth, (hall hang over the back- 
fide of the tabernacle. 

13 And a cubit on the one fide, and a 
Cubit on the other fide of that which re- 
maineth in the length of the curtains of 
the tent, it (hall hangover the fides of the 
rnacle on this fide and on that fide, to 
<:over it. 

1 i And thou (halt make a covering for 
the tent of rams' Ikins died red, and a 

rering above o/" badgers' (kins. 

19 And thou (halt make boards for the 
tabernacle o/ (hittiin wood (binding up. 

16 1 en cubits /ball be the length of a 
board, and a cubit and a ha If /6a// be the 
breadth of one board. 

IT -nons /ball there be in one 

board, fi.t in order i lother : 

thus (halt thou make for all the boards of 
the I ibernai !c. 

And thou (halt make the boardsfor 

Jl, nac le, twenty boards on the (outh 

heir foilthwatd. 

(9 And thou (halt make forty fin 
of filver under the twenty boards ; two 

r one beard tor hi* two ten- 
. id two fockets undei another board 

; his tWO ten": 

id tor the fee* nd fi le of tl tab- 

ernaeleon the north fide there /ball be 
tweut . 

It And their forty fix kci of\\\\ 



mother board. 

21 Ami for the fide of th< tab • 

well ward, thou fhalt i < board 

23 A ml two bonds (halt thon make for 

f»erna( \> inthctw ofide .. 

24 And thev (ball be i oupl 'her 

beneath, an<l they (hall be coupled togeth- 
bove the head ot it unto on* ring : 

thus (ball it be for them both ; the) 

be tor the two come' 

id they (hall be eight t , and 

r fockets ojr"filver,lixteen I , two 

fockets uoder one board, and two lockets 
under another board. 

26 Ami thou ihalt make bars fl/"ihittim 



■ . • iltar (hall be foui fqwai e : and 
ill be th 
tke the 

upon 

(hall beol 1 1 : and thoi! (hall I 

lay it with bral . 

\nd thou Ihalt in 

ami his lleiii-l, 
I ,',l th ' velh 

in iV <• oj bi 

h Ami thou lli dt mal 

and upon the n.t Ilialt 

thoo make four brazen rings in the I 
corners thereof 

5/' 



7b Ibe court of the tabernacU. 

5 Ami thou (halt put it underfhecom- 
pals of the altar beneath, that the net may 

■veri to the midlt of the altar. 

6 And thou (halt make (raves for the 
»ltar, (taves of fhittim wood, and overlay 
them with bral 

T And the Itaves fhall be put into the 
laves (hall be upon the two 
. u\ the .'-It ir, t.. bear it. 

with boards (halt thou make 
it : a-, it was (hewed th.ee in the mount, 
all they nuke /'/. 
9 r . And thou (halt make the court of 
tabernacle : for the fouth fide fouth- 
\ % tbere jballbe hangings tor the court 
lie twined linen of an hundred cubits 
ie : 
id the twenty pill: eofand 

their tv ckci^jbatl be o/brafs ; the 

r the pillar ^ and their fillets /£«// 
be of \\\\ 

ii An* j for the north fide in 

tli, there fhall ingS ofan hun- 

dred ity pillars 

and their twe • kets of brafs : the 
J of the pillars and their lillets of i\\. 

i . \ <l for the breadth rton 

the we :• tai/£f hanging* of fifty cu- 

: then pillars ten, and their lockets 

d the breadth of the court on the 
i&wzrd, Jb ill be fifty cubits. 
H 1 he hangings of one fide of the gate 
cubits ; their pillars three 
• 
IS And on the other Mq fhall be Hans- 
en cubits : their pillars three 

i of the court Jhall 

og ot twenty cubit-, of blue, 

id fcari 

■i, w rought %s ith ne i k : an<t 

Uartfimli be four, and their fock- 

r. 

i" ' pillars round about the court 

th tilvi 

1 thcii ii i( .. 

1 I be Ic til be «in 

hun dtll fifl 

obits, of 
hue twine* .J their hukctso/ 

W ,.icle in 

all • • ,d .dl i|„- p,,»s 

■ i rt, 

'li.ihil. 
pure 
lit, u caul 

- 1 . rega- 

rd he 

tl i 
unl 



EXODUS. Aaron's garments. 

their generations on the behalf of the 
children of Ifrael. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

i Aaron and his fans are feparated for 

the pr left's office. 6 The ephod, breafi- 

plate, andother holy garments appointed. 

AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy 

brother, aivd his fons with him, from a- 

m >ng the children of Ifrael, that he may 

minifterunto me in the prieft's office e<ven 

Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and 

Ith unar, Aaron's fons. 

2 And thou fhalt make holy garments 
for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for 
beauty. 

3 And thou fhalt fpeak unto all that are 
wife hearted, whom I have frlled with the 
fpirit ot wifdom,that they may make Aa- 
ron's garments toconfecrate him, that he 
may minifter unto me in the prieft's of- 
fice. 

4 And thefe are the garments which 
they (hall make ; a bread-plate, and an 
ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, 
a mitre, and a girdle : and they fhali 
make holy garments for Aaron thy broth- 
er, and his fons, that he may minifter un- 
to me in tiie prie(K< office. 

5 And they fhall take gold, and blue, 
and purple, and fcarlet, and fine linen. 

G ■' And they fhall make the ephod of 
gold, o/blueand oj purple, of fcarlet, and 
fine twined linen, with cunning work. 

7 It fhall have the two fhoulder-pieces 
thereof joined at the two edges thereof ; 
and/o it fhali be joined together. 

8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, 
'\ hicb /'j upon it, (hall be of the fame, ac- 
cording to the work thereof; even of 
gold, o/blue. and purple,and fcarlet, and 
tine twined linen 

9 And thou fhalt take two onyx ftones, 
;ind grave on them the names of the chil- 

oi Ifrael : 

10 Six of their names on one Clone, and 
the other fix names of the reft on the other 
(tone, according to their birth. 

11 With the work of an engraver in 
(lone, tike the engravings of a (ignet, fhalt 
thou engrave the two (tones with the 
names of the children of Ifrael : thou 
(halt make them to be fet in ouches of 
gold. 

1- Vnd thou (halt put the two ftoncs 

the (houldersof the ephod, for (tones, 

• i memorial unto the children of Ifrael : 

and Aaron (hall hear their names before 

the Lord, upon his two shoulders for a 

memorial, 

13 And thou shah make ouches o/gold: 

1 1 And two chains o/pure gold at the 

-•nds; »/*wreathen work shah thou make 

them, and ijftcn the wr eat hen chains to 

the ou< net. 

la And thou sixth make the breaft- 
ojplatc of judgment with cunning work ; 

after 



'i be breaf- plate, and other Chap. 

after the work, of the ephod thou fhalt 
make it ; 0/ gold, o/blue, and ©/purple, 
and o/fcarlet, and of fine twined linen, 
fhalt thou make it. 

16 Fourfquareit fhallbeoV/rt^doubled ; 
a [panjball be the length thereof, and a 
fpan /ball be the breadth thereof. 

17 And thou fhalt fet in it ietrin^sof 
ftones, even four rows offtones : tbejirjl 
row Jh all be a fardius, a topaz, and a car- 
buncle : this /ball be the nrl^ row. 

13 And thefecond row Jhall be an eme- 
rald, afapphire, and a diamond. 

19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, 
and an amethyft. 

20 And the' fourth row a beryl, and an 
onyx, and a jafper : they Ihall be fet in 
gold in their inclofing 

-1 And the (tones fhall be with the 
names of the children of Ifrael. twclvcac- 
cording to their names, like the engravings 
of a fignet ; every one with hi Ihall 

they be according to the twelve tribes. 

And thou fhalt make upon the 
breaft-platc chains at the ends, »/"wreaUien 
work, a/ pure gold. 

Ana thou fhalt make upon the bread- 
plate two rings of gold, ami (halt put the 
two rings on the two ends cf the breaft- 
•e. 

. i And thou fhalt put the two wreathe:) 
chains of gold in the two rings ivhicbart 
on the ena>of the breaft- plate. 

And the other tvt of the tv/o 

urrtathen (bains thou lhalt fatten in the 
two ouches, and put /**/» on the (boulder- 
pieces of th'- ephod before it. 

And thou fh.dt make two rings of 

; and thou fhall them upon the 

two i plate in the bordei 

thereof, which it in th -hod 

inward. 

^nd two other rings of gold l 
i1i.il t make, and fhalt put them on tfr 
of the ephod ui 

part tl, it her 

con; 
die i 

: • 

i the 
ephod with i la ) 1 ■< 

I, and 
that the 1 ui.' 

id. 
•2? 

. ! in th 

in untd tin . r, I. i 

lor • ntinually. 

And thou ft ill put in I | lat< 

of ju 

lit* art wl i< r : 

and Aaron fh ill bear the- judj 
children cl open his fa 

ally. 



xxix'. bttly garment dtferlbetL 11 

31 And thou fhalt in. robe of the 

ephod o/'blue. 

>S2 And there (hall b^ an hole in 
of it, in themidft thereof: ilt fhall ha\ 
binding of woven work ro out the 

hole of it, as it were the hole of an ha- 
bergeon, that it be not re- 

And beneath upon the hem of it, thou. 
fhalt make pomegranates o/blue, and of 
purple, and oj fcarlet, round about 
hem thereof ; and bells of gold betv 
them round about : 

54 A golden bell and a pomegrana? 
golden bell and a .pomegranate, u 
hem of the robe roundabout. 

35 And it shall be upon Aaron to min. 
ifter : and hi* found fh ill be heard when 
he goeth in unto the holy place before the 
Lord, and when h :h out, that he 
die not. 

36 And thou (halt makea plate o/pure 
gold, and grave upon it, hi the engi 

let. HOLINbSS TO lui-; 
LORD. 

wT And thou (halt put it on ablucli 
that ir may be upon the mitre ; upon the 
forefront of the mitre :t (hall be. 

\nd it ih ill be upon Aaron's fore- 
head, that Aaron may bear the iniquity 
of the holy things, which the childrci 
Ifrael (ball fallow in all their holy c 
and it (hall be alv» iys upon hi i #. 

that they may the 

Lo RO. 

1 thou fhalt embroider the coat 
of fine lim n, an I e mi- 

v linen) and thou fhalt mak< 
rilework. 
40 And for Aaron's fons thou (1 
:"-. and thou (halt nuke 1 
girdl( bonnet i (halt thou m 

men 
•41 Ai (1 thou fhalt \ ul th 

thy broth<- w Ith him ; 

an I fhalt an 
• 

min n the pi 

k l A no" thou (halt i nen 

■ 
the loins t\ 

h : 

K.', And il ■ upon 

. In, lo: . 

1 1 o f t he c< . • 

i to 
minifter in the i 

uniimtal 

An 

unto 

one 



78 The factifues and ceremonies 

young bullock, and two rams without 
blemilh, 

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes un- 
leavened tempered with oil, and wafers 
unleavened anointed with oil 
flour (halt thou make them. 



E XODU S . of confecrating the priejts. 

and Aaron and his fons (hall put their 
hands upon the head of the ram. 

20 Then (halt thou kill the ram, and 

take of his blood, and put it upon the tip 

o/'v. beaten [of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the 

tip of the right ear of his fons, and upon 



S And thou 'halt put them into onejthe thumb of their right hand, and upon 
bafket, and bring them in the bafket, ; the great toe of their right foot, and 
with the bullock and the two rams. |fprinkle the blood upon the altar round 

4 And Aaron and his fons thou shalt about. 
bring unto the door of the tabernacle of; 21 Ami thou (halt take of the blood 
the congregation, and shalt wash them [that is upon the altar, and of the anoint*- 



with water 

5 And thou shalt take the garments, 
and put upon Aaron the coat, and the 



ing oil, and (prinkle it upon Aaron, and 
upon his garments, and upon his fons, 
and upon the garments of his fons with 



the ephod, and the ephod, and the him : and he (hall be hallowed, and his 



bread-plate, and gird him with the cun 
girdle of the ephod : 

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon 
his head, and put the holy crown upon the 
mitre. . 



garments, and his fons, and his fon's gar- 
ments with him. 

22 Alfo thou (halt take of the ram the 
fat and the rump, and the fat that cover- 
eth the inwards, and the caul above the 



7 Then shalt thou take the anointing Uivcr, and the two kidneys, and the fat 



ind pour it upon his head, and anoint 
him. 

8 And thou shalt bring hft fons, and 
put coats upon them. 

9 And thou shalt gird them with gir- 

i and his Ions, and put the bon- 
nets on then): and the priefl's office shall 
for a perpetual ftatute : and thou 
shalt confeerate Aaron and his fons. 

10 And thou shalt caufe a bullock to be 
brought before the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation-, and Aaron andhis fons shall put 



that //upon them, and the right moul- 
der ; for it is a ram of confecration : 

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake 
of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the 
bafket of the unleavened bread that is be- 
fore the Lord. 

24 And thou (halt put all in the hands 
of Aaron, and in the hands of his fons i 
and (hall wave them /or a w r ave-offering 
before the Lord. 

25 And thou (halt receive them of their 
hands, and burn them upon the altar for 



r hands upon the head of the bullock, (a burnt -offering, for a fweet favour be- 



11 And thou shalt kill the bullock be 

Lord, by the door of the taber- 
nacled the congregation. 

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of 

nd put it upon the horns of 
the altar with thy finger, and pour all the 
blood belide the bottom of the altar. 

13 "<u shalt take all the fit that 
th the inwards, and the caul that is 
the liver, andthetwokidnies, and 

the fat that is upon them, and burn them 
upon the all 

U But the Mesh of the bullock, and 

i, and his dung, shalt thou burn 

lit the camp : it is a fm-of- 



fore the Lord : it is an offering made by 
tire unto the Lord. 

26 And thou (halt take the breaftof the 
ram of Aaron's confecration, and wave it 
for awave-offering before the Lord : and 
it (hall be thy part. 

£7 And thou (haltfanclify the brea.1 of 
the wave-offering, and the (houlderof the 
heave-offering, which is waved, and which 
is heaved up, of the ram of the confecra- 
tion, even oithat which is for Aaron, and 
of that which is for his fons : 

28 And it (hall be Aaron's and his fons 
by a ftatute forever, from the children of 
Ifracl : for it is an heave-offering 



and it 

shall be an heave-offering from the chil- 

dfo take one ram ; and , drenof Ifraelof thefacrificeoftheirpeace- 

tron^and ill put their hands i ^ even their heave-offering untq 

the [.Ok d. 



m, and 
i vh^lt take hi , and fprinkle it 

roii' it upon the all 

lhalt c Utthe ram in piet CS, 

and wash t|ir inwauK oi him, and his 
■ hem unto his pieces, and 

' ill burn the whole ram 

it is a burnt-offering un- 

he Lop i ( ivour, an oft 

by fire unto the I. or d. 
13 And thou shalt take the other ram ; 



-'' And the holy garments of Aaron 
shall be his fons' after him, to be anoint- 
t d therein, and to beconfecrate& in them. 
.SO And tYaX fon that is prieft in his 
ftead shall put them on feven days, when 
he Cometh into the tabernacle of the con- 
ation to minifter in the holy place. 
Si And thou shalt take the ram of the 
confecration, and feethe his flesh in the 
holy place. 

And Aaron and his fons shall eat the 
Besh fif the ram, and the bread that is in 

the 



The continual burnt-offering. Chap 

the bafket, by the door of the tabernacle 

lie congregation. 
33 ' id they (hall eat thofe things 
wherewith the atonement was made, to 

confecrate and to fanftify them : but a 
lit anger (ball not eat thereof, becaufe they 
are hoi 

And if aught of theflefh ofthecon- 
fecrations, or of the bread, remain unto 
the morning, then thou lhalt burn the re- 
mainder with fire : it mail not be eaten, 
becaufe it is holy. 

35 And thus (halt thou do unto Aaron, 
and to his fons, according to all tt 
which I have commanded thee: I 
days malt thou confecrate them. 

36 And thou (halt offer every day a bul- 
lock for :i fin-oflering Jbr atonement: and 
thou (halt cleanfe the altar, w hen thou halt 
made an atonement for it, and thou (halt 
anoint it, to fanctify it. 

37 Seven days thou (halt make an atone- 
ment for the altar, and fanctify it ; audit 
lhall be an altar mod holy : whatfocver 
toucheth the altar (hall be holy. 

38 t Now this is that which thou (halt 
offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the 
firft year, day by day continually. 

39 The one lamb thou (halt orlcr in the 
morning ; and the other lamb thou thalt 
offer at even. 

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal 
of Hour mingled with the fourth part ofan 
hin of beaten oil ; and t lie fourth part of 
an hin of wine/br a drink-offering. 

41 And the other lamb thou lhalt*ofier 
at even, and fhalt do thereto according to 
the meat-ot! f the morning, and ac- 
cording to the drinfc-offering thereof, for a 
fwect (aVOUr, an offering made by fueun- 

♦ u. 

42 Tbisfball be a continual burnt -oth r 



xxx. The ranjem of funis. 

- A. cubit flail be the length thereof, 
and a cubit the breadth thereof; four- 
fquare (hall it be : andtwocubit3/&*//6r 
the height thereof : tlie horns ihereut joall 
be of the lame. 

•3 And thou (halt overlay it with p 
gold, the top thereof, and the fides thei 
•f round about, and the horns thereof ; 
and thou (halt make unto it a crown of 
gold round about. 

4 And two golden rings (liak thou make 
to it under the crown of it, by the two 
corners thereof, upon the two fides of it 
(halt thou make it ; and they (hall be for 
places tor the (hives to bear it withal. 

5 And thou (halt make the ftave, ofihlt- 
tim wood, and overlay them with gold. 

And thou lhalt put it before the veil 
that is by the ark of the te ffi mo ny. before 
the mercy-feat that is over the teilimony, 
where I will meet with thee. 

7 And Aaron (hall burn thereon fwect 
incenfe every morning ; when he drelTeth 
the lamps, he (hall burn incenfe upon it. 

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamp: 
at even he (hall burn incenfe upon it» 
a perpetual incenfe before the Lord 
throughout your generations. 

9 Ye (hall oiler no ftrange incenfe there- 
on, nor burnt facrifice, nor meat-offer- 
ing ; neither (hall ye pour drink-offering 
thereon. 

10 And Aaron fliall make an atonen 
unon the horns of it once in a year with the 
blood of the fin-offering of atonements : 
once in the year (ball he make atonement 
upon it throughout your generations: it is 
moll holy unto the Lord. 

11 «[ And the Lord (pake unto Mofet, 
faying, 

\-i When thou takeft the fmn of the 
( hildrenof \i\ numb 

g throughout yom I .// th<- (hall the] give every man a ranfom for] 

door of the tabernacle of the congregation foul up > whenthou numb 

before the Lord: where 1 will meet you, elf them; I no plague amoi 

to I peak there unto thee. Ithem.whi icif them. 

And there I will meet with the chil- fliall givd ever) one tbut 

dren of Ifracl, and tbe tabernacle fhz\\ be | fliat are mwnbered, 

lam tified b> my glo: _ half a fhekcl after th< lofthefam 

H And I will (an ; tabernacle of ary : (a (hekel is twenty , half 

the rion, and the altai : I will QickeXjBall be the of! .the Lord. 

tan lo both Aaron and his 111 ne thai long t ! 

min in the prieft's oilice. thai arc numbered, I old 

45 And I will' dwell among the chiL ibove, ihall give an unto the 
dren of Ifrael, and will be their God. 

46 And they (b ill know that I am the h (hall - I the 
Lord their God, that brought them forth poor (hall not give lei than half .i (1 

out ot the land ot Egypt, that I may dwell when /Ar» give Lord 

among them : I am the Lord their God. I tforyourfbu 

lAP. XX f6 \iul thou (ha! atonen 

i The altar of incenfe. n The ranfom of I 1, and (fa 

fouls. vjTbelaver. tt J be boh anoint in g\ appoint it for the fervtcc of the t d>< rna 
oil 14 The comprfition of the ferjut 

AND thou lhalt make hildren 

incenfe upon: o/'fhittim wood (halt thou fore the Lob ikeanatonem 

make it. your fou 

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17 5 And the Loeq fpake unto Mo; 96 And thou {\\ahbeatfome of it very 

fmall. and put of it before the teffimony 



aiavcr^/br 

• Ashivitbal: 
halt put it b the taber- 

nacle of the congre and the altar, 

iter therein. 
19 ] til trash 

I : 
into the tabernacle cf 
11 wash with wa- 
ter that they die not; or when they come 
near :altarto r.toburn orl'er- 

by fire ord. 

.1 their hands and 

thei ' die r.ot : and it shall 

I fore vet to them, et en to him 

. throughout their genera- 

Lord fpakc unto 

lion alfo unto thee principal 

h five hundred Jbekels t 

and of (weet cinnamon half ft> much, e<ven 

(bekels % axi(\ of (wept 

calamus two hundred and fifty JJjekels ; 
1 of caflia five hundred Jbekcls, 
after th I cf the fanctuarv, and of 

oil I . hin : 

it make it an oil of ho- 
ly c t, an ointment compound after 
the art of the apothecary : it bhall be an 
oil. 

shalt anoint the tabernacle 
relation therewith, and the 
t' the teftimony, 

dall his vefTeis.and 
the i and his veflels, and the 

• ■ • incenl 

1 'he altar of burnt-offering with 

er and his foot. 

them, that 

ever 

• I y . 

tronand 
•i may 

•n the | 

the chil- 

it is 
•ivhkcit. 

•• T ofes, 



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fa- 



in tlie tabernacle of the congregation, 

where 1 will meet with thee : it (hall be 

unto you mofl holy. 
ST And as for the perfume which thou 

shalt make, ye shall not make to yourfelves 

according to. the composition thereof: i~ 

shall be unto you holy for the Lord. 
S3 Whofoever shall make like unto that, 

to fmell thereto, shall even be cut oft from. 

his people. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

i Bezalcel and Aholiab are called for the 
work of the tabernacle. 1 1 Of the fib - 
bat!, i S Mofes recti vet b the two table: , 
AND the "Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

faying, 

2 See. T have called by name Bezaice* 
the fon ofUri, tlie fon cf Hut, of the tribe 
of Judah : 

3 And I have filled him with the fpirit 
of God, in wifdom and in underftanding,^ 
and in knowledge, and in all manner of 
workmanship, 

4 To devife cunning works, to work in 
gold, and in Giver, and in brufs, 

5 And in cutting of done?, tofet them, 
and in carving of timber, to woik in all 
manner of workmanship. 

6 And I, behold, I haVc given with 
him Aholiab, the fon of AhilamaCh< of 
the tribe of Dan : and in tlie hearts of all 
that are wife hearted I have put wifdom, 
that they may make all that I have com- 
manded thee ; 

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, 
and the ark of the teftimony, and the 
mercy-fe.it that is thereupon, and all tlie 
furniture of the tabei r.acle, 

8 And the table and his furniture, and 
the purec.mdleftick with all his furniture, 
and the altar of incenfe, 

9 And the altar of burnt-offering with 
all his furniture, and the lave rand his foot, 

10 And the clothes of fer vice, and the 

;ts for Aaron '.lie prieil, and 
foils, to minifterin the 

r, 

11 ;np; oil, and fwect in-' 
for tlie holy place : according to all 

aanded thee, shall they do. 
1- 5 in .! the Lord fpake unto Mo 



Mofes, 

, 

13 - thou alfo unto the children ox 

*, Verily my fabbaths ye shall 

between me and you, 

relations ; that ye may 

-that law the Lord that doth fanc- 

tfie fabbath therefore ; 
for it is holy to yon : every one that de- 
it shall finely be put to death: for 
whofoever doeth anj work therein, that 
hall be cut or! from among his people. 
I 10 Six day 2 v.iry work be done : but in 
' the 



Aat6n maketh a molten calf. Chap, xxxii. Mc/es breekak the t*v§ tables, li 

the feventh is the fabbath of f eft, holv. 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my 
to the Lord : whofoever doeth a ny worfclwfath may wax hot againft them : anel 
in the fabbath day, he shall i'urely be put! that I may confume them : and I will 
to death. make ofthee a great nation. 

16 Wherefore the children rf I fraclshall ' 11 And Mofes befought the Lord his 
keep the fabbath, to obferve the fabbath, , God, and faid. Lord, why doth thy wrath 
throughout their generations, for a per-, wax hot againft thy people, which thou 
petuai covenant | halt brought for h out of the land of E- 

1T It/"/ a fign between me and the cypt with great power, and witha mighty 
children of Ifrael forever ; for in fix days hand ? 

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians 



the Lord made heaven and earth, and 
on the feventh day he retted, and was re- 
freshed. 

1 And he gave unto Mofes, when 



freak, and fay, For mifchief did he bring 
theiu out. to flay them in the mountains, 
and to confume them from the face of 



he had made an end of communing with the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath 
him upon imunt Sinai, two table* of tef- land repent of this evil againft thy people, 
timony, tables of llone, written with the i 13 Remember Abraham, Ifaac. and If- 



ngcr of God 

CHAP. XXXII. 

I Ibc people caufe Aaron to make a calf. (9 

es breaketh tbe table t . 1^ Tbr iJala- 

tirsjl tin. 50 Mofes prayetb for tbe people. 

AND when the people law that Mofes 

delayed to come down out of the mount, 

the people gathered themfelves together 

Unto Aaron, and faid unto him. Up, make 

us gods, which shall go before us; for 

as for this Mofes, the man that brought 

u> up out of the land of Egypt, we wot 

not what is become of him.' 

5 And Aaron faid unto them, Break ofT 
the golden ear-rings, which are in the ears 
of your wives . of your fons, and of your 
daughters, and bring tbem unto me. 

\ndall the people brake ofl'the golden 
ear-rings which nvere in their cars, and 
brought 'taw unto Aaron. 

4 A d be received them at their hand, 
and fashioned it with a graving tool, af- 
ter he had made it a molten calf : and 
they faid, Thefe be thy gods. O Ifrael, 
which brought thee up o«t of the land Of 
.pt. 
\nd when Aaron law it, he built an 
altar before it ; and Aaron made procla- 
">n, and (aid, Tomorrow ;; a fcaft to 
t'ie Lord, 

'i And they rofe up early on the mor- 

fow, and offered burnt-offerings, and 

brought peace-offerings ; and the people 

• don n t j cat and to drink, and rofe up 

tuplay. 

1 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, I 
g"t thec down ; for thy people, which 
thou broughteft out of the land ol Egypt, 
c corrupted tbemfrlfes : 
o They nave turned afide quickly out 
of the w,-\y which I commanded them 



rael, thy fervants. to whom thou fwarelt 
by thine own felf, and faidft unto them, 
I will multiply your feed as the ftars of 
heaven, and all this land that I have fpo- 
ken of, will I give unto your feed, and 
they shall inherit /'/ forever. 

14 And the Lord repented of the evil 
which he thought to do unto his people. 

15 And Mofes turned and went down 
from the mount, and the two tables of 
the teftimony "ivee in hi* hand : the ta- 
bles tutfe written on both their Odes ; on 
the one fide and en the other nvere they 
written. 

16 And the tables *U3lt$ the work of 
God, and the writing ~uas the writing of 
God. graven upon the tables. 

IT And when Joshud heard the noife 
of the people as they shouted, he faid un- 
to Mofes, There is a noife of war in the 
camp. 

18 And he faid, // is not the voice of 
tbem that shout for mattery, neither is it 

the voice of tbem that cry km being over-* 

< ome : but the noife of them that Gng do 

[hear. 

19 * And 11 came to pais, as Coon as he 
came nigh un amp, ti :w the 
calf, ancl the dancing : and Mofes 1 anger 
Waxed hot, and he call the tabic, out 
hit hand ., and brake them beneath the 
mount. 

: J<> And he took the calf which t 
had made and burnt it in the fire, 
ground it to powder, and ' U upon 

tne water, and made the children oi Ifi 
k of It. 

-1 And Mofes faid UntO Aaron, What 
did this People onto thee, that thou haft 
brought 10 1 fin upon them ? 

I Aaron faid, 1*1 not the anger 



they have made them a molten calf, and 'of my lord Wax hot i ihou knowefl th'- 
hiped it, and have facrinced people, that they etrefet on mifchief. 

thereunto, and faid, Thefe be thy gods, 1$ For they laid unto me, M 

O Ifrael, which have brought thee up out gods, which shall go before us • tor as 

of the land of Egypt. VTofes, the man tl itbrought us 

9 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, I, up out of the land or l\;; pt, " r wot not 
have feen this people, and, hchtld, it »'/ wr I 

affiffnecked pecpl: : ** And I fva" unte rhem, vrj-ofocrer 

L *" 3 ' h 



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EXODUS. 



Godialkctb with flfofix. 



pic 



hath Id, 1 . Soj S Unto* a land flowing with milk and 

it into the I honey : fori wilt not go up in the midft 
ofthee : for thou art a tfnecked peo- 

id made 
long their 

: ) 

r the 

it. > me. Ami all 
:s to- 

, I bus faith 

I : .■ i man 

md out 

. le camp, 

i , and every 

ry man hii, 

Mir. 

ren of Levi did ac- 

lofes : and there 

• i three 

faid, Confccrate 

ithe Lord, even eve- 

i I upon his broth- 

leftow upon you a blef- 

- on tlie nior- 

d unto the people, Ye 

(in : and now I will 

I ->rv ■. pci advent ure I 

:nt tor your I'm. 

turned unto the Lord 



I, < >h, this people hive finned 
id Uave made them gods of 

. Yet now if thou wilt, forgive their 
HOI, blot in.'. I pray I 

; i thou haft wi it ten. 
tmro M 

mil: me, him 

1 I 'he- pe< 

L 1 
I 

; 

. ,j . . 

I ,'!e, 

r. 

I 0(1. 

I 

tl. 

i 

thy feed 

I | | I | ; 



for I will not go up in the midlt 
for thou art a ftitthecked peo- 
t . left I confume thee in the way. 

4 And when the people heard tnefe e- 
vil tidings, they mourned : and no man 

! put on him his ornaments. 

5 For the Lord had faid unto Mofes, 
Say unto the children of liracl, Ye are -a. 
(tiffnecked people : I will come tip into 

midft ofthee in a moment, and con- 
fume thee : therefore now put off thy or- 
naments from thee, that I may know 
what to do unto thee. 

6 And the children of Ifrael ftripped 
thcmfelves of their ornaments by the 
mount Horeb. 

T And Mofes took the tabernacle, and 
pitched it without the camp, afar oil from 
the camp, and called it the tabernacle of 
the congregation. And it came to pafs, 
that every one which fought the Lord, 
went out unto the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, which ivas without the camp. 

8 And it came to pafs, when Mofes 
went out unto the tabernacle, thataW the 
people rofe up, and ftood every man at 
his tent door, and looked after Mofes, 
until he was gone into the tabernacle. 

9 1 And it came to pal's, as Mofes en- 
tered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pil- 
lar defcended, and flood at the door of 
the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with 
Mofes. 

•lU And all the people faw the cloudy 
pillar Hand at the tabernacle door : and 
all the people rofe up and worfhipped, 
every man in his tent door. 

it And the Lord fpake unto Mofes 
to face, a> a man fpeaketh unto his 
id. And he turned again into the 
rip : but his fervant Jolhua, the fon of 
Nun, a young man, departed not o.ut of 
■ ibernai 
12 And Mofes faid unto the Lord, 
, thou faveft unto me, Bring up this 
people : and thou halt not let me know 
i thou wilt fend with me. Yet thou 
• < thee by name, and thou 
md grace in my fight. 
IS Mow therefore, I pray thee, if I have 
id gracein thy fight, lhew me now thy 
i that I may know thee, that I may 
find grac< in thy fight : and confider that 
this nation //thy people. 

\i, I faid, My prefence (hall go 
ivirb tr.r, and I w ill give thee reft. 

15 An 1 he faid unto him, (f thy pref- 

> not itfitb me, carry us not up 

16 ; if w herein fhall it be known here 
' I and thy people have found grace 

in tfiy fight ? /• it Hot in that thougoeft 
with i mail we be feparated, I and 

thy people, from all the people that are 

. the face of the earth . 

17 And 



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that thou haft 
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84 O/tbe fabhath. EXODUS. Free gifts far the tab ematch. 

the facriricc of the teafl of the pairover be unto the Lord ; whomever is of a wiln 
.el the morning. ling heart, let him bring if, an offering of 

firlt of the tirft fruits of thy land : the Lord ; gold, and (ilver, and brafs, 
thou ihait bring unto the houfe of thej 6 And blur, and purple, and fcarlet, 
Lord thy God. Thou lhalt notfccthea ( and fine, linen, and goats' hair, 

in his mother's milk. T And rams' (kins died red, and bad- 

And the Lord (aid unto Mofes, gers' Ikins, and (hittim wood, 

Write thou thefc words: for after the, 8 And oil for the light, and fpices for 

tenor of theie words I have made a cov- anointing oil, and for the fweet incenfe, 

enant with thee ami with Ifrael. 9 And onyx ftones, and ftonesto be fet 

(8 And he was there with the Lord for the ephod, and forthe breaft-plate. 
forfy davs and fortv nights ; he did nei- 10 And every wife hearted among you 
thereat oread,nor drink water. And he thai! come, and make all that the Lord 
wrote upon the tables the words of the hath commanded ; 
covenant, the ten commandments 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his 

29 And it tame to pafs when Mofes covering, his taches, and his boards, his 
came down from mount Sinai with the bars, his pillars, and his fockets, 
two tables of teftimony in Mofes' hand, 12 The ark, and the ftaves thereof, 
when he came down from the mount, ivith the mercy-feat, and the veil of the 
that Molts will not that the (kin of his covering, 
t\n:c fhone while he talked with him. IS The table, and hisfra.ve':, and all his 

50 And when Aaron and all the chil- veflels, and the fbew-bread, 
drcn of llrael (aw Mofes, behold, the (kin 14 The candleftick alfo for the light, 
of his face (hone; and they were afraid to and his furniture, and his lamps, with the 
conn- nigh him. oil for the light, 

t>\ And Mofes called unto them ; and 15 And the incenfe-altar, and his ftaves, 
Aaron and all the rulers of thecong ega- and the anointing oil, and the fweet in- 
tion returned unto him : and Mofes talk- cenfe, and the hanging forthe door at the 
ed with them. entering in of the tabernacle, 

.^-2 And afterward all the children of 16 The altarof burnt-offering, with his 
Ifrael came nigh : and hegave them in brafen grate, his Faves, and all his veilels, 
commandment all that the Lord had fpo- the lavcr and his foot, 
ken with him in mount Sinai. 17 The hangings of the cour', his pD- 

3,1 And till Mofes had done fpeaking lars, and their fockets, and the hanging 
with them, he put a veil on his face. for the door of the court, 

31 But when Moles went in before the 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the 
Lord to (peak with him, he took the veil pins of the court, and their cords, 
otf, until he came out. And he came out, 19 The clothes of (ervice, to do fervice 
and fp:tkc unto the children of Ifrael that in the holy place, the holy garments for 
which he was commanded. Aaron the prieft, and the garments of his 

35 And the children of Ifrael faw the fons, to minifter in the pneft's omce. 
face ot Mole, that the lkinot Moles' face 20 3 And all the congregation of the- 
ihone : and Moles put the veil upon his children of Ifrael departed from theprefv 
agam, until he went into fpeak with ence of Mofes. 

* 1I,n - vvyv 21 Anc * ^ ey came » ev " r r one whofe 

_» ,. L 'lAr. \X\V. heart ftirred him up, and every one whom 

i J be Jabbatb. 4 The Jree gifts Jor the his fpirit made willing, and they brought 
tabernacle. io The readinefs ,/ the the Lord's offering to the work of the 
iff !"« , r ' i , tabernacle of the congregation, and for 

ANDMofesMtheredallthecongrega- all his fervice, and tor' the holy gar- 
n ol the children of Ifrael together, and ments. 

faid unto them, Thefe ate the words fig And they came, both men and wo- 

wrncn the Lord hatU commanded, that men, as many as were willing hearted, 

IhouWdothem. aarf brought bracelets, and car-rings, and 

I - >ix dftvi lhall work be done, but rmgn, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and 

the leventh day there (hall be to you every man that offered, offered an offering 

an holy day,afabkathof reft to the Lord: of gold unto the Lord. 

who docth work therein /hall be 23 And every man, with whom was 

putto.leath found blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and 

3 Ye (haU kindle no tire throughout Hne linen, and goats' hair, and red (kins 
rh,h, t ,,,n,Mi|,mtkl.il»h, (l | 1( |, u . otrams,andbadger3'fkins.brought//^w. 

4 I And Mofcsjpake unto all the con- 24 Every one that did offer an offering 

I ?{*%**» fay- offilverand brafs brought the Lord's 
£&. \2Sa ! ,,Cth,n K Which the LOUD offering : and every man, with whom 
commanded, la> in- was found fhittim wood for any work of 

• I4c vc irom among you an offering the iervice, brought if. 

25 And 



The retdinefs of the people to offer. Chap 

25 And all the women that were wife I 
hearted did (pin with their hands, and 
brought tlut when they had fpuiii both \ 
of blue, and of purple, and of fcarlet, and , 
of fine linen. 

26 And all the women whofe heart (tir- 
red them up in wifdom fpun goats' hair. \ 

£7 And the rulers brought onyxltones, 
and (tones to be fet, for the ephod, and 
for the bread-plate ; 

28 And ("pice, and oil for 'he light, and 
for the anointing oil, and for the fweet 
incenfe. 

29 The children of Ifrael brought a 
willing-ottering unto the Lord, every 
man and woman whofe heart made them 
willing to bring for all manner of work, 
which the Lord had commanded to be 
made by the hands of Moles. 

30 And Mofes laid unto the childrenof 
Ifrael, ^ee,thc Lord hath called by name 
Kezaleel the Ion of Uri, the fon ofHur, 
of the tribe ot Judah ; 

SI And he hath tilled him with the fpir- 
it ot God, in wifdom, in underftandingj 
and in knowledge, and in all manner of j 
workmanfhip ; 

And to devife curious works, to 
work in gold, and in (ilver. and in brafs, • 

§& And in the cutting of ttones, to fet 
them, and in carving of wood, to make . 
any manner of cunning work. 

34 And he hath put in his heart that he 
may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the fon 
of Ahifamach, of the tribe of D.in. 

55 Them hath he filled with ^ ifdom of 
heart, to work all manner of work, or 'he 
engraver, and of the cunning workman^ 
and of the embroiderer, in blue and in 
purple, in fcarlet, and in line linen, and j 
of the weaver, even ofthem that do any 
work, and of thofe that deviie cunning 
work. 

CHAP JCXXVI. 
x Thro /ft rings de lingered to the -workmrtt. 

5 Thr liberality of the people refiraine i . 
CHEN wrought Bczalecl and Aholiab, 
and every wife hearted man, in whom the 
Lord put wifdom and under ftanrlmg to | 
know how to work all manner ol work' 
for rh^- fcrvice oi the fam kuai y , accord- ! 

[) li id { ide I. 

BeZdlef] and Ah >- 
•ry wife hearted man, in w 
t the Loud had put wifdom, rven 
••■ hole he. tit ftirred him up to 
COme unto the work to do it : 
3 And thry received of Mofes all the 
i the children of Ifrael had 
brought forthe workof thefervia of the 
tuary, to make \Kiviital. And they 
brought yet unto him free-offering 



ry morning. 

i And all the wife men, that wrought 
all the work of the fanctuary, came i 
ry man fom his wori; which, they mat i 



. xxxvi. "Their liberality retrained. *3 

5 Z. And they fpakj unto Mofes faying, 
The people bring much more than cnougn 
for the tervice of the work, which the 
Lord commanded to make. 

6 And Mofes gave commandment, and 
they c'aufed it to be proclaimed through- 
out the camp, faying, Let neither man 
nor woman make any more work for the 
offering ot the fanctuary. So the people 
were retrained from bringing. 

7 For the ftutf they had was fufficient 
for all the work to make it, and too much. 

8 And every wife hearted man among 
them that wrought the work of the tab- 
ernacle, made ten curtains o/fine twined 
linen, and blue, and purple, and fcarlet : 
ivitb cherubims of cunning work made 
he them. 

9 The length of one curtain ivas twen- 
ty and eight cubits, and the breadth of 
one curtain fourcubits: thecurtains lucre 
all ot one iize. 

10 And he coupled the five curtains 
one unto another : and the other five cur- 
tains he coupled one unto another. 

11 And he made loops of blue on the 
edge ot one curtain from the felvage in 
the coupling : I ike wife he made in the ut- 
termoft fide o\ anothrr curtain, in the 
coupling of the fecond. 

1-2 Firtj loops made he in one curtain, 
and titty loops made he in the edgeof the 
curtain which n.uas in the coupling of the 
fecond i the loops held one curtain to 
another* 

1.) And he made fifty taches of gold, 
and coupled ''■ rui tains one unto anoth- 
er with the taches : fo it became one tab- 
ernacle. 

li And he made curtains of goats hair 
tor the tent over the tabernacle : eleven 

curtain* he made them. 

l > I tie length ofonccurtain wets th r- 
ty cubit s,and fourcubits vaat the breadth 
of one curtain ; the eleven curtains "wr re 

of one liae, 

16 \no he coupled five curtains b/ 
the ,and fix i m tainsb) themfelves* 

17 And he made fifty loops up m the ut- 
ter. I the em tain in the ( qud- 

nd fifty loops m ide he upon the 
edge of the curtain which coupfeth thr 

\nd he made fifty tachrs tf/Wai 
COU] te.it tOg 'her, that it might be 

(9 And he mad-? I covering for the 
teni (kins died i a cover* 

ing ' ' fkin< above that. 

:•> And he made boards for the tab 
le '/ fhutim woo l, (landing up. 
:i 'l he length ot .i board wai ten cu- 
bittj and the breadth ol a board one cu- 
nd a half. 

! two tenon illy 

diftant on: from . i thus did he 

maJN 



£6 The curtains, boards, aik, 



all the boards of the taberna< le. 

, ide boards for t lie taber- 
tvventy boards lor the fouth fide 

: i forty rackets offilver he made 

twenty boards ; two U ( 
board for his two tenons, ami 
ts under another board foi his 
■ 

jrthe other fide of the tabcr- 
■uhicbis toward the north corner, 
e twent 

M.d their forty foclcetsof filver ; 
board, and two 
•r board. 
id f r the fides oi the tabern 
made lix boards. 

irds made he for the 
rnaclein the two (ides. 
1 And they were coupled beneath, 
1 togetherat the head thereof, 
: tin; . he did to both ofthem 
rs. 
id there wefe eight boards ; and 
their lockets not re fix teen lockets of 1:1- 
every board two fockets. 
I And he made bars of fhittim wood; 
five for th- of the one fide of the 

•rnacle. 

id five bars for the boards of the 

oi the tabernacle, and five bars 

of the tabernacle for the 

weflward. 

- And fie made the middle bar to 

fhoot through the boards from the one 

A Vnd i laid the 1 • ards with gold, 

'•• theirrini Id to be placesibr 

the bars with gold, 
id he mad( I of blue", and 

t, and fine twined lin- 
rrubims made licit of cun- 
ning 

d he made thei four pillars 

fl/rtiittiiu -rood, and i thom with 

: gold ; and 1:. 

filver. 

•"*"• ide an h for the tab- 

md purple.and Pcar- 

i needle work : 

th their 

,old : but theirfive 

XVII. 

f mercy feat with tbtru- 

■ 



I >US. mercy-feat , table, candleftickfgc. 

5 And he cart for it four rings of gold, 
to be. fet by the four corners of it ; even 

mi; s upon theone lideof it, and two 
rings upon the other tide of it. 

4 And he made ftaves o/ fhittim wood, 
and overlaid them with gold. 

\nd he put the Haves into the rings 
ie fides of the ark, to bear the ark. 

6 H And he made the mercy-feat of 
pure gold ; two cubits and a half ivas 
the length thereof, and one cubit and a 
half the breadth thereof. 

7 And he made twocherubims o/gold, 
beaten out of one piece made he them, on 
the two ends of the mercy-feat ; 

8 One cherub on the end on this fide, 
and another cherub on the other end on 
that fide : out of the mercy-feat made he 
the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 

9 And the cherubims fpread out their 
wings on high, and covered with their 
wings ovcrthe mercy-feat, with their faces: 
one to another ; even to the mercy-feat- 
ward were the faces of the cherubims. 

10 qj And he made the table of fhittim 
wood: twocubits <zvas the length thereof, 
and a cubit the breadth thereof,and a cu- 
bit and a half the height thereof. 

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, 
and made thereunto a crown of gold 
round about. 

H Alfo he made thereunto a border of 
an hand breadth round about; andmade 
a crown of gold for the border thereof 
round about. 

13 And he call for it four rings of gold, 

and put the ring 1 - upon the four corners 

that were'xri the four feet thereof. 

1 lOveragain(t the border v.ere the rings, 

the places for the (laves to bear the table. 

15 And he made the flaves of fhittim 
wood, and overlaid them with gold, to- 
bear the table. 

1G And he made the veflel-iwhich ivere 
upon the table, his di(hes,and his fpoons, 
and his bowls, and his covers to cover 
u iih.il, Di pui e gold. 

17 ^LAnd he made the candleflick of 

pure gold : ©/"beaten work made he the 

candleflick ; his fhaft, and his branch, 

his b ; iis knops, and his flowers, 

of the lame : 

I And fix branches going out of the 



ertje. 



(ides thereof ; three branches of the can- 



dleflick out of the one fide thereof, and 
three branches of the candlcftick out of 
the other fide thereof, 

aade after the fafhion 

k »/mitfim ( ,f almonds m one branch, a knop and a 

hall was the flower: and three bowls made like al- 

'• a hall the mond - in another branch, a knop and a 

abitanda halt th- flower: fo throughout the fix branches 

r: going out of the candleflick. 

»d \ x • v,,1) P«' » \nd in the candleflick were four 

mad* icrpwnof bowls made like almonds, Jhis knops and 
about. isflowej " 

21 And 






Tie altar of\nce\, 

p under two bran 
» under two t : 

under t nch- 

j . off i to the fix branch* 

it of it. 

oiops and their brand 
all of it iuus one be 
o/"pure gold. 
And he made ' 
fm ind hlsfnu 

14 O/u talent of pure ^old . 
and all the ve dels thereof? 

I And he inadeth 
fbittim wood : the length of it '.fj.f .1 
ind the breadth of it a cubit 
fquare ; a id two cub I iu.j 
heightof it; the horns thereof were of the 
fame. 

t with pure gold. 
■ I 
•!»e horns of it : alio he 
of gold roir 
bo 

of it, upon the two fide 

• hear it -a ithal. 
the i 

.'Id. 

■ 

ry . 

I. 
. 

.-• fum of 

the 

of bill 

. . 

1 And he I Tcof 0: 

i 



-4 A 

■ 

\ I 
ends 

- 



fum of the op 
fouth fide fouth* 






court "<verc o/rinc I 

10 n 

brafen i 

pillars and their fi r. 

11 rthe r. >:gi 

iurr t '.v\ hundred cubits* their pill 

twenty, and th- ..f brafs twen- 

. fil- 

r. 

It fide T r^.* 

of fifty cubits, their pi] 
• 
/tver. 

ift fide eaftward fifty- 
cub 

ags of the one fide c/ 

: pillars 
;ockets throe. 

f the courts 
that hand, ivere 
: theii 

All the »f the court round 

abo 1 . 

IT \ I t] he pillars ivere 

ofbv nd their 

; 

i 

: the 
court i 

let, anil t 

I 
• 
■ ■ 
19 r. a\m\ 

their fockets o/*bra 

icl% 

■ ■ 

■ i 

n o; 

all tha* 

nof 

pie, and 



that 



m nhU 






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>or of t! 



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nui ; 



; on i; idrcd taleni . 



•nty 

• ere 

; 



EXODUS. 



88 The loty garments, &c. 

hundred and threefcore and fifiecn fhek- 
cls, after the (hekel of the fanctuary. 

26 A bckah for every man. that is half 
a (hekel, after the (hekel of the fanctuary, 
for every one that went to be numbered, 
from twenty years old and upward, for 
fix hundred thoufand and three thoufand 
and five hundred and fifty men. 

27 And of the hundred talents of filvpr 
were caft the foekets of the fanctuary, 
and the foekets of the veil ; an hundred 
foekets of the hundred talents, a talent for 
a focket. 

28 And of the thoufand feven hundred 
feventy and ftvefbtkels, he made hooks for 
the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, 
and filleted them- 

29 And thebrafsof the offering ivas 
feventy talents, and two thoufand and 
four hundred fhekels. 

SO And therewith he made the foekets 
to the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and the brafen altar, and the 
brafen grate for it, and all the veflels of 
the altar • 

31 And the foekets of the court round 
about, and the foekets of the court-pate, 
and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all 
the pins of the court round about. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 

i The i Uihcs offernjice andboly garments. 

i The ephod. 8 The breaft. plate. nThe 

robe of the ephod, and other garments. 

AND of the blue, and purple, and fcar- 

they made clothes of fervice, to do 

frrvice in the holy place, and made the 

holy garments for Aaron : as the Lord 

commanded Mofes. 

2f And he made the ephod of gold, 
blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

$ And they (Aid beat the gold into thin 
plat'-s and cut it into wires to work it 
in the blue, and in the purple, and in the 
f i'!'", and in the fine linen, luitb cun- 
nii 

4 fhoulder-pieces for it. to 

:t together : by the two edgeswas 
it c I 'ether* 

9 And the curious girdle of his ephod, 
that ipon it, T/-«/ofthe lame, ac- 

rk thereof: of gold, blue, 
pie, and fcarlet, and fine twined 
the Lord commanded Mofes. 
And the wrought onyx (tones in- 
fed in oucl 'Id, graven, as fig- 
arc graven, with the namej of the 
tildren of lirael. 

7 And he put them on the Qiouldcrs 

< f thr ephod, /A J/ tbey fh'juld br (tones for 
j» memorial to the children of Ifracl ; as 
the Lord commanded Mole^. 

8 f| And he made the bread-plate of 

< nnmng work, like the wotk of the eph- 
od ; •/ gold, t)lue, and purple, and fcar- 
let, and fine twined linen. 



The holy garments &V, 
fourfquare; they made the 



9 Tt Was 

breaft-plate double : a fpdn autfjthe length! 
thereof, and a fpan the breadth thereof, 
being doubled. 

10 And they fet in it four rows of (tones; 
the firjl row nvas a fardius, a topaz, and a 
carbuncle : this nvas the firft row. 

11 And the fecond row, an emerald, a 
fapphire, and a diamc/nd. 

12 And the third row, a ligtire.an agate,- 
and an amethyft . 

13 And the' fourth roW, a* beryl, an 
onyx, and a jafper : theyvoe-e inclofed in 
ouches of gold in their incfofings. 

14 And the ffones <tvere according to the 
names of the children of Ifrael twelve, 
according to their names, like the engrav- 
ings of a fignet, every one with his name/ 
according to the twelve tribes. 

15And they made upon the breaft-plate' 
chains at the ends, of wreithen work &f 
pure gold. 

16 And they made two Ouches of gold, 
and two gold rings, and put the two rings 
in the two ends of ' he breaft-plate. 

17 And they put the two wreathen- 
chains of gold in the two rings on the 
ends of the breaft-plate. 

18 -\nd the two ends of the two wreath- 
en chains they faftenedin the two ouches, 
and put them on the fhoulder-pieces of 
the ephod, beforeit. 

19 And they made two rings of gold, 
and put them on the two ends of the' 
breaft-plate, upon the border of it, which 
iva* on the fide of the ephod inward. 

20 And they made two other golden, 
rings, and put them on the two fides of 
the ephod underneath, toward the fore- 
part of it, over againft the other coupling 
thereof, above the curious girdle of the 
ephod. 

21 And they did bind the breaft -plate- 
by his rings unto the rings of the ephod 
with a lace of blue, that it might be a- 
bove the curious girdle of the ephod, and 
that the breaft-plate might not be loofed 
from the ephod ; asthe Lord command- 
ed Mofes. 

42 H And he made the robe of the 
ephod of woven work, all oj blue. 

23 And there <waszx\ hole in the midfl 
of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, 
luitb a band round about the hole, that 
it fhould not rend. 

24 And they made upon the hems of 
the robe pomegranates of blue, and pur- 
ple, and fcarlet, and twined linen. 

£5 And they made bells of pure gold, 
and put the bells between the pomegran- 
ate > upon the hem of the robe, round a- 
bout between the pomegranates ; 

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and 
a pomegranate, roundabout the hem of 

Ithe robe to mtnifter in ; as the Lori> 
commanded Mofes. 

12 An! 



Tie tabernacle fet up 

And thev ma ! offinc line 

- n work lor Aaron, and for his I 
And a mitre oj tine liner 

.-is of fine linen, and linen breech - 
ined lir; 
irdle oj tine twined lir.cn, and 
blue, and purple, and f» arlet, o/ needle- 
work ; as the Lordi 

30 And they in idethe p he holy 

crown efpiu I, and wrote upon ita 

like 10 theengravi ^riet, 

LORD. 
d tliey tied unto ital.iv- of I 
'ten /'/ on nigh upon the mitre ; a 
Lord commanded Moles. 

1 hns was all the work of the tab- 
ernacle ot" the tent of the congregation 
finithed : ani the children of Ifracl did 
according to all that the Lord clmu- 
manded Mofes fo did the* . 



Aid they brought the tabernacle 
unto "\ the tent, and all his furni- 

ture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and 
. and his fockets, 
31 And the cov of rams' (kins 

red, and the covering of bad 
:id the veil of the cover 
35 the ark of the testimony, and the 
• , and the mercy-feat, 
•table, an d all the vcfielstner 

37 '1 he pure candleftick, tvitb the 

lampsthercof, even ixiib the lamps to be 
fet in order, and all the veflels therof, 
and the oil for 
33 And the i: tltar, and the an- 

e fwcet incenfe, 
'abernade door, 
39 '1 he hrafen altar, and his urate of 
brafs, his U md all his , the 

I his 1, 

\ pil- 

the i pins, 

of thefcrviceoftl 
em >f the congregation*. 

-41 rhe clothes of fervic 

ind the ments 

for Aaron the and hi 

I in the 



ip.ll. Aavn and h'ltji '.Jjied. 89 

3 And thou (halt put therein the ark 
oftheteftin. rr the ark with 
the \ 

4 And thou (halt bi the ta 
and fet in order the thi t are to be 
let in order upon it ; and thou (halt bring 
in the cand! and light the la 

5 \nd thou (halt fet the altar of gold 
for the ince the ark of the tefti 
mony,and; f the door 
to the tabernacle. 

t) \ id thou (halt fet the altar of the 
bun. ing before the door of the tab- 

ernacleof the 1 the con . jn. 

-\nd thou (halt iavcr between 

tent of t lie cor. ion and the al- 

tar, and fhall put water therein. 

8 And thou (halt fet up the court round 
about, and lung up the hanging at the 



com 

9 t And thou (halt take the anointing 
oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that 
is therein, and (halt hallow it, and all the 

I it (hall be 1: 

10 And thou (halt anoint the altar of 
i ho burnt-offering, and all his veflels, and 

fy the altar: and it mall be an altar 
moft holy. 

11 And thou (halt anoint the liver and 

his foot, and fanctify it . 

12 And thou (hall ron and his 
(bus unto the d .acle of 
the d action, and waft them i 

sr. 

13 ^ And thou (halt put upon Aaron 
the 1. inoint him, and 

or unto 
me in the prieft's 

14 Ami thou (hah brirfg hi and 
clothe them w 

15 And th . asthou 

didlr may 

minifter urtto me in th 
their an 'il furely be an < 

lading priefthood t: 

16 i I 

IT And it nth 



42 I. or i) i n t),. 



commanded M of If- 

.Jc all t] i k. 

43 And Moli'.-. did look upon all the 

>.t as 
the Lor D h rn fo had 

• done :t : and M< 

i Tbc tabernacle if < owmavJed to be rear. 
, ^ and an and bis 

Jons to befanclijied. 

the I.UM) t> r ake Ul 

i the firft month 
fiialt thou fet up ; oacle of the 



month, : 

1 • 

and fet up 

it in i] 
thereof, and i ars. 

19 Ai " tent - 

■ 

.\ik, 

■ 

ark : 



httd. 



LEVITICUS. A cloud covereth the tent. 



up the veil of thecov- tent of the congregation and the altar, and 



• e ark of the telli- 
tiieLoRD commanded Mo- 



- 

- A«d he put the table in the tent of 
the coi on the fide of the 

taberna< thout the veil. 

t ihe bread in order upon 
it before the Lord ; as the Lord had 
commanded Moles. 

! 1 he put the- car.dleftick.in the 
tent of the i r againft the 

table, on the fide of the tabernacle fouth. 

d. 

And he lighted the lamps before the 
Lord, as tlu: ' ommanded Mofes. 

e put the golden altar in the 
tent of the v ,-n before the veil : 

idhebi . cetincenfe there- 

in . Enmanded Moles. 

nd he fet up the hanging at the 
doer of the tabernacle. 

td he put the altar of burnt-offer- 
by the door of the tabernacle of the 
teat of the congregation, and offered up- 
on it the burnt-offering and the meat-of- 
as the Lord commanded Mo- 
. 
30 And he fet the laver between the 



put water there, to wafh nvitf.al. 

31 And Mofes, and Aaron and his fons». 
warned their hands and their feet thereat. 

32 When they went into the tent of the; 
congregation, and when they came near 
unto the altar, they wathed 3 as the Lord 
commanded Mofes. 

S3 And he reared up the court round 
about the tabernacle and the altar, and 
fet up the hanging of the court-gate. So 
Moles finifhed the work. 

3-i Then a cloud covered the tent of 
the congregation, and the glory of the 
Lord filled the tabernacle. 

35 And Mofes was not able to enter in- 
to the tent of the congregation, becaule 
the cloud abode thereon, and the glory 
of t4ie Lord filled the tabernacle. 

36 And when the cloud was taken up 
from over the tabernacle, the children of 
Ifrael went onward in alltheir journeys : 

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, 
then thev journeyed not till the day that 
it was taken up. 

38 For the cloud of the Lord ivas up- 
on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on 
it by night, in the fight of all the houfe 
of Ifrael, throughout all their journeys. 



THE THIRD BOOK Or MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. 



CHAP. I. 
1 The kurnt-offer'iTios, i^j the herd y \oof 
: k cf..ks y 14 t'cvuls. 

> called unto Mofes, 
(pake unto him out of the tabernacle 
•«ion, : 

children of Ifrael, rid 

. I :i of you bring 

to the Lord, yc ihall bring 

f the cattle, even of the 

3 »,^a burnt-facrifiicof 

in offer a male without 

r it 4 f his own vol- 

tacile 

of t. 

* i'on the 

uurnt-ofFei and it 

for him t atonement 

5 .11 kid the bullcckb- 

I the pi n's !on», 

, ami fprinkle the 

I aboii the .dtar that is 

& f ' ernacle of the con- 

l *' An '1 (lay the burnt-offering, 

. 
'\nd tl. eft fhall 

, and lay the wood 
in oi ? re. 

8 And tl. ihall 

Uj the part>, the head, and the fai, in or- 



der upon the wood that is on the fire 
which is upon the altar. 

9 But his inwards and his legs fhall he 
wafh in water : and the prieft ihall burn 
all on the altar, to be a burnt-facrifice, an 
offering made by fire of a fweet favour 
unto the Lord. 

10 \ And if his offering be of the flocks, 
namely , of the Iheep, or of the goats, for 
a burnt-facrifice ; he fhall bring it a male 
without blemifh. 

11 And he ihall kill it on the fide of the 
altar northward before the Lokd : and 
thepriefrs, Aaron's fons, (hall fprinkle his. 
blood round about upon the altar : 

12 And he ihall cut it into his pieces, 
with his head and his fat : and the prieft 
fhall lay them in order on the wood that 
it on the fire which is upon the altar : 

13 Dut he (hall wafh the inwards and 
the legs with water : and the prieft fhall 
bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : 

a burnt-facrifice, an offering made 
by firo, ofa fweet favour unto the Lord. 

1 » 1 And if the burnt-facrifice for his 
offering to the Lo*D be of fowls, then he 
fhall bring his offering of turtledoves, or 
of young pigeons. 

15 And the prieft fhall bring it unto 
the altar, and wring off his head, and 
burn //on the altar; andthc blood there- 
of fhall be wrung out at the fide of thtf 
altar : 

16 And 



Toe meat-offering offlcur. Chap. ii. iii 

16 And he (Hall pluck away Ills crop 
"with his feathers, and caft it beiide the 
altar on the eaft part, by the place of the 
aflM 

l" Arid he fhall cleave It with the 
uings thereof, bat (hall not divide :/ahi ri- 
der : and tlie prielt fhall burn it upon the 
altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : 
it is a burat-facrifice, an o :nade by 

tire of a fa mr unu< the Lord. 

CHAP. ! 
I Tie meat-offering c b oil and 

incen/e, i -: and the f.rjtjrniis. n the year . 



13 The lal: of the meat-Bering. 

ND when any will offer a meat-of- 
ng unto the Lord, his ottering fhall 
be of fine Hour : and he fhall pour oil up- 
on it, and put fraukincenfe there- 
on : 

(hall bring it to Aaron's fons 
the pric. (hall take thereout h;s 

flour thereof,and of the oil 
ith all the fraukincenfe there- 
of : and the pried iiiall burn the 111 

of it upon the altar, to be an ottering 
made by fire, of afweet favour unto the 

R.D : 

And the remnant of the raeat-off'er- 
\n%/ball be Aaron's and !m loiib' : it is a 
thing nioft holy of the otierings of the 
Lo by fire 

4 And if thotl bring an oblation 
meat-offering bakenin ihc o\ en, itjla It be 
unleavened cake* of fine Hour mi: 
with oil, jr unleavened waxen anointed 
with oil. 

5 And if thy oblation be a meat-offer 
hanen in a pan, it (ball be oj line Hour 

». leavened, mingled s\ ith oil 

b 'I hou Ihalr part :t in ; nd pour 

oilth : it 1 ig. 

\nd if thy ■' be a 1 

Oaken in the frying pan, it fhall be 
lc cj fine flou; ul. 

8 And thou :halt brin- 1 



The fea:e-offeii*tg *J :h. her J. 91 

13 fj And every oblation of thy m< 
offering shah thou feafon with fait ; nei- 
ther fhalt thou lutier the fair of rhe cove- 
nant of thy God to be lai 1 thy 
meatoffering;: with all thir rings 
thou ftialt offer fait. 

12 And if thou offer a m ring of 

thv firft fruit unto the Lord, thou (halt 
offer forthemeat-offeringof thy firft traits, 



1 1 e , t . 



green e:ui of corn di the 

corn beaten out ot full ears. 

\J And thou ihalt put o.l u?on it, and 
lay frankincenfe thereon : 1: :sjl meat 
rering. 

13 And the pried thall burn the memo- 
rial of it, fart of the beaten corn thereof, 
and fartoi the oil thereof, with all the 
fraukincenfe thereof : it is an offering 
ie bv fire unto the Lord. 
CHAP. III. 
1 TV peace-offering of tbe herd, 6 of ike 
ft \ k , - either a lamb, \i or a goat. 

i oblation be a facrifice cf 
peace ol' / of the hei I 

whether it I le, he I 

oiier it ire the 

Lord. 

1 fhall lay his hand upon the 
head of nd kill it at 

door of the tabem 

the pri. 
fprinkle the blood upon the altar round 
about. 

vnd he fhall offer of the facrift 

bv 

rue U 

1, and all the i it that h Uj on 
the inward 

• kid no- fal that 

them, which // 1 

ill the k 
it iliull he* take 

the altar up burnt-fat 1 h'u n 

: i 



iug that is tl unto the an ol 

I unto the 

pneft, he fhall br tar. 

: fhall take from the 

lh, ill bum it 

un' :>. 

10 And thai ' r ofth 
cfferlnyjb ill n* : it 

iofl hob lings of 
the Lo ri> ma • 

11 No meal • • h'u h ye ftull 
b r ', n _ :i be made with 

ill bum no leaven, nor 
any honey, in any offering of the Lord 
le by t 

oblation of tl 
fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lo r. i>; 

;, shall not be burnt on': 
tor a fwect favour. 



1 our unto tl d. 

the 1 010 be < •" 

fba I 

a lamb tor his off'ei 
(hen (hall h 

II lay ! 

d kill it 
Ii 01 th n . and 

■ 

thr 1 by 

, and 

I i 

• thai cov- 



reth the inwards, and all the tat that is 
1 the ipwai 
19 Andfwe two kidneys, and the fat 

that 



I'btftn-offc ring of ignorance, LEVI 

that is upon tliem, which h by the Banks, 
arul the caul above the liver, with the 
ki< ; 11 he take away. 

11 And t3ie priefl (hall burn it upon the 
altar : it is the food of the offering made 
by Hie unto the Lord. 

S And if his offering be a goat, then 
he ih.ill '.before the Lord. 

1J And he (hall lay his hand upon the 
ind kiil it' before thetaberna- 
i : and t lie fons of 
• inkle the blood thereof up- 
on the altar round 

14 And he (hall offer thereof his offer- 

..ideby fircuntothe 

: fll : lie inwards, 

i the inwards, 

two kidneys, and the fat 

by the flanks, 

liver, with the kid- 

. 

hem up- 
foodofthe offering 
tweet favour : all the 
■ 

Hal fiatute for your 
throughout all your dwell- 
er fat nor blood. 
, .'. IV. 

■t ignorance, 3 for the 
regation t nforthe 
- J . r any oj the people. 
the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

nto the children of Ifrael, fay- 

..! (lull fin through ignoi 

nmandments of the 

erning t which ought not 

.' dl do againft any cf 

3 I ] ^fl thai ) fin 

n of the peoph , 

bLiniih, 

. k unto 
I 

I 

kill 
D. 

(hall 
s and bri 

■ 

: 

biillot 

■ 



. 



.i on trofn it a 






riCL r 5. for the congregation, &c, 

of the bullock for the fin-offering ; the 
fat that covereth the inwards, and all the 
fat that is upon the inwards ; 

9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that 
is upon them, which is by the Hanks, and 
the caul above the liver, with the kid- 
neys, it fhall he take away : 

10 As it was taken off from the bullock 
of the facrihee of peace-offerings: and the 
prieft fhall burn them upon the altar of 
the burnt-offering. 

11 And the fkin of the bullock, and all 
his flefh, with his head, and with his legs, 
and his inwards, and his dung, 

12 Even the whole bullock fhall hecar- 
ry forth without the camp unto a clean 
place, where the afhes are poured out, 
and burn him on the wood with fire : 
where the afhes are poured out (hall he 
be burn*. 

13 f And if the whole congregation of 
Ifrael fin through ignorance, and the thing 
be hid from the eyesof the afTembly, and 
they have donefomewbat againft any of 
the commandments of the Lord concern- 
ing tilings which fliould not be done, and 
are guilty ; 

14 When the fin, which they have fin- 
ned againft it. is known, then the congre- 
gation fhall offer a young bullock for the 
nn, and brinn; him before the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

15 And the elders of the congregation 
fhall lay their hands upon the head of the 
bullock before the Lord : and the bul- 
lock (hall be killed before the Lord. 

16 And the prielf that is anointed fhall 
bring of the bullock's blood to the taber- 
nacle of the congregation : 

IT And the pricft fhall dip his finger 
in fame cf the blood, and fprinkle // lev- 
en times btfore the Lord, even before 
the veil. 

Ami he lhail put fome of the blood 

, the horns of the altar v. hich is be- 

the Lof. ;>, that io in the tabernacle 

of the tion, and fhall pour out all 

the bottom of the altar of the 

burnt-or! , which is at the door of the 

tabernacle of the < ition. 

19 And he (hall take all his fat from 

d burn // U| on the altvtr. 

. ' '.1 he (hall do with the bullock as 

the ■ for a fin-offering, 

1 tl • : and the pri< C: 

hi it for them, and it 

- llial 1 carry forth the bull 
p. and burn him as he 
-x : it if. a fin-ofler- 
ation. 
' n a hath finned, and 

. 1 gh ignorance againft 
of the commandments of the Lord 
God, concerning things which fhould 
not be d^ne ; and is guilt v ; 

M Or 



Andfor any oj the people. Chap 

25 Or if his fin, wherein he hath finned, 
ne to his knowledge ; he ihall bring 
his oirering.akid of the goats, a male with- 
out blemilh : 

~i And he fhall lay his hand upon the 

head of the goat, and' kill it in the place 

'■re they kill the burnt-offering before 

the Lord : it is a fin-efferin 



v - Touching unclean things. 93 

CHAP. V. 
i Of him that cor.cealetb his knowledge in 
touching an unclear. \ or in ma. 

king an oath. 14 The trc }afs- offering 
in lac r ilege, 17 and ;'• 
AND italouliin, a- Iheartlv : of 

[wearing, and rr a witnefs, whether he 
hath feen or known of it \ if he do not 



And the pneft fhall take of the utter it th< n he mall bear his iniquity 

I Or if a foul touch any unclean thing, 



Llood of the fin-offering with his finger, 
and put it upon the horns of the altai 
burnt-offering, and (hall pour out hi:> 

od at the bottom of the altar of burnt- 

•ring. 

26 And he frail burn all his fat upon 
the altar, as the fat of the facrifice of 
peace-offerings . : and the pried fhall make 
an atonemenr :n as Concerning hia 
/in, and it (hall be forgiven him. 

27 £ And if any one of the common 
people fin through ignorance, while he 

- bat a^ainjl any of the coin- 
niandmeritsoftheLo&D,f#jrcrrais?£/£Ji 

lit not to be done.and be guilty; 

*8 Or it his fin. which he hath finned. 

come to his knowledge: then he (hall 

bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a 

lie without blcmifli, foi his fin which 

he hath finned. 

M all lay his band upon the 

ot the fin-offering, and flay the Gn- 

the place of the burnt-om r 



1 the prieff (nail take of the b 
ereoi with his finj l put it uj 

tlic horn- f burnt-ol 

I !hall pour out all the blood the. 
the altar. 

31 And he /hall take away all the far 

It ii taken aw.r off" 

th- facrifice ofpeace-offerii 
hall bum it noon ti, 
1" uriint the 

prii fl fhall m ient for h 

it fhall be en him. 

! And if h>- 

hall hi 
milh. 

I he fhall I n the 

the I'm , md flay it I 

■ 
Inn nt 

\mlil 
bfthe fin -of hi , fin ■ ■••• g n Ipui 

if iipon tin horns 1 

• 

j 

' I the i dl bin 

npo„ the altar, 

by fire unto I , :- 

(hall 1 1 atone:. 

e hath committed, and 1 
n him. 



whether itbe a Carcafs of an unclean beait, 
1 carcafs of unclean cattle, or the car- 
cafs oi unclean creeping things, and /'/' it 
be hidden from him; he alfo fhall be un- 
n, and guilty. 
3 Or it htf touch the uncleannefs of 
man, u h itfoever uncleannefs ;'/ be that a 
man fhall be defiled withal, and it be hid 
from him ; when he knov.cth oj //, then 
dl be guilty. 
* - Or if a i nil fv car, pronouncing 
with bis lips to do evil, or to do goo , 
itfoever// be that a man fhall pro- 
nounce « ith an oath, and it be hid 
him ; when he knoweth of it, then he 
fhall be guilty in oneofth 

5 And it fhall he when he fhall be guil- 
ty in one of thefe 1 .that he fhall con- 
feis that he hath finned in that t 

6 And he fhall bring his trefj '"- 
ing unto the Lord t fin which he 
hath tinned, a female from the flo< k, a 
lamb or a kidoPtl »r .i fin 

fhall make an ah ne- 
n concerning h ; > fin. 
7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, 
th.cn h. ft ,11 bring i')i hi . h 

ne h ith co ■■ I, two tui tledoi 

in , unto the Lord ; one 
a fin-off I the oth a 

bun 

lhall hi ting them unto t ; 

the 

ring fii 



1) not d 

. 

kleoftl I of 

the fin-oi upon tl Itar: 

I 

. lin- 

10 for a 

Bl ! : t|| ,,i 

1 he hath fii 
it (hall 

1 '. 

tun 

I 

ih ol I ■■ ur 
he fhall , 

1 2 1 hen fl ill he brin 

■ 



LEVITICUS. 



for Jins done nv'wingly. 

6 And he fhall bring his trefpafs-offer- 
ing unto the Lord, a ram without blem- 
ilh out of the flock, with thy eftimation, 
for a trefpafs-oftering unto the priefl: : 

7 And the prieft fhall make an atone- 
ment for him before the Lord : and it 
fhall be forgiven him for any thing of 
all that he hath done in trefpaffing there- 
in. 

8 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

9 Command Aaron and his fons, fay- 
ing, This is the law of the burnt-offer- 
ing : it is the burnt-offering, becauie of 
the burning upon the altar all night unto 
the morning, and the fire of the altar fhall 
be burning in it. 

10 And the pried fhall put on his linen 
garment, and his linen breeches fhall he 
put upon his flefh, and take up the afhes 
which the fire hath confumed with the 
burnt-offering on the altar, and he fhall 
put them befide the altar. 

11 And he fhall put off his garments, 
and put on other garments, and carry 
forth the afhes without the camp unto a 
clean place. 

11 And the fire upon the altar fhall be 
burning in it ; it fhall not be* put out : 
and the priefl fhall burn wood on it every 
morning, and lay the burnt-offering in 
order upon it ; and he fhall burn thereon 
the fat of the peace-offerings. 

13 The fire fhall ever be burning upon 
the altar ; it fhall never go out. 

14 And this is the law of the meat-of- 
fering : the fons of Aaron fhall offer it be- 
fore the Lord before the altar. 

15 And he fhall take of it his handful, 
of the flour of the meat- offering, and of 
the oil thereof, and all the frankincenfe 
which /jupon the meat-offering, and fhall 
burn //upon the altar for a fweet favour, 
even the memorial of it, unto the Lord. 

16 And the remainder thereof fhall Aa- 
ron and his fons eat : with unleavened 
bread fhall it be eaten in the holy place ; 
in the court of the tabernacle of the con- 
veil his gregation they fhall eat it. 

I 17 It fhall not be baken with leaven. 



34 7b: tvrfpafs ■ oft r'.ng 

the altar, accoraingto the offerings made 
i the Lord ; it i> a fin-crlcr- 

: left fhall make an atone- 
ment for him, as touching his (in that he 
ned in one ofthefe, and it fhall be 
iven him : and $bt remnant fhall be 
the pi ieit's a^ a meat -offering. 

11 r - And the Lord fpake unto Mofcs, 

15 If * foul commit a treipafs, and fin 
thrc ince, in the 1 holy things of 

then he fhall bring for his trcf- 
pa(s unf '>, a ram without blem- 

i.li out of the flocks, v\i»h thy eftimation 
tiilver, after the (hekeloftho 
fanftuary, for a trefpafs-oftering. 

it And he (hall make amends for the 
harm that lje hath done in the holy- 
thin^, and fhall add the fifth part thereto, 
give it unto the priefl : and the priefl 
ike an atonement ior him with the 
rani of the trefpafs- offering, and it fhall 
be : 

.id if a foul Gn, and commit any 

t»flh< I things which arc forbidden to be 

4o: m .isof the Lord; 

t, yet is he guilty, and 

<fij!l h< .'.r his iniquity. 

ill bring a ram without 
lifh out «»t the flock, with thy eftima- 
a t re fpafs- offering, unto the priefl: 
and l • (\ (hall make an atonement for 

c< ncerning his ignorance wherein he 
•nd will /'/ not, and it fhall be for- 
given him. 

19 It ;'/ a trefpafs-offerine : he hath 
certainly trefpafied againft the Lord. 

\l\ VI. 
i The t ' fferinq for fins done OUf/- 
•0 The offering at tbr confe- 
rs .::nn of a priefl. 

A \ I);.'. Loi d fp ike unto Mofes,fay- 

. 

- If a I inmit a trefpaf a- 

■tinfl ■ ' and lie unto hi^ i 

hich was di 

, or in a thin 



3 ( | It whit loft, I I have given it unto ibem for their portion 

d fueareth falfe- oiiny offei \ade by fire ; it is moft 

fin -offering, and as the 



a 

n . 

i'h fin- 

(hall reflore that 

thing 

gotten 

wni , or the 

ind. 

hathfwornl 

re it in the 
irtmore' 



the 



is 

• offering. 



hol\ 
tref'p 

18 All the males among the children of 
Aaron (ball cat of it. itjball be a ftatute 

;er in your generations concerning 
offerings of the Lord made by fire : 
every one that touchcth them lhall be 
| holy. 

19 - And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

I 1 i i s is the oil ering of Aaron and 



ito him • ■ ■• hom itiof his fons, which they fhall offer unto 
of h:s trefpafs- the Lord in the day when he is anoint- 



i .ng. 



'cd ; the tenth part of an ephah of fine 

flour 



Tbe law of the tre/pafi. cjeri^, Chap . vii. an J of the p e . < /;. 9." 



flour for a meat-c 

I in the moral . halt th 

it. 

a pan it :ha!l be nude with oil ; 

en it is bake.n thou (fa lg it 

ja/ thebaken pieces of the meat-of- 

halt thou oh'icfT a fweet favour 

unto the Lord. 

prieftof <an- 

ted in his fread fhall offer it : it is a 
to the Lord ; it (hall 
burnt. 

?ring for the 
lly burnt, it (bail not 
->aten. 

n and to his fons. 

lis is the law of the 1 \n£ : 

in the place where the burn 

killed ("hall the lin-offerin* be killed be- 

tlie Lord : it is mod holy. 

i& Theprjeft that oftereth it fur fin 

fhall eat it : in the holy place (lull it be 

n, in the court ofthe tabernacle of the 



l touch tiie flcOi 
thereof ASall be holy : and when then- is 
fprinkled of the blood thereof upon any 
lent, thou (halt warti that whereon it 
fprinkled in the holy place. 
But tlK earthen veffel wherein it i» 
'den llTall be broke I if it be ( 

den in a brafen pot, it fhall be both 
- 

>ng thepriefts 
: : it is moll h 



pafe-offertng : then wont ?m . 

the pried that maketh a -re- 
with ihall have */. 

8 And the prieft that offe nn's 

burnt-offer', n the | .ave 

to himfelf, the (kin ofthe bu: ring 
which he hath offered. 

ill the meat-offer: 
en in the oven, and all th.it 'is dreflcd in 

in the pan, dull be the 
that offeret' 
10 And every meat-offering mingled 
with oil, and dry, Oiall all the lons< r Aa- 
ron have, one as much as anothi 
_ 11 J "\: I this is the Law or" the facri- 
fice ol , which ye dullotlcr 

Lord. 
I? If J r a than' -hen 

he fhall ( th the facrince of tliankf. 

givinj :akesraingled with oil, 

andunle; noil, 

ted with oil, oifine Hour, 
fric 

!es the cakes, he ft:atl offer/«r 
his ithefacri- 

rings. 
14 An ■ (hall offer the 

whole oblati in heave < j un- 

to the Lor :t(hall be the Draft's 

that fprinkleth the I ipeace-of- 

■ 

I the flem of : rifice of his 

ill be 

I ; he 

'.ninkj. 

16 But f th 

a vow. dl be 



SO , whereof tf* .tenth- that I hhia 

. ht into the tabei ■ ' alfot^ 

concile it flial! 

m the hoi ■ it (hall IT But 1 b of 

he burnt m the fire. , (hall bo 

( 1: i n. 

.' Tbelau :rejp3ji.'--ferin^ t ir r. •. acri- 



fjt, 26 
hlooJare J orb:, id en . 
LIkr A I it the I iw 



pafs offering : it is 1.. 

• 1 1 1 e v- 

kill the 
ing : an<l the bloo 



fice of h -' all 

on tli .11 not I .'fed, 

imputed urn-. Itim thai 
n , and 



11 ''iiviiui- . ll IJ i.i 1. • II III. Ill 1. 

' 1 thepl bul thateateth of" it il.. . 

. kill t! 



,boiU i! : be 

3 \ .m J .: te rtcih, all 

; the rump, and I 

ereth the inwards, he nVh 

4 \nd the • , that^rr- 
iron them, which// b] i-an- 
caul that is above the liver, v upon hi ubciut 
neys, it »"h.ill he take aw iy : 1c. 

\nd the : burn the -I 



the alt.i 

to the Lot D : it is a 



e un- 
trek 



I 
. or ar>-. 

-*h 



6 Every male among the 1 * (In. 
tat thereof : it fhall be eaten in the holy of the (aci re-otfer 

l is mol 

7 As the fin -offering //, fo is the frci I be < ut 



96 The J jf and blood forbidden. 

. ? And the Lord fpake untoMofes, 
. 

unto the children of Ifrael, 
* no manner of fat, of 
ox, or of rtieep, or of goat. 

And the fit <»f the bead that dieth 
felt, ..h>t the fat of thai which is torn 
with beads, may b iy other ufe: 

fhall in nnv ife eat of it. 

iteth the fat of the 
bealt, of which men offer an ottering 
made by fire unto the Lord, even the 
foul ih it eateth it fhall be cut off from 
his people. 

reover, ye fhall eat- no manner 
of blood it be ox fowl or ot beatt, 

>ur dwellings. 

•ever foul it be that eateth any 
ler «f blood/ even that foul fhall be 
cut n hi? people. 

And the Ljru fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

rak unto the children of Ifrael, 
He that oftereth the facrifice of 
his peace- offerings unto the Lord, fiiall 
en co the Lord of the 
: of his peace-offerings. 
So : n hands fhall bring the offer- 

ings of the Lord made by fire, the fat 
with the breath it fhall he bring, that the 
breaH may be waved/or a wave-oflering 
before the Lord. 

And the prieft fhall burn the fat up- 
on the altar: but the brcaft fiiall be Aa- 
ms\ 

flmulijer {ball ye , 
> the prieft for an heave-offering, of 
facrinces of your peace-Offerings. 

among the Ions of Aaron, that 
•he peace-otferings, 
and , ihall have the right fhoulder 

rt. 
34 For the w; - nfl and the hcave- 

of the childn 
' .he facrifices of their 
d have given tlirm tin 
i unto his tons. by 
r, from among the child- 
■1. 

e portion of the anointing 
°f A fons, 

o made 
by fire, in the day tuben he prefented 

i the Lord in the 

3T> ". • Lord < t be 

the children . 

note 
tit the . 

ifter- 

I the fin- 

, and 

ol 
3* ' oramanded 

fcs that ir. 



LEVITICUS. Aaron and his fons confecrated* 

commanded the children of Ifrael to offer 
their oblations unto the Lord, in the 
wildernefs of Sinai. 

GHAP. VIII. 

r Mofcsconfecratttb Aaron and his fons.\\ 

Their fin- offering. 18 Their burnt-offer. 

ing. 22 The ram of con fee ration 31 '/he 

place and time of their confec ration. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fay- 

1 

2 Take Aaron, and his fons with him, 
and the garments, and the anointing oil, 
and a bullock for the fin* offering, and 
two rams, and a bafket of unleavened 
bread ; 

3 And gather thou all the congregation 
together unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

4 And Mofes did as the Lord com- 
manded him ; and the affembly was gath- 
ered together unto the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

5 And Mofes laid unto the congrega- 
tion, This is the thing which the Lord 
commanded to be done. 

6 And Mofes brought Aaron and his 
fons, and watlied them with water. 

7 And he put upon him the coat, and 
girded him with the girdle, and clothed 
him with the robe, and put the ephod up- 
on him, and he girded him with the cu- 
rious girdle of the ephod, and bound ;'/ 
unto him therewith. 

8 And he put the breaft-plate upon 
him : alfo he put in the breaft-piate the 
Urim and Thummim. 

9 And he put the mitre upon his head : 
alfo upon the mitre, even upon his fore- 
front, did he put the golden plate, the holy 
crown ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 

10 And Mofes took the anointing oil, 
and anointed the taberna'cle and all that 
was therein, and fam-tified them. 

11 And he fprinkled thereof upon the 
altar feven times, and anointed the altar 
and all his vellels. both the laver and his 
foot, to fancYify them. 

12 And hie poured of the anointing oil 
upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to 
fanctify him. 

13 And Mofes brought Aaron's fon>. 
and put coat;- upon them, and girded then* 
with girdles, and put bonnets upon them: 
as the Lord commanded Mofes. 

U I And he brought the bullock for 
the fin-offering : and Aaron and his fons-' 
laid their hands upon the head otthe bul- 
lock for the fin-offerii 

15 And he flew /'/ ; and Mofes took the 
blood, and put it upon the horns of the 
altar round about with his finger, and pu- 
d the altar, and poured the blood at 
the bottom of th<* altar, and fanclified it, 
to make a reconciliation upon it. 

1> And he took all the fat that ivas 
Upon t he Inwards, and the caul above the 

liver,. 



ram oj Chap. ix. Aaron* < fn-offerin£ l &c. 9T 

i their : 31 « 

an ir. f to lii> Tons, Boil | 

IT But the cie, his the tabernacle of tJ 

flc jrnt wi*h firelth re eat it i j ir 

► RD com nmanded, 

it. 
- And that \ (he 

I of th< irn with 



•out. 

: 

■ 

legs in 

- 

and 

I 

h 
of his i 

right hands, \ the great 

fprinkled the 



of the « : 
iac!e ol tion in 

feveii 

■ 1 : for 

he confe 

34 ^ is day i /- 
Lord hath to make 

an ati i 

- 

! am 

d nlW] 

by the hand 

• 
I Fire J f §m bt 

lay, 

, and 

•' ; 

, hee 

nift, and 

RD. 

: the 

I the ; I a fin-ofl . llf and a 

houtblci 

the Lord ; 

• hi. 
. / u hich Mi 

• n 

. 

• the tl 



and 
iponthetipofl 



■ - 

• the 



• I that jrc 

lholl 

orp : ! make 

the Lord 

wpo h him ; 

9 And the 

his fc : and i 

■ 

■ t 



H ?*/ peewit bit Jed. 

«f the altar, and poured out the blood at 
the bottom or" the altar : 

10 But the tat, and the kidneys, and the 
raul abni e the Liver of the (in-ottering, lie 
burnt upon the altar ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moi 

11 And the flrlh and the hide he burnt 
with fire without the camp. 

It And he flew the burnt-offering ; 

and Aaron's fons prefented unto him the 

blood which he iprinkled round about 

upon the altar. 

15 And they prefented the burnt-offer- 
j unto him, with the pieces thereof and 

the head : and he burnt tbem upon the 

altar. 

14 And he &\\ wafh the inwards and 

S and burnt tbem upon the burnt- 
i the altar. 

15 And he brought the peoples' offer* 
ing, and took the K oat » which oua/ the fin- 

r 'he people, and Hew it, and 
red :t for fin, as the firft. 

16 And he brought the burnt-offering, 
and offered it according to the manner. 

17 And he brought the meat-offering, 
and took an handful thereof, and burnt 
t: upon the altar, befide the burnt -facri- 
ficc of the morning. 

IS He flew alio the bullock and the ram 

for a facrifice of peace-offerings, which 

for the people : and Aaron's fons 

prefented unto him the blood, which he 

Iprinkled upon the altar round about ; 

19 And tot fat of the bullock and of 
the ram, the rump, and that which cov- 
h the in iv a ret s t and the kidneys, and 
the caul above the liver : 
2') And they put the fat upon the breafls, 
he burnt the fat upon the altar : 
I And the breads and the right fhoul- 
Aaroi wwtd/or a wave -offering bo- 
th* LORD ; as Moles commanded. 
- 1 And Aaron lifted Up his hand to- 
ttple, and blelfed them, and 
came down from offering of the fin-otfer- 
I the burnt-offering, and peace-of- 
fer: 

[ fofesand Aaron went into the 
tab 1 * of the < 

jlory 

Lord appc. nil the people. 

t4 1 A m from be- 

. - - • , i fun I upon the 

r the I and the fat : 

•vbtcb when all I »\ , they 

flioute. 1 11 on their raCH . 

th and Abibu burnt. 8 The fr'tefls 

bihu, tne fons of 
Aan ther of th' ijfer, 

erc- 
the 
Jed them net. 



LEVITICUS. Frlefis ft rbidden wine. 

4 And there went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured them, and they di- 
ed before the Lord. 

3 Then Mofes laid unto Aaron, This 
is it that the Lord (pake, faying, I will 
be tanctihed in them that come nigh me, 
and before all the people I will be glori- 
fied. And Aaron held his peace. 

4 And Mofes called Miihael and Elza- 
phan, the fons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aa- 
ron, and faid unto them, Come near, car- 
ry your brethren from before the Sanc- 
tuary out of the camp. 

5 So they went near, and carried them 
in their coats out of the camp ; as Mofes 
had faid. 

6 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, and un- 
to Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, hja fons, 
Uncover not your heads, neither rend 
your clothes ; left ye die, and left wrath 
come upon all the people ; but let your 
brethren, the whole houfc of Ifrael, be- 
wail the burning which the Lord hath 
kindled. 

7 And ye fhall not go out from the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, left 
ye die : for the anointing oil of the Lord 
is upon you. And they did according to 
the word of Mofes. 

H f And the Lord fpake unto Aaren, 
faying, 

9 Do not drink wine norftrong drink, 
thou, nor thy fons with thee, when ye go 
into the tabernacle of the congregation, 
left ye die: it /ball bt a ftatute forever 
throughout your generations : 

10 And that ye may put difference be- 
tween holy and unholy, and between un- 
clean and clean ; 

11 And that ye may teach the children 
of Ifrael, all the ftatutes which the Lord 
hath fpoken unto them by the hand of 
Mofes. 

1- And Mofes fpake unto Aaron, and 
unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, his fons 
that ueie left, Take the meat-offering 
thai remaineth of the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire, and eat it without 
n befide the altar : for it is moft holy: 

13 And yc lhall eat it in the holy place, 
ife il is thy clue, and thy fons' due, of 

the facrifices ot the Lord made by fire : 
for fo I am commanded. 

14 And the wave-bread and Iieave- 
(houlderfhallyeeatinaclean place ; thou, 
ami thy fons,and thy daughters with thee: 
for tbej be thy due, and thy fons' due, 
which are g^iven out of the facrifices of 
peace-offerings of the children of Ifrael. 

■-Ihoulder and tne wave- 
bread mall they bring with the offerings 
• of the fat, to wave// for a 
e the Lord ; and it 
lhall be thine, and thy fons' with thee, by 
a ftatute forever j as the Lord hath 

commanded. 

15 And 



Oj meats c 

16 And M 

goa f A 



'■' f° u i 



Chap. 
:ht I 






and 



M 



■ 



h Elca. 



of 

the fm- 
igit is molt 

. to make 

Lord ? 
not 
,- pice: y£ 
the hoiv 



iten it in 
', a. I commanded. 
19 At lofes, Be- 

rcd their lin- 

before 

the Lord : and fuch tliii._ fallen 

I had ring 

I cen accepted in the 

id that, he was 
cont. 

CHAP. XI. 
i. .13 and unclean. 

AND rd fpake unto Moles and 

unto them, 

drenof Ifraeljfay- 
.j/rthcl 

ilhat ari ontheearth. 

. . 

eat 

iball ye not eat 
then 
f : as the v an 

cauie he cheweth 1 , but divided) 

>f ; Kr it an unto j oil. 

-vet ll 

the cud, but divideth not the hoot ; 
unclean unto you. 

\nd th- he cheweth the 

, but divideth irjt the hoof; he is un- 
it. 



irteth the hoof, and Ls 



IOUC .1L III 111 

Ainf, tl until t l 



15 ^ And thefe tire they vobicb ye f 
have in abomination am' 

they thall not be eaten, they are an abt 

he eagle, and the offi ti- 
the ol'pr. 

14 And the vulture, and th 
his kind ; 

13 hvery raven 2fter his kind ; 

16 Andtne owl, and the night-hawk,; 
the cuckoo, and the hawk after i, 

IT And the little owl, and the corn 
rant, and the great owl, 

IB And the i wan, and th 
the gicr ea^le, 

19 And the (fork, the heron after I 
kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 

20 Alt fowls that creep, goin^ upon all 
four, Jhall be aw abomination 

tl Vet thelc may ye eat of ever 
ere- . hing that goeih open all 

above their leet, to learx 
wahal upon the earth ; 

in theie of them ye may eat ; the 
after lm kind, a:ul the bald ', 
after his kind, and the beetle after 
kind, and the graslhopper aftei I 

- But all other flying creeping th 
which have four teet, /tali i: an aboi 
nation unto you. 

And for thefe ye (hall b.- uncleat) : 
lieth the 1 . 
fnall be unclean until the even. 

I whofoeverbean I 

I them fhall wain hit k\o hi 
ldean until th ! even. 
I he careajjes cr evei / h 
the hoef, and is 1 
cd, 1: r chew '. - tii tl. *rruncl 

ry one that I 
fhall be unclean. 

tl And what! DCthun 

among all manner 
Jour, thofe 

; : their t 



! footed, yet he chew 

/ uncle 
8 Of their Hefh ft til ye not and 

the:- : Aich \ I 

that a' 
the 
fcale .1 the 

• '. . 
in the fe 

living 

illkc 

but j e (hall have of then n a- 

bo >n. 

fins nor I 
irith' 

OU, 






I he that b 

until tl t undea i unto j on . 

I 

on I 

the i<m 

an>' 
. I ■ 

• \v h >!■ 

V\ il 

a. 

i 

wh 
unclean ; \ 

. ■ 

cd. 



. re unclean . JL.E V I T I C Worn en's purification i . 



[fa woman have conceive 

; th a [he (hall be un- 
cording to the days of 
on for iier ty (hall Che 

hall be un- 
ank 



, w here into 
* . is in it 

. t . 



nclean ; 

- . pots, 

■. unto you. 

ain or pit, 

, shall be 

h their car- 

an. 

And il their carcafs fall 

. .- : Coy, n, 

but it ; upon the 

cafs fall 
thereon, il unto you. 

39 which j : may 

; lie thai eth tl e carcafs 

ill be unclean until the ev 

f the carcafs of 

be unclean 

alio th it beareth ihe 

i clothes, and be 

. 
U And hing that creep- 

■ ■' be an abomina- 
I 
"ttli upon the belly, 
and 

re feel ; all 

p upon the earth, 

s abom- 

defil- 

hall 



be unclean, 

ind in the eigl fh of his 

forelkin fliall bo circumcifed, 

I Andfhefhal! then continue iii the 

blood of her purifying three and thirty 

ill touch no hallowt d tiling, 

nor come into the fanchiary, t\±e 

days of her purifying be full 

5 But it (he bear a maid-child, then 
(he (hall be unclean two \ eeks, is in her 
reparation : and ihe fhaii continue in the 
blood of her purifying threefcore and (ix 

6 \. And when the'daysof herpurifying 
are fulfilled, for a fon, or for a daughter, 
ihe mall bring a lamb of the firfl yearfora 
burnt- offering, and a young pigeon, or a 
turtle-dove, for a fin -offering", unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, unto the pried : 

7 Who (hall offer it before the Lord, 
end make an atonement tor her j and fhe 
(ball be cleanfed ft le iflue of her 
blood. This it the law mr her that hath 
borne a male or a female. 

8 And if ihe be not able »j bring a lamb, 
then (he lhail bring two turtles, or two 
young pig ens ; the one tor the burnt-of- 
Fering, and the -other for a im-otfering : 
and the prieft fhall make an atonement 
for her, and ihe ihall be clean. 

CHAP. XIII. 
Tokens to difcern the leprofy. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Moles and 
Aaron, faying, 

m lhall have in the fkin of 
his fiefh, a riling, a icab, or bright fpot, 
and it be in the ikin of his flefti like the 
plague of leprofy ; then he (hall be brought 
unto Aaron the pried, or unto one of his 



. funs theprieft . 

3 And the j Heft fliall look on the plague 
the fkin of tl It : and ixihen the 

n the plag vi white, and 

h. • in light hi than the R 

■ .. ' ■ ■ eofleprofy : and 

• the | nd pro- 

iii.n uiu \.m\. 

in the (kin 
than 
• be n< I turn- 
ill (hut up 

a him the 
old, // gue 

i the tk : n ; then the 
■ i ii re : 

in again 
thefeventhd //the pla 

vY. x and the plague fpread 

(t fliall pronounce 

him 












: 



Tokens to difcern ■■ y ' j fj • C> 

him cl it is b>. .'.) : and he 

wain h.s cl clean. 

7 B much 

in the (k . 
of th ,11 be 

prieft 
im unclean : it 

9'v in a 

en he : lij ht unto the 

I : and, 
'lite in the (kin, 
turned .tir white, and 

ihfrjbe q;: 

11 It is an kin a 
fleib, a*nd tl ncc him 

.•an, an (hill i 

12 And if a le out ab: 

! the (eprofy cever a 
\tb the | from his 

head 

h ; 

hall confider : and, 
ive covered all 
(hall pronounce A/'w < 

: it is all turned 

14 he » raw flefh reth in 

ill be ui 

\ to be u 
the i n : it is a I 

(h turn again, 
to v. hitc, he /hall < 

ft (hall 

■ 

■ 

ih i i i 

ui oi 

I 

if i: 

i (hut 

his 
pla< . 

! 



l.j .nets. 101 

1 

V- i 

qu arnerh h 

and, behi lit J"; i>t 

be turned a hitc, and it be 
. 

all 

*6 be- 

ll iii on the bri 

..vd it £«" no lower t! 

.!;; th- 
u 

•; (hall look up( 
th- : 077.7 ii ch 

then t ; : (hall 

.j the i lague 

ht fool Gay in 

in, but it 
be I hat dai 

of 



the burning. 

in or v. 

ic: 

ar, . e be in ii 

I 
i : it is a dry 

of the (c ill, and 
■ 

. hair in it : then the | 
iij) him i .:o the plague of the Ic.ill 

i 

tl 

I 



■ 

i 

tall 

.low 

■ 

the 






La ws fer It 



LEVITICUS. 



Rites artdfacrrjices, 



fpotj, even colour, and the league be not fpread : it 
■ unclean ; thou (halt burn it in the fire; 
(I (hall 1 Fretinward, tubetkerit £*barewith- 

nofth< 

if the priefi: look, and, behold, 
in the fk n ; he r'j clean, [the plague be fomewhat dark after the 

loffiwafh . * >r it ; th.cn lie (hall rend it out 
t is he ( I of the garment, or out ot the (kin, or out 

h iir fall* n off of the warp, or out of the woof : 

ice, I 57 And if it appear dill in the garment, 

'is he < lean. [either in the warp, or in the woof, or in 

c bald head, or! anything of (kin; it is a fp reading plague: 

ft fore ; it is thou (halt burn that wherein tiie plague 

fprung up in his bald head or '.is with fire. 



I 

<11 look upon it 



58 And the garment, either warp, or 
of- or whatloever thing of (kin // be 



. f the r; re be . which thou fhalt wafh, if the pi 

head, or in 1. . »rted from them,then it (ball be wafh 



:;^ue be 



• ■ t lepi j . ppeareth 

flelh ; 
k\ tis nun, he ri uncle 

. - him utterly un- 
plague is in his head. 
* • • he leper in *hom the plaj 

is, i fh ill be rent, and his head 

put a covering upon hi- 
[ cry, Uncleail, unclean. 
wherein the 
' riled : he is 

without 
1 - he. 

th it the plague of 
rtberit he a. i gar- 

linen 

..- v • the warp, or w< 

ter in a lkin, 
or ; 

ni(h or red- 
it i, ither 
f, or in any 
\ lague of leprofy, 
ito the priclt : 
t fhall look upon the 
llliutup/'/i 

'ook on the plague on 
ue be fpi - 
rp, or in 
. 

. ... fretting 

burn that gar- 



ed the fecond time, and iTia.ll be clean. 

59 'I his is the law of the plague of lep- 
in a garment of woolen or linen, ei- 
ther in the warp : or woof or any thing 
of (kins, to pronounce it clean, or to pro- 
nounce it unclean. 

CHAP. XIV. 
iThe rites ar.d jcci . • "go/the 

leper. 33? roj) ma boufe. 

aZ The cleanfing t/e. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes,, 

. flia.ll be the law of the leper in 
lyof his cleaning: - be brought 

unto the priefi : 

3 And the pried o forth out of 

the camp ; and the ; and, 

behold, r/the plague ot leproly be heal- 
ed in the leper ; 

■4 Then (hall the pried command to take 
for him that is to be cleanfed two birds 
alive and clean, and cedar wood, and 
fcarlet, and hyflbp : 

\.id the pried (hall command that 
one of the birds he killed in an earthen 
veflel, over running water : 

6 As for the living bird, lie fhall take 
it, and the cedar wood, and the fcarlet, 
and the hyffbp, and (hall dip them and 
tiie living bird in the blood of the bird 
tbat ~"its killed over the running water: 

7 \"!.i he (hall fprinkle upon him that is 
to b lroiii the leprofy ieven 

d fhall pronounce him clean, and 



living bird loofe into the o 

n field. 

And he that is to be cleanfed fhall 

wa(h his clothes, and (have ofl all his hair, 

.i himfeli in water, that he may 






rofy; 

. nd.be 



clean and after that he (hall come 






• 






into the camp, and fhall tarry abroad out 
of his tent feven days. 

it fhall be on ibr* feventh day, 

e lliall (have all h;< hair off his head 

id his beard, and his eyebrow s, even all 

is hair he ihall fl-.ave off : and he fhall 



Ifo he fhall wafh his 
nave not cl I hfc 11 r, and he fhall be clea t 

10 And 



in cleat 'the U}er. Ch 

10 id on ihe eighth day he (hall rake 

ut blemiih, and one 
ev ; the firl hout blem- 

and one 
oil. 

11 And til that maketh him 
clean, (hall pi 

made clean, and thofe things bel 
Lord, at the door of the tabernacle or" 
Ui egation : 

prieft (ball take - he* 
lamb, and offer him for a trefpals-offer- 
ing, and the , 1, and w i . for 

ave-offering before tlV Lord : 
13 And he ft ill il ly tl b in the 

place where 11 kill tlte lin-otte; 

andthebur; ng, in the] ice 

pas the /the prietrs, /©/J 

the ti 

11 An nmeo- 

bio- -*ering, an 

pric ;.'on the tip ofthe 

i becleanied, and up- 
on tli up- 
on 

15 :\u\ the pi - 'ome of 

wx it into r. 
own ! id. 

prieft sh ill dip h 
finder in the oil tlut is in his left hand, 
and shall fprinlcle of th th his fm- 

ge; • - 

17 ^ is in 

his band ih ill the pi tip 

of the right ear of him tl beck 

ed, thumb 

i upon the ><reat t«,e 
in the blood of the trefpafts-of- 
tcr: 

I . : 1 the remnant of rh-- oil that is in 
the prieir' ■. h the 

tli ement 

him before the Lord. 

10 And ti (-of- 

fering, a id 
that is to be clcanfed t 

ihallkjllthe burnt- 

I the pi the burnt - 

ofl 

altar 
m- in. 

. i id if he £'• 
To much ; then he i ill take o 
•\ trc o be waved, t< 

tient fo th deal 

of I w ithoil ; 

ofl and al iil : 

pigeons,fuchas he 
a fin-ol 

a burnt-otferin^. 

23 And he shrill brin£ th 
eighth dayfor hiscleanlinguntc thepricft, 



x'it. Signs n/tebr»y in 

unto tl r of the 

of die trefpafs-i 

■ in^ be: 

the 
trefp: rake 

fomt ofthe blood of the 

and put /'/ U| - tip of ihe i i^^ 1 

- • , and upon 

- 

e priefl 

- 
- 

even t i - 

• I shall put of • 

ghtearofhimtl t 
mthethui 

the 

feri: 

And the refl ofthe oil that ' 
.i.l, l.e -fiall put upon t!i 

an 
I atonement for him b n. 

1 he si 

• turtledoves, or o. 

I SI '.'- en fuch . 

burnt-oli. 
.in.l the pi 

a that is t 
Loi 
98 This //the la 

able to *et ti i 

an.i 

■ • 

lio:: ! 

CO!: 

leth - 
, the 

i hen i 
39 And th 



I 7V v - LEVITIC 

:adiathe 

i i 

• tJie 



Uncleanttefs by JJues. 

CHAP. XV. 
i. 6 Undeannefs by iffues, 13. 28 7/^/r 
1 /• - « • 
AND the Lob d fpak Mofes and 

to Aar • ', I 



Lintothe children of Ifrael, and 



1 "V mtc i< 

, ill r iu hath a run 

iflue out of his flefh, bgcaujt of his 
(l that tncleaii. 



1 unclean pi 1 
e other 
:ofthoie and 

plaf- 

tcr the 

; : come ap;: n, 

• 1 after I 

ritis plaftered; 
come and f« 
the pi igue be fpread In 
leprofy in the 
• 

;s of it, and tl 

houfe ; and he 
of the city 
- 
1 1 over, he tl 

at i t i s Hi u t up, ■ 
the even. 

th i;i thehouie (hall 
< i he that eateth in 
ifti his 1 

iein,and 
I 

the houfe, after the houfe 

nfe the 
, and 



S And this (hall be his uncleanaefs in 
h s iflue : whether his flefh run with his 
iflue, or his ilefh be fl I froni his if- 

fue, it is his unclear.;:. 

4 Every bed, n he licth that 
haththe inue,is u;. i and evej y thing 
whereon he fitteth, (hah 1 t s 

5 And ■ . . heth h'.s bed dial I 
wafli his cl( r //" in wa- 
in until the even. 

6And lie that fitteth on anything where* 
on he fat thathath the iflue, (hall waft his 
cloth.es, and bathe bimfelf in water, and 
be unclean until tie even. 

7 I And he that toucheth the flefh of 
him that hath the iflue, (ball wafli his 
clothes, and bathe bimfelf in water, and 
be unclean until the even. 

8 And if he that hath the up- 
on him that is clean ; then he (hall wafli 

clothes, and bathe bimfelf in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

9 H And whal faddle r he rideth 
upon that hath the iffue,fliall be unclean. 

10 And whofoever toucheth anything 
r was under Him (hall be unclean un- 
til the even : and he that beareth any of 

fe things (hall wafli his clothes, and 
in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

11 nfoever he toucheth that 
hath the ilt'ne, and hath not rinfed his 
hands in water, he (hall wafli hisclothes, 

nfelf'ui water, and be un- 
n until the even. 

irth, that he touch- 
eth whichhaththe itiue, (hall be broken: 
ry veffel of wood (hall be rinfed 
in water. 

when he that hath an iflue in 
.1 of his illue ; then he fhall num- 



ffeven daysforhis cleanflng, 

d bathe his fie!h 

id (hall be clean. 

li th d iy he fhall take 

vo turtl , or two young pi- 

., and . fore the Lord unto 

of the tabernacle ol thecongre- 

ve them unto th.e p. left : 

r them, the 
ii '. nd tl • oiher for'o, 
>rielt (hall make 






I 






. 



him before the Lord 



d if any man's feed of copula- 
out from him, then he (hail wafh 
.1 all 



The cleanjlr.g fcriffues. Chap 

nil his flefh in water, and be unclean un- 
til the even. 

IT And every garment, and every (kin, 
whereon is the feed of copulation, (hall 
wafted with water, and he unclean 
until the even. 

ie woman alfo with whom mm 
:b feed of copulation, thcj (hall 
hoto bathe tbeml'elvc s in water, and be 
unclean until the r\cw. 

19 And it a woman have an itlue. and 
Iter iffuc in her flefh be blood, Ihe fliall 
he put apart (even days ; and whofoever 
toucheth her lhall be unclean until the 
even. 

l 20 And every thing that (lie lieth upon 
in her feparation (hall be unclean : every 
tiling alio that (he litteth upon (hall be 
unclean. 

-i And whofoever toucheth her bed 
(hall waih his clothes, and bathe bimfelf\v\ 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

tC And whofoever toucheth an) - thing 
that (lie fat upon, lhall wa(h his clothes, 
and bathe bimfelf in water, and be un- 
til until the even. 
£3 And if it be on her bed, or on any 
thing whereon (he litteth, when he touch- 
eth it, he (hall be unclean until the even. 
:i \ ' if any man lie with her at all, 
r»nd her flowers be upon him, lie fliall be 
unclean (even da) > ; and all the be I 
n he lieth (hall be unclean. 
And if a .von. an have an i line of her 
id many day* out of the time of her 

in, or il it run beyond the tune oi 

; all the da) sof theiflueof 

,neh> Ih d! be as the days of 

mjoii : \.\ t - jbuit he unc lean. 

I m hei :on (he lieth all the 
lier iflue, Oi i! 1 !•<• unto h 
bed i n : and w hat foci ei (he 

i (hall be uncle in, a i the un- 
t hri i 
-7 Vnd whofoever toucheth thofe things 
Ih til !)'• uni I lhall v 

flj in water, and be un- 
til until the even. 
it if (I 
(he (ball numbei to hi i fell I 
iftcr t!i (hall be 

llth day (1 
unto h 

, and ( ring t!.» m unto il c | i ic(f, 
mac Ie of th< i 

• (hall i 
a tin ig| and the othei for a bin nt - 

ind the pi i (1 :' 
i her Lord 

31 : ! ■: . lhall . feparate the i 
(U Ifrael from their un< that 

die not in their urn - . • lien 

thej rna< Ie th it is among 

the til. 



xvi. The hi go p>l eft's Jtn- offering. Id5 

32 This is the law of him that hath an 
i Hie, and of bun whole Iced goeth from 
him, and is defiled therewith; 

.■>.} And of her that is lick of her flow- 
ers, and of him that hath an ilitie, of the 
man and of the woman, and of him that 
lieth with her that is unclean. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The bigb pnejl's Jin- offering. £0 The 

livegou:. 20 I he feufi of expiation. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes af- 
ter the death of the two fons of Aaron, 
when they offered before the Lord, and 
died ; 

ndtheLoRDfaid unto Mofes, Speak 
unto Aaron thy brother, that he come 
not at all times into the ho\y place within 
the veil before the mercy-feat, which is 
upon the ark ; that hedie not : for I will 
appear in the cloud upon the mercy-feat. 

a i hus lhall Aaron come intothe holy 
place with a young bullock for a lin-ot- 
fering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 

4 lie lhall put on the holy linen coat, 
and he lhall have the linen breeches Upon 
his flcth, and (hall be girded with a linen 
girdle, and with the linen mitre lhall 
he be attired : thefe are holy garments ; 
therefore (hall he waft his Heft in water, 

and/b put them on. 

5 And he lhall take of the congrega- 
tion of the children of Ifrael two kids of 

the goats for a fin-offering, and one ram 
i bumt-offei uig. 

6 Ami Aaron ftall offer his bullock of 
the (in-o. u hit h is fol himlell, and 
make onement for himfclf, and for 
his houl 

7 And lie lhall take the two goats, and 

,it them before th ' ORD,a/the door 
he tabernacle ol the con >o. 

in i Varon Hi ill • pon tlie 

lot for the Lor D,and the 

r the l> i] ■■ 



nd Aaron fliall bi 

ifTei in 

/ •/ a (in "I' i 



ni 



O 



10 • lol i II :«> 
I"- the fca] r, ft dl I e prefented a 

e the 1 i 

him, and to let h ape- 

( 1 A: n (nail I 

(in ohS felf,and 

* : .i himfell 
: '.ill the bollo< k of 
himfell : 

11 ill of 

bum 

; I 
•\ t ! . 

«hat the ( . 



1«G Tbe ti<vr goat. LEVITICUS. Blosd of bcajls te be offered. 

\\ ill take of the blood of the J his fleft in water, and afterward come 



prinklc h his fingei 

upon f i anc * Dc \ 

inkle of 
imes. 
itofthefiB- 
offei - foi the ■ eople,and bring 

i ihe veil, and do with that 
I of the bul- 
lion the mercy-feat, 

and It : 

1G . atonement for 

iheuncleannefs 
of the * ' iel : and becaufeof 

tran I is in all their fins -. and 
fo (h '1 > 'or I .acle of the 

con n, that remain ngthem 

i;i : mefsb ■ 

IT I there ft I ■■ no man in the 

., le of the cong on when he 

h in to make an atonement : .n the 

place, until he come out, and have 

mad itonemem for himfelf, and for 

his I Id, and for all the con^rega 

tion of Lfrael. 

18 And he (hall go out unto the altar 
that // before the Lorp, and make an 

for it : and ftall take of the 
■ bullock, and of the blood of 
put it upon The horns of 
t. 

19 And he (hall fprinlcle of the blood 

r feven times, and 
clean To it. and i rri the unclean - 

t hildren of ) frael. 

made an end 
ofn th< holy ftace, and the tab- 

ern- ion; and the al- 

: . oati 



. both his hands 

i ead of the \\\ e md con- 

him all the in \ of the 

n «d Ifrael, and all their tranfgref- 

r fins, putting them upon 

; it, and lhall lend litn 

.nd of a fit man into the 

: 

• (hall bear upon him 

all then d not ii I 

it in the 

which he pui 
act\ and 

24 ifli his fl ifh i 

r h:> 

i ke 

J 

■ ftall 

J ii . 

e,oat for the 

rgoatlfa )thes,an,d bathe 



into the camp. 

27 \ nd the bullock/brthe fin-offering, 
and the goat for the fin-ottering, whole 
blood was brought in to make atonement 
in the holy place, /hall one carry forth 
without the camp ; and they (hall burn 
in the fire their fkins, and their flefli, and 
their dung. 

23 And he that burnetii them fliall 
'.valh hi; clothes, and bathe his flefii in 
water, and afterward he lhall come into 
the camp. 

29 5 And this (hall be a ftatute for ever 
unto you : that in the feventh month, on 
the tenth day of the month, ye fhall arfii& 
your fouls, and do no work at 3\\,<ivbetb- 
er it be one of your own country, or a 
ftranger that fojourneth among you ; 

30 For on that day fliall the prirjt make 
aw atonement for you, tocleanfeyou,/A«/ 
ye may be clean from all your fins before 
; he Lord. 

SI I !_/£*// £^afabbath of reft unto you, 
and ye fliall afflict your fouls, by a ftat- 
ute forever. 

32 And the prieft whom he fhall an- 
oint, and whom he fhall confecrate to 
minuter in the prieft's office in his fa- 
ther's ftead, fliall make the atonement, 
and fliall put on the linen clothes, even 
the holy garments : 

33 And he fhall make an atonement for 
the holy fanctuary, and he lhall make an 
atonement for the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and for the altar, and he fhall 
make an atonement for the priefts, and 
for all the people of (he congregation. 

3-1 And this lhall be an everlafting ftat- 
ute unto you, to make an atonement for 
the children of Ifrael, for all their fins, 
once a year. And he did as the Lord 
commanded Mofcs. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Blood of bcafis mufi be offered at tbe tab- 

ema%lc door. 10 Blood forbidden. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his ibn$, 
and unto all the children of Ifrael, and 
fay unto them ; 1 his Is ihe tiling wjhich 
thi Lord hath commanded, faying, 

• 0> v ^ hat ver there be of the 

■ of Ifrael, that killeth an ox, or 
'.cub, or goat, in the camp, or that kill- 
lit i i the camp, 

4 A . ii it n< 



getn ir not unto the door 

of th nacle of the congregation, to 

offer an on" :ring unto the Lord before 

e of die Lord ; blood ftall 

nted unto ih.j man ; he hath flied 

ind that man fliall be cut off from 

amen his j eople : 

5 lo the end that the children of 

1 may bring their facrifices, which 

they oiler in the open held, even that they 

myy 



Mind forbid 



Chap. >: 



V ila'-.'fu! marriages. 107 



may bring thern unto the Lord, unto i 1 ve d 1 : and 

the door of the tabernacle of the co" ' fter the td of Can. 

gation, unto the pi- 1 offer ■•: I brir , (hall >e notdo 

for • s unto the Lord, .ances. 

6 And the prieft lhall fprinkleth 1 Yell its, arid keep 

tfce- altar of the Lord, at the door' mine on rein: \ am 

the tabernacle of the congre^atio od. 

and burn the fat tar a fweet re I sep my (latutes« 

the Lord. ' niy ].. its : wli i i man do, 

And they Hi al I no more offer their - hem : I am tl ). 

faerifkes unto devil r whom tl any 

have gone a whoring, i his mail be a !that is near of kin to him, to uncover their 
ftatuteforeverunto them throughout theii . I am the LoRB 

gener.: f th) . or the 

8 And thou fhait fay unto thern. icfs ofth] fhalt thou not 

foever man there he of tl fra-iuncovei : (he is th] mother; thou fhalt 



el, or of the ftrangi - w t-j'not i ncover her nakednefs- 

aioiig you, that oflereth a burn' 
or facrihYe, 

9 And br tltO the do< 

the taberna the congregation, tu of- 

fer it unto the Lor L- n that man 

it off from among hi ; 



• of thy father's wife 
i not uncover : ii is thy father's 

- Ine&ofthy fifter.thedaugh- 
Father, or daughter of thy mo- 
(ther, whether jbe 4* bora at I 



10 t And u !: there < i , e<ven dieir nakednefs thou 

thehoufeof Ifrae1,oroftl that fhah not uncover, 

fojourn among you. that e tethani man- 10 The nakednefs of thy fen's dau#h< 
ner of blood ; I i fet mj ■ r- tmtn 

i;ain!tthat foul thateakth blood, and will 



cut him off from among his people. 

11 1 or the life of v i > f in the 

blood : and I have given it to you upon 
the altar, to make an aton 
fouls: for it s the thatmaketh an 

atonement for the foul. 



their - thou fhalt not uncover 

for tlieir's is thin- own nakedrte 
It Tl 

rtcn ot th 

It not ui licr na- 

•. . 
It I hou fiialt hot uncover the naV.ed- 



. (he is thy fa- 



of lira? 

nrit! turneth 

13 And what there be of the 

childien of Ifrael, that 



thci kinfvt oman. 

IS I h »u bait not ui 
of thy mother's fitter 
car kinfwoman. 

1 i I hou fhalt not UI 



fojourn am i lefsofthy I r t thou1 

\ 1 that may ! 



he thall ev< lood 

li h r // ; : ; the 

blood of it is for the 1 there 
fore I laid unto the children of I 

fliall eat . eftl : 
for t! ill flcih is the 1 

of : • ■ off. 

l- - h that 

whii I of inrii , or thai wli h was 

torn iu:tb heafis 

ah not!) 
wafh his cli 

ter, and be un< itil the - 

fhall h.e be t. lean. 



• not u the oat 

is thy 
; thou ihalt not UIKOV4 
! naki 

l In u (halt not u 

•s thy b 
thei 

11 n ou (halt !)(■• 
i 
(hah 

: near k 



16 But it he wafh then •,, units 

lis flefh ; then he (hall bear his iniqui! 13 \[ 

CHAP. X VIII. .ni apai i i 



fa I marriages. i6( 



D the Lor d M ■■ 

laying, 

-peak unto the children D y0 H 
fcvuntothem. I «jtfft n e land of Egypt, 

$ A tier th 



■ 

th th; 

21 And thou lhalt net lei .., v ()f 



108 Art-pennon*/ LEVITICUS. 

feed pafs through/Af ,/nv to M nei- 

thcrihalt thou profane the name of tin- 
God : I am the Lord. 

- Thou (halt not lie with mankind, a? 
with womankind : it is abomination. 

tS Neither thalt thou lie with any bead: 
to defile thyfelf therewith : neither thall 
any woman (land before a bealt to lie. 
down thereto : itiJ confufion. 

£4 Defile not ve vourfelve* in anv of' 



d'injfKi laivs. 

9 And when ye reap the harveft of 30111 
land, thou ihalt not wholly reap the cor- 
ners of thy field, neither lhalt thou gather 
the gleanings of thy harveft. 

10" And thou (halt not glean thy vine- 
yard, neither (halt thou gather everygrape 
of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them 
for the poor and ftrangcr : I am the Lord 
your God. 

11 Ye shall not ftcal, neither deal falfe- 
ly, neither lie OHe to another. 



thefe things : for in all the(e the nations 

are denied which I cafl out before you : ' 12 And ye shall not fwear by my name 
nd the land is defiled ; therefore ;falfely, neither shalt thou profane the 
I do vilit the iniquity thereof upon it, and; name of thy God : I am the Lord. 

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neigh- 
bour, neither rob him : the wages of him 
that is hired shall not abide with thee all 



the land itfelf vomiteth out her inhabit- 
ants 

£6 .11 therefore keep my ftalutes 



and my judgments, and lhall not commit 1 night until the morning. 



14 Thou shalt not curfe the deaf, nor 
put a Humbling block before the blind, 
but shalt fearthy God : I am the Lord. 

15 Ye shall do no unrighteoufnefs in 
judgment : thou shalt not refpecT the per- 
fon of the poor, nor honour the perfonof 
the mighty : but in righteoufnefs shalt 
thou judge thy neighbour. 

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as 
a tale-bearer among thy people ; neither 
shalt thou ftand againit the blood of thy 
neighbour : I am the Lord. 

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in 
thine heart : thou shalt in any w ife re- 
buke thy neighbour, and not fuffer fin 
upon him. 

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any 
grudge againft the children of thy people, 
but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
felf : I am the Lord. 

19 Ye shall keep my ftatutes. Thou 
shalt not let thy cattle gender with a di- 
ve rfe kind : thou shalt" not low thy field 
with mingled feed: neither shall a gar- 
ment mingled of linen and woolen come 
upon thee. 

20 And whofoever lieth carnally with 
a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed 
to an hulhand, and not at all redeemed, 
nor freedom given her ; she shall be 

, fcourged : they shall not be put to death, 
you molten g 1 u—i the LoRD'bccaufe she was not free. 

>°) lt II \ nd he shall bring his trefpaft-of- 

otfer a facrifu - : fe ring unto the Lord, unto the door of 

Lord, jc lhall otter it the tabernacle of the congregation, even 
■•'• >r a trefpafe-ofiering. 

d theprieft shall make an atone- 

ghl me it \ny him with the ram of the tref- 

>!.i\ ,11 ihall be burnt pals g before the Lor d, for his fin 

which he hath done : and the (in which 

da-, . tf" r d he hath done shall be forgiven him. 

ccpt'. ' ''lien ye shall come into the 

8 Theref : J " rr lhateal [land, and shall have planted all manner 

fhj 1 he hat -r food, then ye shall count the 

prol (• Lo*i .thereof as uncircumcifed : three 

from among yon : itUJtbe as uncircumcifed unto 
people j '24 But in tne f . be eat ^n of. 

• *h v«ar all the fruit 

thereof 



of thefe abominations ; neither any 

of yourown nation, nor any Itrangerthat 

lii neth among you : 

lor all thefe abominations have the 

men of the land done, which ivere before 

you, and the land is defiled ; 

i hat the land fpuenot you outalfo, 
when ye defile it, as it fpued out the na- 
tions that nvere before you. 

Lor whefoever thai! commit any of 
thefe abominations, even the fouls that 
commit them lhall be cut off from among 
their people. 

SO 1 hereforc (hall ye keep mine ordi- 
nance, that j* commit not anyone of thefe 
aboiniiuble cultoms, which were commit- 
ted before you, and that ye defile not 
yourlclvcs therein : I urn the Lord your 
J. 

HAP. XIX. 
A repftiiicn offundyy lanvs. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fay- 
ing. 

% Speak unto all the congregation ef 
the children of I frael, and lay unto them, 
holy : for I the Lord your 
God am holy. 

3 Ye lhall fear every man his mother, 

iy fabbaths : I 
mm the Loid y< d. 

t unto idols, normaketo 






Of giving feed to Molecb : 
thereof (hall be holy, to praile the Lord 

ivitbal. 

<~5 And in the fifth year ihall ye e it ot" 
the fruit thereof, that it nu\ yield unto 
you the increafe thereof: I am the Lord 
your God. 

-6 Ye ihall not eat any thing with the 
blood : neither (hall yc ule enchantment, 
tbferve times. 

Ve ihall not round the corners of 
your heads, neither (halt thou mar the 
Corner^ of thy beard. 

28 Ye Ihall not make any cuttings in 
your flelh for the dead, nor print any 
marks upon you i I am the Lord. 

Do not proftitute thy daughter, to 
caufe her to be a wl I he Lam I 

to whoredom, and the laud bee 
of wickednel- . 

80 Ve ihall keep my labbaths, and 
rence my fanotuary : 1 am the Lord. 

31 Regard not them that ha liliar 

(pints, neither feek after wizards, to be 
defiled by them : I am the LOR y 
God. 

I hou fhalt rife up before the hoar) 
head and honour the face of the old man, 
tear thy God : lam the Lord. 

35 And if a (tranger fojourn with thee 

. id, ye Ihall not vex him. 
Km the (tranger that dwelleth w ith 
vu'.i (hall be unto \ ou jn one born among 
, and thou lhalt love him as thj felf ; 
ibaiu.t i » in tii«- land o( E- 
! am x\\c 1 our ( Jod. 

"k • (ball do do uni i( hteottfnel - 
judgme it, . i -1, in weight] 

meafiu ■ . 

36 Jul! balances, jufl weights, a jufl 
cphah, and .1 jufl Inn, ill. ill ;. <• have ; I am 

i .-. i) your ( »od, wh en broi 
out of the Land of bgypt : 

■ 
(tat i iiidgmc t di 

them : I am tin- Lo p. d. 
CHAP. X 
i Of giving vuto Moiecb. 6 0/ 

<i <)/ turfing pareniSy &c. 
I. ok I) 1; 

laving, 

. Ill ill Li, tOt I 

. I Vo! t!. 

ot Krael, or of i urn 

in 1 fr.u 1, ' l< e«1 i 

Molech ; he flh 'it To «L 

thopeopl find ihall (lone him with 

lto: 

3 And I \\ ill fet mj 1 1 
man, ami will cut tt n om 

he hath of hi 

I to pi ol .::■: Ill) hoi > n.i: 

t And ii r it ttic .m> 

le their e\ cs from the 
th ot his iced unt 

kill him not : 



%\. C f parent*. L.. ID 9 

5 Then I w ^v.nd tint 
man, tinft his tamil; A ill cut 
him oft*: and all t! . whoring after 
him to commit !om with Molecllj 
from an. 

6 ^ And the (oul that turnet] 

fuch as have familiar fpirits, and after 
: Is, to go a whoring Item, I 

••.ill even fet m< foul, and 

will cut him oil" froAiamong his people. 

I be 

ye holy : for 1 a>r. the L<m<:> your God. 
Vnd j e -hall keep my ll 

them: \am the Lo r.d which i .. 

9 1 Por every one that curfeth nns fa- 
ir or hi* mother (h out to 

death : he hath curfed !. ■ ■: his 

mother ; his blood fball be 

10 And the man that commi< ul- 
j w\than§tbet man's wife eveube that 

committeth adultery i 

v^ ife.lheadulterei and th- all 

finely be put i" de 

1 1 Ami the in i i h with his 
th: i \ \ Ite hath .< 

nakednefs : both ot ihe:n (hall hirely I ! 
put to death ; th< d fball i 

them. 

i£ And if a mtm 
in-law, both of 1 1 

h : thej have •■ ion \ 

tlieir blood (ball be U] 

i ■ I ! ' M 

he lieth wh 

' OU : ' : 

be put ' i ; their I 

be upoi 

1 i And u'a m 

burnt i ith f'ne, both he an 
there 1 

15 
shall ' put to d hall 

i ii 

kill rl nan and 

be \\\ m. 

1$ 
havii 

■ 

kedi 
fathei - 



1 tO Ordinances touching priejls' LEVITICUS. tnwning % and marriages. 



1 And ir'a man shall lie with his un- 
cle's w ife, he hath uncovered his uncle's 
they shall beai\their Jin ; they 
die chi'dlefs. 

And ifa man shall take his brother's 
, ir Man unclean thing : he hath un- 
I his brother's nakednels : they 
shall be child! 

shall therefore keep all my ftat- 
utes, and all my judgments, and do 
them ; that the land, whither I bring you 
to d< r ell therein, Ipue you not out. 

(J ye shall not walk in the man- 
the nations which I ca(t out be- 
fore you : for they committed all thefe 
things, and therefore 1 abhored them. 

Put I have laid unto you, ye shall 

in! r land, and I will give it unto 

to pOflefs it, a land that flowethwith 

d honey : I am the Lord your 

I, which have leparated you from oth. 

le. 

Ve shall therefore put difference bc- 

n clean bea'ls and unclean, and be- 

ii unclean fowls and clean : and ye 

r make your fouls abominable by 

'>r<!r, or by fowl, or by any manner of 

g thing that creepeth on tlie ground, 

which I have leparated from you as un- 

tn. 

And ye shall be holy unto me : for 

T the LoRDtftfiholy, and have fevered you 

I eopk,that ye should be mine. 

9.7 A man alio or a woman that hath a 

familiar fpirit, or that is a wizard, shall 

. be nit to death : they shall (lone 

ith Hones : their b\ood Jbai I b? up. 

. 

UIAP. XXI. 
. ' frtfji't mourning, 7 marriages, 
16 an.-i ht t 



N Dthe Lo R d faid unto Mofes, Speak 

■ Ions of Aaron, and fav 

dl none be defiled 

eople : 

kin, that is near unto him, 

and for hisfather. 

and for his fon, and for ins daughter, and 

thei, 

r a virgin, that is 

. which hath had no hui- 
he be defil 
* -' t defile himlelf, being 

ofane 

ike baldnefs upon 
•; shall they shave off 
ird, nor make any 
flesh. 
•• v holy unto their God ! 

Tit the name of thcii ( rod ; 
' the I. <>k b made by 
, and the 1 their ( >od, they do 

il be holy. 

1 hat is 

' »»k titer shall they i 



take a woman put away from her huf - 
band : for he is holy unto his God. 

8 Thou shalt fanctify him therefore : 
for he ofFereth the bread of thy God : he 
shall be holy unto thee : for 1 the Lord, 
which fanftify you, am holy. 

9 And the daughter of any pried, if she 
profane herfelf by playing the whore, she 
profaneth her father : she shall be burr^t 
with fire. 

10 And he that is the high prieft among 
his brethren, upon whole head the anoint- 
ing oil was poured, and that is confecrated 
to put on the garments, shall not uncover 
his head, nor rend his clothes ; 

Neither shall he go in to any dead 
for his father, or 



«?? 



body, nor defile himfe 
for his mother ; 

12 Neither shall he go out of the fanc- 
tuary, nor profane the fanduary of his 
God ; for the crown of the anointing oil 
of his God is upon him : 1 am the Lord. 

IS And he shall take a wile in her vir- 
ginity. 

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or 
profane, or an harlot, thefe shall he not 
take : but he shall take a virgin of his own 
people to wife. 

15 Neither shall he profane his feed 
among his people : for 1 the Lord do 
lanrtify him. 

16 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

17 Speak unto Aaion, faying, Whofo- 
ever he be of thy ictd in their generations, 
that hath anv blemish, let him not ap- 
proach to oiler the bread of his God. 

18 For whatfoever man he be that hath 
a blemish, he shall not approach : a blind 
man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat 
nofe, or any thing fuperffuous, 

19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or 
broken handed, 

20 Or crook backed, or a dwarf, or that 
hath a blemish in his eye, or be fcurvy, 
orfcabbed, or hath his Hones broken ; 

21 No man that hath a blemish of the 
Iced of Aaron the prielf, shall come nigh 
to offer the offerings of the Lord made 
by fiie : he hath a blemish; he shall not 
tome nigh to offer the bread of his God. 

He shall eat the bread of his God, 
both pf the molt holy, and of the holy. 

22 Only he shall not go in unto the veil, 
nor come nigh unto the altar, becaule he 
hath a blemish ; that he profane not my 
fanctuaries: for I the Lord do fanrtify 
them. 

tk And Mofes told it unto Aaron, and 
to his ions, and unto all the children of 
llrael. 

CHAP. XXII. 
The priejlsivhcn to abjlainjrom holy things. 
AND the Lord fpake unto" Moles, 
faying 
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his fbns, 

that 



Tbr priejli ivhcn to abfia'tn *.'hap 

that they i • themfelves from the 

holy th • Ifrael, and 

that ' rofane n-»r my holy name in 

tbofe ich they hallow unto me : 

ie Lost i) 
unto them, Whofoever be be of 
all your feed ; your 

that goeth unto the hoi \ things, which 
the children of Ifrael hallow unto the 
Lord, having his uncleinnefs upon him, 
that foul (hall be cut olt fro. 
ence : I am the Lord. 

•4 What man foever of the feed of Aa- 
•on is a leper, or hath a running iflTue; 
he (hall not eatjof the holy things, until 
he bed \nd whofo touch th any 

thing that is unclean by the dead, or a 
man w hole feed goeth from him ; 

> >r u hofoever toucheth any creeping 
thing, v\ herein he may be made unclean, 
or a man of whom he may take unclean- 
nefs, whatfoever uncleannef* he hath ; 

6 'I he foul which hath touched any 
fuch thall be unclean until even, and (hall 
not eat of the holy things unlets he wafh 
rieih with water. 
\nd when the lun is down, he ("hall 
be clean, and (hall udeatofthe 

holy things ; becaufe it is his food. 

rhat which ofitfelf, or is torn 

nvitt beajii. h.e (hall not eat to defile him- 
1elt therewith: 1 am the Loan. 

9 They (hall therefore keep mine ordi- 
nance, left they bear (in for it, and die 
titer me it : 1 the Lord 
^o fanclif) 

10 There mail no : .- eat »/ the 
holy thing : a fojourner ot the pi ie 

an hired (erv ant, ihall not eat oj i 

thil 

i i But if the i riefl buy am foul w ith 

hi-> nion dull eat ot it. 

i n in his houl dl eat ol 

IlKMt. 

12' fo be m 

tied un* may n 

an otterin ly thinj 

13 But it the d -i V» • i - 

•w, i •!, in. 

is re»urned unto he: in I 

hier youth meshal her fat h 

but there ihall n > (trangereat tl 

1 \ And if a man i the holy tl 

unwittingly, then he shall put th< 
p,n t thereof unto >t, and thall givti/u 
to the pnclt wuh the hoi) thti 

13 vnd thej shall not pi he holy 

things ot the children i i h 

they offer unto the Lord 

l»> Or lutier them to be.*r t 
of trefpafs, " hen th ■ eat theii I 
th i I the I o*D thrin. 

it \:id the Lord (| ake u 

.&. unto Yuri, :.. 
and unto all the children of Ifrael 



xxiii. from ioh 111 

lay unto them, * - r be be oJ »h« 

houfeof Ifrael, orofth 
el, that will olier h"s ohla r i all h 9 

rows, and for all his freewill-offerii 
which tl . offer unto ttie Lord for 

a burnt- 

19. / off? r at you r ow n w ill a male 

without blemish, i ■ es, of 

sheep, or of the 

itha blemish, t 
shall ye r : for :t shall not be 

ceptable for you. 

2t r offereth a facril 

of peace-offerings unto th 
complishA/t »ra freevill-on 

beeves or she rta.ll be perfect tab< 

cepte e shall be no blemish therein 

, or broken, or maimed, or 

having awe , :urvy, bed, ye 

shall not thefe unto th" Lord, nor 

■ring by fire of them upon 

iltar unto the L<> R.D. 

lamb that hath 
any thin ; in his 

parts, tnayeft thou offer for a free- 

will- g ; but »W it shall not 

i. 

24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lori> 
that which is hi uifed, or crush 
en, or cut ; neither shall ye make 
ferii 'of in your lar 

ye o: - 

becaufe their corruption i/in them, 

and bid V in them : tl, 

pted for sou. 
! the Lord ! 

a bull . . or a 

goat, is brought forth, thru it shall be 
• • : and from the 

eighth day and 1 

made by lire unto 
. i>. 

'rfifccoworf 

i 

./ at 

N the L>>" o. 

.Sill ■ sluli . 

mand ■ 

loly 

•■ 

child 1 «>n the Lot o \s . 

II. 
i - . 

i to M 
fay in 

■ i ot the 
Lo 



LEVITICUS. 



1 1 z (J/ j ■ 

i , •,). h ill proclaim to be holy 

con even theft are noj i ifts. 

s shall woi k be done : bat the 

•:>rh day tfthe fabbath of reft, an hols 

(vocation; ye shall do '• work there- 

ibbath of the Lord in all 

1 I ot the Lord, rt^/: 

! ly convocations, which ye shall pro- 
1 1 nm in their feafons. 
S fn the fourteenth day of the fame 
»nth at even, is the Lord's patfover. 
: fifteenth day or the fame 
ith a th I of unleavened b 

feven days ye mi:: 
• rued bread. 
1 Inthefirfl day ye shall have an holy 
, Jo nofervile work 
n. 

n offering made by 

fire untu the Lord feven days : in the 

nth .i.'\ is an holy convocation : yc 

shall do do (civile work therein. 

And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

10 bpeak unto the children of lfrael, 

i'iy unto tHem, When ye be come in- 

t > ii e land which I give unto you, and 

shall reap the harvelt thereof, 'hm ye 

i sheaf oi thefirft fruits of your 

harveft unto the priefl : 

It And he shall wave the sheaf before 
' ' i , to 1 c< epted ft r j ou : on the 
after the fabbath the prieft shall 
• ■ ; t. 

12 And ye shall oiler that day when ye 
cat", an he Jamb « itliout blem- 
ish oft' >r a burnt -offering 

ctoof iball 
■'•re Bour mingled 
fire unto the 
and the drink- 
wine, the fourth 
fan oi an I 

U . : • id, nor 

s, until the 

- iit an of- 
• // </'./// be a ftat- 
tions 
in all 
i j 

i the 
• jvc- 

■ 



and offerings, 

year, and one young bullock, and two 
rams ; they shall be for a burnt-offering 
unto the Lord, with their meat-ofltering, 
and their drink-offerings,^*^;; an offering 
made by fire, of fweet favour unto the 
I .o rd. 

19 Then ye shall facririce one kid of the 
..■oats for a (in-offering, and two lambs of 
the firlt year for a facrificc of peace-of- 
ferings. 

20 And the priefl shall wave them with 
the bread of the firft t'viuts,for a wave-of- 
fering before the Lord, with the two 
lambs : they shall be holy to the Lord 
for the prielh 

21 And ye shall proclaim on the felf- 
same day, that it may be an holy convo- 
cation unto you : ye shall do no fervile 
work therein : it shall he aftatute forever 
in all your dwellings throughout your 
generations. 

22 And when ye reap the harveft of 
your land, thou shah not make clean rid- 
dance of the corners of thy field when thou 
reaped, neither shalt thou gather any 
gleaning of thy harvest : thou shalt leave 
them unto the poor, and to the ftranger : 
I am the Lord your God. 

23 And the Lord fpake unto Moles, 
laying, 

24 bpeak unto the children of lfrael, 
faying, In the feventh month, in the firft 
day of the month, shall ye have a fabbath, 
a memorial of j blowing of trumpets, an 
holy convocation. 

25 Ye shall do no fervile work therein : 
but ye shall offer an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

26 f And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying. 

27 Alfo on the tenth day of this feventh 
month, there shall be a day of atonement : 
it shall be an holy convocation unto you ; 
and ye shall afflict your fouls, and offer 
an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

-C> And ye shall do no work in that 
fame day : for it is a day of atonement, 
to make an atonement for you before the 
R D your God. 
For w hatfoever foul /"/ be that rhall 
not be afflicted in that fame day, he shall 
be cut off from among his people. 

d whatfoever foul it be that dce-th 
any w rk in that fame day, the fame foul 
will 1 deftroy from among his people. 

SI ^ e shall do no maner of work : // 
shall be a ftatute forever throughout your 
terations in all your dwellings, 
••'>- It shall fc unt ) you a fabbath of reft. 
: ye shall al ict your fouls: in the 
ninth day of the month at even, from 
i unto even, shall ye celebrate your 
fabbath. 
S3 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
ng, 
Speak unto the children of lfrael, 

faying, 



ft aft of tabernacles, &<. 

faying, The fifteenth <liy of this feventh 
month, jbull be the feaft oftabernacles/bi* 
fcven 'lays unto Hie Lord. 

3J Ob the rirlt a iy /& U be m\ holy 
ation: ye shall do no fervile work 
therein. 

"io Seven days ye shall offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord : on the 
eight day shall he an holv convocation 
unto you ; nnd ye shall oner an i 
made by tire unto th« Lord ; it /* a lol- 
emn afTembly . and ye shall do no fervile 
work 'herein. 

Thefe are the feafts of the Lord, 
which \ e shall proclaim to be holy 
cations, to offer an » made by fire 

linto the Lord, a burnt-onering, and a 
meat -offering, a facrifice.anddnnk-ofter- 
ws, every tiling upon h^ da\ : 

ide thefabbathsot the Lord, and 
Uie all your vow s, 
and befide all your free-will-offerinj 
whi unto the Lo« D. 

33 AHo in ihe fifteenth day ofihe fev- 
enth : when ye have gathered in 
the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a f 
unto the Lord fcven day s ; on the rirft 
day /ball be a fabbath, and on the eight 
/ball be a fabbath. 
\nd ye shall take you on the fir" 
the <dly trees, bi of 
palm trees, and then of thick tn 
1 willows of the brook ; and 

before tlie Lord your God f< 
en da_ 

»t all keep it > the 

1 1 jb alt be 
a (t.ttn tver in your generations ; ye 

shall celebrate it in th ith month. 

ii Ye shall dwell in booths (even d 
all that are [fraelites born shall dwell in 
booth 

■ general kn m 

that I in ide the children I > dwell 

in booths, when I I 

the land ol : I am the Lord your 

t. 

red unto the chil- 

: Of 111 

IAP \ v 
io Sbelomitk's fon blafpkemetb, ij The 

law ol bl llpbcnv, 17 of mi. 8 or 

* 

id the 1 
• ring unto 1 

caufc ili" lamj urn 

ntinuall 

.out the * 
in the tabernacle of the 1 

,11 Aaron order it fi »m th 
unto the morning before the I ORD con- 
ually : it /ball be a flatute forever in 
your generations. 
4 He shall art nos upon th-: 

P 



Chap. xxiv. Tbe lazv e,f b! 113 

candle/lick before the Lord y 
tinually. 

5 And thou shaK take fine flour, and 
bake twelve cakes theieof; two tenth 
til be in on 
An i thou shalt let them in two r< 
fix on a row, upon the pure table before 
the Lo 
TAnd thou shalt put pure frankince 
w, that it maj be on the b: 
for a memorial, en/en an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord. 
8 (■ v r . fa! bath he hall fet it in order 
re the Lord continually ,£*/«£ to 
from the children of Ifrael by aneverlalL 
in 4 covenant. 

^dit shall be Aaron'sand his fans' ; 
and they shall eat it in the holy place ; 
for it is moil holy unto him of the offer- 
he LORD made by fire by a per- 
petual flat u 1 

10*. And the fon of an I tish woman, 

whofe father -k as an Egyptian, went or.t 

hildren of ilrael j and this 

[on of the [fraelitish«u>owa»fanda man 

pf Ifrael, drove together in the camp ; 

11 And the [fraelitish woman's foh 
blafphemed the name of the LORD, and 
curled. And they brought him unto Mo- 
fes ; and his mother' •• nvas SI 

tughter of Dibri, of the tribe 
of I) 

1 . \i 1 they put him in ward, that tin* 

mind of the Lb k d might be shewed them* 

iSv Ana the Lord l) nto Mofes, 

fay it 

li Bring forth htm that hath cu- 
without tl e camp ; and let all that heard 
him lay their hands upon his head, and 
let dl the congregation (lone hint. 

15 Aim! thou shah (peak unto the chil- 

■ >( Ifrael, fa) ■ ivef cut feth 

!.. v rod sh.dl bear Ins 

1G And he that blafphemeth the n 
of the ' : dl fui ] put t > 

xnd all the < 

•ll the 
he t! he blaf- 

i I be 
■it. 
I" • he that 

fur< leath. 

- shall 
I. 
19 

bin 

. 

nd he tl it k lleth a man, he 
shall be put to death. 

well our 



I : t ] ub'.lc-C. 



LEVITICUS. 



OfoppreJJton, f$c 



own country 5 for I aw the Lord your after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy 
Ga neighbour, and according unto thenum- 

i| And Mofes fpafte to the children ber of years of the truits he shall fell un- 
I that they should bring forth to thee! 
n that had curled out ol camp, 16 According to the multitude of years 

h ftones And the chi!- thou shalt increafe the price thereof, and 
drenof I frael did as the Lord command- accoiding to -he fewnefs of years thou 
es. .shalt diminish the price of it \ for acrord- 

CH APi XX \ ' ing to the number of rhejearsofthe fruits 

* Tbejuhilee. 14. Of oppveji on. $5 Of com- doth he foil unto thee. 

redeem n$ feritants. j 17 Ye shall not therefore opprefs one 
■ D ih rpake unto Mofes in 'another •. but thou shalt fear thy God ; 

i. fayi |for 1 a* the Lord your God. 

peak unto the child renofl/rael, and ; 18 Wherefore ye shall do my ftatutes, 
ito them, When yecomeintpthe and keep my. judgments, and do them j 
lau 1 w hie ..then ^hall the land and ye shall dwell in the land in fafety. 

Lord, .9 And the land shall yield hei fruit, 

cars thousliaitfott thy field,and and ye shall eat your fill and dwell there- 



Lit prune thy vineyard, 
her in the fruit there 
4 But in the feventh year (bail be a fab- 
reft unto the land, a fabbath for 
the Lord • thou shalt neither low thy 
nor prune thy vineyard. 
I hat which growethofits own accord 
of thy harveft, thou shalt not reap, neither 
ihe grape-' of thy vine undrefled ; 
e ir of reft unto the land. 
unl the fabbath of the land shall be 
11 ; for thee, and for thy fer- 
id for thy maid, and for thy hired 
and for thy (tiv.nger that fojourn- 
eth with tl 

cattle, and for the beafts 
that are in the land, shall all the increafe 
thereof be m^at. 

B ^ And thou shalt number feven fab- 

I ears unto thee, feven timesfev- 

••:i years . itid the (pace of ihe fevenfab- 

j ears shall he unto thee forty and 

nine 

'J I h< n .halt thou caufethe trumpet of 

jubilee to foundj on the tenth day of 

' • ; mthi m t 1 e da) of atone- 

the trumpet found 

th laud 

liftieth.year, 
li* alt t 

I • itil the year of jubilee ; and inthe jit* 

shall Lbile< it shall go out, and he shall return 
unto his polTeflion. 



in in fafety 

20 And if ye shall fay, What shall we 
eat the feventh year \ Behold, we shall 
not fow, nor gather in our increafe : 

21 Then I will command my blefiing 
upon you in the fixth year* and it shall 
bring forth fruit for three years. 

22 And ye shall fow the eighth year, 
and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth 
year ; until her fruits come in yeshall eat 
of the tzidjloe. 

23 The land shall not be fold forever ; 
for the land is mine ; for ye art ffxangers 
and fojourner3 with me. 

24 And in all the land of your pofTef- 
fion ye shall grant a redemption for the 
land. 

25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and 
hath fold away fo me of his poffeflion, and 
if any of his kin come to redeem it, then 
shall he redeem that which hisbrotherfold. 

26 And if the man have none to redeem 
it, and himfelf be able to redeem it ; 

27 Then let him count the years of the 
fale 'hereof, and reftore the overplus un- 
to the man to whom he fold it ; that he 
may return unto his poileflion. 

Bui if he be not able to reftore it 
to him, then that which is fold shall re- 
main in the hand of him that hath bought 



in >> hi Family 
til thai th yeai be 

. ■ 



1 it, iioi 



IS Inl > hall re- 

1 
i if thou (ell a thy 

eigh- 

oth 



29 And if a man fell a dwelling houfe 
in a walled city, then he may redeem it 
within a whole year after it is fold ; ivith- 
ni .« full year may he redeem it. 

■\ if it be not redeemed within 
the fpace of a full year, then the houfe 
thai is in the walled city shall be eftab- 
lished forever to him that bought it 
throughout his generations : it shall not 
Hit in the jubilee. 

• )1 But the houfes of the village; which 
1 avc no walls round about them, shall be 



counted as the fields of the country ; they 
may be redeemed, and they shall go out 
15 According to the number of years in the jubilee. 

S2 Notwithftanding 



Cf.ompajian, &e. 



Chap. xxvi. 



A blejfmg promifed. 1 1 5 



32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Le- , deemed again : one of his brethren mav 



vites, and the houfes of the cities of theii 
poffeflion, may the Levites redeem at a- 
ny time. 

S3 And if a man purchafe of the Le- 
vites, then the houfe thai was fold, and 
the cify of his polIefTun, <hall go out in 
the year gfjubjlee ; for the houfcs 
cit-es of the Levites a re their poflTeffion 
among the children of Ifrael. 

34 But 'he fHd ot the fuburbs of the'r 
cities ma) not be feld; for it is their per- 
petual poiTeffion. 

35 -I And if thy brother be waxen poor, 
and fallen in decay with thee ; then thou 
shilt relieve h'un : yea, though b* be a 
ftranger, or afojourner ; that he may live 
with thee. 

33 Take thou no ufury of him, or in- 
creafe ; but fear thy God, that thy bro- 
ther may live with thee. 

37 Thou shalt not -ivehimthy money 
upon ufury, nor lend him thy victuals for 
increafe. 

33 I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you forth out of the land of E- 
gypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and 
to be your God. 

3J And if thy brother that dtvelleh by 
thee be waxen poor, and be fold unto thee; 
thou shalt not compel him to ferve as a 
bondfepvanr ; 

•40 But as an hired fervant, and as afo- 
journer, he shall be with thee, >md shall 
Verve iiee unto the year of jubilee. 

1 1 Vnd th n shall In.- depart from 1 
both he and his children with him, ami 
shall return unto his o*» 1 family, and unto 



• " •* »■»»»»* ■ ■ »' - ■ ■■ j >•' , ■« • . .... ..«...,». .- 

the i mothis fathersshalihereturn. for I am * he Lord your God 

hi For they are my fervant s, which I ~ Ye shajlkeepmy fabbathi am 
brought forth out of the land of Egypt jjerence my ianctuary : 1 am the I 
they shall not be fold as bondmen. 

43 Thou shalt n >t rule >vcr him wkh 
rigour; but shalt fear thy God. 

44 Both thy bondmen, and »hy bond- j<m, lanasnan 
ma hich thou shalt have, ^5i*//5r of J and the tree ;. Id shall yield' th 

I that are round about you ; fru 
•f them shall ye buy bon and 601 5 Vndj ui thn 

I the \ 1 
45' ■, of the children of the ' unto tlv Ileal 

ftranger* that do ' 

hall ye I f th 

,1 1 . 1 1 



redeem hi:.: . 

49 Either his uncle or his uncle's fon, 
may redeem him, or any that is nigh ofk 
unto him of his> family, n mhim; 
or if he be able, he may redeem hiinfelf. 

50 And he s! '.on with him 
bought him from the year that he <: c fold 
to him, unto • irof jubilee; and the 
price of Ins fa!e shall be accordingunto the 
nun f years, according to the tune 
of i h hired fervant shall it he with him. 

51 If there be yet many years be 

ur.ro them fie shall give a, ain 
the price of his redemption out oi the 
money that he was bought tor. 

52 '\\v\ if there remain but few year? 
tin the yt-ar cf jubilee, then he shall 

'count with him, an ding unto his 

years shall he give him again the pneeof 
redemption. 

53 a yearly hired fervant- shall 
he be w ith him ; and the other shall not 
rule with rigour over him in th 

54 And if he be not redeemed in thefe 
yea><, th :n he shall go out in the year 
jubilee, £0/6 he and hischildren with him. 

55 For unto me the children oi 

<3>v fervants ; they are my (crv.tms whom 
I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; 
1 am the Lor i> \ our God. 

I \\>. XXVI. 
1 Of idolatry, 3 A blejjing promifed. 14 
A > urfe threaten- 

YE shall make you no idols norf raven 
'ge, neither rear j'DU upaflai 
, neither shall ye fe< 
in \ our land, to bow ■> it 

God 

1 r 

ID. 

(latutes, and 
my commandments, and do < hem ; 

4 1 hen I will give you rain in d 
fon, . land »h ill j ield ' 



imvitr) yi.u.w ht< 
land ; and they diall be ) ir p -•'■ (lion. 

4f> And ye shall take them isan inl 
itan ourchil 



herit themfoi a 

your bondmeq fo 

brethren the children *of Ifi I, 

not rule one o- HI . 

47 1 And ifa fojoun 
rich by thee, and thy broth • 
letb by him wax | and fell 

unto tne ftranger or fojourner I 
or to the flock of I 

13 After that he is fold he may b 



oui ' ■ - our 

d • 

\nd I •• e in th 

and v n,and 1 

1 

; 

, af< m I 
I, and an i 

ten rl 

• 






' . h • 



116 Plagues threatened 



LEVITICUS. 



for dif obedience. 



10 And ye shall oat old ftore, and bring 
forth the old becaufeof the new. 

11 And I will let my tabernacle among 
you ; and my foul shall not abhor yon. 

12 And I will walk among you, and will 
be your God, and ye shall be my people. 

13 I am the Lord your (rod, which 
brought you forth out of the land of E- 
gy pt, that v e should not be their bond- 
men ; and 1 have br -ken the bands of 
your yoke, and made you go upright. 

Ik 1 But if ye will not hearken unto 
me, and will not do all thefe command- 
its ; 
And if ye shall defpife my ftatutes, 
orifyou: foul abhor my judgments, fo 
. not do all mycommandments, 
but that ye break my covenant : 

I alto will do this unto you ; I will 

even appoint over you terrour, confump- 

t;on, and tlv: burning ague,that shall con- 

■ the eyes, and caitfe forroiv of heart: 

jre shall fow your feed in vain, for 

your enen : es shall eat it. 

IT /\nd 1 will fet my face againft you, 
and \ e sj flain before your enemies: 

they th.i h ite you shall reign over you ; 
and ye shad flee when none purfueth you. 
d if ye will not yet for all this 
ken unto mc, then 1 will punish you. 
feven times more for your fins. 

19 \nd I will break the pride of your 

and } will make your heaven as 

tnd your ear h as I rafs : 

- ) And your (trength shall be fpent in 

; for your land shall not yield her 

n ither shall the trees of the 

la i d j ield then- fruits. 

w.dk contrary unto me, 

will i ot h ■ irken unto me ; I will 

1 n times . ! agues upon you 

is. 

I I » {< nd wild beads among 

j ou of your chil- 

d\ k attle, and make 

iber ; and your high ways 

11 ■ • ned b\ 

i nings, but will walk Co 

• ill I alfo walk 

11 punish you yet leven tunes 

pon you 

. I tV|| 

1 ■ ' 

IV. 

1 dFof 

halt ba 

; iall de 

a n d v e 

irk- 

en unt'j n;e, DUl 



2o Then J will walk contrary unto you 
alfo in fury ; and I, even I, will chaftife 
you feven times for your fins. 

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your 
fons, and the flesh of your daughters shall 
ye eat . 

50 And I will deftroy your high places, 
and cut down ycfur irrfages, and call your 
carcalfes upon the carcaflfes of your idols, 
and my foul shall abhor you. 

51 And I will make your cities wafte, 
and bring your fancluaries unto defla- 
tion, and I will not fmell the favour of 
your fweet odours. 

32 And I will bring the land into defo- 
lation ; and your enemies which dwell 
therein shall be aflonished at it 

33 And I will fcatter you among the 
heathen, and will draw' out a fword after 
you ; and your land shall be defolate,ancl 
your cities wafte. 

34 Then shall the land enjoy her fab- 
baths, as long as it lieth defolatc, and yc 
be in your enemies' land ; t<ven then -hall 
the land reft, and enjoy herfabbaths. 

35 As long as it lieth defolate it shall 
reft ; becaule it did not reft in your fab- 
baths, when ye dwelt upon it. 

S'5 And upon them that are left alive of 
you I will fend a faintnefs into their 
hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and 
the found of a shaken leaf shall chafe 
them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from 
a fword ; and they shall fall when none 
purfueth. 

37 And they shall fall one upon anoth- 
er, as it were before a fword. when none 
purfueth : and ye shall have no power to 
ftand before your enemies 

38 And ye shall perish among the hea- 
then, and the land of your enemies shall 
eat you up. 

39 A nd they that are left of you shall 
pine away in their iniquity in your ene- 
mies' lands; and alfo in the iniquities of 
their" fathers shall they pine away with 
them. 

40 If they shall confefs their iniquity, 
and the iniquity of their fathers, with their 
Irefpafs which they trefpafled againft me, 
an.H that alfo they have walked cont rary 
unto me ; 

41 And that I alfohave walked contra- 
ry unto them, and have brought them in- 
to tl.- land of their enemies j if then their 
unci rcumcifed hearts be humbled, and 

acoept of the punishment of 
I in.qir.ty ; 

rhen will I remember my covenant 

d alio my covenant with 
d alfo- my covenant with Abra- 
ham will I remember ; and I will re- 
iber the lai 
t > 1 he land alfo shall be left of them, 
and shall enjoy her fabbaths, while she 

lieth 



Concerning votvs. 

lieth dc folate without them ; and they 
shall accept of the punishment of their 
iniquity ; becaufe. even becaufe, they 
defpifed my judgments, and becaufe their 
foul abhorred my ftatute . 

41 And yet for all that, when they be 
in the land of their enemies, I will not 
caft them away, neither will I abhor 
them, to destroy them utterly, and to 
break my covenant with them : for I am 
the I. ok d their God. 

15 But I will for their fakes remember 



Chap, x X v ii . S a nclify'ing h c u/es an d fit- his . 1 1 



the Lord, then he shall prefent the bead 
before the prieft ; 

12 And the pried shall value it wheth- 
er it be good or bad : as thou vakieft it, 
ivbo art the prieft, i'o shall it be. 

IS But it he will at all redeem it, then 
he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy 
estimation. 

14 And when a man shall fanftify his 
houfe to be holy unto the LORD, then I 
prielt shall cftimate it, whether it be good 
I or bad : as the pricft shall cftimate it, fo 



the covenant of their anceftours, whom I ' shall it ftand 
brought forth out of the land of h 15 And if he that fan&ified it will re- 

in the fight of the h-athen, that I might deem his houfe, then he shall add the fifth 



■heir God : 1 am the Lord 
46 Tliefe are the ftatutes, and 



p.rtoi the money of thy eltimation unto 
, it. and it shall be his. 
ments, and laws, which the Lord ma 16 And if a man shall fancljfy unto the 

en him and the children of Ifracl Lo rd fomepart of aricldof his poffeffioh, 



jud 

adc 



in mount Sinai b 



y the hand of Mofes. 
P. XXVII. 



then thy ettimation shall be according 

to the feed thereof ; an homer ot barley 



i Concerning vows. 28 So devoted thing feed /hall be valued at fifty shekels of 



\be redeemed. 31 The tube may not 
hf changed. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

peak unto the children of Ifra< Land 
into them, When a man shall make a 
lingular vow, the perfons Jball be tor the 
Lord by thy eftimation. 

S And thy eftimation shall be, of the 
male from twenty years old even 1 nto fix- 
ty years old, even tin ill be 

fift) , after the sheki 1 ol 

the fan ' 

4 And if it be a I . then thy esti- 
mation shall ! 

5 And if itbr from five Id even 
lintO tW< old, then thy cftima- 

keUj 
.1 Je ten sheki 

I if // he from th old C 

unto Hv. lation 

:sh ill be Is of filver, 

for the ■ - n Jball be 
ill. 

if it be ild and 

■, then thy eft-ma - 

1 II be fifteen . , r the 

B But if 1 
lion, the hall prefeni 

in. 
9 And ii it be 1 

bring an o< 

any m<t ■ I fuch unto ih I 

mall b< 

! ! ■ • • 

' at all change 1 
bead, th n ii an i th : en 
shall be 

1 1 And 11 iny un< lean be; I 

which they do not oti r a 



Giver. 

17 If he fanctify his field from the year 
of jubilee, according to thy eftimation it 
shall (rand. 

18 Bu if he fanctify his field after the 
jubilee, then the prieit shall reckon unto 
him the money according to the years 
I hat remain, even unt > the year ot th 
bilee, and it shall be abated Loin thy eiti- 
mation< 

n And if he thai I ed the ' 

will in any wife redeem it, then he 
add the fifth part of thi :• ot thy cfti- 

mation unto it, and it shall be allure t to 

SO And if he will not redeem the fi< 
or if J fold the fi< Id to another man, 

it sh ill not be redt re. 

•21 But the field, when it goeth oul 
thejubih e, shall be holy unto the Lord, 
as a field devoted ; the pcfTefliori thei 

sh \\\ b< 

/'/ fancTify un! I jrd 

;i 6el h he hath 

riien 1 h dl r«-i kon u 

him 1 

fn in Hi i 
the Lo 

4 
sthall • of v I 

1 him to w lioin the poflel- 

fi 

• 

sh ill 



US The men of -war NUMB 

thereto : or if it be not redeemed, the 
shall be fold according to thy ellimation. 

i3jj Notwithstanding, no devoted thing 
that a man shall devote unto the Lori> 
ail that he hath, both of man and bead, 
and of the field Of his pofTeflion, shall be 
fold or redeemed ; every devoted thing is 
mod holy unto the Lord 

29 None devoted, which shall be de- 
voted of men, shall be redeemed ; but 
be put to death. 
lull the tithe of the land,-xu/»-/A- 
er of the feed of the land, or of the fruit 
of the uve, is the Lord's: // /i holy un- 
to the Lord. 



ER.S. are numbered. 

31 And if a man will at all redeem 
aught of his tithes, he shall add thereto 
the ftt'rhpart thereof. 

32 fj And concerning the tithe of the 
herd, or of the flock, cvenoi what foe ver 
pa'ierh under the rod, the tenth shall be 
holy unto the Lord. 

S3 He shall not fearch whether it be 
good or bad, neither shall he change it ; 
and if he change it at all, then both it and 
•he change thereof shall be holy ; it shall 
not be redeemed. 

84 Tht'letf/r the commandments, which 
'he Lord commanded Mofes for the 
children of Ifrael in mount Sinai. 



THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS. 



CHAP. I. 

i, 17, The men of war numbered. 47 The 

xempied. 

I the Lord fpakc unto Mofes in 

wilderro v i;mi, in the tabernacle 

ofth ition,onthe firft dayofthe 

ithi in the fecond year after 

9 recomeoutof the land of Egypt, 

2 I ike ye the fum of all the congn 

children of Ifrael, after their 
lies, by the houfe of their fathers 
with f ! e number of their names, ever) 

• ! ; 
fn twenty years old and upward, 
nil * forth to war in If- 

t and \aron shall number them 

• 

i with you there shall be a man 

. y one head of the 

• 

ire the names of the men 

the tribe of 

Ion of Miedeur. 






lumiel the fon of 

1 the fon of A :.. 
'he fon of 



Helon. 

. El hra- 
\ mini hud of 



II 



iel the Ion ofPedahzur. 

!an the ion of 









\ir. 



•an. 

i cue!. 

1 • nan. 

■ 
■ 



gation together on the firft day of the fec- 
ond month, and they declared their ped- 
igrees after their families, by the houfe 
of their fathers, according to the num- 
ber of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, by their polls. 

19 As the Lord commanded Mofes, 
A) he numbered them in the wildernefs 
of Sinai. 

20 And the children of Reuben, Ifra- 
c'\s eldelt fon, by their generations, after 
their families, by the houfe of their fa- 
thers, according to the number of the 
names, by their polls, every male from 
twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able *"ogo forth to war; 

-I Thofe that were numbered of them, 
ei/cn of the tribe of Reuben, ivere forty 
and fix thoufand and five hundred. 

21 Of the children of Simeon, by their 
generations, after their families, by the 
houfe of their fathers, thofe that were 
numbered of them, according to the num- 
ber of the names, by their polls, every 
male from twenty years old and upward, 
all that v ere able to go forth to war ; 

rhofe that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty 
and nine thoufand and three hundred. 

Of the children of Gad, by their 

generations, after their families, by the 

hou r fathers, according to the 

number of the names, from twenty years 

old and upward, all that were able to go 

r j 

I hofe that were numbered of them, 

even o\ the- tribe of Gad, tvere forty and 

ifand fix hundred and fifty. 

the children of Judah, by their 

veneration r their families, by the 

ifeof their fathers, according to the 

mberofthe names, frum twenty years 

old and upward, all that were able to go 

h to war ; 

fe that were numbered of them, 
tribe of|udah,7ir/^thi eefcore 
thoufand and fix hundred. 
28 Of 



The number of eab tribe . Chap 

Of rhe children c jr, bv their 

terations, after their -S, by the 

their fathers, according to I 
number of the nanus, rr »ro years 

old and upward, all that were able to go 
ir ; 
i9 Thofe that were numbered ot th 
even of the tribe of Iflachar, ivere fifty i 
and four thousand and four \\v\ 'red. 
80 Of the children of Zebulun, bv th 
generations, after their families, by the 
hou He of their father-,, accord the 

number ot the names, trom tw e 

and upward, all that were able to 
h to war ; 

>fe that were numbered of them. 
even of the tribeof Zeb ilu i, ivere fii 
and (even thoufartdand four hun Ire 

Of the ch h, nmmely y 

of the children of Ephraim, by then - \ 
erations, after their families, by the ho 

according to the number: 
'he names, from twenty years old and 
ward, all that were able to go forth to ; 
war ; 

Thofe that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty 
theufand and five hundn 

Of the children of Maoafleh, by 
their generations, after their fa nilies, by 
of their fathers, according to 
the number of the m twei 

.Id jnd upward, all that iMe 

r ; 
re numbered r <f them, 
even of the: ti :erc th 

i and two hundred. 
36 Of the children of Benjamin, by 
their | , after (heir fam lies, 

houfeoftheii fathers, ac< to; 

the number of the names, from I 

! upward, all that were able 
to go forth i ; 

37 
even of were tj 

t, i ■■. 1 five thmt.u' hundr 

the c nil(fren 

f after tl 

numbei of th 

1 and upwai 1, all that tl 
forth to ^ar ; 

39 ! em,' 

even oftheti ibe of I 
> t h oil 1 i ' 

-40 Of the childi e i 

rations, aftei their families, by I 
huufe ol their fath 
number of th 

old and u , all that were able to 

forth ti 

41 rhofe that were n 
even of the trib ^ty 

and one thoufandand fire hun die 

i - >fthe children of Naphta 
out their 



ii. The L \re exempted. 119 

•f their fath ord- 

the number of the nam: 

and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

fe that we hem, 

even of the -.phtali •u ere I 

three thoufand and four hundred. 
41 fe that were number- 

ed, which Moi on numbe 

and the princes of Ifr^el, being tw< 
men : each one was for the houfe oi 1 is 

45 >o were all th-fe that were nurn- 
e children of Ifrael, by the 
honfe of tluie fathers, I 

i i upward, ail that were able to go 
forrh to el ; 

40 that were numbered, 

(i x hundred thoufand and three 
thou hundred and fifty. 

ifter the tribe 
«i fathers, were not numbered a - 
mo 

Lo r d had fpoken unto 
■ 
I I th ' It not number the 
>f Levi 
among the I I I : 

(halt aj 'he Lev 

le of teflimony, and 
over all ih • v ind over all 

'•eton? to it : they (hall b 
the vei 7 
and they (hall rain ind (ball 

np round about thetabernai 
51 hen the tabern 

ward, the Levi' take it down: 

I, the 
LeviteS (hall fet it u;> and the ftra 
thai 

H And tl lhall 

pitch their lent f m in by I 

md- 
ard throughout their hod 

53 But the : h rotfn 1 a. 

. . . 

i wrath upon ; 
children 

r: 

'r<-n of Urael did 
I 
ed M fes, fo did if 

I \P. II. 
77 \tt. 

and 

■ i ' 
# 
ft] 
• 

• h. 
3 A 

fthe (i\'A, 

te camp of }v h, throughout 

• 
Ainn 



HO The crder of the tribe* NUMBERS. 

Amminadab_/5<2// be captain of the chil- 
dren of Judah. 

4 And his hod, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, were threefcore and 
fourteen thoufand and fix huadred. 

5 And thofe ihat do pitch next unto 
him /hall be the tribe of TfTachar : and 
Nethancel the fon of 7.uar/hall be captain 
of the children of Iflachar. 

6 And his heft, and thofe that were 
numbered thereof, ive^e fifty and four 
thoufand and four hundred. 

7 Then th.e tribe of Zcbnlun : and E- 
liab the fon of Helon fh II be captain of 
the children ofZcbulun. 

8 Xnd h ; s hofr, and thofe that were 
numbered thereof, ivere fifty and (even 
thoufand and four hundred. 

9 All that were numbered in the camp 
r I Judah % nvere an hundred thoufand and 
fourfcore thoufand and fix thoufand and 
four htm lied ihroughout their aranies. 
Thefe (hall firft fet forth. 

10 On the fouth fide./W/ be the ftand- 
ard of the camp of Reuben, according to 
their armies ■ and the captain ofrhc chil- 

n of Reuben /hall be Elizur the fon 
of Shedeur. 

11 \n(\ his hofr, and thofe that were 
numbered thereof, ivere forty and fix 
thoufand and fTve hundred. 

12 And thofe which pitch hyh\m /hall 
be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain 
oi~ thr children of Simeon fhrdl be Shelu- 
miel the fon , f Zuriihaddai. 

1 his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, nvefe fifty and nine 
thoufand and three hundred. 

** the tribe of Cad i and the 

captain of the fons of Gad /hallbeEtiz- 
h the fon of Reuel. 

15 And Irs hoft, and thofe that were 

numbered of them, 'Were forty and five 

id fix hundred and fifty. 

that were numbered in the camp 

ere an hundred thoufand 

i and fourhun- 

d and fiftv. throughout th< : r ;irm'.cs. 

hall ht forth in the fe< 

' ' icle of the congre- 

campof 
1(1 of the camp : as 
fo fhal • 
m in his place by their fta 

ftand- 

the 

-MmjballbcY | the fon 

■ and thofe that were 
rrt forty thoul 
' <1. 

j Hie t 



/// their tents 



tzar, and Itlutmar. 



dren of Manaffeh (hall be Gamaliel the 
fon of Pedahzur. 

21 And his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, ivere thirty and two 
thoufand and two hundred. 

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin : and 
f he captain of the fons of Benjamin Jhall 
be Abidan the fon of Gideoni. 

23 And his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, ivere thirty and five 
thoufand and four hundred. 

24 All that were numbered of the camp 
of Ephraim, ivere an hundred thoufand 
and eight thoufand and an hundred, 
throughout their armies. And they fhall 
izo forward in the third rank. 

25 The ftandard of the camp of Dan 
Jhall be on the north fide bv their armies : 
and the captain of the children of Dan 
/hall be Ahiezerthe fon of Ammifhaddai. 

26 And his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, ivere threefcore and 
two thoufand and feven hundred. 

27 And thofe that encamp by h\mjbalt 
be the tribe of Afher : and the captain of 
the children of Afher /hall be Pagiel the 
fon of Ocran. 

23 And his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, ivere forty and one 
thoufand and five hundred. 

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the 
captain of the children of Naphtali /hall 
be Ahira the fon of Enan. 

30 And his hoft, and thofe that were 
numbered of them, ivere fifty and three 
thoufand and four hundred. 

31 All they that were numbered in the 
camp of Dan, ivere an hundred thoufand 
and fifty and feven thoufand and fix hun- 
dred. Theyihallgo hindmoft with their 
ftandards. 

32 Thefe are thofe which were num- 
bered of the. children of Tfrael by the 
houfe ofther fathers : all f hofe that were 
numbered of the camps throughout their 
hods, mere fix hundred thoufand and 
three thoufand and five hundred and 
fiftv. 

33 But the Levites were not numbered 
among the children of Ifrael ; as the 
Lord commanded Mofes. 

3i -\< d the children of Ifrael did ac- 
cording to all that the Lord commanded 
Mofes : fo the- p ; tched by their ftand- 
'•id fo i hey let forward, every one 
i their far. .dies, according to the houfe 
ol their lathers. 

( (LAP. HI. 
<j The feui/es' feruice . 40 The fir/l-born 
freed 1 ! 1 he ou rplut redertnrd. 
I HESE alfo are the generations of Aa- 
ron and Mofes, in the day that the Lord 
fpake with Mofes in mount Sinai. 

2 And thefe are the names of the fons 
\aron ; Nadab the firft-born, and A- 



3 Thefe 



Tleir Mum&tr and charge. 

3 Thsfe are the names of the fons of 

:ed, 
r in the 






flu died be: 

Lo?. 

■ 






pre- 



the charge of ' i be- 

• A ep all the 

etaber 



• 



to Aai\. 

■ 

-on and 
• 

prie 
cth 

i i :e unto I I 

1 I.bel: A ■!. I 

Idren 



Gerfr.on ivai the ramil 
Libnites,a;. res : 

-- i umbered t : 

les, 

that were nu I lhcm t 'were U 

thou land a d. 

es of the Ger.rionites (hall 
le weftward. 
54 And u(e of 

-all be'; 
. : I . 

nsofGer- 
fhon, in I :rnacle of the con^rega- 

von t /Isdl be the tabernacle, and I 
the cove and the I 

of the [ 
■ 

,3 of the court 
the c oor of the c< 

which is by ucle, and bv the 

- 

tan the family of 
d the rxmih 
. 
:tes, and the 1 y of the I 

>f the I 
In the r. from 

keepint. 

49 jnsofKohath 

h on the : 



ill be mine ; 
15 fc, II the fit 

ill the 
I 
unto me all tin both 

1* the Lo? 

'he : 



• the 

, 

ill be the ark, 
the tabu , and 

iary 

e there 
the fo:. 

the 

. 

gt of : 



lg t LolD, 35 



; art th« 



* he fons 

•heir 
I Ireh.ir, Hcb: 

. are 

I I 

ie houfe of their f« 



• '•' 

:re numbered 
number ot all 
..nth old and 
■ 

•he 
■ 

hel the fon c tbeje I 

dc of the tabernacle I 
36 And v 
oft! I be the b< 

• bars * 
. . -nd the fockcts 
thereof, and all the vclTcls there 
all that fen cth thereto, 
ST e ecu;- 



te: The fir ji -born redeemed. NUMBERS 



about, and their lockets, and their pins, 
eir cords. 

• that encamp before the 
tabernatle toward the eaft, even before 
■ ibernacleof the congregation eaft- 
\yjball he Mofes, and Aaron and his 
(cms, keeping tliecharge ofthe fanctuary 
for the charge ofthe children of Ifrael ; 
ami the (hanger that cometh nigh fha.il 
be put to death. 

39 Ail that were numbered of the Le- 
vites, which Mofesand Aaron numbered 
at the commandment of the Lord, 
throughout their families, all the males 
from ;i month old and upward, 'were 
twenty and '• , ''. o thoufand. 
40 ^ i\ d the Lord laid unto Mofes, 



The Levites* fer-v'ues. 

CHAP. IV. 
i The Levites fer ices, 17 and office. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Moles, and 
unto Aaron faying, 

2 Take the fum of the fons of Kohath 
from among the fons of Levi, after their 
families, by the houfe of their fathers, 

3 From thirty years old and upward, 
even until fifty years old, all that enter 
in o the hoft, to do the work in the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation. 

4 1 hisjball he the fervice of the fons 
of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, about the moll holy things : 

5 Ami when the camp fetteth forward, 
Aaron fliall come, and his fons, and they. 
lhalltake down the covering veil. and cov- 



Number all the nrft-born of the males of i^T the ark of teftimony with it 
the children of [frael, from a momh old! 6 And ih all put thereon the covering of 
and upward, and take the numberpf their [badgers' fkins, and (hall fpread over it a 
nam | cloth vy holly of blue, and fliall put in the 

41 And ihcu (halt take tlie Levites for [Haves thereof. 



7 And upon the table of (hewbread 
they (hall fpread acloih of blue, and put 
thereon the difhe-, and the fpoons, and 
the bowls, and covers to cover withal : 
and the continual bread lhall be thereon : 

3 And they (hall fpread upon them a 
cloth o{ fcarlet, and cover the lame with 
a covering of badgers' (kins, and (hall 
put in the (laves thereof. 

9 And they dial! take a cloth of blue, 
and cover the candlelfick of the light, and 

imps, and his tongs, and his fnuff- 
diftles, and all the oil velTels thereof, 
wherew ith they minifter unto it : 

10 And they lhall put it and all the 
Is thereof within a covering of bad- 
gers' (kins, and fliall put /'/ upon a bar. 

1 1 And upon f he golden altar they lhall 
fpread a cloth of blue, and cover it with 
a coveringDf badgers' fkins, and fliall put 
to the ftaves thereof: 

12 And they (hall take all the inftru- 
ments of rniniltry, whereu ith they minif- 
ter in the fanctuary, and put them in a 
cloth ofblue, and cover them with a cov- 

of badgers' (kins, and (hall put tbem 
bar : 

13 And they fliall take away the afhes 
from the altar, and fpread a purple cloth 

n : 

Ami they fliall put upon it all the 

'. thereof wherewith they minilier 

even thecenfers, the flclh hooks, 

and the (hovels, and the bafons, all the 

[velfelsoi the altar; and they lhall fpread 



fie Lord, inftead of all the 

firft-born among t ne children of Ifrael : 

and the cattle of the Levites infiend of 

all the firfilings among the cattle of the 

Ifrael. 

s numbered, asthe Lord 

1 him, all the firft-born among 

1 of Ifi 

And all the firft-born males, by the 

number of names, from a month old and 

thofe that were numbered of 

them, were twenty and two thoufand two 

feundn threescore and thirteen. 

44 H And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
fayi 

1 es inffead of all 
: among the children ol 
c ittle of f hc L< vites d of 

■ ; and th Lev itcs (hall be 
I am the Lo 

d for thofe that are to be rede 
two hui dr d and three 

chil- 
- r frael, which are nine than the 

five fhel 

el ' 

d a- 

d I . 

upon it a covering of badgers' fkins, and 

•1 of put to the ftaves of it. 

1 thoufand 1 15 And when Aaron and his fons have 

mend of covering the fanctuary, 

- f ' nd ,;i ,h( ' veffels of the fanttuary, as the 

'' ' them camp is to fet forward; after that the 

ron and to fons of Kohath lhall come to bear /'/ ' but 

1 of the 1 they (hall not touch any holy thing,' left 

Lord,** the Lord commanded Moies.hhey die, Thefe things are \hz burden of 

the 



Toe Leuites J offices. Chap. iv. « Their number. 

the fons of Kohath in the tabernacle SI And this /* thed -rbur- 

den, ' ce in 

/.ar, the fi n 'I 
'riainetb, the ■ 
fvveet ir.ccnfe, and the and 

of, 

irs oftl. ! round 

■ '.ltliat' I 

and i andtfv I cms, 

IT ** And tl unto M 



unto A u, 

be oft! 
Kohathites from the 

13 mi: t!. em, that they 

md not die, \> hen th< y 

) the moit holy thii an n 

and his Jons ih \i. point 

them ev c to Ins fervice an I to ln^ 

burden ; 

I Bui they (hall m I ^'o in t « hen 

the holy tl> die. 

-i ;d the Lord fpake unto 

1 ike alfo the fum of the fons of 
lion, throughout the houies of their 
father*, by their families ; 

25 From thirty years old an 1 upv urd 
until fifty >ears old, fhalt thou number 
them ; all that enter in to | i the 

fervice, to do the work in the tab 
of the i >n. 

■ 
the (jcrlhonit- , ind foi I 

'15 And they (hall b 

tcofthe 
• i * I tl.' 
■ 
upon it, and ; g for the dooi 

• on i 



■ 

n. 
I 
the i u*i, ace o all their 

fervice, iri the tabernacle of the < 
gatioi . ler the hand of Ithamar the 
ton ol \ • - It. 

5J • lofesan 

ition : 
of tl r es air ■ farail 

and • : 

,;rd, 
me that 
entere h 

lie con, n : 

tltat wi I of 

and 
fev< I fifty. 

37 1: • r.Uin- 

ttl i 
all tl li f do t iber- 

and i the 

fons 

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. 



court, which is by tin 

the altar round iboul 

i : fo ih. til 



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41 Thefe re hey 1 



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., ill ill \)f i 1 I ' 

all 

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flialt 
miml their t 

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even unto fifty 

her them, one that ei 

the fcrv if the 

clc of the ci on. 



all it. 

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124 Unclean put out of camp. 

cording to the word of the Lord by the 
hand of Mofes. 

46 All thofe that were numbered of 
the Levites. whom Mofei and Aaron and 
the chief of Ifrael numbered, after their 
families, and after the houfe of their fa- 
thers. 

47 From thirty years old and upward, 
even unto fifty years old, every one that 
came to do the fervice of the miniftry, 
and the fervice of the burden in the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation ; 

48 Even thofe that were numbered of 
them were eight thoufand and five hun- 
dred and four {core. 

49 According to the commandment of 
the Lord, they were numbered by the 
hand of Moles, everyone according to 
his fervice, and according to his burden: 
thus were they numbered of him, as the 
Lord commanded Mofes. 

CHAP. V. 
l Theuncleanputoutofthccamp. $Rejli- 
tution enjoined, it the trial of jealoufy. 
AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

2 Command the children of Ifrael, that 
they put out of the camp every leper, and 
every one that hath an iflue, and whofo- 
cver is defiled by the dead : 

3 Both male and female fhall ye put 
out, without the camp fhall ye put them \ 
that they defile not their camps, in the 
midft whereof I dwell. 

4 And the children of Ifrael did fo, 
and put them out without the camp : a:, 
the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fo did the 
children of Ifrael. 

5 J And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

6 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, 
"When a man or woman fhall commit 
any fin that men commit, to do a tref- 
pafs againft the Lord, and that perfon 
beguilty; 

7 1 hen they (hall confefs their fin 
which they have done: and he fhall rcc- 
pinpenfe his trefpafs with the principal 
thereof, and add unto it the fifth part 
thereof, and give // unto him againft 
whom he hath trefpatl 

8 But if the man hav< no kinfman to 
recompenfe the u efpafs unto, let the tref- 
pafs be re< ompenfeaunto the Lord, •i/- 
rn to the pried ; befide the ram of the 
atonement, win reby an atonement fhall 
be made for him. 

9 And every offering of all the holy 
things of the children of Ifrael, which 
th< y bring unto the prieft, mail be his. 

10 And every man's hallowed things 
fhall be his : whatfoever any man givcth 
the prieft, it (hail be his. 

11 1 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
laying. 



NUM B R RS . Trial of jealoufy , 

fay unto them, If any man's wife go afide-, 
and commit a trefpafs again! him, 

13 And a man lie with her carnally, and 
it be hid from the eyes of her hufnand, 
and be kept clofe, and flie be defiled. and 
(here be no withefs againft her, neither (he 
be taken iuith the manner ; 

14 And the foirit of jealoufy come up- 
on him. and lie be jealo'us of his wife, and 
flie be defiled : or if the fpirit of jealoufy 
come upon him, and he be jealous of 
his wife, and Hie be not defiled : 

15 Then fhall the man bring his wife 
unto the prieft, and he fhall bring her 
offering for her, the tenth fart of an e- 
phah of barley-meal ; he (hall pour no oil 
upon it, nor put frankincenfe thereon ; 
for it /'/ an offering of jealoufy, an offer- 
ing of memorial, bringing iniquity to re- 
membrance. 

16 And the prieft fhall bring her near, 
and fet her before the Lord : 

17 And the pried fhall rake holy water 
in an earthen vefTel ; and of the duft that 
is in the floor of the tabernacle the prieft 
fhall take, and put // into the Water : 

18 And the prieft fhall fet the woman 
before the Lord, and uncover the wom- 
an's head, and put the offering of memo- 
rial in her hands, which is the jealoufy-of- 
fering: and the prieft (hall have in his hand 
the bitter water that caufeth the curie : 

19 And the prieft fhall charge her by an 
oath, and fay unto the woman. It no man 
have lain with thee, and if thou haft not 
gone afide to unci eannefsw//^ another \n~ 
ftead of thy hnfband, be thou free from 
this bitter water that caufeth the curfe .- 

20 But if thou haft gone afide to an- 
other inftead of thy hufband ; and if thou 
be defiled, and fome man have lain with 
thee befide thine hufband : 

21 Then the prieft fhall charge the 
woman with an oath of curling, and the 
prieft fiiall fay unto the woman, The 
Lord make thee a curfe and an oath 
among thy people, when the Lord doth 
make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to 
lwell ; 

32 And this water that caufeth the 
curfe ih all go into thy bowels, to make 
tby belly to lwell, and thy thigh to rot : 
And the woman fhall fay, Amen, amen. 

23 And the prieft fhall write thefe 
Curies in a book ; and he fhall blot them 
out with ihe bitter water : 

24 And he fhall caufe the woman to 
drink the bitter water that caufeth the 
curfe: and the water that caufeth the 
curfcfnallcntcr into her., <7«.'//;f<:o;;7rbittcr. 

2.5 Then the prieft fhall take the jeal- 
oufy -offering out of the woman's hand, 
and fhall wave the offering before the 
Lord, and offer it upon the altar : 

26 And the prieft fhall take an hand 



}t Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and I fid of the offering, even the memorial 

thereof j 



7" Wazante. Chap 

thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and 
afterward (hall caufe the woman to dr. 
rater. 

hen he hath made her to drink 
the water then it 111 ill come to pals, tl 

he deri I have done trefpafs j 

t her h u (band, that t] er that 

l . ill enter \.\-o her,and 

became bitter, and her belly (hall fwell, 

1 tier thigh thall vj: : an 1 the woman 

ih ill be a curfe am >ng h dr. 

And It the won;. in be nor defiled 
but be cl ill be free, and 

(hall conceive feed. 

. i the law of jealoufie 
a wife goeth afide to another inftead of 
her hulband, and . 

SO Or when the Ipirit t jealoufy Com- 
eth upon liii his 
;e, and fh ill let the w the 
Lord, and the prieft thall execute upon 
her all thi-> law. 

I hen Hi ill the man be guiltlefs from 
iniquity, and this woman (hall bear 
iniquit 

CHAP. VI. 
i The fa'v of the Nazarite. zi The form 
ofble(J\n% the people. 
AND the Lord fpake unto M 

>gi 

peak unto the children ot III .<cl, and 
n, When either man or u 
man fhall ite tbemfei'ues to 

trite, to feparate themjei 
unto the F,w R 

hill feparate himfelf from v. 

an • .. and di ill drink no \ 

or vinejj ir of ftr ik, 

■ dnnk any liquor of 
ipe*, or cfried. 
4 All the i reparation ih.dl he 

• nothing that is made of the vine 
n the k i to the In: 

\!l the d - tra 

II no raz >r t om : upon 
until the days be fulfilled, in 
which h< th bimfelt unto 

T. 

>w. 

7 unto the he (h ill ( no 

T I mfelf ii 

r hi \ moth . 
r, when 
e the conii 

n he »i 

■ 

■ V uh d< tiled \A hiN 

- 

in th 
day fhall he fli 

10 An 1 f.n t fhall 

bring two turtle 



Tie far m of- r he people. 125 

of the taberna- 

tl And the prieft (hall otfe-- the one for 

a 'ln-ofi md the other for a burnt- 

uifl'cdng. and m for him, 

hat he ii med by ' id, and fhall 

hal id that fame day. 

1- And he (hall confecrate unto thr 

Lord the laysofhisi »n, and (hall 

t Hie firft year for a • 

ering : but s that werebe- 

! be loft, becaufe his reparation 

•il. 

13 \- 1 this i/thrlawof the Nazar 
When the days of his reparation are fal- 
ls he (hall be brought unto ihe door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation : 

li And he lhall oiler h:^ offering unto 
the Lord, one He-lamb of the firfi year 
without bleinifh for a burnt-offering, and 
one ewe-lamb of the fir;; year without 
blem a fin-otlerin^, and one ram 

without blemilh for peace-offerings, 

15 And a bafket of unleavened bread, 

ffin flour mingled with oil, and 
. >oi unleavened brc id anointcdwith 
rmeat-o indtheirdrink- 

rin° . 

16 And tl (hall bring them be« 

, and fh ill ( ffer his fln-of- 
. and his burnt-otferinj 
it And he (1 i im for a ^c- 

js unto the ! drp, 
: the 
. 
ind h s drink 

18 And l te (hall fh 
I of his feparal 

t' i he c .nd fhall 

take the ha 
non, n the 6re ii hich it u. 

19 fhall t 
(houl 

it of the >afl -i , 

tbem upon ihe 
hair of 
I 
It (hall v 
wav 



hoi 



', wit 



the 



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a h 1 1 

I 
•5 






1 1S 7he princes' offering at the 

55 The Lord make his face (Vine up- 
on tl hd be gracious unto thee: 

< Lord fiftup His countenance 
upon fhee, and give thee peace. 

U7 And the) (hallputm) name upon the 
children of Ifrael ; and I will blefs then). 

CHAP. VII. 
i, \oTl)C princes' offerings 89 GW fbeak- 

eth to mofes front the tnerey-feat. 

AN n it same to pafs on tlic day that 
Mofes had fully let up the tabernacle, and 
had anointed it, and fa notified it, and all 
the inftrur thereof, both the altar 

and all the veffi Is 'hereof and had an- 
ointed them, and fa notified them ; 

2 That tree princes of ifrael, heads of 
♦he ' Ftlieir . , who >\uere\\vz 

prim es of the tribes, and were over them 
red, offered : 

S And they brought their offering be- 
fore ti • Lord, fix covered waggons, and 
oxen ; a waggon for two of the 

1>rin< : each one an ox : and they 

jrought them before t lie tabernacle. 

4 .And the J.ord fpake unto Mofes, 
fayii 



NUMBERS, dedication of the tabernacle. 



two oxen, five rams, five lie-goats, five 
lambsof the firft year : this was the offer- 
ing ot Nah/hon the fon of Amminadab, 

18 On the fecondday Nethancel the fon 
of Zuar, prince of Illachar, did offer : 

19 He offered./©*' his offering one (ilver 
charger, the weight whereof nvai an hun- 
dred and \h\rl)' Jhekels, one iilver bowl of 
feventy fhekels, after the {hekel of the 
fancfuary ; both of them full of fine flcur 
mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 

20 One fpoon of gold oitzv\jhekels y full 
of incenfe : 

21 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the firft year, for a burnt -offering; 

22 Onekid of the goats for a fin-offering : 

23 And fora facrificgof peace-ofierings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
lambs of the firft year : this ivas the of- 
fering of Nethanecl the fon of Zuar. 

24 On the third day Eliab the fon of 
Helon, prince of the children of Zebu- 
lun. did offer : 

25 His offering ivas one filver charger, 
the weight whereof ivas an hundred and 
thirtyy^^^^/j, one fiver bowl of feventy 



5 J ,ifc it of them, that they may be • fhekels, after the (hekel of the fancluary; 
to do the fervice of the tabernacle of the ,both of them full of fine flour mingled 
n ; and thou (halt g : ve them with oil, fora meat offering 



unto tin I evites, to every man accoidin e 
to his ft rvice. 

ofes took the waggons and the 
unto the I.c vites. 

ir oxen he gave 
.hon, according 

8 d eight oxen he 



26 One golden fpoon often jhekcls, full 
of incenfe : 

27 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the firft: year, for a burnt-ottering: 

28 One kid of the goats for a fin ■ offer - 
ing ; 

29 And forafacrificc of peace-ofierings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 



unto t: \ erar . according [lambs of the firft year ; this -ivas the of- 

their I .underthel andof Ith-jfering of Eliab the fon of Helon. 

am the prieft. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the fon of 

f Kohath hr give I Shedeur, prince of the children of Reu- 
ervi( i . ni- ben, did offer ; 

ivas that they 31 His offering ivas one filver charger, 

foouldei of the weight of an hundred and thirty 

flAndi nces offered for dedi-^M^ one filver bowl of feventy fhekels, 

»1 the altar in the daj that it was alter the fhekel of the fancluary ; both 



I, ' ■ , the princes offered their 
■ 

I unto Mofes, 

i h prince 

he altar. 

the 

fon ofAm- 

I [udali : 

1 h soil 

I 
. 

fanc- 
' full of fine 

! ■ 

•n, one 



I 



of them full of fine Hour mingled with 
oil. for a meat-offering : 

One golden fpoon of tenfhekels, full 
of incenfe : 

One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the firft year, for a burnt-offering: 
SI One kid of the goat* fora fin-offering: 
Vnd fora facrificeofpeace-ofterings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
lambs of the firft y^ar : this ivas the of- 
fering of Elizur the ion of Shedeur. 

the fifth day Shelumiel the fon 
of Zurifhaddai. prince of the children of 
did offi r : 

'as one filver charger, 
hi whereof ivas an hundred and 



th\rtv fhekels, one filver bow 1 of feventy 
i fter the fhekel of the fanctuary ; 
ng: both of them full of fine flour mingled 
U oil, for a meat-offering • 

38 One 



The prince? offerings at CI 

One golden fpoon often./ 
ef incenfc : 

i g bill lock, one ram, one 
burnt-offering: 
40 One kid of the o 

faenfic 
two oxc five fv 

lambsof the firlt year :this tuaxtheo 

the fon of Z irifli iddai. 
On the (ixthday Eliafaphthe fon of 
Deuel, prince of the children of ( 
offered : 

His offering it^t one fii ver charger, 
of the weight or an h 
jbekels, a lilvcr bowl 
atter the Ihekel of ; both ot 

them full ol with oil, 

for a m 

oon oittnjbekehj full 
of incenfc 

45 one 

ir,for .1 burnt-offering: 
: lie ^oa's for a fin-offei 
47 And fur a (acrince of , 



■laele. ill 

•ji jf - offi . char 

the weight whereof iv 
chirr;. en ty 

(hekc 

oil, for 

fls t full 

i ".lag bullock, one ram, one 

■ 

6 > An . t' ra facritice< >fp 

. 
lanib^ of tlie fii 
feri dan the 

ith :teftth d < \ xthe fori of 
Ammilhaddai, prince of the cliildren o£ 

ottering ivas one fii vex charger, 

< th is an hui and 

thirty jbekehy ity 

Iterthe fac tuarj , 

both of them full of fine flour mingled 
with oil, for a me u 



• oxen, five rams, five he , five 68 One ^old. ■■-.-, full 

he tirrl year : this vjasthe of- 
liafaph the fon or Deuel. 

48 On the feventh day Elifhama the 
>( Ammihud, prince ol the children 

:. offered ; 

49 !l was one filvrr c 
the weight whereof ivjs un f ; . and 



rtic wei-n 

thirty [bekcls, o bowl of feventy 

r the (' 
both or them full. of fine flour miri 

lenfhekels, full 

j\ One ) ullock, on , one 

ring: 
- 

1 1 icril 
oxen, five r im 

klnh ima •!: 

hth <! <'.'•• ' G 

of the chil- 

I : 
Offi. MM;, 

/beketsMHt filv 

r the Ihekel of the fa ; l> >t h 

oil. 

tickets, 
of incer 

57 On llllock, on • 

■ 

58 One kid oft - 

59 And foi 
two oxen, 

bs of the fii t the of- 

maliel I ir. 

60 0:\ the ninth day Abidan the fon of 
Gideoni, prince of the c!ul Iren of B 
j a min, offered : 



ife 

bullock, one ram, one 
of the fi rft y ear,tor a burnt-offering: 

me kid oftl «k : 

71 -utftr- 

■ . 

El Jf 

vi:i- 

■ ; el the fon 
ofOcr<in,p. Ike Idrenof Aih.-r, 

off/" ft 

hundred and 

thi .cnty 

■ 
both ded 

•nil 
Of in 

tali, 

/ / 

- 

■ 

■ 

■ekets, 

full 
81 

t 

M And 



158 How the lamps are tobe lighted. NUMBERS. The confecration of the Levitts. 



with his meat-offering, e<ven fine flour 
mingled with oil, and another young bul- 
lock (halt thou take for a fin-offering. 

9 And thou (halt bring the Levites be- 
fore the tabernacle of the congregation : 
and thou flialt gather the whole aiiembiy 
of the children of Ifrael together, 

10 And thou fhait bring the Levites be- 
fore the Lord : and the children of Ifrael 
(hall put their hands upon the Levites : 

11 And Aaron (hall offer the Levites 
before the Lord /or an offering of the 
children of Ifrael, that they may execute 
the fervice of the Lord. 

12 And the Levites fhall lay their hands 
upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou 
flialt offer the one Jor a (in-offering, and 
the other for a. burnt-offering unto the 
Lo r D,to make an atonement for the Le- 
vites. 

13 And thou (halt let the Levites be- 
fore Aaron, and before his fons, and of- 
fer them /or an offering unto the Lord. 

14 Thus (halt thou feparate the Le- 
vites from among the children of Ifrael : 
and the Levites (hall be mine. 

15 And after that (hall the Levites go 
in to do the fervice of the tabernacle of 
the congregation : and thou (halt cleanfe 
them., and offer them for an offering. 

16 For they are wholly given unto me 
from among the children of Ifrael ; in- 

fpeak with him, then he heard the voice ftead of fuch as open every womb, e<ven 
of one freaking unto him from off the I injiead of the firft-born of all the children 
mercy -feat that was upon the ark of tef- lot Ifrael, have I taken them unto me. 
tiinony, from between the two cheru- I 17 For all the firft-born of the children 
bims: and he fpake unto him. of Ifrael are mine, both man and bead : 

(JliAP. Vifl. on the day that I fmote every firft-born in 

i How the lamps are tobe lighted. 5 7 he | the land of Egypt, I faactified them for 
confecration of the Levites. -3 The myfelf. 

agf and time of the ir fervice. 18 And I have taken the Levites for 

.nL) the Lord (pake unto Mofes, fall the firft-born of the children of Ifrael. 
foyingi j 19 And I have given the Levites as a 

'-Speak unto Aaron, and fay unto him, gift to Aaron and to his fons, from among 
When thou lighted the lamps, the feven the children of Ifrael, to do the fervice of 
lamps fhall give light over againft the the children of Ifrael in the tabernacle of 
candleftick. the congregation, and to make an atone- 

5 And Aaron did fo: he lighted the|ment for the children of Ifrael: that 
thereof over againft the candle- 
mas the Loud commanded Mofes. 

4 And this work of the candleftick 
iv as ofh ate 1 gold, unto the (haft there- 
of, unto the flowers thereof, ana j beaten' congregation of the children of Ifrael, 
work : according unto the pattern which did to the Levites according unto all that 

Lord had (hewed Mofes, fo he the Lord commanded Mofes concern^ 
made the candleftick. ! ing the Levites, fo did the children of 

5 «j And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, I Ifrael unto them. 

feying, J 21 And the Levites were purified, and 

6 lake the Levites from among the 'they wafhed their clothes ; and Aaron 
children of Ifrael anfethem. I offered them as an offering before the 

And thus Quilt thou do unto them, ! Lord : and Aaron made an atonement 

for them to cleanfe them. 

22 And after that vent the Levitesin, 
to do their fervice in the tabernacle of the 



83 And for a facrifice of peace-offer- 
ings, two oxen- five rams, five he-goats, 
five lambsof the firft year : this was the 
offering or Ahira the fon of Enan. 

84 This was the dedication of the al- 
tar, in the day when it was anointed, by 
the princes of Ifrael : twelve chargers of 
iilver, twelve (liver bowls, twelve fpoons 
cfgold : 

85 Each charger of fi\vcr weighing an 
hundred and thirty fiekcls. each bowl 
feventy : all the diver velTels weighed 
two thoufand and four hnndred Jfteke Is t 
after the fhekel of the fanctuary : 

8G The golden fpoons we>e tw elve,full 
of incenle, weighing tcnj7>ekels apiece, 
after the (hekcl of the fanctuary : all the 
gold of rhe fpoons was an hundred and 
twenty Jbekcls. 

87 All the oxen for the burnt-offering 
lucre twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, 
the lambs of the firft year twelve, with 
their meat-offer ing : and the kids of the 
goats for (in-offering twelve. 

83 And all the oxen for the facrifice of 
the peace-offerings were twenty and four 
bullocks, theramsfixty, the he-goats fix - 
ty, the lambs of the firft year lixty. This 
ivai the dedication of the altar,after that 
it was anointed. 

89 ^1 And when Mofes was gone into 
the tabernacle of the congregation to 



there be no plague among the children of 
Ifrael, when the children of Ifrael come 
nigh unto the fanctuary. 
aOAnd Mofes, and Aaron, and all the 



Jeanfethem : Sprinkle watei ofpuri 

fying upon them, and let them (hive 
a. I their ttefli, and let them wafli their 

clothes, andy* make themfelves clean, 'congregation before Aaron, and before 
8 'Ihen let them take a young bullock [his ions : as the Lori? had commanded 

Mofes 



ttepajfover enjoined. Chip. 

2vIofes concerning the Levites, Co did they 
un r o thera 

231! And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

li This ts it that behigetb unto the 

es : from twenty arid five years old 

and upward, they (hall go in to wait upon 

the fervicq ofthe tat>ernacle of the con- 



ix. x. A cloud guideth the Ifraclites. 129 
13 But the man that is clean, and is not 

keep 



gregatton : 

'2j And from the ageof fifty years they 
fhall ceafe waiting upon the fervice ti.ere- 
vf, and (hall ferve no more : 

But fhall minilter wirli their breth- 
ren inthe tabernacle ofthe congregation, 
to keep the charge, and Ihall do no fer- 
vice. Thus (halt thou do unto the Le- 
vites touching their charge. 
CHAP. IX. 



i The paffouer enjoined , 15 A cloud guid- 

et'< the Uraelites. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes .in 
the wildernefs of Sinai, In the firft month 
of the fecond year after they v re come 
OUt O'fthc land' of Egypt, fay in 

I Let die children of Ifrael alfo keep 
the paflover at his appointed feafon. 

:> In the fourteenth day of this month, 
a* even ve fliall ke.-p it in hia appointed 
feafon : according to all the rites of it, 
and according to all the ceremonies there- 
of, /lull ye keep it. 

I And Mofes ("pake unto the children of 
Ifrael. thai they Ihould keep the p tlfbver. 

5 And they kept Hie paflfover on the 
fourteenth day of the ririr month at 
in the wildernefs of Sinai : aa ording to 
ail tint the Lord commanded Mofes> fo 
did the children of lira 1. 

\;id th re certain men, who 

were defiled by the dc.id body of a man, 
that 'hey could nor keep the pallov 
that day: and thej came before '■ 
and mo "ii i) : 

t \iid thofe men faid unto him, 
are defiled bj th : •'• .1 '■ b id) of a man : 

not oftei* an offering of the 1. »rd in his 
appointed feafon amon 

s Aiuj into 1 Iv n, 5 

frill, and 1 will • will 

command ( onceming ) on. 

\nd the Lor d f. ke • 
faying, 

unto the 1 hild I 

f.i\ ing, If an\ m in of 5 011 or r i>of. 

l< rit) thai! be u 
bods', or be in 
mall unto >RD 

I I 1 he fourteenth d ty • f I 
■noni 

it with u 

1 the 



m a journey, and forbearefh^to 
the paifbver, even the fame foul fhall 
be cut off from among his people: be* 
caufe he brougfc! not the offering of t.he 
Lord in his appointed feafon, that Man 
1 bear 1 is fin. 

14 And if a firanger fhall fojonrn a- 
mong you, and will keep the paffovef* un- 
to the Lord ; according to the ordinance 
of the paflfover, and according to the man- 
ner thereof, fo fhall he do : ye fhall have 
mie ordinance, both for the (hanger, and 
for him that was born in the land. 

15 S And on the day that the taberna- 
cle was reared up, the cloud covered the 
tabernacle, namely, the tent of the tefii- 
riiOny : and at even there was upon the 
tabernacle as it were tlie appearance of 
fire, until the morning. 

16 So it was rdwav : the cloud covered it 
by day. and the appearance of fire by night. 

IT And when the cloud was taken lip 
from the tabernacle, then after that the 
children of Ifrael journej ed : and in the 
place ivhere the cloud abode, there fhe. 
children of Ifrael pitched their tents. 

18 At the commandment of the Lord 
the children of Ifrael journeyed, and atthe 
commandment of theLo RDthey pitched : 
a;- long as the cloud abode upon the tab- 
ernacle they refted in their tents, 

19 And when the cloud tarried long 
upon the tabernacle many da\ -,, then the 
children of Ifrael kept the charge ofthe 
Lo r D, and journeyed not. 

\\v\ Jo it was, when the cloud was 
a few days upon the tabernacle ; accord- 
ing to the commandment of the Lord 
they abode in tin 1 tents, and according 
to the commandment of the Lord tiny 
journeyed. 

'11 And ft it was, when the 1 !<»ud ,il 

from even unto the morning, and that the 

cloud w i : Up in the morning, then 

they journe/ed : whether // 

or by night that t :-.. 1 loud •> en up, 

I. 

month, 01 ■ he ». lo«*d tan 

1 u maining 1 i • reon, 
the rhildn nof 1 boclein tl irti 

bin w hen it wi 
d. 
I • nandment 1 Lo R D 

'ii- 
n i 1 ii' m 

the Lo 
Lord hand 

I \!\ ' 
i 7 ." ■•■'■;■'. : r 7 

I /) OtH i)i: 



ding to 



\: 1 



■ 



'Ivy fhall 



R 



1 



fthejli-- :' trumpets. 

t life tl r the calling 

>r the journeying 

i hthem, 

all t! 

to ti e of 

the • 

. ne trump- 
ids of 
erthcm- 
■ 



•\ an alarm, 

irts (h; 






MBERSL 7he Ifreteltles remove from Sina}. 

18 And the fta.idard of the camp of 
Reuben fet forward according to their 
armies : and over hisholl ivas Elizur the 
ion ^ f Sliedeur. 

19 And over the hod of the tribe ot 
th: children of Simeon ivas Sheiumiel 
t!u fon of Zurifhaddai, 

£0 And over the hod of the tribe of the 
childre:i of Gad ~was Eliafaph the fon of 
Deuel. 

21 And the Kohathites fet forward, 
bearing the (ancillary, and the other did 
n the fet up the tabernacle agamtt they came. 

■11 .-\ nd the Itaiidard of the camp of the 

children of liphraim fet forward accord* 

i their armies, and over his holt ivas 

la the Ion of Ammihud. 

And over the ho(t of the tribe of 

the children of Manalleh tuas Gamaliel 



the fe 

the 

. but , e 



the ion of Pedahzur. 

id over the heft 






■ 



□ over rue licit of the tribe of 
the children of Benjamin tiv?j Abidan the 
■on, the i , fon of-Gideoni- 

And the ftandard of the camp of tlie 
lildren of Dan let forward, ivhzcb ivas 












. • fetl 

.. itii tin 

^ IB '•'['• 

■ fnall 

Incfs, 
in be- 

. 

»ur bm 
of 5 . 

d •. 1 ... ih< 



f; 






in i lie t wen- 
's, in tli' fec- 
: en up 
ic teftimony. 

1 



cut 









(ice \ 

of Jill 

nd 



of th' 



hi; 



iiina- 



; i be of ill 

> • II UK -'I tl 

the tribe 

! !un 



11 



• :rfhon and 
I rd, b arin 



rerev ad of .all the camps throughout 
: and over his hoit ivas Ahie- 
the (on Ammiftiaddai. 
26 \\\d over the hoft of the tribe of 
children of Aiher -ivas Pagiel the fon 
>cran. 
_7 \n I ov< i the liod of the tribe of 
tiie children of Naphtali ivas Aliira the 
fon of Kuan. 

- Thus 'were the journeying^ of the 
c hildren of Ifrael according to their ar- 
iien tliey fet forward. 

ofes (aid unto Hobab, the fon 
guel th mite, Mofes' father-in- 

1 .iu , We arc journeying unto the place of 
which the Lord (aid, Twill give it you: 
come thou with us, and we will do thee 
good : for the Lord hah fpoken good 
concerning 1 (i 

SO And he faid 'into him, I will not 
..'» ; bm ' i ii. depart to mine own land, 
and to mj kindred. 

31 he faid, Leave us not, T pray 

tl forasmuch as thou knoweft how we 

encamp in thewildernefs, and thou 
eft be to us inflead ot eyes. 
And it shall be, if thou go with us, 
>tj,ii shall be, that what goodnefs the 
Lord shall do unto us, the fame will \\c 
•c. 
And the) departed from the mount 
t the i.oKD three days' journey : and the 
ark of the covenant ot the Lor went be- 
th< m in the three days' journey, to 
I irch out a retting place tor them. 

34 And, the cloud of the Lord ivat 

upon them by day, when they went out 

• camp. 

.r.ditcameto pafs, when- the ark 

• • : ward, that Moles (aid, Rife up, 

Lord, and let thine enemies be Scattered: 



Manna loathed. 



Chap. xi. 



The ,. 151 



and let them tint lute thee flee before 
th 

36 And when it relied, he faid, Re- 
turn, O Lo r d, unto the many thoufands 
of Ifrari. 

CHAP. XI. 
tnina loathed. 6. The Je*venty elders. 
3 i Quails gin, 



16 1 Vnd ,! • Lord fofes, 
Gather u:ro m 

ersoflfrael, w!u;m thou know ,t i. 
the el lers of th e, and i 

them ; and bring I rna- 

. • r , that 

. 

17 An d 1 



j • n. a ~ . 

en the people complained, H •■ th re ; an I 1 rhe 

id the Lord : and the Loud fpirit wh I will put iv 

heard//; and! :indled;and upon th bur. 

fire of the J ,'.."!. that tin i 

7i thai wt re in the Lit- b ur .' i 
irts or' the camp. 18 And ty th >u ■ ! 

I the y unto Mofes ; tify 

:n Mofes pi unto the Lord, (hall I : . i Ine 

the fire v. as queii \ i llmll ;_ 

\n 1 h • called the name of the plac :'u r it toas well «• ith ih 

Tabecah : I : the fire of the Lord the Lord will give 

burnt in. m 1 ye ih.i 

multitude that 'wa 19 Ve (hall not eat < tWo 

among them fell a lulling : andthe ch I nor 

: Kr.iel alfo wept aj ain, and luni 
dl give ii. ti-'.h to eat f ■ until it 

We remember the fifh, which wed I come 
eat in Bgypt freely: thecucumbei > and fome unto you 
the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, pifed the ■ >rd which/ 



and the garlick 

<» I' it now our foul is dr'<d aw 13 
is nothing at all, 1) •:iide tin-, manna,6</0r« 
our 

7 And the m.inna toas 
\, and the colour thereol our 






eii.um. 



vept I) , '< :■.. caui«. 

1 
21 And M i, 1 In 

w horn I 

; and ihoil li 1. faid, I H id e ',i . 

ti v ill that >! 1 »le month. 

Shall the flocks and the herds b 
• And 1 Kiut, ai lin for 

it, and ir beai it dl th fifli oi 

n an > it in pu nu ■ 

■ ■ 

h md 

thr 



mad it : and the t • ; v. a 

a-, tit • tafle of fi .ill oil. 

\\\'\ u hen the ' : ! upon the 

■mi fe 11 up 

: ■ I 



nit tin lilt 

the door oi his tent : and the 

the Lps D ■ ; Mofes 

alfo v. 1 . difpl • ! ! d 

It And M 
Wherefore h ifl tho 

■ 
th , that thou lay ell 

ki - Have 1 < on< 
I th :m thai 1 1 Id- • 

1 
• l.i id 
unto 1 
I- Pjould I h • ■ labernacl 

all this people f n th 
me, ' 

til lo be if all tin. 

alone, becaufe // is f.>o ! 

1 J And 11 thou deal ihu with 1 
me, I pray thee, ou id, 1 I 

found favour in th. 
not fee my wrctchean 

- 



. 



132 Miriam's and Aaron's f dition . NtfMBE-k'Si 



thou for my Take i woiifd Godthat all the 
Lord's people were prophets, and that 
tin Lord would put his fpjrit uponthem. 
SO And Mofes gat liirfi into the camp, 
he and the elders of IfraeV 

31 ^ And there went tor thawmd from 
the Lord, a'»»d brought quails from the 
fea, and let them fall by the camp, as it 
n.'ic a days' journey on this ftde, and as 
it were a day's journey on the other fide, 
round about the camp, and as it were two 
cubits btgb upon the face of the earth. 

. And thepeople flood up all that day 
and all that n«ght, and all tne next day, 
and they gathered the emails: he thai 
gathered U hered ten homers: and 

they Ipread tbtm all abroad for them 
felves round aboiit the camp. 

- Vndwhih the flefll was \ et between 
their teeth, ere it was chjued, the wrath 
of the Lord was kindled againft the peo- 
pie, and the Lord (mote the people with 
a ver\ great plague. 

34 And he called theiiame of that place 
Kibrothhattaavah • becaufe there they 
bnned the people that hilled. 

And the people journeyed from Ki- 
brothhattaavah unto Hazeroth : and a- 
bode .*t Hazcroth. 

CHAP. XII. 
i Miriam's an. i Aaron's Sedition. ioMtf- 
"'• /tprofy, 14 is healed. 
\ \l) Miriam and. Aaron (pake againfl 
Mi the fethiopijin woman 

whom he had married : for lie had mar- 
ried an B in. 

I lath the Lord indeed 

hath he not Ipo- 

ken alfoby us \ Andtfye Lor') heard Iff. 

■ 
abov a which were upon t lie 

th. 

fudd< nly onto 
and un ' and unto Miri- 

am, Come out ye tin »thetaberna- 

;. \-.\d they three 
ne out. 

n n in the pil 
. 

led ' rron and 
ime toi th. 
laid, • ' w mj wo; I 

, \ ou, 
• wn nnti 

him in a 

v. ho is 

peal ■ . th to 

1 

I : v\ hel 

■ 

9 kin- 

dled a parted, 



Miriam's leptofy. 

10 5 And the cloud departed from off 
the tahernacle : and behold, Miriam be- 
came leprous, ivhite as (now : and Aaron 
looked upon Miriam, and, behold, /he 
ivas leprous 

11 And Aaron faid unto Moles, Alas, 
my lord, I beleech thee, lay not the fin 
upon us, wherein wehave done foolifhly, 
and wherein we have linned. 

1-2 Let her not be as one dead, of whom 
the tfefh is half confumed, when he Com- 
eth but of his mother's womb. 

13/ nd Mofes cried unto the Lord, fay- 
ing, Heal her now, O God, 1 befeech thec. 

11 1! And the Lord faid unto Moles, 
If her father had but/pit in her face,fhould. 
iLc notbeafhamed feven days ? Let her be 
Unit out from the camp ftven days and 
after that let her be received in again. 

15 And Miriam was linn out from the 
camp (even days: and the peeplo journey- 

d not till Miriam was brought in again. 

16 And afterward thepeople removed 
from Haze roth, and pitched in the wil- 
dernefs of Pa ran. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The names, 17 ir.jlruclions, 21 and afls 

of the J "pit s. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
faying, 

2 Send thou men, that they may fearch 
the land of Canaan, which 1 give unto the 
children of Ifrael : of every tribe oftheir 
fathers (hall ye lend a man, every one a 
ruler among them. 

S And Mofe by the commandment of 
the Lord lent them from the wild erne Is 
of Paran : all thole men were heads of 
the children of Ifrael. 

! ^ndthefe ivere their names-: of the 
tribe of Reuben, Shammua, tJie fqn of 
Zaccur. 

5 O f the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the 
(on oj : lori. 

6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the fon 
of Jephunr.eh. 

7 Of the tribe of I.Tachar, Igal the fon 
t fofeph. 

8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ofliea the 
Ion (/("Nun. 

9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the 
fon oi Raphu. 

10 tribe of Zebulun, Caddicl 
t of Sodi. 

11 Of the 1 1 Jofeph, namtly, of th« 
• Manalleh, t iadei the fon of Sufi. 

I : Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the 
fon of ( renmlli. 

Of the tribe of Alhcr, Sethur the 
(on of Michai I. 

II 01 rhe tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the 
Ion of V ophfi. 

1 5 Of the tribe of Gad, Geucl the fon of 
Machi. 

1G Thefe are the names of the men 
which Mofes lent to fpv out the land. 

Anil 



Ails an,: 'pies. Chap. 

>fcs called Olhea the fon ot Nunj 

1T i \ : '.' i lent them to fpy out 

the land ot i fa"id unto them, 

: up th;.-> itMty fouthward, and go 

lountain : 

An 1 fee the land, what it is ; and 

the people that dwejleth therein. whether 

it many ; 
iy And m hat the land is that tin 
in , whether it be good or bad ; and v. hat 
:s /£m £^ thai they dwell in, whether 
in tents, or in (iron- holds ; 

And what the iand is, whether it be 
-rlean. whether there be wood there- 
Mi, or not. And be ye of e.ood courage, 
and bring of the fruit of the land, 
the time tvas the time of the firtt ripe 
gripes. 

I] ^ ■ tl y wenl nd fearched the 

land from tile w ildernefs of Zin unto Ke- 
h<>!», as men ( on* math. 

And thej afcended by the fouth, 
and cann- u to Hebron ; where Ahi 
Sheihai, and Talmai. the children ol A- 
nak,ai>err. Now Hebron was built feveo 
/..jan in Egypt. 
And they came unto the brook of 
Bflicol, and cut down from thence a 
branch with one clufler ot grapes, and 
: bareit between two upon a (tafl ; and 
they 6 1 ought oi the pomegranates, and ot 

th<- 

col, becaufeof the clutter of grapes wl 
I f Ifrael cut down I 

i 

urned from fearching 
ind after forty days. 

And t: it and i ime to M< 

and ' »n, anil to all I i 

of the child ! (Vac!, i <lrr- 

Kad -ih ; and : 
back word unto t!" m and unto all the 
md (he ■ fruit 

of 

into tl 

■ 

: 

Couth : H 

1 in the 

fea, a-nt :>. tin coafl i 

lip at n 

gnd . • 

me it. 

But t! that went u|> with 

[aid, VYe be nol I the 

I 



k:v. 



The people murmur. 1S5 

S'2 And rhe\ brought up an evil rej 
ot the land w hicli they had unto 

ihe children ot , n ,i % 

through which we have gone 
r< a land that eateth up the 
thereof; and all the people 
in it are men of a great ttatu 
\-k1 there we law the 
^nak, mohtcb a ne ot the giants : 
and we were in our own li il- 

hO] md iu we were in t 

CHAP. XIV. 
The people murmuring at t/?c report $J 
fp:es t are threatened. 
vND all the >-i lifted up 

r voice, and cried ; and the people 
wept that night, 

. all the children of [ffael mur- 
mured again fl Mofea and againft A iron ; 
i the whole eon on faid unto 

them. Would God that we hid died in i 
land oi ■ ; or won!.! God v 

!died in this w ilderne 
> ^nd wherefore hath t lie Lor d brought 
unto this land, to fall by the I 
thai our wives, and our eh mould 

I be a prey ? were it not better fe 
return into Egj ,it ? 

•4 .And they ix\(\ one f o another, ! et 
us make a captain, and let US I 
Pt. 
•' 1 In i Modes an 1 Aaron fell on tl 
I I • all the affembly of the < 
at ion of the children of Ifr 
i) Vnd Jofluta the lu.\ of Nun, and 
jleb the l>m ol |ephunneh, ou^/rA'SOfrrof 
m tii u the land, rent iheir 

( loth 
7 A n d tin 

[frael, fa> ing, rhcland 
v- hi paued thi i fearch it, is 

■■ • ■" •••.ill 

bring ii . into this i I, and .i 

1 md w hich ftowcth * itli 
9 Onl 

« 

i 
with n not. 

'■ .i 
I .(i 

1 1 \nd tl 

■ 

■ 

■ 



God tbreatcnrtb the pa fie. 

thou broughteft up this people in thy 
might from among them ; 

l I And they will tell // to theinhabit- 
5 of this land : for they have heard 
that thou Lord a rt among this people, 
that thou Lo r d art feertface to face, and 
tint thy cloud ftandcth over them, and 
that tlv | before them, by day time 

in a pillar o\ a cloud, and m a pillar of 
fire by night. 

1a Now if thou (halt kill #//this peo- 

Kle as one man, then the nations which 
aye heard the fame of thee will fpeak, 

16 Becaufc th^ Lord was not able to 



NUMBERS. The Amalekites difcomfit them. 



you, according to your whole number, 
from twenty years old and upward, which 
have murmured againftme, 

SO Doubtlefs ye fhall not come into the 
land, concerning which I fvvare to make 
you dwell therein, fave Caleb the fon of 
Jephunneh, and Jofhua the fon of Nun. 

31 But your little ones, which ye faid 
fhould be a prey, them will I bring in, 
and they (hall know the land which ye 
have defpifed. 

32 But as for you, your carcaffes, they 
(hall fall in this wildernefs. 

33 And your children (hall wander in 
the wildernefs forty years, and bear your 



y this pe >ple into the land which he whoredoms, until yourcarcaires be waft- 
mo them, therefore he hath (lain ed in the wildernefs. 
them in the wildernefs. 34 After the number of the days in 

17 And now. I befeech thee, let the; which ye fearched the land, even Forty 
power of my Lord he great, according days, each day for a year- (hall ye bear 
as thou haft fpoken, laying, '.your iniquities, even forty years, and ye 

IS 1 he Lord is longfuffering, and of: (ball know my breach ofpromife. 
greai mercy, forgiving iniquity and tranf- 35 I the LoRDhave (aid, I will furely 
greflion, and by no means clearing the do it unto all this evil congregation, that 
guilty, vifitingthe iniquity o|* the fathers J are gathered together againfl me : in this 
hiidi 



n the children unto the third and 
fourth generation. 

19 ['anion, I befeech thee, the iniquity 
of this people according unto the great- 
iicfs of thy mercy, and as thou haft for 
given this people, from Egypt even until 
now. 



wildernefs they (hall be confumed, and 
there they fhall die. 

36 And the men which Mofes fent to 
fearch the land, who returned, and made 
all the congregation to murmur againft 
him, by bringing up a (lander upon the 
land, 
£0 And the Lord faid, 1 have pardon- 3T Even thofe men that did bring up 
according to thy word : the evil report upon tlv land, died by the 

But as truly as 1 live, all the earth i plague before the Lord. 
! be filled with the glory of the Lord. I 38 But Jofhua the fon of Nun, and Ca- 
-- Bi :nife all thofe men which have leb the fon of jephunneh, nxhichtvere of 
and my miracles, which I ' the men that went to fearch the land, liv- 
pt and in the wildernefs, have le&JIilf. 
now thefe ten times, and have j 39 And Mofes told thefe fayings unto 
to my voice ; jail the children of Ifracl : and the people 

they (hall not fee the land J mourned greatly. 

their fathers, neither) 40 And they rofe up early in the morn- 
ihem that provoked me feeing, and gat them up into the top of the 

I mountain, faying, Lo. we be here, and will 
it Caleb, becaufe he go up unto the place which the Lord 
lithhim, and hath fol- ■ hath promifed : for we have finned. 
iL, him will I bring into the h\ And Mofes faid. Wherefore novw do 
m ; and his Iced ye tranigrefs the commandment of the 
[Lord? but it (hall not profper. 
' theCana-| Ki Go not up, for the Lord is not a- 
thc valley. Tomorrow mong you ; that ye be not fmitten before 
: into the wildernefs your enemies. 

I'or the Amalekites and the Ca- 

Mol , naanitesari there before you, and ye fhall 

ig, ill by the ("word : becaufe ye are turned 

/ bear witb this evil awaj from the Lord, therefore the Lord 

h murmur againfl mei will not be with you. 



tirmuringsof I 
Ji tin ■« irmur 



a- 



1 1 As I . i 

n in nunc 
ou. 
es fhall fall in this uil- 



dernefs ; and all that were numbered of | them, even unto Hormah. 



44 But they prefumed to go up unto 
the hill top : nevertheless, the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, and Mofes de- 
p rted not out of the camp. 

4^ Then the Amalekites came down 
and the Canaanites which dwelt in that 
hill, and fmote them, and difcomfited 



CHAP. 



Tbftaiv of C! 

CHAP. XV. 
I The I a rv of fund ry off-rings. 3 1 'The fab - 
bath-bieukers. 37 I. 

\'D the Lord fpake unto Moles, 

the children of Ifrael, 
and fay unto them, When ye -me 

into the Ian i of your habitations, which 
I give unto you, 

\nd will nuke ;in ofl by fire 

unto the Lord, a burnt-ofl fac 

nfice in performing avow, or in a free- 
will-offering, or in your folemn feafts, to 
make a fweet favour unto the Lord, oi 
the herd, or of the Hock : 

4 Then ihall he that offercth hisofl 
ing unto the Lord, bring a rfer- 

ing of a tenth deal of flour mingled with 
the fourth p.nt of an hin of oil. 

wAxpart of an hin of wine 
for a drink-otfering (halt thou prej 
with the ^urnt-offering or facrince for 
one I 1 

6 Of for i ram, thou malt prepare for 
a meat-offering twu tenth d 
mingled with the third part of an hin of 
oil. 

T And for a drink-offering thou fhalr 
offer the third fart of an hin ofwine,/or 
a fweef favour unto the Lord. 

8 And when thou prepar \\ a bullock 
for a burnt-offering, or for ;i (acrifice in 

rformii ,.v, or p< un. 

to tli- I ; 

9 Then fli ill he bring with a bullock a 
m< 1! of flour 
mi it half .mi hin oi oil. 

10 f\n - thou lhali bring for a drink- 

- an oflfer- 
inj a fweel favour t 

th d . 

n 1 !ni 'hall it be done f< rone bull 
01 for on d. 

thai ye 
ihall 1 1!; ili one 

heir numl 

•\try 

k fhall do t 
U ith you 

fci w!. 

ofthe 
rrthat ( th nit 

1 thai] th 

16 1 w and one m inner (It ill ! 

■r the ft ranger thai 1 ncth 

with ;. ■ 

17 And tli • Lo R i) fp ike unto 

faying, 
1 I 



xv. 135 

and fay unto them, When ye come into 
the l.md whither I bring you, 

19 Then if (ball be, in it w hen y,e 
of the bread 1 .ye (hall oi 
an i unto the Lo - i>. 

20 > ke of the firt* 
of your dough for an 

•0 the h ave-« ff< ri ig of the thn 
: , fo fhall ye I tea v e it. 
•:i Of the tii it of your dough ye fhall 
give unto the Lord an heave-offering, 

And if yje have erred, and not ■ 
ferved all thefe commandments ch 

Lord hath fpoken unto Moles, 

en all that the Lo th com- 

manded you by the hand of Mo ttl 

the day that tiic Lo r. D commanded Mo- 
fesy and henceforward among your gen.- 
e ratio: 

it fball be, it aught be c< 
mittcd ranee without the kne • 

of thee ition, that all the v 

bullock for 
a burnt- nr unto 

the Lo g t>, w it): his meat-o 
drink-otferii , 

and one kid ol the g ing. 

£5 And the piiclt fliall make >ne- 

ment for all the con i hiL. 

. rid it ii. ill I 
them td they 

bring their • fact iti< 

into t lie Lord, and their fm-of 
ing l Lord, jno- 

And it C en all I 

hildren of I 
the If ranger thai I tl 

ml lin » 

-had bl 

■ 

Lord, 1 

.. 

and . 

in- m. 

I that I 
ofth om- 

.» upon tll€ !• 
d.: 

S3 And 



13G The fabbath.hr cskerfimed. NUMBERS;. 

S3 And they thai found him gathering 

, brought him unto Mofes and Aa- 

, and unto all the congregation. 

.1 And they put him in ward, becaufe 

it was not iLvlaied what (hould be done 

to him, 

3j And the Loud faid unto Mofes, 
The man (hall be furely put to death : 
all the i 'all ftone him with 

f tones w ithout the camp. 

11 the congregation b nought 

him without the camp, and (toned hint 

with Atones, and he died ; as the Lord 

imanded Mofes. 

5 And the Lord fpakeunto Mofes, 

fa\ itv;, 

unto the children of Ifrael, 
and bid them that they make them frin- 
ges in the borders of their garments 
throughout their generations, and that 
they put upon the fringe of the borders 



a nbbond of blue 



1 it (hall be unto you for a fringe 
that ye may look upon it and remember 
all tlu' commandments of the Lord, and 
do them ; and that ye feck not after your 
own heart, and your own eyeb, after 
« hich > e ufe to go a whoring : 

10 '1 hat yc may remember, and do all 
my commandments, and be holy unto 
your God. 

il ! am the Lord your God, which 
brought \ on out of the land of Egypt, to 
be \ J. : 1 am the Lord your God. 

CHAP. XVI. 

i The rebellion fif Korab, &c. 31 His fun- 

■ t .41 A plague, 46 flayed by Aaron . 

A'. Koran the (on hi Ifehar, the 

Kohath, 'he fon of Levi, and Da- 

than and Abiranv the for.sof Eliab, and 

On, the fon of Peleth, Ions of Reuben, 

rat v. : 



7 be rebellion of Korah. 

in them before the Lord tomorrow : 
and it fnall be that the man whom the 
Lord doth choofe, \\tjball be holy : ye 
t.'kr too much upon you, ye fons of Levi. 

u And Mofes faid unto Korah, Hear, 
I pray you, ye fons of Levi ■ 

9 Seemetb it but a fmail thing unto you, 
that the God of Ifrael hath feparated you 
from the congregation of Ifrael, to bring 
\ ou near to h'mfelf to do the fervice of the 
tabernacle of the Lord, and to Hand be- 
fore the congregation to minifier unto 
them ? 

lOAnd he hath brought thee near/oA/w, 
and all thy brethren the fons of Levi with 
thee : and, feck ye the pricfthood alfo? 

11 For which caule both thou and 
thy company are gathered together 
gainft the Lord: and, what is Aaron, 
that ye murmur againit him ? 

1<2 And Mofes lent to call Dathan and 
Abiram, the fons of Eliab : which faid, 
We wdl not come up : 

13 /; it a fmail thing that thou haft 
brought us tip out of a land that floweth 
with milk and honey, to kill us in the 
vvildernefsj except thou make thyfelf al- 



all 
a- 



? '•> 



together a prince over us 

14 Moreover. thou haft not brought us 
into a land that floweth with milk and 
honey, or given us inheritance of fields 
and vines aids: w r ilt thou put out the 
eyes of thefe men ? we will not come up. 

15 And Moles was very wroth>and faid 
unto the Lord, Refpect not thou their 
offering : I have not taken one afs from 
them, neither have I hurt one of them. 

16 And Mofes faid unto Korah, Be thou 
and all thy company before the Lord, 
thou, and they, and Aaron tomorrow : 

17 And take every man his cenfer, and 
put incenfe in them, and bring ye before 

v rofe up before Mofes, with ! the Lord every man his cenfer, two 
children of Urael, two ! hundred and fifty cenfers ; thou alfo, and 



huti j of the afl'ein- 

in the coi ition, men oi 

n : 

itogeth- 

, and 

, 1 < / • ■ - much upon 

Ml COI ■■ .ire IlO- 

ationofthe 



is 






1 i/, he 

d unto 
mm row 

< rah, 



Aaron, each of you his cenfer. 

13 And they took every man his cen- 
fer, and put fire in them, and laid incenfe 
thereon, and flood in the door of the tab- 
ernacle <>f the congregation with Moles 
\aron. 
19 Vnd Korah gathered all the con- 
gr< ;ation againit them unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation : and 
lory of the Lord appeared unto all 
gatioh. 

the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 
to Aaron, faying, 
-1 v ■■ \ irfelves from among 

this c tion, that I may coniume 

them in a momi nt. 

And they fell upon their faces, and 

faid, God, the Goo of the fpiritsofall 

thai! one man (in, and wiltthou be 

ith all the < ongregation ? 
And tb ' R d fpake unto Mofes, 

24 Speak 



nrnt »/Korab t 



Chap. xv. and kis'cmpanj tiT 

of id o ft ranger, which is not 

of the to orier 

re the Lord ; that he 

to h"im by the hand • 
•U C But on the morrow, a'.l the i 

n of tlve children of Ifracl mur- 
mured againft Mofes and againft A: 

Ye have killed the people of the 
Lot 

. And it came to pafs, when the con- 
as gathered againft Mofes and 
• 
: tabernacle of the congregation : and, 
d in the door of their tents, and! beh cloud cove j glo- 

;ir wives, and their fons, r lit- d appeared, 

tie children. I W A:. . \aroncame be: 

And Mu r es (aid, Hereby ye (kail I the tabernacle of the congreg 
know that the Lord hath lent me to ci And the Lord (pake unto Mofes, 

>r I bate not done the 



Zi o\\ fay: 

le of 
K 

went unto 
i Abir.no ; and the elders of 
Iirael followed him. 
ZS And 1. • unto the congre 

.. Depart, I pray 
the ten; i, an t touch 

of theirs, letf ye be confumed in 
all rh'ir fins. 

it up from the tabernacle 
ih, Dathan, and Abiram. on e 
and Dathan ai ram came uut. 



n mind. 

the common di 
I men. or if the/ be vi.ited after the 



Lord hat 



4a i i up from rig this con- 

thai I may coafume them as 
moment. hey i^W their 



me 
SO But if the Lord make a new thing, 



tfi ' And Mcfes faid imto Aaron, T; 
a cen d put fire therein from 



rhe earth open her mouth, and fwal- j the aitar, and put on 
low: ain unto! quickly unto tin 






lick into the I an atonement 1 

-l \e :h;;! understand that t >nc oir Lord ; t); 

nn. 
47 And 
mai, i the n f the 



have provoked the Lord. 

? And it cam* t 

an end ot : I thefe woi 

und clave afundcr that ivat i, behold, the 



ler them 

and all that appertained 

ihetr . 
35 || that appertained to 



\ begun t\ pie : i 

opened her mouth,] put on in i an ator.c;. 

I 

n the or 
the 1 
i? the pla 

then., e into the pit, ,n I 

the earth cloied upon them : and I ut the 

I all Ifrael thai tvtre roun 






Up a. 

CI 



and confui .vo hund laid up for 

id the Lord fpakc untu M 



a n 

I 

• r the fon 
ron ; 

h.jliov. 
if thefe fin linrt 

■ 

be a li„;: :.m- 

!>ra- 
e.'ith • 
bur red ; and ; 

la;es j->< f the a'. 

40 To be a memorial unto the children 






man' 

the 



158 nejlsandle-uites. NUMBERS. 



The ptiejls' p:> 



:' p'A 



the rael, 

rmur a gain ft you* 

I, and t F the'. r princes 

• . for e*ch prince 






lithe; LofAai be put to death 



T Therefore thou and thy Tons with 

thee shall keep vour pi "ice for eve- 

- of the altar, and within the veil; 

ve : I have given your 

.v as a fervice of gift : 

and ingerthat cometh nigh shall 



u 



8 And the LoRDfpake unto Aaron, Be- 



- . up the rods before hold, I alfohav :*hee the charge of 



nacle ot witnefs 



. mine heave-offerings of all the hallowed 

lor-jth r'the chddren of Ifrael ; unto 

H into the tabernacle of thee have 1 given them by reafon of the 

Varon anoin ig, and to thy fons, by an ordi- 

is bu Ided, a id . nance rorever. 

. tnd bloomed blof- ! 9 1 This shall he thine of the moft holy 

is. -things, referred from the fire: every ob- 

ht out all the rods Nation of their's, every meatoffering of 

unto all the chil- theirs, and every fin-offering of their's, 



id they looked, and 

j id. 

orp faid unto Mofes, 
the tef- 

Lt quite s ay their 

me. that they die not. 

- ; as the Lord 

' .rael fpakcun- 



and every trefpafs-ofFering of their's, 
which they shall render unto me, /ball be 
ly tor thee and for thy fons. 

10 In the moil holy place shalt thou 
eat it ; every male shah eat it: it shall be 
holy unto thee. 

11 And this is thine \ the heave-offer- 
►f their gift, with all the wave-offer- 
ings of the children of Ifrael : I have 
given them unto thee, and to thy fons, 



jhold, \ . ac per- ; and to thy daughters with thee, by a ftat 

ute forever : every one that i> clean in 






. 

cometh any thing near I th> houfe shall eat of it 
e of the Lord shall 
we be confumed with dying 
; A P. Will. 






i: All the bed of the oil, and all the 

of the wine, and ot the wheat, the 
firft fruits of them which thev shall offer 



ties. 9 unto the Lord, them have 1 given thee. 

. : i . • i' portion . I 13 And whatfoever is firft ripe in the 

01 ' k.aron f Thou land, which they shall bring unto the 

. md thj (houfe w ith ■ Lord, shall be thine ; every one that is 

bear the ; . of the fane- clean in thine houfe shall eat ct it. 



thou and thy fons *ith thee 

of the tribe of 
father, bring thou 

be joined unto 
I 

••■ 
... • - 



14 Every thing devoted in Ifrael (hall 
be thine. 

15 Every thing that openeth the ma- 
trix in all flesh, which they bring unto 

: or!), nvbetberit be of mencr beafts, 

shall be thine : nevertheless, the §rft-born 

in >h;'lt thou furely redeem, and the 

cleanbeaftsshaltthouredeem. 

And ihofe that are to be redeemed. 



the tab< rnacl month oid shah thou redeem. ac- 



me veflels 
r, that n< 

unto rh 
>f the t 

indd 

i 

i irge of the 
the altar: 
re upon 
■ 

n your 
g the 
giv- 
■■ 

ngregation. 



cording to thine eftimation for the mon- 
. tfer the shekel of the 
which is twenty genths. 
■ firftling of a or the 

_ of a sheep, or the tirftling of a 
ialt not redeem ; they are 
holy: ti !' fprinkle their blood up- 

on the al ar, and shalt burn their fat J\r 
an ofl le by rire, for a fweet la- 

■ 

18 An- the em shall be thine, 

brcaft and as the right shoul- 
tre >ln; 

19 All the heave-offerinps of the holy- 
things which the children of Ifrael offer 
unto the Lord, have I given thee, and 
thy fons and thv ith thee,' by 

a ::atute 









a - 

"evert- :LoaD, unto thee 

thee. 

ord fpaice unto 
i shalt ' j inheritance In r 

Wong them : I am r ;n- 

1 en the 

■ 

ch 
.ber- 

-- 

ih the 

I 

- 

they haven 

■--» But »h»* tithes of the eh Art of If- 



- 
unr 

■ 



e Lord, I n to t; 

: en or 
■ 
I the Lord fp to Mc 



liit\ si 






fpeak : L 

e t 






1 Ul 



er u] 

9ZD, 



« in 






ll 



■ 



; unto • 

o; 

- 

icocft ther 



1 












on. 

dye shall beir no 



r.t, : 



renot I . i 



140 Ihepeifh murmur for water. v U MB E RS. Water Jfrlngctb out of tbe rock. 

1ft And whomever toucheth one that] 
is (lain with a fwcrd in the open fields, or 
ad body, or a bone of a man, or a 



grave, fhall be unclean feven daj s 

17 And tor an unclean ^r/Wrthey fhall 
take of the aftesof the burnt heiter of 
purification for fin, and running water 
lhall be put thereto in a veflTel ; 

18 \nd a clean perfon fhall take hy (Top, 
and dip //in the water, and fprinkle// up- 
on the tent, and upon all the ve!lel>, and 

n the perfons that were there, and up- 
on him that touched a bone, or one (lain, 
;ie dead, or a grave : 

19 And the clean per/en fhall fprinkle 
upon the unclean on the third day, and 
or. the feventh day : and on the leventh 

he l! ail purifj himfeli, and wafh his 
cloches, and bathe himfelf in water, and 
I be clean at even. 
£0 But the man that (hall be unclean, 
and fhall not purify himfelf, that foul 
ihall be cut oil from among the congre- 
becaufe he hath detiled the fanc- 
tuary ot ihe Lord : the water of lepara- 
hath not been fprinkled upon him ; 
i unclean. 
And it (hall be a perpetual ftatute 
unto them, that he that fprinkleth the 
a\ eparation fhall wafh his clothes: 

and he that toucheth the water of fepa- 
e unclean until even. 
hatfoever the unclean ferjor. 
too all be unclean ; and the fold 

thattoucheth/ffhall be unclean untileven. 

CM \. 

•jMofesbri ater out ot the roih. \x 

1' ■ \ge through Edam denied. 22 Aa- 
ub. 

hildreo of Ifrael, 

whole < on ;regation, into the 

Dth : and the 

; and Miriam 

, and was bur re. 

no water \ r the 
d theni- 
■ 

• 1 

I we 
our brethren died b< 

j 

• 
attic fliould die 

US in un- 
it 1 leed, 

rink. 
- the 

1 the 



7 qy And the Lord fpake untoMofe&, 
faying, 

8 1 ake the rod, and gather thou the 
aflembly together, thou, and Aaron thy 
brother, and fpeak. ye unto the rock be- 
fore their eye> ; and it Qiall give forth Ids 
water, and thou fhalt bring forth to them 
water out of the rock : i'o tWou fhalt give 
the congregation and their beads drink. 

9 And Mofestook the rod from before 
the Lord, as he commanded him. 

10 And Mofes and Aaron gathered 
the congregation together before the 
rock, and he faid unto them, Hear now, 
ye rebels ; mult we fetch you water out 
of this rock ? 

11 AndMofeslifteduph : .shand,andwith 
his rod hefmotethe rock twice : and the 
v\ater came out abundantly, and the con- 
gregation drank, and their beafts alfo. 

12 And the Lord (pake unto Mofes 
and Aaron, Becaufe ye believed me not, 
to fanctify me in the eyes of the childien 

f Ifrael, therefore ye iball not bring tiii^ 
congregation into the land which I have 



U 




given them 

IS This is the water of Meribah ; be- 
caufe the childien of Ifrael ftrove with 
the Lord, and hewasfangtified in them. 

14 «| And Mofes lent mefiengers from 
Kadefh unto the king of Edom, Thtt* 
faith thy brother Ifrael, Thou knowett 
all the travel that hath befallen US : 

15 How our fathers went dov. n into 
Egypt, and we have dwelt in Lg}pt a 

time ; and the Egyptians vexed us, 
and our fathers : 

16 And when we cried unto the Lord, 
lie heard our voice, and lent an angel, and 
hath, brought us forth out of Egypt : and, 
behold, we are in Kadefh, a city in the 
uttermolt of thy border : 

17 Let us pafs, I may thee, through 
thy country : we will not pafs through the 
fields, or through the vineyards, neither 
will we drink vj the water of the wells : 

ill go by (lie king's high way, we 
not turn to the right hand nor to the 
left until we have palled thy borders. 

I- And hdoi'u (aid unto him, Thoti 

fhalt not pafs by n e, left I come out a- 

t ch -with' the fword. 

19 And the children of Ifrael faid unto 

il go by the highway : and ii 

: myeal ink of thy water, then I 

for it : I will only, without ^or'ffj 

any through on my feet. 

-0 aid, Thou (halt not go 

thro; \h. Ai n came out againfthim 

with tuu< h people, and v\ ithaftrcnghand. 

Thus Kdom refufed to give Ifrael 

through his border : wherefore 

1 turned away from hhm. 

- f And the children of Ifrael, even 

the w hole congregation, journeyed from 

• l '* c Lor: - . Kadefh, and came unto mount For. 

2-3 And 



The feoj>h bit 

\ the Loi d fpake unto Mofe> 
and Aaron in mount Hor, tr. the co 
the I 

•4 \ unto his 

f>eop!e fhall not enter 

which i .nuntothechi! 

rael, becu 
word at the watci 



a J Ogfialn. 

on a pole : and it fhall come to pal ,, that 
every one that is bitten, * hen lie lex 
upon it fhall l : ve. 

9 Arid M ide a ferment of bt 

and put it upon a pole, and 
that it a ferpent had bitten, 
he b- the ferpent 

< \ nd the child re n o f 1 frael 



25 Ta! n and ; r his fon, ! ward and pitched in Oboth 



and bring them up unto mount Hor 

and put them upo: : and 

Aaron fha!T be fathered unn bis people, 
and fhali d 



11 And they 'onrneyed from Ob 
and pitched in the 

I the 

fun r • b . 

1 - thence they removed and 



27 And Mofes did as the Lord com- , pitch UeyotZjrcd. 

manded . ami * up into mou remov 

Hor in the fitfht of itched en the other ii 

2$ -ripped Aaron of his i.e wildernefs that comet! 

garments, and put them upon hleaz rnon 

n the top of | is the border c : een Moab 

the mount : and id the 

down: nt. 14 Wh n the bock of 

29 An . all the cor. faw the wars Lord, what he did in ; 



that Aaron « . they mourn 

Aaron thin 
1 frael. 

( If ;. I. 

4 The People hit by fiery ferfents, 7 are 
healed. 10 Sundry jcurneys. ; 
and Ogjlain. 

-D f wbenk\n; Aril the Canaanite, 
h dwelt in the fouth, heard tell that 



., and in the bi 
15 Aniat the dream of the brooks 
li do»n to the d. 
h upon the I .b. 

ri And from t : nt to Beer: 

that it tl u hereof the Lord 1 

Mofes, Gather the people together, 
r. 
1 7 T h e n 1 




ame by th* . • O well ; it : 



18 The 



'., and tuokyo 

w unto the 
. 

I 
will 

) Bamoth 
• ■or ll I from B in the 



I, the 
1 1 Vnd ;'. M 



anr 
■ 
of I 

Hor, I 



the R 



I 

- - 









. 



fcht 1 









* or 



of t! 



, that he . 

1 

*nd the Lord faid iiri 






112 Balak fendetb far BAaatH. 

Yor Hefhbon ttfas the city of Sihon 
the king of the Ainorites, who had fought 
linft the former king of Moab- andta- 
all his land out of his hand, cvenun- 
\rnon. 
Wherefore, they that fpeak in prov- 
■.e into Hefhbon, l<:t the city 
lion be built and prepared : 
28 For there is a fire gone out of Hefh- 
bon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it 
h con fumed Ar ot Moab,tf nd the lords 
of tl places of Anion. 

oeto thee, Mo.ib ! Thou art un- 
done, O people of Chemofh : he hath 
1 his fons that efcaped, and hisdaugh- 
to captivity unto Sihon king of the 

An; 

I We have fhot at them ; Hefhbon is 

fierilhed even unto Dibon, and we have 
aid them wade even unto Nophah, which 
rracbrtb unto Medeb 

■"'1 Tl 1 dwelt in the land of the 

Amorii 

And Mofes fent to fpyout Jaazer, 
)k the villages thereof, and 
eout the Amoritesthat nvere there. 
■ And they turned and went up by 
f1 of Balkan : and Og the king of 

went out againft them, he, ar. 
. le, to the battle at Edrei. 
And the Lord laid unto Mofes, 
r him not : for I have delivered him 
thy ha::d, and all hispeople. and his 
nd *!.< i (halt do to him as thou 
didfi unto Sihon king of the Amovites, 
which dwelt Hefhbon. 

they fmote him, and his fons 
le, until there 
him ah' d they poflefTed his land. 

C I: \\\ XXII. 
! ah' sfirft mejTagrJor Balaam is rejeel- 
i \Hisfecond obtainetbkim. izAnan- 
Rfl *Woutd m if bit ajs bad 

ntertainetbbim . 
AND the fet forward 

I Moab, on 
. 

por faw ali 

nrite . 
. of the peo- 
. : and N1 
lufc of the children of 

the el< 
lhall this compan) li( k up 



VI BERS. His firfi mejfagc is rejected. 



1 1 1 
as king of the 
t that l 

therefore unto 

hich 

•hcchildren 

llhini, i old, 



6 Corne now therefore, I pray thee, 
curfemc this people ; for they are too 

hty for me : peradventure 1 fhall pre- 
i ail, that we may fmite them, and tbat I 
may drive them out of the land: fori 
wot that he whom thou blefXeft is blefled, 
and he whom thou curfeft iscurfed. 

7 And the elders of Moab and the 
ciders of Midian departed, with the re- 
wards of divination in their hand : and 
they came unto Bah am, and fpake unco 
him the words of Balak. 

8 And he faid unto them, Lodg^ here 
thisnight,and I will bring you word again 
astheLoiiD (hall (peak unto me : and the 
princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 

9 And God came unto Balaam, and 
faid, What men are thefe with thee ? 

10 And Balaam faid unto God. Balak 
the fon of Zippor, king of Moab, hath 
fent unto me , J aj'ing, \ 

11 Behold, there is a people come out 
of Egypt, which covereth the face of the 
earth . come now, curie me them ; per- 
aitapnture I fhall be able to overcome 
them, and drive them out. 

12 And God (aid unto Balaam, Thou 
fhalt not go with them ; thou fhalt not 
curie the people ; for they are blefled. 

13 And Balaam rofe up in the morning, 
and faid unto the princes of Balak, Get 
you into your land : for the Lord refuf- 
eth to give me leave to go with you. 

li And the princes ot Moab rofe up, 
and they went unto Balak, and faid, Ba- 
laam refufeth to come with us. 

15 ^ And Balak fent yet again princes, 
more, and more honourable than they. 

16 And they came to Balaam. and faid 
to lv...i. '! bus faith Balak the fon of Zip- 
por, let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee 
from coming unto me ; 

IT For I will promote thee unto very 
great honour, and I will do whatfoever 
thoil fayeft unto me : come therefore, I 
thee, curfe me this people. 

manfweredand faid unto 
mts of Balak, IfBalak would give 
ishoufe fulloffilverand gold, I can- 
not go beyond the word of the LoRDmy 
God, to do lei's or more. 

19 Now therefore. 1 pray you,tarr. 
all/! t, that I mayknow what 

the Lord will fay unto me more. 

•-nd God came unto Balaam at night, 

and faid unto him, If the men come to 

call thee, rife up and go with them ; but 

he word which I fhall fay unto thee, 

that fhalt thou do. 

•1 rofe up in the morning, 
and faddled his afs, and went with 
princes of Moab. 

t f And God's 

becaufe he went : and the angel cf the 

d flood in the way for an adverfary 

nft him. Now he was riding upon 

his 



anger was kindled 



Balaam s afs fpcaketb. 



Cli 



Lord : 

• out ol 



re with 

the an 
. 

I 

i the 

tnd Bjl\ . . , to turn 

her itito tf 

T.ORD 

ith of t: 

And w hen the a. 

:rfelfuntoi 

' the 
11 : an<: te her again. 

And i >rd • 

her, an i in a narrow \ 

re "joa s no waj to turn cither to the 
t hand 

-I of 
the 

i he 
• 
e Lok ed the mouth 

and she i 

I done unt . that thou 

te »hefe three r:mt s ? 
am faid urno the afs, B - 
: * thou haft mocked me . i 
■ 

1 thee. 
•SO And the .. unto Balaam, 

pon which thou 
ridden ever lince / *was thine unt i th- 
at to d 
thee 

<d ope ■? of 

• the Lord 
' 

fell fl:r 

un- 
tohim, Wherel 

t out 
1 thee, l 
e brforr me : 
53 And tl 

turned from me, fui 
i thee. 
34 A: ! o\' 

the I 

not 1 1 



xxiii. ahles. 

t earm 

refore camefl . •. 

I 

r ? 

f i 
I am co)\y unto th 
■ 

. >uth, t: 
I 

daam went with Bala 
*h. 
k. offered o . 
. . I to l 

•1 An ne topafs on the m 

: t aanri, an I brou 
j.h places or" Baal. 
thence 1 \c utm ot~ 

•ie. 

[II. 
i, i7, 8 Bala k's fact i 7, 18 Ba- 

'abltrs 

. Build 

ok- 

into B ml 

L I 

■• t .-i 
n\r : and 

tell tl t to an I 

I 

, I 

:j bul- 

Vnd the Lord put a 

1 thus tl 

. 

bom 

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: l . 






I 

the 
that 

36 1 A 

• • 

border of Arnon, which is in die utm 

37 And Balak. faid unto Balaam) 



10 \ v 



1 i 



■ 



: 
the 

li « And 



1W Balaam's f arables: NUMBERS He probbefetb Ifrael' s bappinefi. 

IS «| And Balak faid unto him, Come, | and offered a bullock and a ram on every 
1 pray thee, with me unto another place, altar. 

from whence thou ma veft fee them: thou CHAP. XXIv. 

fhalt fee but the utmeft part of them, and ' Balaam f-rophefietb ij^aeVs bappinefs. 
(halt not fee them all: and curfe me! '5 and of the Star oj Jacob. 
them from thence. ! AND when Balaam faw that it pleafed 

14 And he brought him into the field the Lord to blefs Ifrael he went not, as 
£ophim,to*hetqpof Pifgah,andbuilt| at other times, to feek tor enchantments, 

n altars, and offered a bullock and a but he fet his face toward the wilder- 
ram on every altar. nets. 

15 And he laid unto Balak, Stand here; 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he 
thy burnt-offering, while I meet tbe\^w Ifrael abiding in his tents, according 

LORD yonder. i to their tribes; and the fpint of God 

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and came upon him. 

put a word in hfc mouth, and faid, Go 3 And betook up his parable, and faid, 

Balak, and fay thus. ; Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and 

And when he came to him, behold,, the man v.hofe eyes are open hath laid: 

he ftood by his burnt-offering, and the, 4 He hath (aid, which heard the words 

princes of Moab with him. And Balak; of God, which faw the vifion of the Al- 

unto him, Vv'hat hath the Lord .mighty falling into a trance, but having 



fpoken 

18 C And he took up his parable, and 
fd\d, Rife up, Balak, and hear; hearken 
unto me thou fon of Zippor : 

19 God is not a man that he fhould 
; neither the fon of man, that he fhould 



his ej C:. open : 

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, 
and thy tabernacles, O Ifrael ! 

6 As the valleys are they fpread forth, 
as gardens by the river's fide, as the 
trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath 



K-nt : hath he faid, and (Hall he not do j planted, and as cedar trees befide the 

or, hath he fpoken, and (hall he not waters. 

make it good ? 7 He fhall pour the water out of his 

Behold I have received command- \ buckets, and his feedjha/lbe in many wa- 

ment to blefs : and he hath blelfed : and ters, and his king fhall be higher thaa 



I cannot reverie it. 

-1 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja- 
i '>, neither hath he feen perverfenefs in 
Ifrael : the Lord his God /J with him, 
and the (limit of a king is among them 

Cod brought them out of Egypt ; 
he hath as it were the ftrength of an uni- 
I 

irely there is no enchantment a- 

>b, neither i s there any divina- 

nnfl I frael : ac< ording to this time 

it fhall be faid of Jacob and of Ifrael, 

rod wrought ! 

U Bel ol ; , the people fhall rife upasa 



Agag, and his kingdom fhall be exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of Fgypt, 
he hath as it were the ftrength of an uni- 
corn : he fhall eat up the nations his ene- 
mies, and fhall break their bones, and 
pierce them through with his arrows. 

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, 
and as a great lion : who fhall (tir hini 
up ? blelfed is he that bleffeth thee, and 
curfed is he that curfeth thee. 

10 And Balak's anger was kindled a- 
gainft Balaam, and he fmote his hands 
together : and Balak faid unto Balaam, I 
called thee to curfe mine enemies, and, 



' lion, and lift up himfelfas a young: behold, thou haft altogether blelfed them 

thefe three times. 

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy 

place : I thought to promote thee unto 

; great honour ; but. lo, the Lord hath 

kept thee back from honour. 



he (ball nol lie down until he eat 

and drink the blood of the 
n. 

k faid unto B ilaam, Nei- 
all, nor blefs them atal I 



i anfwered and laid unto '- And Balaam faid unto Balak, Spake 
1 i old not I thee, faying. All that I not a'.fo to thy meffengers which thou 

i mull do \ [fenteft linto me, faying, 

talaam Come,] 13 If Balak would give me his houfe 

I bring thee unto an- full ot Glverand gold, I cannot go beyond 

peradventure it will plcafe the.couiojandment of the Lord, to do 

irfe me then>y''-&" I or had of mine own mind; 

but what t lie Lord faith, that will I fpeak? 

28 1 A ight Balaam unto li And now, behold, I go unto my 

I looketh toward people :• come therefore, and I will adver- 

n, tile thee v. hat this people fli a 1 1 do to thy 

' And ; lalak, Build people in the latter days. 

me h 1 pr< p. ire me here • 1 >*» Cf And he took up his parable, and 

laid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and 
30 And Balwl tm had fa ofe eves are open hath faid: 

16 We 



Whoredom and idolatry oflfrael. Chap. xxv. xxvi. timr'i and Ccmhijtain. 143 

t6 He hath faid, which heard the i he rofe up from among the congregation, 
words of God, and knew the knowledge and javelin in his hand ; 



of the Moft High, 'which law the v. 
of the Almighty, falling into a trance, 
but ig his c\ i> open : 

17 I lhail ke Ivan, but not now: I 
fhall behold him, but not nigh : there 
Hull come a liar out of Jacob, and a 

. tie fhall rile out of Ilrael, and (hall 
te the corners of Moab, and del 
ail the children of Sheth. 

18 And Kdom (hall be a poflTedion, Seir 

poflcflion for his enemies j 
ilrael i!, ..I do valiani 
Out of Jacob (ball come he that 
fliall have dominion, and lhalldeftroj 
i e 1 1 1 of the city. 
And when he looked on \.xialek he 



8 And he went after the nun of Ifracl 
into the tent, and thru ft both of th m 
through, theman oflfrael, and the worn. 
an through her belly. So the pi. 
was frayed from the children of Ilrael. 

y And tliofe that died in the plague 
were twenty and four thouland. 

10 And the Lord fpake unto Mofcs, 
faying, 

11 rhinehas, the fon of Eleazar, the 
fon ot Aaion the pried, hath tinned mr 
wrath away from the children of If: 
while he was zealous for my fake among 
them, that I con fumed not the cbildrea 
ui (frael in my jealoufy. 

l- Wherefore fay, Behold, I givcunto 



took up Ins parable, and faid, Amal k him my covenant ci peace 

it his lat-l 13 And he (hall have it, and his feed 

ter end/i t/l he that h i fbi i >cr. after him, even the covenant of an ever- 

-' iked on the Kenites, and laftingpriefthood;becaufe he was zealous 

and faid, ftrong is for his God, and made an atonement foe 

id thou putteft th noi Ifracl 



ck. 

, the Kenirc fliall be 
lil AfhurAall cany the.- .. 

And betook u le,and (aid, 

ho fliall livew hen God aoeth this ! 

And lh\pt> /bail come from the coaft 

an i fhall afflict Afiuir, and 

fhall afflict Eber, and lie alio fhall periih 

-j Aj I Balaam rofe up, and went and 
retui i hi i \ > 1 Balak alia 

CHAP. XXV. 

1 The Ijraelitcs* V - -n and idolatry , 
:ti and Cozhi Jljin. 
Iliael abode in Shittim, ami I 

lit wh. u ith 

the dai. ib. 

) the 

f : and 1 1 

i ■ 

to Baal- 

tindlcd 

t unto 



14 Now the name of the Israelite that 
ilain, even that was Qain with the 
anitifh woman, i'ias Ziinii, the Ion 

of Salu, a prince of a chief houfe among 
the Simeonites. 

15 And the name of the Midianitifk 
woman that was liain, rvas Cozbi, tiie 
daughter of Zur ; he tva* head over a 
people, and of a chief houfe in Midi 

lb And the Lord fpake unto Moles, 



faying, 

1 T Wx the Midianites, and finite them: 
13 lor they vex you with their wile?, 
wherewith thry ha. I you in the 

matter of Peor,and Iter of - 

r of .i prince oi Midian, 
their llain in the day oi 

the plague ir'a fai 

i A P. XXVI. 
.icl numbered. •: .m.( 

icA. 

ter the plaj 
thai : and un- 

to Kl Aaron th 

'■^atiOB 
' s ol the i [frael, from tw 

t the fi all tlial I 



may be tu: 
j 

WCJ 

(". ffl And, behold, 
! t unto his brcl 

» Midhtl ', oi th; 

the i 

i ot the tabei n 

I Ml. 

I 

i of A.. , : ., v .;, 



I 

.rut Jr: 
i Xaki -<*n- 

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land 

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146 The number and 



NUMBERS. 



families of Ifrael. 



according t© thofe that were numbered 
of them, threefcore and four thoufand 
and three hundred. 

^ 26 O/the fons of Zebulun after their 

families : of Ssred,the family ot the Sar- 

dites: of Elon, the family of the Elonitcs: 

of Jahleel, the family ot the Jahleelites. 

2J Thefe art the families of the Zebu- 

9 And the fons of Eliab ; Ncmuel, and jlunites according to thofe that, were nura- 

Dathan, and Abiram. Thisfi that Da- bered of them, threefcore thoufand and 



6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hcz- 
ronites : of Carmi, the family of the 
Carmites. 

7 J hefc are the families of the Rem 
benites : and they that were numbered 
of them were forty and three thoufand 
and ]even hundred and thirty. 

8 And the fons of I'allu ; Eliab. 



than and Abiram, c iubicb e were famous in 
the congregation, who firoveagainftMofes 

-and againlt Aaron in the company of Ko- 
rah, when they frrove againff. the Lord : ■. 
10 And the earth opened her mouth, 



five hundred. 

28 The fons of Jofeph after their fami- 
lies *wrre Manafleh and Ephraim. 

29 Of the fons of Manaueh : of Ma- 
chir, the family of the Machirites : and 



and {wallowed them up together with I Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the 
Korah, v. hen that company died, what family of the Gileadites 



time the lire devoured two hundred and! 
fifty men, and they became a fign 
11 Notwithstanding, 

Korah died not. 



50 Thefe are the fons of Gilead : of 
Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites : of 

the children of;Helek, the family of the Helekites : 

51 And of Afriel, the family of the Af- 



ti J I. fdtis of Simeon after their fam- rielites : and of Shechem, the family of 
ilies : of Nemuel the family of the , the Shechemites : 

Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family of the! S2 And o/Shemida, the family of the 
Jaminites: of jachin, the family of the j Shemidaites : and o/Hepher, the family 



jachinites 

1.-5 Ot Zerah, the family oftheZarhites: 
of Shaulthe family of the Shaulites. 

1 i Thefe a*e the families of the Sime- 
onitcs, twenty and two thoufand and two 
hundred. 

15 1 he children of Gad after their fam- 



of the Hepherites. 

53 And Zelophehad the fon'of Hepher 
had no fons, but daughters : and the 
names of the daughters of Zelophehad 
were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, MiU 
cah, and Tirzah. 

Si Thefe are the families of ManaiTeh, 



ilies : of Zephon, the family of the Ze-|and thofe that were numbered of them, 
phonites ; of Haggi, the family of the, fifty and two 



xla^gites 
Shunites 



tag 
of Shunij the 



family of the 



thoufand and feven hundi ed. 

S5 Thefe are the fons of Ephraim after 

their families : ofShuthelah, the family 



16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites : of the Shuthalhitei : of Bechar, the fam- 
ily of the Bachrites : ofTahan, the fam- 
ily of the Tahanites. 

36 And thefe are the fons of Shethe- 
lah : of Eran,the family of tl-.e Eranites- 

37 Thefe are the families of the fons of 
Ephraim according to thofe that were 
numbered of them, thirty and two thou- 



ri, the family of the Erites 
1 1 Of A rod, the family ot the A rod it eS : 
', the family of the Archies. 

are the families of the chil- 
dren of Gad according to thofe that were 
of them, forty thoufand and 
ln::nl: ■ 



19 The fons of judzhnvtre Er and fand and five hundred. Thefe are lite 
>d Onan died in the land fons ot Jofeph after their families 

So The fens of Benjamin after their 

lah after t' imihes : of Bela, the family of the Be- 

fah, tf. i ;' laites; of Afhbcl, the family of the Aftj- 

i .• oi belites : of Ahiram, the family of the 

unity of I Ahir; 

Impbam, the family of the 
ites : of Hupham, the famil 
the Uupham ■ . 

Bela were Ard and 
d- 
he 
■ 

41 jaminafter 

tnd they lhat were nmur 

I mou<?ir forty and five thou- 

. hundred. 
• . fffrtheioiisof Dan after their 

itei : . ofShuham, the family of the 

row< tcs. Thefe an ike families of 

I* *•• il •■• - .. amitiat. 

> o 



tans or oeia were aim ai 
lah /, the family of the Ai 

ites: and of Naaman, the family of tl 



The land divided. 



Chap 

4 -» All the families of the Shuhamites, 
according tothofethat were numbered 
ot them, three /core and four thou- 

fand and four hundred. 

•*i CJ/ the child: fter tl.cir 

fjimna, the family of thejim- 
ofjeiui, the family of utejefui 
teriah th ly of the Benites, 

Of the '{ Beriah : of Ikber, 

the fain le Hebei hiel, 

the tamiiy of the Malchielites. 

46 And the name t r of 

Afh rah. 

Thefc*** the families of thefonsof 
Aiher according \u th 
I ■-.-ere fifty and three 

and four hundi 
48 C 6ns ofNaphtali after their fam- 

ilies: of J 

ltd : 01 

lily of I 
jO I le families of Napluali 

to their tamilie 
ered of tl 

hundred. 
' I "j-irg the numbered of ti.e 

children oi Lfrael, iix hundred thoufand 
toufand feven hundred and thirty. 
- ' I the Lot.. 

-. '■•■«•*> 

^ .d (hall be divided 
mce according to the num- 
<es 
51 To man) th , 

inhei 

I ihall his 
inheritance be gi^ 

dlbedi 
:d b> ! 
the I 



xxvii. ritances. 147 

them were twenty and three thoufand, all 



nales from a month old and upward i 

re not nu the 

children of lfrael, a no 

inherira: n tliem among the chil- 

dren oi lfrael- 
C5 1 hefe an they that were numb 

numbered the children c ' in the 

ab, by Jordan ##«rjeri< 
Bui ai iicfc there was not a 

man of them wl and Aaron the 

pried nui > when they m: 

the children oi lfrael in th< 
ai. 
65 For the Lord had faid of them, 
They fhall furely die in the ef*. 

And not left a man of t; 

Caleb the fon of Jephunneh, 
Jolhua the fonofNun. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
bTbelatv •finbetita ces, 12 ill 

told of bis death, juelb ■ 'Tor. 

18 i appointed to fuccted bim. 

: Zelo- 
phehad, the fori of H 
: ■ 1, the f< lachir, the ton of 

:niliesc 
fonol I 

hisdauol 
lah, and Milcah, and Tirzafc 

- . id they flood I . 

bcfoi ' - d\\d before the 

i< ts and all t; h the 

I - ; . • taberna 

tion, fay;: 

•ied in the wilderne fa 
to thofejhr wasnot in the company of them that 

againfl 

i • 

. fhouid the nan 

I the | 
Crflic tween n 



I 



i 



,ie Lord . 






the family of the i 
'i the H( di 






m. 



i 

i 



i Joclflbed, th- dai Levi, 

whom h 

I Miriam tl er 

i UIl'O 

ear, and Id. 
61 vbilui ( 

: Ih 
%i Ami thole that we i her'fbj 






I 
yc r 

10 

fa- 

- ■ . 



148 Mofesfutthforafuccefir. NUMBERS. 

11 And it his father have no brethren, 
then ye (hall give his inheritance unto 
his kinfman that is next to him of his 
family, and he (hall po fiefs it : and it 
lhall be unto the children of Iirael a ttat- 
ute of judgment, as the Lord command- 
ed Moles 

12 1 And the Lord faid unto Mofcs, 
Get thee up into this mount Abarim, 
and fee the land which I have given unto 
the children of Iirael. 

IS And when thou had fecn it, thou 
alfo (halt be gathered unto thy people, as 
Aaron thy brother was gathered. 

14 For yc rebelled againlt my com- 
mandment in the defer! of Zin, in the 
ltrife of the congregation, to fanclify me 
at the; water before their eyes : that is 
the water of Mcribah in Kadefh. in the 
wildcrnefs of Zin. 

15 And Mofcs (pake unto the Lord, 
living, 

16 Let the Lord, the God of the fpir- 
its of all flefli, let a man over the congre- 
gation, 

1 7 Which may go out before them, 
and which may go in before them, and 
which may lead them out, and which 
may bring them in ; that the congrega- 
tion of the Lord be not as fheep which 
have no (hepherd. 

13 fl And the Lord faid unto Mofes, 
Take thee Jolhna the (on of Nun, a man 
in whom is the fpirit, and lay thine hand 
upon him ; 

19 And fet him before Eleazar the 



The continual burnt offering. 

S ^1 And thou (halt (ay unto them. 
This is the ottering; made by fire which 

ye (hall otier unto the Lord ; two lambs 
oi the firft yeftr without (pot, djy by day, 
Jor a continual burnt ottering. 

4 The one lamb lhalt thou offer in the 
morning, and the other lamb lhalt thou 
offer at even ; 

5 And a ici\th part of an ephah of floor 
for a meat ottering, mingled with the 
fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. 

6 It is a continual burnt offering, 



which was ordained in mount Sinai for 
a fweet favour, a facrifice made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

7 And the drink offering thereoijball 
be the fourth fart of an hm for the one 
lamb : in the holy place (halt thou caufe 
the (Irong wine to be poured unto the 
Lord for -j. drink offering. 

8 And the other lamb (halt thou offer 
at even : as the meat offering of the morn- 
ing, and as the drink offering thereof, thou 
lhalt offer it, a (acrifice macic by fire, of 
a fweet favour unto the Lord. 

9 A And on the fabbath day two 
lambs of the firft year without fpot, and 
two tenth deals of flour /or a meat otter- 
ing, mingled with oil, and the drink of- 
fering thereof : 

10 -This is the burnt offering of every 
fabbath, befide the continual buint offer- 
ing, and his drink ottering. 

11 \ And in the beginnings of your 
months, ye (hall otter a burnt offering 



unto the Lord ; two young bullocks* 
.:, and before all the congregation; and one ram, feven lambs of the firft year 



and give him a charge in their light 

SO And thou lhalt put fome of thine 

our upon him, that all the congregation 

he children of Iirael may beobedfent. 

id he (hall ftand before Eleazar 

lihe prielt, who (ball a Ik counfel for him 

i the judgment of Urim before the 

Lord : at h '-• word (hall they go out, and 

at his word they (hah come in, borb Ik-, 

and all the children of Iirael with him, 

» all the congregation. 

: And Mof s the LoRncom- 

i I him ; and he took Joihua, and 

eft, and be- 
ll the congregation : 

Lid his hands upon him, 
and gave him a - the Lord 

a l I*-, the li Mofes. 

< ll IP. XXV l\i. 
1 Offerings /• be objc I. :J The con. 
.rnt offering. 9, 11, 16, - 
G 
AND the Lord fpakc unto M 

^ i Coram i of [fraeL and 

•ul in) ! 
, tor ,i i\« eel 
ur unto me, (hall ?r?| t. 

unta mc in their due Icafba. 



without (pot ; 

It And three tenth deals of flour/or a 
meat ottering, mingled with oil, for one 
bullock ; and two tenth deals of flour/or a 
meat ottering, mingIedwitho:l,forone ram. 

13 And a feveral tenth deal of flour 
mingled with oil for a meatoffering unto 
One lamb ; for a burnt ottering of a 
fweet favour, a facrifice made by nfe un- 
to the Lord. 

14 And their drink offerings (hall be 
halt an hin of wine i»nto a bullock, and 
the third />ar/ of an hin unto a ram, and 
a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb : 
this is the burnt ottering of every month 

ughout the months of the year. 

!■' And one kid of the goats tor a fin 

ing unto the Lord (hall be offered, 

befide the continual burnt offering, and 

irink offering. 

16 H And in the fourteenth day of the 

nonth is the pa (lover of the Lord. 
IT And jn the fifteenth day of 
month is the feaft : ("even days (hall un- 
it avened bread be eaten. 

lit In ihc lii ft da\ : Jball be an holy con- 
ion ; ye lhall do no niannexaof 
vile v. urk therein : 

19 But yc lhall oiler a facrifice made 

by 



Offc 'i%gs at fct'^H, Ci 

*. fire r a burnt offering unto the 
Lord . ug bullocks, an.i 



:. »n fevers! days. 11* 

G fiefide the burnt offering cf the 



ram, and ieven lambs of the fii 

you Without bit:. 
Co And theii meat oilering./^*/* be of 
flour i. with oil : three tenth d:.. 

ra bullock, and tv. u ic:. 
a ; 



rnbnl J meat ottering, and the 

daily -id his meat orier- 

. their,. ;erings, according 

unto their 1. , tor a lweet favour, a 

-de by lire unto the Lord. 

7 C And A have on the tenth 

day i :.th month an holy coa- 



ral tenth deal (halt thou of- v ; and ye (hail atflict your fouls : 

fer for every lamb, th. . - (ball not do any work tbeiein. 

6 But ye (hall otfer a burnt offering 
And one goat for a fin offering, 'ito the Lord /or a fweet favour : one 



. ou. 

ill offer thefe beiide the burnt 
offering in the morning, which u tor a 

ner ye (hall offer 
ughout tl c (even daj -, the 



bullock, one ram- and [even lambs 
the firft year ; they fhall be unto joii 
without blcmiih : 

9 And their meat offering fhall be of 
flour mingled with oil.thiee tenth deals t» 
a bullock. arr<i two tenth deals toone ram. 
lire, . l' lo A leveral tenth d one lamb # 

fwcet favour unto the Lord : it (ball be throughout the feven lambs ; 

te the continual burnt offer-]. H One kid of the gouts J r ^inoffer^ 

-. drink offering. g ; beiide the fm offering of atonement. 

And on the leventn day ye fhall and the continual burnt otiering, and the 

an holy convocation \ ye (hall do meatoffering of it, and their drink of- 



iiu icrvile work. 



feri: . 



46 Z. Alfo in the day of the firft fruits,! It I And on the fifteenth day of the 
when ye br ew meat offering venrh month] yeihall have an holy cou- 






the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye 
Jhall have an holy convocation ; ye llia.ll 
do no fervile work 

£7 But ye (hall offer the burnt offering 

eet Lvoiir unto the Lord ; two 

young bullock*, one ram, feven lambs ot 

the tirlt year ; 

23 And their meat offering of flour 

th oil, three tenth :mto 

i am, 
A 1 .i! unto one L. 

gh 

, to m 
■merit for you. 
31 . cm beftde the con- 

they fl. all be u .ihoulbiem- 

it*,; and their drink offerinj . 

1 1 A P. 
1 The offering at I »/ trumpets, 

1 mi t afflicting their foul*. It 

and en t /mji of 

tai es. 

in the th month, on tlie 

1 ■ >'. an 

: viic 
a dj) 
unto j 

ill offei nt offr. 

one 

• Mill,,. 

- the firl: h ; 

ieiing Jbali be of | 



vocation ; ye fhall fervile work, 

J e lliall keep a feaft unto the Lord 
(even da 

13 And yeihall i urnl ol 

faciitice by fire, of a lweet fat 

the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks. 
. ams, and : hrlt 

war ; they (ball be ■.. blcmilh : 

1 1 And their meat otiering jhall be of 
Hour mingled with oil, ihree tenth d i 
unto- bullock ot the tl bul- 

locks, two teath deals to e : the 

15 .\i.d a (everal tenth deal to each 
lamb of the 

!*> A: • ie goats/or a fin of«» 

md his 

17 And oil ' ill offer 
twelve you: two rams, four- 
teen lam 

18 And their meat offer 
drin- . bulloi 
rams, and foi the 1 



th< r : 

ual 









1 tl.r« • 



ith dea 

the goati/fer a il bi 

- & is an aiooc 



til be 









his meat offering, and his drink 



i 30 Offerings .7/ feajfs. 

And on the fourth day ten bul- 
locks, two rams, and fourteen limbs of 
ririr year without blemhh : 
■i-i Their meat offering and their 
dhink offerings tor the bullocks, for the 
rams, and for the lam' accord- 

ing to their number, after themannei : 

~j And one kid of the goal a Gn 

offering; befide the continual burnt of- 
i ;rin 
wfh 

id on the fifth day nine bullocks, 
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the tirlt. 
r without (pot : 

And their meat offering and their 
drink offerings for the bullocks, for the 
ram- for the lambs, /ball be accord- 

to their number, after the manner : 
- J And one goat/br a fin ottering ; be- 
fide the continual burnt offering, and his 
meat ottering, and his di 
1 Vnd on the fixth dav 
rams, and fourteen lambs of the fii ft 
year without bl.-mifh ; 

^0 And their meat offering and their 

drink offerings for the bul for 

the rams, and for the lamb?, /ball be 

rding to their number, after the 

manner : 

I And one goat for a fin offering ; 
befide the continual burnt offering, his 
meat ottering, and his drink offerin 
- A,,d on the feventh day feven 
Jocks, two ram*, and fourteen lambs of 
the Hr!t year without blemiih : 
*■"* And their meat offering and their 
ings for the bullocks, for the 
id for the lambs,. accord. 

their number, after the manner : 
d one goat for a (in offering ; 
ntinual bun ring, his 

nr , and his drink offering. 

e a 
rile 



NUMBERS. Cfvozvj. 

CHAP. XXX. 

tobebnken. SOf a maid's, 

6 a tvife*s 7 9 a tc id bio's <vo-xo. 

^ AND Mofes fpake unto the heads of 

the tribes concerning the children of 

[frael, laving, This is the thing which 

the Lord hath commanded. 

- If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, 
or fwear an oath to bind his foul with 
a bond ; he fhall not break his word, he 



iv \c (lull hav< 
fcrfemn bly : ye ftafl do no ferv 

hoi in. 

$6 But ye ball offer a burnt offeri 

fweet fa- 
vour unto the I : one bul! 

the fuft year with- 
it : 

Bering and their drink 



fhall do according to all that procecdeth 
out of- his mouth. 

3 ^ It a v. oman alfo vow a vow unt» 
the Lord, and bind berfelf by a bond, 
hi ing in her father's houfe in her youth ; 

4 And her father hear her vow, and 
her bond wherewith the hath bound her 
foul, and her father fhall hold his peace 
at her ; then all her vow s fhall ftand, and 
every bond wherewith Ihe hath bound 
her foul fhall ftand. 

5 But if her father difallow her in the 
day that he heareth ; not any of her 
vows, or of her bonds, wherewith ihe 
hath bound her foul, (hall ftand : and 
the Lord fhall forgive her, becaufe her 

ler di falio wed ! 

6 «J And if foe had at all an hufband, 
when the vowed, or uttered au t of 
her lip-, wherewith {he bound her foul ; 

1 And her huihand heard;/, and held 
his peace at her in the day that he he 
it: then her vow, ftand, and her 

bends wherewith the bound hei foul 
fhali ftand. 

8 But if her hufband di '."allowed her 
on the day that he heard /"/ ; then he fhall 
make her vow which me vowed, and that 
which fhe uttered with her lips, where - 
ci itn fhe bound her foul, of none eflect : 
and the Lord lhall forgive her. 

y - But every vow of a widow, and ot 
her that is divorced, where with they have 
bound their fouls, fhall Hand again ft her. 

I I And if the vowed in her hufband's 

:, i r bound her foul by a bond with 
an oath ; 

II And her hufband heard it, and 
held his peace at her, and difallow ed 
her not : then ail her vows lhall ftand, 
and everv bond wherewith fhe bound Iter 



cftrnngs for the bullock, tor the ram, foul 

But if her hufband hath utterly 

the ma tl em void on the day he heard 

58 And 01 .1 what foe ver proceeded out oi" 

burnt i , and his her lips concerning her vows, or con- 

^ drink kerning the bond of her foul, lhall not 

39 unto the; ftand : her hu'.band hath made them 

the Lord fhall forgive her. 
e will id every binding oath 

il, her hufband may eftab- 

Ih it, or her hufband may make it void. 

But it her hufband altogether hold 

day to day ; then 

- all that H . ■- cad i her vf her 

■ I '•>' >n her : h. 



ike Hidimmltes failed. Chap. 

•th them, becaufe he held his peace at 
Jier in the cay that lie heard them. 

15 But it he (hall any ways make them 
void after tlut lie hath heai it tbcm \ then 
he (hall bear her iniqu 

16 Thefe are the ftatutes which the 
Lord commanded M tween a man 
and his wife, oetween the father ajid his 
daughter, being yet in her youth in her 
tether's houle. 

CHAP. I. 

1 The fl! toiled, and Salaam 

19 Ho -iv the foldiers, cS>. ure to 
be fur'if.cd, >5 and the frfj fd. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

1 Avenge the children of Ifrael ot the 

Midianites : afterward (halt thou be 

g hered unto thy people. 

5 And M unto the people, 

Arm Join: of yourfelves unto tlu: 

war, and let th 

and a'. f Mid 

4 Of ever- a thoufand, through- 
out all the tribes of Ifrael, fhall ye (end 
to the war. 

5 So there were delivered out of the 
thoufands ot' I; nd of t 
trib , 

b , ,i to the war. 

a th be, them ami 

the priclt, 
to tii : lit sand 

■ 
7 Andtl 

-; lian, 
Zur ana 

i r thc\ 

'J all 

the •■ 
I 

c.itti .i<1 all 

■ 

iu X I their i 

- 

! 1 And ;:. 
th • pre) , /")•' oi n ' n -ju-I i i 

M Milt! 
i)i • prej 

»n O f 1 1 

< I .If tt 
1 |ordan 

al! tli ■ pr ncea of tl 

1 \ knd M 
( 

, i id capl • hui\. 

■ 



xxxi. Tbe/tUiers tebe j f. 13! 

1 5 And Mofes faid unto them, Have ye 
faved all the w e ? 

16 Behold, thefe caufed the childi -n <>f 
Ifrael, through the counfel >am. to 
commit tr, nit the Lord in the 
matter of Peor, and there was uc 
among- the congregation of the Lord. 

17 Now tl u kill every male •>- 
mong the little ones, and kill every wom- 
an that hath known man by lying with 
him. 

IS But all the women children, that 
have r.ot know a a man by Ij ingwith him, 
keep alive for yourfelves. 

19 fj And do ye abide without the 
ys : whofoeverhath killed 
any perfon, and whofoever hath touched 
any llain, purify both yourfelves and 
your ca on the third day, and on 

thcieventh day. 

. all your raiment, and all 
that is made ox (kins, and all work of 
goats' hair, and all things m vood. 

-i And I the priclt faid tint* 

the men of war which went to the battle* 
rdinance of the law which 
the Lord commanded Mof. , 
'.: Only the gold, and the Giver, the 
• the iron, trie tin, and th 
Every I 
ye (hall igh the tire, and 

it (hail be clean : neverth I fhall be 

purified with tin n : 

and all that abideth nut the ill 

make go through the wati 

-i \nd j •• (hall i n r clothes 

thefeventj be clean, and 

rd ye (hall come into l ip. 

! I ' v .:. tli I i t fp ike ' ..• 

taken, both of man and 01 . iluni, 

the chief dv- 
thers of th n i< n ; 

■ 

tOOK the war I1D4 i 

ittie, and be- 
- 

the LoRft 

d of rive hundred, b^rb oft! 
. .i > I tl 

in- 

■ ■ 

D. 

\ndohhcct 



t5C The dividing of the prey. NUMBERS. r /he Reubenltes andCadites. 
fix hundred thoufand and feventy hundreds, was fixleen thoufand feve* 



thoufand and five thoufand fheep, 

35 And threescore and twelve thoufand 
kccves, 
34 And threefcore and one thoufand afTes, 

Sj And thirty and two thoufand per-, 
fons in all, of women that had not known 
man by lying with him. 

So And the half, ivbich was the por- 
tion of them that went out to war, was 
in number three hundred thoufand and 
feven and thirty thoufand and five hun- 
dred Iheep : 

ST And the Lord's tribute of the 
fceep was fix hundred and threefcore and 
fifteen. 

34 And tlic beeves were thirty and fix 
thoufand j of which the Lord's tribute 
ivas threefcore and twelve. 



hundred and fifty fhekels. 

55 (For the men of war had taken fpoil, 
every man for himfelf.) 

54 And Mofes and Eleazer the prieft 
took the gold of the captains of thou- 
sands and of hundreds, and brought it 
into the tabernacle of the congregation, 
for a memorial for the children of Ifrael 
before the Lord. 

chap. xxxn. 

The Reubenites and Gadites fue for their 
inheritance on the eajifide of Jordan. 
NOW the children of Reuben, and the 
children of Gad, had a very great multi- 
tude of cattle : and when they faw the 
land of Jazer,andthe land of Gilead, that, 
behold, the place was a place for cattle ; 
2 The children of Gad, and the chil- 



39 And the alfes were thirty thoufand dren of Reuben, came and fpake unto 
and five hundred ; of which the Lord's Mofes, and to Eleazar the prieft, and unto 
tribute was threefcore and one. j the princes of the congregation, faying, 

40 And the perfons au<? re fixteen thou- 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and 



f.md ; of which the Lord's tribute was 
thirty and two perfons. 

41 And Mofes gave the^tribute,'u>£zVi> 
tuas the Lord's heave offering, unto E-' 
bazar the prieft, as the Lord command- 
ed Mofes. 



Nimrah, and Hefhbon, and Elealeh, and 
Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 

4 Even the country which the Lord 
fmote before the congregation of Ifrael, is a 
land for cattle. andthyfervantshave cattle: 

5 Wherefore, faid they, if we have 



42 And of the children of Ifrael' s half, ' found grace in thy fight, let this land be 
which Mofes divided from the men that given unto thy Servants for a pollellion, 
warred, and bring us not over Jordan. 

43 (Now the half that pertained unto 6i\ndMofesfaiduntothechildrenofGad, 



the congregation was three hundred 
thoufand and thirty thoufand and feven 
thoufand and five hundred fneep, 

44 And thirty and (ix thoufand beeves, 

45 And thirty thoufand afTes and five 
band red, 

•if. And Sixteen thoufand perfons ;) 
47 Even of the children of ISrael'shalf, 
Mufes took one portion of fifty, both of 
man and of beaft, and gave them unto 
the Levites, which kept the charge of the 
tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord 
commanded Mol 

■ l .i And the officers which were over 
of the hoft, the captains of 
and captains of hundreds,- 
v ic near unf 

i'J An) th-y faid unto Mofes, Thy ier- 
1 taken the fuui of the men of 

war which are under our charge, and 
th. eth not one m in of ii I. 

• an ob- 
! o Ro, \\ hat man 

in, of jewels ot gold, (I 1 

) 1 C t s , 

i i i atonement for our fouls be- 

i >i i). 
M \ n « l Mofes and Eleazar the prieft 
. the gold ol them, even all wrought 

t Anda fferin ; that 

I up < Lord, ol ip- 

» ...us of tbouUndft, and ol the captain! of Lord toward Ifrael. 



and to the children of Reuben, Shall your 
brethren go to var, and (hall ye fit here ? 

7 And, Wherefore difcourage ye the 
heart of the children of Ifrael from go- 
ing over into the land which the Lor a 
hath given them ? 

8 Thus did your fathers, wfv»n I fent 
them from Kadefhbarnea to fee the land. 

9 For when they went up unto the val- 
ley of Efhcol, and faw the land, they dif- 
couraged the heart of the children of If- 
rael, that they fhould not go into the land 
which the Lord had given them. 

10 And the Lord's anger waskindled 
the fame time, and he fware, faying, 

11 Surely none of the men that came 
up out of Egypt, from twenty years old 
and upward, (hall fee the land which I 
fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and 
unto Jacob ; becaufe they have not whol- 
ly followed me : 

li Save Caleb the fonof Jephunneh the 
Keneztte, andjofhua the fon of Nun : for 
they have wholly followed the Lord. 

I '> And the Lord's anger was kindled 
again!! Ifrael, and he made them wander 
in the wildernefs forty years, until all 
the generation) that had done evil in the 
fight of the Lord, was confumed. 

I I And, behold, yeare rifenupin your 
f.ith td, an increafe of fmful men, 
to augment yet the fierce an^er of the 



15 For 



Jue for their inheritance. Chap, xxxili. The jemmies oftkc IfraeUtts. 155 



15 For if ye turn away from after him, 
he will ) et again leave them in the wilder- 
nt-fs; ami ye (hall deftroy all this people. 

16 And they came near unto him, and 
, We will build fheepfolds here for 

our cattle, a ur little ones : 

17 But v. eourfelves will go ready arm- 
ed before the children of Ifrael, until we 
have brought then) unto their place: 
and our little ones lha'l dwell in the fenc- 
ed cities becaufe of the inhabitants of 
the land. 

18 V. e wiii not return unto our hoales 
until ihe children pfHrael ha erited 
every man his inhei il 

19 Foi 11 not : h them 
on yonder fide Jord in, or forward ; be- 
caufe our inheritance is fallen to us on 
this lide Jord vard. 

"10 An aid unto them, If ye 

will do thi- thing, li ye will go armed 

the Lord to w 

21 And vsill ^o all of you armed over 

Jord RD, until he hath 

drivei cut hit enemies from before him : 

d the li I before the 

Lord ; then afterward ye (hall return, 

and be guiltlefs before the Lord, and be. 

[frael ; and this land fhall be your 

pofleffion before the Lord. 

li But if ye will no; Id, ye 

have lin | I the LORD : and be 

lure your fin will find youOUt. 

cities for your little ones, 
and folds tor >our (b 

your mouth. 
*5 An , • 1 the 

children uben, I 

, . as my lord 

■ 

lies, our wives, our 
-.3, and , llull 

in the iiti' ! : 

27 But thy - vcr, 

• the 
•h. 
si* , ( ora- 

I Jofhua 
the i ra ol 

ihe tril / [frael i 

lid unto them, It the 

idiicd 
i e theni the 

90 Bui 

j 

mong you in tl 

hildreu 
thild ( f i 

i unto tJ 

the Lorb iate the land o , tl il 



the pofTeffion of our inheritance on this 
lide Jordan may be our's. 

63 And gave unto them, even to 

the children of Gad, and to the children 
of Reuben, md unto half the tribe of 
of Jofeph, the kingdom 
°\ S Ling of the Ai , and the 

kin :ing of Baftian, the land, 

with the cities thereof, in the coafts, even 
the cities of the country round about. 

34 And the children of Gad built Di- 
bon, and Ataroth, and Arocr, 

S5 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, 
and Jogbehah. 

36 And Betnnimrah, and Bethhar^an, 
fenced cities : and folds for (beep. 

o7 And the children of Reuben built 
II fhbon, and Klcaleh, and Kdrjathaim, 

tf, And Nebo, and Baalraeon, (their 
names her I and Shibmah : and. 

p names unto the cities which 
they butlded. 

the children of Machir the fonof 

I to fcilead,aiui took it. and 
difpoil- rite, which OUfxin it. 

40 And M ad unto Machir 

the fon ofManafleh; and lie dwelt therein, 

il And lair the fon of Manalieh went 
and toolc.the fmall towns thereof, and 
called them Ha* otlgair* 

-4C !i went and took Kenath, 

and the villages thereof, and called it 
di, after his o\\ n n.V, 

. A 1\ XXXIII. 

1 7- ru rn ies of the Ifraelitet* 

it) taanitet are to be destroyed. 

'i li are the journeys of the chil- 

dren of 1 frael, w . I forth out 

the land oi t. with their armies un- 

der the hand i t Mofe Laron, 

t And Moies wrote th ingsoutac- 
t oi oinmand- 

mentofthe loan: and thefe a re theic 

I to their | OUt 

3 And u. >ni Ran i 

in .: m ..itli, on the nit of 
nth j on the moi i 

pad I 'ot 

I ail the 
. 

fi rlt bom, l 

; their 
I 

A 
from I: h. 

«nd tl 
and 

. 
7 \ 

to 1 I > f 

\ 
I 

k^ ih- 



5i "Journeys of the Ifraeiites. 

three days' journey into the wildernefs of 
Ltham, and pitched in Marah. 

f j And they removed from Marah, and 
came unto Llim : and ir.Elimoi^r^ twelve 
lountains of water, and threefcore and 
ten palm trees : and they pitched there. 

10 And they removed from Elim, and 
encamped by the Red lea. 

11 And they removed from the Red fea, 
and encamped in the wildernefs of Sin. 

\% And tluy took their journey out of 
the wildernefs of Sin, and encamped in 
Dophkah. 

1 J' And they departed from Dophkah, 
and encamped in Alufh. 

14 And they removed from Alufh, and 



NUMBERS . The Canaanites to be dejf toyed. 



38 And Aaron the pried went up int» 
mount Hor at the commandment of the 
Lord, and died there, in the fortieth 
year after the children of Ifrael were 
come out of the land of Egypt, in the 
fir ft day of the fifth month. 

S9 And Aaron ivas an hundred and 
twenty and three years old, when he died 
in mount Hor. 

40 And king Arad theCanaanite, which 
dwelt in the fouth in the land of Canaan, 
heard of the coming of the children of 
Ifrael. 

4i And they departed from mount 
Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 

42 And they departed from Zalmonah, 



encamped at Rcphidim, where was no* and pitched in Punon. 



water lor the people to drink. 



43 And they departed from Punon, 



15 And they departed from Rephidim, iand pitched in Oboth. 



and pitched in the wildernefs of Sinai. 

10 And they removed from the defert of 
Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. 

IT And they departed from Kibroth- 
hattaavah, a«d encamped at Hazeroth. 

18 And they departed from Hazeroth, 
pitched in Ritnmah. 

19 And they departed from Rithmah, 
and pitched at Rimmonparez. 

d they departed from Rimmon- 
parez, and pitched in Libnah. 

-l And they removed from Libnah, 
and pitched at tyillah. 

And they journeyed from RifiTah,' 
and pitched in Kehelathah. 

at from Kehelathah, 
and pitched in mount Shapher. 

. '. And they removed from mount 

h. 
removed from liaradah, 
and pitched . teioth. 

from Makhe- 
lotl .mped at Tahath. 

parted from Tahath, 
rah. 

ved from Tarah, 
; thrah. 

it trom Mithcah, and 
. 

from Haflimo- 
►feroth. 

31 ieroth, 

. 

jaa- 

I ; ;ad, 

3* 'hah, 

ih. 
*' aah, 

36 And I 

I ii 






\g 



44 And they departed from Oboth, 
and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border 
of Moab. 

45 And they departed from Iim, and 
pitched in J ad. 

46 And they removed from Dibongad, 
and encamped in Almondiblathaim. 

4T And the/ removed from Almondi- 
blathaim, and pitched in the mountains 
of Abarim, before Nebo. 

48 And they departed from the moun- 
tains of Abarim, ana pitched in the 
plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho* 

49 And they pitched by Jordan, from 
Bethjefimoth even unto Abelfhittim in 
the plains of Moab. 

50 ^| And the Lord fpakeunlo Mofes 
in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near 
Jericho, faying, 

51 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, 
and fay unto them, when ye are palled 
over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 

52 Then ye fhall drive out all the in-» 
[habitants oi the land from before you, 

and deftroy all their pictures, and de- 
ftroy all their molten images, and quite 
pluck dowA all their high places : 

53 And ye fhall difpoflefs the inhabit- 
ants of the land, and dwell therwin : for 
I have given you the land to poflTefs it. 

51 And ye lhall divide the land by 
for an inheritance among your families: 
and to the more ye fhall give the more 
inheritance, and to the fewer ye fhall 
give the lefs inheritance : every man's 
inheritance fhall be in the place- where 
h ; according to ti.e tribes of 
S ye thai I inherit. 
will not drive out the inhab- 
' om before you ; then 
.1 com • . that thole which ye 

; themfha/lbe pricks in 
eyes, and thorns in your does, and thnil 
i in the i tad r ye dwi 11 . 

, it !i all c< me to p 
• to you, 3» 1 thought t« 
do ui . m. 

ffHAP. 



Tit borders oftbeland. Chap, xxxiv. xxxt. Theme ~ - areioc 

ic the land unto you : I 
theprieft, and Jofhua the ion of Nun. 

1 And ye fhall takeop.e pri; 
tribe, to divide the land by inhe; 

1" And the names ci I en are 

thele : of the tribe of Judah, C_ 
fon oi Jephunneh. 

And oi "the tribe of the chiidre: 
Siine :muel the fon oi Ammihud. 

£1 Oi" the tribe of Benjamin, Eli 
the fon of Chiflon. 

-2 And t - ceof tlu tribe of the 

children of Dan, Bitkki, the fon of J 

23 '1 he prince of the children of Jo- 



CHAP. X 
1 Tbe borders of the land. 

oj tbe men tobhbfball it. 

AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 

mand the children of Ifra^l, and 
fay unto th hen ye come into the 

land of Canaan ; this is the land I 

nto you for an inheritance, even the 
I of Canaan, with the t«; 
i> 1 hen your iouth quarter /hall be from 
the wilderneis oi Zin. along by the coaflof 
kdom, and you- fouth border fhall be 
uutmoft coait of the fait fea eafhvard : 

A And your border fhall turn from the 
fouth to the afcent of Akrabbim, and | 
on to Zin j and i k>rth then 

fhall be fiom tlie fouth to Kadethban 
and i"hall go on to Haifaraddar, and pafs 
•n to - 

And the border fhall fetch a compafs 
firo pt,and 

the goin dl be at the , 

\ntl as for the v.eflern bo: 
fhall even have the great fea for a border : 
this i.h. It border. 

north border : 

from the £reat lea ye lha.ll point out for 

;r : 

8 1 ount Hor ye fhall point out 

your border untol :h ; 

and t: forth of the border lball 

be to Zed ad : 

• border fl. 'it to Z 

i, and t : 'la- 

va 

10 And our eafl 

:il : 

It And tl 'i from 

A 

le 
Cj 

it And tl n to 

it fhall 

it. 
* 
dren of Ifrael, 1 
which 

I.< the nine 

ti 
14 ror the ti ibe of tWe i ruld 
to the i 
trite o. 

re- 

■ 
ba\ 

ird 

Lord fpake u 

- 



of the lea ot 



•• 



feph, for the tribe of the children of 
Manafleh, Hanniel the fon of E 

he prince of the tribe oi t' 
children of Epnraim, Kemuel the fon of 
Ship! 

i And the prince of tlie tribe of tl 
children of Zebulun, Elizaphan V. 
rnach. 

And the prince of the tribe oft" 
Iren «. bar, Paltiel the fun 

an. 

And tlie prince «f the tril 
children of Aiher, Ahihud the ion of 
i. 
t" prince of the tribe > 

: ircn ofNaphtali, Peduhel t 
Ammih 

?fe are they whom theLoRD corn- 

ded to divide the inhei to the 

children of Ilrael, in the land o: n. 

gbt and forty cities ■ 

6 to be cities of 

refuge. 9 Thelaivs of /nurd: 
AND the Lord fpake unto Mofes in 

Jordan near Jer- 

children of Id 

herit- 
age ;ies to dwell i 

nto tl,- I 
fublirbs for ti nd about 

!1 in ; am! 

■ heir cattJe ( 

for all their 1 

;:t.ill give ■ * 

fhr i i 

■ 
lit : this iluill Le I 
6 * And 



- 



V * - 



••vhich ye toall giv 

i. fc . 

j fcall give, 

Ifrael : from ttemtbatbuxe nii 

:ew 

cc 

? f And the Lou 

and 

It Then 



2d, 
e be ccme 

D n ; 

to 
:h killtth 



' r 



er 

■ 

:at the 

. 

citiei 
3 . aod ii 

i 
•f r< 

■ refuge- 
* of Ifrael, ao 

1 rthefv ramoDg 

ieth any 

e 

z put 



IS Or ij 



he 



■ 

with an 1 









•: • 



! 



• !, or 

th hi* 









. 



• mux II n 






r.rr. 



• ' upon 



»a fkall ;udge 



between - and the revenger of 

blood, according to thefe ju 

*5 be congregation fe2il de. 

the flayer out of the hz -ger 

of blood, a: congregation (hall 

ftore him to th; 

/haliab : un- 

:h cf the high prieft, which was 
anointed with the holy oil. 

26 
ceme with : bordr 

his refuge, whither he was fled 

blood find hint 
?f- 
d the rev-. 
ua ? ihall not be guilty of bloc 

- ♦ hould have regained in 

jge until the death of 
: : but aft- he 

:. the 11* .a into the 

kac pofiefT: 

be for a ftarute 

:nto you, throughout your 

ail your c rs. " 

SO Whofokilleth? themr.-- 

be pu- wutk 

fifes: but one llnottef- 

n*fV againft any perfon /• caufe bim to c 

r the li: is 

ihali be furely 
put to death. 

m Si .take no fa 

hir: 

eli in the 
lane 

lute the I 
:or blood it defileth * 
i : and d cannot be cleanfed o£ 

blood: , but by the 

-- - i :: " 3i thai thed it. 
-Si rtie land w 1 

he 
ren of Ifrael. 

' heritance tf 
t marr: 
: aught t rhpbebad. 

- 

- 
ftbe fami! 

re the pr.n- 

ed : an inher- 

r\ of Ifra 

t Zelof 

oany of ' 
fdren 



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lard • . 
LORD tl 

3 - 

es < 

■ 
*a« fea'.l k. . K .erilanc- 



bUfes rebearfetb the ftw 9/ Chap. i. C;J's promi/c. 

tribe •* hereunto they are rec* - .'.nee in any tribe of the childi en 

ball it be taken fi a of our; of Ifrael, fliall be V to one of the 

nuJy of the tribe of her father, that the 
en th: jubilee of the children Iren of Ifrael may enjoy every . 

of I be, then fh« r inherit-; the f his fathers. 

.1 the inheritance of the ^either (hall the inheritance remove 



hereunto thev are received : io 



their inheritance I -ne of the tribes of the children of 



1 the inheritance of the tribe of our 



from one tribe to another tribe j but 



ep himielf to his own in- 



heritance, 

10 » « |J Even as the Lord commanded 

of Ifrael "according to the word of the , io did the daughters of Zelophe- 

the fons of h;i 
JoJeph l 11 ih, Tirzahj and Hoglah. 

61. the I.ori • Noah, the daughters of 

doth cc 1 re married unto their 

of • brotJiers' for.s : 

tu li J- - r ;: ;. w -rried into the : - 

far. .ther ihall t iiies of thr ions of ManaiTch the ion of 

inheritance remained 

- be of the family of their father. 

be to| :' . ire the ccmn. ;nts aid 

e children of ..ients, which the Lord com- 

to the inheritance manat the hand of Mofes, unto th- 

:ldren ot Ifrael in the plains of Moab, 
8 k\ it poflTefTethlby Jordan near Jericho- 



THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMT. 

Ch I 8 Behold, I 1 1 the land before 

1 lifts in the end oj ih; 

briefly rt k t be (lory, G of 

, S\ ar.d bis anger for ;bair ;'/;-. ham, [fa unto them 

ere :ce. nd to t: 

I fpak. 
fpu ng, 1 am not able- to boar you 1 

in i' 

. betwee God hath mi; 

_:id pli< and, are this day 

b. 

: re are eleven 11 God ol • Vrs 

eb by 

..) j»r, andblelsyou, ashc hat. 

3 to pafs in the foi 

yea. n I my fell 

. r burden, an i 
i ito all 

ord ; 
i ur ti il.' , 

l 
the 14 i 

w hicn thou ha 

[ft J 

•he landot Mo- 1 So took 

6 « - • . 

« 

■ * I tribes. 

am! I 

in thel 1 the vale, 

fouth, ier, an d I * 

thai n m th hii 

to .;ver, the river t > 11 Ye fcallnot i< 

it ; 



155 



Gad's anger 



DEUTERONOMY. 



for dif obedience. 



but ye (hall hear the fmall as well r what way ye fliould go, and in acloud by 
great ; ye lhall not be afraid of the day. 



irient ; 

as the 

face of man ; For the judgment is God's 

and the caufe that is too hard for yon, 

bring it unto ine, and 1 will hear it, 

18 x\nd I commanded you at that time 
all the things which ye jhould do. 

19 And when we departed from Ho- 
reb,we went through ail that great and 
terrible wiidernels, which ye faw by the 
way of the mountain of the Amorites, as 
the Lord our God commanded us j and 
we came to Kadelhbarnea. 

20 And 1 faid unto you, Ye are come 
unto tire mountain of the Amorites,which 
the Lord our God doth give unto us. 

21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath fet 
the land before thee : go *p and poffeis//,as 
the Lord God of thy fathers hath Jaid un- 
to thee, fear not, neither be difcou raged. 

tl And ye came near unto me every 
one ot you, and laid, We will fend men 
before us, and they (hall fearch us out the 
land, and bring us word again by what 
way we muft go up, and into what cities 
Hre (hall come. j 

And the laying pleafed me well : and 
I took twelve men of you. one of a tribe : 
24 And they turned and went up into 
the i tountain, and came unto the valley 
tf Eihcol, and fearched it out. 

And they took of the fruit of the 
land in their hands, and brought //down 
unto us, and brought us word again, and 
(aid, ///ja good land which the Lord 
our God doth give us. 

Notwithstanding, ye would not go 
up, but rebelled againft the command- 
ment of the Lord your God : 

! ye murmured in your tents, 
d (aid, be caufe the Lord hated us, he 
tght us forth out of the land of 
Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the 
■ 
W hith( i (ball we go up ?Our breth- 
ren have difcoui ur n art, faying, 
The people is greater and taller than we ; 
the cities are great and walled up to heav- 
en ; and, ,we have feen the fons 
of the Anakims there. 

u 1 laid unto you, Dread not, 

11. 

oki) your ( »od whn h goeth 
i a, he fhall ti^ht for you, 
cording 10 .ill that he did for you in E- 
ourej 

•i ind in tl. is, where thou 

:,ow that LORD th) < rod b 

t i i man doth bear 1 i all the 

r .:!, until ; i . 

• in this thing ye did not believe 
the !.'.»:« n your G 

tc you, 
tch j i 
u in ire bj , you by 



Si <[ And the L5 jld heard th^ voice of 
your words, and was wroth, and fware, 
laying, 

35 Surely there (hall not one of thefe 
wien ot this evil generation fee that good 
land, which I fware to give unto your fa- 
thers, 

36 Save Caleb the fon of Jephunneh ; 
he mall fee it, and te him v/ill I give the 
Jand that he hath trodden upon, and to 
his children, becaufe he hath wholly fol- 
lowed the Lord. 

37 Alio the Lorp was angry with me 
lor your fakes ; faying, Thou alf'o fhalt 
not go in thither. 

38 But Joftiua the fon of Nun, which 
ftandeth before thee, he (hall go in thith- 
er : encourage him : for he mall caufe 
Ifrael to inherit it. 

39 Moreover,your little ones, which ye 
faid fhould be a prey, and your children, 
which in that day had no knowledge be- 
tween good and evil, they mail goin thith- 
er, and unto them will I give it, and they 
(hall pofleis it. 

■40 But as for you, turn ye, and take 
your journey into the wildernefs by the 
way of the Red fea. 

41 «[y Then ye anfwered and faid un'o 
me,We have linnedagainitthe LoRD,wr 
will go up and fight, according to all that 
the Lord our God commanded us. And 
when ye had girded on every man Iris 
weapons of war, ye were ready to go up 
into the hill J 

42 And the Lord faid unto me, Say 
unto them, Go not up, neither fight ; for 
I am not among you j Jelt ye be fmitten 
before your enemies. 

43 So 1 Ipake unto you ; and ye would 
not hear, but rebelled againft the com- 
mandment of the Lord, and went pre- 
fumptuoufly up into the hill. 

44 And the Amorites which dwelt in 
that mountain, came out againft you, and 
( hafed you, asbeesdo, and deftroyedyou 
in Seir, even unto Hormah. 

45 And ye returned and wept before the 
Lord ; but the Lord would not hearken 
to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 

46 Soyc abode in Kadefli many days, ac- 
cording unto the days thatyc abode there. 

CHAP. If. 
1 The Jloryis continued touching the Edom- 

ires, 9 the Moabitrs, V&ihe Ammonites, 

%K and Sihnn the Amorite. 

'i H KN we turned, and took our jour- 
ney into the wildernefs, by the way of 
the Red fea, as the Lord fpake unto 

• ; and we con | ;;nt Seir many 

0"J) s. 

Vndthe Loan fpake unto me, faying, 
4 Ye have compaffed this mountain 
long enough ; turn you northward. 

4 And 



A rep: of former thing:, Ch9p.i1. 

•i And command tliou tlie people, 
> through ihe co 
en the children 

ind they fhali I id of 

you ye good heed unto yourlelves 

therefore. 

with them; for I will not 
ie:r land, no, not fo mi 
1 I 

r unto Efaufor a , 

6 Y • of the* » - 
t) , that ye nu nnd ve ih j 

drink. 

7 1 or the Lord thy God hath 
thee in all the work : ; iy hind ; he 
knowcth thy walking through thi 
wildernefs: thefe forty years the I o\r> 

>u haix 

3 Anu m\ our 

icli 
r, through the way of the 

ber, 

lernefs oi ' . A 
9 I And the I ro me, Dif- 

• -nd 
th them in bati -r I will rr>t 

tl> -eir land jor a pofleflion ; hc- 

unto the child 
• 1 n. 

in, in times 
, nl t.ili 

1 1 

call 
1 - 1 ! 



: 



the land of 1 
t. !. e unto them. 

1 the 

14 



to:. • • . 1JJ 

will notgiv ^f the land of the chil- 

dren oi \onan\ on; b< 

1 have given it unto the children c 
fell ion. 

s accounted a hud of 
giants : giants dwelt therein 
and the Ammonites call them Zamziv 
inims ; 

I A people great, and many, and 1 
wiakims ; Lut the LoRudeftrov 
fore them ; and thi 
t, and dwelkin their Read : 
I As he did to the children of 

r,when hedeitroyed the 
:n before them ; and they fi 
led them, and dwelt in their Yicad, 
1 unto • 

"lich dwelt in Ha- 
'•■wnunto Azzali,the Caphtorira 
rrh out of Cap h tor, del- 
id dwelt in their ftead.) 
1i «J Rile 
and pal : behold, I 

hav • > thine hind Sihon the Am- 

orit I : be- 

I with him in 

;t the dread 
• .pon the 1 
at art v hole heaven, who 

fliall hear report of tliee, li- 

fe of t! 
'•ft he wil- 
ing of 
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id nor l 
& Thou 
th it I • 

: 

hjch 

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160 OJOgklngtf BaJLan. DEUTERONOMY. 



Mofes's prayer. 



fhan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I 
unto the half iribe of ManafTeh; all the 
region of Argob, with all Bafhan, which 
was called the land of giants. 

14 jair the fon of Martaflfeh took all 
the country of Argob unto the coafls of 
Grefhuri and Maachathi ; and called them 
after his own name Bafhanhavothjair, 
unto this day. 

15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 
16AnduntotheRcu!;enites,anduntothe 

Gadites, I gave fromGilead even unto the 
river Arnon, half the valley, and the bor- 
der even unto the river Jabbok, nvbicb is 
the border of the children of Amnion ; 

11 Tiie plain alio, and Jordan, and the 
coaft the reof^ from Chinnereth even unto 
the fea of the plain, even the fait fea, 
under Aihdothpifgah eafhvard. 

lti And I commanded you at that 
time; faying, The Lord your God hath 
given you this land to po fiefs it : ye fhall 
pafs over armed before your bx-ethren 
the children of Ifrael, all that are meet 

unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which for the war. 

dwelt at Hefnl, 19 But your w ives, and your little ones, 

3 So the Lord our God delivered into and your C3ttle, fjor I know that ye have 
hands Og alio, the king of Bafhan, 

and all his people : and we fmcte him 
until none was left to him remaining. 

4 And we took all his cities at that time, 
then not a city which wc took not 
from them,l Dre cities, all the region 

.!"j;ob, the kingdom of Og in Bafhat. 

5 All thele cities *were fenced with high 
walls, gates, and bars ; belide unwalled 
t at many. 

6 S • \ we uttcriy defiroyed tliem, as 
we did unto Sihon king of ilefhbon, ut- 
terly d< • ig tiie men, women, and 
children, of every city. 

7 But all the cattle, and the fpoil of 
the c , \ e took for a prey to ourfelves 

I we took at thai time out of tiie 



unto ourfelves, and the fpoil of the cities 
which we took. 

36 From Aroer, which is by the brink 
of the river ©f Atfnon, and /Vow the city 
that is by the river, even unto Gilead, 
there was not one city too ftrong for us : 
the Lord ourGod delivered all unto US : 

3Tl Only unto the land of the children 
• f Amnion thou came ft not, nor unto any- 
place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the 
cities in the mountains, nor unto what- 
soever the Lord our God forbad us. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Of Og king ofBajbait. tS Mofots pray. 

tr to enter into the land, 26 He is 

permitted to fee it. 

THEN we turned and went up the 
to Bafhan : and Og the king of Ba- 
fhan came out againft us, he and all his 
1 :ople, to battle at Edrei. 

2 And the Lord faid unto me, Fear 

him not : for I will deliver him, and all 

people, and his land, into thy hand ; 

and' thou lhalt do unto him as thou didi'l 



fthetwoki iorites,the that time, laying, 



• as on this fide Jordan, from 
unto amount Hermon : 
9 , I lonians call 

\ mo rites call it S 

in, and all 
; . , ■ hah and 

ioni of Og, in 
I 

ii I ' : ;; of Bafhan re- 

a t of giants ; bc- 

id of 
th of the ( 
■ 

e 



much cattle) fliali abide in your cities 
which I have given you ; 

20 Until the Lord have given reft un- 
to your brethren, as well as unto you, 
and until they alfo poffefs the land which 
the Lord your God hath given them be- 
yond Jordan : and then mall ye return 
every man unto his pofTeffion, which I 
have given you. 

21 And I commanded Jofhua at that 
, faying, Thine eyes have feen all 

that the Lori your God hath done unto 
thele two kings : fo (hall the Lord do un- 
to all the kingdoms whither thou paffeft. 

Ye fhall not fear them : for the 
Lord your God he fhall fight for you. 

«] And I befought the Lord at 



24 O Lord God, thou haft begun to 
I thy fervant thy greatnefs, and thy 
mighty hand ; for, What God is therein 
heaven or in earth, that can do accord- 
ing to thy works, and according to thy 



i 



- i 1 | ray thre, let me go over, and fee 
I land that ii beyond Jordan, that 
in tain, and Lebanon* 
* 7 But the Loud was wroth with 

for your fakes, and would not hear 



m< the Loi,:) faid unto me, Let it 

e; (peak no more unto me of 
i itter. 

ip into the top of Pifgah, 



id lift up thine eyes weftward, and 
h u I , and fouthward, and eafhvard, 

behold it wil thine e - : for thou 
I unto tli -go over this Jon 

1 ." Jofhua and enc 

- i him ; for he fl ' 
2* 



ih* C I . 

ver before Dple and he 

ibalt Ire. 
■29 ifo we in the 

r. 

-:.\P IV 
1 Jnexbortacou 10 obeaifnce.i\M' ft s 0P~ 
/•omreii ibe /tret citi jug' °>- 

it y or J an 

therefore hearken, O lfrael un- 
e Astutes and unto the judgments, 
which 1 

it o in and 

. uiuch the Lokd bJ oi ; our la- 
iveth >ou. 
i. \ add unto "lie word * 

you, neithei thai! \ e J: 

the 

which I a 

3 Your ei jid 

did brcaui E men 

thattalloa ooj 

liati >n. 

4 But ye that did cleave uuroth< 
you i 4 leot you 
da) 

i Be!. (Litutes 

and juat;!!*' ihe Lord my 

rliar j e fhoilld do 
n the U; 

6 K 
you i 

he nat 
thefenat t.na- 

tton is a people. 

7 ! 
bath God .cLuxu 
■ 

- ? 

8 \!..i, VI 'j p'C.ir, 
that ! 

. 

9 i 
th» ) ,t rhou i the 

, ami 
ai i all iht dayk 



- 

< . . i ha 1 1 1 

re the I. ok u thy uu>: 
the Lord faid um the 

Keoplc together, and I will make 
ear I , that ihey m i 

.til the day I that they ftuil live 
open (he earth, and that I 
ildrcn. 
11 And ye came near and Hood under 
the mountain ; and thr mountain burned 
with fire unto the ntidfl oi #itli 

daiknefs, ( . and thick darkn* 

:e unto j 
oi tj tlie fire : ye heard the 

• words. 
OIll / \c L'tarJ t Vitli 



IF* fcople to t>bedier.;e. \ . I 

j 13 And he declared unto you his cove- 
ir, *h ch he commanded you to per- 
n ten commandments ; and he 
wrote them upon two tables of (lone. 

1% And the Lord commanded me at 
thai til h you ftatutes and judg* 

m • ts, that ye might do them in the land 
over to panels it 
e therefore &ood hee 

•■ no mann:-: nl- 

itudeontl ."'d/the Leu: . nto 

i in H< midil ol the fit 

16 1 efl yecoi rupi your/elves, and make 
en image, the fimilltude ofany 
likeneisof male or female, 
IT 'i he likenefsofanv bealtthat //on 
earth, the likeneisof any winged fowl 
thai d eth in the air, 

i likenefs ofany thing that creep- 
on the ground, the hkenefs ofany fi 
waters beneath the earth : 
d led thou lift up thine eyes unto 
:, and when thou ieefl the fun, and 
and the ftars, even all the bjoft 
, ... 'uldell be driven to wor'hip 
- \ them whieh the Lord 
tli, God lath divided unto all nations 
nut i heaven. 

\0 But the Lord hath taken yon, and 
bi .in torth out of the iron lui- 

nac \i: //out ot Kp ypt. to be unto hini j. 
ol inheiifance as jt arc th 
-i more the Lord m a- an 

• far your fakes, and fweai' that 
ot j;o over Jordan ana that 1 
go in uvto that ^ooa land, 
uie I.OED thy God givcth Ul 
nice : 

-. But I Km ft die in this land, I mafi 
•r lordan but yc (hall goovcr, 
an Is <liat ^ood land. 

heed unto yourfelves, left ye 
tnt of the Lord 
ii , which he m.ide with you. and 
mar > • j i u a graven image, or the li 
oi .i ) i> '"»#, whn.li the Lord tlr. Q 
• haii. forbidden th 

IheLoai th\ / aco:i! 

.\ Di) lona, and i in^ ' 

thou&i ,ildr«*n,and 

ti t ehildi in all ha* 

mainc in th« ! (hall got- 

evil in the tighl ol the L 
provok i 

26 I i.. i.nd ca: 

- 

uni 

Hiall ih t pc 1 n it, b 

IT And ihe Lord i 

in • ien, v 



£C2 Exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. The covenant in Horeb\ 
28 And there yefhall ferve gods, the J wares, and hated him not in times pad: J 



work of men's hands, v»ood and (rone, J and thar fleeing unto one »f thefe cities 

which neither fee ncr hear, nor eat, nor i he might live : 

jfmeU. 43 Kamelyy Bezer in the wildernefs, in 



-i) But if from tkencc thou (halt leek 
the Loud thy God, thouihalt find him\ 
If thou leek him with all thy heart and 
wirh all thy ibul. 

3Q When thou art in tribulation, and 
all theie things are come upon thee, even 
in the laitei aa>s, if thou turn to the 
Lo r D tit) <« -od, and {halt be obedient un- 
to his voice ; 

Si (For the Lord thy God is a merci 



the plain country of the Reubenites ; and 
Ramoth in GiLead, of the Gadites ; and 
Golan in Balhan, of the Manartites. 

44 And this is the law which Mofes let 
before the children of Ifrael : 

45 Theie are the teftimonies and the- 
ftatutes, and the judgments, which Mo- 
les /pake unto the children of Ifrael, after 
the* came forth out of Jfigypt, 

4t> On this iide Jordan, in the valley 



ful God) he will not forUke thee, neither over againft Bethpeor. in the land oi Si 



dolt: e, nor torget the covenant of 

thy fathers which he fw ear unto them. 

3£ Por alk now oi the days that are 
paft, which were before thee, fince the 
day thai God created man upon the 
eai hj and ajk Irom the one fide of heav- 
en u.itu the other, Whether there hath 



honking of the Amontes, who dwelt at 
Heihbon, whom Moles and the children 
of Ifrael fmote, after they were come 
forth out of Egypt : 

47 And they pofTefTed his land, and the 
land of Og king of Baflian, tvro Kings of 
the Amontes, which were on this fide 



been any juco tUmgns this great thing is, [Jordan toward the fun riling i 

ht From Aroer, which is by the bank. 



or hath been heard like n i 

»j Uideirer people hear the voice of 
( I (peaking aut ot themidftof the fire, 
a, thou hail Btard, and live J 1 

34 Or hath Gou allayed to go and take 
hiui a nation, from the midft of another 
nation, by temptations, by likens, and by 
bonders, and by v*ar and by a mighty 
hand, and by a (hretched out arm, and 
. reat terrors, according to all that the 
Lou D your Goa aid for you in -Egypt 
before your e > ss ? 



c!5 



e youi 



mi glue It know that the Lord he is God : 



of the river Arnon, even unto mount Si- 

on, which /; Hcrmon, 
49 And all the plain on this fide Jordan 

eaftward, even unto the fea of the plain* 

unto the fpvinss of Piftah. 
CHAP. V. 

1 the covenant in Hsreb. 6 The ten com*- 
mandments. <H At the people* s requeji 
M*tes nceiveib the law from God 
Am) Mofes called all Ifrael, and faid 

unto them Hear, O Ifrael, the ftatutes. 



ch-ie it was (hewed that thou tuid judgments which I fpeak in your 



e is none el(e beiide him. 
Out of heaven he made thee to: 
his voice, that he might in !trn<yt " 
.id v.^oa earth he ihewed thee his 



ears this day, that ye may learn them, 
and keep, and do them. 

2 The Lord our God made a covenant 
with us in Horeb. 

3 I he Lo» D made not this covenant 



re j and thou heardeft his words with our fathers, but with us, even us, 
t of the ire. \mfooare all of us here alive this day. 



51 And b he Loved thy fathers, 

therefore he chole their feed after ihcm, 
and brought thee out in his light with his 
hi paw rpt j 

to drive out nations from before 
. ; I mi ;htter than thou *ru 
|ive thee their land 
J or as it 's this day. 

* l j Knew ] this day, and con- 

r // in d - . • d he 

* . and upon the 

ca, . $re n nor.< 

11 'P tlici . ' :lat- 

admen*. which I 

J till Q '.y. that it ;.-:•- pjo 

with f 

_ i - I • - prolong 

'■>, wh: of J 

tir- 
41 <fl Thenl [tics 

■ 

una 



4 The Lord talked with youfaceio face 
in the mount, out of the mid!' of the fire, 

5 (I itood between the Lord and you 
at that time, to lhew you the word of 
the Lord : for ye were afraid by reafon 

fire, and went not up into the 
mount) faying, 

6 fl \amt\\e Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
irom the houfc of bondage. 

7 Thou (halt have none other gods be-- 
fo!-: me. 

8 Thou flialt not make thee any graven 

:, or any likenefs of any thing that is 
in heaven above, or that is in the earth 
, or that is hi the waters beneath 
... earth : 

91 1 boil flialt not bow down thyfelf 
unto them, norfrrve them: for 1 

tji] ' am ajealou God,v ifiting 

in, quity ot the fathers upon tlie ehil- 
: thtrcl and fourth generality* 



I flat ha I 



Id And. 



The ten c§m t nan<Uacnts. Chap. 

iO And (hewing mercy unto thoufands 
•f them that love me and oy com- 

mand mer: 

11 Thoo iLiilt not take the name of the 

Lord thy God in wvn; r„r the Lokd 
will oot hold birn guiltlels rhat taketh his 
name in vain. 

12Keepthe(abbathday tofanc~tifyit,as|i/, ana" don 
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee i 

15 Six days tbou ihalt labour, and do 
all thy work. : 

14 But the feventh Jay is tlie fabbath 
of the Lord th> God in it thou IhJt 
not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, 
nor thy daughter, uor thy manfervant. 
nor thy uiaiufervant, nor thine ox, nor 
thine afs, nor auy of thy cattle, nur thy 

anger that it within thy j^ates that 
thy manfervgntaad thy asaidfervant may 
refi ru. 

15 A;H i >er that thou wall a 
fervant in the land ot Bgypt, mid tbat 
the Lord tb) God brought thee out 
•hence, through amiehtj hand, and by a 

cehed out arm : therefore the Lo 
thy God commanded thee to keep i 
fabbath day. 

16 honour thy father and tin moth- 
er, as the Lord thy God hath cOm- 

ided thee jthat thy days may be 
prolonged, and th.tt it may go well with 
thee, in the land which the Loi'.u thy 
^od giveth thee 

on (halt not kill. 



w. End of the laivis ohtdienie. 16.1 

hath heard the voice ot the Iirins God 



IT 

18 Neither Aalt tl mmit adultery 

19 Neither (hall thou Ileal . 

£Q Neither (bait thou bear tulle witneGs 

ibour. 
El Neitl lire thy neigh. 

botrr 1 ither (bait thou covet thy 

field, or h:j nun- 
mt # or! vant, his ox oi hit 

am thing that n thj boi *S 

t words the Lob d (pake un- 

) in the mount, out ot 

the raid fire, of the cloud, and of 

tli ck darknefs, w ith a gn u 1 1 
and he added no m .And he v.k,-< 

theiu in two tables oi itone and delivered 

ne. 
V5 *nd it came to y lard 

. oice out oi lit ot the dark 

the in nmtain did burn w 
uaie near unto me, t*ven all the h 
>ur tril ui elders ; 



. ildng our of the midU of the fire, as 
we ba</e t aid lived ? 

-T Uo thou near and hear all that the 
Lord our L»od fliall fay : and \\ - 
thou unto u> all that the Lord our God 
ihall foeak unto thee j and we will hear 
3 do /'/ . 
21 Aud the Lord heard the voice of 
your words, when you fpake unto me ; 
ana 1 the Lord faid unto me, I have heard 
the voice of the words ofthis people, which 
they have looker* unto thee : they hive 
we'd faid all th^t they have fpoken 

19 () that there were Inch an heart in 
them, that they would fear me, and 
h< ep al my commandments always, that 
it might be well with them, and with 
then children for ever ! 

SO Go fay totl'.em,Get ye into your 
tent 

It but as for 'bee, (land thou here by 
me, and I will [peak unto thee all the 
mandments", and the ftatotes, and the 
judgments, which thou (halt teach them, 
that thej may do tbcm in the land which 
1 k'ive them to poflefs it 

»l Ye (hall otferve to do therefore as 
the Lord your God hath commanded 
you ye (hall not turn &fide to the right 
mind or to the left. 
3.3 Ye (hall walk in all the ways which 
1 okn your God hath commanded 
you ; thai ye may live, and tbatll maybe 
well with you and t&Mt ye may , 
younLi) s inthe land which yeflial! 

CHAP VI. 
1 The end oj tbe U W U ihtdU nee* 1 An 
t jrhvt tatinti t^eieto. 
NOW their mrr the inmnumdments, 
t.V Itatutet, and the judgments, which 
iIk- 1 otD your God commanded to teach 
yOU, that ye mipht do fe»> in the 
thei x go to : offi fs It ; 
t rhai tl f ' ' ' ORD 

thy ( rod to keep .in his Itatuti I his 

r hich 1 com 
thou, and thv fon, and thy Con's loi 
: tyi ot thj life ; and that thy 
j be r 1 "'' ' 
S t Hear, 
fei »« to do h i i 1 il i i with 

as the 1 or ii G 
nifed thee 



JV«I IIIWVII ■■» 1 VHI V»«lf j )|-"'lll'*IIIIV.l III III' 

I Ami y* i , i. .iold the Lo r- wit! 

i hath u«* hii glo 4 !!■ h . < M lite f 

il n. ;., i id heard his voi< c in ne I i 






out of the nudfl <>'• the fit 

i this day thai ( ! id doth talk 
h. 

re will confum us \ 
»l t!i<- Lord our G 
moi 

t"or, V\ hoi* I 



I.o I 



il 
fo !, ind • 1 thy n 

: '. ' 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



Communion zuitb thr 



164 Exhortations tQ obedience 

thou walkeft by the way, and when thou we obferve to do all thefe command - 
Jielt down, and when tnou rifeft up. ' m«nts before the Lord our God, as he 

8 And thou (halt bind them tor a fign ; hath commanded us 



upon thine hand, and they (hall be as 
frontlets between thine eyes. 

9 And thou lhalt write them upon the 
polls ot thy houfe, and on thy gates. 

10 And it lhall be, when the Lo«Dthv 
God (hall have brought thee into the 
land which he fwear unto thy fathers, 
to Abraham, to Ilaac, and to Jacob, to 
give thee great and goodly cities, which 
thou buildeft not, 

11 And houfes full of all good things 
which thou filledfl not, ana wells digged, 
which thou diggedft not, vineyards and 
olive trees, which thou planted!! not ; 
When thou lhalt have eaten and be full ; 

It -ben beware left thou forget the 
Lord, which brought thee forth out of 
the land of Hgypt, from the houie of 
bondage. 

\5 i hou (halt fear the Lord thy 
G^d, and ferve him, and (halt fwear by 
his name. 

1 1 Ye (hall not go after other gods, of 
the gods of the people which are round 
about you j 

\b (Kor the Lord thy God is a jealous 
God among vouiieft the angerof theLoRD 
thy God be Kindled again- 1 thee, and de- 
stroy the* from ori the face of the earth. 

lo Ye (hall not tempt the Lord your 
God, as ye tempted bun in Mailah 

17 Ye (hall diligently keep the com- 
mandments of the Lord your God, and 
his testimonies, and his ftatutes, which he 
hath commanded thee 

18 And thou lhait dotbsftobiekh right 
and good m the light of the Lord: that 
it may be well with thee, and that thou 

in and polLls the good land 

Lord (wear unto thy fathers ; 

is 'I o call out all thine enemies from 

, a • ihe Loud hath IpoKcn. 

• - • n thy (on aflceth thee in 



CHAP. VII. 
1 All cnmmunnmnvttb the nations forbid- 
den, K for fear oj idolatry y &c. 
WHEN the Lord thy God* fhall bring 
thee into the land whither thou goefl to 

Eoffefs it, and hath caff aut many nation's 
efore thee, the liittites, and the Girea- 
•aites, and the Amorites. and the Ca- 
naanites, and the Perizzites and the Hi- 
vites, and the Jebufites, feren nations 
greater and mightier than thou ; 

t And when the Lord thy God fhall 
deliver them before thee : thou (halt 
fmite them *nd utterly defrroy them ; 
thou (halt make no covenant with them, 
nor hV»v metcy unto them : 

3 Neither iha.lt thou make marriages 
with them . thy daughter thou (halt not" 
give unto W\> fon, nor his daughter malt 
thou rake unte thy fon. 

4 <| Kor they "'ill turn away thy fort 
from folio tint me, that they may ferve 
other gods : lo will the anger of the 
Lord be kindled againftyou, and deftroy 
thee fuddenly. 

H But thus (hall ye dea! with them : ye 
mall deftroy their altars, and breakdown 
their images, and cut down their groves, 
and burn their graven images with fire. 

6 Kor thou art an holy people unto thev 
I ORDthyGod: the Lord thy God hath. 

cliolen thee to be a fpecial people unto - 
himfelf. above all people that are upon 
the face of the earth. 

7 l he Lord did not fet his love upon 
you. nor choofe you, becaufe ye \rere 
more in number than any people; for ye 
'Wert the feweftot all people ; 

8 But becauie the Lord loved you, 
and becaufe he would keep the oath 
which he had fworn unto your fathers, 
hath the Lord brought you out with h 
mighty hand, and redeemed vou out of 



lavina, What mtan the : the houfc of bondmen, from the hand of 



ana the Matures, and the judg 
Lord out God harh 

J " '■ ' 

dt fay tin to ihy 

;ypt ; 

and 

toh, and ill his h 

ncc 
, to giv us the 
ire uni ithi rs, 

14 led ns ( 

r the Lo 
i - • hat he might 



Pharaoh king of kgypt. 

Know, therefore, that the Lord thy 
God, lie r/God, the faithful God, which 
keepeth covenant and mercy with them 
thai love him and keep his command - 
ments, to a thousand generations. 

10 Andrepayeth them that hate him to 
their face, to deftroy them : he will not 
ick to him that hateth him, he will 
/ him to his face. 
ii I hou (halt therefore keep the com- 
mandments, ^nd the ftatutes, and the 
judgments, winch I command thee this 
, to do thern. 
i 2 Wherefore it (hall come to pa("s,if ye 
hearken to thefe judgments, and keep, and 
do them, that the Lord thy God ffcajl 
keep unto thee t|ie covenant and theiacr- 
• hicli he fw*aVe unto thy iatfiers: 

13 Arid 



natiaju fo:b. d 

13 And he wilt love Iheej ik 
thee, and multiply thcc : he 
bleli the fruit of thy womb, a ad die fruit 

of tr.y land, thy corn, and thy wi:ie, and 
thine oil, the increafe of thy kine, and 
the flocks nl th> Hietp, in the hich 

be (ware unto toy fathers to iiee 

14 J houflialt be bit-:. 
pie : there (hail not 
ren among you, or anions voir 

13 And the LoRDnill take away from Forty ye 'he wiidernefs. to hit mole 

•* all ficknef«, and will put noneofthe the to prove thee, to ko n 9 it 

evil difeafes oi hgypt.w hich thou k ne heart,whethcT thou ttctuIi. 

©ft, upon thee ; but will lay tl. keephitc mn ents.oroo 

all them that hate ihce. \nd he hu ercd 

v. the-- to hu fad riuje f ith raan- 

trhich thou kneweft nor, neither did 

hers know ; that he might mak<~ 



Cbrdier.se recommended. 165 

III 

•/ to or- ; in regafcl 

of (jcd'S clr ■■• them. 

LL thee i I coat- 

this day (hall ye obfrrve to 
co, rhat ye ipar live, and mu and 

go in and polled the land which the 
lord i • »to your fath •■ «. 

a (hah iber all the way 

which th d 'Ik God led thee thefe 



na 
thy 



16 And thou lhai- :neal! »he peo 

pie which the Lord thy God liver 

thee : thine eye (hall nave no \ 
them: neither lhalt thou fcrve the 
that ivill be a lu.ire unto thee 

IT !f thou fh.tlt lay in thine 1 
Thefe nation* are more than I ; i 
1 dilpoli'el- them ? 

II 1 bou (halt not be afraid of them : , 
but (halt well r 
thy God did unto Ph iraoh, aod unto ad I It 

1» ihe great temptatio h I 

eyes (aw, anil the li^ns and the 



thee kn. I man doth not live by 

1 only, but bv every ivord that pro- 
ceeded our of ttic mouth of t!ic Lor.d 
<U>th man lice 

4 » by r old ttpofi 

ther d 1, thef': 

rhine heart, 

I - on, fo the 
' Lord thv I h thee. 

(he com- 



v j k 3 m", nn« u.v. I UIU I. II. « Mi|i ' ll\- IU1II- 

ders, and l] i he Loan thv God, to 

fhetched jut ami, whereb) the <> u him 

thy God brot if e our ' fo (hall the' 1 F ; the rinjeththee 



* 

ptha that 



hy WjckI broug 

ID thy God do unto all the peoplr 
w hotn thou art .i 

20 Moreover, Lord thy < m or < 'tis ; 

fend the horn until t| 

that are lett, aa ; hide themfelvra from 
thee, be deltr 

zi I hou ihjlt oot be I at 

lb ORD tl , 

' i • 
I will put 

on' • hofe na tie and 

little : thou ma) eit noi c< 
•at one • rield increafe 

upon ti 

fA But the Lor 
er them unto ther. ih ill « 

th a might j 

deftro 

And he lh.dl « : their k 

into thine hand, and thou ihilt dc-i't 
th- nc from 'i,,< ; < i .'-re 

■ 
un( them. 

•i • i he ftr iven ot th* r cods 

til ye burn with (ire : tht u :' i 

■ ■ ■ 
nor t.i toil bo ' 

therein : fur it is an ah to the 

i I. 

ti Neither ihult thou bi 
nation in< ou r e, i 

•111 • like it : bu: thou l> ill i ' 

ill uttei 

■ 



and 
' . r> ; a 

land • t oil - 
9 \ ii read 

. ■ i ft 
an\ (lonei are 

e lulls thou raayeft 

k» 

thru tl (.0 

1! 

I o God, in 

in. i 

• / rre rt \ 

1 I 

mi i 

I • thou I 

muh 

ii 

D th\ 

of'- «.f 
1 . ; 

orth water out < I 

11 Who 



t\$ JfraeXitef rebiUhiis 

15 Who fed thee in the wildernef* 

with maima, which thy fathers knew not, 

that he might humble thee, and that he 

ht prove thee, to do thee good at thy 

fatter end ; 

17 And thou fay in thine heart, My 
power and the might of my hand hath 
gotten me this wealth 

18 But thou (halt remember the Lord 
tfiy God j for // it lie that giveth thee 
power to get wealth, that he way cftablifh 
Ids covenant which he Iware unto thy 
fathers* as it is this day. 

19 And it (hall be, if thou do at all 
forget the Lord thv God, and walk after 



DEUTERONOMY. 



other gods and ferve them, and woriiip allembly. 



rebear/ed by Mofes. 

8 Alfoin Horeb ye provoked the Lor ft 
iO wrath, lb that the Lord was angry 
with you to have deftroyed yo». 

9 When I was gone up into the mount 
to receive the tables «f (lone, even the 
tables of the covenant which the Lord 
made with you. then I abode in the mount 
forty days and forty nignts, I neither did 
eat bread nor drink water. 

10 And the Lord delivered unto me 
tw© tables of Atone, written with the 
finger of God , and on xhemivas written 
aecoraing to all the words, which the 
Lo»d Ipake with you in the mount, out 
of the midft of the fire, in the day of the 



11 And it came to pais at the end of 
forty days and forty nights, that the 
Lord gave ine the two tables of ftone, 



them, I teftify againft you this day that 

ye ihall finely perifll. 

^0 As the nations which tlie Lord 

deftroycth before your face, io (hall ye even the tables of the covenant. 

perifll becaule ye would not be obedient: 12 And the Lord laid unto me, A- 

unto the voice ot the Lo R o your God. j rife, get thee down quickly frori hence j 
CHAP. IX. | for thy people which thou haft brought 

1 Mofes dijfuadetb them from the opinion forth out of Egypt, have corrupted tbtm- 
of their ozun tight euufnefs^ by rebearf- \f elves ; they are quickly turned afide out 
irg their feveral rebellions. ' of the way which I commanded them; 

rltiAR, O Ifrael : Thou art to pafs they have made them a molten image. 



over Jordan this day, to go in to poiTefs 
nations greater and mightier thanthyfelf, 
onics great and fenced up to heaven. 

2 A people great aad tall, the children 
of the Anakims.whovrj thou knoweft, and 
afnxxbvm thou naft heard fay, Who can 
Hand before the child* eo of Anak > 

8 Umlerltand tlierefore this day, that 

tlie Lokd t)iy God is he which goethover 

I >re tnee ; as aconfuming fire he fhail 

rov them, and he ihall bring them 

down before thy face : lo i&alt thou drive 

them out, and deftroy them quickly, as 

L*RD hath laid unto thee 

4 ' -ot thou in thine keart, after 

the Lord thy God hath cafi them 

out from before thee, laying, For my 

the Lord hath brought me 

I this land \ but for the wick- 

< itions the Lord doth 

drive then out horn before thee. 

^ No] for thy richteoufnefa, or for 

upright) ; thine heart doft thou 

go toj nit for the wick- 

Lord thy God 
doth drive them out from before thee, 



: in the word which 
iware unto thy fathers Abra 
ib. 
<> ; fore that the Loi d 

tit; not this I io 

i thou f -with Aaron to have deftroyed 

le. 

'.how thou 



13 Furthermore, the Lord fpake tint© 
me, faying, 1 have feen this people, and 
behold, it is a ftiifnecked people : 

14 Let m« alone, that 1 may deftroy 
them, and blot out their name from un- 
der heaven : and I will make of thee a 
nation mightier and greater than they. 

II So 1 turned and tame down from 
th« mount, and the mount burned with 
fire ; and the two tables ol the covenant 
ivere in my two hands. 

16 And 1 looked, and, behold, ye had 
finned againft the Lord your God, and 
had made you a moiten calf: ye had 
turned afide quickly out of the way which 
the Lord had commanded you. 

IT And I took the two tables, and caft 
them out of my two hands, and brake 
them before your eyes. 

10 And 1 fell down before the Lord, 
as at the firft. forty days and forty 
nights : i did neithcreat bread nor drink: 
water, becaule of all your fins which ye 
finned, in doing wickedly in the fight of 
the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

19 For I was afraid of the anger and 
hot difpleafu re, wherewith the Lord was 
wroth again (t you to deftroy you. But 
tl Lord hearkened unto me at that 
time alio. 

!<) And the Lord was very angry 

and 



I I prayed for Aaron alio the fame time. 

21 And I took your fin, the calf which 

• had made, and burnt it with fire, and 

■ that thou it, *»</ ground //very fmal I, ri^A 

I ofK; - until it was as (mall asduft i and I caft 

tie duft thereof into the brook, that <te- 

ftlt Lo" d out of the mount. 



£2 And 



An *n M tbiduuce . L.~ 

T From thence they journeyed unto 
Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodan to Jot- 
bach, a land of rivers ot water** 

8 At that time the Lo r d feparated the 
tribe ot Levi, to bear the ark of the cove- 
nant of the I.okd, to (Kind before the 
Lord to minilter unto him, and toblcfs 
in his name, unto this day. 

9 \k I;r r , ;,,. c I rr\ hath no part nor in - 
heritance with his brethren j the Lo] 
;/ hii inheritance, according as the Lokd 
i!iy God promifed him. 

l ions ii4gnis,a* i icu a 10 And I flayed in the mount, ne- 

ar the jirjt ; becauie the Lord had laid cording tu the firfl: time, forty days and 
he won]', y you. forty nights; and the Lord hearkened 

■ unto the Lord, unto me at that ti*,c aim, ami the Lord 
andf.uci,0 LOUD God, deftroy not tky would nol deifr-oy thee. 



TC&c savo tuhlci rtnrwtd. Chap. x. \\. 

Z-i And at Taberak, and at Maflah, 
ami at KibrothJiattaavah, ye piov 
the Lok d to wrath. 

"J.3 Like wife, when the Lot Dfent you 
from (hbarnea, laying, Ge uj 

the land which I have given >ou ; 
;hen \c rebelled againft the commandment 
of the Lord »our God. and ye believed 
him not nor Leartenea to Jr.i vc 

\chavebc*n rebellious again!) the 
an from the da j that l knew you. 
I i fell down before the lord 
^hts,ab 1 fell dov. n 



,.d thine inheritance, which ihvii 



11 And the Lord faid unto me, A 



people 

It redeemed through thy greatnefs, rife, take tip journey before the people, 

UCh tl'.ou hart brought forth out ot that they may £0 in and polL Ts the land, 
Kgyrt \* ithe ;d. w hich I fware unto their lathers to git : 

%7 Rei y fervants, Abraham, unto them. 

I faac. and Jajeob ; look not unto the (tub- 11 fl Vnd now, Ifrael, What doth the 

borniK.is ot' wiiib people; nor iu their Lord thy God require of thee, but I » 

■i, r to tfteir tin : fear the (.ord thy God, to walk in all 

18 Leuth land whence thou brought- 1 his ways, and to love him, and to ferve 

•ft us cm,Ia,-, Brcaufe the Lord wasjthe LoRDthj with all thy heart and 

able to brio a into the laudjwithall thy foul, 

which he rhctn, and becaufe] 1.3 To keep the commandments of the 

lie hated them, he hath brought them LORD, andhiaflatutes, which [command 
ttittoflay i •■'• •iW thee this j >r thy j^ood ? 

£9 Vet they mre \ and thine 

i thou bn iteit out 



by tlit ;. powerund h\ I idl- 

ed e< 

CHAR. X. 
1 CoWs mercy in re/lo>ing the tivo tables. 
1£ An exk to otodwue. 

the Lor i 

Hew lh l »n r o 

rf), 

■ >od. 
I %nd I will wri the i ibk-s tin. 

iblea whi h 
lit put them in 
.rk 
*> An 1 I I f fliittim W( 

hewed I f ; <ui<- like unto 

nto the mount, 
n mine hand 
4 And he v 



is (i.iy tar 
H Behold, the heaven, and the hea^ 
w ■ , / j the Lord's tli 
eartb u.'jo, w ith ^11 that th< n I 

i > Only the Lo rd liad a d light in 
thy fathers to love them, aid h 

dec) after them, t*vtn you above all 
, i it is this day . 
10 Circum forefkii 

yotu' I !>•• no moi ed. 

i I For the Lord yotu ( iod it 
godfl and I ord of lords, God, •'« 

mighty, u i rible, which i egan 

hi re fai a : 
t • the j" f of 

uhertefs and m h the 

Granger, in giving him food and i 

19 i i for 

yc w in the I md 61 Rgi t« • 

to i hou ihait feai the Lob d tl ( 

d to him I 



ing to t . the ten com-h name 

idmeni Lord fj It He is tl i ■-, ind he is thy< 

3 ( u in the mount, ■ . • • undone 

' the) i which t !.:.■■ 

: . went 
>wn | with th 

.mi', an< pui the • i !. ith made tl 

, i a* the '■• 

LP \ l 
i | tl < i at n 

'c is hi ''. 

• era tlv 1 ! RE l 

'dn j ...... his atotey, 

his I !e 

1 



1^8 4n exhortation 

% And know ye this day ; for / /peak 

inot with your children which have not 

4cnOwn, and which have nut feen the 

■chaftikruent of ;he Loud your God, his 

grcarntds, his mighty hand, and his 

ijretcned out arm. 

r* And his miracles, and his acts, which 
"he did m the mldft of Egyptj unto 1'iia- 
si-aoh t;ie king of Egypt and unto all Iiis 

land : 

4 And v\hat lie did unto the army of 
Egypt- unto their horles, and to their 
chariots . how he made the water or the 
\Red lea to oversow them as thty pur- 
sued after you, and bono the Lord ii*fh 
deftroyed them unto this day ; _ 

5 And wiiat he did unto you in the wil- 
dernehs, until ye Cami into this place . 

6 And wharhedid unto Dathan and 
Abiram, the Tons of EHab, the fon of 
\Reuben : how the earth opened her 
mouth, and (wallowed them up, and 
the.r liouiehoida, and their tents, and all 
the iubJtance tha'. -zuas in their pufieilion, 
in the imdlt of ail Ifrael : 

7 But your eyes have j'een all the great 
acts of the Lord which he did. 

8 Therefore {hull ye keep all the com- 
inandments - hichlcomrhand youthisday : 
that ye may be ifrong, and go in and pof- 
ijelsihe UinJ, whither ye gotopoiiHsu ; 

9 Ami thai ye may prolong yoUr uay^ 
in the land which 'he Lokd (ware unto 
your; fathers to give unto them and to 
their feed, aland that fioweth with milk 
and hooey 

iO For the land, whither ihou goei; 
in to poifela it, ii not a.s the laud of E 
gypt, from w hence ye came out, where 
thou few edit thy leed, and wateredft // 
v. ;th thy foot as a garden of herbs : 

11 ljut the land whither )e go to pof 
Tcfs it, 1 s a land of hills and valleys, and 
drinketh water of the rain or heaven : 

\l A land winch the Lord thy God 
eareth for : the eyes of the Lord thy 
GotJ are always upon it, trom the be- 
at" the year even unto the end 
Mjf the ) ear. 

IS And it mail come to pnfs, if ye 
lhall hearken diligently unto my com- 
mandments which I command you tliio 
day, to lbve the j'.oku jour God, and 
10 fcivc hun with all your heart and 
until ^11 your foul ■ 

11 1 hat I will give you the rain of 
your lami in his due feafon, the &rft rain 
and the latter rain, Uut thou ma) eft 

ithcr in thy corn, and thy wine, and 
ihine oil. 

15 And I will fend grafs in thy field-, 
r thv cattle, that ihou maycii cat and 

I c roll. 

16 T.ikc heed to yourfclves, that your 
heart ho not deceived, and ye turn afidc, 
aijg icivt oilier gods them ; 



DEUTERONOMY. to ohdJAnct. 

17 And then the Lord's wrath be\ 
kindled again ft you, and he fluit up the 
heaven, that there be no rain, and that 
the land yield not her fruit ; and l.cjl ye 
perilh quickly from off the good land 
which the Lord giveth you. 

18 Therefore mail ye lay up thefe my 
words in your heart, and in your foul,- 
and bind them for a fign upon you-T 
hand, thai they may be as- frontlets be- 
tween your eyes. 

19 And ye lhall teach them your chil- 
dren, fpeaJking of them T»hen thou'ht- 
*e(t in thine houfe, and when thou walk- 
ed by the way, when thou licft down 
and when thou rifeft up. 

"2.0 And thou (halt write them upon 
rhe door pofts of thine houle, and upon 
thy gates : 

£l That ycur days may be multiplied, 
and the days of your children, in the 
land which the Lord fware unto your 
fathers to give them, a* the days of heav- 
en upon the earth, 

2$ For if ye (hall diligently keep all 
thefe commandments which 1 command 
you, to do them, to love the Lord your 
God, to walk in all his ways, and to 
cleave unto him ; 

*23 Then will the Lord drive out all 
thefe nations from before yon, and ye 
lhall po il>fs greater nations and mightier 
than yourfclves 

£4 Every place whereon the foles of 
your feet lhall tread, fhall be yours . from. 
■he wddernefs and Lebanon, from the 
river, the river Euphrates, even unto the 
uttermefi lea fhall your coaft be. 

2. r > There (hall no man be able to fhtnet 
before you : Jo r the Lord your God (hall 
by the fear of you, and the dread of you, 
upon all the land that ye lhall tread upon, 
as he hath laid unto you. 

26 «ff Behold, I fet before you this day 
a bleffing and a curfe ; 

27 A blelling. if ye obey the command- 
ments of the Lord your God, which I 
command you this day : 

■28 And a curie, if ye will not obey the 
commandments of the Lord your God, 
but turn afide out of the way which I 
command you this day, to go after other 
gods, which ye have not known. 

19 And it (hall come to pafs, when 
the Lo r d thy ©od hath brought thee in 
unto the land whither thou goeft to pof- 
fefs it, that thou (halt put the bleffing 
upon mount Gerizim, and the curfe upon 
mount Ebal. 

50 Are they not on the other fide Jor- 
dan, by the way wheru the fun goeth 
down, in the land of the Canaanik 
which dwell in the champaign oyer againft. 
Gil gal, befide the plains ot Moreh ? 

31 For ye fhall pais over Jordan to go 
in to poffels the land which trie Loki> 

yoiu* 



GetPs place cfworfiip to be kept. Chap. xii. 

your God givet.i you, and ye fliall poffefs ; 
it, and dwell there. n 

51 Anijc fhall obferve to do all the 
ftatutesand judgments, which 1 fet before 
you this da v. 

CHAP XII 
i Monumrnts of idoi Hiy areto bedeftroyt d 

5 1 f o/ i,od' •iei'vui is lobekepi. 

16, 88 QUod forbidden 

Tilh,6^ are the ftatutes and judg-- 
rnen'j which ye rail obferve to do in the 
land, which uic Lord God of thy father* 
giveth thee to polfefs :t, ah the days that 
upon the earth. 
. e to ill utterly deftroy ail the places 
wherein the nations which ye thai! ,m>1- 
ie:5, !e: - '. . d heir gods, upon the 
mountains, and upon the hills, and under 
every green tree : 

3 And ye lhaii overthrow their al- 



Eloi'd forbidden. 469 



is within your pates : foraimuch as lv* 
hath no par' rtoi inheritance with you. 

13 lake heed to thy felt that thou 
tier not thy burnt offerings in every 
place that thou leelt : 

1 i Bui in the place to hichthe LoRDfhall 
chooiem one of thy iribes, there thou fhalt 
oiler thy burnt overingiyand there thou 
lhalt do .ill thai 1 command rnee 

15 Notwithstanding, thou may eft kill 
and eat fiV(h in all thy gates, whatloivcr 
thy fouji luiieth alter, according to the 
blefling of the Lord thy Got 1 winch he 
hath given thee : the unclean and the 
clean maj eat thereof, as of the roebuck, 
and a^ of the h;<rt 

lb ^| Only ye (hall not eat the blood ; 
ye Ibail pour it upon the earth as water. 

17 Thou mayeft not eat within ihy 
>.e tithe of thy corn, or ofthy wine, 



tars and break their pillars, and burnloroi il,or the nrftlingsof thy herds. 



th es with tire ; and ye iba.ll hi 

down the graven images of their gods, 
■ana deftroy the names of them out of 
thai . iace. 

4 Veihall not do fo unto ti>e Lord 
youi Uod. 

5 «] But unto the place which theLoan 
your Gad lhaii chooie out of all your 
tribes to put h;s name there, eu<.n unto Irs 
habitation iha.ll ye leek, and thither tiiou 
malt come ; 

6 And thither ye (hall bring your burnt 
offerings, and your ficrifices, and your 
tithes, and heave offerings ol your ha 
anil your vow -, .>;ui >our free will ofl 
in^, aodthe fintlings of your herds and 

your Hocks : 

7 >nd there ye fliall cat before the 
Lokd your Goo, ai lha.ll rejoice 

>.i \ c put \ our hand unto, y e 
your houteholds, wherein she ..or d tn^ 
Gud ha 



or ofthy Bock, nor any ofthy vows which 
thou Vowefl not ( hy freewill offerings, 
or heave ofierlig ot thine hand: 

18 Bui thou mult eat hem before the 
Lord th) God, in the pi; ce which the 
Lord thy God fliall oiiooit, then, and 
thy fon, and thy daughter, and thy man* 
lervant, and thy mauiiervant, and the 
Leviie thai 'J within th » thou 

'.hih b< fore rhe Lo. D th) Gtod in 

.•J tliai hou p nine hands • mto 

li) Lai lell ih ii thou for- 

lake ; t the Li v,te as ' thou I vcii 

upoi r .h. 

-20 the Lojld thj God (hall rn- 

laigc tny hordel as lie I- th promifed 

hou lhalt fay, i ■ ill ea iL'lh, 

thi foul longeth t< ea* fl. ib ; 

i ho ii thy 

lufteth after. 

tl It e which the I or.d t!i 

ha i h . he .ii ■ | m his name there, b~ 



8 Veihall not do after all thetbing lartiomth . hou (halt kill 
We do hen this day, man whatfo-jtl hei I ind of thy i which 

it in hi» own ey h given thee* as I 

9 For ye are not as j I, man.. ;, and thVu (hall thv 



and ' • the inheritance) which the :.oku 

your I JOd givetll J ou. 

10 go over Jordan, and 

dv\c,l in 1 1 it- land won ,i th 
( i It iv< ii y mi to inherit, ai hen he 

^ ; .vc-;/i you i -it tio,,i 

round about* fo that ye dwell in fafety , 
n 1 h< n there iiull be 
> r !> . our 
his name to dwell there ; thither lhalt 
brin>; all thai 1 eomman i \ < u; ; 
bu 

tithe-:, and tl • yotu 

hand, and ail your choice vows which 
. unto t , 
12 And y e Dkall rejoice b< (Lord 

nir God, ye, and \ oi 
oaughterst and your van and 

your maidfervants, and the Levite I 

X 



uever thy 'o.d lulieth utun 

and tlw h irl is 
eaten, (o fhalt Mi n eai tfn m . l|i um 

! . e 
■• • > j be fure rha* tl i mo: the 

.i in th< bloo • • ■ i thou 

Hi 
i hou (halt 
pour it i 'i th as W at 

■ ,t : thai it 
go to 

;/ u 
■ 

hich thoulialt, 
and ihy "n - 

to the] Lord 

And thou i''.- but nt of- 

t-nr I upon tlv 

altar of the Lord i I : an I 

od 



U® Enticers to idolatry 

bioodof the facrifices (hall be poured oiu 
upon the altar of the Lord thy God, an * 
thou (halt eat the fleth 

£8 Obferve and hear all thefe word< 

which I command thee, that it may go 

with thee, and with thy children 

after thee forever, when thou doeft tbat 

\ch is good and right in the fight of 

the l ok d thy God. 

29 Vviien the Lord thf God (hall cut 



DEUTERONOMY. 



are to be flatted to deattn 

7 Namely, of the Gods of the people 
which are round about you. nigh unto 
thee, or far off from thee, from the one 
end of the earth even unto the other end 
of the earth ; 

8 i hou (halt not confent unto him, nor 
hearken unto him ; neither (hall thine, 
eye pity him. neither (halt thou fpare, 
neither (halt thou conceal him . 

9 ^ But thou (hah furely kill him ; 



off .he nations iron 1 , before thee, whither 'thine hand fllaVl be rirft upon him to put 
thoi I ro poffefj I hem, and thou hie- jhtm to death, and afverv\ards the hand of 

cee left them, and dwelled in their land, all the people. 

60 Take'heed'to tliyfelf that tmvu be 10 And thou (halt (lone him with ftones, 

not fna ing them, after that that he die ; becaufe he hath fought to 

they be deftroyed from before thee ; and {thruft thee away from the Lord thy God, 

inquire not alter their gods, j Which brought thee out of the land of 

faying, lid iheie nations ferve their 1 Egypt, from the houle of bondage. 



• will I do likewife. 



j 11 And a") liiael ihall hear, and fear; 



SI Thou (bait not do fo unto the Lord :anO (hall do no more any fuch wickednefs 
thy God : foi evi vj abomination to ihe as thir, is among you. 
Lord • luch lie hatethj have they done 1- f If tl ou (halt hear fay in one of 
unto their godj ; tor even their ferns and: thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath 
then hters they have burnt in the i given thee to dwell there, faying, 

to their gods. . IS Certain men, the children of Belial; 

g foever I command you, I are gone out- from among you, and have 
>fen -it : thou fbalt not add there- 1 withdrawn die inhabitants of their city, 

faying, Let us go and ferve other gods, 
which }e have not known ; 

14 1 hen (huh thou inquire, and make 
fearch, and aik diligently ; and behold, 
if it be truth, and the thing certain, 'bat 



ob 

to, nor diininift from it. 

CM A P. XIII. 
1 Entice's to idolatry t 6 bo'v near foe*ver t 

9 are to b: ft o me d to death. VI Isola- 
tions cities a*? not to be /tared. 



IF there arife among you a prophet, or . fuch abomination is wrought among you; 

a dreamer of dreams, and givetk thee a; it> '3 hou (halt furely finite the inhabit- 

•:r, ants of that city with the edge of the 

m or the wonder come toJ fword, deftroymg it utterly, and all that 

?al he (pake unto thee, faying} is therein, and the cattle thereof w iththe 

.eto> . . ifter other gods, which thou i edge of the fword. 

known, and Irt us ferve tliem; i i And thou (halt gather all the fpoil 

*i Thou (halt not hearken unto the of it into the mid ft of the fcreet thereof, 

• • prophet, or that dreamer and fl ait burn with fire the city, and all 

of .- for the Lord your Gou the fpoil theieof, every whit, for the 

h on, ;.) know whether ye love Lor,d thy God: and it (hall be an heap 

the I i id With all your heart forever; it (hall not be built again. 

Ul. | IT And there Ihall cleave nought of 

* Ye (hall walk after ihe Lord your 1 the curfed thing to thine hand: thatthe 

1 ( fear him, and keep h ; s com- ; Lord may turn from the ficrcenefs of hid • 

voice, and ye j anger, and fhew thee mercy, and have 

him, and ave unto him companion upon thee, and -nfu I tip ly thee, 

er ' mer a h (worn unto thy fathers ; 

lecaufe 18 When thou fhalt hearken to the 

I • from voice of*hc Lord thy God, *o keep all 

t you his commandments which I command 

is day, to aotbat tvbieb'is right in 

>«"' .• • the res of th Lord thy God. 

D thy ; "■ A P. XIV. 

- 1 Cod's children are rot to disfigure 

tbemfel*ves in mourning. '.) What may 

J tndivbatnot. l ll Of tithes. 

the fonofthy] «r/ the children of the Lord your: 

daught< iii.iil nor cut yourfelves, nor 

my baldnefs between your eyes 
- 1 . 

; art an holy people unto 
the Lord thy God, and 'he Lord hal 
;i thee to-be a peculiar people unto 

himfelf* 



afis clean and unclean. Chap. xv. 

.11 the nations mat a e 
Tir earth 

o» fi Ihou Malt not eatan) abominable 
Ihn 

4 1 Refe ate the beaus w hich \ e (lull 
eat the g ';i r , 

■ h.n t, and the i bu< k, and the 
a deer, a ! the wild ^ tat, a. id the 

6 And e\ call lhal paneth the 
i, and cleft mtv. 

clav. :.,../.- j chewe>h the cud a.nong the 

bcalis Ih.i I ,1 

7 Novel th ii- fe ye fh i! 1 n 
them that chew the cud, or I ih in that 
divide the cloven ! 

: foj the) chew 
Che cud, but divide noi th , tbeie- 

J\jr<- —an UntO J 

8 And the i\ me, becaule it divideth 

thC Jldwt, \ | Hi!, It Li 

line ean ui [hall m 

i r Hem, ner touch then 

y i ol all h . ar# in 

hai i-avc fins and fcales 
fha it : 

10 And i er hath not fins and 

fcaleSj >e ma) not eat ; it is unclean un- 
to you. 

li Oy .-ill clean birda yc ;' all eat 

ii [-.in thefe i" t hye I 

Hal , . 

tiie < 

IS . and th< 

vulture affei kin , 

i > id, 

i j . tod ii 

I li » 

1, and 'i, | 
and i\ i 

I 

is unclean unto j ou ; the) ih il 

eaten. 

ot cat f any tl 
eth • thou ii tihi 

thai u in niaj 

< .it u ; or 'I 
alien i foi t 1 ou Q*t an hi 
the th) Gi d. i i. 

the .i kid .ii !• milk. 

\ i hou lhali in. the in- 

•f th) feed, that tl. 
toi th > rar by > eai 

>k b 
thy God, in the hie ii he 

choofe to pla< e his n line there, tin 
of thy COJ n, of thy w iuc, . 
•oil, and the milling • of thy I 
tli) flocks; that thou mayefl learn to 
tbftr the Lord tlry God a 



the year of relerJe. ill 

21 And if the v. ay be too long tor u 

fo th art not able to carrj ii . o* ii 

the \ , Far from thee n h cm he 

D h) God (hall choofe to fet ms 

name there, when the Lor-> thy i^wd 

■ thee : 

- I li n ii: dt thou turn is into money, 
and bind up the ni< ney in th tie ham , 
ihaltgounto the place which thi 
ih . eiuu (hall choofe \ 

%(> \iu th ihait beftow that money 
tot w natlocvei ;hy loul iuUeth aft 
oxen, oi for (heejp oi foi , or tor 

Rrong drink, or for whatli e er rhj loul 
■tii. and thou halt eat there before 
the Loao th> God, ana thou bait re- 
joice, thou, and rhio ehoid 

And the Levite that is within thy 

; thou lhalt not fbrfake him i ti 

i^th no |A'it nor nnei with thtie. 

r\x the end oi thiv- yean thou 

. h >.:i the tithe of thine in- 

.i , and (bail a) it up 

- Am In c\ ue (becaufe he hath no 
part nor in i w th thee) and the 
Ebrangei , in i a herlels, and th< ■ id> 

, which *■ < ».ihii , ii v lhall 

com< u -i that 

iOid tit) v ""i may bid in ail 

the • hinel I * hich thou doeft. 

' , d i ' oj reit aft for 

■ It mujt tn no Ui \ u nsz 

tid oi every feven years thou 
ik< .. . ( 

- . i the manner of the re- 
ieaie i rtha fendetli e 

.. . releaii 

. or oi 
it m called the 

i .i lolcij, 

but tltit v. iiich if thy 

D . i i . 

hich th. 

ce i < i 

i! tllOl il i |tO 

I -jb o the Lui ■ • I 

1 no thou Ih 

row , i mail) 

I 

i c I 

i h the Loao 

i 

8 B 



DEUTERONOMY. 

thine hand 



172 7b e year ofreleafe. 

8 But thou (halt open 
wide unto him, and ihair furely lend 
him fufHcient tor his need, in that which 
he wante'h. 

9 beware that there be not a thought 
in til) wicked heart, fa> ing The feventh 
♦ear, the year of releaie i at hand ; and 
thine eye he evil a gain ft thy poor broth- 
er a. sd theugivefthim u ht ; and he 
cry unto the Lord againfl thee, and it be 
iin tm.o the*-. 

10 1 hoi- (halt finely give him, and 
thine heart ih.dl not be grieved when 
thou : becaufe that For 
this thing the Lord thy God fhaU bleL> 



The feafi of the faffvutr. 

ill blemifh, thou (hair not facriiiceit un- 
to the Lord thy God. 

22 1 hou ilia 1 1 eat it within thy gates s 
the unclean ami the clean perjoujball eat 
u alike, as the roebuck, and as «W hart. 

•2.3 Only thou ihalt not eat the blood 
thereof, thou (halt pour ;t upon the 
ground as water. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Tbeftaji of t^e pc/Jfo • er y Sofiveeks, 1$ 

cf tabernacles. 18 Of judges andjujlice. 

21 Groves and linages ate forbidden. 

OBSERVE tiie month ot Ab;b; and 
keep the paflhver unto the Lord thy 



God 



for in the month of Abib the 



thee in all thy works and inaii that thou ■ Lord thy God brought thee forth out 



purtef! thine hand unto. 
1! For the poor (hall 



j of Bgypt by night, 
never ceafe out | 2 Thou (hah therefore facrifice the paff- 



of the land therefore I command thee, ' over unto the LoRDthyGod of the Hock 



faying, 'I hou (bait open thine hand wide 
unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy. 
needy, in thy land. 

12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew 
man or an Hebrew woman, be (oU unto 
thee, and (erve thee dx years ; then in 
the re vent h year thou flialt let him go 
free from thee. 

I * \u(\ when thou fcndeft him out 



and the herd, in the place which the Lord 
ihcill chooie to place his name there. 

J Thou (halt eat no leavened bread 
• with it ; (even days {halt thou eat un- 
leavened bread therewith, ^<z^»the bread 
oi affliction ; for thou earned forth out; 
of the land of Egypt in hade . that 'hou 
remember 



imayeft remember the day when thou 
feameft forth out ct the land of Egypt all 
free from 'hee, thou <halt not let him go the days of thy life. 
av ay t mpty : i 4 "And there lhail be no leavened bread 

14 I hou fhalt furnifti him liberally out 'feen with thee in all thy coafis feven 

nays ; neither (hall there any thing of 



of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and 
out oi thy v Ine prefs : of thai w herewith 
the Lord thy God hath bielfed thee, thou 
(halt give unto him 

15 And ihoti fhalt remember that thou 



the ri'Ta which thou, faenricedtt the lirffc 
day at even remain all nighji until the 
morning. 
5 Thou may eft not facrifice the pafT, 



Iman in the land of Egypt,. over within any of thy gates, which the 

| Lor d thy God giveth thee : 

b ;iut at the pi cc which the Lord 

| thy God fliall choole to place his name 

in, there thou (hait facrifice the palfovcr 

at even, at the going down of the fun, at 



the i ori th) God redeemed thee 
; fore 1 command thee this thing to- 
d..\ 

16 And : t fh dl be, if lie fay unto thee, 
I :ioi .;( ,i.'-.i\ from thee ; becaufe 



h h thee and thine houle, becaufe, the feafon, that thou cameft forth out of 



H ; hen tht >i thalt take an awl. 



Pt- 
T And thou (halt roafl and eat it in 
I I // through his ear unto rhe door, the place uhich the Lo-D thy God fhail 



v.mr for ever. 
th) maidferv.mt thou (halt 
d 

1* ! em hard unto thee, 

from 

' For 1 h ith i een v . rth a double 

I nt to b,e, mi (erving thee fix 

tnd the I • d thy v>oii (hall bid's 

ft. 

s tint come of 

I i th) Hock tiiou (halt 

to tl el . : thou 

Igof thy 

bullock no hefirftlingofthyfli 

*(*- 1 1 the Lord 

hich 
the flu 1 1 i i th.) 

: 

if there I mifh there - 

0i if it be lame, or bind, 9fkave any 



cnoofe and thou ihalt turn in the morn- 
ipe, and go unto thy tents 

8 Six days thou ihalt eat unleavened 
bread and* on the feventh day jhail be 
a folemn alfembly to the Lord thy God : 
tiioo (halt do no work therein 

9 ^1 Seven weeks (halt thou number 

ihee : begin to number the (even 
Its fromfucb tunc as thou beginneft/o 
put the fickle to the corn. 

10 And thou (halt keep the feaft of 
weeks unto the Lord thy God with a 
tribute of a free will offering of thine 

which thou (halt give unto the 
LORD thy t:od y according as the Lord 
thy God hath bielfed thee. 

11 And thou ihalt rejoice before the 
Lord thy God, thou, and thy fon, and 
thy daughter, and thy manfervant, and 
thy niaidiervant, and the Levite that is 

within 



Tfrtfta/ §/ taker J;* 



rs M»JHrJ :75» 






. -v 






M uir.A B, 












the p 

waft a bondman in 

- 
* Thou fcalt oblen 
Tmacl' 
La:r ja:-. -. : r'r. j". :.i *-..: v. . 
14 And thou Am.: 

• hy fcn. and 1 1 
ih\ 
the Lc\ 

and the wide • "ai n 



■ 






be m 



t* * 



L * 
ch tkLo D i:._ 
Loa: 
rocrcjid, and i. r>c 

1% 

m:. . far be L o * , 

a he mat! L 

rd brea 
o- weeks, and ia the : 
and they taall not appear t 

ording fo the bled . 
God whit 
IS € Judgrs^ ami . 
mate 
f D th 

bes : and T 

thou (bait not I perfoi s 

i the ej 
c : * crrert the w he 






itoae 
or 



I he han«;s of I 

o h*r- 
then 



* 



fell 



I I 









A\tj* , thv 
ce. 

Lo*£> 4, wl) 

make thee. 
1- 

Loar 

1 7 it f* - xd. i /- 

-jji br/.aim. 8 Of tard c+n 
amddh- 

■ 

* bullock, or fb< 
.1, »»ar . 

f, and 
the God. 

:r>d a- ; OU-lov 

htch the LoKOlabv 
■ 



• 



- 



~ T4 Tie duty of a king. 

choofe : one from among thy brethren 
dhalt thou fet king over thee : thou may 
e-lt not let a ftranger over thee, which is 
not thy brother. 

16 ^1 But he fhall not multiply horfes 
to himfelf,nor caufe the people to return 
to Egypt.tothe end that ne fhould multi- 
ply horfes : !"(.; h as the Lord hath 
laid unto you, ^ e (hall henceforth return 
no more that u ay. 

IT Neither (hail he multiply wives to 



DEUTERONOMY. 



A nevj prophet to arije . 

the Levites do, which (land there before 
the Lord. 

8 They ihall have like portions to eat, 
bende that which Cometh of the fale of 
his patrimony, 

9 When thou art come into the land 
hich the Lop. d thy God giveth thee, 

thou (halt not learn to do after the abom- 
inations of thole nations. 

• There fhall not be found among 
you any one that maketh his ton or his 



him (elf, that his heart turn not away : daughter to pafs. through the fire, or that 



neither (hall he greatly multiply to hiin- 
felf lilver and > 

Hi And it (hail be, when he fitted) up- 
on the throne of his kingdom, that he 
4iali write him a copy ot this law in a 
Book, out ot tbai tubicb u before the 
jariefis the Levites : 



'.ne h divination, c anobferver of times, 
or an enchanter, or a witch. 

11 Or a charmer, or a confulter rrith 
familiar fpirits, or a wizard, or a necro- 
Imancer. 

\'l For all that do thefe things are an 
i abomination unto the Lord : and be- 



19 And it IbaU be with him, and he;cauie of thefe abominations the Lorb 
/haii read therein ail the days of his life, thy God doth drive them out from be- 
that he may learn to fear the Lord his! fore thee. 

God, c* keep all the words of this law IS 1 hou (halt be perfe& with the Lor© 
and thefe itatutes, to do them : Ithy God. 

-0 That Ins heart be not lilted up a-t li For thefe nations, which thou (half 
feove his brethren, and that he turn not fpofleis hearkened unto obiervers *>f 
from the commandment, /• the Primes, and unto diviners ; but as 1m* thee, 



I hand, or to the left : to the end that 
he ma) prolong bis day 6 in iiis kingdom. 
. his children, in the midft of 11- 
rael. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 The priejii and J enjites JJjall ha<ve no 
inberitantc. 6 Ifteir portion 15 A 
Prophet to arije like unto Mofes. l .o 
uous prophet n to die 



the Lord thy God hath not fullered thee 
(o to do 

15 «t The Lord thy God willraife uo 
unto thee a Prophet from the midft o£ 
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; un- 
to him \e (hall hearken ; 

1.6 According to all that thou defiredft 
of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the 
| day of the affefflblv, laying, Let me not 



THE ,i (ts the Levites, and all thelhear again the voice of the Lord my 
tribe ot Levi, (hall have no part nor in- \ God, neither let me iee this great fire any 

' more, that I die not 



heritai ce w :;s Ifrael : they (hall cat the 

the i.okd made by fire, and 
hisi; ce. 

tall they have no inherit- 
: brethren : the Lord 
ance, as he hath faid unto 
the 

< • • ill be the | ' due 

. rom them that offer a 

liether li he ox or ih epj and 

(hall give unto the prieft the 

Iho . . au the tv-o cheeks, and the 

A ; 

, (halt ihou 

S . HD thy God hath chofen 

him 

Lot | i and 

<• 

I 

in the n 



IT And the Lord faid unto me, They 
have well J poke n that which they have 
fpoken. 

IS I will raife them up a Prophet from 
among their brethren, like unto thee, and 
v. ill put my words in his mouth , and he 
fhall ipeak unto themail that I ihall com- 
mand him. 

19 And it (hall come to pafs, tbatw I 
foeyer will not hearken unto my w. 
which he ihall fpeak in my name, 1 will 
i e . ] I if him. 

-" tf But the prophet which fhall pre- 
hime to (peak a word in my name, wl 
i have not commanded him to fpeak, or 
that (hall (peak in the name of other gods, 
even that ; rophct (hall die 

-l And if tl in thine heart, 

(kail we know twe word which the 

U ? 

• fpeikc'.h in the 
. if the thing fol- 
low not i. or come to pafs, that is the 
, the Lor d hath not fpoken 
the prophet hath fpoken it prefui 
uoudy ; thou bale uot be atraid of 



him. 



A P. 



1$# titles »f refuge, 

CHAP. XIX 



Ghap. n. Pm*iJbmcBt»fmfalfe i wUn*fr t YfS 

U One \ itnefi (hall not rife up againft 



e cities of refuge, i tbeir pr I r any iniquity, or for any (in. irt 

16 The ^unifbment of a j . .. f fin t! 

WHEN the Lord thy God hath cutftwo . nrees 

oft the nations, *hofe had ihc Lor , des. lhaH (he matter be < . ried. 

h thee, and thou luce ' e witm 

them, aaci < J , and imany man to t citify againfl 

;Ucir houiei ; if* wrong 

2 Thou (halt feparate three cities f *~ f hen both theme '.om 

thee in tiie midi! cr thy land, wh * the controversy is, ihall (land before 

Lord thy G thee tov - Lo id, before the pnefts, and the 

' which (hall be in fL 

nake d'hgent 
inq-.~ , - -, if t!i '. 

■ taiUe *itnei> and hath teftined falle- 
4 nit Ilia brother : 
IS 1 hen . to him, as he. 

done unto his broti 
er: lo (haft thou pat the evjl a\ 
g ■ 

ofe wh i ft all hear, 

I he 



3 Thou fh alt re thee and 

diviie the c y la:u: , the 

Lord thy God giveth lent, in- 

to three ^ans, that evei . llaver may flee 
thither 

•4 f And this is the cafe of the flayer, 
h ihall flee thither, that he :v. 
•lb killeth .his >ur ignorantly, 

wh time pad ; 

e wood j 






with 
h.md 
. 
theh 



ke with the ax to cut 



head i. ( 

pon his neigh- 
at he die : he (hall flee unto 
of thoie 

6 Left the avenger of the blood purfue 
the flayer whilfl r, ar.i 

take him, becaufe the way is !on^. and 
flay Kim ; whereas he ivas not won 
he hated him n 



* 

., hanu 

H 
2 the prieJPs ex -the 

■ ;rle. 10 Iiom i ties 

«- 
peuie m • - 

| 



7 Wherefore I command the*, «*« -i people i thou, be 



Thou fl 

8 And ii the Lofcp 
thy . as he i 

thee a I ich he 

tbers ; 

9 i ilt keep all • 
mandin 

to lov< 
rhy God, :. 

I 

10 

hch the Lord tl 
etn » - mhcritani 

br upon thee. 

i hate !i ''hour, 

i 



Lord 

God is with t 
thy fa- 1 ' land « 

I «' And e are C 

:i unto the 

h .:nd fj 

■ 






. 



and lie in v 

it hejicatcd it 
>._ i 



die, a 
1* 

h him • him 

r of blood, 
c. 

■ 

i 
, that • 
w.ih tl. 

I hou ' • 



oth- 

"* is be v 

■ 

hi". 

■■ 

be- 



ie mh- 

nd thai 
. thee to p^ 






ITo Hittitejio be defiroyed. DEUTERONOMY. Inheritance of the firfiborti. 



man is thc>e tbafii fearful and faintheart- 
ed i Let him ge. a d return unto his 
I fe, left lus brethren's heart faint a* 
v.- ..11 .^ Ir.j heart 

9 And it (hall be," hen the officers have 
fnade an end off] e iking unto the people 
that tiics .nail make ( fthe ar- 
mies to lea I the p op 

10 fl When [hou < , unto a 
cits , to ti^ht ■ ■ i. jj.oclaim 
pe^i e unto !• 

11 And n (hah be, if it make thee an 
fwer of peace, and pen u x, then 
H all be tb i all the , >] le /&<?/ i* 
I .1 the iries unto 

l ] tha:l !•:« ■" ■ h 

IS . i will take :}. j.eace v.ith 

t e, but will n.ikt war agaioft thee, 

t . 

t > ind wrh. e Lord ftiy God hath 

deli . , ihoti [halt 

fnni . th . - • ••■ ih the edge 

of rd : 

1 1 But the \ ihe l-.ttle ories, 

jnd i-il lhat is in the city, 

' (| oil • .ii 'it thou take 

unc< u ihait eat tiie lpoil 

ht Lord th) 
G 

1> fhusfhaltth ntoall the Cities 

nub ■ thee, v. Inch 

tut n< i of the cine ) natici is. 

i6 iff Hut of the cities of thefe people, 
which the uokdu. th'givethee 

for an inheritance* thou [halt lave alive 
nothing h ;h . 

n But ih. - deftroy them: 

o .he Perizz r < s, the 
Hivd t J< bul it Lord 

';eu 1.11 . : 

1* ii afteTi 

heir .tbu ,. .., « hie h he) have 

to the:' , (in a- 

i.OlU) , I G 

19 

* iking v»ai to take it. 

thou ill ilt i. f by 

i thou may 
cut 
(for the d /* 



1 Tlien thy elders and thy judges (hall 
come forth, and they ihall meafure unto 
i the cities w hich are round about him that 
is (lain. 

3 And it mall be, that the city tuhicb is 
next unto the (lain man, even the elders 
otthat city fhall take an heifer, which 
hath not been wrought with, and wh.ch 
hath not drawn in the yoke; 

4 And the elders of thatcity fhall bring 
dovsn the heifer unto a rough valley. 

h is neither eared nor fown,and (hall 
(hike oM the heifer's neck there in the 
vailey : 

5 And the pricfts the fons of Levi fnali 
come near ; for them the Lord thy God 
hath chofen to mimlier unto him, and to 
biefs in the name of the Lord ; and by 
their void (hall every controverly and 
every ftroke berried : 

6 And ail the elders of that city, that 
are next unto the (lain man (hail wafh 
their hands ovei the heifer that is be- 
headed in the valley . 

7 And they (hall anf-ver and fay, Our 
hands have not fhed tms blood, aeilhcr 
have our eyes feen </ 

8 Be merciful, O Lord unto thy peo- 
ple Ifrael,whom thou haft redeemed, and 
lay not innocent blood unto thy people of 
UraeTs charge. And the blood (hall be 
forgiven them;. 

9 So (halt thou put away the guilt of in- 
nocent blood from among you, when thou 
(halt do that ivhicbis right in the light of 
the Lord. 

t0 When thou goefi. forth to war againft 
thine enemies, and the Lord thy God 
hath delivered them into thine hands, 
and thou haft taken them cuptive, 

It Andleefl among the captives a beau- 
tiful woman, and h-ilt a defire unto her, 
that thou wouldeft have her to thy wife : 

\.l Then thou (halt bring her home to 
thine houfe ; and (he (hall (have her head, 
and pare her nails : 

13 And (he (hall put the raiment of her 
Captivity from off her, and (hid) remain 
in thine houfe and bewail her father and 
her mother a full month : and after that 
thou (bait go in unto her, and be her huf- 



band, and ihe fhall be thy wife. 



v\ hicn bou km 
. be n. 

iwn J and thou 
he city that 
II vrith rli< c, tx fubdued 

CI 

tin murder. 

i mi to be. a ■■ ;tfd 

■■ •' ■: i horn 

: fj to be done it in 

I 

t i l known 

■ i 



7 _ _ j 

1 I And it ihall be, if thou have no de- 
light in her, then thou lhalt let her go 
whither fbe will ; but thou lhalt not fell 
her at all for money, thou (bait not make 
men handize of her, becauie thou halt 
humbled her. 

IS c! If a man have two wives, one be- 
loved, and another hated, and the) have 
. him children, both tl vedand 

' if the firll born fan be 
•I : 
to fhen it (hall be, when he inaketh 
hit I that which lie hath, that 

be ma] fon of the beloved 

ft: ft 



/tftubbotH font 1 ) befuiic'3 !j.1:a:b. Chap. X5tii. Tun'fh*n:r.t of adult try. l?i 



fljrft born before the fon of the hated. 
ttobicB is indeed the rirft horn : 

IT But he lhall acknowledge the Ton of 
the hated for the fir It born, by giving him 
a double portion of all that he hath : tor 
he /'/ the beginning of hisftrengtn; t iie 
i i^ht of the lirft born is his. 

18 f} If a man have a ftubborn aud re- 
bellious fori, which will nor obey the 

• of hia fither, or the voice of his 
fcnOthef, and that, when they have chaft- 
enc'd him, will not hearken unto them : 

19 Then frull his fat her and his mother 



lay hold on him, and bring him out untojot thy vineyard, be defiled. 



the elder-, of his city, and unto the gate 
of his place ; 

£0 And they fhn.ll lay unto the elders 
• f his city, 1 his our Ion is ftubborn and 
rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; 
he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 

21 And all the men of his city (nail 



or upon the eggs, thou (halt not take the 
dam with the young : 

7 But thou, (halt in any wife let the 
dam go, and take the young to thee ; 
that it may be well with thee, and tbar 
thou mayeft prolong tby days. 

8 When thoubuildeft a new houfe, then 
thou (halt make a battlement for thy roof, 
that thou bring not blood Upon thine 
hotlfe, if a v man fall from thence. 

9 '1 hou (halt not { ow thy vineyard 
with divers feeds : left the fruit ot thy 
feed which thou haft fovvn, and the fruit 



• Inm with ftones-, that he die : fo with thou covereft thy/elf. 



(halt thou put evil away from among you 
and .ill Ifrael (hall hear, and Fear. 

M And if a r.-m have committed a 
fin worthy of death, and he be to be put 
to death, and thou hang him on a tree : 

?S Mis body lhall not remain all night 



10 Thou ihalt not plough with an ox. 
and an afs together. 

11 Thou (halt not wear a garment of 
diven forts, as of woollen and linen to- 
gether. 

If Thou (halt make thee fringes uporrt 
the tour quartets of thy vefture, where- 



in If any man take a wife, and go in: 
unto her, and hate her, 

14 Arid 'iw occafionsof fpeech again fi- 
ner, and bring up an evil name up"" 
and fay, I took this woman, and when T 
.came to her, I found her not a maid : 

Then lhall the lather of thedimfel,. 



upon the tree, but thou (halt in any wife J * 5 1 

bury him that day ; (foviie that is hang- ' and her mother, take and bring forth. 



cd //accurfed i ') that thy land be 

not defiled, which the Lord thy God 
:th thee for an inheritance. 
CHAP. WM. 
If)/" ' human ird brethren. 5 D 

. . 1$ Of rape. 
2* ( liearit Of trice 

I i thy brother 1 

or his fheep go Ci hide tl 

from them : thou (halt in any cafe bring 

her. 

r be not nigh unto 

: know him not, tl 

i <ng it unto th i houlc, and 

it ili . v ith thee until thy brother 

feek thou Ifi lit reftofe ft to 

3 In I 
his ' 

mci.t : 

brother's, which he hath k>fti and 

ind, fhal i <lo like thuu 

mayefl not hide th-. felf. 



n. 

(halt thott do with 
• (hah tl with h 

i id loft things of thy 



the tokens of the darnfel's virginity unto- 
elders of the city in the pate : 

16 And the darnfel's father (hail fay 
unio the eldci , 1 gave my daughter un- 
to this man to wife, and he hateth her; 

17 And, lo, he hath given orca lions ot* 
fpetfch again/1 her, faying, I found not 
thy daughter a maid ; and yet thefetfr* 
the tokens of my daughter's virginity . 
And th- y (hall fpread the cloth b 

; f the i iry. 

18 And the elders of that city fhall ; 
man and chaflife him i 

19 And the} (hall amerce him in an 
hundred y&< k./< ot fi Iver. and give them 

lather of the aamfel, bei 

i i,t Up an evil n •:.)' l]| . 

virgin oi Ifi id fhe (ball be his wife; 

. n(«i put her aw iy all hi i da . 

20 Butt f this thing ,«»../ ihrtokens 
tf vi' f iund for the dun 

"21 1 hen thej fh d! bung out the dam- 
tlie d or oi hei t uhei ' hoi 



a (halt not lee thy brorl ert oi I (hall 

his ox : vn by tl thai (he hath 

thy felf from i hem : thou thalt furel) I I] ■.-. 1 1 tight folly in \'.<. iel, to play the whore 
htm td Hft tbtm up again. [in her fathers houfc : 

. f > «; The won tn (hall not wear that evil away from am »u. 

rtaineth unto a nan, neither' tj It a mm be I und lying with a 

fhall a man put on a woman's garment : woman n CO an h 

for all that do fo are abomination unto 0i.il 1 both of them die, fart the man that 

ihc Lord thy God 

'i If a bird's iieft chance to be thou put ■ Ifrael. 

thee in the way in any tice, or on the] •-') Ifadartlfcl that U 
ground, whether tbrv be young ones, orjtrothed unto an hud 
eggs, and the dam fitting upon the young b-: - andJ r; 

44 



£2$ Pumjhment of a tape: DEUTERONOMY, Undeannefs to he avoided. 
24 Then ye (hall bring them both out 



unto the gate of that city, and ye (hall 
(tone tlrem with ftor.es that they die ; the 
damfel, beeaufe fhe cried not, being in the 
city : and the man. beeaufe he hath hum- 
bled his neighbour's wife : fo thou (hall 
put away evil from among you 

25 5 But if a man rind a betrothed 
damfel in the field, and the man force 
Tier , and lie with her : then the man only 
that lay with her (hall die : 

26 But unto the damfel thou (halt do 
nothing ; there is in the damfel no (in 
ivorihy of death : for as when a man 
rifeth againft his neighbour, and (layeih 
&m, even (o is this matter : 

2T For he found her in the field, and 
the betrothed damfel cried, and thereivas 
none to fave her. 

28 *J If a man find a damfel that is a 
virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay 
Bold on her, and lie with her, and they 
be found j 

29 Then the man that lay with her 
(hall give unto the damfel's father fifty 
fjcktls of filver, and (he (hall be his wife; 

becau(e he hath humbled her, he may 
not put her away all his days 

30 fl A man (half not take his father's 
wife, nordifcover his fathers fkirt. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 Who may y or <wbo may not enter into the 

congregation 9 Uncleann&js to be a- 

<voided. gl O/njoius. 24 Of trefpajjef. 

HE that is wounded in the (tones, or 

fiathhis privy member cutoff (hall not 

enter into the congregation of the Lord. 

2 A bafiard fnall not entet into the 
congregation of the Lord ; even to his 
tenth generation (hall he not enter into 
the congregation of the Lord. 

3 An Ammonite or Moabite (hall not 
enter into the congregation of the Lord ; 
QVeJB to their tenth generation 'hall they 



not enter into the congregation of the t upon ufury 



9 ^j When the hod goeth forth agairirr 
thine enemies, then keep thee from eve- 
ry wicked thing. 

10 If there be among you any ma-nt 
that is not clean by reafon of unclean- 
uels that- chanceth him by night, then 
Tiall he go abroad out of the camp, he 
(hall not come within the camp : 

11 But it (hail be, when evening com- 
eth on, he (hall wafh bimfe/fmtlforsLter : 
and when the fun is down he (hall come 
into the camp agtin. 

12 Thou (halt have a place alfo with- 
out the camp whither thou (halt go forth 
abroad : 

13 And thou (halt have a paddle upon 
thy weapon, and it lhall be, when thou 
will erAe thyfelf abroad, thou (halt dig 
therewith, and (halt turn back and cover 
that which cometh from thee : 

11 For the Lord thy God walketh in 
the midfl offhyean-n " r -eliver -hee, 
and to give up thine enemies befor*: thee ; 
therefore (ha)i thy camp be holy : that 
he (ee no unclean thing in thee, and turn 
away from thee : 

15 I hou (hall not deliver unto hism?f- 
ter the fervant which is efcaped from his 
rnafter unto thee : 

16 He (hall dwell with thee, even a- 
mong you, in that place which he (hall 
chooie in one of thy gates where it liketh 
him bed : thoi (halt not opprefs him. 

IT There (hall be no whore of the 
daughters of ifrael, nor a fodomite of the 
fons of I-fraeL 

18 Thou (halt not bring the hire of a 
whore, or the price of a dog, into the 
houfeof the Lord thy God for any vow: 
for even both thefe ate abomination unto 
the Lord th> God. 

19 'I hou (halt not lend upon ufury to 
thy brother ; ufury of money, uf u*y of 
victuals, ufury of any thing that is lent 



Lord forever : 

4 Beeaufe they met you not with 
bread and with water in the way, when 

e forth out of Egypt ; and be- 
liey hired againft thee Balaam the 
fon of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, 
irfe th 

5 Neverthelcfs, the Lord thy God 

lot hearken unto Balaam ; but 
God turned the curie into 
a ble lung unto thee, became the Lord 
thy <.'>o'i love . 

t> Thoii f. i feek their peace nor 

ii th> day s fo! ev r. 
7 r i hou I: lomite ; 

.tab- 
le thou wail a 

... . that are begotten of 

them, rhall enter into the congregation 
A the Lor» in their Lhiia general!! 



20 Unto a ft ranger thou mayeft lend 
upon ufury ; but unto thy brother thou 
(bait not lend upon ufury : that the Lord 
thy God may blefsthee in all that thou 
fetteft thine hand to, in the land whither 
thou got. ft to pottefs it. 

21 % \\ hen thou (halt vow a vow un- 
to the Lord thy God, thou (hair not 
(lack to pay it i for the Lord thy God 
will Purely require it of thee j and it would 
be in) in tlK< . 

-- But if thou (halt forbear to vow, it 
(hall be no (in in thee. 

-■'> 1 hat which is gone out of thy lips 
thou (halt keep and j.e form ; even a. free- 
will orferiug, according as thou ha?l vow- 
ed unto the Lord thy God, which thou 
hail :d with thy mouth. 

24 «fl When thou comeft into thy neigh- 
bours vineyard, then thou mayeft eat 
grapes thy fiU at thine own plea hire j 

but 



Divers iavjs and ordinances. Chip. xxiv. xxv. Stritesntt to exceed forty . 



179 



not put any in thy veflel. 
en thou conicfl into tfi 
ingcoin ot t jhbour, then «hou 

;he ears w ith thine h; 
but unto thy 

ne: rn. 

IV. 
lOfdi- . "O'.man 

r. ZOj ' . .j /o 

married her, and 

fli<_ r our in his eyes, becauie 

he 1 

then lei orce 

men - e // in I and lend 

he; 

d out of his 
houfe, the :. 

1) ind hate her, 
and 

rh t in j .d, anc 

u:.'le , . clatter he (band die 

tr /• be h:s wii . 
4 ;>d, v h-ch fenr her 

ke her 
• 

abo: thou 

(hah -l tu fin, v. tlicli the 

1 gir eth 
itai. 

:n a man hath t.ken a new wife, 
it tu \n • 

■ 

•jn. 
c or 
the 

i 

7 < 

1 children oil 

' ihali «.c i and 
thou Ui - : - 

tf <|Take heed in 
I 



14 I Thou (halt not opprefs an hired 
icrvant thai rand needy, whether 
b- b- brethren, or of thy ftrangert 

are m thy land within tl > : 

15 At his day theu fhal him h.is 
re, neiti. i (hall the fun _ ■ upon 

it, tor he w poor, and fetteth his heart 
upon it ' thee unto tl*e 

Lord, nn> unto thee 

lo ! ithersihall not he put to death 

for the children, neither (ball the chil- 
dren be put to death foi the fathers- every 
man thai! be put to death for his awn Ira. 

17 j h It not pervert the pu 

n*e Is ; 

nor rake the .vidow's raiment to pledge : 

13 But thou thalt remember that thou 
wait a bondman in Kg) pt, and the Lord 
thy God redeemed thee thence : there- 
imand thee to do this thing,. 

19 fj When thou catteft down thine 
harveir in thy field, and haft forgot a 
fbea/in the field, thou (halt nol 

fetch it . it (hall be ; .or, 

ti>i the fatherlefs, ai i he w - o 

t; at the Lo» o thv G< d mat bleft 
all ri kc of thine h ini 

tree, 

thou (hall not pu o - . .(in \ 

ii (hall be for the (1 ranger, for the tathcr- 
lefc, and for the w 

_i When thou gathered the ^r.i; < - of 
thy vineyard, t! u limit not ^ \ A- 

, l^r 
idon . 
- : Ind rJ rtber that tiiou 

wall a bondman in the land ot i 

fore 1 c< I thee to do tins 



1C ' I 

; h P x\v. 

1 Stripes t exited J*rtf, The ex if 

not it /•/ ■ ' 

:o a brother, 11 UJ the /.• 
ii'.nuit: . I 17 1 be 

k u it bf blot:, d out. 
i rfy between i 

be 
■..«, <- i then tl 

i the 
w 



i.ORDt; 
did i <hat 

'. ' ' • 

^u into hu 
l i d, and 

: 

nto tin 

, thou i 

the 
pled th dow n, 

h 
. thee : and it (hah be i 
before the L'. 



- \nd it (hall be, 

(halt 
n, and ti 

• wit, by 

hi tripes, then 

v it i.i.t 
I * 1 . 

«>u i ibi 
j c It brethren dwell log 
on ' the 

■ 
unto a Hi rothi r 

in. .luher, and U 

to 



ioO OJ weights and mcofures. DEUTERONOMY. Offering the firfi fruih 



to wife, and perform the duty of an huf- 
band's brother unto her. 

6 -\nd it fliall be, that the firlt born 
which me bearcth (hall fucceed in the 
name of his brother -which is dead, that 
his name be not put out of Ifrael. 

7 And if the man like nut tp take his 
brother's wife, then Let his brother's w lie 
go up to the gate unto the elders, and 
fay. My hufband's brother refufeth to 
raife up unto his brother a name in If- 
rael lie m l! Dot perform the duty of my 
hufband's brother. 

J 1 hen the eiders of his city (hall call 
him, and fjeak unto him : and// he (land 
to it, and lay, 1 like not to take Iter ; 

9 Then (hall his brother's wife come 
unto him in the prefence of the elders, 



2 That thou fW.t take of the firft cr 
all the fruit of the earth, which thou, 
(halt bring of thy land that the Lord 
ihy God giveth thee, and ihall put it in 
a baiket, and fh-dt go unto the place 
which the Lord thy Godlbali choofc to 
place his name there. 

3 And thou (halt go unto the pried 
that (hall be in thofe days, and fay unto 
him. I profefs this day unto the Loud 
thy God, that I am come unto the conn- 
try which the Lord (ware unto our fa- 
ther? for to give us. 

4 And the pried ftiall take the bafket 
out of thine hand, and fet it down be- 
fore the ahar of the Lord thy God. 

5 And thou thalt fpeak and fay before 
the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready ro 



and loofe his lhoe from orf his foot, and , perifh was my father, and he went down 
fpit in his face, and (hall anfwer and fay, jinto Egypt, and fcjourned there with a 
So (hall it lie done unto that man that few, and became there a nation, great, 
will not build up his brother's houfe. j mighty, and populous : 

lOAnd his name (hall be called inlfrael, ' 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, 
The houfe ofhim that hath his Ihoeloofed and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard 

l t €\ When men drive together one bondage : 
with another, and the wife of the one 7 And when we cried unto the Lord 
draweth near for to deliver her hufband ,God of our fathers, the Lord heard our- 
out of thehand of him that fmiteth him, voice, and looked on our affliction, and 



and putteih forth her hand, and taketh 
h;m by the fecreti ; 

If Then thou (halt cut off her hand, 
thine eye (hall not pity ber. 

19 c Thou (halt not have in thy bag 

Jits, a great and a fmall. 
14 Thou thalt not have in thine houfe 
divrrs ineafures, a great and a fmall. 

fi-.'t thou ihalt have a pci-teet and 

juft weight, a per: i juft meafnre 

Ihalt Hi ni hav * thut thy days may be 

in the land which the Lo<d 

h thee. 

10 I that do luch things and all 
thar do Uily, are An abemina- 
i .i unto the Lord thy God. 

11 '.''/■. nember what Amalek. did un- 

, \, hen ye were come 
. t ; 

the 
; Lot thee, even all i 

: behind * hen thou 

. 

- Lord 

fromall thine 

. I 

the Loa veth ihccjbran in- 

. that tl. u (ball blot 

i : I ; L,et //. 

\ I 

reth the 
> I 

. - H the People. 



our labour, and our eppreffion : 
i 8 And the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and 
with an outilretched arm, and with 
great terriblenefs, and with ligns.and with, 
wonders : 

9 And he hath brought us into this 
place, and hath given us this land, even a 
land that floweth with milk and honey. 

10 And now, behold, I have brought 
the firft fruits of the land, which thou, O 
Lord, bait given nie. And thou (halt fet 
i; before the Lord thy God, and worfhip 
before the Lord thy God : 

1 1 And thou Ihalt rejoice in every good 
thing which the Lord thy God hath giv- 
en unto thee, and unto thine houfe, thou, 
and the Levite, and the Granger that h 
among you. 

1- when then haft made an end of 

tithiiigall the tithes of thine increase the 

third year, which h the yearof tithing, 

aad hafl given it unto the Le" ite, the 

ftranger, the fatlierlefs, aiid the widow, 

t they may cat within thy gates, and 

filled ; 

13 Then thou Ihalt fay before the 

Loao thy God, 1 have brought away the 

hallowed things out of mine houfe, and 

liven them unto tie Levite, and 

j unto the (f ranger, to the fatherlefs, and 

the widow, according to all thy com- 

maadment* which thou haft command- 

me ; I have not tranfg relied thy com- 






injmandments, neither have 1 forgotten 
ch the Lord thy tht >n : 

an inheritance, and M I have not eaten there.. f in my 
it, ;r . .licit therein ; » mourning, neither have 1 taken a 



a:i. 



r .n. 



law to be ••written on /.ones. Chap, XXV tt,. Curfetftl ■'.. i CI 

Aug' t \ , norl 8 And timy (halt write upon th 

n augbt thereof toi the de.ui : but 1 jail the words of this law very p". 

,itui). ltheLo«D] 9 And Mofes, and the the Le- 

iny < ~.d have done accordii 11 vites, ij o all Ifrael, fdyiri 

that thou, I heed, and hearken, O Ifrael ; this day: 

lj Look do.. . i in lioly i thou e people of the L 



ven, and blels th 
Jfrael- and the land which thou 1 

■ en us. a> thoi/fweareft unto our la- 
thers, a laid that ftoweth with milk and 
honey. 

l«j «] i his day the Lord thy God hath 
commanded th - and 

u:J f thou (ball »re kee 

do them With all thine heart, a 
all thy foul. 

17 Thou haft avouched the Lord 
to be thy G< 1 to w ...v in riis 

1 to keep his fl itutes, and his 
pommandments, ami h nts, and 

to heal >:* r; ifl 

Ifl \,,a the Lord hath avouched thee 

•.liar p<. as he 

the* , and ihai tbju lhould- 
stll his rommandmen 
iy And ro i! Ii above all 

nations which he hath made, in pi 
in name, and in honour , and that 
r be an hi 1 y pe pie unl 
Loku Hi) Cjou. .,-» he hath Ij oken, 

C li A l\ XXVII. 
1 The people are to urne the la*W af>0:- 
Jlontiy $ and to build an aita* o/*w 

I J> urn r '.bdl. 

with ihe eldei t of Ifrai I, 
inded th , Keej 

all the comm nts which I - 

1 And it fhall be on the dai \\\\cw ye 
(hall pafs ovei J unto the land which 

I 1 1) thy (J thou 

ftialt fet i hi and plafler 

ihem with plaftei 

3 And thou ii^ili write upon them all 

this law , v. nen thou a; I 
it thou . in unto 

the land which the Lo 

thl e, a land ih 

horn the Lo i d <.jom pi 

I th e. 

4 i h ih. ill be v hen j e b 

i, n-ut \ c (hall iii, 
tic h I c ommand you i .V 
. in ii' >unl 1 I il, 
• r th< i.i w ith ; 

5 «j And 

!tom .. ncl 

upon ihem. 

6 I hou ih ill build tl 

Ihou icon 

unto the Lord thy ( *< d : 

7 

tl 

^<jkd tin God. 



thj ( ■ 

10 f hou (halt then-fore obey the voice 

D thy G,>d, and do his torn- 
id his ftatutes, which I 
iniand thee th.-- da) . 
n And Mofes charged the oeopU 

fame d ng, 

12 rhefe (hail Hand uvon mount Ge- 
lie people, when yc are 
come over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, 
and Judahj and lu'achar, and Jafeph, and 
jamin : 
And thefe Hiall Pand upon mount 
Ebal to curie ; Reuben. Gad, and Aflier, 
• Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 

1 1 f] And the Levites (hall Ipeak, and 
lay unto all the men of Ifrael with a 
loud 

15 Curled be the man that maketh any 
graven or molten image, an abomination 
unto the Lord*. the work of the hands*ot 
the craftfman, and putteth it in a fci 
place. And all the people (ballaniwer 
and faV| Amen. 

16 Curled b. he that fetteth light by 
bis father or his mother. And all the 

(hall fay, Amen. 

I be he that removerh his 

ir's landmark. Aid all the 
| le lhail lay, Amen. 

l Cui fed be he that maketh the Mind 

t of tl And all the 

i hall fa} . n. 

iy Curfed %e he that perverteth the 

judgment oi the ■ fatherless, and 

•v. And all the i 
Arm 
!0 Cut fed ''f he I h w ith hi fa* 

'swife j l- uncoveretl 

far he i 'a fk.ii t. And .ill t: 
A 

' th • any 
mannrr el bealt. A: 
-■■■■■ 
, l< d /•/ (if. 

ter, the 

r of I 

E ;i. 
L be he that i I 

moth r in I I 

be he I 

16/ he tl 

nt pei fon, ... 

fhall I ij , en. 

.' i 
i 



all the 
...d all the 



182 Rhtftngsfor obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Quffesfor difobediense^ 



CHAP. XXVIII. 



wilt not hearken unto the voice of t»he. 



.1 The blejfings jor obedience. 15 The Lord thy God, to obierve to do all his 
curjes for dif obedience . 
AND it fh ill come to pais, if thou fhalt 



commandments and his ftatutes which I 
command thee this day | that all thefe 
hearken diligently unto the voice of the] curies (hall conic upon thee, and overtake 
Lokd thy God, to obierve and to dojthee : 

all his commandments which I command 1 lb CurWd fhalt thou be in the city, and 
theethisday, that the Lord thy God jcurfed/&j//thon/»* in the field- 
will fet thee on high above all nations of WCurfed/&«//A^thybaIketandthyftore. 
the earth : IS Carfeckfball 6e the fruit of thy body, 

2 And all thefe bleflings (hall comejand the fruit of thy land, the increase of. 
on thee, and overtake thee, if thou (hall thy kme, and the flocks of thy (beep. 
hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy j 19 Curfed jhalt thou be when them 
God. comefl in, and curfed Jhult thou he when 

S Hle(TcdyZ'i7/; thou be in the city, and! thou goeft out. 
h\e fled /''.{.'• thou be in the field. . 20 Fhe Lord fhall fend upon thee 

4 Bite fled Jbal lie the fruit of thy body, curfing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that 
andtiv fruitc fthy ground, ami the fruit thou fetteft thine hand unto for to do, until 
of thy cattle, \he inereafe of thy kine, thou be deftroyed, and until thou perifti 
and the flocks of thy fheep. quickly ; becaufe of the wickednefs of 

5B1 '■.•;// £rrhybaiketandrhy ffore. tj^ doings, whereby thou halt for faken 

t> Blefl \ jhalt thou be when thou com-; me. 
ell in, and hWfcdflali thou oe when thou I 21 The Lord fnall make thepeftilence 
goelt out. cleave unto thee, until he have con fumed 

7 ! e Lord fhall caufe thine enemies 3 thee from orfthe land, whither thou go. 
that r.ic Up again ft thee to befmiitrn bereft to poffefs it. 
fore thy fact: they fhall come out againft 
thee one way, and flee before thee feven 
-. s. 

o Tlie Lord fhall command the bleflT- 



M The Lord fliall fm : te thee with a 
confumption, and with a fever, and with 



an inflammation, and with an extreme 

burning, and with the fword, and with 

in<; upon thee in thy ftorchoufes, and in, blading, and with mildew; and they {hall 



all that thou fetteft thine hand unto; 
and he (hall bids thee in the la*id which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee. 



ptirfue thee until thou pcrifh. 

23 And thy heaven that is over thy 
head fl<ail be brafs, and the earth that it 



'I he Lord fhall efiabiifn thee an holy under thee fhall be iron, 
people unto himfelf, as he hath fworn 2i ihe Lord fnall make the rain of 
unto thee, if thou (halt keep the com- .thy land powder and dm! ; from heaven 



of the Lord thy God, and 
folk in his ways. 

10 And all people of the earth fhall lee 

i art calk d by the name of the 
Lord ; and they fhaUbe afraid of thee. 

11 And the LORD fliall make thee 
I >, in the Fruit of thy 

id ill the fruit of thy cattle, and 
in the fru'u round, in the land 



fhall it come down upon thee, until thou 
be deflroyed. 

25 The Lord fhall caufe thee to be 
fmittcn before thine enemies : thou ihait 
go out one way againfl them, and flee iev- 
en waysbefore them : and fhalt be remov- 
ed into ail the kingdoms of the earth. 

26 And thy curca's fhail be meat unto 
all fowls of the air, and unto the beads 



li I I ware unto thy fathers of the earth, and no nun fhall Ira) them 

to give t!' law 

open unto thee his] 27 ihe Lorp will finite thee with the 
re, the heaven to . > the Ibctch of Egypt, and with the emerods, 
land in 1 . i to J and with the fcab, and with the itch, 



and 
i fhalt lend unto many nations, and 
thou I w . 

' ynd thou flialt 

(halt no! bi 
n ken unto the 
i 
whi • this day, to ob- 

(erv. tbcm : 

I * And t a fide from 

9 Inch I command thee 
I, v 10 the . 
I . . 
* Bui fs, it thou 



whereof thoucanft not be healed, 

£8 Thi Lord fhall lmite thee with 
madnefs, and biindnefs, and alloniihment 

29 And thou fhalt grope at noonday, 

as the blind gropeth in darknefs, and 

thou (halt not proiper in thy ways . and 

ih u flialt be only opprclfed and fpoiled 

i more, and no man fhall lave tree. 

50 I hull (halt betroth a wife, a: d anoth- 
er man (hall lie with her : thou (halt 

'. an houfe, and thou fhalt not dwell 
: thou flialt plant a vineyard, and 
h not gather ihe grapes thereof. 

51 Thine o\>JLail be ilaia before tlri.e 

evei 



1 



Piaguts threatened jp.xxv fir d-. tnce. \ - 

fenen the Lord -.hall 

J thee 
i re th) face, and (hall ik. 

r red to 1 hctpjbatlbir g utar. on tipc 

i ne ere. oyed th . 

. cue/£*wi 49 The Loud (hail bring a na* 

and th} 

efthe carl e Rieth 

eyes (hall L italic . • i who 

iberc jbatt be 



- lit in U fierce cc -ce, 

33 i land, and al! 

■ ■ 
.halt b-: 31 " ill cat thy 

land 1 

H Sot! a be deflroycd : die 

fi ht of thiie ej-. ft fee. leave thee eiibfr corn wine, or oil, *r the 

35 The Loid (h ot ihv of thy 

kj * -.ILL 

■e. 

t be h<. - all thy 

until ih> 

36 1 he Lord (hall br.r.r and thv down, wher 

over thee, ui ill the I . '. he ft. 

cither I 

lhilt th Lord 

i gods, 

. ie an a.toniih | i thou * alt eat the fruit 

«v rb,and (h of th> 

n.itiurs^i :;cLok * the LORl xl 

1 
the field, a ill 

for the ' lee. 

39 t batxhc man tbjt is tender a- 

dtf ("& tbem, but (lull rink •/'the m< telicatc M 

$ia t ei ; for the be 
vwern: f 

mt of dien which he fhali 

ou» all t< * (halt i e. 

55 Jve to an 

.: 

41 r ns and dau 

the i 
■ 
.t of thy land all th.- 

4*> ;t is v ithin tl • to 

<hallg-tu t > a thee very high; ad 

iboi: e d«wn very low. yc 

U I!e (hall lend to thee, and tl 

1 to li.tn : he (hall be ; rd her 



i betwerr 



43 V 
- 

: be df e- 

(hall eat 
e Lord tl 

c enemy (hall >: : 



.1 be upon thee f 
» leed 

* 

ORD 

I 

• (halt tliou fcrve tl 



in i 

obferve to do all 
the v 

in y • ■ » 

fearful name XD 

59 1 hen the Lord w 

I ■ 



184 Plagues ford f obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Exhortation H oteiidei. 

Continuance, and lore PckneiTes, and of the wilderneft : your clothes are not 
long continuance. watfen old upon you, and thy (hoe 15 net 

GO Moreover he wift bring upon thee all! waxen old upon thy foot. 
the difeaies of Egypt, which thou waft a- ! 6 Ye have not eaten broad, neither* 
fraud of j and they Ihall cleave unto thee. , have *yz drunk wine or (Irons; drink: 

61 All") every ficknefs, and every that ye might know thkt f am the Lord 
plague which u not written in the book your God 



of this law, them will (he Lord bring 
upon thee, until thou be deftroyed. 



7 And when yecame unto this ptace, 
Sihdn the king of Hefhbon, and ug die 



62 And ye ihall be left few in number, Iking of Baftian, came c lit againft us unto 
whereas ye wete as the Ptars of heaven} battle, and \%e (mote theni 



for multitude; becaufe thou wou Weft not j 

<:bey the voice of the Lord thy God. 



8 And we rook their land, and gave it 



| for an inheritance unto the Reubcnites, 
63 And it fhalj come to pafs, that asiand to the Gaditcs, and to the half tribe 
the Lord rejoiced over you to do ypuiof ManaueK. 
^ood, and to multiply you : i'o the Lord 9 Keep therefore the 
will rejoice over you to deftfoy you, and covenant, and do them, 
to bring you to nought; and ye (hall bejpro'per in all that ye do 



words of this 
that j e may 



plucked From oft" the land whither thou 
gocd t;> poflefs it. 

CI And the I <>rd mail fcatter thee a- 
meng all people, from the one end of 
the earth even unto the orher ; and there 
thou (halt ferve other gods, which neither 
thou nor thy fatliers have known, eve* 
wood and flone. 

65 And among tnofe nations dial r thou 
find no cafe, neither (hall the foleof thy 
foot have refl : but the Lord (hall give 
thee there- a trembling heart, and failing 
cf eyes, and for row of mind . 

Co Ami thylin ihall hang in doubt before 
thee; and thou (halt fear day and night, 
and fbnh have none afiTu ranee of thy Fife : 

('7 In the morning thou (halt fa>j 
Would God i( wefe eVCn 1 and at even 
. (haft fay. V\ puld God it Wert morn- 
i i r.the fear of thine heart where 

With boil thalt tear, and for the fight of 
lh \-. hich thou (halt fee. 

-I the Lob p (ball bi i;ig fhec in- 
lo 1 n with (hips by the waj 

whereof I ip.ke unto tnee, Thou fftalt 
igain : and thei e ye (hall be 
I bondmen am 

bondwomen, and no man ihaU burjdu 
{ H \ : 4 XXIX. 

%An e.xlci tat'i ■ I net? \07Lcpro 

\t bejore the Lord . 

ds o 1 1 h< mt, 

ii ilie I orjd commanded Moles to 

: ■! in the 

land i t dc the covenant which 

m iii I lor; b. 

ft i < d unto all Ifrael, 

• unto thei , ^^ n all that 
llie I did before your eyes in the 

t, unto Pharaoh, and unto 
a'.i i ■ all his land ; 

3 'I |x w hich thine 

• e feen, the I:gr.s,and thole great 
m i 

4 Vet the Lord hath not given you 

e, and ej a to ice, and 

ca' I i unto this day, 

6 ."i,: I ! aye led \ou forty years in 



all of yoij l>c- 
) our captains 



10 «(] Ye Hand 'his day 
fore the Lord y:mr God : 
of j our tribes, your elders, and your offi- 
cer-, tvt/b all the men < f Ifrael, 

11 Your little ones, your wives, and 
thy (hanger that is in thy camp, from 
the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer 
of th\ w ater 

1*2 Thar thou (houldeft enter into CO v[- 
enant with the Lord thy God, and in- 
to his oath which the Lord thy God 
maketn With th.ee this day : 

IS That he may effathih thee today for 
a people nntohim<elf,ami that he may be 
unto thee a God, as he hath Paid unto 
thee, and as he ha'h fworn unto thy fath- 
ers, to Abraham, to Ifaac. and to Jacob. 

14 Neither with you only do 1 make 
mis covenant and this bath ; . 

15 But with bim that itande'h here 
■■■■ ;, h US this day before the Lord our 
God, and alfo with him that is not lie re 

us th'S day : 

1<) (For ye know how we have dwelt in 
the- land of Kgypt ; anil how we came 
through the nations which ye paired by ; 

IT And ye have (eeh their abominations 
:md their idols,wood andftone, diver and 
gold', which tvtre among them) 

18 Led there (hould be among you 
man or woman, or family, or tribe, whofe 
heart tffrneth away this day from the 
Lor r> our God, to go and ferve the gods 
ofthefe nations; left there (hould be a- 
inong you a root that beartth gall and 
wormwood ; 

19 And it come to pafs, when he 
th the words of this curfe, that he 

blefs hirofelf in his heart, faying* 1 ftiall 
peace, though I walk in the imagirr- 
i (none heart, to add riruHkennefs 

to third : 

20 '1 he Lord will not fpare him, but 
' m^er of the Lord and hisj^al- 

oufy fhall (moke againft that man, and 
all thecuWes that are written in this book, 
(hall lie upon him, and the Lord thall 
blot out Ivs name from under heaven- 

£1 And 



Ghap. xxz. Ms mint. 185 

fc Lord thv God will b 



9> 

*1 And the Load &ili frpajrate him un- 1 
tbe^il oat of all the U iel, ac-Jthee into the i3nd which thy fathers pol- 

.lthe aides of the covenant j ft iTed, and thoti {halt poffeYs it ; ar 
that are written in this book of the law j will ob thee pood, and multiply thee a- 
he generation to come of bove ti. s. 



your children that thall rife up after you, 
rj . r that ftiall come from a 



far . 






ay when the/ fee the 



uesof that land, and the '.cknetfes 

;ie Lord I d upon 

And that the whole land thereof is 

orimftone, and fait, and bur . ->j/ ir 

is not 1 iwa, n^r btar&lh, nor a 

fcro^eth therein, hke the overthrow of 

m, aau rrah. Admah.and Ze- 

boiin, which the Lord overthrew in his 

t4 Even all nations fliall fay, " 
ft>rc hath the Lord done thus unto this 



6 And the Lord thy God will - 

ci;e ihioe heart, and the heart of thy 
feed, to love the Lord thy Go I v. ttli all 
thine heart, and with all thy foul, that 
thou maye I litre. 

7 And the Lord thy God will put 
thefe curfes upon thine enemies, and on 
them that hate thee, which pcriecuted 
thee. 

8 And thou fhalt return and c 
the voice of the Lord, and go all hi* 
commandments, which I command th^e 
this day. 

I And the Lord thy God will make: 



int lb the heat ..thee plenteous in every work of thine: 



great an^er ? 

neo ifart fall lay, Becaufe they 
- n the l v/enant of the Lord 
G 

with them when he brought them forth 
out of the land c I i 

For they w< 

cods whom 
•ot, and t- [e had 

. i unto the 
Tl And the Lord 

-.died a. upon it 

all thecui • are written inthis book : 

28 Ami the Lord rooted r 

! in anger, and in '.-rath, and in 
gr id cart them into an- 

■ , as /'/ /' ' 

! fecret ibingt bf/;n% onto the 
Lordoi; It thole lub'ich 

are revealed belomg our 

. all the 
words oi v. 

1 Great met i the fr 

I life jet bt; 
AND it -:nc to pafs, * he 

hing* ;. I n thee, the 

ling and irfe, whu h I . 

(halt call them to 
mind m is, whither the 

Lord e, 

X r\ loto the Lord thy 

..ami (halt obey I t ce accoi 
to all that ! ihuu 

anil thy children, with 
■ 
8 I hat then the Lord thy God 
ipeivity, and hi 
a trfc, . • will return .-uher 

from all : the 

I r> thy < Icattered thee. 

4 If any of thine be driven out 

en, from thencr 
the Ltrd thy G 

e : 



• 



hand, in the fruit of thy body, and irt 

the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of 

thy land, for good : for the Lord will 

tin rejoice over thee for good, as 

fenced over thv fathers \ 

10 If thou (halt hearken unto 
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep 
commandments and his tratutes which 
are written in this book of the h , 
and if thou turn unto the Lord thy 

thine heart, and with 
thy foul. 

11 ^ For this commandment wi J 
command thee thh day. it is not hidden 
from thee, neither /'; it far off 

It //not in heaven, that thou fbculd-. 
eft fay, Who mail go up for us to heaven. 
andbi. ..tons. e may hear 

it, a 

iS is it bevond the fea, that 

thou Btooldefl -no fhall go over the 

fea Jot : bring it unto tr>, thai we 

•, and do it ? 
14 But ~*o thee* 

int! rh, and in tliy heart, that th i 

ma t. 

e fet before thee this 
day life i death and ev 

16 In t ■ d thee this <\z 

love the Lord t! alk m 1 

wa . in keep his commandments, 

•utes, . .^ments, that 

•lie 
A the land 

it i turn awar, 

thai |] .r, but fhalt tv 

drawn away, and w-uiuvp other got. 
ferve thetll ; 

18 I denounce unto 
je ihall 

prolong^owr .. the land 

t hoi over Joidan to tfoto pc~ 

19 J t ven an 
•'»is day aj . • 
fore yel ftfeand d< 






l&S Jujhu* eHeouragetf. DEUTERONOMY. God's charge to Jojiu*. 

ing : therefore choofe life that both thou hear, and that they may learn, and fear 

the Lord your God, and obferve to do 
all the words of this law : 

13 And tha- their children which have 
j not known ~«y/A/>7£, may hear, and learn 
j to fear the Lo r d your God, as long as ye 



and thy feed m3y live 

.0 That thou mayeft love the Lord thy 
God. and that thou mayeft obey his 
voice, and that thou mayeft cleave unto 
him: f- >r he is thy life, and the length 

of thy days : that thou mayeft 'dwell in live in the land whither ye go over Jordan 
the land which the Lord (Ware unto thy ; to poflefs it. 



fathers, to Abraham- to Ifaac, and to 
Jacob, to give them. 

CHAP. XXXI 



U €| And the Lord faid unto Mofes, 
Behold, thr days approach that thou muft 
die : call jofhua, and prefent yourfelves 



l.Mofes mcouragetb the people and Jojbua. Jin the tabernacle of the congregation, that 
9 H' del'w re*b tbe I xt> unto ite pnejls, ; I may >Jve him a charge /And Mofes 
to read u in the fenjtntbyear to the pro- and Jofhua w ent.and prefented themfelvts 
pie HGod ginjetb a change to Jojhua y in the tabernacle of the congregation. 
19 ttndafongto tefiify aguinfi the teople. ! 15 And the Lord appeared in the tab- 
AND Moles went and fpake thefe ernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the 



wV>rdsunto all Ifrael. 
. 2 And he faid unto them, T am an hun- 
dred and twenty years old this day ; I 
can no more go- out and come in : alfo 
the Loud hath faid unto me, Thou fhalt 
not go over this Jordan. 



pihar of the cloud flood over the door of 
the tabernacle. 

16 And rhe Lord faid ,unto Mofes, 
Behold thou fhalt fleep with thy fa T 
thers . and this people will rife up, and go 
a whoring after the gods ot the ftran- 



5 The LoiDthyGod, lie will go over gers of the land, whither they go to be 
before thee and he wi'l deftroy thefe na- 
tions from before thee, and thoiufhalt pof- 
fefs them and Jofhua he (hall go over 
before thee l as the Lord hath faictr 

4 And the Lord mall do unto them as 
he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the 'fake them, and I will hide my face from 



among them and will forfake me, and 
break my covenant which I have made 
with them. 

17 Then my anger fhall be kindled a- 
gainft them in that day, and I will for- 



Amorites, and unto the land of them, 
whom he deftroy ed 

5 And the Lord (hall give them up 
before your face, that ye may do unto 
them according unto all the command- 
ment which I have commanded you 

6 Be flron* and of a good couiage, fear 
not, nor be afraid of them • for the Lord 
thy God, he hit that doth go with thee; 
be will not fail thee, nor forfake thee. 

7 And Mcfes called unto Jofhua, and 
faid unto him in the fight of all Ifrael, 
Beftrengami ot a ^ood courage : for thou 
iriuft go with this people unto the land 
which the Lord hath fworn unto rheir 

'•rs to give them ; and thou fhalt 
mife then to inherit it. 

8 And the Low D, he // is that doth go 
re thrc ; he will be r. i'h thee, h 

nor Bail th«-e neither forfake thee ; fear 
not, neither be difmayed 

fj And Modes wro»e tlvs law. and 
«lel it unto the pi lefts the fonsof Le- , , 

v,,vii ; .(h bare the ark of the covenant of -hat 'his long fh.dl tefiify againft them as 



them, and they fhall be devoured, and 
many eviisand troubles fhall befal them ; 
fo that they will fay in that day, Are not 
thefe evils come upon us, becaufe our 
God is not among us ? 

VS And I will furely hide my face in 
that day for all the evils which they fhall 
have wrought, in that they are turned 
unto other gods 

19 f\ Now therefore write ye this fong 
for you, and teach it the children of If- 
rael ; put it in their mouths, that this fong 
may be a witnefs for me againft the chil- 
dren ot Ifrael 

'10 lor v\ hen I fhall have brought them 
into the land wlvch I f " are unto their fa- 
thers, that rloweth with milk and honey ; 
hey Shall have eaten and filled there- 
lelves, and waxen fat: then will they turn 
unto other gods, and ferve them, and pro- 
ve. kc me ano break my covenant 

J Z\ And it fhall come to pals, when ma- 
ny evilb and troubles are bef.dlen them, 



the LoRD,and unto all the elders of Tfrael 

10 And M'ift j mi. i then), lay- 
ing, At tlu , r<v(ry leven yeai •, in 
the lolcmnity of the year of rcieafe in 
the feafl oi t ibernaclesi 

1 1 When all Id ' to appear 



a witnefs ; t. r it (hail not be forgotten out 

ol the mouths of their feed : for 1 know 
the. r imagination which they go about, 
even now, before I have brought them 
into the hmd which I l^are. 

--' Mofes therefore wrote this fong 



before the Lo«D thy God, in theplaiej the fame day, and taught it the children 
u rdch hr ihall ( I of llrael. 

this law before all Ifrael in their hearing j 43 .Mid he gave Jofhua the fon of Nun 

1. Gather tl ther, men, j a charge, and faid,>Be flrong and of a 

:md hildren, and tnj ftran- rage; for tiYou it alt bring the 

pr that /J within thy gaUs, that Uiey may! children oi Ifrael into the land which I 

w fware 



MefeSsfong of Chap, xxxii. God' s merry and judgment. \%1 

fware unto them andlwillbev.ithth.ee. i i the v. aire hot wildernefl j he led 

And it cametupafs,w hen Mofes had 



made an end ot" wr ting the v\ordb of this 

Lnitbed, 
2P he Lc- 

hith bare the ark of the covenant 
ot the Lord, 

Lake th < f the law and put 

it in the iide of the a;k of 'he covenant 
of the Lord your God, that it ma) be 
e tor a v. itnefs aga nit tr.ee 

th) iebelliun, and thy 
flitfneck: behold, while I am yet alive 
, ye h n rebel 

niuch 
more -;i • r my death J 

- father unto me all the elders of 
yourtribes, and your officers, thai 1 mat 
Jpeak thele words in then eai . and u.l 
i I einh r 

hat atter ui) death ye 
will 

afid'- coin- 

.1 > ou U) 
I becaufe ye *ill,doevil in 
I the Lo ko, to provoke him 
: : ; (Air !:. 

n ihe i an ..i all 
•urdi ot 
1 1 . i . 

.1. 

jr.rtb Cod 

. tanct 16 tti fxbtri 

i form .oji i r : u i • t i< a . ; // // 
(j i . , and i w;i! 

' h, the u uidi oj 

■ 

p as the rain, 

d< •.% , aa the 

ender herb, and aa 

.5 untooui ' i 
4 He j 

I . , juft a,,. 4 . 

I 
(i not h 

i 

• 
I 

and 

;; v\ ii -i the i ih. 

n ition . tii ir iohci it i <. •, ••• h 
rated the I 

<i tli to the numb I 

the c hildi Ifrael 

9 For r!i • I. peo.« 
pic ; Jacob ii the lot .<t his inheritance 

10 He tound him in a defert Und, and 



lum about, he i nft incited him, lie kept 
him ab the jpple of his eye. 

tl AS au eagle uineth iip her ncft, 
B utte ret h aver her young, fpreadeth a- 
bi ad her r wings, tdketh them, beaxeth 
then: on her u m^s : 

12 S« the LokD alone did Lad him, 
and there nvss no Grange god with him. 

i o ne made him ridt on rhe high ,1 i- 
cesof the .,e 

increafe of the fields and he . .:n 

to fuck honey cm of the reck, and oil c 
or the Hinfy i*xk , 

u Butter ot kme and mittc of foeep, 
with f.u or lambs, and rams ot the breed 
ot tJatnaiij and t oa;.-> ( with the fat of 
kidneys ot wheat ; ana thou uncut drink 
the pure blood of the gi ai e. 

la Bat Jethuiun waxed fat, and kick- 
ed . thou art waxen fat, thou art grown 
thick,thou ai t coveted ivithja nej's j tlu n 
he torfo k G< i u ' •• b made inm, and 
rlj ehVemed t' ^ ot hisCalvation. 

»6 Phej provoked mm to jealoufy 
witn Grange £ods 9 with al honspro- 

voked n gcr. 

n The] facrificed unto devils, not to 
God; to 'gods whom they knev\ not, to 
new pod$ that ca ■>• newly up, rrhotfi 
) our rathe i*s feared not. 

It (>; the Rot begat thee thou 

an unmindful, and hail forgotten uod 
that forii ed i^ 

iy And whe i the Lord law /'/, he ab- 
le 1 ihcm, becaufe of the provoking 
of his funs, and >i his daughter* 

-<♦ \;,d he laid, 1 wfti nide my facte 
from them, 1 will fee what their end (bait 
ot : roi th< ; aie a v( 17 froward gen< ra- 
Iren in w horn it no faith. 

'1 l i. oufy 

withtbat ' t ' ; the) I 

in( -a v. 1 1 •!: .1 \ anities •■ 
ind I p ill in ivc tii- 'ii 1 . •■ 1-hi' . v .:.i 

iu 1 ! nation* 
For a 1 ... 

.all burn unto the kmefi I 
(bail conlutne tlu- earth >^ ith 1 

let on tire th the 

I . • : n them ; t 

A ill 

tii be b 

tnd 1 

with ; I will a 

It the 

1 \x ithettl , id t 
- 
ind t lucklii . • 

t6 I ..':'.', I 

1 , I won. 

ot them to ccciie from aim 

4T Wert 



188 Tbefong of Mofes. DEUTERONOMY. 



The inajffiy of G*d. 



27 Were it not that I feared the wrath 
of the enemy, left their adverfaries fhould 
behave themfelves ftrangely, and left they 
fhould fay, Our hand is high, and the 
Lord hath not done all this. 

28 For they are a nation void of coun- 
felj neither is there any underftanding in 



them. whither ye go over Jordan to po fiefs it. 

29 O that they were wife, that ihey un- 48 And the Lord fpake unto Mole 
derftood this, that they would confider 
their latter end ! 

SO How fhould one chafe a thoufand, 



tmd two put ten thoufand to flight, ex- 
cept their Rock had fold them, and the 
Lord had (hut them up ? 

SI For their rock is not as our Rock 
eve i ourenemiesthem&foes6f/*£Judges. 

SI For their vine is of the vine of Sod- 
om, and of the fields of Gomorrah : 
rheir grapes are grapes of gall, their ciuf- 
iers are bitter j 

S3 heir wine is the poifon of dragons, 
and the cruel venom of afps. 

34 Is not this laid up in ftore with me, 
and fealed up among my treafures ? 

55 To me oelongett vengear.ee, and rec- 
ompenfe ; their Toot mall Aide in due 
time : for the day of their calamity is at 
hand, and the things that Hull come up- 

rhem make hafte. 

56 For the Lord (hall judge his peo- 
ple, and repent himfclf for his fervants, 
when he feeth that their power is gone, 
and there is none (hut up, or left 

Wl And he fhalUiy, Where are their 
gods, their rock in whom they trufted, 

S3 Which did cat the fat of their facri- 
ficeSj cud drank the wine of their drink 
offerings ? Let them rife up and help you, 
a:: J be your protection. 

S9 See now that I, even \, am he, and 
there is no God with me : I kill, and f 
.j alive- I wound, and I heal, neither 
is tbi-reanyxhat can deliver out of my hand 

40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and 
fay, I live fur ever. 

41 If I whet my glittering fword, and 
mine hand take hold on judgment ; 1 will 



hearts unto all the words which J teftify 
among you this day, which ye (hall com- 
mand ycur children to cbluve to do, all 
the words of this law. 

47 For it is not a vain thing for you ; be- 
caufe it is your life * and through this thing 
ye fhall prolong your days in the land, 



e* 

that felf fame day, faying, 

49 Get thee up into (his mountain A- 
barim,«/.«7/0 mount Kebo, which is in the 
land of Moab that is over again ftjericho ; 
and behold the laud of Canaan, which 
I give unto the children of Ifrael for a 
poflefliori : 

50 And die in the mount whither thovi 
gceft up, and be g3theied unto th? peo- 
ple ; as Aaron thy brother died inmour.t- 
Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 

51 Becaufe ye rrefpafled againlt me a- 
mong the children of Ifrael at the waters 
of Meribah Kadefb in the wildernefs of' 
Zin : becaufe ye fanclifled me noTin the 
mid ft of the children of Ifrael. 

52 Yet thou (halt fee the land before 
thfe ; but thou (halt not go thither unto the 
land which F give the children of Ifrael.* 

CHAP, XXXIII. 
1 Ike majefly of God. G J be bleffuig of- 

the tive I've tribes 26 The ex eeTiemy 

of Ifrael. 

A.\ f D this is the bleffing, wherewith 
Mbfes the man of God blcffed the chil- 
dren pf Ifrae! before his death. 
J2. And he faid» The Lord came from 
Sinai,and rofe up from Seirunto them \ lie 
Ihined forth from mount Paran, and he 
came with ten thoufand s of faints : from 
In's right hand ivent a fiery law for them : 

•-> 1 ea, he loved the people ; all his 
Lints are in thy hand : and they fat 
down at thy feet'; every one (half receive 
of thy words. 

4 Mofes commanded us a \zw ,e<ven the 
inheritance of (he congregation of Jacob. 

5 Ana he was king in Jefhumn, when 



seance to mine enemies, and 
• ard them that hate me. 
I will make mincairowsdrunk u itj] 
blood, and my f^ord fhall devour flefh ; 
and that with 'he blood t -dot 

the captives from ;ginni g of re- 

veoges upon the enem; 

Rejoice, O ye nations iv/th bis 

fple : for he wili avenge the blood of 
, and will render v< ngeanceto 
his adv< , and will be merciful unto 

land, at d to his people. 
A 5 and fpake all 

wor • '<■ i in »of the peo- 

ple i ioflica the ton of Nun 

' t fpeak- 
toa)l li'i ael : 
And he fau. Ct your 



the head* of 'lie people and the tribes of 
Ifrael r.ere gathered together. 

6 <[[ Let Reuben live, and not die ; 
and let not Jus men be few . 

7 And this 7j the tlrjingci Judah: and 
he f.ud, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, 
and bring him u.nto his people : let h;s 
hands be furricicnt for hiin ; and be thou 
an help u bim from his enemies. 

8 And of Levi he (aid, Let thyThum- 
rajmand ihy Urimte witjj thy holy One, 

a thou didfl prove at Matfah, and 
whom thou didft drive at the waters 
Of M< : .bail ; 

9 Who (aid unto his father and to hra 
mother, 1 have notfeen him ; neither did 
he acknoWledge his brethren, nor knew 
his own children: for the) have ob.'ervcd 
thy v-cr^t 4fldkept thy covenant. 

10 They 



37?/ rwtlvg tf'ibti bUjfed. Chap. 



10 They (hail teach Jacob thjrjudg- 
ruems. ana lira; I th) la. : t. ill put 

incente before thee, and whole burnt 
(acrifice upon thine altar. 

H rJiefs, Lord, hi» l\. bftar.ee, and ac- 
cept the work of his hands : (mite through 
the loins ot then) t ha rife againft hiin, 
and of them tiiat hale him, that they rile 
not again. 

» - And of Benjamin he laid, T lie be- 
loved of the Lord ili x 1 d*eil in : 

..im : and in LORD (hall cover him 
3li the day long, and he (ball dwell be- 
ilcTera 

15 And ol Jolcph he faid,Blefled of the 
Lord be hi* iuiiU, for the precious things 
oi heaycrii for die dew, and :or the deep 

u coucheih beneath. 

14 And for the precious fri 'gbt 

:b by the fun, and (or the precious 
things put lurch by the moon, 

Ij And toi ; 5 of the an- 

1 a tains, and for the precii 
tilings vt 

16 And tor the j . - things of the 
eaiih and fulnefs thereof and /or the 

f;ood iftill 1 that dwelt in the buin : 

me uj on the head of 
iolepli, and upon the top of the head 01 
i (torn his dj 
ren. 

IT ( ry is Lke the firftling of his 

ind hi-> horns a the bo 

po • arth : 

an. < the icn ihoufai.d.1 ol 1 - 

ire tlie thoufa 

he laid, ' 

, in thj g< . 
1 

into ti 
luntain ; . th -\ & i facrifi< 

ot righteoufneJ . : For ( ill Puck 

the ii- 

■ 

i Gad hi he 

ilut enlargeth C: d ; a l.- 

etli the a: in With tlie 1 | 

■ ■■ 

n offl ■ 

: 

1 on\ 
he (hall 

. 

the 1 the 1 OR . thou 

tlu 1. 

the 

to hii I 



0y M afuueedcth Msfes . 139 

15 T,\ and brafl ; 

/§<?// thy (treagtb be. 

5 " U't M no>;e like unto tot Cio4 

of jefhurun, ivbo riueth upon .'.ven 

in tny help, and in his excellency on. 

the ' 

-~ 1 he eternal God is thy refuge, and 
underneath ata tiie ererafting a:. 
and he lhall thrult out the eneni; front 
before thee; and (hail fay, Deftroj \ 

•b Ifra i fcaN dwell in fafct] 

lone : tlu- fountain oi Jacob /ball he upon 
a : a m i of eon» ar-.l wine ; alio Itia heaven 

art thou, O Ifrael : who U 

like unto thee, O people laved b> tlie 

Lord, the thicldofthj help, dad v\ho/j 

the iwonk of tli? excellency I andthineen- 

s (hall ! nd liars unto thee ; and, 

thou ibak tread ucan their high piace*. 

CHAP. XX XIV. 

I m*KftiAlebovif*nttb the land. 

thrre. biffs burial. 7 Hisage. 

U Thirty dtvs mourning jor him. 9 

fucceedcib bim. 10 The pi ■ 
of 



(i 



AN'D Mofes went tip from ths pi : 
fMoab unto the mountain of Mtbo, to 
tiie top of Pifgah, that is over agaiaift 
Jericho. Ana the Lord fne>scd hun all 
the land of ( > id, Ullto Dan, 

N iphtal , and the land of 
: h, and all the land 
ol Judah, unl :nic?tl Q 

ft And the h llth, and ti 

valley of Jericho, the city ui palm titt 
unto 25oar« 

I And 'Rn faid unto him, 1 

is tl ch I I'vare unl 

I 1 v. ill 

give u unfo Ihy feed i 1 h ; v - the e 

lu fee // with thine eyes : but Uioii (halt not 

5 * 60 M " RD 

J- 
j 
< iod he buried hiin in in 

the land of r : 

but BO nifla k 
(o tiii? day. 
•7 fj And 

■ 

fes in '1 • 
ins i"! M( 

- 
i 

to • 

It la 



190 Joflmafucceedeih Mofes. JOSHUA. R&habcmce«leth ihe fples. 

which the Lord font him to do in the J IS And in all that mighty hand, arid 
land of Kgypt to Pharaoh, and to all in all the great terror which Mofes (hew« 
his fervants, and to all his land, |ed in the light of all Ifrael. 



THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. 

CHAP. I. 1 13 Remember the word which Moles 

1 The Lord appointetb Jojbua to fucceedhhe fervant of the Lord commanded y^u, 
Mojes. 3 the borders of the promt/id faying, The Lord your God hath given 
land. i>, 9 God promifeth to *ffijl\ you reft, and hath given you this land. 
Joftraa. 8 He givctb him inJtrucJion. j 14 Your wives, your little ones, and 
MOW after the death of Moles, fhe;yourcat>.le,fhdll remain in the land which 
fervant of the Lord, it came to pals, that , Moles gave you on this fide Jordan ; but 
the Lord fpake unto Jofhuathe fon of ye fhatl pals before your brethren arm- 
Nun, Mofes's minilter, laying, jed. all the mighty men of valour, and 

l l Mofes my fervant is dead ; now there- help them, 
fore arife, go over this Jordan, thou, and I 15 Until the Lokd have given your 
all this people, unto the land which I > brethren reft, as be bath given you, and 

they alio have p offered the land wlvch 
the Lord your God giveth them : then 
ye lhall return unto the land of j our 
pod'eflion, and enjoy it, which Moles :he 
Lord's fervant gave jou on this fide 
Jordan towards the funri/ing. 

16 And they anfvrercd Jothua, faying, 
All that thou commanded us we will 
do, and whitherfoever thou lendeil us, 
we will go. 

17, According as we hearkened unto 
Mofes in all things, fo will we hearken 
unto thee : only the Lord thy God be 
with thee, as he was with Mofes. 

18 Whomever /^ be that doth rebel a- 
gainfl thy commandment, and will not 
hearken unto thy words in all that thou 
commander! him, he (hall be put to death : 
only be Itrong and of a. good courage. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Rahab receive th and conceaietb the tnuo 
Spies J'ent from Sbittlm. 85 T be covenant 
between ber and them. 15!Let> ntum. 
AND jolluia the Ion of Nun lent out 
of ohittim two men, to Ipy fecietly, lay- 
ing, Go view the land, even Jericho. 



do give to them, even to the children of 
Ifrael. 

S €\ Every place that the fole of your 
foot lhall tread upon, that have I given 
unto you, as 1 laid unto Moles. 

•4 From the wildernefs and this Leba- 
non, even unto the great river, the river 
Eupluates, all the land of the Hittites, 
and unto the great lea, toward the going 
down of the iun, (hall be your coalt. 

5 «] There (hall not any man be able to 
tfa:id before thee all the days of thy life : 
as I was with Mofes.yb I will be with thee ; 
i w ill not fail thee, nor for fake thee. 

6 Be ftrong and of a good courage : 
for unto this people fhalt thou divide for 
an inheritance the land, which I iware 
unto their fathers to give them. 

7 (.nly be thou flrong and very coura- 
tis,tha1 thou mayeft obfervc io doac- 

i\£ to :ill the law, v. hich Mofes my 

fervam commanded thee : turn not from it 

to t! ■ hand or to the left, that thou 

>f| er whitherfoever thou goelt. 

8 <q I his book of the law lhall not de- 

it of thy mouth : but thou (halt 
meditate therein day and nighty that thou I And they went, and cameinto anharlot'-s 

rvc todo according to all that jhoufe, named Rahab, and lodged there. 
is written therein: tor then thou (halt 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, 
niak<- thy way prosperous, and then thou laying, Behold, there came men in hither 
'•' I fuccefs. to night of thechildren ol Ifrael, to learch 

'J ^| Ha e nut l commanded thee? Be out the country, 
flrong and of * g >od courage ; be not a- 5 And the king of Jericho fent unto 
i be thou dilinay ed : for the Rahab, faying, Bring forth the men that 
; is with thee whitherfocv- arc come to thee, which aie entered into 

er tl , thine houle : for tliey be come to fearch 

commanded the om-:cnit d the Country. 

4 And the woman took the two men 
11 Pais through the hoft, and com - land hid them, and faid thus, There came 
mand the | , faying, Prepare y< tijmen unto me, but I will not whence 

within tin fs ye lhall they were ; 

- ' intopotfe/a i Ana it came to pafs about the time 

land which the LoiiPyour Godgiv- of (hutting of the gate, when it was dark, 

that the men went out ; whither the men 
I to the went I wotnot: purfue after them quick- 
ali tribe ol Manaf- 1 ly ; for ye (hall overtake them. 
D&ua, faying, 6 But the had brought them up to 

1 the 



Rahab's covenant luitb the Jpiet. Chap. iii. Jojhua cometb to "Jordan. 191 



the roof of the houfe, and hid them with 
(talks of Max. which (he had laid in or- 
der upon the root 

7 \ud the men purfued af r er them the 
to Jordan, unto the fords i and a? 

fooa as they which purfued after them 
were gone out. they (hut the gate. 

8 fi And before they were 'uiid down, 
fhe came up unto them upon the roof ; 

9 And she faid unto the men, 1 know 
that the Lord hath given you the land. 
and that your terror is fallen upon us. 
and that all the inhabitants of the land 
faint becaufe of you. 

10 For we have heard how the Lord 
dried up the water of the Red fea for you, 
when yecamcoui of Egypt : and what ye 
did unto die two km^b of the Amorites, 
that were on the other fide Jordan, Sihon 
and Og, whom >e utteily destroyed. 

11 nnd as foon as we had heard tbele 
thing\ y our hearts did melt, neither did 
there remain any more courage in any 

. becaufe of you: for the Lord 
: God, he i* God in ueaven above, 
and in earth beneath. 

12 Now therefore, I pray you, fwear 
unto me by the Lord, lince I have 
fhewed you kindnefs, that ye will alio 
fhew kindnefs unto my father's houfe, 
and give me a true token : 

i - And tt>at ye will fave alive m> fa- 
ther, and my mother, and my brethren, 
and my fiffers and all that they ha\e, 

1 deliver our lives from death. 

14 And the nun anfwered her. Our 
life for yours, if ye utter not this our 
bufir.els. And it (hall be. when the Lord 
h ith given m the land, that we will deal 

kindly and truly w ith thee. 

I > 1 hen fl»e h-t them down by :i c re! 
through the window : ivas 

upon the tow n wall, and ihe dvselt upon 
the wall. 

16 And fr" faid unto them, Get ye to 
thejnountain, ':■ purfuers meet you ; 
and! urfelves there three days, un- 
til the purfueis be returned : and alter- 
ward may ye go your way. 

17 And I unto her, We 
nviUSe h!amelefs< e oath which 
thou had made us f^< 

18 Behold, wt4 n u e con the 

land, thou (halt hind th: 

thread in the window which thou dtdfl 

let us down by : and thou (halt l>. ing thj 
fuhcr, and thy mother, and thj breth- 

and all tb) father's hou 
unto thee. 

19 And it fh ill '.-ever Hi. ill 
>mt of the d th) houfe into 

the (rrcct, hi n hi 

d,and we tuiU i-, who- 

mever (hall be v- e in th< 

his blood >9<z/4 be on aur I 
upon hi iu; 



-0 And if thou utter this our bufinefs, 
then we will be quit of thine oath, which 
thou hair made us ro f.rear. 

£1 And fhe fa cording vinto your 

words, fo be it. And fhe lent them aw ay, 
and they departed : and the bound tin: 
icariet line in the window. 

And they went, and came unto the 
mountain, and abode there thtee da 
until the purfuers were returned : and 
the purfuers fought tbcm throughout all 
the way, but found /£*/ai not. 

23 *f So the two men returned, and dc- 
fcended from the mountain, and 
over, and came to Jofhua the fon of Nun, 
and told him all things that betel them : 

ti And they faid unto Jofluia, Truly 
ihe Lord hath delivered into our hand's 
all the land : forevci all the inhabitants 
of the country do faint becaufe of us. 

C 11 A P. III. 
1 Jojhua c^meth to Jordan 7 The Lord en- 

C'juru^itb Jcjbua. ^Jojhua encouragetb 

ttr p : of>/' t 1 i He -J altrs di-X'iilcd. 

AM) Jofhua ro<e early in th** morn- 
ing ; and they removed from Shittim, 
and came to |o£dan, he and all the chil- 
dren of 1 1 raid, and lodged there before 
thej over. 

c i .\nd it came to pafs after three days, 
that the oflu ers went through the hoft ; 

3 And they commanded th< people,fay- 
ing, \\ hen ft fee the ark of the < . tenant 
of the Lord your God, and the priefts 
the Levites beating it, then ye (hall re- 
move from your place, andgoaftei it. 

•i Yet there lhall be a [pace between 
you and it, about twothouiand cubitsby 
ue: come not near unto it. that ye 
ma) know the way b) which ye mull 
tor \ e have not palled ith wa) hereto! 

5 An i J. tid unto the people, 
tif) \ oui Pelves i for tot ••• the 

LO I D M ill do I iu. 

6 And Jofhua unto the priefts, 
faying, 1 ake i\\ k of the I ovenant, 
and j. .Us ovei bef< 

• ok up the -irk of the coven 
and went before t! le 

T C[ And the LOi D faid Jofhua, 

This day v. ill I begin to magltif) thee 

in the r * ^ 1 1 1 ol all I . that the) may 

With Moles, Jo I 

willl 
B \n.l thou (li d( i immand the pi 

that hear the ark ol th( irn;, 

i ol Jordan, )e thall (land (till in Joi - 
dan. 

y « h ••••: i I ud unto the chil- 

I .i ael, v r the 

OKD] d. 

10 And J ye mail 

mong ;. 

■ 

)ou the Cun.. I the 

Hittil 



f£ Jordan divided, JOSHUA. 

Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Periz 
tzltcs, and the (Jirgaihites, and the Amo 
rites, and the Jebulites. 

11 Behold, the ark of the covnant of 
the Lord of all the earth, patfeth over 
before you into Jordan. 



1-2 Now therefore, take ye twelve men ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when 



.out of t.he tribes of lfrael, out of every 
tribe a man, 



Cod magn'ifre'ih Jr-fiud* 

6 That this may be afign among; yon, 
that When your children afk their fctberi 
in time to come, faying, What mean ye 
by fftefe ('ones ? 

7 Then ye (hall anfwer them. That the 
voters of Jordan were cut off before the 



it paffed over Jordan, the waters of Jor- 
dan we^ecutoft: and thefeHor.es {halt 



13 And it (hall come to pais, ?s foonjbe for a memorial unto th.e children of 



lfrael for ever.- 

& And the chddrcn of Hrael did fo as 
Joftua commanded, and took up twelve 
(tones out of the mid It of Jordan, as the 
Lord fpake unto Jcfhua. according to the 
number of the tribes of the children of IL 



as the foles of the feet of rhe priefts that 
■bear the ark of the Lord, the LSrd of all 
the earth, lhall reff in the waters of Jor- 
d.i i thai the waters of Jordan frail be cut 
mft'fi om t he waters t hat come jJdw n from 
above ; and they fhall (tend mvnan heao 

ii «\ And it came to pais- when thejraei, and earned 'hem over «*ith therrt 
people- removed from their tents, to pafsiffrfta the place where they lodged, and 
over Jordan, and the prielis bearing the I lai i them down, there. 
ark of rhe covenant be fore rhe people ; I 9 fl And Joflnia let up twelve ftones 

15 And as the> tint bfirre the ark were jin the midll of Jordani in th.e place where 
«oiue uii'o Jordan, and the feet of thejthe feet of the prie.'U which bare the ark 
pr:e:ti; mat bare the ark were dipped mlhejof the covenant flood i and they aielhere 
brim of the water (for Jordan overflow- junto this day. 
eth all his banks an ihe time of harveft) 10 fl For the priefts which bare the 



16 i bat the waters which came down 
from abofe ftood and role np upon an 
heap yerj far from the city Adam, that! 
is be/He Zaretan : and thofe that came 
down toward the lea of -he plain, even 
the fall fea, failed and were cut off: and 
the people paffed over ri&ht againfl Jer- 
icho. 

17 And the priefls that bare the ark 
of the covenant of the Loud flood firm 
on dry ground in the mctft of Jordan, 
and ali the firaelites palled over on dry 
ground, until all the people v\ere paffed 
clean over Jordan?. 

^ C H A P IV 

1 f*wwi ve Jtone< taken as a memorial out 

*f Jordan 9 iivrlvt: c'.-cr (lonps are 

Jet uf> iti .be m:dji thereof 10, 19 The 

)ple faft v*ver. 14 God magflijieth 

I it ( affle to p ifs when all the peo- 
ple wen I over Jordan, that 
' 'into Jothua, faying, 

\\ men out of die peo- 

3 •■ md . ou them, faying, 

lid : of [or- 

i of the \ ■ the prieaV 

rm, twelv|^nes, and ye ftiall 

car." ver v>*^^yoi, and leave 

here ye fhall 
hi j nighr. 

4 Fhenjofhua call ■ I ' ■••-• men, 

ire I it the children of 
I, "ot ;i naan 

■> Amd J Ibua l rid unto them, P.\f. o- 
beforethearkof the Lord youi 
jmo the mi Ifl ol I >rd . i, and i il 

Ihoill- 
. accord ng r of the 



ark ftood in the lnidfl of Jordan, until 
every thing w»s finifned that the Lord 
corrimanded Jofhua to fpeak unto the peo- 
ple, according to ali thai Mofes com- 
minded Jofr.ua : and the people hailed 
and paifed over. 

tl And it came to paffs, when all the 
people were clean paued over, that the 
ark of the Lcrd palled over, and the 
priefts, in the prefence of the peop'e. 

tt And the cfrldren of Reuben, and. 
the children of Gad, and half the tribe of 
.V'anaffeh, paffed over armed before the 
children of lfrael, as Mofes fpake unto' 
i hem 

IS About forty thoufand prepared for 
war, paffed ever before the Lord unto 
battle, to th.e plains of Jericho. 

14 <f On Chat day the Lord magnified 
Joiluia in the fight of all Ifr.icl : and they 
feared him as they feared Mofes, all the 
da j .-: of his life 

15 And the Lord fpake unto Jofhua, 
fay in. r, 

1G Command the priefts that bear the 
ark of the teftimony, that they come up 
< nit of Jordan. 

IT foihua therefore commanded the* 
s, fa) ing, Come ye tip out of Jordan. 

u> And it came to pafs, when the priefts 
that bare the ark of the covenant of the? 
Lord were come up out of the midfl ot 
fbrdan, and the foles of the priefts' feet 
were lifted up unto the dry land, that 
the waters of Jordan returned unto their 
place, and flowed over all his banks, as 
they did before. 

19 «| And the people came up out 
of Jordan on the tenth day of the firft 
month, nnd encamped in Gilgal, in the 
eaff. border of Jericho. 

20 And 



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SO And 






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a of 

le to cc: 






hildren 
•r this Jor- 



3 rour Iried up 

the water an- 

as the F.ord your 
ch he dried up 

the people c : trth 

•v the r the I 

it 
Loxl 1 r. 

\ 
1 7£f Canaan.'-cs urf afra'd. t Circum 
ed 10 T be f*f 

IS An un~(l a;p'uretb 

e to pafs when all the 

re on 

:an wefl . and all the 

' ^> 
e Lor 

up the waters of Joilan from b< 

children of Ifrael, until we ner 

ihl r heart melted, neither 

in therr; any more, be 

en of . 

C At tltdt time the Lord faid unto 



V.AI I 



,!.. hi 



rn (harp 
iren ot ! 



."5 
the 

| eople inie out 

were people ibat 



lit I -hy Jofhua 

-pie thai 

, even all the 



8 And it came to pafs, when they had 
done circumcifing all tl. !e, that 

abode in their places in 
till they were whole. 

And the Lord ,to Jof. 

This day have I rolled away the re- 
proach of Bgypt from oft' you W| 
fore tl the place is called Gilgai 

unto this day 

10 qj And the children cf Ifrael en- 
camped in Gilga e paffbver 
on the fourteenth day of the month at e- 
ven in the \ i /eric' 

11 And they d !:e old corn of 
the land on the morrow after the paflbv , 
unleavened cakes, and parched corn irt 
the I 

12 And the mannaccafed on tl 

■ ait-i they had eaten of trV rn 

ie children of 
Ifrael manna any more- 
eat of the truit of the land of L'anaaa 
that ye 

13 r V' it c pafs when Joffiua 

Jerich j es 

tnd behcl ' I a 

man over him with hi> 

dra I : and n- 

to him. him, An thou : 

idtcrfariea I 
1 i And h- , but as 

of the holt Lord am I 

And J. n his face to the ea'tli 

d unto him, 
lord unt 5 hit : ? 

15 And tl. 

a, Ix>ofe thy fhoe fr 
thy -- the plac i thou 

ftar. .1 fo. 

\ I 
1 Jeriei 
d- A 26 fbe 

rbo is enrj- I 



came out of ; 



p be 
by the caufe el 



none 
went in. 

4 And the Lord (aid unto JonSua, 

Jericho, 

he mii, 



I] ifs the city, a' 
. 
/entruropi 

KD f I biuf 

:>t fliev. 

. that v 





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into 1 

ms 
.'when 

l 

c t 

I r A :led 

* the 



134 Jericha is befiegcd. 

the priefts, aiid faid unto them, Take up 
the ark of the covenant, and let ftven 
prieltsbear feven trumpets of rams' horns 
befoie the ark of the Lord. 

1 And lie faid unto the people. Pais on, 
and compafsthe city, and let him that is 
armed pafson before the ark of the Lord. 

8 And itcame to pafs when Jofhua had 
fpokfn unto the people, that the feven 
prieflsbearing r he lev en trumpets of rains' 
horns palled on before theLoR D,'indble\v 
with the trumpets ; and the aikof the 
covenant of the Lord followed them. 

9 And the armed men went -before the 
pr lefts that blew wifh the trumpet*, and 



JOSHUA. The walls fall dlnvtU 

• priefs blew with the trumpets : and it? 
came to pafs, when the people heard the' 
found of the trumpets, and the people* 
(homed with a great fhout, that <he wall" 
fell c^own flat, fo that the people went 
up into the city, every man (traight be- 
fore liim, and they took the city 

21 And they utterly destroyed all that 
IX- as in the city, both, man and woman,, 
young and old, and or, and fheep. and 
afs, with the edge of the fword. 

22 f But Jofhua had laid unto the two 
men that, had lpied out the country, Go" 
into the harlot's houfe, and bring out 
thence the woman, and all that the hath, 



the rerewajd came after the ark, the j as y e fware unto her. 

fricjls going oir, and blowing with the 

trumpets. 

10 And Jofhua had commanded the 
people, faying, Ye fhall not lhout. nor 



23 And the young men that were fpies 
went in, and brought out Rahab, ano her 
father, andher mother, and her brethren, 
and all that flie had ; and they brought 



makean) ncife with your voice, neither : out all her kindred, and left them with- 
fhnMuny word proceed out of your mouth, out the campof Ifrael 



until the day I bid you fnout 
ye fhout 



then fhall 



24 And they burned the city with fire, 
and all that ivas therein : only thelilver. 



tl SothearkoftheLoRDcompaffedtheland the gold, and the veflels of brafs a-id 



city, going about it once ;,arid they came 
into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 

12 And Joftma. rofe early in the morn- 
ing, and the.priefis took up the ark of the 
Lord. 

13 And feven priefts bearing feven 
trumpets of ranis' horns before the ark 
of the Lord, wenton continually, and 
blew with the trumpets : and the armed 
men went before them : but the rcre- 
ward came after the ark of the Lord, 
the priejls going on r and blowing with the 
trumpets 

14 And the fecond day they compalTed 
the city once, and returned into the 
camp : fo they did fix days. 

13 And it came to pafs on the feventh 
day, that they rofe early about the dawn- 
ing ot the day, and compafTed the city- 
after the fame manner izvtw times : only 
on that day they compaflcd the city feven 
t;ni<°s. 

lb And it came to pafs at the feventh. 
; v hen the prielts blew with the trum- 
. Jofhua faid unto the people, Shout 
fur the Lord hith given vou the oity 

IT And the tity fhall be accurfed,?*'** 

it, and all that art therein to the Lord : 
onl) Rahab the harlot fhall live, fhe and 
aJi that <>>r with her in the houfe, becaufe 
Ihc hid ' that we fent. 

13 Andy 0, , wife keep )ourfclves 

fr«m the accurfed thine, left ye make 

(elves accurfed. when ye take of the 

accurfed thing, and make the camp of 

Ifrael a ciirfe, and trouble it. 

19 But all the filvcr, and gold, and vef- 
fels of brafs and iron, are COnfecrateo! 
unto Hic-Lord : they thill come into the 
ttteafury of 'he l.o i d. 

10 ^ So the | d v. hen the* arc bi 



of iron, they put into the treafury of the. 
houfe of the Lord. 

25 And Jofhua faved Rahab the har- 
lot alive, and her father's houfehold, and 
all that fhe had ; and (he dwelleth in If- 
rael even unto this day ; becaufe fhe hid" 
the mefleogers, which Jcfhua fent to fpy 
out Jericho. 

26 $ And Jofhua adjured them at that 
time, faying, Curfed be the man before 
the Lord, that riferh up and burldeth this 
city Jericho : he (lull lay the founda- 
tion thereofin his hrft born, and in hi3 
youngeft/o« mall hefetup the gates of it. 

27 So the Lord was with Jo'hua : and 
his fame was nofed throughout all the* 
country. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The IJraelites Jmuten at ki 6 Jojhua'r 
complaint. 10 God inprutleih h/mivhaf 
to do. 16 Achan is taken by lot 19- 
hii conjfjfion. 22 He and all i'e huthr 
are defer oyed in the <v alley nf Ac hot 
BUT the children of Ifrael committed* 
atrefpafs in the accurfed thing : for A- 
ctianj the fon of Carmi, the fon of Zab- 
di, the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of J><- 
dah. took of the accurfed thing: and the 
anger of the Lord was kindled a gain IF 
the children of Ifraer. , 

2 And Jofhua fent men from Jericho 
to Ai. v.hiciw.f befide Bethaven, on the 
eaft fide of Bethel, and fpake unto them, 
faying, Go up and view the country i 
And the int:n went up and viewed Ai. 

S And returned to Jofhua, and 

faid unto him, Let not all the people go 
up ; but let about two or three thoufand 
men go up and finite Ai ; and wake not 
all the people to labour thither: for they 

4. Sa 



r xbe IfraeVitesf mitten at Au Chap. 

4 So there went up thither of the people 
about three thoufand men : and they tied 
^before the men or" Ai. 

5 And the men of Ai fmote of them 
about thirty and fix men : forthej chafed 
them/Vo- ite evenwnxo SI 
barim, and em m the going 
down : wherefore the hearts of the peo- 
ple melted and became as wait r. 

6 «[ And Joihua rent his clothes, and 
fell to the eunh upon his face before th 
ark of the Lord until the eventide, he 
and 'he eHers ot Ifrael, and put dull up- 
on then he 

7 Andjoiinufaid, A';isOI.ordGod, 
Wherefore h ».:: thoti at all brought this 
people over Jordan, to deliver us into the 
fund of the Amorite^. to delrroy us ? 
Would to God we had been content, and 
dwelt on the oi h :r (i le Jordan I 

8 O Lord, What -rail I fay, t 
Ifrael turmth their back* before then- 
one 

9 For the Canaariites and ail the in] 

itants of the land fliall hear iff r, Ami 
•fliall environ us round, and cut off our 
nine from the earth : and, What will 
thou do unto thy great name ? 

10 «] And 'he Lord (aid unto Jofhua. 
Get thee up ; Wlicreforc licit thou thus 
upon thy tare > 

It Ifrael hath finned, and Miry have 
alfo tranfgrefled my covcnanl which I 
commanded them : for th 

•he aCCUrfed th i have alio 

len, and di fl*embled alfo, and tliey h 

put // even among th uli 

i .Thcrcf of Ifrael i on id 

nor (land before their enemies but turned 
their | lufe 

they v her will 1 

wit ■ more, except ye delrroy th< 

accurled from amon j 

13 Up, Gm< ' jple, and 

u romom 
>r tints faith the Lo ael, 

here is an .atui fed thing in the 

thee, f) Ilra'-l : th»ll )i fi in.: 

thine eqemie . nntiJ >c takeaway the 
cuiff d thing t: ora ai u. 

14 In I (hall be 
brought according t" your tribe* and il 
fh i ■ the tribe ••• hich i * r> 

t i (hill CO 

there*/- and the familj which the I 

fhall t 

the h mfehold *hu h the 1 ..< 

fhi in b. man 

•\nd it (ball be, that hei k^n 

with the accurfed thing (ball be burnt 
with fire, he and all tint he hath s be- 
Muile he hath tra tant of 

rh • Lord, and becaufe he hath wrought 
folly in Ifrael. 

16 «' So Jcfhua role up early in 
sperning, and brought 1 if ael by t 



vivi. Achates C9nfe]f:?n. 

tribes ; and the tribe of J ml ah was taken: 
IT \nd he brought the family ot Judah, 
and he f >>ok the family of the Zarhites : 
and he brought the family of the Zar- 
hitesmanb) man; and Zabdi was taken. 

18 Ann he brought his honfeholdman 
by man ; and Achan 'he fori of Carmi, 
the fOn Of Zabdi, the fon of Zerah,of the 
tribe erf Judah was taken. 

19 ^ And Joihua faid unto Achan, My 
fon. give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord 
God of 'Ifrael, and make confcllion unto 
him ; and tell me now what thou had 
done ; hide <•/ not from me. 

•20 And Achan anfwered Jofhua, and 
Paid, Indeed 1 have finned againfl the 
Lord (*od of Ifrael, and thus and thus 
nave I done : 

51 Wiien I faW among the fpo Is a 
goodly Babylonifh garment, and two 
hundred Ihekels of filver, and a wedge of 
gold ot fifty ihekels weight, then I cov- 
eted ihem, and took fhem : and, behold, 
rliey a>e hid in the earth in the mid ft of 
\i it. and the filver under it. 

1-2 *] So Jofhua lent meffengert, and 
they ran unto the tent ; amd,b( hold,// tvov 
hnl in his trnt, and the filver under it. 

And they took them out of the mi dft 
of the ten', ju<\ brought them Unto Jofh- 
ua, and itntO all the children of Hi u 1, 

in 1 I; d th '■•• otit b( fore the Lor d. 

*4 And Joihua, and all Hi ael with him, 
t K>k Achan the i m ofXerati, and the fil- 
ver, and the garment, and the wedge of 
gold, and hi md his daughters, and 

Iim oxen, and hisatles, and hisfhetp, and 
• rot, and all that he had t and tluy 
broughi them unto the valley . t Achor. 
15 u <\ Jofhu \ faid, Why haft thou 
tr »ub led us I I he Los d fliall trouble thee 
lay. And all Ifrael ftoried him with 
)<• burned them «* ith fire, after 
they nad ftonedthem with ftonet! 

!•> \ ,'\ they i aife 
of flones unto Pi . So the L< 

mi n-' 1 fi (mi the ii . of his ynger-i 

W bereft .>t" that pi 

< ailed, 1 he valley ofAchor. unto this day. 
P i : 

etbjq/bum. &1%f ilr,jt iqrr* 

tui : ■ • " ,'/./- 

r h in ah.: , ,-r^ thr I ■ 'us, 

and 1 1> ■ 
D unto 

.1 : take 
all th U with I 

bo up i thy 

h md the 

. ami hi 

I 

t.hd 1 ye 
i . laj 

behind it. 



195 Jojbua's jtratagcm aga'mjl Ac JOSHUA 

3 ^} So Jofhua arofe, and all the people 
of uur, to go up again!! x-\i : and Jofhua 
chofe out ihirtj thoufand mighty men of 
valour, and fent them away by night. 

4 And he commanded them, laying, 
Behold, ye fliall lie in wait againit the 
city, even behind the city : go not very 
far from the city , but be ye all ready : 

5 And I and" all the people that we 
"with me, will approach unto the city : 
and it fliall come to pals, when they come 
out againil us, as at the firit, that v^e will 
flee before them. 

6 (Forthey will come out after us) till 
we have drawn them from the city ; for 
they will fay, They flee before us as at the 
fir if : therefore we will tiee before them. 

7 Then ye ihall rife up from the ambufb, 
and feize upon the city : for the Lord 
your God will deliver it into your hand. 

tf And it llial I be, when y r e have taken 
the city, that ye (hall let the city on Tire : 
according to the commandment of the 
Lord thalJ ye do See, I have com- 
manded you. 

9 Jeftu.a therefore fent them forth : 
and they went to lie in ambuth, and a- 
bode between Bethel and Ai, on the welt 
fide of Ai : but J jrfb.ua lodged that night 
among the people. 



10 And 



Ai tatty and burned. 

IS And the Lord laid unto Jofhua* 
Stretch out the (pear that Is in thy hand 
toward Ai ; for I will give it into thine 
hand. And Jofhua ffretched out the fpear 
that be had in his hand toward the city. 

19 And the ambufh arofe quickly out 
of their place, and they ran as ioon as he 
had flretched out his hand : and they en- 
tered into the City, and took it, and hafted 
and fet the city on fire 

20 And when the men of Ai looked 
behind them, they faw, and, behold, the* 
fmoke o.f the city afcended up to heaven, 
and they had no poire r to fiee this way 
or that way: and the people that fled! 
tot the wildeincfs turned back upon the 
purfuers 

■21 And when Joihua and all IfraeJ. 
faw that the ambufh had taken the city, 
and that the fmoke of the c'.N afcended r 
then they turned again, and i\sv the men: 
of Aj 

2£ And the other ifliied oirf of the city- 
againft them ; fo they were in the mid 
of Ifrael, fome on this fide, and fume onr 
that fide : and they (mote them, fo thai* 
they let none of them remain or efcape. 

23 An<1 the king of Ai they took alive, 
and brought him to Jofhua. 
people. -i And it came to pafs, when Ifrael 

jofhua rofe up early in the had made an end oi flaying all the mhabi-v 



morning, and numbered the people, and 

w ent up, he and the elders of Ifrael, be- 
fore the people to Ai- 

1 1 And aii the people, e<ven ike people 
of war that 'were with him, went up, and 
diew nigh, and came before the City, and 
pitched on the north tide of Ai : now 
.c a valley between them and Ai. 
li And lie took about five thoufand 
men, and fet the. n to liq in ambuih be- 
tween Betfrel and Ai, on the weft iide of 
- :. 
1 I And when they had fet the people, 
i .ill the ho ft that '"to js on the north 



tants of Ai in the field, in the wiidernefsr 
wherein they chafed them, and whenthey 
were all fallen en the edge of the fword, 
unti! they were coniumed, that all the 
IfVaelites returned unto Ai, ae.d iinote it 
with the edge of the fwjard. 

£5 And/a it was that all that fell that 
day, both of men and women, ivete 
twelve thouland, e-z-en all the men of Ai. 

t6 For Jofhua drew not his hand back, 
Wherewith lie flretched out the fpear, un- 
til fie had utterly deftroyed all the inhab- 
itants of Ai. 

t~i Only the cattle and the fpoil of that 



city, and their liersin v. ait on the , city Israel took for a prey untothemfeive.-, 
city, Jofhua went that night according unto the word of the Lord 
into the midtf of the vail I w hich he commanded Jofhua, 

M ind it when the king] : lo And Jofhua burnt Ai, and made it 

of it that they ha/ted and rofe up! an heap for ever, even a defoiation unto 

v.nl. the men of the city went ou 

. he and ail hi*] And the king of Ai he hanged on 

, at a ; inted, before the I a tree until eventide : and as ioon as 

will not tl . li-ltiie fun was down, [oil.ua commanded 

era io ambufh him behind the city, {that they fliould take his carcafs down 

15 And Jolhu.i a id all Ifrael made as ifj from the ire<\ and ce.it it at the entering 

i, and Aedlof the gate of the city and raife thereon 
ot the wildei ' J a treat heap of ilones, that remainetb un- 

it) a the people ; I .u were in A i , to this day, 

fterthem; 3Q % fben Joihua built an altar unto 
i, and wee the Lord God of Ifrael in mount Kbal, 



, from tin 



As Moles the fervant of r Jic Lord 



\nd there was not i man left in A i commanded the children of Ifrael. as it 

or Bethel that went not ter Ifrael : lis written in tiie book of the law of 

u the ..riued . M. fes, an altar of whole hones, over 

'.. hn Inch no man hath lifted up any iron : and 

they 






Jojbka ivrhetl Ci 

they ori< >n burnt 

:.oru, and lac: 
Ci f ind be wrote there upon the 
i a copy of the la 
he wrote in the pre fence children 

[] Ifrael, ao 
and iheir ji: d on 

. cl un tli at fide h 
the prie bare the 

ark of :.. e Lord, a 

■ that wa: born ainonjj 

them u , a. mi 

ru Kbai , <io H i vant U thr 

Lok ?d before, liiai 

Ihou! the peo 

tu all tl.at is written in tJ 
I 
SO i word of all that 

', which 

»n ot Ifrael, 
the women, and the little oiu-^, ami 
mgers that were con it among 

.1 

C H A P. I 
i Tbt kings combine <iga:nft Ifrael. S Tbe 

ut by ct 

16 ^ Unwed to Perpetual fomioge 

AND it < to pafs, when all the 

ii.ch nveri 1c Jordan, in 

, and in the valleys, and in ail 

5 of the greai >ver again*! 

irite, 
ite, the Hivlte, 

J , 
themielves to> 






id v. nil II- 



I, with 

unto 

* J , and v. 

. I 
and b upon and 

•.ml lip , 

,. 

a!i tl 

•' mould) . 
6 And Miry ; i untfl 

'.-; iii« ii ui 
a fa: 

IS. 

I 

with 

air 
i 

9 A:.'l ii i unto h 

■ 



ix. dbecr.ltfs league nxntb * 

lufe of the name of the Lord thy 
tor ve have heard the fameoi 
a.ui a!l that he did in Kgj 

10 And all that he did to the 
of tiie AniQrites,thatto"*c« 
tp Sihon king of Hcthbon, and to Og 
Lung of liaih in, which vtas at A- ta- 
ll Wherefore our ciders a 
inhabitant* oi our country fpake t 
faying, Ta] ;als with you for thr 

iourne, nd go to meet them, aiM lay 
unto ilr .a, We #'Vyou \nu there- 

tore now make ye a k us 

1 - bread we took hot./*/* our 

pru\ ifion out oi oiirhoutes on the da^ n e 
came forth to go unto you ; but now, 
behold it i> dry uldy : 

15 And theft bottles of wine, wl 
we filled litre new. ; behold 

nt : and u 

old bj rea:vj,i ui I ii - 
irerj loi . roc] . 
i » And tl. fc oftheir v»#u 

and alked not counjet at the UlOUth oi 

LOKU 

15 Andjofbuana tee with them, 

I made- jue v. -/it to lec 

theni live : and the princes of the coogrc- 
ihem. 
iti *j And to uafs at the r:. 

three day* alter the] had mad [ue 

with them, that the] heard that they r u- 

, and that they" dwelt 
among them 
17 And the children of Ifrael journ 
ub uni i their c it ie 
.\.>,\ their v ■ 'r ( i . 

eohirah, and Beeroth, and K, 

m. 
ii) And the children of Ifra-l fr. 
them not, \ ct m\'>- the pi n- 

h id i .'. oi n unto them by I 

Lo u\> G< 

gation mui mu 
19 Bui 

coo W« i,. t - 

ill do to them ; i 

. led u , U n 

irh whit h «o iwai 
nil 

Ulto them, 

d and - 

; I . the pi • 

m. 

' he 

- 



M?&8 Gibeon attacked* 

laid, Becaufe it was certainly told thy fer- 
-Vants, how that the Lord thy God "com 
jnanded his fervantMofesto give you all 
the land, and to deflroy all the inhabitants 
of the land from before you. therefore we 
were fore afraid of our lives becaufe of 
you, and have done this thing. 

25 And now, behold, we are in thine 
ftand : as it feemeth good and right unto 
thee to do unto us, do. 

£6 And fo did he unto them, and de- 
livered them out of the hand of the chil 
dren of Ifrael, that they flew them not 

"27 And Jofhua made them that day 
hewers ot wood and drawers of water for 
the congreganon, and for the altar of the 
Lord, even unto this day, in the place 
which lie fhould choofe. 

CHAP. X. 

J Five kings tear agsinft Gibeon. 6 Joflj- 

ua refcutth it. 12 The Jun and moon 

fiand jtill at the word of Jcfoua„ 

NOW it came to pafs> when Adonize- 

<lec king of Jerufalem, had heard how 

joihua had taken Ai, and had utterly 

deftroyed it ; as he had done to Jericho 

and her king ; fo he had done to Ai and 

her king ; and how the inhabitants of 

Gibeon had made peace with Ifrael, and 



JOSHUA . The fun and moon ft and ' fift 

10 And the Lord difcomfited them 
before Ifrael, and flew them with a great 
(laughter at Gibeon, and chafed them 
along the way that goeih up to Bethho 
ron, and fmoterhem to Azekah, and un% 
to Makkedah. 

11 And it came to pafs. as they fled 
from before Ifrael, ana were in the going 
down to Bethhoron, that the LoRocaft 
down great (tones from heaven upon 
them unto Azekah, and they died • they 
ivere more which died with haiUtories 
than they whom the children of Ifrael 
(lew with the fword 

12, ^ Then fpake Jofhua to the Lord, 
in the day when the Lord delivered up 
the Amorites before the children of If- 
rael, and he faid in the light of Ifrael, Sun, 
ftandthou flill upon Grbeon ; and thou, 
Moon, in the valley of Aialon. 

13 And the fun ftooti frill, and the moon 
frayed, until the people had avenged 



were among them : 

2 That they feared greatly, becaufeGib- 
eon ivas a great city, as one of the royal 
cities, and becaufe it ivas greater than Ai, 
ind all the men thereof iuere mighty. 

S Wherefore Adonizcdec king of Je- 
mlalemfentunto Hohamking of Hebron, 
and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and un- 
to Japhia king of Lachifh,and unto Debir 
king of Eglcn, faying, 

4 Come up unto me,and help me, that 
wc may fmitc Gibeon; for it hath made 
peace with Jofluia and with the children 
ot Ifrael. 

.0 "I herefore the five kings of the Am- 
orites, the king of Jerufalem, the king of 
Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king ot 
Lathifh. the king ot Eglon, gathered 
themlel/cs together, and went up, they 
tnd all their hods, and encamped belore 
Gibeon, and made waragainlt it. 

6 ^ And the men of Gibeon fent unto 
Jo'.l'U t 10 the camp to Gilgali laying, 
Slack not thine hand from thy (ervants : 
tome up to lis quickly, and (ave us, and 

Ipus: for all the kings of the Amorites 
thai dwrll in the mountains arc gathered 
to: ;gainft us. 

7 So Joihua afcended from Gflgat, he, 
and all the people of war with him, and 
ail the mignty men of valour. 

8 And the Loud faid unto Jofluia, 
r them not: for 1 have delivered them 

into thme hand : there Stall nut a man ot 
m (land before th e. 

huather 'info them fud- 

i s.cnH wert tip hem ^ilg il til [lighl 



themfelves .upon their enemies, h not 
this written in the book of Ta&ei ? So the 
fun flood ftill in the midft of heaven, and 
haded not to go down about a whole day. 
li And there was no da* like that be- 
fore it or after it, that the Lori heark- 
ened unto the voiceofa man. fortheLoR» 
fought foi Ifrael. 

15 And Jofhua returned, and all Ifrael 
with him, unto the camp td Gilgal. 

16 But thefe five kings tied, and hid 
themfelves in a cave at Makkedah. 

IT And it was told Jofhua- faying, The 
five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak- 
kedah. 

18 And Jofhua faid. Roll great ftones 
upon the mouth of the cave, and fet men 
by it for to keep them : 

19 And flay ye not, Awrpurfue after 
your enemies, and fmite the hindmoft of 
them ; fuffer them not to enter into their 
cities: for the Lord your God hath de- 
livered them into your hand. 

20 And it came to pafs, when Jofhua 
and the children of Ifrael had made an 
end of Haying them with a very great 
(laughter, till they were confumed. that 
the reft ivhich remained of them entered 
into fenced citie-s. 

21 And all the people returned to the 
camp to Jofhua at Makkedah in peace : 
none moved his tongue againft any of 
the children of Ifrael 

'22 '1 hen (aid Jofhua, Open the mouth 
of the cave, and bring out thofe five kings 
unto me out of the cave. 



23 And they did fo, and brought forth 
thofe five kings unto him out oftjie cave, 
the king of Jerufalain, the king of He- 
bron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of 
Lachifh, and the king of Eglon. 

24 And it rame ro pafs, when they 
brought out thofe kings unto Jofh- 
ua, that Joihua called for all the men 

of 



£x five kings bangrd. Chap. xi. 

fltf Ifrael. and laid unto the 



%\"jcfs kings c$ttfuerei~. 139 



captains of 
the men of war which uent « ith him, 
e nexr, put your feet upon the necks 
•i theie kings. And they came near, and 
put rneir tret upon the necki of them. 
£j And Jothua faid unto them, Fear not, 
nor be dinuai-ed, be !;.ong and of good 
courage tut ■ th us (hall the LoRDdo to 
aii tour enemies againft whom ye ri^ht. 
. v:ui af erward Jofhua lmote them, 
and (lev.' them, and hanged them on fire 
trees : and »he> *ere hanging upon the 
tree> until the evening. 

And 11 '.o pafs at the time of 

the going dou n of the fun, that Jothua 
oo. u . and they took, them do»*n 

•If the ire?-, and calf them into the cave 
J been hid, and laid great 
fionesin the cave's mouthy iv»:co remain 
bol •! ihu rei ; lay . 

■Z6 I na that day Jothua took Makkc- 
dah, ana (mote it with the edge of the 
fword, and the king thereof, he utterly 
dellroyed, ttiem and all the fouls that 
r wtie therein ; he let norie remain : and 
lie did t.> the king of Makkedah as he 
did unto the king of Jericho. 

rhen loOiua paded from Makke- 
dah, ami all Iiraei with him, unlo Lib 
na:., and fo ight againfi Lib uh : 

30 .And the Lord delivered it alio, 
i tlie king thereof into the hand of 
Ilrael ; and tie (mote ir With the edge of 
the ^ ;rd, and all the fouls that ivere 
therein ; he let none remain in it ; but 
did unto the kingthereot a* he did Utll 
km^ of Jencnoi 
And Jofhn 1 from Iibnah, and 

all Hi * into Lach ih and en- 

camp* • aga unfl it : 

Me Lord delivered l~iciuP.i 
i.ito the n^nd of Ifrael, which took it 
: ddy ,*it it v\ ith the 

ehge ot lie f and ail the (bulsthal 

:ig to ali tlut he 

j nen lioram king.(jf Gezer came 
up to help Lachifli : and Jolhua fm 

Utd hit people, until tic liad lett 
ne Km 
3i I acliifb Jolbu.i pafled unto 

il Ifrael ••• iih him , ami i!i<*} 

#ii unit U. in<> unit it : 

3a And : >k it * *r i 

smote it with the edge ol ihcfwora, an 

2i 

destroyed tlut day, to all that 

be had ne to Lac hifb. 

\nd joili :.i wenl up trom I 
and all 1 ii, unto iiebion , 

it : 
A~ \uu ■ ••> t ■>. d (mot'.' it with 

the < ■ ihe i I the k 

rf ■ all the cities' thereof and all 

the fouls that titer* therein ; he left none 



done to Eglon ; but deftroyed it utterly, 
a d all the louls that ivrrf therein. 

38 Aad Jothua returned, and all Ifrael 
with him, to Debir ; and fought agajnft it t 

39 Ana he took it, and the king there* 
of, a-xl all the cities thereof ; and they 
fmote them with the edge of the fword, 
and utterly deftroyed ail the lbuls that 
■were therein ; he left none remaining : 
as he had done to Hebron, fo he did to- 
Debir and to the king thereof : as he had. 
done alio to Libnah, and to her king. 

40 So Jofhua fmote all the country or 
rhe hills, and of the fouth, and of the 
vale, and of the fprings and all their' 
ki.igs : he left none remaining, but ut- 
terly dtllioyed all that breathed, 35 1116? 
Lord God ot Ifrael commanded. 

it And Jofhua fmote them from Ka- 
drfhbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the- 
country of Golden, even unto Gibeon. 

it \nd all thefe k-ngs, and their lar.A 
did Jofhua take at onetime, becaule the 
Lord God of Ifrael fought for Ifrael. 

43 And J.'fhua returned, and all Iiraei. 
with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 

C M A P. X I 
I Divrrs kin jj oxrrcomr at th, ivaters 
Sl'iom. 10 Har.or is ukrn OTiJ burnrd. 
il The Amkims iut off. 
AND it came to ials. when labia 
kin;»of Hazor had heard tbo/e tlings, 
that he lent to Jbbab king ofMadon, 
and to the king of Shimron, and to t: 
king of Achfhaph, 

lie kings that inert on tlkS 
:h of the mountain?, and of the pla ; : 
fouth of Chinneroth and in the valley, 
and in thebord Dor, on the w 

S And to tl. mite on thecal! and 

m the weft; and r tmorite, ami tl 

tl te, ami tl ,id ttie Jebu- 

ute in the mount ind to tl tej 

non io th * 1 ind ri Vficpeh. 
4 vnd they went out, th'*y and all 
witn t! iple, evett 

the land that n upon the lea O.orc iii 
multitude, v\ uh hoi (es ^:k\ chai ioti very- 
Mid when all thefe kings were me: 
• t , the;. md pit< bed togel 

at the wateasof M« rosoi to 

ind the Lord Tiid unto Jomu. ; , 
not afraid becaufeof them : for tonv 

: thii time will I drlivc i | 
Up all llain befol »el : t: 

hough their hoi feSj and bum ti 
.* ith hi'?. 
So Jofhtll came, and all the 
of war « ith them by t 

f Meioin luddenly ; and they fcl* 
■ 
8 And the Lord delivered them int» 
the hind of iliael, who ftuotc tlicm, and 



£jnaiajn& according t» all Hiat he had chafed tiiom unto great / rid unt> 

M iaim v 



tOO Ffazor taken and burned. 



D've rs kings finiutn . 



JOSHUA. 

MifiTphothmaim and unto the valley of left in the land of the children of If 
M'zpch ealtw :u\\ , and tliey fmote them, only in Gaza, in Oath and in Afltdod, 



until they left vhen\ pone remaining 

9 And loihuu did win ) thera as the 
,Lo 4 bade him: he houghed * : . fesj' 
and burned 'heir chariots with 1 

10 <fl And jofhua at th.it time turned 
back, and took tfazor, and fniote the 
king thereof with the fword : forHazor 
before time was tbfi head of all thofe kih 



there i i i lined 
23 [oihua took the whole land, ac- 
M th it the 1 .or i unto 

And Jofhna Rave it £br an inher- 
ing to l 
is by their ti K- land 

re/led frpm war! 

C H ^i' XU. 



doms. I '"'*<' /, "" , ' /- A' f "'' tr *ts Moffs 

l\ And they fmote all the fouls that took .;• 7 The ont and . 

re therein with the edge of the fword,! \ kin%s n the other Jide Jordan 

utterly ueftroying item .' there was not lob Qtuajm 

any left to breathe : and be burned Ha- J \'OA thefc «>•* the kmgs of the tan 
act witl which the ch Urael fm te, and 

1 '. And all the citi< s of thofe kings, pofTeired their land ( n t;he n^her (ide jor- 
a/ul all the kingsof them did Jolhua take, dan towards the rifing of the fun, from 

I fmoic them with the edge of the the nver Arnon'unto mount Hermon,and 
tu-iU leftroyed them, all the . I... n o\\ the eatt ; 
as Mofes tjie Servant of the Lord con'-' 2 Sihon king of the l\ metrites who 
Illunded. dwell in Heihb vi, and ruled from Arocr, 

i ■• .".ut as for the cities that flood filljtvnich . ; f upon the bank of the river Ar- 
in tl • Ifrael burned none f n, and trom the middle of the river. 



them, fave I iazoi only 
burn. 

I i (1 the fpdilo >.< fe i tl 

the c tttle", the . 
u . . . ihenifel es bui 



that did Jaihii i half Gilead,evcn unto the river 

Jabbok, •"•.' is the border of the chil- 
ot" Amnion ; 






di 

\ id in'M the plainio the fcaofChin- 
'. unto the fei of the 



th the ed d, plain, even the fait iea on the eaft, the way 

denVc ed tin uhei . n '■- I In* iv noth ; ind from the fundi, 

I undcK Ai\ h . 

ul of Og king of Bafhan, 
ant fu di< ' niand Jo{h-|o« - rj , the remnant pf the giants. 



Hi !. - :i nothing 
I that the Lok b i 

16 Nua took all that land, the hills, 

I' nth country , and all 

d the valley, and the 
intatn of Ifrael, and the 

t7 i the mount 1 Ialak, that 

unto R lalgad in , 
int Hei 

hC tOOk, Awd 

l te th •!• n 

I* • ar a i n, time with 



that dwelt, at Athtarotb end at • 

5 And reigned in mqunl Hewnon, 

in Salcah, and in all Baihan, unto the 
;• ofthe ■ iefliurites.and the Maach- 
athites, ami h ad, the border v j 

S hon ' ing of H 

6 Them did Mofes .the fervant of the- 
Lohp and ihe i Lren of liVael fmite : 
and ' ervani of (he I okd aave 
it (or .\ ion unto the Rettbenttes, 
and thr Gadites, and the haJf iribe oi' 
Man t'.Ivh. 

cour iry, whi( i bildren 

ei 1 fr n this fi he 



- mion even unto the mount Halak, that 



be< n : all other 

: the I .o r i' to hai le i 
ej (hould < onp 
-hat lie 
i hai th< 
, but th u he m h oy 

them, as the 
1 1 C And 

ClU I 

from I *"' 'o Vnab. 

a all th 
! ml loflitu 

■i i utterb 



(toeth ni> : i which Joflsua pave un- 

to th :el tor a pofleflion 

» to their divUions ; 
H In themottntains, and in t lie valleys, 
and in the plain in the firings, and 

in the w ildenv fs, and in the iouth eovui- 
trj ; the Hittii Vmorit 1 the 

>, the Hit 
frbulitST* -. 
9 i he k : n 5 of [ericho, one ; the kin£ 

I, on • ; 
!v> 1 he king oi Jerufalem, me ; the 

1 i ;bron G 
I I i«th, one j the kin;: 

ol t 

!• The 



, Ike founds of the fa rib C 

The king of Eglcn, one ; the king 

15 i he king of Debir, one ; the king 
of Geder, on 

14 of Hormah, one ; the 

\rad one : 

• kmg of Libnah, one : the kin^ 
of Vhitlam, on? ; 

: km- of Makkedah, one ; the 
f Bethel, one ; 
17 The k'm^ of Trv -puah, one ; the 
ITing of Hepher, one ; 

he king of Aphek, one ; the king 
of La 'aron, one : 

r he king of Madon, one ; the king 
of Hazor, one ; 

<0 The king of Shimronmeron, one ; 
the king of \chfhaph, one ; 

$1 of I aanach, one; the 

king of Meg - ne ; 

Lhe k one ; the king 

of im of Carmel, one j 

ti The k in thccoa r t of Dor, 

; the king of the nations of Gilgal, 
one ; 

The king of Tirzah, enc : all the 
id on?*. 
( H \ P XIII. 
£ The ft'T/niiof the land not yet conquered. 
14. $& The lord and bis acr'tfices are the 
I.rtntef inheritance, 22 Balaam Jl lin. 
)\V J »fh- 1 i was old and flrkken in 
i ; and tl ' D faid unto him, 

The Id and (rricken in years, and 

there rcmaineth yet very much land to 
he 

t a I that yet ren. 

rth : all thcborJrrsoi the Philiftine 
all ( 

3 1 , whicl ryptj 

non north* 
eh iscounted r '>t!. 
lords of the Philiftines ; the ( 
thithes, and the A'hd , the Bfltka- 

lonitci the Gittil 
- the A 

4 i the fouth all the find -»' 

res an I that . 

the t unto Apr the bor- 

ders of the Amorites : 
\nd the land of the 

inon. t he funrifing, from 

ler m .nnt Hci in I > the 

1 I I l . 

6 All th • inhabitant mtry 
from 1 phothmaim, 

an,t ,\\\ the Sidonians, in 1 I drive 

from rvf.>re the children of Id lei i 
only divi lc th ni it by lot lintO W 

raelifr; t" . . , .;•.• \ • tnce,ai I have > 

7 N>.v therefore divide this 1 

aui inheritance un- ine tribes, m\<\ 

of ManalTeh, 
With whom the Reubenite's and the 
have received their inherita 



tui r.3! jttcbnquereJ. 20i 

which Mofes gave them, beyond Jordan 
eastward, even as aI >fes fhfc ferVaAt of 

the Lord gave them ; 

I Pronl Aiocr, that /'/ upon the bank 
of the river \rnon,and the city that;/ in 
themidlr of the river, and all the plain of 
Mcdcba unto Dibon ; 

10 And all the cities of Sihon kin? of 
the Anvorites, which reigned in Hefh- 
bon, tinto the border of the children of 
Amnion ; 

II And Gilead, and the border of the 
Gehurites and Maichathites, and all 
mount Hermon, and all Bufhan unto 
Salcah ; 

H All the kingdom of Og in Baflun. 
! which reigned In Afhtaroth and in Kdrci, 
who remained of the remnant of the gi- 
ants : for thefe did Mofes fmitc, and c 
them out 

IS Neverthclefs the children of Ifrae! 

lexpellcd not the Gefhurites, nor the 

(Maachath'tes : but the GelHUrltes and 

the M.i '.cli.tt hi tes dwell among the IfracU 

ifes until this day 

14 •jOnly unto thetril he gave? 
none inhei itance , the facrifices ox the 
Lord God of Ifra'd nude by tire arc 
their inheritance as he faid unro them. 

15 And Mofes gave tlhtO the tribe of 
i the Children of Reuben inheritance ac- 
cording to their families. 

And their coaft was from Arocr, 
I is ontli'- bank of the river Arn 

t 1 at is in the midrt of th:* 
river, and all the plain by '■ i ; 

1 17 hetbbon, and all Her Cities that are 
in the plain : Dibon, and B&fllOthbaa!* 
iand Dcfhbaalmeon, 

18 And fahaza and Kedemoth. and 

ith, 
i ' v • \\\ ithaim.andSibni ih,and 

rctlifhahir in tlie mount of the vail 
I 2<» And Bethpeor, ind Alhdothpiigah, 

B th, 

• i \i.d all the ' ' ' ' ■ ,-lain, and 

all tint ihon km^ .if the 

i reigned in llrfhb 
, v. ! 'h the princes' of 

lian, I Hi and Zur, and 

iHur v and I which toe re dukes' of 

ho.n. dwelling in the country. 

I i. ii aid. the fon of U 

\ f.r . r did th • children <d Hrael fj 

I with the fwofdi among them tint vi 
(lain by thetTi. 

1 i.s And the border of of 

uben was fordaii,and the h ( . 

hll- 
dren o aftef their families, the 

rul the vfffl 
Vnd ^l" ; ' <■ (> " inheritance i 

tribe of G id, e-vrn unrn il • 

r familtet. 

And tl, I *U 

ties of 



WL Inheritance of Manaffeb. JOSHUA. 



Caleb obtaineth liefovn. 



fhz children ot Amnion, unto Aroer that j faid unto Mofes the man of God concern* 



is before Kabbah ; 
'16 And from Hefiibon unto Ramath- 



ing mcand thee in Kadefhbarnea. 

7 Forty years old tiias J when Mofes 
mizpeh, and Betonim ; and from Maha-'the fervanl of the Lord lent me from 
naim unto the border of Debir , Kauefhbarnea to efpy out the land . and 

27 And in the valley, Metharam, and I brought him word again as it 'was in 
Bethnimrah, and Succoth and Zaplion, mirt&heart. 

thc reft oftl>e kingdom of bihon king of 8 Nevenhelefs, my brethren that went 
Hefhbonjordai and his border, even un- up with me made the heart of the people 
to the edge of the fea of Clnnneieth on melt : but I wholly followed the Lord 
the other iiue Jordan eaftward. my God. 

28 "I his /j the in fieri; a nee of the chil- 9 And Mofes fv are on that day, fay- 
drcn of Gad after their families, the cities ing, Surely the land whereon thy feet have 
ana theii villages. .trodden fhall be thine inheritance, and 

29 And Mules gave inheritance unto thy children's for ever, b^catife thou hah 
the half tribcof Manafleh : and this was! wholly followed the Lord my God 

the pojfijfion of the halt tribe of the chil- 10 And now, behold the Lord hath 
did) ol Manafleh b> their laimlies. kept me alive, as he faid, thefe forty and 

30 And their cqaft was tromMahahaiiit, j "five years, even lince the Lord fpake 
all Cafnan, all thekingdom of Ogkin.g of this v\ord unto Mofes, while the children- 
Balf:an, and all the towns of Jair, which e/" Ifrael wandered in tbe wildernefs : and 
are in Balkan, threefcore cities : j now, lo, 1 am this day fourfcore and five 

St And half Giieud, and ;, .fhraro"th, and ; years old. 
Ed es of the kingdom of Og m Ba-J H As yet T ain as flrong this day as I 

than, v/ere f£rt'arning unto the children, 'was in the day that Mofes fent me : as 
of Machir, the ion ot Manafleh, tt-cn toimy ftrength ivas then, even lo is my 



the one half of the children of Machir 
by their families. 

.'3- Thefe are tbe countries which Mofes 
did dillribute foi inheritance in the plains 
of fyloab, oh the other fide Jordan, by 
Jericho eaftward. 

Si % But unto the tribcof Levi Mofes 
gave not any inheritance : the Lord God 
of Ifrael 'was their inheritance, a«> he faid 
unto them. 

C1TAP. XIV. 
1- The nine tribes and an half are to have 
their inheritance by l r t. 6 Caleb by 
j'i ifilege obiainctb Hebr:r . 
AND thefe a^e the countries which the 
Irenof Ifrael inherited in the lavdef 
Caman, which Kleazarthe prielt andJolL- 
v. \ the fon of Nun, and the heads of the 
f the tribes of the children ot If- 
rael, diftributexifor io ice to them. 
By tot -i^cis \hcir inheritance', as the 
I i d comi . by the hahdof Mfofes, 
nine tribes, an d/qi the halftribe. 
S For ven the inheritance' 
of two i half tribe on the 
r fidejdrd it urit« the LeviteS 
he gave not among them. 

* I I r lh< feph 'Acre fv r 

naflTchand Ephraim . therefore 

' unto t;..- I evites in 

ell in, V» itli 

tnd for their 

• ' '. Mofes, fo 

djd, and they di- 

!..",d. 

I * '• ; ■ 1. i ' ih < ame 

; > the fon 



flrengtb now, for war, both to go out and 
to come in. 

it Now therefore, give me this moun- 
tain*, whereof the Lord fpakein that day ; 
for thou hearedft in that day how the 
Anakins <vjc>e there, and tbat the cities 
•wt ft great and lenced ; if (o he, the Lord 
ttcilt be with me, then I fhall be able to 
drive them out, as the Lord faid. 

13 And Jofhua blefied him, and gave 
unto Caleb the fen of Jephunneh Hebron 
for an inheritance. 

14 Hebron tirerefore became the in- 
heritance of (.Caleb the fon uf Jephunnclr 
the Kcnezite unto tlusaay, becaufe that 
he wholly followed the Lord God of 
[fraei, 

13 And the name of Hebron before 
'Was Kirjalhaiua, ivhicb Jrba tvas a 
great man among the Anakims. And 
the land had reft from war. 
C Hr> P. XV 
1 The borders of the I" of judah. IS Ca~ 

/eb's portion and cenqucjf Iti OthnieVs 

valour and reivara. °Z\ Ihe cities rf 

Judcb 65 The Jebujites net conquered. 

This then was the iot of the tribe of' 
the < hildren of Judah by their famii.es : 
to the border - of Kdom, the wilder- 
't Zm fouthward r was the ultermofl 
pai t of the iouth toad. 

. ind their fouth border was from the 
(Lore of the fait fea, from the bay that 
,.^!h fouthward : 

d And it went out to the fouth fide to 
Maaieb.iciabbim, and palfed along to 
ah and aicended up on the fouth lide 
onto Kadefhbarnea, a<'d palled along to 



nto htiaii hczro'.>, and m ent up to Adar, and fetch- 
•u knoweft feh« □ to led a compals to Karkaa : 

& . Fro9* • 



The ko'dcrs p. XV. Caleb' s pzriltn and anquejt. '51 

4 / b. took it : and he fc 

i Achfah his daughter to \%*fe 
»8 >na it came fee came 

m to . 
ither a field . and 
ber Jeb laid unto her, What 

wouldefi thou ; J& 

1? • me a b!-fl 

j> 
me aifo fj 



- 

■ 

! 

alt fea 

Jordan. \ndtbrir 

.rter iias from 

the ba> of the lea at tl art ot 

Joi 

6 \nd th up to Bethhog- 



, the north < nd the n 

Bet. r \*.ent up toj; 

euben - the inheritance or the tribe 

i the I it up " rcn of Jud g to 

1 
northward toward M * And the utl i cities o! 

is before the . lummira,! tribe children oijud^h toward the 

c river .-.dom fouthwa 

»ur, 
iud Ki fij and Dimcn 
all, 
8 And t' rrwentupbj -<* And Kedefh.andHaror and Ithnan, 

of id Beal 

; the fame is 



an J the bv 

l lie i 
Hinnura w-efr*ard which :/ at the end of 
the s sort. 

9 And th r was drawn from the! 

top ;ito th< 

■ 
and :he border 
:hje- 
arid 



15 An d Kenoth* 

op of th> which /j Ha2or, 

.d >hema,and Moladnh, 
And t iddah, and :on, 

B 

irfeual, and Beerfheba, 

••» 

I;n. and Arei . 

.,dHor- 

31 And Ziklag, and 

are 

to be : • 33 t and 

ah 'man, 

1 1 unto the ap- 

I Adullam. ind 

. 

o . and .ind 

i a h ?. 

'■ '■ 
■ 

IDilctn, and 



the bonier ■ the 

and t! 

II- 

t J 

"" 

1 

•t 

ionp the i 

c I.or 
ba the • 



4 



the* 



bir 



d I .a! 
k\ And l 

I. 

re- h 



16 ♦ | Calcl 

■ • 

.nofKcnaz, •. 47 -lwiUil.ci 



K:r 



£04 the chits of Judak. 



JOSHUA. 



"1U lot of Manajj*h* 



lages, Gaza with her towns and her vil- 
lages unto the river ot Egypt, and the 
great lea, and the border / ereoj. : 

4S And in the mountains, bhamir, and 
Jattir, and Socoh, 

49 And Dannah, and Kirjathfannah, 
which /j Debir, 

50 And Anab,andEfhtemoh andAnim, 

51 And Golf en, and Holon, and Gi- 
loh ; eleven cities with theii villages: 

22 Arab, at. d Dumah, andEihean, 
53 And Janum, and Bethtappuah, 

Aphekah, 
51 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, 

which is Hebron, and Zior j nine cities 

with their villages 



Ataroth ; and to Naarath, and came to 
Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 

t> 1 he border went out from Tappuah 

weft ward unto the river Kanah ; and the 

goings out thereof were at the iea '1 his 

he inheritance of the mbe of thechil- 

! dren of Ephraim by their families. 

9 And the ieparate cities for the chil- 
dren of Bphraun ivere among (he in- 
heritance ot the children of Manafleh* 
all ,he cities \\i:h their villages. 

10 <| AuCi the\ drave not out the Ca~ 
; naanices that can cit in Gezer : but the Ca- 
Inaahites dwell among the Ephraim. tes 
' unto thio day, and ferve under tribute. 

C H A P. 



X\ [J 

armel,andZiph,andJuttah, 1 ibe lot of Mar.jjjsb XHiscoaft. \~Tbe 
l>6 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Canaan-tes not driven out. 14 Ibe 



55 Maon, 



cbildti ■. of Jcjepb obiain another lot. 

ten f H \±R)i, was alio a lot for the tr be o£ 
| ManaflTeh ; for he <-jjas the riiit bon; of 
jjcieph ; to <wit t for Machir the 6r$ 

and 'bornot lanalleh, the father of G.lead; 



Zanoah, 

57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah 
cities with their villages: 

53 Haliuil, Bethzur, and Gedor, 

59 And Maarath, and Be'hanoth 
Ehekon ; iix cities with their villages 

60 Kiruthbaal, which is Kirjathjeu- { he had Giiead and Baftan. 

rim, and Kabbah ; two cities with their ~ ; here was alfo a lot for the reft oS 
villages : , the children of ManaflTeh by their tanii- 

61 In the wildernefs, Betharabah,Mid-;i> e; > > for the children of Abicser, .ma for 



becaule he was a man oi war. therefore. 



din, and becacah, 

62 And Nibflian, and the city of Salt, 
ur.d Engedi ; fix cities with their villages 

63 5| As for the jebu files the inhabit- 
ants ot Jerufalem, the children of Judah 
could not drive them out : but the Jebu- 
fites dwell with the children of Judah at 
Jerufalem unto this day. 

CHAP. XVI. 
X The general borders of tKe fens of Jo- 
fff*. 5 .' be border uj the inheritance 
(j Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not 
conqut red. 

AND the lot of the children of Jofeph 
fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the 
water of Jericho on the call:, to the wil- 
dcinels that goeth up trom Jericho 
• aighout mount Bethel. 
I And goeth. out from Bethel to Luz 
and palfeth along unto the borders of 
Acchi to Ataroth. 

6 An \ goeth down weftward to the 

coalt of Japhleti, umo the coat': of Bcth- 

n the nethei . and to Gezer : and the 

as out thereof arc at the i a 



the children of heiek, and for the chil- 
dren of Afnel. and lor the children ols 
ohechem.and tor ;lie children of Kepher* 
and lor the children of bhemida : thefo 
were the mate children of ManaflTeh the 
Ion of Jofeph b> their families. 

3 But Zeiophchad the fon of Hepher, 
the fon of Giiead, the Ion ot Machir, the 
fan ot Manaffeh, had no ions, but daugh- 
ters : and thefe aw the names of his. 
daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, iloglah, 
Milcah, and iirzah. 

4 And they came near before Elcazar 
theprielt, and before Jolhua the ion of. 
Nun, and before the princes, laying, The 
-ord commanded Moles to give us an 
inheritance among oui brethren. There - 
fore according to the commandment of 
the Lord he gave them an inheritance 
among the brethren of their father. 

5 And there fell ten portions toManaf- 
feh.befide the land of Giiead and Baflian, 
wliic.'i *were on tiie other fide Jordan ; 

6 Becaule the daughters of ManalUh 
had an inheritance among his ions : and 



4 So the children of Jofeph. Manalleh I the reft of ManaiTeh's fons had the land 
ami Kpiir.iim, took their inhcrit.un .of Giiead. 

j f, And the border of the children of! 7 U And the coaft of ManafPh was, 
I raim according to their families wj»' from Alher to Michmethan, that lietb 
tbus -he bonier of their inheritance jberbre Shechem ; and the border went 

on thecal} fidewai Atarothaddaci unto ! along on the right hand unto the inhab- 
Bcthhoron the upj jitantsol Entappuah. 

o And the border went out toward the ;; fV«a« Manaflch had the land of Tap- 

featc Michn ethah on the noi t!i (ide ; and vmah : but Tappuah on the border of 

border went about eaftward unto . Manalfeh belonged to the children of E- 

aathihileh, and paflbd by it on the'phraim; 

eaft to Janohahl 9 And the coaft defcended unto the 

T Asm it went down from JanohaJ: to t;\ er Kanaii, fculh^ard of the river ; 



1 



tV.f{, 



Cauaan'itfs not Jrl-jtr. cut. Chap, x- Z'.e land 

thee i. 3 And Joihua '^\\ unto '. ot 

, are \e I: to 

G * 
auc the Tea : you I 

10 4 Give out from wei 

• fen ' them a 
.ix \ and . and _ 

">be it . ro the ihi.erir 

. . ; and ti .1 come J^aiM 

I 

e it into (' 
their cc 
. Jofeph 



jn the noi 
ill therefore defcrite the 

an?H>ring tbedef >)p: 
call lots for ; 
Fore rhe Lokdouj God. 
. mams « But the Lev'ttes hive .io part among 

t i ; for the 

eir inheritance : and ( , 

nthechil- the tribe of M 

nee beyoi 
. 
tve tht : 
i i 1 \ went 

;> u went ro 
r/ooc I i au 'ion to 

i r » teeing I am a 
a* the LokD 

15 -\: m, irtliou • lots t \W Lord in v 

be a great people, the- ^et thee up • be men 

• i thj : by dtiei i. 

// t and • again to 

: toonaj 

Ihuj ca *hem in 

ithech *feph fa DRD : and there Joffc- 

■ of 
c lan«l « 
Val bey w II l je Ol't: 

f cf Bethfl up ace to 

whu are of the f the CM c 

Ju» 

1 . 
tLou fl Mid the 

up to the 
18 But the moun- ill be thine; for and went up »hn 

/ a wood, and down : ward P %>cre 

i!l be thine n. 

., anJ rhe . 

the 



} The tabernj.de is/it up at SLilob. 2'h:ll that tie • . nth r A<- 

\nder oj 

i by lots. 1 1 it ■ Li And tl 



.id dl 

tie whole coner* of the 



' ■ 
■ 
I that Uetb be- 



tl 
-i / K . 

ren of Ju 
quart* 

15 he fonth quarter 



<!uloh, s»od fet up r the 

here. And the I . 
re the; 
; remained the 

leven tribt 
r-.ceived dic.r :p.' :e. t! lim, ar.J I 

1 



■SSBS The titles oj Benjamin. 



JOSHUA. 



The lot of Zebulun, Ut . 



der went out on the weft, and went out to 
the well of waters of Nephtoah : 

M And the border came down to the 
end of the mountain tharf lietb before the 
galley of the ion of Hinnom, and which 
- is in the valley ofthe giants on the north, 
and defcended to the valley of Hinnom, 
to the fide of Jebitfi on the lhuth, and de- 
fcended to Enrogel. 

IT And was; drawn from the north, and 
went forth to Enfhcmefh, and went forth 
toward GeiiJoth, which is over again!}: the 
going up of Adumrnim, and defcended to 
the (tone of Bohan the fon of Reuben, 

18 And paflTed along toward the fide 
over againft Arabah northward ; andwent 
down unto Arabah : 

19 And the border patted along to the 
fide of Bethhoglah northward: and the 
outgoings of the border were at the north 
bay of the fait fca,at the fouth end of Jor- 
dan : this <zuas the fouth coaft. 

£0 And Jordan was the border of it on 
the f^alt fide. This tvas the inheritance 
of the children of Benjamin, by the coaft 
thereof round about, according to their 
families. 

£t f Now the cities of the tribe of the 
children of Benjamin according to their 
families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, 
and the valley of Keziz, 

24 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, 
and Bethel, 

23 And A vim, and Parah, and Oph- 
rah. 

24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Oph- 
ni, and Gaba ; twelve cities with their 
villages : 

c Z r > Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beerotlr 

26 AndMizpeh, and Chephirah, and 

Mozah, 

27 And Rekem, and Irpecl, and Tar- 
alah, 

m 28 And Zclah,Eleph, and Jelxifi, which 
U Jeruialem,Gib ath,*«</Kirjath ; forir- 
vith their villages. This is 
the inheritance oi' the children of Benja- 
min in » to their families. 

C I! A P. XIX. 
1 Thrlnt oj ix, 10 ofZcbulun, 17 of 

ir t IKoJ AJber t 32 of Nap bra fi, 40 
an i 9j D in. 49 I be children oj Ifraei 
give t a. 

lot came forth to Sim 
eon, en/en for tht tribeof the children of 
Sim. their fan : and 

their inheritani within the inh 

the ch '. Iren of Judah. 
- ^nd tl I in tiieir inheritance 

i Hazarfhual, and Balah, and 

Az' 

Itolad, and Bethul, and Hor- 
muh y 
■> And Z narcab< 



6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen^ 
thirteen cities and their viliages : 

T Ain Remmon, and Ether, and A- 
fban ; four cities and their villages : 

8 And all the villages that nicer e round 
about thefe cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath 
of the fouth This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Simeon ac- 
cording to their families. 

9 Gut of the portion of the children 
of Judah ivas the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Simeon : for the part of the chil- 
dren of Judah was too much for them : 
therefore the children of Simeon had 
their inheritance within the inheritance 
of them; 

10 4[T And the third lot came np for the 
children of Zcbulun according to their 
families : and the border of their inher- 
itance was unto Sarid. 

li And their border went up toward 
the fea, and Maralah, and reached to 
Dabbalheth, and reached to the river that 
is before Jokneam ; 

12 And turned from Sarid eafl ward to- 
ward the fun riling unto the border of 
Chiflothtabor, and then goeth out to Da- 
berath, and goe*h up to Japhia, 

13 And from thence paiTeth on along 
on the eafl to Gittahhepher, to ittahka- 
zin, and goeth out to Remmontnethoar 
to Neah ; 

14 And the border compafTeth it on 
the north fide to Hannathon : and the 
outgoings thereof are in the valley of 
Jiphthahel : 

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and 
Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem : 
twelve cities wiih their villages. 

16 This f j the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Zebu lun according to their fami- 
lies, thefe cities with their villages. 

IT *J And the fourth lot came out to 
Iflachar, for the children of llfachar ac- 
cording to their families. 

18 And their border was toward Jez- 
reel, and Cheful loth, andSlmnem, 

18 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and 
Anaharath, 

£.0 And Rabbithj and Kiihion, and A- 
bez, 

21 And Remeth, and Engannint, and 
Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez ; 

22 And the coaft reacheth to Tabor, 
and Shahazimah, and Bethfhemefh ; and 
the outgoings of their border were at 
Jordan : fixieen cities withtheir villages. 

-' rhis is the inheritance of the tribe 
of the children of I (Tachar according to 
their families, the cities, and their villa- 



24 fj And the fifth lot came out for the 
tribe of the children ofAfher according 
to flreir families. 

25 And their border was Helkath, and 
Hali, and Beten, and Achihaph, 

£$ And 



Ttse tot q/ Kaphtali and Ban. (Siap. 

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and 
Ivlitheal ; and reacheth to Carmel weft-, 
ward, and to Shihorlibnath ; 

2T And turneth toward the funrifing 

to Bethda^on, and reacheth to Zebu- 

llln, and to the valley of Jiphthahel to- 

i the north (ide of Bethemek, and 

1, and goeth out to Cabul on the kit 

hand, 

28 And Hebron, and Rehob,and Ham- 
mon, and Kanah even unto great Zidon ; 
*i9 And then the Coafl turneth to Ra- 
., and to the ftron^ city T\ re ; and 
the coafl turneth to Holah and the out- 
goings thereof are at the lea from the 
fl to Achzib . 

U Ummati aifo, and Aphelt, and Re- 
hob : twenty and two c ith their 
villages. 

31 This ;/ the inheritance of the tribe 
of the children of Aiher according tothi 
families, thefe cities with their villages, i 

32 ^ ihe faith lot tan.;- out to the 
children of NaphtaJi, cvtn for the chil- 
dren ot ah according to their fam- 

I And their coaft was from Hel 
i Alton to Zaananoim, and A<" 
Nekeb, and Jabnoel, unto Lakum ; and 
outgoings thereof were at Jordan : 
34 And then the coaft turneth weftward 
otbtabon, and goer!) out from 
thence to Hukkok, and reacheth toZeb- 
ulun on the (outh fide, and reacheth to 
A^hcr on the wefl lide, and to Judah up- 
on Jordan toward the funrifing. 

And the W :.<. I i i il 
Zt r, and Hainmath, Ka.kkath, and Chin- 
'h, 
And i Ramah| and 

And KoeUjbj drei, and I 

hron, a ;dale), I 

s id Betbanath, and Beth 
ties w ith their vi 
•*>9 This is ttu 
«f t he children of Naphtali accord ii 
their families, the i • d their villa 

40 ^1 And 

\\\r ( luldrtn Ol J) in I 
• fam i 
It And inheritance 

i Kfbtaol, and !i llwn 
H A i . ami A:. dun, and 

Jcthlah, 

43 And fclon, ; nd Thunnathah, and 

41 And Eltekah, ion, and 
Bialath, 

id, and henebcrak, 

46 ii | on, and mi, w ith 
the I I ipho. 

47 And the f the I 

!?.•« went out 130 little \jr them ; |] 



X". Tbe fix el ties of refuge. S 

fore the children of Dan went up tof,, 
againft Lefhem, and took it, and 
it with the edge of the Avoid, and pof- 
fcfted it, and dwelt therein, and called 
Lelhern. Dan, alter the n.-ire of Dan 
their father* 

I his rs the inheritance of the tribe 
of thechildren of Dan according to th< 
efe cities with their viilaj 
ii they had made an end of 
dividing the land lor inheritance by their 
:h, the children of an in- 

hei tojofhuail Qun among 

tlieni : 

50 According to the wo, 'Lord 
they gave bin: a city which he aifced, 
even 1 imnathferah in mount Ephraim: 
and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 

51 Thefc are the in] ces, which 
Eleazar the prieft, and Tofhua the fon ot 

in, and the heads of the lathers of the 
tribes of the children of Ifracl divided 
for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before 
the Lord, at the door of the tabernai 
ot • don. So they made \ 

end of dividing the country 
CHAP XX. 
1 God command fib, 7 and /Be T/raetlti 
\ cities of refuge. 
THE Lord alio fpalce unto Joiinia, 
faying, 

i ",-:ak to the children of Ifivtel, fay- 
ing, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, 
whereof 1 (pake iirito von by the han 
ol Mofes : 

3 1 hat the flayer that killeth any p 
fon unawares and unwittingly may 11. 
: and they lha'.l be your refu 
from the avenger ot ; 

lie that doth ffce unto one 
oft i t f the entei in, i 

the gate of the i . i 

lie in tl, r city, 

hiraioi rj unto! 

■■<■ him a , dweu 

theavei 'blond purfue 

i i him, then t! c \ ilin! 
■ 
his unwitl 

(hall dwell in thai :itil 

Fore the 
, and until ^h 

it that • in t! 

turn, and i oroe uni 

OH I unto 1 hi ule, unto 

ii n net 

lilt * tern in 

mount ' 'ii, and I ich 

/ill 
r, And on the 

■ 

OJ K ttt d Ran. /»d.unt i 



£03 Forty eight cities given 



JOSHUA. 



by lot to the Le*vi(ef. 



the tribe of G:id. and Golan in Bafhan 1 villages thereof, gave they to Caleb th* 
OUT of the tribe of NtfanarTeh 

9 Yhefe were the cities appointed for 
all the children of ffrael, and for the 
firanger *har fojournefh among then, 
tl\at u hofoever kilich anv perfon at un- 
awares might flee thither, and not die 
bj' the" ham' >f blood- un- 

til he flood bt.io.-e the congregation 



fori of !< phunneh for his poffeffion 
t > has thev gave to the chi'dren of 

Aaron the prien, Hebron with her fub- 

lirbs. to be a city of refuge for the flayer j 

and I ibnah with her fuburbs, 
1 i \v..i Jaitir with her fubirrps 

Efttemoa with her fuburbs. 

15 Vwj Hfolan with her fuburbs 



(J H A P 



V \ 



; De'-ir \\ ith her fuburbs, 



and 
antf 
and 



1 F.'i^h: an.i ton c tie given by lit r,ut if, t;» Vnd Airi v\ith her fuburbs, 
the other tribesunto be Lritites hSGod\ Juttah ifcith heir fuburbs, and Bet] 
gave the land and 1 1 d to:br tfraelltes. \ met 
XHENcame near the heads of f he fa-; oft 

thers of the Lev.tcs unto Kie^zar the' 



nine citieo our 



lh with her fuburbs 
hofe two nib* 
IT And out of the tribe of Benjamin, 
prieft, ani unto jofhua the fon of Nun, Gihecn with her fuburbs Geba with he? 
and unto the heads of the fathers of the j fuburbs 

13 Anathoth with her fuburbs, and Ak 
moo with her fuburbs : four cities. 

19 Ah the cities of the children of Aa- 
ron the prieft, ivere thirteen cities with 
their fuburbs 

20 And the families of the children of 
Kohath, the Levi fes which remained of 
the children of Kohath, even they had 
the cities of their lot out of the tribe of 
Ephraim. 

-t For they gave them Shechcm with 
her fuburbs in mount hphraim, to be a 
city of refuge for the flayer ; and Gezer 
with her fuburbs, 

£2 And Kibzaim with her fuburbs,and 
Betiihoron with her fuburbs four cities. 

2t> And out of the tribe of Dan, Klte- 
keh v ith her fuburbs, Gibbethon with 
her fuburbs, 

-24 Aijalon with her fubu~bs,Gathrim-. 
mon with her fuburbs : four cities 

25 And out of the half tribe ofManaf- 
feh, Taanach with her fuburbs, and Gath- 



tribej of the children of J/rael 

2 And they fpake unto fnerri at Shiioli 
in the land of Can aan faying, i he La] 
comma, ded b> the hand . M .fe» to give 
u? cities to dwell in, with the fuburbs 
thereof for our cattle 

3 <■* nd the children of ffrael gave unto 
the Levites out of their inheritance, at 
the commandment of the Lord, theie 
Cities and their luburbs. 

4 And the lot came out for the families 
cf the Kohathites : and the children of 
A;iron the prieft tubieb"ioere of the Le- 
vies, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah 
and cut of >he tribe of Simeon, and out 
of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cit- 
ies. 

. 5 And the reft of the children of Ivo- 
Eath > ad by lot out of the families of the 
tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe 
of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Ma- 
nath h, ten cities. 

'"> \nd the children cf Gerfhon bad by 
tpl out of the families of the tribe of If- jrimmon with her fuburbs ; two cities - . 
iachar, and out of the tribe of After, and 26 All the cities <tl>ere ten with their 
Out of the tr be of Naphtali, and out of. fuburbs, for the families of the children- 
the half tribe of Mana'Jeh ii. Bafhan, 
thirteen cities 

7 i he children of Merari by their fa- 
(hilie had out of the t ibe of Reuben, 



of Kohath that remained. 

27 And unto the children of Gerfhon, 

of the families of the Levites, out of the 

other half tribe of Manaffeh they gave 

and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of Golan in Bafhan with her fuburbs, to be a 



the tribe i f Zebolu i, twelve drier.. 

8 And the children of ifrael gave by 
lot unto the hevitcs theie cities with 
their fuburl he Lord commanded 

bv the lund of Mofes. 



city of refuge for the flayer ; =md Bcefh 
tcrah with her fuburbs ; two cities. 

23 And out of the tribe of Iffachar» 
Kiflion with her fuburbs, Dabareh with 
her fuburbs, 

9 And thej gave out of the tribe of! 29 larmuth with her fuburbs, Engan- 
i 01 lud.di, and out of the nim with her fuburbs ; fourcities. 



• '.he children of Simeon, thefeci- 
h ire he<e mentioned by name 
1.) . 'hich ihc children of Aaron, be- 
i'.-r; of the ♦"miii'es of the Kohathites, 
i re of the children of Levi, had: 
their'3 was the lirft lot 
It And they gave them the city of 
t the father of And;, w \iy is 

iron, in the h 11 country of Judah, with 
the fubu-bs thereof round about it 



50 And out of the tribe of After, 
Mifhal with her fuburbs, Abdom with 
her fuburbs. 

51 rlelkath with her fuburbs, and Re- 
hob with her fuburbs ; four cities. 

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, 

Kedifh in Galilee with her fuburbs, to be 

a ci'y of refuge for the flayer ; and Ham-. 

mothdop with her fuburbs. and Kartac^ 

« ith her fuburbs ; three cities. 

ii But die fields of the cty, and thej Si All the cities of the Gerfhonites 

according 



The Ifrailitet rejf frito Ivor. Chap 

j^cordmg to th nilics were thirteen 

th their fuburbs. 

54 A.0 i unto th-? 

dren of Merari. the reft of the Levites, 

oat oi the tribe of Zebulim Jokneam 

i herfuburbs, and Kartah with her 



. Thet*L; r jtribe!an.lhilffentbzn* 103 

5 But take diligent heed to do the; 
commandment and the law, which M 
the fervantofthe Lord charged you, to 
the Lo- d y.uir God, an<: k i:i 

all his ways, and to keep hir, command* 
ments, and to cleave unto him, and to 



ferve him with all your hear: and with, 
h with her fuburbv Nahalai ail your foul 
btirbs ; four cities. 
56 And o'.c or" the tr.be ofReubrn, 



Boz'j 

u ■ h 

37 



ner fuburbs, a: izah 

Kedc.noth ui'h ar.d 



6 >.'../oilnubleffedthcm, and frr.t then 
away : and they v*ent unto their tents. 



1 Now to the one half of the tribe of 
Maaafleh, Mofes had ^iven pojrjjton in 
Baihan : but unto the fffer half thereof* 

herfoburbs; 'irt. |gavc Jt fhua among their brethren o- 

id, R.i- ■ Jordan weftwart!. And u hen Jofhua 
dead with her fuburbs, to be ajfent them away alio unto their tents, : 
♦he (layer ; and Maha- |he blclTed them. 

8 And he fpake unto them, faying, Re- 



. with h r ( .nb% 



S9 Heihb n with her fuburbs, Jaxer [turn with rmrch riches unto your rents, 

v much cattle, with filver. 



with her f i . s i'» all 



40 r 

Merari by which were re- 

. mi hies of the Lc 
were by rb •.•■■ city. 

H All 
the | on of the children cf I 

*iurr ,ch thtir 

foburl 

II 
their fat 
4vere all thefe cit-.es. 

45 «f And :rd gave unto Ifrarl 

all the land which he f* give unto' 

: and \\' '.d u, and] 

dwelt 



the children o: I, and with brafs, and w 



rre every one 
,bout ctuem : 



with 
thus 



"h very miieh raiment : di- 
uf ener our 

bretbrc 

-'..IdrenoF R anrftftfe 

en of Gad i . half tril 

:>reh, returned and departed from 

the children of Ifrael out ofShiloh, which 

// in the land of Canaan- to go unto tljp 

try of Gilead, to th 
pofTefficn, whereof ti. *polIefTed, 

the LoiL 
the 



to «J And when they i into the? 

rdeisof Jordan, that are in the land of 
4 i And the Lor z> reft round Canaan, the children t : 

-ireunto'children of Gad, and the h ,e of 

iheieftood not a man -(Teh, built there an altar by Jor 

ofal enemie re them; the a great altar to fee 

Loud H C A id the children of Tfrael heard 

their hand. v, Behold, the children or R ind 

There failed net aught of any good the children 1, and the! >e of 

Lord had fpoken unto Man ailcb, hive built an altar over ag i 



the houfe of ifrael : all came to oafs. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 The fwatr;bes and half fmt borne. 10.1 

Tte\ butld art altar of teflifnony ii their l- And 



I the land of Canaan, in the t 
Jordan, at the paffage of t! 



when the children of Ifrael 



- . 11 Contentfn tbereutin. ird of it. the whole rongregation of the 

"IH boa called th** keubenites children of Uriel gather 

.., and the half tr.be of together at Shiloh, to go up to w~ 



nfTeh, 
1 .« *hem, Yehavekcptall 

thcfer.vmtof the Lord com 



th 
m 

in 



^ i..r.. 



nt them. 

m \rd the children of Ifrael f 
the children of Ke.;brn. 



and have obeyed my voice d 



it I cornmande ' 

h >our brethren thefe 
many dft] s unto this day, but h 

of the commandment oi 
Lord . >d. 

4 And now the Lord your God ha»h'» 
-> yom brcthu >roin-l 

lied them : tl. i »- 

'ent*. **>a 
i, n hich Mofe I 
^ave ur.to you on 



I 






naif h, int 
the : 

:th him 

• 
of Ifrael ; j :s an 

head of the I -org 

the thoufands of Ifrael. 

to the r 

nf K' n of v 

and to t v 

l Gilead, and t .kc with 

• ■ 'Si . _, 



2/3- IJrculites contend together, 

15 Tkus-faith the whole congregation 
of the LoRD : What trefpafs is this that 
ye have committed againft the God of If- 
rael, to turn away tlius day from follow- 
ing the Lord, in tliat ye have builded 
you an altar, that ye might rebel 'this 
day againft the Lord ? 

* IT Is the iniquity of Peor too little for 
us, from whjeh we are notcleanfed until 
this day, although there was a plague in 
ihe congregation of the Lord, 

10 But that ye muit turn away this day 
from following the Lord? Audit wiil 
be* fee mg ye rebel today again ft the 
Lord, that tomorrow he will be wroth 
with the whole congregation of Ifrael. 

19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your 
poflelTion be unclaaa, then pafs >e over 
unto the land of the pol'effion of the 

ID, wherein the Lead's tabernacle 
dwelleth, and take pofleffion among us : 
but rebel not againft tire Lord, nor. re- 
bel againft us, in building you an altar 
befidc the altar of the Lord our God 

20 Did not Achan the ion of Zerah 
commit a trefpafs in the accurfed thing, 
and wrath fell on all the congregation of 
Ifra^I > And that man pcriihed not alone 
in his iniquity. 

21 Then the- children of Reuben and 
the children of Gad, and the half tribe of 
ManafTeh, anfwered. and faid unto the 



heads of the thoufands of Ifraeh 

- 'I he Lord God of gods, the Lord 
G.d of gods, he knoweth, and Ifrael lie 
(ball know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in 
tranfgreflion againft the Lord (fave us 
not this day. ) 

13 'I hat we have built us an altar to 
turn from following the Lokd, or if to 
offer thereon burnt oHenngor-meat otter- 
ing, orii to offer peace offerings thereon, 
let the Lord him lei i require ;'/ ; 

And if we have not rather done it 

(jf this thing, faying. In time to 

cnrneyourchildren might {peak unto our 

lien, fa; -.' V r hat have ye todo with 

Lord God of Ifrael ? 

■ For the Lord hath marie Jordan a 

Border between uaand you* ye children 

of Reuben and children ol Gad; ye have 

art in the 1 OAP: fofbail your ih.l- 

our children ceafc from fear- 

ILD. 

fore u* (aid, Let us now pre- 

' ' •", not for burnt 
;. nor : 
iJut that it may be a witr.e Tibet wren 
ui and rou, and our u> ns after 

the l< i v ac of the 
iir burnt o ik 

v. it hour 
pn thai your children i 

. 
I 
% J hen b, that it ih :11 be, 



JOSHUA. Rec oncilia tlon e nfiitth'. 

when they fhould/o fay to us, or to oi& . 
generations in time to come, that we 
may fay again, Behold the pattern of the 
altar of the Lord, which our fathers 
.nade, not for burnt offerings, nor for 
facr fices ; but it is a witnefs between us 
and you. 

29. God forbid that we {hould rebel 
againft the Lord and turn this day 
from following the Lord, to build an 
altar for burnt offerings, for meat offer- 
ings, or for faenfices, befide the altar 
of the Lord our God that is before his 
tabernacle. 

30 And when Phinehas the prieft, and 
the princes of the congregation, and 
heads of the thoufands of Ifrael, which 
ivere with him, heard the words that the 
children of Reuben, and the children of 
Gad, and the children of Manaffeh, fpake, • 
it j; leafed them. 

31 And Phinehas the fon of EleazaY 
the prieft faid unto the children of Reu- 
ben, and to the children of Gad, and to 
the children of Manaffeh, This day we 
perceive that the Lord is among us, be* 
caufe ye have not committed this trefpafs 
againft the Lord : now ye have deliver- 
ed the children of Ifrael out of the hand 
of the Lord. 

S2 And Phinehas the fon of Eleazar- 
the pnefr,and the princes, returned from 
the children of Reuben, and from the. 
Children of Gad, out of the land of Gil- 
ead, unto the land of Canaan, to the 
children of Ifrael, and brought them word 



S3 And the thing pleated the children 
of Ifrael ; and the children of Ifrael b 1 e li- 
ed God, and did not intend to go up 
againft them in battle, to deffroy the, 
land wherein the children of Reuben and 
Gad dwelt. 

Si And the children of Reuben ani 
the children of Gad called the altar Ed : 
for it Jhall be a witnefs- Between us that 
the Loud is God. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 Jcj::ua's exhortation bejore his death, 3 

by former benefits, i by fromifes y li 

and by threaten nqs. 

AND it came to pafs a long time after 
that the 7 .oud had given rc!t unto liracl 
from all their enemies round about, that 
Jofhua waxed old and ftricken in ajie. 

'2 And Jofhua called tor all Ifrael, and 
for their eiders, and for their heads, and 
t( r their judges and for their officers,- 
and faid unto them, I am old and fhick- 
e : 
" ndye have feen all that the Lord 
God hath done unto all tliefe nations • 
l<_i uur <. r \ c u ; lor the Lord your God 
is he rhUt hath tought for you. 

4 Behold, I ha vtr.div hied unto you by 
lot thcfe nations that retrain, to he an 

inherit a; 



'Jojbua's exl ortation. 

inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, 
with all the nations that I have cut orr, 
■€;ven unto the great lea weliward. 

5 €\ And the Lord your God be fh ill 
expel them from before you, and drive 
them from out or" >our light ; and >e 
fhall polfels their land a^ the Loru) uur 
God hath proinifed unto you. 

6 Be ye <heretore very courageo 
■keep and do all that is written in the 
b-.ok ot th^ law of Mofes that e turn 
not alide theretioui to the right hand or/o 
the left ; 

7 1 hit ye come not among thefe nations, 
thefe that remain among you ; neith 
make mention or the name uid they leived other god 



Chap. :;xiv. Jofi-ua r?!:tttth GtJ's h:n:fi:s. zU 

CHAP. XXIV. 
'rnbling * Vx, \ rrfateik 

(jod's htncf.n. lv Herrnt en- 

tbrffiwid .-.A tyffisdtatb. 
\\1> J ifhua gathered all the tribes of 
Ifrtcl to bhechen and called for the el- 
ders of I frael, and for their heads and 
for their judges an i for thoir odice.i ; 
and they presented themfelves bciore 
God 



-l 5 -'^ n ^ i oihua faid unto all the 

the Lord Gad ot" Iliuel.Y 
fathers dwelt on the other fide ot d.e 
fiood in old tuTie,rt;f« Terah, the father 

ot Abraham, and the father of >.. 



nor caul: to fwear by tbem, neitl 
them, nor bo 



5 And I took your father Abraham from 
Gde of the flood, 3nd led 1. 



V. ..., ..^. WV».. J ~*. ..--.- , ...~ ~ W- X V. ..-.^>.^ .~ . 

tf Butcleave unto the LoaD your God, throughout all 'he laud of Canaan, and 



as ye h ne unto i!. 

9 For the Lord ha- rom 

; ou great n ; but 

as jor you, no man hath 1 >le to 

hand before you unto thi 

10 One m ou (hall chafe a thou* 

Lord ) 1, lie it n 

m, as he hath pro mi fed 
you. 

1 1 <fTakcgoodh< ;:ir.t > your- 

ye love the Loru youi * 
If Kile u ye do in an> 
and cleave unto the remnant oi thek 
thefe that remain <>.: n< 



multiplied his leed, an him Ifaac. 

A And I gasre unto fiaac Jacob and 

. and I gave unto Efau rrtotmt ^cir, 

to poflefsjjit ; butjacob his Children 

\\ ent down into EgV] t. 

5 I lent l\ I o and Aaron, an 

plagtied I that which 

i among then j and atierward 1 
ght you out. 

knd 1 brought your fathers out of 
I i nto I [the 

IIS I'll it . ' 

chai .'.en unto the Red 

f And when th d unto the Lot , 



: he jmt d.irkH' h Between 

. nd broucht n 
them 



ou and 









i v h it I I n i 

dwelt in the w 
l( 

1 . I you mtO I 



and ihall uiuke n. 
in unto them, 

■ 

! >'<>U> 

111 

[ordan ; and tl ivith 

14 ' ■• land ; i 

all the eai ou. 

in all j , i . the fonoi 

tlt.it not ti.ing hath failed, oi 

• • 



. 



ith 



it fli d! come to; 
as all things art 

v\hi( h • 

u. 

Lo«n i he 

t 

I 
I 

h he 



* unto Ba« 

1 vi : • 

li And • [ordan. and 

• nnto y r t ho 

i 

i 

■ 

i Iff 

ye did n 
uilt » 

the 



I 



■ 



1 1 



212 Jo/kua's copnfel to Ifrael. 

the vineyards and oliveyards which ye 
planted not do ye eat. 

14 fl Now therefore fear the Lord, and 
ferve him in fincerity and in truth : and 
put away the gods which your fathers 
lerved on the other fide ot the flood, and 
in Egypt ; and ferve ye the Lord. 

15 And if it (ecm evil unto you to ferve 
the Lord, choofe ye this day whom ye 
xv ill ferve ; whether the gods which your 
lathers ferved that -were on the other fide 
of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites 
in whole land ye dwell : but as for me 
and my houfe, we will ferve the Lo» d. 

16 And the people anfwered and faid, 
God forbid that we fhould forfake the 
Lord to ferve other gods ; 

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that 
brought us up and our fathers out of the 
lanct cf Egypt, from the houfe of bondage, 
and which did thofe great figns in our 
fight, and preferved us in all the way 
wherein we went, and among all the 
people through whom we paded : 

lii Ai;d the Lord drave out from 
hefor? us all the people, even the Amo- 
rites which dwelt in the land : there- 
fore will we alio ferve the Lord ; for he 
is our God. 

19 And Jofhua faid unto the people, Ye 
cannot ferve the Lord : for he is an holy 
God : he is a jealous God ; he will not 
forgive your tranfgreflions nor your (ini. 

'20 If ye forlake the Lord and fertfe 
firangc gods, then he will turn and do 
you hurt, and ieonfume you, after that 
he hath done you good. 

41 And the people faid unto Jofhua, 
Nay ; but we will ferve the Lord. 

- And Jofhua laid untQ the people, 
Ye are witneues a-.ainft yourfelves that 
ye have chofen you the Lord, to ferve 
him. And they laid, We are witnefles. 
Now therefore put away, faid he, 
the ftrange gods which are among you, 



JUDGES. Bisdsat*. 

and incline your heart unto the Lor$ 
God ol Ifrael. 

24 And the people faid unto- Jofliuq, 
I he Lord our God will we ferve, and 

his voice will we obey. 

25 So Jofhua made a covenant with 
the people that day, and let them a flat- 
ute and an ordinance-in Shechem. 

26 And Jofhua wrote thefe words iq 
the book of the law of God, and took a 
great (tone, and fe.r it up there under an 
oak, that %uas by the fanituary of the 
Lord. 

27 And Jofhua faid unto all the peo- 
ple, Behold this (lone (hall be a witnefs 
unto us ; for it hath heard all the word? 
of the Lord which he fpake unto us ; it 
fhall be therefore a witnefs unto >ou, left 
ye deny your God. 

28 bo Jofhua let the people depart, 
every man unto his inheritance. 

29'^j And it came to pafs after thefe 
things, that Jofhua the (on of Nun, the 



fervanl of the Lor d . died, being an hun- 
dred and ten years old. 

50 And they buried him in the border 
of his inheritance in Lim.nathferah, which 
is in mount Ephraim, on the north iide 
©f the hill of Gaafh. 

Si And Ifrael ferved the Lord all the 
days of Jofhua, and all the days of the 
elders that overlived Jothua, and which 
had known all the works of the Lord, 
that he had done for Ifrael. 

51 And the bones of fofepta which the 
■child renof Ifrael brought upoutoi Egypt, 
buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of 
ground which Jacob bought of the fons 
of Mamor. the father of Shechem, for an 
hundred pieces of (ilver : and it became 
the inheritance of the children of Jofeph. 

SS And Kleazar the fon of Aaron died ; 
and they buried him in a hill that fer~ 
lamed to Phinehas his fon, which was 
given him in mount Lphraim. 



THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 



CHAP. I. 

fjudab and Simeon. 4 Adon. 
ibtzek juftlj \equiud. ft 'Jerufalem, 
10 and llrbron taken. 

)\\ after the d :ath of Jofhua it came 

to pafa, that the children ( t" flraej alked 

Lord, faying, who (hall go up for 

. . mites firft, io fight 

\nd the Lord fajd. Judah, (liall go 

\ip : behold, I have delivered the laud 

his ha 

S And judah faid unto Simeon his 

,Come up wijh me into my lot, 

that we .cd'.n I the Canaanites . 

an 1 I likewifc will go with thee into thy 

3 ; So Simeoi .. . .. 



4 f And Judah went up ; and the 
Lord delivered the Canaanites and the- 
Perizzites into their hand : and they llew 
oi them in Bezck ten thouf and men. 

5 And they found Adonibezek in Be- 
zek ; and they fought againlt him, and 
tliry flew theCanaanitesandtliePenzzites. 

6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pur- 
fued after him, and caught him, and cut 
otf his thumbs and his great toes. 

7 And Adonibezek faid, I h reef core and 
ten kings- having their thumbs and their 
great toes cut oil, gathered their meat un- 
der my table : as I have done, fo God 
hath requited me. And they brought 
him to Jerufalem, and there he died. 

8 «J ivow tjie children of Judah had 

fyugh: 



*ti Helm Lz Csnx- Urunut. 1X3 

trance into 

9 Aadafrerv. . zx\j 

t mot;: 1 - . 

•* into th< land o| 
a . 

f^a_:. tc. that : ••• c. . : in Hcbroa Dtrthe the name AXmm ukuc.. •■> l _t r.e 

: -on be ' 

I 

i -/ BMtUbta 

i her lov*: 
- 
IX inhab. i and her to* 

J laid, to and 

: but i xizutes would <r. 

* le. 
And O me to pafs. « 

- s yix. .ier, took 

■ . 
/• no dr>e oat 

-iifttlt in l 

"ebitlur 

e inhabit* . 

e outth- 



: BcUHki 


...:., 


Ut. 

!VC 1 


- 
he 




1 but 


of 


, 






♦ 




• r , 


rd the ch 








.»_ 











ircn of the K. . northeinh 

aim ne<5 mth jh, njr ot Aphik. nor or kehcfb: 

. Butttie A&eiites d*». . *}ng the 
. 
ang the pe 

-. 
and they Ucmt the 

ame at the c 

yd; 
idah took v. rthfltenM 

.ththc coiit t ♦ 

i the I rh Judah . 

and be tirade out /*r i«a- 

I at could i: 
iniubttin- 

no** oi iron, mount 

ry gave f ; :ntoC 

m>Mo|M be cn.....a ihcacc t^ph prcva.lcd, lo ilut ti>cy Dtcu'uc u.b- 

ihe three ions ik 

: Ben; 3» ecoaftofthe 

•c jut trV ru the s 

the rock, and u,«j- 
the . 

I A m a-.- **r**le ml i 

. • 
up a^i r.'i Bethel: u.id the Lo.- M -> 

: LofcD Cjrne 
2* And the ho;: - 

e name o: up on- 

c ) 

ian come f 

cover. - 

; ' . .. : 



£14 'The TfradUsf'VuUk&dncfs&c. JUDGES. Their objiinate idolat®. 

2 And ye fhall make no league with the j out of the way which their fathers walked 
inhabitants of this land ; ye mall throw [in, ' 
do* n their altars: but ye have not obey 



obeying the commandments of the 
Lord : but they did not fo. 

ltf And when the Lord raifed them 
up judges, then the Lord was with the 
judge, and delivered them out of the 
hand of their enemies all the da^s of the 
judge : for it repented the Lo rd becaule 



ed my voice : Why have ye done this i* 

3 Wherefore I alfo laid, I will notdrive 
them out from before you ; but they fhall 
be as thorns in your fides, and their gods 
{hall be a ihare unto you. j^y-z,^ • •>«» *«- 'v.^,m.u m^ ^\j m» uctdmc 

4 And it came to pafs, when the angel ' ort their groanings by reafon of them that 
of the Lojid fpake thefe words unto all opprefied them and vexled them. 

the children of Ifrael, that the people: l& And it came to pafs, whenthe judge 
lifted up their voice, and wept. was dead, that they returned, and cor- 

5 Aad they called the name of that ■ runted tiem/elnjes more than their fathers- 
.place Bochim : and they facrificed there in following other gous to iervethem. ana- 
unto the Lor d. to bow down unto t hem ; they ceafed not 

6 fl And when Jofhua had let the people from their own doings, rror from their 
go, the children of Ifrael went every man flubborn way. 

unto his inheritance to pofTefs the land. 20 11 And the anger of the Lord was 

7 And the people ferved the Lord all 'hot againft Ifrael ; and he faid, Becaufc 
the days of Jolhua, and all the days of that this people hath tranigrefTed my cov- 
the elders that outlived Jofhua, who had enant which I commanded their fathers, 

and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 

21 I alfo will not henceforth drive out 

;any from before them of the nations 



fecfl all the great works of the Lord, 
which he did for Ifrael. 

I And Jofhua the fun of Nun, the fer 



vant of the Lord, ditd^tirig an hundred which Jofhua left when he died : 



and ten years old 



22 That through them I may prove I'f- 



9 And they buried him in the border rael, whether they will keep the way of" 
of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in; the Lord to walk therein, as theirfathers 
the mount of hphraim, on the north fide* did keep i/, or not. 

of the hill Gaafh. 23 Therefore the Lord left thofe na- 

10 And alfo all that generation were't'ons, without driving them outhaflily : 
gathered unto their fathers : and there neither delivered he them into the hand 

of Jothua. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The nations left to prove Ifrael. 5 By 
communionioitbtbem they commit idola- 
try. BOfO/bniel, i s zEhud,SlShamgar. 
NOW thefe are the nations which ti. : 
lu^ y^Kj^u vjvil Lord left, to prove Ifrael by them,*-x^« 
of their lathers which brought them out as many of Ifrael as had not known all 



arofe another generation after them, 
which knew not the Lord, nor yet the 
works which he had done for Ifrael. 

11 And the children ot Ifrael did evil 
in the fight of the Lord, and ferved 
Baalim : 

12 And thev forfook the Lord God 



the wars of Canaan , 

2 Only that the generations of the chil- 
dren of Ifrael might know, to leach tnem 
war, at the lead fuch as before knew 
nothing thereof j 

i> Namely, five lords of the Philiflir.es, 
and all the Canaanites, and the sidonian>, 
and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Leb- 
anon, from mount Baalhermon unto 
the entering in of Hamath. 

4 And they were to prove Ifrael by 



Si the lat.d of Egypt, and followed other 
--, of the gods of the people that nvere 
round about them, and bowed them- 
f< Ives unto thcm,and provoked the Lord 
to anger. 

13 And they fjrfook the Lord, and 
fer ! .md Aihtaroth. 

11 ^| And tl, of the Lord was, 

ind he delivered them 
the hands of fooilera that (polled 
:vd he fold them into the hands 

about, fo that J them, to know whether they would heark- 
iuldnotany longer (land before en unto i he commandments of the Lord, 

[which he commanded their fathers by the 
•ever they went out, the hand of Mob. 

nft them for! 'o «] And the children of Ifrael dwelt 

the Li and as the' among the Canaanites, Mittites, and Am- 

unto them; and ihey 'orites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and 

Ljebufites : 
ihe Lord raifed up I G And they took their daughters to be 
t" the their wives, and gave their daughters to 
thofe that fpoiled them. , and ferved their gods. 

•~ And . ken J 7 And the children of Ifrael did evil 

lawbor- ii ..cr:j, and forgat the 

-.JLori md ferved Baalnn and 

res, 
' 3 cr Therefore 



:.•/. 



: > 



* ^ Ther eanger of i\< LordJv; and when they law t: 

. and lie fold them J hold, theck ~e lock- 



>po: arc : a : and the children 
Aarifcathaim eight] 

Lo r r 
- 
em, evem Othniel the ton of 
:■ -anger brother. 

the Load cane 
-d^ed liraei, ar.d went 
•o war: and )tD deliv 

fkathaim k . r g o t N lcibpotamia 



hand ; arvi I 
afl Chufcarj-jfu*. _ 
11 And the land h»" 

e Lord : and the 
on the kr . 

they had 
-fce Lord. 
*d he ^AtLered unto him the 



-eW he coremh his : 

-3 And ikey tarried rill they v 
j attained : and, behold be opened not the 
up a I doers of the parlour ; then fore ther rook 

: and, behold, their 
on thr 
S» And Ehud eka red while the 
led, and paZed b« . nd the qaames, and 

came to pals when he was 
ooote. that he blew a trumpet in the 

. and the c 
-ael *rnt down with hirr 
mount, and he before them. 

t* And l»e faid unto them, Follow - 
me : for the Lotto hath delirered your 
enemies trx Moabites into your hand. 
And rat do«n after h ra, and took 

: Jordan toward Moab, 
red not a: - pafsover. 

*ew of 
about ten thousand men, all lofty, and a)l 



14 bo the 

Ion the • 

But *Ler. tar v.. 
; he Lord, the Lore heai 



up a 

■a 

i r- 

be ii 



i 



»i a 
in tefthandrd : and 

chile ren c: ltVa.-i :- a i ,.!.;...• 
loot 



ncn ar.d . 
wcju and froo:e Iiraci, *ad p#ifcicd the4mencf vaicur ; and there ekaped not a 



- 
. And tit* land had 

to was Shamear the 






h: 



. 



..... 



bro»:el/ 

ib : ax.. .i1l+* a 



V»^J u hen he had made an en I 
the y : e feat a « people 

[ 

19 But he 
•ire *ai inert \ 

i all 
Aoodbf hr.i;»c:.t o ». 

SO And thud cam 

nrfiafe 
, of 

. put 

• 









mo him 

* iod ikjTo tf.:r. 

feat. 



man. 

rio 
\ 
46a o: Anath, which flew of the . 

'mod red men «i;h an ox goad-: 

-.•- .. _...-•.;.. l i :. 
V P . 

1 De****kawJB*r*kc: 
mud S 

■ 
the Lord, when thud 

c Lor • ti into 

anaan, that it 
the captain of wh 

mromei 
• 
3 And the children of Iff ae * 
theLoa. behadame 

n : and t- 



d I 
.'ad Deb. 

item 









-iter the 
loi :d upoa the btade, 
Id not draw tiK dagger out 
and \b 

rth th: 
Albedo me t s.iOi: 



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ih be- rah and Beth. 

and the child?' 
ue i dgmeru. 

• 

^ede&napr- 
not tbr 

iw • aDOTf 

of tbccmldrea 

draw unto the 



ftfl Jael killeth $ % :f era. 



JUDGES. The fing of behorah and BaraJt. 



titude ; and I Will deliver him inio thine fmofe the nail into his temples, and faff* 
liand. enedlt into the ground- for he was fafli 

8 And Barak faid unto her. If thou wilt ' aflcep and weary , So he died. 

go with me, then I will go ; but \i thou J -2 And, behold, as Barak purfued Sif- 
Vilt not go with me, tbt-n 1 will not go. jera, Jael came out to meet htm, and faid 

9 And (he faid, I will furefy go with (unto him, Come, and 1 will (hew thee the 
thee : notwithstanding, the journey that 'man whom thou fee k eft. And when he 
tfiou takeft fnali not be for thine honour ; ! came into her r^fl^behold.Sifera lay dead, 



lor the Lord fhail fell Sifera into the 
hind of a woman. And Deborah arofe, 
*ud went With Barak to Kedefh. 

10 And Barak called Zebulun and 
Naphtali to Kede-.h ; and he went up with 
ten thoufand men at his feet ; and Debo- 
fah went up w ith hlr.l. 

11 Now Hebcr the K finite, nvbich ivas 
of the children of hobab the father in law 
of Mofes, had icverea" himfeif from the 
Kenites. and pitched his tent unto the 
ylain of Zaanaim, which rf by Kedefiv 

14 And they (hewed Sifera that Barak 
the (on of Abinoarn was gone up to mount 
Tabor. 

13 And Sifera gathered together all his 
Chariots, e<uen nine hundred chariots of 
ircn, and all the people that ivere with 
him from Harolheth of the Genliies un- 
to the river of Kifhon. 

li And Deborah faid unto Barak. Up; 
for this is the day in which the Lord 
hath delivered Sifera into thine hand : Is 
rot the Lord gone out before thee ? So 
Barak went down from mount Tabor, 
and ten thoufand men after him. 

15 And the Lord difcomfited Sifera, 
and all bis chariots, and all his hoft, with 
the edge of the fword before Barak fo 
that Sifera lighted down oft' bis chariot, 
and fled away on his feet. 

1G But Barak purfued after the chari- 
ots, and after the hoft, unto Harofheth of 
the Gentiles : and all the hoft of Sifera 
fell upon the edge of the fword ; and 
tfier was not a man left. 

17 Howbeit, Sifera fled away on his 
feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber 
the Kenite for there tuas peace between 
Jabin the king of Hazor and the houieof 
Hebqi the Kenite. 

18 «" I 1 Jael went out to meet Sifera, 
and faid urm> him 1 urn in, my lord, 
turn in to me ; feaf not. And when he 
hid turned in ulno her into the tent, (he 
CDtert 1 hilti with a mantle. 

19 And he faid umo her, Give me, I pray 
, a little water to drink; for i am 

thinly. /\nd (he opened a bottle of milk, 

vc him drink, and Covered him. 

to Aa rin he faid unto her. Stand in ihe 

door of the tc;it, and it ('-all be when any 

i doth come and inquire of thee, and 

fiy, Is there any man here i that thou 

fay, No. 

ill Then Jae! He 1 •?.-'; wife took a Rail 

of the tent, and took an hammer in her 

hand, ar.i ffent lofur *nt* him ; a:.d 



and the nail ivas in his temples. 

23 So God fubd tied on that day Jabiri 
the king of Canaan before the Children 
of Ifrael. 

2i And the hand of the children of Jfc 

r«el profpered and prevailed again ft Ja- 

bin the king of Canaan, Urtftl they had 

deftroyed Jabin king of Canaan. 

CHAP V. 

Thefcng Of Drborab and Barak. 

THEN fang Deborah and Barak the 
foil of Abincamon that day, faying, 

2 Praife ye the Lord for the avenging 
of Ifrael, when the people willingly of- 
fered themfelves. 

8 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye 
princes ; 1, e<ven I, will fing unto the 
Lord ; I will fing praife to the Lord 
Gcd of Ifrael. 

4 Lord, when thou wenteftoutof 3eir # 
when thou marched:! out of thefwld of 
Edom, the earth trembled, and the heav- 
ens, dropped, the clouds alio dropped 
water. 

5 The mountains melted from before 
the Lord, e<ven that Sinai from before 
the Lord God of Ifrael. 

6 In the days of Sham gar the fan of 
Anath, in the days of Jael, the highv 
were unoccupied, and the travellers 
walked through byways. 

1 The inhabitants of the villages ceafed, 
they ceafed in Ifrael, until that I Debo- 
rah arofe, that 1 arofe a mother in Ifrael. 

8 I hey chofe new gods ; then nvas war 
in the gates : Was there a fhield or fpear 
feen among forty thoufand* in Ifrael ? 

9 My heart is tow ard the governor: - , of 
Ifrael that offered themfelves willingly? 
among the people. Blefs ye the Lord. 

10 Speak ve thai ride on white affes,y« 
that fit in judgment and walk by the way. 

tl They that are delivered from the 
noife of archers in the places of drawing 
water, there fnall they rehearie the right- 
ads of the Lord, even the right- 
eous ads toward the inhabitants of his 
villages in Ifrael : then (hall the people 
of the Lord go down to the gates. 

12 Awake, awake, Deborah : awake, 
awake, utter a long : arife, Barak, and 
lead thy captivity captive, thou fon of 
Abinoain. 

1.^ '1 hen .he made him that remaineth 
have dominion over the nobles among 
the people: the Lop. d made me have 
dominion over the mighty. 

14 Out of Kjdnaiin <was there 3. root of 

them 



-- '' fj*g *f Dt&srab and Barak, t^hap. tK. Ifrael o up re fid by Midian. 5 < 

faem ?. vmalek. ; af'cr thee, Ben ; a-| the fun when lie goeth forth in his might. 

And the land had red forty years. 
CHAP. VI. 

1 The Ifrac.itesfor their Jin ar? tpprrjfed 
b\ Midian 7 A propbe: rcbukethtbem* 
1 1 Gideon defi&eretb them 
AND the children ot Ifrae! did evil irl 

the fi^lit of the Lord: and the Lord 

delivered them into the hand of Midian 

fevtn years. 

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed 
agaurfl Ifrael ; a/n/becaufe of the Midi- 
res the children of Ifrael made them 

the dens which are in the mountain?, and 
caves, and llrong holds. 

•"3 And/'? ■ n Ifrael had fbwn^ 

that the Midianifes came up, and the 
Amilekitcs and the children of the ealr, 
even they came u ft them ; 

4 And they encamped again ft tlcm. 

ic increafe of the earth, 

till thou coiue unto Gaza ( and left no 

fuftenance for Ifrael, neither thcep, nor 

.ox, nor afs. 

3 For they came up '.vith their cattte 
and their tents, and the) arafs- 
hoppen for multitude -.for both they an! 
theii ( .ere without number : an<l 
they art to the bnd to deftroy it. 

6 .\ t'ly impoVr liOied 

becaufe of the it»d the chil- 

dren of If' I unto the Lord. 

T (! A , uhen tut? 

chi! auto the Lord 

becaufe of the Midianit< 

8 rhat the Lord fent a prophet uhtd 

■ ' '•■!, wh.di laid unto 

them, 'I bus faith tlu.- Lord of If- 

ad. 
rh out ot the houfe of 



min, Le ; out of" Machir 

and uuf of Zebu- 
epenofthe writer, 
cesof Ifiachar i 
^•ith D -en fffachar, and alfo 

Barak : lie wa c . fent on foot into the val- 
ley. For the divisions of Reuben tbcte 
of heart 
16 Whyabodeft thou among the fheep- 
he blearing* ofthe flocks i 
the divi • ben there - 

uf hearr. 

ond Jordan : and 
Why did Daa n in ft: 

i jre, and abode in 
his breach 

13 Zebulnr. ind Nanhtili were* peo- 
ple that amo the 
death, in t of the field. 
19 71 and fought, then 
jht the kin. i In in ! i. 

o ; they took no 
■ 

»ht from heaven ; the ftars 

!n tl night againft Sifera. 

2t :pl therri a- 

. that ancient river, the river Knhon. 

.y fcul, thou halt trodden down 

th. 

e the horfehoofs broken 
by th is of the \ rancngs, thepranc- 

mgs of their mighty on- 

lie angel of 
inhabit- 
ants • they cam 

the iieJp of the 

i Ml | tel the 
'.hall 
r. 

iJuh 

I 

and with t 

rrickei i''e*. 

■ owed, 

■ 

V^h) :ing * 

Why ' irry • 

tier wi 
\iflcd ,i ■,!■... ,-r , 

divided the .'cry m 

it two 

llewo 

■ 

, meet for the necks of them that take 
I } 
t **1 So let all thine err , rr'nh, O 

that I . be*s> 

%D 



r.i^ i. 



hand oC 

, and out of the hand of all 

thai them out 

from h , ;l d give yo\i their Ian 

a, 1 am (lie 

• <D yoi I tlte g 

the Ar: , in whole land ye dwell ; 

• 
it « re came an ai 

Low r>, and fat in 

rd 

wry , to hide ft Fn 

i : \ '. i ■ 

i unto him, '1 he Lord 

I r. 
IS 
i. D.it 1 1 r with us.Whj tl 

lletl U9 ! and, Whirr 

tn told u*of» 

ng. Did not the Lord brin* UJ Up 
Hut now the I ord hatti 
i us into the 
fs ot the Midiaflitt*. 

U Am* 



2J8- Gideon deli<v*r*tb lie Iffaelites. JVD'GES. 



Gideon's fletce 



li And the Lord looked upon him, cut down that <was by it, and the fecori& 



and faid, Go in this thy might, and thou 
ibalt lave Ifrael from the hand of the 
IVLidianitcs : Have not I lent thee ? 

15 And lie (kid unto him, O my Lord, 
Wherewith mail I fave Ifrael: behold 
my family is poor in Manaffeh, and I am 
the leaft in my feither's houfe. 

16 And the Lord faid unto him, Surely 
1 will be with thee, and thou (halt frnite 
the Midianites as one man. 

17 And he faid unto him, If now I 
have found grace in thv fight, then thew 
me a fign that thou talkeit with me. 

13 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until 



bullock was offered upon the altar that 
tuas built. 

29 And they faid one to another, Who 
hath done this thing ? And when they 
inquired and afked, they faid, Gideon 
the fon of joafh hath done this thing. 

SO Then the men of the city faid unto 
J6afh, Bring out thy fon, that he may 
die : becaufe he hath cart: down the altar, 
of Baal- and becaufe he hath cut down. 
the grove that it as by it. 

3 1 And Joafii faid unto all that flood a- 
gainft him, Will ye plead for Baal ? Will 
ye favelum ? He that will plead for him, let 



I come unto thee, and bring forth my j him be put to death whilft // is yet morn 



prefent, and fet it before thee. And he 
i'aid, I will tarry until thou come again 

19 And Gideon went in, and made 
ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an 
ephah of flour : the flefh lie put in a baf- 
ket, and he put the hrotirin a pot, and 
brought it out unto him under the oak, 
and prefented it 

20 And the angel' of God faid unto 
him, Take the flefh and the unleavened 
cakes, arA lay them upon this rock, and 
pour out the broth. And he did fo. 

21 Then the angel of the Lord put 
forth the end of the ftaff that ivas'm his 
hand, and touched the flefh and the un- 
leavened cakes ; and there rofe up fire 
r»ut of the rock, and conmmed the flefh 
and the unleavened cakes. fften the an- 
gel of the Lord departed out of his fight. 

. And when Gideon perceived that he 
ivalaa angel of the Lord, Gideon faid, 
Alas, O Lord God ! for becaufe I have 
fcen an ana,el of the Lord face to face. 

23 And the Lord faid unto him, Peace 
be unto th'-e ; tear not : thou (halt not die. 
2J 1 hen Gideon b:ult an altar there 
unto the Lord, and called it Jchovah- 
fhalom : unto this day it is yfit in Oph- 
r«h of the Abiezrites. 

25 And if came to pafs the fame hi 
that the Lo.RD (aid unto him, Take thy 
tath lock, even the fecond 

bullock of fevtn years old, and throw 

lal that thy father 

td cut down the grove that h by it : 

: an al: , the J 

the too of this rock, in 

the < th • I :cond 



ing : if he be a god, let him plead for him-. 
feif, becaufe one hath caft down his altar. 

32 Therefore on that day he called 
him Jerubbaal, faying, Let Baal plead. 
aga.nft him, becaufe he hath thrown 
down his altai\ 

S3 Then all the Midianites and the 
Amalekites, and the children of the eaft 
were gathered together, and went over, 
and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 

Si But the fpirit of the Lord camfe 
upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet j 
and Abiezer was gathered after him. 

35 Andhefent meffengers throughout 
all Manaifeh ; who alfo wai gathered af- 
ter him : and he fent mefTengers unto Aft- 
er, and unto Zebulun, and unto -Naphta- 
li ; and they came up to meet them. 

36 And Gideon faid unto God, If thou 
wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou 
haft faid, 

57 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool 
in the floor ; and if the dew be on the 
fleece only, and it be dry upon all the 
earth lnjide r then fhall I know that thou 
wilt lave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou 
haft faid. 

38 And it was fo : for he rofe up early 
on the morrow, and thruft the fleece 
together, and wringed the dew out of the 
fleece, a bowl of water. 

39 And Gideon faid unto God, let not 
thine anger be hot again ft me, and I will 
(peak but this once : let me prove, I pray 
thee, but this once with the fleece ; Let 
it no\* be dry only upon the fleece, and 
upon all the ground let there be dew. 

40 And God did fo that night : for it 



hull u-k. and < .. ce with was dry upon the fleece onK\ and there 

the :• .- which theil fhall was dew on all the ground. 



1 hen Gi li ■ n took ten men of his 

he Lord had fa>d 

nife he t-.'ar- 

, and the m 

the <■ it) ' not do it by day, 

flU 



CHAP. VII. 

I Gideon** army. 9 He it encouraged by 

the d'tam, and interpretation of the 

barley cake 21 Ureb und Zeeb. 

T H EN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and 

all the people that ivere with him, rofe 

'up early and pitched befide the well of 



• lecityarofe Hurod : fo' that the hofi of the Midian- 
the altar of ites were on the north fide of them, bf 
" '• A> and the grove was the hill of Moreh, in tlic valley. 

♦ 2 And. 



Icon's jiratagfm. Chap 

2 And the Lord faid unto Gideon, 

people that are with thee ar^ too 

many tor me | lianites into 

their ifrael vaunt themfelves 

ing, Mine own hand luth 

ie. 

■re fore. r-> to ; m in the 

•he people, faying, V. . cr ;j 

fill and afraid, Jet i. urn and 

early tor mount Gilead. And 

there returned of the people twenty and 

liand; and there remained ten 

tho 

t the Lord faid unto Gideon, 

brinj; 
. unto the waier, and 1 
try them for 1 II be, 

that of whom I fay ui (hall 

• 
thee ; unto 

, the 

5 Su he bi • down the people unto 
the . 

e that lappeth cr the 
i 
him |j \ 

hat boweth c .i his 

knees to drmk. 

6 e nuiiibir of th^ m that lap- 

:ir liand to their 

but .dl :!. 
down li- 
lt nee 

I And the l.o I on, 

• 

the other 
i unto his plac 
8 So the peo] 

fent 
unto hi? 

i 

th him in the 
■ J 
* 

thee down unto th r I h i . 

livered it into thine ban 

with I'hurah • n to the 

ho 

li t they I 

: ball thine I 

to the 

ii his 

re in the i 
It A. 

the ea . 
• 
multitude ; and tl 

out number, as the hind by :. 
multitu 



. vii. The lifll!^.' ram, Cl$ 

unto his . and faid, Behold, 1 

dreamed a dream, and, io. a cake ot hi 
ley bread tumbled into the holt of Mfdi* 
an, and came unto a tent, and fnvte it 
that it fell, and overturned it, that the 
tent lay aloi 

14 And his fellow anfwered and fa 
is is nothing elie fave the fword of 
'.eon the Ion ot "J oath, a man of Iirael : 
jor into his hand 1. jd delivered 

Mid l all tho hott. 

And it wasy*,when Gideon heard 
the telling of the dream, and the inter- 
pretation thereof, that he worshipped, 
ed unto the holt of Iirael, and 
t r the Lord hath delivered 
into your hand the holt o\ an. 

16 And he divided the three hundred 
men into three companies, and he put a 
tru: hand, with emp- 
ty | ithin the \ tchers. 

17 .;nto tUnn, Look on 
me, and do lik and, behold w 1 
I come to fthe camp, it (hall 

as I do, lo lha 1 ye do. 

am witha trumpet, land 

all that are with me, then blow yc the 

trumpets alio on every fide of all the 

camp, and ! . Tbefiutrd l I Lord, 

ron- 

19 . v o Gideon and the hun men 

ut-. 
t the 
watch : ami thej ut nev. 

fctthe watch: and they blew tl< tru 

ria 
theii I 

'urc companies b 
tru . 

hrki the lami 
ti umpei in th 

vtthc 

tt And tl 

: and . 

tt And the tin. 

- 

:h; bordi r of 

I hath. 

i 

ii- 
in. 






■ 

and ] 

» of the 



*aS Tht Eprajmitespeafietf. JUDGES. Succoih and P'tnuei de£roye#. 



(lew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb 



they flew -at the wine prefs of Zeeb, and, Succptji, and the elders thereof, evert 



purfued Midian, and brought the heads 
of Oreb and Ze?b to Gideon on the 
Other fide Jordan 

CHAP. VIII. 
i 'Ike Fphraimhes pacified. 4 Zebah and 

Zalmunna. #S Tbe Ijraelites' idolatry 

and ingratitude. 

AND the men of Ephraim faid unto 



and he defer ibed unto him the princes of 



threefcore and feventecn men. 

13 And he came unto the men of Suc- 
coih, and faid,' Behold Zebah and Zal- 
munna, with whom ye did upbraid me, 
laying. Are the hands of Zebah and Zal- 
munna now in thine hand, that wefhould 
give bread unto thy men that are weary I 



lb Andhetook the eiders of the city, 
him, Why halt thou ferved us thus, that (and thorns of the wildernefs and briers., 
thou cailetilt us not when thou wen tell to | and with them he taught the men of Suc- 
nght with the Jtfidianitefc \ And they did coth. 
viiide with him iharply. 17 And he beat down the tower of Pe~ 

2 And he laid unto them, What have I nuel, and flew the men of the city, 
done now in conparifon of you i U not, IB Then faid he unto Zebah and Zal- 
the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim^ munna, What manner of men nvere they 
better than the vintage of Abieser ? whom ye flew at labor ? And they an- 

S God hath delivered into your hands! fwered, As thou art, (oivetx they ; each 
the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeh florae refembled the children of a king, 
and, What was I able to do in companion j 1!), And he faid, They vjere my breth- 
cf you ? Then their anger was abated. ;o-:ren, even thefonsof my mother ; as the 
ward him, vvhen he had faid that. { Lord liveth, if ye had iaved them alive, 

4 f And Gideon came to Jordan, and\\ would not flay you. 
palled over, he, and the three hundred: 20. And he laid unto jether his firfi 



men that nvcrg with him, faint, yet pur- I born, Up, and flay them. But the youth 
fowgtbem, ] drew not bisfword : for he feared, .be- 

G And he faid unto the men ofSuccoth, Jcanfe he nxas yet a vouth. 
Give. I piay you, loaves of bread untoj 21 Then Zebah and Zalmanna faid 3 
the people that follow me ; for they ^'Rife thou, and fall upon us : for as tha. 
faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah andi man is, Jo is his ftrengtfu And Gideon 
Zalmtinna, kings of Midian, varole, and fl<ew Zebah and Zalmurma, 

6 And the princes of Succoth faid,^>v}and took away the ornaments ihdXiuer? 
tfie hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now'on their camels' necks. 

in thine hand, that we Ihould give bread* 22 Then the men of Ifrael faid unto 
unto tliihe army ? {Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, 

7 And Gideon faid, Therefore when land thy Ion, and thy fon's fon alio : for, 
the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zal-lthou haft delivered us from the hand ot 
munna into mine hand, then I will tear} Midian. 

23 And Gideon faid unto them, I will 



not rule over y ou, neither lhall my fon rule 



jour flefh with the tliDrns of the wilder- 
nefs and with briers. 

8 And he went up thence to Penuel.jover you : the Lord ihall rule over you. 
d fpake unto them likewife : and the}' 24 And Gideon faid unto them, I 

Vnuei an fwered him as the men; would dehre a requeft of you, that ye 
%t Succo^li had anfwered bint. would giveme every man the earrings o5 

9 And he fpakc alio unto the men ot.his prey, (For they had golden earrings^ 
PeuueJ, When I come again m.becaule they vjere flhmaelites. ) 

I will Uieak down this tower. | 25 And they anfwered, We will will- 
'0 Now Zebah and Zalmunna 'were in 'ingly give them* And they fpreadagar- 
irkor, and their hods v. it h them about? me n't, and did call therein every man the- 
fift< tfan'd m. n, all that were left o£ ; earrings of his prey, 

all the holts ot the children of the eaft: for! 26 And the weight of the golden ear- 
there fell an hundred and twenty thoufand. rings that he requelted was a thouiandand. 



men that drew (word 

11 And Gideon went up by the way of 
them that dwelt in tents on the call of 
Nob.ih and Jogbeh;ih,and fmote the hoft : 
for the hotl v^a» lecure. 

11 And when Zebah and Zalmunna 
fled, be purfued after them, and took 
the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zal- 
munna. and difcomhted all the hoft. 

IS And Gideon the Ion of Joalh re- 
turned from battle before the fun il^s ut>> 

14 And caught a young man of the 
men of buccoth, anc^iJjquired c 



feven hundred Jhekels of gold : befid'. 
ornaments, and collars, and purple rai- 
ment that ioas on the kings of Midian, 
and bedde -the chains that were about 
their camels' necks. 

2T And Gideon made an ephod thereof, 
and put it in his city, even mOphrah : 
and all Ilrael went thither a whoring afar 
it : which thing became a fnare untooic- 
con, and to his horde. 

■£8 Thus was Midian fubdued before 
the children of Ilraei, fo that they lifted 
theji: be^ds pc more* A:.c the cou.„- 



u;> 



yjideon's death. Chap. jjc. jo: ham's far ah ft. 2'£l 

try wao in quietnefs fbjty years in the. cried, and (aid unto them, Hearken unto 

fine, ve men of Shechem, that Gcd may 
hearken unto von. 



days oi Gideon. 

29 Andjeiubbaal the fonof Jcaih,wenx 
and dwelt ip his own boufe. 

And Gideon had threefcore and ten 
fons or hi* body begotten ; for he had ma- 
;)y • 

dl And his concubine that inas in 
Shechem, ll - :>a;e him a ion, whole 

name he t-jiled A 

id Gideon t!.£ ion of Joafh 
in a good old a .a in th_- 

iepuichre pt Joaih his father, in 0;jhrah 
zntes. 
33 ^| And it came to p~ij, as i'oon as 



Gideon wa, d-*ad, that the children ot 
gain, and wont a uhor 
•r Baalim, and . th, 

r god. 
34 /\nd thf children of Ifrael rei. 
bered n'Jt the I^ok 

at of tl 

:ther il»ewed tltey to the 

.ubbaal, nam. n, ac- 

to all the good ..a he had 

»ved unto lirael. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Jbimeluhis made king Uy the Sbechem. 
lies . 7 Joiham by a parable rtbukeib 
the:-.. ttGsaJ'i conipiracy. id 'ja- 
m's curje it fulfil ltd. 

imeiech the ion of Jerub 
vent to Shechem unto nis 

tuned will) them, and with 
ail the ; :te of his moth- 

y you, in the ears of all 
ihemenoi rm, Whether is better 1 

ior you, either tl. jiis ot Jerub- 

baai, noticb are thrcch ore and ten per- 
Jo; :\ over you, or I , icign 

r you ? i alio tlut I an 

ti- 
nts mother's b;erhrcn fj - 
;:i in tlv the men ot ^ta.* hero 

■til thefc words : aad theii heai . ned 

to : they laid, He 

cur b r 

ive him threefcore and ten , 
pieces oi i it of the i.ouie oi Baal- 

pciith, »her hired i 

1 h^l.t perfons, which followed him. 
his tai 
atUi.'. brethi 

.. being I 
t 

rubbjj^ .. 
.\nd all I 
: 1 all 

in of ' 

7 * 

_ 

t and II 

■ 



tf I lie trees went forth on a time to 
anoint a king over them ; and they faTd 
unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 

9 Bui the olive tree laid unto them, 
Should I leave my fatnels, wherewith by 
me they honour God and man, and go 
to be proniot-d over the trees ? 

10 And the trees faid to the fig tree, 
Come thou, and reign over us. 

11 But the fig tree, faid unto them, 
Should I for fake my fwcetnels, and my 
good fruit, and go to be promoted over 
the trees \ 

12 I hen faid the trees unto the vine, 
Come thou, and reign over us. 

Id And the vine faid unto them, 
Should I leave my \sine, which cheereth 
God and man, and go to be promoted o- 
ver the tree 

14 1 lien faid all the trees unto the 
bramble, Come thoit, and reign over u:. 

lo And tie brambic faid unto the lt< 
If in truth you anoint me km;., over Jf ou > 
then come and ;^at your truit in my i!i d- 
DW : aud ii not, let hie come ouui I 
bramble, aid devour the cedars ot Leb- 
anon. 

1 6 Now therefore, if ye have done tru- 
ly and Qncerelyi in that ye have made 
Abimelech king, and if )<~ <.,<.^h 

I with Jerubbaal and hio h.ufe, a 

unto him accoi ding to tbfe dc- 
ng oi his hands ; 
IT (lor i.;) fathei u,and 

adventured his lit- t i. u .. delivered you 
out ot the hand of Mmian : 

la And ye art: nien up a^ain.l my fa- 
ther's houie this day, and have flam hi J 
,threeicore and ten perfons, upon one 
ftone, and have nude Abimelech, theii 

t, king over the men ot 
Shechem, becauie he h your broth 
19 If ye then .ut trul) and 

cerely witli Jerul nd with his houfe 

t hi > u e ) t in Abimelech, 

ami let J J : 

. let fur come out from 
Abimelech i a. our the raei 

I I. m, ... 1 tlie hou/< Oi MUto a:xi let 

come out from the men 

and from the houf( ot Mdlo, an a: 

Abimeleoh. 

-i A« I J . , and Bed, 

. went to; Beer, aial »l\\(!t tn-ie lor 
brother. 

had reigned 

II ; and 

wit 1 n : 

I hat the cruelty • 



S£2 GaaVsconfpiracjb JUDGES. JLbimelecb overeomftl bint. 

come, and their blood be laid upon Abim- him ? Is not this the people that thou haft 
lech their brother, which flew them : defpifed ? Go out, I pray now, and fight 



.and upon the men of Shechem, which 
aided him in the killing ot" his brethren. 

&5 And the men of Shechem fet liers 
in wait for him in the top of the moun- 
tains, and they robbed all that came a- 
kmg that way by them : and it was told 
Abunelech. 

26 And Gaal the fan of Ebed came 
with his brethren, and went over to 
Shechem : and the men o'i Shechem put 
their confidence in him. 

£7 And they went out into the fields, 
an/1 gathered their vineyards, and trode 
the grapes, and made merry, and went 
into the houfe of their god, and did eat 
and drink, and cur fed Abimelech. 

20 And Gaal the fonof Ebed laid, Who 



with them. 

39 And Gaal went out before the men 
of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 

£0 And Abimelech chafed him and he 
fled before him, and many were over- 
thrown and wounded, even unto the en-, 
tering of the gate 

41 And Abimelech dwelt at Ariimah t 
and Zebul thruft out Gaal and his breth- 
ren, that they fhould not dwell in Shechem. 

42 And it came to pafs on the morrow, 
that the people went out into the field ; 
and they told Abimelech. 

43 And lie took the people, and divided 
them into three companies, and laid wait 
in the field, and looked, and. behold, the- 
people n.cer e come forth out of the city ; 



is Abimelech \ and, Who is Shechem, that {and he rofe up a gain (I them, and fmote 



we fltonld ierve him ? Is not he the (on of 

Jerubhaal ? AndZcbul his officer ? Serve 
the men of Humor the father of Shechem; 
for, Why ihould we lerve him ? 

29 And would to God this people were 
under my hand ! then would I remove 
Abimelech. And he laid to Abimelech, 

reafe thine army, and come out. 

30 And when Zebul the ruler of the 
city heard the words of Gaal the fan of 
Ebed, his anger was kindled. 

31 And he lent meflengers unto Abim- 
elech privily, faying, Behold, Gaal the 
Ion of Ebed and his brethren, be come 
to Shechem ; and, behold, they fortify 

, again ft thee. 
3J, Now therefore, up by night, thou 
and the people that m with thee, and lie 
in wait in the field : 



them. 

•44 And Abimelech, and the company 
that ivas with him, ruftied forward and 
flood in the entering of the gate of the 
city : and the two other companies ran 
upon all the people that our rr in the fields, 
and flew them 

43 And Abimelech fought againft the 
city all that day ; and he took the city, 
and flew the people that i»as therein, 
and beat down the city,' and fowed it. 
with fait. 

46 And when all the men of the tower 
of Shechem heard //>a/, they entered into 
an hold of the houfe of the god Berith. 

47 And it was told Abimelech, that all 
the men of the tower of Shechem were 
gathered together. 

48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount 



33 And it (hall be^bat in the morning, Zalmon, he and all the people that were 



as Toon as the iun is up, thou (bait rile 



ivi.cn he and the people that // with him 



with him : and Abimelech took an ax 



r nly, and k-t upon the city ; and, behold, . in his hand, and cut down a bough 



from the trees, and took it, and laid it 



come out againft thee, then mayeU thou on his (boulder, and laid unto the people 
dp to thtm as thou (bait find occafion. j that tve re with him, What ye have fcen 
kbimelech rofe up, and all thejmecio, make hafte.tftf^doas I ha<ve done. 



le that nvert with him, by night, and} 49 And all the people likewife cut 

laid wait againft Shechem, in four i down every man his bough, and followed 

compan Abimelech, and put tbem to the hold, and 

And Gaal the fonof Ebed Went QUtJfet the hold on fire upon them; fo that 

flood in th ing of the gate of all the men of the tower of Shechem died 



Vbimelech role up, ami the 
people that ivere v»ith him, from lying 
lit. 

hen Gaal faw the people, he 

I Zebul, lieht>!fl there come people 

doM 'Wains. And 

Zebul feid Unto hi I :fceft the (hadow 

U iftt ■-■ men. 

And i ;.i,il (p.'.kc ag tin and I 

►me pe * n by the middle 

tnd, ai ip my come 

• he plain «<t Meonenim. 

I Zebul unto him, Where 
>w thy mouth, wherewith thou faidft, 



alfo, about; a thoufand men and women. 

50 i 'hen went Abimelech to Thebez, 
and encamped againft '1 hebez,and took it. 

at lint there was a ftronc tower within 

the city, and thither fled all the men and 

women, and all they of the city, and (lint 

it to them, and gat them up to the top of 

lower. 

54 And Abimelech came unto the 
tower, and fought againft it, and went 
hard unto the door of the tower to burn 
it with fire. 

53 And a certain woman caft a piece 
Of a miilftone upon Abimelech's head, 



VYhu lech, that we lhonkl fei re ! and all to break his (kull 



5i Then 



il Then he called huffily ai 1 the Amal- 

aiourb and laid 

id, and flay inc. 
flew 

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yor ha ad. 

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rhera '. :be 



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nefsofAbi 15«J Andth 

to the Loi 

diem did G 

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££l "jephthah mad* captdtsu 

9 And fephthah faid unto the ciders of 
Gilead, If ye bring me home again to figlit 
againft the' children of Ammon, and the 
Lord deliver them before me, Shall I 
be vouf head ? 

10 And the elders of Gilead faid unto 
Jephthah, The Lo« d be witnefs between 

if we do not foaccordingto thy words. 

11 Tiien fephthah went forth with the 
elder'sof Gi'lead, and the people made him 
2icad and captain over thern : and Jeph- 
thah uttered all his words before the 
"Lord in Mizpeh. 

12 And jephthah fent mefiengerr. unto 
fwti kine ct the children of Ammon, fay- 
ing, What had thou to- do with me, 
that thou art come againft me to fight in 
X&y land ? 

13 And the king cfthc children of Am- 
mon am we red unto the melTengers of 
Jephthah, Becaufe Ifrael took away my 
Htnd, when they came up out of Egypt, 
from Anon even unto Jabbok, and unto 
Jordan : now therefore reflore thofe lands 
£.g;iin A pcaccably. 

14 And Jephthah fent melTengers again 
■ ,:o the king of the children of Ammon: 

. 15 And nid unto him, Thus faith 
Tephthah, Ifrar.l took not away the land 
ot Moab, nor the land of the children 
of Arumon : 

16 Hut when Ifrael came up from E- 
gypt, and walked through the wildernefs 
unto the Red fea, and came to Kadefti ; 

17 'I hen Ifrael fent mefiengers unto the 
>ting of Edom, faying, Let me, I pray 
tnee, pals through thy land : but the king 
of Kdom would not hearken thereto. And 



JVT) G £ S'. tTis rajh vS48i 

2'5 So now the Lord God of Ifrael 
hath, difpoffeilecjl the Amorites from be- 
fore hispeople Ifrael, and, Shouldeft thou 
pofTeis it ? 

24 VvTit not thou poiTefs that which 
Chemoih thy god giveth thee to polTefs ? 
So whorrrfbev'er the Lord our God /hal? 
drive out from before us, them will we 
pofTefs. 

25 ^nd now, Art thou any tiling better 
than Balak the fon of Zippor king of Mo- 
at) ? Did he ever ffrive againft Ifrael, or 
did he ever fi<*ht againft them. 

26 While li'Vaei" dwelt in Hefhbo'n and 
her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, 
and in all the cities that be along by the 
coafis of ArnOn. three hundred years \ 
Why therefore did ye not recover tber: 
within that time ? . 

2T Wherefore I have not finned againft 
thee, but thou dec ft me wrong to war a- 
gainft me : the Lof d the Judge be judge 
thisday between the children of Ifraeland 
the children of Ammon. 

28 Kowbeit the king of the children of 
Ammon hearkened not unto the words 
of Jephthah which he fent him. 

29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Jephthah, and he palTed over Gil- 
ead, and ManafTeh, and paffed over 
Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of 
Gilead he palTed over unto the children 
of Ammon. 

SO «[ And Jephthah vowed a vow unto 
the Lord, and faid, If thou (halt without 
fail deliver the children of Ammon into 
mine hands, 

31 Then if mall be, that whatfoeve/ 



in like manner they fent unto the king of- Cometh forth ot the doors of my houfeto 

meet me, when T return in peace from 
the children of Ammon, fhall furely be 
the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a 
burnt offering. 

32 So Jephthah palled over unto the 
children of Ammon to fight againft them ; 



Moab : but he would not confent ; and 
Ifrael abode in Kadefh 

18 'I hen thev went along through the 
wildernefs, arc! compared 'he kind of E- 
d:m, and the Ian d of Moab, and came by 
the call li.le of the land of Moab, and 



bed on the other fide of Arnon, but-jandthe Lord delivered them into his 
ramc not within the- border of Moab : forj hands* 

Arnon vjus the border of Moab. ) S3 And he fmote them front Aroer, 

19 And Ifrael fent melfengers unto-ieven til! thou come to Minnith, cvrtt 

Sihon kingof the Amorites, the king" off twenty cities, and unto the plain of r 

Heflibon ; and Ifrael faid iiiro him, l.ct'vineyards, with a very great daughter. 

pafs, v ■: ] ray thec, through thy lantrj Thus the children of Amnion were fub- 

roy place. [dited before the children of Ifrael. 

-JO But trifled not rfrael to pa . 34 «j And Jephthah came to Mizpeh- 

thn > coaft : but Sihon gathered all J unto his houfe, and, behold, his daugh- 

gether, and . tched in Ja-itercame out to meet him with timbrels* 



hal, and fought againft Ffrael. 

"11 And the Loan C»od of Iffaei deliv- 
ered Sihon and all his , I ■ into the 
hand of ifrael, at»d they fmote them : fo 
Ifraci pi all the land of the* Amo- 

, the inhabitants ot that country. 
And t t-iled all the, coaffs of 

\morites, from Arnon even unto 
Jabbok, and f;om tlje wUviefr.efseven un 
•v Jordan «- 



and with dances: and Hie teas his only 
child ; he!'de her he had neither fon nor 
daughter< 

te 'O pafs, when he faW 
her, that he rent his clothes, and faid, A- 
las, my daughter! t'nou haft brought me 
very low, and thru art one of them that 
trouble me : fori have opened my mouth 
unto the Lord, and 1 cannot go back. 
> v*S And (hs faid unto him, My father, 

if 



The Ephr a] mites ft. tin. Chap xii. xiu. An ikgel appeared to BlatMb. tu 

i/thou haft opened thy mouth unto tl e 2 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem 



Lor. d, do to me according to that which 

hath proceeded out of I nth; For- 

h as the Lord hatn taken ven- 

jje« i theeof thine enemies, even of 

Idren of Ammcn 
>\nd the laid unto her father, Let 
be done for me ler me alone 
tu hs, that I may Roup ar.d down 

upon the mountains, and bewail ray vir- 
ginity, I andrny fellows. 

38' And he laid. Go. And he lent her 
away for two months: and me *ent 



ju ged Ifraeh 

9 And lie had thirty fons and thirty 
daughter.-, -zvhom he lent ab road ,and took 
in thirt) dau r from abroad for his 
Ions. /\nd he judged [frael fev< n years; 

10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried 
at Bethlehem. 

11 Andafter him Eldn, ni'te* 
j ud gcd 1 1 r ae I ; a n d \ ) e j u 1 1 g e d In. 
year- . 

Vt And Hop the Zebulonite died, and 

was buried in Aijalon in the country ot 



with her companions, and bewailed her Zebulun. 
virginity upon the mountains. And a!:er him Abc.on the for 

39 And it came topafsat tlic end otlHiUe] 4 Pirathonite, j >.el. 

> months, that fhe returned unto her li And he had forty ijns and thirty 
todid with her according to his J nephews, that rode on tl re ami 

inch he hadiotved : and liie knew ; ten alscolts : and he judged Ifrael eig 
no I And it was a cuftom in Urael,' years. 

Ilrael went] 15 And Abd< 



iters 
the daughter of Jeph- 
thah tl < Hit I •.' : four days in a year. 

CUM'. All. 
1 TbeEphraimites,difcerned by Sbibbdetb, 
art Jljin. 7 Jcf'htbah dieth. 

men of Kphrajia gathered 

theuifelver together, and went northward, 
an unto Jephthah, Wherefore 

palled (t thou over to fight agamft the 
children or Amraon, and didit not call 
us to go with thee \ We will burn thine 
houle upon thee with fire. 

;!i laid unto them,! and my 
>ple were al rent ftrifc with the chil- 

d ) on, 

y*- r of their hands. 

$ And \ that ye delivered aw 

fe in my hands, and pa(T- 

le clnldi en of Amrnon, 

and the Lord delivered them, into my 

') ate yi up 

:t iur > 
A 1 

rtote '*-- 

) ■ lites 



ion the 






Hillcl thr 



Pirathonite died, and wa? buried in Pi- 

aon in the land <>1 fiphraim, ill t. v - 

mount ct' the Amalck; 

CHAP. XIII. 

1 (frael is rnt be ha?: J c; fbt I'hiliftines. C 
An angel appcarctb ;o Mar.oib's ibife* 
H The angei appcareth to Man-ab. ' 15 
Ma n cab's fu <• rtfit ■ c a ngH 

is difioic red ., £4 Sam/ on j born* 

Idren of Iirael did eviJ a - 
gain in the fight ot the I.'ikp ; and t 
Lord delivered then) i&to ihe hand 
the Philiftines lorty years. 

I « And there. was* certain mm of 
'/oiah, ol Family of the Danitaft, 

whote name was Manoah ; and his wit : 
nvus baj i en, and bare not. 

* no theangel of th** r.oKi> appeared 
Untothe woman. and laid unto ho . behold* 
now, thou art barr-n, and beared not ^ 
but ihou Ihilt co , and bear a Ion. 

i Now therefore, bow arc, 1 pray tl 
and drink not wine noi llrong drink, ai 
not any un< le mi thing ; 
r.n , !o, thou fh.dt con 
;i ; and no razor H>all conit on ! 



of Kphraira among the E^ head ; t l fnall be a N. 

-l.u. ifli in.: i from tl \ rid he lb dl 

And th paflagei i Ifrrtlcnitdf the hftndat' 

r*hilillines. 
/^, that when tl I hen thr woman came and told 

wh er; huiband, faying, A man ot > 



unm me. and his countenmce *u«*j hk»- 
nice oi an angel ol ( rod, very 

terrible : but 1 alked ! 

.tine : 
B\lt he laid unto m I, thqp 






;..u ' him, Art 

- > If he (aid, Na ; 

boleth; boleui 

.oiild not fi // righ 

■ - and dew him at fh alt conceivr, and beai a 
i.i lot dan : and there fell at j drink no wine ncriti- 

iraimitea lurty and 'cat any unclean i the child (hall 

id. j be a n a •/•.•( rite to O i the womb t«% 

7 *J And Jeplithah judged Ifrael fix the day oi his death. 

i died Jepnthahthi 8C i'hen Manoah iotreaied the Lord. 

C) my I.oro, let • 
Mtesfci dJO t jend come ^^ain unro 

2 | 



22tf ManGaVsfamjic*. JUDGE?. 

us, and teach us -what we ft all do unto 
the child that (hall be Worn. 

9 And God hearkened to the voice of 
Manoah \ and the angvl of God came 
again unto the woman as (he fat in the 
held ; but Manoah her hufband nvas not 
with, her. 

10 And the woman made hafte, and 
ran, and ihewed her hufband and faid 
unto him, Behold, the man hath appear 
ed unto me, that came unto me the other 
dajri 

11 And Manoah arofe and went after 
his wife, and came to the man, and faid 
unto him, Art thou the man thatfpakeft 
Unto the Woman ? And he laid, I am. 

fS And Manuah faid, Now let thy 
words come to pais. How fhail we order 
the child ? and, Hoiv (hall we do unto him ? 

IS And the anyel of the Lord faid 
unto Ma«oah, Of all that 1 laid unto the 
woman, let her beware. 

ih She may not eat of any tbhg that 
cometh cf the vine, neither let her drink 
wine -or lirong drink, nor eat any un- 
clean thing ; aH that 1 commanded her 
let her obierve. 

15 f[ And Manoah faid unto the angel 
of the Lord. I pray thee, let us detain 
thee, until we fhall ha«e made ready a 
kid for thee. 

16 And the- angel of the Lord hid 
unto Manoah, Though thou detain me. 
I will not eat of thy bread : and if thou 
wilt etfer. a burnt offering, thou muf: of- 
fer it unto the Lord- For Manoah knew 
not that he nvas an angel of the Lord. 

17 And Manoah faid unto the angel of 
the Lord, What is thy name, that when 
thy fayings come to pafs we may do thee 
honour ? 

18 And the aogel of the Lord faid 
unto him, Why aflceft thou thus after my 
name, feeing it is fee ret ? 

If So Manoah took a kid with a meat 
^fterin^, ajid ohVi>d it upon a rock unto 
the Lord : and the angel did wondrouf- 
ly ; am] Manoah and h;s wife looked on. 
■20 For it came to pafs, when the flame 
went up toward heaven from orl the al- 
tar, that the angel of t lie Lord afc ended 
;n the fhme of the alt ir. And Manoah 
and his wife looked on //, and fell on 
their faces to the ground. 

M Buttlu- angel of the Lord did no 
mnr* appear to Manoah and to his wife'. 
1 hen Manouh knew that lie nvas an an- 
gel of the Lord. 

And Manoah faid un'o his wife. 
we fhall furdy dio, becaufe we have 
f»en God. 

I But his wife i, rf the 

Lord wtre pleafcd to kill u . rould 

not have r : and 

a nCKit ottering at our nan uhei 

* M helmvt 



Samfon Is bom. 
time have told us 



nor would as at this 
Jiub things as thefe. 

24 fj And the woman bare a Ton, and 
called his name Samfon : and the child 
grew, and the Lord blefled him; 

25 And the fpirit of the Lord began 
to move him at times in the camp of Dan, 
between Zorahand Efbtaol. 

CHAP. XIV. 
2 Samfon defretta nuife of the Pbilifiines, 

10 His marriage Jeafi y %± and riddle* 

19 He Jpoileth tbuty Phtlijlines. 

AND Samfon went down to Timnath* 
and faw a woman in Timnath of the 
daughters of the Phililtines. 

% $ And he came up, and told his fath- 
er and his mother, and faid, I have feen a 
woman in 1 imnath of the daughters of 
the Philiftines : now therefore get her for 
me to wife. 

3- Then his father and his mother feid 
unto him, Is- there never a woman among 
the daughters of thy brethren, or among 
all my people, that thou goeft to tak<: a 
jwife oi the uncircumcifed Philiftines i 
And Samfon laid unto his father, Get 
her for me ; for fhe pleafeth me well. 

4 But his father and his mother knew 
not that it nvas of the Lo*d, that he 
fought an occafionagainft the Phililtines : 
for at that time the Phihitines had do- 
minion over lirael. 

5 Then went Samfon do T vn, and his 
father and his mother, to Timnath, and 
came to the vineyards of Timnath : andj 
behold a young lion roared againit him. 

6 And the fpirit of the Lokd came 
mightily upon him, and he rent him as 
he would have rent a kid, attd be had 
nothing in his hand : But he told not his 
lather or his mother what he had done. 

I And he went down, and talked with 
the woman ; and fhe p leafed Samfon well. 

3 And after a time he returned to take 
her, and he turned afide to fee the carcafs 
of the lion : and, behold, there nvas a 
fwarm of bees and honey in the carcafs- 
of the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his hands, 
and went on eating, and came to his fa- 
ther and mother, and he gave them, and 
they did tat : but lie told not them that 
he tiad taken the honey out of the car- 
cafs of the lion. 

10 ^] So his father went down unto the 
woman : and Samfon made there a feaft : 
ioi fo ufed the young men to do. 

II And it came to pafs, when they faw 
him, that they brought thirty compan- 
ions to be with him. 

t «j And Samfon faid unto them, I 
« ill now put forth a riddle unto you ; if 
ye can certainly declare it me within the 
(even days of the fcalt, and find it out, 
rhen I will give you thirty fheets, ar.Q. 
thirtv change of garments : 

13 Birt 



Samfon' l s riddle. Gimp, xv. lie burnetb the FbUtJiines* com. iiT 

15 But it ye cannot declare h me, then I 4 And Samfon went and caught three 
fhaU ye Kive me thirty fheets and thirty hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and 

ripe of garments. And they laid unto turned tail to tail, and put a fiicbrand in 

him, Put torth thy riddle, that we may the midll between two tails 

hear it. . f -^ud when he had let the brands oa 

14 And he faid unto them, Out of the fire, he let them go into the ftanding corn 

eatc - came forrh meat, and out ot the of the Philiitines, and burnt up botn the 

strong came forth fweetnefs. And they mocks, arid alio the ftanding corn, with 

could not in three days expound the ! til* vineyards and oin 

nddie. j 6 1 ht-n the Phdittmes faid, Who hath 

1 a And it came to pafs on the feventh < done this ? And they anfwered, Samfon, 

, that the) laid unto Sainton's the km in law of the 'i imnite, becauie he 

i;cc thy hulband, that ly de- bad taken his wife, and jjven her to his 

clare unto us the riddle, left we burn companion. And the Phililtir.es came up 

■ihec and thy father's honfe witli fire : , and bun.ed her and her father with fire* 

Hive ye called us to take that we liav \ 1 And -.ainfon faid unto them, T hoiig|\ 

// /'/ \\o\foP have done this, yet will I be awengejj, 

16 And bamfon's wife wept bet I, 'ot you, and alter that 1 wi-11 ceafe. 

and faid, 1 hoi; duit but h.ve mv, a.i'l lov. ' wid he fmote them hip and thigh 

elt me not : thou halt put forth a riddle wif .a daughter : and he went down 

unto the cii.ldrcn of my paoi le, and half and dwell in the top of the rock Ltain. 

not told // me. Mai he faid unto h 9 fl Then the Philittines went up, and 

..old, 1 have not told it raj hither nor pitched in Judah, and fprcad thei.ifclves 

my mother, and, Shall I tell it thee ? W l.'-hi. 

IT And Ihe wept before him the feven ' M And the men of Judah faid, Why- 
da) s, while their teati lafl . 1 it came ate ye come i f: tu . ; and they an* 
to pafs on the feventh day, t hat be t< Id h r, fwcred To bind Samfon are v. e come up, 

lore upon him: and Ih told to do to him a- he hath done to us. 

the riddle to the children of he people. H Then three thoufand men of Judah 

18 And th of the cit> (aid unto went to tiic top of the rock Ktam, and 
hiiuon nday before the fun went laid to Sajnion, Kli :iiou not that 

vn, What is fweeter than hoi ad, the Philidines art rulers oVei us i \\ hat 

What it Stronger than a lion I rtncflu faid '' this '£4Mbou halt done, unto us ? And 

tothem.U jrehadnotplou lie laid unto them, As they did unto tin, 

ter, ye had ool found <• lint 9 iviii. 

19 f\ And thelpint of th': LoiLJ 1- And they (aid unto feim, We art 
upon him, and he wrut down [•> Aihke- n to bind thee, that we may 
Jon, and Jlew ih I n oi them, and t deli vei thee into the hand of the PhttiL 
took their lpoil, and • And Sainton faid untatbeoiiSw* 

i which expound ae that ye will not fall up 

\odhisan i Kindled, and yoi s. 

r's I* i 13 And th ke unto him, f.i\ 

20 n to hi but we 

m be had ulcd ai his Uverth hucfurel] we 

will not \ And »h*-\ bound hita 



1 Sam/on i 
etk the 

Pbi 

a f jiut 

i , 



CHAP. XV. 

tied bis t . . 3 He burn- 
jes' torn 9 Hr 




with two iv and brought him 

up from tlv r< ck 

li % And w hen I, into LehL the 

dab, at J ."> Philiftires (houtcd him: and the 

H He ktlUt I .ipnit.^t the Lord >• . Ijrupon 

ihun. and the Cordsthat Vfttt upon hit 

arms! i as flax that wai burnt with 

(ire, and hi nil 

han 

he found a new jjv.bhnr cf 
tad put forth his hand, and took it 
nen therewith 
, With tbejawbone 
n I on 1. 
I - th .ufand men 

17 And it i had 

made an that he c* 

the hand, and 



l* it cmi'- to | 

in that 

id , and 
lid, I will £o in to to the 

:i.er. But her father would not 
n. 

>Ugbt 
thou had ft utterlj I 

ipanion x I 
her -, han (he > 1 

her, I pra y the id of 1 

3 * | com erning them, 

Now iball 1 be , the 



Philiftinei 

pleaiurv. 



t!wi< 





;li J do theai a d.f- 



called fl 

IB And he w 

ewt 



*on the. Lord, and faid, Ihou liali $w< 

t: is 



8?8 Samp/on enticed by D^lilab. J-UDGES. 

this great deliverance into the hand of 
thy lervant : and, Now ihall I die for 
thirft, and fall into the hand of the u'n- 
circumciled \ 

iy But God clave an hollow place that 
ivas in the jaw, and there came water 
thereout : and when he had drunk, his 
jpirit came again, and he revived ; where- 
iore he called the name thereof Knhak- 
kore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 

20 And he judged Ifrael in the days of 
the Philiitines twenty years. 
CHAP". XVI. 
1 Sam/on carrieth atuay the gates cf Ga 



za. I Delilah, corrupted by the fhi- 
Jtjlines, enticetb bim ; 15 and overcom- 
eio hi?;:, ti Tie fhiltjtmes put out his 



eyes. -3 The manner oj bis death. 



and 
unto 



fHSN went Samfon to Ga 
law there an harlot, and went 
fier. 

% And it nuas told the Gazites, faying. 
Sarafan is come hither. And they coin- 
palled him in : and laid wait for him all 
night in the gate of the city, and were 
(juiet all the night, laying, in the morn- 
ing, when it is day, v, e (hall kill him. 

5 And Samfon lay till midnight, and 
arofe at midnight, and took the doors of 
the gate of the city, and the two polls, 
and ,, cutaway with them, bar and ail, 
and put them upon his (boulders, and car- 
Tied them up to the top of an hill that u 
before Hebron. 

4 ^j Audit came to oafs, afterword, that 
he loved a woman in the valley of Sorck, 
whole name ivas Delilah. 

a And the lords of the Philiftines 
came up unto her, and laid unto her, 
Entice him, and lee wherein his great 
Itrength lietb, and by what means we 



She letrayeth h'ipt, 

lies : now tell me, I pray thee, where- 
with thou mighteit be bound. 

11 And he faid unto her, If they bind 
me faft with new ropes that never were 
occupied, then (hall I be weak, and be 
as another man 

It Dehlah therefore, took new ropes, 
and bound him therewith, and laid unto. 
him, The Philiitines be upon thee, Sam- 
fon. And there ivere liers in wait abid- 
ing in the chamber. And lie brake them 
from off his arms like a thread. 

13 And Dehlah laid unto Samfon, Hith- 
erto thou halt mocked me, and told me 
lies ; tell me wherewith thou mighte^ 
be bound. And he laid unto her, It 
thou weave It the feven locks of my head 
rvith the web. 

14 And (he fattened it with the pin, 
and faid unto him, The Philiftines be 
upon thee, Samfon. And he awakedout 
of his l'leep, and went away with the pin 
of the beam, and with the web. 

15 q And (he laid unto him, How canft 
thou lay, I love thee, when thine heart 
is not with me ? Thou halt mocked me 
thefe three times, and haft not told mo 
wherein thy great itrength iietb. 

16 And n came to pals, when (he 
p relied dim daily with her words, and 
uiged him, Jo that his foul was vexed 
unto death ; 

IT That he told her all his heart, and 
laid unto her, there hath not come a 
razor upon mine head ; for 1 ha've been a 
Nazarite unto God. from my mother's 
womb : if I be (haven, then my (trength 
will go from me, and I (hall become weak, 
and be i;ke any otb< r man. 

\'6 And when Delilah law that he had 
told her all his heart, lhe lent and called 
for the lords of the Philiitines, faying, 
Come up this once, for he hatli lhev-ed 
me ail his Heart. Then the lords of the 
Philiftines came up unto her,and brought 
money in their hand. 

ID And lhe made him fteep upon her 
knees ; and lhe called for a man, and 
(becaufed him to (have oft' the feven locks 
of lis head; and (lie began toafilidl him, 
and his itrength went from hini. ' 

20 And ihe faid, The Philiftines b: 
upon thee, Samfon. And he awoke out 
oi his deep, and laid, I will go out as at 
other times before, and ihafce mylelf. 



may prevail again!! him, that we may 
bind him to attiict him : and we will give 
thee every one of us eleven hundred />/<?< <?; 
oi Giver. 

6 And Delilah faid to Samfon, Tell me, 
I pray thee, wherein thy great Itrength 
iu-ib, and wherewith thou mighteit be 
bound to atihet th 

7 And Samfon faid unto her, If they 
bind mc with (even green withes that were 
never dried, then (hall 1 be weak, and 
be as another man. 

8 Then the lords of the Philiftines 
brought up to her (even green withes 
which had not been dried, and lhe bound I And he wift not that the Lord was de- 



him with them 

9 Now there lucre men lyir,g in wait, 
abiding with hejr in the chamber. And 

:^id unto him, T/he Philiitines >>c 

i thee, Samfon. And he brake the 

wuhes as a thread of \o\s \> broken when 

it touchcth the (;re. bo ho Itrength was 

not known. 

10 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Be- 
hold, thou . . toid uic 



departed from hm. 

IV A But the Philiftines took him, 
and put out his eyes, and brought him 
down to Gaza, and bound him with fet- 
ters of biafs ; and he did grind in the 
pnlon iioule. 

8ft Howbeit the hair of his head began 
to grow again after he was (haven. 

t:> fl Then the lords of the Philiftines 
gathered t^m loathe*, tvr to oiler a, 

grea,? 



.rtjun":dec. Chap. xviL xvUi. 

it fjcrhicc uu jji their god, and 

ce : for they laid, Our god ijath 
delivered -amlon our enemy . 

And when the people lav: | 

irgod : forth Our 



MUab's idoUtry. s 

gay hand for my fon, to make a graven 
image and a molten image s now th. 
fere, 1 will reflore it unto thee. 

4 Vet he reftored the money unto his 
mothci ; and hi« mother took t\*o ; 
drcay3f^/jot lilvcr, and gave thej I to 



red into our han :^ oiu trie tounder, who made thereof a gr 
i the deli royer of our country, ! image and a molten image ; and they 



v many ot us. 



in the houfe ot Micah. 

an Micah had an houfe of 



d it came to pals, when I 3 And the m 

cs were merry, that they ia.d. ds, and made anephod,and teraphim, 

for bamlon, that he may mal - i one ofhis ions, who be- 

And they called for Sam fon out of thejeame iuspriett 



prilon houle ; and lie made them I] 
betv\een the p 
And bamlon laid unto that 

held him by the hand, bm: it i 

: >:l!ars i t i\c houfe 

ftandeth, that I may Lean upon them. 

Now the i 
women ; and all the 1 I the Phi- 

httines Were there j c- 

jf about three thoufand men and 
men, that beiield while Samfoo made 
fport. 

amfon called unto the Lord, 
and laid, Lord God* remembec n 
I pray thee, and ftrengthen me, I piay 

e, only this once, O God, that 1 D 
be at once avenged of the l'hihlrinc tor 

unfon took, hold of the two 
i which the h 
i on which it was borne Up, 
:u hand, and o; 
. 

., Le: n.e die with 
..• bowed hin. 
.h alt bit fell 

it luere there 

death were 
ew in his : 

brethren and ail the houfe 

. in, 
and b. i up, and \ . be- 

tween Zoi htaol in the bury'n 

And 
judged Ilrael twenty 

. II. 
trine t be Jioien money to 
mntberjbe makctb i>r. iy/s. tit biretb 
a Lex itc to be b;s pr. 

a man ot 
I, who; ilus '.. 

•Z And he .noilur, 

eleven hundi 

ta k 1 1 - 

edit, and h\. : I , 

behold, the lilvci is with I i\ • - »t. 
And i 
the LofcDJ my 1 

H And wnen be hdd i 
red Jbi 
plot] id, I had • 



in tliofe days there r u:ss no king in 
icl, bu/evcry man did tbat wbicbwtM 

l in Ilia o'»% n ej es. 

7 fl And there was a young man out 
Bethlehemiudahof the family of Ju- 

Jah, who 'cm j a Levite, and l^e iojournc<3 
tit? i<-. 

8 And the man departed out Of the 
city tiom Uethlehemjudah to fojourn 
where he could hnd a ptace . .ma he ca: 

to mount itpnia-mtothehouie ofMlcah, 
as he jour ne) «.d. 

9 A.ul Mieah laid unto him, Wh« 
Cornell thou ? And ne laid unto hirri, I 
am a Levite of Beth lehemjudah, and I 

to fojourn w here I may fmd j place, 

10 And Micah faid unto him, J>. 
with m< , a te a lather and a 

tenjbemeh of 
Silver by the yea 
and t!. So the Ltvue wei 

it as content! 

with the man j and the young man 
unto him .. : his foi 

1 - .\:. . . . .v j tf> ^ 
and the ) OUI 

:.e ot Micah. 
13 1 hen , , ah, now know I I 

'.ok d u ill d I have* 

a Levite to mj pi . 

LVIII. 
Daniu tfend (jet m 

tnt [hty win I .j 

IN th , J{_ 

: and in ti. 
Danites fought mem an . • . 

dwell in : lor unto that da. in- 

bei nance had not tallen unto t/. 
ol Ilrael. 

.i Q of Dan f ( nt of 

. 
i 
»1 ' 
it ; an la.d u:i: i them, viu, 

: who when t) >unt 

fc piu uin, ( i rite h »ufc 

■ . 

< ali, th \ knew ti; 

. ■ 

< i , and laid unto him, v.' 
i nt ne i an I, vVI 



| 1 ' .. . . i, \VUdi h 

4 A 



fn peace 



£53 TbefpiesoJ D.an. >UDjGES. 

4 And he faid unto them, Thus and 
thus dealeth Micah with ine, and hath 
fiirod me, and I am his pricft. 

•5 And they faid unto him, Afk cofln- 
fel, we pray tlvec, of God, that we may 
know whether our way which we go lliall 
be profperous. 

6 And the prieft faid unto them, Go 
before the Lord it your way 

wlierein ye go. 

7 Then trre rive men departed, and came 
to Lak'h, and faw the people that nvere 
therein, how they dwelt carelefs, after the 
*nanner of the Zidoruans, quiet and fe-, 
cure ; and there mas no magiftrate in the 
land, that might put them to ftiame in any 
thing j and they ivere far from the Zido- 
nians, and had no buiinefs with any man. 

8 And tltey came urtfo their brethren 
t'o Zorah and to Kihtaol : and their breth- 
ren faid unto them, Whatyiary ye ? 

9 And they (aid, Arife, that we may 
go up again It them r for we have feen 
the land, and, behold, it it very good : 
and, Are ye ftill ? Be not flothful to go, 
and to enter to p oriel's the land. 

10 When ye go, ye lhall come unto a 
people feeUre, and to a large land : for 
God hath given it into your hands ; a 
.place wher* there is no want of any thing 
that is in tiie earth. 

11 And there went from thence of the 
family of the Danites, out of Zorah and 
out of Hfhtapl, fix hundred men appoint- 
ed with weapons of war. 

1- And they went up, and pitched in 
Kirjathjearim, in Judah : wherefore 
they called that place Mahanehdan un- 
to this day : behold, it is behind Kir- 
jathjearim. 

IS And they patted thence unto mount 
Ephraim, and came unto the houfe of 
Micah. 

1* Then anfwered the five men that 
went ro fpy out the country of Laifh, 
id unto their brethren, Do ye know 
that there is in thfefe houfes an ephod, 
«ud I m, and a graven image, and 

X Now therefore cohfider 
what ye 1 to do. 

IS And they turned thitherward, and 

I ' ' the young man the 

• ,tc, e.n)e:i unto the houfe of Micah, 

and falutl d him. 

li*» And the fix hundred men appoint- 
ed with ms of war, u hich 
en of Dan, flood by the 
ring of the gate. 
And tl :nen that went to fpy 
c\ut the land W CM up, and c me in thiijt- 

\ took the graven image, and 
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the 
ten image ; and the priefl flood in 
the entering gate with the fix hun- 

dred men, that uuere appointed with 
uxms oi 



Micah rubbed „. 

18 And thefc went into Micah's hem/e, 
and fetched the carved image, the ephod, 
and the teraphim. and the molten image. 
Then faid the prieft unto them, What 
do ye ? 

10 And they faid unto him, Hold thy 
peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, 
and go with us, and be to us a father 
and a prieft Is it better for thee to be a 
prieft unto the houfe of one man, or that 
thou be a prieft unto a tribe and a family 
in Ifrael ? 

2i0 And the prieft's heart was glad, anH 
he took the ephod, and the teraphim, 
and the graven image, and went ifl the 
mid ft of the people. 

21 So they turned and departed, anft 
put the little ones and the cattle and the 
carriage before them. 

22 And when they were a good way 
from the houfe ot Micah. the men that 
e were in the houfes near to Micah's hoofe 
were gathered together, and overtook, the 
children of Dan. 

23 And they cried unto the children of 
Dan. And they turtfed their faces, and 
faid unto Micah, What at let h thee, thai 
thou comeft with fuch a Company ? 

21 And he faid, Ye have taken away 
my gods which I made, and the prieft, 
and ye are gone away : and, What have 
I more ? and, What is this that ye fay 
unto me, What aileth thee ? 

25 And the children of Dan faid unto 
him, Let not thy voice be heard among 
us, left angry fellows run upon thee, 
and thou lofe thy life, with the lives of 
thy houfehold. 

26 And the children of Dan went their 
way } and when Micah faw that they 
■rvere too ftrong for him, he turned and 
went back unto his houfe. 

27 ^] And they took the things which 
Micah had made, and the prieft which 
he had, and came unto Laith, unto a 
people that ivere at quiet and fecure ; 
and they fmote them wth the edge of the 
[word, and burned the city with fire. 

28 And there -"was no deliverer, becaule 
it Tvasiar from Zidon, and they had no 
bufinefc whhany man ; and it was in the 
valley that tietb by Uethrebob. And 
they built a city, and dwelt therein. 

29 And they called the name of the 
city Dan, after the name of Dan their 
father, who was born unto Ifrael ; how- 
beir, the name of the city ivas Laifh at 
i he firft. 

SO And the children of Dan fet up the 
graven image : And Jonathan, the lonof 
Gcrfhom, the fon of Maiiaffeh, He and 
his fons were pricfta to the tribe of Dan 
until the day Off the captivity of the land. 
Si And they fet them up Micah's gra- 
ven image, which he made, all the time 
, that the houfe of God was in Shiloh. 
* ' CHAP. 



The Ltvit'e and hit cahtuJ&nc. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1A Lt'vite going to Bethlehem to fetch h)s 

*wi/e, 16 an old man ente r tameth htm 

at Gibear. Ice ^jibeathites abuje 

bis i emu bine to death. 

AND it came to pais in thofe days, 
*hen there nuas no kiag in Ifracl, that 
there was a certain Levitt k>ic*irning on 
the fide of mount Lphraim, who took to 
him a concubine ont of Bethlelvmjudah. ' 

9 \nd his concubine played the whore 
againft him, and went away from him un- ( 
to her father's houie to Bethlehemjudah, 
aad was there tour whole months*. 

•3 And her hufbjnd arole, and went 
after her, to fpeak friendly unto htr^and 
to bring her again, Laving his fervant 
with bun, and a couple of aiTes : and (lie 
brought him into her father's houfc : and 
when the father ol the damlcl few him, 
he rejoiced to meet him 

•4 And his father in law, the damfel's 
father, retained him : and lie abode with 
ibiin three days : fo they did eat and 
dr;rjt, and lodged there. 

■ > And it eaane to pals on the fourth 
d iff when tiley arole early in the morn 



QlcTp. xix. The Glbeatbit'es abufc her, Z51 

i a ftranger that is not of the children cF 
ifracl ; we will pals over to Gibeah. 

1-5 And he faid unto his Icrvan*. Come. 
and let us draw near to one of theifc 
places to lodge all night, in G:bcah,or in 
Raman-. 

14 And they piiTld on and went fbeir 
way ; and the fun went down upon them 
ujhen they nvere by Gibeah, which be t 
fib to Benjamin. 

la And they turned afide thither, to go 
in and to lodge in Gibeah ; and when he 



went in, he (at him down in a ftreet oif 



in^, that he rofe up to depart : and the 
darnel's fatli*r faid unto his Ion in law. 
Comfort thine heart with a morftl of 
bread, and afterward go your way. 

\nd they fai down, and did eat and 

drink both ot tnem together : fur the 

lei a father had laid unto the man, 

ttt content, I pray thee, a:;d tarry all 

i let thine heart he mcrrj . 

hen the man rofe up to depart! 

h ' ither in law urged him : tin retore 

re aga 

8 And he morning on 
the fifth day id i\\c damJel'a 

art, I pray 
And f hey tan ied until afternoon, 
and they dA eat botii ( t them. 

9 And when the /nan role up tO< 

1 his < and his I- i van!, 

father m |aw. the damfel's fathi r, faid 

unto him, Behold, now the day draweth 

you tai ryall night: 

•behold,' groweth to an end, lodge 

, that thin-' heart may be merry : 

and toi i |y on \ ,,ui "ay, 

that thou mayefl turn 

10 B II I I Id not farry that J 



the city : for there was no man tnat toctc 
them into his houle to lodging. 

1C {] And, behold, there came an olj 
man from his work out of the field aJt 
even, which 'was alio of mount Ephraim ; 
and he fojourned in Gibeah : but liyi 
men of the place, ivere Bcniamit 

17 And when he had lilted up his e; 

he faw a: wa\ faring man in the lireet ok' 
the city ; and the old man faid, Whit 

tnou i and, Whence comefl thou ? 

18 And he laid nnto him, Wco>* ; 
ing from Bcthlehemjadah towardthe 
oi mount Ephraim ; from thence am 1 : 
and 1 went to Bethtehemitidah, but lam 
nolo going tot he horde ot 'the Loao; and 
tbenrvi.no manth ivethme ro hoi 

I'J Yet there is both thaw and pro- 

der for our ail d there is bread and 

wine .'!fo for me, and h* thy handmaid* 

and lot the young man 'tahu b is w ith thj 

: there n no want of any thing. 

_i) Ar.dtheoUl man faid, Peace 6< with 

howfoever, /f/all thy wants lie up * 



; only lodge nut in the lt:v< t. 

21 So lie brought him inta his houie. and 
provender unto the.. i id they 

theirfeet, and did eaJ and dunk. 
tl %. M iftey *vei e making tl 

fa merry, behold, the men ol rl 

01 nam Ion. id Belial, hi letthe hotlferOUJui 

•bout, am /beat at the door, and fpak 
the m liter "t the honfci the old man, 

Bring forth the man that CauiC inflO 
thine , thai mtaiaj know him. 

t& And tire man, the mallei ot the houfe, 
Went OUI UlltO them, and laid unto them. 

Nay, my brethren,**?, 1 pi 

/• wickedly ; feeing that tn .come 

into uucm noti y. 

4 Behold, herr is r.; , 



it, but he rofe up and de| , and ( en, and his concubine ; tl 

'. over againfl Jebus, whtoh is Jeru- lout now, and humble ye th< 
f.tletn ; and there tuetg wun him two with them what feemethg 

idled, his Concubine alio 1t*w|but unto tin. nun do not fi • 
^ th him. j ' the 104 Id not h- I 

li jfndf'when they w/rvby ^ebus, mi fo the man took h 

day - fpent ; and the fervant faid brouj rthuntotl 

unto hi^ ina r, « r, ( eme, I pray thee, and k i , and abated her all tl: 

let us turn in ii : the Jebu-} until th .ini wh 

and lodge 
1 - And his faid untc I 

*a»U rot turn alidc liitlier lung of th 



2&2 TbeBehjamltes s Wjchedncfs. JUDGES. The (,'raelitcs war with BcxjaxfiA. 

the door of the man 9 houfe where her el, and an hundred of a thoufand, and £ 

'thoufand out of ten thoufand, to fetch 
victual for the people, that they may do. 



lord was, till it waslight. 

2.7 And her lord role up in the morn 
ing, and opened the doors of the houfe, 'when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin- 
sad went out to go his way : and, behold, according to all the folly that they have 
the woman hisconCubinewas fallen down wrought in Ifrael. 

at the door of the houfe, and her hands 1 1 So all the men of Ifraei were gath- 
<zv?re upon the threshold, crtd againft the city, knit together asor..* 

tS And he faid unto her, Up, and let man. 
lis be going. But none anfwered. x hen 12 And the tribes of Ifrael fent incr. 
the man took her^ upon anafs. and the through all the tribe of Benjamin, fan - 
man role up, and gat him unto his place. lipg, VV hat wickednefs is this that is done 

29 And when he was come into his -among you ? 
houfe, he took a knife, and laid hold an 13 Now therefore deliver a.tthemen. 
his concubine, and divided her, together Vat children of Belial, which are in G'lb- 
with her bones, into twelve pieces, ahdjeah, that we may put them to dea: 
lent her into all the eoa£s of Ifrael. and put away evil* from Ifrael. But the 

oO And it was i'o t that all that faw it, , children of Benjamin wouW not hearken 
faid, there was no fuch deed done nor to the voice of their brethren the children 
5~een from the day that the children of.ci Ifrael : 

ifrael came up out of the land cf Lgypt | 1-i fcut the children of Benjamin gr.ih. 

ered themfelves together cut of titu 
unto Gibeah, to go out to battle againft 
the children of Ifrael. 

15 And thechildren cf BcnjamiriAvere 
numbered at that time out of the cities, 
twenty and fix thoufand men that drew 
fword, befide the inhabitants of Gibeah, 
which were numbered itvtix hundred 
cholen men. 

16 Among all this people there were 
icven hundred chofen men lefthanded ; 
every one could fling Itcnes at an bail 
breaJrby and not mifs. 

17 And the men ot Ifrael, befide Ben- 
famin, were numbered four hundred 
thoufand men that drew fword ; all thefe 
we re men of war. 

13 And the children of Ifrael arofe, 
and went up to the houfe of God. and. 
afkedcounfelof God, and faid, Which of 
us (hall go up firft to the battle againft the 
children, of Benjamin > And the Lord 
faid, ]wdax\Jb<sll g', u p firft. 

19 And tire children of Ifrael rofe up 
in the morning, and encamped again:: 
Gibeah. 

20 And the men of Ifrael went out to 
mc : and my concubine have they forced, I battle againft Benjamin - and the nif I 
that fr.e is dead. jlirael put themfelves in array to fight: 

6 And I took my concubine, and cut • again ft them at Gibeah. 
her in pieces, and lent her throughout all 
the country of the inheritance of Ifrael : 
for they have committed lewdncls and 
folly in 1 fr id. 

7 Beholdj ye are all children of IfracJ , 
here your advice and annuel. 

« *j And all the people arofe as one man. 
faying, Ue will not any o/'#; go to 
tent, neither will we any of us turn into 
his houfe. 

9 But now Xhh/hall be the thing w Inch 
we will do to Gibeah \ r we will go up by 
lot 

10 .vnd we will take ten men c4 
hundred throus allthe tribe soil fra- 



•into this day : conlider of it, take ad- 
vice, and Ipezkycur minds. 
CHAP. XX. 
1 The Le<vite in a general affemlly dc- 

c'.areih his wtong. 3 Their decree. 20 

The Benjamiies are aefiroyea. 

THEN all the children ot Ifrael went 
out, and the congregation was gathered 
together as one man, from Dan even to 
Beei (heba, with the land of Giiead, urrto 
th: x.ord in Mizpeh. 

t And the chief of all the people, ftri 
of ail the tribes of Ifrael, preiented them- 
felves in the alfembly of the people of 
God, four hundred thoufand footmen 
I ' t drew fwor i. 

5 (Now the children of Benjamin heard 

tha* the ch.ldren of jfrael were gone up 

tli?peh ) Then faid the children of 

I£ra< 1, Tell us, How was this wickednefs ? 

4 And the Levite the hulband of the 
woman that was ftain, anfwered and faid, 
Icamc into Gibeah that behtmet t to Ben- 
jamin, I ar.Q my concubine, to lodge. 

5 And the men of Gibeah role againft 
mr, and befet the houfe round about up 

on me by ni^ht, an d thought to have ftain 



21 And thechildren of Benjamin came 
forth out of Gibeah, and deflroyeddown 
to the ground of the Israelites that day 
twenty and two thoufand men. 

•-2 And the people the men of Ifiael en- 
couraged themfelves, and fet their battle 
again in array in the place w here they pur 
thei i in array the rirft day. 

e children of Ifrael went up 

the Lord until even, and 

icouiu'eioi tiie Lord, ia>ing, Hi all 

I go up again to battle againft the cliil- 

i" Benjan brother J And the 

Lord faid, Go up againft him.) 

24 An Ire: i . .'rael came near 

acainft 



Ti? Benjam'lts f. in. Clnp. Txi. Gibeah bxrr.ed. ISS 

againit the children of Benjamin the lec- . between the men of Tfrael and the li. 1 
ond day icy fhould make a great flame 

la .And Benjamin went forth againft j with f moke rife ud out of (he city 
I i out of G bean the fecond da\ , and I 19 Ami when the men of If. ael re- 

to tnc ground ot the tin the battle, Benjamin began to finite and 
en thou .11 oi the men tboutth 

men the fw is : for they f aid, fc'urely the 

i all the children of I rael,and|ten down before us as in the nrft battle. 
all the peop'e, went up, and came u til 40 Bur when the flame began toarife 
thehuu: t, and fat there |U| a pillar ef Imoke, 

beture the LoRp.and i\< red r, ia r iind ti: 

til even, and offered bttr-n otfe; ,i behold, the flame of the cit] aicehdedup 



peace oh et re »D. 

[lildren oi nquired 

of the I. he ark . f the covenant 

rod ivas there in th i<* d ■ 

:!•.'-. ' ; .7.ar, 

the fon of Aan n.ltoo i brforeit 

agam a 
battle a the ch: irain 

. . 
Lok -morrow 1 will 

deliver li id. 

i let liers in wait round a- 

30 And t!»e children oi Ifrael went up 
agai'ift tl dren of i on the 

tfur d put themfelyes in array 

agamit oribeah, asatothcrtii 

hildren 
out againlt the people, a- 

from «hc they began to 

finite of the people, and k II, a^ at utheri 



to heaven. 

•41 And when ?he men of Ifrae! turned 
again,the men of Benjamin were am. -zed : 
tor they law tiut evil was come upon 
them. 

Therefore they turned their backs 

re th.e men of Ifrael unto the way of 

the wildernefs ; but tfie battle overtook 

them; and them which came out of the 

cities they deftroyed in the mid 11 of them. 

it Tbus they enclofed the Benjamites 
roundabout, and chafed tl 
them down h h eafie owr againlt Gibeah 
ird the funnfing 

44 Vwl there fell of Benjamin eigh- 
teen thou land men ; all t: 

I ! X \\ 

i'j And they turned and f 
the wildernefs unto the f Rimo? 

and tliej gleaned of them in the h 

thoufaud men ; and j d hud. 



HIIUV. VI 11 IV I'V'')"' ) — ••— ----- ...„ ...v.i , SHU J'.M illl U ll« VI 

t m tin: ;u, and flew tWO 



etli UDd, an I the other 

to Gibeah in U 
icl 

trrnof Benjam 
■• n be t 
it the children 

them from the city 

i of Ifrael rofc up 
out 

ot 1; 

ih. 

;>4 \ii i ten 

:, a ; 
I n not 

• 
■ I 

■ 

enly 
an.l Ired men : 

all thefe di 

die 

ifethe) God, ept 

wait w I e j 

•>. 

ifs in ! 
nithedup dd be toil ng 

:e all the 



thoul | f" them 

\6 So that all which fell that day of 
Benjamin - ere twerr ive thoufand 

nv n i oi d ; all ibcfe Wi 

ur. 
H Bui iix h I men turned and 

fie l to the w i;, unto tl 

num. and abode m the rock Rimmon four 
mon 1 

4H An J the men of 1 ' turn 
mi the i hildren ol ic 

:n with the ell 

men <>t « vert 
all thai hej fet on fire 

all the ( 

I \I 

tUn of 
Be tbrm to lutprijt 

tbt . i that lot. 

. tc\ had Iwoi 



in appointed hgn 



- 



and h 
th 



£&4' The Bsnjamltes beivaileJ. 

there an altar, and offered burnt offer- 
ings and peace offerings 

5 And r ht children of Ifrael faid,Who 
is it ere among all the tribes of Ifrael that 
came not up with the congregation unto 
the Lord ? For they had made a threat 
oath concerning him that came not up to 
the Lord to Mizpeh, faying He fhall 
iurely be put to death 

6 And the children of Ifrael repented 
them for Benjamin tiieir brother, am d faid, 
There is one tribe cut off from Ifrael thit 
day. 

7 Mow il all we do for wives for them 
that remain, feeing we have fworn by the 
Lord that we will not give them of our 
daughters to wives ? 

3 And they faid, What one is there of 
the tribes of Ifrael that came not up to 
Mizpeh to the Lord 2 and behold, there 
came none to the camp from Jabefhgile- 
ad io the affembly. 

i> Fcr the people werenumbered, and, 
\y>}\o\<\, there avere none of the inhabitants 
of labefhgilead there 

10 And the congregation fent thither 
twelve fhoufand men of the valianteft, 
and commanded them faying Go and 
finite the inhabitants of Jabefhgilead with 
the edge of the fword, with the women 
andfthe children. 

11 And rhis wr the thing that ye fhall 
do, Ye fhall utterly dettxoy every male, 
and every woman That hath lain by man 

12 And they found among the inhabit- 
ants of Jabefhgilead four hundred voting 
virgins that had known no man by- lying 
with any male : and they brought them 
unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the 
land of Canaan 



RUTH. the virgins of S hilob furprifeS. 



Benjamin, becaufe that the Lord had 
made a breach in the tribes of Ifrael. 

16 ^f I hen the elders of the congrega- 
tion faid, How fhall we do for wives for 
them that remain, feeing the women are 
deftroyed out- pf Benjamin } 

17 And they faid, There mujl be an in- 
heritance for them that be efcaped of 
Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed 
out of Ifrael. 

18 Howbeit, we may not give th^m 
wivesof our daughters ; tor the children 
of Ifrael have fworn, faying, Curfed^he 
that giveth a wife to Benjamin « 

19 Then they faid, Behold, there is a 
feaft of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a 
flare which isox\ the north fide of Bethel, 
on the eaft fide of the highway that goeth 
up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the 
fouth of Lebonah. 

-0 Therefore they commanded the chil- 
dren of Benjamin, faying, Go and lie in. 
wait in the vineyards ; 

21 And fee, and behold, if the daugh- 
ters of Shiloh come out to dance in 
dances, then come ye out of the vine- 
yards, and catch you every man his wife 
of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the 
land of Benjamin. 

22 And it lhall be, when their fathers or 
their brethren come unto us to complain, 
that we will fey unto them Be favourable 
unto them for our fakes; becaufe v\e re- 
ferved not to each man his wife in the 
war : for ye did not give unto them at 
this time, that ye fhould be guilty. 

23 And the children of Benjamin did fo, 
and took the :n wives, according to their 
nnmber,of them that danced, whom they 
caught, and they went and returned un- 
it And the whole congregation font to their inheritance, and repaired the cit- 



fome to fpeak to thechildren of Benjamin 
that icere in the rock Rimnton, and to 
ca'l peaceably unto them 

14 And Benjamin came again at that 

time; andtheygavethera wives which they 

had laved alive of the women of Jabeftt- 

■ i . and yet forhey Sufficed them not 



ies, and dwelt in them 

24 And the children of Ifrael departed 
thence at that time, every man to his 
tribe and to his family and they went out 
from thence every roan to his inheritance. 

~.> In thole days there was no king in 
Ifrael : every man did that 'which c was 



15 And the people, repented them for right in his Ovvn eyes. 



THE BOOK OF RUTH, 



CHAP. I. 
i ElimeUtbiiri* en by famine into ?.Ioab y 
tin il> ibere 6 haomi returning home ', 
li Ruth ticco'r.ptiHietb her 
NO >V i* came to pais in the days when 

the judges ruled | inattherewas a fam- 
ine in the land. And a certain man of 
1 Ichemjudah went to fojonrn in the 
tounlry of Moab, he and lus wife, 

his two fons. 

2 And the name of the man ivas Elim- 
elech, and the name of his wife Naomi, 
and the name of his twe fons Mahlon 



!and Cliilion, Fplirathites of Bethlehem- 
jtidah. And they came into the country 

.of Moab, and continued there. 

| S And Flimeieeh Naomi's hufband di- 
ed ; and fhe was left, and her two fons. 

4 And they took them wives of the 
women of Moab; the name of t he one 
•zuas Orpah, and the name of the other 
Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten 

is. 

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died alio 
both of them ; and the woman was left' 
of her two lens and her hufband; 

6 q Then 



5- Qancy /§ Na«mi ; 

6 ^ Then she arofe with 

*he 

b : tor the had heard in 

the country < ut the Lord 

:d his people iu giv*ng th. 
bread. 

'£e we i out o: 

place where lhe w a>, and her tr o dau 
ter tii lie r .- and they wen: 

the way to ret::rr. untn tl 

8 . 
te- return c 

er'> nouJe : t';r Lofto J k aJ kin I j « 

y c 

wi( 

_ 9 The Lcpd prant yc. 

find r a in rh: :»cr 

hii . | and 

the .Mid wc 

10 Ai nr.ro i re.y we 
will ret 

11 And N . . t my 
da 

i } 

I . 

It I fl 

• e a h:. u Id 

-al to b : 

wc ■ :.*ni 

ror it l 

_ >nc 
OU' - 

14 \ A •: • . 

i • rin 

in I 

th 

II •, will I die, 
• II 

j, // mugbt bul 
.?. 

1 '. . 

i ' - they 1 1 

eh em. And 
w- ; ere con 

all 

th 

i, ■ 

ra : For lhe V- 

ry bin 

t L'CB 



ii. - glear.ttb in Boa% % i fielJ. r . 

call ye m<- I the Lo?.r> na- 

and the Aim 

ni returned, and Ruth th- 
ibitefs, her daughter in law, wit I 
which returned out of th-? count! 

tame to Bethlehem in 

tlie I :v harv 

P ' II. 

•:b in i \z . 4 

• . 
-be rctunirtb 

ic I c r m 
AND - 

: 
: • . . 

>abitefj n»o 

, Lei me now ^<, to the field, and 

i m lio^»' light 



ei . 
.t, an i came, and glean- 
in the ti< 

I the held be- 
I the k 

U,c 
I * 

I unto ' 
•1: row. 

. 

- \V hu 
is i\, 

. tlie fervant tl. 

d, It/ 
ahii 

. 
\ou, 

: 1 he II 

I 

9 i. 
tl 

: 

ll> 

r 

- 






#36 Boaz's kindnefs to Rutb. RUTH. Naomi's inJlruSlion to her. 

12 The Load recompenfe thy work, i hold he winnovveth barley tonight in the 
and a full rev\ard be given thee of the J thrclhmg floor 

Lord Godot llrael, under whole wings i 5 Waft thyleif therefore and anoint 
thou an come to trult. j thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and 

13 Then the laid, Let me find favour 'get thee donn to the floor : but make not 
in thy light, my lord : for that thou halt thyfelf known unto the men, until he lhall 
comtorted me, and for that thou halt 
fpoken friendly unto thine handmaid, 
though 1 be not like unto one of thine 
handmaidens. 

14 And Boaz faid unto her, At meal 
time come thou hither, and eat ot the 
bread, and dip thy morfel in the vinegar. 
.And lhe fat betide the reapers ; and he 
reached her parched corn, and flie aid eat, 
and waslufhced, ana left. 

15 And when lhe was rifen up to glean, 
Boaz commanded his young men, faying, 
Let her glean even among the fheave' ,and 
reproach ner not : 

16 And let tall Atofomeof the handfnls 
of purpoie tor her, and leave tbem 'hat 
fhe may glean tbe m> and rebuke her not, 

17 So (he gleaned in the field until even, 
and beat out that lhe haa gleaned : and 
it was about an ephah of barley. 

18 And lhe took // up, and went into 
thr city : and her mother in law law what 
lhe had gleaned : and the brought torth. 
and gave to her that lhe nad reierved af- 
ter lhe was fufficed. 

13 And her mother in law faid unto 
Iicr, Where halt thou gleaned today ? 
and, Where wroughteft thou ? Blelfed 
be he that did take knowledge of thee. 
Ami flie lhewed her mother in law with 



whom lhe had wrought, and laid. The 
man's name with whom I wrought today 
is Boaz. 

20 And Naomi faid unto her daughter 
in law Btefled be he of the Lord," who nian nearer than I 



have done eating and dmiK-ing. 

4 And it rtall be when he iieth down, 
that thou (halt mark the place w here he 
ihail lie, and thou lhalt go in, and uncov- 
er his feet, and lay thee down ; and he 
vvilt tell thee what thou lhair do. 

5 And lhe faid unto her, All that thou 
fayeft unto me I will do. 

6 And fhe went down unto the floor, 
and did according to ail that her mother 
in law bade her 

7 And '.then Soaz ha<i eaten and drunk, 
and hit hrart waj> merry, he went to lie 
down at rhe end of the heap of corn : and 
fhe came ioftlj, and uncovered his feet, 
and laid her down 

8 fl And it came to pafs at midnight, 
that the man was afraid, and turned him- 
leif : and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 

9 And tie (aid, W ho art thou ? And fhe 
anfwered, 1 am Kuth thine handmaid : 
fpread therefore thy lkirt over thine hand- 
maid ; for thou art a near kinfman. 

10 And he faid, Bletfed be thou of the 
LoRD,mv daughter -for thou haft fhew- 
ed more kindnefs in the latter end than 
at the beginning, inafmuch as thou follow- 
edft not young tnen : whefher poor or rich. 

11 And now, my daughter, fear not : I 
will do to thte all that thou required : 
for all the city of my people doth know 
that thou an a virtuous woman. 

12 And now it is true that I am thy 
near kinfman : howbeit, there »s a kinf- 



jfiath not left off his kindnefs to the living 
and to the dead. And Naomi faid unto 



IS Tarry this night, and it lhall be in 
the morning, tbmt if he will perform unto 



her, The man is near of kin unto us, one * thee the part ot a kinfman, well ; let him 
of our next k,nfmen. do the kiniman'spart :but if he will not do 

21 And Ruth the Moabitefs faid, He! tbe part ofa kinfman to thee, then will Ido 



faid unto me alio, Thou lhalt keep fad 
by my young men, until they have end- 
ed all ni) harveft. 

\n d mi faid unto Ruth her 



the part ofa kinfman to thee, as the Lord 
liveth ; lie down until the morning- 

14 And lhe lay at his teet until the 
morning : and lhe rofe up before one could 



daughter in la. ,/ is good, my daughter, } know another Andhela.d, Let it not be 
that thou g ) out v\;th hil maidens, that, known that a woman came into the floor. 
they mee thee not in any other field. l r ' Alio he laid, Bring the veil that thou 

kept fall b> the maidens ou f 'a/i upon thee, and hold it. And when 
Boaz to gl in end of barley har-i the held it, he meafured fix meujures ot 



to g'e^ 



'It 






and fhe went 



\ t and of w heat hat \ 
with her mother in ! 

CHAP [IT. 
1 I)\ Nunmi's injhuJ,',n, Ruth lieth ml I in law, flie faid,Who are thou,my dough- 



; and dwelt • barley, and laid it on her 
j into the city. 

16 Ana when flic came to her mother 



Boaz's jeat. u Hon- ackr.oxuled£Ctb\\cr ? And fhe told her all that the man 



lhe r>g'" r,f a kju/iutn 

Mi r mother in law faid 

unto her. My daughter, lhall I not feel 
thee,that it i ■'! w ith thee 5 

l of our kin- 

j, h ith whole maidens thou waft ? Be- 



had done tc her. 

»7 And lhe laid, Thefe fix meajures of 
barley gave he me ; for he laid to me, 
Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 

18 Then faid lhe, Sit fhll,my daughter, 
until thou know how the matter will Jail ,♦ 

for 



\ 



Eoax marrieth Rutb. 

for the man will not be in reft, Until he 
have finiihed the thing this c\a>-. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Boaz catlgtb into judgment the next 
kin/man. 6 He reju/m^ the reJcn^tion, 

tiiaz marrittb Ru.b. 
THEN -em Boaz up ro the ga«e, and 
fat him down there : and, behi Id, the 
in of -\ hom lio.iz [pake, came by : 
unto whom he (aid, Ho, Mich a o ic I turn 
afide, lit down here. And he turned all 
and fat do a n. 

Vnd he took, ten men of the ciders 
of the city, and laid, bit \e down ha 
And they fa; <low n. 

he (aid unto the kinfm in, Nao- 
mi, tfa . n out of the conn n 
of Moab, lelltth j parcel of land, w hicn 
luas our brother Blimelech's : 

i Audi thought to advertife thee t fay- 
in^c, B. . its, and 

be tore the elders of my people. li 
wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if 
wilt noi redeem it. then tell me, that 1 
m.) ,r ther is none to redeem 

it bende thee ; and 1 am after thee 
And he faid, 1 will i //. 

i hen faid Boaz What day thou buy- 
he field of the ban 1 of Naomi, thou 
ly // alfo of Ruth tli3 Moabitels. 
the wife of the dead, to raile up the a tme 
u; ; i,m his inheriram c 

t> f| And tiw kinfm in I lid, I t annoi 
:em >t tor my felf, left, I m u m 

lit to 

thyfclf j for I : it. 

Now this ~as ike manner in former 
[frael, 

l firm 

all things ; a nun , 

and - iour : an I thi 

ivas a my in Ifr icl 

liny it for th -c Sol 
\n.i Boaz fai I in 



unto 
d 
Elimelech's, and all that 



Chip. i. Elkinab and bis tivo nuives. £37 

on'sand Mahlon's,ofthe hand of Naomi, 
lo «j Moreover, Ruth the Moab it efs, 
the wile of Mahlon. have I purchafed to 
be my irife; to raile up the name of the 
upon his inheritance that the name 
of tlic dead be net cm off from among his 
brethren, am' from the ^ateot Ins place : 
>e art witneflea this day 

It And all the people xh&fwere in the 
rate, and theelders,faid,#Vtfivwitnenes. 
I "he Lord in ike the woman that is come 
into thine houfe like Kachei and like 
Leah, which two did build the houfe of 
Kraal ■ ana do thou worthily in Kphre> 
tah, and be famous m Bethlehem 

12 it .'i lei thj hpufi be like the houfe 
of Pharez, whom famar ban untoju- 
dah, of i, e feed which t.he Lord foall 
give thee of tfiis young woman. 

•tS ?o Boaz took Ruth, and (he wa his 
w itc : and w hen he went in unto 'ier, the 
Lord gave her conception, and (he bare 
n. 
li And the woman faid unto Naomi, 
Bleuedftrthe Lord, which hath not left 
thee this d>i\ without a kmfman, tint his 
name may be famous in 1 frael, 

15 And he fhaU be unto Hue a reltorer 
of/6? life, and anounmerof thine old 
age : turtle, daughter in law which lov- 
eth tbee,w hich is better to thee than iev- 
en fon i, h tth home htm 

ifi • omi t04 k the child. and laid 

u in herbofom, ami became nui feunto it. 
i~ Ind the women her neighbi ursgaveit 

• nai te, , J here ish fon boi n n> Nao- 

mi , ui 'lr . t died hia name Obed he U 
i <in i of i« fle, the father ol Da* id. 
tt> ' tl>c- generations of 
Pharez Ph ti i begai i lezi n, 
19 Ai d Hezn n begat Ram, and R 

it Aimmna lab, 

! tmmina lab b<-}; it Nal 'ion, 
Nahfhon beg u Salmon, 
-i \ 1 1' i >almon beg it Boaz, and B 



> ' '' ( y l R il, 



all t ire 

thai i have bought all thatf Qbed begat Jefle, ami Jefle be 

ivd) ( hii I ai David 



THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, 

ALLED rHE FJRSTBOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAP. I. 

Elkirah aid bis tlAJQ luives. //;// 
r. 19 Samutl is bo> rt, ti 

titiJp- i . 



nah h id children, but Hannah had no 

c lni'li en 
.i An I tins m in went upoui of h - 

• !) to woi (hip and to laml to 



NOW there wt, i certai i of {the Lord of holts in Shiloh. And 

Ramathaimzophini I Bphraim, two fonsol EH, Hophni ind Phin 

u-.\A his n- mah, the fon j the priefts ol the I."" d, ■f'"' th 

of Teroham the , the fon of i And v. hen th ••• is that I 

Twhn, the fon ' ., h, an l'j hrathite : jnah offered, e to Peni inahl 

t And he had two wives; the name and to all her (bnsand I 

i he one Teas Hannah, and tlie none ' portions : 

the oi i-| 9 Um unto Hannah lie , 

1 



■fiS3 Hannah's prayer. 
portion ; for he loved Hannah 



•X. SAM TEL. 
but the 



Lord had (hut up her womb. 

6 Andheradverfary alfopiovokcd her 
fore, for to make her fret, becauie the 
Lord had (hut up her womb. 

7 And as he did lo year by year, when 
(lie went up to the houfe of the Lord, to 
<he provoked her ; therefore (he wept, and 
<iid not ear, 

Then faid Elkanah her huiband to 
her, Hannah, Why wee pert thou ? and, 
Why eared thou not ? and, Why is thy 
heart grieved ? Am not I better to thee 
than ten ions ? 

9 ^j So Hannah rofe up after they had 
«atcnin Shiloh, and after they had drunk 
Now Eli the pried fat upon a feat by a 
pod o( the temple of the Lord. 

10 And iheivas'm bitternefsof foul, and 
prayed unto the Lord, and wept fore. 

11 And the vowed a vow, and faid, O 
Lord of holts, if thou wilt indeed look 
on the affliction ol thine handmaid, and 
remember me, and not forget thine hand-" 
maid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid 
a man child, then I will give him unto 
the Lord all the days of his life, and 
there fiiall no razor come upon his head. 

12 And it came to pafs, as (he contin- 
ued praying before the Lord, that Eli 
marked her mouth. 

ISNowHaimah, (he fpakein her heart ; 
only her lips moved, but her voice was 
not heard ; therefore Eli thought (he had 
been drunken. 

14 And Eli (aid unto her, How long 
wilt thou be drunken? Putaway thy wine 
from thee. 

15 And Hannah anfwered and faid, No, 
my lord, I am a woman of a forrowful 
foirit : II have drunk neither wine nor 
ftroug drink, but have poured out my 
foul before the Lord. 

16 Count not thine handmaid for a 
daughter of Belial : tor put of the abund- 
ance of my complaint and grief have I 

• <.'n hitherto. 
H i i n Eli anfwered and faid. Go in 
peace : and the God of Ifrael grant thee 
thy petition that thou haft aiked of him. 

And Ok faid, Let thine handmaid 
' grace in thy fight. So the woman 
■ net w;iy, and did '.it, and hcrcoun- 
ten.iiu • was no more fad, 

19 S] And they rule up in the morn- 
ing early, anl worlhipped before the 
sturned and came to their 
houfe to Kamah ; And Elkanah knew 
nah his wife ; and the Lord remem- 
b. red her. 

1 w berefore it came to pafs, when 

time was come about after Hannah 

had conceived, that the bare a fon, and 

d his name Samuel, Becauie 

I I I the Lo &d. 

and all his 



Hannah* s fong". 

houfe, went up to offer unto the Lor» 
the yearly faenfice and his vow. 

It But Hannah went not up ; for (he 
(aid unto her huiband, / 'wilt not go up 
until the chiloVbe weaned, and then I will 
bring him, that he may appear before the 
Lord, and there abide for ever. 

25 And Elkanah her huiband faid unto 
her, Do what fee tneth thee good ; tarry un- 
til thou have weaned him, only the Lord 
eltabhih his word. So the woman abode, 
and gaveher fdn fwcKuntil !he weaned him. 

%k <[f And when (he had weaned him, 
Hie took him up with her, with three. 
bullocks, and oneephah of flour, and a 
bottle of wine, and brought him unto the 
houfe of the Lord in Shiloh: and the 
chi'd ivas young. 

25 And they flew a bullock, and 
brought the child to Eli. 

26 And (he faid, O my lord, as thy foul 
liveth,my lord,! am the woman that (food 
by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 

27 For this child 1 prayed ; and the 
LofcD hath given me my petition which 
1 aiked of h:m ; 

To Therefore alfo I have lent him to 
the Lord ; as long as he hveth he (hall 
be lent to the Lord. And he worlhipped 
the Loud there. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Hannah's Jong. 12 The Jin of Eli's fons, 

18 Samuel's mim/ny 27 A prophecy 

again ft Eh y s boxje. 

AMD Hannah prayed, and (aid, My 
heart rejoiceth in the Lord : mine hora 
is exalted in the Lord; my mruth h 
enlarged over mine enemies; becauie I 
rejoice in thy falvation. 

2 'There is none holy as the Lord : for 
there is nonebefide thee : neither is there 
any rock like our God. 

3 Talk no more fo exceeding proudly ; 
let «o/arrogancy come outof youi months 
for the Lord /.< a God of knowledge, and 
by him actions are weighed. 

4 The bows of the mighty men are 
broken, and they that Humbled are gird- 
ed with fhength. 

5 They that were full have hired out 
themfeives for bread ; and they that inert 
hungry ceafed : fo that the barren hath 
borne (even ; and (he that hath many chil- 
dren is waxed tecble. 

6 The Lord killcth, and maketh a- 
live : lie bringeth down to the grave, and 
bringeth up. 

7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh 
rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 

II Heraiicth up the poor out of the dud, 
and lifteth up the beggar from the dung- 
hill, to let them among princes, and to 
make them inherit the throne of glory : 
for the pillarsof the earth arethe Lord's, 
and he hath fct the world upon them. 

He wiU keep the feet of hie faints, and 

tfec 



fiejm «f En sj*as : 



Chap. 



ed fl.all be iilcr.t in darknefs ; for 
by ffren^fh ihall no man prevail, 

10 n» aiver(ar:e> of the Lord Hull 
be broken to | nit of 1 Ihall 

upon them : the Lord 
fodae rhe e 1 . and 

ilren-m unto ii t king, un.i «..-..^t the 
ed . 

11 t to Ramah to hfe 

Lord before Lh the pticiL 

1 2 C . ere fons of 
Belial ; they kne.v not the Lord. 

M And tiie i with the 

>»e«ple rvas,tb ny man oil 

facrmce, the pi e, while 

the fleih *as in I lleih 
. of three I 

ti And ■:. or 

t ; .ill I 

flefh hook broi took for 

S i 
the her 

15 • the 

L to the man 
• i ! r the 

pried he will ii; iden fteii 

; hee, bul 

15 • any man fai 1 unto him. Let 

them not fail to burn the fat prefently, 
and then take as mu^ t as thy 1 >ul deli ret h ; 

er him, Hay \ but 
it me ; 
wit r ike " by foi 

1" rhe you 

wa • k n : f 

«■ 

•ph 

19 

)i " 

year i 

ot • 

to unto their 

Loid vifned ., fo 

! 

.111- 



all 



i 1 ii icl . 
■ 

I is no good re- 
port t hit I hear . . Loan's 

jydg judge hira : bur . 



iu. They are reprtved. Jin 

him? Notwithftanding, rhey hearkened 
not unto the vi.-icc <>f their father, because 
the Lord would flay them. 
i6 And the child Samuel grew on, and 
B in favour both with the Lord, and 
alfo -\ ii.h men. 
S3 w And tl ere came a man of God 
to Eli, and (aid unto him, Thus faith 
the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto tl 
ufeol thy father, when they were in 
hi Pn iraoh's houfe ? 
d, Did i chooiehim out of all 
i i f in a- 1/5 £rmy pnt.it, to offer up- 

.: , to bnrnincenie, to weaj 
1 before me ? and, Did I give unto the 
houfe of thy father all the offering 
by fire of the children of Ifrael ? 

M Wherefore kick ye at my facrifice 
and at m t'ing, which 1 have corn- 

led in r,:\ habitation ; and honOU 
. u nuke youil . 
with the en i i all the offeri 

ore the LORD God of Ifrael 
■oitfe, . 
the houfe f thy father, fhould ralkbel 
: but now t] ■ i) ,'a'u!., 

i r tar ; :e ; lot th- .our me 

I wll ho our. • me 

lhall b • 

-1 
cut off* thine arm, andihearm ol 

til QOt be an old 
man in thine h 

I nd thoi 1 ih ill fee an c;. n my 

in, in all the wealth w 1 

II not b 

1 t lie :.. 

I 

i onfume ih . i 

hean . • !. 

i . be- a : 

thy tM , oa. 

I 
pried 

I in m 
will ! .hail 

cry 
one thai 
and | 

I 

II i . ; #»- 

Ufl I' 
1 

• Lor ; 



£40 Samuel called. I. SAMUEL. 

2 And it came to pafs at that time, 
•when Eli ivas laid down in his place, and 
,fris eves began to wax dim, that he could 
;ik>t fee ; 

S And ere the lamp of God went out 



The Ifraclitesave 6<uef£6fHe, 

18 And Samuel told him every whit> 
and hid nothing from him. And he faid, 
It is the Lord • let him do what feemeth 
him good 

19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord 



in the temple of rhe Lord, where the ark i was with him, and did let none of his 



of God ivas, and Samuel was laid down 
toJle t p ; 

4 'I hat the Lord called Symuel : and 
he anfwered, Here am T. 

5 And he ran unto Eli. and faid, Here 
am I : for thou calledft me Ana he faid, 
I called not ; lie down again. And he 
went and lay down. 

6 And the Lord called yet again, Sam- 
uel And Samuel arofe and went to Eli, 
and faid, Here am I ; for thou didft call 
me. And lie anfwered, I called not, my 
fon lie down again. 

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the 
Lord : neither was the word of the Lord 
yet revealed unro him. 

G And the Lord called Samuel again 
the third time. And he arofe and went 
to fcli,and faid, Here am I ; for thou didft 
call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord 
had called the child. 

9 Therefore Eli faid unto Samuel Go, 
lie down : and ir fhall be* if he call thee, 
that thou (h It (ay, ^peak, Lord ; for thy 
fervant heareth So Samuel went and lay 
down in his place 

10 And the Lord came and flood, and 
called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. 
Then Samuel anfwered, Speak ; for thy 
fervant heareth. 

11 V And the Lord faid to Samuel. Be- 
hold, I will do a thing in Ifiael, at which 
both the ears of every one that heareth it 
(hall tingle. 

1- In that day I will perform againft 
Eli all things which I have fpoken con- 
cerning Jus houfe : when I begin I will 
alfo make an end. 

13 For I have told him that I will 
judge his houfe k for ever for the ini- 
quity which he knoweth ; becaufe his fons 
made themfelves vile, and he retrained 
lii in not. 

1» And therefore I have fworn unto 



worls fall to the ground. 

20 And all Ifrael from Dan even tor 
Beetfheba knew that Samuel tvas eftab- 
lifhed to be a prophet of the Lord. 

21 And theLo.iD appeared again in Shi- 
loli, for the Lord revealed himfelt to 
Samuel inShiloh by the woHoftheLoRD. 

CHAP IV. 
1 The IJraelitts are ovromc by the Pbi*. 

liji'nes. 10 7 he a>k i\ takrtu and Eli's 

Jons Jlain. 12 Eli hearing the ne r uos > 

breaketh his nnk. 

AND the word of Samuel came to all 
Ifrael. Nov Ifrael went out againft 'he 
PhTftines to battle, and pitched belide 
Ebenezer : and the Philiftines pitched in 
Aphek. 

2 And the Philiftines put themfelves int 
arra> againft Ifrael : and when they join- 
ed battle, Ifrael was fmitten before the 
Philiftines . and they fleWof the army in 
the field about four thoufand men 

S And when the people were come 
into the camp, the elders of Ifrael faid, 
Wherefore hath the Lord fmitten us to- 
day before the Philiftines I Let us fetch 
thearkof the covenant of the Lord out 
of Shiloh unt© us, that, when it cometh 
among us, it may fave us out of the hand 
of our enemies. 

4 So the people fent to Shiloh, that 
they might bring from thence the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord of holts, 
which dwelleth betnveen the cherubims : 



and the two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phin- 
ehas, 'were there with the ark of the cov- 
enant of God. 

•"> And when the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord came into the camp, all If- 
rael (homed with a great fhout, fo that 
the earth rang again. 

6 And when the Philiftines heard the 
noife of the fhout, they faid, Wh.dmean- 
etb the noife of this great fhout in the 
tli • houfe of EH, that the iniquity of E us Tamp of the Hebrews ? And they under- 
houfe fhall not be purged with faenfice Hood that the ark of the Lord was come 



nor offering for ever. 

1 5 And Samuel lay until the morning, 

opened the doors of the hunfe ot the 

Low' 1 And Samuel feared to fliew Eli 

16 I Fieri Eli called Samuel, and faid, 
iu< 1, m> ion. And he anfwered, Here 

a :i I . 

17 And he feid, What is the thing 
f the LORD h.th faid unto thee ? I 
pray thee hide // not from me : God do 
fo to thee, and more alfo if thou hide any 
thing from mc of all the things that Jic 

j thee. 



into the camp. 

7 And the Philiftines were afraid, for 
they faid. God is come into the camp. 
Ana they faid, Woe unto us ! for there 
hath not been Inch a thing heretofore. 

oe unto us! Who (hall deliver usont 
of the hand of theie mighty Gods ? Thefe 
are the G*ds that fmote the Egyptians 
with all the plagues in the wiWernc 

9 Be ftrong and quit yourfelves like 
men, O ye Philiftines, that ye be not 
fervants unto the Hebrews, as they 'have: 
been to 5 ou : quit yourfelves like men, 
and fight. 

fl And 



/ ari$f GcJis tei. 



■ " J £ ■"■ falleth lefzri the ark. £41 



the P: t When t es took < of 

v ced every! Go to the houfc 

?at : and there was a and fet it by Da^ 

- there ft 11 ci \u ael. Vf .-. .d when they of i aroffe 

footmen, lea sorrow, behold, Dagon ~ 

li 'And the ark of God was tax- ten upon his faee to the earth before 

and the two fons • Hophni and lark of the Lord. A n i rhey took Dagon, 

* ere fl_ Jand fe: i his place ag^ 

r And there ran a man o* -"un* 4 A-iwhm trr 

cut of the army and car. e : m mor Da^.. 

ne day with his clothes rent, and w .- r o the g 

a upon hs hea : ark of i the head of 

13 And » hen he c n and both the palms of his hands 

a feat by the way fide watch rg : -^Fupon the threshold ; only tbr 

heart trembled tor the ark of God. And '/**• •/ Dagon was left to him. 
when the man came into the audi 3 'Therefore r he prices cf Ui- 

io»d it, all .- cried o«t. that come into Dagon's 

: tread on dhold of Dagon 

..bdod unt- 

d of the Lord was heavy 
upon the Aibdod, and he deftr 

them, and fmote them with emerods, 
even d and the coa: .of. 

\nd when the men of Afedod law 



14 .beard the not fe of tb 

m, he • mimmib the noift 



thrs tumult » and the man came in 
- 
Now t 'lioety a 

old: ** a ere dm. that he could 

n-~-* fee 



i the man faid unto EK. I <*«* that /'.• £, The ark of 

he that came otit of the array, and If d of Ifrael thai I not abide with a 

today out of the army. And he fa hand is fore upon us, and upon Dagon 

e done, my for r cod. 

And the meoen*er anfwered and i 8 They fent therefore 2nd g, 
faid, Ifrael is eed before the PhiHmnes, all the lords of the Pruii^ines timo them, 

1 we do with the art 
of the God of Ifrael ? And they an- 
fW e red, Let the ark o: raei 

be earned about unto Gath. And they 
IS And it came to pafs, d the ark of the God of Ltrac I 

.non of the ark ot G>i, th^t he tell bcut tbitt. 
from off the feat bacJcw I €T And it was/>, that, after they ! 

the fate.and hnneck brake, and he Qic i it about, the h i -Lord 

an old man and hea- 



there hath been alio a great flaugh 
among the people, and thy two fo*s a 
Hophn. and Phinehas, are dead, and the 
ark of Go en. 



he had nidged Ifrael forty >ea»-, 
19 \mi iaw, Phine' 

be dr 
i &e heard the at J 

ra- d that 



%irh a very gr- 
: and he fnvot. *n of the 

and the 
n their fecret j 

rkofGod 
arL 



band were de^i, f f Gck 1 



fbe bowed herfelt an<* 

about the ark of the God c 






ne of her 
ood by nto 

rh Umi - >rr.<r j '. r.\. 
not, neither did the 

Ichabod, 

imlf 

■ 
and her 



^red 

ti And fee named the e! 
^g,ThegW>ry is departed fr 
becau'e th :d was 1 

bevau'e of her driver in lai 
nuthaftd. 

»ry is ^ 

en. 

- 

rk Of 
God, 



to fl? 

II So they 

ords of the P. 
away the ark of the God v' I 



• 



* our p< 
I jdly deftr 

the * 
heary there. 

\ we»e 
the eracnxU: .->r»d the 
■ 

10 [C T 

:e Bet\ pg\~ 

■ • + -■-'.■ r f '' • L02DM' ' ' ' 



V& Vie Philtfiives return the ark. I.SAMUEL. The Bethjhe mites fmitte'rr, 

clave the wood of the cart, ajid offered thff 
kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. 

15 And the Levites took down the ark 
of the Lord, and the coffer that was 



2 And the Philiftines called for the 
priefts and the diviners, faying, what (hall 
v/e do to the ark of the Lord > Tell us 
wherewith we fhall fend it to his place. 

S And they faid, If ye fend away the 



with it, wherein thejewels of gold were t 



ark of the God of Ifrael, (end it not i and put them on the great (lone : and the 
empty ; but in any wife return him a! men of Beth(heme(h offered burnt offer- 



trefpafs offering : thenyethall be healed, 
and it (hall be known to you why his 
hand is not removed from you 



ings and (acrificed facrifices the fame day 
unto the Lord. 

16 And when the five lords of the Phi- 



4- Then faid they, What /hall be the Mines had feen /'/, they returned to Lk- 
tre/pafs offering which we ihall return to jron the fame day. 



him ? They anfwered, Five golden erne- | IT And the r e are the golden e me rente 
rods, and five golden mice, according to j which the Philiflines returned for a tref- 
thc number of the lords of the Philiflines : ipafs offering unto the Lord > for Aftidod 
for one plague was on you all, and onjone, for Gaza one, for Alkelon one, for 



your lords 

5 Wherefore ye (hall make images of 
your emerods, and images of your mice 



Gath one, for Ekron one- 

18 And the golden mice, according to 
the number of all the cities of the Phi- 



that mar the land ; and ye (hall give glo- ' liftines belonging to the five lords, both of 
ry unto t lie God of Ifrael : peradventure ; fenced cities, and of country villages, even 
he will lighten his hand from off you, unto the gre a tJIone oj Abel, whereon they 
and from off your gods, and from off fet down the ark of the Lord : which 
your land. \Jtone remaineth unto this day in the field 

ir of lot 



6 Wherefore then do ye harden youi 
hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh 
hardened their hearts > When he 



)ihua, the Bethfhemite. 
19 fl And he fmote the men of Beth- 
had | (hemeth , becaufe they had looked into the 
wrought wonderfully among them, Did ark of the Lord, even he fmote ot the 
they not let the people go, and they de- people fifty thoufand and rhreefcorc ana 



parted ? 

T Now therefore, make anew cart, and 



ten men : and the people lamented, be- 
caule the Lord had fmitten many oi the 



take two milch kine, on which there hath I people with a great (laughter. 



come no yoke, and tie the kine to the 
cart, and bring their calves home from 
them : 

8 And take the ark of the Lord, and 
lay it u,jon the cart ; and put the jewels 
of gold, which ye return him /or atrefpafs 
offering, in a coffer by the lide thereof ; 
and fend it away, that it may go. 

9 And fee, if it goeth up by the way of 
his own coalt to Bethfhemeih, then he 
hath done ns this great evil : but if not, 
then we ("hull know that/"/ is not his hand 
that fmote us } it was a chance thaihzp- 
pened to us. 

10 «j And the men did fo : and took 
two milch kine. and tied them to the 
Cart, and Unit up their calves at home : 

1 1 An 1 they laid the ark of the Lord up- 
r>M the can, and the coffer with the mice 
of k r <''M and the images of their emerods. 

l- \nd the kine took the (fraight way 
to the \\\iy of BethfbemeQk, <nd went 
aid uv.iv, low ;n- as they "went, 

noi afidc so tL.e right hana 
or/o the i he lords of the Phi- 

r them unto the border 
tl ffiem< 
i • And ibry of BethfherneCh were reap- 
ing their wheat harveft in tlitr valley : and 
'they lifted U' r > their eyes and (aw the ark- 
and rej • /'/. 

14 And the cart came Into the 6eld of 
J. ft ; l, a BethlV mite, »od there, 

v. ..... thire 'Was a a \ eat (L6ik ; and they 



"20 And the men of Bethfliemefli faid, 
Who is able to (land before this holy 
Lord God ? and, To whom fhall he go 
up from us ? 

21 And they fent meffengers to the in- 
habitants of Kirjathjearim, faying, The 
Philiftines have brought again the ark of 
the Lord j come ye down, and fetch it 
up to you. 

CHAP. VII. 
3 The Ifraclitesy by Samuel's means. JoU 

emnty refeut at Mixpeh. 9 Samuel 

preying, the PhiUjhno are difcomjited. 

AND the men of Kirjathjearim came, 
and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and 
brought it into the houfe of Abinadab in 
the hill, and fanclified Kleazar his fon to 
keep the ark of the Lor d. 

2 And it came to pals, while the ark 
abode in Kirjathjearim: that the time 
was long ; for it was twenty years : and 
all the houfe of Ifrael lamented after tlve 
Lord. 

3 9J And Samuel fpake unto all the 
houfe of Ifrael, faying, If yc do return 
unto the Lord with all your hearts,//^// 
put away the ft range gods and Afhtarorh 
from among you, and prepare yourhearts 
unto the Lord, and ferve him only s ai\<l 
he « ill deliver ) ou out of the hand of the 
Phifiilio 

4 Then the children of Ifrael did put 
away Baalim and Afntaiolh, and ferved 
the LORD only. 

5 And 



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I. SAMUEL. 



obey the voice of Samuel ; and they faid, 
Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; 

%0 That we alfomaybe like all the na- 
tions ; and that our king may judge us,and 
go out before us, and tight our battles. 

21 And bamuel heard all the words of j 
the people, a^d he rehearfed them in the: 
ears of the Lord. 

"XI And the Lord faid to Samuel ' 



He tometklo Samuel, 

10 Then faid Saul to his fervant, Wcii 
faid ; come, let us. -go.., §©' they went unto 
the city where th^man of God ivas. 

U €| And as they wj|nt up the hill to, 
the city, they found young maidens going 
out to draw water, and laid unto them, 
Is the leer here ? 

12' And they anfwered tbem, and faid, 
He is ; behold, he is before you : make 



Hearken unto their voice, and make them'hafte now, forl>e came today to the city : 
a king. And Samuel faid unto the menjfor there j$ a facrifice of the people to- 
ot Ifrael, Go ye every man unto his city, day in the high place : 

CHAP. IX. 13 Asfoon as ye be come into the citv, 



1 Saul def pairing to find bis father's ajes, 
6 by tbf counjei oj his fervant y 11 a;zd,go up to X\\ 
diretiion oj young maidens , 15 accord- '.people w^ll 
m% to God's revelation, 18 comeih /«' 
Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul. 
NOW there was $ man of Benjamin, 
whofe name ivas Kajh, the fon of Abiel, 
the fon of Zeror, the fon of Bechorath, 
the fon of Aphiah, a Benj ami te, 3. mighty 
man of power. 

2 And he had a fon, whofe name ivas 
Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly : 
ahd there 'was not among the children of 
10 ael a goodlier perfon than he; from 
his (boulders and upward be ivas higher 
than any of the people. 

3 And the alles of Kifti, Saul's' father, 
were loll. And Kilh faid to Saul his fon. 
Take now one of the fervants with thee, 
and arife, go leek the atfes. 

4 And he paired through mount E- 
phraim, and palled .through the land of 
Shalilha, but they found them, not : then 
they palled through the land of Shalim, 
and there they ivere not : and he palled 
through the land of the Benjamites, but 
they found them not. 

b And when they were come to the 
land of Zuph, Saul faid to his fervant 
that ivas with him, Come, and let us re- 
turn ; left my father leave caring for the 
alPes, and take thought for us. 

6 «| And he laid unto, him,. Behold 
now, there is in this city a man of God, 
and he is an honourable man ; all that he 
faith Cometh finely to pafs : now let us 
go thither ; pe: adventure he can llicwus 
our way that we fhould go. 

7 Tnen /aid Saul to his fervant, But, 
behold, // we go. What (hail we bring 
the 1 Mil ? for the bread is fpcnt in our 
vcifcls.and there is net a prefent to bring 
to the in m of God : What have we ? 

8 And the fervant anfwered Saul again, 
qnd faid, Behold, 1 have here at hand the 
BQlirth part of a fhekcl of lilver : that 
will I give to the man ot God, to tell us 
our way. 

9 (Beforetimc in Ifrael, when a man 
went to inquire of God, thus he fwake, 
Come, and let US go to the leer : for be 
that is now called \ Prophet was before- 
time called a Seer.) ... 



ye (hall Itraightway find him, before he 
to tl*e high place to eat : for the 
not eat until he come, be- 
caute he doth blels the facrifice j and. 
afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now 
therefore get you up ; for about this time 
ye fhall find him. 

14 And they went up into the city : 
and when they were come into the city, 
behold, Samuel came out againii: them, 
for to go up to the higb place. 

15 q Now the Lord had told Samuel 
in his ear a day before Saul came, faying, 

16 Tomorrow about this time 1 will 
fend thee a man out of the land of Ben- 
jamin, and thou (halt anoint him to be 
captain over my people Ifrael, that he may 
fave my people out of the hand of thePfn- 
liflines' fyr I have locked upon 'my peo- 
ple, becaule their cry is come unto me 

17 And when Samuel law Saul, the 
Lord faict unto him, Behold the man 
whom I -(pake to thee of ! This fame (hall 
reign over my people. 

18 % f hen Saul drew near to Samuel 
in the gate,anU laid, Tell me, I pray thee» 
where the leer's houfe is. 

19 4] And Samuel anfwered Saul, and 
faid, 1 am the leer: go up before me un- 
to the high places lor ye (hall eat with 
me to-day, and tomorrow I will let thee 
go, and will tell thee all that is in thine 
heart. 

<£Q And as for thine alTes that were loft 
three days ago, let not thy mind on them ; 
for they are found. And on whom is all 
the deli re of Ifrael ? Is it not on thee,and 
on all thy father's houfe ? 

21' And Saul anfwered and faid, Arr{ 
not I a Benjamite, of the fmallefl; of the 
tribes of Ifrael, and my family the leaf! of 
all the families of the tribe ot Benjamin ? 
Wherefore then fpeakeft thou lo to me ? 

"It And Samuel took Saul and his fer- 
vant, and brought them into the parlour, 
and made them fit in the chiefeft place 
among them that were bidden, which 
ivsre about thirty perlons. 

23 And Samuel laid unto the cook, 
Bring the portion which I gave thee, of 
which I faid unto thee, Set it by thee. 

£4 And the cook took up the lhoulder, 
and that which ivas upon it, and fet it, 

before 



SatmU/i anointttt Cfup 

before Saul. And Samuel fait], Behold 
that which)* feft I klh before tiiee, and 
eai - thi=> t.me hath it be^n kept 

for th< ' f faid, I have invited the 

: a.i eat with wan. 

_J \r.u when they were cmie down 
from the h ^b place mto the city f Samuel 
communed Aith Sail t lie lop oi ihe 

arofe early ; and it came 
to pais about the ipi the da», I 

Samuel Called Saul to the top ot t lie 
ho . ing, Up, that i mai lend thee 

ill aioie, and I nt 

out both of them, he arm Samuel, abroad. 
And a re going down to 

it) , Samuel laid tfl Saul, 
s on beLore us, ( 
he pulled or:) but Hand thou BiU I 
ihat I inaj ihcw liif.e thewoiuot Uod. 

HAP, X. 
1 Samuel anoin.eio Suul. I lie conf.rmetb 
bimbj pteiiuiion oj tbtcejtgm l -' -i 
heat i n changed, and be f> - tb. 

'1 tit.N Samuel took, a vial of oil, and 



.3. Saul propbtfeeib. liS 

lo Gilgal ; an»i, behold, I will come down 
unto thetr, to offer burnt oncrings, and 
to i.icnhce tacrticei oi peace pfteriags } 
ieven days thali thou tariy, nil I cometo 
thee, and tfievv thee what ihou lhall do. 

9 «j Arvdit was/o, that w hen he had 
turned his back, to go from samuel, God 

C him another heart : and all tl.ofe 
3 tame to pals that day. 

10 And v. her the> came thither to the 
hill, behold, a company of prophets rjiet 
him ; and the fpirit ot Goo came upoa 
him, ana he prophelied amoog them. 

It And it came to pais, when all that 

knew him b d b reii me law that, beliold, 

he prophehea among the prophets, then 

people laid one to another What is 

this that is come Onto the Ion oi Kiih ? // 

fo among the propheft i 

l- Aai\ one of the fame place anfwer- 
ed uiul laid. But, Who /J 'iier lather* 
Therefore it became a proverb, Is s-ul 
alio au.oij^ the propln 

1 5 And when he had made an end of 
propheis ng, he came to the ..i :i place. 

14 A; l's uncle laid un' • )■ m 



poured // upon hii head, and killed huu, and to h.s format, r went je > 

md laid, Is it not became the Lord J And lie laid, 1 o leek tru md w r 

we law that /4rj> ivere no w June, we ca 4 .:o 
to Samuel. 

15 Ami SauTs unc!e (aid, Tell me, I 
pray thee, what Samuel fa.d unto 5 ou. 

lt> And Saul laid unto his uncle, Me 
teal us plainly that the alles were found* 
But of tne martei of the kingdom, where* 
ol Samuel fpake, he told him n 

ii And Samuel called the people to- 
gether unto the Lo w o to MlSpeh ; 

18 And laid unto the children of Ifrael, 
Thus laith the Lord God of Ifrael, I 
brought up Ifrael out 

»'- 
tians, and out of t f > - ol all I 

them that op >ou : 

1'J -d your 

himlell faved \ OU out 

II : 

• him, rY#f, I 
< efore prefenl 

jroill i-:lu • I n r i) by \ our 

ti it* I by > 0U1 t 

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tnl><- taken 

en he tufcd the tribe of 

bj tlv 

the I 

' not be found. 

Lord turt 

thei . And il 

Belioid he hath hid himlell an. 



led thee :o be captaiu over his 
inh 

- « v ben thou art departed from me 
today, then thou lhalt find two men b) 
Rachel's lepulchre in th-r boroer of Beu- 

at Zelzah ; and they wall lay un- 
thee, The aile<> which thou wenteli 
to leek are found : and, lo, thy fatbei 
■ the <-.ii e ol the atfet, 

\eth lor you, laying, \\ hat (hall 1 do 
|or m% Ion t 

u go on forward : 
lh- no , • nc to the plain 

ot Tabor ( and tl ere lhall mef.n thee ti. 
mi .^ up . lo lie th« 1, one 

tarrying t and another ui i . 

ihi that carry* 

4 .a ^ivc 
thee two leaves ot bread ; which thou 

;t receive ol tl. 

5 Alter that thou lhalt i 
1 oi r »od,wheic is ti of the 

1 : and it \\ DM 10 1 'I , 

-me th'th'r t<» ti 
.t ihou flialt meet . my <Jt 

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I. SAMUEL. 



256 Saul cbofcn king. 

people, he was higher than any of the 
people from his (houlders and upward. 

24 And Samuel /aid to all the people, 
See ye him whom the Lord hath chofen, 
that there is none like him among all the 
people ? And all the people fhoufed, and 
laid, God lave the king 

25 Then Samuel told the people the 
manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a 
book, and laid /"/ up before the Lord. 
And Samuel fent all the people away, ev- 
ery man to his houfe. 

26 And Saul alfo weot home to Gibe- 
ah ; and there went with him a band of 
men, whofe hearts God had touched. 

27 But the children of Belial faid, How 
{ball this man fave us ? And they defpiled 
him, and brought him no prefents. But 
he held hit peace. 

CHAP. XI. 
i Nahafh offireth them of Jabefbgilead a 
reproaebjul condition. 4 They fend to 
Saul y and are delivered. 12 Saul con- 
firmed king. 

THEN Nahafh the Ammonite came 
up, and encamped againft Jabefhgilead : 
and all the men of Jabefh faid unto Na- 
haih, Make a covenant with us, and we 
v/ill ferve thee. 

2 And Nahalh the Ammonite anfwered 
them, On this condition will I make a 
covenant with you, that I may thrultout 
all your right eyes, and lay it for a re- 
proach upon all Ifrael. 

3 And the ciders of Jabefh faid unto 
him, Give us feven days refpite that we 
may fend melfengers unto all the coafts 
of Ifrael : and then, \i' there be no man to 
lave us, we will come out to thee. 

4 fl Then canre the melfengers toGib- 
eah of Saul, and told the tidings in the 
cars of the people : and all the people 
lilted up their voices, and wept. 

5 And, behold, Saul came after the 
herd out ol the field ; and Saul faid, 
What adctb the people that they weep I 
And they told him the tidingsof the men 
of Jab«ih. 

6 And the fpirit of God came upon 
Saul when he heard thole tidings,and hio 
anger was kindled greatly. 

1 And he took a yoke of oxen, and 
hewed them in pieces, and fent tbt in 
throughout aM the coalts of Ifrael by the 
handi ot melfengers, laying, Whoioever 
Cometh not forth after Saul and after 
Samuel, fa lh ill it be done unto his oxen. 
And the fear of the Lord fell on tlv 
pie, and they came out with one con fent 

8 And when he numbered them iu 
Bezek the children of Ifrjcl were three 
hundred thouiand, and the men of Judah 
thirty thoufand. 

9 And they faid unto the mcfTcngers 
that came, 1 hus (hall ye fay unto the men 
ofjabc. j omofTOW by that time 



Samuel's integrity. 

the fun be hot, ye (hall have help. Ah3 
the meflengers came and fliewed //to the 
men of Jabefh ; and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Jabefh laid, 
Tomorrow we will come out unto you, 
and ye (hall do with us all that feemeth 
good unto you. 

It And it w,is/oon the morrow, that 
Saul put the people in three companies : 
and they came into the midft of the hoft 
in tj-ie morning watch, and (lew the Am- 
monites until the heat of the day : and it 
cametopafs, that they which remained 
were fcattered, fo that two of them were 
not left together. 

12 ^1 And the people fa'd unto Samuel, 
Who is he that (aid, Shall Saul reign over 
U3 ? Bring the men, that we may put 
them to death. 

13 And Saulfaid,There fhallnotaman 
be put to death this day : for to-day the 
Lord hath wrought falvation in Ifrael. 

14 Thennrfaid S-amuel to the people, 
Come, and let us go to Giigal, and re- 
new the kingdom there. 

15 /ind all the people went to Giigal ; 
and there they made Saul king before 
the Lord in Giigal ; and there they fac- 
rificed Sacrifices ot peace offerings before 
the Lord ; and there Saul and all the 
men of Ifrael rejoiced greatly. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Samuel teftifieth his integrity. 6 He rev 

prove tb the people of ingratitude 16 

He terrijieib thtrn iviib thunder in bar. 

veft time ; 'HO and comfortetb them in 

God's me>cy. 

AND Samuel faid unto all Ifrael Be- 
hold, I have hearkened unto your voice 
in all that ye faid unto me, and have 
made a king over you. 

2 And now, behold, the king walkefh 
before you : and I am old and gray- 
headed ; and, behold, my fons are with 
ycu : and I have walked before you from 
my childhood unto this day- 

3 Behold, here I am; witnefs againft 
me before the Lord, and before his an- 
ointed : Whole ox have I taken ? or, 
Whofe afshave I taken > or,W'hom have 
I defrauded ? Whom have I opprefTed ? 
or, Of whofe hand have I received any 
bribe to blind mine eyes therewith r and 
I will reltore it you. 

4 And they laid, Thou hail not de- 
frauded us, nor opprefTed us, neither haft 
thou taken auj_,ht of any man's hand. 

5 And he faid unto them, "The Lord 
is witnefs againft you, and his anointed 
is witnefs this day, that ye have not 
found aught in my hand. And they an- 
fwered, H' is witnefs. 

G ^ And Samuel faid unto the people, 
// is the Lord that advanced Mofes and 
Aaron, and that brought your fathers up 
out of the land of Lgyut. 

7 New 



Sammtl reprwtil \ib£ftvf. jp. xiiL SduPs fehcleJ t. 143 

•ow therefore ftar : that I : ie Lord, but ferve the Lord .v.th aH 

tealoji witn yuu - the Lord ' ; 

the - the LoRDjwfrchhe And turn ye r>ot ailde : for/, 

did \ithcrb. %o aftc 

-ome into ; mrm \ 

aa*: ers cried unto the Lor - r t hc Lord will n^t Fori 

.e Lord lent and Aaron pei r his greaf name's I 

uhtch br^ . . c -ie it hath plealed the Lord to m. 

and made the . .in this pL a his peop. 

ver, as for me, God forbid 

their God, he tv.d them :.ito th M I (fa ri againft the Lori, 

tc; rid cea ;n^' t for you : but I will U. 



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VaTOth : but HOW d: 

us w. iof our enemies, and 

»c trill ferve thee. 

11 Aad Jerubbaal, and 

Eedan, ;el, and 

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the good and tl>e right w 
- • Only fear the Lord, and ier 
in truth with a heart: for con (ic 

^reat / ! . hath dor. 

hall ftilldo w 
(ha: ied, both ve and \ 

HAP. 'XIII. 
1 5a I. 5 * be Phil: 

great bofi 6 The Ira flues' dtjlrefs. 
8 Saul, , T for Sam 

ett li Sammtl reframeth 
J one \ ear j and n 
ears over 

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blew thetr ampct throughout all the Ian J, 
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lie had made an end of offering the burnt j 



<tbe Vhilift'm'es jfhi He ri § 
CHAP. XIV. 



offering, behold, Samuel came ; and SftuI 1 Jonathan miraculovjly Jmiteth the Phi- 

' e might fa- itftlnes 3 gar ifon 15 A disj'me te^f-or 



tvent oat to meet him, that he 
Jute him. 

11 ^J And Samuel S?'id,Wbathaft thou 
done ? and Saul faid, Becaufe I few that 
the people were (battered from me, and 
that thou camcft not within the days ap- 
pointed, and that the Philiftines gathered 
themfclves together at Michmafh ; 

1* Therefore ( .id T, The Phlliftmes will jrifon, that is on the other fide 
come down now upori mc to Gilgal, and j told not his father 



make ;b them beat tbethjcl<ves. IK Saul's 

iinadvijed adjuration bindereth the 

<v:£iory. 

NOW it came to pafs upon a day, that 
Jonathan the fon of ShuI faid unto the 
young man that bare his armotif, Coinej 
and let us go over to the Phih.ft.ines' gar- 

But he 



3 have not made fupplication unto the 
Lord : I forced myfelf therefore, and 
•ftereti a burnt < fLning. 

1 i And Samuel faid tb Saul, Thou 
liaft done foohftl jr • ihoii hall not kept 
the commandment of the Lord thy God, 
vhich he commanded thee : for now 
would the Lord have eftablifiied thy 
kingdom upon Ifrael fcr ever. 

t4 But now thy kingdom fhall not 
Continue : the Lord bath fought bun 
a maw after his own heart, and the 
Lord hath commanded him to be cap- 
tain over his people, becaufe thou haft 
not kept that winch the Lcrd command- 
ed thee. 

15 And Samuel arcfe, and gat him up 
from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. 
And Saul numbered the people that 
ivere prefent with hint, about fix hun 
cxed men* ,. 

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his fon, 
and the people that there prefent with 
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin : but 
the Philiftines encamped in MLchmalh. 

17 And the (pollers came out of the 
camp of the Ph ill (lines in three compa- 
nies : one company turned unto the way 
that leaActb to Onhrah, unto the land of 
ShuaJ : 

18 And another company turned the 
way to Bethhoron : and another com- 
pany turned to the wiy of the border 
that looketh to the valley of Zeboim to- 
ward the wiidernefs. 

19 Now there was no fmith found 
throughout all the land ot Ifrael ■ for the 
Philiftines faid, Left the Hebrews make 
them (words or (pears : 

B it alWhe Ifraelites went down to 
the Ph'liftines, to fharpen every man his 
fharc, and his coulter, and his ax and his 
m tttock. 

-1 V( t they hid a file f>r the mattocks, 
and for the coulters, and for the forks, 
and.forthear.ts.and to fharpen the poads. 

So it came to pafs m the day of 
battle, that there was neither fword r.rr 



2 And Saul tarried in the uttermofl 
part of Gib#ah, under a pomegranate 
tree which is in Micron : and the people 
thativere with him -torf* about fix hun- 
dred men : 

5 And Ahiah, the fon of Ahitub, Icha< 
bed's brother, the ion of Phinehas, the 
fon of Eli, the Lord's prieft in Shiioh, 
wearing an ephod. And the people knew* 
not that Jonathan was gone. 

4 And between the pallages, by which 
Jonathan fought to go over unto the 
Philiftines' ganifon, there was a fharp 
rock on the one iide, and a fhatp rock on 
the other lide : and the name of the one 
tvas Bozez* and the name of the other 
Seneh. 

5 The forefront of th.e one nvas fituate 
norths ard over againft Michmafh, and 
the other fouthward ever againft Gibeah. 

6 And Jonathan faid to the young mart 
that bare his armour, Come, and let its 
go over unto the garrifon of thefe uncir- 
cumcifed : if may be that the Lord wil! 
work for us : for there ts no reftraint to 
the Lord to fave by many of by few. 

7 And his armourbearer (aid unto 
him, Do all that is in thine heart : turn 
thee : behold, I am with thee according 
to thy heart. 

» Then faid Jonathan, Beholct, we will 
pafs over unto thefe men, and we will dif. 
cover curfelves unto them. 

9 If they fay thus unto us, Tarry until 
we come to you ; then we will ftand frill in 
our place, and will not go up unto them. 

10 But if they fay thus, Come up unto 
us ; then we will go up : for the Lord 
hath delivered them into our hand : and 
\\v.$J?jall be a fign unto us. 

J i And both ofthemdifcovered them- 

felves unto the garrifonof the Philiftines : 

jand the Philiftines faid, Behold, the He- 

{ brews come forth out of the holes where 

they had hid themfelvea 

M And the men of the garrifen an- 
fwred Jonathan and his armourbearer^ 
and faid, Come up to uS, and we will 



found in the hand of any of the, (hew you a thing. And Jonathan faid 



I 



fcople that no$revt\\h Saul and |*maihan : junto his armour-bearer, Come op after 
ill with Sanll and With Jo I his fort! me: tor the Lord hath delivered them 

there found. j into the hand of Ifrael. 

5 And the garrifon of the Phil 1 IS And Jonathan climbed up upon 

' out ••: the pallage of Michmafh. 1 1 ; s tmnds and upon his feet, and his ai 

ir.ourb carer 



I 



SauI s ur.ai-^fed adjvrat;cn Chap 

ftiourbearer after him : and they fell be- 
fore Jonathan j and his arnvpurbearer 
after hri 

14 A. id that firft (laughter, which Jon- 
athan and his armourbearer rnacie, was 
about twenty men, within as it were an 
half acre of land, which a yoke of oxer. 
might plough. 

'rembling in the 
holl, i:i the field, and among all the 

and theipoilers, they 
alfo trembled, and the earth quaked : io 
it was a v <t tremblir 

16 And t! hmen < 

eah of Benjamin looked ; and, behold, 
the multitude melted aw ay, and they v. em 
ig down cxe another. 
IT Then 1 d unto the people their 

r with jber now, ami tee 

Vrho is pone from us. And wee-'. the> 
r.urr 1 old. Jonathan and hh> ar- 

mourbe rv. 

15 And Saul faid unto Ahiah, Bi 

j r the ark: oi God. For the ark ( i 
it time wrth the children of 

Ifrael. 

And i- to pafs, while Saul 

talked unto the prieft, that tl 
ra.-3/in the I to went on 

and Lncrt-afed : and Saul faid unto the 
v thine hand. 
20 And Said and all the people that 
'Were « nbled themfe 

and they came roMie b 

low. and there ivas a very great d'f- 
comfiturc. 

e Hebri 

• • 
wh-ch went up with them info the camp 
from the eo- itnd about, even they 

alfo turned to be wi'h the Ilraelites that 
• 
•» I ■ lie men ot lira:! v. h'x h 

had hid themfelves ::i m 

. ■ 
'•ven they alfo i atter I 

ie. 
23 So the Tor i) fav lay: 

and • 
• 

ul had adjure 
people, 1 be \\\r i 

nl evening, that I may 
ba avenged on mine enemies. nc of 

the people d. 

And :• vj the land ramr to I 

oirt*y upon the 
ground. 

■1 the people wet 
into the wood, Behold, tj.c honey d 
ped ; but n put his hand u> his 

mouth : for the y C ".ith 

But Jonathan heard ' I h > 

father charged the people with t> 

he put forth ♦!)€ end oi rh . 
fi 



xiv. ) ;< ii*eth tie I'tSicry. tk9 

that tt'tf j in his hand, and dipped it in an 
honeycomb, and put his hand to hia 
mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. 

-8 Then anfwered one ot the people, 
anu (aid. 1 hy father ftraitly charged the 
people with an oath, faying, Curled be 
the man that eateth any food this day. 
And rhc people were faint. 

CO 1 1 hen laid Jonathan, My father hath 
troubled the land : fee, I pray you, how 
mine eye? have been enlightened, becaufe 
lea a little of this honey. 
SO I low much more, if haply the people 
had eaten freely todaj of the Ipoilof their 
eneme- which they found > for, Had there 
not bee i much greater ilaughter a- 

mong the PfriliRines ? 

M And they ftnbte the Phuiitines that 
day from Micnm don : and the 

t. 
le flew upon the fpoi!, 
and took ASeep, and oxen, and calves, and 
v themo;\ the gtfdutid*; and the people 
did eat them with the blood. 

•13 Then they told Said, ftving, Be- 
hold, 'he people fin again If the Lord, in 
that they ^iocd. And lie 

faid, Ye have tranfgre'Jcd : roll a great 
un'o me this day. 
Si And Saul faid, Difjterle ynurfclves 
among the people, and fay unto them. 
Bring me hit! wr every man his ox, and 
r y unn his (beep, and flay tbem here, 
ind lin notagamfl! the Lord in 
eating with the blood And all the people 
brought every man hi- ox with him that 
night, and flew them there. 

$5 And Saul built an altar unto the 
Lo&D : the fame wis the firft altar that 
built unt tl - J. ok d. 
.16 godownaj 

ines by right, and fboil rnem 
until the morning l d let us • 

leave a roan o! And they faid. Do 

'h good unto thee. '! heii 
faid . ' hither 

unm < / 
8t " i r 

llgodownal ilt 

thou deliver them into the Irod of nraell 

not nV d 
3H And Saul fai I, t>\ i <h-f 

all ' :id 

hatn I y- 

.19 In a !j 

■ ■ 

, he (bail fumy die. But tt n 

among all thai jn- 

m. 
40 Then I 
oh one fide, and I i.ul fonathan my I 

will be on 'he or! 

j,!e laid unto ^.u^l 1 Dowlut feemeth good 
l thee. 
i\ ! Saul f< - Lop.p 

«ki, Otve ? \ ariett lit. .\ 



250 Saulfm'iuthtbtAmnUkites. I. SAMUEL. He fpareth Agags 

Saul and Jonathan were taken : but the [infant and fuckling, ox and fheep, camel 
people efcaped. land afs. 

H And Saul faid, Cad lots between; 4 And Saul gathered the people togeth- 
me and Jonathan my fori. And Jonathan !er. and numbered them in Telaim, two 



tvas taken 

43 Then Saul faid to Jonathan, Tell 
me what thou haft done. And Jonathan 



hundred thoufand footmen, and ten thou- 
fand men of Judah 

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek a 



fold him, and faid, I did but tafte a little and laid wait in the valley. 

honey with the end of the rod that ivas _ & And Saul faid unto the Kenites, G», 

in mine hand, and, lo, I muft die idepart, get ye down from among the A- 

44 And Saul anfwered. God do fo imalekites, left I deftroy you with them : 
and more alfo : for thou flialt furely die, 'for ye ftewed kindnefsto ail the children 
Jonathan. < of Ifrael, when they came up out of Egypt. 

45 And the people faid unto Saul, 'So the Kenites departed from among the 
Shall Jonathan die. who hath wrought ! Amalekites. 

this great falvation in Ifrael ? God for- 7 And Saul fmote the Amalekitesfrom 
bid : as the LoRoliveth, there fliall not 'Havilah until thou comeft to Shur, that 
one hair of his head fall to the ground \ii over againft Egypt. 
for he haih wrought with God this day. j 8 f\ And he took Agagthe king of the 
So the people refcued Jonathan, that he> Amalekites alive, and utterly deftroyed all 
died not. j the people with the edge of the fword. 

46 Then Saul went up from following j 9 But Saul and the people fpared A- 
the Philiftines : and the Philiftines went j gag, and thebeft of the (heep, and of the 
to their own place. _ loxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs^ 



47 So Saul took the kingdom over If- 
rael, and fought againft all his enemies on 



and all that teas good, and would not 
utterly deftroy them : but $very thing 



every fide, againft Moab, and againft \X\t>that luas vile and refufe, that they def 

children of Amnion, and againft Edom,|troyed utterly. 

and againft the kingsofZobah, and againft i 10 1 hen came the word of the Lord 

the Philiftines : and whitherfoever he junto Samuel, faying, 

fanned him felf, he vexed them I 11 It repenteth me that I have fet up 

48 Andhe gathered an hoft, and fmote Saul to be king : for he is turned back 
the Amalekites, and delivered Ifrael out, from following me, and hath not per- 
of the hands of them that fpoiled them, [formed my commandments. And it 

49 Now the fons of Saul were Jona- i grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the 



than, and Ifbui, and Melchifhua : and the 
names of his tv\o daughters <were tbefe • 
the name of thefirft born Merab, and the 
name-of the younger Michai : 

50 And the name of Saul's wife tvas 
Abinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz : and 
the name of the captain of his hoft 'tvas 
Abner, the fon of Ner, Saul's uncle. 

al And Kifh teas the tather of Saul ; 
and Ner the father of Abner tvas the fon 
of Ablel. 

.V2 And there was fore war againft the 
Philiftines all the daysof Saul : and when 
Saul faw any ^rong man, or any valiant 
man, he took him unto him 
ttiJ A P XV. 
X Samuel jendnh Saul to deftroy Amalek. 

8 He fpareth Agng, and ;he brft of the 

fpoil . 9& Samuel killcth si go v. 

SAMUEL alfo faid unto' haul, the 
Lord fent me to anoint thee to be king 
over his people, over Ifrael ; now there- 
fore hearken thou uwio the voice of the 
Words of the J.ORD 

1 Thiio faith the Lord of hofts. I re- 
member that which Amalek did to I fiael, 
how he laid wat for him in the v\ay, 
when he came up from Egypt. 

S Now go and fmite Amalek. and ut- 
terly deftroy all that the> havp,and fpare 
ihein not ; but llaybcihman and woman, 



Lord all night. 

12, Ami when Samuel rofa early to meet 
Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel* 
faying, Saul came to Carmel,and, behold, 
he fet him up a place, and is gone about, 
and palled on, and gone doven to Gilgal. 

13 And Samuel came to Saul : and baul 
faid unto him, Blelled be thou of the 
Lord : I have pei formed the command- 
ment of the Lord. 

14 And Samuel faid, What meaneth 
then this bleating of the fluep in mine 
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I 
hear ? 

13 And Saul faid, They have brought 
them from the Amalekites : for the peo- 
ple fpared the heft of the fheep and of 
the oxen, to facrifice unto the Lord thy 
God ; and the reft we have utterly de- 
ftroyed. 

16 Then Samuel faid unto Saul, Stay, 
and I udl teil thee what the Lord hath 
faidto mc this night. Aird he laid unto 
him, Say on. 

IT And Samuel faid, When thou tvaft 
little in thine own fight, ivajt thou not 
made the head of the tribes of Ifrael, 
and the Lo rd anointed thee king over 
Ifrael 1 

lo And the Lord fent tl.ee on a jour- 
ney, and faid, Qo, and utterly deftroy the 



Samuel kHUtb J gag. 

linners the Amalekite*. and fight againlr. 
them until they be conlumed. 

19 Wl*eretc.re then did:t thou not obey 
the voice ot' the Lord, but didft tfy upon 
the (potl, aui didft evil in the lighter the 
Lord ? 

An 1 Saul faid unto Samuel, Yea, I 
have obeyed the voice ot the Lord, and 
have £o:i? ihe way which the Lord lent 

_ 
Anulek, and have utterl) uc:tro)L-d the 
AniaLki'es. 

ti But the people to )k of the fpoil, ihee^ 
and oxen, the chief of the things which 
i have been utterly dc, , <o lac- 

ririce unto the Lord thy uoti in vj!_ 

tl And Samuel : htheLo 1 - 

great delight in 4$ and iac- 

, as in obeying the voice ot 
Lord } behold, to o'jes rx better than fac- 
hfice, and to hearken (nan the tat o: r;uin 

- > a die lin ot* witch- 

craft, and (lubbornnels is d< in and 

idolatry. beciufethou had rejected 
word of the Lord, he hath alio rejc:ted 
thee fiom hem^ kinf 

tl And »au. :o Samuel, I I 

finned : tor I have tranfgretled tlie com- 
maudment ot" the Lord, and thy w >rds : 
beca lie 1 r.ared trie people, and obc 
their voice. 

15 Now therefore, I pray thee, p.irdon 
xny lin, and turn again with me, tliat I 



p die Lor d. 

with thee . i~r thou had le 
•rufl) of 1 he 
1 rejected thee tr j:n being king 



may u 

a 

• return 

ted the 
Lord hatl 
over li: 

■ • 
. , he la.d Imld upon 

i8 A. i unto I. nri, 

Lord hath rent the ki from 

thee 
bour ot thine, that u th in tl 

£9 Ami alto the Strength oi 
net 1 : tor nc is not a man 

thai he mould repent. 

I hen he ia.d, I have !i . . i : 
honour me no a , 1 pray thee, befoi 
elders ot my people, and \> 
aid turn again with nc, thai 1 
>rd thy I . 
31 auel turned again afl 

and - jr;hipp • \ the Lo ■ 

I 
to me Agag the king of the Amah 
And Agag came unto him 

id, Surely the bitteroeU 
ith is paii 
s> And Sunii 
made women childlen, 10 Stall thy moth 
er b** ch ! nen. A 

uel he.ve i pieces before 

?. d in Oilgai, 



Chap. xvi. He anoint etb David. 151 

Si Then Samuel went to Ramah ; and 
Saul went up to his houle to uibeali of 
Saul. 

S5 And Samuel came no more to fee 
Saul until the day ol hi> death : ne 
theiels Samuel mourned lor Saul : and 
the Lo<d repented th„t he had 1. 
baul king over IfiaeL 

CHAP. XVI. 
I Samuel fent by Go J under pretence t 

rjice, cameib to H thlehem. 6 H s 
human judgment ii repro'Jcd. 11 He 
ano n - it D -" id. 

.-\.\t) the Lord faid unto Samuel, 
Mow long wilt thou mourn for Saul, iee- 

g 1 have rejected him from 1 
^erl . thmc horn with oil, a:id 

go, 1 wiil fend thee to JeflTe the be t hie- 
r I have provided me a king 
among hh I >n*« 

.aiei faid, How can 1 go ? If 

Saul bear//, he will kill me. And the 

Lord laid, I d. th thee, and 

me to facrifice to the Lord. 

I Jeffe to the facrince, and I 

will (he *' tl it thou Ih ilt do: jnd 

'liouihi nt unto me bim whom I 

at unto thee. 

i A .uiel did that which the Lord 

fpake ame to Bel \ the 

eiders of the town trembled ai hie coming, 
and laid, I 

5 .-\nd be faid, Peaceabl .income 
to 1 icrificc unto the Lord . fai our- 
felvei me to the 1 
And he dJef«Mld ns, and 

i tl them to the facrifn 

6 4} And 10 1 afs, w hen they 
thai he b I <b, and 

: Lotto 1 is be- 

lli. 

:t the Lord U:d unto Sunn 
1 his c 

nan looketh on l 



• he 

en tl 



n t 
died 

9 1 h 

10 

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1 1 
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he k' 

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tiful cou k 'o. 



I. SAMUFX. 



2£2 Goliath's challenge. 

And the Lord laid, A rife, anoint him : 

fortius h\\t. 

IS Then Samuel took the horn of oil, 
and anointed him in the midil of Ins breth- 
ren : and rhe fpirit of the Lord came 
upon David from that day forward, to 
Samuel rofe up and went to Ramah. 

14 But the fpirit cf the Lord departed 
from Saul, and an evil fpirit irom the 
Lord troubled him. 

15 And Saul's fervar.t fa.d unto mm. 
Behold now, an evil fpirit horn God 
troubleth thee. 

16 Let our lord cow command thy 
fervants, which are before thee, to feek 
out a man, ivbo is a cunning player on 
an harp : and it (hall come to pafs.when 
the evil fpirit from pod is upon thee, 
that he ihail play witji his hand ; andthoa 
ihaltbewell. 

17 And Saul faid unto his fervants. 
Provide me now a man that can play u ell. 
and brirg him to me. 

18 Then anfwered one of the fervants, 
and faid, Behold, I have feen a fon ot 
leire the Bethlehcmite,/ta/ is cunning ,in 
playing, anda mighty valiant man, and a 
man of war, and prudent in matters, and 
a comely perfon, and the Lord is with 
him. 

19 Wherefore Saul fent mefiengers un- 
to JefTe, and faid, fend me David thy 
ion, which is with the theep. . 

10 And Jeile took an ais laden with 
bread and a bottle of wine, and a kid, 
and knitbem by David his fon unto Saul 
"21 And David came to Saul, and ftood 
before him : and he joyed him greatly : 
and he became his armour bearer. 

. And Saul fent to Jeile, faying, Let 
David, 1 pray thee, flar.d betore me : tor 
he hath found favour in my fight. 

And it came to pafs, when the e*uH 
fpirit from God was upon Saul, i hat David 
took an harp, and played with his hand : 
Jo Saul was refreshed, and W3> well, and 
the evil fpirit departed from him. 

CHAP. XVII. 
\ V.e a>miei oj the I i rarities and Phd'tf- 
ttnes f>rm^ ready io battle, 4 Goltatb 
<omr:b frcuJ/y Jorth to ctuiing? a 
cnihjt. \~ D i'-'id acct-ptetb ike chal- 
lenge ; 33 and di-.cth tie giant. 
NOW the Phililunes gathered togeth- 
er their armie* to battle, and weie gath- 
ered together at Shochoh, which e*i**g- 
eth to Judah, and pitched between Mk>- 
tholi and Az^iah, in Lphefdammiro. 

\n I Saul and the men ot Ifrael a ere 
gathered together, and pitched by the 
valley of Elah, and let the battle in array 
againft die Philiftines. 

5 \nd the Phildtinos flood on a moun- 
tain on the one fide. Ana Ifrael flood on 
a mountain on the other fide : and there 
ivas a valley between thein. 



David uccepieih ii, 

■i *T And there went out a champion 
out of the camp of the Phihi ines, named 
Goliath, of Gath, whofe height iv.** fix 
cubits and a fpan. 

5 And be bad an helmet of brafs upon 
his head, and he ivas armed with a coat 
of mail ; and the weight of the coat ivas 
five thoufand (hekels of brafs. 

6 And be badgreave* of brafsupor his 
legs, and a target of brafs between his 
:houlders. 

T And the flafr of his fpear ivas like a 
weaver's beam ; and h.s fpear's head. 
weighed fix hundred lhekeis of iron : and 
one bearing a Paield went before him. 

8 And he ftood and cried unto the ar- 
mies of I .'rati, and faid unto them, V\ hy 
are ye come out to fet your battle in ar- 
ray ? Am not I a Phikftine. and \e fer- 
vants to Saul ? Choofe you a man for 
you, and let him come down to me. 

9 If he be able to right with me, and 
to kill me. then will * e be your fervants : 
but if I pievail againft him, and k;.l him, 
then (ball ye be our fervants, and ferve us. 

10 And the Philifhr.e faid, I defy the 
anuiesof Ifrael tlnsday ; give me a man, 
that we mav tight together. 

1 1 When Saul and all Ifrael heard thofe 
words of the Phililtir.e,they weredifmay- 
ed, and greatly afraid. 

I- Cf Now David was the fon of that 
Ephrathite ot Bethlehemjudah, whole 
name -teas jeffe : aid he had eight fons : 
and the man went among mentor an old 
man in the days of Saul. 

I j And the three eldcft fons of JefTe 
went and followed Saul to the batile : 
and tiie names of his three fons that 
went to tlu battle were Eliab the nrft 
iorn, and next unto him Abinadab, and 
the third Shammah- 

H And David ivas the youogeft : and 
tlic three eldelt followed Saui. 

la But David went and returned from 
Saul to feed his father's theep at Belhle- 
he m . 

16 And (he Pfriliftine drew near m. 
ing and evening, and prefented himfelf 
forty days. 

17 g faid into David his fon, 
Take now "tor toy brethren an ephah of 
this parched corn, and thefc ten loaves, 
and run to the camp to thy brethren ; 

18 And carry thefetenc' ntothe 
captain of ibeir thoufand, and look how- 
thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 

l 9 Now Saul, and they, and ail the men 
ot Ifrael,«u>or* in t: y of EIah,nght- 

ing with the Philiftmes. 

£0 And David rofe up early in the 
morning, and left the (beep with a keeper, 
and took, and went, as Jeflfe had com- 
manded him : and he cai_- to the trench, 
as the hod was going forth to the fight, 
and mauled tor the battle. 

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£54 Jonathan lo<veth David : 

the Philiftine, and flew him; but there 
ivas no ("word in the hand of David. 

51 Therefore David ran, and itood up- 
on the Philiftine, and took his fword. and 
drew it out of the (heath thereof, and Hew 
him, and cut off his head therewith. 
And when the Philiftines faw their cham- 
pion was dead, they fled. 

52 And the men of Ifrael and of Ju- 
dah arofe, and fhonted, and purfued the 
Philiftines. until thou come to the valley 
and to the gates of Ekron. And the 
wounded of the Philiftine s fell down by 
the way to Shaaraiuueven unto Gath,and 
unto iikron. 

55 And the children of Ifrael returned 
from chaling after the Philiftines,and they 
fpoiled their tents. 

5i And David took the head of the 
Philiftine, and brought it to Jerufalem ; 
but he put his armour in his tent. 

j5 And when Saul faw David go forth 
againft the Philiftine, he faid unto Abner, 
the captain of the holt, Abner, Whofe fon 
is this youth > and Abner faid, As thy 
ioul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 

56 And the king faid, Inquire thou 
whofe fon the tripling is. 

57 And as David ieturned from the 
daughter of the Philiftine, Abner took 
him, and brought him before Saul, with 
the head of the Philiftine in his hand. 

58 And Saul faid to him, Whofe fon 
art thou, thou young man ? And David 
anfwered, / am the fon of thy fervant 
Jefle the Bethlehemite. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Jonathan lovetb David. 5 Saulenvietb 

bis praije, 10 feekctb to kill him in his 

fury, Xtfeareth himfor his gooafuccc-Js. 

17 Offer eth him bis duughte rfor a fnare . 

AND it came to pais, when he had 
made an end of fpeaking unto Saul, that 
the foul of Jonathan was knit with the 
foul of David, and Jonathan loved him 
as his own foul. 

2 And Saul took him that day, and 
would let him go no more home to his 
father's houfc. 

6 Then Jonathan and David made a 
covenant, becauie he foved him as his 
own loul. 

4 And Jonathan ftripped himfelfofthe 
robe that was upon him, and gave it to 
David, and his garments, even to his 
f.vord, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 

5 fl And David went out whitherfo- 
ever Saul fent him, a/id behaved lumfelf 
v. ifcly : and Saul fet him over the men of 
war, and he was accepted in the light of 
all the people, and alio in the light of 
Saul's fervants. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Saul fee keth to kill bim. 

ing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets,witk 
joy, and with inltruments ot muiic. 

7 And the women anfwered one anoth- 
er as they played, and faid, Saul hath 
llam his thoufands, and David his ten 
thoufands. 

8 And Saul was very wroth, and the 
faying diipleaiet'. him ; and he faid, They 
have alcnbed unto David ten thoufands, 
and to me they have afcribed but thou- 
fandb : and, i* hat can he have more but 
tiie kingdom ? 

9 And baul eyed David from that day 
and forward. 

10 «[[ And it came to pafs on the mor- 
row, that the evil jpirit from God came 
upon Saul, and he propheiied in themidfl 
of the houfe : and David played with his 
hand, as at other times : and there uua* 
a javelin m Saul's hand. 

11 And Saul cait the javelin, for he 
faid, I will fm'fte David even to the wall 
ivitb it. And Davi4 avoided cm of his 
prefence twice. 

12 ff And Saul was afraid of David, 
becaufe the Lord was with him, and was 
departed from Saul. 

13 i here fore Saul removed him from 
him, and made him his captain over a 
thoufand ; and he went out and came ia 
before the people. 

14 And David behaved himfelf wifely 
in all his ways ; and the Lord ivas with 
him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul faw that he 
behaved himfelf very wifely, he was afraid 
of him. 

16 But all Ifrael and Judah loved Da- 
vid, becaufe he went out and came in be- 
fore them. 

17 fl And Saul faid to David, Behold 
my elder daughter Merab,her will 1 give 
thee to wife . only be thou valiant for me, 
and right the Lord's battles. For baul 
faid, Let not mine hand be upon him, but 
let the hand of the Philiftines be upon 
him. 

18 And David faid unto Saul, Who a m 
I ? and, What ii my life, or my father's 
family in Ifrael, that I inould be fon in 
law to the king i 

19 But it came to pafs at the time when 
Merab Saul's daughter Ihould have been 
given to David, that (he was given unto 
Adriel the Meholathite to wite. 

20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved 
David : and they told Saul, and the thing 
pie ded him. 

21 And Saul faid, I will give him her, 
that fhc may be a fnare to him, and that 
the hand of the Philiftines may be againlt 
him. VV heretort: Saul laid to David, '1 hou 



6 And it came to pafs as they came,* hen J (halt this day be my fon in law in the one 
David was returned horn the (laughter of j of the twain. 

the Ph'.li Miie, th.it the women came out 22 And Saul commanded his fervants, 
II cities ot Ifrael, linging and dam- 'fajiug, Commune with David fccretly, 

and 



Da*vid marr'ietb Michal : Chap. x\x. Uer firaiagtm to fave htm. £?,$ 



p\d fay, Behold, the king hath delight 
in thee, rvants love thee : 

now therefore be tlie king's (on in lav;. 

And Saul's fervants fpake thofe 
words in the ears of David. And David 
Lid, Seemeth it to you a light thing to he 
a kind's fon in law, feeing that I am a 
poor man, and lightly efteemed ? 

£4 And the fervants of Saul told him, 
fcyin»g, On this manner fpake David 

And bawl (aid, 1 hue ll all ye fay to 
David, the kin£ defireth not any do 
but an hundred f >refk ; n -of the Phililiines, 
to be avenged of the king's enemies. But 
Saul thought to make David fail by the 
hand of t he Ph lillirtes. 

And when his fervants told David 
4hefe words, it pleafed David well to be 
the king's fon in law : and the days were 
aot expired. 

Wherofore David arofrand went. he 

and his men, and (lew of the Ffoli/tinet 

two hundred men ; and David brought 

their furefk ns, and they gave them in 

full tale tothe king, that he might be the 

iw. And Saul gave him 

>al his daughter to wife. 

58 And Saul fa* and knew that thr 

Lord ova/ with D tnd /Aa/ Michal 

Saul's daughter loved iiim. 

£9 An 1 Saul was \ ct the more afraid 
of David \ and Saul became David's ene- 
my r^nrinually . 

SO I hen the princes of the Fhiliflines 
wen' and it came to p i 

wen- , that David behaved himfelf 

fn-»re w m all 'he (erva "aul ; 

to that his name wai much let by. 

IX 
ijonathan i lb bi> fmtl t r' < /:. 

to k ll David 4 tie ' 

tber to reconciliation. «.'• Saul's ma- 
ouf ffgt bre. krtb out again. 1- 
V $ firaiagem to Ian e l> < i id. 
AN D Saul I. 
and to all his (erv.m's. that they (hoitld 
kill Dav 

* I f > n r 1 

vid : ar told 1) 

fay if :<m (• eketh t< 

■ i 

the m 
le in a fecre» place and bide ihyfell : 
■ 

r in t* and 

I commune with un fa the i i 
and what I fee, that I will tc 

it* D t 

v'A ii 

• u'c he h ith noi 
finned againff \ 

ba + f ht 

o\ he 

ie, and (J 

igtit a great J., : r ad lit 



thou fawtft /*/, anddid(tre> ice i Where- 
fore then wilt thou fin againff innocent 
blood, to flay David without a caufe ? 

6 And ^aul hearkened unto the voice 
of Jonathan : and Saul ('ware. As the 
Lord live-h, he fhall not be (lain. 

1 And Jonathan called David, and Jon- 
athan (hewed him all thofe things- an 4 
Jonathan broutrtV David to Saul, and he 
was in his prefence, as in times paft 

8 ^T And there was war again : and Da* 
yid went out, and fought with the Phi- 
llihnes. and flew them with a great 
(laughter ; and they fled from him. 

9 And the evil fpirit from t lie T ord 
was upon Saul, as lie fat in his houfewith 
hi javelin in his hand ; and David played 
with Us hand. 

10 And Sanl fought to fmit? David even 
to the wall with the javelin ; but he flip- 
ped away out of Saul's prelence, and lie 
fmote the javelin into the wall : and Da- 
vid fled, and tl aped that night. 

tt Sanl al(o Cent melfengers unto Da- 
vid's houfe, to watch him. and to flay 
him in the morning : and Michal Dav 
wife told him, faying, If thru five not 
thy life tonight, tomorrow thou (halt be 
flam . 

l.r oMicl .: it David down thro 
low : and he went, and fied. 

An ! Michal took an image, and laid 
it in tin- a } illow of j: 

»a: r for hi> bolder, and covered it with 
•h. 
' * *\r nil fent mcfTengcrs to 

take David, fli'- l iid, lie is licit. 
I ul fent the meflengers a 

I, (ay; i'. m up to me 

in the bed, that I i iy him, 

16 And wh iccomc 

in, behold, tbtrg it a n the 

a a pillow of goat's bait r r 

i* v nd ' : I faidunt il,Whjrhaft 

• 
e 

anfwercd Saul, He fa <i unto me, Let me 
■tlti I kill thee 
18 

tola him 
all i! me to him, 

and th. 

i° r\n< Behold, 

h. 
(rut i 
d : and when the] 
prophet, prophef) ing, 

m the I 

.III, 
and th- , rophclied. 

:\ 
other mef 

Ik 



the third time, 






256 David and Jonathan confab. I. SAMUBL. Jonathan 'skindnefs to bwitt. 

%± 't'hen went he aifo to Ramah, and mall tell me? or, What if thy father an-* 
came to a great welt that is in Sechu • and fw er thee roughly ? 
he afited and laid, Where are Samuel aird 1t f| And Jonathan faid unto David, 
X>avid t And off faid, Behold, they be Come, and let us go our into the field. 
at Naioth in Ramah. And they went out both of them into titt 

"16 And he wont thitlter to Naioth in ■ field. 
Ramah: and the ("pint of God was Upon f2 And Jonathan faid unto David, O- 
him aifo and he vent en a. id propheiied, Lord God of Ifraei, when I havefound- 
r.ntil he came to Naio*h in Ramah ed my father about tomorrow any time, 

2* And hr If ripped ofi'his clothes aifo, or rhe third day, and, behold, if there be 
an-t prophefied before bamucl in like good tr.warc! David*, and I then fend not 

;ner. and lay dkttvn Raised all that day unto thee, and fhew it th:e ; 

aid all thai nigfof. Wherefore they fay, i IS The Lord do fo and much more to 

Is Saui a!fo among th» prophets ? (Jonathan : but if it. p'eafe my father to 

CHAP. XX. j do thee evil, then 1 will fhev.it th?e, and 

i Dinj'd confuitttb njsitb Jinatha?; far his ' i'tad thee away, that thou mayeit go in 

jtjity, 11 TW:r covenant renewed ^yjpeace : and the Lord be with thee, as 

oath. £4 &? ul m fling D£w<t t feeAetbhhs hath been with my father. 

to kill J ' jr.a;kan 14 And thou lbalt not only while yet I 

AND David fled froih Naioth in Ra- j live mew me the kindnefh of the Lord, 



, and came and firtd before Jonathan 
^V|»at have I done ? What u mine ini- 
quity ? and, What is my fin before thy 
wer, that he feeketh my life ? 
- A:vi he faid unto him, God forbid ; 
thou fr.alt nor die : behold, my father 
>viH do nothing either great or fmall, 



that 1 die not 

15 But alfj thou malt not cut off thy 
•'.indnefs from my houfe Ibf ever : no, 
not when the Lord Hath ccit off the ene- 
mies of David every one from the face 
of the earih. 

16 So Jonathan made aefruetientt with 



but that he v ill ffeew it me : and, Why the houfe of D'^vid, fay trig ,l^ttftc Lord 
fhould my father hide this thing from even require //at the hand of David's 

enemies. 

17 And Jonathan caufed David tofwear 



ane ? It is no' io 

3 And David fware moreover, nnd faid, 



Thy lather certainly knowcth that I have again, becaufe he loved kirn : forhelov 
found grace in thine eyes: and lie faith, 
feel not Jonathan know this, left he be 
grieved • but truly, as the Lord liveth, 
as thy iou! liveth, there is but a (iep 
between me and death. 



} Then faid Jonathan unto David, 



Whatfoever thy foul deiireth.I will even 
do // lor thee. 

5 And David faid unto Jonathan, Be- 
hold tomorrow is the new moon, and 

>uld not fail to fit with the king at 

r : but let me go. that I may hide 
m>fclf iu the field unto the third dry 
■a: even. 

6 K thy father at all m ; fs me, then 
fay, David earneftly aiked leave of me ! then come thou 

1 lie might run' to Bethleherti his 
city : for there is a. yearly facrifice there 
for all the family 

7 thus, It it well : thy fer- 
• (hall have peace : but if he be very 
•n. then be lure that evil is deter- 
mined fcy him. 

8 Therefore thou fhalt deal kindly with 
tfiy ferv.mt ; for thou haft brought thy 

into a covenant of the Loa d witn 
ling, if iher e be in me 
ii1iquity,f1 ly iriethy (elf; for. Why fbould- 
eil rl ng me to thy father ? 

9 And Jonathan fad, Par be it from 



thee: f >r if I knew certainly that c.nl 
■ detrrmio id by my I 

then, Would not i r eil it tl 
.ail David to Jonathan* ¥ 



ed him as he loved his own foul. 

13 Then Jonathan laid to David, To- 
morrow it the new moon : an^ thou fhalt* 
be miffed becaufe thy feat will be empty. 

19 And fubin thou had frayed three 
days, /£<?// thou (halt go down quickly, and 
come to the place wnere thou didfl hide 
thy felt when the bu.'mei's was in be 
and (halt remain by the none Ezel. 

20 And I will (hoot three arrows on the 
fide thereat, as though I fl.ot at a rr 

£1 And, behold, I will fend a \a&, fay- 
ing; Go, find out the arrow?. If I ex- 
prefsly fay unto the lac. Behold, the ar- 
rows are on tins fide of thee, take them ; 
for there is peace to 
thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth. 

£2 But if 1 fay thus unto the young 
man, Behold, the arrows ate beyond 
tke ; go thy way ; for the Lord hath 
fent thee away. 

IS And as ten the matter which 

thou and 1 have fpoken of, behold, the 
Lo rd^ between thee and me for ever. 

u -i c , So David Kid himfelfin the field : 
and when ti e new moon was come, the 
king fat him down to eat meat. 

And ile king (at upon his feat, as 
at other times, eAjen upon a (cat by the 



• Jonathan arofe, and Abner 
fat by Saftl's fide, and David's place was 
•y. 
Netterthefefsj Saul fyafce not any 

I that day ; far he thought, i-ome- 

ihing 



\ 



Saul feeketb to kill Jonathan. Chap. 

thine Inth befallen him, he is not clean j 
MJrely fie is not clean 

•7 And it came to pjfs on the morrow, 
nvbich -"a- the fecond duy oi the month 
th-- Vt place was empty : and ^aul 

I unto Jonathan his (on, Wherefore 
cometh not the fon of Jerte to meat, nei- 
ther ye'ierday nor today- ? 

'. Jonathan an leered Saul Da- 
vid earnefl'y afked ieufe of me to go to 
Bethlehem. 

29 And he faia, Let me $o,T pray thee ; 
for our family hath a faenhee in the city ■ 
and ray brother, he hath com voided 
robe there ; and now.if I have round favour 
in tHine eyes, let :.. ly, 1 pra) 
thee. and fee my brethren. Jure he 
Cometh not unto the rable. 

30 Then ^aul's anger was kindled ?.- 
eainft Jonathan, and l.e !a:d unto him. 
I hou bo of tjieperverfe rebellious worn, 
an. Do not I know that thou ha t chofen 
the fon of Je n con fu (ion, 

• confuiion of th> moth 

the fon of Jel'c liveth 
upon the thou fhalrnot be eftab- 

liihed. thy kingdom. Wherefore 

nd and fetch hi. a unto nic, for 
ihall furrly die. 

Ana Jonathan anUei-: : hw 

her, a: unto him, - 

I he be flain ? What huh he done i 

calf a javelin af him to 
finite him : v sw iliat 

was deten. 1 ot J to (lay 

Dai 

34 mi the fable in 

fiei at the 1 

. mtli : t r In- v- 

caufe hit t ubei had done 

. 

came topafsin the morning, 
:t Jonathan went out ini 

i a 
le lad i 

56 At 
out IV •• I ell J 

the lad ran, he (hoi an ai row bej ond hira. 
37 hen the lad was come up to the 

j;lace trrou which Jonathan had 

. id, and 
ia .v be) ond ihec 

An I [on itn. m ( i ie I •«(. lad, 

Make • .\n l Jofta - 

th . < th? ai and 

. the l.id ktX w not any thing : on- 
ly Jonathan and \)*\ id kne.. the matter. 

4o And I- llerj na- 

I' his lad, .ind faid unto him, Cjc 
tbt m to the city. 

i 1 lo->n as the lad 

David itfOfe our o\' a fiact toward the 

BOUth v and Fell on h s ticc to the ground, 

and b- ell tl)ree til ney 

I 1 



xxi. David goeih to Ahimelecb. £5T 

killed one another, and wept one v, ith 
another, until David exceeded. 

-4 2 .^nd Jonathan laid to David, Go in 
peace, forafmuchas we have fworn both 
of us in the i une of the Lord, faying, 
The Lord dc between me and thee, and 
between m> feed and thy feed for ever. 
And he aiole and departed : and Jona- 
than went into the city. 

C H A F. XXT. 
f David at Nob o^t.i'meth of Ahimelecb 

badoived bread. 8 He taketb Coli- 

atb's fzuord : 10 and at Gatb feign- 

eth b'nnj'elf ma l. 

THbN came David to Nob, to Ahimc- 
lechthc pried • and A himelech was afraid 
at the meeting of David, and faid unto him, 
VVhyar/ thou alone, and no man withtnee? 

I And David laid unto A himelech tlvc 
pried '1 he king ha.h commanded me a 
buiinefs, and hath faid unto me, Let no 
man know any thing of the buiinefs 
whereabout I lend thee, and what I have 
commanded thee • and 1 have appointed 
my lervanu ro filch and fuch a place. 

d Now, thetehre, Vv'lut if under thine 
hand \ Give wrfive U i*vt t »/ bread in mine 
:.j:id, or what th< re is prefent 

4 And the pnelt anlwered David, and 
I, then is no Common bread under 
mine hand, but there ia hallowed bread ; 
>f the young men have kept thciuklv 
at lead tioiu uoin 

9 And David aafwered the prieft, and 

I I'd un.o him, Ol a iru h women hu-ue 
been kept from u-. about thefe luce days, 
find i Ut, and the ve.iels of the 

JfOllng men are h A) .and he bread i> ma 

manner common, redj though it were 
day in the veil 
C So the pi efl ^ivc him hallowed! 
bread; for there was do bread there but 
the mew bread, that wat taken from be- 
fore the Loko, to put hot bread in the 
day M hen it was tiken an ay. 

J N i ia n man of the fei vann 

1 iv js there rh.it da> , nc 

'the I.okij , and his name was Doegi an 
kdi ,: chiefeft of the herdmen that 

'belonged to Saul. 

8 S, And David raid unto Al h. 

!, la ti ; here i hand 

fpeai »rd tor I have neitl ht 

my fword nor ui) weapons with me, i>o* 

ife the king's bufinef 

t And tl fhe 

horn thou 
elf in the vjl,.; , it is hetc 

■ Until l d : 

if thou M iit take that, take ri < is 

r :a»c that here 1 fa:d» 

kc tf»«t : give il ; 
| Ind D • and Hed that 

. v.cni to Achilh 
the ith. 

11 And the j\ Achifii laid unto 

him, 



2l£0 Dw'idfeignetb kimfelfmad. 

him, Is noi this David the king of the 
land ? Did they not ling one to another of 
him in dances, faying, Saul hath flain his 
thoufands, and David his ten thoufands ? 

12. And David laid up thefe words in 
his heart, and was lore afraid of Achifh 
the king of Gath. 

13 And he changed his behaviour be- 
fore them, and feigned himfelf mad in 
their hands, andfcrabbled on the doors 



I. SAMUEL. Doeg accufetb Ahmdecb. 



9 ^y Then anfwered Doeg the Edomit^, 
which was fet over the fervants of Saul ? 
and laid, 1 favv the fon of Jeffe coming to 
Nob, to Ahunelech the Ion of Ahitub. 

10 And he inquired of the Lord tor 
him, and gave him victuals, and gave him 
the fword of Goliath the Philiftine. 

11 f then the king fent to call Ahim* 
elech the prieft, the fon of Ahitub, and 
all his father's houfe, the priefts that 



of the gate, and let his fpittle fall down ; ivere in Nob : and they came all of them. 



upon his beard. 

14 Then faid Achifh unto his fervants, 
Lo, ye lee the man is mad : Wherefore 
then have ye brought him to me ? 

15 Have I need of mad men, that ye 
have brought this felloiv to play the mad 
man in my prefence ? Shall this felloiv 
£ome into my houfe ? 

CHAP. XXIT. 



to the king. 

12 And Saulfaid, Hear now, thou fon 
of Ahitub, and he anfwered, Here I am, 
my lord. 

13 And Saul faid unto him, Why have 
ye confpired againftme, thou and the Ion 
of Jeffe, in that thou haft given him bread 
and a fword, and hatt inquired of God 
for him, that he fliouid rile againft me, 



Men refort to David at Adullam. 9 to lie in wait, as at this day ? 
Doeg accufetb Ahimelecb. 11 Saul\ 14 Then Ahunelech anfwered theking, 
commandetb to kill the priefts. %0Abi~ and faid, And who is Jo faithful among all 
atbar efcapeth to David. thy fervants as David, which is the king's 

DAVID therefore departed thence, fon in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and 



and efcaped to the cave Adullam : and 
when his brethren and all his lather's 



is honourable in thine houfe ? 

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God 



houfe heard ;'/, they vrent down thither to for him ? Be it far from me : let not the 

king impute any thing unto his fervant, 
nor to all the houfe of my father : tor ihy 
fervant knew nothing of* all this, lefs or 
more. 

16 And the king faid, Thou {halt furely 
die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fath- 
er's houfe. 

17 And the king faid unto the footmen 
that flood about him, Turn, and flay the 
priefts of the Lord ; becaule their hand 
alfo is with David, and becaufe they knew 
when he fled, and did not (hew it to me. 
But the fervants of the king would not 
put torth their hand to fall upon the 
priefts of the Lord. 

18 And the king faid toDoeg,Turn thou, 
and fall upon the priefts And Doeg the 
Edomite turned, and he fell upon the 
prieiis. and Hew on that day fourfcore and. 
five perfons that did wear a linen ephod. 

19 And Nob, the city of the priefts, 
fmore he with the edge of the fword, both 
men and women children and {ticklings, 



him. 

2 And every one that <was in diftrefs, 
and every one that was in debt, and every 
one //>«/'U>tf.fdifcontented, gathered them- 
felves unto him ; and he became a cap- 
tain over thern : and there were with 
him about four hundred men. 

8 And David went thence to Mizpeh 
of Moab : and he faid unto the king of 
Moab, Let my father and my mother, I 
pray thee, come forth, and be with you, 
till I know what God will do forme 

4 And he brought them before the king 
of Moab : and they dwelt with him all 
the while that David was in the hold. 

5 And the prophet Gad faid unto Da- 
vid, Abide not in the hold ; depart, and 

fet thee into the land of Judalv. Then 
)avid departed, and came into the foreft 
of Hareth. 

6 When Saul heard that David was dif- 
eovered,and the men that ivere with him, 
(now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in 



Kamah, having his fpear in his hand, and and oxen, and affes, and fheep, with the 
all his fervants iwr« (landing about him ;) ( edge of the fword. 

7 Then Saulfaid unto his fervants that i 10 f\ And one of the fons of Ahime- 
'Irood about him, Hear now, ye Benja- lech" the fon of Ahitub, named Abiathar, 
■ynites ; W ill the fon of Jeffe give every efcaped, and fled after David 
'fcneof vol/ fields and vineyards, and make tl An* Abiathar fhewed David that 
■'1 captains of thoufands, and cap- Sail] had flain the Lord's priefts 

22 And David faid unto Abiathar, I 
knew /'/ thai day, when Doeg the Kdom- 
Uenvas there, that he would furely tell 
S:;ul I have oc< afioned the diaib of all 
tin perfons of ihy father's houfe. 



ou at 



ftfns of hundreds ; 

8 That all of you haveconfpirrdagair.fi 
rue, and there is m>ne that Ihewetn me 
thai my fon hath made a league v irh the 
{<m of jeffe, arid tbe*e is no ie of you that 
js forry for me, or fiieweth unto me that 
my fan hath ftirred up my fervant againft 
hie, to lie in wait, as at tins day ? 



13 Abide thou u ith me, fear not ; for 
he that ieeketh my life feekcth thy life i 
l but with me thou fbult be in fafeguard. 
1 CHA P 



DJiid rfcapttb from Keilab t Chap, xxiii. to Ziph and Maon. 259 

CHAP. XXIII. ; mountain in the wildcrnefs of Ziph. And 

Divid, inquiring of ibe Lord, refcuetb . Saul fought him every day, but Godde- 
Kfilab. 1 God Jbt -veins ^' m •San/'* ; liveied him not into his hand. 
coming, and tbe treachery of ibe Ket- j 15 And David faw that Saul was come 
be efafieib Jrom Katab, 1 4 /• out to leek his life : and David W4SS in 

the wildernefs of Ziph in a wood. 



ittes , 

Zip&, ■-'• to Mjon. 

THEN rhcy told David, faying, Be- 
hold the Philiftines fijit againit keilah, 
and they rob the rhrefhin^ floors 

t Therefore, Dav: i inquired of the 
Lord, faying, Shall 1 go and finite thele 
Philiftines? And the Lorh fa d into Da- 
vid, Go a.-Ki finite the Philiftines, and 
fave Keil th. 

\nd David's men Paid unto him, Be- 
hold, we De a .ere in Judah : How 
much more then if we come to Keilah 
;s of the Philiftines 

•4 1 hen David ii I of the Lord 

yet he 1 'J end him, 

and la 1 Aide, go down to Keilah: tur 
I will deliver the t nes i.»to thine 

hand. 

5 - 1 and hi-> men went to Kei- 

lah, and fought *ith th« Philiftines, and 
brought her cattle, and finote 

I an w.t . at (laughter. So Da 

I the inhal K lah. 

•S And • paf , when Abiathar 

the fon of Ahimelech Hel to David to 
ilah ibat he came down uuitb an eph« 
od in his hand. 

7 « And it was told Saul that D 
wis come to Keilah. And Saul (aid, 
G • I hath delivered him imo mine ha; 

but in, by entering into a town 

th It ha* 

8 And Saul Called all the :'"th- 
er to war, to ^o down to K bc- 

nen. 
thai S ml fecretlj 

}m : and he 
Abiath Bring hilhei 

I 

i' : . o Lord < i 

Id it hath certainly he 
th 

deltr.r, the ( ity I e. 

1 i will the met lah deliver me 
up int 

Loi d 

.d of Ifrael, 1 ,tell th] 
va 

d >^ 

t: . Will t'.« 

K the 

. 

r tbrr r 
14 vid an-' 

Were 

• ted out or K , and went 

could ."• A 'old 

D efcaped from K 

rbare to 40 forth. 
H f t \.\d D i wilder - 

|f in U; - j in a 



16 And Jonathan Saul's Ion arofe, 
and went to David into the wood, and 
ltiengthened his hand in God. 

IT And he faid unto him, Fear not: 
for the hand of Saul my father lhall not 
find thee ; and thou ihalt be kin^ 
Ffrael, and I fhall be next imto thee ; 
and that alfo Saul my father knoweth. 

18 And they two made a covenant 
before the Lord : and David abode! 
in the wood, and Jonathan went to hrj 
ho ufe. 

1? Then came up the Ziphites to Saul 
to ('bean, faying, Doth not David hide 
himfelf with us in flrong holds in tire 
wood, in the hill of Hacnilah, which is 
on the fouth of Jefhimon > 

■-• therefore, Oktng, come down 
according to all the defire of thy foul to 
come dow n ; and our partytrv// be to de- 
liver him into the king's hand. 

£1 An I v aul laid, Blefled be ye of the 
Lord ; for ye hive compaflion on me. 
Go, I pray you. ire j eti 

i fee his place where hta haunt 

ii, and who hath fern Wun there : for 
ll ib told me that he dealeth very fub- 
. 

■\ and take knowledge 
of all tlie lurkii 5 where he hi 

Die yc again to me v. ith 

I will go with ybu : 

and it tl. ■ to pafs, if he be in th*; 

land, that I will fearcn him nut through* 

nit .id the thou U. 

• I they went to 2 

in ti n the i 

on the fouth ol .on 

i 

I in the 

■ 
56 .Mid Nuil the 

il n 



V 



I • 

ill { for 

d and 
• 
Bill t: 

Saul, I 

• 

linft the 
ed thac 
•th. 

• 
and dwu: Ids at 1 

CHAP. 



$SP David cutteth Sauls /kin. I.SAMUEL. Saul acknevuledgetb bltfduh, 

CHAP. XXIV. j come out ? After whom doll thou purfue* 

at Engedi fparcth J After a cieaa dog, alter a ilea ? 



% David in a cave 

Sam's life. 8 He pleadeib bis innoi.cn 
cy. 16 Saul uckuo^.vUdgetb bis fault 
AND it came to pafs, wncn Saul was 
returned from following the Phdiitines, 
that it was told, him, faying, Behold, Da- 
vid is in the wildernefs of Engedi 

8 Then Saul took, three thoufand cho- 
fen men out of all Ifrael, and went to leek 
David and his men upon the rocks of the 
wild goats. 

6 And he came fo the fheepcotes by the 
way, where iuas a cave ; and Saul went 
jn to cover his feet : and David and his 
men remained in the fides of the cave. 

4 And the men of David laid unto him, 
Behold the day of which the Lord laid 
unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine 
enemy into thine hand, that thou may ell 
do to him as it (ball leem good unto thee. 
Then David arole, and cut ort the fkirt of 
Saul's robe privily. 

5 And it came to pafs afterward, that 
David's heart fmote him, becaule he had 
cut ort Saul's lkirt. 

6 And he laid unto his men, The Lord 
forbid that I iftoiild do th'u thing unto 
toy inalter,the Lord's anointed, to Itretch 
forth mine hand againft him, feeing he i> 
the anointed of the Lord. 

7 bo David flayed his fervants with 
thefe words, and fuliered them not to 
fife againft Saul. But Saul role up out 
of the cave, and went on bis way. 

8 fl David alfo arole afterward, and 
went out of»the cave, and cried after Saul, 
laying, My lord the king. And when 
Saul looked behind hi:w, David Hooded 
with his face to the earth, and bowed 
Jumfelf. 

9 And David faid to Saul, Wherefore 
hearefj thou men's. words, laying, Behold, 
pavid feeketh thy hurt ? 

10 Behold.this day thineeyes have feen 
how that the Lord had delivered thee to 
day into mine hand in the cave : and 
Jome bade me kill thee : but mine eye fpar- 

c i thee ; and I laid, I will not put forth 
mine hind againft my lord ; tor he mhe 
Lord';, anointed. 

11 Moreover! my father, lee, yea, fee 
the lkirt of thy robe in my hand : for in 
that 1 cut otf ihe fkirt < l thy robe, and 
killed thee not, know thou and lee that 
there is neither evd nor tranlgreilion in 
mine hand, and 1 have not finned again it 
thee ; yet thou huntell my foul to take it. 

I- 1 lie Lord judge between me and 
thee, and the Lord avenge me ol thee : 
but mine hand (hall not be upon tin 

13 As faith the proverb of the un- 
ciems, Wiekednels proceedeth from tie 
w ickei : but mine hand (hall not be upon 
Ujec. 



15 i he Lord therefore be judge, and 
judge between rne and thee, and fee, and 
plead my caufe, and deliver me out of 
thine hand. 

16 qj And it came to pafs, when David, 
had made an end oi Ipeakmg thefe words 
unto Saul, that ^aul iaid,/j this thy voice, 
my fori David ? And Saul lifted up, his 
voice, and wept. 

17 And he laid toDavid,Thou art more 
righteous than 1 : for thou halt rew arced 
rne good, whereas 1 have rewarded thee 
evd. 

18 And thou haft {hewed this day how, 
that thou halt dealt well with me; foraf- 
much as when tiie Lord had delivered 
me into thine hand, thou killedlt me not. 

19 For if a man find his enemy, Will 
he let him go well away ? Wheretore the 
Lord reward thee good for that thou ha$ 
done unto me this day. 

20 And now, beheld, I know well that 
thou (halt furely be king, and that the 
kingdom of Ifrael lliall be eliablilhed in, 
thine hand. 

£1 Swear now therefore unto me by 
the Lord, that thou wilt not cut oft my 
feed after me, and that thou wilt not de- 
itroy my name out of my father's houJe 

£2 And David fware unto Saul And 
Saul went home ; b.:t David and his men 
gat them up unto the hold. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Samuel dislb. TO Da<v id provoked to 

dejiroy Nabal. 14 Ab:ga:l by her -ivif. 

i{om pr. vet :eth him ^6 Nabal dutb. 

39 Dai.ia takctb Ab-gail and Aoinoa/n 

10 be bis wives. 

AND Samuel died ; and all the Israel- 
ites were gathered together and lamented 
him, and buried h\m in his houfe at Ra- 
rnah. ' And David arole, and went down 
to the wildernefs of Paran. 

"l And there was a. man in Maon, v.hofe 
polfeilious ive-re in Carmel ; and the man 
iu.is very great, and he had three thou- 
fand fheep, and a thoufand goats : and 
he was (hearing Ins fheep in Carmel. 

3 Now the name of the man vuas Na- 
bal j and the name of his wife Abigail . 
and Jbe-Wss a woman o! good understand- 
ing, and of a beautiful countenance : but 
the marwtt-'flj churl ifh and evilm his do- 
ings ; and he itftfj of the houfe of Caleb. 

4 And David heard in the wildernefs 
that Nabal did nWr his fheep. 

5 And David lent out ten young men, 
and Davd faid unto the young men, Get 
ye up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, an4 
greet him in my name : 

6 And thus fnall ye fay to him that 
liveth in p>ofpe <i/y, Peace be both to thee,, 
and peace be to thine houfe, and peace be 



XK Afur whom is the king of Ifrael unto all that thou halt. 



T Aj>d 



Q/aviJ prwokfd t$ kill .'• 

7 And now I h ive heard that tho\i 
flu now t! herd* which were 

i us, ^e hurt them not, neither was 
re aught muling nnio them, alL tLc 

were in Carmel. 
H A lk. tht -t they 

flie^v thee. Wherefore .et the ) men 

avour in dune c ; c » e com 

. pi ay t:iee,w hatfoev- 
<r^;. unto thy iervanUj 

and to tny ;. .1. 

¥ ung men came, 

jake 10 Nu i to all thole 

\\o .1 David, .md cea> 

10 | And Nabai 

:u>, an David 1 aiu,V. 

i. die ion or |e0e I iheie be er- 

v^ ah awaj every 

Q Hutu hi> 

il nv* bread and my 

<ter, ma ni ; tklh that 1 hav . for 

.-aicii, • e it unto men, whom 

u > young men turned their 



il came and told 

rind Davia laid unto his men, Gird 

ye on ever) roan Ju» lword. And the) 

on evci . void ; an 1 

JJaou aim girded on his 1 -ord : and 

there went up after David about tour 

bund :i» ; a.. hundred abode 

i\. 

fl 3ut one of the young men I 

l'* Wite, U;l 

. j ; l i •• 

lalutc our mailer i and he n 
on 

1 uut the men inert very ^oo<l unto 
us, and we we. iurt f n 

my thia e wett con- 

vcrlant w,th them, wh-:n M C w«.re in the 

ey were a wall unto 09 both by 
night an 

the. 

Now, 

.- 

II hia 
Jioul he njui : . 

I 

took 

wine, and rive 

.liters ot ui:iib, agri sw- htin- 

IS 1 unto her I 

on before n 
put ii. , -i hi r hufband . • 

I And it was/*, rode on the ?.!'.., 

n by the i "Vi i | ol the 
hill, i,D.iv came 

. n againfl h -r : and (he mel th m. 
David had (aid, Surely m • 

to hath ia the 



\\\'.\ Abig.z\l pr&venteth bis death. Wt 

wildernels, To that noting was muTed of 
( all that periuinea unto him : anu lie iiath 
requ'.teu nie evil for gui 

-- bo . ...d more alio m> God unto the 
eaemiesof David, ii 1 leave ol an that 
' pet tarn to him by tiie nioi ning light any 
, mat piiic.ni a^a.ud liie wall. 

A/iJ »\ Inn Abigail law David, ihc 
r ed, and lighted oii the afs, and tell 
[before Davia on her lace,and bovsedher- 
j.'eit to the groundi 

tk Ana led at his feet, and laid, Upon 

rd, up.n me lei tbis uhtjuit) be : 

I let thine handmaid, lprny thee,ipeak 

in. thine audience, a.m near the words of 

, thine handmaid. 

Let not my lord, I pray thee, re- 
gardth;-, man ot Belial, n/i n N .bal ; tor 
as his name is y lo is he ; Nabal is Ins 

ne, and foil) is w .til hint '. but 1 thuie 

I handmaid law not the young men ot my 
iord, uhoiuthou dtdit lend 

Now, there tore, my lord, as the 
Lord liveth, andtfl thy loul uveth, lee- 
n\& t..e L> .i ..den. tine lro:n 

/bi J bnn)d,an i Iiu:n ftVeng tig 
thyitU \siih thine oun lund, no-, let 
thine t | it. at leek evil to- 

nd, be ai .s.ib.d. 

And now tin* bieJlir.g which thmc 
handmaid hat ii brought "" l <> "iy loul, 
let it even be given un o the > ouu- men 
that fol lord 

1 pra> rfiee, lor^; '. tfsot" 
tlune handmai 

tainly duUu my lord a 1 e- 

caufie in) lord lighteih the •! the 

Lord, and evu path DOt beCP iound 
thee all thy da) a. 

\ et a ma n to purine t] 

and to leek th) loul ! but the loul oi 
lonl lhail be bound in the bundle ot I 

with tha l.uRD tii) God ■> 

wt i n lh ii K| 

</ ot the i.i 
90 paK, when 

Lord lh ill h 
: to all the got d 

ind lhail have api>oiotcd 

1 ; 
Si ul be 

oi tl ii ith 

but when the Lord ilia! 

with my tbiao 

handn. ud. 

be the ' 

thee th: i meet n 

3* And melted*' tli ; 
be thou which h T 

irom i . yh"d bio.- fru«ai 

•ic own 

Si For in ver) deed, as the Loi 

ii< i harh kepi me 



£62 David taketh Abigail to nvife. 

back from hurting thee, except thou 
riadlt hailed and come to meet me, fure- 
ly there had not betn left unto Nabal 
by the morning light any that pifTeth a- 
gainftthe wall. 

35 So David received of her hand that 
■which fhe had brought him, and faid un- 
to her, Go up in peace to thine houfe ; 
fee, I have hearkened to thy voice, and 
bave accepted thy perfon. 

36 ^J And Abigail came to Nabal ; and 
behold, he held a feaft in his houfe like the 
reaftofa king ; and Nabal's heart ivas 
merry within him, for he was very drunk- 
en ; wherefore (be told him nothing, lefs 
or more, until the morning light. 

37 But it came to pafs in the morning, 
when the wine was gone out of Nabaf, 
and his wife had told him thefe things-, 
that his heart died within him, and he 
became ai a (tone. 

38 And it came to pafs about ten days 
after, that the Lord fmote Nabal, that 
,ae died. 

39 ^| And when David hsard that Na- 
bal was dead, he faid, Blefled be the 
Lord, that hath pleaded the caufe of 
my reproach from the hand of Nabal, 
and hath kept his fervant from evil : for 
the Lord hath returned the wickednefs 
of Nabal upon his own head. And Da- 
vid fent and communed with Abigail, to 
take her to him to wife* 

40 And when the fervants of David 
were come to Abigail to Carmel, they 
fpake unto her, faying, David fent us 
unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 

41 And fhe arofe, and bowed herfelf 
On Efface to the earth, and faid, Behold, 
let thine handmaid be a fervant to walh 
the feet of the fervants of my lord. 

42 And Abigail haft ed, and arofe, and 
rode upon an afs, with five damfels of 
hers that went after her ; and (he went 
after the meirengeis of David, and be- 
came his wife. 

43 David alfo took Ahinoamof Jezreel ; 
and they were alfo both of them his wives. 

44 But Saul had given Michal his 
daughter, David'swife, to Pha'.ti thefon 
of Laifh, which iuas of Gallim. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 Saul comet bio Hacbiiab againflH>a r vid. 

6 David in the trench jiayeih Ahijhai 

ft om killing Saul, but taketh his Jpeur 

and cruife. 

AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to 
Gibeah, faying, Doth not David hide 
hunk'lf in t lie hill of Hachilah, ivhitb is 
before Jefhimon ? 

2 1 hen Saul arofe, and went down to 
the wildcrnefsof Ziph, having three thou- 
fai-d cholen men of Ilracl with him, to 
leek David in the wildernefs of Ziph. 

3" And Saul pitched in the hill of Ha. 
cfcilah, which is before Jefhimon, by the 



I. SAMUEL. 



Hefpafeth Saui. 



way But David abode in the wildernefs, 
and he faw that Saul came after him into 
the wildernefs. 

4 David therefore fent out fpies and tin - 
derftood that Saul was come in very deed. 

5 %\ And David arofe. and came to the 
place where Saul had pitched : and David 
beheld the place where Saul lay, and 
Abner the fon of Ner, the captain of his 
hoft : and Saul lay in the trench, and 
the people pitched round about him. 

6 Then anfwered David, and faid to 
Ahimelech the Hittite,and to Abifhaithe 
fon of Zeruiah. brother to Joab, faying, 
Who will go down with me to Saul to 
the camp ? and Abirtxai faid, I will go 
down with thee- 

7 So David and Abifhai rame to the 
people by night > and, behold, Saul lay 
fleeping within, the trench, and his fpear 
Muck in the ground at his bolfter : but 
Abner and the people lay round abouthim. 

8 Then faid Abilhai to David, God 
hath delivered thine enemy into thine 
hand this day : now, therefore, let me 
fniite him, 1 pray thee, with the fpear 
even to the earth at once, and I will not 
fmite him the fecond time. 

9 And David faid to Abilhai, Deftroy 
him not : for, "Who can flretch forth his 
hand againfl the Lord's anointed, and 
be guiltlefs > 

10 David faid furthermore, As the 
Lord liveth the Lord (hall fmite him ; 
or his day (hall come to die ; or he (hall 
defcend into battle, and perifh. 

11 The Lord forbid that I fhould 
flretch forth mine hand againfl the 
Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take 
thou now the fpear that is at his bolder^ 
and the cruife of water, and let us go. 

12 So David took the fpear and the 
cruife of water from Saul's bolfter ; and 
they gat *hem away, and no man faw it, 
nor knew it, neither awaked : for they 
rvere all afleep ; becaufe a deep fleep 
from the Lord was fallen upon them. 

13 Then David went over to the other 
fide, and flood on the top of an hill afar 
oft ; a great fuace being between them. 

14 And David cried to the people, and 
to Abner the fon of Ner, faying, An- 
fwered thou not, Abner ? Then Abner 
anfwered and faid, Who art tliou that 
crieft to the king > 

15 And David faid to Abner, Art not' 
thou a 'valiant man \ and, Who is like to 
thee in Hrael ? Wherefore then haft thou 

(not kept thy lord the king ? for there 
came one of the people in to deftroy the 
iking thy lord. 

16 1 his thing is not good that thou 
had done, ,/tf.s the Lord liveth, ye are 
worthy to die, becaufe ye have not kept, 
your m after the Lord's anointed And 

! now fee where the kind's fpear is, and 

the 



What have I done ? or, What evil is in 
mine hand ? 

19 Now, therefore, 1 pray thee, let my 
lord th'.- king hear the words of his ler- 
vant. If the Lord have ftirred thee up 
againft me, let him accept an offerin 
but if they be the children of men, curled 
be they before the Lord ; for they have 
driven me out this day from abiding in 
the inheritance of the Lord, faying, Go, 
ferve other gods. 

.0 Now, therefore, let not my blood 
fall to the earth the face of the 

Lord; for the king of Ifrael is come out 
to feek a flea, a* when one doth hunt a 
partridge in the mountains. 

41 (ajd Saul, I have finned ; re- 

turn, mj ion D.ivid : for 1 will no more 
do thee harm, becaufe my foul was pre- 
cious in thine eyes this day : behold, I 
have played the tool, and have erred ex- 
ceedingly . 

And David anfwered and faid, Be- 
hold the kind's fpear ! and let one of the 
nen come over and fetch it. 
The Lokd render to every man 
his righteoufnefsand his faithfulnefa i for 
the Lord deliveredtl.ee into my hand to- 
day, but I would riM i: retch lorth mine 
han d ft the Lord's anointed. 

24 tad, behold, at thy lil nuchfet 

by • ly in mine ej « :s, fo let my life be 

much fet by in tru Loi i>, and 

let him del ver i • I ill tribulation 
i hen :->ai 1 la.d to David, Blefledfo 
thou, my (on David : thou (ball hi.tL 

, and alfo (kali hMl prevail. 
David ^f.wx on his way, and baui n - 
u-d to his pla< 

rl A P. XXVII. 
1 Saul beaming Oansi fit be m Gath./eek- 
etb no morr for bim. 6 Da*vid be 
lag of A. ! 

• D David laid in his heart, I kail 
ao the hand of Saul : 

tbt >,■ is nothing b« i<cr for m<- than th it I 

I fpeedil) efcape into the land ol the 
Philiflii ■ ill (Hi 1 1 di fj i i 

tpicekmean) more in an) i Ifrael: 

M that) I <• out of his ha id. 

- And David arofe, •:: 1 he p.i'b 

r with tin.- ii x hundred men thai ivetg 
with him, uni in, the ion ch, 

king of Oath. 

1 David d« clt i \t l.ilh at 

Gat. i. he and his men, ev< i with 

Ins hutifi i rid m ith h'< two 

v-'V >. \ i tin- Je/ 

•M ■ • •", Natal* s wtl 



•Saul ackntncledge'tb bis fault. Chap, xxrii. xxviii. David dvielletb in Z':klag: 1S3 

fhecruife of water that ivas at hisbolfter. '. 4 And it was told Saul that David was 
17 And .-aul knew David's voice, and J fled to Gath : a^d he fou fe ht no more a- 
faid, // this thy voice, my ion David r ; gain for him. 

And David laid, // ii my voice, my lord, 5 I] And David faid uni I .V.hhli, It' I 

O king. : have now found grace in thine ejes, let 

l - And he faid, V* herefore doth my them give me a place in fo ne town in 

lord thus purfue after his fervant ? for, the country, that I may dwell there : for, 

Why fhoula thy fervant dwell in the r 
al city w ith thee ? 

6 Then Acluih gave him Ziklag that 
day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto 
the kings of Judah unto this day. 

7 And the time that David dwelt in the 
country of the Phililiiues was a full year 
and lour months. 

8 And David and his men went up, 
and invaded the Geihurites, and theGez- 
rites, and the Amalekites: for tiiofe na- 
tions ivere of old the inhabitants of the 
land, as thou goeft to Shur, even unto 
the land < t Egypt 

9 And David fmote the land, and left 
neither man nor woman alive, and took 
away the Itieep, and the oxen, and the 
alios, and the camels, and the apparel, 
and returned, and cane to Achilh 

10 And Achilh faid, Whither have ye 
made a read to-day ? And David laid, 
Againlr the Ibuth of Judah, a:ul again ft 
the fouth of the Jer dime-elites, and agaimt 
the fouth of the Keoiti 

11 And David laved neither man nor 
woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, 
laying, I eft they (hould tell on us, I ly- 
ing, So did David, and fo tvtH be his 
manner all the while he dwelleth in the 
country of the Phililtm 

12 And \chi(h believed Da v id, fay i 
He hath made his people Ifrael uttci 

ibhor him : therefore he (hall be my 
lei vant tor ever. 

(HA i\ XXV III. 
$ Saul banting deft ray ed t'e ivitebrr, 7 
afterward leekeib to one ; ivho b. 
I by bim, r.njetb up San: 
\'> v tut s ruin fo\ 

• I) itc ime to pais m tho(e day .that 
the Ph. Hit: Lthered their arroi 

her lor wai fare, I el. 

And Achilh faid unti . \ 

a (Tu redly, thai th >u (halt go out wiih me 

to battle, th »U and thy n. 

; laid to Achilh, Sm 
thou fh.tlt know what tin ferva I 

do. And , laid to Davi 

fore will I make tine keeper of mine 

5 m Now Samuel was dead, and all If- 
I h id lamented him, and bui led bun in 
K i.iali, even in rat ow n city. \nd Saul 
thai btr 

and tl : of th 

4 And th-- Phihranes gathered th 
\ came and piti ' 
Shonem i an I 

r, ana ilv :d m ( 



J64' A Witch rarfeth Samuel. I.SAMUEL. 



ihe glvelh $a(ul<vi£liials* 



5 And when San I fa^v the hoft of the 
T*rtiliiines, he was afraid, and his heart 
greatly trembled. 

6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, 
the Lord anfwered him not neither by 
dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 

7 *j Then (aid Saul unto his fervants, 



the Lord done this tiling unto thee thitf 

day. 

19 Moreover, the Lord will alfo de- 
! I'ver Ifrael with thee into the hand of the 
' Philiftines : and tomorrow Jbalt thou and 
tiny fans & with me: the Lord alfo (half 

deliver the hod of Ifrael iuto the hand of 



Seek me a woman that hath a familiar the Philiftines. 
fpirit, thai I may go to her, and inquire 20 Then Saul fell ftraightway all along 
of her. And his fervants faid to him, [on the eai Wi, and u . as*Vre afiaid, became 
Behold ; there is n woman that hath a fa- 
miliar fjpvrh at Endor: 



of the v\crds of Samuel : and 'here was? 
noftrensrth in him ; for lie had eaten no' 
! And Saul dtfguifed himfelf, and put j bread all the day, nor all the night. 

21 And the woman came unto Saul,; 
'and favv that he was fore troubled, ad 
an by night : and he (aid- I pray thee, j faid unto him, Behold, thine handmaid! 
divine unto me by the familiar fpirit, and j hath obeyed thy voice, and 1 have put 
bring me him up, whom I ftiall m-:me un-jiny life in my hand, and have hearken 



on other raiment, and he went, and twoj 
men with him, and they came to the worn- la 



to thee. 

9 fl And the woman faid unto him, 
Behold, thou knoweft what Saul hath; 



jed unto thy words which thou ipakef? 
unto rue. 
VL Now, therefore, T pray thee, hearken 



done, how he hath cut offthofe that have i thou alfo unto the voice of thine hand- 
familiar fpirits and the wizards out of] maid, and let me fet a morfel of bread 
the land: Wherefore then layeft thou aibeforethee ; and eat, that thou mayefl; 



J have ftrength, when thou goeft on thy 
way. 

23 But he re f u fed,- and faid, I will not 
eat. But his fervants, together with the 
woman, compelled him ; and he heark- 
ened unto their voire. So he arofe front' 
the earth, and fat upon the bed. 

.'24 And the woman had a fit calf in 
the houfe ; and fhe hafted, and killed it, 
and took flour, and kneaded it, and did 
bake unleavened bread thereof: 

115 And (he brought it before Saul, and: 
before h'rs fervants : and they did eat. 
Then they rofe tip, and went away that 



night. 



fnare for my life, to caufe me to die ? 

10 And Saul fware to her by the" 
Lord, faying, As the Lord liveth, there 
fhall no punishment happen to thee for 
this thing. 

It 'I hen faid the woman, Whom flidl 
J bring up unto thee ? Andhe faid, Bring 
trie up Samuel. 

1& And when the woman faw Samuel, 
flie cried with a loud voice : and the wom- 
an (pake to Saul, faying, Why haft thou 
deceived me ? for thou a r/ Saul. 

13 And the king faid unto her, Be not 
afiaid : for, What fffweft thou ? And the 
woman laid unto Saul, I faw gods af- 
cending out of fhc earth. 

14 And he faid unto her, What form 
is he of r And the faid, An old man com- 
cth up j and he is Cfcveied with a mantle. 
And Saul perceived that it n.cas Samuel, 
and he (looped with bis face to the ground, 
and bowed himfelf. 

1.1 fl \ ml Samuel faid to Saul, Why 
Lift thou difquieied me to bring me up ? 
And Saul aniwered, I am fore diftrefTed ; 

lor the Philiftines make war again!! me, but David and his men palled on in the 
and God is departed from me, and an- rerev.-ard with Achifh, 
fwerethms no more, neither by prophets, 
nor by dreams : therefore I have called 
thee, that thou mayefl make known unto 
me what I (hall do. 

16 Then! unci, Wherefore then 

doft thou alk of me, feting the Lord is 
departed from thee, and is become thine 
enemy ? 

IT And the Lord hath done to him, as 
he fpake by me ■ for the Lord hath rent 
the kingdom out of thine hand, and given 
it to thy neighbour, even to David . 

18 Became thou obeyedfl not the voice , 
of the Lokd, nor executcdit his fierce and let him not go down with nsto bat- 
wrath upon Amaiek, therefore hath tie, left in the battle he be an adverfary 



CHAP. XXIX. 
1 David marching with the Pbiliflir.es, 3 

is dij allowed by the ir princes. 6 Acbtjh 

dtfmijfetb him. 

NOW the Philiftines gathered togeth- 
er all their arm es to Aphek : and the 
Ifraelites pitched by a fountain which ti 
in Jezreel. 

°2 And the lords of the Philiftines pa ff- 
ed on by hundreds, and by thou lands 



3 q] Then (aid the princes of the Philif- 
tines, What do thefe Hebrews here t And 
Arhifi Paid unto the princes of the Phi- 
liftines, Is not this David, the feivant of 
Syiil the king of Ifrael, which hath been 
with me thefe days, or thefe years, and 
I have found no fault in him fince he felt 
unto me unto this day ? 

4 And the princes of the Philiftines 
were wroth, with him ; and the princes of 
the Philiftines faid unto him, Make this 
fellow retui n, that he m&y go again to his 
place which thou h;*ft appointed him, 



Vie YiLssfpaU Ziklag. Chap. 

?o us for. vTherewithftiould he reconcile 
feiimfelf iioto his mailer 1 Sbtufd it not 
he with the head* of theie men ? 

5 Is not this David, of whom they I 
one to another in dances, fa Saul 
flew his thoufands, and David his ten 
thoufands > 

6 { Then Achifh called David, and 

re\y,<iJ the Lord lieeth, 
thou haft been upright, and thy going 
out and thy coming in with me in the hair 

at : tor I have not found 
evil in thee unce the day of thy coming 
unto me unto thil day : ueverthelefs, the 
lor u r thee not. 

T Wherefoir return, and go in 

peace, that thou d.lpleafe not the lords of 
the r cs. 

8 And David faid unto Achifh, But 
what have 1 dun- I and, What hafl thou 
found in thy forvant (o long a? I luve 
been with thee unto this day, that I may 

> fight . the enemies of 

Tord lg ? 

9 And Achnh anfwered and faid to Da 
vid, I - houar/ go' din my fight, 
as an ?ngel o( God i thfiandi 
the princes of the Philiftines ha? 

He ihail not go up with us to the battle 
i0 Wherefore now rile up earl) in the 
ig, with my matter's lerVanta that 

ii \ ebe 
n the morning, I .,ht, 

dep 

1 1 So I men rofe upr 

in the g, to return > 

the lai And | 

li.lints wenf I 

• P. \ \ K. 
1 Jbe A male kites ffll < vid, 

AND I and 

Ins ni' »g on the t! 

da ■: the . id inva 

il. I fmitten Zik 

la. v , if, hi- 

% And had ?.,ken the women Ctpl 
that r were therein: they lie my. 

inali, bui carried them a- 
I went o 

red h^ hum. came to the 
• burned with 
fire ; 
their d 
4 1 ben D id the people that 

t!i h m lifted up their voice rod w 
until the) had no more powei 

ra u< re taken 

fs, and 

til the witc lite. 

traded ; 
the pa pie fpake g him, bc- 

aie the fuili ot ail the peopl- 
ed \ man for his luns and for b • 
daughters • but Davi i cm uraged hun- 
rhe Lord lii-* Ciod. 

SK 



xxx. D.ti'id purfuetb them. £t»3 

c And David laid to Abiathar the 
prieft, Ahimelech'a lbs, I pray thee, brr 
me hither the ephod. And Abiathar 
brought thither the ephod to David. 

8 And David inquired at the Lord, 
faying, Shall I p-arfue after this troop ? 
Miall I overtake them ? And he anfwered 
him, Pur fue \ tor thou fhalt furely over- 
take fern, and without fail recover jtl. 

9 So David went, he and the fix hun- 
dred i:en that were with him, and came 
to the brook Befor, where thofe that were 
left behind flayed. 

10 But David purfued, he and four 
hundred men : for two hundred abode 
behind, which were fo faint that they 
could not g 1 over the brook Sefor 

11 And they found an Egyptian in 
the aid brought him to David, and 

:;d he did eat ; and they 

le him drink w iter ; 

I . ind they gave him a piece of a cakeof 

.ami two clutters of rat fins : and when 

he had ^ fpirit came again to him : 

t^r he had eaten no bread, nor drank any 

water, th ee d three n 

13 And David faid unto hi. v., 1 o w horn 
beiongeji\\ww \ And, Whence mrt thou I 
And he i.t d. I am ■ young man of Kgypt» 
fervant to m\ Aoialekite : and ray mailer 

tne % becaufethi hell lick. 

14 W« made an invaiion upon the fouth 

herethitc*?and upon / 
met ■ to Judah. and upon the lOUth 
v. i eo ; an i we burned Ztidaf with fire. 

15 And David faid to h m Canfi I 

bring i \ to this company \ Andhfe 

laid, S tr unio m< thai thou 

I neither kill ra liver me into 

of ni) • , and 1 will bring 

thee down tothta company. 

lb \nd when hehadbiought him down, 
tPcrilpi all 

the earth, eating and dnukingi and danc- 
ing i all the great Ipoil thai 1 1 

I out oi the land ol the I'll. ill- 
d QUI "1 thC land oi jud ill. 

II Vnd David imote them from the 
t n tug] unto th 4 the ni 

1 nol a man ol ih< in, 
faVe four bundled young men, wh 
lode upon i 

vered all that 

Amal 

retcui two wiv 

19 And there | lackin. 

Imall nor 
lon^ n 

t*trrg th • Da- 

vid reci ill. 

I David took all 
tin herds, "xwi at • •*- > drave b 

other 1,1 i ; oil. 

-i lcamet< .ohun. I 

men. nt that th<- I 

I 

al 



£&6 David divideth the fpoil. X\ . SAMUEL. Saul and his fons arejlaik. 



alfo to abide at the brook Befor : and they 
went forth to meet David, and to meet the 
people thatoo^/vwith him- and vvhenDavid 
came near to the people, he faluted them. 

2- Then anfwered all the wicked men, 
and men of Belial, ofthofe that went with 
Da^*d, and faid, Becaufe they went not 
with us, we will not give them aught of the 
fpoil that we have recovered, favc to eve- 
ry man his wife and his children, that 
they may lead them away, and depart. 

23 Then faid David, Ye (Hall not do fo, 
my brethren, with that which the Lord 
hath given us, who hath preferved us, 
and delivered the company that came a- 
gainft us into our hand. 

2-4 For, Who will hearken unto you in 
this matter ? But as his part is that goeth 
down to the battle, iojbzll his part be that 
tarrieth by the (tuff; they thallpart alike. 

25 And itwas/b from that day forward, 
that he made it a ftatute and an Ordinance 
for Ifrael unto this day, 

26 And when David came to Ziklag, 
he fent of the fpoil unto the elders of Ju- 
dah, even to his friends, faying, Behold a 
prefent for you of the fpoil of the enemies 
of the Lord ; 

27 To them which vuere in Bethel, and 
to tbem which were in fouth Ramoth, and 
to them which were in Jattir, 

28 And to them which were in Aroer, 
and to them which were in Siphmoth, 
and to them which were in Efatemoa, 

29 And to them which 'were in Rachal, 
and to them which 'were in the cities of the 
jjerahmeelites, and to them which we>e 
in the cities of the Kenites, 

SO And to them which vjere inHormah, 
and to them which were in Chorafhan, 
and to them which were in Athach, 

31 And to tbem which were in He- 
bron, and to all the places where David 
himfelf and his men were wont to haunt. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

1 Saul having lojl his army and bisfons, 

killeth himfelf. 

NOW the Philiftines fought againft If- 
rael ; and the men of Ifrael fled from 
before the Phililtincs,and fell down flain 
jfn mount Gilboa. 



2 And the Philiftines followed hard up- 
on Saul and upon his fons ; and the Phi- 
liftines Hew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and 
Melchiihua, Saul's fons. 

3 And the battle went fore againft 
Saul, and the archers hit him ; and he 
was fore wounded of the archers. 

4 Then faid Saul unto his armourbear- 
er,Drawthy fword,and thrurt me through 
therewith ; left thefcunorcumcifed come 
and thruft me through, and abufe me. 
But his armourbearer v.tmld not ; for he 
was fore afraid. Therefore Saul took a 
fvvord, and fell upon it. 

^ 5 And when his armourbearer faw that 
Saul was dead, he fell like wife upon his 

-fword, and died with him. 

) 6 So Saul died, and his three fons, and 

= his armourbearer, and all his men, that 

j/ame day together. 

7- And when the men of Ifrael thatti^^ 
on the other fide of the valley, and they 
that were on the other fide Jordan, faw 
that the men of Ifrael fled, and that Saul 
and his fons were dead, they forfook the 
cities, and fled ; and the Philiftines came 
and dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pafs on the monow, 
when the Philiftines came to ftrip the 
flain, that they found Saul and his three* 
fons fallen in mount Gilboa. 

9 And they cut of his head, and ftrip- 
ped off his armour, and fent into the land 
of the Philiftines roundabout, to publifh 
it in the houfe of their idols, and among 
the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the 
houfe of Afhtaroth : and they f aliened 
his body to the wall of Bethfhan. 

11 fl And when the inhabitants of Ja~ 
beftigilead heard of that which the Phi- 
liftines had done to Saul ; 

12 Ail the valiant men arofe, and went 
all night, and took the body of Saul and. 
the bodies of his fons from the wall of 
Bethfhan, and came-to Jabefh, and burn: 
them there. 

13 And they took their bones, and bu- 
ried them under a tree at Jabefh, and faft- 
cd feven days. 



THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, 
OTHERWISE CALLED TILE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAP. I. 
1 An Amalekite bringing tidings of the 

overthrr>-u\ and aectkfiuR bimjetf of 

SauTs drath, is /lain. 
I NOW it came to pafs after the death of 
Saul, when David was returned from the 
(laughter of the the Anralftkites, and Da- 
vid had abode two days in Ziklag ; 

2 It came even to pafs on the third day, 
U)at, behold : a man came aril of i he c imp 



from Saul, with his clothes rent, andearth 
upon his head : and Jo it was, when he 
came to David, that he fell to the earth,- 
and did obeifancc^ 

3 And David faid unto him, From 
whence commit thou > And he faid unto 
him,Outof the camp ot Ifrael am I efcapecL 

4 And David laid unto him, How went 
the matter ? I pray thee. tell me. And he: 
anfwered, That J lie peo^c arc- fled from 

tne 



tyaviii lamentetbfor Saul. Chap 

the battle, and many o\~ the people alfo 
r,re fallen and dead , an J Sitil and Jona- 
than his fon are dead alio. 

5 And D avid laid unto the young man 
that told him, How knoweft rhou that 

nd Jonathan his Ion be dead } 

6 And the young man ihn' rol I him' 
faid, As I happened by cfeance up 
mount Giiboa, behold, Saul leaned up m 
hh rpear ; and, lo, the chariotsand horfe- 

d alter hurt. 

7 And when he looked behind him he,' 
fiv; me, and called unto me. And I an-j 
fwered, Here am I. 

8 And he faid unto me, Who art tjii - 
and . e-.ed him, I am an Amalekite, j 

9 He faid unto me again, Stand, I pray , 
thee, upon me, and fray mc : forarrgliifh 
is come upon me, becaule my lite is yet 
whole in me. 

10 So I flood upon him, and flew him, 
: a ufe I was Jure th.it he could not • 

after that he was fallen : and 1 took the 
crown that tbas upon his head, and ihe 
bracelet that ivas on his arm, and have 
brought them hither unto my lord. 

1 1 Then David took hold on lus clothes, 
d rent them ; and hkewiie all the men 

that were with h ; m : 

12 And they mourned and wept, and 
fafted until even, for Haul and for Jona- 

, and for the people of the 
Lord, and for the houfe of llrael : be- 
wrrc fallen by tin fword. 

the ?0Ung man 
• t told him, Whence art fj And 

I am the : 
Vmatek 

I unto him. How 

K i>'s anointed ? 
15 .e of the young 

n, an r, and fall u 

hi: • ' Kim " (!• 

\w l David faid unto him 
he upon thy head; tor thy moutli huh! 
tcflified againfl thee, faying, I have Main 
ited. 

17 « And Davi I l ime I d with rhil 

. :l and ovei (• 

hi > fin : 

18 ( Alfo he bade them teach the chil- 
dren of Judah the ufe of the bo told, 
if r • written in the bool i . ) 

uity of lira--; ia Rain upon tl y 
high places : How are the might) fallen! 

I ell it not in Gath, pubtiui // n 
the Hi 

of the Philiftines rejoice, lr't i 
ters of the uncirtun ph. 

-1 Vc mountains ot . I, l't r 
be no dew, neither tet there be tain u] I 
you. nor fields of off< For the 

shield of the mighty is vilely call 
the Ihield of Saul, as tbOMgk be bad not i 
been anointed with o I 



%, He is maie king of 'judah. .*' 

-2-2 From the blood of Ihe (lain, from 
the fat af the mighty, the bow of Jona- 
than turned not back, and the fv\oid of 
Saul returned not empty. 

Saul and Jonathan ivere love'y and 
pleafant in their lives, and in their death 
they were not divided ; they wcfrfw'fter 
than eagles,they wreflpronger thanli 4 . 

_i Ye daughters of lirael, weep over 
Saul, who clothed you ia fcarlct, with 
zither delights, v. ho put on ornament Q t 
gold upon your apparel 

13 Ikiw are the mighty fallen in the 
midltof the battle ? O Jonathan,; bcu yoaji 
flain in thine high places. 

■26 I ahj diftrclfea forrhee, my brother 
Jonathan : very pleafant haft thou befb 
unto me : th) love to me was wonderful, 
palling the love of women. 

£7 How m the mighty fallen, and the 
war peri/hed ! 
HAP. If. 
1 David iy (,od' s dire/tio:; gltng ub to 

Htbton, is made Ln^ oj Judah 8 

.tbnt-r m.fkfb ljlbojheib king of tjrael. 



Ifl Afa bet flain. 

AND'tcime to pais alter tl, 
David inquired of r tie Lord, I 
Shall I go up into any of the cities i i [u- 
dah i And tne I o p (aid unto him, 
up. And David faidj VS hithei (hall I 
u,< I \r: t he laid, Uilo ! lei roii. 

u; thittv i , and lu' 
two • ives alio, \hinoam th< 
and Abigail Nabal's wife tl 

a And -j-ute with 

Dayidl . ing up, every man with 
hoi I : ami thej dwelt in the citicsoi I 

It. 
A And the men of Judah cr 
th< re tj ointed David king ovei h 

ludah. Ami \. i. 

faying, that the wen ot Jabefl 
tried Saul. 

5 \ fent m< rs unti 

n «»! |al • and laut unto tla-m, 

. 
ikindneisunji 
unto Saul, aj ' bui ie I hin . 

6 And n<r i .or u »;.(.•. . 

m\\ truth unto you : and I alfo will 

yuite you thi> kmdnels, becaul 

tlo: |g. 

7 1 h< refora, no% 
fin 

m t • ' | is de id, and il(<» the h 
Ju ■ lointed mr k.:n. 

B « Btii Abaci i ■ ■ i" !i 

• •. hi-ti idieth ' 
' • > Miliar i 

\nd m 
and :ii'l ov« 

: over t. 
r all !/ra<-l. 
10 Ilhl ' • fon, ixas fcrtv 

years old when k he Lc^an to rcipn over 

Ifrael, 



£68 Abnerjtayeih AJaheJ. U. SAMUEL. 

Jfrael, and reigned two years. But the 
houfe of Judah followed David. 

U And the time that David was king 
in Hebron over the houie of Judah, was 
feven years and fix months. 

12 And Abner the fon of Ner, and the 
fervants of Ifhbofheth the Ion cf Saul, 
went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 

13 And Joab the fon of Zeruiah, and 
the fervants of David, went out, and 
met together by the pool of Gibeon : and 
they fat down, the one on the one fide of 
the pool, and the other an the other iide 
of the pool. 

\K And Abner faid to Joab, Let the 
young men now arife,and play beforeus. 
And joab laid, Let them arile. 

15 Then here arofe,and went over by 
number twelve of Benjamin, which per- 
tained to Ifhbofheth the fon of Saul, and 
twelve of the fervants cf David. 

16 And they caught every one his fel- 
low by the head, and tbrujl his fword in 
his fellow's Iide ; fp they fell down togeth- 
er : wherefore that place was called 
Helkatnhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 

IT And there was a very fore battle 
that day ; and Abner was beaten, and 
the men of Ifrael, before the fervants of 
David. 

IB *T And theVe were three fons of Zer- 
niah there, Joab, and Abifhai. and Afa- 
hel : and Afahel ivas as light of foot as a 
wild roe. 

19 And Afahel purfued after Abner ; 
and ii) going he turned not to the right 
hand nor to the left from following Abner. 

20 Then Abner looked behind him- 
and laid, Art thou Afahel ? And he an- 
swered, I am. 

21 And Ad per taid to him, Turn thee 
afide to thy right hand or to thy left, 
and lay thee hold on one of the young 
men, and take thee his armour But 
Afahel wpijld not turnafule from follow- 
ing of him. 

"2.1 And Abner faid again to Afahel, 
Turn thep rtfide from following me : 
Wheref>re fhould I fnmc thee to the 
ground ? Mow then fpould I hold up piy 
tdcc to Joab thy brother ' 



E>avld ivaxetb jlrostger-. 

and became one troop, and flood on the 
top of an hill. 

26 Then Abner called to Joab, and faid, 
Shall the fword devour forever \ Know eft 
thou not that it will be bitternefs in the 
latter end ? How long fhali it be then, ere 
thou bid the people return from follow- 
ing their brethren ? 

27 And Joab faid, As God liyeth, un T 
lefs thou hadft fpoken 4 furely then in the 
morning the people had gone up every 
one from following his brother. 

23 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the, 
people flood ft;ll,and purfued after Ifrael 
no more, neither fought they any more. 

29 And Abner and his men walked all 
that night through the plain, and pafTe& 
over Jordan, and went through all Bith- 
ron, and they came to Mahanaim. 

50 And Joab returned from following 
i\bner . and when he had gathered all 
the people together, there lacked of Da- 
vid's fervants nineteen men and Afahel. 

51 Eutt.ru 



23 ['()•!) refufeu tp turn afide : 

wherefore Abner with the hinder end of 
flv fpe&T frpote him under the fifth rib, 
tha< the (pear cane out behind him ; and 
he fell down there, and died in the fame 
place : and it came to pafs, that a* man 



a 



a, came to the pi. ice where Afahel fell 
ti ii and died, flood frill 

21 Joab alfo and Abiihai purfued after 
Abner : a:ut the fun went down when 
they were come to the hill of . •mmah, 
that tietb before G:ah by the way of the 
wilderneft of Gibeon. 

25 And the children of Benjamin gath- 
ered them/clves together after Abner, 



fervants of David had fmittep 
of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,/* that 
three hundred and threetcore men died. 
St And they took up Afahel, and bu- 
ried him in the feculchre of his father, 
which xvas in Bethlehem. And Joab and 
his men went all niglir, and they came to 
tfebron at break of day. 

CHAP. III. 
1 During (be war David ft ill ivaxeth 
Jhonger. 6 Abner dijpieajediuito IJk.- 
bofbr'th, Vi ,e<volteth is D>i<vid, 22 
'Joab k'ileih Abner -.8 Da-Jid curfew 
jfioabj SI and mournetb for Abner. 
NOW there was a long war between 
the houfe of Saul and the houfe of Da- 
vid : but David waxed dronger and 
(tronger, and the houie of Saul waxed 
weaker and weaker. 

2 And unto David were fans born in 
Hebron: and his firft born was Amnon, 
of ' Ahinoani the Jezrcclitefs \ 

<> And his fecond, Chileab, of Abigail 
the wife of iNabal the Qarriielite ; and the 
third Abfalom the fon of Maacah, ths 
daughter of Talmai king ef Gertiur ; 

4 And the foprth, Adpnijan the fon of 
Haggith ; and the filth, ShephaUah the 
fon o\ A'oital ; 

5 And the fi.\th : Ithreairi, by Eglah 
David's wife. Thcie were born to Da- 
vid in Hebron. 

6 <f[ And it came tc pafs, while therp 
was war between 'he houfe of Saul and 
the houfe of David, that Abner made 
himfelf ftrong for the houfe of Saul. 

T And Saul had a concubine, w hofe 
name ivas Rizpah, the daughter of 
A'ah : and IJhboJfjeth faid 'to Abner, 
Wherefore halt thou, gone in unto my 
father's concubine ? 

8 Then was Abner very wroth for the 
words of Iihbolheth, and faid, am I a 

dog/S 



4pner rwhlteih to Daiud. 

dog's head, which againft Judah do flicw 
kindnefs this day unto the houie of ^aul 
thy tjther, to his brethren, and to his 
friends, and have not delivered thee into 
the hand of David, that thou charged me 
today with a fault concerning tins wom- 
an > 

9 So do God to Abner, and more alfo, 
except, as the Lord hath (worn to Da- 
vid, even fo I da to him ; 

10 lotianllatc the kingdom from the 
houfeof Saul, and to letup the throne of 

ir ifrael and over Judah, from 
Dan even to lie-erihcba. 

11 And he could not anfwer Abrter a 
word again, bee uife lie feared him. 

i - At :ni mefl to Da- 

vid on hib btl> if, faving, Whole is the 
.iljo. Make thy league with 
>ld, n\) hand jbatl be with 
thee, to bring ab > . ill Ifrael unto thee 

13 And he faid, Well ; I will make a 
league v\ith thee i but one thing I rc- 

, that is, J hou (halt not fee 

face, except thou rirft bring Michal, 
daughter, when thou corned to lee 
. e. 

14 And Da v 'id fent mefTengers to IOi- 
b<> aul's fon, faying, Deliver Mem) 
wife Michal, which I efpoufed to me for 
an Inindi <kin>ot the Phdutiues 

15 And luiboflieth fent, and took hex 

hufband, even from LMudiiel the 
fj I • (h . 

And her hu(band went with her a- 
] >ng weeping behind her to Bahurioi. 
r unto him, (jo return 

17 1 communication w ith 

the el< 'a> ing t Ye (ought tor 

David in tn. ■ to be V 



:t / 

Lord hath 

the hand ot 
Xtl t i \*. : pie 

hand ol the Philjflinet, 

I out ol of all th rii eoein 

bner alio fpafce in t lie eai 
nin : anl \bi ' alfo to fpi ak 

ii . ol David in H til tint 

med g' iel. and that I 

I to tl iatnin. 

\hix r ( ame to David to I 
and twenty men with him. And David 
:dc Abner and the nun that tor r* with 
hu l 

\bnrr faid unto d, I will 

fe and go, and thcr ill Ifrael un« 

ro my Iota the king, that thej ma) nw 

a league with th U thou niu 

r all that thii I defirrth. 

And David fci . ; and he 
went in I C ICC 

^T And, behold, the fervanta of Da. 

» id arivi Joab 9g a troop, 
and great Ipoij witn them 



Chap ly. Joab jUyeth Aunt r. 269 

bron ; for he had fent him away.andhe 
wai gone in peace. 

ii When Joab and all the hotl thatttW 
with him were come, they told Joab, lav- 
ing, Abner the fon of Ner came to the 
king, and he hath fent him away, and lie 
is gone in peace. 

"Ik Then joab came to the king, ami faid, 
What halt thou done ? behold, Ainu r 
came uuto thee ; Why n it that thou haft 
fent hin away, and he is quite gone > 

£51 hou knowett Abner the fon of Ner, 
that he came to deceive thee and to know 
thy going out and thy coming in, and to 
know all that thou dotlL 

And when Joab was come out from 
David, lie fent mefjfengers after Abner, 
which brought him again horn the well 
of Si rah : but David kncv\ ;/ not 

And when Abner was returned to 
Hebron, Joab took him afide in the g..te 
to lpeak with him quietly, and (mote him 
there under the *itth rib, that he died for 
tiie blood of Afahcl his brother. 

•23 ^] And alter Aard v. hen David heard 
//,he laid, I and my kingdom an guiltlt fs 
before the Lord forever Horn tticblwod 
of Abner the fon of Ner : 

£9 Let it relt on the head of Joab, and 
on all his lather's hou'c ; ami let there 
not fail from the houle 01 Joab One that 
hath an ill'ue. or that is a leper, or that 
Waaeth on ■ Itatf, or that falieth on the 
(Word, or that lacketh bread. 

"-o Joab and Abifli lihis brother fle*r 

Abner, becaufehe had (lain their brother 
Afahel at Gibeon in the battle. 

31 f And David faid to Joab, and 
all the people that -mere with him, K 
your clothes,and gird you with fackcloth, 

i\iui mourn before Abner. And king Da- 
vid bimjrlf followed r. 

And they buried Abnei in Hebron | 
and the king lilted up hi> 
WCpt at the grave of Abner ; and all the 
pie wej t . 
S3 And the kins lameni 

and laid, Died Abner as a Fool d 

•S4 Thy hands were not bound, noi thy 
feel put into fetten i as i mar h be- 

toi e wn Iced u en, /" felled thou. And all 
the people wept again ever him. 

id H hen all th \ \ tOple i Ml 

i ante David t>j e »' meal whi 

, David |v are. faj ing, So do I : 

, tnd moie liio. ii 1 t |(| | i I 

aught <-lle, till tin- fun be d<>w n. 

. 

and it pleafe l them l '* c 

did pi 

r all the pc I "' m I ,,n - 

iod that rl 

kin^ to H I) Ah- : tl 

33 And theki I unto h 

v ye n t that • >d a 



but Abnef tw»J not with Pavid in He- great man fal'cn tli > ' 

1 



$70 IJhbofheib murdered. 



M. SAMUEI*. 



David taketb lion. 



39 And I am this day weak, thoughJ now require his blood of your hand, and 



anointed king : and thefe men the fons of 
Zeruiah be too hard for mc : the Lord 
fhall reward the doer of evil according to 
his wicked nefs. 

CHAP. IV. 

i The Ifraelites being troubled at the 

death of Abner ^ 2 Baanab and Recbab 

Jfay ijhbojheth. 9 David caufetb tbem 

fobejpain, and IJhbofbetb's head to be 

buried. 

AND when Saul's fon heard that Abner 
whs dead in Hebron, his hands were fee- 
ble, and all the Ifraelites were troubled. 

2 fl And Saul's fon had two men that 
were captains of bands ; the name of the 
one Tvas Baanah, and the name of the 
other Rechab, the fonsof Rimmon a Beer- 
othite, of the children of Benjamin : (for 
Beeroth alfo was reckoned to Benjamin : 

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, 
and werefojourners there until this day.) 

4 And Jonathan, Saul's fon, had a fon 
that in as iame of his feet. He was five 
year's old when the tidings came of Saul 
and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his 
jiurfe took him up, and fled : and it came 
to oafs, as fhe made hade to flee, that he 
fell, and became lame. And his name 
ivas Mephibofheth. 

5 And the fons of Rimmon the Becr- 
othite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and 
came about the heat of the day to the 
houfe of lfhboiheth, who lay on a bed at 
noon. 

6 And they came thither into the mid ft 
of the houfe, as though they would have 
fetched wheat : and they fmote him un- 
der the fifth rib : and Rechab and Ba.a- ( 
nah his brother efcaped. 

7 For when they came into the houfe, 
belay on his bed in his bedchamber, and 
they fmote him, and flew him, and be- 
headed him, and took his head, and gat 
them away through the plain all night. 

G And they brought the head of Ifli- 
bofheth unto David to Hebron, and faid 
to the king, Behold the head of Ifhbo- 
theih the fon of Saul thine enemy, which 
fought thy life : and the Lord hath 
•nged my lord the king this day of 
£ ..til, and ot his feed. 

9 ^| And David anfwercd Rechab and 
Baanah his brother, the fons of Rimmon 
the Beerothite, and faid unto them, As 
the Lord livcth. w ho luth redeemed my 
foul out of all advcrlity, 

10 When one told me, faying, Behold, 
- 1 is dead, thinking to have brought 

good tidings, I took hold of him, find 
(lew him in Ziklag, who thought that I 
would have given him a reward *or his 
tidings : 

11 How much more wicked i 
have flain a righteous pcih n in his own 
- >ufe upon ms bed ? Shall I not v 



take you away from the earth ? 

it And David commanded his young 
men, and they flew them, and cut off their 
hands and their feet, and hanged them 
up over the pool in Hebron. But they 
took the head of Ifhbofheth, and buried 
it in the fepnlchre of Abner in Hebron. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint Da- 
vid over Ifrael. 6 He taketh lion 
from the Jebujttes. 

a HEN came all the tribes of Ifrael to 
David unto Hebron, afid fpake, faying, 
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flefh. 

2 Alfo in time pa(t, when Saul was 
king over us, thou waft he that leddeft 
out and broughteft: in Ifrael : and the 
Loud faid to thee, Thou iTialt feed my 
people Ifrael, and thou (halt be a captain 
over Ifrael. 

3 So all the elders of Ifrael came to 
the king to Hebron ; and king David 
made a league with them in Hebron be- 
fore the Lord : and they anointed David 
king over Ifrael. 

4 David mas thirty years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned fo*ty 
years. 

^ Ih Hebron he reigned over Judah 
ieven years and fix months : and in Je- 
rufaiem he reigned thirty and three years 
overall Itrael and Judah. 

6 <[J And the king and his men went 
to Jerusalem unto the Jebufites, the in- 
habitants of the land : which fpake unto 
David, faying. Kxccpt thou take away the 
blind and the iame, thou fhalt not come 
in hither : thinking, David cannot come 
in hither. 

7 Neverthelefs, David took the ftrong 
hold of Zion : the fame is the city of 
David. 

^ 8 And David faid on that day, Who- 
foever getteth up to the gutter, and fmi- 
teth the Jebufites, and the lame, and the 
blind, that are hated of David's foul, be 
flail be chief and captain. Wherefore 
they faid, '1 he blind and the lame fhali 
not come into the houfe. 

o David dwelt in tl>e fort, and called 
it the city of David. And David built 
round about from Millo and inward. 

10 And David went on, and grew 
great, and the Lord God of hofls vca,s 
with him. 

11 And Hiram king of Tyre fent mef- 
fengcrs to David, and cedar trees, and 
carpenters, andinafons: and they built 
David an houfe. 

12 And David perceived that the Lord 
had efrablifhed him king over Ifrael, and 
that lie had exalted his kingdom for his 

pie Israel's fake. 

13 And David took bttn more concubines 
and vyiresoHt of Jeruljdeattj ajier he w<$ 

come 



Zbm'id fttilah Ox arjt ..;p, <i. fHm Kirjttbjtorim. STii 

vme from Hebron : and there were )et Uzzah a»d Ahio, the fons of Abinadofc., 
ftns and daughter born to David. drave the new cart. 



I i Aud thefe be the names of thofe 
that were bom unto him in Jerufalem ; 
SJiimmiuh, and Shobab, and Nathan, 
and bolcmon, 

15 Ibharallo, and Elifhua, andNcpheg, 
and Japhia, 

16 And Elifham3, and Eliada, and E- 
Uphalet 

II But when the Fhiliftines heird that 
they had anointed Dav.d kin^ over Ilrael, 
ill the Philiilinescame up to feck David; 
and David heard cf it y and treat dovs w to* 

■ hold. 

18 The PhiLi "tines alfo came and fpread 
themfelves in the valley of Rcphaini. 

19 And David inquired of the Lord, 
faying. Shall I go up to the PhililFmes ? 

:lt thou deliver them into mine hand 1 
And the Lord laid unto David, Gj up : 
for I will doubtleis deliver the Phutftuies 
into thine hand. 

And Dav'.d came to Baa'perazim, 
and David (tuo'e tbem there, and faid, 
e Lord hath broken forth upon mine 
enemies before me, as the breach of 
ters .Therefore he called the name of 
that place Baalper 

41 And there rhey left rhelr images, 
and David and his men burned them. 

tl And the Phil. » le up jet a- 

gain. anl fpread themfelves in the vJlcy 
of Kephaim. 

IS And when David ino. aired of the 

(halt not go up : 
hut fetch a cotnpafs b and 

- ;ie upon them over againll the mul- 
berry trees. 

ti /\nd let it be, when thou he 
fhe found of a going in the tops ot the 

be- 
Loro go 
on' *e, to fmite the hoi: ot I 

Phn 

'd did f->. as the Lor» 
|fi»' :n ; a 

Pi " a until the 

Ca, 

cn\p. \ 

1 Dai' id ft ft I ■ atkfrom Kirjotkjfa- 

rim en a netu tart . 6 I 7.tub njmu 
ten H bejore ti/e ark. 

•0 M ' cbai s barrtnn 

N, Davi. 4 . David leaf 

the chofen men ot lliael, t! LORD; an 



K And they brought it out of the houfr 
of Abinadab which Gibeah, i 

eempanying the ark of God : aod Ahio 
went before the ark. 

5 And l5avid and all the houfe of I< 
played before the Lord on \ rxr of 

injtruments made of fir wood, even on 
harps, and on pfaltenes, and on timbrels, 
an \ wn cornets, and on cy 

t> fl And when the) came to Nachon ? - 
tlirefhing floor, L'zzah put forth bh tana 
to the ark of God, and took hold of it i 
tor the oxen (hook it. 

\nd the anger of the Lord wat 
kindled again ft Uzzuh ; and God fmotc 
him th- bis error ; and there lie died 

by the ark of God. 

3 And David «js difpleafed, tec 
the Lord had made a breach upon U- 
lah :a: illed the name of the pl.ee 

i to this dj 
1 1 D of the Lord, 

that day, and faid, How fhall the ark of 
Lord come to me ? 

10 5 the crk. 

of the Lord unto him into the c.ty • ?* 






David : twit 

>te. 
11 fix A thear >RD conti; 

in the houfe of Obededom the < 

c months: and the Lord blctlcd 
Obededom, 

It fl \nd -t v 
ing, 1 he Lord hath bleiTed the hotife 
Oboried d alt I 'tainetb \u\\o 

him, becaufe * rk oi God. ^j Di- 

li and bru p the ark oi 

Jioule oi Obededom mto i 
(i 
i > ».t when they I 

bare the ark of th« Lord had tix 

14 

h all kit might ~9a$ gird" 

« 
t up tl )f the Lord with 

a:ul with. ' and of the 

ORDcame 
'. 
daaglrer looked * 

ng be- 

lum in 



fcnd. 

% And David jrofe, till it \;.i theybrougj arkot 

•he people t 1m t -cere with him t. tale I Lokd, and let it in his ylj€c,io th^ 

of! • trom thence the oft icle tha »ed 



ark of Cyod, whofe wine 
name of the Lord of holls that dwt 
ret tiie c 
S And tlrey let the ark of God uoon a 
•, and brought it out of tl 
vbururiab that ivas in (i;be«Ji . and 



• : and David t tiered burnt offering^ 
peace ottering* before the Lord. 
I? I had : 

>f offering bur " and { 

offerings, he 1 the reopi? "» »be 

naa. - - Lord of he 

19 And 



$72 MichaVs barrennefu 



ii. Samuel. 



Gfrd's promife to -David. 



19 And he dealt among all the people, thee a great name, like unto the name of 
^o^w among the whole multitude of I frael, the great men that are in the earth. 



10 Moreover, 1 will appoint a place for 
my people 1 frael, and will plant them, 
that they may dwell in a place of their 
own, and move no more ; neither fhall 



ss well to the women as men, to every 
one a cake of bread, and a good piece of 
JIeJJj,ar\CL a flagon ojivine* So all the peo- 
ple departed every one to his houfe. 

20 flThen David returned to blefs his the children of wickednefs afflict them 
houfehold. And Michal tile daughter of any more, as beforetime, 
Saul came out to meet David, and faid,' 11 And as fince the time that I com- 
How glorious was the king of Ifrael to- ' manded judges to ire over my people If- 
day, who uncovered himfelf today in the rael, and have caufed thee to reft from ali 
eyes of the haudinaids of his fervants, as! thine enemies. Alfo the Lord telleth 



•ne of the vain fellows ihamelefsly un- 
covereth himlelf 



thee that he will make thee an houfe. 
12 And when thv days be fulfilled, and 



21 And David faid unto Michal, Itnjuas^ thou fhalt fleep with thy fathers, I wilt 
before the Lord* which chofe me before jfet up thy feed after thee, which (hall 
thy father, and befoie all. his houfe, to (proceed out of thy bowels, and ] will ef- 
appoint me ruler over the people of the tablifh his kingdom. 
Lord, over Ifrael ; therefore will I play 
before the Lord 



22 And I will yet be more vile than 
ShuSj and will be bale in mine own fight • 
and of the maidfervants which thou haft 
fpoken of,of them fhall I be rw<d in honour. 

25 Therefore Michal the daughter of 
Saul had no child until the day of her 
death. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 God forbiddeth David to build him an 
houfe . 18 His prayer and tkankjgi<ving< 

AND it came to pafs, when the king 
fat in his houfe, and the Lord had giv- 
en him reft round about from all his en- 
emies ; 

2 That the king faid unto Nathan the 
prophet, See now, 1 dwell in an houfe of 
cedar, but the ark oi God dwelleth with- 
in curtains. 

3 And Nathan faid to the king,Go, do 
all that is in thine heart ; for the Lord 
is with thee. 

4 And it came to pafs that night, that 
the word of the Lo r d came unto Nathan, 
faying, 

5 Go and tell my fervant David, Thus 
faith the Lord, bhalt thou build me an 
houfe tor me to dwell in r 

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in anv 
houfe (ince the time that I brought up 
the children of Ifrael cut of Egypt, even 
to this day, but have walked in a tent 
and in a tabernacle. 

7 In all the places wherein I have walk- 
ed with all the children of Ifrael. fpake I 
a word with any of the tribes of Ifrael, 
whom I commanded to iced my people 
Ifrael, faying, Why build ye not me an 
houfe of cedar i 

8 Now, therefore, fo fhalt thou fay unto 
my fervant David, Thus faith the Loud 
ofhofts I took thee from the Ihcepcote, 
from following the fheep, to be ruler aver 
my people, over 1 1 rael : 

9 And I was with thee whithcrlbever 



IS He (hall build an houfe for my 
name, and I will eftablifh the throne at 
his kingdom forever. 

14 I will be his father, and he fhall be 
my fon. If he commit iniquity, I will 
chaften him with the rod of men, and 
with the ftripes of the children of men : 

15 But my mercy (hall not depart away 
from him, as I took /'/ from Saul, whom 
I put away before thee. 

16 And thine houfe and thy kingdom 
fhali be eftaMifhed for ever before thee : 
thy throne (hall be eftablifhed forever. 

17 According to all thefe words, and. 
according to all this vifion,fo did Nathan 
fpeak unto David. 

18 f t Then went king David in, and fat 
before the Lord, and he faid, Who atrt 
I, O^Lord God ? and, What is my houfe, 
thatthou haft brought me hitherto ? 

19 And this was yet a fmall thing in 
thy fight, O Lord God ; but thou haft 
fpoken alfo of thy fervants houfe for a 
^great while to come. And, Is this the 
manner of man, O Lord God ? 

20 And, What can David fay more un- 
to thee : for thou, Lord God, knovveft 
thy fervant. 

21 For thy word's fake, and according 
to thine own heart, haft thou done all 
thefe great things to make thy fervant 
know them. 

22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord 
God : tor there is none like thee, neither 
is there any Gad betide thee, ai cording to 
all that we have heard with our eais. 

23 And, What one nation in the earth is 
like thy people, even like Ifrael, whom 
God went to redeem foi a people to him- 
felf, and to make him a name, and to do 
for you great things and terrible- lor thy 
land, before thy people which thou re- 
deemedii to th?c trom Egypt, from the 
nations and their gods ? 

Z\ For thou halt confirmed tothyfelf 
thy people Ifrael, to ben people unto thee 



thou wenieft, and have cut off all thine for ewr : and thou, Lord, art becoim 
enemies out of thy fight, and have made their Gcd. 

25 And 



flints. £hap. vfc 
O Lord God, the word 



It fc and do 

#ver 



king Drvid. to falute him, and to t 
hin», be ada- 

deft .iadadezer 

-had w a Toi. Ar rm brou- 



for *it h I of filver. and ve 



Lord of horts m the 

feofthy 

re thce._ 

O Lor r J of h >ft$, Go* -1 , of 

d to tl 

ing, I I build thee an haute : therefore 



gold, a:u vrilels of brais : 

tl V hxhalfo king David did dedicate 
unto the Lord, with the filver and go!d 
edicatedof all n aborts w hich 
d ; 

J, »nd of Mr.ab, and or' 



rtd in his h<.a:t : Xmmon.andbi -ilktires, 



:hee. 



and of Amalek, an i of the fpoil of Hada- 



I now.O Lord God, thou <jr/!dezer. : Rehob, king of Zubah. 



.r God, and thy be true, and 

tiifed i. ito thy 

fer 

r pleafe ^.ee to 
fhttir: 



li And David git / .e when 

he returned from uniting of the Sj . 

I ialt, being eighteen thoo- 
fand men. 

1i And he put R»rrifbiw in Edom ; 
throughout ail I I put he garri 



O I :t : and with ^ and a!l t Edom became Dav 

thy t the houie of thy fcrvant s. And the Lor d preferved Da 



be b'eiTji tor ever 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Danjii fubduetb tie Tbitijlines, anJtb* 

an nt. 1 i3 His officers. 

that 
D »cd 

; and E uh 

out of the hand c 

I Aad a meafured 

them with a lin? , g the; i to 

»the ground : even ^ neat 

he to p I w ith 

le to keep aliv ■'> t!ie N 

D_. id s fei j*^ 

3 « rer, the 

. as he 
nt to r e river 

A An i Divid took from him a the: 
I (even 

footmen : ard D i 
houghed 

cd of them for an humif ic ariots. 
And when . » of D 

le to fuccour iladadeze >f Zo- 

>ew of the Syrians two and 

6 1 garrifons in c 

of Damafco! ns became 

fcrvants to I and bro-. 

the Lorp preferved David whtther- 

foever hr 

\nd Davi i took the fHV 
it were o;i the f - 
and brought tji n. 

8 . * m Bet j 

>fHadaderer. ok ex- 






nuc! 



9 v 

that i fmittcn all tne hr 

10 Toi fent ]< into 



rfoever he went 

15 And David reigned over alt Ifrael ; 
and David et<*cured judgmentand julttce 

> ali his people. 

16 f, A u) 'he fort of Zeruiah txar 
over the h llehoi ot 
Ah lud r ; 

if idok the fon of Ah:tub, and 

ech tb- ."jsrre the 

b- ; 
I Bcnai.ih the (on of 
orr both the Cherethite he 

Wc ; and C tuna were chief 

rulers. 

CHAI». I\ 
1 Oj- T nd 

fitr Jtnmt tkt rrjtwetbkim, 

i, '"% there \et any* 

I m 

i And rVre n\j/of the houfe of 
hofe nam* 1 1 
w) i him unto 1 

the k'iu laid unto h 

. I hy fervanl •-/ 
•i | 

ttx: • 

• hath 
i li U wilcet. 

4 And the 
it h 

• x/ m the 

6 N ^(hetb. the fir 

. 

he afifwrred, H* 

7 r 

I ; 



2TT4 The Amminites and Syrians II. SAMUEL. attacked and defeated. 

children of Ammon fent and hired the 



not ; for I • ill furely fhewthee kindnefs 
for Jonathan thy father's fake, and will 
reftore thee all the land of Saul thy fa- 
ther ; and thou fhalt eat bread at my ta- 
ble continually. 

8 And he txAved himfelf, and faid, 
What is thy fervant that thou fhouldeft 
look upon fuch a dead dog as I am ? 

9 1 hen the king called to Ziba Saul's 
fervam, and faid unto him, 1 have given 
unto thy mailer's fon all that pertained 
to ^aul, and to ail his houfe 

10 Thou, therefore and thy fons, and 
thy fervants, <hali till the land fur him, 
and thou fhalt bring in the fruits, that thy 
matter's fon may have food to eat : but 
Mephibofheth thy matter's fon fhah eat 



Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians 
of Zoba, twenty thoufand footmen, and 
of king Maacaia a thoufand men, and of 
Ifhtob twelve thoufand men. 

7 And when David heard of it, he 
fent Joab, and all the hoft of the mighty- 
men. 

8 And the children of Ammon came 
out, and put the battle in array it the 
entering in of the gate and the Syri- 
ans of Zoba, and of Reliob, and Ifhtob, 
and Maacah, ive ie by themf elves in the 
field 

9 When Joab faw that <he front of the 
battle was againft him before and behind, 
hechofeof all the choice men otlCra.d, and 



bread alway at myjtable. Now Ziba had j put tbem in array againft the Syrians : 
fifteen fons and twenty fervants. 10 And the reft of the people he deliv- 

11 Then raid Ziba unto 'he king, Ac- lered intp the hand of Abifhai hisbrother, 



cording to all that my lord the king harh 
commanded his fervant, fo fhall thy fer- 
vant do. As tor Mephibofheth jaid the 
king, he dial 1 eat at my table, as one of 
the king's fons. 

il And Mephibofheth Had a young fon, 
whofe name was Micah And all that 
dwelt in the hcufe of Ziba <vj?re fervants 
unto Menhibofheth. 

ISSoMephibofheth dwelt injerufalem: 
for he did eat continually at the king's 
table ; and was lame on both his feet. 

CHAP. X. 
1= David's mtffengers fent to comfort Ha- 
nun> are di:gruce,ully treated. 6, 15 
The dmmoniies and Syrians ars over- 
come 

AND it came to pafs after rhis, that the 
king of the children of Ammon died, and 
Lanun his fon reigned in his ftead. 

I 1 hen faid David. I will (hew kind- 
ncls unto 1 lanun ihe fon of Nahafh, as 
his father (hewed kindnefs unto me. And 
D;;v;d fent to comfort him by the hand 
of Ins fervants for his father. And Da- 
vid's fcrvantu came into the land of the 
children uf Ammon, 

3 And th" princes of the children of 
Amnion faid. unto Hanun their lord, 
M Kinked thou that David doth honour 
ih> tather, that heh.ith lent comforters 
unto thee ? Hath not David rather fent 
hi fervants -unto thee, to fearch the city, 
and to f pv it out, and to overthrow it ? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's fer- 
vants, and ll.ivedorl the one half of their 
beards, and i nt off their garments id the 
middle, even to their buttocks, and fent 
them away. 



that he might put them in array againft 
the children' of Ammon. 

II And he faid. If the Syrians be too- 
ftrong for me, then thou fhalt help me : 
but if the children of Ammon be too 
ftrong for thee, then I will come and help 
thee. 

It Be of good courage, and let us play 
the men for our people, and for the cities 
of our God : and the Lord do that 
which feemeth him good- 

13 And Joab drew nigh, and the peo- 
ple that were with him, unto the battle 
againft the Syrians : and they fled before 
him. 

14 And when the children of Ammon 
faw that the Syrians were fled, then 
fled they alfo before Abifhai and enter- 
ed into the city. So Joab returned from 
the children of Ammon, anji came to 
Jerusalem. 

15- ^ And when the Syrians faw tha" 
they were fmitten before IiVael,they gatlr 
ered themlelves together. 

16 And Hadarezcr fent, and brought 
out the Syrians that were beyond the- 
river : and they eame to Helam ; and 
Shobach the captain of the hoft of Hada- 
rezer "vent before them. 

17 And when it was to d David, he gath- 
ered all ifrael together, and palled over 
Jordan, and came to Helam And the 
Syrians fet themlelves in array againft 
David, and fought with him. 

18 And the Syrians fled before Ifrael ; 
and David flew tie men of feven hun- 
dred chariots of the Syrians, and forty 
thoufand horfemen, and finote Shobach 
the captain of their hoft, who died 



5 When they told it unto David, he there, 
fent to meet them, bi caufe f he men were I 19 And when all the kings that lueff 
great U aih.r.ii'-d : and the king faid, Tar- j/erv ants to Hadarezer faw thai they were 
ry at lencho until your beaid> be grown, jfmitten before Ifrael, they made pence 
suxdtbtn return. w ith Ifrael and ferved them. So the 

«i An'. \- hen thechildrrn rS \imnon ! Syrians feared to help the children o* 
faw that they (tank beloie David, the ; Amnion any more. 

* CHAT 



d&vid commit t et h adultery. 
CHAP. XF. 



Ci^p 



Vrisb \zRa\n. •?! 



•? a letter to Jcab, and 



%etb Rabbcb - lemtkmit- !ent // by tl»e hand «v I 

tcib adu. \ ' d he w rote in 

er \e L"p.ahin the Aiek 

iD it c -ear battle, a that he 

wai ex, lie w hen kngs go may be fnrren. aod 



b, and 
:! : and 



fonh to bat elf. that D« 

• 
the 

ed Rat 
ra. 
f #J And :t ca~:e id foi:_ 

-tide, that Dsvid arc the people 

and walked upon the rx :ie king's and Uriah -he 1 ed \ 



It f And it came to pais w } en Joab ob- 
served 'he c - h 
Idren ot Amraor. ce where he knew that 
ri^i I. - men "acert 

i" Aad the men 

here t* 



honfe rxx<i he la a a womaa 

jrherfelt": and rhe woman 'zcat \ ery 
beautiful to lc • n. 

8 And Dav.d le..r and inquired after 
the wo".".jTi And one 

eba th. tuac;, thei 

L hah the Hittite 



18 I hen Joab fent and told Davi 
the things concerning I r ; 

19 At del neflenger. 

• • ■ 

the matters of tr tiotO the king, 

'-© Aid ;f I be - 

e fn unto thee, 



4 i (Jen- meffirngers, an ighumothec 

took he and fee i- unto him, a ey 

he lay with hrr , lor (he »•« pur • jm the \\A\ » 



the king'* 
in a i;icli of r 



■ 
unto her !. 

\nd the *oti -ived, and Tent 

and to i, and fa'H, I am with ct 

€ And D-vid Hen* ^b, fa: 

id roe U nali the Hil And J 

fent Uriah to Da 1 . 

\nd when I 
Dav:d den:jn<§ed •/ t:m f 

w the peoj and how t. 

<?d 
• Ar : D .1 to L T r>ah, Go ci 

CO * i Wa!^ 

and \<m 

; 
lord, and ■ 

And when 
ing, I rial 

not £o ne Ikm: 

1 1 And I 

•ab,an 

■ 
lo cat 1 

w . and a: 

eth, I i 

. I 
-e today a I w • 

the 

'hat H 
t"3 An 
d- ind he 

• 

h:s iv.'d, but went not dow 



-1 • : 

Jem n caft a 

piece 
wall, that Ik died in T 1 

, thyfer- 

_er went, an 
.Viewed Da t 

15 the mefTV 

Surel. t! e :ue: us, and 

came 

were upon tl*eni even unto ll 
of the > ate 
44 I from off 

; and /»*e or 
'h> fc; 



1 h> 






•r, 

t 



D 



II And it came to pais ia t!ic morning, . flocks ajd herds : 



f*ord 

n. 
t 

■g was pa 

, 
l 
that David l*ud done 

l 

bU.l He aptfietb the par. 

I 
Solomr 

And ! I 

r poor. 

[he 



3 B 



£|6 Nathan's parable. 



II. SAMUEL, 



Solomon is lor*. 



S But the poor man had nothing, fave 
one little ewe lamb, which he hadjbought 



17 And the elders of his houfe arofe, 
and went to him,to raife htm up from the 



and nourifhed up : and it grew up toge'h-jearth : but he would not, neither did he 
er with him, and with his children : it 
did eat of his own meat, and drank of his 
own cup, and lay in his bofom, and was 
unto him as a daughter. 

4 And there came a traveller unto the 
rich man, and he fpared to take of his 
own flock and of his own herd, to drefs 
for the wayfaring man that was come 
unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, 
and dretfed it for the man that was come 
to him 

5 And David's anger was greatly kin- 
dled againft the man ; and he faid to Na- 
than, Js the Lord liveth, the man that 
hath done this thing fhall 4 u rely die : 

6 <\nd he (hail reftore the lamb four- 
fold, becaufe he did this thing, and be- 
caufe lie had no pity. 

7 A And Nathan faid to David, Thou 
art the man. Thus faith the Lord God 
of Tfrael, I anointed thee king over Ifrael, 
and I delivered thee out of the hand of 
Saul ; 

8 And I gave thee thy matter's houfe, 
and thy matter's wives into thy bofom, 
and gave thee the houfe of Ifrael ;md of 
j.udah ; and if that bad been too little, I 
would moreover have given unto thee 
luch and inch things. 

9 Wherefore halt then defpifed the 
commandment of the Lord, to do evil 
in his fight ? Thou haft killed Uriah the 
Mittite with the ("word, and haft taken 
his wife/o be thy wife, and halt flain him 
with the fwordof the children of Amnion. 

10 Now, therefore, the fword (hall never 
"depart from thine houfe ; becaufe thou 
halt defpifed mc, and haft taken the wife 
of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 

11 Thus faith the Lord, Behold, T will 
raife up evil againft thee out of thine own 
Jhoufe, and I will take thy wives before 
thine eyes, and give tbrm unto thy neigh- 
bour, and he fliall lie with thy wives in 
the fight of this fun. 

12 For thou didtt /'/ fecretly : but I 
will dn this tiling before all Ifrael, and 
before the fun. 

15 And David (aid unto Nathan. T have 
finned againft the Lord. And Nathan 
faid unto David, The Lord alio hath put 
away thy fin : thou (bait not d\e. 

14 Hon belt, becaufe by this deed thou 
haft given grc/at occafion to the enemies 
of the Lord to bJafpheme, the child alio 
that //burn unto thee Ihall finely die. 

t r » And Nathan departed unto his 
houfe. And the Lord ft ruck the child 
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it 
w.is very fit k. 

15 David therefore befonght God for 
t lie child ; ami David fatted, and went in- 
u.i-d lay ail night upon the earth 



eat bread with them. 

18 Aud it came to pafs on the feventh 
day, that the child died. And the fervams 
of David feared to tell him that the child 
was dead : for they faid, Behold, while 
the child was yet alive, we fpake unto 
him, and he would not hearken unto our 
voice : How will he then vex himfeif, if 
we tell him that the child is dead ? 

19 But when David faw that his fe.r- 
vants whifpered,David perceived that the 
child was dead* therefore David faid un- 
to his fervants, Is the child dead ? And 
they faid, He is dead. 

-0 ihen David arofe from the earth, 
and warned, and anointed himfeif, and 
changed his apparel, and came into the 
houfe of the Lord and worfnipped : 
then he came to his own houfe ; and when 
he required, they fet bread before him, 
and he did eat. 

21 Then faid his fervants unto him, 
What thing is this that thou haft done ? 
Thou didft faft. and weep for the child, 
white it was alive ; but when the child 
was dead, thou didft rife and ear bread. 

it And he faid, While the child **$ 
yet alive, I fatted and wept i for I faid, 
VVho can tell whether God will be gra- 
cious to me, that the child may live ? 

2S But now he is dead, Wherefore mould 
I fait i Can 1 bring him back again? I fhall 
go to him, but he mail not return to me. 

2* 51 And David comforted Bathfheha 
his wife, and went in unto her, and lay 
with her : and fhe bare a fon, and he 
called his name Solomon: and the Lord 
loved him. 

J i5 And he fent by the hand of Nathan 
the prophet ; and he called his name 
Jedidiah, becaufe of the Lord. 

£6 f t And Joab fought againft Kabbah 
of rhe children of Amnion, and took the 
royal city. 

£7 And Joab fent mdfengers to David, 
and faid, I have fought againft Rabbah, 
and kave taken-thc city of waters. 

°28 Now, therefore, gather the reft of 
the people together, and encamp againft 
the city, and take it : left 1 take the city, 
and it be called after my name 

29 And David gathered all the people 
together, and went to Rabbah,and fought 
againft it, and took it. 

SO And he took their king's crown 
from off his head ; the weight whereof 
was a taient of gold, with the y>reeious 
(tones : and it was Jet on David's head. 
And he brought forth the fpoil of the 
city i;i great abundance* 

81 And he brought forth the people 
that iuere therein, and put them under 

iron, Aivl 



(aws, apd ttadev harrows oi 



Ajnnon loving Tamar, G\ u Qff. ra*v'ijheth her. £T\T 

I made them pal ■-/-•to go? And .v f thou (halt be 

tin he' 

of Am- 



peoj 






nion. So D and all the 

turned unto ferafalem. 

i .v xiii 

1 Annon i. Fumar, rati •/bet b her 

l S f turn 'tb bera 



Is in It; . w, there- 

fore, 1 pray thee, (pe ik unto the king : 



. fleeib. ingly ; 
6 it ca [hated 



for lie will . thhold n e irom thee. 

14 Howbeit, he would not hearken 

unto her voice ; bot being Wronger than 
(he, forced her, and lay *;th her. 

15 <J Then Amnon hated ho exceed- 
lo that the hatred wherewith he 



her 






>n or D~vid had a 
ter, nar and An 

the lot. er 



greater than the love 
\\ herewith lie had loved her. And Am. 



non i A rile, be ( 

t6 .. aid unto him, there ii no 

i exed, that he caule : this evil in (ending me away is 

licK for h famai saterthan the other that tnondidft unto 



a on thought il I 

• I 
• \ nd who! 

iv < s jh Dj- 

<. thei and Jonadab nuas a • 

fob 

V \m\ he (aid unto him, Why ir/thcu, 
!;m^'>i 
Wilt 1 I tcdl me ? And Annum faid 

unto him, I oar, my brother 

Al 

\nd Jonadab faid unf.> him, Lay *kee 
do'-nonth) bed, an e.thyfelt fick j 

i v. hen thy father cometn to fee tl 
■ to hhji, I pray thee, let my fitter 
1 unar tome, and give me meat, and 
drefs the meat in my fight, that I may 
; // at her hind. 
\mnon and made him- 

( II fi< Ii . when the km;, 

to fee him, Am:: n I lid unto the kin,,. I 
V" r my (ii 

i akea in my fight, 
I I maj Her hand. 

1 hen David lent home to Ta 
f i) ing, < - ther Amfl 

-at. 

Am- 
he was i 
took Hour, and k it, and 

.ke the 

9 And (he i , and poured 
tl i •••• n ; but hr i to 

. Have OUt all i 

>mme. And the> went out every man 
from him. 

10 And Amnon faid tmtoTamar, Bring 
the into the i h imber, thai I 

t of in .11 ,1111.11 ti 

fiad i d broui 

into the lier 

bi 

1 1 And when (he ; hi them 
lum to eat, he took hold ot 

unto her, t with me, my lifter. 

i- And (he anfwered him, my 

brother, do not force , <r no ■ 

thing ought to be done in Ilrael : do not 
ijiou this folly. 

M Alld J, Whither frail 1 Ciufe tr.y 



me. Bui he would not hearken unto her. 

II Dim lie called his fervant that rnin- 

1 UOtO him, and lid, Put now this 

xcomun out from me, and bolt the door 

after her. 

t£ And jbe bad a garment of divers 
colours r ; for with fuch r< 

ghters that e were vir- 
ipparakl. 1 lien his fervant brought 
her d the door after her. 

19 And i am ir. put a&es on her bead, 
and nni her garment of divers co! 
thai imj on her, and laid her han 
her head, and went on rr_, i 
^»> And Abfalom her bi . mi unto 
Hath Ann | been \n ith 

Bui hold now thy \ 
thy broth T : DOl this ll. 

unar rema G late in her bi^ ih- 

. Ibfalom's houfe. 
-'■ But wbtn king David heard ol 
• things, lu rj wroth. 

I Ahlal.in f] ake unto his broth- 

tmnon neither good nor lad : tor 

Abfa non, becaufe he had 

hi* filler Tain ir. 

"' And it cametO \ ifs after tWO tull 

-. that Abfalom h id ft ep 

r, m hit h is befioV I phraim t 
m invited all the king'i I 
I » tl...- ktng. and 

Behi Id , lervanl hath flicep 
Ibearei > ; let the king, 1 

int. 

| 
bee. And he pn 

him ; I but 

bleffed In;. i. 

1 hen lYd Abfalom, 



And the king faid tin" 



T f r . I | 

aid 



tmnon ill the I 

n. 
48 

. 
Amnon'i 1 

I 
kill him, I t Icon. 

rd 



>&f& Amtt &n fiam . 

<cd you ? Be courageous and be valiant. 

29 And the fervants of Abfalom did 
unto Amnon as Abfalom had command- 
ed. Then all the king's Tons arofe, and 
every man gat him up upon his mule and 
fled. 

30 And it came to pafs, while they 
were in the way, that tidings came to 
David, faying, Abialom hath flain all 
the king's fons, and there is not one cf 
them left. 



II. SAMUEL. 



SI Then the king arofe, and tare his one fmote the other, and flew him 



garments,and lay on the earth : and all his 
Servants flood by with their clothes rent. 

32 And Jonadab, the fon of Shimeah, 
David's brother, anfwered and faid, Let 
not my lord fuppofe that they have flain 
all the young men the king's fons ; for 
Amnon only is dead : lor by the appoint- 
ment of Abfalom this hath been deter- 
mined from the day that he forced his 
fitter Tamar. 

Si Now, therefore, let not my lord the 
king take th<e thing to his heart, to think 
tiiat all the king's ions are dead ; for Am- 
non only is dead. 

34 But Abfalom fled. And the young 
man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, 
and looked, and, behold, there came 
much people by the way of the hill fi^e 
behind him,. 

35 And Jonadab faid unto the king, 
Behold, the king's fons come : as thy 
fervunt faid, fo it is. 

66 And it came to pafs as foon as he 
had made an end of fpeaking, that, be- 
hold, the king's fons came, and lifted up 
their voice and wept : and the king alfo 
and all his fervants wept very fore. 

•V7 <T But Abfalom fled, and went to 
Talmai, the fon of Ammihud, king of 
Gcfnur. And David mourned for his 
fon every day. 

S3 So Abialom fled, and went to Ge- 
(hur, and was there three years. 

S9 And the foul o/king David longed 
to go forth unto Abfalom : for he was 
comforted concerning Amnon, feeing he 
%vas dead. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Joab^Juhorning a nuidoiu of Tekoah to 

incline the king's heart to fetch bom? 

A ") fat lorn, 21 bnngeth him to Jerufaltm. 

NOW Joab the fon cf Zeruiali per- 
ceived th it the king's heart ivas toward 
Abfalom. 

2. And Joab fentto Tekoah, and fetch- 
ed thence a wife woman, and faid unto 
. I pray thee, feign thviclf to be a 
mourner and put on now mourning ap- 
parel, and anoint not thyfrff with oil, 
nut he as a woman that had a long time 
jnourned for the dead : 

3 And come to the king, and fpeak 
on this manner unto him. So Joab put 
rda in bcr mouth. 



Jtabfubornetb the ivrdow. 

4 And when the woman of TekoaU 
fpake to the king, fhe fell on her face to 
the ground, and did obeifance, and laid, 
Help. () king. 

5 And the king faid unto her, What 
aileth thee? And fhe arfwered, I am in* 
deed a widow woman, and mine hufband 
is dead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two fan$, 
and they two flrove together in the field, 
and there ivas none to part them, but the 



7 And. behold, the whole family is rifeit 
againft thine handmaid, and they faid, 
Deliver him that fmote his brother, that 
we may kill him for the life of his brother 
whom he flew ; and we will deftroy the 
heir alfo : and fo they (hall quench my 
coal whieh is left, and fhall nor leave to 
my hufband neither name nor remainder 
upon the earth. 

> 8 And the king faid unto the woman, 
Go to thine houfe, and I will give charge 
concerning thee. 

9 And the woman of Tekoah faid unto 
the king. My lord, king, the iniquity 
be on me, and on my father's houfe : and 
the king and his throne te guilders 

10 And the king laid, Whomever faith 
aught unto thee, bring him to me ; andhe 
fhall not touch thee any more. 

11 Then fail! (he, I pray thee, let the 
king rsmember the Lokl> thy God, that 
thou wouldetl not fuller the revengers of 
blo«d todefrroy any more, left they de- 
flroy my fon. And he faid, As the Lo RD 
liveth, there (hall not one hair ot thy fon 
fall to the earth. 

12 Ihen the woman faid, Let thine 
handmaid, I pray thee,fpejk one word un- 
to my lord the king And hefaid.Say on. 

IS And the woman faid, Wher* fore 
then haft thou thought fuch a thing a- 
Kainft the people of God \ For the king 
doth fpeak. this thing as one which is 
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch 
home again his ban ifhed 

14 For we muft needs die, and are as 
water fpilt on the ground, which cannot 
be gathered up again : neither dothGoJ 
refpeel ay perfon ; yet doth he devife 
means that his banifhed be not expelled 
from him. 

15 Now, therefore, that I am come to 
fpeak of this thing unto my lord the king, 
// is becaufe the people have made me 
afraid : and thy handmaid faid, I will 
now fpeak unto the king f it may be that 
the king will perform tne requeit of hi* 
handmaid. 

16 For the king will li^ar, to deliver 
his handmaid out of the hand of the man 
that would deftroy me and my fon togeth- 
er out of the inheritance of God. 

17 Then thine handmaid faid, The 
word of my lord the king fliall now be 

comfortable : 



jSfahmfs tetkrn. ap. 

^fcmfortable : for as an angel of God, (o 
lord the king to dilc^rn good and 
bad : therefore the Lord thy Gv. 
be with thee 

\Z 1 hen the king anfwered, and faid i 
unto the woman, riid** not from mj, I 
pray thee, the thing that I hYill alk tl.ee 

. Let my lord the 

now fpeak 

19 And the king faid, 7/ not the hand 

of Joab with fhee in all th:s > And the 

-infwered and faid, As thy foul 

Hveth, my lord the king, none can turn 

ro the right hand or to the left from 

.- that mv lord the king ha»h lpoken : 

for thv fervant Joab, \yt bade me and he 

pu* all thefe words in the mouth of thine 

lid : 

•etch about this f>rm of fpeech 

thy fervant J ab done this thing, 

» rd is wife according to the 

jf an angel of God, to know all 

tbims rhar are \n tl»e earth. 

11 € And the king faid unto Joab, 
. T have done th 
fheref.re, bring l he - >oung man Abla- 
k> ii aga 

A Joab fell to the ground on h : -> 
face, It, and thanked the 

king nl Joab faid, Today th\ fervant 

nd trace in thy 
•d, O k;n^, in that the king 
'. 

and br m. 

d the k I, Let r turn to 

his own not fe<- 

face to his own 

- face. 
*et theie * Jh none to 
\e I r hi< 

beair en to 

\.n ot lus lieai tiicrc a j, no bit. 
ifh in h 

Iwh-nhe polled id, {for 

v eve< led 

>/.' br. 

re he polled *<riglv 

hair ^f liis h' :Mrcd i i 

it 
m thrir uere I 
tflrce fons and one dau* 
tiu ir : far 

t itenance. 

m dwelt rwo h n in ! 

: 



- ■ ■ 






net come 1 he It? 

e he won me 

SO Therefore he faid unto h 
See. Jc 

■ 
Abfa ire. 

I 

ind Cu m, 



XV. MPs popular tiyt. atf? 

Wherefore have fliy iervantsfer my field 
• >n rire ? 

91 And Abfalom anfwerfd Joab, Be- 
hold, I font unt , faying. Come 
hither, that I may fend thee to the king, 
to fay, Wherefore am I come from Ge- 
rtiur ? // bard been good for me to bai'f 
I dure ftill : now, therefore, let me 
lee the k:r e : and if there be any 
lityin me, let him kill me. 
35 So Joab came rothe king, and told 
him. And w hen he had called for Abfa- 
lom, he came to the king, and bowed 
himfelfon his lace to the ground before 
the king. And the king killed Abfalom; 

C H a P. XV 
1 Abfalom fieuleth the hearts of Ifrael. 
10 Hf make to a confpiracy. 15 Da 
jieetb Jrom Jerttfalem. 

- D it came to pafs after this that 
Ablalom prepared him chariots and horl- 
es, and nen to run before hun. 

And Ablalom role up early, and 
d belide the way of the gate : and it 
-, that when any man t! la 

c.mrrovcrfy Cd:ur to the king for judg- 
ment, then Ablalom called unto him, 
and faid, Ot what city art thou } And he 
laid, I'hy fervant rs of one of the tribes 
of Ifrael. 

X And Ablalom faid unto him, See. thy 
matters are good and right ; but tbere it 
no man drp-uted of the king to hear thee. 

* Abfalom laid moreover. Oh, tl 
were made judge in the land, that er« 
man which hath any fait or caule 

: 1 would do him jufttce 1 
\nd it was /», that when any I 
came nigh to him to do him obeifan 

I him, ;^id 
: him 

on this manner did Abfalom 
rfrad that came 

So Abfalom Hole the hearts 
at ' k\. 

7 Afd it after t 

, *har Abfalom (aid unto the k 
I prfei thee, let me bo, ami 

i I have vow. the L 

8 1 vow u 
■ 

D .ha 1 brmg me a i Jc- 

rufalem tl 

\nd the 

t» «] Knt Ablalom fenf 
.11 the ti ibo of lb 
I 

then Idiom re ; . 

Hebi 

ii m went two hun- 

ri out 

called and the mphci- 

1 Ablalom fent t hel 



MQ Dtavidfeethfrsm Jerufalem. H. SAMfSL. Ah/ohm's treafoft. 

light in thee, behold, here am I. let hinfc 



the Gilonite, David's counfellor, from 
his city even from Giloh ; whi!e he offer- 
ed lacrifices. And the con fpi racy was 
ifcroog : for thepeop:e increafed continu- 
ally wiih Abfalom. 
' 13 ^| And there came a irreffenger to 
f)avjd, faving, The hearts of the men 
of Ifrael are after Abfa!om. 

14 And David faid unto all his fervants 
that ivere with him at Jerufalem, A rife, 
and let us Mee : for we fhali,not elfe efcape 
from Abfalom : make f^eed to depart, 
left he overtake us fuddenly, and pring 
evil upon us, and fmite the city with the 
edge of the fword. 

15 And the king's fervants faid unto the 
king, behold, thy fervants are ready to do 
whatfoever my lord the king lhali appoint. 

16 And tire king went forth, and all 
his; houfehoJd after him. And the kino 
left ten woiwn, vobich <were concubines, 
•to keen the houfe. 

IT And the king went forth, and all 
the people after him, and tarried in a 
place that was far off. 

18 And all his fervants paflfed on be- 
fide him : and all the Cherethites, and 
ali the Peiethites, and all the Gittites, fix 
hundred men which came after him from 
Gath. paiTed on before the king. 
^ 19 Then faid the king to Ittai the Git- 
tite, Wherefore goeftthou alfo with us ? 
Return to thy place, and abide with the 
king for thou art a ftranger, and alfo 
an exile 

20 Whereas thou cixmeilbut yefterday, 
Shonld I this day make thee go up and 
down with us?' Seeing I go whither 1 
may ; return thou, and take back thy 
brethren : mercy and truth be with thee- 

21 And Ittai antwered the king, and 
faid, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord 
the king liveth, furelyin what place my 
lord the king fhall be, whether in death 
or life, even theie alfo will thy fervantbe. 

29 And David faid to Ittai, Go, and 
pafs over. And Ittai the Gittite pafTed 
over, and all his men, and all the littlei 
ones that iere with him. 

23 And all the country wept with a 
]oud vo : ce,anda!l the people paffedover. 
The king alfo himfclf paired over the 
brook Kidron, and all the people pa (Jed 
err, toward the way of the wildernefs, 

»:K And !o, Zadok alfo and all ihe 
Jcv.tes were with him, bejring the UK 
of the covenant of God : and they fet 
down the ark of God ; and Abiatha: 
went up, until all the people had done 
palling out of the city. 

25 And the king faid unto Zadok, Car- 
ry back the ark of God into the city ; 
it I (hall find favour in the e>cs of the 
i>. he v. ill bring n.c again, and (hew 
me. bi h it ftnd hi-, habitation . 

£» But it' he e DO d-> 



do to me as fecmeth good unte him. 

~1 The king faid aifo unro Zadok the 
pried, Art^ not thou a fecr ? Return into 
the city in peace, and your two fons 
with you, Ahirpaaz thy fon, and Jona- 
than the fon of Abiathar. 

.%& See, I will tarry in the plain of the" 
wildernefs, until there tome word from 
you to certify me. 

29 Zadok, therefore, and Abiathar car- 
ried the ark of God again to Jerufalem ; 
and they tarried there. 

30 And David went up by the afcent 
of mount Olivet, and wept as he went 
up, and had his head covered, and he 
went barefoot : and all the people that 
■rvus with him covered every man hist 
head, and they went up, weeping as they 
went up. 

Si And one told David, faying, A hitho- 
phel is among the ccYifpirators with Ab- 
falom. And David faid,0 Lor d. f pray 
thee, turn the counfelof Ahithophel into 
foolifhnefs. 

32 And it came to pafs, that when 
David was come to the top of the mount % 
where he worfhipped Geo, behold, 1-iu- 
fhai the Archite came to meet him, with 
his coat rent, and earth upon his head : 

33 Unto whom David faid. If thou 
pafleft on with me, then thou fhalt be a 
burden unto me. 

31 But if thou return to the city, and 
fay unto Abfalom, I will be thy fervant, 
Oking; as I have been thy father's fer- 
vant hitherto, io vull I now alfo b? thy 
fervant : then mayeft thou for me defeat 
the cbunfel of Ahithophel. 

35 And, tlaft thou not there with thee 
Zadok and Abiathar the prif-fts ? There- 
lore it (hall be, that what things foever 
thou fhalt hear out of the king's houfe, 
thou fhalt tell /'/ to Zadok and Abiathar 
the prielts. 

36 Behpld, thev have there with them 
their two fons, Ahimaaz, Zadok'sy<?»7,and 
Jonathan, Abiathar's_/o;z : and by them 
v e (hall fend unto me every thing that ye 
c.n hear. 

57 So Hufhai David's friend came into 
the city, and Abfalom came into Jerufa- 
lem. 

CHAP. XVI. 
I Ziba by fa/Ji Jug^eftioni ohtatneth h'tt 
majler's inheritance. 5 Sbtmei curfetb 
David 9 David abjlaineth and re- 
Jlramrth others from revenge. 20 A- 
bit bothers counfel. 

AN) - ) when David was a little pan 1 the 
tojp of the bill, behold, Ziba, the fervant 
of Mepliibcfhelh met him with a couple 
of afles faddied, and upon them two hun- 
dred loaves of bread, and an hundred 
bunches of raifius, and an hundred of 
dimmer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 

2 And 



Stirnfi cvrfetb David. C1:ap. 

rhe kin/ faM unto Ziba, What 

::ou by thele ? An'i Ziba fa'd, | 

.\jr the king's hdqfe hoi rj to 1 

j. id the bread and fumn er 

:;tn to cat ; an 1 the 

e, that fuch as be taint in flic wilder - 

*5 And the king l.i id, Aid where it thy 

inaffer's (on AndZiba fa;d unto the king, 

hold he abideth at Jerufaleni ; for he 

i. ioiay tha.ll the houle of lfiatl re- 

•e me the kingdom ot iny father. 

4 J hen faid the kin« to Ziba, Behold, 
fh .i i perta'.ncd unto Mepb'b- 

_ih. And Z. ha (aid- I humbly be- 
( ch thee. /*jr I may find grace in thy 
r, my lord, O king. 

5 €\ An 1 when king D ivid came to Ba- 
1 .;.,'; Jiold i' e out a man of 

. of the houh nil, v. hofe 

name itfaf Shimei, the f m of Gera: he 
Cdi^c forth, and curled (till as lie came. 
\nd he cart (tones at David, and at 
ts of king David: and all 
ill the mighty men iffere 
.t liand and on his left. 
\nd tJi "himei when he curf- 

ed, Come cut, come out, thou bloody 
hou man of Belial : 
8 1 he Lord hath returned upon thee 
all the blood of the houle of Saul, in 
v/hoiC tread thou halt reigned ; and the 
I.oid hath delivered the kingdom into 
Abfalom thy fon : and he- 
ld thou jit tak n in thy rnifchicf, be- 
Caule tl»Mi art a bloody man. 

i Abiftui the fon of Zeru- 

•he king, V. hi ihould th:s dead 

rfem. the king] J.ct me g<> 

c v : oft his head. 

16 An! ihe h<ve I 

to u, yc ion Jiah } 

the Loud hath 
1 unto him, Cm fe D ball 

then ia>, WJ .(t thou done (of 

1 1 And Dayi I faid i 
all his ftrvantt, Behol ', ray l . i, which 
« ;i ol my bowels, feeketh I 

i low in ie now i Ben* 

jai it? Let hiin alone, and Jet htm 

fur the Lord hath bd len him. 
1 — Ft: that ti • I .0 w ill ! 

on mine affliction, and that t ill 

requite n. curfing tfa 

i> And as JD.ivid and 1 n went 

by the way, . v . v ent ah the 

hill's hdc <"'▼' r it him, a:.:t CUi 

he went, and thrcA :■ I I. ni, and 

• dun. 

li Ami the king, and all the people 
it ncre with him, came weary, . 
refreshed thtmie'ves there. 

li And Abfalom, and all tire people 
the men of Ifrael, came to Jerufalcm, 
QLthophel with him. 
16 Ar;d it c.tn;e to pafs when Hi 



XvU. Abithopbel's conn/el. 13 J 

the Archite, David's trend, wascome un- 
to Abfalom, that Hufhai faid unto Abfa- 
lom, God fave the king, God fave the king. 

17 And Abfalom faid to Hufhai, 7/ 
this thy kindnefs to thy friend ) Why 
wenteltthou not with thy friend ? 

18 And Hulhai faid unto Abfalom, 
Nay j but whom the Lord and this pcot 
p!e, and all the men of Ifrael choofe, his 
will I be, and with him will I abide. 

19 -\nd a^ain, Whom (hould I ferve ? 
Should I no\Jrr<ve in the prefence of his 
fon ? As I have ferved in thy father's pres- 
ence, fo will I be in thy prefence. 

-20 <] Then faid Abialcm to Ahitho- 
phel, give counfel among you what we 
fliall do. 

ti And Ahithophel faidunto Abfalom, 
Go in unto thy father's concubines which 
he hath left to keep the houle ; and all 
Ifrael (hall hear that thou art abhorred 
of thy father : then ft ill the hands of all 
that are with thee be Itrong. 

ti So they Jpread Abfalom a tent upca 
the top of the houle ; and Abfalom went 
in unto his father's concubines, in the 
light of all Ifrael 

\nd the co.mfel of Ahithophel which 
he ccunlelled in thofc days, was as if a 
man had inquired at the oracle of God : 
fu ttiflt all rhe counfel ot Ahithophel both 
with David and with Abfalom. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 AbitbopbeVs counfel is oierthronvn By 
Hujbat's, according to God's appoint- 
ment, la Si >ret intelligence is lent to 
Dai-id. li Abitbopbel ban^etb himfelf. 
MOREOVER, Ahithophel faid unto 
Abfalom, Let me now choofe out 
twelve thoufaud men, and I will arife 
and puifne after D ivid this n ght ; 

unl I will come upon him while h«? 
is weary and weak handed, and will 
make d : and all the people that 

9T€ with ill Hee ; and I will finite 

t\w king »nly : 

knd I will bring luck all the peo- 
ple unto tlue: the m.m whom thou 
leefceft IJ i» it all returned : Jo all the 
pie mall be in peace. 
4 Ami ! Abfalom 

well, i the el ■ Ifrael. 

A '1 hen I. ud Abi.ilom, Call now Hu- 

,d let n hear 
likewile what he faith. 

6 And HtuV.ai VII come to Ab- 
ialcm, Al>i ilom fo <V<- unto hini, 1. 1. mg; a 
Ahiihoi 

hall vnc do ajter bn laying I If 
- thou. 

7 And III 1 Unto Ah! II. r 

Counfel that Ahithophel liatft^ven is 

: d at thij <i! 

8 I I Hull.ai. »hou knowefl thy 
f.ither anfi hi I n.cn, t! at thn 

, and rtftqr be cha/e i in their m 



g-$2 HufhaVseounfel accepted. IT. SAMUEL. Ahithophel hangeth'blmfelfl 

SS a bear robbed of her whelps in the had fought and could not find them, they 
fiel : : and thj father is a man of war, ' returned to Jerufalem. 



and will not lodge with the people. 



21 And it came to pafs after tUey weue 



9 Behold, he is hid now in fome pit, departed, that they came up out of the 
or in forne 0/i>er place : and it will come well, and went and told king David, and 

<faid unto David, Arife, and pafs quickly 

over the water: for thus hath -Ahithophel 

eth ot it, will fay, There is a flaughrer counfelfed againfi: you. 



to pafs, when fome of them be over- 
thrown at the firft. that whofoever hcar- 



among the people that follow Abfalom 

10 *\nd he alfo that is valiant, whofe 
heart is as the heart of a lio.,,(hali utterly 
melt; for all Ifrael knoweth tha* thy fa- 
ther is a mighty man, and they which be 
With him are valiant men 

It Therefore, I counfel that all Ifrael 
be generally gathered unt 'hee, from 
Dan even to Beerfheba, as the land that 
is by the fea for multitude ; and that 
thou go to battle in thine own perfbn 

12 So (hall we come upon him in fome 
place where he fhall be found, and we 
will light upon him as the dew falleth on 
the ground : and of him and of all the 
men that *re with him there (hall not be ; 



-2-2 Then David arofe, and all the peo- 
ple that nvere with him, and they pafTed 
over Jordan : by the morning light there 
lacked not one of them that was not gone 
over Jordan. 

I qj And when Ahithophel faw that 
his counfel was not followed, he faddled 
bi* afs, and arofe, and gat him home to his 
houfe. t© his city, and put his houfthold 
in order,, and hanged himfelf, and died, 
an \ was buried in the f'epulchre of his 
father 

2* Then David came to Mahanaim. 
And Abfalom paffed over Jordan, he and 
all f ne men of Ifrael with him. 

Z5 And Abfalom made Amafa captain 



left fo much as one I of the hofl inftead of Joab. Which Amafa 

13 Moreover, <f he be gotten into a\*Wtis a man'* fon, whofe name ivas Ithra 
city, then fhall all Ifrael bring ropes to! an Ifraelite. that went in to Abigail the 
that city, and we will draw it into the i daughter of Nahafh, fifter to Zeruiah, Jo- 



river, until there be not one lmall ftone 
found there. 

14 And Abfalom and all the men of 
Ifrael faid-, I he counfel of Hufhai the 
Atchite is better than the counfel of 
Ahithophel, For the Lord had appointed 
to defeat the good counfel of Ahithophel, 
to the in-ent that the Lord might bring 
evil upon Abfalom. 

15 f Then faid Hufhai unto Zadok 
and to Abiathar the prielts. Thus and 
thus did Ahithophel counfel Abfalom 
and the elders of Ifrael ; and thus and 
thus have I counfelled. 

16 Now, therefore, fend quickly, and 
tell David," faying, Lodge not this night in 
the plains ot the wildernefs, but fpeedily 
pals over ; left the king be fw allowed up, 
and all the people that are with him. 

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz flayed 
by knrogcl : for they might not be feen 
to come into the city : and a wench went 
ai.d told them : and they went and told 
king David. 

Hi Neverthclefs, a lad faw them, and 
told Abfalom : but they went both of 
them away quickly, and came to a maw's 
houfe in Bahuriin, which had a well in 
hi> court ; whither they went down. 

19 And the woman took and fpread a 
covering over the well's mouth, and 
In?- ad 1 corn thereon ; and the 
thing was not known. 

20 And when AbfaJonVsfentontscame 
to the woman to the houfe, they laid, 
"W here is Ahimaaz and Jonathan ? And 
the woman faid unto them, They be gone 
over the brcok oiwaler. And when they I us die, will they care for n 



ab's mother 

26 So Ifrael and Abfalom pitched in 
the land of Gilead. 

27 And it came to pafs, when David 
was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the 
fon of Nahafh of Rabbah of the children 
of Amnion, and Machir the fon of Am- 
miel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gile- 
adite of Rogelim, 

28 Brought beds, and bafons, and 
earthen veffels, and wheat, and barley, 
and flour, and parched corn, and beans, 
and lentiles, and parched fulfe] 

29 And honey, and butter, and fheep, 
and cheefe of kine, for David, and for the 
people that 'were with him to eat. For 
they faid. The people is hungry, and 
weary, and thirftv, in the wildernefs. 

C H AV. XVIT1. 
I Da<vid <vie r wing the armies, gi'veth them 

ctarge of Abialom, 9 Abfalom is Jlain 

by Joab. 3S David lamentetbjor bim. 

AND David numbered the people 
that nvere with him, and fet captains of 
thoufands and captains of hundreds ever 
them. 

2 And David fent forth a third part of 
the people under the hand of Joab, and a 
third part under the hand of Abifhaithe 
fon ot Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a 
third part under the hand of Ittai the 
Gittite. And the king faid unto the peo- 
ple, I will furely go forth with you my- 
lelfalfo. 

S 13 ut the people anfwered, Thou (halt - 
not go forth : for if we flee away, they 
will not care for us ; neither if half of 

but now 
the: 



Mfalotn/liinbyjoab. Chap. xvii. Tidings of AhfalonCs death. t63 

thou art worth ten thoufand of us : there- a very great heap of (tones upon him : 

fore now it is better that thou luccour us and all llrael hed every one to his tent. 

out of the city. \bfalom in his life tune hid 



4 And the king faid unto them. ^ 

fee met h you belt I will do. And the 

itoo'd by the gate fide, and all the 

people came out by hundreds and b> 

thousands. 



taken aid reared up tor himfclf a pillar, 
which/ in tht king's dale : for he laid' 
1 have no fon to keep \v.\ runic in re- 
n emb-ance : and he Called the pilar af.. 
ter his ov» n name. And it is called unto 



iie king commanded foab an! th - A bf atom's \ ! ace 



Abimai and Ittai, faying, Oeai gently 
for my fake with the young man, - 
with Ablalom. Aodallthe people heard 
when the king gave all tiVcap.aiiibchaige 
concerning Absalom 

6 So the people went out into the field 
againft llrael : and the battle wa-. in the 
wood of kphraim ; 

7 Where the people of lfr..e! • ere fiain 
before the lei rani 

;ei that da. ot 
-•:.!)• thouiai d 
S 1 here featured 

I 
than tl 



iv . hen faid \himaaz the fon of Za, 

Let me now run, and bear the kin 
' d; * he Lord hath aw 

him < r his enemies 

-0 A'.d J unto him, Thou fhalt 

not bear tidings this day, but thou rait 

. but this day 
(halt bear no tidings becaule the 

n is d« 
I hen faid lean to Cufhi, Go, tell 
B what thou halt feen. ■• nd Ci.fhi 
fell unto Joab, and ran. 
1 hen ford Ah the Ion of Za- 

Joab but ho-* (oeVer, 
let m«-. ' 
nnd Joab l he re fore wilt tfiou 



9 «J And n et the t my fon, feeing that thou haft no tidingi 

Dav \nd Ab'alom i> I) ? 

mule, and the ent under the thick But howfoevcr,/fl/i/ he, let me rurr. 

bough eat o^l id he faid unto him, run. 1 hi- 



caught hold h< "as : 

up between the heavi irth . 

and the mule that nder him went 

10 Anlaortain man Paw r, i 
. and fa hold, I I 

hanged in an o 

tl An 1 loab faid u t nian that 



maaz ran b\ thewaj - f the plain , arid 

David fit between the two 
■ atch an went up to 

• ,i, ,» th< 
ed U| looked, an 

I the v - 1, and told 



aid, Jt he be a 
and, Wl ..,'<'. r;. mouth. And 

to t! - and I would hate 



' - • man I . tl i nto )■ 

I fhould e a thoufand Ibt k 

ver 

forth mine hand a, anlt the f< n : 

n our ! 



ar. 

i a another man 

unto 

man 

And the . c tL 

lo h 

rj ihe watchman i think- 



and Abifl ng of th< rhc 

that n ' > unnin 

13 I 

■ 

thou thyfelf 

Vf. 

t 4 \ may not I 

thus w ith thee A 

• 
heart < 

the midlt of th 



the k'.r r :, All is v ■ 11. An d I 

Oil) tl 



ith 






.' 'he t 
I ni> l^rd the 

I, I' ' mg 

i( r- 
falom, and flew him. 

16 And J» ah bl the trumpet, and tumult, but I k 



1 1 • e r 



. 



the people x< turned from \ 
]frael I i Joab held back I 

17 And thc> took Abfalom, and c*<\ amle, 
/ great pit in the weed, a I At d,belloJ . 



Mid i 

And he 1 



i* 



284 David mourneth for AbfaUm. II. SAMUfcL. 



Shimet fat'd^d. 



faid, Tidings, my lord the king : for the 
Lord hath avenged thee this day of all 
them that rofe up againftthee. 

32 And the king (aid unto Cufhi,/* the 
foungman Abfalom fafe ? And Cufhian 



I 



10 And Abfalom whom we anointed' 
over us, is dead in battle. Now, the re fore, 
Why {peak ye aot a word of bringing the 



;mg back ? 



11 fl And king Ddvid fenttoZadok 



wered^ The enemies of my lord theking, and to Abiathar the priefls, fay'n^,, Speak 



and all that rife againft thee to do tbee 
hurt, be as that young man is. 

S3 ^| And the king was much moved, 
£nd went up to the chamber over the 
gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he 



unto the elders of Judah, faying, Why- 
are ye the laft to bring theking back to 
his houfe ? feeing the fpeech Of all ftrifcl 
is come to the king. e<v> n to his houfe. 
H Ye are my brethren, ye are my 



laid, O my fon Abfalom, my fon, my fon bones and my flefn : Wherefore then are 



Abfalom : would God I had died for thee, 

O Abfalom, my fon, my fon ! 
CHAP. XIX. 

i Joab caufetb the king tcccafe bis mourn- 
ing. 9 The lfraelites bring the king 
back. 11 Qavid fendetb to ibe priejls 
to incite them oj Judah. 16 Sbtmei is 
fardontd. 
AND it was toldjoab, behold theking 

>veepcth ajid mourneth for Abfalom. 
i And the victory that day was turned 

into mourning unto all the people : for 

the people heard fay that day how the 

king was grieved for his fon. 

3 And the people gat them by ftealth 
that day into the city, as people being a- 
Aamed Meal away when they flee in bat- 
tle. 

4 But the king covered his face, and 
the king cried with a loud voice, O my fon 
-Abfalom, O Abfalom, my fon, my fon I 

5 And Joab came into the he-ufe to the 
king, and laid, Thou haft fliamed this day 
the faces of all thy fervants, which this 
day have faved thy life, ana the lives of 
thy fons and of thy daughters, and the 
Jives of thy wives, and the lives of thy 
concubines ; 

6 In that thou loveft thine enemies, 
and hateft thy f r.ends. For thou haft de- 
clared this day that thou regarded neither 
princes nor fervants : for this day I per 



ye the laft to bnng back the kmg ? 

13 And fay ye to Amafa, Art thou not 
of my bone and of my tleih ? God do fo to 
me and more alfo, if thou be not captain 
of the hoft before me continually in the 
room of Joab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of all the 
men of Judah, even as the heart oj one 
man ; fo that they fent this word unto the 
king, Return thou and all thy fervants. 

15 So theking returned, and came to 
Jordan. And Judah came to Gil^al to 
go to meet the king, to conduct: the king 
over Jordan 

16 q And Shimei the fon of Gera, a 
Berijarnite, which tiiai of Bahurim halted 
and came down with the men of Judah 
to meet king David. 

17 And tbe*e were a thoufand men of 
Benjamin with him, andZiba the fervant 
of thy houfe of Saul, and his fifteen fons 
and his twenty fervants wjth him: and 
they went over Jordan before the king. 

18 And there went over a ferry boat 
to carry over the king's houfehold.aiid to 
do what he thought good And Shimei 
the fon of Gera fell down before theking 
as he was come over Jordan ; 

19 And faid unto the king, Let not my 
lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do 
thou remember that which thy fervant 
did pervcrfely the day that my lord the 

ccive that if Abfalom had lived, and all iking went out of Jerufalem, that the 



%ve had died this day, then it had pleafcd 
thee a ell 



king fhould take it to his heart 

\>6 For thy fervant doth know that I 



Lord's anointed ? 
°li And David faid, What have I to do 



7 Now therefore arife, go forth, and have finned : therefore, behold, I am 
fpeak comfortably unto thy fervants: for] come the firft this day of all the houfe of 
1 fwearby the Lord, if thou go hot forth, IJofeph to go down to meet my lord the 
there will not tarry one with thee this iking. 

xnght : and that will he wprfe unto theej 21 But Abiftai the fon »f Zerniah an- 
than all the evil that bcfvl thee from thy jfwered and faid, Shall not ihimci be put 
Voufh until now [ to death for this, becaufe he cuifed the 

8 Then the kins arofe, and fat in the 
gate. And they told unto all the prwple, 

faying, Behold, the king doth fit in the 'with you, ye fons of Zerniah, that ye 
gate And all the people came before j lhould this day be adverfaries unto me? 
the king : for Ifrael had fled every man I Shall there any man be put to death this 
to his tent. [day in Ifrael ? For, Do not I know that 

9 fl And all the people were at [trite! I am this day king over Ifrael ? 
throughout all the tribes of lfrael,fayjng, j <2£ Therefore the king faid unto Shimei, 

Thou fhalt not die : and the king fware 
unto him. 

1i And Mephibometh the fon of Saul 
came doVvn to meet the, king, and had 

neither 



The king faved us out of the hand of our 
enemies, and he deliveied us out of the 
hand of the Philiitines ; and now he is 
Jlzd out of the land for Abfalom. 



-'./ ic.urr.e:/: t km, Chap. \t. 



R:b'H't*n tfShtSM. UZ 



neither t, nor trimmed his 

c othe Honi the 
day the king departed until the day he 
came ag An in peace. 

id it carue to pafs when he was 
Com rufalem.to meet the king, t'lat 

the king (aid unto biro, ^ herefort w'ent- 
eii n t tnou with me, Mephit olheth ? 

And he anfwen d Mv lor I. king, 
my fervent deceived me : for thy [ervanl 
faid, I v> ill lad. Ic Die an aft, (!.:.t 1 may 
ride thereon, and goto the king - y became 
thy (errant is Lii'ne 

27 And he hath flandcred thy f.-r 
i my lord thekihg ; but mi hud t Ke 
kmg is asan angel ol God : do therefore 
at /'/ good in th;iit 
4$ r'or ail of m> father's lioufc v 
but dead men before m> lord the \ 
yet di.ifl thou fct thy fervani among I 

did eat at thine own table. What 
rigiit therefore have I yet to cr> an;, 
king ? 
i-9 And the ! 1 unto him, Whj 

more of th) matters ? 1 
iuv< houand Ziba divide the land 

SO And Mephibofneih (\'d unto the 
e all, forafmuch a 
j Mhe king is come again in peaa 

untu his ou i houfe. 

St Mnd i'...rz llai the I lite came 

down f-. Qi K< gehra and we | i - 

' ., to conduct him over 

nr\. 

.*>4 U7..1 1 ji v. a i'd nun, 

tyen I he had pio 

a hile he lay 
maim . 101 he ^u^j a vu\ , 

Hat, 
rt thou ovci * M •■ ill 

•u 
: llai f.r 1 unto the king, 
• I to 1 \ « that 1 Aiouid go 
up 

Sa" I u/» t irs old : 

and, , ,d and i 

■ hit I eat <u m hat I 
drink r Can 1 heai an) morethf 
I (ingin 

Id th) fcrvuiitbeyet-a but - 
y had the I 
ly (ervaut \s dl go a little way 
th the I nd, \\ h . ih iuld 

king i : it me wiili linJi a 

! t 
37 Let thy I \ thrr, turn 

u n, il ... 
city oka be bunedby M»c 
thrr and of my mother. Hut, b 
fervant Chimnaiu ; li I hii i 
my lord the k i do I i what 

ftial go* vi u ■ e. 

fl (iod. I 

mill co over with me, and I will do 
atimt frhicb (hail f< :o good unto ihee : i 



ar.c! v requite of me 

I I :o for thee 

R the people went over Jofr 
dan. And when ticking ;u corttfc over, 
the king k iTed BarJfil ti andblelted bittl, 
arid he returned umo his >v\ r plac-*. 

50 1 hen tie fcihg v. cnt on to GtfgsL 
and Chiiiduitu vveitt on with hiti) And 
.dl the pedpie of Judah conduced the 
king, and alfo half tills people or tihtel. 

41 And, behold, all the men of 1/rael 
came to the king, aria faid unto the king. 
Why have our brethren thfrr.cn bfjadafc 
ftolen thee auay, and have brounht the 
king and his h mfchoM, and ail David's 
men with him over Jordan ? 

4£ And ah the men of Judah anfwered 

aeh of Ifiael.Becaufe the king a near 

ol kin to u$: Whei*tf it then b^ ye angry 

:or this matter \ Mave v e eateh at all of 

the king'b coj ? Or I lath hegiveu us any 

gWt ? 

43 And the men oflfVael anfwered the 

men of Judah, and L'.u, V\ e iiave ten 

parts in the k':n>:, and \vt hate atfo more 

/ gbt in David than yt ; wh\ tnen did ve 

hat our advice ftmul I not he 

in bringing back our kin 

the words otth« ti of Judah were fierC- 

.; thaa^the Aords of the men of Urael. 

CHAP XX. 

hu 'na', 7. 4 A*n. 

u/a is jluv. U Joai ; Sbtbb 

uni'j Abi I 16 fib 

dip by Sueba's btbd. 19 Dai 
c Hcers. 

IN then- htppened to be t' > vi a 
man < i Beh il, v h. i • n irne •■■■ 
he fon of 13ichri, a Uenjamite , and he 
blew a tiuinjM 

part in Da v ther fi.ivc ue inherit* 

man to 

i i iel. 

il went up ' 
and followed 
oi Bichri : bnl the men ol Judah clave 
unto their king, from ] I dart ti eo 'o Je- 

\i\A Dav d ra 

Cn h !t to 

ke< p t iic- 

not in I em- 

Hint ip u: t.) ill-, .jy oi 
d. 

% % TI 

femblc i. 

d.i^ s, and be t: 

■ ■ 

dih : 1 ' rt the 

time whi< !. 

I 
... 

thy I 
nts, 3ml pr.ifue uTtei him, lef! he 
;ed citi< '«»• 

7 And 



\ 



£56 Amafa is fizln. II. SAMUEL. 

7 And there went out after him Joab's 
ir.en, and trie Cheiethites- and the Pele- 
thites, and ail the mighty men : and they 
went cut of Jerulalem to purfue after 
Sheba the fon of Bichri. 

8 When they uoere at the great ftone 
which is in Gibeon, Amafa went before 
tliem. And Joab s garment that he had 
put on was girded unto him, and upon it 
a girdle ivitb a fvvord fallenecl upon his 



loins in the ibeath thereof : 
went forth it fell out. 

9 And Joab laid to Amafa, 



and as he 

Art thou 
in health, my brother \ And Joab took 
Amafa by the beard with the right hand, 
to kifs him. 

10 But Amafa took no heed to the 
Iword that urns in Joab's hand : fo he 
fmote him therewith in the fifth r:b, and 
fhed out his bowels to the ground, and 
ft ruck h'uii not again : and he died. So 
Joab and Abifhai bis brother purfued af- 
ter Sheba the fon of £-chri. 

11 And one of Joab's men (rood by him. 
and faid, He that tavoureth Joab, and he 
that is for David, let bin go after Joab 

ti And Amafa wallowed in blood in 
the mid:: ot the highway. And when the 
nan few that a ! i the people ftood ftill, he 
removed Amafa out of the highway into 
the field, andcattacleth upon him, when 
he Ciw that every one that came by him 
ftood Hill, 

IS When he was removed out of the 
highway, all the people went on after 
b, to purfue atter Sheba the fon of 
. 

14 f And he went through all the 
csof Ifrael unto Abel, and to Beth- 

rr.aachah, and all the Berites : and they 
were gathered together, and went alfo af- 
him. 

15 And they came and befieged him 
in Abel of Bethmaachah and they cafl 
up a bank agamit the city, and it ::ccd in 
the trench : and all the people that weril 
with Joab battered the wall, to throw it 
down. 

«J Then cried a wife woman out of 
the city. Hear, hear ! fay, I pray you, 
Come near hither, that I may 
ce. 
11 Ar: p lien he was come near un'o 
her, the woman laid, Art thou Joab ? And 
he ar.fwered, I am bt. Then (he (aid 
to him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. 
And he anfwcred, 1 ar. 

18 Then (he fpake, faying, They were 
wont to ipeak in old t ig, 'J hey 

I furely alk cmwfel _: Abel : and fo 
they ended the matter. 

I am one of then that are penceab l e 
thful in Ifrael : thou leek 
citr and a mother in Ifra 1 :Whj 
u fwfcilow up the inheritance ot 
■ 



SauPsjbns bang; 3. 

CO And Joab anfwered and (aid, Fat- 
it: far be it from me, that 1 {hould 
fwallow up or deftroy. 

41 The matter is not fo : but a man of 
mount Ephraim Sheba the fon of Bichri 
by name, hath lifted up hi> hand a^ainfl 
the king, e*ven againft David. Deliver 
him only, and I will depart from t-hecity. 
And the woman faid unto Joab. Behold, 
his head (hall be thrown to thee over the 
wall 

~~ Then the woman went un f o all 'he 
people in her wifdom ; anO they cut off 
the head of Sheba the fon of Bichri, and 
caft it out to Joab And he blew a trum- 
pet, and they retired from the city, every 
man to his tent. And Joab returned to 
J e rafale m unto the ki >g. 

23 ft Now Joab toas over all the hod 
of i frael : and Benaiah the fon of Jehoia 
tarns ever the Cherethites, and over the 
Pelethites : 

44 And Adoram «t»wjpveT the tribute ; 
and Jehcfnaphat the fon ot Ahilud 10 
recorder : 

-.5 And Sheva ooa/fcribe : and Zadok 
and Abiathar "were the priefts : 

tS And Ira alfc the Jairite was a el 
ruler about Da 

CHAP. XXT. 
t The three years famine for the Gibeon- 

ites ceafe bv oe bang'rrgfewn »fSA 

Jons. 10 R.zpab's^ ■ s unto the 

dead 1. Da<vi& hurietb the bines of 

Saul and Jor.atban 

Til EN there was a famine in the day* 
of David three years, year after year : 
and David inquired of the Lord. 
the Lord antwered, // is for Saul, and 
for his bloody houfe, becaufc he flew the 
Gibeoni'es 

i A nd the kin^ called the Gibeonites, 
and faid unto them ; (now the Gibeohites 
totre not of the children of Ifrael, but of 
the remnant of the Amorites : and the 
children of Ifrael had fworn unto ihem : 
and Saul fought to flay them, in hi> zeal 
to the children of Ifrael and Judah ) 

5 Wherefore David faid unto the Gibe- 
onite?,W hat (hall I4oforyou? and, Where- 
with lhaii I make the atonement, that ye 
may biel^ the inheritance ot the Lord ? 

4 And the Gibeon ites faid unto him, 
We will have no lilver nor gold of Saul, 
nor cf his houfe ; neither for us (halt thou 
kill any man in Ifrael. And he faid. 
What \ e (hall fa t will I do for you. 

5And they ar.fwered the 
that confumed us and that devi fed againft 
us that v. e lhould be deftroyed from re- 
maining in any cf the eoafts of Ifrael, 

6 Let (even men of his fonsbe dei'ver- 
ed unto u>, and we will hang them up 
un'o the Lord in Gibeah of bau1,ii 
the Lord did ehoofe. And the king 

7 E 



Btefatft k'.ndnejt MJtio the dead. Chap . rx rt» 



tbmnifghr.ng. UJ 



- 

t ..:■ 
8 



the king fpar erh, 

• 
he Lord'? be- 

n them, between Davidand Jonathan 
on of Saul 

kin? took the two fons of 
D h r cr ot Aiah, v. :. 
uoto Saul- .\r;r!c 
fheth ; and the tive ior.s of Michal the 
.iter of j^ht up 

tne Mebo- 
lathite 

• ered them into the h- 
y hangedt 

they 
'en together, and were put to 
the da>s of harv 
r he be r 
* rerof 

took fa<.ko. read ir for her up- 

• .e rock, fr ro the beginning of har- 
''^ped upon them out 
*red neicher the b 
them bj lay, nor the 
fit night. 

>zv\d what Rizpah 



9 

in the h 

fell 




! « 



I David went and took the 
boot iid the bones of Jonathan 

I he men of Jab fogilead, 

:n them from the (tree t of 
e the F J es had hang- 

ed tr hen the Phthrtines h 

!boa : 
t brought up fromthencethe 
t tul. and the bones of' 



19 And there wai ibattleinGob 

with the Phili'firres, where h the 

fonof Jaareoregim, a Bethle! Hew 

tbebr, t berof<Jio\\ik\\\\ 
of whole fpeartta/ like a weaver's be 
i there was >et a battle In C 
where was a n jreat ftarure, 

had on ever xx fingers, and on eve- 

ry foot fix toes, four and twenty in num. 
and he alio was born to the giant. 

-1 And v ■ defied Ifratl, J 

than the for. brother of 

David flew him. 

.: Thefe four were born to the «: 
in Gath, and ie!l by the hand of D, 
and by the hand of his frrvants. 

CHAP XXII. 
A pfaln iftbar.kfgixxng ft Gtd's pvrver- 

~'d blejp.ng*. 
• D David fpake unto the Lord 
words of this fong, in the day tba: 
Lord had delivered him out of the hand 
of all his enemies, and out of t ; 
of Saul : 

4 ' Lord is my rock, 

and my \d my deliverer ; 



t-r 

c r 
al< 
ti 



r 



T - f A ah. ncubine of S 1 he God of my rock ; in him will I 



tmft : be it my & e!d, and the horn of my 
falvation, my high tower, and my refuj 
my fa ...e from v 

ce. 

4 I will caH on the LoRD.xyAo ?j ror- 
-#iy to be pra tall 1 be laved 
from mine enemies. 

5 When the waves of death co. 

me, the flood* of ungodly men made me 

6 I be f rrowsof hell comparted me a- 
bcMit th rented me: 

7 la o refs I caf'r-d upon 
ord, andcr.ed to m . cdid 

hear • and my 

rer into his ears. 
t Then the cjrh fli -okand tremb' 
rhe f heav ana* 

Atjok, bee 2 

r up a fmoke out ot 
noflr i». and hrrtm nonth devour- 

te braver." alfo. and came 
; and dar \tx his ; 

II And he r^le upon a cherub, and 
did fl. : and he was (eeu upon the w 
of 'he wind 
1? And he made darknef. p 
d abou* lark waters, and t: 

I *. 
vcm coals 01 ftw kindled 

It >*r> thundercJfrom! 

-•red h > • 
utarro 
ed them : rig, and diicon. 

\ndthe channels of the feaappeared, 
the four- he world were 0.1 cov- 

er 



^ a. •he red the bone. 
were hanged. 
14 .e bones of Saul and Joaa 

»an h:s fon, bured they in the c 

• 
f the) per! 
at rl command' -rd after 

Godwase jnd. 

reover, 'he I rati hid yet 

war again with and David went 

->, and h s fr; m, and 

nft the Phihflines : and Da- 
wtd t. 

16 And lfhb-.berxb, whic^ turns of 

e hun d 



ith a 



r, heh 
« .t ro h 1 

- 
***** 
> The >arid 

thou ih-i 
ao more r.ut wirh us to oafle, that thou 
• • 
18 | came to pa (» after 

there »~ 

tines at *ne Hu- 

4ar' a, whiv ■> •( the 

• 



David's thankfgh'hg&e. H. S AMUtt* N* W «**& 

"air ft rrue, haft thou fabducd under me. 
41 Thou haft alio given me the ntrk* 
of mine -enemies, that 1 might dettroy 
them that hate ; >.e 

S3 They looked, but there Was nonjt 



ass 

^red. at the rebuking of the Lord, at 
the blaft cf tfu? breath ot his noftnU. 

17 He fent from above, he took me j 
he drew me out of many waters : 

18 He delivers.! me from my ttrong 

enemy, and $9™ tliem that hated me : 
for they were too (trong for me. 

19 1 he/ prevented me in the day oi 
p»y caUmitv : but the Lord was my ihi/ 

SO He brought me forth .alio into a 
large place : he delivered me, becaufe he 
deUgfcted in me. 

<21 The Lord rewarded me according 
to mv righteoufnefs : according to the 
tfeannef/of my hands ha.h he recpm- 
penfed me. L , 

tl For I have kept the ways of the 
JLoRP, and have not wickedly departed 
from my God. j, 

U for all his judgments were before 
me : and as for h.s rtatntes, I did not de- 
part from them. 

24 I was alfo upright before htm, and 
>.ave kept mvfelf from mine iniquity. 

45 Therefore tlic Lord hath recom- 
tjenfed me according -to my righteoulnefs, 
According to my cleannefs m his eye- 

%i With the merciful thou wilt mew 
thyfelf merciful, and. with the upright 
dan thou s&\\ fnew thyfe'f upright. 

<i7 >Viih the pure tluu wilt Uiew ttly- 
/flf pure, and with the fro ward thoo 
*-ih mew thyfelf unfavoury. 

'.'8 And the a (flitted people thou wj-.t 
live but thine eyps^r* upon the haugh- 
ty, that rhou mayeft bring tbemos-yyt^. 

£9 For thou ar. my 1 imp, O Lok p : 
and the !.oro will lighten my dark-vMs 

80 i ■•or by thee 1 hive run through a 
troop \ by my c '°d liave l lca i )ed ove4 " a 

wall- 

St At for God, his way is perfect ; the 
-word'Uihe LouD^trica ; he i* a buckler 
to all theffl that turn io him. 

SS For, WJio /* God, fave the Lord ? 
and, V. },o i* a rvck, lave our God ? 

my Itrcn^thrtw^powe;-; and 

fcemaketh my way H? r fcft . . . , .. 

S c maketh m> fe .i like hwde jeet J 
a, TTcth me upon my h gh places. 

i|._ t. acl cilnm hand >to war. fo that 
a b'.w of icc-c'. is broken '•- m ne ai us. 

. hall alio sriven n.e tl.c ih.c'd 
ol .|) f.t!v*tion : and thy genilenefs hath 

87 1 hou haft enlarged my fteps under 
ir.r • f.; that my feci did n»,t (lip 

pur lived mine u.om cs, and 
^\[ VI . j a--;i turned not again 

until I bad '-'-' them. 

t s9 \ : ^i I have consumed tl em, and 
W o-m m.t'.iat they could aot arifc : 

f€ an hill n under my feet. 

AC 4 or t!f)U ln!l fiW^.4 pw v 



to fotyq ; even unto the Lokd, but he 
a»Xweie4 (hem not 

43 Then did 1 beat them as fmall as the 
dud ohhe eaith, { did ftapip them as thp 
mire of ti:e ftreet, and d.d fpread them 
abiojd 

14 thou alfo flaft delivered me rroin 
the ftr : vings <Tm\ r people thou haft kept 
me to \e head ci" 'th.e heathen : a people 
xuhub I knew not, (hall ierve me. 

45 Strangers 'hall fubimt themielves 
unto me ; as foon as they hear, they (hall 
be pbedient unto me. 

4!i Strangers (hall fadeaway, and they 
(hall be afraid out of their clofe places 

47 The Lord liveth.and blefled be my 
>-ock ; and exalted be the God of the rock 
of my falvanon. 

48 It /j God that avengeth me, and that 
brinneth down the people under me, 

49 -And that bringeth me forth Irom 
mine enemies : thou alfo haft lifted me up 
on high above them that roie up agamft 
me : thou haft delivered me frouuhe vi- 
olent man. 

.00 Therefore I will give thanks untc 
;hec, O Loud, among the heathen, anc' 
I will fmg pra'Tes unto thy name. 

51 He is the tower of (alvation for hii 
king • a.idfhewethmercv to h:s anointed, 
unto David, and to his feed for eVerrnore. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

I Da id's la (I words, fetang jorth the 

hoppniefs and confidence ofthejuji man, 

and tpe differentiate of the nvikked. 

8 A catalogue of Da- id's migb>y n.tt. 

NOWthete b>- 'he laft words of David. 

David fhe fon of Jefte fa'rd, and the man 

who ixi s raiied up on high, the anointed 

of the God of J icob, and the fweet Pfalm- 

LftrtftJraeJ'. (aid, ■ 

% I he fpirit of 'he Lord fpake by me, 
and his word was in my tomm". 

.'5 TheOod ci lfrael faid. the Rock of 
Ffr*el<iMke to me, He that ndeth overmen 
muti he ju/1, ruling in the fear of God 

4 And he jb.ill\e as the light of the 
morniqg. when the ym\ rifeth, even a 
rnoxrnivg w.ilv»ut clouds ; as the tender 
gr afs jf ringing out of the earth by clear 
ihining after vain. . 

5 Although my houfe be not fo with 
God, yet lie hath made with me an ever- 
laflink covenant,orderedin all things, , and 
Aire : tor /his ifzW my falvation,andall«y 
defire; al hoogh he make it not to grow. 

C But the fons of Behai Jhnl be ah or 
them ^^ m^rns thruft away, becaufe thev 
canr.c t be taken with h:mds : 

7 But the man that (hall t©uch theni 
muft be fenced with iron and the ftatt o^ 

a fpear ; 



B tataleg'ae of Chap. 

a fpear, and they (hall be utterly burned 
:i fire ii a me pla. 

8 H I hefe be the names of the mighty i 
men whom David hid The lachmonitej 
that fat in the feat, chief among the cap-' 
tains . the lame "Mas .\ e tznitc : 

be lift up bis/pear agaip.lt eight hum!. 
vshom fie flew at one time 

\nd after him nveu Eleaser the fon 
of Dodo the Ahohite, ore of the three) 
mighty nien with David, when they de- j 
fiedthe Philiftines ibat were there gath- • 
ered together to battle, and the men of 
llrael wcr ■ .way : 

fc, and t'mote the Ehiliftines 
until his hand was weary, and \w* hand 
ive unto the fword : and the Lord 
wrought a gl lory that day ; and! 

the people returned after him only to fpoil. 
il And after him ttms Sbantmah the ] 
fon of Agee the Hararite. And the Phi- ! 
liftines were gathered together int< 

. a piece of ground fuU i 
•!cs : and the pcopL* Hed from the« 

! 

It But he flood in the midft of the! 
und and defended it, and llew the! 
PhilUlines : and the Lord wrought a 

l I And threeof the thirty chiefs went' 

tme to David in the han 
e unto the cave of Adullam. And the 
t the Philiftines pitched in the val- 



^ley of Repi 
id the 



i inc ga 

then n 
13 

thai 

water 



en rn an hold, 
I the Phi liftines <was' % 
hie hem. 

drink of the! 
ti ill 

16 \ ud the three mighty men br 
OUgh the hoh of the P ; 

* the well of Beth 

that 14 the g.r 

brought ;/ to 1 - 

• drink thereof, I 
out unto the i 

n And he .'.«'!, Ue it ; \ me, O 

Lor», tlu: lid do this : / 

; r he men that went in 

ard) ol 

. i he < thefe three 

n. 
i the broth 

the fon di, wj 

three. And h aim: 

three hundred and flew 
the n i me among thre 

' •' V\ as he not moll honoitrableol three 
therefore he was the;: 
• unto tl 
Arm Benaiah the fon o( Jehoi 
the fon of a Valiant man of K 

ne many acts, he flew two lion- 



men of Moab 



he m t nt « ; "-.'. n ai 



i 1 . David's mighty me*. \ 

and flew a lion in tire midil of a pit 
t;me of fnow : 

-\nd he flew an t n, a g04 

man: and the Egyptian had inhis 

hand ; but he went dowu :,. him with a 
ftalf, and plucked the fpear out i 

S hand, and llew him with h s 
OW hear 

1 heft tbmvs did Benaiati the fon of 
Jehoiada, and bad the name 
might) men. 

23 He was more honourable than the 
thirty, but he attained not to i three. 

And David fet him over hi 

Alahelthe brotherof Joab i 
o( the thirty , t. Unman the Ion of D^\<> 
of Bethlehem, 

25 Shammafa the Hamditc, Elikatht 
Harodhe. 

26 Helez the Ebltite, Ira 
keih the Tckoitr, 

Abuser the Ajjethotl bunni 

tlie Hu&ath 

28 Salmon the Ahohite, Maharai 
Nek>] hathh 

-9 Heleb the fon of Baanah, 
thite, Ittia the Ion of Kihai out I 
of the children oi Benjamin. 

90 Benaiah the Piratbonite, Hiddai c 
the brooks of Gaaih, 

Lrbaibil :na 

reth the Barhumite, 
Si Kliahba the ShaalboHUe j of the I 
>, Jonathan, 

tmmah the l lai ante, Ah. am 
>f Sharar lie Ha 

of the Maachathite, Eliam the fon of 
Ahithophel the Gilonite, 

li erai the Carmelite, Paarai the 
Arbite, 

r. ol N ithan of Zo! 
Ban iadite, 

37 Zelek • nmonite, v 

Betrothtte, annourbearer to Joab the Mi 
Tuiah, 
33 In an Ithrite, G in Ithi ' 
. ■ tite : th 
in all. 

HAP. XXIV, 

1 Djtid Jorceth 'J sub /o the f"" 

fie. 'j [he lapta'tts afitr 
and fwen, .be nut- 

to the kim> 

heing ohltgfd 10 cboo/e one plague out $/ 

OH l 

rjiiience. 13 djtt 

•. . . •.;.■ 

the an K 
dt 

. 

A N " i I x R n 

\\i% kindk it lfrael : 

f d D 



&S0 David numbereth the people. II SAMUEL. 



tiis intercept on to Go£* 



2 For the king faid to Joab the captain 
of the hoft, which ivas with him, Go 
now through all the tribes of Ifrael, from 
Dan even to Beerfheba, and number ye 
the people, that I may know the number 
of the people. 

3 And Joab faid unto the king, Now 
the Lord thy God add unto the people, 
how many foever they be, an hundred- 
fold, and that the eyes of my lord the 
king may fee it : but. Why doth my lord 
the king delight in this thing ? 

.4 Notwithstanding, the king's word 
prevailed againft Joab, and againft: the 
captains of the hoft: And Joab and the 
canrains of the hoft went cut from the 
prefence of the king to number the peo- 
ple of Ifrael. 

5 f\ And they pafTed over Jordan, and 
pitched in Aroer, on the right fide of the 
city that lietb in the midft of the river of 
Gad, and toward Jazer ; 

6 Then they came to Gilead, and t© 
the land of Tahtimhodfhi : and they 
came to Danjaan, and about to Zi- 
don, 

T And came to the ftrong hold of Tyre, 
and to all the cit.es of the Hivites, and of 
theCanaanites : and they went out to the 
fouth of Judah, even to Beerfheba. 

8 So when they had gone through all 
the land, they came to Jerufalem at the 
end of nine months and twenty days. 

9 And Joab gave up the fum of the 
number of the people unto the king : and 
fhere were in Ifrael eight hundred thou- 
sand valiant men that drew the fword 
an', the men of Judah 'were five hundred 
thou fund men. 

10 ^J And David's heart fmote him, 
after that he had numbered the people. 
And David laid unto the Lord, I have 
finned greatly in that I have done : and 
now I befeech thee, O Lord, take away 
the iniquity of thy fervant ; for I have 

le vepy to i'liftvly. 

11 For when U.ivid was up in the morn- 
ing, the word of the Lord came unto the 
prophet Gad, David's fecr, faying, 

li Go, and lay unto David, Thus faith 
the Lord, I offer thee three things: 
ahoofe thee one of them, t hat I may do it 
unto thee. 

IS So Gad came to David', ?.:id told 

him, and laid unto him, Snail feven years 
ot famine come unto the: in thy land 



err, Will thou flee three months before 

thine enemies, while they purfue rl 

or, 1 hat there be three days' ueftilence in 

thy land I Now advilt, and fee what an- 

• I rttall return to him that fentme. 

li And David Paid unto Gad, I am in 

-:u< : let U now info the 



hand of the I^ord; for his mercies are 
great : and let me not fall into the hand 
of man. 

15 f| So the LoRDfentapeftilenceupam 
Ifrael from the morning even to the time 
appointed : and there died of the people 
from Dan even to Beerfheba feventy 
thoufand men. 

16 And when the angel flxetched 
out his hand upon Jerusalem to deftroy 
it, the Lo*d repented him of the evil, 
and faid to the angel that deftroyed 
the people, It is enough: (fay now thine 
hand. And the angel of the Lord' was 
by the *hrefhing place of Araunah the 
Jebufite* 

17 And David fpake unto the Lord; 
when he faw the angel that fmote the 
people, and faid. Lo-, I have finned, and 
I have done wickedly : but thefe iheep', 
What have they done ? Let thine hand, 
I pray thee, be againft: me^and againft: my 
father's houfe. 

18 tj And Gad came that day to David, 
and faid unto him, Go up, rear an altar 
unto the Lord in the threfhing floor of 
Araunah the Jebulite. 

19 And David, according to the faying 
of Gad, went up as the Lord com- 
manded. 

to And Araunah -looked, and faw the 
king and his fervants coming on toward 
him And Araunah went out, and bow- 
ed himfelf before the king on his face up- 
on the ground. 

2t And Araunah faid, Wherefore is 
my lord the king come to his fervant i 
And David (aid. To buy the threfhing 
floor of thee, to build an altar unto the 
Lord, that the plague may be ftayed 
from the people. 

2-2 And Araunah faid unto David, Let 
my lord the king take and offer up what 
feemeth good unto him : behold, here be 
oxen for burnt facrifice, and threfhing 
inftruments and other inftrumentsof the 
oxen for wood. 

23 All thefe things did Araunah, asci 
king, give unto theking. And Araunah 
faid unto the king, The Lord thy God 
accept thee. 

24 And the king faid unto Araunah , 
Nay ; but I will finely buy // of thee at a. 
price : neither will I offer burnt offerings 
unto the Lord my God of that which 
doth coft me nothing, ^o David bought 
the threfhing floor and the oxen for fifty 
fhekels of filver. 

"25 And David built there an altar unto 
the Lord, and offered burnt offerings 
anil peace offerings. So the Lord war, 
entreated for the land, and the plague was., 
ftavetl from Ifrael. 



TH& 



f :*l 



'.HE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS* 
COMMONLY CALLED THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS, 



CHAP. I. 

1 Abijbagcberijbetb David m bisextreme* 
old age 5 /Jdontjab, David's darling, ' 
ufurpetb tbe kingdom 6. Solomon, by 
David' s appointment, is aniinu d king 
by Zadak and fratban 50 Adonijab, 
f. ,i-;g to tbe boms of tbe altar t is dtf- 
m'Jfed by Stlorr.on 
NOW king David was old and flricken 

in years; and they covered him vs ill. 

clothes, but he gat no heat. 

therefore his Jet vants Paid IMtO him. 

Let there be fought tor my lo« d I 

a young virgin, and let her (land \ 

the king, and let her cherOi hin., 

her lie in thy bolom, that mj lard the 

king may get heat. 

-o they fought for a fair dai 

throughout all tl.e coafb of i ra I, and 
\ a Shunammite, and 

brought her to the k 

4 And the oamfel i lir, and 
ri(he>! ihe king, and n ed to him • 

but the king knew hei 

5 f] 1 hen Adonijah the fon of Haggith 
exalted himielf, faying I will bi 

id lie prepared In: » ch md h< i 

men, ai men to i u 

6 Ai.d h r had not dd^l 
him at any time, in I. Why hall 

lone lo * And he 

i J bis W re hin al- 

:il. 

v. ith I fon 

ruiah, ai 
i (t : and th th help- 

ed i 

\ and 
the fon ot Ij, ami N 

i, and Rei, . 
men w h ch »/i 
with Adonijah. 
9 And Adonjah (lew ! 
and tat c ittle bj the ih, 

hich is I ed and calle I ail 

brethren tlr- km. , arid all the men 

of Judah the king i fervanl 

i0 But Nj'!um the prophet, Be. 

nighty men, a;ui Soloi 
brother, he called i 
|1 Wl 
fheba the mother 

Halt thou not i.eaid t' li. 

.nd Da v id our 
knowetii // n 
l- Now,thereforr,come let me, I pray 
thee, give th .,. e;t 

*a\ a. id the life >.t 

for .11011 ; 

to Go, and get | unto ki 

V: to hiro, Did (I i*v. 



my lord, O king, fwear hum thine hand- 
maid, faying, Afluredly Solomon th> loa 
(hall reign after me, and he fhall fit u,>on 
my throne ? Why then doth Adorn ;_ 
revgn » 

14 Behold.while thou yet talked there 
with the king, I alio v\ill come in alter 
thee, and confirm thy words. 

\5 And Bath(heba went in unto the 
king, into the chamber. And the king 
was very old ; and Abifliag the Shunao* 
mite mi aide red unto the king. 

16 And Batlilhcba buwed, and did o- 
beitance unto the king And the kin^ 
(Yd, What moulded thou ? 

I ihe fiid unto him. My lord, 

thou I ai'lthy tiie Loru thy Ciod unto 

thine handmaid, laying. Alfnredly Solo- 

ly fon thall reigo after me, and \. % - 

lh.:ii ::t upon my throne 

1ii And noW| behold, Adonijah 
etu ; and now, my lord the king, tnou 
kno not . 

19 And he hath ilam oxen ^\<A 
t!»- ind Iheep in abund and hath 

called all I 

.. and 

):v.ci\ • .th 

ot called* 

, my lord, O kmg, 
1 1 te ere upoa ?hai th 

* 

trim. 
t\ Oth it (hall 

\% hen my lot ith 

In* , tli it 1 a 

thai mnted i 

-- 

ban tli dlo i i 

. 

i< And they told l 
Behold, Nath 

him! 

I »rd, ' 

I thou : 

. 
hath (lain i 
in 

. ii the . 
eat ; -re him, a 

h. 
■ 
Zadol 

leli •) 

d 



%52 Solomon anointed ting. I.KINGS. 



Adonijah feareth hr/a. 



thy fervant,Who »hould lit on the throne 
ot my lord the king after him ? 

28 Then king David anfwered and 
faid, Call me B.ithfheba. And (he came 
into the king's prefence, and flood before 
the king. 

29 And the king fware, and faid, As 
the Lord liveth,that hath redeemed my 
£qu! out of all diftrefs, 

30 Even as I ("ware unto thee by the 
Lord God of Ifrael. faying, Affuredly 
Solomon thy (on fhall reign after me, and 
lie /hall fit upon my throne in my ftead, 
even fo will I certainly do this day. 

Si Then Bathfheba bowed with her 
face to the earth, and did reverence to 
the king, and faid, Let my lord king Da- 
vid live forever. 

S2 q[ And king David faid, Call meZa. 
dok the pnelt, and Nathan the prophet, 
and Benaiah the fon of Jehoida. And 
ihey came before the king. 

•*>3 The king alfo laid unto them, Take 
with yoti the fervants of your lord, imd 
caufe Solomon my fon to ride upon 
mine own mule, and bring him down to 
Gihon : 

34 And let Zadok the pried and Na- 
than the prophet anoint him there king 
over Ifrael ; and blow ye withthe trum- 
pet, and fay, God lave king Solomon. 

35 Then ye fhall come up after him. 
that he may come and fit upon my 
throne ; for he fhall be king in my (lead : 
and I have appointed him to be rulei 
over Ifrael and over Judah. 

3G And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada, 
anfwered the king, and faid, Amen : the 
.Lord God of my lord the king fay fo too. 

37 As the Lord hath been with my 
]c-rd the king. even fobe he with Solomon, 
and make his throne greater than the 
throne of my ford king David 

38 So Zadok the prieft, and Nathan the 
prophet, and Benaiah, the fon ot Jehoiada, 
and the C tu';ethites, and the I'elethitrs, 
went down, and caufed Solomon to i iJe 
.ipon king David's mule, and brought 
him to Gihon. 

39 An9 Zadok the prieft took an hern 
oi oU out oi the tabernacle, and anointed 
Solomon. Arid they blew the trumpet ; 
jnil all the people faid, God (live king 
.' olouion. 

40 And all the people camie up afier 
him, and the people piped wifh pip-s, and 

iced with great joy, fo that the earth 
n itli the found ol them. 

41 Ami \domjah and all the guefts that 
xi9tn with him heard /'/ a-, they had made 
an end of eating. And when |oab heard 
the found oi the trumpet, he faid, Where- 
fore is wis noife of the c:ty being in an 

oar i 



1 And while he yet fpake, behold, 
AbiaUiar tlie priefl 



n the fon 



came : and Adonijah faid unto hin^ 
Come in ; for thou art a valiant man, 
and bringeft good tidings. 

43 4nd Jonathan anfwered and faid to 
Adonijah, Verily our lord king David 
hath made Solomon king 

44 -Vnd the king hath lent with him 
Zadok the prieft, and Nathan the proph- 
et, and Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada, and 
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and 
they have caufed him to ride upon the 
king's mule : 

45 And Zadok the prieft and Nathan 
the prophet have anointed fcim king in 
Gihon : and they are come up from thence 
rejoicing, fo that the city rang a 
This is the noife that ye have heard 



again. 



itteth 



on 



the 



46 And alfo Solomon 
throne of the kingdom. 

4-7 And moreover, the king's fervants 
came to blefs our lord king David, fay- 
ing, God make the name or Solomon bet- 
ter than thy name, and make his throne 
greater than thy throne. And the king- 
bowed himfelf upon the bed. 

48 And alfo thus faid the king, BlelTed 
be the Lord God of Ifrael, which hath 
given one to fit on my throne this day, 
mine eyes even feeing it. 

49 And all the guefts that ivere with 
Adonijah ■ ere afraid, and rofe up, and 
went every man his way. 

50 qj \na . oi jah feared becatife of 
Solomon, and aroie.and went, and caught 
hold on the horns of the altar. 

51 And it was told Solomon, faying, 
Behold, Adoivjah fesreth king Solomon : 
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns 
of the altar, faying, Let king Solomon 
iwear unto me today that he will not 
(lay his fervant with the fword 

5i Ana Solomon faid, If he will fhew 
himfelf a worthy man,' there (hall not an, 
hair of him fall to the earth : butifwick- 
ednefs lliallbe found in him, he fhall die. 

53 So king Solomon fent, and they 
brought him down from the altar. And 
he came and bowed himfelf to king Solo- 
mon : and Solomon faid unto him, Go 
to thine houfe, 

CHAP. II. 
1 David having given a charge to Solo- 
mon, lOdutb. 'it Solomon Jucteedeth. 

IS Adonijah is jut to deatb. 18 Joa+ is 
Jlim, 3b ShimeVs death. 

NOW the days of David drew nigh 
that he fhould die ; and he charged Sol- 
omon his fon, faying, 

8 I go tha way of all the earth : be 
thou tfrong therefore, and fhew thyfelf a 
min ; 

3 And keep the charge of the Lord 

thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his 

Itatutes, and his commandments, and hi:; 

judgments, and his teftimonies, as it is 

, ■ Mit':n ii! the law of Moles, that thotf 

may eft 



David's charge to Solomsn. 

.-.layeft profper in all iliat thou doe/l, and 
v. huherfoever thou turne(t thyfelf : 

4 That the Lord may continue his 

word which he fpake concerning me, 

faying, If thy children take heed to their 

, tj v\ajk before me in truth, with all 



Chr.p. iu Adonijah fut to death. 

18 Arid Bathlheba (aid, Well ; I will 



fpe»k for thee unto the king. 

19 BatlHlieba therefore went unto king 
Solomon, to fpeak unto him for Adoni. 
jah. Aud the king rofe up to meet her, 
and bowed himlelf unto her and fat 



i heart, and with all their foul, there 'down on his throne, and can fed a feat to 
ffiall not fail thee, faid he, a man on tlie . be fet for the king's mother ; and fhe fat 
throne of Ifrael. .on his right hand. 

5 Moreover, thou knoweft alfo what' 20 1 hen (he faid, Idefireone finall pc- 
Joab the fon of Zeruiah did to me, and , tition of thee ; J pray thee y fay me not nay. 



it he did to the two captains of the 
holls of Ifrael, unto Abner the fon of Ner, 
and unto Amafathe fon of Jether, whom 
he flew, and fhed the blood of war in 



And the king laid unto her, Alk on, my 
mother : for 1 will not fay thee nay. 

t\ And (he faid, Let Abiftiag the Shtl- 
nammitebe given to Adonijah thy broth- 



peace, and put the blood of war upon his. er to wife 

girdle that nvas about his loins, and in 22 And king Solomon anfwered, and 

his triors that nvert on his feet. faid unto his mother, And. Why dolt thou 

6 Do therefore according to thy wif- afk Abifhag the Shunammite for Adoni- 
dom, and let not his boar head go downjdi? Aik for him the kingdom alfo ; for 
to the grave in peace. ,he is mine elder brother : even for him, 

7 But (hew kindnefs unto the fons of and fpr Abiathar the pried, and for Joab 
Bar/.'illai the Gileadite, and let them beof the foil of Zeruiah. 

that eat at thy table : for fo they j _ €5 1 hen king Solomon fware by the 



me to me when I flcxi becaufe ot Abfa 
lorn thy brother. 

8 And, behold, tboubaji \\\th thee Shi- 
mei the fon of Gera, a Benramite of Ba^ 
hurim, which curfed me with a grievous 
curie in the day when I went to Maha- 
naim : but he came down to meet me at 
Jordan, and I fware to him by the Lord, 
faying, J will nut put thee to death with 
the (word. 

y Now, therefore, hold him not guilt- 

thou au a wife man, and know* 

tliou oughteit to do unto him ; 

but hi doling thou down to the 

gfive with, blood. 

10 • -I flcpt with his fathers 

:i the city ot David. 

1 1 And v- -:ned 
ov<r Ifrael •; : feven y 

Hebron, and thirty and thi 
in Jerufalem. 
W • . lomon upon the th- 

of David his rather ; and his kingdom was 
. guatly. 

H tj And Adonijah the (on of Haggjth 
came to Bathflteb i the no 

m. And die faid. thou peacea- 

bly I And lie faid] P ly. 

11 1!'- ( iid n. .i i over, 1 1 
to fay unto thee. I, Say on. 

15 And he faid,1 h ti I 

kingdom wa i min \ and that all Ifrael I t 
their faces on me, that I fhould n- gn : 
howbeit the kingdom is turn d about, 

■ my brother's ■ fur it \ 
from the I 

16 And now Infk onepetirio'n 

me not. And fhe fata unto him, Say on. 

17 And he : iid, s ; - »k, I pi 

r.) Solomon the king. ( foi f will 

nay) thai the 

y 



;>, faying, God do (o to me, and 
more alfo, if Adonijah have not fpokea 
this word again ft his own life. 

2i Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, 
which hath efl \\ I i fhed me, and fet me on 
the throne of David my fath< r, and who 
hath made me an houfe .n he promifedj 

Adonitah (hall be put iy death this day. 
f5 And kin • s lomon lent by the hand 
of Benaiah \ fon of Tehoiadaj arm he 

tell upon him th.i 1 

-26 And un'o \hi..ti at the pi 

the king, Get th 1 untd 

thine 6wn fields ; for than a>t wortl 
death, but I will not at this time put thee 
ithf becaufe thou bared the .nk of 
the Lori I before David my hither. 
a:'.d becaufe thou hafl been afflicted in all 
cin my fatlvr w as atfin t< d. 

tfirufl out Abiathar from 

iefl unto the Lord ; thai he might 
fulfil the word of the Lord, which he 
i ninathe houfe of Mi inShi 

II tidings came to Joab : for 

i turned aftei Adonijah, t!u ue'i 
he turned not ifter Abfalom. And Joab 

LORD, and 
hold on \U'- horns ol rh all ir. 
And u 

■ i unto the tal the 

Lord Id. 6/ it by il 

■ii fenl Benaiah the fon of 
, fall upon him. 
And Benaiah came to t!i< tab 
I or D, and faid unto h m. I 
faith the 

! i ; I I will 

ghtthe 
foab, ' 
31 An I 

;.' i 



**4 Joab Jlain at the altar. I. KINGS. 

innocent blood, which Joab (hed, from 
me, and from the houfe of my father. 

32. And the Lord (hall return his bleod 
upon his own head, who fell upon t^o 
men more righteous and better than he, 
and Hew them with thefword, my father 
David not knowing thereof, to <ro/7,Abner 
the fon of Ner, captam of the hoft of If- 
rael, and Amafa the fon of Jether, cap- 
tain of the hoft of Judah. 

55 Their blood (hall therefore return 
upon the head of Joab, and upon the head 
of his feed for ever : but upon David, and 
upon his feed, and upon his houfe, and 
upon his throne, (hall there be peace for 
ever from the Lord. 

Si So Benaiah the fonot Jehoiada went 
up, and fell upon him, and flew him : and 
he was buried in his own houfe in the 
wildcrnefs. 

35 And the king put Benaiah the fon of 
Jehoiada in his room over the hoft: : and 
Zadok the prieft did the king put in the 
room of Abiathcr. 

56 And the king fent and called foi 
Shimei, and faid unto him, Build thee an 
houfe in Jeruialem, and dwell there, and 
go not forth thence any whither. 

57 For it fliall be, that on the day thou 

foeft out, and pafTeft over the brook 
udron, thou (halt know for certain that 
thou ihalt furely die : thy blood ihall be 
"Upon thine own head. 

S3 And Shimei faid unto the king, The 
faying is good : as my lord the king hath 
iaid, lo will thy fervant do. And Shimei 
dwelt in Jerufalem many days. 

S9 And it came to pafs at the end of three 
years, that two of the fervants of Shimei 
ran away unto Achifli, fon of Maachah, 



king of Gath. And they told Shimei, 
faying, Behold, thy fervants be in Gath. 

40 And Shimei arofe, and faddled his 
afs, and went to Gath to Achifli to feek 
his fervants: andShimci went, and brought 
his fervants tfom Gath. 

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei 
had gone from Jeruialem to Gath- and 
was come again. 

42 And the king fent and called forShim- 
ei, and (aid unto him, Did I not make 
thee to fwear by the Loud, and protcfr- 
od unto the-, faying, Know for a cer- 
tain, on the day thougoeii out, and walk- 
eft abroad any whither, that thou (halt 
furely die ? And thou (aid ft unto mc,The 
word that I have heard ugood. 

kS Why then ha»'t thou not kept the 
oatli of the Lord, and the commandment 
that 1 have charged th.ee with ? 

44 The king faid moreover to Shimei, 
Thou knoweft all the « ickednefs which, 
thine heart is privy to, that thou didft 
to David my &u he i . therefore the Lord 
(ball rem; ■ tj » thine 

ov. n he i 



Solomon's peth'itV; 

45 And king Solomon Jhall be tnefleij, 
and the throne of David (hall be eftallifh- 
ed before the Lord for ever. 

46 So the king commanded Benaiah, rhe 
fon of Jehoiada; which went out and fell 
upon him.that he died. And the kingdon* 
was eftabhlhed in the han< J of Solomon. 

CHAP. Ill 
t Solomon marrietb Pharaoh's davgbfr\ 
5 His cbsice. 16 His judgment be- 
tween the tivo harlots. 
AND Solomon made atfrVty with Pha- 
raoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's 
daughter, and brought her into the city 
of David, until he had made an end of 
building his own houfe: and the houfe of 
the Lord, and the wall of Jeruialem 
round about. 

2. Only thepeoplefacrificedin high pla-. 
ces, becaufe there was no houfe bunt unto 
the name of the Lord, until thole days. 
S And Solomon loved the LoRD.walk- 
ing in the ftatutes of David his father : 
only he facrificed and burned incenfe in. 
high places. 

4 And rhe king went to Gibeon to fac-r 
rifice there ; for that ivas the great high 
place . a thoufand burnt offerings did. 
Solomon offer upon that altar. 

5 fj In Gibeon the Lord appeared to 
Solomon'in a dream by night : and God 
(aid, Afk what I (hall give thee. 

6 And Solomon faid, Tlroo, haft (he •■ ed 
unto thy fervant David my father great 
mercy according as he walked betore thee 
in truth, and in righteoufnefs, and in up- 
rightnefs of heart with thee; and thou 
halt kept tor him this great kindnefs, I 
thou haft given him a fon to fit on bis 
throne, as it is this day. 

7 Ami now, O Lord my God, thou 
haftmadethy fervant k.nginftead of David 
my father . and I urn but a little child : I 
know not bow to go out or come in. 

B Aud thy fervant is\n the midftofthy 
people which thou had choien, a great 
people, that cannot be numbered noi 
counted for multitude. 

9 Give therefore thy fervantan under- 
ftanding heart to jud,;e thy people, thai 
I may d'feern between good and bail , 
for, Who is able to judge this thy fo great 
a j.erple I 

10 And the fpeech pleafed the Lord, 
that Solomon had a(ked this tiling. 

11 And God (aid unto him, Becaufe 
thou haft afked this thing, and haft not afk- 
ed tor thyfelf longlife . neither haft afked 
riches for thy felt, nor haft afked the life 
of thine enemies ; but haft afked for thy- 
felf uuderftanding todifcern judgment : 

12 Behold, I have done according to thy 
words : lo, I have given thee a wife and 
an underftanding heart . fothat there iva:;, 
none like thee before thee, neither after 
thee (hall any arife like unto thee. 

i's Ami 



' 



p.lr. StUmtn'gfrir fey, <Jfc 



13 And I have alio thee that | CHAP. IV. 

Tiich thou halt notafked both r-chesand 1 Salamatts frinctt. 7 Kstmotimt <■£-: 



i be any a- 
.".eeall thy days. 



id if tbu 



k. in my v 



4 J * 

to keep my ftattites and m> command - 
is thy father L rj walk, then 

. 
And ^olomor brhohi, 

jj a dream And he came to Jerufa- 
hm t andfk re the ark of the cov- 

enant of thts ..or [.. and orl .ed up burnt 
ottering -cace c I 

e a tea I ! 
lolf 1 . that 

re harlots, unto true king, and ftood 

one woman faid, O m> 
r one 

dcl.rered of a c 
;fe. 
■ 

t this worn- 

x 4 we iverg to- 

• • - . us in 

died in the 

And fee aide at n ' tock 

Ic me, while th 
1 flept, and laid it in her befom, and 
i her dead child if lorn, 

41 And when 1 role in the morning to 
m> child luck, behold it uas de.id : 
but v* hen I had contidered it in the i 

liehold, it was, not my fon, which I 
bear. 

: .e otber woman * i) r ; 

±7kA the d 

but the dead 
on, and y\yt Living it my fon 
the king. 

rh, and thy fon is 



' 



and ; but 

• ing. 
I me a 
brought a Iword be- 
i g. 
And the king faid.divide the 1: 
two, an<* give halt to the 
to the other, 
fit Then (pake th iwhcfeth 

1 A am . * . f \ 

d in 
But the other et it 

nt ine no, 

I 

■ 

II :dg 



24 lee peace and la 'genejs c -r. 

dom. -.9 His ivi/dom. 
O king bolomon was king orer aK 
lfrael. 

^nd thefe rvfrg the princes which he 
had j Azanah the ion of Zadok the 
^ Elihorewh and Aliiah, the fons , 
ha, lenbes ; Jehofaaphat the fc 
id, the recorder. 
4 And Beaa ah thefon o* 
over the hot't : and Zadok _ 

a And Azariah thefon c wm 

over the officers : and Zabjdihe fon of 
..cipai officer, ar.- 

■ -rover the hot 
ana ram the ion of Abda teas ov 

the tnbu'e. 

I « rVi I Solomon kad twelve ofF; 
ovti an llrael, which provided 

'he king ana h shouiehold ; each man 
month in a vear made \ 
* And thefe are their names \. The 
ot Hur : n mount Ephraim : 

S> I he fon of Dekar, in Makaz, and in 
im, attd Bethihcmelh, a ,i- 

bcthhanan : 

10 1 he Ion of Hefed, in Aruboth : to 
him periamed Sochoh, and ail the land ot 
. ner : 

II The fon of Abinadab, in ail the re- 
gion ot D :uch had 1 aphath t 

fchter of Solomon to wife : 
12 Baana the fon of Ah. hid ; to him 
fn tamed Taanach and Megiddo, I 
Bethikean, which : » by Zartanah beneath 
Jezree. Bethlhran to Abelmeholah, 

■ unto the flu*, e that is be> 
neam : 

15 Tie (or. of Geber. in knot] 
: to h m ptrtmimed the townj ^r J 
thefon uiTeh.which *" i; 

"#<^the re^io:; .>b # 

^re grc 
ith waib and brazen bars i 
i- .nadab the lddoia*/Ma- 

hanai 

15 Ahima 

rook Bafroath the daughter 
to wile : 

16 Baanah the (on of Huflui *Wa 

Moth : 
fchoiha^hat the foa of Paruah, m 

t the fon of i- 

19 Geber i the 

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£$£ Solomon's riches and peace. I.KINGS. Hiram congratulate th him. 

21 And Solomon reigned over all king- name of the Lord his God, for the war:- 
dorns from the river unto the land of the | which were about him on every fide, un- 
Philifhnes.and unto the border of Egypt : • til the Lord put them under the foles of 
they brought prefents, and ferved Solo- : his feet. 

mon all the days of his life. £ But now the Lord my God hath 

22 And Solomon's provifion for one given me reft on every fide, fo that there 
ckiy, was thirty meafures of fine flour,and j is neither adverfarv nor evil occurrent. 
ihreefcore meafures of meal, j 5 And, behold, I purpofe to build an 

33 Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out jhoufe unto the name ofthe Lord my God, 
•f the paftures, and an hundred fheep, be- , as the Lord fpake unto David my fa- 
fide harts., and roebucks, and fallowdeer, j ther, faying, Thy fon, whom I will fet 
and fatted fowl. jupon thy throne in thy room, he fti air 

24 *J For he had dominion overall the * build an houfe unto my name. 
region on this fide the river, from Tiph- 
fah even to Azzah, over all the kings on 
this fide the river i and he had peace on 



ail fides round about him. 

25 And Judah and Ifrael dwelt fafely, 
every man under his vine and under his 
fig tree, from Dan even to Beerfheba, all 
the days of Solomon. 

26 And Solomon had forty thoufand 
flails of horfes for his chariots, and twelve 
thoufand horfemen. 

27 And thofe officers provided victuals 
for king Solomon, and for all that came 
unto king Solomon's table, every man in 
.his month : they lacked nothing. 

28 Barley alfo and ftraw for the horfes 
and dromedaries brought they unto the 
place where the officers were, every man 
according to his charge. 

29 $ And God gave Solomon wifdom 
and understanding exceeding much, and 
"largenefs of heart, even as the fand that 
is on the fea (ho re. 

SO And Solomon's wifdom excelled the 
wifdom of all the children of the eaft 
country, and all the wifdom of Egypt. 

31 For h£ was wifer than all men ; than 
Ethan the Ezrahite. and Heman, and 
Chalcol, and Darda, the fons of Mahol : 
and his fame was inall nations round about. 

32 And he fpake three thoufand prov- 
erbs : and his longs were a thoufand and 
five. 

33 And he fpake of trees, from the ce- 
dar free that is in Lebanon even unto the 
hydop that foringeth out of. the wall . he 
fpake al/o of beans, and of fowl, and of 
creeping things, and of fiihes. 

Si And there came of all people to hear 
the wifdom of Solomon, from all kings of 
the earth, which had heard of his wifdom. 

CHAP. V. 
i Hiram fend et h to congratulate Solomon : 

7 andfarti'fietb timber to build the tern- 

fie. IS Solomon' i workmen.. 

AND Hiram king of Tyre fent his fer- 
vanti unto Solomon : for he had heard 
that they had anointed him king in the 
roam of Jus father : for Hiram was ever 
a lover of David. 

2 And Solomon fent to Hiram, faying, 

3 Thou kiiowrft how that David my 
father could Dt build an houfe unto the 



6 Now, therefore, command thou that 
they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; 
and my fervantslhall be with thy fervantsj 
and unto thee will I give hire for thy fer- 
vants according to all that thou malt ap- 
point : for thou knoweft that there is not 
among, us any that can flcill to hew tim- 
ber like unto the Sidonians. 

7 fl And it came to pafs, when Hiram 
heard the words of Solomon, that he re- 
joiced greatly and faid, BlefTed be the 
Lord this day, which hath given unto 
David a wife fon over this great people. 

8 And Hiram fent to Solomon, faying, 
I have confidered the things which thou 
fenteft to me/ for ; and I will do all thy 
defire concerning timber of cedar, and' 
concerning timber of fir. 

9 Myfervants Avail bring them down 
from Lebanon unto the fea •• and I will 
convey them by fea in floats unto the 
place that thou lhalt appoint me, and will 
caufe them to be discharged there, and 
thou (halt receive them : and thou (halt 
accomplifh my defire, in giving food for 
my houfehold. 

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees 
and fir trees according to all his defire. 

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty 
thoufand meafures of wheat /or food to 
his houfehold, and twenty meafures of 
pure oil : thus gave Solomon, to Hiram 
year by year. 

12 And the Lord gave Solomon wif- 
dom, as he promifed him : and there was 
peace between Hiram and Solomon ; and 
they two made a league together. 

13 qj And king Solomon raifed a levy 
out of all llrael ; and the levy was thirty 
thoufand men. 

t\ And he fent them to Lebanon, ten 
thoufand a month by courfes : a month 
they were in Lebanon, andxwo months at 
home : ami Adoniram ivas ever the levy. 

15 And Solomon had threefcore and 
ten thoufand that bare burdens, and four- 
fcore thoufand hewera in the mountains : 

16 Befide the chief of Solomon's officers 
which ivcrc over the work, three thou- 
fand and three hundred, which ruled o- 
verthe people that wrought in the wet k. 

17 And the king com manded^ and they 
great ftor.es, ccftly (tones, and 

hew 



brought 



Tie building of ihe tempi/. 



hewed ftones, to lay the foundation of the 
houfe. 

1>} A- Vs builders and Hi- 

ram's guilders did hew them, and rhe 
rtonefquarers : fo they prepared timber 
and ftjnes to build the houfe. 

CHAP VI. 
i Tbf building of Solomon's temple. 11 

Cod's promife unto it. 51 The time of 

btt Id.ng it. 

AND it came to pais in the four hun- 
dred and eightieth yearafter the children 
of Hi Mel were come out of the lan.1 of 
Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's 
reign over [frael, in the month Zif, which 
is t! rid month, that he bc^an to 

build the houfe of the Lord. 

• fthiqh kin.g Soloinc n 
built for rhe Lord, the length thereof 
nuas threefcore cubits, and the breadth* 
thereof twenty cubits, and the height 
thereof thirty evil 

3 And die porch before tlie temple of 
the houfe, twenty cubits ivas the length 
iher- to the breadth of the 
houfe ; and ten cubits ivas tlie breadth 
thereof before the houfe. 

4 And for the houfe he made windows 
of narrow lights. 

5 And ugainfl the wall of tl>c l>oufe he 
built chambers round about, a gain ft the 
walls ot rhe houfe round about* botb of 
the temple and of the oracle : and he 
ma<le clumbers lound about : 

i mo(f chamber ivas five 
cubic* broad, and the middle ivas li.v cu 
broad, and the third it as fevencubh 
broad : for without in the toaJloftht houfe 

und about.that 
the bea> id riot be fattened in the 

ills of rlv houfi 

life, when if wai in build. 
. was built o\ (lone m i 
h was brought thither : fo thai there 
neither ha HI me I ir,r any tool of 

1 in the houfe, while it was io 
building. 

8 The door for the middl nbei 
'"'c; in tl: 

they went up with winding fta i inl >the 
middle ch.imhcr, and out of the mid 
into the third. 

9 So lie built the houfe, and nnifhed it : 
and covered the houfe wuli beams and 
boards of ced ir. 

it) eXud/ben he built chambers again!) 

the houfe, five (lib.'.: igh : and they 

refred on the houfe with timber of cedar . 

1| ^ And tne word of the Lord cimc 
to Solomon, faying, 

12 C#*f ir**'** thts houfe which tbdu an 
in building, if thou wilt walk in my fl 
txte*,and execute my judgments, and keep 
all my cor.imandmenrs to walk in thru , 
t!icn will I perform my word witl 
which I fpake unto David th r : 

I O 



Chap. vj,. Sod's froMife unto it. i9T 

IS And I will dwell among the children 

of IfraeL and will not for fake my people 
I frael. 

14 So Sjfomon built the houfe. arid 
nnilhed it. 

15 And he built the wall? of the hcufc 
within U ith boards of cedar, both the floor 
qf the houfe. and the watts of the ceilmjrt 
and\\Q covered tkem on the infide witii 
wood, and covered the floor of the Ik w. ;• 
with planks of fir. 

16 And he built twenty cUpirs on tlie 
lides of the houfe, both the fliooV n:id rhe 
walls wish boards of cedar : heeven built 
tbem for it within, et-en for the oracle, 
even fortlu? moft holy place. 

17 And tlie houfe, that is the temple 
before it, was forty cubits long. 

18 And the cedar of the houfe within 
■xvas carved withknops and open flowers : 
all ivas cedar ; there was no flone feen. 

13 And the oracle he prepared in the 
houfe within, to fet there the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord. 

19 And the oracle in the forepart ivat 
twenty cubits in length, and twenty cu- 
bits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the 
heig&t thereof : and he overlaid it with 
pure gold ; and/tf covered the altar ivb'uh 
ivas of cedar. 

21 So Solomon overlaid the houfe with, 
in with pure -old : and he made a parti- 
tion by the chains of gold before the or- 



acle : and he overlaid it with gold. 

Vt And the whole houfe he overlaid 
with gi Id, until he had finimed all the 
houfe : alfothe" whole altar that ivas by 
the oracle he overlaid with gold. 

IS Ami w ithin the orac' 
cbei ul tretifocAlencubitshigh* 

24 And five c ub I the. one w 

of the chei ub, and fit ■■ cubii • tlu- pti 
wing of the cherub : from the utterm • 
po' one win g unto the utterm 

the other were ten cul 
\nd the other cherub w€t len cu- 
bits : both tl I Ill ilc c of one 

,lit oftheooechi rub ivas ten 

.!>. 

I tiie 

inner h ml th the 

tfthecherubims, fo that the wing 

of tl ' tlu: QjU wall, and 'he 

ibe 

r wall; audi ngs tombed one 

another in the midti ot the boo. 
23 And he overlaid the che i •■■•ith. 

gold. 

And he rr.rvcd all the w the 

nd about h ith c*of 

chembi , and palm tree8> and openflow- 

hin and Without. 

30 And the floor of the houfe he over- 

with gold, within a id without. 
50 And fcrtl tl\t or 

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2#8. The a dor tiing of the temple. 

he made doors of olive tree, the lintel 
and fide ports tcvrf afifrh part of the wall. 

32 The V' b doors alio tut re of olive 
tree, and he carved upon them carvings 
of cherubims and palm trees and open 
flowers, and overlaid them with geld. 
and f'pread gold upon the cherubims, and 
upon the palm trees. 

33 §o alfo made he for the door of the 
temple ports o/olive tree, a fourth part oj 
the ivall. 

31 And the two doors ivere of fir tree : 
the two leaves of the one door were 
folding, and the two leaves of the other 
door tcy/y folding. 

35 And heczrvedtbereon cherubims and 
palm trees and open flewers: and covered 
/^wwithgoldfitted upon the carved work. 

36 Ami he built the inner court with 
three rows of hewed ftone, and a row of 
eedar beams. 

ST ^| In the fourth year was the foun- 
dation of the houfe of the Lord laid, in 
the month Zif : 

38 And in the eleventh year, in the 
month Rul, which/'* the eighth month,was 
the houfe finirtied throughout all the parts 
thereof, and according to all the fartiion of 
it. So was he feven years in building it. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The building of Solomon'' s houfe > 2 of the 

houfe of Lebanon, 8 of the houfe for 

Phc/rao-h's daughter. 13 Hiram* sivorks. 

BUT Solomon was building his own 
houfe thirteen years, and he finifhed all 
his hou fe, 

t He built alfo the houfe of the forert 
of Lebanon ; the length thereof ivas 
an hundred cubits, aid the breadth thereof 
fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty 
cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillar?, 
with cedar beams upon the pillars. 

3 And// ivas covered with cedar above 
upon the beams, that lay on forty five 
pillars, fifteen in a row. 

4 A.nd there ivere windows in three 
rows, and light ivas againft light /'* three 
ranks. 

5 And all the doors and ports ivere 
fquare, with the windows ; and light ivas 
.n^.iinft light in three ranks. 

(") And he made a porch of pillars: the 
length thereof tuoj fifty cub is, and the 
breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the 

f;orch f "T- torethem : and the otbe /- pil- 
ars and the th i kbc;irntuf>Y before them 

7 '1 hen he made a porch tor the throne 
where he might judge, tuen the port h of 
jud-nicnt: and'/ tc//j covered with cedar 
from one fi>lc of the floor to the other. 

8 ^ And his houfe where he dwelt had 
anothel Court within the porch, ivbicbwin 
ot the like w ork. Solomon made alfo an 
houfe for Pharaoh's daughter, uhoin he 
Jiad taken to ivife, like unto this porch 

9 All thefe nvereofcoRly Ronesacccrd- 



I. KINGS. Solomon's other buildings, 

ing to the meafures of hewed ftones,fawed 
with f'aws, within and without, even from 
the foundation unto the coping, and/b on 
the outfide toward the great court. 

••0 And the foundation ivas of coftly 
ftones, even great ftones, ftones often cu- 
.bits, and ftones of eight cubits. 

it And above ivere coftly ftones, after 
the meafurc s of hew ed ftones ; and cedars. 

\1 And tlie great court round about 
ivas with three rows of hewed ftones,and 
a row ot cedar beams, both for the inner 
court of the houfe of the Lord, and for 
the porch of the houfe. 

13 ^ And king Solomon fent and fetch- 
ed Hiram our of Tyre. 

14 He ivas a widow's fon of the tribe of 
Naphtali, and his father ivas a man of 
Tyre, a worker in brafs : and he was fill- 
ed with wifdom and underrtanding, and 
cunning to work all works in brafs, and 
he came to king Solomon,and wrought all 
his work. 

15 F»r he cart two pillars of brafs, of 
eighteen cubits high a piece : and a line 
of twelve cubits did compafs either of 
them about. 

lt> And he madetwo chapiters of molt- 
en brafs, to Jet upon the tops ot the pil- 
lars : the height of the one chapiter ivas 
five cubits, and the height of the other 
chapiter ivas five cubits : 

IT And nets of cheker work, and 
wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters? 
which ivere upon the top of the pillars ; 
feven for the one chapiter, and feven for 
the other chapiter. 

18 And he made the pillars, and two 
rows round about upon the one network, 
to cover the chapiters that ivere upon the 
top, with pomegranates : and fo did he 
for the other chapiter. 

19 And the chapiters that ivere upon 
the top of the pillars ivere of lily work in 
the porch, four cubits. 

20 /Mid the chapiters upon the two pil- 
lars had pomegranates alfo above, over 
againft the belly which ivas by the net- 
work : and the pomegranates ivere two 
hundred, in rows round about upon the 
other chapiter. 

2t And hefetupthe pillars in the porch 
of the temple : and he fet up the right pil- 
lar, and eiilcd the name thereof jachin : 
and he fet up the left pillar, and called the 
name thereof Boaz. 

°l*l And upon the top of the pillar? ivas 
•hly work : fo was the work of the pillars 
ti mined. 

t& And he made a molten fea, ten cu- 
bits from the one brim to the other ; ft 
itas round all about, and his height ivas 
Pve cubits : and a line of thirty cubits 
did compafs it round about. 

Z\ \nd under the brim of it round a- 
bout there ivere knops coir.pafTing it, tcr 

in' 



0ram's *xnrks f«r the temple . v.. .4, Ornaments and uterf.ls. 2?S 

compaffing the feu round about :* the houfe, and five on the left 

Ae knopi ZL'ere call in two rows wher. c of the houle . and he an me 

jright fide of the houfe eaftwzrd over a- 
?5 It flood upon twelve oxen, three Igan.ft the fcuth. 
fDokirg toward the north, and three 1-v*. 40 And Hiram made tr rs, and 

Ldj. aid three i gto-tthei cvels, And the batons. Non ; ranx 

ward the iouth, and three k "lean end of doing ail the work t 

ward the call: and the : k king jh for the houfe of 

upon then all their h "-^e Lord. 

*t 1 hetwo pilars, and the run b. 
56 hand bre ere on the top of 

and the ti ks, 

Dorer the two bo 

r e upon the top of 'he p 
41 And f< ur hund: 
for the two networks, e en t-o r 

for one network, to cover 
the tw u bow is of the clu re 

n the p 
43 he ten bak eri 

on the bau 

4 4 Aud onefea, and twelve oxen under 
ea ; 

I the r i the fhovt 

.:ui all thefc veflels. «h 

-mon for tl>e 
t •/ bright bta 
145 1 i trie king 

them, in the :nd between 

I Zart! 

left all the ve. T 
• 

bra ; 

lomon made all i 

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Of go: 

of gold, w h 

d, 



the b: : was wroi 

t brim of a c th flowe: 

k ct j two th ufjnd ba h>. 

.' d he : .i of braf> ; 

lour cubits vmi the t one bjfe, 

and four cubits the brea Ith the 
three c. 
tt A" It of the bafes - 

manm- haC boners, an 

- 
19 ^rr be- 

tween the ie^! t . a J 

upon the 

-«--*J j OJ.C j«o<c 

I 

thin wcrk. 

50 \nd every b ife had f.mr bra 
whet. 

tlicreuf had ut . under 

theluver tcer/ underfettei 
: every add 
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mouth : rr the 

upon th 

four 
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deti- 

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VIII. 

1 T£<- tern fie. I - 

•W#w'i blr£\> 

<e •/ (race '.ffen*-g* 
z, t one 1 ' the elders 

es, 
t • lve ten laversof brafs : j the chief of the lathers of 'he < 

aver contained anJrv- Ifrael, unto 1 

«ry brer. Lord 

99 And I nthf righi jr. 

1 i A 



300 The dedication of the temple. I.KINGS. 



Solomon's prayer^ 



2 And all the men of Ifrael aflembled build an hcufe unto my name, thou didft 

well that it was in thine heart. 

19 Neverthelefs,thou lhalt notbuild the 
houfe ; but thy fon that (hall come forth 
out of thy loins, he fhall build the houfe 
unto my name. 

20 Andthe Lord hath performed his 
word that he lpake, and I am rifen up in 
the room of David my father, and fit on 
the throne of Ifrael, as the Lord promif- 
ed, and have built an houfe for the name 
of the Lord God of Ifrael. 

21 f] And I have fet there a place for the 
ark, wherein/; the covenant of the L6/tD, 
which he made with our fathers, when he 
brought them out of the land of Kgypt. 

22 f| And Solomon flood before the 
altar of the Lord in the prefence of all 
the congregation of Ifrael, and fpread 
forth his hands toward heaven : 

25 And he laid, Lord God of Ifrael, 
there is no God like thee, in heaven above, 
or on earth beneath, who keepeft cove- 
nant and mercy with thy lervants that 
walk before thee with all their heart : 

24 Who hafi kept with thy fervant Da- 
vid my tather, that thou promifedft him : 
thou fpakeft alfo with th> mcuth, and 
haft fulfilled it with thine hand, as // is 
this day; 

25 Therefore now, Lord God of If- 
rael, keep with thy fervant David my fa- 
ther that thou promifedft him, faying, 
There (hall not fail thee a man in my 
fight to fit on the throne of Ifrael; lothat 
thy children take heed to their waj , that 
they walk before me as thou haft walked 
before me. 

26 And now, O God of Ifrael, let thy 
word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou 
fpakefi unto thy fervant David my father. 

But will God indeed, dwell on the 



themfelves unto king Solomon at the 
feaft in the month Eihanim, which is the 
feventh month. 

3 And all the elders of Ifrael came, 
and the priefrs took up the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark of the 
Lord, and the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and all the holy vellels thatai^r* 
in the tabernacle, even thofe did the 
priefts and the Levites bring up. 

5 And king Solomon,, and all the con- 
gregation of Ifrael that were aflembled 
unto him,ivere with him before the ark, 
facrificing fheepandexen, that could not 
be told nor numbered for multitude. 

6 And the priefts brought in the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord unto his place, 
into the oracle of the houfe, to the moft 
holy place, even under the wings of the 
cherubims. 

7 For the cherubims fpread forth their 
two wings over the place of the ark, and 
the cherubims covered the ark and the 
flares thereof above. 

y And they drew put the ftaves, that 
the ends of the ftaves were feen out in the 
holy tlace before the oracle, and they 
were not feen without ; and there they 
are unto this day. 

9 There Tva> ripthingrn the arkfaverhe, 
two tables of (tone, which Moles put 
there at rioreb, when the Lord made a 
covenant with the children of Ifrael, when 
they came out of the land of Egypt. 

10 Anditcametopafs, when the priefts 
were come out of the holy plate, that the 
cloud filled the houfe of the Lord. 

* 11 So that the priefts could not Hand to 
jninifler becaufe of the cloud ; for the 
glory of the Lord had filled the houfe 
of the Lord. 

n C Then fpake Solomon, The Lord 
laid that he would dwell in die thick dark- 
nefs. 

1 -> I have furely built thee an houfe to 
dwell in, a fettled place for thee to abide 
in for ever. 

11 And the king turned his face about, 

ar.d bU fled all the congregation of Ifrael : 

(and all the congregation of Ifrael ftood;) 

^15 And he (aid, P.lcfTcd be the Lord 

Godot Ifrael, which fpake with his mouth 



27 

earth ? Behold, the heaven and heaven of 
heavens cannot contain ihce ; how much 
lefs this houfe that I have builded ? 

28 Yet have thou refpect unto the prayer 
of thy fervant, and to his fupplication, 
O Lord my God, to hearken unto the 
cry and to the prayer, which thy fervant 
prayetn befoiethee today : 

"29 That thine eyes may be open to- 
ward this houfe Right and day, ti'en to- 
ward the place of which thou haft laid, 



unto David my father, and hath with hislMy name thall be there; that thou may 



hand fulfilled //, faying, 



eft hearken unto the prayer which thy 



1G Since the day that 1 brought forth fervant lhall make toward this place. 



my people Ifrael out of Egypt, I chofe 
no city out of all the tribes pf Ifrael to 
build an houie, that m\ name might be 
therein ; but 1 chple David to be' over 
my people Ilrael. 

17 Ant it was in the heart of David 



30 And hearken thou to the fupplica- 
tion of thy fervant, and of thy people If- 
rael, when they fhall pray toward this 
place:and hear thou in heaven thydwelling 
place : and when thou heareff, forgive. 

31 If any man trefpais againit his fieigll- 



my father to build an houfe fur the nametbour, and an oath be laid upon him to 
pf the Lord God of Ifrael. [caufe him to fwear andthe oath come 

18 And the Lord laid unto David my before thine altar in this houfe r 
father, Whereas it was. in thine heart to I S2 Then hear ihou in heaven, and do 

ar.d 



non's thaakfg'xnjir.g 



Chap. viii. 



at the dedication. SOI 



and judge thy fervants, condemning the prajer and their fupplication, and main- 
wicked, t j bring his, way upon his head : , tain their came. 

and jti ghteous, to give him I 4*> It they fin againlt thee, (for there is 

according to his righteoufuefs. » no man that tinneih pot,] and thou bcan- 

35 . people hrael be fmitteA j a/ y with them, and deliver them to the 

do/-n bctore the ene . . becaufe tl ;niy, lo that they earn themawaycap- 

bave linned aga e, and lhall turn tives unto the laau ot the enemy, iar «r 

agon to tl. I confefs tii) name, a. id [»eaf ; 

hcatiun u:iio thee in \ 47 Yet if they (hall bethink, then. (elves 
this houlc : Jin the land whither they were carried 

bear thou in heaven, and tor-jtives ; and repent, and make (upplic . 
give tlie fin of ihy people IfraeLan * b: 1 ::^ 'unto thee in the land of the m that parried 



them agam unto the hud which thou 
| it unto their taihers. 



33 When heaven i^ iV'it up, and there mitted wicked nefs 



their, captive:., laying, We have fumed, 
and have done perVeriely, we have Cotn- 



is no ram, becaufe they have .mm-d a- 
( ; if they pra> toward this place, 

and confefsth) name and turn fromtheii 
when thou afflict -it them : 

i lien licar thou in heaven, and for- 
gi\e the fin >l th) fervants, and of thy 
i« llia-.l, that thou reach tiiem the 
wa) whe ein they mould walk, and 
rain upon thi land, thou halt 

i) people for an inherirance. 
in the find famine, if 
there be peitilence, blalting, mil 
locuit, •/• if there be caterpillar j if their 
cnenu l- tiiem in the land of their 

; whatfoever plague, whatfoever 
c re be ; 

• ! iat prayer and fupplicationfoev. 

er be made by any man, pi by all thy 

li (hall know every man 

the , ot his own heart, and (pread 

is hands toward tl ie : 

i heai thou m | thy dwell- 

/, and give to 

r; . wh vie- 

heart thou (fur thi n thou 

onh, chil- 

dreu ( t men ;) 

40 1 h ill tlied 

. 

41 Morei ;er,t!iat 

..•1, bui 
out of a far 

41 (For ihev ft ..1 . thy gi 

name, and of thy (Irons hand, an l ci thy 

t arm :) . 
and pray toward thi - bou 
43 Heat thou in heaven thy d« 

that the 
i calleih >r ; thai all 

pe vt the earth raa\ know thy i 
do th\ 
may know tl houle, winch 1 

•' • builded, by thy i i 

ii It thy peoj lego out to ! 

»ever thou (hah 
them, ai.d f ; . ill praj unto the LORO to- 
ward r i ■ i thou hafl ch 

t the 1. »ufe that I have built 
. 
4«- i ben hear t] • 



> \ndyo return unto thee with all their 
heart, and with all their foul, in the land 
of their enemies, which led them auay 
captive, and pray unto thee toward I 
land, which thou gave ft unto their fathers, 
the city which tnou halt cholcn, and the 
hmile which 1 have built for thy name : 

49 Then hear thou their prayer and 
their fupplication rn heaven thy dwelling 
place, and maintain theii caule, 

50 And torsive thy people that have 
(inncd againlt t!iec,ai»(i all lueirtraufgrcf- 
fions wherein they have tranfg relied a- 

iWt thee,and give them co n be- 

fore them who earned themcaptive, that 
they may hive companion on them : 
al For they he ih> people, and t ; 
inheritance, which thou bi 
out ot Kgj pt, from the midft oi the fur- 
• of iron : 
jI '1 hat thine may be rfp< n -.into 

the fuppl • lerv.int, ai 

tlie i . pei pi I i i, to 

unto them m all tliat the) 

55 1 or thou dd; m from 

11 th<- j , f the eat th, >o be 

thine inhci I I b) the 

rvant, w hen r ' 
brought! . . . o;r« ol t, O 

( > OD. 
a I And it wa; fo, that \ 
had made an all this pi 

.n 1 fuppli< •: n u 

tit tr c i the Lo 
fromkni ... hands 

id up t i 
aa «' ihe 

with a l< ud \ 
■ 

1 ■ • 

I i 
all tiiat i • re h ith ">"t ' 

h he prom • : 

int. 

omjd our God be wit 
as he was with oil i father* ; let him not 

iv r foi (a) '■' 

to him, to WJ hit. wayb, .md to 

I • "p 



ftd£ Solomtn* 'sth ani •fgii>ing,&e. 1. KINGS. 

keep his command ments, and his ftat- 
utes, and his judgments, which he com- 
manded our fathers. 

59 And let thefe my words, wherewith 
I have made (application before the 
Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God 
day and night, that lie maintain the 
caufe of his lervant., and the caufe of his 
people Ifrael at all times, as the matter 
fhall require : 

60 That all the people uf the earth may 
know that the Lord is God, and that 
there is none elfe. 

61 Let your heart therefore be perfect 
with the Lord our God, to walk in his 
ftatutes, and to keep his commandments, 
as at this day 

62 fl And the king, and all Ifrael with 
him, offered facrifice before the Lord. 

65 And Solomon offered a facrifice of 
peace offerings, which he offered unto the 
Lord, two anci twenty thoufand oxen, 
and an hundred and twenty thoufand 
(hcep. So the king and all the children of 
Jfrael dedicated the houfe of the Lord. 

64 The lame day did the king hallow 
the middle of the court that ivas before 
the houfe of the Lord : for there he of- 
fered burnt offerings, and meatofferings, 
and the tat of the peace offerings : becaufe 
the brazen altar thatooaj before the Lord 
tuas too little to receive the burnt offer- 
ings, and meat offerings, and the fat of 
the peace offerings. 

65 And at that time Solomon held a 
feaft, and all Ifrael with him, a great 
congregation, from the entering in of 
Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before 
the Lord our God, feven days and fev- 
cn days, even fourteen days. 

66 On the eighth day he fent the peo- 
ple away ; and they bleffed the king, and 
went unto their tents joyful and glad of 
heart for all the goodnefsthat the Lord 
had done for David his lervant, and for 
Ifrael his people. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 God's covenant in a 'vijion nvitb Solo- 
mon. 10 The mutual prejtnts of Solo- 
rion and Hiram. £5 His yearly faenfices . 
AND it came to pais, when ooloinon 

had hnifhed the budding of the houfe 

of the Lord, and the king's houfe, and 

all Solomon's defire which he waspleafed 

to do, 

i hat the Lord appeared to Solomon 

the fecond time, as he had appeared unto 

him at Gibeon. 



3 And the Lord fatd unto him, I 
li ive heard thy prayer and thy fupplica- 
tion, that thou h.«ft made before me ; I 
have hallowed this houfe, which thou 
haft built, to put my name there torevtr ; 
and mines eyes and mine heart ihall be 
there perpetually. 

4 And if thou wilt Widk before me 



\ 



His vr/jon.4 

♦ as David thy father walked, in integrity 
! of heart, and in uprightnefs, to do ac- 
cording to all that I have commanded 
j thee, and wilt keep my ftatutes and my 
ij-udgments : 

5 Then I will eftablim the throne o£ 
j thy kingdom upon Ifrael for ever, as I 

promifed to David thy father, faying, 
1 here ihall not fail thee a man upon the 
throne of Ifrael. 

6 But if ye Ihall at all tarn from followv 
ing me, ye or your children, and will no't 
keep my commandments and my ftatutes 
which I have fet before you, but go and 
ferve other gods, and worfhip them : 

7 Then will I cut off Ifrael out of tire 
land which 1 have given them , and thifs 
houfe, which 1 have hallowed for my 
name, will I call out of my fight ; and 
Ifrael Ihall be a proverb and a byword 
among all people : 

8 And at this houfe, -which is high, 
every one that paffeth by it (hall be af- 
tonimed, and Ihall hifs ; and they (hall 
fay, Why hath the Lord done tints unto 
this land, and to this houfe ? 

9 And they (hall anf er, Becaufe they 
forfook the Lord their God, who brought 
forth their fathers out of the land of 
Egypt* and have taken hold upon other 
gods, and have worflrpped them, and 
lervedthem: therefore hath the Lord 
brought upon them all this evil. 

10 fl And it came ro pafs at !he end of 
twenty years, when Solomon had built 
the two houfes, the houfe of the Lord, 
and the king's houfe, 

It f No -l Hiram the king of Tyre had 
furnifhed Solomon with cedar trees and 
fir trees, and with gold, according ro all 
his defire,) that then king Solomon gave. 
Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 

12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to 
fee the cities which Solomon had given 
him, and thev pleafed him not. 

13 And he faid, What cities are thefe 
which thou hall given me, my brother ? 
And he called them the land of Cabul 
unto this day. 

14 And Hiram fent to the king fixfeore 
talents of gold. 

l.i And this is the rcafon of the levy 
which k ; ng Solomon railed : for to build 
the houfe of the Lord, and hisown houfe, 
and Millo, and the wall of Jerufalem,and 
HazoTi and Megiddo, and Gezer. 

16 For Pharaoh king of Kgy pt had gone 
up. and taken Gczer, and burned it with 
fire, and llain the Canaanites that dwelt 
if) the city, and given it/bra prefentu no 
his daughter, Solomon's wife. 

17 And Solomon built Gezer, arid 
Bethhoron the nether, 

IU And taalath, and Tadmor in the 
wi'dernefs, in the land, 
19 And all the cities of ftore that Sol- 
omon 



$9/ohm- s yearly (acrifce. 



ip. X. The queen cf Skeba's VJfit. £05 



amon had, and cities tor his chariots, :C-.ipbearer>, and his afcent by which he 

-nt up unto the houfe of the Lord ; 
there was no more fpirit in her. 

o And (he faid to the king, It was a 
true report that I heard in mine own 
-ere left of jlandcf thy acb and of thy wifdom. 
zzite^, Hi- 7 How br.t, I believed not the words, 



and cities for his horfei..en, and that 
5 in Jeru- 

ebanon,and in a'.l the 
©f h 5 dominion 

to ;ith< 



)t en luere not of until I came, and mine eyes had feen it.' 

the children of lira;!, i, behold, the half was not told me : 

were left after thy wifdom and prosperity exceedeth the 
them m ihe bod, whom the children u{ fame which 1 l>eard. 

.el al!o wer«* 3 Happy are thy men. happy are thefe 

ftroy, upon thole .»n levy a ' thy fervants, whehftand continually be- 

tribute of bondfcrvice unto this d. re thee, and that hear thy wifdom. 

« Butofthechi.drer.oflhaek: 9 Blefied be the Lord thy God.which 

dmon nukt . len butt!. J:;ed in thee, to let thee on the throne 

men of war, ?.na I his of Urael : becaufe the Lord loved \ . 

rand h - d rulers of forever, therefore made he thee king, to 

, and h :> horfemen. j do judgment and juftice. 

t$ 1 hefc ru re rhe chief oi the officers 10 And uie gave the king an hui dred 
that "Mere ore t bol work, fwehnn- and twenty talents of geld, and of fj 

drcd and ritt; , v\ huch bare rule over the very great More, and precious ftones : 
pe- ihi in tl»e »oi- there cane no more fuch abundance of 

it J:tcr came up fpices as thefe which the queen of SI. 

out of the to her houie gave to king Solomon. 

i had built for her : then d tl And the navf a!fo of Hiram, I 

rought fiofll Ophir, brought in 

£5 f] And three; i a year did S^l-' trom Opfnr great plenty of tlmuj; 

burnt ».nd peace of- and precious iton 

n the altar which he built un- I- And the ki:-.^ made of the almug 
ord, and he burned incenfe upon trees pillars for the houfe of the Lord, 
the .dtar that ivaj befjre the Lord. So and r'jr the kings houfe, harps alio 
the boufe ptaitene* for lingers : there utuc i 

id king Solomon made a na'. mug tree*, nor were feen unto this t 

(hips .n bziongeoer, v hn.h u beiidc b ■ 
Jbth. on the Ihore of the Red (cs, m the 
lbnd oi hti 



17 :m font in the navy his 

• '^e ot 
•« jmon. 

IS And the> Came i and 

fete: _ jld, four hundreu 

and biougl.t it U> 
\ iomon. 

Sbetm adm.retb the 
•I Solomon 1 * . . 
AND «rl en the queen of Sheba heard 
of the tame of Solomon, concerning the 

hame c ..e to prove 



13 And k: ink n gave nnto 



ueen of -heba all her defire whatfoever 
the a(ked, belide that which Solomon 
gave h r of his royal bounty. So (he 
turned and went to her own country, 
and l>er fervan' 

i» Now the weight of gold that came 
'.omon in one year was lix hundred 
three fcorc and fix talents of gold, 

\j Belide that be baa of the merch 
men, and of the c mer- 

and ot all the k:ngs ol Arab. a, 
and of the governors of the country. 

16 And kins Solomon made two hun- 

ets ot beaten gold : fix hundred 
jbekel I went to one I 

17 Aud be m.i.ie three hundred fhieldt 



(he came to Jeruf.uem with a of beaten gold, three pound i went 



n, will 
id vet n gold, and 

won, (he communed with him ot all that 
heart. 
S told her a! fa »ef- 

- 

ot. 

4 And when had 

rid tbe iiouie 

5 And the meat of h' % table, and the 

, , and the attendance 

Cfl >d hisjkingdoi 



g nut I 

houfe of tl of I^oam 

18 iter, the king ma 'rat 

throne of ivory, am! overlaid it w 
bert gold. 

rone had fn ftrps and the 
top of the throne ivat r >und behii 
* torre -were ftays dc on * 

t the (eat, and two lions (lood be- 

ons flood t v tl»e 

one fide and on the c 
Iteps there was not the Like made ill any 

lomi 

•t And 



S04 SohiTKori *s magnificence. I. KING 3. 

21 And all king Solomon's drinking 



tdis idolatry, 



veflels nvere of gold, and all the veilels 
of the houfe of the fore ft of Lebanon 
ivere q/pure gold ; none nvere of Giver: 
it was nothing accounted of in the days 
of Solomon 

22 For the king had at fea a navy of 
TharfliiOi with the navy of Hiram : once 
in three ycar^came the navy of Tharfhifh, 
bringing gold, and filver ivory, and apes, 
and peacocks. 

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the 
kings of the earth for riches, and for 
wifdom. 

24 And all the earth 



rnon, to hear his 



fc>uglrt to Solo- 
wifdom. which God 



had put in his heart. 

25 And they brought every man his 
prt lent, veffels of filver, and veffels of 
gold, and garments, and armour, and 
i'pices, hoifes, and mules, a rate year by 
year. 

26 And Solomon gathered together 
chariots and horsemen' : and he had a 
thoufar.d and fout" hundred chariots, and 
twelve thou (and horfemen, whom he be- 
ffowe'd in the cities for chariots, and with 
the king at Jerufalem. 

27 And the king made filver to he An 
Jerufalem as (tones, and cedars^madc lie 
to *^ as the fycamore trees that are in the 
vale, for abundance. 

2? A r.d Solomon had horfes brought out 
of K<jypv,and linen yarn : the king's mer- 
chants received the linen yarn at a price. 

99 And a chariot came up and went 
out of Egypt for fix hundred Jbekels of 
filver, and an horfe for an hundred and 
fifty and (6 for all the kings of the 
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did 
they bring tbrm out by their means. 

CHAP. XJ. 
1 Solomon's noi<ves and concubines in his 

eld a^e draw) him to idolatry. 9 God 

ihr, <nt>neib bim. 14 His adver/aries, 41 

and death, 43 Rthoboam Jucceedeth 

bim . 

BUT king Solomon loved many ftrange 
women, together with the daughter of 
Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Am- 
jnoni t es- Edo m ii :es,Zid oni \w\$.a?:d Hittites: 

u l Of the nations concerning which the 
Lord faid unto tlu- children of Ifrael, 
Ye (hall not go in to them neither lhall 
they come in unto you : for furrly they 
will turn away your heart after their 
gods : Solomon clave unto thefe in love 

8 And he had (even hundred wives, 
prmrellL'S.and three hundl ed concubines : 
and lus v. ives turned away his heart. 

* For it enmetopafs, when Solomon 

old / at his wives tu: tied away his 

h< art ai'er other gods : and his heart was 

riMt perfect with the Lord his God, as 

nuts the heart of David his father. 

5 For Solomon went after Afhtoreth the 



goddefs of the Zidonians, and after *MiL 
com the abomination of the Ammonites. 

G And Solomon did ev ; 1 in the fight of 
the Lord, and went not fully after the 
Lord, as did David his father. 

T Then did Solomon build an high 
place for OhemoftS, the abomination of 
Moab, in the hill that //^before Jerufa- 
lem. and for Molech, the abomination of 
:he children*of Amnion 

8 And likewife did lie forall his ftrange 
wives, whicii burned incenfe and facrifi- 
ced unto their gods. 

9 ^1 And the Lord was angry with 
Solomon, becaufe his heart was turned 
from the Lord God of Ifrael, which had 
appeared unto him twice. 

10 And had commanded him concern- 
ing this thing, that he fhould not go after 
other'gods : but he kept not that which 
the Lord commanded. 

11 Wherefore the Lord faid unto Solo- 
mon, Forafmuch as this is done of thee, 
and thou haft not kept my covenant and 
my ftatutes. which I have commanded 
thee. I will furely rend the kingdom Iron; 
thee, and will give it to thy feryant 

12 Notwithfianding,.?a thy days T will 
not do it for David thy father's fake : but 
1 will rend it out of the hand of thy fon. 

13 Howbeit, I will not rend away all the 
kingdom : but will give one fr.be to thy 
fon for David my fervant's fake, and for 
Jcrufalem's fake which 1 haVe chofen. 

U'fl And the Lord ftirreu up an ad- 
verfary unto Solomon, Hadad the Feom- 
ite : he t£><z.< of the king's (et<\ ,n Edom. 

15 For it came to pafs,when David v. as 
in Edom, and Joab the captain of the 
hoft was gone up to buiy the flain, after 
he had fmitten every male in Edom ; 

16 (For fix months did Joab remain 
there with alPIfrael, until he had cut off 
every male in Edom ;) 

IT i hat Hadad fled, he and certain 
Edomites of his father's feivants with 
him, to go into Egypt ; Hadad being yet 
a little child. 

IB And they arofe out of Midian, and 
came to Paran : and they took men with 
them Olit of Paran, and they came to 
Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ; 
uluch gave him an houfe, and appointed 
him victual*, and gave him land. 

19 And Hadad found great favour in 
the fight of Pharaoh, fo that lie gave him 
to wife the filter of his own wife, the (if- 
ter of Tahpenes the quee*n. 

£C And the fifter of Tahpenes bare 
hlin Genubath his fon, whom Tahpenes 
weaned in Pharaoh's houfe : and Genu- 
bath was in Pharaoh's houfehold among 
the fons of Pharaoh. 

21 And'wheii Hadad heard in Egypt 
that David flept with his fathers, and 
that Joab the captain of the hoft was dead, 

Hadad 



SoUmcn's adverfarier. Chap 

to Pharaob, Let rr.e depart, 
that I iniy to to mine own country. 

I hen Pharaoh laid unto him, But, 
What I with roe, that be- 

hold, thou feekelt to go to thine owii 
try ? And he eafwered, Nothing : 
ho'vbeit, let me go in an> wife. 

rred him up another 
adverfary, Kez-m the ion of Kljadab, 
which Hed from his lord Hadadrzer king 
ot Zobah . 

14. And he gathered men unto him, 

became captain over a band, when 

them of Zobab : and the> 

went to Darnafcus, and dwelt therein, 

and reigned in Da-.nafc : 

15 And he was an adverfary to Ifrael 
all the da) sot" n, befide the rmf- 

chir iadad did : and he abhorred 

Ifrael, and reined over Syria. 

£6 And Jeroboam the fon of N< 
tin tLphrarhitc of Zereda, Solomon' 
vant, whole mother's nam*! ootfj Zeruah, 
a w dovs v even he lilted up tn 

hand a -ting. 

17 And this Tt«// the can fe that Jve lifted 
.»nd againft the king : Solomon 
built Mdlo. and repaired the breaches of 
the city of David his lather. 

£C And the man Jeroboam tuas a 

mighty man of valour : and Solomon 

.g the voting man that he was induf- 

trious, he made him ruler over all the 

^ge ot the houfe of Jofeph. 

And it came to pals at that time 
*hfn Jeroboam went out of Jerufalem, 
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite 
four n the way ; and he had clad 

hindelt with a new garment ; and they 
two lion* in the field : 

30 \hijah caught the new gar- 
ment 'I .t on him, and rent it in 
twelve | 

3t And he faid to Jei 
thee ten )RP, 

thr I Id, I v 

the k< ntof tlv hand of Soloi 

and m tnb- I 

31 (It- ill have one tribe lor 

f ike 
lake. i I havechofca out of 

1 ) 
3S Becaufe rh 

•d \fh 

:COtn th 

Ammon, and have dfced 

in m nt in 

mine eyes, *tu\ to k-cn my ftatiitn 
jvid| t ■( J), id his tit. 1 

3i I u ill n.>r fakr the f 

king -d . bl 

rnakr him prince .ill the ^ life 

for Dai ,t '1 f^ke, ' 

c*v f>, became he kept my command- 
ments and 

1 P 



. Xii. His death. &j$ 

55 Put I will take trie kingdom out of 
I lis fon's hand, and w ill give it unto thee, 
ei-en ten tribes 

j 36 Andur.to his fon v.:!l I give one 
tribe, ihat David my lervant may have a 
j light alway before me in Jerufalem, the 
(city which I have cholen me to put my 
; name there. 

37 And 1 w ill take thee, and thou (halt 
reign according to all that thy foul de» 
liretlv> and ft .It be king over Ifrael. 

3;< And it ihall be, if thou wilt hearken 
un'o all that I command thee, and w iU 
walk in my ways, and do that is right in 
my fight, tc keep my ftatutes and my 
commandments, as David my fervanf 
d.d ; that I will be with thee, and build 
thee a fure houie, as I built for David, 
tod will give Ifrael unto thee. 

59 And I will for thisafflict the feed of 
David, but not forever. 

40 Solomon fought therefore to kill Jer- 
oboam. And JeroDoam arofe and fled into 
kgypt, unto Shifiiak king of kgypt, and 
whs m Kg) pt until the death ol Solomon. 

41 *] And t!ic relt of the acts ot Solo- 
mon, and all that he did, and his v. i!'- 
dom, Ae the> not written in the bookof 

?cts of bolorm 
II And the time that Solomon reigned in 
Jem Mem overall Ifrael ivqs Forty years. 
43 f, And N>lomo:i flept with his fa- 
thers, and wai buried in the city ot Da- 
vid h:s father:" and Rchobcani Ins len 
reigned llead. 

CHAP XII- 
t P.chobiarn rejujmg the old men" s ccun- 
Jel % 16 ten tribes reiott. -6 Jerobo- 
am' 's idolatry 

■ I) Rehobcam went to Sherhem, for 
tel were cmnc to bhcclu m to make 
hi OH king. 

ittic to pafa, when Jeroboufr 

Nebat, who was vet in Kgyp^ 
, (for he was fled from the pref« 

Solomon, and Jerubcam 
dwti : ;) 

3 1 hat \U and called And 

jm a:;d all the congregation 
?, and (pake unto Rchuboam, 

• 

* I hj • eVOOJ r 

•\ m.ik th»* grievous 

!(er. her, and his heav » v. kr* 

w 1 u», l:gh;cr, and wc 

•rill fenrc thre. 

\nd hr U;d unto thrm, I yet 

!ien come aga.n to me. 
• And the people <\?\ 

MiU kiilj; Kf tv • ith 

on 
I er while he jrt lived, and l* . 
H» ye advdc that I m*> anlwcr 

I this people 

7 And they (p to him, fa; 

U wilt b». a terv^nt unto th , ,-la 

pli 



$06 Ten tribes revolt. 

this day, and wilt ferve them, and anfwer 
them, and fpeak good words to them, 
then they will be thy fervants forever. 

8 But he forfook thecounfel of the old 
men. which they had given him, and con- 
futed with the young men that were 
grown up with him, and which flood 
before him : 

9 And he faid unto them, What coun- 
sel give ye that we mav anfwer this peo- 
ple who have fpoken to me, faying. 
Make the yoke which thy father did 'put 
upon us lighter ? 

10 And the young men that were 
grown up with him fpake unto him, fay- 



I. KINGS. Jeroboam maketb i*wt calves-* 



the congregation, and made him king 
over all Ifrael : there was none that fol- 
lowed the houfe of David, but the tribe 
of Judah only. 

21 And when Rehoboam was come to 
Jerufalem, he affembled all the houfe oi 
Judah, withthe tribeof Benjamin. an hun- 
dred and fourfcore thoufand chofen men, 
which were warriors, td fight againft the 
houfe of Ifrael, to bring the kingdom a- 
gain to Rehoboam rhe fon of Solomon. 

22 But the word of God came unto 
Shcmaiah the man of God, faying, 

t& Speak unto Rehoboam, the /on of 
Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the 



ing, Thus fhalt thou fpeak unto this peo- i houfe of Judah and Benjamin, and to the 
-pie that fpake unto thee, faying, Thy fa- (remnant of the people, faying, 
ijher made our yoke heavy, but make thou j 24 Thus faith the Lord Ye (hall not 
it lighter unto us; thus fhalt thou fay : go up, nor fight againft your brethren the 
unto them, My little finger (ha\\ be thick- 'children of Ifrael . return every man to 
er than my father's loins. i his houfe- for this thing is from me.' 

11 And now, whereas my father did They hearkened therefore to the word of 
lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add ; the Lord, and returned to depart, ac* 
to your yoke : my father hath chaftifed ! cording to the word of the Lord. 



you with whips, but I will chaftife you 
with fcorpions. 

12 So Jfoboam and all the people 
came to Rehoboam the third day- as the 



25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in 
mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein ; and 
went out from thence, and built Penuel. 

26 ^f And Jeroboam faid in his heart, 



king had appointed, laying; Come to me ! Now fhall the kingdom return to the houfe 



again the third day. 

13 And the king anfwered the people i 
roughly, and forfook the old men's coun- ' 
fel that they gave him ; 

14 And fpake to them after the court - 



of David 

Vt If this people go up to do facri- 
fice in the houfe of the Lord at Jerufa- 
lem, then fhall the heart of this people 
turn again unto their lord, even unto 



fel of the young men, faying, My father ■• Rehoboam king of Jwdah, and they fhall 
made your yoke heavy, and I will add kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king 
to your yoke : my father alj'o chaftifed , of Judah. 
you with whips, but I will chaftife you { °<i# Whereupon the king took counfef* 



with fcorpions. 



and made two calves of gold, and faid 



15 Wheiefore the king hearkened not junto them, It is too much for you to go 
unto the people ; tor the caufe ti as from j up to Jerufalem : behold thy gods, © 
the Loh d, that he might perform his fay- \ Ifrael, which brought thee up out of the 
inu, which the Lord fpake by Ahijah the ■■ land of Egypt. 

Shilonite,unto Jeroboam the fon of Nebat. j 29 And he fet the one in Bethel, and 

16 f So when all Ifrael faw that the; the other put he in Dan 



king hearkened not unto them, the peo 
pic anfwered the king^ faying, 
portion have we in David ? neither have 
nt e inheritance in the fon of JefTe : to 
your tents, O IfrucJ 
own houfe, David, 
unto their tents. 



SO And this thing became a fin : for 
What J the people went to vjorJJjip before the one, 
even unto Dan. 

31 And he made an houfe of high places., 

now fee to thine and made priefrs of the lowefl ol the peo- 

So Ifrael departed {pie, which were not of the fons of Levi. 

31 And Jeroboam ordained a feafi: in 



17 But as jor the children of Ifrael , the eighth month, on the fifteenth day 
which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Re- of the month, like unto the feafi that u 



Ijohoam reigned over them. 

18 Then king Kehoboam fent Ado 

ram. who vjus over the tribute ; 
].f™cl Honed him with (rones 
died. Therefore king Rehoboam nude 
fpeed' to kef him Up to hi chai iot, to flee 
tojei ufalc -m. 

19 So Ifrael rebelled againft the houfe 
of David unto this day 

20 And it came te pafs, when all If- 
rael heard that Jeroboam was come a- 



gain, that they fent ami called him unlo « burned ir.cenfe. 



in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. 

So did he in Bethel, facrificing unto the 

and all calves that he had made : and he placed 

that he in Bethel the priefls of the high places 

which he had made. 

S3 bo he offered upon the altar which 

he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day 

|ef the eighth month, even in the month 

Which he had deviled of his own heart ; 

and ordained a feafi unto the children of 

Ifrael : and he offered upon the altar and 



CHAP. 



/rrob§am's band iL'itktretb. Cl 

!AP. XIII. 

1 Jffsi'.am't band ivttteretb, 6 and at 

the p> ayir of the prof bet is refiored. iS 

Ibe dijobedient prop bet isjlatn by a li$n. 

yboam't cbjhnacy. 

nD behold, there came a man of 

God out of Judah by trie word of the 

Lord unto Bethel ; and Jeroboam flood 

by the altar to burn incenle 

i he cried u he altar in the 

word or the Lord, and faid.O altar, al- 
tar, thu» faith the Lord, Beh Id, a child 
fhall be born unto the lionie of DjviJ. fo- 
fiah by • and up; n thee v . ill he of- 

fer the pneltsof theliKh place* that burn 
incenfe upon thee, and men's bone* (hall 
be burned upon thee. 

3 And he gave align the fame day 
laying, This // the Sen which the Lord 
hathlpoken; Behold the altar fhall be 
rent, and the a(hes that are upon it fhuli 
be poured out. 

4 And it came to paf>, when king Jer 
oboa d the . oi the man ot 
God, which had ». ^ainti the altai 
in Bethel, that lie put forth hi> hand 
from the alt Lay hold on h m 
And his hand,wiuch he put t<»rth a^: 

up, lo that lie could not pull 
it in again to hiro. 

5 i he altar alfo was rent, and the a 
poured out tru.n tl r, according to 
the li^n which the man ot God had ^ 

by the word of the Lord 

6 c And the king anfwered and faid un- 
' 

of the Lor . for me, 

that 

[the Lord, 
and • hand was i 

re. 
" And the k the m.. 

God, Com<* and refrefh 

thyfelf, and 1 rward 

8 And the man <if God faid unto thr 
Jftho nfr. 

•' th thee, r will I 

ca* bread nor drink w atcr In th; 

9 For fe was it ch 

: the Lord, fayinj 
aordrir.k water, nor tin . by the 

lame way that thou i 

So he went another way, and re- 
turned not by the way that he - 
Bethel. 

11 Now there dwelt an o'd pre 
el ; and h 
all the wotks that the man of God had 
done that day in Bethel the word 

«d fpoken unto the king, them they 
tow a io to 'heir t-i'her 

"id their f nd tint 

it way went he \ For his funs ha I 
ty the man of God went, which 
■b. 
13 And he :. 



Tee disobedient frophet Jtaittt SOT 

me the afs ^o they faodled h.m the afs ; 
and he rode thereon, 

14 And went alter the man of God, 
and found him fitting under an oak and 

rid unto him, Ar thou the man of 
that cameft from Judah ? And he 
Id.d, I am 

15 1 hen he faid unto him, Come home 
with me, and eat bread. 

16 And he laid, I may nor return v 
thee, nor go in with thee ; neither will I 
eat bread nor drink water with thee in 
this p'.jce : 

IT For it was laid to me by the word 
of the Lord, fbou fhalt eat no tread, 
nor dunk water there, nor turn a^ain to 
ko b) the way tlu.t thou cameft. 

tie laid unto hun, I am a prophet 

ti thou art ; and an angel J pake unto 

me by the word cl the Lord, U^ing, 

g bin b~ck with thee into thine 

that lie ma) eat bread and drink 

v ater Hut he lied unto him. 

19 ent back with him and did 

eat b- his houfe, and drank water- 

d it came to pi hey fa: at 

the table, thai the word of the Lord 
came unto the piophet tha r b: him 

bad 

cried unto the man of C 

i 

-ORD : 

obejed the mouth of the Lok haft 

kepi the commandment w h ch the 
I ord tin God e< mmanded thee, 

-- But cameft back hafl eaten 

biead and drm.k warer in th« plac 
the which :be LORD dd f.»> to thee, 
Hat no bread, and drink no w hy 

::ie unto the fc\ ulchfle 
■ • 
' \nd it enmc to pafs. after he had 
eater 

the ... D .*, tor the 
light back. 
And w hrn he Wd met 

him by the way, i : and 



Carcals w j and the 

d by it, the lion alfo (rood by the 

ifs. 

W An 1 , , men pa fled by and 

KM 'he 
s : 3nd 

e and told // in t , where I he 

r\t. 

hen the at bro: 

he 

'., It /; ' wa» dil- 

obedient unto the wor e I.ORr 

therefore the Lord hath drlivr: 

i him, aid 
(lain h,: e word of the 

I or i>, w hich ht m. 

i he fpake to 

-d bim. 
£3 Aod he w. rarcafs 



SOB Ahijah faUethjtck, I. KINGS. Jir^am threaten*. 

caff in the way. and the afs and the lion Lord God of Ifrael, Forafmuch as I e* : 
Hand ingby the carcafs : the lion had not alted thee from among the people, and 



eaten the carcafs, nor torn the afs. 
-29 And the prophet took up the car 



made thee prince over my people Ifrael, 
8 And rent ihe kingdom aw ay from the 



cafs of the man of ciod and laid it upon houfe of David, and gave it the'e : ardwi 
the af« and brought it back : and the old , thou haft not been as my fervant David, 



prophet came to the city, to mourn and 
to bury him. 

50 And he laid his carcafs in hts own 
grave, and thry mourned over him, fay- 
ing, Alas, my brother \ 

51 And it came to pals, after he had ; 
buried him, that he fpake to his fons iay- 
uv, 'A" hen I am dead, then bury me in | 
the fepulchre wherein the man of God is ' 
buried : lay my bones befide his bones 



>^ho kept my commaidments, and who 
followed me with all his heart, to do that 
only which iocs right in mine eyes ; 

9 But haft done evil above all that were 
before thee . for ihou halt gone and made 
thee other gods and molten images, to 
provoke me to anger, and haft caft me 
behind thy back : 

tO 1 herefore, behold, 1 will bring evil 
upon the houie oi JeroV.cam, and w-ili 



For the laving which he cried by 1 cut oft tn,m Jeroboam him that pifleth 
the word of the 'Lord againft the altar, againft .the wall and him that is Ibut up 
in Bethel, and again ft aJ I the houfes of and lett in Hrael, and will_ take away 
the high places which are in the cities of 
Samaria, lhad furely come to pafs. 

35 f Afterthis thing Jeroboam return- 
ed not (rom his evil way, but made again 
of the low eft of the people priefts of the 
high places : whomever wcmd, he con- 
fecrated him, aad he became one of the 
priettscf the high places 

Si And this thing became fin unto the 
houfe of Jeroboam, even to cut it crF, 
and to deftroy it from off the face of the 
earth. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Abijab being f.ck, Jeroboam fendeth his 

wife difguifed with prejents to the 

prophet Ah: jab at Sbilib 5 Ahijah fore 

wa> ned, denouncetb God's juJgments 

AT that time Abijah the fon of Jero- 
boam fell lick. 

2 And Jeroboam faid to his wife, Arife, 
I pray thee, and difguife thyfelf, that 
thou be not k^own to be the wife of Jero- 
boam ; and net thee to Shiloh : behold, 
there is \hijah the prophet, which told 
me that I jb<uldbe king over this people 

3 And take with thee ten loaves, and 
cracknels, and a cruile of honey, and go 
to him : he fhalt tell ihee what (hail be- 
come of the child. 

K And Jeroboam's wire did fo. and a- 
rofe, a.id ^ent to Shiloh, and came to the 
houie of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not 
fee; for his eyes were fet by reafoa of 
his age. 

5 c And the Lord faid unto Ahijah, 
Beheld the wife ofjeroboamcoinethtoafk 
a thing of thee for her (on ; for he is lick : 
thus and thus (halt thou fa> unto her 



remnant of the houfe of Jeroboam, as a 
man taketh away dang, till it be all gone. 

11 Him that dieth uf Jercboam in the 
city fhall the dogs eat ; and him- that dieth 
in the held ftial! the fo* Is pf the air eat : 
for the Lord harh fpoken it. 

l: Arife thou therefore, get thee ta 
thine own houfe : and wh?n thy feet en-* 
ter >nro the city, the child ball die 

13 -md ai- Ifrael (hall mourn for him, 
and bury him : loi he only of Jeroboam 
(hall come to the grave, becauie in him 
there is found J'ome good thing toward 
the Lord God cr Jirael in the houfe of 
Jetoboam. 

14 Moreover, the Lord fhall raife hint 
up a king over Ifrael, who fhall cut off 
the houie of Jerobcam that day : but, 
What ? Even now. 

15 For the Lord fhall fmite Ifrael, as a 
reed is {haken in the water, and he fhall 
root up Ilrae! out of this good land, which 
he gave to their fathers, and fhall fcatter 
them beyond theriver.becaufe they have 
made their groves, provoking the Xord 
to ar.ger. 

16 And he fhall give Ifrael upbecaufe 
of the fins of Jeroboam, who did fin, and 
who made Ifrael to lin. 

17 And Jeroboam's wife aiofe,and de- 
parted, and came to Tirzah : and when 
lhe came to the threihold of the door, the 
child died ; 

18 And they buried him; and all Ifrael 
mourned for him, according to the word 
of the Lord, which he fpake by the hand 
of his fervant Ahijah the prophet 

, ww .*, u 41l „ « W And the reft of lh «.^« « f ^5" 

for it fhall be.when (he cometh in, that flie ; am, how he warred, and how he reignel, 
ftall feign heifelf to ** another woman, 'behold, they are written m the book ol 

6 \nd it was Jo when Ahijah heard! the chronicles of the kings ct Ifrael. 
the found of her tec:, as (he came in at ?0 And the days winch J"oboam 
the door, that he faid. Come in, thou reigned were two -and twenty ;>eais ..antt 
wife of Jeroboam : Why feigneft thou • he llept -with his fathers, ana Nadab hi, 

tbyfclf to be another ? Fori am feat to ^ C £ n ?W R u !? fieaJ : r , Q n i nrPO r» 

We,, wtth heavy tidings. tl And Rehoboam the fon of Solomon 

T Go, teli Jeroboam, Thus faith the[rcig»ed ui Judah. Kzhobozvzwas lo£j 



Reboboam's wicked reign. Chap 

andone years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned feventeen years in Jerula- 
lem, the city w hich the Lo r d did choofe 
out of all the tn esof llrael, to put Ins 
name there And his mother's name 
*W& ah an Ammonitcfs. 

11 And Judah did evil in the fight of 
the Lord, and they provoked him to 
jealoufy with their tins which they had 
committed, above all that their lathers 
had do 

r they alio built them high places, 
and images, and groves, on every high 
hill, and under every green tree. 

44 And there were alio iodoruites in the 
land ; and they did according to all the 
abominations of the nations which the 
Lor Dealt out before the children of llrael. 

1j And it came to pals in the fifth > ear 
ofking RelK-boa.n, that Shifhaic k;. 
pt, cu ne up again ft Jerufaic . 

56 And he took away the Utah. res of 
the houfe or the Lord, and the treafures 
of the king's houfe ; he evtn took aw a) 



>:v. 



309 



Aft? i good reign. 

manded him all the days of his life, lave: 
only in the matter ot Uriah the Hittite. 

6 And there was war between Rrhobo- 
am and Jeroboam all the ids. 

7 Now the reil of the acls ut Abijam, 
and all tiiat he d:d, Are tiny not w ntten 
in the bookot the chronicle^ ol die k 
of Judah r And there was war between 
Abijam and Jeroboam. 

«J And Abiiamdept with his fathers j 
and they buried him in the city oi David ; 
and Afa his Ion reigned in his llcdd. 

And in the twentieth year of Jerobo* 
arakiag or llrael reigned Afa over ftidah. 

10 Ant) lorty and one wars migneuhc 
injcruialem. And his mother's name \saj 
Maachah, the daughter of Abiihaiom. 

11 And Ala did thai which 1VOS right 
in the e>cs of the Lord, as did Davni 
liis father. 

\l And lie took away the fodomite:-; 
out of the land, and cemoved all the idohi 
that his lathers had nude 

\'t And ado Maachah his mother, even 
all . and he took awa) all 'he llnelds of j her lie removed irom being queen becaufe 



gold which on had n ade. 



ihc had made an idol m a grove ; and Ala 



-\nd kin loboam made in their jdeilroyed her idol, and burnt it by the 



ilead bra?en Ih. nd committed them 

unto the hinds ot the chief of the guard, 
"which kept the duor c t the king's houle 

28 And it \\db/o t when the king went 
into the houfe of the Lord, 'hat the 
guard bare them, and brought them back 
into the g'.iard clund 

Id - ct the t Kcho- 

boam, and all tha' , Are the; 

en in : hronicfes ot 

the kings of 1 

30 And th T(B was war between R 
boam and Jeroboam all their da 

31 And Kehoboatn Ilept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with bis rathen in 
the t 1. And h name 
*wa> than Amnion knt} Abs- 
tain icigned in his (lead. 

CHAP. \V. 
1 jUtijjm'y icicked reign. 8 A/a Jucceed- 
etb him. tl He dyings Jei *lhafheitfmc~ 
teedetb. 8 "J 6a, , n . 

NOW in the eighteenth )< king 

Jeroboam the fon ot Nebat reigned 

i over Judah. 
1 'three \ igned liein jerufalcm. 

And bis mother's name ia*$ Maachah, 
the daughtei ot \bidulom. 

3 And he walked in all the linsof hit fa- 
ther, wheh he had done before him 

not perfe d: with the Lok d 
, as the hi ai t ol I) ivid hi 

4 Neverthelefs, for David's fake did the 
Lord I . ,e him a lamp 
ialem, to fet up lis fon after 

iblifli JeruJaleni : 

5 Becaufe David did it.?: tpbicb was 
ric,ht in the eyes ot the LojLD,andtU 



broo* K d ion 

14 lint the high places were not re- 
moved : nevertl , A fa's heart wasper- 
with tlw Lord all his dd) >. 
la And he brought in the thing* 
which his father hid dedicated, and the 
b in i nfeli had dedicated, into 
the houfe of the Lord, lilver, and goldj 
and veliels 

16 And there was war between 
and Baalha king ot llrael all their d i) s. 
And Baal!. a king oi llrael went Up 



IT 



■ it Judah, and built Raman, that ne 
might not (uttei an) to go out or come m 
to Ala king ot Judah. 

1U 1 hen Ala took all the (liver and ihe 

f;old thmt t; ere lett in the t real are* ot the 
mule ot the l.ok l), and the tiealni. 

the king's houfe, and delivered them intj 
the hand id his fervants : and km,; Afa 
lent them to Benhadad, the fon ol lab- 

rimon, the Ion of lh /.ion, king oj 

that dwelt at Daxnafcus, laying, 

19 Joereu a league bctwetfl 
thee, and between n:y father and i h . i.. 

behold 1 have lent unto 

nit ot i;ivci 

thy league with Baafhakingoj 

he may depart from me. 

tO i k< ned uni 

A . i, and u m ; tains * 

which i igainlt l 

and fmote I i D.m, 

uuacluh, and all L II the 

d|. 

-I Ami t cainc to oafs, ■ 

, ;!..it h 
mall, and dwelt in 1 irzah. 



aoi alide frojn any thing tint 1;. ade apr« 

t 



SfO BaaJ)ja*s nvicked reign. I.KINGS. ZlmrV's conj 'piracy againft Blab, 



tion throughout all Judah ; none ivas 
exempted : and they took away the 
flones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, 
wherewith Baafha had builded ; and king 
Afa built with them Geba of Benjamin, 
and Mizpah. 

23 The reft of all the acts of Afa, and all 
his might, and all that he did, and the cit- 
ies which he built, Arc they not written 
in the book- of the chronicles of the kings 
of Judah? Neverthelefs, in the time of 
"his old age he was difeafed in his feet. 

24 % And Afa flept with his fathers, 
and was buried with his fathers in the 
city of David his father : and Jehofhaphat 
his fon reigned in his ftead. 

25 And Nadab the fon of Jeroboam 
began to reign over Ifrael in the fecOnd 
year of Afa king of Judah, and reigned 
over Ifrael two years. 

26 And he did evil in the fight of the 
Lord, and walked in the way of his. fa- 
ther, and in his fin wherewith he made 
Ifrael to fin. 

27 And Baafhathe fon of Ahijah,ofthe 
"houfe of IfJachar, confpired againft him ; 
and Baafha fmote him at Gibbethon, 
which belonged to thePhiliftines ; for Na- 
dab and all Ifrael laid fiege to Gibbethon. 

28 Even in the third year of Afa king 
of Judah did Baafha flay him, and reign- 
ed in his ftead. 

29 And it came to pafs, when he reign- 
ed, that he fmote all the houfe of Jero- 
boam ; he left not to Jeroboam any that 
bteathed, until lie had deftroyed him, 
according unto the faying of the Lord, 
which he Ipake by his fervant Ahijah the 
Shilonite : 

50 Becaufeofthe fins of Jeroboam which 
lie finned, and which he made Ifrael fin, 
by his provocation w herewith he provok- 
ed the Lord God of Ifrael to anger. 

51 Now the reft of the acts of Nadab, 
and all that he did, Are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Ifrael ? 

92 And there was war between Afa 
and Baafh.i king of Ifrael all their days. 

S3 ^ In the third year of Afa king of 
Judah began Baafha the fon of Ahijah to 
reign over all Ifrael in Tirzah, twenty 
and four years. 

Sir And he did evil in the fight of the 
Lord, and walked in the way of Jero- 
boam, and in his fin wherewith he made 
Ifrael to (in. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Jehu's prophecy againji BaafJja, 8 Zim- 
ri' s cotiJt>i r acy. 29 Abab't wicked 
reign. 21 Jojhua's cur) c upon the re- 
builder of Jencho fulfilled. 
: 1 HKN the word of the Lord came 
to Jehu the fon of Hanani againft Baaflia, 
faying, 
2 Forafmuch as I exalted thee out cf 



the duft, and made thee prince over my 
people Ifrael ; and thou haft walked in 
the way of Jeroboam, and haft made my 
people Ifrael to fin. to provoke me to an- 
ger with their fins ; 

S Behold, I will take away the pofterity 
of Baafha, and the pofterity of hi? houfe'; 
and will make thy houfe like t.he houfe of 
Jeroboam the fon* of Nebat. 

k Him that dieth of Baafha in the city 
(ball the dogs eat ■ and him tnat dieth of 
his in the fields fhall the fov\ Is ot the air eat> 

5 Now the reft ot the acls of Baafha, 
and what he dkhand his might, /i»rthey 
not written in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Ifrael ? 

6 So Baaflia flept with his fathers, and 
was buried in Tirzah : and Elan his fon 
reigned in his ftead. 

7 And alfoby the hand of the prophet 
Jehu the fon of hanani, came the word 
'of the Lord againft Baafna, and againft 
his houfe, even for all the evil that hedid 
in the fight of the Lord, in provoking 
him to anger with the work of his hands, 
in being like the houfe of Jeroboam ; and 
becaufe he killed him. 

8 fl In the twenty and fixth year of* 
Afa king of Judah, began Elah the fon of 
Baafha to reign over Ifrael in Tirzah, two 
years. 

9 And his fervant Zimri,captain of half 
his chariots, confpired againft him, as he 
was in Tirzah, drinking hiinfelf -drunk in 
the houfe of Arza Reward vi bis houfe in 
Tirzah. 

10 And Zimri went in and fmote him, 
and killed him, in the twenty andfeventh 
year of Afaking of Judah, and reigced \n 
his ftead. 

1 1 And it came to pafs, when he begat? 
to reign, as foon as he fat on his throne, 
that he flew all the houfe of Baafha : 
he left him not one that pilTeth againft 
'a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of h}s 
friends. 

12 Thus did Zimri deflroy all the houfe 
of Baafha, according to the word of ihe 
Lord, which he fpake againft Baafha by 
Jehu the prophet, 

IS For all the fins of Baafha, and the 
fins of F.lah his fon, by which they finned, 
and by which they made ifrael to fin, in 
provoking the Lord God of Ifrael to an< 
ger with their vanities. 

14 Now the reft of the acls ofElah, 
and all that !»e did, Are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Ifrael ? 

15 In the twenty andfeventh year of 
Afa king of Judah did Zimri reign (even 
days in Tirzah. And the people <were 
encamped againft Gibbethon, which be-, 
longetb to the Philiftines. 

16 And the people thqiivere encamped 
heard fay. Zimri hath confpired, and hath 

alfo 



Qmri's <toickdd teign. Chap. xv?i. Elijah* s propbefy a gainji A^ab St I 

alf > (lain 'he king : wherefore all Ifrael 



made Omri, the captain of the haft, king 
over Uriel that d.i> in the camp. 

17 \ii«t 9mri went up from Gibbe- 
thon, and all Ifrael .vith him, and they 
belieged Tirzah 

18 And it came to p.ifs when Zimri 
faw that the city was tak n, th.it he went 
into the palace of 'he king's lioufe, and j 
burned the king's houfe over him with i 
fire, and 'lied 

19 Por Ins iins vh ch he finned in do- 
ing evil in the fight of th© Lord. in walk- 
ing in the ray of [eroboam,andin h.siin 
which he did, to make Ifrael to 

>v the rrft of the atts oi Zimri, 
and h II rreafon, th it he wrought A> t they 
•\ ntten in rhc book of the unonicles 
of the kings of Ifrael ? 

-1 Then weir the people of Ifrael di- 
vided into two parts : half of the people ! 
followed Tibni the fon of Ginath.to nuke 
him k-:ig ; and half followed Omri. 
*2 But the people tha' followed Omri 
rainft the people that followed 
i ibni the fon of Ginath : fo Xlbni died, 
aj»d Omri reigned. 

15 In the thirty and firft year of Afa 
of Judah began Omri to reign over 
Ifrael, twelve years: i]x. years reigned he 
in Tiixah. 

14 And he bought the hill Samaria of 
Shemer for two talents >f lilver, and built 
on the hill, and cal'ed tin- name of the' 
City which he built, after the name of 

Shemer, owner of the rxill , Samaria 

15 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes' 
of »hc Lord, and did WOrfe than all that 
ivere be to nc him 

16 Pot diced inall the way ofjer-l 
•boam the (on of Nebat, and in his fin 1 
mk lirael to fin, to pro- 
voke the Lord < 

w ith their vaniti 

iw the red of the a> t s of 
which he did, andhii might thai he (he 

Are they not written in the buok of 
the chronicles of the 
28 So Omri flept with I. 

buried in Sam u ia : and Ahab I 
. ned in his liead 

in the thirty and eighth 

of Ala king of Judah be ao s h.i l> I 
of Omi ign over Iii icl • ab 

Ike fon oi Omi i lover 1 

in iri i t wen 

. 1 .-vh ib 'I. 
w the • : the Lor □ 

nuere before him. 

81 Is, as if it had been 

■ light thing for hi k in tl 

of leroboam the f. he ' 

« ire i /. :b -1 the daughl 
ba il king oi the >' is ind uveal a 

■I, and woffhii m. 

■ 



in the houfe of Baal, which he had built 
in Samaria. 

S9 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab 
did more to provoke the Lord God oi 
Ifrael to anger than all the kings ot li- 
rael that were before him. 

34 fl In his days did Hiel the Bethclite 
buiWJencho:he laid the foundation there*, 
of in Abiram his firilborn, and fet up the 
gates thereof in his > oungefr/o/7 Segub, 
according to the wordot the Lord, which 
he fpakc by Jofliua the fon of Nun. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Elijah propbefying againjl Ahab. is Cent 

to Cbe>eib, 'where the rai'ensfeed him* 

8 He is fen t to the -icidoxu of lartpkaih % 

17 He ruifeth the r wi Join's fon. 

AND Elijah the Tifhbite, tube xvas of 
the inhabitants of Gilead, i.v.d unto 
Ahab, At the Lord God of Ifrael liveth, 
before whom I (land, there Rial) not be 
dew nor rain thefe years, but according; 
to my word 

2 And thewordof the Lord came un- 
to him, ia> ing, 

5 Get thee hence, and turn thee raft- 
ward, and hide thy fell* by the brook Che* 
reth, that is before Jordan 

i And it (hall be. tvat thou (hair drink 
of the brook ; and I have commanded the 
ravens to feed the* 

a Nj he went and did according unto 
thewordof the Lord: for he went and 
dwell by the brook L'hcrcth, that is Lc-* 
fon to. 

6 And rhe ravens brought him bread 
and Hclli in the morning, and bit I 
fleih in the evening ; and lie drank of the 

>k. 

7 And it came to pafl after a while, 

thai t!u: brook dried up, becauft there 

n no i in in the land. 
a • the word of the Lordc 

• him, faying, 

(e, get hath, vf] 

^ei' r.i . ■■:'> to ' Iwell there 

hold, I have < 
an there to fufl tin 1 1 

ti) So he a 
An 1 a hen ' I the 

city, b< li j1 1, 

. and he i I 

t«i l.ri ', and I lid I 

tei in a 

1 1 
calle I 

i ! v-.d (he i lid, •<< the 1 I 

I cake, 

I 

go a'. 

me thcreoj f 



Sil Elijah rai/eth tie widow's fon. t KINGS. 



He rneetetb Obadiah. 



nnto me, and after make for thee and for 
th> ion 

14 For thus faith the Lord God of 
Ifrue!, The barrel of me..l (hall not vvafle, 
neither fhall the cruife of oil fail, until 
the day that the Lord lend eth rain upon 
the earth. 

15 And die went and did according to 
the fa) ing of Elijah : and fhe, and he, and 
her nuiife, did eat many days 

16 And the barrel of meal waited not, 
neither did the entile ot' oil fail, according 
to the word of the Lord, which he fpake 
by Elijah. 

17 4f And it came to pafs after thefe 
thirgs, thai the fon of the woman, the 
mil? re fs of the houfe, fell fick ; and his 
ficknefs m as fo fore, that there was no 
breath left in him. 

18 And fhe faid unto Elijah, What 
have I to do with thee, O thou man of 
God ? Art thou come unto me to call 
my fin to remembrance, and to flay my 
fon \ 

r 19 And he faid unto her, Give me thy 
fon. And he took him out of her bofom, 
and carried him up into a loft, where he 
abode, and laid him" upon his own bed. 

CO And he cried unto the Lord, and 
faid, O Lord my God, haft thou alfo 
brought evil upon the widow with whom 
1 fojourn. by f]a\ ing her fon ? 

-i And he firetched himfelf upon trie 
child three times, and cried unto the 
Lord, and fa ; d.O Lord my God, I pray 
thee, let this child's foul come into him 
again. 

M And the Lord heard the voice of 
Elijah ; and the foul of the child came 
into him again, and he revised. 

tS And Elijah took the child, and 
brought him do\?n out of the chamber 
into the houfe, and delivered him unto 
his mother : and Elijah faid, See, thy fon 
liveth. 

•24 And the woman faid to Elijah. "Now 
hy this I know that thou art a man of 
Or!, end that the word of the Lord in 
thy mouth ■<■ truth. 

CHAP XVTTT 
1 FJiiab meetrtb ivitb Obadiah 



took an hundred prophets, and hid thenl 
by fifty in a cave, and fed them with 
bread and water.) 

5 And Ahabfaid unto Obadiah, Go in^ 
to the land, unto all fountains of water, 
and unto all brooks: perad venture we may 
find grafs to fave the horfes and mules' 
alive, that we U)fe rot all the beafts. 

6 So they divided the land between 
them to pafs throughout it : Ahab went 
one way by himfelf, and Obadiah went 
another way by himfelf. 

1 ^nd as Obadiah was in the way, be- 
hold, Elijah met him : and he knew him. 
and fell on his face, and faid, Art thou 
:hat my lord Elijah ? 

tt And heanfwered him, I am : go,tell 
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

9 And he faid, What have I finned, that 
thou wouldeft deliver thy fervant into the 
hand of Ahab, to flay me ? 

10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there 
is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord 
hath not fent to feek thee : and when 
they laid, He is hot there ; he took an 
oath of the kingdom and nation, that they 
found thee not. 

It And now thou fayefr, Go, tell thy 
lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

12 And it fhall come to pafs, asfoonar 
I am gone from thee, that the fpirit of 
the Lord fhall carry thee whither I 
know not : and /o when F come and tell 
Ahab, and he cannct find thee, he fhall 
flay me : but I thy fervant fear the Lord 
from my youth. 

13 Was it not told my lord what I did 
when Jezebel flew the prophets of the 
Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the 
Lord's prophets by fifty In a cave, and 
fed them with bread and water ? 

14 And now thou fayeft. Go, tell thy 
lord, Behold, Elijah is here : and he (hall 
flay me. 

13 And Ehjah faid, As the Lord of 
hofis liveth, before whom I fland, I will 
furely (hew myfelf unto him today. 

1^5 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab. and 
told him : and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 

IT If] And it came to pafs, when Ahab 



17 Tfe\fo* Elijah, that vhab faid unto him, Art 
reproveib A bah, and confine etb Baal's thou he that iroubleth [Trad ? 
fropbets. k\ He obtainrtb rain. t>5 And heanfwered,! hr.venot troubled 

AND it came to pafs after many days, If™cl ; but thou, and thy lather's houfe, 
that the word of the Lord came to Elijah *« that ye have forfaken the command- 
in the 'bird vear, faying, Go- fhew thy.|ments of the LoRD,andthou haft follow - 
felf umo Ahab; and I will fend rain up-jed Bard.m 

on the e.-vrih 1 9 Nou '« therefore, fend, and gather to 

t And Elijah went to fhew himfelf un- ' me all Ifracl unto mourft Cat-met, and 

to \hab And there was a fore famine the prophet? of Baal tour hundred and 

in Samaria fittv, and the prophets of the groves tour 

S And Ahab called Obadiah, which l M***gt £*jf* rJ? at P^&mL* 

Twthe governor of bis honfe. (Now ** «* Ajab fen: unto all thee*. M red 
Ohad'ah frarrd the Lord greatly , 'of frael and gathered the prophets to- 

\ TVr it was fn when Tezebe cut ofLgcther unto mount Larmel. 
the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah' M And Elijaluame unto all XlltfHgj 



Elijah con' inceib BjoVsprvplefs, (?T13p 

ind faid. how lonu half ye between two 
nions 5 It the Lord be God, follow- 
in: but if Baal, tben follow him And 
the people anf.\ered him not a word. 

;iid Elijah unte the people. I. 
even I only, remain a prophet of the 
Loxn ; but Kaal's prophets are four 
nd fifty men. 
Letthern therefore give us two bol- 
locks ; jnd let them choofe one bullock 
r themleives, and cut it in piece?, and 
od, a r "d put no fire w der /and 
I will drefs the other bullock, and lay it 
on wood, and put no fire under ; 

id call ye on the name ofyortr 
(tods, and I will call on the name ot the 
Lord ; and the God that anfwereth by 
fire, let htm be God And all the people 
anfevered and i"a ; d, It is well fpoken. 

And Elijah laid unto the i rophetsof 
Bial, Choofe vc one bu'lnck for your - 
felvei, and drefs// firfl ; for ye are many ; 
and call en the name ot y -ur gods, but 
put no fire undrr. 

t6 And they took the bullock which 
was given them, and they d reded /'/, and 
called on the name of Bail from morning 
•n until noon, laying, O Baal, heartu 
But there ivas no voice, nor a\\) that an- 
fweredi And they leaped upon the altar 
ch was ma 
And it came to paf> a f noon, that 
Elijah mocked them, ud, ' 'ry aloud 

for he // a god . either he is talking, or he 
is pur: in a journey, c \ 

adventuic he fteepetb, and mud be a- 
ed. 
And they cried aloud, and cut them 
r m.miu r with knives and 
lancets, till the blood gulhe 1 out upon 
tie 

ne to pal*-, "» !h' n 

was id they pi ed until the 

time oflerinf even ng facti 

ficc, that tb re wms neither voice nor any 
to i . nor an rded. 

SO Ar. lid unto all the 

unto me. 

into him \ dthe 

altar of the 1 ord that -u-u 

Ji A id b rive I'd 

ro d itimberol thetr ; besof the 

fons ot Jacob, in 

the LoRocame, faying, Ifrael Hull he 
thy name : 

o2 And with the Cones he built an a I 
tar in the nam- of the I.ORO : and he 
mad- a trench about the a 

aid contain tw ires of feed. 

And he put the wood in on 
eut the bullock in | and latd bim o-- 

ti-.v- wood, anil i 

water, and pour it on the burnt lac 
and on the *ood. 

•*Ji And lie fa: 1, Y) > it the <-. me. 

And they diu //the lecond time And lie 



xix. atA obta'tftetb raj#> Sii 

faid, Do h the third time. AvA they did 
h the third time. 

And the water r„n round about 
theahar; and Ik filled the trend) alfo 

3S And it came to pafs at the time of the 
offering of the rwft/flyfairifice, that 
jah the prophet came near, and laid, 
Lord God of Abraham, Ifaac, and ot 
Ifrael, let it be known this day that thou 
art God in Ifrael, and that I am thy fer- 
vant, and tbat 1 have done all thefe things 
at thy word. » 

37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that 
r his people may know that thou art the 
Lord God, a:;d that thou haft turned 
their heart back again. 

1 hen the fire of the Lord fell, and 
confumed the burnt facririee, and the 
■i ood, and the Hones, and the duff, and 
h eked up the water that 'was in the 
trench. 

*j9 And when all the people faw // they 
fell on their factl : and they faid, The 
Lord, he is the God ; the Lord he is 
the God. 

And Elijah faid unto them. Take 
the prophets of Baal ; let not one of them 
efcape. And tins took them s and Elijah 
brought them down to the bio^k K.i(hon t 
and (lew them there. 

41 fl And Elijah (aid unto Ahab, Get 
up, eat and dnnk ; for tf.ere a a found 
otabuinl.il) • i.n. 

>2 ^u Ahab went lip to eat ar*d to 
dunk. And Klijah went up to the top of 

Carmel ; and he call himfelf down upon 
the earth and put his lace between his 
lenet 

43 A d faid to his fervant. Go tip now, 
look toward th< Ami he went up* 

and [Oi . d, and laid, There is nothing. 

And he (aid, Go again feven tim< 

4 i And it it 1 he I-vcnth 

time, that he faid, Behold, therearifetb a 

little cloud lea, 1 ike 

hod. And he fa d, < »o up, la^ unto A- 
hab, Pi--, ire •> ■ cbmrio* thee 

■ u-w 0| that the rain H»p tti 

one to ;e.m 

while, thai the h' k with 

cloudi and wind, and there . 

lain, v ml \\ eeL 

i i '■ hand ot ti m ■ I rd was op 

hi jah and he- girded up h 
vhah to tbeent 
CHAP XI 
1 /.'/ jak tht, .i, ■', ,1 | 'el, iscont- 

jo> ' rum to 

'rbu, ana El Jba. \$ 
tolUwfih 1. 1> jab 

I all tl 
•i done, and withal l'-w /.e had 
(lain all the prophets ■ ith tl"- i ••< 

I km 
Elijah, laying, tu let I 



Sli EUJba goeth to Horeb. T. KINGS. 

and more alfo, if I make not thy life a* 
the life of one of them by tomorrow a 
bout this time. 

3 And when he faw tha , he arofe. and 
went for his life, and came to Beerfheba, 
which bclngetb to Judah, and left his 
fervant theie 

4 But he himfelf went a day's jour- 
ney into the wildernefs, and came and fa* 
down under a juniper tree : and he re 



Benhadad tefiegetb SatMr?&. 

Damafcus and when thou comeft, anoint 
. lazael to be king over Syria. 

16 And Jehu the fon of Nimflii matt 
tfiou anoint to be king over Ifrael : and 
Klifhathefonof Shaphatof Abelmeholab 
iralt thou anoint to be prophet in thy 
room 

17 And it fhall come to pafs, that him 
^hat efcapeth the fword of Hazael mall 
Jehu flay : and him that efcapeth front 



quefbd for himfelf that he might die. i he fword of Jehu fhall Elifha flay. 



and faid, It is enotigh ; now, Lord, 



for I am not better 



take awav my life 
than my fathers 

5 And as he lay andflept under a juni 
per tree, behold, then an angel touched 
him, and faid unto him, Anfe and eat. 

6 And he looked, and. behold, there 
QOas a cake baken on the coals, and a 
cruife of water at his head- And he did 
cat and drink, and laid him down again. 

7 And the angel of the Lord came a- 
gani the fecond time, and touched him, 
and faid, Arife and eat ; becauie the 
journey is too great for thee. 

3 And he arofe, and did eat and dr'nk, 
and went in the ftrength of that meat for- 
ty days and forty nights unto Horeb the 
mount of God. 

9 ^[ And he came thither unto a cave 
and lodged there : and, behold, the word 
of the Lord came to him, and he f.iid 
unto him, What doeft thou here, Elijah ? 

10 And he faid, T have been very jeal- 
ous for the Lord God of hofts : for the 
children of Ifrael hareforfaken thy cov- 
enant, thrown down thine altars, and flain 
thy prophets with the fword : and \,even 
I only am left ; and they feek my life, to 
take it away 



18 Yet I have left me feven thoufandin 
Ifrael, all the knees which have not bow- 
ed unto Baal, and every mouth which 
hath not kiiTed him. 

1 9 5 So he departed thence, and found 
Elifha the fon of Shaphat, who ivas 
ploughing tui/h twelve yoke of oxen be- 
fore him and he with the twelfth : and 
Klijahpaflfed by him, andcaft his mantle' 
upon him. 

•20 And he left the oxen, and ran after 
Elijah, and faid, Let me, I pray thee, kifs"' 
my father and my mother, and then I will 
follow thee, ^nd he faid unto him, Go 
back again : for, What have I done to 
thec X 

%t And he returned back from him, 
and tooka yoke of oxen, and flew them, 
and boiled their flelh with the inftrument? 
of the oxen, and gave unto the people, 
and they did eat. Then he arofe, and v. ent 
after Elijah, and miniftered unto him. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Benhadad bejiegetb Samaria. IS The Sy » 

rians areJJain. 31 dhab difm'ijfetb Ben- 

hadad. 55 A prophet reprovetb him. 

AND Benhadad the king of Syria gath- 
ered all his hoft together : and there 
iverf thirty and two kings with him, and 



It And he faid, Go forth, and franc? j horfes, and chariots : and lie went vp 



upon Hie mount before the Lord. And 
behold, the Lord pafTed by, anda great 
and firong wind rent the mountains, and 
brake in pieces the rocks before theLo?.D: 
but the Lord ii as not in the wind : and 
after the wind an earthquake. /»/the 
Lord ivai not in the eai tliquake : 

1*2 And after the earthquake a fire ; but 
the Lord ivas not in the fire: and after 
the fire a ftill final I voce. 

13 And it was/o when Elijah heard /.', 
that he wiapped his face in his mantle, 
and went out, and flood in the entering in 
«>f the cave And, behold, there came a 
voice unto him, and faid, What doefl 
th n '.t here, Elijah ? 

14 And he faid, I have been very ieal- 
©us for the Lord G< d of holts : becaufe 
the c hildrcn of Ifrael have forfaken thy 
covenant, thrown down thine altars, and 
rlain thy prophets with the fword : and I, 
0*ven I only, am left ; and they feck my 
life, to take it away. 

15 And the Lord faid unto him, Go. 
-fciurn on thy way to the wildernefs of 



and befieged Samaria, and w arred againft 
it. 

2 And he fc^t- mefTengersto Aliab king 
cf Ifrael into the city, and faid unto him, 
Thus faith Benhadad, 

3 Thy fllverand thy gold is mine : thy 
wives alfo and thy children, even the 
goodlieff, are mine. 

4 And the king of Ifrael anfwered and 
faid, My lord, O king, according to thy 
faying, I am thine, and all that 1 have. 

5 And the meffrngers came again, and' 
faid, Thus fpealceth Benhadad, faj ing r 
Although I have fent unto thee, faying, 
'I hou fhalt deliver me thy filver, and thy 
gold, and thy wives and thy children ; 

6 Yet 1 will fend my fervants unto thee 
tomorrow about this time and they fl 
fevrch thine houfe, and the hon'es of thy 
ferrants; and it fhall be, that whatfocver 
is pleafapt in thine eyes, they (lull put it 
in their hand, and take it away. 

7 Then the king of Ifrael called all the 
elders of the land ; and faid, Mark, I pray 
you, and lee how this man fceketh mh% 

chief s 



Tift Syrians arejiain. Chap. 

f : for he fent unto me for my wives, 

and children, and for my lilver, 

ana f r my g »ld ; and I demed him not. 

u And all the elders and all the people 

t l-_-ajk.cn not unto bim, nor 

9 Wheref .re he faid unto the melTVn- 
gers of Bennaiad, Tell in> lord the It 
All that thou uid.'i fend for to thy fervanl 
atthetirtt, I will do: but this thing I 

do And t;.e mciTengers departed, 
•jrou.,hr him woi . 

10 -\:.d benludad fent onto him, and 

uo lo unto m more 

alio, If the duit of Samaria trull fuflu 

Ifuls for all the . that follow 

1 1 And the k n^of Ifrael anlweiedand 
faid, nhatgirdethon 
bis ha nefi niuifclf as he thai put- 
teth it ctt 

came to pafs, when_>V»b_?- 

-, is he ivjt drink- 

ms, t at 

yurfflesin 

let item mmrraj 

agaiuit the v-.t ; 

13 i| \nd, behold, there came a prophet 
imto Ahab k>ng ot Ifrael, faying, Thu$ 
. the Loan, Hafl thou I I fhil 

great multitude ? Behold, 1 will delii 
into thine hand tl and thou 

know that I am the Lonu 

. tab faid. By wh >mi Vnd he 
faid, 11 >id, t vtn b) the 

■ 

he faid, Who IK. 

ba' I hull 

men 

ot th 

i ihn' and 

•pic, 

en ■ id 

Lit at noon 
u «ir nr. trunk 

, the 
■ 
\v.A the ■ 
of the provinces went 

out, and they told I 

urn 
faid, Wheth 

[hern alive ; or 
ther they be come out tor war, take 
them alive. 

19 So thefe young i the pr ; . 

of the pro\ ime out ot the city, and 

hu h followed them. 
1 the> Hew ever/ one his man : 
and the Syrians fled ; and Ifrael purfaed 

.i : and Benha lad th 
efcaped on inhorfe with the borfemen. 

21 And the k-ng ot Ilrael went out and 
fmote ilic holies jh\A chariots, and Hew 
: Syrians with a great I 'f . 



xx. Ahab difmijft'tb BenhadaJ : $15 

•2 And the prophet came to the I 
Ifrael, and laid unto him, Go, ftren^th* 
en th>lelf, and mark, and fee what thou 
doeft : for at the return of the year die 

kin? of S 
A 



Sj ria will come up aga nft thee. 

nd the l'ervants of the king ofSy- 
ria laid unto him, Their gods arc (.odsof 
the hilis ; therefore they were rron.er 
than we ; bat let u_ fight againli them in 
the plain, and furely we flull be ftronger 

\nd do this thing. Take the k 
, every man out of bis place, md 
put captains in their rooms : 

\n I number thee an army, like the 

i u hall loft, hOrie for ho r fie, 

riot tor chariot . and we will right 

a^ainit them in the plain, and furely we 

dial] be (Ironger than t. ; A ml he 

hearkened unto th. \ and did fo. 

16 And ir tame la pafs at the return of 
the year, i | mbercd the 

Syria 1 went up to . . to fight 

lit Ifrael 
-'< 1 the children of Ifrael were nttm- 
l an t were all nt, and went a- 

gainft ii the children of Ifrael 

pitched before them like two little flocks 
t kid* , but the - tilleu thecotmtry. 

t there 
the king o 
i tins faith the Lo*d, becaufe 

Si nans tiav HD fJ God of 

the hills but he iiti I of the vail , 

verallrhi&j 

. ye thai 
that I am the Lob d 

pirx hed one i 

) 1 y_> it was, 
n the ith day the bat joined : 

and the children of lirai-l Hew of the 

hundred thonfaiid footmen in 

day 

lint the reft Hed to Aph< | the 

city; and tb ere a wall k. twenty 

ami levetl tl I .;t th'/ men / ■ . 

I' tt And Benhadad fl'-d, an into 

\hti i inner 

3t \ An i his 1 rrvi I unto him, 

Behold we have he ird thai he. 

kings of the houfe ot lira- I are • I 

let u put fa 

«>ur loins, am: p 

i cut to the king « id- 

he will la\ ||c 

32 So the) i t)ic ; r 

- i theii liea 

, and laid I hy 
fervanl Benha 

me live. And he la. d. /> In \i-r_u. 
mj brotl 

33 Now the men did 
whefhci amptoimf whi . 
and did hafl I h // .' 
Th) brother Kcnhadad. 

(jo ye, br;ng hit..- Then Bei.h 



316 Abvb'sfoolijh pity reproved. I. KINGS. 

came forth to him ; and he caufed him 
to come up into the chariot. 

34 And Benhadaa faid unto him, The 
Cities which my father took from thy fa- 
ther, I will reftore ; and thou (halt make 
ftreets for thee in Damafcus, as my father 
made in Samaria. Then jaid Ahab, 1 
v.ill lend thee away with this covenant. 
So he made a covenant with him, and lent 
him away. 

fi5 ^ And a certain man of the fons of 
the prophets laid unto his neighbour in 
the word of the Loa.D, Smite me. I pray 
thee. And the man refufed to fmite him. 

S6 Then laid he unto him, Becaufe 
thou haft not obeyed ihe v*ice ot rhe 
Lord, Behold, as foon as thou art de- 
parted from me, a lion (hall flay thee. 
And as foon as he was departed from him, 
a lion found him, and (lew him. 

ST Then he found another man, and 
faid, Smite me 1 pray thee. And the 
man fmote him, io that in fruiting he 
wounded him. 

S3 So the prophet departed, and waited 
for the king by the way, and difguifed 
himfelf with allies upon his face. 

S9 And as the king paired by, he cried 
iinto the king : and he faid, Thy fervant 
went out into the midft of the battle ; and, 
behold, a man turned alide, and brought 
a maja unto me, and faid, Keep this man : 
if by any meanahebe milling, then (hall 
thy life be for his life, or elfe thou (halt 
pay a talent of lilver. 

40 And as thy fervant was bufy here 
and there, he was gone And thekingoi 
Ifrael laid unto him Sojball thy judg- 
ment be ; thyfelf haft decided 't. 

41 And he hafted,and took theaflies away 
from his face ; and the king of Ifrael dil- 
Cerned him that he iva s of the prophets. 

4t And he faid unto him, 1 hus faith 
the Lo rd, Becaufe thou haft let go out of 
thy hand a nun whom I appointed to ut- 
ter deftru&tQn, therefore thy life (hall go 
ior liislife. and thy people for his people. 

43 And the king of Ifrael went to his 
hou(e I; d difpleafed, andcame to 

Samaria. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Absb is denied Nabotfrs vineyard, b 

Jezebel caufe/b N -both t- be condemned . 

17 Elijah denoumetb judgment againft 

Ahab and Jezebel. 

AND it came to pafs after thefe things, 
ibai Naboth the Jezrreiite hud a vine- 
yard, which ivas in Jezivel, hard by the 
palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 

\nd Ahab Ipakc unto Naboth, fac- 
ing, Give me thy vineyard, that I may 
have it for a garden ok herbs, becaufe it 
is near unto mine houle : and I will give 
thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or 
if it ieem good to thee, 1 will give tf.ee 
. th ofiJ in Uio:: 



liaboih condemned. 



S And Naboth faid to Ahab, the Loro 
forbid it me, that I (hould give the inher- 
itance of ni; fathers unto thee. 

4 And Ahab came into hishoufe heavy 
and difpleafed, becaufe of the word which 
Naboth the Jezreelite had fpokentohim : 
for he had laid. I will not give thee the 
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid 
him down upon his bed, and turned a- 
way his face, and would eat no bread. 

5 fl But Jezebel his wife came to him, 
and (aid unto him, Why is thy ipirit io 
fad, that thou eateft no bread ? 

6 And he faid unto her, Becaufe I fpake 
unto Naboth the Jtzreelite, and faid unto 
him. Give me thy vineyard for money ; 
or elfe, if it pleafe thee, 1 will give thee 
attorn r vineyard forit : and he anfwered, 
I will not give thee my vineyard. 

7 And Jezebel his wife faid unto him, 
Doft thou now govern the kingdom of If- 
rael > Arife, andt.Al bread, andletthme 
heart be merry : I w ill give thee the vine- 
yard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 

8 So (he wrote letters in Ahah's name, 
and fealed tbem with his ieai, and fent 
the letters unto the elders and fo the 
nobles that were in his city, dwelling 
with Naboth. 

9 And (he wrote in the letters, faying, 
Proclaim a faft, and let Naboth on high 
among the people ? 

10 And fet two men, fons of Belial, be- 
fore him, to bear witnefs againft him, 
faying, Thou didft blafpheme God and 
the king. And then carry him out, and 
(lone him that he may die. 

11 And the men of his city, even the 
elders and the nobles who were the inhab- 
itants in his city, did as Jezebel had fent 
unto them and as it vjas written in the 
letters which (he had lent unto them. 

IS They proclaimed a faft, and fet Na- 
both on high among the people. 

13 And there came in two men, chil- 
dren of Belial, and lat before him : and 
the men of Belial witnefled againft him, 
even againft Naboth, in the prefence of 
the people, faying, Naboth did blafpheme 
God and the king. Then they carried 
him forth out of the city, and ftoned him 
with ftones that he died. 

14 Then they lent to Jezebel, faying, 
Naboth is ftoned, and is dead 

15 And it came to pafs, when Jezebel 
heard that Naboth was ftoned, and was 
dead, that Jezebel faid to Ahab Arife, 
take potieftion of the vineyard ot Naboth 
the Jezreelite, which he refufed to give 
thee for money ; for Naboth is not a[ive, 
but dead. 

16 And it came to pafs, when Ahab 
heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab 
roieupto go down to the vineyard of 
Naboth, the jezreelite, to take pollcllion 

Of 'tt-4- 

if f Ar4 



Abab humble th him/elf. Chap. 

IT € And ihe word of the Lord c.i 
CO Elijah the lirtibi'C, U\ mg, 

1 Arile, go dovs n to meet Ah.ib : 
•t lirael, which is in Samara : beholder 
is in teyard of Naboth, whither he 

is ^onedown to potTels it. 

li> And th. u thalt fpeak unto him, fay- 
ing, Thus faith the Lord, liait rhoukill- 
jnd alio taken poireifion ? And thou 
fpeak unto him, faying, Thus faith 
the Lo r d, in the place where dogs licked 
the blood ot Naboth lhall dogs lick, thy 
blood, even thine. 

b laid to Elijah, Haft thou 
found me, O mine enemy * And he an- 
ed, 1 ha and/ et : becaufc 

fold thy fdf to work evil in the 
• the Lord 

41 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, 
and will talc | thy pofterity, -in d 



a n J is /educed by falfe prophets. i%7 

/r our >, and we be ftill, and take it nor 
oui ot the hand ul the king in I 

« Ano he (aid unto Jehofhapnat, WiU 
thou go with me to butt.e to Ramothgil- 
ead .- And Jehortiapliat (aid to the king of 

ael, i jmas thou jr;, in) people a^ thy 
people, m> as thy horfes. 

j \ :: i jeho,-aphat laid unto the king 

ifrael, Inquire, I pray thee, at tiie 
word ot the Lord tociay. 

6 Then the k mg of Iliael gathered the 
proLhtt> logethcr, about four hundied 

n,and (aid unto thera.Skall I h o againft 
Raroothgilead to battle r or, Shall 1 (6r- 
beaj .. tne) (aid,Goup:foTthe Loud 

lhall deliver // into the hand of the king. 

7 And Jebotbaphat saul, btterenot 
here a prophet ot the Lord befides. that 
we might inquire of biro J 

8 And thct k.ng of Ifrael faid unto Je- 
cut oiluoni Ahab hum that pifletha hofhaphat, I here is yet one roan, Micatah 
the wall and him that it (hut up and left the! a >h, b ; whom «e anaj m- 
in ilrael, ..ord but I hate him ; for 

£3 And will make thine houfe like the he doth not propheC) good concerning 
houlc ot Jeroboam the. Ion : me, bui evil. Ana Jehofhaphat laid, 

like the ho>.(e of liaaflia the ion of Ahi- 1 Lej n t the k >g i a a 



the provocation wherewith thou 

provoked me to anger, and made If. 
to fin. 

And of Jezebel alio fpake 'he Lord 
laying, i he dogs lhall eat jcj j the 

i 1 of Jezreel. 

14 tlim that diethof Ahab in the 
the do^b lhall eat ; an! hiui that dicth in 
th- the fowls of the air eat. 

nc like unto A! 
(ell himiell to work wi< 
t of the Lord, whom Jez- 
«bcl his wife Itirred up. 

d he did very abominably in 
rdmg to all % - 
did the 
v hildicn of Ilrael. 

I came topafs, u!.in Ahab 

wordfttthatne rent hiscL 

and put (ackcl th upon his flefh, and faft- 

lay in fackcloth, rrt loltly. 

■18 And tl :of the Load came to 

jah the rifljbitc, fay ii 
49 Seed thou hovi humbleth 

himfrlt I tf« he humbleth 

'ell before me, 1 u II not bi in| 
in h s iiay ; but in h »\\ Ul 

1 bring the evil upon his h« 
MAP. Wll 
t .ih tbjcducrdbi Jaiit prophets^ isjla'm a 
R i I . It up hi J 

b r peat's goo i reign, A/ 

. ztab's evil rr 



y rhen the king i f Ifrael called an of. 
ficer, and laid, Haitcn bitbe* M caiah the 
jlon of Liuah 

•u v id tl Ifrael and Jeftoiba- 

pl.at the k n^ of Ju :u N 

tie put on their ioU*, ,n a 
void place in the entrance ol the jtateot 
axia ; and all the prophets pi 

iPQl 

It And / ; i the fon of Chena- 

anali in.ide him horn' i lie 

tlius (aith [he Lord, With ll 
lhall • th-^ Syrian*, until tl 

conlumed them. 
12 And all t!-. | fo, 

I, am! | 

ord lhall deliver " mto 

And the meflenger tl, 

Micaiah fpake unto him, I 

no 'a, the ■■• 
dare kmj; m ith< ne mouth : 

let th) the 

I of oneof them, an 

/; gtM <( 

1 4 And " t] • 1.«>rd 

!i, m hat the Lo ao (aith unto 
k 
>.» So he came I 'he 



•Net' 

invi pr< r 'he I 



continued thr: nto the hand < I ; 



pi)t v u b ind iti "I 

\ni it cine to pais in the third ;. 

that Jet-. Icing of Judah c 

n ti> th? kin>j ot Hi ii 

• kin,; of Ifrael (a d unto his. 



.. Know ft that Ka;uolh in Ui! :ad ed upon 



fnall I 
ne not! 
then 

r , a ll Ifi 






$t& A bad is/lain* 

(hepherd : and the Lord faid, 



T. KINGS. 



Jebojhafhafs good re'tgtu 



Thefe 
have no mailer: let them return, every 
man to his houfe in peace. 

18 And the king of Ifrael faid unto 
Jehofhaphat, Did 1 not tell thee that he 
would prophefy no good concerning me, 
but evil i 

19 And he faid, Hear thou therefore 
the word or the Lord : I faw the Lord 
lining on his throne, and all the ho ft of 
heaven (landing by him on his right hand 
and on his left. 

20 And the Lord faid, who (hall per- 
fuade Ahab, that he may go up and tall 
at Ramothgilead ? And one faid on this 
manner, and another faid on that man- 
ner. 

21 And there came forth a fpirit, and 
ftood before the Lord, and faid, I will 
jperfuade him. 

22 And the Lord faid unto him, 
Wherewith ? And he faid, I will go forth, 
and I wiil be a lying fpirit in the mouth 
(yf all his prophets. And he faid, Thou 
fhalt perluade him, and prevail alfo : go 
torth^and do fo. 

23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
hath put a lying fpirit in the mouth of all 
thefe thy prophets, and the Lord hath 
ipokenevil concerning thee. 

24 But Zedekiah the (on of Chenaanah 
went near, and fmote Micaiah en the 
check, and faid, Which way went the 
fpirit of the Lord from me to fpeak un- 
to thee ? 

25 And Micaiah faid, Behold, thou 
fhalt fee in that day, when thou fhalt go 

to an inner chamber to hide thyfelf. 

&6 And the king of Ifrael faid, Take 
Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon 
the governor ol the city, and to Joalh 
the king's fon ; 

27 And fay, Thus faith the king, Put 
this fellow in the prifon, and feed him 

th bread of affliction, and with water 
•A affliction, until 1 come in peac*. 

And Micaiah (aid, If thou return 
at all in peace, the Lord hath not Ipoken 
by me. And he faid, Hearken, O peo- 
ple, every one of you. 

29 So the king of Ifrael and Jehofha- 
phat the king of Judah went up to Ka- 
• /dead. 

. v ,0 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Je- 
hofhaphat, I will difguife myfelf, and 

uer into the battle ; but put thou on 
thy robes. And the king of Ifrael dil- 
guifed hiinfelf. and went into the battle. 

31 But the king of Syria commanded 
his thirty and two captains that had rule 
over his chariots, faying, light neither 
with fmall nor great, lave only with the 
king of Ifrael. 

±>1 And ;t came to pafs, when the cap- 
tains of the. chariots faw Jehofhaphat, 
' the;' faid, Surely i't h the king oi 



Ifrael. And they turned afide to figh* 
againft him : and Jehofhaphat cried out. 

S$ And it came to paf--, when the cap- 
tains of the chariots perceived that it was 
not the king of Ifrael, that they turned 
back ftom p-urfuing him. 

S4 And a certain man drew a bow at a 
venture, and fmore the king of Ifrael be- 
tween the joints of the harnefs : w lie re- 
fore he laid unto the driver of his chari- 
ot Turn thine hand, and carry me out 
of the hod : for I am wounded . 

3a And the battle increafed that day .; 
and the king was flayed up in his chanoit 
againft the Syrians, and died at even : 
and the blood ran out of the wound into 
the midft of tte chariot. 

56 And there went a proclamation 
throughout the hoft. about the going 
down of the fun, faying, every man to his 
city, and every man to his own coun- 
try. 

57 4fl So the king died, and was brought 
to Samaiia j and they buried the king in 
Samaria. 

S'6 And one waflied the charict in the 
pool oi Samaria ; and the dogs 1 eked up 
his blood ; and they wafhed his armour: 
according unto the word of the Lord 
which lie (pake. 

39 Now the reft of the acls of Ahab,, 
and all that he did, and the ivory hcufe 
w hich he made, and all the cities that he 
built, Are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of Ifrael r 

40 So Ahab fleptwith his fathers ; and 
Ahaziah his fon reigned in his dead 

41 fl And Jehofhaphat the (on of Afa 
began to reign over Judah in the fourth 
year of Ahab king of Ifrael. 

•42 Jehofhaphat was thirty and five 
years old when he began to reign ; and 
he reigned tweifty and five years in Jeru,- 
fa!em. And his mother's name was Azut 
bah the daughter of Shilhi. 

45 And he walked in all the ways of 
Afa his father ; he turned not af:de from 
it, doing that which was right in the eyes 
of the Lord : neverthelefs, the high pla- 
ces were not taken away ; jor the people 
offered and burnt incenfe yet in the high 
places. 

44 And Jelicfhaphat made peace with 
the king of lirael. 

43 ^j Now the reft of the acls of Jehofh- 
aphat, and h ; s might that he (hewed, 
and how he warred, Are i\\cy not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Judah ? 

46 And the remnant ef the fodomires, 
which remained in the days of his lather 
Ala, he took out of the land. 

47 'I here was then no king in Edom : 
a deputv was king. 

48 Jehofhaphat' made (hips of Thar- 
fhiih vj go to Ophir for gold ; but they 

went 



Jek^mfkct's death an* burial. :p/£ Jehtranfuueedetb MstTiL St9 

year cf JehoJhaphat k ' 

, and reigned two j ears over II- 

^ht of the 
Lord, and walked in the way c 
ther, and in the way of hi? rr. 
in the way of Jeroboam the Ton of Nebat, 
who made Urael to fin : 

S3 For he ferved Baal, and worth ipped 
him, and provoked to anger the Lor-© 
God of Ilrael, according to aU tha 
father r_- __?.?. 



went not, tor the flips were broken at 

49 Then (aid -h the fon of Ahab 

Jehothaphat, Let my lervar. 

in the (hips. But Je- 
hoflxaphat would r 

And Je^hcihapha: Sept with hi< 
fhers, and was buried wifh his lathe 
the city* of David h:s father : and Jeho- 
331 *ned in 

51 ^ ^^ ^ab began 

to reign over Ilrael in Sarruria, the lev- 



THE SI J BOOK OF THE KINGS, 
COMMONLY CALLED THE TH BOCK OF TH'£ 

CHAP I. H> And Elijah anf*cr ifaidt~ 

i Misb rehelletb. 1 A baziab, fending t9 captj . If I be a man cfGod. 

udgmt-r tmb. then let fire come down fir 

.ngetb pre fr*mb+*x>- ?nfume thee and thy f 

-*•'/ mef'ugers. 17 Jet§- there came down fire from he 

: con fumed him and h 
THEN Moab rebelled againft Ifrael 11 Aga 

- death of Ahab. of fifty w: And 
| And ih fell down through a he anfwered and faid uv 

r er chamber tha: the king faid, Cor 

Swmana. and was fick : and he fent mef- quick 

. and fa:d unto l) re 1 - Ar IE h I f« red ind faid 

- rbub the rod of tkron, whether them, If \ be i man of God, let fire come 
I recover oft: \\e. Idown fromheav- con fu me tl tee and 

3 B^t the angel of the LoiD faid to E- r hy r hefirrotGorl 

go up to : ■ aim ar. - 

tf* meffengers of the king of Samana, 



I fay unto them, It it not becaufe there 
\ God in Ifrael that ye go to in- 
z -bub the gxi 
4 Sow therefore, ih Loud 

j fthaJt not come do* 
b<d -n which thou art £^rc up, 



fu 



•ed. 



turned 



it 

5 «J And when tite me 
hack unto 
are \ »nrned back t 

6 Ar.d r .m. 1 
MiDcanunuptomcr J (aid 

us. Go, 'gain unto tt.e king that 

the Lord, Is it not beca ' not 

Baalrebub the goo 

i ftwlt not come down 
' a* bed on thou art gone 

!t furr! 

1 unto ' 'Vhaf man 



i he fent again a 
third fift . And t!.r third 

*rnt ep. and ca 
before "\, and be- 

hatj fought him, and faid unto 
•hee, let n 



«er of man ivas te came up t I to inq 



meet jou, and told \ Ml tl»efc 

S And the f an 

girt with a j; 

11k. macapl 

t up to 
it onthet>>pc: 
d he fi • >u man 



lifcot . thyfc: . beprec 

in tl 

1 » :>hold, there car lown from 

-nrd op the tv 
of the former fifties with tl.: 

jw be prrcioi. 

\ the angel of I 

n wit! 
•1 of hi: \ fe tro( vent 

do ■• 

16 And h* fj'd unto 
the Lo* 

mc flfcqa crs to inquire of Itnln twli 
god >t beciufe tb( 



9 
him 



>f hi» wo: 
Therefore thou lhalt not come do« ■ 
that t :hou art gone up, 

rSohe rcrdot 

Jehorair. I 

m of Jehoftw. 

.jH no f 

is : 

not w; 



320 Elijah taken up to hmavlH. fit. KINGS; 



£lijha lealeth the waters. 



feook of the chronicles of the kings of 

Ifrael ? 

CHAP. II. 

1 Elijah di t idetb Jordan, and granting 
Elijba his rcqutjljisrvken up 14 El (ha 
dinjideth Jordan: i')be healeth the wa- 
ters. 23 (children mocking, dejlroyed 
AND it came to pafs, when the Lord 

would take up Elijah into heaven by a 

whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elifha 

from Gilgal 

2 And Elijah faid unto Elifha, Tarry 
here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath 
fent me to Bethel. And Elifha laid unto 
him. As the Lord liveth, and as thy foul 
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they 
went down to Bethel. 

3 And the fons of the prophets that 
tvere at Bethel came forth to Elifha, and 
faid unto him, Kn<r«eft thou that the 
Lord will take away thy mafler from 
thy head today ? And he faid, Yea, I 
know it ; hold ye your peace. 

4 And Elijah faid unto him, Elifha tarry 
here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath fent 
me to Jericho. And he faid, As the Lord 
liveth, and as thy foul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 

5 And the fons of the prophets that 
nuere a' Jericho came to Elifha, and laid 
unto him, Knowefl thou that the Lord 
will take away thy matter from thy head 
today ? And he anfwered, Yea, I know 
it ; hold ye your peace. 

6 And Elijah faid unto him, Tarry, I 
pray thee, here ; for the Lord hath fent 
me to Jordan. And he faid. As the Lord 
liveth, and as thy foul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. And they two went on. 

7 And fifty men of the fons of the 
prophets went, and flood to view afar 
oti : and they two flood by Jordan. 

8 And Elijah took his mantle, and 
wrapped it together, and fmote the wa- 
ters, and they were divided hither and 
thither, fo that they two went over on 
dry ground. 

9 And itcame iopafs, when they were 
gone over, that Elijah faid unto Elifha, 
A Ik what I (hall do tor thee before I be 
taken away from thee. And Elifha faid, 
I pray thee, let a double portion of thy 
fpirit be upon me. 

10 And he faid, Thou hail afked a hard 
thing i nenjertheleji, if thou fee me in ben 
I am taken from thee, it lhall be fb unto 
thee ; but if not, it (ball not be fo 

11 And it came to pafs. as they fid! went 
on.and ta l ked, that, be hold, there appeared 
a chariot of fire, and horfes of hie, and 
parted them both afunder ; and Elijah 
went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 

12 And Elifha faw /'/, and he cne 1, My 
father, my father, the chariot of Ifrael, 
and the horfemen thereof. And he faw 
him no more : and he took hold of his own 



clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 
<3 He took up alfo the mantle of Elijah 
that ft 11 from him, and went back, and 
flood by the bank of Jordan ; 

14 ^1 And he took the mantle of Elijah 
that fell from him- and fmote the waters, 
and laid, Where is the Lord God of Eli- 
jah ? And when he alfo had fmitten the 
waters, they parted hither and thither; 
and Elifha went over. 

15 And when the fons of the prophets 
whichiufr^toviewatjerichofaw'himjthey 
faid, The fpirit of Elijah doth refl on Eli- 
iha. And they came to meet him, and bow*- 
ed themfelves to the ground before him. 

t6 And they faid unto him Behold now, 
there be with thy fervants fifty Hrong 
men ; let them go, we pray thee, and feek 
thy mafter i left peradventure, the fpirit 
of the Lord hath taken him up, and cafl 
him upon fome mountain, or into fome 
valley. And he faid, Ye fhall not fend. 

IT And when they urged him till he 
was afhamed, he faid, Send. They fent 
therefore fifty men ; and fought three 
days, but found him not. 

13 And when they came again to him 
(for he tarried at Jericho) he faid unto 
them, Did I not fay unto you. Go not ? 

19 ^f And the men of the city faid unto 
Elifha, Behold, I pray thee, the fituation 
of this city is pleafant, as my lord feeth ; 
but the water is naught, and the ground 
barren. 

20 A nd he faid, Bring me a new cruife, 
and put fait therein. And they brought 
it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the fpring of 
the waters, and caff the fait in there, and 
faid, Thus faith the Lord, I have healed 
thefe waters ; there fhall not be from 
thence any more death or barren land. 

VI So the waters were healed unto this 
day, according to the faying of Elifha 
which he fpake. 

23 i\ And he went up from thence 
unto Bethel : and as he was going up by 
the way, there came forth little children 
out of the city, and mocked him, and 
faid unto him, Go up, thou bald head ! 
Go up, thou bald heid ! 

2i And he turned hack, and looked on 
them, and curled them in the name of the 
Lord And there came forth two fhe 
bears out of th** wood, and tare forty and 
two children of them 

tH And he went from thence to mount 
Cat mel. and from thence he returned to 
Samaria* 

CHAP TIL 
I Jeboram's reign 4 M-Jba rebelleth. 16 

Etijha 'btatnttb r U3uler % and prvm>fe of 

iidory it The Moabites overcome. 
NOW Jehoram the fon of Ahab 
be«an to reign over Ifrael in Sama- 
the' eighteenth year of Jchofhaphat 

kin£ 



na 



Jehoram' s reign. 



Cnap. iv. A miraculous fupply of n.-jat'/r. Sit 



king of Judah, and reigned twelve years, i 17 For thus faith the Lord, Ye fhall 

;ht of not fee wind, neither fh ill ye fee 



vnd he wrought evil in the fig 
theLokD; but not like his father, and 
like hi-, mother : for he put away the 
1 that his father had nude. 

3 Nevertheless, hecleavedunto th 
of Jeroboam the fon of Nebar, which 
made Ilracl to (in ; lie departed not 
iherefrom. 

4 tj And Me flu king of Moab was a 
fheep.nafter.and r ndered unto the king of 
Ifrael an hundred thoufand Iambi, and an 
hundred thoufjnd rami, with the wool. 

5 But it came to pafs, when Ahab was 
dead, that the kin- of Moab rebelled 

linft the king of Ifrael. 

I king J-*horain went out of Sama- 
ria the tame ti •lnumbercd all Hi • < 

' l'-nt to Jehofha- 
phat t ofjudah, , 1 he king 

of Moab hath rebelled agaimf me : Wih 
thou go with me again ft Moab to bu" 
And lie laid, I will go up : I am as thou 
*rx, my people as thy people, undmy 
horfes as thy horfes. 

y And he (aid, Which way fhall we go 
up ? And heanfwered, J he way through 
the wildrrnefs of Edom, 

9 So the king of Ifrael went, and the 
kingof Judah.and the king of hdom : and 
they fetched acompaj ;ol >ur- 

ney : and there was no water f r the hod 
and for the cattle that followed them. 
^ HJ And the king of Ifra"! I \las ! 

Lord hath fe three 

kn r, to deliver them into the 

b ! 
i i Bu( | 

of the ■ in- 

oRoby him r And on 
infweredai 
it Kliiha the fon o( s ; 
i water on the har I ih. 

I And )■ lid, The word 

of the Lord is with him. Sotfx 

I, and I it, and the kin 

it down to him. 

lid unto thr king of 
•• F to do hee ? 

?hee to ther. 

ynd the y> phi | of thy mother, 
the king of llr.-cl him, *■ 

for the Lord hath th< fie I 

'■r, to deliver them into the 

' i And i Lord of 

jiveth, 

• thai l . 
•hat the kit ndah, I would 

not look toward t l 

1 But now brio i. And 

it cj pais, when the - 1 play- 

ed, that the hand of the Lord came 
Upon h 

16 \ '• hjt* faid, Thus fuththe Lord, 
full of ditche 
i I 



urn ; 
yet that valley fhall be filled with water, 
that ye may drink, both ye, and your 
cattle, and your bealls. 

18 And this is but alight tiling in the 
fight of the Lord : he vmII deliver the 
Moabites alfo into your hand. 

19 And ye fhall finite every fenced 
city, and every choice city, and fliall fell 
evcr> good tree, and itop all wells of 
water, and mar every good piece of land 
with lfones. 

20 And it came to pafs in the morning, 
when the meat offering wai offered, that, 
behold, there came water by the way 
of Kdom, end the country was filled with 
water. 

21 51 And when all the Moabites heard 
that the kings wyrc ( cmr up to fight a- 
gamft them, they gathered all that w< 
able to put on armour, and upward, and 
tlood in the border. 

And they rofe up early in fhc 
morning, and the fun fhone upon the 
water, and the Moabites faw the water 
on the other iidc as red 1 : 

23 And Ih id : the 
kings arc in rely fiain, and they have 
fmitten one : ; now therefore, 
Moab, to the fpoil. 

24 And when the to th'* camp 
of Ifrael, the Ifraelitesn nd fmote 
the Moabite , f> that they fl< d I 
them : but they went forwarfl fmiting the 

ven in their count 
IS Ana thev beal down the cities, and 

on i >c»d pi land < 

m in hi , ind filh d it ; am! I p. 

1 all fhc n ells ol n ail 

the good tree*. : onl) 

they the fl i, the 

it 

f.tw 
thai >re foi him, he 

took with i bundled men that 

•.' unto 
the king of Edom i but a. 

- '1 net 
;ld hav ' ad, and < 

1 him./ r .i burnt the 

wall. And t] i ^< <•■■< i 

• Mid they dej I from 

him, and rcl tbfir §tOH land. 

CI ' IV. 
; multi 1 . 8 

.18 
Hi ' . jetb her dead fon. 

> W the i of 

the v . t the i ropbett 

unto H lift i, I riiy fei vani mi 

hufb md is di md ih BO* I ft 

that thi the'Lo 

thecr- ditor is .c i^T.to him n.y 

two fan 

l lifba faid unto hcr,What fh. 

J . 



S22 The loi doio^s eilintreajed. II. KINGS. T'be Sbunamtoite's fonraifect. 



I do for thee ? Tell me, Vv hat haft thou in 
the houfe ? And fhe laid, thine hand- 
maid hath not any thing in the houfe 
fave a pot of oil. 

3 Then he faid, Go, borrow the vef- 
fels abroad of all thy neighbours, even 
empty vefTels ; borrow noi a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, thou 
lhalt (hut the door upon thee and upon 
thy fons, and (halt pour out into all thofe 
vefTels, and thou (halt fet afide that 
which is full. 

5 So (he went from him and (hut 
the door upon her and upon her fons, 
who brought tbt vejels to her ; and (he 
poured out. 

6 And it cametopafs, when the vefTels 
were full, that (he faid unto her fon, 
Bring me yet a veflTel. And he faid unto 
her, There is not a veffel more. And the 
oil ftayed. 

I Then (lie came and told the man of 
God. And he (aid. Go, fell the oil, and 
pay thy debt, and live thou and thy chil- 
dren of the reft 

8 qf And it fell on a day, that Elifha 
palled to Shunem. where ivas a great 
woman ; aid (he conftrained him to eat 
bread. Andy^ itwas,/Atf/asoftashepafT- 
cd by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 

9 And (lie faid unto her hufband, Be 
hold now, I perceive that this is an holy 
man of God, which pafteth by us con- 
tinually 

10 Let us make a little chamber, I 
pray thee, on the wall ; and let us fet 
tor him there a bed, and a table, and a 
ftool. and a candleftick : and it (hall be, 
when he Cometh to us, that he (hall turn 
in thither. 

II And it fell on a day, that he came 
thither, and he turned into the chamber, 
and lay there. 

12 And fee faid to Gehazi his fervanr, 
Call this Shunammite. And when he had 
called her, (he flood before him. 

IS And he (aid unto him, Say now un- 
to her, Behold, thou haft been careful 
for us with all this care ; What is to be 
done for thee ? Wouldefr thou be (poken 
for to the king, or to the captain of the 
hoft ? And (he anfwerod, 1 dwell among 
mine own people. 

11 And he faid, What then is to be 
done for her? And Gehazi anfwered, 
Verily (he hath no child, and her huf- 
band is old 

15 And hefaid, Call her. And when 
}ye had called her, (he Itood in the door. 

16 And he f.tid, dbout this feafon, 
according to the time of life, thou (halt 
embraceafon. And (he faid Nar, my 
lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto 
thine handmaid. 

17 And the woman conceived and bare 
a fen at tjiat feafon that Elifha had faid 



unto her, according to the time of life 

18 4f And when the child was grown, 
it fell on a day, that he went out to his 
father to the reapers. 

19 And he faid unto his father, My 
head, my head. And he faid to a laa, 
Carry him to his mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, and 
brought him to his mother, he fat on her 
knees till noon, and then died. 

21 Andfhe went up, and laid him on 
the bed of the man of God, and (hut the 
door upon him, and went out. 

22 And fhe called unto her hufband, 
and faid, Send me, I pray thee, one of 
the young men, and one of the aiTes, 
that I may run to the man of God, and 
come again. 

23 And he faid, Wherefore wilt thou go 
to him today? // is neither new moon nor 
fabbath. And (he faid, It Jhall be well. 

24 Then fhe faddled an aft>. and faid to 
her fervant, Drive and go forward; flack 
not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 

25 So (he went and came unto the man 
of God to mount Carmel. And it came to 
pafs, when the man of God faw her afar 
off that he faid to Gehazi his fervant, 
Behold, yo nder //that Shunammite : 

26 Run now, ! pray thee, to meet her, 
and fay unto her. Is it well with thee ? Is 
it well with thy hufband ? Is it well with 
the ch'dd ? And (he anfwered, // is well.. 

27 And when fhe came to the man ot 
God to the hill, fhe caught himbythc 
feet : but Gehazi came near to thruft her 
away. And the man of God faid. Let her 
alone ; for her foul is vexed within her : 
and the Lord hath hid // from me, and 
hath not told me. 

28 Then fhe faid Did I defire a fon of 
my lord? Did 1 not fay, Do net deceive mc. 

29 Then hefaid to Gehazi, Gird up thy 
loins, and take my ftafT in thine hand . and 
go thy way : ifthou meet any man, falute 
hi in not ; and if any falute thee, anfwer 
him not again : and lay my ftaff upon the 
face of the child. 

•SO And the mother of the child faid, 
As the Lord liveth, and as thy foul liv- 
eth I will not leave thee. And he arofe, 
and followed her. 

31 And Gehazi paffed on before them, 
and laid the ftaft upon the face of the 
child ; but there ivas neither voice, nor 
hearing. Wherefore he went again to 
meet him, and told him, faying, The 
child is not awaked. 

52 An'l when rilifha was come into 
the houfe, behold, the child was dead, 
and laid upon his bed 

53 Htr went in therefore, and fliut the 
door upon them twain, and prayed unto 
the Lord. 

Si And he went up, and lay upon theA 
child, and put his mouth upon his month, 

and 



Tie deadly pit f age healed. 



;p. v. tSaa*ran'> lefrofy cleanfc i 



and hiseyesupon r , and his h 

upon his hands : and he ft retched himfelt 
upon the child ; and the Beth of the child 
waxed #arm. 

Then he ret' md walked in 

the houfe to and ! : I went up, and 

:hed himlelf upon him : and the 

*ezed (even times, and the child 

56 And he called GeHazi, and faid, 

^a he called her. 

ihe was come in unto h:m he 

:up thy fc 

Then fhe wenl i at his 

ftct, and bow to the ground, 

and took up her fon and went out. 

38 Gilgal : 

and the m i in the land ; and 

the fens of the 4 be 



fore 



F" 



feethe pottage 
ic proph 

.to the fitld to 
, and 



gathe.ed thereof wiM 40 ;rv.>his lap full, 
and 1 item into the pot of 

pottage tbe*n r 

lO^othej 
Am. ey were eating 

of the p 

. O tiou :\\in o( (JjL iters n 
'- uld not ea - 

41 But I hen \>; 

*he pt eat. 



there »j. ao n the r- 

\nd ti Baal- 

. 
bread c; ty loav 

n the 
\nd he 
1 

fet thrs bef 

again, I Ic, thai 

eat, aiKi 1. 

** So he icm. an 1 I 

did ear, and rdingt 

word ot 'he Lord. 

P 

t. 10 Ceba- 

of the h 

'h 
honourable, h 
e Lord hid given d< 
un f ■. : he was alto a m :ghty mani I 

•1 a lei: 
* And in < ha.f gone out b. 

he land « f Iff.-. ,e maid • a 

'"--' ' fe. 

her miftrefs. 
WouIdG. he prop 



et that is in Samara ! For he would re- 
cover him of his lepro 

And one a t and told his lord, 

g, Thus and thus laid the rruad that 
is of the land cf Ifrael 

\nd the king of Sj ria laid,Go to, go, 
.nj I will lead a letter unto r ting of 
lirael. And! 1 took with 

him ten tale Iver. and lix thculaod 

pieces oi gold, and t?n change * of ra.mer^t. 

\nd he brought the letter to the • 
of Ifrael, faying, Sow when this ten- 
come unto thee, behoh' 
fent Naaman my lervant to thee, 
thou mayelt recover him of his Lepr 

And it came to pafs, *hen the k 
of Ifrael had read the letter, tha r 
his cloth -n I God/o kflland 

to make alive that this man doth 
unto me to recover a man of his kpi 
Wherefore comider, I pr^ 
how he feeke'h a qua-rd 
8 And it was/*, when Y . 'he man 
! >d h*d 1 rael 

had rent his clothes, that he fent to 
king, fayin, retore hart thou 

!othes 5 I.et hini come now to me, 
and he ifcall know that there is a prophet 
1 

*e with hi:, horfes and 
with fa I al tiie d> 

• 

10 .« feni r ?r 

Aa(h in J r 
II come 
in. 

11 wroth, and went 
ar I thought. He 
ely come out to me, 

the 1. • ■ 

id ft: , 

Pilar { 



. to 



and : 

wa- 

n 
and be clean ? v 

and 

, if 

... , j 

■ 
the- 

1 k 'I hen went 1 

z 
Vi th 



nd he r- 

'ood befor • 

- 

' 
I pray thee, tak 

16 But he faid. At the Io?d 
before whom I fund, I 

»d 



sn 



Gehazi /mitten nvith leprojy. II. KINGS. Elijba maketh iron to ftutm. 



And ke urged him to take it ; but he re- 
futed. 

17 And Naaman faid, Shall there not 
then, I pray thee, be given to thy fervant 
two mules' burthen or earth ? For thy (er- 
vant will henceforth offer neither burnt 
offering r.or facrifice unto other gods, but 
unto the Lord. 

18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy 
fervant, that when my mafter goeth into 
the houfe of Rimir.on to worfhip there, 
and he leanethon my hand, and I bow 
myfelfin the houfe of Rimmon : when I 
bow down myfelf in the houfe of Rim- 
mon, the Lord pardon thy fervant in 
this thing. 

19 And be faid unto him. Go in peace. 
So he departed from him a little way. 

20 But Gehazi. the fervanr of Elifha 
tlie man of God, faid, Behold my matter 
liath (pared Naaman this Syrian, in not 
receiving at his hands that which he 



brought: but, as theLoRDl'veth, T willl/fo// hi my camp. 



2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan , 
and take thence every man a beam, and 
let us make us a place there, where we 
may dwell. And he anfwered, Go ye. 

3 And one faid, Becontent, I pray thee, 
and go with thy fervants. And he an- 
fwered, I will go. 

4 So he went with them. And when they 
came to Jordan, they cut down wood 

.*> But as one was felling a beam, the 
ax head fell into the water ; and he cried, 
and faid, Alas, matter ! for it was bor- 
rowed. 

6 And the man of God faid,Where fell 
it? And he (hewed him the place. And he 
cut down a (lick, and caff it in thither ; 
and the iron did fwim. 

7 Therefore, faid he, Take it up to thee. 
And he put out his hand, and took it. 

8 €\ Then the king of Syria warred a- 
gainft Ifrael, and took counfel with his 
fervants, faying Infuch and fucha place 



run after him, and take fomewhat of him. i 

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. 
And when Naaman {aw him running after 
him, he lighted down from the chariot to 
meet him and faid, Is all well > 

28 And he faid, All is well. My matter 
hath fent me, faying, Behold, even now 
there be come to me from mount Ephraim 
two young men of the fons of the proph- 
ets ; give them, I pray thee, a talent of 
iilver, and rwo changes of garments. 
2J And Naaman faid, Be content, take 



9 And the man of God fent unto the 
king of Ifrael, faying, Beware that thou 
pals not fuch a place ; for thither the 
Sy nans are come down. 

10 And the king of Ifrael fent to the 
place which the man of God told him and 
warned him of, and faved himfelf there, 
not once nor twice 

11 Therefore the heart of the king of 
Syria was fore troubled for this thing ; 
and he called his fervants, and laid unto 
them, Will ye not (hew me which of us is 



two talents. Andhe urged him,and bound foi the king of Ifrael > 
two talents of iilver in two ba^s, with I 12 And one of his fervants faid, None, 
two charges of garments and laid tbem\ toy lord,0 king: but Elifha, the prophet 
upon two of his fervants ; and they bar e > 'hat is in Ifrael, telleth the king of Ifrael 
tbtm before htm. j the words that thou fpeakeft in thy bed- 

2 i And when he came to the tower, he ' chamber. 



took them from their hand and beftowed 
them in the houfe: andhe let the men go, 
and they departed. 

95 But he went in and flood before 
his matter. And Elifha faid unto him, 
Whence e§mefitbou % Gehazi? And he faid, 
Thy fervant went no whither. 

26 And he faid unto him, Went not 
mine heart toitb tbee t vthei\ the man turn- 
ed again from his chariot to meet thee? Is 
it a time to receive money, and to receive 
garments, and olivevards, and vineyards, 
and fheep, and oxen, and menfervants, 
and maidfervants } 

17 The leprofy therefore of Naaman 
fh.ill cleave unto thee, and unto thy feed 
tor ever. And he went out from his pre- 
sence a leper as nubile as (now. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 EUfbjicaufetbirontof-iuim. 8 He dif- 

clofeth the k<n% of Syria's counfel ; 18 

a?::/ fmitetb his army tuitb blindne/s. 

AND the f< nsoTthe prophets faid unto 
Elifha, Behold now, the place where 
We dwell with thej is too itrait lor us, 



13 And he faid.Goand fpy wherehe is % 
that I may fend and fetch him. And it 
was told him, faying, Behold, he is in 
Doth 

14 Therefore he fent thither horfes.and 
chariots, and a great hofl : and thev came 
by night, and compaflTed the city about. 

15 And when the feivantof themanof 
God was rifen early, and gone forth be- 
hold, an holt compared the city both with 
hor(es and chariots. And his fervant 
(aid unto him, Alas my mailer! How (hall 
we do ? 

1G And he anfwered, Fear not : for they 
that be with us ar* more than they \.\\a.lbe 
with them. 

17 And Elifha prayed, ar,d faid, Lord, 
I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may 
fee. And the Lord opened the eyes oi 
the young man ; and he (aw : and, behold , 
the mountain iuasi\\\[ of horfes and char- 
iots of tire round about Elifha. 

18 ^} And when they came down to him, 
Elifha prayed unto the Lord, and faid, 
Smile this people, I pray thee, with blind- 

liefs 



7he Syrian* f mitten zuith b'.indnefs. Chap. vii. Tbeirfudd-ti flight. S»; 



rvefs. And he fmo'ethem with blindneL 
accor li Kliiha. 

19 -\r.d El I unto them, This/"/ not 

the waj i this the city : follow 

roe, an 1 will bringyou to the man whom 
ye feck. But o Samar 

And it c tine to 

i S imaria, tl i 
Lo D, op( n tfi . that 

they may lee And the Loi -.ed 

I ; y faw , and, behold 

he raid I 

of Ifrael f; id unto Eli- 

ihalll 

t m ' -b- m ? 

And., anfwered, Thou (halt not 

fmite tbem thofe 

1 . thy 

(«o r i '\\y bow i Set brea i and 

' •■: < : • md 

r. 

• ifion 
and whi h.id e u n and 

, aiul they 
i the ban<! j ria 

■ 



er I • ' 

di 

I 

dr., 

4 



2t And ir £ after this that 

Ben: i i,i s 

holt. ent up and befieged Samaria 

-3 Ami there Mime in 

Samaria: and behold, they befieged it, 
uurilan 

pieces of lilver. and the fourth i 

pieces of filvei 
^6 An 
by i ; , there 1 1 ied .i worn m 

h in. i 

rRodo nol 
tall I I hitofthe 

£C And the king (aid unto her, Whal 
aileth thee ? v om 

I lid unto mi-, Give thy I if we 

him f md we w dl eat my 

fon tomorrow, 

in, and did eat 

Dim : and I l.i: I unto her Oil the next 
thy fon that we m 
the hath hid i. 
30 And i; 

in, th it I • 
rent his clot] upon the 

d the j d, and EX 

th within upon 

rod do fo and more 
alfotome, ifthe he E lilha the fon ol 

. hit lb ill (land on him tl 
81 Hut Eli (ha fat in his houfe, and the 

elder th him ; .\;,A tbt k. *g lent B 

man from before him : b mef- 

I une lo him, he faid to lh 
bow th murderer hath 

fen t to take away mine head - Look, v. 
tfie • ;ercometh, (but the door 

hold him tad at the door: Is not the 
i .1 of his mailer's feet be!. 



:■>•> And while he yet talked with them 
. the meflenger came down u 
him : and he laid, behold, tliis evil /"/ of 
the Lord; \N hat! bhould I wait for the 
Lord any longer ? 

CUV P. VII. 
1 Eli/ba propt ejieth incredible plenty in 
Soma /■/. 11 Ibe unbelieving lord 
troldt n to death. 

THEN Eliflia laid, Hear ye the word 

of the Lord ; thus faith the Lord, 

orrow about this time Jball a meaf- 

of fine flour be J old for a Ihekel, and 

two meafures of barley for a fhekel, in 

the ^atf of Samaria. 

t Then a lord on wliofe hand the kin* 
leaned anfwered the man of God. and laid, 
Behold, //"the Lord would make win- 
in heaven, might this thingbe? And 
he laid Behold, thou lhalt lee// with thine 
, but (halt not cat thereof. 

ur leprous men at 
the entering in of the gate : ami they faid 
W hy lit we here until we 
die ? 

4 If we fay. we will enter into the city, 
then the famine // in the city, and w< 
Hull die there : and if we lit ltill here, w( 
life Now therefore, come, and let 
ill unto the h -It of the Syrians, ii 
the) i frail live ; and il 

Kill us, w ' fhall but d 
Mid the up in the twilight, to 

^o unto the <. amp oi the s^ rtan 
when they were come totne uttermoti 
part ol th • i u ip of Sj na, behold, thcr; 

ivas no m i 

Foi the Lord had mide the hoi 

i nolle ot chariots, and 
the noife Oi a great 

hod : and they I ii 1 one to anolhi I i 

Ifrael hath h ifi us 

the k ■ . 

upon us. 
i i u • \ arofe and fled ii 
. and left their tl nts, and th' u 

, even the < in 

. r, and theii I 

8 Aiul \\ hen thefe lepei i ime f" 

Uttei i.i' .! pan of the I imp, they 

' into < tie t'-nt, 
di ink, and carri I them e lilver, and 
and i liment , and « ent and hid u 
came again, and enteied ii ' 

xe al/o, and . 
and hid it. 

1 1 hen they I lid one to another, '• 

ell : th M <!.r, i 

and we hold OUI till 

norning 

upon u.> : now thei ' fore, 

and tell the kinK ld\ 

10 
porter of the city ! 
.'. We 



&& Great plenty In Samaria. IT. KINGS 

neither voice of man, but hoi fes tied, and 
affes tied, and the tents as they -urn?. 

tl And he called the porters , and they 
told it te the kind's houfe within. 

\l And the kingarofe in the night, and 
laid unto his fervants, I will now (hew 
you what the Syrians have done to us. 
They know that we be hungry ; therefore 
are they gone out of the camp to hide 
themfelvesinthe field, faying. When they 
come out of the city, we (hall catch them 
alive, and getinto the ciry 

13 And one of his fervants anfwered 
and faid. Let Jome take I pray thee, five 
of the horfes that remain, which are left 
in (he city, (behold, the> a rr as all the 
multitude of Ifrael that are left in it : be- 
hold, I fay. they an* even as all the multi- 
tude of the Ifraelites that arc confumed:} 
and let us fend and fee. 

14 They t-ok therefore two chariot 
horfes ; and the king fent after the hoft 
©f the Syrians, fa\ing,Go and fee. 

L5 And they went after them unto Jor- 
dan : and, lo, all the way 'was full of 
garments and vefTels, which the Syrians 
had cart away in their hafle. And the 
meflengers returned and told the king 

16 And the people went out, and fpoil- 
fd the tents of the Syrians. So a meafure 
of fine flour was fold fora fhekel, and two 
meafures of barley for a fnekel, accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord 

IT t\ And the king appointed tlie lord 
on whole hand • he Iraned, to have the 
charge of the uate : and the people tr>:d<; 
upon him in the gato, and he died, as I he 
man of God Had faid, who fpake wfae i 
the king came down to him. 

18 And it came to pafs, as the man of 
God had foe ken to the king, faying. 
T«o meafures of barley tor a fhekel, 
and a meafure of fine flour for a (hekeL 
ihall be tomorrow about this time in the 
gnf of Samaria. 

19 And that lord anfwered the man of 
God, and faid, Now, behold, //"the Lord 
iTiould make windows in heaven, might 
fuch a thing be ? And he faid, Behold 
thou fhall fee it with thmc eyes, but (halt 
not eat thereof. 

SO And fo it fell out unto him : for 
the people trode upon him in the gate, 
and he died. 

C II \P. VIII 
1 The Sbunammhe hath her la>id refinred 

15 Hjzart killetb his muftcr, andfuc- 
eeedeb him. 16 Jeboram's tuicke i 
rei^n 21 Aba?,) ah Juice c leth b;m. 
THEN fpake Eli (ha unto the woman 

who(e Ion he had reflored to lite, faying, 
Arife, and go thou and thine houfe- 
hold, and rejourn wherefbever thou 
canft fojourn ; for the Lord Hath called 
fora famine ; and it fhall alfo come upon 
the land feven vears. 



The Sbunatnmite's land rejlored. 

2 And the woman arofe, and did after 
the fa\ ing of the man of God : and (he 
went with her household, anC fojourned 
iR the land of the Phdiftines feven years. 

3 And it came to pafs at the (even 
years' end, that the woman returned out 
of the land of the Philiftines : and (be 
went forth to cry unto the king for her 
houfe and for her land. 

4 And the king talked with Gehazi 
*he fervant of the man of God, faying, 
Tell me, I pray thee, all ffhe great things 
that Elifha hath done. 

5 And it came to pafs, as he was telling- 
the king how he had reflored a dead body- 
to life, that, behold the woman, whofe 
fon he had reflored to life, cried to the 
king for her houfr, and for her land. 
And Gehazi faid, My lord. Oking, this 
is the woman, and this is her fon, whom 
Elifha reflored to life. 

6 And when the king aflced the wom- 
an, the told him. So the king appoint- 
ed unto her a certain officer, faying, Re- 
More all that nvas her's, and all the fruits 
of the field fince the day that (he left the 
land, even until now, 

7 And Elifha came to Damafcus j 
and Benhadad the king of Syria was fick: 
and it was told him faying, The man of 
God ha^ come hither. 

8 And the king faid unto Hazael, Take 
a prefentin thine hand, andgo, meet the 
man of God, and enquire of the Lord 
by him, faying, Shall i recover of this 
difeale r 

$ So Hazael vent to meet him, and 
took a prelent with him, even of every 
good thing of Damafcus, forty camels' 
burden and came and flood before him, 
and faid, Thy fon Benhadad king of 
Syria hath fent me to thee, faying, Shall 
I recover of this difeafc ? 

10 And Elifha faid unto him, Ge, fay 
unto, him 1 hou mayefl certainly recov- 
er : howbeit, the Lord hath lhewed me 
that he fhall furely die. 

11 And lie fettled his countenpr.re 
flcdfafiiy, until he tva r , aflianied : and 
the man of God w ( 

1 i And Hazael faid, Why weepeth 
my lord : And he anfwered, Becaufe t 
know the evil that thoH'wilt do unto the 
children of Ifrael : their (Iron g holds wilt 
thou fct on fire, and their young men 
thou Hay with ihe fword, zrA wilt 
dafh their children, and rip up their wom- 
en with child. 

IS And Hazael faid, But what ! Is thy 
fervant a dog, that he Ihould do this great 
thing i And Eliflia anfwered, The Lord 
hath (hewed me that thou /halt be king 
over Syria. 

14 So he departed from Elifha, and 
came to his mailer ; wno faid to him, 
What faid Eii/ha to thee r And he an- 

fwereif, 



lixzael killeth R>nbadad. 



Chap. is'. 



S£7 



fweted, He told me that thou (houldeft 
i.urel) recover 

\-)k[ \ndit came topafson the morrow, 
ihdi he look a thick clotli.and dipped // in 
water, and fpretu it on his face, fa that be 
died : and Hazael reigned in hU head 

16 fl And in the tilth year of Jo, 
die l lhab king ot" Ilrael, Jehoiha- 
k ,hu being then king of Judah, Jehoram 
the Ion ot J c . pnat lung ot Judah be- 
gan to reign. 

17 Thirty and two years old was In- 
when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
eight years in Jerufalem. 

And he uaUed in the w ay of the 

of Ifrael, as did lb (c of 

Ahab : for the d 1. lb was 

his wife . and lie did evil in the light of 

the Lord 

19 Yel the Loan would not deftroy 
Ju 'ah tor David lib Servant's lake, a- he 
promifed him to give him al way a light, 
' to hib childr- 

i jm revolted from un- 
der the hand » f Judah, and made a king 
over 1 1 

. went ovei to Zair, and 
all tri with him : andhe arofeby 

night, arid In. Bdoi Inch 

coin. 

the i and the people flrd 

their re 

5*2 Yet Edora revolted from under the 
hand of Judah unto . ay li. en Lib- 
nab n 

Joram, 

and ill rhat he did, A f " 
in the book of the chronic 

* , fle t -t with Iris f.,- i 

and was buried with hi* fathers in the 

cat) ot in 1 Ah iz ah hit to;. 

reigned in hi ■ 

In the tv. ; for. in; 

il Ah.il) k. I, did Kh 

the |( n king of }\n\ ih t 

to reign. 

I n o and twenty yeai I A 

baa'uh when be I ign ; 

reij 

►tiler's name te./f Athaliah, I 
of Omri king if i frael 

id he v way oi 

houfe .it., and i in tl 

rirdxhy In, 
for he ivas the ion ;n lavt ofthe 1; 
Ah b. 



jfehu anointed king. 

Judah went down to fee [oram the foaoi 

-\hab in Jezreel, beraufe he was Ikk. 

CHAP. !\ 
1 Jehu is anointed i\.he.killi arx 

ir. .- he field oj Ka^otb. 20 7. zebei \ 
eu bv dog' . 

ANDEhtha the prophet called one of 
the children of the prophets and laid unto 
him, Gird up thv loin*, and take this box oi 
oil in thine hand. and po to Ramo 1 : 

\nd when then coined thither 1 
out there Jehu the Ion of Jehofliaphat 
the Ion ut Ninuhi, and go in, and make 
him :ii ale up from among his brethren, 
and cany him to ju inner chamber ; 

••i Then take the bojc of oil, and pour 
it on his head, and 1a I hus faith the 
LORD, I hive anointed thee king over 
Ifrael Then open the door, and flee, 
and tarry not. 

4 bo the young man, even the young 

> rhe prophet, wentto Ramothgilead. 

when he came, behold, the cap - 

; the holi *wift fitting, ami he (aid, 

I have an errand to thee, O | tptain. 

And Jehu (aid, I nto which of all lib? 

And he laid, '1 <> thee, o captain. 

wul )i<- arofe, and vsent into the 

l(e ; and he I the Oil i n his 

head, and faid Unto him, 'I hus Caith the 

Lord (^h\ ol Ifrael, I have anointed 
thee king ovei the people of the Loan, 

even OV( r Iliad. 

1 And the (t finite the houfe of 

Vhab thy matter, that I ma the 

blood ot tm fervants the prophets, and 

the blood otall the fervants of the Lord, 

at the hand of fezebel 

the v hole houfe of Ahab null 
iii . and I vs ul cut <il from .h ib 
kind th 
that i| (Liu Up and 1 It in Ifrael 

ui.t f u dl make the h >ufc of Ahab 

■ he houfe <<t ferob »am the fon of 

ind like the houfe ol Baa&a the 

di 

10 tnd the <i (hall e it \< zebel in 
i in- poi tton ol [ezreel - i .'•' be 

in inn \ bet \h(1 he opened the 
, and I! i 

11 % 1 hen Jehu • 

vani lot 1 and ' nt fa d unto h in, 

It all well ? Wh 

. \ 
know • I mm tin 

tt •,///• tail • . ' i us 

A ind tint 



II 



W And he went with Joram the fon ol lie to me, faying, 






Ahab to I e wai againfl i I 

1 .cad ; and 

wounded Joram 

-\nd king Joram went bark to be 
healed in Jr. , the won the 

S) i ians ha I him at ; 

ught • iel k u h i • 

And. Ahasiah the ion of Jelioj u igof 



IS Then 

man ■ t it un 

cu ti. 

Mimhi I 



82S Jehu flay eth Jdram. 

he and all Ifrael, becaufeof Hazael-king 
of Syria. 

1 But king Joram was returned to 
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which 
the Syrians had given him, when he 
fought with Hazaelkingof Syria.) And 
Jehu faid, If it be your minds, then let 
none go forth nor efcape out of the city 
to go ro tell it in Jezreel. 

16 So Jehu rode in a chaaiot, and went 
to Jezreel: for Joram lay there. Ana 
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down 
ro fee Joram. 

17 And there flood a watchman on 
the tower in Jezreel, and he fpied the 
company of Jehu as he came, and laid, 1 
ice a company. And Joram faid, Take 
an horfeman and fend to meet them, and 
let him fay, Is it peace ? 

18 So there went one on horfeback to 
meet him, and faid. Thus faith the king, 
/.> ' peace ? And Jehu faid, What haft 
thou to do with peace ? Turn thee be- 
hind me And the watchman told r fay 
ing, the meilenger came to them, but 
he cometh not again 

19 Then he lent out a fecond on horfe- 
back, which came to them, and faid 
Thus faith the king Is it peace ? And 
Jehu anfweied. What haft thou to do 
with peace ? Turn thee behind me. 

20 And the watchman told, faying, 
He came even unto them, and cometh 
not again . and the driving is like the 
driving of Jehu the fon of Nimflii J for 
he diiveth furioufly. 

21 And Joram laid, Make ready. And 
his chariot was made ready . And lorarn 



tl. KINGS. Jezebel eaten by dogi. 

27 But when A haziah rile king of Ju- 
dah 'aw this, he fled by the way of the 
garden. houfe, And Jehu followed after 
him, and'laid, Smite hualfun tkee'rar- 
iot. And >ho did J* at the going to 
Gnr, •• he; is by Ibieam. Andru .ed 
to Megiddo, and ,: ; i there 

28 ~\,ad his fercants carried rr'rr. ,n a 
chariot t Jeruiaiem, and buried iim in 
hi i fepulchre with hi* fathers in le city 
of David 

29 And in the eleventh year o* Joram 
the fon of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign 
over Judah. 

50 <fl And when Jehu was come to 
Jezreel, Jezebel heard oj it ; and fbe 
painted her face, and tired her head, and 
looked out at a window. 

51 And as Jehu entered in at the 
gate, (he faid, Hud Zimri peace, who 
flew his mafter ? 

32 And he lifted up his face to the 
window, and faid, Who is on my lide ? 
Who ? And there looked out to him two 
or three eunuchs. 

S3 And he faid, throw her down. So 
they threw her down : and Jome of flier 
blood was fprinkled on the wall, and on 
the horfes : and he trode her under foot. 

Si And when he was come in, he did 
eat and drink, and faid, Go, fee now this 
curled woman and bury her : for fhe is a 
king's daughter 

33 And they went to bury her : but 
they found no more of her than the 
fkull, and the feet, and the palms of her 
hands. 

36 Wherefore they came again, arfd 
king of Ifraeltnd Ahaziah king of Judah ' told him. And he faid, This /-' the word 
went out each in his cnariot, and they j of the^LoRD. which he (pake by his fer- 

et him in! vant Elijah the Til 



went out agamft Jehu, and met 



ifhbite, faying, In the 



the portion ot Naboth the Jczreelite. portion of Jezreel (hall dogs eat the flefh 

2i And it came to pals, when Joram of Jezebel : 
faw Jehu, that he faid, Is it peace, Jehu ? ( 37 And the carcafs cf Jezebel frail be 
And he anfwered, What peace, fo longjas dung upon the face of the field in the 
as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel portion of Jezreel ; Jo that they fhall not 



and her witchcrafts are Jo many ? 

2 > And Joram turned his hands, and 
fled, and faid to Ahaziah, There is treach- 
ery, O ft haziah ! 

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full 
ltrcngth, and fmote Jchoram between his 
arms, and the arrow went out at his 
heart, and he funk down in his chariot. 

25 Then faid Jehu to Bidkar his captain, 
Take up, and caft him in the portion of 
the field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for 
remember how that, when I and ihon 
rode together after Ahab his father, the 
Lord laid this bv.rden upon him 



blood of Naboth, and the blood of his 
fons, faith the Lord ; and I will requite 
thee inthisplat, faith the Lord. Now 
therefore,taketf«</cafthim into the plate/ 
gre#«J,accoiuinstotht'WOidoftheLoRD 



lay, Tins is lezebel. 

"C H A P. X. 
1 Jehu cavfethfeventy of Ahab' < children 

to be beheaded. 18 lie dejtroyeth the 

ivoi Pjippers oj B ia/ t ~9_yet hejollouu- 

etk Jeroboam's Jin s. 

AND Ahab had feventy fons in Sama- 
ria. And Jehu wrote letters, and fent 
to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to 
the elders, and to them that brought up 
Ahnb's children, faying, 

2 Now as loon as this letter cometh - 
you, feeing your mailer's (ons are with 
you, and there are with you chariots and 



26 Surely I have feen yeflerday the horfes, a fenced city alio, and armour ; 



S Look even out the beft and meeteft 
of your mailer's fons. and fet him on hi^ 
father's throne, and fight for your maf- 
ter's houfe. 

4 But they were exceedingly afraid: 

and 



Abab's children beheaded. 

id fa ; d, Behold, two kings flood not be- 
fore him : Hox then (hail wetland ? 

5 And he th.it was over the houfe, and 
he th.u was over the city, the elders alio, 
and tin bringers up of the cbild*c-n y lent 
to Jt-hu fa\ ing, We are thy fervants, 
an ill that thou lhalt bid us ; we 

ill not make any king do thou that 
msbict is good in thine eyes. 

6 Then he wrote a letter the fecond 

to them, faying, If ye b>- mine, an 1 
ij ye will hearken unto my voice, take 

the heads of the men vour mafl 
ions, and come to me to Jezrcel by to- 
morrow this time. Now tl 
>r ing feventy pcrfonStiurr* with tliegreat 
i the city, which brought them up 
in 1 it came to pafs, when rhe le 
came to the n. ih^r they took the k;;. 
fans, and !!t ty perfons, and , 

ir heads in bafketS, and lent him ibem 
tu Jezreel. 

I there came a meiTenger, and 

htthe 
king's fons. And he find, 
em in two heaps at the entcriug 
• until the morning. 

9 And it i the morning, 
that he went out, and flood, and laid to 
all the people, Ye b? righteous : B< hold, 
\ COnfpin nfl n s matter, aud lie* 
him : but, who flew all thefe 

10 Know nou that there ihall fall unto 
the earth nothing of the word of the 

hied the I ORD I, in- 

ing ' Life of Ahab : i i the Lord 

hath done that whichhe fpake bs ' 
Van! 1 hjah 

n v ' lew all th ■-] ••! 

ihe . ib in Jezn 

i, and 1::'. kin folk 
P left him none remaini 

1 : ^ aiue 

• I at the i:. raj 
i the u 

1 ■ ith the bi \ 

i, an.1 (aid, \N h ^ are 

vc } And ed, v. 

hren oi 

tofalute the children of the king and the 

ch ,,. 

I* And h I aketh v.-. And 

took tiiem al them al 

the . e (lieu m,: houfe, even two 

and forty men , neither leti he ai 
them. 

15 And when he 
he lighted on Jehon id i!' 

i meet him : and he fainted 
him, Is 
m;, h art is withl 
nadab anfwer 
m* thine hand. An 1 h n Irs 

hand j and he took him up to him into 
the chariot. 

16 And he faid, Comevritl 



Chip. X. BaaPs prophets flttin. i 

fee my zeal for the Lord. So tliey nude 
him ride m his chariot. 

17 And when he ca: Samaria, he 

Hew all that remained unto Ahab in Sa- 
maria, till he had deltroyed him, accord- 
ing to the faj ing of the Lord, which he 
fpake to Elijah. 

1 I «] And Jehn gathered all the peo- 
ple together, and faid unto them, Ahab 
(erven Baal a little ; but Jehu ihall fervc 
him mm ii 

19 Now therefore, call unto me all the 
prophets of Baal, all his fervants, and all 
i.:s pi eftsj lei none be wanting: fori have 
it facririce to do to Baal , whofoever 
(ball be wanting, he fhall not live But Je- 
hu did it in fubtilty, to the intent that he 
might deftroythe woHhippers of Baal. 

And Jehu faid, Proclaim a folemn 
Baal And they proclaimed//. 

-1 Anu Jehu fent through all Ifrael : 

the v. orlhippcrs of Baal came, fo 

that I . a man left that came 

not. And they came into the houfe of 

Baa] ; andthehoufeof Baal was full from 

end to another. 

11 And he faid unto him that ivas over 
the , Bring forth ;ts for all 

the worihippers of Baal. And be brought 
them forth vefl 

43 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the 
(on of Rechab, into the houfi n Baal, 
and faid unto the worfhippers of Baal. 
.1 look that to- re DC here with 
you none I the Lord, 

but the v or (hi I only, 

: \ And when th* y w em in to oner facri- 

h< t . and blirm i^S, Jehu appointed 

tourfcore men without, and laid, // any 
! whom I have brought into> 
ii hands efcape, bt that iettetb bim g9 % 
bail bt for the life of hh 

IC t.. J al ., .i fiioii as hr 

I made an end ol onei m^ the burnt of- 

og, that Jehu i. nd to theguard and 

r> tl tains, Go in, *nd I hem : 

•i th. And they (mote 

them with the edge ol the (word: .and 

iptain i i . ■ ti t -i out* 

ni to 1 1. tyol th<- houl tl. 

th the hh i 

: Of the I; Life 01 Baal, and bui 

And they bi tl n the im ige of 

of. 
Ba : t a iii mghl h mfe unto 

. 

»yed Baal out of 
II, 

n the fins of ]■ 

1 
ted not from after I 
to i ilden ( that tuerg 

Bcth-d, t in Di 

30 And the Lord faid ui e- 

in executti 
that 



530 Hazael fmitetb the JfraeUtes. II. KINGS. 

that <VL>h>ch is right in mine eyes, and 
haft done unto the houfe of Ahab accord- 
ing to all that was in mine heart, thy 
children of tire fourth generation (hall fit 
on the throne of Ifrael. 

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in 
the law of the Lord God of Ifrael with 
all his heart : for he departed net from 
the fins of Jeroboam, which made Ifrael 
to fin. 

32 In thofe days the Lord began to 
cut Ifrael fhort : and Hazael f mote them 
jn all tke coafts of Ifrael ; 

S3 From Jordan eaftward, all the land 
of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reuben- 
:tes, and the Manaffites, from Aroer, 



jeboafli anointed king, 

about, every man with his weapons in his 
hand : and he that cometh within the 
ranges,let him be flain : and be ye with the 
king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 

9 And the captains over the hundreds 
did according to all things that Jehoiada 
the prieft commanded ; and they took 
every man his men that were to come in 
on the fabbath, with them that (hould go 
out on the fabbath, and came to Jehoiada 
the prieft. 

10 And to the captains over hundreds 
did the prieft give king David's fpears 
and fhields, that ivere in the temple of 
the Lord. 

1 1 And the guard (rood, every man 

d a- 



whicii is by the river Arnon, even Gilead with his weapons in his hand, roun 
and Baiban. I bout the king, from the right corner of 

34 Now the reft of the acts of Jehu, ; the temple to the left corner of the temple, 
and all that he did, and all his might. Are along by the altar and the temple. 



they not written in the book of thechron 
icles of the kings of Ifrael ? 

35 And Jehu fiept with his fathers* 

Samaria 



12 And he brought forth the king's 
fon, and put the crown 
ga<vr him the teftimony 



6 

upon him, and 
and they made 



the king. 

IS And when 



Lthaliah heard the noife 



and they buried him in Samaria. And; him king, and anointed him; and they 
Jehoahaz his fon reigned in his ftead. clapped their hands, and faid, God fave 

36 And the time that Jehu reigned " 
over Ifrael in Samaria, was twenty and 
eight years. 

CHAP. XI. 
\yel oa/h, being fa vedfr cm Athaliah'' smaf- 

facre, its anointed king by Jehoiada. 



of the guard an d of the people, (he came 
to the people into the temple of the Lord. 
14 And when (he looked, behold, the 
king flood by a pillar, as the manner 
AND when Athaliah the mother of ivas> and the ptinces and the trumpeters 
Ahaziah faw that her fon was dead, (he by the king, and all the people of the 
arofe and deftroyed all the feed royal. land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets : 
2 But Jehofheba the daughter of king and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, 
Jorawi, filter of Ahaziah, took |oafh the Treafon ! Treafon ! , 

fon of Ahaziah, and (role him from a- J 15 But Jehoiada the prieft commanded 
BOong the king's fons which were fl tin • the captainsof rhe hundreds, the officers 

holt, and faid unto them, Have her 



and they hid h\m, etrn him and his nurfe, of the 
in the bedchamber from Athaliah, fo that forth 



he was not llain. 

3 And he v\ as with her hid in the houfe 
of t tie Lord fix years. And Athaliah did 
reiy;n over the land. 

4 ^J And the feventh year Jehoiada 
fent and fetched the rulers over hun- 
dreds, with the captains and the guard, 
and brought them to him into the houfe 
of the Lord, and made a covenant with 
them, and look an oath of them in the 
houfe of the Lord, and thewedthem the 

5 And he commanded then, faying, 
This is the thing that ye fhall do ; a 
third part of you that enter in on the 
fabbath (hall even be keepers of the w 

of th *s houfe 



without the ranges . and him that 
followeth her kill with the fword- For 
the pried had faid, Let her not be flain in 
tne'noufe of the Lord. 

16 And they laid hands on her ; and 
(lie went by the way by the which the 
horfes came into the king's houfe : and 
there was me flain. 

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 
tween thf Lord and the king and the peo- 
ple. that they fiiould be theLoRD's people; 
between the king alfo and the people. 

13 And all the people of the land went 
into the houfe of Baal, and brake it down ; 
his altars and his images brake they in 
pieces thoroughly, and (lew Mattan the 
pr ; e(t of Baal before the altars. And the 
I prieft appointed officers over the houfe of 



6 An> I part/5*// &» at the gate of the Lord. 
Sur; and a third part at the gate behind I 19 And he took the rulers over hun- 
' he guard : in 0-nli ye keep the watch eftdreds, and the captains, and the guard r 
the houfe, that it he r-ot broketvdown. 'and all the people of the land ; and they 

7 \nd two parts of all you that go brought down the king from the houfe 
forth on the fabbath, even they fir'l: keep of the Lord, nnd came by the way of 



the watch of the houfe of the Loro a 
bout the king. 
8 And yc (hall compafs the king round 



the gate of the guard to the king's houfe, 
And he fat on the throne of the kings. 
20 And all people ot the land re- 
joiced 
/ 



Jehoejb reignetb luell. Chap 

joiced, and the city was in quiet : and they 
flew Athaliah frith the Iword bejide the 
king's houfe. 

-l beven years aldivas Jehoafh when 
he began to reign. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Jeboajb retgneib ivell all the days of Je- 
boidu. 40 He is Jl in by bis feinjants. 
• the feventh year ot Jehu, JehoaQi 
began to rei^n : and forty years reigned 
he in Jerul And his mother's name 

teas Zibiah of ba. 

tad J^hoalh did that iv.bicb tutu 
t in the light of the Lord all his 
, wherein Jehoiada the prieft in- 
1 him. 

3 But the high places were not taken 

: the i ■■ id left II : i rificed and burn- 
ed in ices. 

4 And Jehoafh laid to the priefts, All 
the money it is 

LORD, even 
the mo; h tb 

account, the money that 
at, and all the money that con eth into 

heart to biing into the I 
ot the Lord 

5 Let the priefts take it to them, every 
man k quaintaiu e : 

ir the breaches of the houfe, where- 
er any brea( h lh ill be found 

6 I o, that in the three and 
iticth yeai ol kins I- iafli the i i 

1 tl'rC 

i lien k !.oi- 

1 the ot'tr . 

.:, \s ir i the 

. 
>r the bic 

8 . . confrnted to rea 

no more r to 

rcj 
'J B 

id let 

i< one 

i 

r i>ut th 
all f i$ brou > the 

hot he Lor d. 

10 .-\nd it \ thai 
t^err il-lis nuu h n 

the king's ft nbe 

lip, and th 

money tbai was lound houfe 

11 And they m >ney , i> 
'. 

Wi vcr light (.; 

of the Lord : and th. 

Ighl 
upon tiie houfe of the Lou n, 
i mafons,and hcw< 
■d tobuv timber and hewed ftone to 



xii. xiii. He isjlaxn by bis fewants. 33i 
pair the breaches of the houfe of the 



Lord, and for all that was laid oat fof 
the houfe to repair "• 

l •-> Howbeit, there were not made for the 
houle of the Lord bowls of filver, Inuti". 
ers, bafons, trumpet*, any vefTols oi gold, 
or veflels of Giver of the money that was 
brought into the houle of the Lord : 

14 But they gave that to the workmen, 
and repaired therewith the houfe ot the 
Lord. 

15 Morever, they reckoned not with 
the men, into whole hand they delivered 
the money to be bellowed on workmen : 
for they dealt faithfully. 

16 The trefpafs money and fin money 
was not brought into the houfe of Ll 
Lord : it 

17 The king of Syria w 
up, and fought again ft Gath, and to 
it : and Hazael fet h;b face to go up 
Jerulalem. 

I • And Jeho.ifli king of Judah took all 
the hallow cd things that Jehoihaphar, and 
Jehoram and ih, hi^ fathers, kit 

of Judah, had t: i, and h:s o 

ed things, and all the gold that 
found in tl f the h; 

of the Lord, 
and lent it to H 
lie w enl ; i om fei ul i 

19 And the i 
and all that be did, Are they not wi 
in the book oi the chronicles of the lei 
h \ 
• .nd h:s tervanl and m ide 

Joaih in the h 
oi Millo which goeth down to Sil i. 

imeath, 
n d J eh fun ol Shorn i , hi 

I .: ed him » ith In i in the 

lo:. 
reigned in] 

rn. 

i Soabt 
ub. VI 

■ 

i' 

I tbat i i] in 

to fin; ii< 

3 And 

• 

4 ."> 
and the Lord he • 

: he opprc!. 
the kingt . refl era. 

-.d 



$81 Jehoaha^ s wicked reign. II. KINGS. 

5 ( And the Lord gave Ifrael a faviour, 
fo that they went out from under the hand 
of the Syrians : and the children of Ifrael 
dwelt in their tents, as before time. 

6 Neverthetefs, they departed not from 
the fins of the houfe of Jeroboam, who 
made Ifrael fin, but walked therein : and 
there remained the grove al fo i n Samaria. ) 

7 Neither did he leave of the people to 
Jehoahaz but fifty horfemen,and ten char- 
iots, and ten thoufand footmen ; for the 
king of Syria had deflroye-d them, and 
had made them like the duff by th reining 

8 Now the red of the achof Jehoahaz, 
and all that he did, and his might, Are 
they not written in the book of the chron- 
icles of the kings of Ifrael ? 

9 And Jehoahaz flept with his fathers: 
and they buried him in Samaria : and Jo- 
afh his fon reigned in his (lead. 

10 In the thirty and feventh year of Jo- 
afh kingof Judah, began Jehoafh the fon of 
jehoahaz to reign over Ifrael in Samaria, 
and reigned fix teen years. 

11 And he did that which 'was evil in 
the fight of the Lord ; he departed not 
from all the fins of Jeroboam the fon of 
INebat, who made Ifrael fin: buthe walk- 
ed therein. 

12 And the reft of theattsof Joafh, at,d 
all that he did, and his might wherewith 
lie fought againft Amaziah kingof Judah 
Are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Ifrael > 

13 And Joafh flept with his fathers ; 
and Jeroboam fat upon his throne ■ and 
Joalh was buried in Samaria with the 
kings of Ifrael. 

14 <H Now Elifha was fallen fick of his 
iicknefs whereof he died. And Joalh the 
king of Ifrael came down unto him, and 
■wept over his face, and Paid, O my fa- 
ther, my father, the chariot of Ifrael, and 
the norlemen thereof! 

15 And Eliiha laid unto him, Take 
t>ow and arrows. And he took unto him 
bow and arrows. 

16 And he laid to the king of Ifrael, 
Put thine hand upon the bow. And he 
juit his hand upon i: : and Elifha put his 
hands upon the king's hands. 

17 And he faid, Open the window 
caftward. And he opined it. Then E- 
lifha faid, Shoot. And he (hot. And he 
faid, The arrow of the Lord's deliver- 
ance and the arrow of deliverance from 
Syria : for thou (halt finite the Syriansin 
Aphek, till thou have confumed them. 

Vi And he faid, Take the arrows. 
And he took them. And he faid unto the 
king of Ifrael, Smite upon the ground 
And lie fmote thrice, and (fayed. 

19 And the man of God was wroth 
■with him, and faid, Thou fhouldcfr have 
fmitten five or fix times ; then had,'!: thou 



Ei'ifhd's deavh'. 

whereas now thou (halt fmite Syria but 
thrice. 

20 f And Elifha died, and they buried 
him. And the bands of the Moabites 
invaded the land at the coming in of the 
year. 

21 And it came to pafs, as they were 
burying a man, that behold, they fpied 
a band of men ; and they caff the man 
into the fepulchre of Elifha : and when 
the man was let down, and touched the 
bones of Elifha, he revived, and itoort up 
on. his feet. 

22 But Hazael king of Syria opprefTed 
Ifrael all th.e days of Jehoahaz 

23 And the Lord was gracious unto 
them, and had companion on them, and 
had refpect unto them, becaufe of his cov- 
enant with Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, 
and would not deffroy them, neither caff, 
he them from his prefence as yet. 

24 So Hazael king of Syria died ; and 
Benhadad his fon reigned in his ftead 

25 And Jehoafh the fon of Jehoahaz 
took again out of the hand of Benhadad the 
fon of" Hazael, the cities which he had 
taken out ofthehandof Jehoahaz his fa- 
ther by war. Three times did Joafh beat 
him, and recovered the cities of Ifrael. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Amaz'ah^sgood reign. 17 He is/Iain bya 

confptracy. 21 Azar.ahfucceedtth him. 

IN the fecond year of Joafh fon of Je- 
hoahaz king of Ifrael. reigned Amaz.ah 
the fon of Joafh kingof Judah. 

2 He was twenty and five years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned 
twenty and nine years in Jerufalem. 
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan 
of Jerufalem. 

5 And he did that 'which nvas right in 
the fight of the Lord, yet not like David 
his father : he did according to all things 
as Joafh his father did. 

4 Howbeit, the high places were not 
taken away : as yet the people did facri- 
fice and burn incenfe on the high places. 

5 And it came to pafs, as foon as the 
kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that 
he Hew his Servants which had flain the 
king his father. 

6 But the children of the murderers he 
flew not : according unto that which is 
written in the book of the law of Mofes, 
wherein the Lord commanded, faying, 
The fathers fliall not be put to death for 
the children, nor the children be put to 
death for the fathers ; but every man fha!.l 
be put to death for his own fin. 

7 He flew of Edam in the valley of fait 
ten thoufand, and took Selah by war, and 
called the nameofitloktheel unto thisday. 

3 Then Amaziah fent meffengers to 
Jehoafh, the fon of Jehoahaz fon of Jehu, 
kingof Ifrael, faying, Come, let us looL 



fmitten Syria till thou hadft confufned // .'lone another in the face 



9 And 



Amaziah is J.' i Chap 

9 And Jehoalh the king oflfrael fen' 
to Amaziah king ot Judah, facing, 1 he 
thift!e that ivas in Lebanon fent to the 
cedar t : in Lebanon, faying, Give 
thy to my fon to w tfe . and 
there palled by a wild beaft that was in 
.Lebtnon, and trode down the thirtle. 

10 Thou baft indeed fmitten Ed 

e heart hath lifted thee up glor) 
cftb?<, and tany at home : for, Why 
ihouldeit thuu meddle to thy hurt, that 
thou ihouL en thou, and Judah 

with thee ? 

It But Amaziah would not hear. There- 
fore Jehoalh kins of Ifracl v\en? up 
he and Amaziah king of Judah looked 
one another in the it Bethfhcmeih. 

which belcngeth to Judah. 

1£ And Judah was put to the worfe 
before Ifrael ; and th«y fled every man 
Xo their tents. 

\5 And Jchoafh king of Ifrael took 
Amaziah king of Judah, the fon of Je- 
hoalh the fon of Ahaziah, uhe- 
aiicih, and came to Jerufalem, and brake 

n the wall of Jerufalem from the 
of Bahrain) unto the corner gate, four 
.cred cubits. 
14 And he took all the gold and fil 
aod all the reflets that ere f< nn 1 in the 
houfe of the I.okd, and in rhe trcalures 
of the king's h ,d hoftages, and re- 

turned to Samar 

v the reft of the arts of Je' 
h he d 1 his might, and how 

he fought v 

Are ritten in the book oi th- 

eir | ) 

And Je 

a w uli the • 
his ion reigned 

17 • the I '<>afh 

king of th ol !••- 

hoalh fonof Jchoahaz king oi If rati 

teen ) t 

i the reft of the ai ' 
Are | hook oi the 

oi the k:: 

I in Jerufalem, and him : 

I iftcr him to Lachiib, 

flew him tl 

20 And they bn on hor 

and he ifalem with h:-. 

father > in the v it) 

1\ • And all the of Judah I 

h, which 
ami made htm king in (lead . ither 

ih. 

• built Elath, it tc 

r that the king flept with hi> 
I 

16 
the 

[oaih king Ol lira-.:" began to 



xv. 4fcariab*s good reign. 6)5 

reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and 
one vears. 

-4 And he did that ivbicb •vcas evil in 
the light of the Lord : he departed not 
from all the tins of Jeroboam the ion of 
Nebat, who made Ifrael to tin. 

■±5 He rthored the coaff of Ifrael from 
the entering of Ha math unto the lea of the 
plain, ac ihe word of the Lord 

ofl fi ael, * hich he f F ake b$ the hand 
of h.s fervant Jonah, the Ion of Amittai, 
the prophet, which "^as of Gathhepher. 

Forihe LoRDfaw the affliction of 
Ifrael, ttw it ix us very bifer : for there 
was not ar. up. nor any left, nor 

i • helper foi Ifrael. 

17 \nd 'be Lord faid not that he 
would blot out the name of Ifrael from 
under heaven but he laved them by the 
hand rfboam the fon oi Joafh. 

28 No« tne reft of the acts of Jero- 
boam, and all that he did, and his might, 
bow he warred, and how he reCOV< 
Damalciii, and Hamath, which belonged 
to Judah, for I had. W»vthcy not written 
in the bo< k of the chronidet ot the kings 
1 ? 

-i9 And Jeroboam flept with hi? fi- 
thera e'v: n \\ ah th and 

Zachanah his fon reigned in his Head. 

CH \ Ih XV. 
1 Azariah's gocJ reign a Jotbam and 

othe' fcrng i rr '£"- 

IN the twenty and fevenih f« r- 

oboam king ot Ida<!. began Azariah 
Ion of Am iziah kit 

* Sixteen he » hen h< 

^an to reign, and he It* 

in jerufalem. And h s mi »tl 
name iu< Jccholiah o( I- rul ilem 

3 And he did that ivbieb n r in 
the figh' I («m> according to all 
thathia father Amaziah had dene ; 

4 Save it at the : \- ere not 

, the p< ' ami I U 

mcenfc 
j <1 And the I 01 D fmote tl 

the day oi hia 
d< ath and dwell io i level il I i 

■tfJOVCI th 

judging th d. 

\nd the red of the 

and all that he d'd. 
in th. ol the thtotnclcsot t! 

ih ? 
7 So 

i with I 
the c id : ?- 

rei^n-d in his llead, 

fi In th 
i tab kingoi • 

ar;a 

ontha. 

- 
he fuht of the Lord, 

he & | ailed not Iromth- 



S&\ The reigns of Shallum, Pekah, II. KINGS. 

Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who made 
ifrael to fin 

10 And Shallumthe fon of Jabefti con- 
fpired again ft him, and (mote him before 
the people, and flew hirn, and reigned in 
his ftead. 

1 1 And the reft of the acls of Zachari- 
ah behold, they are written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 

12 This ivas the word of the Lord 
which he fpake unto Jehu, faying, Thy 
fons fhall fit on the throne of Ifrael unto 
the i-.-urth generation. And fo it came 
to pafs. 

IS Shallum the fon of Jabefti began to 
reign in txhe nine and thirtieth year of 
Uzziah king of Judah ; and he reigned a 
full month in Samaria. 

14 For Menahem the fon of Gadi went 
up from Tirz ih, and came to Samaria, 
and fmote Shallumthe (on of Jabefti in 
Samaria, and flew him, and reigned in 
jhis ftcad. 

15 And the reft of the acts of Shallum, 
and his confpiracy which lie made, be- 
hold, they a e written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 

16 Then Menahem fmote Tiphfah,and 
all that ivere therein, and the coafts there- 
of from Tirzah : becaufethey opened not 
to him, therefore he fmote it, and all the 
women therein that were with child lie 
ripped up. 

iT In the nine and thirtieth year of 
Azariah king of Judah, began Menahem 
the fon of Gadi to reign over Ifrael, and 
reigned ten years in Samaria. 

18 And he did that which 'was evil in 
the fight of the Lord : he departed not 
all his days from the fins of Jeroboam the 
ion of Nebat. who made Ifrael to fin. 

19 And Pul the king of AfTyria came 
againft the land : and Menahem gave 
Pul a thoufand talents of fiiver, that his 
hand might be with him, to confirm the 
kingdom in his hand. 

20 And Menahem exacted the money 
of Ifrael, even of all the mighty men of 
wealth, of each man fifty fhekcls of filver, 
to give to the king of Aflyria. So the 
king of AfTyria turned back, and ilayed 
not there in the land. 

ti And the reft of the acts of Mena- 
hem, and all that he did, Are they not 
xvritten in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Ifrael ? 

SB And Menahem flept with hisfathcrs; 
and Pekahiah his fon reigned in his (lead. 

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king 
of judah, Pekahiah the fon of Menahem 
>egan to reign oyer Ifrael in Samaria, and 
*eigned two years. 

2 \ v nd he did tbat nuhieh mas evil in 
the light of the Lord: he departed not 
from t lie (ins of Jeroboam the ion of Ne- 
b'ap, who made Ifrael to G > 



Menahem, Pekahiah, &e. 

25 But Pekah the fon of Remaliah, a 
captain of his, confpired againft him,, 
a*nd fmote him in Samaria, in the palace 
of the king's houfe, with Argob, and 
Arieh, and with him fifty men of the 
Gileadites : and he killed him, and reign- 
ed in his room. 

26 And the reft of the acts of Pekahiah, 
and all that he did, behold, they are writ- 
ten in the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Ifrael. 

27 In the two and fiftieth year or Aza- 
riah kingof Judah, Pekah the fon ot Rem- 
aliah began to reign over Ifrael in Sa- 
maria, and reigned twenty years. 

28 And he did that <wbicb <zvas evil in 
the fight of the Lord : he departed not 
from the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Ne- 
bat, who made Ifrael to fin. 

29 In the days of Pekah king of Ifrael 
came Tiglathpilefer king of Affyria and 
took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and 
Janoah, and Kedelh, and Hazor,and GiU 
ead, and Galilee, all the land of Naph- 
»ali, and carried them captive to AfTyria, 

30 A nd Hoftiea the fon of Elah made 
a confpiracy againft Pekaji the fon uf Kem- 
aliah, and fmote him, and flew him, 
and reigned in his ftead, in the twentieth 
year of Jotham the fon of Uzziah. 

31 And the reft oi the acts of Pekah, 
and all that he did, behold, they are writ- 
ten in the book ot the chronicles of the 
kings of Ifrael. 

32 fl In the fecondyearof Pekah the fon 
of Remaliah king; of Ifrael, began Jotham 
the fon of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 

S3 Five and twenty years old was he 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
fixteen years in Jerufalem. And his 
mother's name oyaj Jerulha, the daughter 
of Zadok. 

34 And he did that which ivas right in 
the fight of the Loud : he did according 
to all thai his father Uzziah had done. 

35 Howbeit, the high places were not 
removed : the people facrificed and burn- 
ed incerrfeftillinthe high places. Be built 
the higher gate of toe houfe of the Lord. 

36 Now the reftof the arts of Jotham,, 
and all that he did, Are they not written 
in the book $f the chronicles of the kings 
of Judah ? 

37 In thofc days the Lord began to 
fend againft Judah, Rezin the king of Syr- 
ia, ami Pekah the fon ot Remaliah. 

38 And Jotham flept with his fathers, 
and was buried with his fathers in the city 
of David his father : and Ahaz his fon 
reigned in his ftcad. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Abaz's ivicked reign. IT Heffoiletb the 
temple. 19 Hezekiah fuiceedeth him. 
IN the feventeenth year of Pekah the 
fon of Remaliah, Ahaz the fon of Jotham 
king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty 



Jihads luickrd re)gn. Chap. XVn. IJezekiab fucceedeth bhx. 



1 T«ent\ year*; old 'was Ahaz when he 
began to reign, and reigned lixteen ) ear^ 
inje ufalem, and did not that zl bub -was 
right -n tlie tide Lord his God, 

like : •' cr. 

'ut he walked in the way of the kings 

of Ifrael, yea, and made his fon to paf s 

through the fire, according to the abom- 

of the heathen, whom the Lord 

out from befoie the children of Ifrael 

4 And he faenfjeed and burnt incenfe 
in the hi^h places,' and on the hills, and 
under every green tree. 

5 I hen Kezin kin*» of Syria, and Pc- 
kah fon of Remaliah king of Ifrael. came 
up to Jerufalem to v. ar ; and they befjeg- 
ed Ahaz, but could not overcome b'im. 

6 Atthattime Rezinking of Syria recov- 
ered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews 
from Elath : and the Syrian", came to 
Elath, and dwelt there unto this da 

7 So Xhaz lent meilengers to I 

Per kinj a, faying, Jam thy 

j rhy fon : come up, and fare 
1 of the king of 
in ■ he h »nd of the t Ifrael, 

h rde up a rac. 

8 And gold 

rhe I ord, 
and in the I I ol the ki ig's houfe, 

fent // for a prefent to toe kin] 
A lf ; r 

9 And the king of Aflyria lu-ukened 
into him • foi the king went 
up ■• and 
can people o/ii captive to Kir, 

■ .' tin. 

10 it to Damafcus 

• 
and . 

I ■ 
the I 

lie wori-. 

11 An m altar 

; fenl 

■ 
made it Ah •/ 

Dai 

And v. nrr, {), ■ iom 

the king : 

iched to the altar, and of- 
>n 
1 he burn<-d his burnt offering, 
bring, an 

ikied the blood ol 
. upoi 
14 And he bi the Li 

: .which to is bef Tithe LotD,fi 

t he 
• 

1 J 

th urn 

the mornii n 

• 



fatrifice, and his me.it oflcring with the 
burnt offering of all the pe< pie of the land, 
and their meat offering, ar.d their drink 
offerings ; and (prink le upon it all the 
blood of the burnt otferin I the 

blood of the facritice and n 
tar fhall betor me to enqu 

16 Thus did Urijah the j i u It, accord- 
ing to all that king Aha/ o . ed. 

IT «j And king Ahaz cut ofl the bor- 
ders ot the bales, and removed the I 
from ofl them ; and took dow n the fea 
from otf the brazen oxen that -.•. ere ui * 
it, and put it upon a ment < 1 ft nes. 

18 And the cove.t tov the I 

I hat the> had built in the houfe, and the 
king's entry without, turned he from 
the noufe of the Lord for the king ot 
AfTVria 

19 f Now th Is of A 
which he did, At e they not written in 

. of the chronicles of tin kin 
Judu 

And Ahaz flept with his fathers, 
and was buried with his fathers in the 
< \\\ of David : and . fon 

reigned in 

{ H A P. XVII. 
1 Ife/bea's tvicked reign. 5 Samari. 
ns iscaftfa - I 

ttb irons, t:niLc 
a mixtnrt oj it ligieni 

twelfl lhazkingof Ju- 

dah| began Hofhea I ■ ( n 

• i 

1 which il in the 

Lord, but i the kit 

in. 

1 



• 



and •' anic lu. 



vria 

iVC him j ' 

on- 
iad fen! 

1 •!: 

no | he 

■ 

in prifonv. 

e up 

.ili the 

<• I n the ninth j eai ol I It '. • ijhc 1 
i . i' \ ' 

• d them 
I in Hal i ' 
n. and in the 

rael h: ti tinned 

■ 

\ Egypt the 

ig of ) 

■ 



SS$ The tfraeilies removed. ii. KINGS* 
9 And the children of Ifrael did fecret- 



whereof the 
Ye (hall not 



fy tbofe things that ttiere not right againft 
the Lord their God, and they built them 
high places in all their cities, from the 
lower of the watchmen to the fenced city . 

10 And they fet them tip images and 
groves in every high hill, and under ev- 
ery green tree : 

11 And there they burned incenfe in all 
the high places, as did the heathen whom 
the Lord tarried away before them ;and 
wrought wicked things to provoke the 
Lord to anger : 

12 For they ferved idols, 
Lord had faid unto them, 
do this thing. 

\6 Yet the Lord teftified againft Ifrael, 
and againft Judah by all the prophets, 
and by all the feers, faying, Turn ye from 
your evil ways, and keep my command- 
ments and my ftatutes, according to all 
the law which I commanded your fathers, 
and which I fent to you by my fervants 
the prophets. 

14 Notwithftanding, they would not 
hear, but hardened their necks, like to 
the necks of their fathers, that did not be- 
lieve in the Lord their God. 

15 And they rejected his ftatutes, and 
his covenant that he made with their fa- 
thers, and his teftimonie?, which he teftifi- 
ed again'* them ; and they followed van- 
ity, and became vain, and went after the 
heathen that 'were round about them, 
concerning whom the Lord had charged 
them, that they flionld not do like them 

16 And they left all the command- 
ments of the Lord their God, and made 
thein molten images, even two calves, 
and made a grove, and worfhipped all the 
hoft of heaven, and ferved Baal. 

17 And they caufed their fons and their 
daughters to pafs through the fire, and 
ufed divination and enchantments, and 
fold themfelves to do evil in the fight of 
the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

18 Therefore the Lord was very angry 
with Ifrael, and removed them out of his 
fight : there was none left but the tribe 
of Jud ih only. 

19 Alfo Judah kept not the com- 
mandments of the Lord their God, but 
walked in the ftatutes of Ifrael which 
they made 

20 And the Lord rejected all the feed 
of Ifrael, and afflicted them, and deliver- 
ed them into the hand of fpoilers, until 
he had caft them out of his light. 

21 Lor he rent Ifrael from thehoufeof 
D ivid ; and they mane Jeroboam the fon 
ol Nebat king . and Jeroboam drave If- 
rael from following the Lord, and made 
them fin a great fin. 

22 For the children of Ifrael walked in 
all the fins of Jeroboam which lie did ; 
they departed not from them ; 



A mixture of religion;, 

23 Until the Lord removed Ifrael out 
of his fight, as he had faid by all his fer- 
vants the prophets. So was Ifrael carried 
away out of their own land to Alfyria un- 
to this day. 

24 fj And the king of Affyria brought 
men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and 
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from 
Sepharvaim, and placed tbtm in the cities 
of Samaria inftead of :he children of Ifra- 
el : and they poffeffed Samaria, and dwelt 
in the cities thereof. 

25 And Jo it was at the beginning of 
their dwelling there that they feared not 
the Lord : therefore the Lord fent lions 
among them, which flew fomr of them. 

26 Wherefore they fpake to the king 
of Affyria,faying,The nations which thou 
haft removed, and placed in tne cities of 
Samaria, know not the manner of the 
God of the land : therefore he hath fent 
lions among them, and, behold, they flay 
thetn, becanfe they know not the manner 
of the God of the land. 

27 Then the king of Affyria command- 
ed, faying, Carry thither one ofthe priefts 
whom ye brought from thence ; and let 
them go and dwell there, and let him teach 
them the manner ofthe God of the land. 

28 Then one of the priefts whom they 
had carried away from Samaria came and 
dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how 
they ihould fear the Lord. 

29 Howbeit, every nation made gods of 
their own, and put ihrm in the houfes of 
the high places hich the Samaritans had 
made, every nation in their cities wherein 
they dwelt. 

50 And the men of Babylon made Suc- 
cothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made 
Nergal, and the men of Hamath made 
Afhima, 

51 And the Avites made Nibhaz and 
Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their 
children in fire to Adrammelech and A- 
nammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 

Si So they feared the Lord, and made 
unto themfelves of the loweft of them 
priefts ofthe high places, which facrificed 
for them in the houfes of the high places. 

33 They feared the Lord, and ferved 
their own gods.after the manner of the na- 
tions whom theycarriedaway from thence. 

3i Unto this day they do after the for- 
mer manners : they tear not the Lord, 
neither do they after their ftatmes, or 
after their ordinances, or after the law 
and commandment which the Lord 
commanded the children of Jacob, whom 
he named Ifrael. 

30 With whom the Lord had made a 
covenant and charged them, faying, Yc 
(hall not fear other gods, nor bow your- 
lelves to them, nor ferve them, nor fae- 
lifice to thtm : 

36 But the Lord, who brought you 

up 



fi/zekiib's gaud reign. 



tip out of the land of Egypt with grear 

out arm, him tta'i 
ye tear, an J fa jl ye wonhip. 

to i facrificc. 

57 And the ftatute I the ordi- 

nances, and the law, and the comra 
merit, which he wrote U>r you, ye (hall 
obferve to do for evermore ; and ye tha.ll 
tear other go i 
31 And the covenant thit I have made 
: iyouye;hall not forget; neither lhall 
ye fear other gods. 

39 But the Lord your God ye lhall 
fear : and he thill deliver you out of the 
your enemies. 
4u H > » beit, they did not hearken, but 
they did after their former intnner. 

41 So thefe nations feared the Lord, 

aad their graven images both 

their children, and thrir children's chil- 

i, as did their fathers, fo do they 

unto this day. 

HAP. XVIII. 
1 Hfzrkia- i He dtflriyetb 

idolatry, and pr»fperetb. 9 Samaria 
cafifve for their jins. 

e to pals in the third year 
of Hofliea fon of Elah king of Ifrael, 
t bar rir rhe fon of Ahaz king of 

"iah began to reign. 

1 Twenty and five years old was he 
when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
twenty and nne years in Jerufalem* His 
mother'* mme alfoau*/ Abi, the daugh- 
ter of Zacheriah. 

5 And he did that tuhicb ivas right in 
f the Lord, according to all 
that David 

4 c He removed the high places, and! 
ike the images, and cut down tl 

groves, and br.ike in piece* the braz 
ferpe: nade : fc 

fe days the children ot Ifraeldidbi 
incenfetoit : and he called it Nehulhtan. 

5 He trufted in the Lord God or 
rael ; fo that after him was none like 
him among all th of Judah, nor 
ant that were before him. 

6 For he clave to the Lord, an 
parted not from following him, but kept 
his comma' t'-nenrs, which the Lord 
Command: cs. 

7 And the Lord was with ! 
he prof pcrr crfocverlu 
and herebelle tthekii 
ia, and ierved him not. 

8 He fmote the Philiflines, 
Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the 
tower of the watchmen to the fence 

9 «J Ar.d it came to paft in the fourth 
year of king Hezekiah, which tcj/ t 
feventh y ea fon 
of lfrael,/. t jr Shalmanefer kin- 
came up againft Samaria, and befieged it. 

10 And at the end of three ye^rs they 
tookit: eien in the fixth vc f?7e- 

IT 



Chap. Xvui. Heisbejfegedby Sennacherib. 33* 

kiah, that is the ninth year of Holhea 
king of Ifrael, Samaria w as taken. 

It And the king of AtTyria did carry- 
away Ifrael unto AtTyria, and put them 
in Halah, and in Habor by the river of 
Jin, and in the cities of the Medes : 

1- Becaufe they obeyed not the voice 
of the Lord their God, but tranigrefTed 
his covenant, and all that Moles the fer- 
vant of the Lord commanded, and would 
not hear them, nor do tbem. 

13 Now in the fourteenth year of king 
Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Affyria 
come up againft all the fenced cities of 
Judah, and took them. 

14 And Hezekiah king of Judah fent to 
the king of Alfyria to Lachifh, laying, I 
have offended: return from me: that which 
thou puttelt on me I will bear. And the 
king of AtTyria appointed unto Hezekiah 
king of Judah three hundred talents of 
filver, and thirty talents of gold. 

15 And Hezekiah gave him all the 
filver that was found in the houfe of 
the Lord, and in the treafures of the 
king's houfe. 

16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off 
the g'ld from the doors of the temple of 
the Lord, and from the | which 
Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, 
and gave it to the k;n^ of AlTyria. 

17 And the king of AlTyria lent Tar- 
tan and Rabfaris and Rabfhakeh from 
Laehilh to king Hezekiah with a p 
hoft againlt Jerufalem. And they went up 
and came to Jerufalem. And w hen they 
were come up, they came and flood 
the conduit of the upper pool, which is 
in the h of the fuller's field. 

18 And when they had called to the 
e out to them Hukim 

the Ion ( l" Hilkiah, which icas over the 
houlehold, ebna the lcnbe,and Jo- 

ali the I, i aph the recorder. 

19 Ami H • h faid unto them, 
I lezckiah, Thus faith the 

great kin^, the kin,. What 

confidence is tl cin thou truflert f 

SO Thou fayeft (but they are but \'A\n 
words) / /> j-r c uunlel and 
the !ioni doll thou trull, 

e r 
•I truir,eft upon 

t, e*ver 
in le m. it \ I 
into hii nan it : (b // 

all t! 
tru ;i. 

; if ye fay unto me, We trull in 
the Lord our h hot tl t ' 

•h 
i taken , and hath :- 

rufalem, } worftup he- 

fore tar in Jerufalem ? 

•3 Now there' -e, liny v e 

lord v 3 » 

■pd 



and 

II > r- 



5S8 Rabjbakeb*sblajphemy. II. 

and I will deliver thee two thoufand 
horfes, if thpu be able on thy part to fet 
riders upon them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn away the 
face of one captain of the leaft of my 
mailer's fervants, and put thy truft on 
Egypt for chariots and for horfemen ? 

2'» Am I now come up without the 
Lord againft this place to deftroy it ? 
The Lord faid to me, Go up againft 
this land, and deftroy it. 

26 Then faid Kliakim the fon of Hil- 
kiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab- 
fhakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy fer- 
vants in the Syrian language ; for we 
underftand it : and talk not with us in 
the Jews' language in the ears of the 
people that are on the wall. 

27 But RabOiakeh faid unto them, Hath 
• my matter fent me to thy mafter, and to 

thee, to fpeak thefe words ? Hath he not 
fent me to the men which fit on the wall, 
that they may eat their own dung, and 
drink their own pifs with you. 

28 Then Rabfhakeh flood and cried 
with a loud voice in the Jews' language, 
and fpake, faying, Hear the word of the 
great king, the king of AfTyria. 

29 Thus faith the king, LetnotHcze- 
kiah deceive you : for he (ball not be 
able to deliver you out of his hand : 

SO Neither let Hezekiahmake you truft 
in the Lord, faying, The Lord will 
furely deliver us, and this city ftiall not 
be delivered into the hand of the king 
of Affyria. 

31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for 
thus faith the king of Affyria, Make an 
agreement with me by a prefent, and 
come out to me, and then eat ye every 
man of his own vine, and every one of 
his fig tree, and drink ye every one the 
waters of his ciftern : 

32 Until I come and take you away to a 
land like your ow n land,a land of corn and 
wine, aland of bread and vineyards, a 
land of oil olive and of honey, that ye 
may live, and not die : and hearken not 
unto Hezekiah, when heperfuadeth you, 
faying, The Lord will deliver us. 

•S3 Hath any of the gods of the na- 
tions delivered at all his land out of the 
hand of the king of Aflyria ? 

S\ Where are the god* of Ha math, 
andofArpad? Where a re the gods of Se- 
pharvaim, Hena.and Ivah ? Have they 
delivered Samaria out of mine hand ? 

55 Who are they among all the gods 
of the countries, that have delivered their 
country out of mine hand, that the 
Lord fhuuld deliver Jerufalem out of 
mine hand ? 

36 But the people held their peace, 
and anfwered him not a word i fur the 
king's commandment was, faying, An- 
fwer him not. 



KINGS, Hezekiah moutntth. 

37 Then came Eliakim the fon of Hil- 
kiah, which 'was over the boufehold, and 
Shebna the fcribe, and Joah the fon of 
Afaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with 
heir clothes rent, and told him the 
words of Rabfhakeh. 

CHAP. XIX. 
I Hezekiah mourning, Jendeth to Ifaiah to 
pray for them. 6 He comjorteth them. 8 
Sennacherib Jendeth a blafphemous let- 
ter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah* s prayer. 
35 An angel Jlayeth the Afyrians. 36 
Sennacherib isjlain by hisfons. 
AND it came to pals, when king 
Hezekiah heard //, that he rent his 
clothes, and covered himfelf with fack- 
cloth, and went into the houfe of the 
Lord. 

2 And he fent Eliakim, which was 
over the houfehold,and Shebna the fcnbe« 
and the elders of the priefts, covered 
with fackcloth, to Ifaiah the prophet the 
fon of Amoz. 

3 And they faid onto him, Thus faith 
Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, 
and of rebuke, and blafphemy : for the 
children are come to the birth, and there 
is not ftrength to bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God will 
hear all the words of Rabfhakeh, whom 
the king of AfTyria his mafter hath fent 
to reproach the living God ; and will 
reprove the words which- the Lord thy 
God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy 
prayer for the remnant that are left. 

5 So the fervants of king Hezekiah 
came to Ifaiah. 

6 t\ And Ifaiah faid unto them, Thus 
fhall ye fay to your mafter, Thus faith 
the Lord, Be not afraid of the words 
which thou haft heard, with which the 
fervants of the king of Affyria have blaf- 
phemed me. 

7 Behold, T will fend ablaftupon him 
and he fhall hear a rumour, and fhall re- 
turn to his own land ; and I will caufe 
him to fall by the fword in his own land*. 

8 «I So Rabfhakeh returned, and found 
the king of Aftyria warring againft Lib- 
nah : for he had heard that he was de- 
parted from Lachifh. 

9 And when he heard fay of Tirhakah 
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out 
to fight againft thee : he fent meftengers 
again unto Hezekiah, faying, 

10 Thus fhall ye fpeak to Hezekiah 
king of Judah, faying, Let not thy God 
in whom thou truftcft deceive thee, fay- 
ing, /erufalera fhall not be delivered into 
the hand of the king of Affyria 

11 Behold thou haft heard what the 
. of AfTyria have done to all lands, 
by deftroying them utterly : and ihalt 
thou be delivered ? 

M Have the gods of the nations de- 
livered them which my fathers have des- 
troyed ; 



Hezekiah* s prayer. Chap. 

ftroyed ; m Gozan, and Haran, and Re- 
xepn, and the children of Eden which 
ivere in Thelafar ? 

lo- Where is the king of Hamath, and 
the ,- Arpad, and the king of t lie 

City of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivab? 

1 i HI .-\nd Hezekiah received tlie let- 
ter of the hand oi the meflengers, and 
read it : and Hezekiah went up into the 
houfe of the Lord, and (pread it before 
tlie Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the 
Lo*d, and laid, O Lord God of Ifrael, 
which <i»ellell brtiveen the cherubuns, 
thou art the God even thou aJone, of 
all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou halt 
made heaven and earth. 

lo Lord, bow down thine ear, and 
hear : open, Lord, thine eyes, and fee: 
and hear the words of Sennacherib, 
which hath feat him to reproach the 
living God. 

IT Ot a truth, Lord, the kings ot 
Allyna have deltroyed the nations and 
mds, 

18 And have end their gods into the 
fire they titer* no gods, hot the 
work of men's han *.s, wood and Hone 
therefore they have deftroyed them 

19 Now therefore, o Lord our God, 
I befeech the thou us out of his 
hand, that all tlie kingdoms of the earth 

. that thou an the Lor d God, 
girti thou only. 

ii uah the fon of Amoz fent 
to Hezekiah, \ I hus faith the 

Lord f lira< h thou 

nuacherib 
heard; 
id that the Lord hath 
fp mine him : 1 t.'- virgin the 

daugh md 

fcorn : the daughter ol 
i hath fhaken her head at th< 
i had thou n proai ; 
i.aga'u. 
exalted tby , up thine 

in high '. L vt n again ft the Hols On 
Of Ifrael. 

thou hafl 
preached the Lord, and hafl faid, With 
the multitude of my chariots I 

the hi \i. 

w 1 1 1 lu- 
ll! cedar tree i thei 
<i. id I v\ :ii entei 

«>t his l , una into 

the foi lis Carmel. 

I li ive i ml di unk (tea 

ters, and wit] ile oi my feet 

dried lip all the rivers of belieged pi t< 
~5 Halt thou not heard lon^ ago I 
I have do ie n, ami of ancient times that 
I have formed it ? Now have I bn 
it to pais, that thou (houldeft be to 
I cities into ruinous heaps. 



xx. His frajtr is anfwered. SS9 

26 Therefoie, their inhabitants were 
of fmall power, they were diiraayed and 
confounded ; they were as the graf> of 
the held, and at the green herb, as the 
grafs on the houfe tops, and as corn 
blafted before it b( gro^ n up 

"11 But I know thy abode, and thy 
going out, and thy coming in, and thy 
tage againft me. 

18 Becaufe thy rage againft me and 
thy tumult is come up into mine ears, 
therefore I will put ray hook in thy 
nofe, and my bridle in thy lips, and I 
will turn thee back by the way by which 
thou cameft. 

"29 And this /ball be afttzn unto thee, Ye 
lhail eat this >ear fuch things as grow of 
themielves and in the fecond year that 
winch fpringeth of the fame ; and in the 
third year low ye, and reap, and plant 
vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 

60 And the remnant that is ek'aped of 
the houfe of Judah fhall vet again take 
pool downward, and l^ear fruit upward. 

31 For out of Jerusalem (hall go forth 
a remnant, and they thai elcape out of 
mount Zion ; thezealof the Lord of 
Lolls (hall do tins. 

51 The ,thus faith the Lord con- 

cerning the king oi Aflyria, He (hall not 
come into this cir_\ , not (h *0\ an arrow 
there, nor come bcloie it w ilh llneld, nor 
a bank againfl it. 

By the that he came, b\ the 
fame (hall he return, and (hall not come 
into this city ; faith the Lo b d. 

end this City to lave 

"v\n luke, and fol my lcivant 

I 

Sa c And it came to pafi that nighf, 
the angel of th Lob d went outg 
and (mot ol the Afl 

in hu 'b inland : 

md when th u h in the mora- 

vere all 4ead corpies* 
herib 1 

i ted, .i t l ■•• < ;.'. a i -iikI 

(hipp f Nilro 

thai ia melei h and Sh Ins ions 

fmot< him -.\ i«b the . and the 

land ol A 

!uddou In i I I iu his (I id. 

I Uczfkiib receiving a m 
6 1 / 
fkn goetb ten degrees b . ■ ,r a 

1 the ] 

i, 
I hus faith the I thine hou 

order ; foi thou (I l not live 

I Then he turned his face I 
in J preyed unto the Lord, laying, 

t I b-iccch 



840 Hexekiah's recovery. It. KINGS. 

3 I befeech thee, O Lord, remember 
now how I have walked before thee in 
truth and with a perfect heart, and have 
done that <wbich is good in thy fight. 
And Hezekiah wept fore. 

i And it came to pafs, afore Tfaiah was 
gone out into the middle court, that the 
word of the Lord came to him, faying, 

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the 
captain of my people, thus faith the 
Lord, the God of David thy father, 1 
have heard thy prayer, I have feen thy 
tears : behold I will heal thee : on the 
third day thou (halt go up unto the houfe 
of the Lord. 

6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen 
years : and I will deliver thee and this 
city out of the hand of the king of AfTyr- 
ia ; and I will defend this city for mine 
ownfake.andformy fervant David's fake. 

7 And Ifaiah faid, Take a lump of 
figs. And they took and Jaid it on the 
boil, and he recovered. 

8 •] And Hezekiah faid unto Ifaiah 
What /ball be the fign that the Lord will 
heal me, and that 1 (hall go up into the 
houfe of the Lord the third day ? 

9 And Ifaiah faid, This fign flialt thou 
have of the Lord, thattheLoRD will 
do the thing that he hath fpoken : Shall 
the fhadow go forward ten degrees, or 
go back ten degrees ? 

10 And Hezekiah anfwered, It is a 
light thing for the fhadow to go down 
ten degrees : nay, but let the fhadow re- 
turn backward ten degrees. 

11 And Ifaiah the prophet cried unto 
the Lord : and he brought the fhadow 
ten degrees backward, by which it had 
gone down in the dial of Ahaz 

12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the 
fon of Baladan, king of Babylon, lent let- 
ters and a prefent unto Hezekiah: for V.e 
had heard that Hezekiah had been iick. 

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, 
and (hewed them all the houfe of his prec- 
ious things, the (ilvcr, and the gold, and 
the fpices, and the precious ointment, and 
all the houfe of his armour, and all that 
was found in his treafures : there was 
nothing in his houfe, nor in all his domin- 
ion, that Hezekiah (hewed them not. 

14 Then came Ifaiah the prophet un- 
to king Hezekiah, and faid unto him, 
What laid thefe men ? and, From w hence 
came thty unto thee ? And Ilezek ; ah 
faid, They are come from a far country, 
even from Babylon. 

15 And he faid, What have they feen 
in thine houfe \ And Hezekiah anfwered, 
All the things that are in mine houfe have 
they feen : there is nothing among my 
treafures that I have not (hewed them. 

16 And Ifaiah faid unto Hezekiah, 
Jlear the word of the Lord. 



Manajfeb's wicked retgtt* 

is in thine houfe, and that which thy fa- 
thers have laid up in frore unto this day, 
fhall be earned into B*abylon ; nothing 
fhallbelett faith the Lord. 

18 And of thy fonsthat fhall ifTue from 
thee, which thou thai beget, (hall they 
take away ; and they (half be eunuchs in 
the palace of the king of Babylon 

19 Then faid Hezekiah unto Ifaiah, 
Good is the word of the Lord which 
thou haft fpoken. And he faid Is it not 
goody it peace and truth be in my days ? 

20 qj And the reft of the acts of Hez- 
ekiah, and ail his might, and, how he. 
made a pool, and a conduit, and brought 
water into thecity, Are they not written 
inthe book of the chroniclesof the kings 
of Judah ? 

21 And Hezekiah flept with hisfathers : 
and ManafTeh his fon reigned inhisftead. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Manaffehs reign 3 His great idolatry, 

1 9 Amon's wicked, reign. 25 he 6c ing 

/lain. Jojiah u made king. 

MANASSEH was twelve years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned 
fifty and five years in Jerufalem And his 
mother's name was Hephzibah. 

2 And he d\& that which ivaseviMn the 
fight of the Lord, after the abominations 
of the heathen, whom the Lord caft out 
before the children of Ifrael. 

3 <[1 For he built up again the high 
places which Hezekiah his tarher had de- 
firoyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, 
and made a grove, as did Ahab king of 
Ifrael; and worfliipped all the hoft of 
heaven, and fervedthem. 

4 And he built altars in the houfe of 
the Lord, of which the Lord faid, In 
Jerufalem will I put my name. 

5 And he built altars for all the hoft of 
heaven in the two courts of the houfe of 
the Lord. 

6 And he made his fon to pafs through 
the fire, and obferved times, and ufed en- 
chantments, and dealt with familiar fpir- 
its and wizards: he wrought much wick- 
ednefs inthe (ight of the Lord, to pro» 
voke him to anger. 

7 And he fet a graven image of (he 
grove that he had made in the houfe, of 
v\ hich the Lord faid to David, and to 
Solomon his fon, In this houfe, and in 
Jerufalem, which I have cholen out of 
all tribes of Ifrael, will 1 put my name 
for ever : 

8 Neither will 1 make the feet of Ifrael 
move any more out of the land which I 
gave their fathers ; only it they will ob- 
serve to do according to all that I have 
commanded them, and according to all 
the law that my fervant Mofes command- 
ed them. 

9 But they heaikened net : and Ma- 



17 Behold, the d;iys come, that all that natleh feduccd them to do more evil than 



Hi 



ilanatfeb's denh. Chap 

did the nations whom ihc Lord deploy- 
ed before children of I trad. 

\nd rheLoRD fpake by hisfervants 
the pro^iets, f 

1 1 BecaufeManaUehkingof Jud hhach 
done rhefe abomination^, and hath done 
wickedly above all that the Aroorites did, 
which were before him, and hath made 
Judah i\io to fin with his idok : 

ii Therefore, thus faith the Lord 
God of Ifrael, Behold I um bringi 
evil upon ;erufalem and Judah, thai w ho 
foever heareth of it, both his ear> fhall 
tingle 

13 And I will rtretch over Jerufalem 
the lineot Samaria, and the plummet of 
the houfe of Ahab . and I will wi| 
rufalem as a man wipeth a duh, wiping 
i/, and turning // upfide down 

li And I will forfakc the remnant of 
nine inheritance, and deliver them 
the hand of theirenen: d the) fliall 

me a prey and a fpoil to all their 
enemies ; 

la Bccaufe they hive done tbat ivbicb 
nvasc\'\\ in in) fight, and have orovokedme 
to ancer, fince the day their fathers came 
forth out of kgypf, even .into this day 

16 Moreover, ManaftVh fbed innocent 
.t very much, till he had filled Jeru- 
falern fr< m on i ihei ; b 

iiis tin wherewith he made Judah to fin, 
in doing tbat tablet utat evil in the fighl 
of the Lor n 

it Now the reft of the i Manafleh, 

ill thai 1. 1- did, and t. i (in that he fin - 
Are they tteo in the book of 

the chronicle- t jud.di ' 

II t i with his fathers, 

and was b'n ied in i 

houfe in den • I and Amon 

pis fon reigned in bis ftea i 

19 4] tXtnontumi twenty and two vcars 
old v\ hen lie began to rei^n, and lie i e 

ed two ) lerufalem. And I. 

N lemullemethj the daugh- 
ter of Ham/, ot J otbah, 

20 .1 ttat lubicb . il ia 
the fighi of the Lo R l>, as hi- father M.:- 
paflehdid. 

-i And he walked in all the way that 
his fat I \ :, and f< rved the 

idols that his father fcrved, and woifh p- 
ped them . 

1 1 he forfook the I. or d (»'. 
his fathers, and walked not in the way of 

1 O R I) . 

«j And the fervantsoi Amon. 
fpired a tain ft him, and flew the king in 
ife. 
-l Aad the people of the land flew all 
thernthai h;id confpired againfl - 
nion ; and the people of the land made 
Jofiah his fon king in his ftea ' 

85 Now the reft of Dion 

v.hiih he did, Are ihey not written, in 



xxii. j'ofiab <s good reign. Sil 

the book of the chronicles of the kings of 
Judah } 

li nd he was buried in the iepulchre 
in 'he garden ofUzza : and Joliah his 
(on reigned in his .tad. 

CiiAP XXII 
I J'jlab's gooJ rngn "Slit :ikt rtb care for 

f be refatr of the temple. 8 //j lnd~ 

rtb toe book of I be tanv la hut, lab 

P'opheitt to Lb- Jrjtrit&nn o/jtrvja-hm. 

jOol AH tvas eight; rs old wh-nhe 

n to reign, and he reigned thirty 

and one years in Jerusalem And hie 

mother's nameooaj Jedidah,the daughter 

or \daiah of Bofcath. 

And he did that ivt>/ch luas ri^ht in 
the fight of the Lord, and walked in all 
the nay of David his father, and turned 
notafide to the rij;ht hand or to the ictt. 

5 fj Vndil came to pafs in the e^h- 
tcenih >e.ir of kni^ Joliah, tbat the king 
fent Shaphan the fon of Azaliab, the 
fon of .Velhullam, the fcribc, to the houfe 
of the Lou i) faying, 

* Go up to Hilkiah the high prieft, 
that be may fum the lilvcr which is 
brought into the houfe of the Lord, 
which the keepers of thedoor have gath- 
ered of the people : 

\nd let them deliver it into the hand 
of the doei <t the work, that have the' 
oversight of the houfe of the Lord: and 
let them give it to thr doers of the work 
which is in the houfe of th<- Lor:>, to 
i the breaches of the houfe 

'< L'nto carpenters, and builder 
mafoni, and to buy timber, and hewn 
Hone to re paii the houfe. 

7 Howbeit, then- was no reckoning 

made W ith them ot the nion 

delivered into theii hand, becaufe ihey 
deah faithfully. 

8 fj And Hilkiah the high 'aid 
unto Shaphan the fcribc, I bave found 

»ok ol th<- law in the houfe ol the 
Lord. And Hilkiah gave the b. k k to 
Shaphan, and lei 

\\u\ Shapfi i 
1 
and faid, I by f h it <• gath< 1 1 l the 

y that w.i> found In ihc houfe, and 

delivered il ".\~> the L >nd ol ' 
that do the work, that have the over.. 
of th ol me ! Ok d. 

10 And Mup.ii. in the fcribc fl»ev t d 
ing, faying, Hilkiah the priefl I 

, Shaphan I 
it bch re the king. 

1 1 And ii | i paf . w 1 

had beard tl f tl ok i t tl.e 

, that he rent his cli 
\\u\ t! 
the prieft, and Al 

■ chbc : rh« foi 
iphan the fcribc, andAfahiahft 
leivant of the king's, faying, 

1? Go 



5-1! Jerufalem} 's definition foretold. II. KINGS. Jojiah defiroyeth Idolatry i 



13 Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, 
and for the people, and for all Judah, 
concerning the words of this book that is 
found : for great isthe wrath of theLoRD 
that is kindled againft us, becaufeour fa- 
thers have not hearkened unto the words 
of this book, to do according unto all that 
which is written concerning us. 

14 So Hilkiah the prieft, and Ahikam, 
and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Afahiah, 
went unto Huldah the prophetefs, the 
wife of Shallum the fonofTikvah, the 
fon of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe ; 
£now fhe dwelt in Jerufalem in the col- 
lege ;) and they communed with her. 

15 ^f And me faid unto them, Thus 
faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Tell the 
man that fent you to me, 

16 Thus faith the Lord, Behold I 
will bring evil upon this place, and upon 
the inhabitants thereof, even all the words 
of the book which the king of Judah 
hath read : 

17 Becaufe they have forfaken me, 
and have burned incenfe unto other gods, 
that they might provoke me to anger 
with all the works of their hands ; there- 
fore my wrath fhall be kindled againft 
this place, and fhall not be quenched. 

18 But to the king of Judah which 
fent you to inquire of the Lord, thus 
fhall ycfay to him, Thus faith the Lord 
God of Ifrael, As touching the words 
which thou half heard : 

19 Becaufe thine heart was tender, and 
thou halt humbled thyfelf before the 
Lord, when thou heardeft what I fpake 
againft this place, and againft the inhab- 
itants thereof, that they fhould become 
a defolation and a curie, and haft rent 
thy clothes, and wept before me ; I alfo 
have heard thee, faith the Lord. 

20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee 
unto thy fathers, and thou fhalt be gath- 
ered into thy grave in peace ; and 
thine eyes fhall not fee all the evil which 
I will bring upon this place. And they 
brought the k:ng word again. 

CHAP. XXIII- 

1 Jofiah caufeth the book of the laiv to be 
read. 3 He rene<weth the covenant of 
the Lord, i and defiroyeth idolatry. 
AND the king fent, and they gatiiercd 

nnto hun all die elders of Judah and of 

Jerufalem. 

2 And the king went up into the houfe 
of the Lord, and all the men of Judah 
and all the inhabitants of Jerufalem with 
him, and the prielts and ;he prophets, 
znd all the people, both (mall and great: 
and he read in their ears all the words of 
the book of the covenant which was 
found in the houfe of the Lord. 

3 ^ And the king Itood by a pillar, and 
•made a covenant before the Lord Id 
walk alter the Lord, and to keep his 



commandments and his teftimonies and 
his ftatutes, with all their heart and all 
their foul, to perform the words of this 
covenant that were written in this book. 
And all the people flood to the covenant. 

4 ^f And the king commanded Hil- 
kiah the high prieft, and the priefts of 
the fecond order, and the keepers of the 
door, to bring forth out of the temple 
of the Lord all the vellels that were 
made for Baal, and for the grove, and 
for all the hoft of heaven : and he burn* 
ed them without Jerufalem in the fields 
of Kidron, and carried the afhes of them 
unto Bethel. 

5 And he put down the idolatrous 
priefts, whom the kings of Judah had 
ordained to burn incenfe in the high, 
places in the cities of Judah, and in the 
places round about Jerufalem ; them alfo 
that burned incenfe unto Baal, to the fun, 
and to the moon, and to the planets, and 
to all the hoft of heaven. 

6 And he brought out the grove from 
the houfe of the Lord, without Jerufa- 
lem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned 
it at the brook Kidron, and ftamped it 
final! to powder, and caft the powder 
thereof upon the graves of the children 
of the people. 

7 Ami he brake down the houfes of 
the fodomites, that ivere by the houfe of 
the Lo r d, where the women wove hang- 
ings for the grove 

8 And he brought all the priefts out 
of the cities of Judah, and defiled the 
high places where the prielts had burned 
incenfe, from Geba to Beerlheba, and 
brake down the high places of the gates 
that ivere in the entering in of the gate 
of Jofhua the governor of the city, which 
ivere on a man's left hand at the gate of 
the city. 

9 Neverthelefs, the priefts of the high 
places came not up to the altar of the 
Lord in Jerufalem, but they did eat 
of the unleavened bread among their 
brethren. 

to And he defiled Tophcth, which?* 
in the valley of the children of Hinnom, 
that no man might make his fon or his 
daughter to pafs through the fire to Mo- 
lech. 

11 And he took away the horfes that 
the kings of Judah had given to the fun, 
at the entering in of the houfe of the 
Lord, by the chamber of Nathanme- 
Icch the chamberlain, which nvas in the 
fuburbs, and burned the chariots of the 
fun with fire. 

1£ And the altars that nvere on the 
top of the uppercliHinber of Ahaz, which 
the kings of Judah had made and the 
altars which ManafTeh had made, in the 
two courts of the houfe of the Lord ; did 
the king beat down, and brake ibem 

dewa 



His Tkeal and reformation. Chap, xxiii. J sfiabjsi* and buried. S13 

down from thence, a nd caft the duft of of the law which were written in the 

them into the brook Kidron. book that Hilkiah the prieft found in the 

es that iv ere be- houfe of the Lord. 
fore Jerufaler. ) 'were on the right And like unto him 

hand of t lie mount of corruption, which king before him, that turned to the 

non the king of Ifiael had builded Lord with aU his heart, and with all his 

for Afhtoieth the tion of the foul and with all his might, acco: 

Zid and to- ofh the abomin- ( to all the law of Mofes ; neither :. 

Milcom aj-ofe there any like him. 



the abomination of the children of Am 
nion did the king defile. 

li And he brake in pieces the inn 
and cut down ihe groves, and filled their 
places with the bones of men. 

15 Moreover, the altar thnt ivas at 
Bethel, and the high place which Jero- 
boam the fon of Nebar, who made Ifrael 
to fin, had made, both that al'ar and 
the high place he brake down, and burn- 
ed the high place, and itamped /'/ fmall 
to powder, and burned the grove. 

16 And as Jofuh turned himfelf, he 
fpiedthe fepulchres that avers therein the 
mount, and ftnt, and took the bones out 

chres, and burned them upon 
the altar, and polluted it accordii 
the word of the Lord which the man of 
God proclaimed, who proclaimed thefe 
nor 

17 Then he faid, What title is that 
that I fee ? And the men of the city told 
him. // is the fepulchre of the man of 
God, which came from Judah, and pro- 
claimed thefe things that tlwu haft done 
againft the altar of Bethel. 

18 And he faid, Let him alone ; let no 
man move his bones. So r h:s 
bones alone with the bonci of the proph- 
et that came out oi 

19 And all the h 'he high 

. 
h the 

took 
-tg to all 

10 And all the 

high places t\ e then n tl* 



46 Notwithftand: Lord turned 

not from the riercenefsof his great wrath, 
w herewith his anger was kindled a^. 
Judah, becaufe of all the piovocai 
that Manaileh had provoked him withal. 
17 And the Lord faiJ, I will remove Ju- 
dah alio out of my light, as I have ren 
ed Ifrael. and will caft off" this city Jeiufa- 
Icm which I have chofen. and fhe'houfe of 
which I faid, My namertiall he there. 

l 28 Sou the reft of the acts of [ofiah, 
ind all that he did, Are they not written 
in the book of the chronk-lesof the k 
of Judah ? 

In his days Pharaohnechoh k 
• went up ;■. 

H uphratcs 
Joliah went apainfthim he flew 

'egiddo, when he had (c:n him. 
SO And h d him in a 

chariot cl'-art from Megiddo, and ! 
him to Jetufalem, and buried him i- 
ow a fepulchre. And the people of the 
land took Jehoahaz the (on 

mointcd him, and made him kir: 
ffcad. 
31 Jehoahaz ivas twenty and three 
hen he began to reign ; and 
he n rhs in Jcruf.ilem. 

And his m name ivn Han 

the daughter of Jeremiah of Libn.ih. 
3i And ne did that nvbicb nvas evil in 
ord, according to all 
l • ' 'tie. 
35 And Pharaohnechoh put 
! in the la- 
t not re.gn in Jen. i and 
the land f an hum] 



d men's bones i er, and a talent of g> 

:d to Jerufalem. 34 .\n>i Pharaohnechoh <im 

11 ; comman be (on o rig in th 

the oaATovr unto liah i e to 

the Lord » writton in lehoiakim, and took J 

the boo- mt. 

thcie was i fuch a I the lilver 

of the judges that the , 
II the days of the l.i 






tl 

'rein 
to the Lord 

rcover, the ivorkers iv'ub farml- 
and the wia 

the idols, and all the a' 
t were the lar 

• 
.t periorm the words 



Cicd 

the I 'he go 1 

the land, oi one ai. 

into V' 
$6 is twenty a 

Id when he began t md 

he reigned eleven years in J 
•hcr's name ivas 

iinah. 
■ 

the 



$44 Jeboiakim's rebellion. 



the fight of the Lord, according to all 
that his fathers had done 

CHAP. XXIV. 
i Jehoiakim rebelling, procurethhh own 
ruin 10 Jerufatem is taken. 17 led- 



11. KINGS. jerufalem hbefie£ed. 

tives, and all the craft fmen and fmiths « 



'kiab' 



s e-vtl'e.'gn. 



IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king of 
Bab, Ion came up, and Jehoiakim became 
his fervant three years : then he turned 
and rebelled againft him. 

2 And the Lord lent againft him bands 
of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syri- 
ans, and bands of the Moabites, and 
bands of the children of Ammon, and 
lent them againft: Judah to deftxoy it, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord, which 
he fpake by his fervants the prophets. 

3 Surely at the commandment of the 
Lord came this upon judah, to remove 
jbem out of his fight, for the fins of Ma- 
nalleh, according to all that he did ; 

4 And alfo for the innocent blood that 
he Hied : for he filled Jerufalem with in- 
nocent blood ; which the Lord would 
nor pardon. 

b Now the reft of the acts of Jehoia- 
kim, and all that he did, Are they not 
written in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Judah ? 

6 So Jehoiakim flept with his fa- 
thers : and Jehoiachin his f©n reigned in 
hisflead. 

7 And the king of Egypt came not a- 
gain any more out of his land : for the 
king of Babylon had taken from the river 
of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all 
that pertained to the king of Egypt. 

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
in Jerufalem three months. And his moth- 
er's name was Nehufhta, the 
of Elnathan of Jerufalem. 

9 And he did that wbicb was evil in 
the fight of the Lord, according to all 
that his father had done. 

10 fj At that time the fervants of 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came 
up againft Jerufalem, and the city was 
befiegcd. 

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab- 
ylon came againft the city, and his fer- 
vants did bcfiegc it. 

12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah 
went out to the king of Baby Ion, he, and his 
mother, and his fervants, and his princes, 
and his officers : and the king of Babylon 
took him in the eighth year of his reign. 

IS And he t aiiied out thence all the 
trcafaie* of the houfeofthe Lord, and 
the treafures of the king's houfe, and cut 
in pieces all the vefTMs of gold which Sol- 
omon kin .: of I'rael had made in the tern* 
pie of the Lord, ns the Loh d had laid. 

14 And he carried away all Jerufalem, 
and all the princes, and all the mighty 
men of valour, ever, ten thoufand cap- 



daughter 



none remained, fave the pooreft fort of 
the peoole of the land. 

1j And he carried away Jehoiachin ts 
Babylon, and the king's mother, and the 
king's wives, and his officers, and the 
mighty of the land, thefe carried he intd 
Captivity from Jerufalem to Babylon. 

16 And all the men of might, even fev- 
en thoufand, and eraftfmen and fmiths 
a thoufand, all that were ftrong and apt 
for war, even them the king of Babylon 
brought captive to Babylon. 

17 i* And the kingof Babylon madeMat- 
taniah his father's brothei king in hisftead, 
and changed his name to Zedekiah. 

18 Zedekiah was twenty and one 
years old when he began to reign, and 
he reigned eleven years in Jerufalem. 
And his mother's name was Hamutal, 
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 

19 And he did that which was evil in 
the light of the Lord, according to aU 
that Jehoiakim had done. 

20 For through the anger of the Lord 
it came to pafs in Jerufalem and Judah, 
until he had cart them out from his pref- 
ence, that Zedekiah rebelled againft the" 
kingof Babylon. 

CHAP. XXV. 
i Jerufalem is bejieged : 4 Zedekiah ta+ 

ken, his fonsflain, and bis eyes put out. 

AND it came to pafs in the ninth year 
of his reign, in the tenth month, in the 
tenth day of the month, that Nebuchad- 
nezzar, king of Babylon came, he, and 
all his hoft, againft Jernfale'm, and pitch- 
ed againft it ; and they built torts againft 
it round about. 

2 And the city was bef:eged unto the 
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 

5 And on the ninth day of the fourth 
month the famine prevailed in the city, 
and there was no bread for the people of 
the land. 

4 f t And the city was broken up, and 
all the men of war fled by night by the 
way of the gate between two walls, which 
/Jbytheking'sgardcn : (now the Chaldees 
ivere againft: the city round about :) and 
the king wejnt the way toward the plain. 

And the army of the Chaldees pur- 
fued after the king, and overtook him 
in the plains of Jericho : and all his army 
were fcattered from him. 

6 So they took the king, and brought 
him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah ; 
and they gave judgment upon him. 

7 And they flew the fons of Zedekiah 
before his eyes, and put out the eyes of 
Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of 
brafs, and carried him to Babylon. 

8 And in the fifth month, on the fev^ 
enth day of the moirth, which is the 
nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar- 

adan 



The QMdeesfpoH Jerufalem. Chip 

' in captain of the guard, a fcrvant of 
Ion. unto Jerufale 

9 . • burned tite houfe of the 

;'s houfe, and all the 
lioufe* of Jeruialcn, and every gi 
lie burnt he with fire. 

10 And all theannyof the Chaldeesthat 

iptain of the guard ,bi 
down the I Jerufalem round about. 

11 e refr of the people tbatiuere 
left in the city, and the fug that fell 
away to the king of Babylon, with the 

Ult of the multitude, did Nebuz ir- 
adan the captain of the guard can") 

: the captain of I 
«f -r of the land to be vmedreflers 

and hufbandmen. 

-i the p mere in 

the houfe of the Lo rd, and th<- 
the brazen (eathatooaj in the houfe of the 
Loud, did the Chaldees break in pieces, 
an rafsofthemto m. 

i» \nd the pots* and the ih ovels, and 
:nd the f the 

ve lo wherewith they iu 

ans, :nd the bo 1 
and fti voert (J t gold, in rold, 

and , In filver, the the 

d took 

pillars, on ■ the 

• ia<jn had made • 
» ; the brufs of all thefe 

•it. 

■ pillar 'was 
upon it 

if hen WOt k. and 
P'>" m the i round 

ah the 

19 And out of 1 

n of them that were i 
I 

Dt I 

n of the i 

i that iu.- re \ n\ .d in the cit 



i. 



The bigbp iejl and nobles /lain. Sla 

20 And > Ian captain of the 

guard took and brought them tu 

the icing of Babylon to Riblah : 

-il And the king of Babylon fmotc 
them, and flew thera ai Riblah in the 
land of Hamath. So Judah was carried 

out of their land. 

And as for the people that i 
ed in the land of Judah- whom Nebu- 
chadnezzar "king of Bab> Ion hi 
even over them he Made Gedaliah the 
ion of Ahikam, the fon of Shaphan,i uler. 
£5 And when all the captains of the 
armies, the) and their men, Ik aid that 
the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah 
governor, there came to Gedaliah to 
Mizpah,even Ifhmael the fon of Net ha - 

md Johanan the fon of Qareah, and 
beraiah the fon of I anhumeth theNetoph- 
athite, and Jaazaniah the fon of a Ma- 
. and their men. 

And Gedaliah [ware to them, and 
to their men, and laid unto them, lea; 

not to be the fervantsof the Chaldi 
dwell in the land, and ferve the kii, 

Babylon ; and : .t lhall be well with ) 
But it • > pais in the n venth 

month,t naelthefon of Nethauiab* 

dome, 

andten men wit! id Imor liah, 

that he d hal- 

thal were with hini at Miepah. 
And all the people both final I and 
", and I 

irofe. and . nne u> Egj pt : foi tli 

pa/a in the feven 
and thirtieth yen of the eaptivit . 

h in king <»t [udali, in the twelttli 

:!i, on the fe\ eh and tuentie th 

of tl i !• vilmerodach I 

tbylon, in 1 
, d id I i ft 1 1 o f J e I 

- 

! h fp J ■■ kindly to him. ■ 

i.-t I 

■ ■. it iue> n in Bab) Ion : 

\n i i I 
and i 
him 

■ 



Ti TRSF BO - CH* 

C If \ 1'. f. icthj Gomer, 

-njc-r 

■ 

J ^ rfahalaleel, |ei irOiifh, n. 

J Hen , M t| •; Uli, ' B < 

* Naa/.. , Ham,;« 

And 



SJ6 The fans of Sbem. 



I. CHRONICLES. 



9 And the fons of Cufh; Seba, and 
Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and 
Sabtecha. And the fons of Raamah ; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

10 And Cufh begat Nimrod ; he began 
to be mighty upon the earth. 

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim.andAn- 
amim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 

12 And Pathrufim, and Cafluhim, (of 
whom came the Philiflines) and Caph- 
thonm. 

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firfl 
born, and Heth, 

14 The Jebufite alio, and the Amorite, 
and the Girgafhite, 

1 5 And the Hi vite, and the Arkite, and 
the Sinite, 

15 And the Arvadite, and the Zema- 
rite, and the Hamathite. 

17 ff The fons of Shem ; Elam, and 
Asfhur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and 
Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, 
and Mefhech. 

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and 
Shelah begat Eber. 

19 And unto Eber were born two fons: 
the name of the one ivas Peleg ; becaufe 
in his days the earth was divided : and 
his brother's name ivas Jcktan. 

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and 
Sheleph, and Ha.zarmaveth, and Jerah, 

21 Hadoramalfb,andUz-al,andDiklah, 

22 And Ebal.and Abimael, and Sheba, 
2S And Ophir,and Havilalr, and Jobab. 

AH thefe ivere the fons of Joktan. 

24 ^ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,. 

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 

27 Abram : the fame is Abraham. 

20 The fons of Abraham ; Ifaac, and 
Ifhmael. 

29 ^y Thefe are their generations. The 
firft born of Ifhmael, Nebaioth ; then 
Keder, and Adbeel, and Mibfam. 

SO Midi ma, and Dumah, Maifa, Ha- 
dad, and Tenia, 

31 Jetur, Naphifb, and Kedemah. 
Thefe are the fons of Ifhmael. 

62 fj Now the fons or Keturah, Abra- 
ham's concubine : fiie bare Zimran, and 
Jokfhan, and Medan, and Midian, and 
Tfhbak, and Shuah. And the funs of Jok- 
ihan ; oheba, and Dedan. 

55 And the fons ofMidian ; Ephah, and 
Epher,and Henoch, and Abida. and El- 
daah. All thefe are the fons of Keturah. 

34 And Abraham begat Ifaac. The 
ions of Ifaac ; Efail and lfrael. 

'35 The foiis of Efau ; Eliphaz, Reuel, 
and Jeufh, and Jnalam, and Korah. 

36 The fons of Kliphaz; Teman, and 
Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kcr.az, and 
Timna, and Amalek. 

37 The fon* of Reu^l ; Nahath,Zerah, 
Shammah, and Mizzah. 

33 And the fons of beir j Lofan, and 



The fons of lfrael. 

Shobal, and Zibeon,, and Anah, and: 
Difhon, and Ezar, and Difhan. 

39 And the fons of Lotan ; Hori, and ; 
Homam : and Timna totfjLotan's fifter. 

40 The fons of Shobal ; Ahan, and Ma- 
nahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. 
And the fons of Zibeon ; Aiahand Anah. 

41 The fons of Anah; Difhon. And 
the fons of Difhon; Amram, and Efhban, 
and lthran, and Cheran. 

42 Thefonsof Ezer ; Bilhan, and Za- 
van^w^Jakan. The fons of Difhan ; Uz, 
and Aran. 

43 Now thefe are the kings that reign- 
ed in the land of Edom before any king 
reigned over the children of lfrael : Bela 
the fon of Beor ; and the name of his 
city ivas Dinhabah. 

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab 
the fon of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his 
Head. 

45 And when Jobab was dead, Hufham 
of the land of the Temanites reigned in.- 
his flead. 

46 And when Hufham was dead, Ha- 
dad the fon of Bedad, which fmote Mid- 
ian in the field of Moab, reigned in his 
flead : and the name of his city uvas Av'ith. 

47 And when Hadad was *dead,Samlah 
of Mafrekah reigned in his flead. 

48 A.nd when Samlah was dead, Shaul 
of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his 
flead. 

49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal- 
hanan the fon of Achbor reigned in his- 
ftead. 

50 And when Baalhanan was dead* 
Hadad reigned in his flead : and the 
name of his city ivas Pai : and his wife's 
name ivas Mehetabel, the daughter of 
Mat red, the daughter of Mezahab. 

51 Hadad died alfo. And the dukes of 
Edom were ; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, 
duke Jetheth, 

52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,dukc 
Pinon. 

Kenaz, duke Teman j duke 



53 Duke 
Mibzar, 

51 Duke 
are the du 



Thefe 



The fons 
Jrtdab. 



agdiel,duke Iram. 
of Edom. 

c ii a ?. ir. 

of lfrael. 3 The plenty of 
13 1 be children ffJeJTe. 18 
Caleb's pofleriiy. ^,\\Hezron y s poflerity. 

JerabmeePs pofleriiy. 
THESE ah the fons of lfrael ; Reu* 
ben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Iffachar, 
and Zebulu-n, 

2 Dan, Joieph, and Benjamin, Naph- 
tali, Gad, and Afher. 

3 qj The funs of Judah ; Er, ^nd Onan, 
and Shelah : ivbieb three were born unto 
him of the daughter of Shuah the Ca- 
naanitefs. And Er, tlie firft born of Ju- 
dah, was evil in the fight of the Lord . 
and he flew him. 

4 And 



The children of Jeffe. 



4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare 
h\m Pharez and Zerah. All the Ions of 
Judah •wen fi 

5 The ions of Pharez ; Hezron, and 
Hamul. 

t> And the fons of Zerah ; Zimri, and 
Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and 
Dira : five of them in all. 

\nd the fons of Carmi ; -' the 

troubler ot lirael, who tranfgielled in 
ice ur fed. 

8 And the fons of Ethan ; Azariah. 

9 The fons alio of Hezron, that were 
born unto him; Jerahmeel, and K.. 
and Chelubai. 

10 And Ram begat Amminadab ; an 1 
Amminadab be ihflion, prince of 
the >f Judah ; 

It And Nahtncn begat Sa'.ma, and iral- 

Obed, and Obed 
begtt 

13 ♦ it hi. rir:t L 

ab. ib the fecund, and bhi lu- 

ll .eel the fourth, Raddai 

fifth, 

Ozen the llxth, David the feventh : 

li V fe fitters ixere Zeruiah, and 

Abigail And the fons of Zeruiah ; Abi- 
Jha:, and Juab, and Afahel, tin 

IT A: gail baie Amafa : and 

th Ainafa 'was Jcthei the I iU- 

meelite. 

1J fl And L ileb the fon n be 

it tbildren and t 

\rc thefe ; Jelher, and 
jn. 

]e! >are 

And Hur I 1 Uri b 

el. 

*j An. vard Hezron went in 

ihedau 

lead, in hum he mat i 

threcfcoi 

an tlir i unl oi c tile id. 

n th< in, .'. .t!i 
, e ven 
threefcore citie .. All ihefe 
Che fons of VI ic hirl id. 

■ 

i>a 

« 
born of 1 1 -, Ram 

born, 
and A 

Jerahmeel had alf<> anoth 
whofe na a Atarab ; 

ler of Oii.ini. 
-7 And the ions of Ram t;. 



ip. ii. jerabmeeVs ■pojlerity. %\\ 

of Jerahmeel were, Maaz,and Jamin,and 
tker. 

13 And the fons of Onani were, Sha 
mas, and Jada. And the fons of Shi 
mai ; Nauab, and Abithur. 

M And twe name of the wife of Abi- 
thur *was Abihail, and lhe bare hiin . 
ban and Nlolid. 



SO And the fons of Nadab j Seled, and 
Appains: but Seltddied v, ithout children. 

3t And the ions of Appaim ; hhi. . 
the fon.; of I lhi ■ Shefhan. And the chil- 
dren of Sheflian j Ahlai. 

oi And the fonsof fada the brother of 
Sharnraai ; Jether,and Jonathan : and Je- 
lher died without children. 

And the fonsof Jonathan j Peleth, 
and Zaza. 'lhclr were the fons of ]e- 
rahun. 

Now Shefhan had no fons, but daugh- 
ters. And Shefhan hadafcrva;ir,a:. 
t i'. h ho • ivai Jarh.a. 

he than gave his daughter to 
Jarh.a his Gcrvant to wife ; and lhe ba 
him Ati 

I Attai begat v 
begat Zabad, 
S7 And Zabad begat Ephial, and E ; 
lal b< bed, 

d Obed begat JehUj and Jehu 

: .i!i begat 1 1 

10 kafah begat 5i 

Shallum, 
il And Shallum I ah, and 

4- Now lhe Ions :!n r 

of J were, I I hoi n, 

u hi< li was t! I Ziph ; and the 
ill the I 

rail, 

- 

i Shema begat Kahatn, 

. of_Jork and Re!.' it 

43 And il .mm ii 

■ i r- 
Iti And £phah,Culeb . bare 

Haraiij d I la- 

■ 

unl J ot i , jud 

h. 

!, 

. and 1 

: of 
I 
and the 
fan. 
I ■ I ■ 

I 
father of K 

< i 

i v ol B ler. 

j I And ^Jiobal the father of I 



518 The fans of David. I. CHRONICLES. The poftcrityofjudab. 

jearim had fons ; iiaroeh, and half of the : nibbabel, and Shimei : and the fons of 
JVIanahethites. j Zerubbabel ; Mefhullam,andHananiab, 



53 And the families of Kirjathjearim ; land Slieloniith their filter 



the Ithrites, and the PuhiteSjandthe Shu- 
mathites, and the Milhraites ; of them 
came the Zareathites,and the Efhtaulites 



20 And Halhubah,andOhel,andBere- 
chiah, and Hafadiah, Jufhabhefed^five. 

21 And the fons of Hananiah ; Pela- 



54 The fons of Salma ; Bethlehem, tiah, and Jefaiah : the fons of Rephaiah, 
and the Netophathiics, Ataroth, the ; the fons of :\ man, the fons of Obadiah, 
houfe of Joab, and half of the Manahc-lthe fons of Shechaniah. 

tiiites, the Zorites. 22 And the fons of Shechaniah ; She- 

55 And the families of the fcribes | maiah : and the fon? of Shemaiah ; Hat- 
v.hich dwelt at Jabez ; the Tirathites, tiHh, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, 



the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. Thefe 
are the Kenites that came of Hemath, 
the father of thehoufeof Rechab. 

CHAP. HI. 
i The for.s of David. 10 His line to led- 

ekiab. 17 Ihe fucceffors^f Jeconiah. 

NOW thefe were the fons of David, 
which were born unto him in Hebron ; 
the fir ft born Amnon of Ahinoam the 
Jczreelitefs ; the lecond, Daniel, of Ab- 
igail the Carmelilels: 

2 The third, Abfalom the fon of Maa- 
chah the daughter of Talmai king of 
Gefhur : the fourth, Adonijah the fon of 
Haggith : 

3 The fifth, Shephatiahof Abital : the 
fixth, Ithrcam by Eglah his wife. 

4 Thefe fix were born unto him in He- 
bron ; and there he reigned feven years 
and fix months : and in Jerufalem he 
reigned thirty and three years. 

5 And thefe were born unto him in Je- 
rufalem ; Shimea, and Shobab, and Na- 
than, and Solomon, four, of Bathfhua 
the daughter of Ammiel : 

6 Ibhar alfo, and Elifhama, and E- 
Jiphelet, 

I And Nogah.and Nepheg, and Japhia, 

8 And Elifhama, and Eliada, and E- 
iiphelet, nine. 

9 Tbrfe lucre all the fons of David, be- 
fide the fons of the concubines, and Ta- 
mar their fifter. 

10 ^] And Solomon's fon ivas Rcho- 
boam, Abia his i'oi\, Afa his fon, Jehoih- 
aphat his Ion, 

I I Joram his fon, Ahaziah his fon, Jo- 
afh his (on, 

R Amaziah his fon, Azariah his [on, 
Jothani his fon, 

IS Ah:/ liis fon, TWckiah his fon, 
Manafleh h 

14 Anion his fin, Tofiah his fon. 

15 And the (ons of Jofiah r were l the firft 
bornjohanan. I ond Jefroiakim, the 
third Zcdekian, the fourth Shallum. 

it. And the fons of Jehoiakim : Jeco- 
friah his fon, Zcvjcki-ili his fon. 

17 •[ And the fons of Jeconiah ; Aflir, 
Salathiel his (on, 

til Malchiram alio, and Pedaiah, and 
Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoihama, and 

dab; ah. 

19 And the fons of Pedaiah ivne, Ze- 



and Shaphat, fix. 
23 And the fons of Neariah ; Elioenai, 

and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 
21 And the fons of Elioenai ivere, Ho- 

daiah, and Eliafhib, and Pelaiah, and 

Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and 

Anani, feven. 

CHAP. IV. 

1,11 Ihepojlerity ofjudahby Caleb the fan 
of Hur. 5 Of Afbur the pojl humous fori of 
Hezron. 9 Uj Jabez and bis prayer. 
21 Thepojlerity ofSbelah^ii and of Sim- 
eon. 39 Tfieir canquefl of Gedor, &r. 
THE fons of Judah ; Pharez, Hezron, 

and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 
2 And Reaiah the fon of Shobal begat 

jfahath j and Jahath begat Ahumai, and 

Lahad. Thefe are the families of the 

Zorathites. 
S And ihefewere of the father of Etam ; 

Jezrecl, and Ifhma, and Idbafh : and the 

name of their lifter iv as Hazelelponi : 

4 And Penuel the father of Gedor,and 
Ezer the father of Hufliah. Thefe are 
the Ions of Hur, the firft born of Ephra- 
tah, the father of Bethlehem. 

5 % And A (hur the father of Tekoa 
had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and 
Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahafhtari, 
Thefe 'were the fons of Naarah. 

T And the fons of Helah were Zercth, 
and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 

8 And Coz begat Anub,and Zobebah, 
and the families of Aharhel the fon of 
Harum. 

9 «[f And Jabez was more honourable 
ih m his brethren : and his mother called 
his name Jabez, facing, Becaufe I bare 
him with lorrow. 

10 And Jabez called on the God of If- 
rael, faying, Oh that thou wouldeft blefs 
me indeed", and enlarge my coaft, and 
that thine hand might be with me, and 
that thou wouldeft ke-ep me from evil, 
that it may nut grieve me ! And God 
granted him that which he requeued. 

11 ^ AndChelub the brother of Shuah 
begat Mchir, which was the father of 
E.'hton. 

12 Artd Eihton begat Bethrapha, and 
Pafeah, and Tehinnah the fatlicr of Ir- 
nahalh. Thefe are the men of Rechab. 

13 And the fons of Kenaz j Othniel, 

and 



Simon's poflerity. Chap 

and Seraiah : and the fons of Othniel ; 
Hathath. 

14 And Meonothai be^ut Ophrah ; 
and Seraiah be^at Joab, the fat; 

the vail Charafhim ; for they were 

craft (n 

15 And the funs of Caleb the fon of Je- 
phunoeh : Iru, Klah, and Naam ; and 

fons of blah, even Kinaz. 

16 And the (ons aleleel ; Ziph, 
and Ziphah, Tiria, and Afareel. 

17 And the Ions of Ezra ivere, Jether, 
and Mered, and Kpher, and Ja! 

(he bare Miriam, and Shammai, and llh- 
bah the hither of Bfbtemoa. 

18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered 
the father of Gedor, and Heber the father 
of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father ol 
noah. Andthefear^the fonsof Bithiah the 
daughter of Pharoah \s Inch Mei ed to><k. 

And the fonsof bis wife Hodiah the 
filter of Naham, the father ol K( ilah the 
d Kflitemoa the Maachathite. 
And the fons of Shimon nvere t Am- 
non, and Rinnan* Bcnhar.ar., and Tilon. 
And the Ions of Ifhi ivere, Zoheth, and 
Benzoh 

11 « I ■ fonsof Shelah the fon of Ju- 
dah ixjere> Er the father of Lecah, am 
adah the father of Marefbah, and the fam- 
ilies of the houle of them that wrought 
tine linen, of the houle of Aflih 
22 And Jokim, and the men of C 
I arid Joaih, and Saraph, who had the 
dominion in Moab, and Jafhubilehem. 
And thefe are ancient U 



ibefe a 

I 



IS Thefe 'were the potters, and thofe 
that dwelt amon^ plants and 
tiier- ingtorh 

14 fl i , Nemu- 

in, Jai ih, and Shaul : 

Hum his : blain his 

lima 1) 

i ; Hantuel 

17 d lix 
(Uug but his brethren hat! not 

rcn, neitherdid all 

hildren ol fttdah. 

18 An at Beerfhcba, and 
ladah, zarfmial, 

And at Biihah, and at , and 

id, 

50 And at Bethuel, and at Iloimah, 
and at Zikl 

31 And a: II 

lulim, ami at Bcthl 

their citi • 

51 Ahd their vill 

Am, Rimmon, and 1 ochen, fhan, 

nd all tlieir villa 

■ ■ 



v. Line and habitations %J Reuben. Si9 

Si And Mefliobab, and Jamlech, and 
Jofliah the fon of Aroaztah, 

Sa And Joel, and Jehu, the fon of Jofi- 
biah, the fon of Seraiah, the fon of Alie!, 

So Ar.d Klioenai, and Jaakobah, and 
Jefhohaiah, and Afaiah, and 
Jeiinr.el, and Benaiah, 

57 And Ziza the I , tJ ie 
i'on of Allon, the fon of Jed.' 

of Shimri, the fon ofShemaiah ; 

58 Thefe mentioned by their nr.rnes 
inert princes in their families : and the 
hoiife of their fathers incn-afed g 

59 €J And they went to the entrance of 
Gedor, e<ven unto the eaft fide of the val- 

to feek pafture for their Hocks. 

40 And they found fat \ afture ;id ^ood, 
and the land ivas wide, and qui 
peaceabie ; for they ol Ham had dwelt 
there of old. 

41 And thefe written bv name < 
in the days of He/ekiih king off Ju 

note their tents, and the habitations 
that were found there, and d< I 

them utterly this day, and dwelt in 

their rooms ; becatifo ibtfi was 
there for t! ks. 

<nt ol them even oi I 
. 
mount S< 

m. and R 'phaiah, and 
Uzziel, the I »f Ithi. 

43 And iht ) fmotc ihe 
inali kites t ; , and d 

there i;:-.tu this d iy . 

t ;; \ P. \ 
I tine and habitations <-t Revhi • 11 

!cj men at: it ions 

■ Pons i,1m n t 

boi n of Iir.u I ; (for he oi •'< I 
born ; but, foi ahum h a - h< 

5 birthi ighl wi ■ un- 

to the fons ol |ofeph • i ol I 

and the is not I : 

i tlu ignt. 
fudah pi! i 1 reth- 

ii came th< chiel rulei , 
but the bit 'In : ) 

full 
born ol Ifrael «w, Haj t Pallu, 

H c z in. 

4 l fon, 

n, 

luii, k' 
I 
o Beei ah h ■• I 

•'. • ■ 

' nd Bela tl t 

■ 
. i 

ei 



SbO The chiefs of Gad. 



CHRONICLES. 



The fons of Levi. 



entering in of the wildernefs from the riv- 
er Euphrates : becauie their cattie were 
multiplied in the land of Gilead. 

to And in the days of Saul they made 
war with the Hagarites, who fell by their 
hand : and they dwelt in their tents 
throughout all the eaft land of Gilead. 

11 «J And the children of Gad dwelt 
over agaiiift them in the land of Baihan 
unto Salcah. 

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the 
next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Balhan. 

13 And their brethren of the houfe of 
their fathers were, Michael, and Meihul- 
lam and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, 
and Zia, and Heber, feven. 

14 Thefe are the children of Abihajl the 
fon of Huri, the Ion of Jaroah, the ion of 
Gilead, the ("on of Michael, the' fon of Jef- 
hifhai, the ion of Jahdo, the fon of Buz ; 

15 Ahi the fon of Abdiel, the fon oi 
Guni, chief of the houfe ot their fathers. 

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bajhan, 
and in her towns, and all the fuburbs of 
Sharon, upon their borders. 

17 All thefe were reckoned by geneal- 
ogies in the days of Jotham king of Ju- 
dab, and in the days of Jeroboam king 
of Ifiael. 

18 'I he fons of Reuben and the Gad- 
ites, and half the tribe of Manaileh, oi 
valiant men, men able to bear buckler 
and fword, ami to (hoot with bow, and 

1 1 li I in war, i^jere four and forty thou- 
sand ^tven hundred and tlueefcore, that 
went out to the war- 

11) And they made war with the Hagar- 
ites, with Jetur, and Nephifli, andNoUab. 

20 And they were helped againfi them,: 
and the Hagari'es were delivered into 
their hand, and all that wefevt'lth them*: 
for they cried to God in tl>e battle, and 
he was entreated of them ; becaufe they 
put their trull in him. 

£1 And they took away their cattle; 
of .their camels fifty thouland, and of 
iheep two hundred and fifty thoufand, 
and of affes two thoufand, and oi men an 

m h ed thouland. 

22 For there fell down many (lain, be- 
cauie the war wa; or God. And they 
dwelt in their fteads until the captivity. 

23 And the children of the half tribe 
of Mannatleh dwelt in the land : they in- 
creased from Baihan unto Baalhermon 

, and •.into mount Hermon. 

%i And t erf the heads of the 

houfe of thei , even Epher, and 

Jihi, and El ie I, and Azriel, ami Jeremiah, 
and llodaviah, and J ahdiel, mighty men 
of valour, fa nen, and heads of the 

houfe of their fathers. 

25 And they tranfgrefled again ft the 
God of their i tthers, and went a whoring 
after the god i of the people of the land, 
whom God destroyed before them. 



26 And the God of Ifrael ftirred up 
the fpirit of Pul king of Aflyria, and the 
ipirit of Tilgathpilnefer king of Affyria, 
and he carried them away, even theReu- 
benites, and the Gadites, and the half 
tribe of Manafleh, and brought them un- 
to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to 
the river Gozan unto this day. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The fons of Levi, kibe line of thepriefts. 

i9 The office of Aaron , and bis line. 

THE fons of Levi ; Gerfhon, Kohath, 
and Merari. 

2 And the fons of Kohath ; Amram, 
Izhah, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, 
and Mofes, and Miriam. The fons alio 
of Aaron ; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazer, 
and It ha mar. 

4 ^f Eleazer begat Phinehas, Phinehas 
begat Abiihua, 

5 And Ab'ifiiua begat Bukki, and Bukki 
begat Uzzi, 

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Ze- 
rahiah begat Meraioth, 

7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Ama- 
riah begat Ahitub, 

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Za- 
dok begat Ahimaaz, 

9 And Ahiniaaz begat Azariah, and 
Azariah begat Johanan, 

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he// 
Is that executed the prieft's office in the 
temple that Solomon built in Jerufalera,) 

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and 
Amariah begat Ahitub, 

1 l And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Za- 
dok begat Sballum, 

13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and 
Hilkiah begat Azariah, 

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Se- 
raiah begat Jehozadak, , . 

15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, 
whenthe LoRDcarriedawayJudahandJe- 
rufalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 

16 1 he' fons of Levi ; Gerihom, Co- 
hath, and Merari. 

17 And thefe be the names of the ions 
of Gerihom ; Libwi, and Shimei. 

18 And the fons ef Kohath were, Am- 
ram, andlzhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

19 The Ions of Merari : Mahli, and 
Mufti. And thefe are the families oi the 
Levites according tc their fathers. 

20 Of Gerihom ; Libni his ion, Jahath 
his fon, Zimmah his fon, 

^t Joahhis fon, Iddo his fon, Zcrah 
his fon, Jeaierai his Urn. 

2: The fons of Kohath : Amminadab 
his fon, Korah his fon, Aliir his ion, 

23 Elkanahhis fon, and Ebiafaph his 



fon, and Allir his fon. 



%\ Tahath his (on, Uriel his fon, Uz- 
ziah his ion, and Shaul his fon. 
25 And the fons of Elkanah ; Amafai, 

and Ahi moth. 

26 As 



7 he line of friefts . C 1 ; a p 

As for Klkanah : the fonsof Elka- 
fiah ; Zophai his fon, and Nahath his ion, 
£7 Eliab his fon, Jerohamhis fon, Jbl- 
kanah his fon. 

And the fons of Samuel ; the firft 
born Vafhni, and Abiah. 

29 The fons of Merari ; Mahli, Libni 
his fon, Shimei his fon, Qzia his fon, 

50 Shimei hb fon, Haggiah his ^on, 
Afa'ah his fon. 

51 And thefe are /bey whom David fet 
over the fervice of long in the houfe of 
the Lord, after that the aik had reft. 

SB And they miniflered before the 
dwelling place of the tabernacle of the 
congregation with (inging, until Solomon 
had built the houfe of the Lord in Jeru. 
falcm : and then they waited on their of- 
fice according to their order. 

53 And thefe arr they that waited with 
their children. Of the fonsof the Kohath- 
ites : Heman a finger, the fon of Joel, the 
fon of Shcmuel, 

54 The fon of Elk-nab,, the fon of Je- 
roham, the fon ofEliel, the ion ofToah, 

55 n ofZuph, the Ion of Elka- 
nofMahath, the fonof Amafai, 

36 The fon of Klkanah, the fon of Jo rl, 
the fon ot ih, the fon ofZephaniah, 

S7 The fon of Tahath, the fon of Aflir, 
the fon of Ebiafaph, the ion of Koran, 

SB iof Izhah,thefonof Kohath, 

the fon of I.evi, the ion of Ifrael. 

59 And his brother Afaph, who ftoOd 
on his right hand, even Afaph the for 
hiah, the fon ol Shim 

•4<> The fon of Michael, the (on of 
, the fon 

•41 '] ; f the fon of Zcrah, 

the fo: ih, 

\. The fon ol i, the i m oi Zim- 

mah, the fon ol Shim , 

45 Tl: hath, the I 

VI. 

44 An brethren the fons i 

x'\flr,r, ; left hand : Ethan thefonol 

Kid.i. - di, the Ion ol MaJlui h. 

45 'J'| habiah, th 
A: f Hilkiah, 

46 1 , the of 
the ion o 

I he fon ol Mah I Mu 

flii, • i i t I evi. 

i'h-'i b d alfo ; 

a; «ii 

49 fl But \aron ai 
ni 

enle, i 

holy, 

■ 

1 -\ i ; lh . • a 
ftuahi 



, vi. OjTice oj Aaron and his fens, hbi 

51 Bukki his fen, Uzzi his fon, Zcra- 
hiah his ion, 

Meraiotf! his fon, Amariah his fon, 
Ahitub his fon, 

'■'» Zadok his fon, Ahimaaz his fon. 
'>4 Now thefe arctheir d\« ( lling places 
throughout their caftles in their coaftg, of 
the fonsof Aaron, of the families of the 
Kohathites : for their's was the lot. 

55 And they gave them Hebron in the 
land of Judah, and the fuburbs thereof 
round about it. 

But the field's of the city, and the 
villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the 
fon of JephunneK. 
57 And to the fons of Aarcn they gave 
I Judah, namely t Hebron, the 
of refuge, and Libnah with her fub- 
urbs, and Jattir, and Efhtamoa, with 
their fuburbs, 
53 And llikr. with her fuburbs, Dcbir 

r fuburbs, 
59 And A man with her fuburbs, and 

•i v. ith her fuburbs • 

CO And oui ol the tribe of Benjamin ; 

ba with her fuburbs, and Alem< thwith 

her fuburbs, and Anathoth '^ith herfub- 

urb^. All their cities- throughout theii 

families 'were thirteen citl 

ff1 Andui • \ t *wbicl 

tuerelefrof ti > t 

cities given outol the half tribe, nam*. 
out oj the 1 .. tribe of Manafleh, 1 
t ities. 
62 And to the fons of GerfSom 
throughout thejr fani , utofthetribe 
pf 1 (Ta< bar, and out of the tribe of Afher, 
and out < t the tribe « .d out 

oftl : ol Manafleh in liafoan, thi 

. 
Untot] 

their familii i, oui oi 
• -ibe 

id, .i::. 1 lull. 

64 And tl of Ifrael 

the 1 • a b u rbs. 

And tl ' <•! thr 

I 

anil 
n ol B 

: tl ' 

the font «" ; ', h id i 

m. 

n in Mi 
bin bs | alfo 

i fubo 

r (hi. ii. 

with 



352 The Jons of ljfacbar. 

■with her fubtirbs, for the family of the 
remnant of the ions of Kohath. 

71 Unto the Ions of Gerhhom ivere giv- 
en out of the family of the half tribe of 
Manalfeh, Golan in Bafhan with her fub- 
urbs, and Aflitaroth with her fuburbs : 

71 And out of the tribe of Itl'achar ; 
Kedelh with her fuburbs, Daberath with 
her fuburbs, 

13 And Ramoth with her fuburbs, and 
Anem with h.er hiburbs : 

74 Andoutof the tribe of A flier ; Ma- 
fhal with her fuburbs, and Abdon with 
her fuburbs, 

75 And Kukok with her fuburbs, and 
Rehob with her fuburbs : 

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; 
Kedelh in G-iiilee with her fuburbs, and 
Hammon with her fuburbs, and Kirjath- 
aim with her fuburbs. 

77 Unto the reft ot the children of 
Merarxivere given out of the tribe of Zeb- 
ulun, Rimmon with her fuburbs, Tabor 
with her fuburbs : 

78 And on the other fide Jordan, by 
Jericho, on the eaft fide of Jordan, ivere 
given them out of the tribe of Reuben, 
Bezerin the wildernefs with her fuburbs, 
and Jahzah with her fuburbs, 

79 Kedemoth alfo with her fuburbs, 
and Mephaath with her fuburbs : 

CO And out of the tribe of Gad: Ra- 
moth in Gilead with her fuburbs, and 
Mahanaim with her fuburbs, 

81 And Hefhbon with her fuburbs, 
and Jazer with her fuburbs. 
CHAP. VII. 
1 Tbefons of Iffacbar, 6 of Benjamin, IS 

of Naphtali, 14 of Manaffeb, 20 and 

Ephraim. 

NOW the fons of Iflachar ivere. To- 
la, and Puah, Jafhub, and Shimron, 
four. 

2 And the fons of Tola ; Uzzi, and 
Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and 
Jiblam, and Shemuel, heads of their 
father's houfe, to ivit, of Tola : they 
ivere valiant men of might in their gene- 
rations ; whole number ivas in the days 
ot David two and twenty thoufand and 
fix hundi ed. 

."5 And the fons of Uzzi : Izrahiah : 
and the fons of Izrahiah : Michael, and 
Obadial^ and Joel, Ifhiah, hve : all of 
them chief men. 

i And with them, by their generations, 
after the houfe of thc'.t fathers, ivere 
bands of foldier* ibr wa?i fix and thirty 
tlioufand men : for they had many wives 
and fons. 

5 And their brethren among all the 



I. CHRONICLES. 



famines of Ilfachar ivere valiant men oticomfort him. 



The fins of Be nj am':?:. 

7 And the fons of Bela ; Ezbon, and 
Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and In, 
five ; heads of the houfe of their fathers, 
mighty men of valour ; and ivere reckon- 
ed by their genealogies twenty and two 
thouland and thirty and four. 

'o And the fons of Becher ; Zemira, 
and Joafh, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, 
and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah,and 
Anathoth, and Alameth. All thefe are 
the fons of Becher. 

9 And the number of thereafter their 
genealogy by their generations, heads of 
the houfe of their fathers, michty men of 
valour, vjas twenty thoufand and two 
hundred. 

10 The fons alfo of Jediael ; Bilhan : 
and the fons of Bilhan ; Jeufli, and Ben- 
jamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and 
Zethan. and Tharfhifh, and Ahifhahar. 

1 1 All thefe the fons of Jediael, by the 
heads of their fathers, mighty men of 
valour, ivere feventeen thoufand and 
two hundred foldiers, fit to go out for 
war and battle. 

12 Shuppimalfo, and Huppim, the chil- 
dren of lr, aff</Hu(him, the fons of Aher. 

13 f\ The fons of Naphtali ; Jahziel, 
and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the 
fons of Bilhah. 

14 fl The fons of Manaffeh ; Afhriel, 
whom (he bare : (but his concubine the 
Aramitefs bare Machir the fatlier of 
Gilead : 

15 And Machir took to wife thefifler 
of Huppim and Shuppim, whole filler's 
name ivas Maachah ;) and the name of 
the fecond ivas Zelophehad : and Zelo- 
phehad had daughters. 

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir 
bare a fon, and (he called his name Perelh ; 
and the name of his brother ivas Shereih ; 
and his fons ivere Ulam and Rakem. 

17 And the fons of Ulam ; fiedan. 
Thefe ivere the fons of Gilead, the fon 
of Machir, the fon of ManaiTeh. 

18 And his filter Hammoleketh bare 
Ifhod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 

19 And the fons of Shemidah were A- 
hian,and Shechem,and Likhi, andAniam. 

*20 ^| And the fons of Ephraim ; Shu- 
thelah, and Bered his fon, and Tahath 
his fon, and filadah his fon, and Tahath 
his fon, 

21 And Zabad his fon, and Shuthelah 
iiis fon, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the 
men ot Gath that ivere born in that land 
llew, becaufe they came down to take a- 
way their cattle. 

22 And Ephraim their father mourned 
many days, and his brethren came to 



might, reckoned in all by their genealo 
gies fourfcore and feven thouland. 



23 And when he went in to his wife, 
! Ihe conceived, and bare a fon, and he 



ti fl Tbefons of Benjamin ; B.la, and called his name Beriah, becaufe it went 



Becher, and Jediael, three. 






vil with his Houfe. 



U (And 



Msnajeb, Ep.braim t Ajb?r % &c. C 

14 (And! as Sherah, 
built Ben the nether, and the up- 

erah ) 

15 ephah icas his ion, alfo Re- 
iheph, and Telah his ion, and T^ 

5 ion, 

16 Laadan his Ton, Ammihud his fon, 
El fhaina I 

17 Non his fon, Jehofhua his f 

And their poffl :. cita- 

tions tvere, Beiliel and the t..wns there- 
of, and eaft\* ar: in, and ueft^ard 
Gezer, with the towns thereof: >hec!.em 
alfo and the towns thereof, un:. 

I the towns thereof : 
19 And by the borders of the children 
of Manalfeh, Bethfhean and 1 er towns. 
Taanachand her .ndhcr 

• r.s. I).,, a- I her towns, 
the ti'M.ir. ••: | Joieph ihe (on ot lfrael 

30 lh, and 
iah, and Hhuai, and Beriah, and irerah 

» I 

i the fonsof Beriah ; Heber, and 
Male: Berzavith. 

31 And Heber b , hlct, and Sho- 
mer, and Hot ham, a a their fitter. 

31 And the fons of Japhler j Pafach, 
and b and Afhratn. Thefe are 

the children of Jjphlet. 

31 .And the fons of Sharper ; A hi, and 
Rohgih, Jehubbah, and . 

35 And the Ions of hU brother He- 

i, and Imna, and ^hclelh, 
a; I. 

36 ^d Har- 
nephe 

37 Hezer, ar.i Hod, and Sharon 

: Itbran, and Bee 
35 [ether ; Jrphunneh 

In 
39 

id Ke/ 

40 - children of After, 

houfe, ■ 
nen of valour, chief of the pi 
ce v id the number thi 
genealogy ot thera thai 
o battle tvas 
n. 

virr. 
i r 

firrt- 
arah 

th.andRaphatl 

• I 

Sh 
:\. 

are the fons of fc! 
liers ( 
inhabitants of Geba, and th 
■ 



a. 

Ions of and 



ndAhoth, 



. v; Tbef§nt of B. 353 

T And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera 
he removed them, and bt and 

ud. 

8 A iharaim begat children in the 
country b after he had fent thenx 
away; Huftimand Baarairerr his wives. 

9 And he begat of Hodeft his wife, Jo- 
bab, andZibia,a:id Mefna.and Male! 

lu And Jcuz, and bhachia.and Mirmi. 
■tivere his fons, headsof the fathers. 
And of Huihim he begat Ahitub, 
and Elpaal. 

1- '1 he (<>ns of Elpaal ; Eber,ar>d Mift- 
am, and Shamed, who built Ono, and 
Lod, with the towns thereof : 

13 Beriah alfo, and Shema, who riser? 
heads of the fathers oi the inhabitants of 
Aijalon, who drorcaway the inhabitants 
of Gath : 

i4 An , Shaftak, and Jeremoth, 

1 '• And Zebadiah,and Arad,and Ader> 

16 And Michael, and Ifpah, and Jcha» 
the fons of Beria'i ; 

IT And Zebadiah, and Meftullarrsand 
Hezeki, and Heber, 

13 llbmerai alfo, and Jezliah, and Jo- 
bab, the fens of Elpaal ; 

19 And Jakim, and 2 ind Zabdi, 

10 And Elienai.a i Eliel. 

11 And Adaian, and Beraiah, 
mrath, the fonsof Sh:mhi ; 

1J And Impan, and Heber, and Eliel. 
15 And Abdon,and Z-.chri.and H.v 
- 1 And Hanantah, and Elam, a 
toth- 

15 And Ir.)iedeiah,and Penucl, the fans 
of Sha&ak; 

, and Sheha: 
h, 

17 ih,and Zichri, 
m. 

is of the fathers, 
eir generations, chiet men. TheiC 
■ 
19 t the father ot 

Gibcon; sname tifljMaac! 

i fon Abdon, 
Baal, and N idab, 
:.d Zac 
ih. And 
ihefe all brethren in 

Jerufalem o\ 

33 f A . begat Kift, and K in. h 

Stul.and 
chiftua, an- 
31 And V. 
ribl di. 

thon, and Melech, and 
3<i An 

■ 

37 . 
38 



ate ' 



I 
nun, 



554 The Ifraelttes* genealogies. I. CIIRON ICLES. Charge ef certain Le<viui 

mael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and 
Hanan. All thefe t we re the fons of Azel. 
S9 And the fons of Efhek his brother 
were, Ulam his firftborn, Jehufh the fec- 
ond, and Eliphelet the third. 

40 And the fons of Ulam were mighty 
men of valour, archers, and had many 
fons, and fons* fons, an hundred and fifty. 
All thefe are of the fons of Benjamin. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The original of Ifrael' sand Judah^s gen- 
ealogies. 27 The charge of certain Le- 
vites. S5 Saul's and "Jonathan's fiock. 
SO all Ifrael were reckoned by geneal- 
ogies ; and, behold, they were written 
in the book of the kings of Ifrael and 
Judah, who were carried away to Baby- 
lon for their tranfgreflion. 

2 New the firft inhabitants that dwelt 
in. their poUefhons in their cities 'were, 
the Israelites, the priefts, Levites, and 
the Nethinims. 

S And in Jerufalem dwelt of the chil- 
dren of Judah, and of the children of 
Benjamin, and of the children of E- 
phraim, and Manaffeh ; 

•4 Uthai the fon of Ammihud, the fon of 
Omri, the fon of Imri, the fon of Bani, of 
the children of Pharez the fon of Ju4ah. 

5 And of the Shilonites ; Afaiah the 
firftborn, and his fons. 

6 And of the fons of Zerah ; Jeuel, and 
fcheir brethren, fix hundred and ninety. 

7 And of the fons of Benjamin ; Sallu 
the fon of Mefliullam, the fon of Hoda- 
viah, the fon of Hafenuah, 

3 And Tbneiah the fon of Jeroham, and 
Elah the fon of Uzzi, the fon of Michri, 
and Mefhullam the fen of Shephatiah, 
the fon of Reuel, the fon of Ibn-ijah ; 

9 And their brethren, according to 
their generations, nine hundred and fifty 
and fix. All thefe men were chief of the 
fathers in the houfe of their fathers. 

10 And of the priefts ; Jedaiah, and 
Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 

11 And Azariah the fon of Hilkiah, 
the fon of Mefhullam, the fon of Zadok, 
the fon of Meraioth, the fon of Ahitub, 
the ruler of the houfe of God ; 

12 And Adaiah the fon of Jeroham, 
the fon of Pufhur, the fon of Malchijah, 
and iMaafiai the fon of Adiel, the fon of 
Jahzeiah, the fon of Mefhullam, the fon 
of Mefhillemith, the fon of Immer : 

13 And their brethren, heads of the 
houfe of their fathers, a thoufand and 
feven hundred and threefcore ; very able 
men for the work of the fervice of the 
houfe of God. 

14 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the 
fon of Hasihub, the fon of Azrikam, the 
fon of Hafnabiah, of the fons of Merari ; 

15 And Bakbakkah, Herem, and Ga- 
lal, and iMattaniah the fon of Micah, 
the fon of Zichri, the fon oi Afaph \ 



16 And Obadiah the fon of Shemaiah 
the fon of Galal, the fon of Jeduthurt 
and Berechiah the fon of Afa, the fon 
of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of 
the Netophathites. 

17 And the porters were, Shaflum, and 
Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and 
their brethren : Shallum ivas the chief ; 

18 Who hitherto waited in the king's 
gateeaftward : they were porters in tire 
companies of the children of Levi. 

19 And Shallum thefonofKore, the fon 
ofEbigfaph, the fon of Kcrah, and his 
brethren, of the houfe of his father, the 
Korahites, were over the work of the fer- 
vice, keepers of the gates of the taberna- 
cle : and their fathers, being over the hofl 
of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. 

20 And Phinehas the fon of Eleazer 
was the ruler over them in time paft, and 
the Lord was with him. 

21 And Zechariah the fon of Mefhele- 
miah ivas porter of the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation. 

22 All thefe which were chofen to h: 
porters in the gates oo^^twohundred and 
twelve .Thefe were reckoned by their gen- 
ealogy in their villages, whom David and 
Samuel the feerdid ordain intheir fet office, 

2S So they and their children bad the 
overfight of the gates of the houfe of the 
Lord, namely, the houfe of the tabernai. 
cle, by wards. 

24 In four quarters were the portersj 
toward the eaft, weft, north, and fouth. 

25 And their brethren, wbicb were in 
their villages, were to come after feven 
days from time to time with them. 

26 For thefe Levites, the four, chief 
porters, were in their fet office, and were 
over the chambers and treafuries of the 
houfe of God. 

27 <f And they lodged round about 
the houfe of God, becaufethe charge was 
upon them, and the opening thereof 
every morning pertained to them. 

28 And certain oi them had the charge 
of the mimfteringveffels, that they fhould 
bring them in and out by tale. 

"29 Home of them alfo ice re appointed 
to overfee the vefrels, and all the inft.ru- 
mentsof thcfancluary, and the fine flour, 
and the wine, and the oil, and the frahk- 
incenfe, and the fpiccs. 

SO Am) fonie xA the fons of the pricfls 
made the ointment of the fpiccs. 

St And Mattithiah, oneo'; the Levitfs, 
who ivas the firftborn of Shallum the 
Korahite had the fet office over the 
things that were made in the pans. 

And older of their brethren of the 
fons of the Kohathites, were over the 
bread, to prepare it every fabbath. 

3S And theft* are the fingers, chief of 
the fathers of the Levites, who remaining 
in the chambers iivr£ free : for they were 

employed 



it and bit fons fuin. 

'oyed in that work day and r. 
Thefe ctnef fathers ot the Le. 
were chief throughout theit generations ; 
thefe dwelt at Jerufalem. 

S5 f And in Gibeon dwe't the father 
cf Gibeon, Jeliiel, whole wife's : 

*6 A born fon Abdon, then 

Zur, and Kiib, and Baal, and Ner, and 
ab, 

37 And Gedcr, and Ahio, and Ze 
riah, and Mikioth. 

S3 AndMiklothbcgatShimeam. And 
they alfo dwelt with their brethren at Je- 
rufalem, overagainit their brethren. 

59 And Ner begat Ki(h ; and Kim! 
Saol ; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Mal- 
clufhua, and Abtnidab, and Efhbaal. 

40 And the fon of Jonathan ivas 
ribbaal : and Meribbaal be. th. 

41 And thefon> < >f M thoo, 
an<' h, and i, and Ahar.. 

It An I Ahaz begat J a rail ; and ] 
, and Azmaveth, and . 
/t ; 
43 And M a ; and Re 

iah hisfon, hleafah his fon, A/.el his Ion. 

41 And Azel had fix Ions, wHofe names 
are thefe, Azrikam, Hocheru, and Jth- 
:, and Sheariah, and Ohadiah, and 
Hanan : thefe ivere the fons ot Azel. 

CHAi'. X. 
1 Saul's oiertbroivan I death. BTbt 
lijlines triumph over him. 1 1 "jabejhgil- 
ead'i kindnejs to bim and to b 
NOW the P linft 

I ; and the men of i 

es, and h . ilain 

in n 

Vines | 

■ 

and M 1. 

3 
and v\a> 

won e arch? 

4 I hen i i irer, 

therewith ; I 

and abulr nir. Bui .-arer 

would not ; tor he So 

»rd, and fell ttpor. 
■ 

id, he fell likewn 
Che fword, ind di< 

6 fliree fons, 
I toget! 

7 And when all the men of \( 
e in the valley I iw 

that Said and his lor. then 

ik their citi'-s, and Hed : and 
the Phiiiftmes came and dwelt in th 

8 *J And it c pafs on the i 

en the Philifl to ftrip 

i, th.it they found Saul and h.s 
in mount Gilboa. 



Chap. X. 31 Dvvtd made king. S55 

9 And when they had dripped him, 
they took his head, and his armour, and 
lent into the land of the P. ^ round 

:, to carry tidin c s unto their i 
and to the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the 
houfe of their ;;ons, and fattened his head 
in the temple of Dagon. 

It fl And when all Jabefhgilead heard 
all that the Philiftines had done to £ 

It They arofc, ad) the valiant men, and 
took au ay rhe body of Saul, and the bod- 
ies of his fons, and brought them to Ja- 
be;h, and buried their bones under 
oak in Jabefh, and tailed (even d. 

13 So SauldiedlorhistranKieffionw hich 
he committed againlt the Lord, even a- 
gainft the word of the Lord, which he 
Kept not, and alio forafkingfoaw/Wof one 
that bad a familiar fpirit, to inquire of it ; 

14 And inquired not of the Lord : 
therefore he him, and turned 
kingdom unto David the (on of J elk. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 P.iiid made king 4 He x:inneth the caf~ 
tie of 7/ton fiom the jebujites by 'Joab's 
our. 10 A italogue 9J es. 

'I HEN ail In id g uhered themfi 
to David unto Hebron, faying, Behold, 
we are thy bone and thy fi\ fh. 

2 And n. :ne part, t 
when Saul was king, the that 
ledde and broughteft in 11 
and the I.o hee, 
Thou t. I my people llrad, 

e rider ople If 

3 Therefore* til tne elders ot If- 
i i- 1 to tl David 

in M< 
before the l.o 

, according to the 
. Sami: 

4 * .«!! lirael went to 
ch is febu ore the 

ind. 
1 to 
Davit 

I 

» \i >avid. 

I 
ef. 

7 A !t in the ere- 
illed it > ■ « t I) i 

8 And he built t: 
from V tnd about : and J 

I thr r city. 

for : 

tlv 
ity men v. 

l theml 
dom, at ii all L 

ol the 

Lord concerning lirael. 

11 And 



I. CHRONICLES. 



S5& A catalogue of 

11 And this ri the number of the 
mighty men whom David had ; Jalho- 
beam, an Hachmonite the chief of the 
captains : he lifted up his fpear againft 
three liundred ftdimbybim atone time. 

12 And after him ivas Eleazer the fon 
cfDodo, the Ahohite, who "was one of 
the three mighties. 

13 He was with David at Pafdammim, 
ani there the Phiiiftines were gathered 
together to battle, where was a parcel 
of ground full of barley : and the people 
fled from before the Phiiiftines. 

14 And they fet themfelves in the 
midft of that parcel, and delivered it, 
and llew the Phiiiftines ; and the Lord 
faved tbem by a great deliverance. 

15 Now three of the thirty captains 
went down to the rock to David, into 
the cave of Adullam ; and the holt of the 
Phiiiftines encamped in the valley of 
Rephaim. 

16 And David ivas then in the hold, 
and the Phiiiftines' garrifon ivas then at 
Bethlehem. 

IT And David longed, and faid, Ch 
that one would give me drink of the wa- 
ter of the well oi Bethlehem, that is at 
the gate ! 

13 And the three brake through the 
hoftof the Phiiiftines, and drew water out 
of the well of Bethlehem, that ivas by the 
gate, and took ;*/, and brought/'/ to Da- 
vid : but David would not drink ©/"it, 
but poured it out to the Lord, 

19 And faid, mv God forbid it me, 
that I fhould do this thing : (hall 1 drink 
the blood of thefe men that have put 
their lives in jeopardy ? For with the jeop- 
ardy of their lives they brought it. 
Therefore he would not drink it. Thefe 
things did thefe three mightieft. 

20 And Abifbai the brother of Joab, 
he was chief of the three : for lifting up 
his fpcar againft three liundred, he llew 
tberr., and had a name among the three. 

-I Ol the three, he was more honour- 
able than the two ; for he was their cap- 
tain : howbeit, he attained not to the 
firft tl) rcc. 

Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada, the Con 
of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had 
done many acts ; he llew two lion', 
rnen of Moab ; aifo he went down and 
ilew a lion in a pit in afnowy day. 

23 And he flew an Egyptian, a man 
ot great ftaturc. five cubits high ; and in 
the Egyptian'* hand il\is a fpear like a 
weaver's beam ; and he went down to 
liim with Uart, and plucked the fpear 
out of the Egyptian's hand, and llew him 
with his own fpear. 

2i Thefe tb;ngs did Benaiah the fon of 
Jehoiada, and had a name among the 
three mighties. 

25 Behold, lie was honourable ainongthe 



David's mighty men* 



thirty, but attained not to the fir ft three: 
and David fet him ever his guard. 

26 Alio the valiant men of the armies 
tuere, A fa h el the brother of joab, Elha- 
nan the fon of Dodo of Bethlehem, 

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez 
the Pelonite, 

'28 Ira the fon of Ikkeih the Tekoite, 
Abiezer the Antothite, 

29 Sibbecai the Hufhathite, llai the 
Ahohite, 

SO Maharai the Netophathite, Heled, 
the fon of Baanah the Netophathite, 

31 Ithai the fon of Ribai of Gibeah, that 
pertained to the children of Benjamin, 
Benaiah the Pirathonite, 

52 Hurai of the brooks of Gaafli, Abi- 
el the Arbathite, 

53 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba 
the Shaalbonite, 

4 The ions of H?fhem the Gizonite, 
Jonathan the fon of Shage the Hararite, 

35 Ahiam the ion of Sachar the Hara- 
rite, Eliphal the fan of Ur, 

36 Hephcr the Mccherathite, Ahijah 
the Pelonite, 

ST Hezro the Carmelite, Naaraithefon 
of Ezbai, 

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar 
the fon of Haggeri, 

39 Zelek the Ammoniie, Naharai tho 
Berothite, the armour bearer of Joab the 
fon of Zeruiah, 

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the ion 
of Ahlai, 

42 Adina the fon of Shiia the Reuben- 
ite, a captain of the Rcubenites, and 
thirty with him, 

42 Hanan the fon of Maachah, and 
Jofoaphat theMithnite, 

44 Uzzia the Afliterathite, Shama and 
Jchiel ttie fons of Hothan the Aroerite, 

45 Jediael the fon of Shimri, and Joha 
his brother, the Tizitc, 

46 Eliel the Mahay it e, and Jeribai, and 
Jofhaviah, the fons of Elnaam, and Ith- 
mah the Moabite, 

47 Eliel, and Obed, and jafici the Me. 
fobaite. 

CHAP. XII. 
I The companies that came to Da<vid at 

Z'iklag. 23 The armies that came to 

him at Htbro'i. 

NOW thefe are they that came to Da- 
vid to Ziklag, while he yet kept himfelf 
clofe becar.fe of Saul the ion of Kifh : 
and they ivere among the mighty men, 
helpers ot the war. 

2 7bey ivcre armed with bows, and 
could ule both the right hand and the 



left in hurling (lones andjbooting arrows 
out of a bow 9 even of Saul's brethren of 
Benjamin. 

3 The chief -Jbas Ahiezer, then Joa&, 
the fops of She maah the Gibcathite ; and 

Te?>l, 



The companie *mc t hip. 

jeziel, and Pelet, the fonsof Axmaveth ; 
and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, 
■4 And [fmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty 
man anion- the thirty, and uver the thir- 
ty ; and Jeremiah, and Jchaziel,and Jo- 
hanan, and Jofaba i the Gederathil 
3Eluz [eremoth and*Bealiah,3nd 

phatiahthe Haruphite; 
6 Klkanah, and Jefiah, and A/. .reel* 
zer, and Jafaobeam, tl 
Vad Joelah, and Zebad aj , the (bits 
of Jeruham of Gedor. 

8 And of the Gadites there feparated 
themfelves unto David into the hold to 
the wild rnefs men of might, and men ot 
war/f for the battle, that could handle 
iiiieldand buckler, whole faces njjetelike 
the faces of lions, and tvere a^ fwitt a 
roes upon he mountain 

9 , Obadiah the fecond, 
£h t third, 

Ihmannah the fourth, Jeremiah 
the firth, 

11 kttai the fixth, Eliel tl.e feventh. 

l- an the eighth, hlzabad the 

nin 

i Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the 
eleventh. 

14 I bt(e ivere of the fons of ( 

of the holl: one of the halt "<x'ai 
over an hundred, and the greatest over a 
thoufaad. 

1 1 I hefe are they that went over Jor- 
dan in the firft month, when it hid i I 
flown all his banks: and they put to Hight 
all //><-m of the valleys, both toward the 
cart, and t 

hildrenofBcn- 
jan tokl unto David. 

11 * neet ; 

them, and anfwered and faid unto th< 
If j peaceably unto me to help 

mine 1- !l be knit unto ) ou : 

but if ye be ctme to betl 

jinjj there is no wrong in mine 
J hers \ooktbere- 

mic upon Amafai, 

ivbo icascl . la/d, 

Thine 01 I) ivid,a i ! on th> fide, 

fboofjefle: pc v into the 

peace br rs ; for tin 

:e. Then I) ivid r< 'hem 

I made the I of I he h.i: 

fell lo-ne of Man iffeh to 
v. ith the Phi h limes 
aul to battle : but i ; !pc<l 






them tor the lords of the rniiiuines 

upon , faying. 

He will ; Uitbe 

ardv ot our heads. 

il to 
MaaalTeh, Adnata and Toca 
and Jed 
and l'.'.ihu, and Ziltl 

'.hat tcvrr of MunaOeh. 



to meet David at liklag. 3*7 

il And they helped David againft 
the band if the m- t , s ; \ or t nC y ivert all 
J-.ty men of valour i and were captains 
in the holt. 

St For at that time day by day then 
came to David to help him, until it xuas 
a great hoft, like the hot! ci God. 

f, And thefe are the numbers of 
the bands that 'were ready armed to th« 
\v.;r, an! came to David to Hebron, to 
turn the kingdom of Saul to him, ac- 
' :ng to the word of the I ord. 
l 2i '1 lie children ot Judah that bare 
fiiield and fpear ivere lix thoufand and 
eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 
-±j Of the children of Simeon* mighty 
men of valour tor the war,leven thoufand 
and one hundred. 

Of the children of Levi, four thou- 
fand and fix hundred- 

.id i tuas the leader of the 
. ami with him inert three thou- 
fand and [even hundred ; 

£8 And Zadok a young man mighty 
of valour- and of his fathers heufe twenty 
and two captains. 

£9 Andofthr children of Ecnjamin, 
the kindred of Saul three thoufand : tor 
hitherto the areateft part of them had 
kept th< of the houfe of Saul. 

SO And of the children ot Ephraim 
twenty thoufand and eight hundred, 
mighty me dour, famous through- 

out the houfe of their fathers. 
St And ( t the half tribe of Mana 
hteen thoufand, Which n 
bs name, I and make David long. 

M And ol i 1 i of J 

wbh b iverc ;■ * had nndi ing 

of the times, to k * h rt H .ht 

to do; the h va wire tw< 

iln-vl : andalJ tlicii brethren tw/al i!.. 
commai-. 

I H '/.••' 
battli , expert in war, w ith all infl i 

thoufand, -• I ild keep 

"i donl !'■ heart. 
84 And 

ith ihei (hteld ai 

thirtj and Grv< d. 

And of the Danii 

it ihoi luin- 

i. 

.16 

war, I nd. 

the 1 

• 

:v thoufand< 
58 All the 
rank, 
bron, I 

! the i 
heart t< 
otAndtheretl 



558 David fetcbetb the ark,&c. I. CHRONICLES. Hiram's kindttefs to David. 
days, eating anddrinking: for their breth- ried it aflde into the houfe of Obededorrj 



and oil,- and oxen, 
: for there vjas'ioy 

XIII. 



ren had prepared for them 

40 Moreover,they that were nigh them, 
even unto Itlachar, and Zebu fun, and 
Naphtali, brought bread on affes, and on 
camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and \ 
meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches 
ofraifins, and wine, 
and fheep abundantly 
in Ifrael. 

C H A P. 
1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath- 

jearim. 9 Uzr.a being fmitten, the ark 

is left at the houfe of Obededorn. 

AND David confulttd with the cap- 
tains of thoufands and hundreds, and 
with every leader. 

2 And David faid unto all the congrega- 
tion of Ifrael, If itfeem good unto you, and 
that it be of the Lord our God, let us fend 
abroad unto onr brethren every where, 
that are left in all the land of Ifrael, and 
with them alfo to the priefts and Levites 
vjhich are in theircities and fuburbs, that 
they may gather themfelves unto us : 

S And let us bring again the ark of our 

od to us : for we inquired not at it in 
the days of Saul. 

4 And all the congregation faid that 
they would do fo : for the thing was right 
in the eyes of all the people- 

5 So David gathered all Ifrael together, 
from Shihor of Egypt even unto the en- 
tering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God 
from Kirjathjearim. 

6 And David went up, and all Ifrael, 
to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, 
which belonged to Judah, to bring up 
thence the ark of God the Lord, that 
dwelleth between the cherubims, whole 
name is called on it. 

T And they carried the ark of God in 
a new cart out of the houfe of Abinadab: 
and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 

8 And David and all Ifrael played be- 
fore God with all their might, and with 
Zinging, and with harps, and with pfalte- 
ries, and with timbrels, and with cym- 
bals, and with trumpets. 

9 ^ And when they came unto the 
threfhing floorof Chidon, Uzza put forth 
iiis hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen 
(tumbled. 

10 And the anger of the Lord was 
kindled again ft Uzza, and he fmote him, 
becaufe he put his hand to the ark ; and 
there he died before God. 

It And David was difpleafcd, becaufe 
the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza : 
wherefore that place is called Prrezuzza 
to (his day. 

11 And David was afraid of God that 
day, faying, How (hall I bring the ark 
of God home to me ? 

13 So David brought not the ark home 
to hirafelf to the city of David, but car- 



the Gittite- 

14 Amd the ark of God remained with 
the family of Obededorn in his houfe 
three months. And the Lord bleffed the 
houfe of Obededorn, and all that he had. 

C H \ P. XIV. 
1 Hiram's kndnefs to David. 1 David's 

felicity in people, wives, and children. 

8 His two viSlories. 

NOW Hiram king of Tyre fent mef- 
fengers to David, and timber of cedars, 
with mafons and carpenters, to build 
him an houfe. 

2 ^f And David perceived that theLoRD 
had confirmed him king over Ifrael, for 
his kingdom was lifted up on high, be- 
caufe of "his people Ifrael. 

S And David took more wives at Je- 
rufalem : and David begat more fons and 
daughters. 

4 Nowthefe^K^ the names of his chil- 
dren which he had in Jerufalem ; Sham- 
mua, andShobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 

5 And Ibhar,and Elifhua, andElpalet, 

6 And Nogah,and Ncpheg, and Japhia, 

7 And Elifhama, and Beeliatia, and 
Eliphalet. 

8 qj And when the Philiftines heard 
that David was anointed king over all If- 
rael, all the Philiftines went up to feek 
David. And David heard of it, and went 
out againfl them. 

9 And the Philiftines came and fpread 
themfelves in the valley of Rephaim 

10 And David enquired of God, fay- 
ing, Shall I go up againfl the Philiftines • 
and, Wilt thou deliver them into mine 
hand? And tVie Lord faid unto him, 
Go up ; for I will deliver them into 
thine hand. 

11 So they came up to Baalperazim : 
and Davrd fmote them there. Then Da- 
vid faid, God hath broken in upon mine 
enemies by mine hand like the breaking 
forth of waters : therefore they called 
the name of that place Baalperazim. 

12 And when they had left their gods 
there, David gave a commandment, and 
they were burned with fire. 

iS And the Philiftines >et again fpread 
themfelves abroad in the valley. 

14 Therefore David inquired again of 
God : and God faid unto him, Go not up 
after them, turn away \'v)])\ them, and. 
come upon them over againfl the mul- 
berry trees. 

15 And it ftall be,when^hou fhalthear 
a found of going in the lops of the mul- 
berry XreeSfthat then thou fhalt go out t© 
battle : for God is gone forth before thee 
to finite the hofl of the Philiftines. 

16 David therefore did as God com- 
manded him : and they fmote the hofl of 
the Philiftines fromGibeon even toGazer- 

IT And the fame of David went out in- 

to 



IbearklrougbtfromObeJedom. Chap, x v. xvi. D.i<vi<r s joy af bringing!/. 



to all lands; and the Lord brought the 

feai . upon all nations. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 David's order about bringing the ark 
Jrom Obededom. "15 tit meth it 

ivith q real j oy . 19 Mic bu :tb him . 

HD David made him es in the 

city id, and pr~;nred a ; 

the ark. of God, and pitched for it a tent. 
£ 1 hen David laid, none ought to carry 
the aikot Ciod but theLevite them 

hath the Lord chofen toe irry the ark of 
God, and to ininiller unto him u>v t . 

3 And David gatherer, all 1 i . .eth- 
er to Jerufalcm, to b: rk ol 
the Lord unto his place, w , had 
prepared for it. 

4 And David affembled the children of 

and ti. es : 

ol Koluth ; I riel the 
chief, and hu brethren an hundred and 

Merari ; i the 

chic n two hundred and 

1 'f the fons of Gerfhom ; Joel the 
bis brethren an hundred and 
Hhin 

8 * If tli*' i 

d his brethren two hundi 
• i not Hebron ; Eliel the 

chief, ,nd Ins brethii n I 

10 Ot the fons ot LJzziel ; Amminadab 
the chief, and his brethren an hundred 

11 And ! 

Abiathar t! vires, 

ami hi: 

i 

U I have 

us, ft i him i 

the ifith 

: 

I ifinimc 

| 

Ihe 1 < t his b 

r the 



570 

18 And with them theif brethren of the 
recond^rrr 9 Zechariah,Ben.andjaaziel f 
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, 
Kliab, and Benaiah, and Maafeiah, and 
Mattithiah,and Eliphcleh.and Mikneiah, 
and Obededom, and Jeiel the porters. 

19 So the fingers, Heman, Afaph, and 
Ethan nuere apfmnttd to found « ithcym- 

of bra(> ; 
tO And Zechariah, and Aziel, and 
Sheiv !i, and jehiel, and Unni, and 

b, and Maafeiah, and Benaiah, with 
\ falteriea on Al imoth ; 

:i And Mattifhiah, nnd Eliphileh, and 
.eiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, 
and Azaziah, with harps on the Sherai- 
nith to excel. 

And Chenaniah, chief of the Le- 
vites, was for fong : lieinitru&ed about 
the fong, becaule he ivas ikiiinl. 

And Berechiah and ElkaHah, ivrre 
■ kci pen l"i the aik. 

_i \nd Shebantab. and Jehofhaphat, 

Nethaneel, und Araafai, and Zecha- 

riah,and B< n li th,and Eliezer, tbepriefts, 

■•• with the trumpets beftre the 

ark. ol Ciod : ju-\ Obededom and Jehiah 

rt dooi 9 for the ai k. 

«] So David, and the ciders of Ifracl, 

and t er iIh uiand ,, went to 

; up the ark i ovenant of the 

at of the houfc of Obededom 

with joy. 

5:6 And it came to pais, when God I 
ed the I ark of the 

>nantofthe Load, that they off 

lev- and i- vfn ran 

d fvas clothed with a robe 

., and ah tli- 1 <\ \U \ that b.irc 
I the lin - ; , .n d niah 

I the fong with tli? fi 

i him anephodof linen. 
ark 
of th Lord with fl 

m ith found « i the < >rn 

, nuk- 

« n i (in- k ol 

ihe i : "H i» « '"»<• to the 

iul, lot it •< w indow, law 

kinn David d id Ike 

,'cd him hi 

\ I. 

I lie or. 
a their to .7 

• p[ aim 

and 

■ . II r i t : an d t In 

bctiuie 

* And when >dc an I 

the name «. 

\nd 



360 David appdhitetb 

3 And he dealt to every one of Ifrael, 
both man and woman, to every one a 
loaf of bread, and a gccd piece of flefh, 
and a flaeon ofxvine. 

4 ^f And he appointed certain cf the 
Levites to minifter before the ark. of the 
Lord, and to record, and to thank and 
praife the Lord God of Ifrael : 

5 Afaph thechief,and nexttohimZech- 
ariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, andje- 
hiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Be- 
naiah, and Obededom : and Jeiel with 
pfalteries and with harps ; but Afaph 
made a found with cymbals; 

6 Benaiah alfo and Jahaziel the priefts 
with trumpets continually before the ark 
of the covenant of God. 

7 «[ Then on that day David delivered 
firft this pfalm to thank the Lo RD,into the 
hand of Afaph and his brethren. 

8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call 
upon his name, make known his deeds 
among the people. 

9 Sing unto him, fing pfalms unto him, 
talk ye of all his wondrous works. 

10 Glory ye in hisholy name: let the 
heart of them rejoice that feek the Lord 

11 Seek the Lord and his ftrength, 
feek his face continually. 

12 Remember his marvellous works 
that he hath done, his wonders, and the 
judgments- of his mouth ; 

tl O ye feed of Ifrael his fervant, ye 
children of Jacob, his chofen ones 

14 He i* the Lord our God j his judg- 
ments are in all the earth. 

15 Be ye mindful always of his cove- 
nant ; the wordwhicb he commanded to 
a thoufand generations ; 

1 t> Even of the covenant which he made 
with Abraham, and of his oath unto lfaac; 

17 And hath confirmed the fame to 
Jacob for a law, and to Ifrael /or an ev- 
erlafting covenant, 

IB Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 
cf Caanan, the lot of your inheritance ; 

19 When ye were but few, even a few, 
and Grangers in it. 

20 And nvber; they went from nation 
to nation, and from one kingdom to an- 
other people ; 

21 He (uttered nomantodothem wrong: 
yea, he reproved kings for their fakes, 

22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, 
and do my prophets no harm. 

23 Sing unto the Lord ail the earth ; 
mm- forth from day today his falvation. 

44 Declare his glory among the heathen; 
his marvellous works among all nations. 

•■I?* For great /'< the Loud, and greatly 
to be p: tiled : he alio is to be feared a- 
bove all y.oi\*. 

For a'l the gods of the people are 
idols : but the Lopd made the heavens. 

zl Glory andhonourar* in his prefencej 
ftrength and gladnefl are in his place. 



t. CHRONICLES. a thank/giving. 

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds 



of the people, give unto the Lord glory 
and ftrength. 

29 Give unto the Lord the glory due 
unto his name : bring an cr\-ring, and 
come before him : worfhip the Lord in 
the beauty of holinefs. 

50 Fear before him, all the earth : the 
world alfo (hall be (table, that it be not- 
moved. 

Si Let the heavens be glad, and let the 
earth rejoice, and let men fay among the 
nations, the Lord reigneth. 

32 Let the fea roar, and the ful-nefo 
thereof; let the fields rejoice ; and all that 
is therein. 

S3 Then (hall the trees of the wood 
fing out attheprefence of the Lord, be- 
canfe he cometh to judge the earth. 

51 Ogive thanks unto the Lord ; for be 
jjgood ; for his mercy endureth forever. 

S3 And fay ye, Save us, O God of our 
falvation, and gather u« together, and de- 
liver us from the heathen, that we may- 
give thanks to thy holy name, and glory 
in thy praife. 

36'BleiTed be the Lord God of Ifrael 
for ever and ever. And all the people 
faid, Amen, and praifed the Lord. 

S7 So he left there before the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord Afaph and his 
brethren to minifter before the ark con- 
tinually, as every day's work reqiured : 

38 AndObededom with their brethren, 
threescore and eight ; Obededom alfo the 
(on of Jeduthun and Hofah to be porters : 

39 And Zadok the pried, and his breth- 
ren the priefts, before the tabernacle of 
the Lord in the high place that was at 
Gibeon, 

40 To offer burnt offerings unto the 
Lord upon the aitarcfthe burntofiering 
continually morning and evening, and to 
do according to all ihat is written in the 
law of the Lord, which he commanded 
Ifrael ; 

41 And with them Heman and Jedu- 
thun, and the relt that were chofen, who 
wereexpreffedby name, to give thanks to 
the Lord, becaufe his mercy enduretb 
for ever ; 

42 And with them Heman and Jedu- 
thun with trumpets and cymbals for thofe 
that fhould make a found, and with mu- 
fical inftrumeritsof God. And the (ons 
of Jeduthun t ere porters. 

43 And all the people departed c#»ery 
man to his houfe : and David returned to 
blefs his houfe. 

CHAP. XVII. 

3 David forbidden to build God an bo/tfe t 

11 is promifed bleffimrs in his feed ; Vj 

H's prayer and fb*nkfgi<viitg. 

NOW it came to palsas David fat in 

his houfe, that P.n id foid to Nathan 

the prophet, Lo I dwell in an houfe o: 

cedari, 



frit ban's mtfjage to Djzid. Chap 

cedars, but the ark. of the covenant of 
the Lord remainetb under curtains. 

Then Nathan faid unto Divid, Do 
all that is in thine heart ; for God is 
'. thee. 

3 fl And it came to pafs the fame 
night that the word of God came to 

tthan, fayi: 

I Go nut tell David my fervant, Thus 
faith the Lord, I huu ihalt not build me 
an houie to dwell in : 

a I or J have not dwelt in an koufe 
fmce the day that I brought up lir.iel un- 
to this day ; but have gone from tent to 
tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 

6 Wherefoever I have walked with all 
Ifrael, . v pake I a word toan> oft] 
or Ilrael, whom I commanded to leedmv 
people, faying, Why have ye not built 
me an houfe of ci 

^-'owtnert tore,thus ihalt thou fa) unto 
niy I . . ■:■!, rhus faith the Lord 

of hofts, I to< k thee from the Qieepcote, 
even from follow ing the (beep, that thou 
fhouldcft be ruler over my \ eople Ifrael : 

8 And I have been with thee whither- 
forver thou halt walked, and have cut ofl 
all thine cr.cn. .':ee, and 
have made thee a name like the name oi 
the great men that are in the earth. 

9 Alio I will ordain a place ior im 
pie Ifrael, and will plant them, and 

they Ihall dwell in their place, arid rt. til 
be moved no .hall the 

i< kednefa wafte them any 
mo t the beginning, 

10 Andfinc< the time thai I cunmand- 
ed judges io be over my people ll 
Mo: :l fubduc all thine enemies. 
1 i c, 1 tell thec that the Lord 
will build thee an houfe. 

It fl And it Hull come to pafs, when 
thy *• \\ i be expire 1 that th >u tnufl 
be with t.'.y lather,, that I will rail 
thy I- 1 : thy 

m<l I will ettablim his kingdom' 

Hr (hall build in< ail honlc, and I 

v. ill Rablifh h ttr. 

n l will be hii fatl 
my (on : and I will n >t i ik ! n ;• 

. from him, as I took it from bun 
thai was before thec .- 

i i But I will fettU him in 
a. Hi in my kingdom I 

I 

ik unto David. 
r l \n<\ 1) ivid the king > amc and i if 
p, and laid, V. I. o 

Loi J wn lt ( t)i it 

thou haft brought me hitl erto i 

IT .And yet rhi 
thir 
fpokenoftl 

Will! 



. xvin. 



D jz id's victories. 361 



cording to the eftate of a man of high de- 
gree, O Lord God. 

18 What can Ds\\\\fpcak more to thee 
for the honour ot thy lervant ? For thou 
knowelt thy lei vant. 

19 O Lord, for thy fervant's fake, and 
according to thine own heart, haft thou 
done all this greatnels, in making know i 
j[\ibfj'e great things. f 

•10 O Lord, there is none like thee, 
neithei is there any God befide thee, ac- 
cording to all that we have heard with 

• ears. 

iJ And what one nation in the earth is 
like thy people Ilrael, whom God went fo 
redeem to be ins own people, to make thee 
a name ofgreatnefs and terriblenefs, by 
drivingout nations from before thy people 
whom thou halt redeemed out of Egypt ? 

I i rthj people Ilrael didft thou make 

thine own people forever; and than, 
Lord, becameft their God. 

fore now, Lord, let the thing 
that thou haft fpoken concerning thy fer- 
vant, and concei ning his houfe, be eltab- 
liihed forever, and do as thou haft faid. 

i -4 Let it eve a be eftablifhed, that thy 
• may be magnified for ever, faying, 
J he Lord of holts is the God of Ilrael, 
even a God to Ilrael : and let the houfe of 
Davidthyfervant£*eftabli(bedbefbrethee. 
r thou, O any (iod, halt told thy 
fervant that thou wilt build him an 
houle : therefore thy fervant hath toiind 
m his heart to pray before thec. 

26 And now, Lord, thou art God, 
and h lit promiied tins goodnefa unto thy 

..it : 

W therefore, let it plofe thee to 
the houfe of thy lervant, that it may- 
be belore thee ! \ < \ ec : for thou bleflell, 

Lord, and it flail be btefXed Sor ever. 

( 11 A P. \\ 111. 

1 P.Tfitl I'ubJueth the I'bilt'tiner, and the? 

3 He fmiutb Had*rt9tir % 

■ •is. 

NOW aftei this it came to pafs, that 

th • Philiftines, and fund e I 

them, tnd t. Gath and \v r iuu n i out 

oi the hand Philiftines. 

4 And >ab- 

, t and brought 

I « And David i rezcr k 

t ba h u 

fl.ibiiih h 
pit rati 

and 

i ii.it iots, and (even t 
ii d twent) ti. hi Qui 

■ ■,<<, b ii i • 
jt>. 

oi i)! 

t ' help «i 
David ii :w ct theJSyriani I I iweo- 

i. 

6 The* 



$$l Tou congratulated) David. I. CHRONICLES. Hanun' s tfttgratefuh 'ft, 

he hath fent comforters unto thee ? Arc 
not his fervants come unto thee for to 
fearch, and to overthrow, and to fpy out 
the land ? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's fer- 
vants, and {havedthem, and cutoff their 
garments in the midft hard by their but- 
tocks, and fent them away. 

5 Then there went certain, and told 
David how the men were (erved. And 
he fent to meet them : for the men were 



6 Then David put garrifons in Syria- 
damafcus ; and the Syrians became Da- 
vid's fervants, and brought gifts. Thus 
the Lord preserved David whitherfoever 
he went. 

7 And David took the fhields of gold 
that were en the fervants of Hadarezer, 
ancTbrcught them to JeruTalem. 

8 Bkewife from Tibhath, and from 
Chun,cities of Hadarezer, brought David 
very m\tch brafs, wherewith Solomon 
made the brazen fea,and the pillars, and 
the velTels of brafs. 

9 Now when Tou king of Hamath 
heard How David had frnitten all the hoff. 
of Hadarezer king of Zobah ; 

10 He fent Hadoram his fon to king 
pavi<3fto inqulrs of his welfare, and to 
coreratulate him, becaufehe had fought 
againft Ha'direzeir, and (mitten him ; (for 
Hdaafezer had war with Tou ;) and 
nyztb him ail manner of vefTels of gold 
and filver and brafs. 

11 Them alfo king David dedicated 
unto the Lord, with the iilver and the 
gold that he brought from all thefe na- 
tions ; from Edom, and from Moab, and 
from the children of Ammon. and from 
the Philiftincs, and from Amalek. 

12 Moreover, Abifbai the fon of Zer- 
uiah flew of the Edornites in the valley 
of fait eighteen thoufand. 

13 And he put garrifons in Edom ; and 
all the Edornites became David's fervants. 
Thus the Lord preferved David whith- 
erfoever he went. 

14 So David reigned over all Ifrael,and 
executed judgment and juftice among all 
his people. 

15 And Joab the fon of Zeruiah teas 
over the heft"; and Jehofhaphat the fon 
of Ahilud, recorder. 

16 And Zaciok tlie fon of Ahitub, and 
Ahimelech the fon of Abiathar,au£ re the 
prie'rs ; and Shavfha was fcribe : 

17 And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiadaot^j 
over the Chcrethites and the Pelethites ; 
and the fans of David e were chief about 
the king. 

CHAP XIX. 
1 Dannd' s meffengers fent to comfort Ha- 
ruv are dij 'gracefully entreated. 6 The 
/tmmnnitcs are overcome. 
NOW it came to pafs after this, that 
Nahafh the king of the children of Amnion 
died, and his ion reigned in his (lead. 
AndDavid (aid, I will (hew kindnefs 
i Hanun the Ion of Nahafh, becahfe 
ed kindnefs to me. And 
David fent m< rs to comfort him 

concerning his father. So the fervants of 
David came into the land of the children 
ol Amnion to Hanun, tocomforl him. 

.S But the princes of the children of 
Amnion (rt to Hahun, Ihinkeft thou 
(hat David doth honour thy father that 



greatly afhamed. And the king faid, 
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be 
grown, and then return. 

6 «jj And when the child rea of Ammon 
faw that they had made themfelves odious 
to David, Hanun and the children of 
Ammon fent a thoufand talents of filver 
to hire them chariots and horfemen out 
of Mefopotamia, and out of.Syriamaa- 
chah, and outof Zobah. 

7 So they hired thirty and two thou- 
fand chariots, and the king of Maachah 
and his people ; who came and pitched 
before Medeba. And the children ot 
Ammon gathered themfelves together 
from their cities, and came to battle 

8 And when David heard of it, he fent 
Joab, and all the holt of the mighty men. 

9 And the children of Ammon came 
out, and put the battle in array before the 
gate of the city : and the kings that w ere 
come e were by themfelves in the field. 

10 Now when joab faw that the battle 
was fet againff him before and behind, he 
chofcout of all the choice of Ifrael, and 
put rbem in array a gain ft the Syrians. 

1 1 And the reft of the people he deliv- 
ered unto the hand of A*biftiai his broth- 
er, and they fet tbemfehtfes in array a- 
gainil the children of Ammon. 

1 - And he faid, If the Syrians be too 
flrong for me, then thou fhalt help me : 
but if the children of Ammon be too 
ftrong tor thee, then I will help thee. 

15 Be of good courage, and let us be- 
have ourfelves valiantly for our people, 
and for the cities of our God : and let the 
Lord do that which is good in his fight. 

14 So Joab and the people that 'were 
with him drew nigh before the Syrians 
unto the battle ; and they fled before 
him. 

15 And when the children of Ammon 
faw that the Syrians were lied, they like- 
wife fled before Abilhai his brother, and 
entered into the city. Then Joab came 
to Jerufalem. 

1<i And when the Syrians faw that they 
were put to the worfe before Ifrael, they 
fent mefTengers, and drew forth the Syr- 
ians, that 'were beyond the river : and 
Shophach the captain of the holt vf Had- 
arezer ■'went before them. 

17 And it was told David; and he gath- 
ered all Ifrael, and palled over Jordan, 

and 



i 



Rabbab kejitg ( hap. xx. 

an: npont fet the battle 

in arr< K ifm. So when David 

I put \ 

ore Ii'rael ; 

.sieve, 
d «^n in ch i 

■1 killed Sh 
ch the 

;e put to the v. 

.vith Da- 
and became I. is fervants : n< 
would th: ip the 

Amnion a re. 

C H A F 
i Rabbab is bejiegt J ' ./ A. 

.', and the f'ople : 
Three i PbUt/tnes. 

the 

; 

: 
; cd the ry cf 

rnnion, and came 
ih. But D iv:d t 

Joab i Kabbah, 

and dt 

I took the crown of their 

> head, and found it to 

ent of were 

4iid it upon 

and he brought alio ex- 

thai 
, and cut them 
*i h harrows of ir-. 

David with all I »f the 

ihei 

ia- 

n. 

6 And yet ir at G 

id he 

7 But whe 

•vere born 

:, and I 

. . . 
umberetb the people. 8 
fet la i cboojetb 'be peflilence. 

tood up againft liricl,and 
to number llrael. 

I to Joab and to thj 
pie, Go, number Ifr 



xxi. D a 

Reerlbeba even to Dan : and b. 
the number of them to n 

\v //. 

And Joabanfwered,f be LoRDiridVc 
rople an hundred times fo i ioie 

as the. be : bat, my lord 
rot all n.y I 
doth my lu 

he be trefpafs to llrael I 

I N< verthelefs, the 
i a^ai;. 

n. 
5 And Joab give the fum of the n 
bet of thcr pco; I 

uer? a : 
in hundred thoufa.nd men that drew 
Iword : and Judah " r i.un 

ten thoufand men tliat 
d 1 1 d. 

t» But Levi and Benjan i lie 

for t!. ord 

■ • 

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the earth and the heaveo, ■ draw * 

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364 The three days' peflilence. 1. CHRONICLES. David inJtruSlrtb Solomon* 



fwoid in his hand ftretched out over Je- 
rufalem. Then David and the elders of 
Jfrael, ivho were clothed in fackcloth, 
fell upon their faces. 

17 And David faid unto God, Is it not 
1 that commanded the people to be num- 
bered ? Even I it is that have finned and 
done evil indeed ; but as for thefe fheep, 
"What have they done ? Let thine hand, I 
pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, 
and on my father's houfe ; but not on thy 
people, that they fhould be plagued. 

18 Then the angel of the Lord com- 
manded Gad to fay to David, that Da- 
vid fhonld go up and let up an altar unto 
the Lord in the threfhing floor of Oman 
the Jebufite. 

19 And David went up at the faying 
of Gad, which he fpake in the name of 
the Lord. 

20 And Oman turned back, and faw 
the angel ; and his four ions with him 
hid themfelves. Now Oman was threfh- 
ing wheat. 

21 And as David came to Oman, Or- 
nan looked and faw David, and went out 
ofthe threfhing floor, and bowed himfelf 
to David with his face to the ground. 

22 Then David faid to Oman, Grant 
me the place of this threfhing floor, that 
I may build an altar therein unto the 
Lord : thou fhalt grant it me for the 
full price : that the plague may be flayed 
from the people. 

23 And Oman faid unto David, Take it 
to thee, and let my lord the king do that 
*u>hicb is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee 
the oxen alfo for burnt offerings, and the 
threfhing inftruments for wood, and the 
wheat for the meat offering ; I give it all. 

24 And king David faid to Oman, 
Kay ; but I will verily buy it for the full 
price : for I will not take that which is 
thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt 
offerings without coft. 

25 So David gave to Oman for the place 
fix hundred fhekels of gold by weight. 

26 And David built there an altar unto 
the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and 
peace offerings, and called upontheLoRD; 
and he anfwered him from heaven by fire 
upon the altar of burnt offering. 

■27 And the Lord commanded the an- 
gel ; and lie put up his fword again into 
the (heath thereof. 

28 At that time when David faw that 
the Lord had anfwered him in the threfh- 
ing floor of Oman the Jebufite, then he 
iacrif.ced there. 

29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, 
which Mofes mule in the wildernefs, and 
the altar of the burnt offering, tuefe at 
that feafon in the high place at Gibeor.. 

SO But David could not go before it to 
inquire of God : for he was afraid becaufe 
of the fword of the angel of the Lord. 



CHAP. XXII. 
1 David preparetb for the building of the 
temple. 6 He inftrufleth Solomon. 

THEN David faid, This is the houfe 
of the Lord God, and this is the altar 
of the burnt offering for ifrael. 

2 And David commanded to gather 
together the ftrangers that nvere in the 
land of Ifrael : and he fet mafons to hew 
wrought ftones to build the houfe of God. 

S And David prepared iron in abund- 
ance for the nails for the doors of the 
gates, and for the joinings ; and brafs in 
abundance without weight ; 

■4 Alfo cedar trees in abundance : for 
the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought 
much cedar wood to David 

5 And David faid, Solomon my fon it 
young and tender, and the houfe that is 
to be builded for the Lord mujl be ex- 
ceeding magnificat, of fame and of glory 
throughout all countries : I will there- 
fore now make preparation for it. So Da- 
vid prepared abundantly before his death . 

6 % Then he called for Solomon his 
fon, and charged him to build an houfe 
for the Lord God of Ifrael. 

7 And David faid to Solomon, My fon, 
as for me, it was in my mind to build an 
houfe unto the name of the Lord my God: 

8 But the word of the Lord came to 
me, faying, Thou hafl fhed blood abund- 
antly, and haft made great wars ; thou 
fhalt not build an houfe unto my name, 
becaufe thou hafl ihed much blood upon 
the earth in my fight. 

9 Behold, a fon fhall be born to thee, 
who (hall be a man of reft ; and I will 
give him reft from all his enemies round 
about : for his name fhall be Solomon, 
and I will give peace and quietnefs unto 
Ifrael in his days. 

10 He fhall build an houfe for my 
name ; and he fhall be my fon, and I ivHi 
be his father ; and I will eftablifh the 
throneofhis kingdornover Ifrael forever. 

11 Now, my fon, the Lord be with 
thee ; and profper thou, and build the 
houfe of the Lord thy God, as he hath 
faid of thee. 

12 Only the Lord give thee wifdom, 
and understanding, and give thee charge 
concerning Ifrael, that thou may^ft keep 
the law of the Lord thy God. 

15 Then fhalt thou profper, if thou tak- 
eft heed to fulfil the ftatutes and judg- 
ments which the Lord charged Mofes 
with concerning Ifrael ; be ftrong, and of 
good courage; dread not, nor be dif niayed. 

14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have 
prepared lor the houfe of the Lord an 
hundred thoufand talents of gold, and a 
thoufand thoufand talents of filver ; and 
of brafs and iron without weight; for it is 
in abundance ; timberalfoand ftone have 
I prepared ; and thoumayeft add thereto, 

'la Moreover, 



Solomon made king. Chap 

15 Moreover, there are workmen with 
thee in abundance, hewers and workers 
of (totv ruber, ami all manner of 
cunning men for every manner of work. 

16 Of the gold, the iilver, and the 

iron, there is no number. 
Arife tberejvtc, and be doing, and the 
h it li thee. 
it David ilfo( imrnandedall theprinces 
of Ifrael to help Solomon bis fon, Taj 

18 Is not the 1 ORD yom 
you ? and, Hath he not given you refl on 
every fide ? For he hath given the ii hab- 
1 5 of the land into mine hand ; and 
the ! lubdiied before the Lord, 

and before hib people. 

in heart and j our foul 
Lord yum God ; arife there- 
fore, and build ye the ianctuary of the 
Lord ( rod, to bring the ai k ol t he 

if of the Lord, and the holy veflels 
rod, mi that i^ to be built 

to the n line ol the Lord. 

H A IV XXIII. 
1 Solomon made ki fbe Le<vircs or- 

de I be Jem oj Gerjbon, 12 Ko- 

bath, 21 and hltrari. 

i ivid wai old and full of 
days, he in omon his fon kineover 

- CI And he gathered together all the 
es of Ifrael, with th< and the 

Lev,! 

Levit' numbered 



;-• o( t h 1 1 1 > ) «:jrs and upward i 
and then number by I ma 

man, w.i, thirty ai (and. 



* ( l wenty ir thoufand 

were to fei forward the worl 

id f. x thoufand 
nvert jes : 

5 Moi r thoufand wen \ 

ur thoufand praifed t! 
with the inftrumenta wn ch I made, ja id 
David, to praife tberetvitb. 

6 And 1 them i titr> COUrfes 
ng the ; \ t namely t i 

id Vlerai i. 
I €J Of the Gerfhonitea ivere t Laadan, 
and bhimr 

8 i if Laadan ; the chief tuas 
Jehiel, and Zctham, and Joel, three. 

9 I l^lo limei ; Shelomith, and 

I h- 
in. 
to And the loir, ol Shimei were, 
, and Jeufh, and Beriah. i 

r Were the : Muni; 

il And Jahalh * Zi- 

t : but Jeufli and B 
, I 
in one reckoning, according to ibeir fa- 
thei ifc. 

l- €j I he (ons of ECohath ; Amram, 

t, H< I ic!, four. 

13 'Ihe ions oi Amram , Aaron and 



x x i ii . The families of the Levites. S6 J 

Mores : and Aaron was Separated, that 

he fhould lam i ify the mofr holy things, 
he and his fons forever, to burn in- 
cenfe before the Lord, to minuter unto 
him, and to blefs in his name for evti . 

14 Nc,v concerning Mofes the man of 
God, his fon* were named of the tribe 
of Levi. 

15 The fons of Mofes ivere, Gerlhom, 
and Eliezer. 

1G Of the fons of Gerfhom, Shebuel 
was the chief. 

17 And the fons of Kliezer ivere, Re- 
habiah the chief. And Kliezer had 
none other fons ; but the fons of Reha- 
biah W ere very many. 

10 Of the fons of I/har; Shelomith 
the c hief. 

ly Of the fons of Hebron ; Teriah the 
firlr, Amariah the lecond, Jehaziel the 
third, and Jek.imeam the fourth. 

Of the fons of U/ziel ; Micah the 
tint, andjefiah the fecond. 

■21 <rj Ihe fona ofMerari ; Mahli, ;md 
Mufhi. The fons of Mahli j hleazer, 
and Kifh. 

2-2 And Eleazer died, and had no fons, 
but daughters : and their brethren the 
fons of K.ih took them* 

I he fons of Mufti ; Mahli, and 
ruler, and Jeremoth, three. 

24 1 hefe nvere the fon^ of Levi after 
the houfeof their father ; even the chief 
<j| the fathen , as the) i ounted by 

number oi names by their polls that did 
the work for the fervice of the houfe ot 
the Lord, from tl. of twenty year-, 

and upward. 

V) For David did, The Lord God of 
Ifrael hath given refl unto his people, that 
they m 'I in Jerul ilem r<u e?ei , 

£6 And alio unto tl I ites i they 
(hall nom»re carry the tabcrnaclr, 
any • if u foi the fei '■ ce t| 

47 1 oi by the lafl 
Levites were numbered from iw< 
old i 

£K H< i aufe tl 
Pons of A 
houfe "i the Loi d, in the i and 

m the i !: trnbei i ( and in the pt 
of all holy things, an I 
■ 

i the i!'< w bre id, 
fine Bow i- >i ofTei ing, and f..i the 

rthe i .oi. and for thai 
and I in lei of nu ifui 

."K) And to it ind i irei v n 

fe the i i ikc- 

ven ; 
51 An 1 to "lit fai 

unto the i"m in th< 

ini- 
t 
lually l 



566 T'/jf order of the pricfls. 

32 And that they fhould keep the 
charge of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and the charge of the holy -place, 
and the charge of the fonsof Aaron their 
brethren, in the fervice of the houfe of 
the Lord. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 The di<viftonsof t he fon soj slaron into four 

and t *wenty orders. 20 The Kskatbiics, 

i27 and the Merarites divided by lot. 

NOW tbeje are the divifions of the 
fons of Aaron. The fons of Aaron ; Na- 
daband Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

2 But Nadab and Abihu died before 
their father, and had no children : there- 
fore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the 
prieft's office. 

3 And David difbibuted them, both 
Zadok of the Ions of Eleazar, and Ahim- 
elech of the fons ol Ithamar, according 
to their offices in their fervice. 

4 And there were more chiefmen found 
of the fons of Eleazar than of the fons of 
Ithamar ; and thus were they divided. 
Among the fons of E\cazer there 'were hx- 
teen chiefmen of the houfeof their fathers, 
and eight among the fons of Ithamar ac- 
cording to the hou/e of their fathers. 

5 Thus were they divided by lot, one 
fort with another; for the governors of 
the fanctaiary, and governors of the houfe 
of God, were of the fons of Eleazar, and 
of the fonsof Ithamar. 

6 And Shemaiah the fon of Nethaneel 
thefcribe, oneof the Levites, wrotethem 
before the king, and the princes, and Za- 
dok the prieff, and Ahimelech the fon 
cf Abiathar, and before the chief of the 
fathers of the priefts and Levites : one 
principal houfehold being taken for Ele- 
azar, and one taken for Ithamar. 

7 Now the firft lot came forth to Je- 
hoiarib, the fecond to Jedaiah, 

8 The third to Harim, the fourth to 
Seorim, 

9 The fifth to Malchijah, the fixth to 
Mijamin, 

10 The feventh to Hakkoz, the eighth 
to Abijah, 

11 '1 he ninth to Jefhuah, the tenth to 
Shecaniah, 

IS The eleventh to Eliafhib,the twelfth 
to Jakin, 

13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the 
fourteenth to Jeihebeab, 

14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the fix- 
teenth to Imnu-r, 

15 The feventcenth to Hezir, the eigh- 
teenth to Aphfcs, 

f 1<> The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the 
twentieth to Jehezekel, 

17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, 
the two and twentieth to Gamul, 

10 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, 
the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 

19 Thefe ivere the orderin&s of them 



I. CHRONICLES. The offices cf the fingers. 

in their fervice to come into the houfe of 
the Lord, according to their manner, 
under Aaron their father, as the Lord 
God of Ifrael had commanded him. 

20 4T And the reft of the fonsof Levi 
'were tbefe : of the fons of Amram ; Shu- 
bael : of the fons of Shubael ; Jehdeiah. 

21 Concerning Rehabiah : of the fons 
ofRehabiah, the firft 'was Isfhiah. 

U Of the Izharites ; Shelomoth : of 
the fons of Shelomoth ; JahatrT. 

23 ,. nd the fons of Hebron : Jeriah ths 
firfiy Amariah the fecond, Jahaziel tlie 
third, lekameam the fourth. 

24 Of the fons of Uzziel • Michah : of 
the fons of Michah ; Shamir. 

25 The brother of Michah 'was Isfhi- 
ah : of the fons of Lfinah ; Zechariah. 

26 The fons of Merari 'were Mahli 
and Mufhi : the fons of Jaaziah ; Beno. 

27 f[ The fons of Merari by jaaziah ; 
Beno, and Shoham,and Zaccur, and lbvi, 

28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had 
no fons. 

29 Concerning Kifh : the fon of Kifh, 
'was Jerahmeel. 

SO The fons alfo of Mufhi ; Mahli, 
and Eder, and Jerimoth. Thefe 'were 
the fons of the Levites after the houfe of 
their fathers. 

31 1 hefe likewife caff lots over againfl: 
their brethren the fons of Aaron, in the 
prefenceof David the king, and Zadok, 
and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fa- 
thers of the priefls and Levites, even 
the principal fathers over againit their 
younger brethren. 

CHAP. XXV. 
I The number and offices of the fingers. 8 

Their di'vifion by lot into four and 

tiventv ordt rs. 

MOREOVER, David and the captains 
of the hoff feparatcd to the fervice of the 
fons of Afaph, and of Heman, and of Je- 
duthun, who fhould prophefy with harps, 
with pfaiteries, and with cymbals : and 
the number of the workmen according 
to their fervice was : 

2 Of the fons of Afaph ; Zaccur, and 
Jofeph, and Ncthaniah, and Afarelab, 
the fons of Afaph, under the hands or 
Afaph, which prop he lied according to 
the order of the king. 

3 Of Jeduthun : the fons of Jetluthwn ; 
Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jcfhaiah, Hafh- 
abiah, and Mattitbiah, fix, under the 
hands of their father Jeduthun, who 
prophefied with a harp, to give thanks 
and to praife the Lord. 

4 Of Heman : the fonsof Heman ; Buk- 
kiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and 
Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, 
Giddalti, and Romamtiezer. Jofhbeka- 
fliah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth : 

5 All thefe tuere the fons of Heman 
the king's fcer in the words of God, to 

b lift 



T^e finger i divided by lot. Ghap. xxv 

lift up the horn. And God gave to He- 
man fourteen ions and three daughters. 

6 All thefe ivere under the hands of 
their lather for long in the houfe of the 
Lord, with cymbals, pfalteries, and 
harps, for the fervice of the houfe of 
God, according to the king's order to 
Afaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 

7 bo the number of them, with their 
brethren that were inftructed in the I 
of the Lord, even all that were cunning, 
was two hundred fouricore a ht. 

6 f| And they cart lots, ward againft 
tuard t as well the ftnall as the great, the 
teacher as the fcholar. 

9 Now the fu It lot came forth for 
faph to Jofeph ; fhe fecond to Geda 
who with h:s brethren and ions 
twelve : 

10 The third to Zaccur, be, his fons, 
and his brethren, ivere twelve : 

11 The fourth to Tzri. be, h;^ Ions, and 
brethren, ivere twelt 

lethaniah, be, his fons, 
re twelve : 

h, be, his I 
and his breihrcn, 'were twelve : 

» I J nth to Je&arel th, hi, his 

fot. brethren, Hvere twelve : 

ij The eighth to Jei br, his fons, 

brethren, nvrn | 
10 i he ninth to Mart.uuah, be, his fons, 
and rm brethren, ivere twelve : 
17 '1 he tenth to Shirnei, be, his fons, 



his 
his 



and his brethren, 

1 he eleventh to A . be, 

, and i. ere twelve : 

19 The twelfth babiah, be, 

twelve 
i0 l i tenth to Shubael 

, and I, ive : 

teenth I 

il 

■ 
, to Hananiah, 
fon 

ii'l he , be 

, and hi , r ere : 

nth to rl be, his 

. tweh 
I 

. 
I 

were I'-. 
niethto 
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liia brei 
twelve 

50 
cth, le, brethi 

CweWl 

51 The four and twentieth to Romam- 
, i, a - were 



The divifioH of tbe potters. Su.7 

C H A P. v\V I. 
1 The dinj'ifion cftbeporters. 13 7 he g a te j 
ajfigned bj lot . 10 Tbe Invites tb a tb ad 
the charge of the treafures . £9 OJJi. 
and judges. 

CONCERNING the divifions of the 
porters : of the Korhites tvas Mefheleriri 
ah the Ion of Koie, ot the fons of Afaph. 
2 And the Ions of Niefhelemuh tvere, 
hariah the firl'tborn, Jediacl the fcr- 
I, / - . badiahthethird, Jathnieltbefourih, 
E !am the fifth, Jcnohanari 
L lioenai the fevenrn. 

4 Moreover, the fons ot Obeded 
ivere Shemaiah the firftborn, Jehi 
bad the fecond, Joali the third, and 
car the fourth, and Neihaneel the 

5 Ammiel the fixth, [flachar the fev- 
^I.th. Peuhhai the eighth : for ( 
bl< \\<i\ him. 

o .Alio unto Shetftajah his fon were I 
born, that ruled throughout the houi 

fattier : for th<_ > Wi re mighty men 
alour. 
7 'J i. • fon 'tttaiah ; Othni, . 

Rephael,and Obed, I ia,whofebi • 

ren 'were ftrong men, Ehhti, and S 
i hiah. 

IS of O 1 • m : 

I their fons and their brethren, 

able men for I h for I rice, 

were threefcore and twoofObed 
9" And Ivlell \ I ns and 

fliren, (irons hut.. 

10 Alio Hofah of the childi 
rarj. hat! l the i hief, ( 
he a is not th 

i hief.) 
il HUkiah ihe fecono\ Tebaliah 
thin!, /<•( hai iah il th : .dl the fons 

n. 

1 1 Among th< 
among the chief i 

i in the houfe oi Ihe Tor d. 
13 ^ And tl veil the 









of ii ii s, i"i evcrj > .ue. 

N And the 
miah. 1 

wile i on and Ids 

d. 

i j 'I o ( >bed< l . 

1o . lih the I 

Ml, V* 

I 

• ward 

17 

liwai d R n 
and • ■ 

Parbai p 

I !.cfc are 

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S63 Treafures of the temple . 

20 f[ And oftheLevites, Ahijah'uvz.rover 
the treafures of the lioufe of God, and 
over the treafures of the dedicated things. 

21 As concerning the fons of Laadan : 
the fons of the Gerfhonite Laadan. chief 
fathers, even of Laadan the Gerfhonite, 
tvere Jehieli, 

22 The fons of Jehieli ; Zetham, and 
Joel his brother, which vjere over the 
treafures of the houfe of the Lord. . 

S3 Of the Amra mites, and the Jzhar- 
ites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites : 

24 AndShebuel the fonof Gerffiom the 
fon of Mofes, tikj rulerofthe treafures, 

25 And his brethren by Eliezer ; Re- 
habiab his fon, and Jefhaiah his fon, and 
Jo>*ain his fon, and Zichri his fon, and 
Shelomith his fon. 

26 Which Shelomith and his brethren 
c ivere over all the treafures of the dedi- 
cated tilings, which David the king, and 
the chief fathers, the captains over thou- 
fands and hundreds, and the captains ©f 
the hoif, had dedicated. 

27 Out of the fpoils won in battles did 
they dedicate to maintain the houfe of 
the Lord. 

20 And all that Samuel the feer, and 
Saul the fon of Kifh, and Abner the fon 
of Ner, and Joab the fon of Zeruiah, had 
dedicated ; and whofoever had dedicated 
any thing, it was under the handof She- 
lomith, and of his brethren. 

29 ^f Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and 
his fons were for the outward bufinefs 
over Ifrael, for officers and judges. 

SO And of the Hebronites, Hafnabiah 
and his brethren, men of valour, a thou- 
sand and feven hundred 'were officers a- 
mong them of Ifrael on this fide Jordan 
wefrward, in all the bufinefs of the Lord, 
and in tl>e fervice of the king. 

31 Amiong the Hebronites 'was Jerijah 
the chief, even among the Hebronites, 
according to the generations of his fa- 
thers. In the fortieth year of the reign 
of David they were fought for, and there 
were found among them mighty men of 
valour at Jazer of Gilead. 

Si And his brethren, menofvalour,'U>^»r 
twothoufand and feven hundred chief fa- 
thers, whom king David made rulers over 
the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half 
tribe of Manaifeh, for every matter per- 
taining to God, and affairs of the king. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
2 The twelve captains for every feveral 

month. 16 The -princes of the tribes. 

NOW the children of Ifrael after their 
number, to wit, the chief father^ and cap- 
tains of thoufandsand hundreds,and then 
officers that ierved the king in any mat- 
ter of the courfes, which came in and 
went cut month by month throughout all 
the months of the year, of every courie 
nvtre twrnty and four tho 



I. CHRONICLES. 

2 Over the 



The twelve captain /, 

firft courfe for the firff 
month was J a (hob earn the fon of Zab- 
diel : and in his courfe were twenty and 
four thoufand. 

3 Of the children of Perez was tlie 
chief of all the captains of the hofl for 
the firft month. 

4 And over the courfe of the fecond 
month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of 
his courfe was Mikloth alfo the ruler : 
in his courfe likewife wt re twenty and 
four thoufand. 

5 The third captain of the hoft for the 
third month was Benaiah the fon of Je- 
hoiada, a chief priefr : and in his courfe 
'were twenty and four thoufand. 

6 This is thatBendi\a.h,wbo was mighty 
among the thirty, and above the thirty : 
and in his courfe wa iAmmizabad his fon. 

7 The fourth captain for the fourth 
month was Afahel the brother of Joab, 
and Zebadiah his fon after him : and in 
his courfe were twenty and fourthoufand. 

8 1 he fifth captain for the fifth month 
was Shamhuth the Izrahite : and in his 
courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 

9 The fixth captain for the fixth month 
was Ira the fon of Ikkefh the Tekoite : 
and in his courfe were twenty and four 
thoufand. 

10 The feventh captain for the feventh 
month was Helez the Pelonite, of the 
children of Ephraim : and in his courfe 
were twenty and four thoufand. 

11 The eighth captain for the eighth 
month was Sibbecai the Hufhathite of 
the Zarhites : and in his courfe were 
twenty and four thoufand. 

12 The ninth captain for the ninth 
month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of 
the Benjamites : and in his courfe were 
twenty and four thoufand. 

13 The tenth captain for the tenth 
month was Maharai the Netophathite, 
of the Zarhites : and in his courfe were 
twenty and four thoufand. 

14 The eleventh captain for the elev- 
enth month was Benaiah the Piratho- 
nite, of the children of Ephraim : and in 
his courfe we re twenty and fourthoufand. 

15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth 
month was Heldai the Netophathite, of 
Othniel : and in his courfe we re twenty 
and four thoufand. 

16 ^| Furthermore, over the tribes of 
Ifrael : the ruler of the Reubenites was 
Eliezer the fon of Zichri : of the Simeon- 
ites, Shephatiah the kn\ of Maachah : 

17 Of the Levites, Hafhabiah the fon 
ofKemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok : 

18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren 
of David ; of Iffachar, Omri the ion of 
Michael : 

19 Of Zcbulun, Ifhmaiah the fon of 
Obadiah : of Naphtali, Jerimoth the fon 
of Azriel ; 

£0 Of 



/•it-// 1 sfrinets and of.cerr. Cb-p. xSvhi. 



Ntj exports it or.. 369 



20 Of the children ot Kphraim, Hofhea 
the fon of A^aziah : of the halt tribe o-f 
Ma i thefon ot Pedauh : 

21 Of t lie half ttibe of Ma naff eh in 

Iddo the Ton ft Zethariah : ot 
Ben; el the fon or" Abner : 

1 the fon of Jcro- 
l heie were the princes ot the tribes 
Ifrael. 

But David took not the number ot 
them from twenty years old and under 
becaufe the f.OKD had faid he w 
jncreafe Ifrael like to the ftars ot" ihe 
it. 

the fon of Zeniiah bee.an to 
number, but he finithed v. t, eeaufe 



and with die mighty men, and w?th all 
the valiant men, unto Jtrufalem. 

1 IhenDivid the king llood up upon 
his feet, and faid, Hear me, mj brethreni 

aad my people : A for me \ I had in mine 
: to build an houfe of refl for the ark 
ot" the covenant or the Lord, and f.»r 
the footftoolof our God, and had made 
ready for the building : 

3 But God Un\ unto ire, Thru 

not build an houfe for my name, becaufe. 
thou haft been a man ot" war, and halt 
fried blood 

4 Howrv'ir.theLoRDGodof Ifraelchofc 
me before all tlte houfe of my fitkcr to 
be king over Ifrael forever: lor he hath 



there fell wrath t* ritagainfl llrael; nei- chofi ih to be the ruler ; and of the 



ther was the number put in the account 
of the chronicles of k-.n^ D<r 

?5 '• Oie Icing's treafures was 

iveth the fon of Adiel : and 
the ftorehoufes in the fields, in tl 
and in thevill; md in the caitlci, 

nvai Jehonatlian the Ton of Uzziah : 

46 And over them that did the work 
of the field for I of the ground 

Ezr n of Chclnb : 



life of Judah, the houfe of my father ; 
i among the fon^ of my father he liked 
me to make m- king over all Ifrael ; 

o And of all my Ions, (fortheLoRp 
hatn given me many fon>,) he hath 
cholen S3 n my Ion to lit upon the. 

throne of th lomoftbe Lor.D 

Ifrael. 

6 And he faid, unro rrrc, Solorrrnn thy 
fon, he i"hjll build my houfe a:ul my 



And over the v.neyards -xas Shimei courts: fori fchofen him /• be my 



the Ramathtte ; ovrr the increafe of the 

ai Zabdi 
the "ihlphmite : 

58 And over the olive trees and the 
fycamo: tl xoere in the 1o-a plains, 

was 8a ederit'- over 

ter the h»-rds that fed in 



and I will be hi6 I 
7 >; er, 1 will i 

dom f< rever, if he be t to do my 

commandments and my judgments, as at 
. 

>re In the fight of all If i 
the t Ri>, and in the 

. tor 



) our 

land, 



ii the S >raaiandm< l D ^ our 

over the herds that noert in the valleys (God: that ye i lefs this good 

the len 
50 
Iflujiael 

te : 
31 And over thr H JClu 

thefe ; 

the fubrtaiu 

Si A iuas 

a co and a 

'ic ion ol Hachmom was with 
- 



tor your 

•T. 

9 «/ my fon, know 

thou < I in 

with a porte t heart and with a willing 
the l oi p fean heth all hearta. 
and undei I the im 

thw htj : if thou i t, he v. 

be : it thou iorfake 

will ea'.r thee 

to i . tlte 1 orp 

33 And Ahithophcl was the king's hath < 
;.uhai the Archite nus\\ 
nion : HI hen I 

•*>4 thophel tvas Jehoiadajfon tl 

the fon of Be: fthetreafui :c- 



tcer.cr.. ig's annv was 

II. 
i David ixbonrtt l 9. -20 He 

' t'e ti •> 
M-> D | all the \ r 

of Ifrael, t 

the com^ anies th »t i: 
tered to the king b 



: cii.i 

J of 
at 
I I 
by the I, 

of the Los 'her* 

rou: 
houic ot G 



ot i i the 

. of 



over the th ..»d ca-, lie deu 

over the hundred r r \ 13 



all tl : polftiMon of tlie a- 

king, and ot his Ions, v c 1.uj» • -no, 

■2 Y * 



870 David cauftth the I. CHRONICLES. 'princes and people to ojfer. 

and for all the veflels of fcrvice in the S Moreover, becaufe I have fet my 

houfe of the Lord. affection to the houfe of my God. I have 

14 He gave of gold by weight for! of mine own proper good, of gold and 

things of gold, for all inftruments of all Tilver, vuh/cb 1 have given to the houfe of 



manner of fervice \fitnter aljo for all in 
ftruments of filver by weight, for all in- 
ftruments of every kind of fervice : 

15 Even the weight forthecandleflicks 
of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by 
weight for every candleftick, and for the 
lamps thereof : and for the eandlefticks of 
filver by weight, both for the candleftick, 
and alfo for the lamps thereof, according 
to the ufe of every candleftick. 

16 And by weight be gave gold for the 
tables of fhew bread, for every table ; and 
irkevuife filver for the tables of filver : 

17 Alfo pure gold for the fleflihooks, 
and the bowls, and the cups : and for the 
golden bafons he gave gold by weight for 
every bafon : and likenvije filver by 
weight for every bafon of filver : 

18 And for the altar of incenfe refined 
gold by weight ; and gold for the pattern 
of the chariot of the cherubims, that 
fpread out tbeirivings, and covered the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord. 

19 All /bis, fatd David, the Lord 
made me underfland in writing by bis 
hand upon me, even all the works of 
8ns pattern. 

20 fl AndDavid faid to Solomon his Ton, 
Be ftrong and of good courage, and do it ; 
fear not, norbedifmayed : for the Lord 
God,rff en my God, will be with thee j 
he will not fail thee,nor forfake thee, un- 
til thou haft finiuVd all the work for the 
fcrvice of the houfe of the Lord. 

21 And, behold, the courfes of the 
prieftsand the I.evites, even they /halt be 
Tuitb tbee for all the fervice of the houfe 
of God : and there/ball be with thee for 
allmannerof workmanfhip every willing 
»l:ilful man, for any manner of fervice : 
alfo the princes and all the peoplexu///^ 
wholly at thy commandment. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
\ David by his example caufeth the princes 
and people to offer. 10 His thank/giv- 
ing. 26 His reiqn and death. 
FURTHERMORE, David the king 
fd»d unto all the congregation, Solomon 
my fon, whoih God alone hath cliofen, is 
yet young and tender, and the work is 
great : for the palace is not for man, but 
i the Lord God. 

2 Now I have prepared with all my 
might for the houfe of my God, the 
gold for tbmgs to be made of gold and 
the filver for thing* of filver, and the 
bra ft for things of brafs, the iron for 
'kings ot iron, and wood for things of 
wood: onyx ftones. and /tones to be fa, 
glittering ftones. and of divers colours, 
and all manner of precious It-ones, and 
marble ftones in abundance. 



my God, over and above all that I have 
prepared for the holy houfe, 

4 Even three thoufand talents of gold, 
of the gold of Ophir, and feven thou- 
fand talents of refined filver, to overlay 
the walls of the houfes voithal; 

5 The gold for thing: of gold, and the 
filver tor things of filver, and for all man- 
ner of work to be made by the hands of ar- 
tificers^ And Who then is willing to confed- 
erate his fervice tiisday unto the Lord ? 

6 Then the chief of the fathers and 
princes of the tribes of Ifrael, and the 
captains of thoufands and of hundreds, 
with the rulers of theking's work, offer* 
ed willingly, 

7 And gave for the fervice of the houfe 
of God, of gold five thoufand talents and 
ten thoufand drams, and of filver ten 
thoufand talents, and of brafs eighteen 
thoufand talents, and one hundred thou- 
fand talents of iron. 

8 And they with whom precious ftones 
were found gave them to tne treafure cf 
the houfe of the Lord, by the hand of 
Jehiel the Gerfhonite. 

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that 
they offered willingly, becaufe with per- 
fect heart they offered willingly to the 
Lord : and David the king alio rejoiced 
with great joy. 

10 f Wherefore David blffffcd the 
Lord before all the congregation : and 
David faid, BleiTed be thou, Lord God 
of Ifrael our father, forever and ever. 

11 Thine, O Lord, /'/ the greatnefs, 
and the power, and the glory, and the 
vicloiy, and the majefty : for all that is 
in the heaven and in the earth // thine ; 
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou 
art exalted as head above all. 

12 Both riches and honour ccmeoi thee, 
and thou reigneft over all ; and in thine 
hand is power and might} and in thine 
hand ;'/ is to make great, and to giver 
ftrength unto all 

13 Now therefore, our God, we thank 
thee, and prai/e thy glorious name. 

14 But,Whoffwl I and, What /J my peo- 
ple, thatwefhould beabletooHerfo willing- 
ly after this fort t For all tilings come of 
thee, and o-f thine own have we given thee- 

15 For we are ftr#ngers before thee, 
and fojourncrs, a, v?ere all our fathers : 
our days on the earifl areas a (hadow, 
and there is none abiding. 

16 O Lord our God, all this ftore 
that wp have prepared to build thee an 
houfe, for thine holy na.me,comeibof thine 
hand, and /'jail thine own. 

17 J know alfo, my God, that thou 
trieft the heart, and haft: pleafure in up- 

rigl'tr.efs. 



^' stbankf giving. 

htnefs. Aj for me, in the uprightnefs 

ne heait, 1 have willingly offered 

all thele t l an«i now have I icen 

witn;oy thy people, wh.ch are prefent 

here, ro orier v\ i 1 1 1 n ^ I y unto thee. 

O Lord God of Abraham, Ilaac, 
and of Ilrael, our fathers, keep this tor 
ev?r in the imagination of the thou 
of the heart of thy people, and pr 
their heart unto thee : 

19 And give unto Solomon my fon a 
perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, 
thy reftimomes, and th> ltatutes, and to 
do all tbeje tbing>, aii>! to build the palace, 

Jor the which 1 have made provision* 

20 -V' i laid to all the congre- 
gate !cfs the Lord your God. 
And all the congregation blelled the 
Lord Godot their fathers, and bowed 
down their Ik nhipped the 

I the ki 
And t^ ced facrinces unto 

Lord, and offered burnt oriermgs 
. <rd, on the morrow after thai 
da> , even a ihoufand bullocks, a thouland 
ram a thoufand lambs, withiheii 

dm: , and Ucrifkes in abund- 

ul Ilrael : 
tt And did eat and drink before the 
Lord on that day with urea gUdnels 
And they made Solomon in-: Ion of David 
d time, and anointed bim 



Chap. i. His rergn and death. 571 

unto the Lord to be the chief governor, 
and Zadok to be pricli 

-15 Then Solomon fat on the throne of 
the Lord as king imiead of David hi> 
father, and profpered ; and all Ilrael o- 
bey ea him. 

-4 .And all the princes, and the mighty 
men, and all the Ions likewiie ot king 
David, fubmitted themfelves unto Solo- 
mon the king. 

\nd the Lor d magnified Solomon ex- 
ceedingly in the fight of all Ilrael, and be - 
(lowed upon htm Inch royal ro; 
not been on a i* before him in IfraeL 

^ Thus Davio the fon ofjeiler^ 
ed over all IfraeL 

i7 And the time that he reigned over 
Ifraeli4i0i forty years ; feven years reign- 
ed he in Hebron, and thirty and three 
jtun reigned he in Jerufalem. 

2S And he died in a good old age, 
full ol day?, riches and honour : and 

Ion reigned in his ftead. 
__ 29 Now the 'David the king, 

rirft and laiL, behold they are written in 
the book of Samuel the fetr, and in tfcf 
book of Nathan the prophet, and in the 
book of G id the u 

50 Witli all I gn and his might, 

and the times that went over him, 
over Ilrael, and overall the kingdotl 
tlie countries. 



'HIE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. 



I A P L 

i The ftlemn offering of Solomon el Gibe- 

tjdim is bi 
/. IS ///> 
A'. 

and the 
Lord I; i, and . 

illTl CXi lv. 



. 



i all II 



ra^l, to th ! d of 

hun .' I to iv 

ill 1 Ira- 

. 
it to the I that 

'Was at < 
nacle of the 

ie Itv he Lord ! 

4 But • 

p from 

tor he ! , hed a tent i 

ml ilem 

Be- 
Hiir, 

of the Lord : 

fought unto 
t> And Solomon -r to 



at Je- 



the brazen altar before the Lord, w 

I At the tabern 
tion, and ofl id burnt oner- 

in^s upon it 

« ir unto 

, faid unto hun, Alk " hat 
I !>. 

on faid unto (j.) 1, I hou 
iintO l> iv: I my 
t ither, ind h ill jn m his 

i. 

, ■ ■ 

unto D H ' r 

thou halt in ide me k 

like the dufl of the ea nuliitm 

10 G wildom and know I- 

. thai I 

> can j 
.i it ? 

11 And O 

-lorn 

and • 

i f I 

unto tlue ; and 1 • . 



#» Solomon's nuffage to Hiram. 1 1 . CHRON IC LES; 

of the kings have had that ha<ve been be- 
fore thee, neither fhail there any after 
thee have the like. 

IS *[J -Then Solomon came _/><y» his 
jvurney to the high place that ivas at 
Gibeon to Jerufalem, from before the tab 
ernacle of the congregation, and reigned 
oyer-Ifrael. 

14 And Solomon gathered chariots and 
horfemen : and he had a thoufand and 
four hundred chariots, and twelve thouf- 
and horfemen, which he placed in the char- 
iot cities, and with the king at Jerufalem. 

15 And the king made filver and gold 
at Jerufalem as plenteous as flones. and 
cedar trees made he as the fycamore 
trees that are in the vale for abundance. 

1-6 AndSolomon had horfes brought out 
ofKgypr, and linen yarn: theking's mer- 
chants received the linen yarnat a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and brought 
forth out of Egypt a chariot for fix hun- 
dred Jbtkeis of iilver, and an horfe for an 
hundred and fifty : and fo brought they 
out hcrfes tor all die kings of the Hittites, 
and for the kings of Syria, by their means. 

CHAP M. 
t t 17 Solomon's labourers for tie building 

of the temple 8 His m<jj'age to riuram, 

11 Huram's land ahjiutr 

AND Solomon determined to build an 
hpufe for the name of the Lord, and an 
honfe for his kingdom. 

1 And Solomon told out threefcore and 
ten tlioufand men to bear burdens, and 
iourfcore thoufand to hew in the moun- 
tain, and three thoufand and fix hundred 
to overfee them. 

3 {] And Solomon fent to Hiiram the 
king of I vie, faying, As thou d dft deal 
■with David my father, and didft fend him 
cedars to build him an houfe to dwell 
therein, et>eu jo deal njoith me. 

4 Behold, 1 build an houfe to the 
name of the Lord my God, to dedicate 
it to him, and to burn before him fweet 
incenfe, and for the continual fhew- 
bread, and for the burnt offerings morn- 
ing and tvenmg, or; the fabbaths, and 
on the new moons, and on the folemn 
feafts of the Lo « d our God. This is an 
K^rdinunce for ever to lfrael. 

5 And the houfe which 1 build is creat : 
for great is our Qod above all gods 

G But who ib able tobuih! him an^ioufe, 
feeing the heaven and heaven of heavens 
cannot contain him ■ ^ x \toern 1 theOitl 
J fhoiilcl build him an houfe, lave only to 
burn facrime before him ? 

7 Sc-nd me now therefore a man cun- 
ning to work in gold, and in li.vcr.an : in 
brafo, and in iron, ana in purple, and 
trim.'bn.and blue, and that can (kill to 
grave with the cunning men vlut are 
fvith me in Judah and m |ei ufaleiii,whoui 
Pavid my f ither did provide. 



His kiudanfuxr* 

a Send me alfo cedar trees, fir trees* 
ind algum trees out of Lebanon : for f. 
know that thy fervants can fkil! to cut 
.imber in Lebanon ; and, behold, my 
fervantsyfta// bt with thy fervants, 

9 Even to prepare me timber in abun- 
dance : for the houfe \.b.ich I am about 
to bu'Ad /ball be wonderful great. 

10 And, behold, 1 will give to thy fer- 
vants, the hewers that cut timber,twenty 
thoufand measures of beaten wheat, and 
twenty thoufand menfures of barley- and 
twenty thoufand baths of wine, and twen- 
ty thoufand baths of oil 

11 fl T hen Hiiram the king of Tyre an- 
fwered in writing, which he fent to Solo- 
mon, Becaufe the Lo r d hath loved his peo- 
ple, he hath made thee king over them.. 

IS Hiiram faid moreover, Bletled be 
the Lord God of lfrael, that made heav- 
en and earth, who hath given to David 
the king a wife ion, endued with pru- 
dence and undei Handing, that might 
build an houfe for the Lord, and an 
houfe for his kingdom. 

13 And now I have fent a cunning 
man, endued with ynflerftanding, of 
Huram my father's, 

t4The Ion of a woman of the daughters 
of Dan, and his father ivas a man of 
i yre, fkil fill to work in gold, and in fil- 
ver, in biafs, in iron, in Hone, and in tim- 
ber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen,;, 
and in crimfon ; alfo to grave any man- 
ner of graving, and to find out every de- 
vice which lhall be put to him, with thy 
cunning men. and with the cunning men 
of my lord David thy father. 

15 Now therefore, the wheat, and the 
barley, the oil. and the wine, which my 
lord hath fpoken of, let him fend unto 
his fervants : 

16 And we will cut wood out of Leba- 
non, as much as thou fhalt need : and 
we will bring it to thee in floats by featQ 
Joppa, and thou fhalt carry it up to Jeru- 
ialeip. 

17 fl And Solomon numbered all the 
(1 rangers that were in the land of lfrael, 
after the numbering wherewith David hi:; 
father had numbered them, and they were 
found an hundred and fifty thoufand and 
three thoufaml and tix hundred. 

U< And he fet threefcore and ten, 
thoufand cf them to be bearers of bur- 
dens, and Fourfcore thoufand iobe hew- 
ers in the mountain, and three thoufand 
and fix hundred overfeers to fet the peo- 
ple 1 a work. 

CHAP. III. 
I The place and time oj building the tern- 

fir. S The me afire and ornaments of 

rbehou/e. 10 ' he cheiubims. 

THEN Solomon began to build the 
houfe of the Lord at Jerufalem in 
mount Moriah, where the LORD appear- 
ed 






5>/ bu'iiuir.g of the temple. Chap. 

ed unto Divid his father, in the place 
that David had preuaied in the threlhing 
floor of Oman the Jebulite 

"1 And he began to bund in the fecond 
day of the fecond month, in the fount) 
year of his rei^n. 

6 ^] Now thefe are the things tabetein 
Solomon was initruCted for the building 
of. the hou He of God. 'I helengthby cubits 
after the tirlt meaiure tvat threeTcore cu- 
bits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 

4 And the porch that iuus in the front 
of tbr houi'r> the length of t nuas accord- 
ing to the breadth of the houfe, twentj 
Cubits, and the height r vua i an hundred 
and twenty : and he overlaid it within 
With pure gold. 

5 And the greater houfe he ceiled with 
firtree, which he overlaid with fine gold, 
and fet thereon palm trees and chains. 

6 And he garni (bed the houfe w ith pre- 
cious (tones tor beauty, and the gold ttfuj 
gold oi n. 

7 He overlaid alfo the houfe, the beams, 
the po I the walls thereof, and the 

thereof, with gold ; and graved 
cherubim* on the walls 

8 And he made the mod holy houfe. 
the length w| was according to the 
breadth of the houfe, twenty cubrs, and 
the breadth theicut twenty cubits : and 
he Overlaid it with iine gold, amounting 
to fix hundred talent! 

And the weight of the nails -ivas fifty 
fhek.ls of gold. And he overlaid the 

Id 
i in fix- holy houfe he 

mi i ubims of image woik. ar.d 

overlaid fbera w ith gold. 

II Aim the v oi 1 1 ie chcrubims 

ng : (me w ing o< 
the onr chrrub icas five c id) is, read; 
to the wall oi the ether 

wing vtas like wilt five cubits, reaching 
to tne w ing ol the otb< r cherub. 

I- And onr v. the other cherub 

I > the wall o! 

the houfe : and the other wing vtat rive 
Cubits aljo, joining to the wing of the 

t ! i h thefecherubim 

tli i Cubits : and 

th d on their feet, and their fa 

ti-'i-rr inward. 

1 ' And he made i of blur, and 

purple, and . ,d fine linen, and 

night chprubims thei i 

l high, i 
r that ivas on the 
pf tl 

.ins, as in theor- 

snd put /■ t!i- li : the 

)" tnd mad.- an hundred pomegran- 

. ind pit tbrm on the cl 
IT And he reared up t.. ; , liars befjrc 



Lv. Tie altar and molten /«. ST3 

the temple, one on the right hand, and 
the other on the left : and called the nai. 
of that on the right hand Jathm, ana the 
name of that on the left Boaz. 

CHAP. IV. 
I Tbr altar oj br Js. 1 I be molten fra. 

lir irn l*'vert t n>vdic 'flit ki, oru ia. 

bl i. 19 I L t injlrumenu 9j gold\ 

MORKOVtk, lie made m\ aim of 
brafs, twenty cubits the length thereof! 
and twent) cubit.-, the breaath thereofj 
and ten cubii ihc height thereof* 

t *j Alio he made a molten lea often 
cubits from brim to bum rourd in com- 
pals and tne cubits the heighi theieof: 
and a line it thirty cubits did COmpals it 
round about. 

5 Ann under it was the fimditude of 
oxen which uid compafs it round about : 
ten in acubit, compatling the fea round 
about. lwo rows of oxen ivere tatt, 
when it was calt. 

4 It liood upon twelve oxen, three 
looking toward the north, and three look- 
ing toward the welt, and three looking to- 
ward the (enith, and three looking to- 
ward the ealt : and the fea lOai/i/aBOVC 
upon them and all thoir hinder parts 
were inward 

c> And toe thicknefs of it was an 

hand breadth, arid thebiim ot it 
the wuik of the bum of a cup, with 
Bowers of liliei ; una it received and held 

three ihouland baths. 

ti €] tie mi > len [avers and put 

five on the right h.md, and five on the 
lett to waft in them i fuch things 
they oth red lor the burnt offering they 
waihed in them ; but the lea was tor the 
prieft&tq p aft in. 

t \w\ he made ten candlefticks of gold 
according to their fotm, and irt / 
m the temple, five on the right hand, and 
live on the left. 

8 iie u... It alfo lien tables, and pla 
ibrm in the temple, five on the right tide, 
and live on the left. And he mad-. 

hundred baton . ot gold. 

• i urthermore, he made the p 

the prielts, and the great nun:, an i 
doors for th'- court, and overlaid the 
them with brai . 

10 And lie let the fr.i on tlv right 
ot the ea t end, <.\ I Hit the lOUl 

1 1 An, 1 Hum u ma le the pot ., .»•■•'• the 

And Hui in. 
timlhed thr WOI 

Solomon i..r the- hou i ; 

\i r#<twj,the 

I the ch > 'he 

thetwt 

bund i 

Oft the tw \'h-> i two 1 

2 ra nates on each wreath, to cever the 

I - 



SH The ark brought up. tl. CHRONICLES. 

two pommels of the chapiters which were 



upon the pillars. 

li He made alfo, bafes, and lavers 
raade he upon the bafes ; 

15 One fea, and twelve oxen under it. 

16 The pots alfo, and the (hovels, and 
the flefhhooks, and all their inftruments, 
did Huram his father make to king Solo- 
mo 1 for the houfe of the Lord, of bright 
brafs. 

IT In the plain of Jordan did the king 
raft them, in the clay ground between 
Succoth and Zeredathah. 

13 Thus Solomon made all.thefe vef- 
fels in great abundance : for the weight 
of the brafs could not be found out. 

19 f\ And Solomon made all the veflels 
that ivere for the houfe of God, the gold- 
en altar alio, and the tables whereon the 
fhewbread ivasfet : 

20 Moreovei,thecand!efticks with their 
lamps, that they fhould burn after the 
manner before the oracle, of pure gold ; 

21 And the flowers, and the lamps, 
and the tongs made be of gold, and that 
perfect gold ; 

22 And the fnuffers, and the bafons, 
and the fpoons, and the confers oj pure 
gold : and the entry of the houfe, the 
-■nner' doors thereof for the moft holy 
place, and the doors of the houfe of the 
temple, ivere e/gold. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The dedicated treafures.^, The bringing 
up of the ark oj the covenant. 11 God be- 
ing praifed, givetb aftgn of his favour 
THUS all the work that Solomon made 
for the houfe of the Lord was finished : 
and Solomon brought in all the things 
that David his father had dedicated ; and 
the filver, and the gold, and all the irtftru- 
ments, put he among the treafures of 
the houfe of God. 

2 % Then Solomon aflembled the el- 
ders of Ifrael, and all the heads of the 
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the chil- 
dren of Ifrael, unto Jerufalem, to bring 
up the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
out of the city of David, which is Zion. 

3 Wherefore all the men of Ifrael af- 
fembled themfelves unto the king in the 
feaft which iuas in the feventh month. 

4 And all the elders of Ifrael came ; 
and the Lcvites took up the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, and 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and 
all the holy veflels that ivere in the tab- 
ernacle, thefe did the prtefta and the 

^ Lcvites bring up. 

1 6 Alio kins Solomon, and all the con- 
ion of Ifrael that were aflembled 
unto him' before the ark, f.icnficed (beep 
and oxen which could not be told nor 
numbered for multitude. 

7 And the priefls brought in the ark 
"the covenant of the Lord unto hU 



God gives a fign of favou-K. 

place, to the oracle of the houfe, into the 
moft holy place, even under the wings of 
the cherubims : 

8 For the cherubims fpread forth their 
wings over the place of the ark, and the 
cherubims covered the arkaadthe ftaves 
thereof above. 

i> And they drew out the ftaves of the 
ark, that the ends of the flaves were feen 
from the ark before the oracle j but they 
were not feen without. And there it is 
unto this day. 

10 There ivas nothing in the ark fave 
the two tables which Mofes put therein^ 
Horeb,when the Lord made a covenant 
with the children of Ifrael, when they 
came out of Egypt. 

11 ^1 And it came to pafs when the priefls 
were come out of the holy place : (for all 
the priefls that ivere prefent were fan dei- 
fied, and did not then wait by courfe : 

12 Alfo the Levites ivhicb ivere the 
fingers, all of them of Afaph, of He- 
man, of Jeduthun, with their fons and 
their brethren, being arrayed in white 
linen, having cymbals and pfalteries and 
harps, flood at the eaftend of the altar^ 
and with them an hundred and twenty 
priefls founding with trumpets :) 

15 It came even to pafs, as the trump- 
eters and fingers -ivere as one, to make 
one found to be heard in praifmg and 
thanking the Lord ; and when they 
lifted up their voice with the ttumpets 
and cymbals and inflruments of mufick, 
and praifed the Lord, Jaying y For he is 
gooa ; for his mercy enduretk ft,'r ever : 
that then the houfe was filled with a 
cloud, even the houfe of the Lord ; 

14 So that the priefls couid not ftand 
to miniffer by reafon of the cloud : for 
the glory of the Lord had filled the 
houfe of God. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Solomon having bleffed the people, bleff- 

eth God. 12 His prayer at the conje- 

cration of the temple. 

THEN laid Solomon, The Lord hath 
faid that he would dwell in the thick 
darknefs. 

2 But I have built an houfe of habita- 
tion for thee, and a place for thy dwell- 
ing forever. 

3 And the kmg turned his face, and 
biefled the whole congregation of Ifrael : 
and all the congregation of Ifrael flood. 

4 And he faid, Blelled be the Lord 
God of Ifrael, who hath with his hands 
fulfilled that which he (pake with his 
mouth to my father David, faying, 

5 Since the day that I brought forth my 
people out < t the land ot Egypt. I chofe 
no city among all the tribes of Ifrael to 
build an houfe in, that my name might 
be there ; neither chofe I any man to be 
a ruler over my people Ifrael :. 

6 But 



Solmcn bhjfetb toe ft 



Chi; 



His prayer . S75 



6 But I have cholen Jerufalcm, that my 
name might be there ; and have chofen 
David to be over my people Ifrael. 

7 Now it was in the heart of David my 
father to build an houfe for the name of 
the Lord God of Ifrael. 

& But the Lord laid to David my fa- 
ther, Forafmuch as it vws in thine heart 
to build an houfe for my mme, thou 
d'dft we'd in that it was in thine heart i 

9 Notwithstanding, thou (halt not build 
the houle ; but thy ion which ball come 
forth out of thy loins, he mall build the 
houfe fcrmy name. 

10 1 he Lord therefore hath perf 

ed his word that he hath ipeken : for I am 
rifen up in the room ur David my father, 
and am fct on the throne of Ifrael, as the 
Lord promifed,aud have built the houfc 
jior the name of the Lord God of 11 

11 And in it have I put the ark, where- 
in / $ th»* covenant of the Lord, that lie 

le with the children of Ifraet. 

12 « And he Hood before the altar of 
the Lord in the preience of all the con- 
gregation of Ifrael, and 4 )reac l forth his 

is : 

13 For Solomon had made a brazen 
fcafiold, of five cubits 'or. g, and five cubits 
broad, and three cubit-* high, and had let 
it in the midlt cf the court : and upon it. 
he Itood, and kneeled down upon hta ki>cr^ 
before all the congregation ut Ifrael, and 

id forth hib h ward heav 

14 And laid, O Lord God of Ifrael, 
fArrr ijrvoGod like tliee, in the heaven nor 
in the earth ; which kJepeA covenant and 
jLe-utrfl mercy unto thy ferVants, that 

I their hearts : 
1 liou which I t with thy Icr- 

vaot David my father th.ir wff 
halt promrl n ith thy 

'iiouih, and had tulrilled it with thine 
hand, n // it tf 

!' 1 f- 
, keep with th t I >avi 

ther thai v. bk 
fay i: re Iball i 

:n w .a upon the throne «»t II 

i that thy children rake heed 

ba! c nie. 

17 Now then, ( ) L<> ? D 
let thy wo; d he verified, which thou 

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thee ; how niu 

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d the 
pra>eth be 



this houfe dav and night, upon the placa 
whereof thou 1 | thai thou would- 

efl put thy name there ; to hc;»rken unto 
t!ie prayer which thy fervant praycthta* 
ward thi* place. 

it Hearken therefore unto the fuppli- 
cations of thy Servant, ainl of thy pr 
Ifrael, which they mall make toward this 
pkice : hear thou from thy dwelling pi. 
e-jen fir twH heaven ; and when thou he u- 
eft, forgive. 

44 It a man fin againft his neighbour, 
and an oath be laid upon htm to make 
him (wear, and the oath come be 
thine altar in this houfe ; 

U Tfien hear thou from heaven, and 
do and judge thy fervants, by requiting 
the wicked, by recompeniing his v. ay up- 
on his own head ; and by lufiifying the 
righteous, b- g him according to his 

righteoufnels. 

Ana it thy people Ifrael be put to the 
v.orfe before tmy,beeaufe they hare 

linne<l againJI thee, and fha.ll return and 
conleis thy name, and pray and Riah 
fupplication before thee in tins houle . 

25 Then hear thou from the hcav 
and forgive the fin of thy people Ifrael, 
and bring them again unto the land \\ hich 
thou eaveit to them and to their fat] 

£6 When the heaven is thut up, and 
there is no I have (innrd 

>gatnH thee ; yet If they \ ra) toward thi 
place, and confefs th) name, and turn 
from their fin, when thou dolt afflict them 

-.7 Then hear thou from heaven, 
forgive the (in of thy fervants* and ofthy 
\d , ■ i had taught tl 

'./ wherein they fhould walk; 
and lend rain upon thy land, which thou 

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15. CHRONICLES. 



ST6 Solomon's prayer, 

name's fake, and thy mighty hand, and 
thy ft retched out arm j if they come and 
pray in this houfe ; 

53 Then hear thou from the heavens, 
e*ven froni thy dwelling place, and do 
according to all that the Granger calleth 
to thee for; that all people of the earth 
may know thy name, and fear thee, as 
doth thy people Ifrael ; and may know 
that this houfe, which I have built is 
called by thy name. 

54 If thy people go out to war againft 
their enemies by the way that thou (halt 
fend them, and they pray unto thee 
toward this city which, thou hafl chofen, 
and the houfe which I have built for thy 
name ; 

55 Then hear thou from the heavens 
their prayer and their fupplication, and 
maintain their caufe. 

36 If they hn againft thee, (for there is 
no man which funneth not,) and thou 
be angry with them, and deliver them 
over before their enemies,and they carry 
them away captives unto a land far off 
or near ; 

37 Yet if they bethink themfelves in 
the land whither they are carried cap- 
tives and turn and pray unto thee in the 
land of their captivity, faying, We have 
finned, we have done amifs, and have 
dealt wickedly : 

38 If they return to thee with all their 
heart, and with all their foul, in the land 
of their captivity, whither they have car- 
ried them captives^nd pray toward their 
land, which thou gaveft unto their fathers, 
and toward the city which thou haft 
chofen, and toward the houfe which 1 
have built for thy name : 

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, 
even from thy dwelling place, their pray- 
er and their (applications, and maintain 
their caufe, and torgivethy people which 
have finned againft thee. 

40 Now my God, let, I befeech thee, 
thine eyes be open, and let thine ears 
be attent unto the prayer that is made in 
this place. 

41 Now there fore, arife.O Lord God, 
into thy refting place, thou, and the ark 
of thy ftrength : let thy priefts, O Lord 
God. be clothed with falvatjon, and let' 
thy taints rejoice in goodnefs 



Hii f&Umtlfaetlfibeh 

% -\nd the priefts could nor enter into 
the houfe of the Lo r D,becaufe tha glory 
of theLoRDhad filled the Lord's houfe,, 

S And when all the children, of Ifrael 
faw how the fire came dcwa, and th<fe 
glory of the Lord upon the houfe, they 
bowed themfelves with their faces to the 
ground upon.the pavement, and worfhip- 
ped,and p railed the I.okd, Jaying, For he 
is good ; for his mercy endure th for ever. 

4 fi Then the king and all the people 
offered facnfices before the Lord. 

5 Ani king Solomon ottered a facrifice 
of twenty and two thoufand oxen, and ari 
hundred and twenty thoufand fheep i fo 
the king and all the people dedicated the 
houfe of God. 

6 And the priefts waited on their offi- 
ces : the Levites alfo with inftrumenfs 
of munck of the Lord, wh'ch David 
the king had made to praife the Lord, 
becaufehis mercy endureih forever,wheii 
David praifed by their miniftry ; and the 
priefts founded trumpets before them, 
and all Ifrael flood, . 

7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the 
middle of the court that was before the 
houfe of the Lord: for there he offered 
burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace 
offerings, becaufe the brazen altar which 
Solomon had made was not able to re- 
ceive the burnt offerings, and the meat 
offerings, and the fat. 

8 Alfo at the fame time Solonson kept 
the feaftfeven days,and alllfrael with him, 
a very great congregation, from the enter- 
ing in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. 

9 And in the eighth day they made a 
folemn aiTembly : for they kept the dedi- 
cation of the altar feven days, and the 
feaft feven days. 

10 And on the three and twentieth day 
of the feventh month he fent the pec pie 
away into their tents, glad and merry ift 
heart for the goodnefs that the Lord 
had (hewed unto David, and to Solomon, 
and to Ifrael his people. 

11 Thus Solomon. finifted the houfe of 
the Lord, and the king's houfe , and all 
that came into Solomon's heart to make 
in the houfe of the Lord and in his own 
houfe, he profperoufly effected. 

12 And the Lor d appeared to Solomon 
by night, and faid unto him, 1 have 



42 O Lord God, turn not away the heard thy prayer, and have chofen this 

face of thine anointed i remember the 'place to myfelf for an houfe of facrifice. 

mercies of David thy fervant. 13 If I Unit up heaven that there be no 

CHAP. VII. (rain, cr if I Command the locufts to de- 

\ Csd giving ttflimonv to Solomon's pray- vour the land, or if 1 fend peltilence a- 

rr, toe people luurjhtp him. 4 Solomon's \ mong my people : 

facrifice. 14 If my people, which are called by 

NQVv when Solomon had made an end my name, mall humble themfelves and 
of praying, the tire came down from pray, and feck my face, and turn from 
heaven, andconfumed the burnt offering their wicked ways ; then will I hear from 
and the facrifices': and the glory of the heaven, and will forgive their fin, and: 
Lord filled the houfe. [will heal their land. 

* 15 No'v 



Silonion's lu'ildrngt. Chap. 

15 Now mine eyes fhall be open, and 
inine ears attent unto the prayer that is 
made in this place. 

1(3 For now have I chofen and fancli- 
fied this houfe, that my name may be 
there tor ever: and mine eyes and mine 
heart fhall be there perpetually. 

17 And as For thee, if thou wilt walk 
before me, as David thy father walked, 
and do according to all that I have com- 
manded thee, and fhaltobferve my ftat- 
utes and my judgments : 

18 Then will 1 eflablifh the throne of 
thy kingdom- according as I have cove- 
nanted with David thy father, laying, 
There fhall not tail thee a man to be ruler 
in ifrael. 

19 Bin if ye turn away, and forfake 
my ftatutes and my commandment* 
which I have fet before you, and fhall g*> 
and ferve other gods, and worfhip them : 

20 Then will I pluck them up by the 
roots out of my land which T have given 
them ; and this houfe, which I have fanc- 
tihed for my name, will I caft out of my 
Cght,and will make it to be a proverb and 
a byword among all nations. 

£1 And this houfe,v\luch is high, fhail 
be an altomfh nent to everv one that pafl*- 
eth by it j (o that he fhall fay, Why hath 
the Lord done thus unto this land, and 
unto thib houfe ? 

And it fhall be anfwered, Bccaufe 
Ihey forfo.k the Lord God of their fa- 
thers, which brought them forth out ot 
the land of kgypt, and laid lruid on other 
gods, and worfhipped them, and ferved 
them : therefore hath he brought all 
thii evil upon them. 

CHAP VIII. 
1 Solomon's buildings. 7 The Gentiles 

made tributaries t- Sotemoa' 's yearly 
Jai nficf s 

AMJ it came to \ end of 

twenty years, wherein Solomon had built 
the houfe of the Lord, and Ilia own 
hou 

I I lut I he cities which'Huram had re 
ftorcd to Solomon, Solomon built them. 
and caufed the childicnof Ifrael to dwell 
there 

3 And Solomon went to Hum.ithzobah, 
and prevailed againfl it. 

4 And he built ladmor in the wil- 
dernefs, and all the llorc cities, winch he 
built in Ha math. 

built Bethhoron the upj ei , 
and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, 
with Walls, gates, and b.irs : 

6 An i Baalath, and all the /tore cities 
that S -,» li.i 1, a.,d all the ch 
cities, an<i the cities of the horfemen, and 
ill that Solomon defired to build in Je- 
rufalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout 
all tiie land of his dominion. 

7 ^dsjor all the people that ivere left 

9 1 2 



Vm/i^: H:s~ yearly facrljices. S77 

of the Hittites. and the Amorites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the 
Jebulites, which ivere not of Ifratl, 

8 But of their children, who were left 
after them in the land, whom thechildren 
of Ifrael confumed not, them did Solo- 
mon make to pay tribute until this day. 

9 But of the children ot Ifrael did Solo- 
mon make no fervanrs for his work ; but 
the> ■ lue re men of war, and chief of his 
captains, and captains of his chariots and 
horfemen. 

10 And thefe 'Were the chief of king 
Solomon's officers, en)ett two hundred and 
fifty, that bare rule ever the people. 

11 And Solomon brought up trie 
daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of 
David unto the houfe that he had built 
for her: for he (aid, My wife fhall not 
dwell in the houfe of David king of Ifrael, 
becaufe the pla<es are holy, whereunto 
the ark of the Lord hath come. 

18 ^ Then Solomon offered burnt of- 
ferings unto the Lord on the altar of 
the Lord, which he had built before 
the porch ; 

t.S Even after a certain rate every day, 
offering according to the commandment 
of Moles, on the fabbaths, and on the 
new moons, and on the folemn feafts. 
three tunes in the >ear enjen in the feaft 
of unleavened bread, and in the feaft of 
weeks, and in tl>c feaft of tabernacles. 

14 An i he appointed, according to the 
order of David his father, the GourfeS of 
the j nefrs to their fcrvice and the Le- 
vitesto their charges, to praife and min- 
ilter before tlve prielts, as the duty ot 
every day required : the porters alfo by 
their courfct at every gate : for fo had 
David the man of Gon commanded { 

15 And they departed not from the 
commandment oft he king unto the priefts 
and Levites, concerning any matter, or 
concerning the tntaTures. 

16 Now all the work of Solomon was 
prepared unto the day of the foundation) 
of the houfe of the Lord, and until it 
was fini flied. So the houlc of the Lord 
was | i d. 

17 Then went Solomon to I'.z.iongebcr- 
and to Llotli, at the fea fide in the land 

of Kdoni. 

Ifl And Huram fent him by the hands 
ofhis fi ants that had 

knowledge of the fea , and they went with 
the fenrant I mum to< >phir,and took 

thei irhundred and fifty talents of 

gold, and br< n^ht them to king Solonwn. 

CM A IV IV 
1 The qurrn >J Sbeba admiretb Salmon's 
ILU/.lom. \ALlli riches, l')atitl fffJ 
\ N D when the queen of Shebfl h'uid 
of the tame of Solomon, 
prove Soloi.ion with hard queftionsjlt 
J-rufalem, With a vciy ^ruu 

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S7& %u/fn of Sbeia' swift. II. CHRONICLES. 



Solomon's aeaio. 



and camels that bare fpices, and gold in 
abundance,and precious ftones : and when 
me was come to Solomon, (he communed 
with him of all that was in her heart. 

2 And Solomon told her all her quef- 
Jions : and there was nothing hid from 
Solomon which he told her not. 

3 And when the queen of Sheba had 
feen the wifdom of Solomon, and the 
houfe that he had built, 

4 And the meat of his table, and the 
fitting of his fervants, and the attendance 
of his minifters, and their apparel ; his 
cupbearers alfo, and their apparel ; and 
his afcent by which he went up into the 
houfe of the Lord ; there was no more 
fpirit in her. 

5 And (he faid to the king, It was a 
true report which I heard in mine own 
land of thine acls, and of thy wifdom. 

6 Howbeit, I believed not their words 
until 1 came, and mine eyes had feen it : 
and, behold, the one half of the great- 
nefs of thy wifdom was not told me : for 
thou exceedeft the fame which I heard. 

7 Happy are thy men, and happy are 
thefe thy fervants, which (land continual- 
ly before thee, and hear thy wifdom. 

8 Blefled be the Lord thy God, which 
delighted in thee, tofettheeon his throne, 
/caking for the Lord thy God ; be- 
caufe thy God loved Ifrael, to eftablifh 
them forever, therefore made he thee king 
aver them, to do judgment and juftice. 

9 And (he gave the king an hundred 
3nd twenty talents of gold, and of fpices 
great abundance, and precious ftones : 
neither was- there any fuch fpice as the 
queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 

10 And the fervants alfo of Huram,and 
the fervants of Solomon, which brought 
gold from Ophir, brought algu'm trees, 
and precious (tones. 

It And the king made of the algum 
tree's terraces to the houfe of the Lord, 
and to the king's palace, and harps and 
pfalterie6 for fingers : and there was none 
fuch feen before in the land of Judah. 

12 And kigg Solomon gave to the 
queen of Sheba all her defire, whatsoever 
(he afked, befide that which (he had 
brought unto the king. So (he turned 
and went away to her own land, (be and 
her fervants. 

IS f\ Now the weight of gold that came 
to Solomon in one year was fix hundred 
and threefcore and (ix talents of gold ; 

14 Befide that which chapmen and 
merchants brought. And all the kings ot 
Arabia and governors of the country 
brought gold and filver to Solomon. 

15 And king Solomon made two hun- 
dred targets q/'beaten gold : fix hundred 
ipekeh ot beaten gold went to one target. 

16 And three hundred (hieUh made be of 
beaten gold, three hundred Jhekels of gold 



wenttoonefhield. And the king put thefia 
in the houfe of the foreft of Lebanon. 

17 Moreover, the king made a great 
throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure 
gold. 

18 And there were fix fteps to the 
throne, with a footftool of gold, wbicb 
were faftenedto the throne, and ftaysoa 
each fide of the fitting place,and two lions 
(landing by the Cays. 

19 And twelve lions flood there on thd 
one fide and on the other, upen the fix. 
fteps. There was not the like made in any 
kingdom. 

20 And all the drinking veflels of king-' 
Solomon were "/gold, and all the veflels 
of the houfe of the foreft of Lebanon 
were of pure gold ; none Were of filver : 
it was not any thing accounted of in the 
days of Solomdn. 

21 For the king's- (hips went to Tar~ 
(hi(h with the fervants of Huram : every 
three years once came the (hips ofTar- 
(hi(h, bringing gold, and filver, ivory,and 
apes and peacocks. 

p S® And king Solomon paffed all the 
kings of the earth in riches and wifdom. 

23 And all the kings of the earth fought 
the prefence of Solomon, to hear his 
wifdom, that God had put in his heart. 

24 And they brought every man his 
prefent, veflels of filver, and veflels of 
gold, and raiment, harnefs, and (pices, 
horfes, and mules, a rate year by year. 

25 And Solomon had four thoufand 
Mails for horfes and chariots, and twelve 
thoufand horfemen ; whom he beflowed 
in the chariot cities, and with the king 
at Jerufalem. 

26 And he reigned overall the kings, 
from the river even unto the land of the 
Philiftines, and to the border of Kgypt. 

27 And the king made filver in Jeru- 
falem as ftones, and cedar trees made hv- 
as the fycamore trees that are in the low 
plains in abundance. 

28 And they brought unto Solomon 
horfes out of kgypt,and out of all lands. 

29 «J Now the reft of the acts of Solo- 
mon, firft and laft, Are they not writtem 
in the book of Nathan the prophet, and 
in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite,. 
and in the vifions of Iddo the fceragainfi 
Jeroboam the fon of Nebat ? 

SO And Solomon reigned in Jerufalem 
overall Ifrael forty years. 

31 And Solomon (lept with his fathers, 
and he was buried in the city of David 
his father : and Rehoboam his ion reign- 
ed in his (lead. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Rehobnam refufing the old men's coun- 

jel y 16 ten tribes revolt, iSand hejieetb. 

AND Rehoboam went to Shechem ; for 
to Shechem were all Iirael come to make 
him king. 

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Rehdboam mtde king. Chap. XI. 

2 And it came to pafs, when Jeroboam 
*he fun of Nebat. who was in Egypt, 
whithei he had fled fiom the preience of 
Solomon the king, heard//, that Jerobo- 
am returned out of Kgv pt. 

3 And they fent anci called him. So 
Jeroboam and all Ifrael came, andfpake 
to Kehoboam faying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke grievous : 
now, therefore, eafe thou fomewbat the 
grievous fervitude of thy father, and his 
heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we 
wjll ferve thee. 

5 And he laid unto them, Come again 
unto me after three days. And the peo- 
ple departed. 

6 And king Rehoboam took counfel 
with the old men, that (tood before 
omon h;s lather while he yet lived, fry- 
ing, What counfel give ye me to return 
anlwer to th:s people \ 

7 And they lpake unto him, faying, It 
thou be kind to this people, and pleafe 
them, and fpeak good words to tfaem, 

v will 1 ;ervants forever. 

8 But he foilbok the counfel which the 
old men gave him, and took counfel with 
the young men that were brought up 
with him, that Hood betore him. 

9 And he laid unto them, What ad- 
Vice give ye that we may return anfwer 
to this people which have fpoken to me, 

:e fomewhatthe yoke that thy 
father did put upon us ? 

10 And the young men that were 
grown up with bun lpake unto him, fay- 
hut lhalt thou anlwer the p 
ke unto thee, fa) iflgi 1 In father 

nadeoar yoke heavy, bu! thou // 

lomcwl. tcr tor us ; thus (halt thou 

My little tinker (hall be 
thu ms. 

r whereas my father put a heavy 



He fleet b to Jerufalem. 



on, 1 t more to your 

. 
but 1 'Will cbafiije you with fcorpio 

II oboani >ple 

came to the third day t a? 

the king bade, laying, Come again to me 
on the third rl 

And the king anfwered them 

rlookthe. 
lil ot the i, 

14 And anfwered them after I 

young men, : ' t 

your yoke heavy, but 1 will 

, but I ivill cbajiife you with 
: pions. 
la So the king hearkened not unto the 
people ; tor the caul- rod, tl it 

Lord nvght perform his word, which 
e by the hand ot Ahijah die Shi- 
te to Jerobo.unthelonofNrb.it. 
16 f And when. ill Ifrael Js*w that the 
king would nut hearken unto their., the 



people anfwered the king, faying What 
portion have we in David i Andwv baiy 
none inheritance in the fon of Jefle : ev- 
ery man to yourtents,0 llrael . and now, 
David, fee to thine ownhoule. So all 
Hrael went to their tents. 

17 But as jor the children of If; 
that dwelt in the cities of Jtidah, K 
hoboam reigned over them. 

18 fl Then king Kehoboam fent Hado- 
ram, that ivas over the tribute ; and the 
children of Ifrael (toned him with (tones, 
that lie died. But king kehoboam made 
fpeed to got him up to bis chariot, to flee 
to Jerufalom. 

19 And Hracl rebelled againft the hon/e 
ot David unto this day. 

CHAP XT. 
1 Rebcboam railing an army tofubdue If- 
rael, is forbidden by Sbemaiab. lil lin 
iui*ves. 

AND when Rehobaam was come ro Je- 
rufalem, hegathered of the houfe of Judah 
and Benjamin, an hundred and four/cote 
thoufand cholen men, which were war- 
riors, to tight againfi Ifrael, that he might 
bring the kingdom again to Kehoboam. 

1 But the word ot the Lord came to 
Shemaiah the man ot God, faying, 

5 Speak unto Rehoboam, the fon 
Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Ifrael 
iH Judah an^ Benjamin, faying, 

4 lhus laith the Lord, Ye (hall not 
go up. nor fight againlt vour brethren I 
return every man to his houfe for this 
thing is done ot ine. And they obeyed 

the words of tlf I. out), and returned 

from going a Jeroboam. 

5 And Kehoboam dwelt in ferula! 
and built citiei foi defence in judah. 

6 tie built even Bethlehem, and Ft 
and Tell 

7 And Bethzur, and BhoOO, and A- 
IU1| 

8 And Gath, and M:uf(hah, and Ziph, 

9 And Adoraim, and Lachifo, and 

10 An bf md Aijalon. and He 

brpn,which are in Judah and in Beti'.i- 

mtn, fenced eti 
it And he fortified the ftrong hold-, 

i, and More Of 

I ot oil and w 
1 - \. 1 m every ;ty he put 

d mad ex- 

having Judah 
nun on his In: 

13 And tl 
ivere in all If red retorted t I it of 

all thrir COafis. 

1 1 Kor the »^s left their 1 
and. t flefuon, and came to I 

and lerutalem . lor fen I : his 

fons had ( all tin m 
priefl'i office unto the Lord i 
l And he ordained him ; 



33& Rehoboam' s <u>i>vcf. II. CHRONICLES. 

the high places, and for the devils, and 
for the calves which lie had made. 

16 And after them out of all the tribes 
of Ifrael, fuch as fet tVeir hearts to feek 
the Lord God of Ifrael came to Jerufa- 
lem, to facrifice unto the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

t7 So they ftrengthened the kingdom 
of Judah, and made Rehoboam the (on 
of Solomon ftrong,three years : for three 
years they walked in the way of David 
and Solomon 

18 f And Rehoboam took him Maha- 
lath,the daughter of Jerimoth the fon of 
David to wire, and Abihail the daughter 
of Eliab the fon of JefTe ; 

19 Which bare him children ; Jeufh, 
and Shamariah . and Zaham. 

20 And after her he took Maachah 
the daughter of Abfalom ; which bare 
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and 
Shelomith. 

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the 
daughter of Abfalom above all his wives 
and his concubines : (for he took eigh- 
teen wives, and threefcore concubines : 
*nd begat twenty and eight fans, and 
threefcore daughters.) 

22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the 
(on of Maachah the chief, to be ruler a- 
mong his brethren : for be thought to 
make him king. 

23 And he dealt wifely, and difperfed of 
all his children throughout all the coun- 
tries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every 
fenced city: and he gave them vicinal in 
abundance. And hedefned many wives. 

CHAP. XII. 
i Rehoboam for faking God, is funifoedby 
Shifbak. IS His reign and death. 
AND it came to pais,whea Rehoboam 
had eftablifhed the kingdom, and had 
ftrengthened himfelf, he forfook the law 
of the Lord, and all Ifrael with him. 

2 And it came to pals that in the fifth 
year of king Rehoboam, Shifhak king of 
Egypt came up againft Jerufalem,becaufe 
they had tranfgrefled againft the Lord, 

3 With twelve hundred chariots, and 
threefcore thou land horfemen : and the 
people tuere without number that came 
with him out of Egypt ; the Lubims, the 
Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 

4 And he took the fenced cities which 
pertained to] uddh, and came tojerufalem. 

5 Then came ShemaUh the prophet to 
Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, 



His reign and death, 

humbled themfelves, the word of the 
Lord came to Shemaiah, fa wing, They 
have humbled themfelves ; tberejore 1 
will not deftroy them, but I will grant 
them fame deliverance ; and my wrath 
iliall not be poured out upon Jerufalem 
by the hand of Shifhak. 

8Neverthelefs,theylhallbehisfervants; 
that they may know my fervice, and the 
fervice of the kingdoms of the countries. 

9 So Shifhak king of Egypt came up 
againft Jerufalem, and took away the 
treafures of the houfe of the Lord, and 
the treafures of the king's houfe, he 
took all : he carried away alfo the fhields 
of gold which Solomon had made. 

10 Inflead of which king Rehoboam 
made fhields of brafs. and committed 
them to the hands of the chief of the 
guard that kept the entrance of the 
king's houfe. 

11 And when the king entered into 
the houfe of the Lord, the guard came 
and fetched them, and brought them a- 
gain into the guard chamber. 

t2 And when he humbled himfelf, the 
wrath of the Lord turned from him, 
that he would not deftroy him altogether t 
and alfo in Judah things went well. 

13 ^J So king Rehoboam ftrengthened 
himfelf in Jerufalem, and reigned : for- 
Rehoboam nvas one and forty years old 
when he began to reign, and ne reigned 
feventeen years in Jerufalem, the city 
which the Lord had chofen out of all 
the tribes of Ifrael to put his name there. 
And his mother's name t vcas Naamah an. 
Ammonitefs. 

14 And he did evil, becaufe he pre- 
pared not his heart to feek the Lord. 

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, firft 
and laft, Are they not written in the book 
of Shemaiah the piophet, and of Iddo 
the feer concerning genealogies ? And 
there ivere wars between Rehoboam and 
Jeroboam continually. 

16 And Rehoboam fiept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried in the city of 
David. And Abijah his ion reigned in. 
his (lead. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Ab'jah Jucceeding^ maketh tvaragainji 
"Jei oboam, 13 and o*vercometb htm. 
NOW in the eighteenth year of king 
Teroboara began Abijah to reign over 
Judah. 
2 He reigned three years in Jerufalem. 






that were gathered together to Jerufalem Hi§ mother's name alfo Tjuas Michaiah 'he 
becafcfe of Shiraak, and faid unto tlKin, daughter ofUriel of Gibeah. Andtheie 



Thus faith the Lord, Ye have forfaken 
me, and therefore have I alfo left you in 
the hand of Shifhak. 



\\:!S war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 
3 And Abijah fet the battle in array 
with an army of valiant menofwar,cw» 



6 Whereupon the priuccsof Ifrael and four hundred thoufand chofen men : Jer 
the king humbled themfelves ; and they oboam alfo fet the battle in array against 
•-trd, The Lord is righteous. jhim with eight hundred thoufand chofei), 

T Ar.d when ths Lord faw that they jmsiv, being mighty men of valour. 

4 And 



Abijah' si ' Oinp. 

4 And Abiiah ftood up upon mount 
2emaraiiQ. which /'/ m mount hphra m 
(aid, Hear me thou Jeroboam, and 
all Ilrael ; 

5i e not to know tha: the Lo p. n 

God of ilrael gave the kingdom over li- 
to David for ever muto him and 
to his fons by a covenant of fait ? 

6 Yet leroboam the fon of Nebat, the 
fervant of Solomon the fon of D 
ii nfen up, and hath rebede- t hi 

lor 

\nd there are gathered unto him 
vain men the children ot Belial, 
ftrengthened ihemfelves againft Keho- 
boam the fon of Solomon, when Reho- 
boam was young and hearted, and 

could not withliand them. 

8 \ad and the 
kingdom of the Lord in the hands of the 
ions of David ; and ye be a great multi- 
tude, and tbereare wit i lives, 
which Jeroboam made you for gods. 

9 Have ye not caft out the prielts of 
•he Lord, the fons of Aaron, and the Le- 
vites, and have made you prielts after the 
manner of the nations of 9:ber lands I So 
that whomever cometh to cunfecrate 
himfelf with a young bullock and feven 
rams, ibe fame may be a prielt of tbem 
ibat are no gods 

10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, 
and we have not ; and the 
pricfl er unto the Lord, 
are the fons of Aaron and the Lev 

wtir bul 
It \nd they burn urr f opd every 

morning and every evening burnt facrth 
ces and fweet incenfe : the ihew br 
alio/'/ ibey in or<//rupon the pure table ; 
and the c 

tk j burn everj eve 

keep the i of the Lord our God ; 

but ye ha u. 

Pelf /'/ •• 
l tor cur captain, and hi with 

founding trumpets I 

^ht ye not 
linft the Lord God of your fa the 

\ e (hall ik 
13 €] But Jeroboam caul- im- 

bufhmeni 

c> were before Jud .h am- 

t 

1 I k, be- 

1 battle id : 

unto tl 

• 

vc a 
.n ot Judah (V uted, 
iote Jei 

h. 
dren ot" Ifrarl hV 
• nd God delivered them in- 

and his people . 



xiv. Afa fucceedetb bim. SI 

them with a great laughter: fo there fell 
'own (Ian of Urael five hundred theu- 
fand cholen men 

I h'is the children cf Ifrael were 
brought under at i hat time, and the chil- 
drenof udah prevailed, becauferHT) re- 
lied upon the Lord God of their hit hers. 
19 And Abiiah purfucd aft< r Jnobo- 
am a:id took cities , from him, Bethel 
\ the to.vns thereof, and JeftSanah 
th the towns thereof, and fcphraim 
with the towns thereof. 

iid Jeroboam recover 
lircngth again in the days of Abiiah ; 
d\\d the Lord ftrock him, and he died. 

£1 But Abijah waxed mighty, and mar. 
ried fourteen wives, and begat twenty 
and two fons, and llxteen daughters. 

And the reft of the ae>s of Abijah, 
and his was s, and his layings, are writ- 
ten in the itory of the prophet Iddo. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Afa fueceedmg, deftroyeib idolatry^ 9 
calling en Goi, be oi>erc9me:h %erab t 
and fpoiletb the Ethiopians . 
SO Abijah n"ept with his fathers, and 
they buried him in the city of Dtv.d : and 
Ala his fon reigned in his (lead. In his 
days the land was quiet ten fears* 

- Vnd Afadid that ivbic: >od and 

ri^ht'in the eyes of the LotDtiisG 

i For he look away the altars of the 
flrange gods and the high places and 
brak< | the images, and cut d< 

the g 

I commanded Judah to feek the 
Lord Godot L vttodothe 

and the commandment. 
3 AHo he to< I of ill the cit- 

th 'he placei and the 

dnd the kingdom was quiet be- 
him. 
C And he built fnceJ cities i« Judah ; 
for t i no war 

in tl ife the Lord had 

given him reft 

re he faid unto Tudih, Let 
rild thefe cities, and maki I 

tbem walls. 

id is \ 

we ha 'wn on: we 

hai d he hath given u 

onevi 

8 ' ■ . . h I hi army oj ■- I 

■ 
thtee hundred thouiand ; 

h.irr Ihields and d 

two hund 

r. 
t • 

an wit J 
thoufand thouiand, and thi I red 

Chariots ; and can 

!*"> I hen AL 
and I 

ley ot Zephatluh a.: Maacfliah. 

il 






53.2 The Ethiopians f mitten. II. CHRONICLES. Ramah-s building brg<uente& 

abundanee, when they faw that the Lord 
his God ivas with him. 

10 So they gathered themfelves togeth- 
er at Jerufalem in the third month, i» the 
fifteenth year of the reign of Afa 

11 And they offered unto the Lord 
the fame time, of the fpoil ivhich they 
had brought, feven hundred oxen and 
feven thoufand fheep. 

12 And they entered intoa covenant to 
feek the Lord God of their fathers. with 
all their heart and with all their foul : 

13 That whofoever would not feek the 
Lord God of Ifrael (hould be put to 
death, whether fmall or great, whether- 
man or woman. 

14 And they fware unto the Lord with 
a loud voice, and with fhouting, and with 
trumpets, and with cornets 

15 And alljudah rejoiced at the oath; 
for they had fworn with all their hearty 
and fought him with their whole defire ; 
and he was found of them : and the Lord 
gave them reft round about. 

16 «J Andalfocofl^rn/'flgMaachah the 
mother of Afa the king, he removed her 
from 6eing queen, becaufe (be had made 
an idol in a grove : and Afacut down her 
idol, and damped /'/, and burned //at the 
brook Kidron. 

IT But the high places were not taken 
away out of Ifrael: neverthelefs, the heart 
of Afa was perfect all his days. 

18 And he brought into the houfc of 
God the things that his father had dedi- 
cated, and that he himfelf had dedicated, 
filver, and gold, and vellels. 

19 And there was no more war unto the 
five and thirtieth year of the reign of Afa. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Afa, by the aid of the Syrians, di<venetb 

Baajha from building o/Ramah. 11 He 
feekeih not to God his difeafe, but to the 

phyficians. IS His death and burial. 

IN the fix and thirtieth year ot the 
reign of Afa, Baafha king of Ifrael came 
up againft Judah, and built Ramah, to 
the intent that he might let none go out 
or come in to Afa king of Judah. 

2 Then Afa brought out filver and gold 
out of the treafures of the houle of the 
Lord, and of the kind's houfe, and fent 
to Benhadad, king of Syria, that dwelt at 
Damafeus, faying, 

3 There is a league between me and 
thee, as there nvas between my father and 
thy father : behold, I have fent thee filver 



It And Afa cried unto the Lord his 
God, and faid, Lord, it is nothing with 
thee to help, whether with many, or 
with them that have no power : help us, 

Lord our God ; for we reft on thee, 
and in thy name we go againfl this mul- 
titude, O Lord thou art our God; let 
pot man prevail againft thee. 

12- So the Lord fmote the Ethiopians 
before Afa, and before Judah ; and the 
Ethiopians fled. 

13 And Afa and the people that tvere 
with him purfued them unto Gerar: and 
the Ethiopians were overthrown, that 
they could not recover themfelves ; for 
they were destroyed before the Lord, 
and before his hoft ; and they carried a- 
way very much fpoil. 

14 And -they fmote all the cities round 
about Gerar ; for the fear of the Lord 
came upon them ; and they fpoiled all the 
cities ; for there was exceeding much 
fpoil in them. 

15 They fmote alfo the tents of cattle, 
and carried away fheep and camels in a- 
bundance, and returned to Jerufalera. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 Afa t mo~oed by Az.ariah y makcth a fol- 
emn covenant ivitb God. 16 Heputtetb 
doivn Maachah his mother for idolatry. 
AND the fpirit of God came upon 

.Azariah the fon of Oded : 

u l And he went out to meet Afa, and 
faid unto him, Hear ye me, Afa, and all 
Judah and Benjamin : the Lord is with 
you, while ye be with him ; and if ye feek 
him, he will be found of you ; but if y e 
for lake him he will tbrfake you. 

3 Now for a long feafon Ifrael bath 
been without the true God, and without 
a teaching prieft, and without law. 

4 But when they in their trouble did 
turn unto the Lord God of Ifrael, and 
fonght him, he was found of them. 

5 And in thofe times there ivas no peace 
to him that went out, nor to him that 
came in, but great vexations ivete upon 
all the inhabitants of the countries. 

6 And nation was deftroyed of nation, 
and citv of city : for God did vex them 
with, all adver.'ity. 

7 Be ye ftrong therefore, and let not 
vour hands be weak : for your vsork lliall 
t>e rewarded. 

8 And when Afa heard thefe words, 
u:vi the prophefy of Oded the prophet, 
he took courage and put away the abom- 
inable idols out ot all the land of Judah 
and Benjamin, and out of the cities which 
lie had taken from mount Kphraim, and 
renewed the altar of the Lord, that ivas 
before the porch of the Lord. 

'J And he gathered all Judah and Ben- 
jamin, and the ft rangers with them out of 
Ephraim and Manafleh, and out of Sime- 
on : for they fell to him cut of Iliael in 






and gold ; go, break thy league with 
Baafha king of Ifrael, that he may depart 
from me. 

4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king 
Afa, and fent the captains of his armies 
againft the cities of Ifrael ; and they 
fmote Ijon, and Dan, andAbelmaim, and 
all the (tore cities of Naphtali. 

5 And it came to pais, when Baafha 

heard 



Jfa's death and burial. Ghap. xvii. 

heard it that he left off building of Ra- 
mah, and let his work ceafe. 

G Then Afa the king took all Judah ; 
and they carried away the Hone* of Ra- 
mih, and the timber thereof, wherewith 
Baafha was building; and he built there- 
with Geba and Mizpah. 

7 And at that time Hanani the feer 
came to Afa king of Judah, and faid un- 
lo hira. Becaufe thou haft relied on the 
kingot Syria, and not relied on the Lord 
thy God, therefore is the hod of the king 
of Syria efcaped out of thine hand. 

8 Were not the Ethiopians and theLu- 
fumsa huge hoft, with very many char- 
rots and horfemen ? Yet becaufe thou 
didft rely on the Lord, he delivered 
them into thine hand. 

9 For the eyes (rff the Lord run to and 
fc-o throughout the whole earth, to fhew 
himfell ftrongin the behalf oftbem whofc 
heart is perfect toward Him. Herein 
thou halt donefoolifhly : therefore, from 
henceforth thou fhalt have wars. 

10 Then Afa was wroth with the feer, 
d put him in a prifon houfe ; for he 

"Mas in a rage with him becaufe of this 
. ig . And Afa oppreired feme of the 
people the fame rime. 

11 ^y And, behold the acts of Afa, firft 
and Uft, lo, they are written in the bojk 
of the kings of Judah and Ilrael. 

12 And Afa, in the thirty and ninth 
yrar of his reijrn, wasdifeafed in his feel, 
until 1 ivas exceeding great ; 

Iet in his difeafe he fought not to the 
.ord, but to the phytic;.: 

13 <|J And Afa flept with his fat! 
md died in the one and fortieth year of 
his reij 

14 And they buried him in his 
fepulchr< :d nude for hitn- 
felf, in the city of id laid hun 
in the bed which v\as tilled with fvveet 

lours and dnrei ofjpue 

by the apothecaries' art . ail they made 
a very great but r him. 

LIIAr. XVII. 
i Jebojhapbat reignetb itr//, and proffer- 
ett ndethLenjites to tea( bfi. 

%rearnr/f t captains, an J armies 
N D |. hofli tph it 1. 
ft*ad, and ftrengthened lumfclf againii 
ie». 
t And he placed | | :nc 

ed rii i nd.ih, and 'ons in 

the land of Judah, and in the I I h- 

phraim, whu his fatho had u!. 

•^ And the I. OK L> Wi', With [r!u,!l>.tpli;it. 
1 :n the tirtt ways of 
and fought not unto 
Baa i in ; 

4 But fought to the LORDCM or 

d in hi< 
• t'ter the doings c f Tfrael. 

5 'J Lord . 



XV id. Jehofhapbat fiicebtdcthhim. VP$ 

kingdom in his hand : and all Judah 
brought to Jehofhaphat prefents ; and he 
had riches and honour in abundance. 

6 And his heart wa* lifted up in the 
ways of the Lo RDmoreover,he took away 
the high places and groves out of [udah. 

I % Alfo in the tliird year of his reign 
he fent to his princes, e'ven to BenhaUg 
and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and 
to Nethaneel, and to Miduiah, to tea< 
in the cities of Judah. 

8 And with them be fent Levites, even 
Shetnaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadi- 
ah, and Afahel. and Sheniiramoth. and 
Jehonathan, and Adon'.jah, and Tobijah, 
and Tobadonijah, Levites ; and with 
them ElUharaa and Jehoram, pricfts. 

9 And they taught in Judah, and bad 
the book of the law of the Lord with 
them, and went about throughout all the 
cities of Judah, and taught the people. 

10 And the fear of the Lord fell upon 
all the kingdoms of the lands that ivere 
round about Jndah, fo that they made no 
w ar againfl Jeholnaphat. 

II Alio yam* of the Philiftines br 
Jehoi"haphat prefents, and tribute HI vet | 
and the Arabians brought him flocks :ev- 
cn thoufandand f.-vi n luindred rams. and 
feven thoufand and feven hundred he 
goats. 

U 4 And Jehofhaphat waxed great 
exceedingly • and he bu;lt in Judah 
caftles and cities of (tore, 

\S And he had much bufinefs in the 
cities of Judah : and the men of v.ir, 
mighty men of Valouf/iarr* in Jcrn; 

li And thefe are the nam Mrs oft] 

cording to the houfe of their lathers . 
of Judah. the v tboufands .- Ad- 

nan the chief, and with him mighty 11. 

of valour three hundred thousand. 

d next to him iias Jehohanan 
the captain, and with him two hundi 
and fourfcore thouiand. 

16 And next I / Anufiah 

Zichri, m lio willing! d himleU 

unto the I 01 d , and with hun two he 
I thou land mighty mi alour< 

IT And ol 
1 i.t \ slour, and with him . 
men with how and fhield two hut* 
ufand . 

1 ami 

with hiii. 
(and ready pr< 

1 ' 1 on the king, 

put in 
ut all Ju-'i 

;r. 

1 Jel 

..bJeJu 
pr<, tin. 



iU Ahafrs falfe firophetr. If: CHRONICLES* 



Mlcziah** fi/opheefo 



2 Arid after certain years he went 
down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab 
killed fheep and oxen for him in abund- 
ance, and for the people thatjx? had with 
him, and perfuaded him to go up luitb 
bim to Ramothgilead. 

3 And Ahab king of Ifrael faid unto 
.Jehofhaphat king or Judah, Wilt thou go 

with me to Ramothgilead i And he an- 
fwCred him, I am as thou an, and my 
people as thy people ; and <we ivill be 
with thee in the war. 

•4 f And Jehofhaphat faid unto the 
king of Ifrael, inquire, I pray thee, at 
the word of the Lord today 

5 Tlierefore the king of Ifrael gather- 
ed together of prophets four hundred 
men, and faid unto them, Shall we go to 
RaiTLothgilead to battle ? or, Shall I for- 
bear ? And they faid, Go up : for God 
will deliver it into the king's hand. 

6 But Jehofhaphat faid, Is there not 
here a prophet of the Lord befides, that 
we might inquire of him ? 

7 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Je- 
hofhaphat, Toere is yet one man by 
whom we may inquireofthe Lord : but 
I hate him ; tor he never prophefieth good 
unto me, but always evil : the fame is 
Micaiahthe fon of fmla. And Jehofha- 
phat faid. Let not the king fay fo. 

3 And the king of Ifrael called for one" 
efhis officers, and faid, Fetch quickly 
Micaiah the fon of Imla. 

9 And the king of Ifrael and Jehofha- 
phat king of Judah fat either of them on 
his throne, Clothed in their robes, and 
»hey fat in a void place at the entering 
in of the gate of Samaria: and all the 
prophets prophefied before them. 

10 And Zedekiah the fon of Chenaanah 
had made him horns of iron, and faid, 
Thus faith the Lord, With thefe thou 
fhalt pufh Syria until they be confumed. 

11 And all the prophets prophefied fo, 
faying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and 
profper : for the Lord fhall deliver //in- 
to the hand of the king. 

12 And-the mefTenger that went to call 
Micaiah fpake to him, faying, Behold, 
the words of the prophets declare good to 
the king with one allent ; let thy word, 
therefore, I pray thee, be like one of 
theirs, and fpeak thou good. 

13 And Micaiah faid, As the Lord 
liveth, even what my God faith, that will 
I fpeak. 

14 And when he was come to the king, 
the king faid unto him, Micaiah, Shall we 
gotoRamothj;ileadtobattle?or,Shall I for- 
bear ? And he faid, Go yc up, and profper, 
and they fhall bedelivered into your hand. 

15 And the king faid to him, How ma- 
ny times fhall I adjure thee that thou fa\ 
nothing but the truth to me in the name 
<*f the Lord ? 



16 Then hefaid.I did fee all Ifrael feat- 
tered upon the mountains, as fheep that 
have no fhepherd : and the Lord faid, 
Thefe have no matter ; let them return 
therefore every man to his houfe in peace. 

17 And the king of If-aei faid tojehofh- 
aphat, Did I not tell thee that he would 
not prophefy good unto me but evil ? 

18 Again he faid, Therefore hear the 
word of the Lord; I faw the Lord fit- 
ting upon his throne, and all the hoft of 
heaven ftanding on his right hand and on 
his left- 

19 And the Lord faid, Who fhall en- 
tice Ahab king of Ifrael, that he may go 
up and fall at Ramothgilead ? And one 
fpake faying after this manner, and anoth- 
er laying after that manner. 

-Q Then there came out a fpirit, and 
ftood before the Lord, and faid, I will 
entice him. And the Lord faid unto 
him, Wherewith ? 

21 And he faid, I will go out, and be a 
lying fpirit in the mouth ot all his proph- 
ets. /\nd the LORD faid, Thou flialt 
entice him y and thou fhalt alfo prevail : 
go out, and do even fo. 

22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
hath put a lying fpirit in the mouth of* 
thefe thy prophets, and the Lord hath 
fpoken evil againlr thee. 

23 Then Zedekiah the fon of Chena- 
anah came near, and fmote Micaiah upon 
the cheek, and faid, Which way went 
the fpirit of the Lord from me to fpeak 
unto thee ? 

24 And Micaiah laid, Behold thou 
flialt fee on that day when thou flialt go 
into an inner chamber to hide thylelf. 

25 Then the king of Ifrael faid, Take 
ye Micaiah, and carry him back to A- 
mon the governor of the city, and to Jo* 
afli the king's fon ; 

26 And fay, Thus faith the king, Put 
this fellow in the prifon, and feed him 
with bread of affliction and with water oi 
affliction, until I return in peace. 

27 And Micaiah faid, If thou certainly 
return in peace, /<&<?# hath not the Lord 
fpoken by me. And he faid, Hearken 
all ye people. 

23 So the king of Ifrael and Jehofha- 
phat the king of Judah went up to Ra<- 
mothgilead. 

:9 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Je- 
hofhaphat, I willdifguife myfelf, and will 
go to the battle ; but put thou on thy 
robes. So the king of Ifrael difguifed 
hiinfelf; and thev went to the battle. 

30 Now the king of Syria had com- 
manded the captains of the chariots that 
were with him, fayirtg Fight ye not with 
fmall or great, faveonly with the king of 
Ifrael. 

31 And it came to pafs, when the cap- 
tains of the chariots faw Jehofhaphat, 



.. Chap. xix. SX. zlaimeih a faji. SS5 



':hat th' II ii the king of Ifrael. 

Tht m t.> 

■ 

..;:) : a id - 
the:. 

ifs, that \v!ien the 

l r!ie ki 

n. 
53 
Venture, ^n ig of J{r>;el be 

l . ere fore, 
lid to ni thine 

> nic cur ot 
hort ; lor I am wounded. 
Si And thi battl 

■ 
\ bis ch it t he - until 

it the l 
na dour; 

■ \\ 
; bis kingdom. 5 
Hi "> th' j 

ID J< dah 

returned 

i Ami "lie fe^r 

• out to n. to king 

ui - 

ref»»re/j 

found in thee, in thai 
■ • 
■ to feek 
i Andjehofhaplutdweh ufalent: 

■ lira, 
and ! k unto the Lord 

the land 
throi esofju 

i ike heed 

but for the J nthe 

now let i 

iniquil 

. 

hofh- 

■ • 

1 them, fa; 

LohdJ 

irt 

10 And « hal i r (hall come to 

>f your bi th <r d 

■ 
law* nmaudnrcntyftatu idg- 

3 A 



mcr (hall even warn them that they 

rrefpafs m nft the Lord, and jo 

ath come upon jrdu, and upon your 

brethren : this do, ami ye (hall not trcfpnfs. 

It .the chief prieft 

t in all matters of the I or: 

idiah the fon of Ifitmael, the 

ruler of tnc fcoufe of Judah, for all tl>e 

kin !fo the Le\ H be 

fore you. De.l courageoufljj 

and the Lord (hall be with the good. 

CH •• P XX. 
t J. bat prziliiimetb a fajt. 5 Hit 

prayer. H fte voettbrrw •fbiseite- 
grt. 

1 J came to pafs after tin? alfo, thai 
the children of M< 4b, and the children i 

iraoit, and with them ft kef hefide the 
es, tame againft Jehofhaphat to 

2 I h:n there came fome that told Jc- 
h< (haphat, . ■ cometh a gr. 

iltitude I beyond the 

old, they 
ngedi. 
S And Jehoihaphat feared, and ret 
himfelf to(r« k the Lord, and proclaim 
ghout all Judah. 

4 

belpo(tbt Lord : eyen otlf 
all the i came to 

feek the Lori 

9 <; And Jehoihaphat flood in the 
on of Judal h its 

the houle of the Lord, the m 

) Lord God of our fa- 
-, Art not thou Ood in heaven \ and, 
Kulert not thou over all the kingdoms 

the heathen ? and, In thine hand, is there 
not , (o that \ft& 

•c ? 
7 Art \ ' .lid ft drivr 

of tins land beh 
Ifrael, aad *; :ivt ! * >' t( > th-: 
fri< nd • r ? 

\nd th< > vr 

built tfr • i (ani 'in; for thy 

! I) \\\% % 

9 I' n evil eoraerh upon us */ the 
fword, 

ine, 9 
thy | 

t 

10 told, t! 

Ami. 

'(rael invade,* 
A tHe land of 

i 

it i 

tOCOl 

> might ag 



S&6 God figbteth for Judah, II. CHRONICLES, 
great company that cometh againft us 



neither know ye what to do : but our 
eyes are upon thee. 

13 And all Judah flood before the 
Lord, with their little ones,their wives, 
and their children. 

li ^1 Then upon Jahaziel the fon of 
Zechariah, the fon or' Benau.h, the fon of 
Jeiel, the fon of Mattaniah, a Levite of 
the fons of Afaph, came the fpirit of the 
Lord in the midft of the congregation ; 

15 And he faid, Hearken ye, all Judah 
and ye inhabitants of Jerufalem, an&thqu 
king Jehofhaphat, Thus faith the Lord 
tmto you, Be not afraid nor difmayed by 
yea fon of thib great multitude ; for the 
battle is net your's, but God's. 

1(3 Tomorrow go ye down againft 
them : behold, they come up by the cliff 
of Ziz ; and ye mall find them at the 
end of the brook, before the wildernefs 
of Jeruel 

17 Ye fhall not need to fight in this 
battle : fet yourfelves, ftand ye JIM, and 
fee the falvation of the Lord with you, 
O Judah and Jerufalem : fear not, nor be! 
difmayed ; tomorrow go out againft 
them : for the Lord "will be with )Ou. 

18 And Jehofhaphat bowed his head 
with his face to the ground : and all Ju- 
dah and the inhabitants of Jerufalem fell 
before the Lord, woj.Tiippingthe Lord. 

19 And the Levites, of the children of 
the Kohathites, and of the children of the 
Korhites, flood up to praife the Lord 
God of Ifrael with a loud voice on high. 

20 And they rofe early in the morning, 
and went forth into the wildernefs of 
Tekoa : and as they went forth, Jehofha- 
phat ftood and faid, Hear me, O Judah, 
and ye inhabitants of Jerufalem ; Believe 
In the Lord your God, fo fhall yebeeftab- 
lifhed ; believe his prophets, fo fhall ye 
profper. 

21 ^y And when he had confulted with 
the people, he appointed fingers unto the 
Lord, and that fhould praife the beauty 
of holinefs, as they went out before the 
army, and to fay, Praife the Lord, for 
his mercy endurctb forever. 

22 And when they began to fing and 
to praife, the Lord fet ambulhments 
again ft the children oi Amnion, Moab, 
and mount Seir, which were come againft 
Judah ; and they werefmitten. 

23 For the children of Ammon and 
Moab ftood up againft the inhabitants ot 
mount Seir, utterly to flay and deftroy 
tbem : and when tbey had made an end 
of the inhabitants of Seir, every one help- 
ed to deftroy another. 

24 And when Judah came toward the 
watch tower in the wildernefs, they look- 
ed unto the multitude, and, behold, they 
were dead bodies fallen to the earthjand 
none eicaped. 



Jehofhaphat' s reign. 

25 And when Jehofhaphat and hispee-* 
pie came to take away the f'poil of them, 
they found among them in abundance 
both riches with the dead bodie>, and 
precious jewels, which they ftripped off 
forthemlelves, more than they could car- 
ry away : and they were three days in 
gathering cf the fpoil, it was fo much. 

26 And on the fourth day they aflem- 
bled themfelvesinthe valley of Berachah; 
for there they bleiTed the Lord : there- 
fore the name of the fame place was called, 
The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 

27 Then they returned, every man of 
Judah and Jerufalem, and Jehofhaphat ia 
the forefront of them, to go again to Je- 
rufalem with joy ; for the Lord had made 
them to rejoice over their enemies. 

23 And they came to Jerufalem with 
pfalteries, and harp!, and trumpets, unto 
thchoufe of the Lord. 

29 And the fear of God was on all the 
kingdoms of thofe countries, when they 
had heard that the Lord fought againft 
j the enemies of Ifrael. 

SO S'o the realm of Jehofhaphat was qui- 
et : for his God gave him reft roundabout. 

31 ff And Jehofhaphat reigned over 
Judah : he e was thirty and five years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
twenty and rive^earsin Jerufalem. And 
his mother's nameoutf-rAzubah the daugh- 
ter of Shilhi. 

32 And he walked in the way of Afat 
his father, and departed not from it, do- 
ing that ivbicb ivas right in the fight of 
the Lord. 

S3 Howbeit, the high places were not 
taken away : for as yet the people had 
not prepared their hearts unto the God 
of their fathers. 

34 Now the reft of the acts of Jehofh- 
aphat, firft and laft, behold, they are 
written in the book of Jehu the fon of 
Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of 
the Icings of Ifrael. 

33 And after this did Jehofhaphat 
king of Judah join himfelf with Ahaziah 
king of Ifrael, who did very wickedly : 

3l> And lie joined himfelf with him to 
make fhips to go to T arfliilh : and they 
made the ihips in Eziongaber. 

37 Then teliezer the fon of Dodavah of 
Marefhah prophdied againft [ehofhaphat, 
laying. Becaufe thou haft joined thy felt* 
with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy 
works. And the fhips were broken, that 
they were not able to go to Tarfhifh. 

CHAP. XXL 
I Jehoram fucceedetb Jehofhaphat. 5 His 

wicked reign. 18 His incurable dijeafe % 

infamous death, and burial. 

NOW Jehofhaphat flept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with his fathers in 
the city of David. And Jehoram his 
fon reigned in hi-s ftead. 

2 And 



Jebor&nfsiuhked rtlgn. Chap. 

2 And he hart brethren the fonsof Je- 
bofhaphat. Azariah, and Jehiel.and Zech- 
ariah, and Azariah, and I, and 
Shephatiah : all thefe were the Tons of 
Jehothaphat kin- of llrael. 

3 And their lather gave them great 
gifts of filver, an d, and of precious 
tii rith fenced cities in Judah : but 
the kingdom gave he to Jehoram ; bc- 
caufe he was the nrftborn. 

4 Now when jehoram was rilen up to 
the kingdom of I ier, he en- 
ed himfeif, and flew all his brethren with 
the fword, and diziers alio ut the prio 
of Ifrael. 

5 «J Jehoram oca* thirty and two years 
old when he began to n gn- 
ed eight years in |erul ilem. 

6 And he walked in fh.e way of the 
kings of I fuel, like as he did thehoufeof 
Ahab : for he had the daughter of Ahab 
towife : and he I tl u which was 
evil in the eyes of the Lord. 

7 Howbeit, the Lord would not de- 
flroy the ho ift id, becaufeof the 
covenant that he had made with David, 
and as he promifed to give a li^ht to him 
and to his fons forev 

8 In his days the hdomitcs revolted 
from under the dominion of Judah, and 
made t hem fe Ives a ki 

9 Then Jehoram went forth with his 
princes and all his chariots with him : 

1 h** r^le up by night, and fi :.t • tl • 
Ldomite tmpafled him in, . 

the caotainsof th 

10 revolted un- 
der thch ihunto 

fame nine al/$d\<\ Ltbnah n volt trom un- 
der hi i the 
Lop. ii 

11 V >, i n 
th** m ' the 

habitan 
nication, 

I And tl w riting to him 

fromElijahtl 
the Lord < Jod 

i mfe thou h i in the 

Jehotiaaphat thy father, leways 

of Ala king of Ju i 

15 lint had walked in the i the 
!■ ing of lira- tdc judah and 
theinhab I ferufalen 

• hoi cdom of the houfe 
1 alio h ill Main th 
ot thy father's houfe, tutu b u ■ t 
than thyfeli : 

1 * 1, with a great pi i 

LoRDfmite thy people, and thy i hildi 
and th ,]| thy g 

lOU jbalt bai>e gr 
by dil thy bowel i, until th 

els fall out 1 , n ot the fickn 

by da 

16 Moreover, the Lord ftirrcd up a- 



xxii. Ahaziab's reign and death. 537 

gainft jehoram thefpiritof the Philiftines, 
and, of the Arabians, that were near the 
Ethiopians : 

IT And they came up into Judah. and 
brake into it, and carried away all the 
fubftance ttat was found in the king's 
houfe, and his Tons alio, and his wives : 
lo that there was never a Ion left him, lave 
' . ' I ns. 

i I f] ^nd after all this the Lord 
him in his bowels with an incura- 
ble difeafe. 

19 And. it came to pafs that in pr< 
of time, after the end > years, his 

bowels fell out bj ofhisfickj 

fo he died of fore difeafes. And hi> 
yle made no burning for him, like the 
burning ot his fathers. 

irty and two years old wa 
an to reign, and he re , 
in |crul eight years, and de^ i 

withe. I ngdeurea. ;it, they bu- 

ried him in David, but njt in 

the sepulchres of the kin 

il \ P. \ \'f[. 
1 Abazishfuca bwick; 

• r > //• isjl un ' t. 10 Atbahal , 

Ji roving all the jeed royal, Jaws j 
ttfuifeth the kingdom* 
AND the inhabitants 

• Ahaziah his pot king in 

his it; id : for the bandoi men ti 
w ith the Ai to the < 

all the elded. So Ahaziah the (on o£ 
Jehoram king of Judah reigi <d. 

J Fortj and t\ 
when he be. nd hi re . 

mothei 's name 
alio nvat Athaliah the daughtei of Omn« 

the 
Ah di : for ! 
lor to do* v '. 

I v did evil in tlu 

the Lord Id.i the 

erthcdi 
ot his lather, to his dl 
1 « H 

I 

ana (mote Joram. 

d to be healed in J 

• WOUnds w Inch weir 

given him ai R , when h<- 

with H kingol 

I 

l k. 

Jehu the Ion ot 

8 And 

■ .I AI. ib, and found the pi inc csol Jn. , 

ami 



833 Jshoida makethjoajl king. II. CHRONICLES. Athaliah tsjiam. 

and the fonsof the brethren of Ahaziah, | 8 So the Levites and all Judah did ae- 
that miniftered to Ahaziah, he flew them. | cording to al! things that Jehoiada the 

9 And he fought Ahaziah ; and they prieit had commanded, and took every 
caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria) man his men that were to come in on the 
and brought him to Jehu : and when fabbath, with ihem that were to goout on 
%hey had llain hiin. they baried him : Be- the fabbath : for Jehoiada the prieft dif- 
caufe, laid they, he is the fon of Jehofha- j nulled not the courfes. 

phat, who fought the Lord with ail his 9 Moreover, Jehoiada the prieft deliv- 
heart. So the houfe of Ahaziah had no.ered to the captains of hundieds fpears, 
power to keep ftill the kingdom. |aud bucklers, and ihields, that had been 

10 «J But when Athaliah the mother of j king David's, which <U)tre in the houfe 
Ahaziah faw that her fun was dead, ihe of God. 



arofe and deftroyed all the feed royal of 
the houfe of fudah. 

11 But JehoOiaheath the^daughter of 
the king, took Joafh the fon of Ahaziah, 
and ftolehim from among the king's Ion's 
that were (lain, and put him and his nurfe 
in a bedchamber. So Jeholhabeath, the 
daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Je- 
hoiada the prieft, (for (he was ihe nfterof 
Ahaziah) hid him from Athaliah, fo that 
ihe Hew him not. 

12 And he was with them hid in the 
houfe of God fix years : and Athaliah 
xeigned over the land. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 JehoiaJa muketh Jeafb king, \% Atha- 
liah isjlnn. 16 Jehei&da rejioreth the 
<worfhip of God. 

AND in the feventh year Jehoiada 
ftrengthened himfelf, and took the cap- 
tains of hundreds, Azariah the fon of Je 
rcham, and Iftimael the fon ofjehoha- 
nan, and Azariah the fo» of Obed, and 
Maafeiah the fon of Adaiah, and Eliiha- 
phat the fon of Zkhri, into covenant 
with him. 

2 And they went about injudah, and 
gathered the Levites out of all the cities 
of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of 
Ifrael, and they came to Jerufalem. 

3 And all the congregation made a cov- 
enant with the king in the houfe of God. 
And he (aid unto them, Behold the king's 
fon (hall reign, as the Lord hath faid of 
the fons of David. 

i This is the thing that ye (hall do ; 
A third part of yon entering on the fab- 
bath, of the priefts and of the Levites, 
JJjatl be porter3 of the doors ; 

5 And j third part./W/ be at the king's 
houfe ; and a third part at the gate of the 
foundation : and all the people jhall be 
in the courts of the houfe of the Lord. 

6 But let none come into the houfe of 
the LoRd, fave the priefis, and they that 
minifter of the Levites ; they mall go in, 
for they are holy : but all the people 
ihall keep the watch of the Lord. 

7 And the Levites mall ccnipafs the 
king round about, every man with his 
weapons in his hand ; and whomever elje 
Cometh into the houfe, he fliail be put to 
death : but be ye with the king when he 
Cometh in, and wlien he goeth out. 



10 And hefetall the people, every man 
having his weapon in his hand, from the 
right fide of the temple to the left fide of 
the temple, along by the altar and the 
temple, by the king round about. 

U Then they brought out the king's 
fon, and put upon him ihe crown, and 
guqjt' him the teftimony, and made him 
king. And Jehoiada and his Ions anoiivU 
ed him, and faid, God lave the king. 

it fl N«v when Athaliah heard the 
noife of the people running and p railing 
the king, Ihe came to the people into th* 
houfe of the Lo^.d :' 

13 And (he louked,and,behold,thekIng; 
flood at his pillar at the entering in, and 
the princes and the trumpets by the king : 
and all the. people of the land rejoiced,and 
founded with trumpets, ajtfo the lingers 
with inftrnments of roufick. and fuch as 
taught to fing praife. Then Athaliah rent 
her clothes, and faid, Treafon ! Treafon ! 

14 Then Jehoiada the prieft brought 
out the captains of hundreds that vvere 
fet over the hoft, and faid unto t?iem, 
ILve her forth of the ranges : and whofo 
follo.weth her, let him be flain with the. 
fword. For the. prieft faid, iday her not 
in the houfe of the Lord. 

15 So they laid hands on her ; and 
when ihe was come to the entering of 
the horfe gate by the king's houfe, they 
Hew her there. 

16 q\ And Jehoiada made a covenant 
between him, and between all the people, 
and between the king, that they fhould 
be the Lord's people. 

17 Then ail the people w r ent to the 
houfe of Baal, and brake it down, and 
brake his altar sand his images in pieces, 
and flew Mattan the prieft of Baal before 
the altars. 

18 Alfo Jehoiada appointed the offices 
of the houfe of the Lord by the hand of 
the priefts the Levites, whom David had 
diftributed in the houfe of the Lord, to 
offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as 
it is written in the law of Mofes, with 
rejoicing and with finging., as it was or- 
dained by David. 

19 And he fet the porters at the gates 
of t he houfe of the Lord, that none lohich 
<was unclean in any thing fhould enter in. 

%0 And he took the captains of hun- 
dreds;. 



Jmifittzeal. Chap. 

dreds, and the nobles, and the governors 
of the people, and all the people of the 
land, and brought down the king from 
the houfe of the Lord : and they came 
through the high gate into the king's 
houfe, and fet the king upon the throne 
. 1 the kingdom. 

11 And all the people of the land re- 
joiced : and the city was quiet, after that 
they had flain Athaliah with the fword, 

CHAP. XXIV. 
%'JoaJb rc'igneib iveil at I: be days of'Jeho:- 

adi. 15 Jetiiada being dead, 17 Joajb 

jailetb to idolatry. %5 He isjluiu. 

JOAr'l nvas feven years ola when he 
began to reign, and he icigned forty 
3 car., in Jerul ilem. HU mother's name 
alio •iv.ts Zibiah » >f B 

Joafii did tbut nvbtcb nvas right 
in the light of the Lord all the day., of 
Jehoiad * the prieit. 

3 And, .a took for him two wives; 

and 1, Ions and daughter -. 

•4 And it came I tier this, that 

Joalh was mi lo repair the houfe of 

the Lord. 

5 And he gathered together the priefts 
and the Levites, and laid to them, Go 
out unto the citipa of Judah, and gather 
of all Ifrael in >nej to repair the houfe 
of your God from year to year, and 
that ye haften the matter. llowbeit, the 
Levites haftened it not 

6 And the king Called for Jchoiada the 
chief, and laid unto him, Why haft t, 
not re of the Levites, to bring jii 
out of Judah ami out of Jerufalem the 
Collection, uccordiBS to tie commandment 
ot Moles the feryant ol the Lord, and of 
th- . ot Ilrael, ) •:: - 
pacle <-t witm I 

7 I th it wicked 
woman, had ! up the 1. mfe ol ( >od ; 
and alio all the de of the 
houfe of the Lo&pdid ihej beuow upon 
Baalim. 

8 And at the If C muuandmcnt 

I let it w ithout at 
the gate of the houfe of the Lo I D, 

9 And they made a proclamation 

through Judah and Jerufalem, t<i bl 

to the Lob d ihe poll 

* the fei v.tni i laid uj [>n l fraeJ in 

th 

10 And all the \ i inrcsandall t!i 
rejoiced, and b I in, and rail into 
the chefl, until tl 

it No me i - p tl -, that al w hat 

time th<- cheft was brought unto the 
kit . by the hand of the Levites. 

and when they I . tbif* *wat much 

n v, the king's fcribe an<: 

prieftfl officer came and emptied the 

. 1 took it, and ca: his 

pi in. Thus they did day by day, 

-\ gathered money in abundance. 



xxiv. He falleth to idolatry. 339 

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it 
to fuch as did the work ot the fervice of 
the houfe of the Lord, and hired mafons 
and carpenters to repair the houfe of the 
Lord, and alfo fuch as wrought ironand 
brafs to mend the houfe of the i.okd. 

13 So the workmen wrought, and the 
work was perfected by them, and they 
let the houle of God in lus ftate, and 
ftrengthened it. 

11 An d u hen they had fini (lied //, they 
brought the relf of the money before the 
king and Jehoiada, whereof were made 
vellels for the houfe of the Lord, e<ven 
veflels to minifter, and to offer T wiibal % 
and fpoons, and veflels of gold and lilver. 
And they offered burnt offerings in, the 
houfe of the Lord continually all the 
cf Jehoiada. 

15 «j But Jehoiada waxed old, and 
was full of days wheij he died ; an hun- 
dred and thirty years old nvas be when 

td. 

16 And they buried him in the city of 
David among the kings, becaufe he had 
done good in Ifrael, botli toward God 
and toward his houfe. 

17 ff Now after the death of Jehoiada 
came the princes of Judah, and made 
obeifance to the king. '1 hen the king 
hearkened unto them. 

18 And they left the houfe of the Lord 
God of their fathers, and lerved groves 
and idols : and wrath came upon Judah 
and Jerufalem for this their trejpafs. 

19 Yet he lent prophets to them, to 
bring them again unto the Lord ; and 
they tcflified againlt them ; but they 
would not give ear. 

10 And the lyiiit of God came upon 
Zecluriah tlie (on of Jehoiada the pried, 
which flood above the people, ana ! < 
unto them. Thus faith ( d Why tranl- 
the commandments of the 
lo&d, that >e cannot prof per r 
ye have toifakcn the Lord, he hall, alio 

. i And infl him, 

siid . him with " . ii >'" 

in the of 

i In I 

I 1ms Toaft tin- r 

I ch Jeh fa* 

one to him I »n. 

• 1 when he died, he raid, l '. kd 

upon i i equii t it ■ 

23 f And it i 
the )( r, that the hoft OJ 

him : and theycani^to |udah ai I 
, and dcllroyed all the pi i 
i h ■ pe h le from • 

il all tl. • ; them unto il.e 

king of Dan 

i >>t il .ti my of 
with a (mall company < I i 
Lor.D delivered a very gnat hofl into 



330 Joajb isflain. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



The Edomites fmitten. 



their hand, becaufe they had forfaken the 
Lord God of their fathers: So they ex- 
ecuted judgment againft Joafh. 

"25 And when they were departed from 
him (for they left him in great difeafes) ] 
his own fervants confpired againft him 
for the blood ot the fons of Jehoiacia the 
prieft, and flew him on his bed, and he 
eied : and they buried him in the city of 
David, but they buried him not in the 
fepulchres of ti^e kings. 

£6 And thefe are they that confpired 
againft him ; Zabad the fon of Shimeath 
an Ammonitefs.and Jehozabad the fon of 
Shimritha Moabitefs. 

2.7 Now concerning his fons, and the 
greatnefs of the burdens laid upon him, 
and the repairing of the houfe of God, 
behold, they are written in the ftory of 
the book of the kings. And Amaziah 
his fon reigned in his (lead. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Amaziah beginneth to reign "well. S He 
executethjuftice on the traitors. 5 Hav- 
ing hiredanarmyoftbe Ijraelites againft 
the Edomites, at the 'word of a prophet he 
lofeth an bundredtalents, anddijmijfeth 
them, ll He overthro : wetb the Edom- 
ites. 17 He pro<voketh Joajh to bis o- 
njertbronjj. 25 His reign. 27 He isjlain 
by a coAfpiracy . 

AMAZ 1 AH <was twenty and five years 
old 'when heb?gan to reign, and he reign- 
ed twenty and nine years injerulalem. 
And his mother's name 'was Jehoaddan 
of Jerufaiem. 

% And he did that ivhich taas right in 
the fight of the Lord, but not with a 
perfect heart. 

3 ^f Now it came to pafs, when the 
kingdom was eftablifhed to him, that he 
flew his fervants that had killed the king 
his father. 

4 But he flew not their children, but 
did as it is written in the law in the book 
of Mofes, where the Lord commanded," 
faying, The fathers (hall not die for the 
children, neither fhall the children die 
for the fathers, but every man fhall die 
ibr his own (in. 

5 9\ Moreover, Amaziah gathered Ju- 
dah together, and made them captains 
over thousands, and captains over hun- 
dreds, according to the houfesof their fa- 
thers, throughout all J udahand Benjamin: 
and he numbered them from twenty 
yearsold andabove, and found themthree 
hundred thoufand choice men, able to go 
forth to war, that could handle fpearand 
ftield. 

6 He hired alfo an hundred thoufand 
mighty men of valour out of lirael for 
an hundred talents ot filver. 

7 But there came a man of God to 
him, faying, O king, let not the army of 
Zfrael go with thee ; for the Lord is not 



with Ifrael, to ivit, 'with all the children 
of Ephraim. 

8 But if thou wilt go, do //, be ftrong 
for the battle : God (hall make thee fall 
before the enemy : for God hath power 
to help, and to call down. 

9 And Amaziah faid to the man of 
God, But, What fhall we do for the hun- 
dred talents which I have given tc the 
army of Ifrael ? and the man of God 
anfwered, the Lord is able to give thee 
much more than this. 

10 Then Amaziah feparated them, to 
'wit- the jrray that was come to him out 
of Ephraim, to go home again : where- 
fore their anger was greatly kindled a- 
gainif Judah, and they returned home 
in great .rnger. 

11 ^f And Amaziah ftrengthened him- 
kU } and led forth his people, and went to 
the valley of fait, and fmote of the chil- 
dren of Seir ten thoufand. 

i% And other ten thoufand left alive 
did the children of Judah carry away 
captive, and brought them unto the top 
of the rock, and caft them down from 
the top of the rock, that they all were 
broken in pieces. 

IS But the foldiers of the army which 
Amaziah fent back, that they fhouid not 
go with him to battle, fell upon the cit- 
ies' of Judah, from Samaria even unto 
Bethhoron, and fmote three thoufand 
of them, and took much fpoil. 

14 Now it came to pafs, after that 
Amaziah was come from the flaughter 
of the Edomites, that he brought the 
gods of the children of Seir, and let them 
up to be his gods, and bowed down him- 
felf before them, and burned incenfe un- 
to them. 

15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord 
was kindled againft Amaziah, and he fent 
unto him a prophet, which faid unto him, 
Why haft thou fought after the gods of 
the people, which, could not deliver their 
own people out of thine hand ? ..•. 

16 And it came to pafs, as he talked 
with him, that the king faid unto kirn, 
Art thou made of the king's counfel ? 
Forbear ; Why fhouldeft thou be fmitten ? 
Then the prophet forbare, and faid, I 
know that God hath determined to defti oy 
thee, becaufe thou haft done this, and 
haft not hearkened unto my counfel. 

17 ^j Then Amaziah king of Judah took 
advice, and fent to Joafh, the fon of Jehoa- 
haz, the fon of Jehu, kingof Ifrael, faying, 
Come, let us fee one another in the face. 

18 And Joafh king of Ifrael fent to Am, 
aziah king of Judah, faying, The thif- 
tle that 'was in Lebanon fent to the cedar 
that 'was in Lebanon, faying, Give thy 
daughter to my fon to wife : and thete 
palled by a wild bead that 'was in Leba- 



non, and trode down the thiftle 



19 Thou 



UxT.iah^s reign. 



Chap. xxvi. 



He <W3xetl mighty. 



19 Thou fuyeft, Lo, thou haft fmitten I vifions of God : and as long a* he fought 
fhe Edomites ; and thine heart lifteth thecj the Lord, God made him to profper. 



up to boalt : abide now at home ; Why 
fhouUcit thou meddle lotbinr hurt, th;it 
thou ihouldelt fall, evenihou, and Judah 
with thee ? 

But Amaziah would not hear ; for it 
came of God, that he might deliver them 
into the hand of their enemies, becaufe 
they fought after the gods of Ed©m. 

"21 So Joafh the king of Ifracl went up : 
and they law one another in the face, boib 
he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth- 
fliemeih, which belongetb to Judah. 

M And Judah was put to the worfe 
before Ifrael and they tied evgry man 
to his tent. 

d Joafh the king of Ifrael took 
Amaziah king of Judah, the fon of Joaih, 
the fonof Jehcah:/. at Hethlhemeih, and 
brought him to Jeiufalem, and br 
down the wall of Jerufalem from the 
gate of fcphraim to the corner gate, foui 
hundred cub It 

c 24 And he took all the gold and the di- 
ver, and all the velTels that tuere found in 
the boufe of God with Obededom, and 
the trcafures of the king's houfe, the 
hoftages alfo, d\\A returned to Samaria. 

25 ff And Amaziah the fon of Joafh king 
1 udah, lived after the death of Joam ion 
ef Jehoahaz king of Ifrael, fifteen years 
now the nit of the acts of Amazi- 
ah, firfl and I aft, behold, Are they not 
written in the book of the kings of Judah 
and Ifrael ! 

tT « 'he time th it Vmasiah 

did ti;i following the Lord, 

they i. him in 

Jerufa hifli : but 

th. btfh after him, and (lew 

and buried him with in the 

HAP. ■ !. 

1 i 16 He in - 

tad rib the tr'irp fv.it ten 

ivith let>r lie;b % and Jot bam 

Jui i eedetb aim. 
1 m N ill the people of Judah tot k I / 



6 And he went forth and warred againir. 
the Philiftines, and brake down the wall 
of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the 
wall of Afhdod,and builtcitiesabout Afh- 
dod, and among the Philiftines. 

7 And God helped him againft the 
Philiftines, and againft the Arabians that 
dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. 

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to 
Uzziuh : and his name fpread abroad e- 
<ven to the entering in of Egypt ; for he 
ftrengthened hi mjclf exceedingly. 

9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in 
[erufalem at the corner gate, and at the 
valley gate, and at the turning©/"/^ 
ivall, and fortified them. 

10 Alto he built towers in the defert, 
and digged many wells : for he had much 
cattle, both in the lo* country, and io 
the plains : hulbandmen alfo and vine 
d reliefs in the mountains, andinCarmel : 
for he loved huibandry. 

11 Moreover, Uzziah had an hofr of 
fighting men, that went out to war by 
band~», according to the number of th< 
account by the hand of Jeicl the fcribtr 
and Mi i'm iah the ruler, under the hand 
ofHananiaht ow^ofthek. iptains. 

1^ The whole number of the chief of 
the fathers of the mi ien of valour 

-were two thouiand and fix hundred. 

13 And under their hand *was an 
inny, three hundred thoufand and fevea 
thoufand and live bundled, that made 
war with mighty newer, to help the king 
againft the enemy. 

14 And Uzziah prepared for them 
throughout all the holt, (hields, and 

I helmets, and habergeonS} and 

and (lings to iajt (tones, 
i 5 ide iii Jci ufalera engii 

invented by cunning men, to be on the 
tower. 1 , and upon the bulwarks, to (hoot 
arrow:, and ereat ftones withal. And I 
preac far abroad ; I >r hewatnuur- 
miy helped, till he was ftro 
lti *; But when, he was ftrong,hi& heart 
Fted up to bit d< (h \i( i ion \ for he 
tranfgreffed againft the \.o\> n 



ziah, who ytai tixteen years old. Lord to 

made him Kin^ m tiic room of his rathei burn incenfe upon the altar o( nfe. 



ih. 

; ed if to 1*1 
dah, aftei that the king flept with h 
thei 

3 5 trs old noa I , , i th a hen 

;n, and he reigned 
rs in J 
mine alio was jecoliah of [erufalem. 

did that vj.'ub - fit in 

the fight • I.okd. accord inj 

th it Ins fat] ih did. 

An 1 he fought God in the d . ■ 19 ' I 

hariah, id undcrftandiog in the acci. 



it \nd Azariah Uie priefl wenl a 

i, and W .ih him four li oro i i 

of the 1 - > c v 1 1 

i \ d they w ithflood I // in th< king, 

lid U , It a prriain- 

unto ih, to but ■ inta 

the l.jy i>, but tot 

tij that are t onfe< rated I 

ui ot the f tactuai j thou 

thine honour from th< I ord * rod. 
u.i<> wroth, and 
to burn iac< nfe : anal 
fth 



S92 Jotbam's good reigri. II. 

while he was wroth with the priefls, the 
leprofy even rofe up in his forehead be- 
fore the priefh, in the houfe of the Lord, 
from befide the incenfe altar. 

<20 And Azariah the chief prieft, and 
all the priefts, looked upon him, and, be- 
hold, he was leprous in his forehead 
and they thrufl: him out from thence : 
yea, himfelf haded alfo to go out, becaufe 
the Lord had fmitten him. 

21 And Uzziah the king wasa leper un- 
to the day of his death, and dwelt in a fev- 
eral houfe, being a leper ; for he was cut 
off from the houfe of the Lord : and Jo- 
tham his fon was over the kind's houfe, 
Judging the people of the land. 

22 ^f Now the reft of the acls of Uzzi- 
ah, firft and laft, did Ifaiahthe prophet, 
the fon of \moz, write. 

23 So Uzziah (leptwith his fathers, and 
they buried him with his fathers in the 
field of the burial which belonged to the 
kings : for they faid, He is a leper : and 
Jotham his fon reigned in his (lead. 

CH A P. XXVII. 
1 Jot bam reigningwell, profperetk. 5 He 

fubdueth the Ammonites. 7 His feign. 

9 Ahaz fucceedeth him. 

JOT HAM was twenty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned fixteen years in Jerusalem. His 
mother's name alfo was Jerufhah, the 
daughter of Zadok. 

1 And he did that which njoas right in 
the fight of the Lord, according to all 
that his father Uzziah did : howbeit, he 
entered not into the templeof the Lord. 
And the people did yet corruptly. 

S He built the high gate of the houfe 
of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel 
he built much. 

4 Moreover, he built cities in the 
mountains of Judah, and in the forefts 
he built caftles^and towers. 

5 11 He fought alfo with the king of the 
Ammonites, and prevailed againft them. 
And the children of Amnion gave him 
the fame vear an hundred talentsof (ilver, 
and ten thoufand meafures of wheat, and 
ten thoufand of barley. So much did the 
children of Amnion pay unto him, both 
\h* feconH year, and the third. 

6 So Jothtm became mighty, becaufe 
he prepared his ways before the Lord 
his Goa. 

7 q Now the reft of the aclsof Jotham, 
and ail his wars, and his ways, lo, they 
ore written in the book of the kings of 
Ifrael and Judah. 

8 He was five and twenty years old 
when he began r o reign, and reigned fix- 
teen years in Jerufalem. 

9 \] And Jotham flept with his fa- 
thers, and they buried him in the city of 
7)a\ id : and Ahaz his Ion reigned in his 
ftead. 



CHRONICLES. Ahaz's wicked reig 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Ahaz reigning wickedly, is affiicled by 

the Syrians. 26 He dying, Hezekiah 
Jucceedetb him. 

AHAZ was twenty years old when he 
began to reign, and he leigned fixteen 
years in Jerufalem : but he did not that 
wbich was right in the fight of the Lord, 
like David his father : 

2 For he walked in the ways of the 
kings of ifrael. and made alfo molten 
images for Baalim. 

S Moreover, he burned incenfe in the 
valley of the fon of Hrnnom, and burned 
his children in the fire, after the abomin- 
ations of the heathen whom the Lord 
had^aft out before the children of Ifrael. 

4 He facrificed alfoand burned incenfe 
in the high places, and on the hills, and 
under ever) green tree. 

5 Wherefore the Lord his God deliv- 
ered him into the hand of the king of 
Syria ; and they fmote him, and carried 
away a great multitude of them cap- 
tives, and brought th^m to Damaicus. 
And he was alfo delivered into the hand 
of the king of Ifrael, who fmote him with" 
a great flaughter. 

6 For Pckah the fon of Remaliah flew 
in Judah an hundred and twenty thou- 
fand in one day, which 'were all valiant 
men ; becaufe they had forfaken theLoRD' 
God of their fathers. 

7 And Zichri,a mightymanofEphraim, 
flew Maafeiah the king's fon, and A2- 
rikam the governor of the houfe, and 
Elkanah that 'was next to the king 

8 And the children of Ifrael carried a- 
way captive of their brethren two hun- 
dred thoufand, women fons, and daugh- 
ters, and took alfo away much fpoil from 
them, and brought the fpoil to Samaria. 

9 But a prophet of the Lord was there,, 
whofe name was Oded : and lie went out 
before the hoft that came to_ Samaria, and 
faid unto them, Behold, becaufe the 
Lord God of your fathers was wroth 
with Judah, he hath delivered them into 
your hand, and ye have flain them m a 
rage tha? reacheth up unto heaVen. 

JO And now ye purpofe to keep under* 
the children of Judah and Jerufalem for 
bondmen and bondwomen unto you : 
but, Are there not with you, even wit!* 
you ; fins againfi the Lord your God ? 

It Now hear me therefore, and deliver 
the captives again, which ye have taken 
captive of your brethren : for the fierce 
wrath of the Lord is upon you. 

\1 Then certain of the heads of the 
children of Ephfaim, Azariah the Ion of 
Johanan, Bcrechiah the (on of Mefhille- 
motli, and Jehizk'ah the fon of Shallum, 
und Amafa the fon of Hadlai, flood up 
againftthem that came from the war. 

13 And laid unto them, Ye fliall not 

bring 



*.fjaz''s great Irr.tie; Chap 

bring in the captives i Mirier : fur whereas; 
re offended againft the Lord at- 
Yea .uteudtoadd wro/r toour linsand 

to uui' trefpafs : for our trefpafs is great, 
and there is fierce wrath again fl Ilrael. 

li bo the armed men left the captives 
and the fpoil before the princes and all 
' nation. 

And the men which wereexpn 
by name role up, and took the captives, 
and with the lpoil clothed all that were 
d among them, and arrayed them, 
anu mod them, and gave them to eat 
and to drink, and anointed them, and car- 
ried all the feeble of them upon alios, and 
brought them to Jericho, the city of palm 
trees, to their brethren : then they re- 
turned to Samaria. 

16 At that time did king Ahaz fend 
unto the kings of Affyria to help hint. 

17 For again the Edomtteshadcotneand 
en Judah, and carried away captives. 

! Phihltines alio had invaded 

the cities o'f the low country, and of the 

Ian, and had taken Bethihe- 

., and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and 

with the villages thereof, and 

Tiinnah, with the villages thereof, Gimzo 

aifo and the villages thereof : and they 

. 

19 e Lord brought Judah low 

lufe of Ahaz king ot ilrael; for he 

le Judah naked, and tranlgrelfed fore 

nil the Lo h d. 

And '1 ilgathpilnefer king of Af- 

unto him, and diltielied him, 

but ! V.-ned him not. 

away a portion out 

ot the houle of the Lo k D, and out of the 

I the kiln:, and of the princes, and 

unto ,lr- king of Ali> ria 

him not. 



but he 



n the time of his dillref, did 
: lit the Lord : 

ti For he ced unto the gods ol 

iote him : and he (aid, 
t^ • god "i the kin-» ol 5 

II, that i , inc. Hut 

.veie the ruin of him, and of .ill Ilra-l. 

d Mia/, gatri the 

Is ot the houl • -od, and CUl in 

• ' of tHc houle ot < 

(hut up the doors of the huufi 
Lord, and ! tars in 

'nil ileni. 

:y of J" 
■ i burn mcenle un- 
id prov ngcr 

lathers. 

of his acts and of 
all hi '. 1 1 :, behold iney 

u*e Look ot the kirifj 

judah and I; ra 1. 
uT And Ahaa ilept with his fathers, and 

3 li 



. xiia. Hezekiab's good reign. S93 

they buried him in the city, e<ven\x\ Jeru- 
falerw: but they brought Jmui not into the 
l'epulchresol the kings ol nraet: and Her, 
ektali his Ion reigned in his Head. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Hezekiab's good reign. S He rejloreth re- 
ligion. 1 J i The bouje of Cod cleanfed. 
HEZEKI AH began to reign ivben be 
•ivas live and twenty years old, and he 
reigned nine and twenty years in Jerufa- 
lem. And his mother's name ivas Abi- 
jah, the daughter of Zechariah. 

i And he did tbat ivhicb <rvens right in 
the fight of the Lord, according to all 
that David his lather had done. 

6 f He in the firft year of his reign, in 
the fir ft month., opened the doors of the 
houfe of the Lord, and repaired them. 

4 And he brought in the priefts and 
the Levites, and gathered them together 
into the cart ftreet, 

5 And laid unto them, Hear me, ye 
Leviies, fanctily now yourfelves, and 
lanetify the houfe of the Lord God of 
your fathers, and carry forth the filthi- 
nefs out of the holy place. 

t For cur fathers have trefpafTed, and 
done tbat aubub ivas evil in the eyes ox 
the Lord our God, and have forfakeu 
him, and have turned away their faces 
from the habitation* ot the LoRd, and 
turned their backs. 

7 Alio they have fhut up the doors ot 
the porch, and put out the lamps, and 
have hot burned mcenle nor offered 
burnt ol - in the holy place unto 
the God ot Id j 

8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord 
was upon Judah and Jeiufalem, and ha 
hath delivered them to trouble, to alton- 
ilhment, a:.d to h is ye fee with 

youj eyes, 
*• For, lo, oni fathei I ilferibj the 

irtd (air fons and our daughters 

and our wives H>/ in I :ipnvity for this. 
lONow // 1 j in minehcai t to make a< 
twith the Lord God of lliacl, that 
, tin n an.' 
1 1 M> fon 

oid hath chofen you to ftandbel >re 
him, to ferve him, and that >t (hould 
mimfler unto him, and bui n in< 

n cri hen the I 
the (on ot Am n of 

• iah, the I >ffc ol il»< r-*l' *« (» 
and ol ti. i, Kifta tilt fon 

I Jehaleld : 

and (,; i;.. I I ,it< :. • Jo.ib iht 

Zimmah, den tin ih : 

i3 An I ot the ions i 
Shimri, and feiel : and ol the (on 
Afaph; Zechariah, and M aha 

14 And ol the fons ol Henian ; Jel 
and bhimci : and fons ol 

thun, Shenuuah, and Uzziel. 

I j And they gathered their brethren, 

and 



&$l ticuJeofGodcleanJed. 

and fancYified themfelves, and came, ac- 
cording to the commandment of tne klll K» 
by the words of the Lord, to cleanle 
the houfe of the Lord. 

16 And the priefts went into the inner 
part of the houfe of the Lord, tocleanfe 
it y and brought out all the uncleannefs 
that they found in the temple of the Lord 
into the court of the houfe of the Lord. 
And the Levites took u } to carry it out 
abroad into the brook Kidron. 

IT Now they began on the firft day of 
the firft: month to fanclify, and on the 
eighth day of the month came they to 
the porch of the Lord : fo they fanfti- 
fied the houfe of the Lord in eight 
days : and in the fixteenth day of the firft 
month they made an end. 

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the 
king, and faid,'We have cleanfed all the 
houfe of the Lord, and the altar of 
burnt offering, with all the veflels there- 
of, and the fhewbread table, with all 
the v effete thereof. 

19 Moreover, a'l the vefTels, which 
king Ahaz in his reign dirt caff, away in 
his tranfgrefiion, have we prepared and 
fanclif.ed, and, behold, they are before 
the altar of the Lord. 

20 Then Hezekiah the king rofe early, 
and gathered the rulers of the city, and 
went up to the houfe of the Lord. 

21 And they brought feven bullocks, 
and feven rams, and feven lambs, and 
feven he goats, for a fin offering for the 
kingdom, and for the fan6tuary, and for 
Judah. And he commanded the priefts 
the fons of Aaron to offer them on the al- 
tar of the Lord. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, and the 
priefts received the blood, and fprinkled 
It on the altar : likewife, when they had 
killed the rams, they fprinkled the blood 
upon the altar : they killed alfo the 
Iambs, and they fprinkled the blood up- 
on the altar . 

23 And they brought forth the he 
goats/o/ the fin offering before the king 
and the congregation ; and they laid their 
hands upon ihem : 

21 And the priefts killed them, and 
they made reconciliation with theirbiood 
upon the altar, to make an atonement for 
all Ifrael : for the king commanded that 
the burnt offering anj the fin offering 
Jhould be mads for all Ifrael. 

25 And he fet the Levites in the houfe 
of the Lord with cymbals, with pfalte- 
ries, and with harps, according to the 
commandment of David, and of Gad the 
king's feer, and Nathan the prophet : for 
jo r was ihc command ment of the Lord 
by his prophets. 

°2i> And the Levites ftood with the in- 
ftrrtmertts of David, and the priefts with 

. Limpets. 



If. CHRONICLES. HeZeklab'sfacnficf. 

27 And Kf^ekiah rnmmanded tO offei* 

the burnt offering upon the altar. And 
when the burnt offering began, thefong 
of the Lord began alfo with the trump- 
ets, and with the inftruments ordained 
by David king of Ifrael. 

28 And all the congregation worfhip- 
ped, and the fingers fang, and the trump- 
eters founded: andaU this continued until 
the burnt offering was finifhed. 

29 And when they had made an end 
of offering, the king and all that ivere 
prefent with him bowed themfelves, and 
worfhipped. 

50 Morever, Hezekiah the king and 
the princes commanded the Levites to fing 
praife unto the Lord with the words o£ 
David, and of Afaph the feer. And they 
fang praifes with gladnefs, and they bow- 
ed their heads and worfhipped. 

31 Then Hezekiah anfwered and laid, 
Now ye have confecrated yourfelves un- 
to the Lord, come near and bring facri- 
fices and thank offerings into the houfe 
of the Lord. And the congregation 
brought in facrificesand thank offerings ; 
and as many as were of a free heart, 
burnt offerings. 

32 And the number of the burnt offer- 
ings, which the congregation brought,was 
threefcore and ten bullocks, an hundred 
rams, and two hundred lambs : all thefe 
ivere for a burnt offering to the Lord. 

S3 And the confecrated things nvere fix 
hundred oxen and three thoufand (heep. 

34 But the priefts were too few, fo 
that they could not flay all the burnt of- 
ferings : wherefore their brethren the 
Levites did help them, till the work was 
ended, and until the other priefts had 
fanciified themfelves : for the Levites 
ivere more upright in heart to fanctify 
themfelves than the priefts. 

35 And alfo the burnt offerings luera 
in abundance, with the fat of the peace 
offerings* and the drink offerings for every 
burnt offering. So the fervice of the 
houfe of the Lord was fet in order. 

36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the 
people, that God had prepared the peo- 
ple : for the thing was done fuddenly. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a p^Jfonjer. iSTbfi 

ajfembly deft'oy the altars of idolatry. 

AND Hezekiah fent to all Ifrael and 
Judah, and wrote letters alfo to E- 
pliraim and Manaffeh, that they (hould 
come to the houfe of the Lord at Jerufa- 
lem, to keep the paflbver unto the Lord 
God of Ifrael. 

2 For the kino; had taken counftl, and 
his princes, and all the congregation in 
JerulaJem, to keep the paffover in the 
fecond month-. 

3 For they could not keep it at that 
time, becaule the priefts had not fanftt- 

• fled 



rkiab proclalmetb a pojfo-ver .* Chap. xxxt. 



Hed themfelves fufficiently, neither had 
the people gathered themlelves togetlier 
to Jerusalem. 

4 And the thing pleafed the king and 
all the congregation. 

5 bo they eflablifhed a decree to make 
proclamation throughout all Ifrael, from 
Bceriheba even to Dan, that they ihould 
come to keep the paflbver unto the 
Lor.' God of Ifrael at Jerufalem : for 
they iad not done it of a long time m 

fucb j-irt as it was written. 

6 bo the pofts went with the letters 
from the king and h s princes through- 
out all Ilrael and Judah, and according 
to the con*mandmcnt of the kin^, faying, 

children of Ifrael, turn again unto the 
Lorb God of Abraham, Uaac, and ilrael, 
and he will return to the remnant of you 
that are efcaped out of the hand of 'the 
kings of Aflyi 

7 'Vml W not ye like your fathers, and 
like your brethren, which trefpafted a- 
gainft the Lord God of their fathers, 
icbo therefore gave them up to delega- 
tion, 

« Now be ye not ftiftnecked, as your fa- 
thers iuere y but yield yourfelves unto the 
Lord, and enter into his fanctuary, which 
lie hath (anctified fur ever : and lervethe 
Lovd your God,thatthe lierccncls of his 
Wrath may turn away from you. 

9 forif ye turn again unto the Lord, 

your brethren and your children Jbait 

find compaflion before them that lead 

ive. fo that they (hall come a- 

this land : for the Lord your 

'd is gr and merciful, and will 

not turn is face from you, if 

re 1 1 

( ts pafTed from city to < if y 
through ihccountr> M.i- 

unto Z< buUm : but t! 
laughed ii . a, and mocked them. 

1 l divers of 

ebulun bumbl d them- 
imeto J 'ii. 

1 - Al.'o in J". ot ( rod 

to give them one heart to do the i 

'lit of the k I of the p r i 

bj rd of the Lord. 

13 «J And th- t( Jerufalem 

mm 

tl >nd month, a 

n. 






I 1 1 >(;',; away t 
altai to/rr in Jerufalem, I the 






the 



.'Arwint.it!. k Kidn 

1 rover on 

the t of the lee ntth : 

and the pnctls and t ; 
tamed, and fanctined themfelves, and 
brought in the burnt offerings into the 
Jiouieot th Lord. 



It is folemnly kept. 3?5 

their manner, according to the law ot 
Mofes the man of God : the prieflk 
fprinkled the blood, ivhicb tbey received 
of the hand ©f the Leviu 

IT Vox there were many in the congre- 
gation that were not f anctified : there- 
tore the Levites had the charge of the 
killing of the pafTovers for every one that 
•vcas not clean, to fanchfy them unto 
the Lord. 

13 For a multitude of the people, e<ven 
many of Ephraim and ManaUeh, llTa- 
char, and Zebulun, had nor cleanfed 
themfelves, yet did they ear the paffb- 
ver otherwise than it was written. But 
Hezekiah prayed for them, faying, The 
good Lord pardon every one 

19 That prepareth his heart to feck 
God, the Lord God of his fathers, though 
he be not cleanfed according to the puri- 
fication of the fanctuary. 

tO And the Lord hearkened to Heze- 
kiah, and healed the people. 

- 1 And the children of ifrael that were 
pre lent at Jerufalem kept the feafl of un- 
leavened bread feven days with great 
gladneL : and the Levites and the pi ielfs 
I railed the Lord day by day, fitging 
with loud instruments unto the Lord. 

-- And Hezekiah fpake comfortably 
unto all the Levites that taught the good 
knowledge of the Lord: and they did 
eat throughout the feafl feven days, of- 
fering peace offerings, and making con- 
lellion to the LokD God of their fathers. 

2.-* And the whole aflembly took coun- 
sel to keep other (even days] and they 
kept other (even days with gladnefs. 

-ii For Hezekiah king of Judah did 

give to the congregation a thoufand bul- 

ks and feven thoufand (heep ; and 

the pxino e to the congregation a 

thoufand bullocks and ten thoufand 

fhecp : and a great number of priefta 

tified themfen 

tnd all the i ition of Judah, 

with the priefts and the I t all 

Die congj i thai came out of Ifrael, 

ind the ra that i -one out "i the 

land of Ifrael and that dwelt io Judah, 

re i oil 

is great j y in .! : ufalem : 

for fince tin | the loi\ ot 

David k Ilr..rl ttxere ix.\js not the 

I hen I i arofe 

- : anil th- 

■^ to his 
iiol> dwelling phu 

\. 1*. \ A X I . 
XTbepcojih- forward in 
iitr\ . 1 1 Hezekia rt to 

<tilf>o/'e of the tuhfs. SO Hit &*<*% 
>w when all this wa 



Ilrael :nt out to I 

IS And they (tood in th e after of Judah, and brake the ima 

pieces 



picu 



896 Idolatry dejtroyed. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



pieces, and cut down the groves, and 
threw down the high places and the al- 
tars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in 
Ephraim alfo and ManafTeh until they 
had utterly deftroyed them all. Then all 
the children of Ifrael returned, every man 
to his poffefiion, into their own cities. 

2 And Hezekiah appointed the courfes 
of the priefts and the Levites after their 
courfes, every man according to his fer- 
vice, the priefts and Levites for burnt 
offerings and for peace offerings, to min- 
ifter, and to give thanks, and to praife 
in the gates of the tents of the Lord. 

3 He appointed alfo the king's portion 
of his fubffance for the burnt offerings, 
to wit, for the morning and evening 
burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings 
for the fabbaths, and for the new moons, 
and for the fet feafts, as it is written in 
the law of the Lord. 

4 Moreover, he commanded the peo- 
ple that dwelt in Jernfalem to give the 
portion of the priefts and the Levites, 
that they might be encouraged in the 
law of the Lord. 

5 And asfoonas thecommandmentcame 
abroad, the children of Ifrael brought in 
abundance the firft fruits of corn, wine, 
and oil, and honey, and of all the in- 
creafe of the field ; and the tithe of ail 
things brought they in abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children of Ifrael 
and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Ju- 
dah, they alfo brought in the tithe of ox- 
en and fheep,and the tithe of holy things 
-which were confecrated unto the Lord 
their God, and laid them by heaps. 

7 In the third month they began to lay 
the foundation of the heaps, and nnifhed 
tbcm in the feventh month. 

8 And when Hezekiah and the princes 
came and faw the heaps, they bleffed the 
Lord, and his people Ifrael. 

9 Then Hezekiah cjueftioned with the 
priefts and the Levites concerning the 
heaps. 

10 And Azariah the chief prieftnf die 
Jioufe of Za<iok, anfwered him, and (aid, 
bince the people began to bring the offer- 
ings into the feoufe of the Lord, we have 
had enough to eat, and have left plenty : 
for the Lord hath bleffed his people ; 
and that which is left is this great (tore. 

It 9\ Then Hezekiah commanded to 
prepare chambers in the houfc of the 
jLord ; and they prepared them, 

12 And brought in the offerings and 
■the til lies and the dedicated things faith- 
fully : over which Cononiah the Levite 
was ruler, and Shimei his brother was 
the next. 

13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Na- 
hath, and Afahel, and Jerimoth,and Joz~ 
abad, and Eliel, and Ifmachiah, and 



Hexekiafrsjincerhy\ 

der the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his, 
brother, at the commandment of heze- 
kiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of 
the houfeof God. 

14 And Kore the fon of Imnah the 
Levite, the porter toward the eaft, was 
over the freewill offerings of God, to 
diftributethe oblations of the Lord, and 
the raoft holy things, 

15 And next him were Eden, and Min- 
iamin, and Jefhua, and Shemaiah, Am- 
ariah and Shechaniah, in the cities of 
the priefts, in their fet office, to give to 
their brethren by courfes, as well to the 
great as to the fmall : 

16 Befide their genealogy of males, 
from three years old and upward, e<ven. 
unto every one that entereth into the* 
houfe of the Lord, his daily portion for 
their fervice in their charges according 
to their courfes ; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the priefts 
by the houfe of their fathers, and the Le- 
vites from twenty years old and upward, 
in their charges by their courfes j 

ttf And to the genealogy, of all their 
little ones, their wives, and their fons. 
and their daughters,through all the con- 
gregation : for in their fet office they 
fanctified themfelvesin holiiiefs : 

19 Alfo of the fons of Aaron the priefts, 
which were in the fields of the fuburbs 
of their cities, in every feveral city, the 
men that were cxprcfted by name, to v 
give portions to all the males among the 
priefts, and to all that were reckoned by 
genealogies among the Levites. 

20 fl And thus did Hezekiah through- 
out all Judah, and wrought that which 
was good and right and truth before the 
Lord his God. 

21 And in every work that he began, 
in the fervice of the houfe of God, and 
in the law, and in the commandments to 
feek his God, he did// with all his heart, 
andprofpered. 



CHA P, XXXII. 



1 Sennacherib innjadeth Judah. 21 An. 
angel dejlroyeth the Ajfyrians. %\ Hez.~ 
ekiab's Jicknefs and recovery. 32 He 
dying, Manajfeh fucceedeth him. 
AI'TER thefe things. and the eftablifh.- 
ment thereof, Sennacherib king of Aflyr- 
ia came, and entered into Judah, and 
encamped againft the fenced cities, and. 
thought to win them for himfelf. 

2 And when Hezekiah faw that Sennach- 
erib was come, and that he waspurpofed 
to fight againft Jerusalem, 

3 He tookcounfel withhisprinces and 
his mighty men to flop the waters of the 
fountains which were without the city : 
and they did help him. 

i So there was gathered much people 
together, who (topped all the fountains, 
Mahath,and Benaiah, loerc overfeers tin- land the brook that ran through the inif 

• of 



xn ache rib's biajpbe>ny. Chap. XXXii. 

'he land, faying, Why fliould the kings j 
joi AfTyria come, and find much water J | 

5 Alfo he flrengthened himfelf, and 
built up all tlie wall that was broken, 
and railed ;/ up to the towers, and anoth- 
er wall without, and repaired Millo in 
the city of David, and made darts and 
fhields in abundance. 

6 And he fet captains of war over the 
people, and gathered them together to 
him in the ftreet of the gate of the city, 
and fpake comfortably to them, faying, 

7 Be ftrong and courageous, be not 
afraid nor dilmayed, for the king of Af- 
fyria, nor for all the multitude that is 
with him : for there be more with us than 
with him : 

8 With him is an arm of flefh : but 
with us is the Lord our God to help n>, 
and to fightour battles. And the people 
rerted therafelves upon the words ofli 
ekiah king of Judah. 

9 After this did Sennacherib king of 
AfTyria fend his fcrvants to Jerufalem, 
(but he himfelf laid fiege againlt Lachifh, 
and all his power with him) unto Heze- 
kiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah 
that ivere at Jerufalem, faying, 

10 Thus faith Sennacherib king of Af- 
Tyria, Whereon do ve truft, that ye abide 
in the fiege in Jerufalem ? 

11 Doth not Hezekiah perfuade you 
to give over yourfelves to die by famine 
and by third, faying, The Lord our 

>d fhall deliver us out of the hand of 
the king of AfTyria f 

:h not the fame Hezekiah taken 
away his high places and his altars, and 
commanded Judah and Jerufalem, fay- 
ing, Ye fhall worfhip before one altar, 
■'. burn incenfe upon it ? 
1*5 Know ye not what 1 and my fathers 
have done unto all th t o£ other 

Were the gods of the nations of 
ihofc lands any ways able to deliver their 
lands out of mine* hand ? 

14 as there among all the gods of 

tbofe nations that m tterly de- 

oyed, tlut could deliver his . out 

of and, that yoi . (hould 

able to deliver you out of mine hand \ 
Sou- tl • r. it Hezekiah de- 

\c you, nor p> rfuade you on this man- 
:r, neither yet believe him : for no god 
nation or kingdom was .»Me to 
tine hand, and 
it of the hand of my father : Hew 
.11 your God del iv r you, 
■ I ' 
16 And hi nts fpa! m$Ti a- 

gainft the Lord God, and againfl hia fer- 
tnt Hezekiah. 

IT He wrote alfo letters to rail on the 
■• lli.irl, and to r*X "n(l 

bin-., ! As th- I the nations 

tr lands have not delivered tl 



His forts Jl 'ay him. S97 

people out of mine hand, fo fhall not the 
God of Hezekiah deliver his people out 
of mine hand. 

18 Then they cried with a loud voice 
in the Jews' fpeech unto the people of Je- 
rufalem that ivere on the wail, to affright 
them, and to trouble them ; that they 
might take the city. 

19 And they fpake againfl the God of 
Jerufalem, as againfl the gods of the peo- 
ple of the earth, ivbich ivere the work of 
the hands of man. 

20 And for this caufe Hezekiah the 
king, and the prophet Ifaiah the foD of 
Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 

SI «J And the Lord fent an angel, 
which cut off all the mighty men of val- 
our, and Hfe leaders and captains in 
the camp of the king of AfTyria. So he 
returned with fhame of face to his own 
land. And when he was come into the 
houfc of his god, they tint came forth 
of his own bowels flew him there with 
the fword. 

V& 1 bus the Lord faved Hezekiah 
and the inhabitants of Jerufalem from 
the hand of Senmcherib the king of Af- 
fyria, and from the hand of all othcr y and 
guided them on every fide. 

-3 And many brought gift? unto the 
Lord to Jerufalem, and prefents to I! 
ekiah king of Judah i fo that he u as 
magnified in the fight of all nations from 
thenceforth* 

%\ «J In thofe dayi II h was fit 

the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and 
he fpake unto him. and he eave him a fig 

tl) But H i<d not , 

according to the •# unto him ; 

hi i heai i * as lifted up ■ then foi - - 
there was wrath upon him, and upon Ju- 
dah and Jerui 

ekiah huml 
himfelf for th< his heai t, ; 

of Jerufalem, fo that 
the wrath of the Lord cam- not upon 

them m lh lh. 

17 And Hezekiah hadt i 
r'u I ; honour i and h< ma 

treafuries forfilver, arid I 
precious flora 

Ihw d tor all I pleaiant 

jewels ; 

Norel 
corn, and wine, and oil, and flail 

mar im i cot 

and : 

* r God h 

fiance v< 

; h 

. 

it Rrs to* n to t 

city i 

ett in 
31 ll< 

bafTadots 



£98 Manafeb's wicked reign. II. CHRONICLES. 



Amon fucceedeth him. 



foafladors of the princes of Babylon, who 
fent unto him to inquire of the wonder 
that was done in the land, God left him, 
to try him, that he might know all that 
was in his heart. 

32 qj Now the reft of the afts of Heze- 
kiah, and his goodnefs, behold, they are 
written in the vifion of Ifaiah the proph- 
et, the fon of Amoz, and in the book, ot 
the kings of Judah and Ifrael. 

S3 And Hezekiah ilept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in thechiefeft of the 
fepulchres of the fons of David : and all 
judah and the inhabitants of Jerufalem 
did him honour at his death. And Ma- 
nafleh his fon reigned in hisftead. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 Manafleh's wicked reign. 11 He is car- 
ried into Babylon. 12 Upon his prayer 
be is releafed. 20 Amon fucceedeth 
bim. 21 He being /lain, by bis ownfer- 
*vants y 25 Jojiah fucceedetb bim. 
MANASSEH was twelve years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
fifty and five years in Jerufalem : 

2 But did that which nvas evil in the 
fight of the Lord, like unto the abomina- 
tions of the heathen, whom the Lord had 
caft out before the children of Ifrael. 

3 For he built again the high places 
which Hezekiah his father had broken 
down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, 
and made groves, and worshipped all the. 
hofl of heaven, and ferved them. 

4 Alfo he built altars in the houfe of the 
Lord, whereof the Lord had faid, In 
Jerufalem (hall my name be forever. 

5 And he built altars for all the hoft of 
heaven in the two courts of the houfe of 
<he Lord. 

6 Ami he caufed his children to pals 
through the fire in the valley of the fon of 
Hinnom : alfo he obferved times, and ufed 
•enchantments, and ufed witchcraft, and 
dealt with a familiar fpirit and with wiz- 
ards : he wrought much evil in the fight 
of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he fct a carved image, the idol 
which he had made, in the houfe of God, 
of which God had laid to David and to 
Solomon his fon, In this houfe, and in 
Jerufalem, which I have oho fen befoie 
all the tribes of ifrael, will I put my name 
for ever : 

8 Neither will I any more remove the 
foot of Ifrael from out of the land which 
I have appointed for your fathers ; fo 
that they will take heed to do all that I 
have commanded them, according to the 
whole law and the ftattttes and the ordi- 
nances by the hand of Moles. 

9 ; ifleh made Judah and the 
inhabitants of Jerufalem to err, and to 
do worf'e than the heathen, whom the 
Lord had deftroyed before the children 

Ifrael. 



10 And the Lord fpake toManafTeh, 
and to his people : but they would not 
hearken. 

11 fl Wherefore the Lord brought 
upon them the captains of the hoft of the 
king of AH'yria, which took Manalleh a- 
mong the thorns, and bound him with fet- 
ters, and carried him to Babylon. 

12 ^f And when he was in affliction, he 
befought the Lord his God, and hum- 
bled himfelf greatly before the God of 
his fathers, 

13 And prayed unto him : and he was 
entreated of him, and heard his fupplica- 
tion, and brought him again to Jerufalem 
into his kingdom. Then ManafTeh knew 
that the Lord he was God. 

14 Now after this he built a wall with- 
out the city of David, on the weft fide of 
Gihon in the valley, even to the enter- 
ing in at the filh gate, and compafTed a- 
bout Ophel, and raifed it up a very great 
height, and put captains of warin all the 
fenced cities of Judah. 

15 And he took away the ftrangegods, 
and the idol out of the houfe of the Lord, 
and all the altars that he had built in the 
mount of the houfe of the Lord, and in 
Jerufalem, and caft them out of the city. 

16And he repaired thealtarof theLoRD, 
and facrificed thereon peace offerings and 
thank offerings, and commanded judah 
toferve the Lord God of Ifrael. 

17 Neverthelefs,the people did facrifice 
(fill in the high places, yet unto the Lord 
their God only. 

18 Now the reft ofthea&s of ManafTeh, 
and his prayer unto his God, and the 
words of the leers that fpake to him in the 
name of the Lord Qod of Ifrael,behold, 
they are written in the book of the kings 
of ifrael. 

19 His prayer alfo, and how God was 
entreated of him, and all his fins, and his 
trefpafs, and the places wherein he built 
high places, and fet up groves and graven 
images, before he was humbled : behold, 
they are written among the fayings ot 
the feers. 

20 ^j So ManafTeh flept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in his own houfet 
and Amon his fon reigned in his ftead. 

21 % Amon was two and twenty years 
old when he began to reign, and reigned 
two yeais in Jerufalem. 

22 But he did that which nvas evil in 
the fight of the Lord, as did ManalTeW 
his father : for Amon facrificed unto all 
the carved images which Manalleh his 
lather had made, and ferved them : 

23 And humbled not himfell before 
the Lord, as Manalleh hi? father had 
humbled himfelf ; but Amon trefpalled 
more and more. 

24 And his fervants confpired againfi 
him, iini (lew him in his own houfe. 

25 «n B 



fofiaVs good re\gn. 

£5 q[ But the people of the land flew 
ill them that had confpired againft king 
Amon ; and the people of the land made 
Tofiah his fon king in his flead. 
1AP. XXXIV. 
1 Jo/tab' s good reign. S He deflroyeib 

idolatry. 8 He refairetb the temple y 

£9 and, caujingtbe laiv to be ready re- 

neivetb the covenant tuitb God. 

JOSI AH ivas eight years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned in Jeru- 
lalem one and thirty years. 

£ And he did that ivhicb ivas right in 
the fight of the Lord, and walked in 
the ways of David his hither, and de- 
clined neither to the right hund, nor to 

e left. 

3 fl For in the eighth yar of his reign, 
while he was yet young, he began to leek 
after the God of David his father : and 
in the twelfth y< m to purge Ju- 

dah and JerufaJem from the hi^h pi 
and the groves, and the carved images, 
1 the molten images. 

a And they brake down the altars of 

■alim in his prefeoce ; and the images 
th e on high above them, he cut 

dn nd the groves, and the carved 

images, and the molten images, he brake 
in , and made duft of tbem, and 

ftrowed /'/ upon the graves of them that 
had facrificed unto them. 

5 A nd he burned the bones of the priefb 
upon their altars, and cleanfed Judah and 
jcrofalcm. 

6 And/o did be in the cities of Manaf- 



Chap. xxa'iv. He repairetb tbe ttmple. 399 

ber for couplings, and to floor the houfe9 
which the king* of judah had deftroyed. 

1- And the men did the work faithfully; 
and the ovei leersof themirere Jahathand 
Obadiah, the Levitts, of the fons of Me- 
rari ; and Zechnriah and Mefhuilam, of 
the fons of the Kohathites, to let it for- 
ward ; and other cj the Levites, all that 
could fk ill ol inllruments of mufickt 

1 I AHo tbey 'were over the bearers of 
burdens, and ivere overfeers of all that 
•a rough? the work in any manner of fer- 
vice : and of the Levites there ivere: 
icribesand officers, and porters. 

1 i And when they brought out the mon- 
ey that was brought into the houfeof the 
Lord, Hilkiah the prieft found a book of 
the law of the Lord given \y*j Mofes. 

15 And Hilkiah anfwered and Cud to 
iphanthe fcribe,! have found the book 
of the law in the houfeof the Lord. And 
ah delivered the book to Shaphan. 
\iul Shaphan carried the book to 
the king, and brought the king word 
back apain, laying, Ail that was com- 
mitted to thy fervants, they do it. 

IT And they have gathered together 
the money that wai found in the houfeof 
the Lord, and have delivered it into the 
hand of the overfeers, and to the hand of 
the workmen. 

t8 Then Shaphan the fcribe told the 
king, H - ih the pricft hath- giv- 

en me a bi ok. And Shaphan read it be- 
fore the king. 

IH And it came to pafs, when the king 



fch, and hnhiaim, and Simeon, even had heard the words of the law, that he 



unto Naphtali, with their mattocks 
round about. 

I when he had broken down the 
altai and had n the 

utdown 
all the idols tl the Ian 

Ifi returned to Jerufalcm. 

\ n the eighteenth year of his 

rcig f had purged the land, 

I houfe, i phan the f< 

aliah, r ^\ the 

!n/ the 
Icr, to repair the houfe of the Lord 
d. 
\nd when they came to Hilkiah the 
Iiigh prielt, they delivered the money 
"juas brought into the houfe oi I 
h the Lev i tea t! do< i ■ 

■ d of the hand ol 
and h phraim, an 1 of all I tnanl ol 

Ifrael, and ol all |ud ih njamin ; 

eturned to {erufali 
10 And they i of the 

-men tlial had th ' tli^ 

feofthe Loao.and they gave it I 

f'-ofthe 

Lord, to repair and mend tl c 

1 t 1' vtti to the artificers and 1 
e they //, to buy ! 



rent his clothes. 

Ami tl • romii: Hilkiah 

and Ahikam the fon <>t" Shaphan, and 

Abdon the Micah, and Shaphan 

faiah a fervant ot the 

king's, lay i. 

11 ' for mi', 

and for them that are left in Ifrael and 
in Judal , the 

that ii found : for great ii the 
wrath of the Lord that out 

upon u ■, 1" i aufe our t tthers have 

! uRii, to do aftei 

all that is writ! Ic. 

And Hilkiah, 

:f>p*tntr,/, went t<> Huraahthe proj h- 

• 
vath. the fon ol II ifrah, 

lem 
in th ) and l 

to thai 

l rll ye the I 

U t<> 1 

U I 

I upon 

. 'TYfl all (!. 



400 The covenant renewed. II. CHRONICLES. jojidWsfolemn}affwe?. 



25 Becaufe they have forfaken me, 
and have burned incenfe unto other gods, 
that they might provoke me to anger 
with all the works of their hands ; there- 
fore my wrath mall be poured out upon 
this place, and Shall not be quenched. 

26 And as for the king of Judah, who 
fent you to inquire of the Lord, fofhall 
ye fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord 
God of Ifrael concerning the words which 
thou haft heard : 

27 Becaufe thine heart was tenaer and 
thou didft humble thyfelf before God, 
when thou heardeft his words againlt 
this place, and againft the inhabitants 
thereof, and humbledft thyfelf before 
me, and didft rend thy clothes, and weep 
before me ; I have even heard thee alfo, 
faith the Lord. 

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy 
lathers, and thou (halt be gathered to 
thy grave in peace, neither mall thine 
eyes fee all the evil that I will bring up- 
on this place, and upon the inhabitants 
of the fame. So they brought the king 
word again. 

29 qi Then the king fent and gathered 
together all the elders of Judah and 
Jerufalem. 

30 And the king went up into the houfe 
©f the Lord, and all the men of Judah, 
and the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and 
the prieftSj and the Levites, and all the 
people, great and fmall : and he read in 
their ears all the words of the book of 
the covenant 4 that was found in the houfe 
of the Lord. 

51 And the king flood in his place, 
and made a covenant before the Lord, to 
walk after the Lord, and to keep his 
commandments, and his testimonies, and 
his Statutes, with all his heaft, and with 
all his foul, to perform the words of the 
covenant which are written in this book. 

52 And he caufedall that wereprefent 
in Jerufalem and Benjamin to Stand to it. 
And the inhabitants of Jerufalem did ac- 
cording to the covenant of God, the God 
©f their fathers. 

33 And Jofiah took away all the a- 
bominations out of all the countries 
that pertained to the children of Ifrael, 
and made all that were prefent in Ifrael 
to ferve, even to ferve the Lord their 
God. And&W his days they departed not 
from following the Lord, the God of 
their fathers. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 Jq/iab keepetb a folemn paffover. 20 He, 

■provoking Pharaohnechoh, is Jlain at 

Mrgidda. 25 Lamentations Jor him. 

MOREOVER, Jofiah kept a pafibver 

unto the Lord in Jerufalem : and they 

killed the paffover on the fourteenth day 

of the fiift month. 

. 2 And he fet the priefts in their char- 



ges, and encouraged them to the fervice 
of the houfe of the Lord, 

S Andfaid unto the Levites that taught 
all Ifrael, which were holy unto theLoRD, 
Put the holy ark in the houfe which Sol-, 
omon the fon of David king of Ifrael did 
build ; it jhall not be a burden uponyour 
Shoulders : ferve now the Lord your 
God, and his people Ifrael, 

4 And prepare your/elves by the houfes 
of your fathers, after your courfes, ac- 
cording to the writing of David king of 
ifrael, and according to the writing of 
Solomon his fon. 

5 And Stand in the holy place according 
to the divifrons of the families of the fath. 
ers of your brethren thepeople,and after 
the divifionof the familicsof the Levites. 

6 So kill the paffover, and fan6lify 
yourfelves, and prepare your brethren, 
that they may do according to the word 
ofthe Lord by the hand of Mofes. 

7 And Jofiah gave to the people, of 
the flock, lambs and kids, all for th- 
paffover offerings, for all that werepref- 
ent, to the number of thirty thoufand; 
and three thoufand bullocks: thefe<were 
of the king's fubStance. 

8 And his princes gave willingly unto 
the people, to the priefts, and to the Le- 
vites : Hilkiah and Zechariah and Je- 
hiel rulers of the houfe of God, gave unto 
the prieSts for the paffover offerings two 
thoufand and Six hundred fmall cattle , 
and three hundred oxen. 

9 Conaniah alfo, and Shemaiah and 
Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hafhabiah 
and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Le- 
vites, gave unto the Levites for paffover 
offerings five thoufand fmall cattle, and 
five hundred oxen. 

10 So the fervice was prepared, and 
the priefts Stood in their place, and the 
Levites in their courfes, according to the : 
king's commandment. 

11 And they killed the paffover, and 
the priefts Sprinkled the btood from their 
hands, and the Levites flayed them. 

12 And they removed the burnt offer- 
ings, that they might give according to 
the divisions ofthe families of the people 
to offer unto the Lord, as it is written 
in the book of Mofes. And fo did they 
with the oxen. 

IS And they roafted the paffover with 
fire according to the ordinance : but the 
other holy offerings fed they in pots, and 
in caldrons, and in pans, and divided 
them fpeedily among all the people. 

14 And afterward they made ready 
for themfelves. and for the priefts : be- 
caufe the priefts the fons of Aaron <voere' 
bufied in offering of burnt offerings and 
the fat until night ; therefore the Le- 
vites prepared for themfclves,and forthe ; 
priefrs the fons of Aaron*, 

13 And 






Jojiab isjlain. Chap, xxxvi. Jebcabaz depofed. < . 

1J And the fingers the fons of Afaph | they are written in the book of the king's 
re in their place, according to the^of llrael and Judali. 
commandment of David, and Alaph, and C 1 A P. XXWI 

He nan. and Jeduthun the king's feer ; 
and the porters waited at every gate ; 
might not depart from their lei vice ; 
for their brethren the Levites prepared 
ior them. 

16 § j all the fervice of the Lord was 
prepared the fame day, to keep the pair- 
over, and to orter burnt offerings upon 
the a'tar of the Lord, according to the 
lent of king Joiiah. 
IT And the children of Ifrael that 
were prefent kept the palaver at that 
time, and the fealt of unleavened bread 
) days. 



18 And there was no paflbver like toient of gold. 



that kept if lirael from the days of Sam- 
uel the prophet ; neither did all the 
kings of Ifrael keep fuch a paflover as 
Jofuh kept, and the prions, and the Le- 
vir i all Judan and Ifrael that 

were prefent, and the inhabitants of Je- 
rufai€m. 

19 In the eighteenth year of the reign 
of Joiiah was this palL>ver kept. 

tO % Atter all this, when Joiiah had 
pre ;he temple, Necho king of E- 

gypf < a i.c up to right againft Catche- 
mifh by Euphrates : and Joiiah went out 
againlt him. 

it But he fent ambafiadors to him, 
mg, What have I to do with thee, 
thou king of Judah ? / c*me not againft 
but againft the houle 
where*. rh 1 have war • for God com- 
manded me to make hade : forbear tl 
ff< >d, who is with 

, that I roy thee n >t. 

thelefs, Jodah would not turn 
his face from him, but difguifed himfelf, 
th it he mi .t w. ith rk- 

ened i\q\ 

the m | in 

the vail' y ol A 

*23 find the a (hot at king JoHah ; 

and the k i f» I , Have 

i inded. 

44 Hisferv tore took him out 

of ' it, and put him in the I 

ond i that he h id ; and tl 

brought him to Jerufalem, and he <l>c>.\, 



1 Jehoabaz is depojed by l'b raob. S 
'Jeboiakim reigning ill t /.« carried unto 
Babylon. 9 jeboiacbm fucceedctb 11 
Zedekiab's evil reign. 12 I be procla- 
mation of Cyrus. 
1 HEN the people of the land took Je- 

hoaliaz the fon of Joiiah, and made him 

king in his father's ftead in Jerufalem. 
t Jehoahaz luas twenty and three year ; 

old when he began to reign, and he reigr. 

ed three months in Jerufalem. 

3 And the king of Egv pt put him down 

at Jerufalem, and condemned the land 

in an hundred talents of filver and a tal- 



4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim 
his brother king over Judah and Jerufa- 
lem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. 
And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, 
and carried him to Eg\ pt. 

5 f Jehoiakim v.a S twenty and five 
years old when he began to reign, and 
he reigned eleven years in Jerufalem : 
and he did that ivbtcb ivas evil in the 
light of the Lord his God. 

6 Againft him canfe dp Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon, and bound him in 
fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 

1 Nebuchadnezzar alfo carried off the 
reflel* ot the houfe of the Lord to Bab- 
ylon, and put them in his temple at 
Bab) Ion. 

» Now the reft of the acfsof Jchoia-* 
kim, and his abominations which he did, 
and that which was found in him, be- 
hold, they are written in the book of the 
kin>-b of Ifrael and Judah : and Jehoia- 
chin his fon reigned in hi> ftead. 

9 £ Jehoiaehm avas eight years old 
wl.cn he began to reign, ami he reigned 
three months and ten daj s in Jerufalem : 

i he (fid ibar lubicb ivas evil in the 
light of the Lord. 

10 And when the year wai expired, 
king Nebuchadnezzai fent, and brought 
him to Babylon, iriththe goodly veflels 
ot the b Ute <>t the Lord, and made 
Zed .kali ln> brother king over Judali 
and Jerufalem. 

li « Zcdekiah icas one and t went y 



and i one of the fepu li when I in to reign, audi 



of hi^ fathers And all Judah and Jcru- 
falem ■ r [ofiai. 
^ ti fj And lamented f«»r 1>- 
fiah ; and ill th<- tinging men and the 

ike ot J.'liah in their 



reigned etc in Jerufalem* 

i- that lububnxascwX inthr 

li^ht of the Loan his God. anal humbh d 

not luinkll before |cr- tui.ih the propl 

jpe .; from the mouth of the Lord.^ 



Um I made them] 13 And be all 

i: and, behold, they J NebiK . who had made him 

are written in the Lan I fwe »r by ( ro i but he ftiffened Ins neck, 

£6 v it ot the i nd hardened ear? from turning un- 

and hia ng to that tubici to the Log D God of Ifrael. 

n J*a ii in the law of the Lo I H fthepri 

IT Andhit deeds, firftand laft,behold, I and the . tun:, inch 

fC * af 



£02 The proclamation of Cyrus. EZRA, lie rejloreth the ieffels of the temple, 
after all the abominations of the hea- | and burned all the palaces thereof with 



then . and polluted the houfe of the Lord 
which he had hallowed in Jerufalem. 
r 15 And the Lord Godot" their fathers 
fent to them by his meflfengers, rifing up 
betimes, and fending ; becaufe he had 
companion on his people, and on his 
dwelling place : 

16 But they mocked the meflfengers 
of God, and defpifed his words, and 



fire, and deftroyed all the goodly veffeh 
thereof 

tO And them that had efcaped from the 
ftverd carried he away to Babylon : where 
they were' fervants to him and his fons un- 
til the reign of the kingdom of Perfia : 

21 To fulfil the word of the Lord 
by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the 
land had enjoyed her fabbaths : for as 



mifufed his prophets, until the wrath ofilongas (he lay defolate fbe kept fabbath, 
the Lord arofe againft his people, till i to fulfil threefcore and ten years. 
there 'was no remedy. . 22 f Now in the firft year of Cyrus- 

17 Therefore he brought upon them iking of Perfia, that the word of the 



the king of the Chaldees, who (lew their 
3'oung men with the (word in the houfe 



LoRDfpoken by the mouth of Jeremiah 
might beaccomplifhed, the Lord furred 



of their fanchiary, and had no companion up the fpirit of Cyrus king of Perfia, 
upon young man or maiden, old man, or that he made a proclamation throughout 
him that ftooped for age : he gave them all his kingdom, and put it alfo in writ- 
all into his hand, fing, faying. 

18 And all the vefTels of the houfe of 23 Thus faith Cyrus king of Perfia, All 
God, great and fmall, and the treafures! the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord 
of the houfe of the Lord, and the treaf- ,God of heaven given me ; and he hath 
ures of the king, and of his princes ; all j charged me to build him an houle in Je- 
thefe he brought to Babylon. j rufalem, which is in Judah. Who is there 

19 And they burned the houfe of God, "'among you of all his people ? The Lord 
an'd brake down the wall of Jerufalem, his God be with him, and let him go up. 



EZRA 



CHAP. I. 
1 The proclamation oj Cyrus far the build- 

lug of the temple. 5 The people provide 

for their return. 7 Cyrus rejloreth the 

*vejfets of the temple to Sbeftbazzar. 

NOW in the firlt year of Cyrus king 
of Perfia, that the word of the Lord by 
the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 
the Lord ltirred up the fpirit of Cyrus 
king of Periia> that he made a proclama- 
tion throughout all his kingdom, and put 
it alio in writing, faying, 

"l Thus faith Cyrus king of Perfia, The 
Lord God of heaven hath given me all 
tie kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath 
charged me to build him an houfe at Je- 
rufalem, which is in Judah. 

S Who // there among you of all his 
people? His God 'be with him, and let 
htm go up to Jerufalem, which /'/ in Ju- 
dah, and build the houfe of the Lord 
God of Ifracl, (he is the God,) which is 
in Jerufalem. 

4 And whomever remaineth in any 
place where he fojourneth, let the men 
of his p'aee help him with filver, and 
with gold, and with goods, and with 
.beafh, befide the free- will offering for the 
Loufe ot God that is in Jerufalem. 

/> «J Then rbfe up the chief of the fa- 
thers of Judah and Benjamin, and the 
piiefts, and the Levitts, with all them 
whofe fpirit God had raifed, to u f > up to 
build the houfe of the Lord which is in 
i'erufalenr. 



6 And all they that ibere about them 
flrengthened their hands with vefTels of* 
filver, with gold, with goods, and with 
beafts, and with precious things, befide 
all that was willingly offered. 

7 qf Alfo Cy nis the king brought forth 
the vefTels of the houfe of the Lord, 
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought 
forth out of Jerufalem, and had put them 
in the houfe of his gods ; 

8 Even thofe did Cyrus king of Perfia 
bring forth by the hand of Mithredath 
the treafurer, and numbered them Unto 
Shefhbazzar. the prince of Judah. 

9 And this is the number of them : 
thirty chargers of gold, a- thoufand charge 
ers of filver-, nine and twenty knives, 

10 Thirty bafons of gold, filver bafons 
of a fecond Jort four hundred and ten, 
atd other vefTels a thoufand. 

11 All the vefTels of gold and of filver 
'Were five thoufand and four hundred. 
All thefe did Shefhbazzar bring up with 
them of the Captivity that vveie brought 
up from Babylon unto Jerufalem. 

CHAP IT. 
1 Who returned horn Babylon. 6i Their 
number and fubfance. 6<°> *1 hrir oblations. 
NOW thefe are the children of the 
province that went up out of the captiv- 
ity, of thofe which had been carried 
away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king 
of Bab;, Ion had can ied away unto Baby- 
lon, and came again unto Jerufalem and 
Judah, every one unto his city ; 

t Which 



Zaccai, (even hun- 
of Bani, fix hun- 



Tbe number of tkofe 

2 Which came with Zerubbabel : Jelh- 
ua, Neheniiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mor- 
dec&i, B.lihan, M zpar, Bigvai Rehum, 
Baanah. The number of ihe men of the 
people of llrael : 

3 The children of Parofh, two thou- 
fand an hundred leventy and two 

4 Ihe children of Snephatiah, three 
hundred leventy and two. 

3 I hechildrenof Arah, feven hundred 
feventy and five. 

6 Ihe children of Pahathmoab, ofthe 
children ofJeihuaanJ Joab, two thou- 
fand eight hnndied and ru elve 

I The children of fclam, a thoufand 
two hundred firry and tour. 

8 i he children of Zattu, nine hun- 
dred forty and five. 

9 '1 he children ot 
dred and throe fcore: 

10 ihe children 
dred forty and two. 

II I he children of Bebai, fix hundred 
twenty and three. 

12 Ihe children of -\zgad, a thou- 
fand tiro hundred twenty and two. 

H The children of Adonikam,lix hun- 
dred fatty and lix. 

14 L he children of Bigvai, two thou- 
fand fifty and dx 

la Ihe children of Adin, four hundred 
fift\ and four. 

16 l he children of Ater ot Hezekiah, 
ninety and eight. 

IT The children of Bcz.ii three hun- 
dre ty and tin 

irt 1 I. children of Jorah, an hun- 
dred and twe 

19 Tlic children of Ha&unij two hun- 
dred t wen 

10 1 he children of Gibbar, ninety and 
fK 

41 The children ol Bethlehem^ an 
hundred tv\cnty and tin 

ie men< 
23 11. injiundred 

lit 
- 1 1 he childi eth, {! 

and t\'. 

ia 1 1, K tth itim I h • 

phi rah, and Beeroth, feven hu md 

lot I 

i he < hi di n nil and (j iba, 

fix] I one. 

1 he men ol Vli hma, , an hundre ! 

28 The nun of B tl I \i, t.\.> 

hundr 

$9 t N bo, i ! two. 

so i i huii' 

dred lift) <. 

Si The children of the other Finn, a 
thoufand two hundred fifl I four. 

9t j he children ol Harim, th;< 
died and t 

33 The children of l.od, Hadidj and 



Chap. m. tubo returned from Babylon. 403 

Ono, feven hundred twenty and five. 

34 1 he children of Jericho, three hun- 
dred fort) and hve. 

55 The children of Senaah, three thou- 
fand and Ijx hundred and thirty. 

36 The prielts • the children of Jeda*i- 
ah, of the houfe ot Jertuia, mne hun- 
dred leventy and three. 

37 l he children of Immer, a thoufand 
riity and two 

3d i he children of Pafliur, a thoufand 
tv\o hundred forty and feven. 

39 1 he children of Harim, a thoufand 
a no (evenieen. 

40 The Levites : the children of Jeftf- 



ua, and Kadrniel, of the childien of 
Hodaviah, feventy and lour. 

41 ["he fingers: the children of Afaph, 
an hundred twenty and eight. 

it The children of the porters : the 
children ot Mia I him. the children of A- 
ter, the children of Talinon, the children 
of Akkub, the children of Haiita, the 
childien of Shobai ( in all ail hundred 
thirty and nine. 

45 1 he Nethinimi : the children af 
Ziha, thechiidren ot Hafupha, tne chil- 
dien of rabbaoth, 

4i rhe children of Keros, the children 
ol Siaha, the children of Padon, 

45Thechildren ol Lebanahr,thechildrcri 
ot Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 

40 Thechiidren of Hagab, thechiidren 
of Shalma , the children of liana n, 

47 Thechildrenol Giddelithe children 
of G ih ii the children •»! Reaiah, 

W 'i hechildrenof Resin* the children 
ol Nekoda, the children ol Gazzam. 

49 1 he c hildren of (Jzza, the children 
oi Phafea, the < hildren ol Befai, 

50 i lie « hildren of Ain.ih.ihe children 
liunim. th • i hildren ol NephuOm. 

51 *i he children of Bakbuk, rhe chil- 
M){ Hakupha,the children ol Harhur t 

i mi of Bazluthi the chil- 
dren oi Mehida, the children of llanha, 
I i he i hildren ol Bai kosi the c Nil- 
ofSiferaj thechildrenol Thamah. 
51 The children oi Neziahj ihechil* 
mi i lat ph i. j 

i he i hildren of Solomon*! fer- 
vi it the chil Irenol Sotai', the children 
ol Sophereth. the children of Peruda, 

.'"'• I he \ hildren of | i hildreu 

of D »the children ol GKddel, 

I 
I iaii I, the thildren ol reth, 

ol / eb rim, the cliildren ol Ann. 

' , I » he Chil 

- ir three hun- 
dred and two. 

59 And tl they * hi h ■ 

up from i ! 

Add in, mm I Immei : bui the 
thew their fai i i«-'ed, 

Whether they were ol Iff* 

60 Th- 



401 The aljarfet up. 

60 The children of Delaiah, the chil- 
dren of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, 
fix hundred fifty and two. 

61 And of the children of the priefts 
the children of Haba»ah, the childrenfof 
Koz, the children of Barzillai •. which 
took, a wife of the daughters of Barzillai 
the Gileadite, and was called after their 
name : 

62 Th^fe fought their regifter among 
thofe that were reckoned by genealogy, 
but they were not found : therefore -'•ere 
they , as polluted, put from the priefthood. 

65 x*\ndthe Tirfhatha faid unto them, 
that they fhould not eat of the moft holy 
things, till there flood up a prieft with 
Urim and with T hum mini. 

64 ^J The whole congregation together 
*was forty and two thoufand three hun- 
dred and threefcore, 

65 Befide their fervants and theirmaids, 
of whom there <were feven thoufand three 
hundred thirty and feven : and there ivere 
among them two hundred finging men 
and Ringing women. 

66 Their horfes ivere feven hundred 
thirty and fix : tneir mules, two hundred 
lorry and five : 

67 Their camels, four hundred thirty 
and five : their alfes, fix thoufand feven 
hundred and twenty. 

6tf <fl And Jome of the chief of the fa- 
thers, when they came to the houfe of the 
Lord which is at jerufalem^oftered free- 
ly for the houfe of God to fet it up in his 
place : 

69 They gave after their ability unto 
the treafure of the work threefcore and 
one thoufand drams of gold, and five 
thoufand pound of filver, and one hun- 
dred pried s' garments. 

70 So the priefts, and the Levites, and 
Jome of trie people, and the fingers, and 
r the porters, and the Nethinjms, dwelt in 
their cities, and all Ifiael in their cities . 

CHAP. III. 
i The altar is fet up. 4 Offerings fre- 
quented. 8 The foundations of the um- 
fle laid. 

AND when the feventh month was 
come, and the children of Ifrael were in 
the cities, the people gathered themfelves 
together as one man to Jerufalem. 

2 Then flood up Jefhua the ion of Jo- 
zadak, and his brethren the priefts, and 
Zerubbabel the ion of Shealtiel, and his 
brethren, and builded the altar of the 
God of Ifruel, to offer burnt offerings 
theieon, as it is written in the law of 
Moles the man of God. 

3 And they fet the altar upon his ba- 
les ; for fear tuas upon them becaufe 
of the people of thole countries : and 
they offered burnt offerings thereon unto 
the Lord, e<ven burnt offerings rooming 
and evening. 



EZRA . Thefoundatloni of the temple laid. 



4 f[ They kept alfo the feaft of taber- 
nacles, as it is written, and offered the 
daily burnt offerings by number, accord- 
ing to the cuftom, as the duty of every 
day required ; 

5 And afterward offered the continual 
burnt offering, both of the new moons, 
and of all the fet feafls of the Lord that 
were confecrated, and of every one that 
willingly offered a freewill offering unto 
the Lord. 

6 From the firft day of the feventh 
month began they to offer burnt offer- 
ings unto the Lord. But the founda- 
tion of the temple of the Lord was not 
yet laid, 

7 They gave money alfo unto the ma- 
fons, and tp the carpenters ; and meat 
and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, 
and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees 
from Lebanon to the fea of Joppa, ac- 
cording to the grant that they had of 
Cyrus king of Perfia. 

8 Jf !>Jq\v in the fecond year of their 
coming unto the houfe of God at Jeru- 
falem in the fecond month, began Ze- 
rubbabel the fon of Shealtiel. and Jefhua 
the fon of Jozadak, ar-d the remnant of 
their brethren the priefts and the Levites, 
and all they that were come out of the 
captivity unto Jerufalem ; and appointed 
the Levites. from twenty years old and 
upward, to let forward the work of the 
houfe of the Lord. 

9 Then ffood Jefhua ivitb his fons and 
his brethren, Kadmiel and his fons, the 
fons of Judah, together, to fet forward 
the workmen in the houfe of God : t-he 
fons of Henadad, ixMtb their fons and 
their brethren the Levites. 

10 And when the builders laid the foun- 
dation of the temple of the Lord, they 
fet the priefts in their apparel with trum- 
pets, and the Levites the fons of Afaph 
with cymbals, to praife the Lord, after 
the ordinance of David king of Ifrael. 

U And they fang together by courfe 
in praifing and giving thanks unto the 
Lord ; becaufe he is good, for his mercy 
endure tk forever toward Ifrael. And all 
the people (houted with a great fhout, 
when they praifed the Lord, becaufe 
the foundation of the houfe of the Lord 
was laid. 

it But many of the priefts and Le- 
vites and chief of the fathers e who uoere 
ancient men, that had feen the firft 
houfe when the foundation of this houfe 
was laid before their eyes, wept with a 
loud voice, and many fhouted aloud for 
joy : 

13 So that the people could not difcern 
the noife of the fhout of joy from the 
ncife cf the weeping of the people : for 
the people fhouted with a loud fhout, and 
the noife was heard afar ojf. 

C H A P. 



The budding hindered. 

CHAP. IV. 

i The building hindered. 7 The letter to 
Artaxerxes. 17 His decree. 
NOW when the adverfaries of Judah 
and Benjamin heard that the children of 
the captivity buiided the temple unto the 
Lord God of Ifrael ; 

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and 
to the chief of the fathers, and faid unto 
them, Let us build with you : for we feek 
your God, as ye do ; and we do facrifice un- 
to him Once the days of Kfarhaddon king 
of AUur, which brought us up hither. 

3 But Zerubbabel and Jelhua, and the 
reft of the chief of the fathers of Ifrael, 
faid unto them. Ye have nothing to do 
with us to build an houfe unto our God ; 
but we ourfclves together will build unto 
the Lord God of Ifrael, as king Cyrus 
the king u' i'Viiiu katk commanded us. 

4 Then the people of the land weaken- 
ed the hands of the people of Judah, and 
troubled them in building, 

5 And hired counsellors againfl them, 
to fruftrate their purpofe, all the day sol 
Cyrus king of i J crlia,even until the reign 
ot Darius king of Perfi a. 

6 And in the reign of Ahafuerus, in the 
beginning of his teign, wiote they unto 
him an aceufa'rion againfl: the inhabitants 
of Judah and Jerufalern. 

7 ^ And in the days of Artaxerxes 
wrote Bilhlam, Mithredath.Tabeel, and 
the reft of their companions, unto Artax- 
erxeskingof Perfia; and the writing of the 
letter was written in the Syrian tongue, 
and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 

8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimfhai 
the fcribe wrote a letter againfl Jerulalem 
to Artaxerxes the king in this fort : 

9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, 
and Shimfhai the fcribe, and the reft of 
their companions ; the Dinaites, the A- 
pharfathclutes, the Tarpelites, the A- 
plurhte , the Archevites, the Babyloni- 
ans, the Stifanchitet, the Deluvites, and 
the hi.uiii' 

10 And the reft of the nations whom 
the groat and noble Afnappar brought 
over, and fet in the cities of Samaria, and 
the reft that are on this fide the river, and 
at fuch a time. 

It 1 his is the copy of the letter that 
they fent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes 
the king ; 1 hy fervanta the men on this 
ftde the river, and at fuch a time. 

I I IV it known unto the km^, that the 
which came up from thee to us .in- 
come rufalcm/ building the rebell- 
ed the bad ci t > , and have let up the 
vails thereof, and joined the foundations, 

t I Uc it knoun now unto the king, 
'Sat, it thi« city be budded, and the walll 
fet up again, thai will they not pay toll. 
tribute, and cuitom, and A) thou (halt 



Qiap. iv. v. Atiaxfrx£i\s decree. i\fj 

14 Now becaufe we have maintenance 
from tbe *i»g'j palace, and it was not meet 
for us t© fee the king's dishonour, there- 
fore have we fent and certified trte king ; 

15 That fearch may be made in the 
book of the records of thy fathers : fo 
(halt thou find in the book of the records, 
and know that this city is a rebellious 
city, and hurtful unto kings and prov- 
inces, and that they have moved fedition 
within the fame of old time : for which 
caufe was this city deftroyed. 

16 We certify the king that, if this city 
be buiided again, and the walls thereof 
fet up, by this means thou lhalt have no 
portion on this fide the river. 

17 t\ Then fent the king an anfwer un- 
to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shim- 
fhai the fcribe, and to the reft of their 
companions that dwell in Samaria, and 
unto the reft beyond the river, Peace, 
and at fuch a time. 

18 The letter which ye fent unto u^ 
hath been plainly read before me. 

18 And I commanded, and fearch hath 
been made, and it is found that this city 
of old time hath made infurrection againfl 
kings, and that rebellion and fedition 
have been made therein. 

-0 J here have been mighty kings alfo 
over JerufaUm, which have ruled overall 
countries beyond thv- river ; and toll, trib- 
ute, and cnflom, was paid unto them. 

21 Give ye trow commandment to 
caufe thefe men to cc.ife, and that t| 
city be not buiided, until another com- 
mandment (hall be ^ivm from me. 

11 lake heed now that ye fail not to 
do this: Why fliould damage grow to 
the hurl of tlu: kin>:s r 

-M Now when tlve copy of ki*g Ar- 
taxerxe^'s letter wa $ read before Ke.'nun, 
x\\*\ Shimfhai the fcribe, and their com- 
panions, they went Up in Raftc to Jeiufa- 
lem unto the Jews, and made them to 
ceale b\ ton e ami power. 

-24 1 hen ctafed the work of the houfe 

of Ciod w htch is at J c i ulalem. So it ceafcd 
unto the (econd year of the reign of Da- 
rius king of Perfia. 

CM ,\ P V. 
/ erubba'oel and Jrjhua Jet forward ti 
building. 
THEN the prophets, naggai the prt 

md 7ec lianah the fon 01 I Ido, pru| h 

eued unto the |ewi that turyrin J 

and Jerufalem, in the name of the i 
Ifrael, even unto them. 

I l jien role up Zerubbabel the ion of 

Shealtii-1, and Jelhua Uie fon of Jozadak, 

and i to hmld the houfe <>t (»od 

wlmh is it leruialem i and with then 

f the prophets of ( rod h< Ip ng rl 

. At the fame time Came to fh 

n.ii. governor on thii u ,{r • ( 

I US, 

j. id 



406 Tatnai- s letter to Darius* 



and faid thus unto them, Who hath com- 
manded yon to build this houfe, and to 
make up this wall ? 

4 Then faid we unto them after this 
manner, What are the names of the men 
that make this building ? 

5 But the eye of their God was upon 
the elders of the Jews, that they could not 
caufe them to ceafe, till the matter came 
to Darius : and then they returned anfwer 
by letter concerning this matter. 

6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, 
governor on this fide the river, and She- 
tbarboznai, and his companions the A- 
pharfachites, which 'were on this fide the 
river, fent unto Darius the king : 

7 They fent a letter unto himjwherein 
was written thus; Unto Darius the king, 
all peace. 

8 Beit known unto the king, that we 
i*ent into the province of Judea, to the 
houfe of the great God, which is builded 
with great ftoiies, and timber is laid in 
the walls, and this work goeth faft on, 
and profpereth in their hands. 

9 Then afked we thofe elders, and faid 
unto them thus, Who commanded you 
to build this houfe, and to make up thefe 
walls ? 

10 We afked their names alfo, to certify 
thee, that we might write the names of 
the men that 'were the chief of them. 

11 And thus they returned us anfwer, 
faying, We are the fervants of the God 
of heaven and earth, and build the houfe 
that was builded thefe many years ago, 
v hich a great king of Ifrael builded and 
fet up. 

12 But after that our fathers had pro- 
voked the God of heaven unto wrath, he 
gave them into the hand of Nebuchad- 
nezzar, the king of Babylon, the ChaK 
dean, who dettroyed this houfe, and car- 
ried the people away into Babylon. 

13 But in the firft year of Cyrus the 
king of Babylon, the fame king Cyrus 
made a decree tobuild this houfe of God. 

14 And the velfels alfo of gold and 
filver of the houfe of God, which Nebu- 
chadnezzar took out of the temple that 
nvas in Jerufalem, and brought them 
into the temple of Babylon, thofe did 
Cyrus the king ukeout of the temple of 
Babylon, and they were delivered unto 
one whofe name r wats Sheihbazzar,whom 
he had made governor : 

15 And faid unto him, Take thefe vef- 
fels, go, carry them into the temple that 
is in Jerufalem, and let the houfe of God 
be builded in his place. 

16 Then came the fame Shefhbazzar, 
and laid the foundation of the houfe of 
God which is in Jerufalem : and fince 
that time even until now hath it been in 
building, and yet it is not hnilhed. 



EZRA. Darius a&vancetb the building. 

the king, let there be fearcb made in the 
king's treafure houfe- which is there at 
Babylon, whether it be Jo, that a decree 
was made of Cyrus the king to build this 
houfe of God at Jerufalem, and let the: 
king fencl his p-leafure to us concerning 
this matter. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 D^artus advance lb tht. building. ISTbe 

temple Is finifhtd. V6 The feajl of the 

dedication is kept, 19 and the pafjo-ver, 

. THEN Darius the Perfian made a de- 



cree, and fearch was made in the hemfe 
of the rolls, where the treasures were 
laid up in Babylon. 

2 And there was found at Achmetha- 
in the palace that is in the province qf 
the Medes, a roll, and therein ivas a 
record thus written : 

S In the firft year of Cyrus the king, 
the fame Cyrus the king made a decree 
concerning the houfe of God at Jerufalem* 
Let the houfe be builded, the place 
where they offered facrifices, and let the 
foundations thereof be ftrongly laid ; the 
height thereof threefcore cubits, and the 
breadth thereof threescore cubits ; 

A With three rows of great Uones, anil 
a row of new timber : and let the ex- 
penses be given out of tlie king's houfe ; 

5 And alfo let the golden and filvet 
veffels of the houfe of God, which Neb- 
uchadnezzar took forth out of the tem>- 
.ple which is at Jerufalem, and brought 
unto Babylon, be reflored, and brought 
again unto the temple which i*at Jerufa- 
lem, every one to his placa/and place the ni 
in the houfe of God. 

6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor be- 
yond the river, Shetharboznai, and you* 
companions the Apharfachites, which are 
beyond the iiver, be ye far from thence ; 

7 Let the work of this houfe of God 
alone; let the governor of the Jews and 
the elders ef the Jews build this houfe cf 
God in his place. 

8 Moreover, I make a decree what ye 
fhall do to the eiders of thefe Jews for the 
building of this houfe of God: that of 
the king's goods, even of the tribute be- 
yond the river, forthwith expenfes be 
given unto thefe men, that they be not 
hindered. 

9 And that which they have need of, 
both young bullocks, and rams, and 
lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God 
of heaven, wheat, fait, wine, and oil, 
according to the appointment of the 
prielts which are at Jerufalem, let it be 
given them day by day without fail : 

10 That they may offer facrifices of 
fweet favours unto the God of heaven, 
and pray for the life of the king, and of 
his fons. 



11 Alfo I have made a decree, that yvho- 
f Now therefore, if it fee m good to foevcr lhall alter this word, let timber be 

pulled 



%*♦ temple finifbed. 



Chap. vii. Ezra goeth up to Jerufalem. 407 



2 The fon of Sballum, the Ion of 2a- 
dok, the fon of Ahitub, 

3 The fon of Amariah, the fon of Az- 
ariah, the fon of Meraioth, 

4 The fon of Zerahiah, the ion of Uzr 
zi, the fon of Bukki, 

5 The fon of Abiflnia, the fonof Phin- 
ehas, the fon of Eleazar, the fon oL 
Aaron the chief prieft : 

6 This Ezra went up from Babylon i 
and he nvas a ready fcribe in the law of 
Mofes, which the Lord God of Hrael 
had given : and the king granted him all 
his requeft, according to the hand oi the 
Lord his God upon him. 

7 And there went up fome of the chil- 
dren of Ifrael, ami of the priefls, and the 
Levites, and the lingers, and the porters, 
and the Nethinims, unto Jerufalem, in the 
feventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 
_ 8 And he came to Jerufalem in the 
fifth month, which ivas in the feventh 
year of the king. 

9 Fur upon the frrft day of the firft 
month began he to go up from Babylon, 
and on the fir ft duv of the fifrh month 
came he to Jerufilcm, according to the 
good hand of his God upon h ; m. 

10 Fer Ezra had prepared his heart 
to feek the law of the Lord, and to 
do //, and to teach in Ifrael ftatutes and 
judgments. 

11 fl Now this is the copy of the letter 
that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra 
the priefr, the fcribe, even a fcribe of 
the words of the commandments of the 
Lord, and of his (latutes to Ifrael. 

1- Artaxcrxcj, king of kings, unto 
Ezra the pried, a fenbe of the law of 
the God of heaven, pet feet peace, and 
at fuch a time. 

13 I make a decree, that all they of the 
people of Ifrael, and of his priclis and 
Levites, in my realm which are minded 
of their own freewill to go up to Jei u(a- 
lem. go with thee. 

H Forafllinch as thou art fent of the 
king, and of his I' ainleliora, to in- 

quire concerning I udah and Jerufalem, 
according to the law ot thy Go<l which 
is in thine hand ; 

1A Ami to carry the lilverand gold, 
which the king ana his counfell rs nave 
!v offered unto the Godoflfrael a 
whole habitation! is in I ruGilrm ; 

10 And all the filv. gol 1 that 

th >u c i. of find in all the \ rovini ib« 

ylon, uiili tin- freewill odering < I I He 
I le, and of the pi it fl ^, otfei n< w il« 
. ly t .i the hoi God w h eh 

is in Jemfaiem i 
,c. n 1 h >t thou m 'v fl buy fpeedily ■ 
n of (this money, bul rams, laml 

At- of Pet Ezrat their n rdrii k 

ol Seraiah, the ion cf A~j. atfrr them upon the altar i I the 

of Hi!k. , God which /J in fei 

U 



pulled down from his houfe,and being fet 
up, let him be hanged thereon ; and let 
his houfe be made a dunghill for this. 
. 12 And the God that hath caufed his 
flame to dwell there deflxoy all kings 
and people thar (hall put to their hand to 
alter, *nd to deftroy this houfe of God 
which is at Jerufalem. I Darius have made 
a decree ; let it be done with fpeed. 

13 fl Then Tatnai, governor on this fide 
the river, Shetharbcznai, and theircom- 
panions, according to that which Darius 
the king had fent, fo they did fpeedily. 

14 And the elders of the Jews builded, 
and they prospered through theprophefy- 
rng of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah 
the fon of iddo. And they builded, and 
finifhed »/, according to the command- 
ment of" the God of ifrael, and according 
bo the commandment of Cyrus, and Da- 
jrius, and Artaxerxes king of Perfia. 

15 And this houle was finifhed on the 
third day of the month Adrw, which was 
in the fixth year of the reign oX Darius 
she king. 

16 fl And the children cf Ifrael, the 
pjiefts, and the Levites, and the red of the 
children of th; captivity, kept the dedi- 
cation of this houfeof God with joy, 

17 And offered at the dedication of 
>his houfe of God an hundred bullocks, 
two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; 
and for afiu offering for all Ifrael, twelve 
he goats, according to the number of the 
tribes of Ifrael. 

18 And they fet the priefis in their di- 
vifions, and the I evites in their courfes, 
for the fervice of God, which /Vat Jerufa- 
JViu ; as it is written in the* bock of Moles. 

19 «• Arid the t hildren of the captivity 

Kept the paflbverii] on tne fourteenth <fay 
of the firfl month. 

10 I- ir the prieft* and the Levites were 
purified together, all of them ivete pure, 
and killed the pallover for all the diil- 
dren of the captivity, and for their 
brethren the priefts, and lor themfcU 

ti And the children of Ifrael, which 
were come again out of captit it* , and all 
fucfa aa had feparated tbemfeivei unto 
them from the filthincfs of the heathen 
of the land to leek the Lord God of 
Ifrael, did eat, 

And kept the feafl of iinleayened 
br with joy : for the Lo r q 

had made them joyful, and turned the 

art of the king of AlTyria nniothem, 
to it iv . o hand i in the work of 

thehonle i ', the Go ! of Ifrael. 

CHAP. VII. 
i Rzragerth up to Jerufalem, 11 The com. 

m ■ fi« t 

V / i .111- i ' .1 



4.Q3 The commljjitn of Ariaxerxe-s. 

18 And whatfeever fhall feem good to 
thee, and to thy brethren, todo with the 
reft of the filver and the gold, that do 
after the will of your God. 

1 9 The vcfiels alfo that aregiventheefor 
the ferviceof the houfe of thy God, tb&fe 
deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 

20 And whatfoever more fhall be need 
f»l for the houfe of thy God, which thou 
{halt have oceadon to beftow, beftow // 
Qttt of the king's treafure houfe. 

21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, 
do make a decree to all the treafurers 
which are beyond the river, that what- 
foever Ezra the prieft, the fcribe of the 
law of the God of heaven, fhall require 
of you, it be done fpeedily. 

22 Unto an hundred talents of fzlver, 
and to an hundred meafures of wheat, 
and to an hundred baths of wine, and to 
an hundred baths of oil, and fait without 
prefcribing hoio much. 

23 Whatfoever is commanded by the 
God of heaven, let it be diligently done 
for the houfe of the God of heaven : for, 
Why fhould there be wrath againft the 
r-ealm of the king and his fons ? 

24 Alfo we certify you, that touching 
any of the priefts and Levites, fingers, 
porters, Nethinims, or minifters or this 
houfe of Godfit fhall not be lawful to im- 
pofe toll, tribute, or cuftom, upon them. 

25 And thou, Ezra, after the wifdomof 
thy God, thatzV in thine hand, fet magif- 
tratcs and judges, which may judge all 
the people that are beyond the river, all 
tech as know the laws of thy God ; and 
teach ye them that know tbem not. 

26 And whofoever will not do the law 
of thy God* and the law of the king, let 
.judgment be executed fpeedily upon him, 
whether it be unto death, or to banifh- 
ment, or to confifcation of goods, or to 
imprifonment. 

±1 f Blefled be the Lord God of our 



EZRA. Tbofeioho rettirnedioitb E2ia> 



3 Of the fons of Shechaniah, of the 
fons of Pharofh ; Zechariah : and with 
him were reckoned by genealogy of the 
males an hundred and fifty. 

4 Of the fons of Paha'thmoab ; Eli .. 
hoenai the fon of Zerahiah, and withhim 
two hundred males. 

5 Of the fons of Shechaniah ; the fon 
of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred 
males 

6 Of the fons alfo of Adin ; Ebed the fon 
of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 

7 And of the fons of Elam ; Jefbaiah 
the fon of Athaliah, and with him lev- 
en ty males. 

8 And of the fons of Shephatiah j Zeb- 
adiah the fon of Michael, "and with hira 
fonrfcore males. 

9 Of the fons of }oab ; Obadiah the 
fon of Jehiel, and with him two hundred 
and eighteenjmales. 

10 And of the fons of Shelomith ; the 
fon of Jofiphiah, and with himan hundred 
and threefcore males. 

it And of the fons of Bebai ; Zecha- 
riah the fon of Bebai, and with him 
twenty and eight males. 

12 And of the fons of Azgad ; Joha- 
nan the fon of Hakkatan, and with him 
an hundred and ten males. 

13 And of the laft fons of Adonikam, 
whofe names are thefe, Eliphelet, Jeiel, 
and Shemaiah, and with them threefcore 
males. 

14 Ofthe fonsalfo of Bigvai/Uthai and 
Zabbud, and with them feventy males. 

15 ^ And 1 gathered them together to 
the river that runneth to Ahava ; and 
there abode we in tents three days : and 
I viewed the people, and the priefts, and 
found there none of the fons of Levi. 

IB Then fent 1 for Eliezer, for Ariel, 
for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for 
Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, 
and for Zechariah, and for Mefhullam, 



father?, which hath put fuch a ihing as j chief men ; alfo for Joiarib,and for Elna- 
this in the king's heart, to beautify the i than, men of underftanding. 
houfe ofthe Lord which is in Jerufalem: j 17 And 1 fent them with command - 
?8 And hath extended mercy unto mejment unto Iddo the chief at the place 
before the king, and hiscounfellors, and j Cafaphia, and J told them what they 
before all the king's mighty princes fhould fay unto Iddo, and to his brethren 
And I was ftren^thened as the hand of|the Nethinims, at the place Cafiphia,that 



the Lord my God aotf*upon me, and I 
gathered toge'her out of lfrael chief men 
toj<o up with me. 

CHAP VIU. 
3 £^'*o'f companions f-.om Babylon. 15 

he fendetb'io Id io for mhrjlers cf the 

temple 2 \ He keepet b a fa (I . 

THESE are now the chief of their fa- 
thers, and ibis is the genealogy of theni 
that went up with me from Babylon, in 
the reign of Artaxerxes the k ; .ng. 

2 Ofthe fons of Phinehas ; Gerfhom : 
ofthe fons of Ithamar r Daniel: ofthe 
fons of David : Hattufh. 



they fhould bring unto us minifters for 
the houfe of our God. 

ID And by the good hand of our 
God upon us they bi ought us a man of 
underftanding, ofthe fons of Malili, the 
fon of Levi, the fon of lfrael ; and She- 
rebiah with his fons and his brethren, 
eighteen ; 

19 And Hafhabiah, and with him Te- 
fhaiah ofthe fons of Merrai, his breth- 
ren and their fons, twenty ; 

20 Alfo ofthe Nethinims, whom David 
and the princes had appointed for the 

i fervice of the Levites, nvo hundred, and 

twer 






i 



Qra kcfpttb a fa ft. 



Chap. i^. 
all oi them were 



His 'prayer. 4C9 



twenty Nethinims 
exprefled by name. 

il €} Then I proclaimed a fafl there, 
at the river of Ahava,that we might afflict 
©urfelves before cur God, to feek of him 
a right way for us, and for our little ones, 
and for all our fubliance. 

22 For I was aihamed to require of 
the king a band of ibldiers and horfe- 
inen to help us againlt the enemy in the 
way : becaufe we had fpoken unto the 
kiog, faying, The hand of our God is 
Upon all them For ^ood that feek him : 
put his power andjiis wrath is againlt all 
them that forfake him. 

H So we failed and befought our God 
for this : and he was entreated of us. 

L hen I feparated twelve of the chief 
of the rnefrs, Sherebiah, Hafhabiah, dnci 
ten of their brethren with them, 

25 And weighed unto them the filver, 
ar.d the gold, and the veflels, e nj t n the of- 
fering ot thehoufe of our God, which the 
king, and his counfellorS, and his lords, 
and all Ifrael there prefent, had offered : 
I even weighed unto their hand fix 
hundred and fifty talents of filver, and fil- 
ver vefTcls an hundred talents, and of gold 
an hundred talents ; 

--T AIf© twenty bafons of gold, of a 
thoufand drams ; and twovelTels of fine 
topper, precious as gold. 

23 And I faid unto them, Year,* holy un- 
to the Lord; the vetTelsa»v holy alio ; aini 
the filver and the gold are a freewill •ffei- 
ing unto the Lord God of your fathers. 
-3 Watch ye, and keep them, until yr 
•weigh fbem before the chief of the prielts 
and the Levites, ar.d chief of the fathers 
of lira el, at Terufalem, in the chambers of 
the houfe of the Lord. 

•*'0 So took the pricfts and the Levitcs 
the weight of tlie filver, and thfgold, and 
the velfels, to bring then to Jerufalem 
Unto tlie houfe of our God. 

•M Then we depuricd from the river 
of Ahava on the twelfth day of the firfl 
month to go^ unto jerufalem : and tlie 
hand of our God was upon us, und he de- 
livered us from the hand of the e: 
and of fuch as lay in wait by the v.;. 
And v.c came to Jerulale:.:, a: 
':ere three days. 
S3 Now on the fourth day war, the fil- 
yerartd the gold ail I iglied 

in the houfe of our God, 

:moth the fon of Uriah the pried ; 
and with him nuai Eleazar the fon of 
Phin- and with them was Jozabad 

the f • Jeftjua, and Noadiah th 
•n>nui, Lcvitr ; 
31 By number and by weight of every 
one : and all the weight was* written at 
that time. 

^ 3i> Aljaths children of thofc thai had 

. : out 



of the captivity, offered burnt offerings 
unto tlie God of Ifrael, twelve bullocks 
for all Ifrael, ninety and fix rams, feventy 
and (even lambs, twelve he goats for a 
fin offering: all this ^as a burnt otter- 
ing unto th e Lord. 

36 Ana they delivered the king's com. 
miffionr. unto the king's lieutenants, and 
to the governors on this fide the river : 
and they furthered the people, and the 
ho ufe ot God. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Ezra mourmtb for the affinity of the 
people njoith ftrangers. 5 He prayetb to 
God. 

NOW when thefc things were done, 
the princes came to me, faying, The peo- 
ple of Ifrael, and the prielts, and the Le- 
vites have not feparatcd themfelves from 
the people of the lands, doing according 
to their abominations, even of the Ca- 
naanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the 
Jebulites, the Ammonites, the Mcabite's, 
the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 

2 For tliey have taken of their daugh- 
ters for themfelves, and for their fons : 
lb that the holy feed have mingled them- 
(elves with the people of thofe lands : yea, 
the hand of the princes and rulers hath 
been cfiieFin this trelpafs. 

3 And w lien I heard this thing, I rent 
ray garment and my mantle, and plucked 
off the hair of my head and of my beard, 
and hit down allonied. 

I Then v. ere alfcnibled unto me every- 
one that trembled at ihe wordsof the God 
of Ifrael, becaufe of the tranfgreffien of 
thofe that had been carried away : and I 
fat aitonied until the evening facrificc. 

5 SJ And at the evening facrifice Iarofe 
up from my heaviness ; and having rent 
ray garment and my mantle, 1 fell upon 
my knees, and fpread out my hands unto 
the Lok D my God, 

to Ami faid, O my God, T am afhamed 
and blulh to lift Up my face to thee, my 
God : tor our iniquities are increafed. 
over our head, and our trelpafs is grown 
up unto the heavens. 



ince the days of our fathers ba<ve we 
great trefuafs unto this day ; tad 



heen in a great trefpaf 
for our iniquities have we, our kin^s, 
and our priefts, b' ~d into the 

hand of th* kings of the lai > the 

• I, to captivity, and to a (poii, .iad ti> 
Confufion oi "face, as il is this day. 

» And now fur a lift' I ath 

b^cwfhciued from the Lord our God, to 

e us a remnant to < 
;i . a nail in h.sholy pl?cc, that our God. 
may lighten our eye*, and give US a little 
reviving in our bondagf). 

9 For wc lucre bondinc:. God 

hath not forfaken us i < .but 

th «. ctended men y unto ua in the fig 
vi tb/ kings ofPerfia, t g ve u* a reviv- 
ing, 



$10 F&ra's confeffion. EZRA. The people repent, 

ing, to fet up the houfe of our God, and to 5 Then arofe Ezra* and made the chief 
repair the defolations thereof, and to give \ priefts,the Levites,andall Ifrael, to fwear 
us a wall in Judah, and in Jerusalem * that they (hould do according to this 

10 And now, O our God, What ftsaJHword. And they fware. 

we fay after this ? For we have forfaken [ 6 % Then Ezrarofe up from before the 
thy commandments, houfe of God, and went into the chamber 

1 1 Which thou haft commanded by thy \ of Johanan the fon of Eliafhib : and ivhen 
fervants, the prophets, faying, The land, ? he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor 
unto which ye go to poifefs it, is an un- ; drink water 'J&r he mourned becaufe of 
clean land with the filthinefs of the peo- ; the tranfgreffjon of them that had been 
pie of the lands with their abominations, ^carried away. 

which have filled it from one end to an-i ? And they madepnrclamation through- 
other with their uncleannefs. ;out Judah and Jerufalem unto all the 

1 2 Now therefore, give not your daugh- .children of the captivity, that they 
ters unto their fons, neither take their- fhould gather themfehres together unto 
daughters unto your fons, nor feek their j Jerufalem - y 

peace or their wealth for ever: that ye* 8 And that whofoever would not Come 
may be ftrong, and eat the good of the| within three days, according to the coun- 
land, and leave it for an inheritance to ( fel of the princes and the elders, all his 



your children for ever. 



fub fiance fhould be forfeited, and himfelf 



13 And after all that is come upon usi feparated from the congregation of tho'fe 
for our evil deeds, and for our great tref- i that had been carrir-'' iv- ay. 

pafs, feeing that thou our God haft^unifh- \ 9 ^[ Then all the men of Judah and Beiii- 
edus lefs than our iniquities dejewe. andjjamin gathered themfelves together unto 
haft given us fucb deliverance as this ; j Jerufalem within three days. Itt&ai the 

14 Should we again break thy com- j ninth month, and thetwent ; eth day of the 
mandments, and join in affinity y ith the 'month ; and all the people fat in the ftreet 
people of thefe abominations ? Wouldeft jof the houfe of God, trembling becaufe 
not thou be angry with us till thou hadft of this matter, and for 



confumed us, fo that there Jbould be no 
remnant nor efcaping ? 

15 O Lord God of Ifrael, thou art 
righteous : for we remain yet efeaped, as 
it is this day behold,we are before thee 
in our trefpaffes . for we cannot ftand be- 
fpre thee becaufe of this. 

CHAP X. 
1 Sbechaniab enc.aurageth Ezrato reform 
the ftrange marriages 6 Ezra mourn- 
ing, ajfembletb theft oplr. 9 The people, 
at the exhortation of Ezra, repent, and 
fro^nife amendment. 18 *the names of 
ibcmivbich had married ft range ( toi t ves. 
>nOW when Ezra had prayed, and 
y/hcn he had confeifed, weeping and call- 
ing himfelf ciown before the houfe of 
God, there affembled unto him out of 
Ifrael a very great congregation of men 
and women and children ; for the people 
wept very fore. 

2 And Shecaniah the fonof Jehiel, arte 
of the fons of Elam, anfwered and faid 
unto Ezra, We liave trefpatfed againftour 
God, and have taken ftrange wives of the 
people of the land : yet now there is hope 
in ifrael concerning this thins- 

."f Now therefore, let us make a cove- 
nant - with our God to put away all the 
wiy.es", and fuch as are born of them, ac- 
cording to the connfel of my lord, and of 
thofe that tremble at the commandment 
of our God ; and let it be done accoi ding 
to the law, 

4 Arife ; for tbis matter belongetb unto 
tlree : we alio tmii be with thee : be of 
.<qd courage, and do i.\ 



the great rain. 

10 And Ezra the prieft flood up, and 
faid unto them, Ye have tranfgrefled, 
and have taken ftrange wives, to increafe 
the trefpafs of Ifrael 

It Now therefore, make confefiion un- 
to the Lord God of your fathers, and do 
hispleafure : and feparatcyourfelves from 
the people of the land, and from the 
ftrange wives. 

\1 Then all the congregation anfwered 
and faid with a loud voice, AS thou haft 
faid, fo muftwe do. 

13 But the people ar^many, and // is a 
time cf much rain, and we are not able to 
ftand without, neither is this a work of 
one day or two : for we are many thaf 
have tf anfgrefled in this thing. 

14 Let now our rulers of all the congre- 
gation ftand, and let all them which have 
taken ftrange wives in our cities come at 
appointed times, and with them the el- 
ders of every city, and thejudgesthereof, 
until the fierce wrath of our God for thia 
matter be turned from us. 

15 Only Jonathan the fon of AfaheJ 
and Jahaziah the fonof Tikvah were em- 
ploy ed aboiu this matter ; and Mefhul- 
l.tni and Shabbethai the Levite helped 
them. 

16 And the children of the captivity 
did fo. And Ezra the prieft, with certain 
chief of the fathers, after the houfe of 
their fathers, and all of them by their 
names, were feparated, and (at down in 
the firft day of the tenth month to exam- 
ine the matter. 

It And they made an end with all the. 

men 



S$* names of them ivhlcfr phap. i. bad married ftravgr •zpfv/x. 411 

men that had taken flrange wives by the Eliafliib, Mattaniah and Jeremoth, and 

^rft day cf the firft month. Zabau. a/id \ziza. 

13 q And among the ions ofthepriefts '28 Of the funs alfo of Bebai : Jehoha- 

there were found that had taken Itran^e nan, faananiah, Ztibbai, and Athlai. 

wives: namely, of the fons ot Jetnua £9 And of the ions of Bam ; Melhul- 

the fon of jozadak, and his brethren ; lam, Mai loch* and Adaiah, Jamub, and 

Ma.ifeiah. and Eliezer, and Jarib. and Sheal, and Ramoth. 

Gedallah 30 And the fonsof Pahathmoab ; Ad- 

19 And they gave thcr hands th-U rh?y na indChelai, Benaiah, Maafeiah.Matta- 
woul(l put away their wives ; anuteing niah, Bezaleel,and ButnuLand Manafleh. 
guilty, they offered a. ram of the fleck for SI And of the (ons of tfarim ; Hiezer, 
their trefjBafs. Ilhijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 

20 And of the fonsof Immer ; Hanani, 3: Benjamin, Malluch^nt/ Shemariah. 
and Zebadiah. 33 Of the fons of Hafhum ; Mattenai, 

21 And of the fons of Harimj Maa- 1 Mattathah, Zabad, Ithphelet, Jeremai, 
feiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Je- Mmalllh, and Shimci. 



fciel, and Uzziah 

Si Andofthe fonsof Palbur ; ELHoenai, 
Maafeiah, Ifhmael, Nethaneel, juzabad, 
and Elafah. 

"2& Alfo of the Levites ; Jozibad. and 
Shijnei, and K laiah (the fame is Kelita) 
Pethaiah, Judah.and blitzer. 

£4 Of the lingers alio ; hliafhib : andof 
the porters ; Shallum,and Telem.and Uri. 

i.Z Moreover, of IlVael ; of the fens of 
Parom ; Ramiah and Jeziah, and Mal- 
chiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and 
Malchijah, and Benaiah. 

26 And of the Ions of Elam ; Matta- 
niah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, 
and Jeremoth, and Eliah 



27 And of the fonsof Zattu : Elioenai, they had children. 



54 Of the fonsof Bani ; Maadai, Airi- 
rara, and I' el, 

<">5 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chellub, 

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Elia'liib, 

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaafau, 
S8 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimc, 

39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and 
Adaiah, 

40 Machnadebai, Shalhai, Sharai, 

41 Az.ireel,and Shelemiah, ShemariaH, 

42 Shallum, Atnariah, and lofeph. 

43 Of the fonsof Nebo ; Jcci. Matli- 
thiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joe!, 
Benaiah 

44 All thefe had taken Aran,'" wives > 
and fome of them had wives by whom 



THE iiOOK OF A r E II E M I A II. 



CHAP. I. 
1 Nebemiab unilt t Handing by Hanani tbe 

mifery nf Jeru/idlem^nournetb, jujletb, 

and prayeth. 5 tits pruxt 

1 HE words of Nenemiah the fon of 
Hachaliah. And it came to pafa in the 
month Chifleu, in the twentieth year, ai 
1 was in Shu (ban the palace, 

ihat Hanani one of my brethr n, 
came, he and certain men ot Judah ; and 
I afked them concerning the Jews thai 
had efcaped, which were leftoi tin- 
tivity, add concerning Jem' 

3 And th'-> Paid unto m<-, 1 h" rem- 
nant re U'tt of the capi 

the province are in ureal affliction and 
h : the wall ot [< rul iletn alio is 
broken down, and the gates thereof are 
burned with fii e 

4 And it canjr to pais when I I 
tliefc , that 1 fat down and ■ 
and mourned certain da) s, and fa 

and I before f heav 

• r » f] And Paid, 1 befeechthee, oi.ord 
a. the md terrible 

("fod, that keepeth c >venant .\n<\ \ 

for them 'hat love him and obferve h.> 

(.•ommandments ; 
6 Let tl«ne ear now be 



thine eyes open, that thou mayeft hear' 
the prarei oi thy fervant, winch 1 pray 
before thee now, day and night, for the 
children ot Ifrael thyfervantS; and nm- 
the fins f the children of Ifrael, 
winch we have li: ainlt tine : \>ulh 

1 and my father's houfe have (innod. 

7 We i ii n})tl\ a^ainft 

the« i and have not kcut the i i id. 

■it-, nor the ftatutes, m r the judg< 
ments, which thou comoiandedfl thy > 
van; Mofei 

B Remember, I befeechthee, they 
that thou commandedfl thj itv »m Moles, 

inj.', // \c tra: ! will (cat! 

>ad among the natii i 

9 But // ye tin n unto me, ^nd keep mv 
commandments, and do tfUfm j thou 
there were of ><>n (aft out nntotl < t- 
i.-i mofl pari "t tli" heaven, fti i I 

"om rhei cc, and ■ 
n unto the pla< e thai I have ch' 

(<:t rby name th 

10 N m thele art • I thy 

, whom ih n I !iy 

: , ir<i by • ' 1- 

il o LOi now* 

•I . 

', and :o the v'*>' Cr °* trl > ^ r '* 



112. Nehemiahfent to Jerufalem. NEtfEMIAR. 



Ve inett-eth thi'rufos* 



yants, who defire to fear thy name : and 
p'rofpfir, I pray thee, thy fervant this 
day, and grant him mercy in the fight 
ojf this man. For I was the kwig's cup- 
bearer. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Artaxerxes fendeth Nebemiab to Jeru- 
falem,, 12 He <v'ie e weth t/je ruins ; 17 

and enciteth the Je r uos to but Id. 

AND it came to pafs in the month 
Nifan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerx- 
es the king, that wine ivas before him i 
and I took up the wine, and gave /'/ unto 
the king. Now I had not been before- 
time fad in his prefence- 

2 Wherefore the king faid unto me, 
"Why/ j thycountenancefad,feeing thou art 
not fick ? This U nothing elfe but forrow 
of heart. Then I was very fore afraid, 

S And fai.d unto the king, Let the king 
live forever : Why mould not'my coun- 
tenance be fad, when the city, the place 
of my fathers' fcpulchres, lieth wafte, 
and the gates thereof are confumed with 
fire} 

4 Then the king faid unto me, For 
what do ft thou make requeft ? Sol pray- 
ed to the Qod of heaven. 

5 And I faid unto the king, If it pleafe 
the king, and if thy fervant have found 
favour in thy fight, that thou wouldeft 
iend me unto Judah, unto the city of my 
fathers' fepulchres, that 1 may build it. 

6 And the king faid unto me, (the queen 
alfb fitting by him,) For how long fiiall 
thy journey be ? and, When wilt thou re- 
turn ? So it pleafed the king to fend me ; 
and I fet him a time. 

7 Moreover, I faid unto the king, If it 
pleafe the king, let letters be given me 
to the governors beyond the river, that 
they may convey me over till I come in- 
to Judah ; 

tf And a letter unto Afaph the keeper 
of the king's foreft, that he may give me 
timber to make beams for the gatesofthe 
palace which appertained to the houfe, 
and for the wall of the city, and for the 
houfe that I (ball enter into. And the 
king granted me according to the good 
hand of my God upon me. 

9 Then 1 came to the governors beyond 
the river, and gave them the king's let- 
ters. Now the king had fent captains of 
the army and horfemen with me. 

10 When Sanbalia.t the Horonite, and 
Tobiah the fervant, the Ammonite, heard 
of it, it grieved them exceedingly that 
there was come a mar. to feek the wel- 
fare of the children of Ifrael. 

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was 
there three days. 

\% ^J And I arofe in the night, I and 
fbmc tew men with me ; neither told I 
any man what my Gpd had put in my 
iicart to do at leru.falera % neither was 



there any beaft with me, fave the bea& 
that I rode upon. 

13 And I went out by night by the 
gate of the valley, even before the drag- 
on well, and to the dung port, and 
viewed the walls of Jerufalem, which, 
were broken down, and the gates thereof 
were confumed with fire. 

14 Then I went on to the gate of the 
fountain, and to -he king's pool : but 
there nvas no place for the beaft that "was 
under me to pafs. 

15 Then went I up in the night by the 
brook, and viewed the wall, and turned 
back, and entered by the gate of the val- 
ley, and /o returned. 

16 And the rulers knew not whither X 
went, or what I did, neither had I as 
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priefts, 
nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor 
to the reft that did the work. 

17 f[ Then faid I unto them, Ye fee 
the diltrefs that we are in, how Jerufalem 
lieib wafte. and the- gates thereof are 
burned with fire : come, and let us build 
up the wall of Jerufalem, thai we be no 
more a reproach. 

id Then I told them of the hand of 
my God which was good upon me \ as 
alfo the king's »vords that he had fpoken 
unto me. And they iaid. Let us rife up* 
ar\d build. So they ftrengthened their 
hands for this good nvork. 

19 But when Sanballat the Horonitef, 
and Tobiah the fervant, the Ammonite, 
and Gefhem the Arabian, heard it \ they 
laughed us to fcorn, and defpifed us, and 
faid, What is this thing that ye do ? Will 
ye rebel againft the king ? 

20 Then anfwered T them, and faid- 
unto them, The God of heaven, he will 
profperus j therefore,, wehisfervants will 
arife and build : but ye have no portion, 
nor right, nor memorial, in Jerufalem. 

CHAP. III. 
1'he names and order of tbem that build- 
id the tL'all, 
THEN Eliajhib the high prieft rofe up 
with his brethren the priefts, and they 
builded the fbeep gate; they fanclified it, 
and fet up the doors of it ; even unto the 
tower of Meah they fancTified it, unto the 
tower of Hananeel. 

2 And next unto Iiim builded the men 
of Jericho. And next to them builded 
Zaccur the fon of Imri. 

3 But the fifh gate did the fonsof Haf- 
fenaah build, who alfo laid the beams 
thereof, and fet tip the doors thereof, the 
locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 

4 And next unto them repaired Mere- 
moth the fon of Urijah, the fon of KoZ,. 
And next unto them repaired Mefhul- 
lam the fon of Berechiah, the fon oi 
Mefhezabcel. And next unto them re- 
paired Zadok the fon of Baana. 

' ' $ Agd 



fj* njtr.es zed trier tftkem Cnap. 

5 And next unto them the Tekoites 
reptr their 

- work of their Lord. 
rhe old gate rep. 
fcoiaJa the (on ci Paieah, and Mefeu 
the ion of Befodeiah ; they laid the bea. 

fet up the doors thereof, 
arte 'hereof, and the bars 

i 

And next unto them repaired Mel- 



tbat lu'iUtd tbt vail. 413 



ih the Gtbeonite, and laden the >. 

othite, the men of Gibeon, and 

_m?o the throne of the govei 

• er. 
: unto him repaired Uzziel the 
ioaof Har!uiah,of i ^ext 

:o him aired fianar.iuh the fon 

tie «/tbe apo - 
;d Jerufi'em unto the brcsK: 

9 And next ei Re- 

: Hur, the m. 
nair part ol :rn. 

10 ed Ted- 
iiali the fon ot Harumaph, even over a- 

: fon o: 

11 
Hi hmoab, repaired 

: other piece, ar. of the 

furrac 

ii -i him r i Shal- 

n the fon . the ruler 

thr 



■ 
f, and the I 






ther 

unto 



50 

r. 



ix ot Mv 






16 I he va 
and the 
builf . 
the lock.* the 

1 a thoufand cubits on 
: 

i i But trie lung i 
' :t of 

| and 

let up the door% thereof, tlic locks there- 
ind the bars ther. 

t the gate ot the fou . J repa 

. ot Col he i ■ i 

ler of par a ; he r.d | 

1 it, and fet up til 
the lucks thereof, and the b*r* ti 

.e pool of S:ioah by : 
* !n R'5 gard-n, and u rs that go 

i. 
16 the 

fonof Azbu<, the ruler of the half part 
of h tbe plwt ovei 

. 
t > made, and unto the hou 



19 And next to h reH Eaer the 

v ! 2 t e..,^-:th- 
er piece over ag^infr the to the 

arrr. the turning o/ uL 

iO After hi m Bar c fon o: 

repaired the othe - Irom 

the turning of tbe *umli unro the doer of 
the houfe o: b the high prieft. 

tlAf»erh uredMc -fon 

:f '- : :e, 

from t ! »e door of the houfe or 

i to the end of the houfe of Eliaihib. 
\r.d after him rep at; 
the men o: the pL 

25 After him repaired Pe and 

Hafhub over *er 

. - fei- 

aji the fon of Ann 
ii After b >n of 

e hoi; f? of 
luntoth* turning cf tbe nom 

.:, over 
. and the to'ver 
wh . high 

houfe. : e court of th 

en. After hir fc. 

Ophel, jce o\>. 

:ou ard the ea(c, anc 
that lieth c 

A tier them the Tekoites n 
• 
l li£th out, even unto ill 

of O] 
18 From above the horfe ^it-* 

•efts, every c it his 

ie. 

fon 
of Immer 



i\\ th* 
it tlje eaft . 

- - 






• >er. 

erf -he 

. rlM 

\, and of r , fr 

1, and to the ; 



mm tt> 

his r 

ulf p>an ( m. 



cc 



. I tl 



Y- -r- • 



fheep g: 
gohit ..nd tho 

-miabpray. 
etb. 7 lit fetie-b a 

he 

and moc *s. 

1 And he 






414 Seheml air's prayer. 



NfiHEMIAH. 



He reformelh ujfay. 



make an end in a day ? Will they revive 
the ftonesout of the heaps of the rubbift 
which are burned ? 

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite ivas by 
him, and he faid, Ev§ n that which they 
build, if a fox go up, he /hall even break 
down their ftone wall. 

4 Hear, O our God ; for we are def- 
pifed : and turn their reproach upon their 
own head, and give them for a prey in 
the land of captivity : 

5 And cover not their iniquity, and 
let not their fin be blotted out from be- 
fore thee -, for they have provoked thee 
to anger before the builders. 

6 So built we the wall ; and all the wall 
ivas joined together unto the half there- 
of : for the people had a mind to work. 

7 ^j But it came to pafs, that when 
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Ara- 
bians, and the Ammonites, and the Afh- 
dodites, heard that the walls of Jeru- 
falem were made up, and that the breach- 
es began to be flopped, then they were 
very wroth, 

8 And confpired all of them together 
to come and to fight againft Jerufalem, 
and to hinder it. 

9 Ne verthelefs,we made our prayer un- 
to our God, and fet a watch againft them 
day and night, becaufe of them. 

10 And Judah faid, the ftrength of trie 
bearers of burdens is decayed, and there 
is much rubbifh ; fo that we are not able 
to build the wall. 

11 And our adverfaries faid, They mail 
not know, neither fee, till we come in the 
midft among them, and flay them., and 
caufe the work to ceafe. 

12 And it came to pais, that when the 
Jews which dwelt by them came, they 
laid unto us ten times, From ail places 
whence ye fhall return unto us they ivilt 
be upon you. 

13 Therefore fet I in the lower places 
behind the wa\\,and on the higher places, 
I even fet the people after their families 
with their fwords, Their fpears, and their 
bows. 

14 And I looked, and rofe up, and faid 
unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to 
the reft of the people, be not ye afraid 



great and terrible, and fight for your 
brethren, yourfona, and your daughters, 
your wives, and your houfes. 

15 And it came to pafs, when our ene- 
mies heard that it was known unto us, 
and God had brought their counfel to 
nought, that we returned all of us to the 
wall, every one unto his work. 

16 And it came to pafs from that 
time forth, that the half of my fervants 
wrought in the work, and the other half 
of them held both the fpears, the Ihields, 
?.nd the bow?,, and the habergeons ; and 



the rulers ivere behind all the houfe cjf 
Judah. 

17 They which builded on the wall, 
and they that bare burdens, with thofe 
that laded, e*very one with one of hrs 
hands wrought in the work, and with 
the other hand held a weapon. 

18 For the builders, everyone had his 
fword girded by his fide, and/o builded. 
And he that founded the trumpet <u>as 
by me. 

19 And I faid unto the nobles,and to the 
rulers, and to the reft of the people The 
work is great and large, and we are fepa- 
rated upon the wall, one far from another. 

20 In what place, therefore. ye hear the 
found of the trumpet, refort ye thither 
unto us ; our God fhall tight for us. 

21 So we laboured vn the work ; and 
half of them held the fpears from the rifin'g 
of the morning till the ftars appeared. 

22 Likewife, at the fame time faid I 
unto the people. Let every one with hrs 
fervant lodge within Jerufalem, that in 
the night they may be a guard to us, and 
labour on the day. 

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor 
my fervants, nor the men of the guard 
which followed me, none of us put ore 
our clothes, favmg that every one put 
them off for wafhing 

C H ft P V\ 
1 The Jews complain of i heir debt, m »7- 
gage y and bondage 6 Nebemiah caufL 
e/h rejhtution. 14 He jorbeartth bi<s 
o<wn allowance y and keeteth hofpitahty.. 
AND there was a great cry of the peo- 
ple, and of their wives, againft theix 
brethren the Jews 

2 For there were that feid, We, our 
fons,and our daughters, are many : there- 
fore we take up corn for them y that we 
may eat, and live. 

3 Some alio there were that faid, We 
have mortgaged our binds, vineyards, 
and houfes that we might buy corn, be- 
caufe of the dearth. 

4 There were alfo that faid, We have 
borrowed money for the king's tribute, 
and thai upon our lands and vineyards. 

5 Yet now our flefh is as the flefb of our 
brethren, our children as their children : 



of them : remember the Lord, which is and, lo, we bring into bondage our fons 



and our daughters to be fervants, and 
fome of our daughters are brought unto 
bondage already : neither is it in our 
power to redeem them ; for other men 
have our lands and vineyards. 

6 C[ And I was very angry when I 
heard their cry and thefe words. 

7 Then Iconfulted with myfelf, and I 
rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and 
faid unto them, Ye exact ufury, every 
one of his brother. And I fet a great af- 
fembly againft them. 

8 And I faid unto them, We after 

cur 



fobemiab keepeth btfphality. Chap. vi. 



our ability have redeemed our brethren 
the Jews which were fold unto the hea- 
then ; and, Will ye even fell your breth- 
ren ? or. Shall they be fold unto us 1 
Then held ' -ir peace, a»d found 

not lung to anfiwr. 

9 Alfo I fa-.d. It it not good that ye 

. %. alk in the fear ofi 
our God becaufe of the reproach of the 
heathen our enemies ? 

10 I like* iie, and my brethren, and 
my r erVants, might exactor them money 
and con* : I pray you, let us leave off 
th u fury. 

11 Reltore, I pray you, to them, even 
lh'13 day, their lands, their vineyar 
(heir ©liveyards, arid their houfes. alfo 
the hundredth part of the money, and 
of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that 
y exact of them 

• -n (aid they. We will reltore 
i | v*. II requite nothing of them : 

t as thou fa > eft. 1 hen I 

Called the \ and took an oath of 

them, that they fhould do according to 

Alfo I Iho k my lap. and faid, So 
Goi fh ike out every man from h<s houfe, 
and from hb labour, thai, performeth not 
thus promife. even thus be he fhaken out 
and emptied And all the congrega- 
tion faid Amen, and praifed thj Loru. 
And the people did according to this 
gromil 

U «T Morever, from the time that I 

is appointed to be their governor in 

the land of Judah, from the twentieth 

ir even unto the two and thirtieth 

ir of Artaxerxes the king, that is, 

tv Ive years, I and my brethren haw 

nor e iten the bread of the governor. 

15 fcJut the former governors that had 
Be n before me wet* ehargeabU: unto the 
people, and had taken of them bread 
an \ wine, befide forty Ihekels of filver ; 
jea, even th its bare raid over 
•he people but fo djJ not I, be . 

the fe.ii' of God. 

16 Yea, alio I continued in th«* work 
of this wall, neither bought we 

an.1 all my (errant* turf e gatiicied th.t 
tin work* 

11 ver, 'here ivere at my I 

an hundred and fifty ol the Jew* and ml - 
rs, beii.K; tliofe ill >t came unto ib from 
3»r athen that are about us 

.v that which was prepared for 
fie daily, ivas one ox and fix cl. 
ifieep ; alfo fowls were prepared I 

ice in ten da>s ftore of all lorrs of 
wine : \ er (or ill | f the 

•read of the governor, ; . the bun t- 

ag'- was heav i this people. 

19 Th b •><-, mj G , r good, 

*c<c- t'iMg to bAJ it I have done foj 



ZanbdilaVt tntii praQUs. it£ ■ 

CHAP. VI. 
1 5 .nballat praclif.tb to terrify Nebemi- 

ab. 15 ?be itforA is finijbed. 17 i>- 

cret intelligence between the enemies 

and the' nobles oj Judah. 

NOW it came to pafs. when Sanballat, 
and Tobiah, and Gefhem the Arabian, 
and the reft of our enemies, heard that 1 
had budded the wall, and that there was 
no breach left therein ; (though at that 
time 1 had not fet up the doors upon the 
gates ; ) 

- 1 hat Sanballat and Gefhem fent ur» 
to me, faying,Com«», let us meet together 
'wjome one of the villages in the plain of 
Ono. But they thought to do me mifchief. 

3 And I lent meflengers unto them, 
facing, I am doing a great work, fo that 
I cannot come down : Why fhould the 
work ceale, whilit I leave it, and come 
down to you ? 

4 Yet they fent unto me four times 
after this fort ; and I anfwered them after 
the fame manner. 

j Then fent Sanballat his fervant unto 
mein like manner the fifth time, with aa 
open letter in his hand ; 

6 Wherein ivas \\ ritten, It is reported 
among the heathen, and Gart> mu faith 
;"/, tuat thou and the Jews think to re r 
bel : for which caufe thou buildcfl the 
wall, that thou mayeft be their king, ac« 
c«rding to thefe wards* 

T And thou haft alfo appointed proph- 
ets to preach of thee at Jerufalem, fay- 
ing, There is a king in judah : and now 
lhall it be reported to the king according 
to thefe words, Come now therefore, ana 
let us take counle] together. 

8 Then I fent unto him, faying, There 
are no fuch things done as thou fayeft, 
but thou fc: gn.lt them out of thine o\\ a 
heart. 

9 For they all made us afraid, faying, 
Their hands (hall be weakened from the 
woik, that it he not done. Now theie- 

, (»«./, ftrengthen my ! 

10 Afterward 1 Came unto thr houfe 
ofSh the fori of Delaiah the fori 

who ivas /hut up ; and 

us meet together in the ttoufe 

< t G run the templet and let us 

fhot the doors of the temple : for they 
will con. ce ; yea, in the night 

will they OOtlM 

11 And 1 faid, Should huh a m.in i J 

id, Who is there, that, bei'- 
I dm, would to ialO | -pie to . 

fc i I M ill nor go in. 
1 - And, lo, I pc that God h.jd 

ent him : but that he proi 

ballat had hired him. 
IS Th t I. 

fhould be >.'. . id do I 

•t rt ev.l 



that the, 






U0 Arfgijierofihtfe that NEHEMTAH. 



report that they might reproach rrre. 

li My God, think thou upon Tobiah 
and SanbaUat according to thefe their 
works, and on the prophetefs Noadiah, 
and the reft of tlie prophets, that would 
have put rne in fear. 

15 <f| So the wall was rimmed in the 
twenty and fifth day olibe month Eial, in 
fifty and two days. 



i-earnied from Babyloh; 

ni, Mordecai.Bilihan, Miipereth,Bigv?i,. 
Nchum, Baanah. The number, if ay, of 
ihe men of the people of if'rael ixas 
this ; 

8 ^f The children of Parofli, two thou* 
landman hundred feventy and two. 

9 The children of Shephafiah, three 
hundred feventy and two. 

10 The children of Arah, fix hundred 



heathen that ivere about us faw ibefe 
tbingt, they Were much caft down in their 
own eyes : for they perceived that this 
fvork was wrought of our God. 

17 €1 Moreover,inthofe days the nobles 
of judahfent many letters unto Tobiah, 
and tbt tetters of Tobiah came unto them. 

18 For there ivere many in Judah i'worn 
unto him, becaufe he 'was the fon in law 
of Shcchatf iah the ion of Arah : and his 
fon Johanan had taken the daughter of 
Mefhullam the fonof Berechiah. 

19 Alfo they reported his good deeds be- 
fore me, and uttered my words to him. 
And Tobiah fent letters to put me in fear. 

CHAP. VII. 

i Nebemiuh corn mitt while f barge ofjertt- 
J'alem to Ha \atii and Hananiah 5 A 
regifter oj the genealogy of them -which 
came at the firjl out of Babylon, 8 of 
the people, 39 oj the priefs, 43 of the 
Lcvites, 46 of the Netbinirhs, &ct 
NOW it came to pais, when the wall 

\Vas built, and I had fet up the doors, and 

the porters and the fingers and the Levites 

were appointed, 

2 That I gave my brother Hanani,and 
Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge 
over Jerufalem : for he "was a faithful 
man, and feared God abo^Ve many, 

3 And I faid unto them, Let not tke 
gates of Jerufalem be open until the fun 
be hot ; and while they (land by, let them 
fluit the doors, and bar tbem : and ap- 
point watches of the inhabitants of Jeru- 
falerru every one in his watch, and every 
one to be over againfr his houfe. 

4 Now the city ivas large and great : 
but the people 'were few therein, and the 
houfes nvere not builded. 

5 *f And my God put into mine heart 
to gather together the nobles, and the 
rulers, and the people, that they might 
be reckoned by genealogy. And I found 
a regifter of tjie genealogy of them 
which came up at the f.rfr, and found 
written therein, 

6 Thefe«r*thechildren of the province, 
that went up out of the captivity, of thofe 
that had been carried away, whom Nebu- 
.-h;idnezzar the king of Babylon had car- 
rftdaWay, and came again to ferufalcrn 
and to ludah, every one. unto his city ; 

? Who came with Xerubbabel,jefhua, 
Neheroiah, Awriah, Raam^h, Nattrrn* 



16 And it came to pafs* that when all .fifty and two 
our enemies heard thereof and all the *1 The children of Pahathrnoab,of the 

children of Jefhua and Joab, two thou-' 
faTid and eight hundred and eighteen. 

12 The children of Elam, a thoufand 
\ wo hundred fifty and four. 

13 The children of Zattu, eight hun- 
dred forty and five. 

14 The children of Ziccai, (even hun- 
dred and threefcorei 

15 The' children of Binnui, fix hum* 
dred forty and eight. 

16 The children of Bebai, fix hundred 
twenty and eight. 

17 The children of Azgad, two thou- 
land three hundred twenty and two. 

£8 The children of Adonikam,fix hun- 
dred threefcore and feven. 

19 The children of Bigvai, two thoui 
fand threefcore and fevrn. 

20 The children of Adm, fix hundred 
fifty and five. 

21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah-, 
ninety and eight. 

22 The children of Hafhum, three 
hundred twenty and eight. 

23 The children of BeZai three hun- 
dred twenty and four. 

24 The children of Hariph, an hun- 
dred and twelve. 

25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and * 
five. 

26 The men of Bethlehem and Neto- 
phah, an hundred fourfcore and eight. 

27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred 
twenty and eight. 

28 The men of Bethazmavefh, forty 
and two. 

29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Che* 
phirah, and £eeroth,feven hundred forty 
and three. 

50 The men of Ramah and Gaba, fix 
hundred twenty and one. 

51 The men of .Michmas, an hundred 
and twenty and two. 

32 The men of Bethel and Ai,an hun- 
dred twenty and three 

33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty 
and two. 

34 The children of the other Elam, a 
thou fand two hundred fifty and four. 

35 The children of Barim, three hun- 
dred and twenty. 

36 The children of Jericho, three hun- , 
dred forty and live. 

37 The children of Lod, Kadid, and 
Ono, feven hundred twenty and one. 

Stf The i 






I Bsbjhn. G : ". 



;i> Icz-j is read. kiZ 



58 The children of Senaah, three thou- 
i nine handed and thirty 

69 r i he pnci'is : the children of Je- 
houfe of Jeihua, nine hun- 
dred leventy and three. 
^ 40 atldren of Immer, a thoufand 

o 
■41 1 he children of Pafliur, a thoufand 
tw forty and fevei 

The children of Harim, a thoufand 
en. 
4S r I he Lev'tes : the children of Je£h- 
, of Kadiniel, and ui the children of 
and tour. 

4 4 1 he finders : the children of Afaph, 
an i. 

45 the children of Shal- 
tum, the c cr, the children 

?f Ialmon, \kkub, the 

iita, the children of 
t. 

46 : Mrencf 
7 pha, tie chil- 
dren of I rh, 

,f Keroz, t dren 

of n ot \' 

.bana- thechildrcn 
of iljgaba, the children ofShalmat, 

49 • I ianan, the children 

of Gid Idren of Gahar. 

Thechildrcn of Rea« th,the children 
of K»:z.n, the cluldre kodah, 

5 I 1 lie children oi I chil- 
dren of I z children of V. 

Thechildrcn i Befa • the children 

ol (hefim, 

53 ITSe children of Bale chtl- 

,the elf id: en of Harhur, 

5 4 B.izlith, the t 

ii oi' ! . 
la i 
drr children ot 1 

' 
dre 
57 i 

Ot i-ophet en ot \ 

Iren 
o( Darkon t 1, 

59 chil- 

etb, 

\:iujn. 

of " . i e ihn 

and t 
61 And '. 

I 

. 

i 

1 
d r e 
fix hit i wire . . 

65 
ot Maba;ah, l iren o; 



daughters of Barzillai the Gi'.eadite to 
wife, and was called after their name. 

64 1 hefe fought their regifrer arr. 
T hofe that were reckoned by genealogy, 
but it was not found : therefore were 
they, as polluted, put from the priefthood. 

65 And the Tirlhatha faid unto them, 
hat they liould not eat of the moft holy 

things, all there ft cod up a prieft with 
I'rim and Thummim. 

t>6 The whole congregation toge'her 
forty and two thouland three hun- 
dred and threefcore, 

67 Beiide tbeir manfervants and their 
maoTervants, of whom the** ivere fevea 
thoufand three hundred thirty and fewn : 
and they had two hundred forty and five 
linging men and finging women. 

63 i heir horfes, leven hundred thirty 
and iix : tr.eir muJes, two hundred forty 
and five : 

69 Tonr camels, four hundred thirty 
arvd five : iix thoufand feven hundred and 
twenty alfes. 

70 AncT Jcrr.e cf the chief of the fa- 
thers gave unto the work The Tirfhatha 
gave to the treasure a thoufand drams of 
goid, fifty bafi-ns. five hundred and thirty 
priefts' garments. 

71 \iAjome of the chief of the fathers 
gave to the rreafure of the work twenty 
thoufand drams of gold, and two thou, 
fand and two hundred pound of lilver. 

7C And that which the reft of the 

people ga. thoufand dr;:. 

of £oid, and two thoufand pound of 

iilver, and threefcore and feven priefts' 

:s. 

7.-J ^o the and tl>e Levitts, and 

porters, and the lingers, zu&fotne of 

all 
.. • .«..r ( ties : and when the 
hildren ot If- 
rael iv r re in th < s. 

C li AH. VIII. 
1 He manner of reading and bearing the 
la~ .1 I oi iulc r.uclti ktpt. 

D all the people gathered 
ft Ives • <et 

e the v i A 

tin 

a the I ■ bkh " 

Lorp I I to Id 

jiit the law 
:id 

der ij of tl* 

; heforetheQreet 

m the 

• mm 
i im- 

I 



NEHEMlAfT 



413 The people make merry. 

the purpofe : andbefide him flood Matti- 
thiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uri- 
jah, and Hilkiah, and Maafeiah, on his 
right hand ; and on his left hand, Pe- 
daiah, and Mi {had, and Malchiah, and 
Hafhum, and Hafhbadana, Zechariah, 
and Mefhullam 

5 And Ezra opened the book in the 
fight of all the people ; (for he was above 
all the people ;) and when he opened it, 
all the people flood up : 

6 And Ezra blefTed the Lord, the 
great God. And all the people anfwered, 
Amen, A men, with lifting up their hands ; 
and they bowed their heads, and worihip- 
ped theLoRDwith/^/rfaces to theground- 

7 Alfo Jefoua; and Eani, and Sherebi- 
ati. Jamin, Akkub,Shabbethai, Hodijah, 
Maafeiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, 
Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caufed 
the people to underiland the law : and 
the people flood in their place. 

8 So they read in the book in the law 
of God difrincfclyj and gave the fenfe, and 
caafed them to underfland the reading. 

9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirfha- 
tha, and Ezra the priefl the fcribe, and 
the Levites that taught the people, faid 
unto all the people, This day is holy unto 
tlie Lord your God ; mourn not, nor 
weep. For all the people wept, when 
they heard the words of the law. 

10 Then he faid unto them, Go your 
way, eat the fat, and drink the fweet, and 
fend portions unto them for whom noth- 
ing is prepared . for this day is holy un- 
to our Lord : neither be ye forry ; for 
the joy of the Lord is your ftrength. 

11 So the Levites frilled all the people, 
faying, Hold your peace, for the day is 
holy ; neither be ye grieved. 

12 And all the people went their way 
to eat, and to drink, and to fend portions, 
and to make great mirth, becaufz they 
had under flood the words that were de- 
clared unto them. 

13 And on the Lcond day were gath- 
ered together the ch ; ef of the fathers of 
all the people, the priefts, and the Levitt-, 
unto Ezra the fcribe, even to underfland 
the words of the law. 

14 And thej found written in the law 
which the I.ok d fuel commanded by Mo- 
fes,that the children of I fracl fiio^d dwell 
in booths in the feaftofthefeveniE n onth: 

\j And that they fhotild publifh and 
proclaim in all their cities, &nd in Jerti 
falem, faying, Go forth unto the mount, 
and fetch olive branch ?s, and pine 
branches, and myrtle bra nch< s, and palm 
branches, and branches of thick trees, to 
make booths, ar it it written. 

16 *j So the people vent forth, and 
brought them, and made them! 
booths ; every one upon the root ot lus 
htrufe^ and in :o'urts, artd in the 



A fblenm faft kepH 

courts of the houfe of Qod, and in the 
flreet of the water gate, and in the flreet 
of the gate of Ephraim. 

IT -\nd all the congregation of them 
that were come again out of the captiv-. 
ity made booths, and fat under the 
booths : for fmce the days of Jefhua the 
fon of Nun unto that day, had not the 
children of Ifrael done fo. And there was 
very great gladnefs-. 

la Alfo day by day, from the firfr day 
unto the laft day, he read in the book 
of the law of God. And they kept the 
feaft feven days ; and on the eighth day 
was a folemn affembly, according unto 
the manner. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 A folemn faft and repentance of the peo- 
ple. A The Lenjites confffs God's good' 
nefs, and their o*wn ivickednefs. 
NOW in the twenty and fourth day of 
this month the children of. Ifrael were 
affernbled with falling, and with fack- 
cloths, and earth upon them. 

2 And the feed of Ifrael feparated 
themfelves from all flrangers, and ftoo*i 
and confeffed their fins, and theiniqmties 
of their fathers. 

3 And they flood up in their place, and 
read in the book of the law of the Lord 
their God one fourth part of the day ; and 
another fourth part they confeffed, and 
worflupped the Lop.d their God. 

4 ^| Then flood up upon the flairs, of 
the Levites, Jethua, and Basi, Kadmiel, 
Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and 
Chenani, and cried with a loud voice un- 
to the Lord their God. 

5 Then the Levites, jefhua, and Kad- 
miel, Bani, Hafhabniah, Sherebiah, Ho- 
dijah- Shebaniah and Pethahiah faid, 
Stand up and blefs the Lokd your God 
forever and ever : and bleded be thy 
glorious name, which is exalted above all 
ble fling and praife. 

6 J hou, even ihou. art Lord alone ;■ 
thou halt made heaven, the heaven ot* 
heavens, with all their hoff, the eaith, 
and all things that are therein, the feas, 
andall that is therein, and thou preferveft 
them all ; and the holt of heaven wor- 
fhippeth lice 

7 'I hou art the Lord the God, who 
did.'t chbofe Abram, and broughte him 
forth out of Urof the Lhaldees,and gar- 
eft him the name ot Abraham ; 

ind foundeft hi- heart faithful before 
thee, and madefl a covenant with him to 
-:\ the land of the Canaanites, the Hit- 
tires, the Amoritcs, ami the Penzzites, 
and r he JeVmfite?, and the Girgaftntes to 
give a, 1 fay, to his feed, and haft •, 
formed thy words; for thou «r/ righteous: 
9 ,-• n of our ta- 

thers m Egypt, and heai deft their cry by 
the Red lea : 

10 And 



TbeLfvrtesc^fcJJion Chap, ix, of G'-d's goodnffs. AV9. 

10 And fheueciir ligns and wonders .as the ftars of Leaven, and broiighteft 
upon Pharaoh. apd onallhisfervants, and Jthem into the land, concerning v\h:ch 
en a ; l the people of his land : for thoii rhou hadlt promifed to th. ; r fathers, that 
km- at they dealt proudly againlt they (hould go in to pofl'efs .-/. 

then i didft thou get thee a name, as ' 24 bo the children went in and poflefTed 

it is this d.. the land. am; thou iubducdfi before them 

11 And thou didft divide the fea before 'the inhabitants of the land, the Canaan- 
♦hem, fo that they went through thelites, and gaveit them into their hai 
roidil of the fe.i on the dry land ; and with their kings, and the people of the 
their perietur r* thou threweft into the {land, that they might do with them as 
de pi, as a ftone in o the might) waters, [they would. 

Moreover, thou ledceu them in the j 23 And they took flrong cities, and a 
da* by a cloudy pillar ; and in the night fat land, and d houfes full of all 

b. a pillar of fire, to give them |ight in 'goods, wellsdigged, vineyards, and olive- 
the way wherein the-, flv uld go. yards, and fruit trees in abundance: i'o 

IS Thou camel} down alfo upon the} did eat, and were filled, and became 
mount Sfcai, and :; afcefl with them from fat, and delighted thenifelves in thy great 
heaven, and gaveit them tight judg- ' goodnefs. 

nients, and mie laws, good ftatuies and! Nevertheless the;, were difobedient, 

Commandments: i rebelled again ft thee, and ciit thy 

li -\v, ' .'.jd'lt known unto them thy law behind then backs, and flew thy 
holy ftbbath- and which te (lined againft them to 

prt , by the hatd ( turn them to thee, and they wrought 



ant 

ivdt them bread from hea 

foi their I and broughteft forth 

out of the rock for their 

tfa . niledft the n that they 

1 ' in to poflefs the land which 

10 But they and our fathers dealt 

; md hardened their neck>, and 
1 ■ to thy corom its, 

11 \ I ." ! ifed to obey, neither were 



it provocations. 

-" 1 herefore t! ou deliveredftthem in. 
to the hand < f their enemies, who vexed 
them : and in the time of their troub'e, 
when they cried unto thee, thou hear 
them from heaven ; and according to thy 
manifold mi thou gavelt them <av- 

iours, uhuhived them out of the hand 
of their enemies. 

18 Bui they had reft, they did 

evil again before thee : therefore u 



mindful ot thy wond:r> tint thou didft jtliou them in tic? hind of their {enemies, 

> that they had the dominion over th 
r rebellion appointc tain ) i f when they returned, and cried unto 



to return I e : but 

art dy to par-. on, 's and 

•-at 

i h- n the . had em a 

mob 



thee, thou heardeft tbem from heaven : 
and many tnr.es didft thoO deliver them 

u i -I y m 

diem, that 

igjjnn unto thy 

11 y , mu\ he 



I brought thee Up out thy commandments, but 

itch if ;i 
19 1 tries! m m do, he (hal id w ; fh- 



forf. 

ir of th 
i by da tlu m in I 

r.eii! 

, and the way v, . 

eft alfo thv fpiril to 

them, and withl not th) 

them 
r third . 
- 1 \ t (f.i'n 

that ti 
a\ i. , 

and i not. 

doma and i ait divi 



drew the (houl 

. I • ■ IU Id 
\ 

thy 
' in th> ii,- they 

i 

it men 
i •. { rthouar; a g] 

the : 

, uuble fee: n the, 

hath < <mc u 



into cor. id of pi ur ; riefl 



the land of the k. Heft 

. and the land of Oc; kirn; 

2&TJk drenaiso ruultij 



and on 

e km^ 



wives, their fons, and their daughters, 
every one having knowledge, and having 
underftandmg. 

29 f They clave to their brethren, 
their nobles, and entered into a curfe 3 



*20 Tljofe who fealed the covenant. NEHEMlAII. The points vfthe covenafiK 

S3 Howbeit, thou art juft in all that is priefts, the Levites, the porters, the frh°\. 
brought upon us ; for thou haft done ers, the Nethinims, and all they that had 
right, but we have done wickedly :• jfeparated the mielves from the people of 

34 Neither have our kings, our princes, the lands unto the law of God, their 
our priefts, nor our fathers, kept thy 
law, nor hearkened nnto thy command- 
ments and thy teftlmonies, wherewith 
thou didft teftify againil them. 

S5 For they have not ferved thee in 
their kingdom, and in thy great goodne's land into an oath to walk in God's law^ 

which was given by >vlofes the fervant of 
God, and to obferve arfd do all the com- 
mandments of the Lord our Lord, and 
has judgments and his ftatutes ; 

50 And that we would not give our 
daughters unto the people cf the land, 
nor take their daughters for our* ions : 

51 And if the people of the land bring 
ware or any victuals on the fabbath day 
to fell, that we would not buy it of them 
on the fabbaih, or on the holy day : and 
tta we would leave the feventh year, 
and the exaction of every debt. 

5*1 Alfo we made ordinances for us, to 
charge ourfelves yearly with the third 
part of a fhekel for the fervice of the 
houfe of our God ; 

5-3 For the iheu bread, and for the con- 
tinual meat offering, and for the contin- 
ual burnt oflering, of the fabbaths, of 
the new moons, for the fet feafta, and for 
the holy things, and for the lin ofierings 
ah, the Tirfhatfia, the fon of Hachaliah, J to make an atonement for Ifrael, and J or 



that thou gavefl them,and in the Urge and 
fat land which thou gaveft before them, 
neither turned they from their wicked 
works;. 

S6 Behold, we a*e fervants this day, 
and for the land that thou gaveft unto 
our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and 
the good thereof, behold, we are fervants 
in it : 

ST And it yieldeth much increafe unto 
the kings whom thou haft fet over us 
becaufe of our fins : alfo they have do- 
minion over our bodies, and over our 
cattle, at their pleafure, and we are in 
great diftrefs. 

S3 And becaufe of all this we make a 
fure covenant, and write it ; and our 
princes, Levites, and priefts, feal unto it. 

CHAP. X. 
i The names of them that fealed the cove- 
nant. t9 The fwints of the covenant. 
NOW thoie that fealed ivere Nehemi 



and Zidkuah, 

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 

3 Pafhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 
-4 Hattufh, Shebaaiah, Mailuch, 

5 Harim, Mereraoth, Qbadiah, 

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 

T Mefhnllam, Abijah, Mijamin, 

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah : thefe 

nvere the priefts. 

_ 9 And the Levites : both Jefliua the 

fon of Azaniah, Binnui of the fens, of He- 

nadad, Kadrniel ; 

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, 
hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Han<m, 

11 Micha, Rehob. Hafhahrah, 

11 Zaccur, Sherebia-;, Sljjebanjah, 

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beuinu. 

14 The chief of the people ; Parvfh, 
Pahathmoab, Llam, Zatthu, Ba:u, 

13 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 
IT Ater, Hizkijan, Azzur, 
13 Hodijah, Hafyum, Bcza : , 

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 

20 Magpiafti, Mefnullam, Hczir, 

21 Mefhezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 

23 Hoftiea, Hananiah, Ha/hub, 

24 Hallohefh, Pileha, Shobek, 

25 Rehum, Haffcabnah, Maafeiah, 
<26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 

27 Malluch, fiarim, Baar. ;h. 

•T3 Ai.-d the left or" the people, the 



all the work of the houfe of our God. 

34 And we caft the lots among the 
priefts, the Levites, and the people, for 
the wood offering, to bring it into the 
houie of our God, after the houfes of our 
fathers, at times appointed year by year, 
to burn upon the aitar of the Lord our 
God, as it is written in the law : 

Sj And to bring the firft fruits of our 
ground, and the firit fruits of all fniit of 
all trees, year by year, unto,the houfe of 
the Lord • 

35 Alfo the firftborn of our for?, and 
of our cattle, as it is written in the Jaw, 
and the firftlingsof our herds and of our 
Hocks, to bring to the houfe of our God, 
unto the priefts that minifter in the houfe 
of our God : 

37 And that we fhould bring the fiiit 
fruits of our dough, and our offerings. 
and the fruit of all manner of trees, of 

vine and of oil, unto the priefts, to the 
chambers of the houfe of our God ; and 
the tithes of our ground untothe Levites, 
that the fame Levites might have the 
lithes in all the cities of our tillage. 

38 And the prieft the fon of Aaron (hall 
be with the Levites, when the Levites 

:e tithes : and the Levites fha'l bring 
up the tithe of the tithes onto the houfe 
of our God, to the chambers, into the 
t recifu re houfe. 

S9 For the children of Ifrael and t!« 

children, 



'It st Jervfahm, €hap. and h *grs. 421 

Idren of Levi fh ringotl 1* And therr brethren, mighty menof 

rn.otthenc id the oil, un-{ valour an hundred twenty «-ind eight ; 

to I tare the eir overfeer toas Zabdiel, the fon 

thatininifter, of one of the jzreat rc 
an : and we] la Alfo ofjthe Lcv.u 

ar Gcd 
xP. XI. 
\Tbc tuters,<v9luniarymen,and the ithtb' 6 viid Shabbethai and J^zabad, of 

/*/ JerufalemA the chief of the LeVites, bad the over 

A catai pght ofthe outward bufinefs of the hoai 

AND the rulers of th ■ 9 oc ** 



ites : Shemaiah the 

jfon of Hathiib. the Jon of Azrikam, the 
[fon of H the ion of Hunni 



17 And Maltaniah the Ton of Micha, 
tl>e .L, the fon of Afaph, it; as 
the principal to begin rhe ihanklgiving 
in prayer : and Bak.buk.iah the lecond 

ong his t rethren, and .\bda the ion or" 
m a, the ion of Gatel, the fon of 
Jednthun. 

18 All the Levites in the holy city ivere 
ed fourfcore and four. 

19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, 
Tahnon, ani their brethren tha; kept 
the gates, ivc re an hundred feventy and 
two. 

fOAnd the refidueof I f ra 1 1 . c ft lie p rie fl s, 
and the Levi! ties of 

Judah. every one in his inheritance. 

1 1 But the N :s dwelt in O- 

phel : and Ziha and GifpsLtuerf over the 
i, the i ih, the fon JNethinims. 

-J I he overfeer alfo of the Levites nt 
ferufatem xua* I zzi the len of Bani, the 
I ,.i >r . .a ' r in , 

: of Micha. Of the ions of -\fiph, 
th s were over It. jI's of the 

houfe i ( »od. 

'Z> 1\.t // ii-as the king's command- 
ment concerning them, that a certain 
portion mould be for the fingers, due 



ifalem : the reft oftl 
, to bri::/ one of ten to dwell in Jv 
falem the holy city, and nine parts io 
v :ij:s. 
2 . rople bleffed all the men, 

lgly oftered themfelvebtad 
at Jerufalcin 

5 « iefe are the cl 

province that dwelt in Jer 
in the 

in I .iiion in their cities, io it//, 

, the pi and the Le\iies, and 

-thiuims, and the < n of ^olo- 

:s. 

4 Ar.d at Jerufalera dwelt certain ot I he^ 
children of Judah, and of the children f 
Benjamin. Of the children of Judan ; 
Athaiah, the ih, the ton of 
Ze. 

qi Shcphatiah, th.e fon ot Mai , of 

the children of Perez ; 

5 And MaafeiahrhefonofBaruch, the 
fon of Colhozeh, the (on of Hazaiah, the 

. of Ada. aii, the fen ofjoiai f<m 

>n of i>! 
is of Perez that dwek at 
Ired thre 

njamin ; 
Ham, ■ 
Toed, the •' of Ko. 

ih, the ion of Ithi- 

nine 
"hundr< 
J A i 

er : an ol Senuah 

all the foi 

It Sei f Uilkiah, 

the fon 
of 

>f the hou God. 

»- v..d their brethren that did the 

t eight liundi 
t. 

laliah, the fon 
uzi, the l<»n of Zfchariabi the Ion ot 

tlalchiai 
1 3 An hicf of the (d- 

. two 1. 

A ma hai rhe foi 

Ah.iia the ion c fon 



TV da> 



ti And Pethahiah the fon cf Med! 
. oi the i .• .' Tih ihefon of 

Judah .it the km-'s hand in all mat- 

'e. 
And foi the villages, with their 
t jomr of the child i fwlah d<*< It 

: K i •. i in thei 

of, and ;.t Dib i ind in the vill 

i :n tiv 

And .H '<... . ,and 

.it H 

11 A id at Hazarfli 
lhel> i, ami in the village f ' 

And at &ikl 
and in the vill 

lamnith, 

■ .c\ in their vi1 - 

ichiib, ind rcof, 

k ih, and in tl thei 



v dlej ol ii:- 
51 I !)'• children alfo 
• dwelt .;f Mil Lin 
it 



to the 



M And 



lit the ^lefts', names-. NEHEMIAH. 

32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 

33 Hazor, Rarnah, Gittaim, 
Si Hadid. Zeboim, Neballat, 

35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftf- 
men. 

36 Aad of the Levites 'were divifion-s 
ifi Tudah, and in Benjamin. 

CHAP XII. 



The iv a lis dedicated:. 



them, to praife and to give thanksraccord- 
ing to the commandment of David the 
man of God, ward over again ft ward. 

25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Oba- 
diah, Mefhullam, Talmon, Akkub,ai>*r* 
porters keeping the ward at the threfholds 

j of the gates. 

26 '1 hefe were in the days of Joiakim 
1 The pr lefts that came up with Zerub^a- j the fon of Jefhua. the fon of JYzadak,and 

bel. 10 Thefuccejfton oj the high priefts. in the days of Nehemiah the governor, 
NOW thefe are the priefts and the ;and of Ezra the prieft. the fcribe. 



Levites that went up with Zerubbabel 
the fon of Shealtiel, and Jefhua : Serai- 
ah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 

2 Amariah, Maliuch, Hattufk* 

5 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 

4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 

5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. Thefe 
"were the chief of the priefts and of their 
brethren in the days of Jefhua. 

8 Moreover, the Levites : Jefhua, Bin- 
nu:,Kadmiel Sherebiah, J ndah, and Mat- 
taniah, oo/6/c/j r was over the thank/giving, 
he and his brethren. 

9 Alfo Bakbukiah and Unni, their 
brethren, 'were over againft them in the 
watjches. 

10 <[f And Jefhua begat Joiakim, Joia- 
kim alfo begat Elialhib^ and Eliafhib be- 
gat Joiada. 

11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jon- 
athan begat Jaddua. 

12 And in the days of Joiakim were 
priefts, the chief of the fathers: of Serai- 
ah, Meraiah ; of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 

13 Of Ezra, Mefhullam; of Amariah; 
Jehohanan ; 

14 Of Melicu, Jonathan ; ofShebaniah 
Jofeph ; 

15 Of Harim, Adna ; of Meraioth, 
Helkai ; 

16 Of fddo, Zechariah ; of Ginnethon, 
Mefhullam : 

17 Of Abijah, Zichri ; 
of Moadiah, Piltai ; 

'18 Of Bilgah, Shammua 
ah, Jehonathan ; 

19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai ; of Je- 
daiah, Uzzi ; 

20 Of Sallai, Kallai ; of Amok, Eber ; 
'"21 Of Hilkiah, Hafhabiah ; of Jedaiah, 

Nethaneel. 

22 The Le/ites in tbje days of Elia- 
fhib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, 



of Miniamin, 
of Shemai- 



27 And at the dedication of the wall 
of Jerufalem they fought the Levites 
out of all their places, to bring them to 
Jerufalem, to keep the dedication with 
gladnefs, both with thankfgivings, and. 
with fmging* 'with cymbals, pfalteries, 
and with harps 

28 And the fons of the fingers gather- 
ed themfelves together, both out of the 
plain country round about Jerufalem, and 
from the villages ®f Netophathi ; 

29 Alfo from th-e houfe of Gilgal, and 
out of the fields of Geba and Azma- 
veth : for the fingers had builded them 
villages round about Jerufalem. 

30 And the priefts and the Levites pu- 
rified themfelves, and purified the people", 
and the gates, and the wall. 

3! Then I brought up the prinees oir 
Judah upon the wall, and appointed two 
great companies of them that ga<ve thanks, 
whereof, ore went on the right hand upon 
the wall toward the dung gate : 

32 And after them 'went Hofnaiah,and 
half of the princes of Judah. 

38 And Azariah, Ezra, and Mefhullam, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemai- 
ah, and Jeremiah, 

35 And certain of the priefts' fons with 
trumpets ; namely, Zechariah the fon of 
Jonathan, the fon of Shemaiahfthe fon of 
Mattaniah, the fon of Michaiah- the fon 
of Zaccur, the fon of Afaph ; 

36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and 
Azarael, Milalai, Giialai, Maai, Netha- 
neel, and Judah, lianani, with the nuifi- 
cal inftruments of David the man of God, 
and Ezra the fcribe before them. 

37 And at the fountain gate, which was 
over againft them, they went up by the 
flairs of the city of David, at the going 
up of the wall, above the houfe of pavid, 
even unto the water gate eaftv ard. 

SJ And the other company »J tbemthat 
gni:e thanks went over againft them, and 



were recorded chief of the fathers ; alfo) I after them, and the half of the people 
the priefts, to the reign of Darius the, upon the wall, from beyond the tower of 
Perfian. ' tb e furnaces even unto the broad wall ; 

23 The fons of Levi, the chief of the' 39 And from above the gate of j 




biah, Sherebiah and jefliua the fon of' tin pfifon gale. 

Kadmiel.with their brethren over againft | 40 So flood the two companies of them 



that 



Nehem'iah r-elurnetb, €map 

that ga<ve thanksin the houfe of Gcd, and 
X, and the ha!f of the rulers with me : 

4l And the priefts. Kliakim, Maafeiah, 
Miniamin, M»chaiah,EHoenai, Zechanah 
ajtd Hananiah, with trumpet? ; 

41 And Maafeiah. and Shemaiah, and 
Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and 
Ivlatchijah, and Ellam, and hzer. And 
tlu? fingers fang loud, with Jezrahiah 
tbeir overseer. 

4S Alio that day they ofFered great fac- 
rifices, and rejoiced : for God had made 
them rejoice with great joy : the wives al- 
io and the childien rejoiced : fo that the 
joy of Jerufalem was Jieard even afaroff. 

44 And at that time were fonie ap- 
pointed over the chambers for the tieaf- 
ures, for the offerings, for the ririt- 
frnits, and for the tithes, to gather into 
them out of the fields of tlie cities the 
portions of the law for the priefts and 
Lcvite; : for Judah rejoiced for the priefts 
and for the Levitts that waited. 

45 And b:>rh the fingers and the por- 
ters kept the ward of their God, arvd 
the ward of the purification, according 
to the commandment of David, and of 
bolomon his fori. 

46 For in the days of David and Afaph 
of old there nveie chief of the lingers, 
and fongs of praife and thankfgiving 
unto God. 

47 And all Ifrael in the days of Zerub- 
babel.aod in the days of Nehemiah, gave 
the portions of the fingers and the por- 

ry day his portion: and they 
boty thing: unto the Lev ires ; 
and ,; ' • I (an.uficd them unto the 

chiidre in. 

( II A P. XIII. 
1 Separator -omthe mixed multi- 

tude, i S'e be mint's return, and reg- 
ulations. 

ON tint day tliey read in the bod 
Moles in tl\c audience o: the | . and 

found HTitfen that the 
lite and the M come 

t-t i iod fon v r ; 
i ". met not ;:. • i 

of Ifrael v> itfa bread an I w ih w 

thai if 
ild curfe thcua : how be it, our God 

•1 Now it came ic had 

r I the law, that th 

lei all i titud •. 

4 « the 

i light of the 1 1 

Midi 

ill : 

I he bad prepan i him a 

fi i 
ings tl 

tht 'he oil, whicn 

d to be given to the L t- 



. xiu. and reformeth abufet- 425 

and the fingers, and the porters ; and the 
offerings or the priefts. 

6 But in all this time was not I at fe- 
rufalem : for in the two and thirtieth 
year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came 
I unto the king, and after certain days 
obtained I leave of the king : 

7 And I came to Jerufalem, and un- 
derload of the evil that Eliaihib did for 
Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in 
the courts of the houfe of God. 

8 And it grieved me fore : therefore I 
caft forth all the honfehold fluff of Tobi- 
ah out of the chamber. 

9 Then I commanded, apd they cleanf- 
ed the chambers : and thither brought I 
again the velfelsof the houfe of God, with 
the meat offering and the frankincenfe. 

10 And I perceived that the portions 
of the Levites had not been given them : 
for the Levites and the lingers, that did 
the work, were fled every one to his 
field. 

11 Then contended I with the rulers, 
and faid, Why is the houfe of God for- 
faken ? And 1 gathered them together, 
and fet them in their place. 

1- Then brought all Judah the tithe of 
the corn, and the new wine, and the oil, 
unto the treafuries. 

Id And 1 made treafurers over the treaf- 
uries, Shelemiah the pried, and Zadok 
the fcribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah • 
and next to them ivas Hanan the fon ox 
Zaccur, the fon of Mattaniah ; for they 
were counted faithful, and their office 
ivas to distribute (into their brethren. 

14 Remember me, O my God, con- 
cerning this - and wipe not out my good 

! thai I have done for the houie of 
my God, ami for the offices thereof. 

15 In tlmle days law I in Judah f'ome 
ling wine prefles on the fabbath a 

I brin in ineaves, and lad 
as alio wine, grape's, and figs, and all 

m inner of burdens, v» hit lit 

into I n on the fab bath daj : and 

I teftifii m in the <*.*) wherein 

they fold vi, tu 

16 i here dwelt men qf Tyre a1foth< 
in, w lncli brought fi(h, and all m innei 
\\ ue, <uu[ fold t'n the fabb t!t unto I 

I fudah, and in Jer ifalem. 

17 I with tl 
hi lah an i fa I u ito thei 

evil thing /f this i 

I 
| this evil d 

u r . on tl 'i 

• I 

■ 
ith, I co -t the 

•i noi I ■ fixe 

fabbati 



424 The magnificent fcafts 



ESTHER. 



cf Ahafuerus. 



fab bath : wAfome of my fervants fet I 



your daughters unto their fons, r.cr take* 



yourfelves. 

%& Did not Solomon king of Ifrael fin 
by tlrefe things ? Yet among many nations 
was there no king like him, who was 

and 



at the gates, that there mould no burden their daughters unto your fons, or for 
be brought in on the fabbath day 

20 So the merchants and fellers of all 
kind of ware lodged without jerufalem 
once or twice. 

21 Then I teftifled againft them, andjbeloved of his God, and God made 
faid unto them, Why lodge ye about the! him kmg ever all Ifrael : nererthelefs, 
wall r If ye do/" again, [ will lay hands even him did outlandiih women cauie to 
on you. From that time forth came they fin. 

no moreovi the fabbath. | 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to 

81 And I commanded the Levites that,' do all this great evil to tranfgiefs againfi 
they fhould cleanfe themielves, and tbat jour God in marrjing ftrange wives ? 
they fhould come and keep the gates, to 23 And one of the fons of Joiada, the 
fanctify the fabbath day Remembei me, foil of Eliafhib the high priefl, ivas ton 
O my Gcd.c-jncrrJfig thisalfo. and fpare Jin law to Sanballat the Horonite : there - 
me according to thegreatne (sot thy me; cy. j fore I chafed him from me. 

2S In thofe days al fo faw I jews //,«/• _9 Remember them. O my God be- 
had married wives of AthdodjOfAmmon, 'caufe they have defiled the priefthocd, 
and of Moab : (and the covenant of the priefthood, and 

24 And their children fpake half in the [of the Levites 

fpeech of Afjdod, and could not fpeak in! 30 Thus cleanfed I them from all 
the Jewfc' language, but according to the j grangers, and appointed the wards ot 
language of each people. 'the prieits and the Levites, every one in 

25 And I contended with them, and ' his bufinefs ; 

curfed them, and fmote certain of them, M And for the wood offering, at times 
and plucked off their h?.ir and made them ! appointed, and for the firfl fruits. Re? 
fwear by God, faying, Ye fhall net give* member me, O my God, for good. 



THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 



CHAP. 



I. 



iAhafueru s make tb royal ' f ajls. 10 Vojhl^s 
dip bedier.ee, 13 and fun'jhment. 

NOW it came to pafs in the days of 
Ahafuerus, (this is ■- Ahafuerus which 
reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, 
onjer an hundred and feven and twenty 
provinces,) 

2 Tbat in thefe days, when the king 
Ahafuerus fat on the'thioneoi his king- 
dom, which iaas ia Shu Than the palace, 

5 In the third year of his reign, he 
made a feait unto ail his princes and Irs 
fervants : the power ofPerfiaand Media, 
the nobles and princes of the provinces 
being before him : 

4 When he Hie wed the riches of his 
glorious kingdom, and the honou; of his 
excellent ma jetty, many days, tven an 
hundred and tourfcore days. 

a And when thefe days were expired, 
the king made a feafl unto all the peo- 
ple tkat ivcre prefant in Shuihan the 
palace, I :o great and final), feven 

days, ia the court of the garden of the 

- : - ; 

6 Woerenuire white, ^reen, and blue, 

ned v. ith cord: of fine linen 

purple to filver r*ngs and pillars of 

marble ; the i ,o ds inert ©/"gold and (il- 

'e vent of red and blue. 

I whtc. and bl.ick, marble. 

7 A i n drink in veflels of 
§oki, ( ; Is being diverie oae from 



another.) and royal wine in abundance, 
according to the ftate of the king. 

8 And the drinking xi'as according to 
the law ; none did compel : for fo the 
king had appointed to all the orhcers of 
his houfe, that they fhould do according 
to ever> man's plcafure. 

9 fVlfo Vaihti th.e queen made a feaTc 
for the women in the royal houfe v. hich 
belonged to the king Ahafuerus, 

10 fj On the feventh day, when the heart 
of the king was merry with wine, he 
commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Karbona, 
Bigtha, and ^bagtha. Zethar,and Carcas, 
the feven chamberlain* that ferved in the 
prefence cf Ahafuerus the kin^, 

11 To bring Vaihti the queen before 
the king with ihe crown royal, to fhew 
ihe people and the princes her beauty : 
for (he -Ti-'rtj fair to look on. 

* J 2 But thequeen Vafhti refufed to come 
at the king's commandment b) bis cham- 
berlains : therefore wis the king very 
wroth, and his anger burned in him. 

13 f Then the king faid to the wife 
men, which knew th.e times* (for fo i>as 
•!,e king's manner toward all that knew 
la« aid ju . t : 

11 And the next unto htm teas Car- 
fhena, Sjiethar, Admatha, TaruVfh, Mc- 
Vlarfena^ and - Memucan, the feven 
princes of Persia and Media, which faw 
the king's face, and which fat the firfl ta 
tlie kingdom.) 

15 What 



A queen to te chofeit* 



Chap. ft. Mfrdecal and Ejlher's ajfinity. 425 



15 What (hall we do unto the queen 
Vafhti according to law> becauie (he 
hath not performed the commandment of 
tlie king Ahafuerus by the chamberlain*? 

16 And Memucan a nf wered before the ! 
king and the princes, Vafhti the queen ' 
liath . not done wrong to the king only, I 
but a'fo to all the princes, and to all the 
people that are in all the provinces ofthe j 

z Ahafuerus 

17 For this deed of the queen (hall 
come abroad unto all women, fo that 
they fhall defpife their hufbands in their 
eyes, when it ihall be reported, The 
king Ahafuerus commanded V.uhti the 
aueen to be broui ht in before him. but 
me came not. 

18 l.ikrivif &aJl the ladies or Perfia 
and Medn fay this day unto all the king's 
princes, which have heard of the deed of 
the queen. Thus J)} all there a rife too 
much contempt and wrath. 

19 If it pleafe the king let there go 
a royal commandment from him, and 
let it be written among the laws of the 
l^erfians and the Medes, that it be not 
altered, That V.'.fhti come no more be- 
fore king Ahafuerus ; and let the king 
give her royal eflate unto another that is 
better, than five. 

l 20 And when tl>e king's decree which 
he (hall make (hall be publifhed through- 
out all his empire (for it is great) all the 
wives fhall give to their hu (bands honour 
both to great and fmall. 

21 And the faying pleafed the king and 
the princes: ana tlie king did according 
to the word of Menu! can : 

°ll For he fent letters into all the 
king's provinces, into every province 
according to the writing thereof, and 
to every people after their l.mguagc, 
that every man fhould bear rule in Ms 
own houfe, and that it fhould be pub- 
lifhed according to the language of every 
people. 

CrtAP. ft. 

1 Out of the choice nf virgins a queen is 
to he chojen. 12 Eft bet is dec/ ! 

AFTER theft things, when the wrath 

o4 king Ahaluei u rd, lie re- ' 

membercd Vaihti.and u hat (lie had 
and what was decreed againfi her 

1 'I Hen faid the king's fe r van ts thai 
miniltered unto him, Let there be 
/'Ming virgins fought foi ig : 

all the provinces of his kingdom, thdl 

they m.iy gat! t.iir 

young virgins unto Shufhan the \ tl 
to the houle of men, linio the cuf- 

tody of Hcge the k. hamb< : 

the women ; and let their 
things f ■!- purification be given thelh : 

-i And let the maiden which pleaf- 
eth the king be queen inrtead of V 



And the thing pleafed the king ; and he 
did fo 

5 A'oooin Shufhan the palace there was 
a certain Jew, v hofe name ivas Morde- 
cai, the Ion of Jair, the fon of Shimei, 
the foti of Kifh, a Benjamite : 

G \\ ho had been carried away from 
Jerufalem with the captivity which had 
been carried away with Jeconiah king of 
Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king 
of Babylon had carried away. 

7 And he brought up HadafTah, that 
is Efther, his uncle's daughter : for fhe 
had neither father nor mother, and the 
maid was fair and beautiful ; whom 
Mordecai. when her fa< her and mother 
were dead, took for his ow n daughter. 

8 So it came to pafs, when the king's 
commandment and his decree was heard. 
and when many maidens were gathered 
together unto Shufhan the palace, to the 
cuftody of Hegai, that fifther was 
brought alfo unto the king's houfe, to the 
cuftody of Hcgai, keeper of the women. 

9 And the maiden pleafed him, and (he 
obtained kindnefs of h ; m ; and he fpced- 
ily gave her her things tor purification, 
with fuch things as belonged to her, and 
feven maidens ivhicb ivere meet to be 
given her, out of the king's houfe : and 
he preferred her and her maids unto the 
befl place ot the houle of tire women. 

10 Eflhcr had not (hewed her people 
nor her kindred ; for Mordecai had 
charged her that (he fhould not (hew //. 

11 And Mordecai walked every day 
before th* court of the women's houfe, 
to know how Kfiher did, and what fhould 
become of her. 

12 Now when i every maid's turn was 
come to go in to king Ahafuerus, after 
that (h° had been twelve months accord- 
to the manner oi the women, (tor i'o 

were the days of their purifications 8C- 

Complifhed, m icit, fix months with oil 
myrrh, and fix montl % with fweet o- 
dours, and with other things for the pu- 
rifying of the women*) 

19 Then thu t imerwry maiden unto 
the king ; whatf< ever (he deiircd w. is giv- 
en her to go with her otll of the houle of 
the women onto the king's hotil 

14 In tie- evcil nt, and on the 
morrow ilic returned into the fecohd 
houle of the « on *-n. to the « uftody ol 
Sha the Icing'i fchamb :i ! tin, whit h 

• I :i ■ | on< 
the king no more, except 'he kin;; de- 
lighted in h'-r, and thtt I!:- - werecalled 
by nan 

15 «; Now when the turn of ' .the 
t\-.u. [ Abihiil the of Vfor- 

, ••. ho had taken her for his daugh* 
t< i , v as borne to go in unto the kin 
me required nothing but what 'he 

srlain, the keep- Our 

women, 



k%& EJlhercho fen queen, ESTHER. Haman' s rage a%a\nfi the Jews c 

women appointed. And Efther obtained i cai bowed not, nor did him reverence, 



favour in the fight of all them that look- 
ed upon her 



then was Haman full of wrath- 
6 And lie thought fcorn to lay hands 



16 So Efther wastakenunto king Ahaf- on Mordecai alone : for they had fhewed 
ireruSv into his houfe royal in the tentli him the people of Mordecai : wherefore 
month, which is the month Tebeth, in 'Haman fought to deftroy all the Jews 
the feventh year of his reign. that were throughout the whole king- 

17 And the king loved Efther above all do m of Ahafuerus, even the people of 
the women, and the obtained grace and Mordecai 

favour in his fight more than all the vir- j 7 In tire firft month, that is, the mpnth 
gins ; fo that he fet the royal crown upon Nifan, in the twelfth year of king Ahaf- 
her head, and made her queen inftead of ; uerus, they caft Pur, that is, the lot, be- 
Vafhtj. fore Hainan from day to day. and from 

18 Then the king made a great feaft un- j month to month, to the twelfth month, 
to all his princes anfl his fervants, even]iha.t is, the month Adar. 

Efther's feaft; and he made a releafe toj 8 And Haman faid unio king Ahafue- 
the provinces., and gave gifts, according tus, There is a certain people fcatfered 
to the ftate of the king. j abroad and difperfed among *rhe people, 

19 And when the virgins were gathered.; in all the provinces of thy kingdom ; and 
together the fecond time, then Mordecai (their laws are diverfe f ro m all people ; 
fat in the king's gate. .neither keep they the king's laws : there* 

20 Efther had not yet fhewed her kin- Ifore it is not for the king's profit to fuf- 
dred nor her people ; as Mordecai hadjfei* them 

charged her : for Efther did the com-*' 9 If it pleafe the king, let it be written 
mandmentof Mordecai: likeaswhen me "that they may be deftroyed : and I will 
was brought up with him. p<*y ten tboufand talents offilver to the 

21 In thofe days, while Mordecsi far hands of thofe that have the charge of 
in the king's gate, two of the king's (the bufinefs, to bring // into the king's 
chamberlains, Bigthan and Terefh, ofjtreafuries. 

thofe which kept the door, were wroth, f ^ And the king took his ring from 
and fought to lay hand on the king A- 'his hand, and gave it unto Haman the 
hafuerus. Ion of Hammedatha the Agagite, the 



2,2 And the thing was known to Mor- 



Jews' enemv. 



decai,who told// unto Efther the queen : j * l And the king faid unto Hanian.The 

and Efther certified the king thereof in \ filver is given to thee, the people alio, to 

Mordecai's name |do with them as it feemeth good to thee. 

23 And when inquifition was made of! 12 Then were the king's fcribes called 

the matter, it was found out; therefore ion the thirteenth day of the firft month, 

they were both hanged on a tree : and it; and there was written according to all 

was written in the book of the chronicles 'that Haman had commanded unto the 

before the king. j king's lieutenants, and to the governors 

CHAP. III. 'that wen over every province, and to 

Haman advanced by the king, and defpif-\the rulers of every people of every 

ed by Mordecai, Jeeketb revenge upon ' province according to the writing there- 

all the 'Jews. of, and 10 every people after their Ian- 

AFTER thefe things did king A ham-! guage ; in the name of king Ahafuerus 

erus promote Haman the fon of Hamme- ] was it written and feaied with the king's 

datha the Agagite, and advanced him, ; ring. 

and fet his feat above all the princes thatj t& And the letters were fent by pofts 
vjere with him. ' into all the king's provinces, to deftroy, 

2 Andall the king's fervants, that were; to kill, and to caufe to perifh, all Jews, 
in the king's j;ate, bowed, and reverenced : both young and old, little children and 
Haman : for the king had (o commanded] women, in one day, rv n upon the thir- 
concerning him. But Mordecai bowed! teenth day of the twelfth month, which 
not, nor did him reverence. Vis the month Adar and to take the fpoil 

3 1 hen the king's fervants, which we >v»:of them for a prey. 

in the king's gate, faid unto Mordecai, .14 The copy of the writing for a corn- 
Why tranfgrcflcft thou the king's com- ; mandment to be given in every province 
{nandment I IwaVimbKfljed unto all people, that they 

A Now it came to pafs, w!:en they < (bould be ready againft that da> . 
(pake daily unto him, and he hearkened j 15 1 he pofts went out, being haften- 
^oi unto them, that they told naman, toicd by the king's command n.ent, a d 
fee whether Mordecai's matters would [the ciecr-e was given in Shufhan the 
Jiand ; fur he had toid them that he nvasl palace. And the king and Haman fat 
a Jew, down to drink ; but the city bhufhan was 

5 And when Harr.an fiw that Morde- j perplexed. 

1 CHAP. 



Ejihefi banquet. -127 



peace at this time, thtn (hA\ there enlarge- 
15, merit and deliverance arife to the, Jews 

jfrom another place ; but thou and thy fa- 



Mordecai and the Jeivs mourn. Chap. iv. v. 

CHAP IV. 
1 Mordecai and the Jews mou n. 
Eflhtr afpoimeih a *aft 

WHEN Mordecai perceived all that jther's houfefliall be deftroyed : and,\. 1 to 
was done, Mordecai rent his clothes and Iknoweth whether thou art come to the 
put on fackch tl, with aiLes, and went jkingdorp for fucba time as this ? 
out into the mid ft oiF the city, and cried, 15 «] Then Eftner bade th<.m return 
with a loud and bitter cry ; [Mordecai tbh unjiver. 

c l And came even before the king's! 16 Go.gather together all the Jews that 
gate : for none m't.bt enter into the king's .are pre fen t in Shu(han,and fait ye foi me, 
ga*e clothed with fackcloth. [and neither eat nor diink three days, 

3 And inevery prOvince,whitherfoeverlnignt or day : 1 alfo ad my maidens will 
the kind's commandment and his decree jfaft likerwifc ; and fo will I go in unto i] e 
C2'e, theie vat great mourning among Iking, which is not according to the law : 
the jews, and faffing, and weeping, and j and if 1 perifli, 1 perifh. 
wailing ; and many lay in fackcloth and; 17 ^o Mordecai went his way. and did 
afhes according to ail that Either had com- 

i So Fi'iher's maids and Iit chamber- manded him. 
lains came and told it her. 1 h< n v. as the C H A P. V. 

queen exceedingly grieved \ and Ihe fent F./fier, obtaining be king's fa*vour,fn e uj 



raiment to clothe d to take 

away his fackcloth from him : but he re- 
ceived it not. 

5 Ihen called Efther for Hatach, one 
of tie king's chamberlain s,whom he 1 ad 
appointed to attend upon her, and gave 
hi in a commandment to Mordecai. to 
know wha' it was, and wh> it ni<as. 

6 So H itach went forth to Mordecai 
unto the ffreet of the city, which itasbe- 
iore the km^'s gate. 

7 And Mordecai told him of all that 
had happened unto him. andofthe fum 



teib the king and Human to a banquet- 
NOW it came to pad. on the t 1 : iv day, 
that Efther put on be r royal appate/, 
and flood in the inner Court ot link:: 
'houle, over againft the kingV houfe . a: d 
'the king fat upon his royal throt e in the 
royal houfe, over againft the gale of the* 
koufe 

£ And it was fo.when the king faw Eft- 
her the queen Handing in the court, hat 
fhe obtained favour in Ins fight : and the 
km).! held out to hither the golden fcep> 
ne that <wa> in tm hand. SoEftherdrew 



of the money that Hainan had pron near and touched the top of tl,.- (centre 



to pay i') the king's treafuries tor the 

Tew>, to deftroy them. 

8 Alfo he ^ue him the copy of the 

lie decreeth.it was given at 

in to deftroy them, to (hev .■/ unto 

md to declare // unto her, and 



(hould go in unto come tins da\ iiiiU) the banquet that I 



3 Then faid the king unto her, Wh.it 
will thou, queen Eftht r '< apd.V hat is thy 
requefl ? It fhall be even given thee to 
ihe halt of the kingdom. 

i And Efther anfwered, If it feem good 
unto the kinj.', let the king and Haman 



the king, to make fuppht ation unio him, 
and to make i : him i i her 

le. 

9 And Hatach (inn- and told Efther 
the wot ' ' lordec 

10 Vgain 4. ' unto Hal 

him commandment unto Mor- 
de< 

It All tli. peo- 

the kin ces,dol I hai 

or V on, it., Il: .il 

come unto th< into tl i . oui t, 

1, ibi re it oik law 
put bim to death, ex< ept Im h ro W i 
the king fhall h »ld out the golden : 
»h 't hi live : but 1 nave nol 1 



have prepared f< r hint 

5 'J li' n the king faid, Catife Haman 
to make hade : that h<- hiaj do a 

hath faid. v o tl; kins and Haman i 
to the banquet thai 1- ifher had i rep 

6 An. i the 1- ing (aid unto Efther at the 
banquet ol wine, Whai h thy petition r 
and u (hall be granted thee : and, What 
n thj requefl i ev< n lo the hall of the 

dom il (hall be d. 

1 I hen ai.fv (i ed Efiher, and laid, My 
\ i equeft n ; 
I 1 I ht\ (. found favour in the | 
ol the k : ig, and if it pie 
grant mj p< 
i< queft, l< • <h<- k 



d to come in unto the km^ thefe!totii [uei tl I I 

rty da^s. 

And they told to Mordecai Efther' 
woi 



nd l v. iH do to the 

hath : 

H in forth ffi rl 



■ i . ■ t »•« 1 1 ■■••it. <ii i 1 .til • 

la ■ command • i 

fwer Efther, Think not with thy felftl 

u (halt cfcape in the king's houl rliat he fl n 

ino™ tinn all the Jr-^. 

li Tor it tliou altogether holdcft t! . :ai. 

10 ' f . 



4#3 Haman's -pride. 

10 Neverthelefs, Haman refrained him- 
felf ; and when he came home, he fent 
and called for his friends, and Zerefh Jiis 
wife. 

11 And Haman told them of the glory 
of his riches, and the multitude of, his 
chiidren, and all the things wherein the 
king had promoted him, and how he 
had advanced him above the princes and 
fervants of the king 

12 Haman faid moreover, Yea, Efther 
the queen did let no man come in with 



ESTHER. Mordecai boqouiced. 

mod noble princes, that they may array 
the man ivithal whom the king delight- 
eth to honour, and bring him on horfe- 
back through the Greet of the ciry, and 
proclaim before him, Thus (hail it be. 
done to the man whom the king delight- 
eth to honour. 

10 Then the king faid to Haman, 
Make hafte, and take the apparel and 
the horfe, as thou ha;; faid, and do even 
fo to Mordecai the Jev>. , that fitteth at the 
king's gate ; let nothing fail of all that 
thou haft fpoken 

li «jj Then took Haman the apparel and 
the horfe, and arrayeo Mordecai, and 
brought him on horfeback through the 
ftreerof the city, and proclaimed before 
him, Thus fnall it be done unto the man 
whom the king delighteth to honour. 

12 And Mordecai came again to the 
king's gate. But Haman hafled to his 
houfe mourning, and having his> head 
covered. 

13 And Haman told Zerefh his wife 
and he and all his friends' ever> thing that had 

befallen him Then laid his wife men 
and Zerefh his wife unto him, If Mor- 
decai be- of the feed pt the Jews, before 
whom thou haft begun to fall, thou fhalt 
not prevail a^aiaft him, but fhalt furely 
falJ before him. 

14 And while they <were yet talking 
with him, came the king's chamberlains, 
and hafted to bring Haman unto the ban- 
quet that Efther had prepared. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Ejlberjueth for her oivn lije> and ter 
piople. T Toe king caujetb Haman to 
he bagged en bis o-iun ga/hnvs. 
SO the king and Haman came to ban- 
quet with Efther th? queen. 
• 2 And the king faid again unto Eftherj, 
on thefecondcIay,at the banqueted wine, 
W hat is thy petition, queen Esther ? And 
it mall be granted thee : and, What is thy 
requeft ? and it fballbe performed, even 



the king unto the banquet that (he had 

frepared but my lei f ; and tomorrow am 
invicod unto her alfb with the king. 

13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, fo 
Jon* as | fee Mordecai the Jew , fitting at 
the king's gate. 

14 Then faid Zerefh his wife and all 
his friends unto him Let a gallows be 
made of fifty cubits high,' and tomorrow 
fpeak thou unto the king Uiat Mordecai 
may be hanged thereon : then go thou in 
merrily with the king unto the banquet 
And the thing pleafed Haman 
caufed thegaUows to be made. 

CHAP VJ. 
1 dhafuerus retvardetb Mordecai. \i 
Haman doeth him honour. ' 
ON that night could'hot the kingfleep, 
and he commanded to bring the book of 
records of the chronicles ; and they were 
jead before the king. '" 

2 And it was found written, that Mor- 
decai had told of Bigthana and Terefn, 
two of the king's chamberlains, the 
keepers of the door, who fought to lay 
hand on the king Ahafueius. 

3 And the king faid, What honour and 
dignity hath been done to Mordecai for 
this ? ') hen faid the king's fervants that 
mini tiered unto him, There is nothing 
done forjiim. 

4 And the king faid, Who is in the 
court ? Now Haman was come into the 
outward court of the king's houfe. to (peak 

unto the king to hang 'Mordecai on the jto the half of the kingdom, 
gallows that he had prepared for him 1 S Then Efther the queen anfwered and 

5 And the king's fervants faid unto faid, li I have found favour in thy fight, 
him, behold, rJamau ftandethin the court Q king, and if it pleafe the king, let my 
And the king faid, Let him Come in. life be given me ar my petition, and my 

6 So Haitian came hi . And the king'peopleat my requeft : 

faid unto him, What thali be done untoi 4 For we are fold, I and my people, to 
the man whom the king delighteth to jbe destroyed, to be llain, and to perifh. 
honour? Now Haman thought in his j But if we had been fold for bondmen and 
heart, To whom would the king delight' bondwomen, I had held my tongue, al- 
to do honour more than to myfelf ? j though the enemy could not countervail 

7 And .Haman anfwered the king, | the king's damage. 

For the man v\ horn the king delighteth to j 5 Then the king dhafuerus anfwered 
honour, (and faicl unto Efther the qucn, Who is 

ft het the royal apparel be brought I he, and where is he, that durft prefume 



which the king vfeth to wear, and th 
horfe that the king rideth upon, and the 
Crown ro) al which is let upon his bead : 

9 And let this apparel and hoi fe be de- 
livered to the hand of one of the king's 



in his heart to do i'o ? 

6 And Either faid, The adverfary and 
enemy is this wicked Haman. Then 
Haman wai afraid before the king and 
the queen. 

T ST And 



ria/nan banged. Chap. viii. ix. MordecaVs honouv. k%* 

7 fl And the king arifmg from the ban- which is written in the king's name, and 
^uet of wine in his wrath went into the fealcd with the king's ring, may no man 
palace garden : and Hainan flood up to; reverie. 

make reouelt for his lite to Efther the) 9 Then were the kind's fcribes called 
queen ; for he Jaw that there was evilde- at that time in the thud month, that is, 



termined again (l him by the king. 

<S Then the king returned out of the 
palace garden into the r^iace of the ban 



the month Sivan, on the three and twen- 
tieth djj thereof ; and if was written ac- 
cording to ail that IvJordecai command- 



quet of wine ; and Haman was fallen up- ed unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, 
on the bed whereon Either ucas Then -and the deputies and rulers of the prov- 
faid the king, Will lie force the queen alfo ! inces which are from India unto Ethio- 
before nu in the houfe ? As the word Ipia, an hundred twenty and feven prov.- 
went out of the king's mouth, they cov- j inces, unto every province according to 
ered Haman's face. 'the writing thereof, and unto every ceo- 

9 And Harbonah, one of the chamber- 1 pie after their language, arid to the jews 



f v 



Jains, faid before the king, Behold alio, 
the gallows fifty cubits high, which Ha- 
inan had made for Mordecai, who had 
fpoken gcod for the king, (tandethin the 
houfe of Haman- Then the king faid, 
Hang him thereon. 

10 So they hanged Haman on che gal- 
lows that he had prepared for Mordecai. 
Then was the king'swiaih pacified. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Mordecai advanced. lAbafueru r gra.u 
ftb to theJelUf to defend them) elves. I 5 
MordecaVs honour, and the jetus' joy 
ON that day did the king Ahifuerus 
give the houfe of Haman the Jews' enemy 
unto Efther the queen. And Mordecai 
came before die ki >g ; foi Efther had 
told what he tvas unto her. 

2 And the king took otf his ring which 
he had taken from Hainan, and gave it 
unto Mordecai. And Either ft Morde- 
cai over the houfe of Haman. 

3 And Efther fpake yet again before the 
, and fell down at his Feet, and be- 

. lit him with tears to put away the 

mifchicfof Hainan the te,and hts.de- 

th.it he had devtfi ill the Jews. 

-i 'I hen the king held out the golden 

^o Either aroie, 
and fl fore the ki 

5 And faid, l the king, and i| 



according to the.r writing, ar.u according 
to their language. 

10 Ann he \s rote in the kin^ Ahafue- 
rus's name, and lealed it with the king's 
ring, and lent letters by polls on horfe- 
back, and riders on mules, camels, and 
young dromedaries : 

11 Wherein the king granted the Jews 
which ivere in ever) city to gather them- 
ielves together, and ioltand for their life, 
to deilrpy, to Hay, and to cauie to periflj, 
all the power of the people and province 
that would alfault them, both little ones 
and women, and to take the (poil of them 
for a pre;, , 

it Upon one day in all the provinces 
of king Ahafuerus,/: imtty. upon the thir- 
teenth day o\ the twelfth month, which is 
the month Adar. 

IS The copy of the writing tor acorn- 
mandsoentte bc^iven in every prov 
ivus publifhed unto all people, and t hat 
the Jews fhould be ready againtt that day 
to avenge themfelves on their etu i » 

14 So the polls that rode upon mules and 
Camels went out, beip.ghalleiud a ndpr< lied 
on by t lie king's commandment And the 
decree v. it Miuil.an the palace. 

1j ^1 And Vlordecai went out from the 
prclencc of the kin>; in roj al apparel of 
blue an() white, and v\ ith a great crow n of 
[ have found favour in his fight, and the! gold, and v. ith a garment o( fine linen 
thing yir/ /if right 1 id I ke land purple: and the city of Shuflun re* 

pleating in Ins I r ; .r be written tpjioiced glad. 

the letters deviled by Haman, tl 16 Th< had light, and gladheft, 

. nedath i tl , u hi< joy, and honour< 

he wrote to deitroy the Jews which are' 17 And in every province, ami incv 
:11 the king'.*, provinces : Cttyj whuhei bet ei the king's command 

;; For, How can I endure to fee the evil 1 ment and hi ime, the Jews had 

that Hull conic unto my people J oi , How I joy and gladnefs, a t I a good 

can I endure : the dedrucion of I . d many oi th« people oi the land I 

d } | the tear of the J c a g lell 

1 if.cn tin rhafuet unto' upon them. 

the queen and to Mordecai tl CHAP. I\'. 

Behold, 1 Imvc given Efther the \Tbe fenvsjimy tbtht enemie \ the 



hour him ihey have 

upon t ;v,5, becau 



'/ human 10 Tbt n 
\re ntadi >l ■ 

»V in the twelfth month, i" 



ipon the 

or the Jews, as it lik- I mon'h Adar, ■ 
eth you, in the king's name, andfeal //,< . when the I 

ring : for tie; writing :. mar to 

be 



430 The Jews flay their enemies, ESTHER. <with the tenfons of Haman, 

be put in execution, in the day th-at the I 17 On the thirteenth day of the month 
enemies of the Jews hoped to have power i Adar ; and on the fourteenth day of the 
over them, (though it was turned to the ^fame refted they, and made it a day of 



contrary, that the Jews had rule over 
them that hated them ;) 

2 The Jews gathered themfelves to- 
gether in their cities throughout all the 
provinces of the king Ahafuerus, to lay 
hand on fuch as fought their hurt : and 
no man could withstand them : for the 
fear of them fell upon all people. 

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, 
and the lieutenants,and the deputies, and 
officers of the king, helped the Jews ; be- 
caufe the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 

4 For Mordecai ivas great in the king's 
noufe, and his fame went out throughout 
all the provinces ; for this man Mordecai 
waxed greater and greater. 

5 Thus the Jews fmote all their ene- 
mies with the ftroke of the fword, and 
/laughter, and deftruclion, and did what 
they would unto thofe that hated them. 

6 And in Shufhan the palace, the Jews 
flew and deftroyed five hundred men. 

7 And Parfhandatha, and Dalphon,and 
Afpatha, 

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Ari- 
datha, 

9 And Parmafhta, and Arifai, and Ari- 
dai, and Vajezatha, 

10 The ten ions of Maman the fon of 
Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, 
flew they ; but on the fpoil laid they not 
their hand. 

11 On that day the number of thofe 
that were (lain in Shufhan the palace was 
brought before the king. 

12 And the king faid unto Efther the 
queen, The jews haveflain and deftroyed 
five hundred men in Shufhan the palace, 
and the ten fons of Haman ; What have 
they done in the reft of the king's prov- 
inces ? Now, What .is thy petition ? and it 
fhall be granted thee : or, What is thy 
requeft further ? and it fhall be dene. 

IS Then faid Either, If it pleafe the 
king, let it be granted to the Jews which 
are in Shufhan, to do tomorrow alfo ac- 
cording unto this day's decree, and let 
Hainan's ten fons be hanged upon the 
gallows. 

14 And the king commanded it fo to be 
done i and the decree was given at Shu- 
fhan ; and they hanged Hainan's ten fons. 

15 Tor the Jews that ivere in Shufhan 
gathered themfelves together on the four- 
teenth day alfo of the n onth Adar, and 
flew three hundred men at Shufhan ; but 
on the j;rey they la;d not their hand 



feafting and gladnefs. 

IB But the Jews that ivere at Shufhan 
alTembled together on the thirteenth day 
thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof ; 
and on the fifteenth day of the fame they 
refted, and made it a day of feafting and 
gladnefs 

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages 
that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made 
the fourteenth day of the month Adar 
a day of gladnefs and feafting, and a 
good day, and of fending portions one to 
another. 

20 qyAnd Mordecai wrote thefe things, 
and fent letters unto all the Jews that 
mere in all the provinces of the king A- 
hafuerus, both nigh and far, 

2,1 To ftabHfh this among them, that 
they fhould keep the fourteenth day of 
the month Adar. and the fifteenth day of 
the fame, yearly, 

22 As the days wherein the Jews reft- 
ed from their enemies, and the month 
which was turned unto them from forrow 
to joy, and from mourning into a good 
day : that they fhould make them days of 
feafting and joy, and of fending portions 
one to another, and gifts to the poor. 

23 And the Jews undertook to do as 
they had begun, and as Moidecai had 
written unto them ; 

24 Becaufe Haman the fon of Ham- 
medatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all 
the Jews, had devifed againft the Jews 
to deflroy them, and had caft Pur, that 
is y the lot, to confume them, and to de- 
ftroy them ; 

25 But when Efther came before the 
king, he commanded by letters that his 
wicked device, which he devifed againft 
thejews fhould return upon his own head, 
and that he and his fons fhould be hanged 
on the gallows. 

26 Wherefore they called thefe days 
Purim after the name of Pur. There- 
fore, for all the words of ?his letter, 
and of thct which they had feen con- 
cerning this matter, and which had come 
unto them, 

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon 
them, and upon their (tec\, and upon all 
fuch as joined themfelves unto them, fo 
as it Ihould not fail, that they would 
keep thefe two days according to their 
writing, and according to their apj>o;nted 
time every year ; 

28 And that tl.cfe days fhould be re- 



15 But the other Jews that ivere in the membered and kept throughout every 
king's provinces gathered themfelves to- generation, every family, every province 
gether, andftood for their lives, and had and every city ; and that thefe days of 
reft from their enemies, and flew of their Purim ihould not fail from among the 
foes feventy and five thoufand,but they Jews, nor the memorial of them penfh 
laid not their hands on the prey ; J from their feed. 

29 Then 



Satan acpeareib before CcJ. Chap 

29 Then Either the aueen, the dar 
ter of Abihatl, and Mordecai the Jew, 
wrote with all authority, to confirm this 
fecond letter of Purim. 

-vO And he Tent the letters unto all the 
Jews, to the hundred twenty and feven 
provinces of ihe kingdom of Ahafuerus, 
i words of peace and truth, 

31 To confirm thele days of Purim; 
in their times appointed, according a> 
;rdecai the Jew and Either the queen j 
had enjoined them, and as they had de- | 
weed tor themfelves and for their feed, I 
the matters of the fa logs and their cry. I 

3-2 And the decree ot iv; her confirmed} 
thele matters ot Purim ; and it was writ- J 
ten in the book. 



. i. Satan's malice. 431 

CHAP. X. 

I Jbafierus's greatnefs. S MordecaVs 

advancement. 

AND the king Ahafuerus laid a tribute 
upon the land, and upon the iflesot the fea. 

- And all the acta of his power and 
of his might, and the declaration of the 
greatnefs of Mordecai, whereunto the 
king advanced him, Are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Media and Perfia ? 

3 c; For Mordecai the Jew ivas next 
unto king Ahafuerus, and great among 
the Jews, and accepted of the multitude 
of his brethren, leeking the wealth of 
his people, ai.d fpeaking peace to all his 
feed. 



THE BOOK OF JOB. 



CHAP. I 

i The bolinefs, riches, and religious care 
of Job for bis children. 6 Satan 
fearing before God, obtainetb teatfS to 
tempi Dim. 

ThERE was a man in the land of Uz. 
e name ivas Job ; and that man was 

perfect and upright, and one that feared 

God, and efche*ed evil. 

: there were born unto him feven 

(bnsand three daughters. 

3 His fub trance alio was feven thoufand 
flieep. and three thoufmd camels, 
five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hun- 
dred fheaiTes.and a very great houfehotd ; 
fo that this man was the greatett ot all the 
men of the ea 

4 And his fons went and fealted in 
tbeit very one h. . j.nd lent 

r three filters to cat and 
to drink with them. 

5 / en the days ot 
their it < me about, that Job 
fent and fanUified them, and role up 

. the morning, ar. . d burnt 

offering according to the number ot I 
all : 
e h 
.:ts. 

6 fl 
fbns ot 



nncct, 
1 bus did Job continually . 

I a da - , the 

God came to . themfelves 

belore the Lord, and Satan c 
m 
he I.oro faid unto Sal 
Whence coroeft th >u } 1 hen Satan 
ed the Lord a-id faid. 

i he earth, and troni v. 
up and do.s n in it. 

' the Lord faid unto S^an, i 

cred my fervant J 
> none like a rhe eart 

, • and an v 

tea re rh I 
9 the Lord 



10 Haft not thou made an hedge about 
him, and about his houfe, and about all 
that he hath on every fide ? Thou haft 
bletTed the work of his hands, and his 
lubttance is increafed in the land : 

1 1 But put forth thine hand now, and 
tauch all that he hath, and lie will curie 
thee to thy face. 

12 And the Lord faid unto Satan, 
Behold, ail that ith is in thy power : 
only upon himh.it put not forth thine 
hand, t^o Satan went forth from the pref- 
ence ot the Lord 

15 And there was a day when his fons 
and his daughters lucre eating and 
drinking wine in their eldelt brother's 
houfe : 

14 And there came a meflenger unto 
Job, i, The oxen were ploughing, 
and the afles t Defi ie them . 

15 And the 5 j tell upon them t 
md * i a* ay ; yea, they ' 

nranta with the edge of the 

iword, and I only am elcaped alone to 

hee 

id While he ivas yet fi r, there 

it id] ;, and faid, lhe fire of 



n trom heaven, and hath 
burned up the fheep, a'ld the ! 
and continued them ; ar.d I onh. 
caped alone ro tell thee. 

17 ., there 
came lother, ami fa lul- 

mt three bands, and fell 
on the camels, and I urried them a- 

with 
and 1 
j tell tiiee. 

18 \\ h le he -.-.- / yet f,- 
came alfo another, ami laid, 1 
and thy d 

me in • 

19 And, behold, tliTc tame 

•n the 
tour corner* ot the houfe, * 

upon 



432 Job fm It ten with bo Us. 



] 06. He cUffetb the day of bis birth* 



upon the voung men, and they are er to come to mourn with him. and V$ 
dead ; and \ only am efcaped alone to tell | cot: fort him . 

thee. 12 Arid when they lifted up their eyes 

20 Then Job arofe, and rent his mantle, 'afar off, and knew him not, they lifted 



and O.iaved his head, and fell down upon 
the ground, and worfhtpped. 

21 And faid, Naked came Tout of my 
nr-'her's womb, and naked fhall I return 
thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord 



up their voice and wept : and they rent; 
every one his mantle, and fprinkled dufl 
upon their heads toward heaven. 

IS So they fat down with him upon 
the ground feven days and feven nights, 



hath taken away ; bleffea be the name of 'and none.fpake a word unto him : for 
the Lord; they faw that his grief was very great. 



22. In all this Job finned not, nor charg- 
ed God fo»lifhlv . 

C'HAP If. 
1 Satan appearing again before God, ob. 

taineih furthet ea e to tempt job. 7 

tiejmiteth him <witb fo e boils. 9 Job 

reprcvetb bis ivife moving him te curfe 

God. 

AGAIN there was a day when the fons 
of God came to pre'fent ihemfelves before 
the Lord, and Satan came alfo among 
them toprefent hirofelf before the Lord. 

1 And the LoRDfaidunto Satan, From 
whence comefi thou ? And Satan anfwered 



the Lord, and faid, From going to and blacknefs of the day terrify it 



fro in the earth, and from walking up and 



CHAP III. 

1 Job curfetb the day and f evinces of hU 
birth. 15 The eafe of death. 
AFTER this opened Job his mouth, 
and cnrfed his day. 

2 And Job fpake and faid, 
, S Let the day perifn wherein I was' 
born; and the night in ixjbicb it was faid. 
There is a man child conceived. 

4 Let that day be darknefs : let not 
God regard it from above, neither let the 
light Ihine upon it. 

5 Let darknefs and the fhadow of death, 
ftain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; let the 



6 As for that night, let darknefs feize 



down in it. upon it : let it not be joined unto the day 

3 And the Lord faid unto Satan, Han 1 of the year, let it not Come into the num- 
thou confidered my fervant Job, that ? ber of the months. . 

there is none like him in the earth, aper- J . 7 Lo, let that night be folitary, let no 
feft and an upright man, one tha f feareth ■ joyful voice come therein. 
God. and efcheweth evil? and ft.ll he 8 Let them curfe it that curfe the day, 
hcldeth faff his integrity, although thou 'who are r^ady to raife up their mourning, 
movedft me againft him, to deihoy himj 9 Let the ftars of the twilight thereof 
without a caufe. -be dark ; let it look for light, but have 

4 And Satan anfwered the Lord, and ; none ; neither let it fee the dawning of 
faid, Skin for (kin, yea r all that a man | the day : 

hath will he give for his life. I 10 liecaufe it flhut not up the doors of 

5 But put forth thine hand now, and | my mother's womb, nof hid forrow from 
touch his bone and his fkfltf, and he will mine eyes. 

curfe thee to thy face. 11 Why died I not from the womb ? 

6 And the Lord faid unto Satan, Be- Why did I not g ; ye up the ghoft when I 
hold, lie is in thine hand; but fave his came cut of the belly ? 
life. 12. Vv hy did the knees prevent me ? 

7 % So went Satan" forth from the pref- ; or, Why the breads that I lhould fuck > 



ence of the Lord, and froo^e Job with 
fere boils from the fole of his foot unto 
V> crown. 

3 And he took him a potfherd to 
fcrape himfelf withal ; and he fat down 
among the aflnes. 

9 q] Then faid his wife unto him, Doft 
thou ftill retain thine integrity ? Curfe 
God, and die. 

10 But he faid un v o her. Thou fpcakeft 
as one of the foel'fh women fpeaketh. 
What! Shall v\e receive good at the hand 
of God and, Shall -e not receive evil ? 
In all tlvs did not ]o^> fin w ; th his lips. 

11 Now when lob's three friends heard 
of all this evil that was come upon him, 
they camoevery one from his own place ; 
El'.phaz the 1 emanife, and Bildad the 
Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite : 
for they had made an appointment togeth- 



13 <1 For now ftould I have lain ftill 
and been quiet, I (houldhave flept : then 
had T been a^ reft, 

14 With kings and counfellors of the 
earth, which built defolate places for 
themfelves ; 

15 Or with princes that bad gold, who' 
filled their houfeswith filver : 

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I 
had not been ; as infants ivbich never 
faw light. 

17 There the wicked ceafe/Vcw troub- 
ling: ; and there the weary br; at reft. 

13 1 here the prifoners reft together; 
they hear not the voice of the < ppreffor. 

19 The fmall and great are there j and 
the fervant is free from his matter. 

20 Wherefore is light given to him 
that is in mifery, and life unto the bitter 
in foul ; 

21 Which 



Eiiphaz refrgt'etb Jck, 

21 Which long for death, but it ccmetb 
rrot ; and c : .g for it more than for hid 

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are 
;n they can find the grave ? 
v i: Hg&l given to a man whofe 
way is hid, and uhem God hath hedg- 
ed in ? 

CI F' cometh before I 

far, and my roarings die poured out like 
the waters. 

v 25 pot the thing which I greatly feared 
:3 come upon me, and that whicn I Was 
afra»d of is come unto me. 

26 I was not in fafcty, neither had I 
reft neither was I quiet ; vet trouble came 

CHAR IV. 
i Elhhaz repro<vt th Job for ivsnt of relig- 
ion. 7 tleteacbetb God's judgments to 
be not jot tbe righteous Jngt fo* ibe lack- 
ed tlHisfea rfu I a \fit n. f* b : m b U the 
excellenciiS of aeaturet before God. 
'I II KN felij haz the Femanite anfwer- 
?d and fafd, 

'/we afTay to commune with thee, 
I thou be grieved ? but. Who can 
withhold himfelf from fpeaking ? 

Behold',thou halt inftrucled many, and 
i h iff ftrengthened the weak hands. 

4 Thy words have uphohlen 'liimth.it 
was falling, and thou haft ftrengthc 

knees. 

5 But now is it come upon thee, and 
thou fa : nie(t ; it tour.heth thee, and thou 
art troi 

6 / -5 thy fear, thy confidence,tr<y 
?iop<- >e uprightness of thy ways J 

\ r, I pray rhee.Who i 

perifhed, being innocent I or, Where were 
* 1 1 • n; ! 

iniquity, and : 

far. 

9 \)y 

tonfi 

10 : lg nf the lion, and the 
voice of '. ahd th< teeth ui 
the j 

i\ The oW lion perifheth for kirk of 
, and the ftoul 

id. 
«] Now a th'.n^ w;: 'y brou 

to roc. and mine ear r< .a little 

13 In thetights from the virions of tl>c 

p falleth on n rn, 

14 Pear came upon me, and trembling, 

wh 1 my boner, to (bal 

!3 Then a ff.iru p fore ni> 

th< 

16 It " II, bid I not dif< 
the form thereof : an imaj c icas b 
mine re<toas fi and I ! 

I v 

17 ^haH . be more jnfl I 



Chap. iv. V. God to be fought in ajjtifJiGn. 4S3 



')' ^ dr - ; 



God > Shall a man be more pure than 
his maker ? 

lCBehold,heputnotrufrinhisfervants; 
and his angels hie charged v ith folly : 

19 How much lefs tn them that dwell 
in houfes ct clay, whofe foundation is 
in the duft, ivhicb are crufhed before the 
moth ? 

'20 They are deftroyed from morning- 
to evening : they penfh forever without 
ary regarding tt. 

li Doth not their excellency icbieh is 
in them go away ? 1 hey die, even with- 
out wifdom. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The barm ofinconjideration 3 The end 

oj the nvi( ktd is mi I try . 6 God is to be 

regarded m affliftvm 17 The happy 

end oj God' s eoerecl'on. 

CALL now, If there be any that will 
•infwer th.ee ; and, To which of the faints 
wilt thou turn ? 

2 For w rath killeth the fooliOi man, 
and envy flayeththe (illy one. 

S ^! 1 have feen the ioiT.fli taking root: 
but fudde.nly 1 cuiled his habitation 

4 His children are far from fafery, and 
they are crufhed in the gate, neither tt 
there any to deliver ib<m. 

5 Whofe harveft the hungry eateth up, 
and taketh it even out of the thorns* 
and the robber fwailoweth up their 
fubfttrtce. 

6 fj Although affliction comelh hot 
forth of the curt, neither doth trouble 
(pring out of the ground ; 

7 Vet man S born unto trouble, as the 
fparks fly upward. 

8 I would feek unto God, and unto 
God w^nld I commit my I 

h great things and un- 
fearchabl larvellous tilings without 

number : 

10 Wh !i rain upon the earth, 
and f< ndetl Is 

11 i i< • upon high thoffc that be low; 
thai I inch mourn may be exalted 
to fal<ty. 

It He difappointetfi the devices of the 

t ■ iirv, I ) that T hcii- hands cannot perform 

.a fe. 

i I He t.ik'-'h the wife in their own 

crafrinefs \ and the counPrf of the froward 

g 

H I'.-; meet with darknefs in the 

dayt; .ope in the noonday as in 

the i: ;; v it . 

I • tiie 

mouth, and tr m the 
1 <•! the mighty. 
1G r hath hope, and iniquity 

pi th her mouth. 
IT Id, hapi y is thfi 

1 not 

I oi the Almighty : 
id . leth 

<tp : 



454 Job jujii fie th his complaint; JOB. 



Job reprovethhis frieffa*f t 



up : he woundeth, and his hands make 
whole. 

19 Ke (hall deliver thee in fix trou- 



13 Is not my help in me ? and, Is wif* 
do m driven quite from me ? 

14 Cf To him that is affiicled pity 
bles : yea, in feven there fhall no evil Jhould befheived from his friend ; but he 
tt)irchthee. forlaketh the fear of the Almighty. 

20 In faminehe fhall redeem thee from 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully 
death : and in war from the power of the 'as a brook, ?nd as the ftream of brooks, 
fword. jthey pal's av/ay ; 

2t Thoa fhalt be hid from the fcourge 
of the tongue: neither (halt thou be afraid 
of deftruction when it cometh. 

22 At deftruclionand famine thou {halt 



laugh : neither fhalt thou be afraid of the ed out of their place 



16 Which arebfackifh by reafonof the 
ice, and wherein the fnow is hid : 

17 What time they wax warm, they 
vanifti : when it is hot, they are confum- 



beafts of the earth 

23 For thou (halt be in league with the 
flones of Ihe field : and the beads of the 
field fhall be at peace with thee. 

24 And thou (halt know that thy taber- 
nacle fhall be in peace ; and thou fhalt 
vifit thy habitation, and (halt not fin. 

25 Thou (halt know alfo that thy feed 
fball be great, and thine offspring as the 
grafs of the earth. 

26 Thou fhalt come to thy grave in a 
full age, like as a /hock of corn cometh in 
his feafon. 

27 Lo this, we have fearched it„fo it is ; 
hear it, and know thou it for thy good« 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Jobfbetoeth that his complaints are not 
caufelefs. 3 He nnifhetb for death, 
ivherein he is affured of comfort . 14 He 
repronJeth his friends ofunkindnejs. 
BUT Job anfwered and laid, 
2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly 
weighed, and my calamity laid in the bal- 
ances together ! 

S For now it would be heavier than the 
fand of the fea : therefore my words are 
fwallowed up. 



18 1 he paths of their way are turned 
afide ; they go to nothing, and peri(h. 

19 The troops of Tenia looked, the 
companies of Sheba waited for tham. 

20 They were confounded becaufe 
they had hoped ; they came thither, and 
were afhamed. 

21 For now ye are nothing ; ye fee my 
catting down, and are afraid. 

22 Did f fay, Bring unto me ? or, Give 
a reward for me of your fubflance ? 

23 Or. Deliver me from the enemy's 
hand ? or, Redeem me from the hand of 
the mighty ? 

24 Teach me, and I will hold my 
tongue 



4 For the arrows of the Almighty ar^Iiniqu'ty ; yea, 
within me, the poifon whereof drinkethleouinefs is in it 



and caufe me to underftand 
wherein I have erred. 

25 How forcible are right words ! but, 
What doth your arguing reprove ? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, 
and the fpeeches of one that is defp«irate r 
which are as wind ? 

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherlefs, 
and ye dig a pit for your friend. 

28 Now therefore, be content, look up- 
on me : for it is evident unto you if 1 lie. 

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be 
return again, my right- 



up my fpirit : the terrors of God do fet I 
themfelvesin array againft me. 

5 Doth the wild afs bray when he hath 
grafs ? or,Loweth the ox over his fodder ? 

6 Can that which is unfavoury be eaten 
without fait ? or, Is there any taflein the 
white of ah egg ? 

7 The things that my foul refufed to 
touch are as my forrowful meat. 

8 ^f O that I might have my requeft 



•bO Is there iniquity in my tongue ? 
Cannot my tafte difcern perverfe things? 

CHAP. VII 
1 Job excufeth his dcfire of death. 12 He 

complaineth of his o r wn reftteffnrfs, and 

God's ~waubjulnefs. 

IS there n&t an appointed time to man 
upon the earth ? Are not his days aifo 
like the days of an hireling ? 

2 As a fervunt earneftiy defireth the 



that J long for ! 

9 Even that it would pleafe God to de- 
ftroy me ; that he would letloofehis hand, 
and cut me off ! 

10 Then fhould I yet have comfort ; 
yea, I would harden myfclf in forroW : 
let him not fpare ; for I have not con- 
cealed the words of the Holy One. 

11 What irmy ftrength, that I fhonld 
hope? and, What a mine end 
thould prolong tny life I 

12 /j myftrength theftrengthof fames? 
•tfr, Is my fleTh of bra 



and that God would grant me the thing jfnadow. and a> an hireling looketh for 

ine reward of his work : 

5 So am I made to pofTefs months of 
vanity, and weanlbme nights are appoint- 
ed to me. 

4 When I lie down, I fay, When (hall 
I ar:fe, and the night be gone ? And 1 am 
full of toffings to and fro unto the dawn- 
ing of the day. 

My fifth is clothed with worms and 
that I 'clods of dutt ; my Ikin is broken, and be- 
Icome loath fome 

6 My days are fvrifter than a weaver's 
Jthuttle, and are fpent without h 

7 O remember 



Jit excufeth his defirc of death. Chap, vrti ix. 

7 O remember that my life //wind ; 
mine eye (hall no ruore fee good. 

8 1 he e>eof him that hath feen me 
(hall fee me no more ; thine eyes are up- 
©n me, and I amv\ol. 

9 .-is trie cloud is confumed and van- 
ifheth away : (6 he that goeth down to 
the ^rave (hall come up no more. 

10 He (hall return no more to his 
houfe, neither (hall his place know him 
any more. 

it Fherefore, I will not refrain my 
mouth ; I will (peak in the anguiih of my 

fit ; T will complain in the bitternefs of 
my foul. 

W fl Am I a fea or a whale, that thou 
fetteft i watch over me ? 

13 \\ hen 1 fa; bed (hall comfort 

me, my couch (hall eafe ray complaint ; 

li Then thou fcareft me with dreams, 
and terrified me through v fions : 

15 So that mj fop choofeth (trangling 
ad death rather than my life 

16 I loathe//; I would not live al way ; 
let me alone ; for my days are vanity. 

IT v\ h it is man, that thou Ihouldeil 
magnify him \ and that thou fhouldeft 
'June heart upon him ? 
in And that thou fhouldeft vifit him 
every morning, and iry him ever) mo- 
ment ? 

19 How long wilt thou not depart from 
Hi:*, nor let mc alone till I (wallow down 
Tn> fpiule ) 

"20 I have finned ; What (hall I do unto 
thee, Othoupreferverof men : Wh) haft 
thou fei me as a mark againfl th.ee, (o that 
I am a burden to myfell ? 

•21 And why <ioil thou not pardon my 

ti i ■■ mine iuiqitl- 

ty | in the <lu(l ; and 

thou (hall n the morning, but 1 

\ll not be. 

CHAP VIII. 
1 hildad Jbeivei in dt >ling 

ivirh nen according to ihrir IVOrks. ti 
//. illedgt ju.ty 10 prO*VC Ibt cer- 

tain a in of the hypocrite. 10 

"A' !0 Job, 
'1 Hi- N anfwere ! Bildad the S huhite, 
d, 

long w iit thou (peak thefe thing s? 
(ball the word , of ill) 
mouth he like a (hong w nd 

3 D »th ( rod i ei v 1 1 judgmcnl I or, 

la A,,n,; I.; . i juflice 

4 If tl Gnned ag 
him, t them away tor 

•i ; 

5 If thou unto God be* 



i to the 

Aim 
G i i nvert pure and tij 

■ 
mak ,:i of thy riglueou/nefs 

pro/] 



The hypoerites defiruftion. 43£ 

7 Though thy beginning was fmall, yet 
thy latter end thould greatly increafe. 

$ fl For inquire 1 pray thee, of the 
former age and prepare thyfelf to the 
fearch of their fathers : 

9 (tor we are but of yefterday and 
know nothing, becaufe our days upon 
earth are a fhadow :) 

10 Shall aot they teach thee, and tell 
thee, and utter words out of their heart i 

11 Can the rufh grow up without mire ? 
Can the flag grow without water f 

1- Whilft it is yet in his greennefs, and 
not cut down, it withereth before any 
other herb. 

1 •> So are the paths of all that forget 
God j and the hypocrite's hope (hall per- 
ilh : 

14 Whofe hope (hall be cut off, and 
whole truft flail be a. fpider's web. 

15 He (hall lean upon his houle, but it 
ball not (hind : he lhall hold it fait, but 
it lhall not endure. 

16 He if green before the fun, and his 
brani h (boateth forth in hi^ garden. 

17 His roots are wrapped about the 
heap, and feeth the place of (tones 

18 If he deftroy him From his plaasf, 
then /'/ flia.ll deny iiim t faying t 1 have not 
(ecu thee. 

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, 
and out of tiu- earth (hall Others giow. 

-iO 5] Behold, God will not catt aw£y 
a perfeel man, neither will he help trie 
evil doers: 

-» I ill Ik* fill thy mouth with laugh- 
ing , and thy lips v. ith rejoicil 

22 l hey that hate thee iliaU'.K- clothed 
ii Ihauie ; and the dwelling place of 
th>- wicked lhall to nought. 

CHAP IX. 
1 Joh a<-kno u / dg ing CUd's jufl':ce,J%e , n'- 

eth t bat there it no contending ivitb 

him* -- Man's mnocency it not to be 

condemned by afflictions. 

'J HEN fob anfwered and fa id, 

' j i I know it it io of a truth: but, How 
(hould man be inn w nil I 

3 If lie will contend with him i he can- 
no; anfwei him one oi a thou fa nd. 

i itr is v. iife in heai t, and mightv in 
■ 'a ■. Who hath hat I bimfelj a- 

i him. and hath prol 

C> \\ | ( i, tountaina, u I 

they know not : Which wenurneth tliera 

Which fhaketh the earth ouf of I i 
plate, aud the pillars thereof tremble- 

7 Which couunandeth the fun, and it 
h nrtt ; ileth up th< 

8 W h:< h alone fpreadethout the heat - 
, and tr< o1 tht 

1 Which m iketh x on, and 

nth- 
to Wlm.li doeit) gre it tl | i f 



4S.6 No contending nxitbG oil. JOB 

finding out ; yea, and wonders without 
number. 

11 Lo,he gcethby rae, and I fee him 
not : he palleth on alio, but I perceive 
Jiim not. 

1- Behold, he taketh away, Who can 
hinder him ? Who will fay unto hu:i. 
What doeft thou ? 

IS If God will n«t withdraw his anger, 
the proud helpers do (loop under him. 

14 How much lefs ihali I anlwer him, 
and choofe out my words to re of on with 
him ? 



So Then would I (peak, and not fees 
him ; but it is not fo with me, 
CHAR X. 

l-7« 






15 Wliom though I were righteous, 
yet would I not anlwer, but I would make 
Amplication to my judge. 

16 if I had called, and he had anfwer- 
ed me ; yet would I not believe that he 
had hearkened unto my voice. 

IT For he breaketh me with a tem- 
peft, and multiplieth my wounds with- 
out caufe. 

18 He v. ill not fufrer rae to take my 
breath, butfilleth me with bittemefs. 

19 If / /peak of ftrength, lo, he is 
ftrong : and if of judgment, W T ho (hall 
let me a time to plead ? 

20 If I juftify m> felf, mine own mouth 
foall condemn me : i/ 1 Jay. A am perfect, 
it Ihali alfo prove me perverfe. 

%V Though I -iiere perfect, yet would I 
not know my foul : I would defpife my 
life. 

22 <f[ This is one things therefore I fa id 
it, he deftroyeth the perfect and the 
wicked. 

23 If the fcourgeflay fuddenlv, he will 
laugh at the trial of the innocent. 

"24 The earth i> given into the hand 
of the wicked : he covereth the faces ol 
the judges thereof ; if not, "Where, and 
who is he ? 

~5 Now my days are fwifter than a 
poll : the) fiee away, they fee no good. 
They are paifed away as the fwift 
a>theeagle/£a/halteth to the prey. 
If I fay, I will lorget my complaint, 
I will leave off my heavineis, and com- 
fort fnyjtlf : 

28 1 am afraid of all my lorrows,! know 
that thon wilt not hold me innocent. 

29 It I be wicked, Why then labour I 
in vain ? 

.*)0 If I wafii myfeifwith fnow water, 
and make my hands ever fo clean ; 

31 Yet (halt thou plunge me in the 
ditch, and mine own clothes (hall abhor 
me 

SI For he is not a man, as I am, that 
I fbould anfwer him, and »\e mould come 
her in nt. 

SS Neither is there any davfman be- 
twixt us, that might lay his hand upon 
us both. 

54 Let him take his rod away from me, 
and let not his fear terrify me ; 



26 
fhips 
27 



', taking liberty of complaint* expo'~~ 

tuia : eth "with Gsd ubont his a/jitcliuns. 

18 He czrnplairuth oj l:fe, and crwveth 

a little eajejtef Ore death. 

MY foul isweary ofmy life: Twill leave 
my complaint upon my felf \ I will fpeak 
in the bittemefs oi my foul 

2 1 will fay unto God, do not condemn 
me ; llievvme wherefore thou contended 
with me. 

3 Is n good unto thee that thou fhou Id- 
eft opprefs, that thou fliouldeft defpife the 
work of thine hands, and fbine upon the 
counfel of the wicked ? 

4 Halt thou eye's ct ftcih ? or, Seeftthou 
as man ieeth ? 

5 Are thy da\ s as the d?.ys of man ? 
Arexh.y years as man's days, 

6 That thou inquired alter mine ini- 
quity, and fearcheft after my iin \ 

7 Thou knoweft that 1 am not wicked : 
and there is none that can deliver out of 
thine hand. 

8 1 hine hands have made me and faih- 
ioned me together rouna about ; yet thou 
doll deftroy me. 

9 Remember, I befeech thee, that thou 
haft made me as tiie clay ; and, Wilt 
thou bring me into dull again ? 

10 Hall thou not poured me out as 
milk, and enroled me like cheele > 

11 Thou hall clothed me with (km 
and fielh, and haft fenced me with benes 
and fmews. 

12 Thou haft granted me life and fa- 
vour, and thy vi lit at ion hath preferved 
my fpirit. 

13And thzte things haft thou hid in thine 
heart : I know that this is with thee. 

14 If I fm, then thou market! me, 
and thou wilt not acquit me from mine 
iniquity. 

*5 If 1 be wicked, woe unto me ; and 
if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up ray 
'lead. I am full of confdfion : therefore 



I am full of con f alio n , 
lee thou mine affliction : 

16 For it increaieth. Thou hunteft mo 
as a fierce lion : and again thou iliewelt 
thy felf marvellous upon me. 

i? Thou reneueil thy witr.efTes a- 
gainit me, and increafefl thine indigna- 
tion upon me ; changes and war are a- 
gainlt me 

13 ^ Wherefore then haft thou brought 
me to ah out of the womb ? Oh that I 
had given up the ghoft, and no eye had 
feen me ! 

19 I thou Id have been as though I had 
not been ; 1 fbould have been carried from 
the womb to the grave, 

20 Are not my days few ? Ceafe then^ 
and let me alone, that 1 may take com- 
fort a little, 

St Before 



Co j torn urtfeart ip. xi 

44 Before I ^ I tfca'.i 

lurn, rwi ti 

:each ; 

f dark efs as darknei 
y>( or" death. 

wbeie the li^tit « 



CHAP XI. 
1 

////*■ 

g of >< j -e. 

ima- 

■ multitude of 

I 

J ? 

j make men be 
| 

ill.: 

pure, and I bine eyes. 

5 f| But, Oh that God would f[ 

thee ; 

/Vod tl the 
fecr , that ibey are dt 

. . ch 11 ! Know there! 
than thi 

■ b. 

\ Caj ■ : by fearch ng find out 

- 
. -tion ? 

8 // it i as heaven ; Wh; I 
. do \ Deeper than i. . 

liloU It. BOM 

9 i lie meafure thereof is longer I 

r than I 
md ihu: up, or gather 
together, then, Who can 

lie 

1 - 1- o r 

ilt. 
\ ; * irr, and 

far a 

a lhalt be . 

ii 
Jo 

mnJ i . cr // ai vsu: 

■ 

. I ■ i ! . r 1 

e fecu mfe 

i, thou (halt (1 

fhall 



p. xir. 

bi» 

-. tt : at ref " ac- 

zvltiig 
Go.: ■ o'r 

Si) joD anfWei : v \ 

bt but yea»lr the i ' 9i tin | 
lie with you. 
3 But ! hare tanding as well as 

you j I j?; not inferior to > on ; ye t, v 
^eth not inch things as thefe ' 
t I am as one mocked of his neigh- 
bour, whocaHetb upon Go.i, and 

■.h btrn . the juft uprij ra u 

;hed to !.:rn 

He that is ready to flip with bis feet 
.'j <;.< a lamp e i in tfie thi 

. that is at eai 
6 The tabernacles of robber per, 

keGodarefecure j in- 
I bringeth abuq 
'. | Butaflc aow the beails, and they 
fhall : : and the fowls of the 

air, add they (ball »eil the* : 

Or fpeak I irth, and 
teach th< 

ire unto th 

>t in all thefe : 
I i f the Loru hath w 
to In whole : -• fool oj every 

. breathofall man;. 
1 1 Doth n r try words 

1 I • . cnt /j wifdora ; 
in length .-• 

l.j With him is « ifd< 

ith counfel and understanding 
1 i Beh teth dovt n, and it 

a be built i : he fhutteth up a 

. ■ 
and I 
out, 

lo With him is I i ■. ifdora . 

. 
it »!•: I tlorsaway 

maket;. /.s. 

of kin 
th their lo :le. 

' le lea fpoiled, 

■ 

the 

- ■ 

ll out I 

the peop ■ of the • 

■ 
vobt 



45t Job's ccnfdetue in C JOB. He ertreaietb God for fatsovn. 

They grope -' Thou putteft my feet alfo in the 

», and lockeft narrowly urto all 
paths ..it upon the he 

my feet. 

confuufc. 
earen. 

CH A p. xrv 

ob entreaietb God fo> - ', by lbs 



. CH AJ t. 

- J--' 1: : " ' r - \ ~ 8 And he, a? a rotte- 

14 He : h his c ice in God, 'eth, as a garment that is mo 



20 amd errtreatetr .^ns, 

i's pu~ S i j 

LO, it . r, mine 

ear hath heard and underftood it. 

. bat] . •""• the fame do I know 
: I am not interior unto you. 

I would nighty, 

and I de-Ire tc th God. 

4 B .ire forgers oiiies, ye are all 
f! ./. .:._;■.. . : no value 

5 O thai : gether hold your 

fhould be your wifdom. 

6 Hea. -^ingj and 

lings of my Bj 

7 Will ye fpeak wickedly for God, 
and talk d for him \ 

8 Will ye z.cce$: -rfon ? Will ye 
contend for God ? 



1 



•--- 
~ 



. : ::/s of life % ana cer ' d<atb. 

' Theugt lift once U operable, 

~ - ~ - - ~r tis t 16 By 

the creature isfubjeel to corruption. 

MAN izat is born of a woman is of 

d full ; ible: 

2 He com: like a flower, and 

is cut down : he B aeth alfo as a ihadow, 
and conrinueth not. 

nd dol r s upon 

fuch an : : od brrngett me into judg- 
ment with : - 

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of 
iddi :t cne. 

5 S are determined, the 
number of his months are with thee, 



i fearch you thou haft appointed his bounds that he 



out :- Or as one man mccketh another, 
Do .: him ? 

I furely reprove you, if ye do 
iec. ptperfor 

^xceller :; make you 
And hi> dread fall upon you ? 

12 Your remembrances aie like unto 

bodies to bodies of da 

13 Hold ycv.r peace, let me alone, t 1 / 
may fpeak, and let come on me what mtitl. 



14 «~ Wherefore do it. flem in i the ground ; 



cannot pais 

6 Turn from him. ffcat he may re 
he mail accompli ft, as an birel:. 

7 * Pot here is I a tree, if it 

cut dou: 

that the tender branch thereoi will not 

8 Though the root thereof wax old in 
the earth, and the in 



th,and z in mine hand 

15 Though he me, yet will I truft 
in him : but I will maintain mine own 

s before him. 

16 He a To. (ball be my falvation : for 
ypocrite (hall not come before h 

IT Hear diligently my fpeech, and my 
ith your ears. 

18 Behold now, I have ordered my 

it I mall be juftiried. " 

19 W] th me ? 

r, if I hold my tongue, I ihall 
. :-ft. 
r Only do not two things unto me : 
net hide myfelf from thee. 

hand far from me : 
and let not thy dread make me afra 
.. Then call thou, and I v. 

art 

and 



bu 



Yet through the fcent of water it wiU 
tcL and bring forth b<: -:eaph 

10 But man dieth, and 

yea, man 6 :veihup the ghoft, and,W 
is he ? 

1 1 As the wa - from tl 
the flood decay c i drieth up : 

11 Somanlieth down ,■ :h not : 

till the heavens be r ey frail 

aw?.ke, nor be raifed out c fleep. 

13 O that tho.i weulde t€ in 

the grave, that 

wrath be paft- tlutt thou 
wouldeft appoint me ;•. and re- 

member me ! 

I* If a man d : e, Shall he live again f 
All the days of ray appointed lin.e will I 
wait till my change come. 

15 Thou fhalt call, and I will anfwer 
thee : thou wilt have a defue to 



23 arc r es 

ne bar. 
16 W Kor now thou numbereft my 
fore hideft thou thy face.an^ u not watch over my lip ? 

IT ion // fealed up in a 

i break a leaf d'.ven to t bag, and thou feweii i 
] ? and, Wilt thou purfue thee 18 And furely the mountain fa 

come - Light, and the rock is reir. 

26 For t] I out o: ..ce. 

oft me, .e fo pc waters wear the ftonea 



youth. 



the things which grow out 



Z: :il r* re-rvcetb Jib. Chap, rv 

6T the dufl of the earth ; and thou de- 
hope of man. 

ifthim, 
th thou change jun- 

d fendelt him a v. 
H 5 fens c 3 hone \ he 

.re brought 
h it not of them, 
n him (hail I n 
.; hi 3 foul with 

CHAP \ 
i El 

IT H * tradi- 

•^n the u 
T liphaz the Teraa- 

i Should a m\ ^\- 

edgt 

3 Sho: able 

telk. e : can 

do no goo 

i Yea, thou off fear, and re- 

r be:«re G^d. 

5 r'er 'h\ mouth uttereth t1 qtii- 

i ehoofeit the - of the 

era' 

6 Thine o«n morh cc " , e r nneth thee, 
and rror I .- yea, tliir.e own lips I 

, - ' 

rn ? 
♦r. the hi V 

8 ' ' ■ m hea^d the lee ret of God ? 
and D- ft thou * . to thy- 

9 WMt knowe r - It we k 

ch is 

10 With ui mrthoth fh* . ided 

l' Nations of God fmjll 

thee • any fccret I 

■ 

1 - '.fry tbee a- 

•■ I 

fucb V 

uld be 
' cb is born of a w onun, 

no tnif' 
. the h an in 

- 
i 

' - 
I 



• 



. xvi. TbennqnUtr.efsdftleicicted. 439 

21 Adrea ir* : in 

. oyer lhall come apoa 

t» He beljeveth not that ' re- 

turn out of darknefs, and h 
for of the fwerd. 

h abroad for b; 
: here is it f He -h that the 

eady at his hand. 
Trouble aid angulh lhal! make him 
(hall prevail againlr. him, a* 
to the battle. 
• he ftreteheth out his hand a- 
: God, and ftrengtheaeth himie 
\ the Abnighty. 
He runneth upon him, t 
, upon ti .k befes ot 

buck'ers : 
17 Becaufe he overeth his face » 
1 maketh collops «: 
bis r 

28 And h 
ard in houfes which no man inhabi: 
:h are to become heaps. 

^.ther 
his fubftance cont : nne, n i he 

prolong the pe: 
ear 

30 He ftnll notdc • 
the fl 

he breath nth (hall he go 

away. 

31 Let not him that is 

s recom- 
penfe. 

32 It fhall be accompli fhed before 
time, and his branch lhall not be green. 

c crape 
as the v - i lhall cart off his fi_ 

li For the congregs I hypor 

Jhall be r! 1 fire." afume 

the s of br 

33 ". and brine 
forth , and their belly prepaietb 

C! VI. 

1 Jo& 

'.etb bis isKacrnte. 
eredar 
* I luch tt 

all. 

What cmboldcneth thee that thou an- 

i I al fo could fp 

ou, and i 

5 

. r 

if t 



, 



itO Job fieweth bis calamity. JOB. His hope h in death. 

7 flft But now he hath made me weary : | 7 Mine eye aifo is dim by reafon of 
thou haft made defolafe all my company | for row t and all my members are as a 

3 And thou haft filled me with vvrin- friadow 
kles, vohieh is a witnefs a gain ft me : and! 8 %_ Upright men {hall be adorned at, 
my leahnefs riling up in me beareth wit- j this, and the innocent (hall ft'ir tip himfelf 
nefs to my face, lagainft the hypocrite . 

9 He teareth me in his wratlt, who 9 The righteous alto mall hold on his 
hateth me : he gns'fheth upon me with sway, and he that hath clean hands mail 
his teeth ; mine enemy (Karpefieth his j be .ftronger and ftfonger. 

♦ayes upon me. 10 But as for you all, do ye return 

10 They have gaped upon me with land come now : for I cannot finder wife 
their mouth j they have fmitten me upon \ttf'b.n anrofifg you. 

11 My days are pa'ft, my purpofes are 
broken oft/ even the thoughts of my 
heart.. 

. H They change the night into day : th«f 
light is fkort bec.mfe of darknefs. 

13 If I wait, the grave is mine houfe : 
I have made my bed in the darknefs. 

14 I have f.iid to corruption. Thou art 
my father : to the worm, Thwart my 
mother, and my fiften 

15 And j Where if now ray hope ? As 
for my hope, Who (hall ice it } 

16 They fhall go down to the bars of . 
the pit whem s-vrrefr together ?.rin theduft/ 

CHAP. XVIII. 
i Hildad reprove!?) Job of frefimptiori, 

and impatience. . 5 The calamities cf 

the <wicke4 

THEN airfwered Bildad the Shuhite, 
and faid, x 

2 How long till! it be ere ye make an 
end of words ? Mark, and afterwards we 
will {peak, 

5 Wherefore are we counted as beafts, 
and reputed vile in your fight ? 

4 He teareth himfelf in his anger : Shall 
the earth be forfaken for thee ? and, Shalf 
the rock be removed out of his place ? 

5 q Yea, the light of the wicked frail 
be put out, and the fpark of his lire fh-ilF 



the cheek reproachfully ; they have gath 
cred themfelves together againftme. 

11 God hath delivered me to the un- 
godly, and turned me over into the 
hands of the wicked, 

12 I was at eafe, but he hath broken 
me afunder : he hathalfo taken me by my 
neck, and fhaken me to pieces, a&d fet 
me up for his mark. 

13 His archers compafs me round a- 
tiout, he cleaveth my reins afunder, and 
doth not fpare : he poureth out my gall 
iipon the ground. . . 

14 He breaketh me with breach upon 
breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 

15 1. have fewer! fackcloth upon my 
fkin, and defiled my horn in the duff. 

16 My face is foul with weeping, and 
On my eyelids is the fhadow of death ; 

17 «fl Not for any injuftice in mine 
hands : aifo my prayer /.f pure. 

18 O earth, Cover not thou my blood, 
and let my cry have no place, 

19 Aifo now, behold, my witnefs is in 
heaven, and my record /Von high. 

t0 My friends fcofri me : but mine eye 
poureth out tears unto God. 

21 Othat one might plead for a man 
with God, as a man pleadeth for his 
neighbour! 

22 When a few years are come, th.cn 1 1 riot fiiine 
fhall go tiie way vohence I fhall not return. <> The light (hall be dark in his taber- 

CHAP. XVII. . naele, and' his candle fhall be put out 

1 Job appealetb from man to God. 8 The\ with him. 

Unmerciful dealing of menvuith the af-\ 7 The fteps of his fiVength mail be 

ftiSed may ajlvnifb but not difcourave ; ftraitcned, and his own counfel fliall cafi? 

tbe righteous. 1 1 Job's hope is not in , him down. 

life, but in death. " j For he is caft into a net by his own 

MY breath is corrupt, my days are ex- \ feet, and he walketh upon a fnare. 
Un^\, the graves are ready for me. j 9 ^he' gin fhall take him by the heel, 

"lArethtre not mockers with me ? and, land the robber *fcall prevail againf! him. 
Doth not mineeyecontinuein theirpiov- ; 10 Th'e fnare is laid for him in the 
ocation ? ground, and a trap for him in the way. 

S Lay down now, put me in a furetyj 11 Terrors fhall make him afra : d on 
with ^hee ; Who is he that will firike, every fide, and fhall drive him to his 
hands with me ? I feet. 

\ For thou haft hid their heart from | it His flrerigth fnall be Kimgerbitten, 
underftanding : therefore ihalt thou not and deftruction ./&<*//&? ready at his C\de. 
exalt them. j? It fhall devour the ftrength of his 

5 i!e that fpeaketh flattery to A. ; x fr>iv.i3,.' f<",n : even the frflborn of death fhall 
even the eyes of his children fha.ll fail. devout his flrer.cth. . 

6 <fl He hath nv.de me aifo a by word, 14 Wis confidence fhall be rooted out 
of the people. ; and *foretii«8 I was a3 a of his tabernacle, and it fhall bring him 

' tab ret.' i to the king of terrors. 

\o It 



jits tr.'fcty reprefented. Cfiap. Jfcix, XX. State and portion of the wicked. K\\, 
15 It (hall dwell in his tabernacle^ be 



eaule /.* n nunc of his: brimltone il3j.il 
be fcattered upon his habitation. 

16 H;s ro its (hall be dried up beneath, 
and above fhall his branch be cut off 

IT Hib remembrance (lull perilh from 
the earth, and lie fhall have no name in 
the (treet. 

18 He (hall be driven from light into 
darknefs, and chafed out of the world. 

19 He (hall neither have fon nor neph- 
ew among his people, nor any remaining 
in his nv ei tings. 

i 2o rhej that come after bint fhall he 
■flohied at his day, as they thai went 
before were affrighted. 

it Surely fucii are thedwellings of the 
wic ; :ej, and this is the place©/ him that 
knoweih not God. 

CHAP XIX. 
1 Jcb, compl lining of bis friends' 1 CTVi It , i, 
Jhe-..oetb there is mifeiy enough in him 
to feed ileir cruelty. II He cravetb 

He beliezeth the rrfurreclion 
i HEN Job anfwercd and (aid, 

long will ye vex my foul, and 
break me in pieces with words ? 

3 Thefe ten times have yc reproached 
me : ye are not afhamed taat ye make 

a ftrange to me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, 
mine err >r w maineth with rrtyfelf. 

3 If, indeed, yelwill magnif yyourfelwes 
againfi me, and plead againft me my re- 
proach : 

6 Know now that God hath over- 
thrown me, and hath compafTcd me with 

7 Heboid, I C of wrong, but I 
apt not heard \ I cry aloud, but there is 

:nt. 
a H l up my ■ 

1 he hat li fet dai knei - in 
my patl 
9 Hel; pped me of m ,and 

■1 f he cron 11 from my he id. 
it) He hath d< dmeonevery fidej 

aid ! am and mine hup..- hath be 

removed like a tree. 

11 He hath alio kindled hit wrath a- 
gain(t ine, and he COtinteth me unto him 
:e of his enem 
li Hi.-, troops come together, and raife 
up iheir way again fl me, and enca 
round about my taberna* 



17 My breath is ftrange to my wife, 
though I entreated for the children's/*** 
of mine own body. 

ltf Yea, young children defpifed me ; 
I arole, and they fpake againff me. 

19 All my inward friends abhorred 
me: and they whom ] loved are turned 
again ft me. 

•2.0 My bone cleaveth to my fkin and 
to my flefh, and I am efcaped with the 
(kin of my teeth. 

-1 *[ Have pity upon me, have pity 
upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand 
or v rod hath touched me. 

22 Why do ye perfecute me as God, 
and are not fatisfied with my flefh ? 

23 Oh that my words were now written ! 
Oh that they were printed in a book ! 

t'\ 1 hat they v. ere graven with an iron 
pen and lead in the rock for ever ! 

25 *\ For I know that my Redeemer 
liveth,and that he fhall Hand at the latter 
day upon the earth : 

26 Ar.d though after my fkin ivorms 
dedroy this body, yet in my flefh flull f 
fee God : 

11 Whom T fhall fee for myfelf. and 
mine eyes fhall behold, and not another ; 
though my reins be confumed within me. 

23 But ye (honld (ay. Why perfecute 
we him, (ecing the root of the matter is 
found in me J, 

29 Be ye afraid of the fword ; forwra!li 
brlngetb the punifhmcnts of the fvsord^ 
that ye may know there Is a judgment. 

( HAP. XX. 

Zophar Jlexveth the (late** and portion of 

the 'wicked . 

THEN anfwercd Zophar the Naama- 

thite, lid* 

- ; do my thoughts caufe me 

to anfwer, and foi this I mike hade. 

he n >l the check of my re- 

IChi and the Ipirit of my unuVrliand- 

th me to dn(\\( r. 

■i tCnowefl thou not this of old, fine 
man w i» plat ed upon earth, 

J hat the triumphing 1 f (he wicked 
is thort, and 1 
for -t ' 

6 j Ik ugh his excellency mount up to 
the heavens, and his li ad reach unto the 
clou< 

7 Yet he (hall peri Hi 1 >r ever like hii 

own flung : tlv j wl | i, B| 



15 H« hath put my 1 r from fhall fay, V is he J 



I mine acquaint 1 . Tily 

»m me. 

U My kinsfolk hive failed, and my 
familiar friends have I >rgotten 1 

ta The} that dwell in mine hou 
my maids, count me for a (trangei : I am 
an alien m their fi;;!it. 

lb I called m> fervant, gave 

me no anfwer ; I entreated him with mv 
mouth. 

3 H 



H He (hall -ay as a dream, and 

fhall not ' yea, he fhall I 1 

of th 
' 1 he ••• him fhall /** 

him '. ilnll hib pi 

fhall ( k to pi 

li ind ■ (hall icli. 



in lb, children 

1 r, and hi 
their j<o 

II His bones 11 



full of the fn of I 
■ lit, 



442 Job jJjenveth caufe for his grief . 

youth, which (hall lie down with him in 
the dud. 

12 Though wickednefs be fweet in his 
momh t tbougb he hide it under his tongue ; 

13 -Though he fpare it, and forfake it 
not ; but keep it (till within his mouth : 

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, 
it is the gall of afps within him. 

15 He hath fwalloweddown riches, and 
he (hall vomit them up again ; God (hall 
caft them out of his belly. 

16 He (hall (uck the poifon of afps : the 
viper's tongue (hall (lay him. 

17 He (hall not fee the rivers, the floods, 
the brooks of honey and butter. 

18 That which he laboured for (hall 
he reflore, and (hall not fwallow it 
down : according to b'& fubftance /hall 
the reftitution he, and he (hall not re- 
joice tbereirt. 

19 Becaufe he hath oppreffed and 
hath forfaken the poor : becaufe he hath 
violently taken away aa houfe which he 
bunded not ; 

20 Surely he (hall not feel quietnefs in 
his belly, he (hall not fave of that which 
he de fired. 

21 There (hall none of his meat be left; 
therefore (hall no man look for his goods. 

22 In the fulnefs of his fufficiency he 
(hall be in (traits : every hand of the wick- 
ed (hall come upon him. 

23 When he is about to fill his belly, 
God (hall caft the fury of his wrath upon 
him, and (hall rain it upon him while he 
is eating. 

24 He (hall flee from the iron weapon, 
and the bow of (feel (hall ftrike him 
through. 

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the 
body ; yea, the glittering (word cometh 
out of his gall : terrors are upon him. 

26 All durkne fsjha II be hid in his fecret 
places : a fire not blown (hall con fume 
him ; it (hall go ill with him that is left 
in his tabernacle. 

27 The heavens (hall reveal his iniquity; 
and the earth (hall rife up againft him. 

28 The increafe of his houfe (hall de- 
part, and his goods (hall How away in the 
day of his wrath. 

29 This is the portion of a wicked man 
from God, and the heritage appointed 
unto him by God. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Job Jbeiveth that even in the judgment 
of man he bath reafon to be grieved. 7 
Sometimes the ivuked do Jo pro/per as 
they de/pife God. 16 .Sometimes their 
deftruilion is man'frfl. 23 The happy 
and the unhappy alike in dealt}. 
BUT Job antwered and (aid, 

2 Hear diligently my fpeech, and let 
this be your conizations. 

3 Suffer me that I may fpeak ; and af- 
ter that I have fpoken, mock on. 



JOB. the happy and unhappy alike in dcdW a 



4 As for me, Is my complaint to man ? 
And if it -zvere fo y Why (hould not my 
fpirit be troubled ? 

5 Mark me, and be aftonifhed, and lay 
your hand upon your mouth. 

6 Even when I remember I am afraid^ 
and trembling taketh hold on my flefti. 

7 qj Wherefore do the wicked live, be- 
come old, yea, are mighty in power ?' 

8 Their feed is efrabliihed in their fight 
with them, and their offspring before: 
their eyes. 

9 Their houfes are fafe from fear, nei- 
ther is, the rod of God upon them. 

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth 
not, their cow calveth, and cafieth not 
her calf. 

11 They fend forth their little bheslik© 
a flock, and their children dance. 

12 They take the timbrel and harp,and 
rejoice at the found of the organ. 

13 They fpend their days in wealth, 
and in a moment go down to the grave. 

14 Therefore they fay unto God, De- 
part from us : for we defire not the knowl- 
edge of thy ways. 

15 What is the Almighty, that we 
(hould ferve him ? and, What pi ofit (hould 
we have, if we pray unto him ? 

16 q| Lo, their good is not in their hand % 
the counfel of the wicked is far from me. 

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked 
put out J and, Hoiu oft cometh their de- 
(truclion upon them \ God diftributeth 
(brrows in his anger. 

18 They are as ftubble before the 
wind, and as chaff that the (form carrieth 
away. 

19 God layefhup his iniquity for his 
children : he rewardeth him, and he 
(hall know it. 

20 His eyes (hall fee his deftruclion, 
and he (hall drink of the wrath of the 
Almighty. 

21 For, What pleafure hath he in his 
houfe after him, when the number of his 
months is cut off in the midft ? 

22 Shall any teach God knowledge ? 
feeing he judgeth thofe that are high. 

25 q[ One dieth in his full (Irength, be- 
ing wholly at eafe and quiet. 

24 His breads are full of milk, and his 
bones are moiftened with marrow. 

25 Andanotherdiethin the bitternefsof 
his (bill, and never eateth with pleafure. 

26 They (hall lie down alikein the dud, 
and the worms (hall cover them. 

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and 
the devices ivhich ye wrongfully imagine 



again ft me 



J L$ For ye fay, Where is the houfe of 
the prince f and, Where are the dwelling 
places of the wicked ? 

29 Have ye not afked them that go by 
the way? and Do ye not know their tokens, 

30 That the wicked is rcferved to the 

day 



Job aceufed fif divers fins 

day of deft ruction ? They (hall be brought 
'h to the day of wrath. 
31 Who . clare his way to hi* 

face ? and, Who (hal repay him uibat he 

- Vet (hall he be brought to the grave, 
and (kail remain in the tomb. 

- e clods of the valley frail be 
to him, and every man thall 
tw after him, as there are lnnumer- 
before I 

:>» How then comfort ye me in i 
feei~_; in your anfwers there remaineth 

HAP. XXII. 
I JSiipbaz Jbenvetb that rr.ansg 

j he mccufeib J 
enf.ns. 11 He sxbottero bim to re- 
fer, tb promijeS of mercy. 

Ti iphaz the Temanite anfwer- 

ed and (aid, 

£ Can a man be Die unto God, 

c may be profitable unto 

3 /» it any pleafure to the Almighty, 
that thou art righteous » or, // it gain to 
bim, that thou makelt thy ways per- 
fect 

4 \V il] he reprove thee for fear of thee ? 
Will he enter with thfe into judgment ? 

5 € . and 
e iniquities infinite ? 

6 For ihou haft taken a pledge from 
thy brother for r.oaght, and ttripped the 

thing. 

ater to the 
.k, and . ithholdeu 

br> i the hungry . 

8 B hty man, he 

and the honourable man 
t 

i haft fent 
ar. taiherlela have been 

broke 

res are r >out 

11 not 

fee ; - 

// not Ciud in the li- 
en ! behoi 

13 And thou fayed, How doth I 
kr ark 

I i .re a < 

lot ; and he walketh 

ed the old 
trodden i 
down i me, 

rflown with a 
1 : 

IT \fi h ch faid unto God, 

hal can the Almighty do 

II - rhoufes with goo j 



Chap. xxii. xxiii. He is exhorted to repentarce. 443 

gs : but the counfel of the wicked is 
tar from me. 

19 The righteous fee it, and are glad : 
and the innocent laugh them to (corn. 

1 Whereas our fub fiance is not cut 
down, but the remnant of them the nre 
confumeth. 

r Acquaint now thy (elf with him, 
and be at peace ; thereby good (hallcome 
unto thee. 

Receive; I pray thee, the law from 
his mouth, and lay up his words in 
art. 
-3 It thou return to the Almighty, 
thou (halt be built up, thou (halt put a- 
r from thy tabernacles. 
-4 l;.en (halt thou lay upgoldasduft, 
and the gold of Ophir as the ilones of the 
brooks. 

-3 Yea, the Almighty (hall be thy de- 
fence, and thou (halt have plenty of filver. 
26 For then (halt thou have thy de- 
light in the Almighty, and (halt lift up 
x unto God. 
-" Ihou (halt make thy prayer unto 
him, and he (hall hear thee, and tiiou 
I pay thy vow 
-8 1 hou ihalt alio decree a thing, and 
it thall be eftablifhed unto thee : and the 
" ("hall ihine upon r ys. 

\r\ hen mer An, then thou 

(halt fay, Toere is lilting up ; and he 
thall lave the humble perfon. 

30 He (hall deliver the ifland of the 
innocent : and it is delivered by the pure- 
s of thine hands. 

HAP. XXIII. 

1 appear he fore God, 6 in 

cot. oj hit mercy. 8 God, tuvo is 

hble, obfer<vetb our 1D6JS. 11 

Job i innoctney. 13 God's decree is 

immutable. 

Job anf-vered and fi 
- Even today is my complaint bit* 

r than my groaning, 
h that I knew where 1 might 
him! ttat I might come**** to his j 

* 1 would lie betore h:m, 

and fill my mouth with arguments. 

5 1 would know the words ixbicb he 

would an f*er me, and undcrrtand what 

unto me. 

« '•'• :ll he I nfl me with bis 

grea' ; but he would put 

Jirengtb in me. 

1 there the righteous might dif| 
with him -hould I be deliver: 

• 
8 c r ard, but he ii not 

nd bat , but 1 cannot pcr- 

•l>e left hand, where he doth 

, but I cannot be!Hd bim : he 
hide-. ght hand, tliat I 

Pirn : 
10 Bui he knoweth the way that I 

'take : 



his 

the 
ef- 



414 Cod's decrees immutable. JOB 

take : 'when he hath tried me, I ihall 
come forth as gold. 

11 ^J My foot hath held his fteps, 
way have I kept, and not declined. 

1- Neither have I gone back from 
commandment of his lips : I have 
teemed the words of his mouth more 
than my necefTary/o3i/. 

13c But he is in one mind, and, Who 
can turn him ? And tubal his foul defir- 
eth, even that he doeth. 

14 For he perlcrmeth the thing that is 
appointed for me : and many iuch things 
ate with him. 

15 Therefore am T troubled at his pref- 
ence : when I confider I am afraid of him. 

16 For God maketh my heart foft,and 
the Almighty troubieth n e : 

IT ESecaufe I was riot cut off before 
the darknefs, neither had he covered the 
darknefs from mv face. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Wickednefs gaetb often u^punifbed. 17 

There is a J'ecrei judgment for the 

tuicked. 

WHY, feeing times are not hidden 
from the Almighty, do thty that know 
him not fee his days ? 

2 Some remove the land marks ; they vi- 
olently take away flocks, and feed ihereoj. 

3 They drive away the ais of the fa- 
tferlefs, they take the widow's ox for a 
pledge. 

4 They turn the needy cut of the 
way : the poor of the earth hide them- 
felves together. 

5 Behold, as wild affes in the defert go 
they forth to their work ; rifing betimes 
for a prey : the wildernefs yieldeib food 
for them and for their children. 

6 They reap enjery one his corn in the 
field : and they gather thfe vintage of the 
wicked. 

7 They caufe the naked to lodge with- 
out clothing, that they ha've no covering 
in the cori. 

8 They are wet with the fliowers of 
lountains, and embrace the rock for 

it of a fhelter. 

9 They pluck the fatherlefs from the 
breaf:, ana take a pledge of the poor. 

10 1 hey caufe bim to go naked with- 
out clothing, and they take away the 
£heaf/>0>» the hungry ; 

11 Wntch make oil within their walls, 



and tread their wineprelfes, and fuffer 
third. 

12 Men groan trom out of the city, 
and the foul of the wounded crieth out : 
yet God layeth not folly to them. 

13 They are of thofe that rebel againfl 
the light ; they know not the ways there- 
of, nor abide in the paths thereof. 

li The murderer riling with the light 
kllleth the poor and needy, and in the 
night is as a thief. 



A judgment for the tuiched. 

ij The eyealfoof the adulterer waiteth 
for the twilight, faying, No eye fhail fee 
me : and difguiJeih A.> face. 

It) In the dark the> dig through houfes, 
lobicb they had marked for themfelves in 
rhe day time : they knew not the light. 

17 q For the morning is to them even 
as the fhadow of death : if one know 
them, they are in the terrors of the fr.ad- 
ow of death. 

18 He/jfwittas the waters ; their por- 
tion is eurfed in the earth : he beholdeth 
not the way of the vineyards 

19 Drought and heat confume the 
mow waters : jo dnb the grave thofe 
■"which have finned. 

20 The womb mall forget him : the 
worm fhall feed fweetly on him ; he fhall 
be no more remembered ; and wicked- 
nefs fhall be broken as a tree. 

21 He evil entreaterh the barren that 
beareth not : and doeth not good to the 
widow. 

22 He draweth alio the m'ehty with 
his power : he rifeth up, and no man is 
fure of life. 

23 Though it be given him to he in 
fafety, whereon he refteth ; yet his eyes 
are upon their ways 

-i They are exalted for a little while, 
but are gone and brought low ; they are 
taken out of the way as all otber, and cut 
off as the tops of the ears of corn. 

25 And if it be not fo now, Who will 
make me a liar, and make my fpeech 
nothing worth ? 

CHAP. XXV. 
Bildad/beivetb that man cannot be jufli- 
fed before God. 

THEN anlwered <Bildad the Shuhite, 
and faid, 

2 Dominion and fear are with him, he 
maketh peace in his high places. 

3 Is there any number of his armies ? 
and, Upon whom doth not his light arife ? 

4 How then can man be juftified with 
God ? or, How can he be clean that is 
born of a woman ? 

5 Behold, even to the moon, and it 
fhineth not : yea, the fiars are not pure 



in his fight 



6 How much lefs man, that is a worm ; 
and the fon of man, c wbicb is a worm ? 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 Job reproving the uncharitable fpirit of 

Bildad, 5 achsouJledgetb the poruer of 

God to be infinite and unfearcbable. 

BUT Job anlwered and faid, 

2 How haft thou helped him that is 
without power ? Hoiu favefc thou the 
arm that bath no ftrength ? 

3 How halt thou counfelled him that 
bmtb no wildom ? and,//oau liaft thou plen- 
tifully declared the thing as it is } 

4 To whom haft thou uttered words ? 
and. Whole fpirit came from thee ? 

5 fl Dead 



PJob pretejfelh blsfinterity. Chap- xxvli 
5 5 Dead things are formed from under 
the waters, a.ni the inhabitants thereof. 

6 Hell is n.iked before him, and de- 
ftruction hath no covering. 

7 He rlretcheth out the north eve. 
emp'\ place, an:t ndn-cu\tht earth uj 
nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in his 
thick, clouds ; and the cloud ia not » 
under them. 

ie iiul ieth back the face of bis 
throne, and fpreacV ipon it 

10 He bath com, rs with 
bounds until the day and night come to 
an end 

1 1 The pillars of heaven tremble 
are aft ouifhed at his reproof. 

12 He d videth the fea^mh bis power, 
and by his under g i;c imiteth 
through the proud. 

By his fpirit he hath garni fhed the 
heavens : his liand hath formed the 
crookc ' 

14 : art bur, 

How li»ie a h - i of him i 

But the I ho can 

underiland ? 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Jobprctefle'b his Jincerity. 8 The hyp- 
ocrite is without z'spe. 1 1 To. hlejftngs 
ivbichthe wicked have urz .urned in. 
to cur/'es. 

VER, Job continued his par- 
:ible, an 1 faid, 

liveth, ao ho hath taken away 
my judgment ; and the Almighty, ivbo 
hath vexed tny foul ; 

5 All the while my breath is in me, 
;d thclj God is in my noftrils ; 

(hull : ik wickednefa, 

nor mj utter de< 

5 Ciu 1 forbid thai 1 fhould jufiifyyou: 
till I die I w:ll not rem ie integrity 

frond me. 

htroufnefs 1 hold faft, and 
will not I : my heart (hall not re- 

proach me fa long as I 

7 Let mine enemy be is the 

and he that riieth upagainfl the 

uarighteou i. 

8 f] For, What /'/ the hope of the hyp- 
rite, though he hath gained, when ( 

takcth a\ 

9 \V*4i Cr-j.l hear his cr] trouble 
cometh upon him : 

Will h< delight himfelf in I 
mighty ? Will he always call • >d ? 

It Y 1 "ill teach you by the hand of 
G it which is with the Almightj 

v dl I not conceal. 

Behold, all > e yourfelvcs have 
it; Why then areyethusaltogetherv . 

the poitionot ■ wicked m3n 
id the her;' redors, 

%vbici tall rcceiveof the All. 

14 If: zh drcn be multiplied, $ I is 



. xxvhi. Judgment for the wicked. 445 

for the | : and his offspring (hall 

not be fatistied with bread. 

13 Thoie that remain of him fhall be 
buried in death : and his widows fhall 
not weep. 

16 Though he heap up filver as the 
duft, and prepare raiment as the clay ; 

17 He ma) prepare it, but the juft 
rtiall put /'/ on, and the innocent fhall di- 
vide the filver 

18 He buildeth his houfe as a moth, 
and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 

19 The rich man fhall lie down, but 
he mail not be gathered : he openeth his 
eyes and he is not. 

£0 terrors take hold on him as waters, 

eth him auav in the night. 

-t 1 he ea;t wind carrieth h.im away, 

and he de^ arteth : and as a ltorm hurleth 

him out of his place. 

For Ood (hall cad upon him, and 
- fpare : he would fain dec cutcf his 
hand. 

U<"/ fhall clap their hands at him, 
and fhall hifshim out of hi- place. 

CH \ P. XXVIII. 
I The e is a knowledge of natural things. 
\1 li'ild'jm is an excellent gift oj God. 
RELY tiiere is a vein for the ft] 
and a place for gold inhere they fine it. 

rbn is taken out of the earth, and 
brafs is molten out cf the (tone. 

3 He fetteth an end to daiknefs, and 
fearcheth out all perfection : the (tones 
of daiknefs, and the fh ulow ot death. 

4 The flood breaketli out from the 
habitant ; even the waters forgotten of 
the foot : they are dried up. the) are 
gone away from men. 

Ss for the earth, out o! icth 

bread : and under it is turned up as it 
re. 
6 i he flones of it are the placi 
fapphires : and it hath du ft of gold. 

T There ii .< path which no low I know. 
eth, .Mid which the vultui e hath 

, : 
i he lion's whelps h ive n^t trodden 
it, nor | rce lion pafT~.il b> it. 

9 He putteth forth his liand upor 
I aeth the n.ounta 
the I 

i out river, among tl e 

• us 
thii 

ii Ml ndeth the floo< 
flov hat n hid bruig- 

eth I ro light. p 

1 1 « But, »V!.< re fttallwifdoi ind? 

and, Where is ihe , f understanding t 

I • not the price th 
of, und i: ' 

I I The d not in 
and the I 

13 It cannot be gotten for gold, nei- 
ther 



446 The excellency of t vjif dent. JOB. 

ther fhall filver be weighed/or the price 
thereof. 

16 It cannot be valued with the gold 
of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the 
fapphire. 

17 The gold and the cryftal cannot 
equal it : and the exchange oi'wjballnot 
ke for jewels of" fine gold. 

18 No mention fhall be made of coral, 
or of pearls : for the price of wifdom is 
above rubies 

19 The topaz of Ethiopia fhall not e- 
qual it, neither fhall it be valued with 
pure gold. 

20 Whence then cometh wifdom ? and, 
Where is the place of understanding > 

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all 
living, and kept clofe from the fowls of 
the air. 

22 Deftruction and death fay, We have 
heard the fame thereof with our ears. 

23 God underftandeth the way there- 
of, and he knoweth the place thereof. 

24 For he looketh to the ends of the 
<earth, and feeth under the whole heaven ; 

25 To make the weight for the winds ; 
and he weigheth the waters by meafure. 

26 When he made a decree for the 
rain, and a way for the lightning of the 
thunder : 

27 Then did he fee it, and declare it ; 
lie prepared it, yea, and fearched it out. 

28 And unto man he faid, Behold, the 
fear of the Lord, that is wifdom ; and 
to depart from evil is underftanding. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
Job bemoanetb kimfelf of his former prof- 
ferity and honour. 
MOREOVER, Job continued his 
parable, and faid, 

2 Oh that I were as in months paft, as 
in the days "when God preferved me ; 

3 When his candle fhined upon my 
head, and ivhen by his light 1 walked 
through darknefs ; 

4 As I was in the days of my youth, 
when the fecret of God ivas upon my 
tabernacle ; 

5 When the Almighty ivas yet with 
me, r wben my children 'were about me ; 

6 When I wafhed my fteps with but- 
ter, and the rock poured me out rivers 
of oil ; 

7 When I went out to the gate through 
the city, uoben 1 prepared my feat in the 
It reet ! 

8 The young men faw me, and hid them- 
felves : and the aged arofe and ftood up. 

9 The princes refrained talking, and 
laid their hand on their mouth. 

10 The nobles held their peace, and 
their tongue cleaved to the root of their 
mouth. 

11 When the ear heard me, then it 
blefTed me ; and when the eye faw me, 
it gave witnefsto me ; 



Job bemoanetb his former frojperhy* 

12 Becaufe I delivered the poor that 
cried, and the fatherlefs, and him that had 
none to help him. 

13 The bleffing of him that was ready 
to perifh came upon me : and I caufed 
the widow's heart to ring for joy, 

14 I put on righteoufnefs, and it cloth- 
ed me : my judgment ivas as a robe and 
a diadem. 

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet 
ivas I to the lame. 

16 I ivas a father to the poor : and the 
caufe ivbich I knew not I fearched out. 

17 And I brake the jaws of the wick- 
ed, and plucked the lpoil out of his teeth. 

10 Then I faid, I ihall die in my neft, 
and I fhall multiply my days as the 
fand. 

19 My root ivas fpreadout by the wa- 
ters, and the dew lay all night upon my 
branch. 

20 My glory <was frefti in me, and my 
bow was renewed in my hand. 

21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, 
and kept filence at my counfel. 

22 After my words they {pake not a- 
gain ; and my Ipeeclvdropped upon them. 

23 And they waited for me as for the 
rain ; and they opened their mouth wide 
as for the latter rain. 

24 If I laughed on them, they believed 
it not ; and the light of my countenance 
they call not down. 

25 I chofe out their way, and fat chief, 
and dwelt as a king in the army, as one 
that comforteth the mourners. 

CHAP. XXX. 

1 Job's honour is turned into extreme con- 
tempt ; 15 his projperity into calamity, 
BUT now they that are younger than 

I, have me in derifion, whofe fathers I 

would have dildained to have fet with 

the dogs of my flock. 

2 Yea, whereto might the ftrength of 
their hands profit me, in whom old age 
was perifhed ? 

3 For want and famine they ivere foH- 
tary ; fleeing into the wildernefs in form- 
er time defolate and wafte. 

4 Who cut up mallows by the bufhes, 
and juniper roots Jor their meat. 

5 f hey were driven forth from among 
men ; they cried after them as after a 
thief ; 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the vallies, 
in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 

7 Among the bufhes they brayed ; im- 
derthe nettlesthey weregathered together, 

8 They --ivere children of fools, yea, 
children of bafe men : they were viler 
than the earth. 

9 And now am I their fong, yea, I am 
their byword. 

10 They abhor me, they flee far from 
me, and {pare not to i pit in my face. 

11 Becaufe he hath locfed my cord,, 

ana 



\ 



Job' s profperity turned into calamity . Chap.xxxi. He prof e Jet b his integrity . 44T 



*md afflicted me, they have alfo let loofe 
the bridle before me. 

12 Upon my right band rife the^youth ; 
they pufh away my feet, and they raife up 
agamft me the ways of their deftruetion. 

13 They mar my path, they fet for- 
ward my calamity, they have no helper. 

14 They came upon me as a wide break- 
ing in of waters : in the delolation they 
rolled themfelves upon me. 

15 Terrors are turned upon me : they 
purfue my foul as the wind : and my wel- 
fare paffeth away as a cloud. 

16 And now my foul is poured out up- 
on me ; the days of affliction have taken 
hold upon me. 

IT My bones are pierced in me in the 
night feafon : and my finews take no reft. 

13 By the great force of mv difeaje is 
my garment changed : it bindeth me a- 
bout as the collar of my coat. 

19 He hath caft me into the mire, and 
I am become like duft and aflies. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou doft not 
hear me : I (land up, and thou regarded 
me not. 

-1 Thou art become cruel to me : with 
thy (hong hand thou oppofeft thyfelf a- 
gainft me. 

22 Thou lifted me up to the wind : 
thou caufeft me to ride upon it, and dif- 
lblveft my fubftance. 

23 For 1 know that thou wilt bring me 
to death, and to the houfe appointed for 
all living. 

24 Howbeit, he will notfrrctch out bis 
hand to the grave, though they cry in his 
definition. 

Did not I weep fcr him that was in 
trouble ? Was not my foul grieved for the 
poor i 

26 When I looked for good then evil 
(line unto me: and when I waited for 
light, there came dai knel . 

27 My bowels boiled, and refted not : 
the days of affliction prevented me. 

28 I went mourning without the fun : I 
Pood up, and [ cried in theo< ngregation. 

29 I am a brother to dragons, and a 

companion to owl>. 

30 My (kin is black upon me, and my 
bone.^ are burned with heat. 

31 My harp alfo is tui ne<i to mourning, 
->nd my organ into the voice ol them that 
weep. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

1 Job maketh a folcmn pron ilit'wn of his 

integrity, m (enteral duties. 

1 M A I)l< a cov :unr with mine 
Why then mould I think njpon a ma 

S For, What portion of Qod i'j there 
from above ? and, What inhei itai 
the Almighty from on high i 

9 U not deftruetion to the wicked, and 
<» ftrauge pun 
itjujty ? 



4 Doth not he fee my ways, and count 
all my fteps ? 

5 If I have walked with vanity, or if 
my foot hath halted to deceit ; 

6 Let me be weighed in an even bal- 
ance, that God may know mine integrity. 

7 If my ftep hath turned out of the 
way, and mine heart walked after mine 
eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my 
hands ; 

8 Then let me fow, and let another 
eat ; yea. let my offspring be rooted out. 

9 If mine heart have been deceived by 
a woman, or if I have laid wait at my 
neighbour's door ; 

10 Then let my wife grind unto anoth- 
er, and let others bow down upon her. 

11 For this is an heinous crime ; yea, 
it is an iniquity to be pun'Jhcd by the 
judges. 

12 For it is a fire that confumeth to 
deftruction, and would root out all mine 
incrtafe. 

IS If I did defpife the caufe of my 
manlervant or of my maidlervant, when 
they contended with me : 

U What then (hall I do when God 
rifeth up I And when he vifiteth, What 
(hall I anfwer him ? 

15 Did not he that made me in the 
womb make him ? And did not one falh- 
on us in the womb ? 

16 If I have withheld the poor from 
their defire, or have cauled the eyes ot 
the widow to fail ; 

17 Or have eaten my morfel my felt 
alone, and the fathetlels hath not eaten 

thereof ; 

1 & ( For from my youth he was brought 
up with me, as ir/'/A a father, and I have 
guided her from my mother's womb ;) 

(9 If I have (ecu any peri Hi for want 
of clothing, or any poor without cover- 
ing ; 

-0 If his loins have no( blefled me, and 
if he were not warmed with the fleece oi 
my (beep ; 

21 It I have lifted up my hand againfl 
the fatherlefs, when I law my help in the 
gate : 

Then let nun- arm fall from my 
moulder blade, and mine arm be broken 
■ bone. 

15 I or the defti in tion from God ivss 
i terror to me,and i!un of his high- 

nefs I ( ould not endure. 

■ e made gold my hope, or 
■ Paid to the I >W, Jhou art my 

itl, tfe my wealth 

mine hand had 

h ; 

I the fun w hen it mined, 
or the moon walkii k i htneia ; 

\nd my heart hath b ' <*"- 

li hath killed my hand : 
lh;s 



US EUhu reprowtb Job. 



JOB. 



His zeal to fpeak. 



28 This alfooo^n? an iniquity /o £/?•/>«;?- j infpiration of the Almighty giveth then* 



ifhed by the judge : for 1 fhould have de- 
nied the God that is above. 

29 If I rejoiced at the deftruclion of 
him that hated me, or lifted up myfelf 
when evil found him : 

30 Neither have I fuffered my mouth 
to fin by wifhing a curie to his foul. 

31 If the men of my tabernacle faid not, 
Oh that we had of his nefh ! we cannot 
be fatisfied. 

32 The ftranger did not lodge in the 
ftreet : but I opened my doors to the 
traveller. 

33 If I covered my tranfgreflions as 
Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my 
bofom : 

34 Did I fear a great multitude ? or ; Did 
thecontemptof families terrify me, that 
I kept filence, and went not out of the 
door > 

35 O thatone would hear me ! Behold, 
my defire is, that the Almighty would 
anfwer me, and that mine adverfary had 
written a book, 

36 Surely I would take it upon my 
fhoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 

37 I would declare unto him the num- 
ber of my fteps ; as a prince would I go 
rear unto him. 

33 If my land cry againft me, or that 
the furrows Jikewife thereof complain ; 

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof 
without money, or have caufed the own- 
ers thereof to Jofe their life : 

iO Let thirties grow inftead of wheat, 
and cockle inftead of bariey. The words 
of Job are ended. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 Elihu is angry tvith Job and his three 

friends. 6 He reprove th them for not 

Satisfying of Job. 16 His zeal tojpeak. 

SO thefe three men ceafed to anfwer 
Job, becaufe he ivas righteous in his 
own eyes. 

2 Then was kindled the wrath or Elihu 
thefonof Barachel the Buzite,of the kin- 
dred of Ram : againft Job was his wrath 
kindled, becaufe hejuftifiedhimfelf rath- 
er than God. 

3 Alfo againft his three friends was his 
wrath kindled, becaufe they had found 
no anfwer, and yet had condemned Job. 

4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had 
fpoken, becaufe they ivere elder than he. 

5 When Elihu faw that there nvas no 
anfwer in the mouth of thefe three men, 
then his wrath was kindled. 

6 €| And Elihu the fon of Barachel the 
Buzite anfwered and faid, I am young, 
and ye are very old, wherefore I was 
afra'd, and durft not ftiew you mine 
opinion. 

7 I faid, Days fhould fpeak, and multi- 
tude of years fhould teach wifdom. 

G But there is a fpirit in man : and the 



under/landing. 

9 Great men are not always wife : nei- 
ther do the aged underftand judgment. 

10 Therefore I laid, Hearken to me ; I 
alfo will (hew mine opinion. 

11 Beheld, I waited foryour words ; I 
gave ear to yourrcafons, whilftye fearch- 
ed out what to fay. 

12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, 
behold, there nvas none of you that con- 
vinced Job, or that anfwered his words : 

13 Left ye fhould fay, We have found 
out wifdom : God thrufteth him down, 
not man. 

li Now he hath not directed his words 
againft me : neither will I anfwer him, 
with your fpeeches. 

15 They were amazed, they anfwered 
no more : they left oti fpeaking. 

16 ^ When I ha*d waited, (for they 
fpake not, but ftood ftill, and anfwered 
no more ;) 

17 I faid, I will anfwer alfo my part, 
I alfo will ftiew mine opinion. 

18 For I am full of matter, the fpirit 
within me conftraineth me. 

19 Behold, my belly is as wine, ivhicb 
hath no vent, • it is ready to burft like new 
bottles. 

20 I will fpeak, that I may be refresh- 
ed : I will open my lips and anfwer. 

21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any 
man ; s perfon, neither let me give flatter- 
ing titles unto man. 

22 For I know not to give flattering 
titles ; in /o doing my Maker would foort 
take me away. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

1 Elihu ojfereth bimfelj inftead of God ivith 
fincertty and meeknefs y to reajen 'with 
Job. 8 He excufetb God from giving 
man an account of his <ways,by his great- 
nefs. 31 He inciteth Job to attention. 
WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, 

hear my fpeeches, and hearken to all 

my words. 

2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, 
my tongue hath fpeken in my mouth. 

3 MywordsJ&af/be o; the uprightnefs 
of my heart : and my lips fhall utter 
knowledge clearly. 

4 The fpirit of God hath made me, 
and the breath of the Almighty hath given 
me life. 

5 If thoucanft anfwer me, fet thyivords 
in order before me, ftandup. 

6 Behold, I am according to thy wifli 
in God's Head : I alfo am formed cut of 
the clay. 

7 Behold, my terror fhall not make 
thee afraid, neither fhall my hand be heavy 
upon thea. 

8 ^Surely thou haft fpoken in mine hear- 
ing, and I have heard the voice of thy 
words, faying, 



am 






Eiibu's zeal to /peak. Chap. Xxxiv. 

9 I am clean without tranfgreUion, I 
mm innocent : neither is there iniquity in 
me. 

10 Behold, he findeth occafions again!! 
i*ne, he counteth me for his enemy : 

11 He putteth my feet in the flocks, 
he marketh all my paths. 

11 Behold, in this thou art not jufi: : I 
will anfwer thee, that God is greater than 
man. 

13 Why doft thou ftrive againft him } 
For lie giveth not account of any of his 
matters. 

14 For God fpeaketh once, yea twice, 
yet man perceiveth it not. 

15 In a dream, in a vifion of the night, 
when deep lleep falleth upon men, in 
ilumberings upon the bed ; 

16 Then he openeth the ears of men, 
and fealeth their inftruction, 

IT That he may withdraw man from 
bis purpofe, and hide pride from man. 

lb He keepeth back his foul from the 
pit, and his life from perhhing by the 
iword. 

19 He is chaftened alfo with pain upon 
his bed, and the multitude of his bones 
with ftrong pain : 

20 So that hi* life abhorreth bread, and 
his foul dainty meat. 

21 His flefh is confumed away, that it 
cannot be feen ; and bis boires, that were 
not feen, (lick out. 

22 Yea, his foul drawelh near unto the 
grave, and his life to the deftroyers. 

23 If there be a meflenger with him, 
an interpreter, one among a thoufand, to 
fliew unto man his uprightnefl : 

24 Then he is gracious unto him, and 
faith, Deliver him from going down to 
the pit : I have found a ranfoin. 

15 His firfh mall be firmer than a 
child's : he (hall return to the days of his 
youth : 

26 He (hall pray unto God. and he will 
be favourable unto him : anil he (hail fee 
his face with joy . for he will render unto 
man his righteoufn 

27 He looketh upon men, and if nny 
fay, I have finned, and perveri 
•which •was right, and it profited me 
not ; 

28 He will deliver ll from go- 
ing into the pit, and his life fhall fee we 

it. 

29 I.o, all thefe things woiketh i 
oftentimes with man, 

30 n g back his foul from the pit, 
•" be e ied with the light of the 
living. 

3J k well, O Job, hearken unto 

me : hold thy . I will fpeak. 

St If thou baft any thing to fay,anfwej 
me : fpeak, for I defire to jllftify th 

31 If not, I.o nken unto me : bold thy 
pure, and I ball teach thee win!. 

9 I 



God cannot he ttnjujt. 445 

CHAP. XXXIV. 

1 Elihu accufeth Job for charging God 
•with injujlice. 10 God omnipotent can- 
not beunjuft. 31 Man muji humble him- 
felfunto God. S4 Elihu repro<veth Job. 
FURTHERMORE, Elihu anfwered 

and faid, 

2 Hear my words, O ye wife men : and 
give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 

3 For the ear trieth words, as the 
mouth talleth meat. 

4 Let us choofe to us judgment : let 
us know among ourfelves what h good. 

5 For Job hath faid, I am righteous : 
and God hath taken away my judgment. 

6 Should I lie againft my right ? My 
wound is incurable without trail fgrefTion, 

T What man is like Job, •who drinketh 
up fcorning like water ? 

'6 Which goeth in company with the 
workers of iniquity, and walketh with 
wicked men. 

9 For he hath faid, It profiteth a man 
nothing that he (hould delight himfelf 
with God. 

lO^jTherefore hearken unto me,ye men 
of underftanding: far be it tromGod t that 
hefhould Jo wickednefs ; and/ro/n the Al- 
mighty, that hejhould commit iniquity. 

11 For the work of man dial I he ren- 
der unto him, and canfe every man to 
find according to his ways. 

12 Yea, furely, God will not do wick- 
edly, neither will the Almighty pervert 
judgment. 

13 Who hath given him a charge over 
the earth ? or, Who hath difpofed the 
whole world ? ~ 

14 If he fet his heart uprfn man, if 
he gather unto himfelf his (pirit and his 
breath ; 

15 All flefh fhall periOi together, and 
man (hall turn again unto duff, 

16 If now thou hajl under (landing, hear 
this : heai ken to the voice of my words. 

17 Shall even he that hahth right gov- 
ern I and, Will thou condemn him that 
is mofl jnfl I 

IB /j it fit to f,i\ , Thou art 

wi< Iced t and to prim ire ungodly t 

19 He I MS io him that teth 

not the pei fons oi princes, nor regardeth 
the rh h r.i Fof they all 

ore the w oi k ol Ins hands. 

In i moment Biall thej die 2 and 
pie (hall be troubl nd 

ay : and the mighty (lull n 

am .v v. ithoui h uuls. 

-1 ue upon t 1 

man, and he fl Cth all 

There is n> 

i • '/ 

hid 

upon nun m 

than r. 1 enter in' j 

•in 1. 



450 Elihu accvfetb Job. 



JOB. 



Hefhe<weth hoio God Is jtfft. 



24 He fhall break in pieces mighty men 
without number, and fet others in their 
ftead. 

25 Therefore he knoweth their works, 
and he overturneth them in the night, fo 
that they are deftroyed. 

26 He ftriketh them as wicked men in 
the open fight of others ; 

27 Becaufe they turned back from him, 
and would not confider any of his ways : 

28 So that they caufe the cry of the 
poor to come unto him, and he hearetk 
the cry of the afflicted. 

29 When he giveth quietnefs, Who then 
can make trouble ? And when he hideth 
bis face, Who then can behoidhim? wheth- 
er it be done againft a nation, or againft a 
man only : 

SO That the hypocrite reign not, left 
the people be enfnared. 

Si q| Surely it is meet to be faid unto 
God, T have borne chajlifemeni, I will not 
offend any more : 

82 That <whicb I fee not, teach thou 
rne : If I have done iniquity, I will do no 
more. 

33 Should it be according to thy mind ? 
He will recompenie it whether thou re- 
fnfe, or whether thou choofe ; and not 1 : 
therefore fpeak what thou knoweft. 

34 ^| Letmenofunderftandingtellme, 
and let a wife man hearken unto me. 

35 Job hath fpoken without knowledge, 
and his words were without wifdom. 

S6 My defire is, that Job may be tried 

unto the end, becaufe of bis anfvvers for 

wicked men. 
87 For he addeth rebellion unto his fin, 

he clappeth his hands among us, and muL 

tiplieth his words againft God. 
G H A P. XXXV. 

-3 Comparifon is not to be made 'with God, 
becaufe our good or evil cannot extend 
i>.nt% him. 9 Many cry in their affli&ions, 
but are not heard for <want of faith, 
ELIHU fpake moreover, and faid, 
2 Thinkeft thou this to be be right, 

that thou faidft, My righteoufnefs is more 

than God's ? 

S For thou faidft, What advantage will 

it be unto thee ? and What profit fhall I 

have, if I be cleanfed from my fin ? 

4 I will anfwer thee, and thy compan- 
ions with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and fee ; 
and behold the clouds ivhicb are higher 
than thou* 

6 If thou finneft, What doeft thou a- 
gainft him ? or, // thy tranfgreftions be 
multiplied, What doeft thou unto him ? 

7 If thou be righteous, What giveft 
thou him ? or, What receiveth he of thine 
hand ? 

8 Thy wickednefs may hurt a man a? 
thou art ; and thy righteoufnefs may prof 
*>the fon of man. 



9 ^ By reafon of the multitude of op- 
preffions they make the oppreffed to cry 1 
they cry out by reafon of the arm of the 
mighty. 

10 But none faith, Where is God my 
Maker, who giveth fongs in the night ; 

11 Who teacheth us more than the 
beafts of the earth, and maketh us wifer 
than the fowls of heaven ? 

12 There they cry, but none giveth 
anfwer, becaufe of the pride of evil men. 

IS Surely God will not hear vanity, 
neither will the Almighty regard it. 

14 Although thou layeft thou (halt not' 
fee h\m y yet judgment /jbefore him; there- 
fore truft thou in him. 

15 But now, becaufe it is not fo, he hath 
vifited in his anger ; yet he knoweth it 
not in great extremity : 

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth 
in vain ; he multiplieth words without 
knowledge. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 

t Elihu Jbenvetb ho-iv God is jujl in bis 
ivaySy 16 and hoiv Job's Jins hinder 
God's blejings. 24 God's tuorks are to 
be magnified, 

ELIHU alfo proceeded, and faid, 
2 Suffer me a little, and I vt\\\ (hew 

thee that / have yet to fpeak on God's 

behalf. 
S I will fetch my knowledge from a- 

far, and will afcribe righteoufnefs to my 

Maker. 

4 For truly my word fhall not he falfe % 
he that is perfect in knowledge is with 
thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, and defpif- 
eth not any ; he is mighty in ftrengthand 
wifdom. 

6 Hepreferveth notthelifeof the wick- 
ed : but giveth right to the poor. 

7 He withdraweth not his eyes froni 
the righteous : but with kings are they on 
the throne ; yea, he doth eitablifh them 
for ever, and they are exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in fetters, and 
be holden in cords of affliction ; 

9 Then he foeweth them their work 
and their tranfgreflions that they have 
exceeded. 

10 He openeth alfo their ear to difci- 
pline, and commandeth that they return- 
from iniquity. 

11 If they obey and ferve him y they 
fhali fpend their days in profperity, and 
their years in pleafures. 

12 But if they obey not, they fhall per- 
ifh by the fword, and they fhail die with- 
out knowledge. 

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up 
wrath : they 'cry not when he bindeth 
them. . 

14 They ;V.e in youth, and their life is 
among the unclean. 

15 He delivereth the poor in his afflic- 

tion-, 






Elibufhe f wetbJob'sJins i &c. Chap, xxxvii. xxxviii. 



God to be feared. 431 



lion, and openeth their ears in oppreilion. 

16 5 Even fo would he have removed 
thee out of the ftrait into a broad place, 
where there is no ftraitnefs : and that 
which ftiould be fet on thy table Jhould 
be full of fatnefs. 

17 But thou hail fulfilled the judgment 
of the wicked : judgment and juftice take 
hold on tbee. 

18 Becaufe there is wrath, bezuare left 
he take thee away wirh his ftroke : then 
a great ranfom cannot deliver thee. 

19 Will he efttem thy riches ? No, not 
gold, nor all the forces of ftrength. 

20 Defire not the night, when people 
are cut off in their place. 

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity : 
or this haft, thou choten rather than af- 
fliction. 

22 Behold. God exalteth by his power : 
Who teacheth like him ? 

23 Who hath enjoined him his way ; 
or, Who can fay, Thou haft wrought 
iniquity ? 

24 ^[ Remember that thou magnify 
his work, which men behold. 

25 Every man may fee it ; man may 
behold it afar off. 

26 Behold, God is great, and we know 
him not, neither can the number of his 
years be fearched out. 

27 For he maketh fmall the drops of 
water : they pour down rain according 
to the vapour thereof : 

28 Which the clouds do drop a nd diftil 
upon mas abundantly. 

29 Alfo,Can any underftand the fpread- 
ings of the clouds, or the noife of hi^ 
tabernacle 

lichold, he fpreadcth his> light upon 
it, :ind covereth the bottom of the fea. 
31 For by them judgeth lie the people ; 
he givrth meat in abundance. 

Si With clouds he covereth the light; 
and conimandffh it not to /bine bj 
cloud that cometh betwixt. 

33 '1 \\c noife thereof fticwcth concern- 
ing it, the cattle alfo concerning the 
>ur. 

CH A P. XXXVII. 

iGtl is to hr feared for bis great ivorks. 

\j His Tuifdom is unfeartbable in them. 

AT this alio my heart tremblcth, and 

I out of his place. 

I attentively the noife of his Voice, 

and the (bund that gocth out of his mouth. 

3 He dire&eth it under the whole 
■■-n, and hii lightning unto the endi 

of the- earth, 

4 After it a voice roareth : he thun- 
deretli with the voice of his exccllei. 
and he will not flay them when his \ 

u heard. 

5 God thundereth marvclloufly with 
his voice j great things docth he which 
we cannot comprehend. 



6 For he faith to the fnow, Be thou ok 
the earth ; likewife to the fmall rain, and 
to the great rain ot his ftrength. 

7 He fealeth up the hr.nd of every man : 
that all men may know his work. 

8 Then the beafts go into dens, and 
remain in their places. 

9 Out of the louth cometh the whirl- 
wind: and cold out of the north. 

10 By the breath of God froft is giv- 
en : and the breadth of the waters is 
ftraitened. 

11 Alfo by watering lie weareth the 
thick cloud: he fcattereth his bright 
cloud : 

12 And it is turned round about by Lis 
counfels: that they may do whatlopver 
he commandeth them upon the face of 
the world in the earth. 

13 Hecaufethit to come, whether ft r 
correction, or lor his land, or fur me 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job : hand 
ftilland confider tl*e wondrous works of 
God. 

15 q[ Deft thou know when God dH- 
pofed them, and caufed the light of his 
cloud to fhine? 

16 Doft thou know the ballancings of 
the clouds, the wondrous works pi him 
which is perfect in knowledge J 

17 How thy garments are warm, when 
he quieteth the earth by the fouth ivir.d ? 

iii Haft thou with him fpread out the 
flcy. nvhich is ftrong, and as a molten 
looking glafs ? 

19 Teach us what we fhall fay unto 
him ; for we cannot order ourjpeech by 

n ofdarknefs. 

30 Shall it be told him (that I fp<' 
If a man fpeaic, furely he ilia 11 be l**!- 
lowed up. 

21 And now m,n fee not thf 

light wrhich U in the cloudy : bm the 

wind pafleth and cleanieth them. 

1 ur wcathci ' the 

north : with God is terrible n> • 

20 Touching the Aim inot 
find him out : be is excellent in ; 

and in fudgment t and in plenty of juftice . 

he will not afflii r. 

Men do th< fe ir him : h< 

fnei-teth nol an-, that are v ife of hrait. 

CHAP XXXVIU. 
1 Cod cballcr.geth Job i" anfivti 
by bis mighty nr;i ds % eo% b c 

nronce % 31 <*>i-'- oj imbecility. 
'[ HEN the Lo i d anfwen d Job out 

of the whirlwind, and Dud, 

iVho is this thai d.ni- 1 in ill cour 
by words without know 1 

9 Gird tip now I l ma" ; 

for I will demand ol tb e, and 
thou n 

i f Where wad thou \ hea I 1 fid the 
foundationsoi thc<\!ir) '1 thou 



lull undcrftandin. 



Who 



452 God convinceth Job of ignorance t JOB. 



and of Imbecility. 



5 Who hatli laid the meafures thereof, 
if thou knoweft ? or, Who hath ftrctched 
the line upon it. 

6 Whereupon are the foundations 
thereof fattened ? or, Who laid the corner 
ftone thereof ; 

7 When the morning ftars fang to- 
gether and all the fons of God fhouted 
for joy ? 

8 Or, Who fhut up the fea with doors, 
.when it brake forth, as if it had ilfued 
out of the womb ? 

9 When I made the cloud the garment 
thereof, and thick darknels a fwaddling- 
band for it, 

10 And brake up for it my- decreed 
j>lace, and fet bars and doors, 

11 And faid, Hitherto (halt thou come, 
but no further : and here mail thy proud 
waves be flayed ? 

12 Haft thou commanded the morn- 
ing fince thy days, and caufed the day- 
fpnng to know his place ; 

13 That it might take hold of the ends 
of the earth, that the wicked might be 
fhaken out of it ? 

14 It is turned as clay to the feal ; and 
they ftand as a garment. 

15 And from the wicked their light 
is withholden, and the high arm lhall 
ht broken. 

16 Haft thou entered into the fprings 
of the fea ? or, Haft thou walked in the 
fearch of the depth ? 

17 Have the gates of death been opened 
unto. thee ? or, Haft thou feen the doors 
of the fhadow of death ? 

13 Haft thou perceived the breadth of 
the earth ? Declare if thou knoweft it all. 

19 Where is the way where light dwell- 
cth ? And as for darknefs, Where is the 
place thereof, 

20 That thou fhouldeft take it to the 
bound thereof, and that thou fhouldeft 
know the paths to the houfe thereof ? 

21 Knoweft thou it, becaufe thou waft 
then born ? ox, Becaufe the number of thy 
days is great ? 

22 Haft thou entered into the treafurcs 
of the fnow ? or, Haft thou feen the treas- 
ures of the hail, 

23 Which I have referved againft the 
time of trouble, againft the day of battle 
and war ? 

2i By what way is the light parted, 
lohicb fcattcreth the eaft wind upon the 
earth ? 

%5 Who hath divided a watercourfe 
for the overflowing of waters, or a way 
for the lightning of thunder ; 

26 To caufe it to rain on the earth, 
ivbere no man /'/, on the wildernefs 
wherein there is no man ; 

27 To fatisfy the dcfolate and wafte 
ground ; and to caufe the bud of the ten- 
der herb- to fpring forth i 



28 Hath the rain a father ? or, Who 
hath begotten the drops of the dew ? 

29 Outof whofe womb came the ice ? 
And the hoary froft of heaven, Who hath 
gendered it ? 

SO The waters are hid as <with a ftone, 
and the face of the deep is frozen. 

31 f Canft thou bind the fweet influ- 
ences of Pleiades, or loofe the bands of 
Orron ? 

52 Canft thou bring forth Mazzaroth 
in hisfeafon ? or, Canft thou guide Arctu-r 
rus with his fons ? 

53 Knoweft thou the ordinances of 
heaven ? Canft thou fet the dominion 
thereof in the earth ? 

34 Canft thou lift up thy voice to the 
clouds, that abundance of waters may 
cover thee ? 

35 Canft thou fend lightnings, that they 
may go. and fay unto thee, Here we are? 

36 Who hath put wifdom in the in- 
ward parts ? or, Who hath given under- 
ftanding to the heart ? 

37 Who can number the clouds in 
wifdom ? or, Who can ftay the bottles of 
heaven, 

38 When the duft groweth into hard- 
nefs and the clods cleave faft together ? 

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ? 
Or fill the appetite of the young lions, 

40 When they couch in their dens, and 
abide in the covert fc lie in wait ? 

41 Who provideth for the raven Ms 
food > When his young ones cry unto 
God, they wander for lack of meat. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 Of the <wild goats and binds, 5 of the 

ivild afs, 9 the unicorn , IS tbe peacock, 

fork, and of rich, 19 tbe horfe t 26 the 

ha-ivk, 27 the eagle. 

KNOWEST thou the time when the 
wild goats of the rock bring forth ? or 9 
Canft thou mark when the hinds do calve ? 

"I Canft thou number the months that 
they fulfil ? or, Knoweft thou the time 
when they bring forth ? 

3 They bow themfelves, they bring 
forth their young ones, they caft out their 
for rows. 

4 Their young ones are in good liking, 
they grow up with corn ; they go forth, 
and return not unto them. 

5 ^J Who hath lent out the wild afs free ? 
or, Who hath loofed the bands of tlic 
wild afs ? 

6 Whofe houfe I have made the wilder- 
nefs, and the barren land his dwellings. 

7 He fcorneth the multitude of the 
city, neither regardeth he the crying of 
the driver. 

8 The range of the mountains is his 
pafturc, and he fearchcth after every 
green thing. 

9 fl Will the unicorn be willing to fervc 
thee, or abide by thy crib ? 

10 Canft 



Of the unicorn i oft rich t &c. Chap. 

10 Canft thou bind the unicorn with 
his band in the furrow ? or, Will he har- 
row the valleys alter thee ? 

11 Wilt thou truft him, becaufe his 
ftrengthij great ? or, Wilt thou leave thy 
labour to him ? 

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will 
bring home thy feed, and gather // into 
Ihy barn ? 

15 ^| G a "j eft thou the goodly wings unto 
the peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto 
the oftrich 1 

14 Which leavethher eggs in the earth, 
and warmcth them in the duff, 

15 And forgetteth that the foot may 
crufh them, or that the wild bealt may 
break them. 

16 She \i hardened againfl her young 
Ones, as though tbcy e u>t re not lur's : her 
labour is in vain without fear , 

17 liecaufe God hath deprived her of 
wifdoni, neither hath he imparted to her 
understanding. 

18 What time (he lifteth up herfelf on 
high, (he fcorneth the horie and his rider. 

19 ^1 Haft thou given the horfeftrength ? 
Halt thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 

50 Canft thou make him afraid as a 
grafshopper i The glory of his noftrils is 

rible. 

51 He paweth in the valley, and re- 
joicetli in bis flrength : he goeth on to 
meet the armed men. 

'22 He mocketh at fear, and is not af- 
frighted ; neither turned he back from 
the fword. 

23 The quiver rattleth againfl him, the 
glittering [pear and the Ihield. 

He fwalloweth the ground with 
Mere ind rage : neither oelieveth he 

that // is the found of the trumpet. 

Zj He faith among the trumpets, Ha, 

ha ; and he linelleth the battle afar off, the 

thunder of the captains, and the (h >uting. 

ith the hawk fly by thy wifdom, 

ami Kick h herw ings toward the louth I 

• U the eagle mount up at thy 

imand, and make liei nefl on nigh • 

18 bhc dwelleth and abideth on the 
rock, upon the ei i^ of the rock, and the 

place. 
>in thence (he f« eketh the prey, 
and he behold afar off. 

30 Her young one i alfo fu< k up blood i 
and where the [lain are, there is i! 

(' H A P. XL. 
3 Job bumble tb bimjtlftc God, 6 Godftir. 

reth bim uf> to Jheiv bis rigbteoujltefs, 
power, unci •wi/aom. 15 Ofti t bebemotb. 
MOREOVER, the Lord anft 
, and (aid, 

Shall he that i ontendeth with the 
Almighty inltrud bim? He that reproveth 
i rod, irt him anfwi r it. 
,< f en Job anfwered the Lord, 

.1 1 :d, 



xl. xli. Jobbumbletb himplf. 4.55 

4 Behold, I am vile j What fhall I an- 
fwer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon 
my mouth. 

5 Once have I fpoken ; but I will not 
anlwer : yea, twice ; but I will proceed 
no further. 

6 <(] 1 hen anfwered the Lord unto Job 
out of the whirlwind, and laid, 

T Gird up thy loins now like a man : 
I will demand of thee, and declare thou 
unto me. 

8 Wilt thou alfo difannul my judg- 
ment ? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou 
mayeft be righteous ? 

9 Haft thou an arm like God ? or, Canft 
thou thunder with a voice like him ? 

10 Deck thy felt now *witb majefty and 
excellency ; and array thyfelf with glory 
and beauty. 

11 Caft abroad the rage of thy wrath : 
and behold every one tbat is proud, and 
abafe him. 

VI Look on every one tbat is proud, 
and bring him low ; and tread down the 
wicked in their place. 

13 Hide them in the dufl together ; and 
bind their faces in fecret. 

14 Then will 1 alio confefs unto thee 
that thine own right hand can fave thee. 

15 ^1 Behold now behemoth which T 
made with thee ; he eateth grafs as an ox. 

16 Lo now, his flrength is in his loins, 
and his force t> in the navel of his belly 

17 He moveth his tail like a cedai : 
the linews of his itoncs are wrapped 
together. 

18 His hones arc as ftrong pieces of 
brals ; his bones arc like bars ol iron. 

19 He is the chief of the ways of God; 
he that made him can make lus fword to 

oach unto bim. 

•iu Surely the mountains bring him 
forth food, where all the health of the 
Held play. 

~i He lieth under the /had;, trees, in 
the covert of tin- reed, and ten.,. 

I he ihady trees i ovei htm with tlmr 
(hadowj the willows of the brook c< 

pal . him about. 

Behold, In- dun!.- til Up a I IVCI i >''— 

ill not : he ti ufteththat lie can draw 
up fordan into his mouth, 
th it with his 
pien eth through fn u 

C H A P. \! I. 
()/ God's great power in tbe te*ui 
\ n^ i thou di aw oui leviathan •■ 
an hook • < H hi • ton jue « ii h I 

'which thou letl 

I I mil thou put an hook into hi 
Or bore his jaw • throi i thorn . 

9 v. ill he • gplication unto 

Vill he fpe ■! roil 

4 Will he m.i i it \n ith tl 

Wilt i \ ant ' i ''VLr 1 

1 •. thou i laj 

b id i 



*54 Of the leviathan. JOB. 

bird ? or, Wilt thou bind him for thy 
maidens ? 

6 Shall thy companions make a ban- 
quet of him ? Shall they part him among 
the merchants ? 

7 Can ft thou fill his (kin with barbed 
irons ? Or his head with fifh fpears ? 

8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember 
the battle, do no more. 

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: 
Shall not one be caft down even at the 
fight of him ? 

10 N one is fo fierce that dare ftirhimnp: 
Who then is able to ftand before me > 

11 Who hath prevented me, that I 
Should repay him ? Whatfoever is under 
the whole heaven is mine. 

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his 
power, nor his comely proportion. 

13 Who can difcover the face of his 
garment ? or, Who cancome/o bim with 
his double bridle ? 

14 Who can open the doors of histace ? 
His teeth are terrible round about. 

15 His fcales are his pride, fhut up to- 
gether as luith aclofe leal. 

16 One is fo near to another, that no 
air can come between them. 

17 They are joined one to another, 
they ftick together, that they cannot be 
sundered. 

18 By his neefings a light doth firine, 
and his eyes are like the eyelids -of the 
morning. 

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, 
■and f parks of fire leap out. 

20 Out of his noftrils goeth fmoke, as 
out of a feething pot or caldron- 

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a 
flame goeth out of his mouth. 

22 In his neck remaineth ftrength,and 
forrow is turned into joy before him. 

23 The flakes of his flefli are joined to- 
gether : they are firm in themfelves : 
they cannot be mcved. 

24 Hisheart is as firm as a ftone ; yea, 
as hard as a piece of the nether milljlone. 

25 When he raifeth up himfelf, the 
mighty are afraid •. by reafon of break- 
ings they purify themfelves. 

26 The fword of him that layethathim 
cannot hold : the fpear, the dart, nor the 
habergeon. 

27 He efteemcth iron as ftraw, and 
brafs as rotten wood. 

18 The arrow cannot make him flee : 
fiingftones are turned with him into 
llnbble. 

29 Darts are counted as ftubble : he 
iangheth at the (baking of a fpear. 

SO Sharp Hones are under him : he 
fpreadeth (harp pointed things upon the 
mire. 

St He maketh the 
a pot : he maketh tin 
ointment. 



deep to boil like 
fea like a pot of 



God bleffeth Job. 

52 He maketh a path to thine after 
him ; one would think the deep to be 
hoary. 

SS Upon earth there is not his like, 
who is made without fear. 

34 He beholdeth all high things : he is 
a king overall the children of pride. 

CHAP. XLH. 
1 Job -fubmittetb himfelf unto God. 7 God 

p referring Job's cduje , maketh hisfnends 

fubmit themfelves, end accepteth him, 

10 He magnifieth and bleffeth Job. 16 

Job's age and death. 

THEN Job aniwered the Lord, and 
fa id, 

2 1 know that thou canft do every thing, 
and that no thought can be withholden 
from thee. 

3 Who is he that hideth counfel with- 
out knowledge ? Therefore have I uttered 
that I undet flood not ; things too won- 
der: ::l for me, which T knew not. 

4 Hear, I befeech thee, and I will 
fpeak : I will demand of thee, and de- 
clare thou unto me. 

5 I have heard of thee by the hearing 
of the ear : but now mine eye feeth thee. 

6 Wherefore I abhor myjelf and repent 
in duff, and adies. 

7 ^1 And it was/o, that after the Lord 
had fpoken thefe words unto Job, the 
Lord faid to Eliphaz the Temanite, My 
wrath is kindled againft thee, and againft 
thy two friends: for ye have not fpoken 
of me the thing that is right, as my fer- 
vant Job hath\ 

8 Therefore, take unto you now feven 
bullocks, and feven rams, and goto my 
fervant Job, and offer up for yourfelves 
a burnt offering ; and my fervant Job 
(hall pray for you ; for him will 1 ac- 
cept : left I deal with you after your 



fofly, in that ye have not fpoken of me 
the thing 'which is right, like my fer- 
vant Job. 

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bil- 
dad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naama- 
thite -went, and did according as the 
Lord commanded them : the LoRDalfo 
accepted Job. 

10 ^| And the Lord turned i he cap- 
tivity of Job, when he prayed for his 
friends; alfo the Lord gave Job twics 
as much as he had before. 

11 Then came there unto him all feis 
brethren, and all his fifters, and all they 
that had been of his acquaintance before, 
and did eat bread with him in his houfe : 
and they bemoaned him, and comforted 
him over all the evil that the Lord had 
brought upon him : every man alfo gave 
him a piece of money, and every one an 
earring of gold. 

12 So the Lord blefTed the latter end 
of Job more than his beginning : for he 
had fourteen thoufand fheep, and fix 

thoufand 



Ike happhtefs of tbe godly. PS AI^ 

thousand camels, and a thoufand yoke of 
exen, and a thouland lhe alles. 

IS He had alfo feven fons and three 
daughters. 

14 And he called the name of the firit 
Jemima ; and the name of the fecond, 
Kezia ; and the name of the third, Ke- 
renhappiKrh. 



15, The fecurity of God's proteclton. 435 

15 And in all the land were no women, 
foun^ jo fair as the daughters of Job ; 
and their father gave them inheritance a- 
mong their brethren. 

16 <[J After this lived Job an hundred 
and forty years, and faw his fons and 
his fons' fons, even four generations. 

17 So J obdisd, £<?/'»£ oldand full of days. 



PSALM I. 
i Tbe bappinejs cf the godly. 

happintfs of the ungodly. 

BLESSED is the man that walketh 
not in the counfel of the ungodly, nor 
ftandeth in the way ot finners, nor (itteth 
in the feat oi the lcornful. 

£ But his delight is in the law of the 
Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate 
day and night. 

d And he fhall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth 
forth his fruit in his feafon ; his leaf alfo 
fhall not wither ; and whaticever he doeth 
ihall profper. 

4 The ungodly are notfo: but are like 
the chalF which the wind driveth away. 

5 "I herefortf the ungodly (hall not fhtnd 
in the judgment, nor finners in the con- 
gregation of the righteous. 

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of 
lhe righteous : but the way of the un- 
godly ihall pci i fli. 

PSALM II. 
1 Tbe k'nigdom of Chrljl. 10 Kings arc 
exhorted to fubm'it to it. 
I the h e, and Uie 

)(■ imagine a vjin thin t i 
1 I he kin- , of th % earth fet tin 
felves, and the rulci s r.ik> 
-i , againfl the Lord, and againfl 
inted, /axuig, 
A 1 i bands afundcr, 

and caft away tlmr cotds fn 

* Hctl hinthef laalllai 
the Lord mall h i i if] >n. 

5 '1 hen fhall lu them m 

hit wrath, and tcx them in his fore dif- 

t> Wt have I let my i 00 my holy 

n. 
II declare the decree • the Loi D 
hath /aid unto me, Thooar/mj Sonj this 
,{ jy ! begotten thee. 

* m^, and I ('• V) give tire \]\c 
rath 

, irta of th<- earth /or ths pof- 

fell; 

d of 
iron ; thou (halt dafh them • • hkc 

a potter'* velfel. 
I »w, therefore, 

. 
feu-th. 



THE BOOK OF PSALMS. 
4 Tbe un 



11 Serve the Lord with fear, and re- 
joice with trembling. 

ii Iviis the Son, left he be angry, and 
ye perifnfrqm the way, when his wrath. 
is kindled but a little. BlelTed arg all 
they that put their tru(t in him. 
PSALM III. 
The fecurity of God's proteclion. 
A Piahn of David, when he fled from 
Abfaloin his ion. 
LORD, How are they increafed that- 
trouble me ? Many are they that rile 
up againfl me. 

2 Many there be which fay of my foul, 

Tbere is no help for him in God. Selah. 

S But thou, O Lord, art a ihield 

for me ; my glory, and the lifter up ot 

mine head. 

4 I cried unto the Lord with my 
voice, and he heard mc out of his holy 
hill. Sclah. 

r j I laid me down and flept ; I awaked; 
for the Lord fuftained me. 

G 1 will not be afraid of ten thoufand? 

of people, that ktt9c(et$be»tfel'vesdgdii\l\. 

mc round about. 

7 ArifeO, Lord ; fave mc, ©my God ; 

thou hafl (mitten all mine enemies 

•; the check bone ; thou halt broken 

•■ { ih of the ungodly. 

ition beton^eth unto the Lord ; 
thy bleiflng is upon thy people, bclab, 

b PSALM IV. 
1 David pvayetb Jor audience. 2 He 
-th an.4 e.\bortetb bis enemies. 
tattt happir.fjs is in G'uVs favour, 

I o the chiel Muiieian on Neginothj 

A Plalinoi David. 
HEAR me when I call, PGod of my 
righteoufnefs i thou halt enlarged me 
/ ivus m diftreis ; have mercy 

II] on me, and hear my prayer. 

tO] ien, How long *wiU 

ye turn my g!oi*J into lhamr \ I1o:l< long 

II ye U'Ve v.uiMn , and U leal- 

& i i ' i . 

;> hath 

i the 
Loao w ill hear when I call unto him. 

d in awe, and (in i nmune 

n ith n hcai t upon \ ', and 

be (till. Selah. 



I \ out rmil in the Lo 






456 God favour eth not the wicked. 



6 There be many that fay, Who will 
{hew us any good ? Lord, lift thou up 
the light of thy countenance upon us. 

7 Thou haft put gladnefs in my heart, 
more than in the time that their corn and 
their wine increafed. 

3 I will both lay me down in peace, 
and fleep : for thou, Lord, only rnakeft 
me dwell in fafety. 

PSALM V. 

1 David prayeth and profeffeth his Jiudy in 
prayer. KGod favouretb not the vuicked. 
7 David profefftng bis faith, prayeth unto 
God to guide him 3 10 to defiroy his ene- 
mies, 11 and to preserve the godly. 
To the chief Mufician upon Neniloth, 

A Pfalm of David. 
GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, con- 

fider my meditation. 
£ Hearken unto the voice of my cry, 

my king, and my God : for unto thee 

will 1 pray. 
S My voice (halt thou hear in the 

morning, O Lord ; in the morning will 

I direct my prayer unto thee, and will 

look up. 

4 For thou art not a Qod that hath 
pleafurein wickednefs : neither fhall evil 
dwell with thee. 

5 The foolifh fhall not Hand in thy 
light : thou hateft all workers of iniquity. 

6 Thou (halt defiroy them that fpeak 
leafing : the Lord will abhor the bloody 
and deceitful man. 

7 But as for me, I will come into thy 
houfe in the multitude of thy mercy : 
and in thy fear will I worihip toward thy 
holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy right- 
eoufnefs becaufe of mine enemies ; make 
thy way ftraight before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulnefs in their 
mouth ; their inward part is very wicked- 
nefs : their throat is an open fepulchre ; 
they flatter with their tongue. 

10 Defiroy thou them, O God ; let them 
fall by their own counfels; cad them out 
in the multitude of their tranfgreffions ; 
for they have rebelled againft thee. 

11 But let all thofe that put their truft 
in thee rejoice : let them ever fhout for 
joy, becaufe thou defendeft them ; let 
t!i in alio that love thy name be joyful in 
thee. 

1 J 2 For thou, Lord, wilt blefs the right- 
eous; with favour wilt thou compafs him 
as 'with a (hield. 

PSALM VI. 
1 David's complaint in his ficknefs. 8 By 

fairh he triumphetb over his enemies. 

To the chief Mufician on Neginoth upon 

Shrminith. A Pfalm of David. 

O LORD, rebuke me not'in thine an- 
g4n, neither chaflen me in thy hot dif- 
pleafure 



PSALMS. David*! complaint in hisjukneff* 

I am weak : O Lord, heal me ; for my 
bones are vexed. 
S My foul is alfofore vexed : but thou, 

Lord, How long ? 

4 Return, O Lord, deliver my foul ; 
Oh fave me for thy mercies' fake. 

5 For in death there is no remem- 
brance of thee : in the grave, Who (hall 
give thee thanks ? 

6 T am weary with my groaning ; all the 
night make I my bed to fwim ; I water 
my couch with my tears. 

7 Mine eye is confumed becaufe o€ 
grief ; it waxeth old becaufe of all mine 
enemies. 

8 Depart from me, all ye workers of 
iniquity ; for the Lord hath heard the 
voice of my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard my fupplica- 
tion ; the Lord will receive my prayer. 

10 Let all mine enemies be afhamed 
and fore vexed ; let them return and be 
afnamed fuddenly, 

PSALM VII. 

1 David prayeth againft the malice of his 
enemies > profrjfing his innocency. 10 By} 
faith he feeth his defence, and the de- 
JlrucTiort of his enemies. 

Shiggaion of David, which he fang unto 
the Lord, concerning the words of 
Cu(h the Benjamite. 
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my 

truft : fave me from all them that per- 

fecute me, and deliver me : 

2 Left he tear my foul like a lion, 
rending it in pieces, while there is none 
to deliver. 

3 O Lord my God, if I have done 
this ; if there be iniquity in my hands ; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that 
was at peace with me ; (y*ea, I have 
delivered him that without caufe is mine 
enemy :) 

5 Let the enemy perfecute my foul, 
and take it ; yea, let him tread down, 
my life upon the earth, and lay mine 
honour in the duft. Selah. 

6 Arife O Lord, in thine anger, lift 
up thyfelf becaufe of the rage of mine 
enemies : and awake for me to the judg- 
ment that thou haft commanded. 

7 So (hall the congregation of the 
people compafs thee about : for their 
fakes therefore return thou on high. 

8 The Lord fhall judge the people : 



£ Have mercy upon me, O Lord j for lis angry vjith the vsickedevery day 



judge me, O Lord, according to my 
righteoufnefs, and according to mine in- 
tegrity that is in me. 

9 Oh let the wickednefs of the 
wicked come to an end ; but eftablifli the 
juft : for the righteous God trieth the 
hearts and reins. 

10 My defence is of God, which faveth 
the upright in heart. 

It Godjudgeth the righteous, and God 



n if 



c. *• 

11 If he turn not, he v. ill whet his 
fword ; he hath bent h»* bo*', and : 



.1 for him the 
ih ; he c tfa hie 

itc * 

14 :, hetiavaii'.fli 
nceivedmil 

hood. 

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and 
len into the duci. Je. 

16 n t < mifchiei lhall return i»j 
head, and olent deal. 

n upon his 
Wl« ..OkD acccrdi 

!l!S I J 

the na; i.ORDn. h. 

VIII. 

:ris, 
~e to man. 
To the cl n Gittitl 

A Pfalm id. 

LORD our Lord, I, 
thy ^rth ! . it fet 
thy >ve t.he 

ulh of babes and fuck- 
d ftrength b<> 
thou mighteft ftill 
theene: : r- r . 

3 When I confider thy heavens, the 
♦folk moon and the 
ftars n bich ordained : 

4 V .,rt mi; 
of him, 

a I *»r thod haft mad 

. 

6 '1 fiou mad 

. llhull ! 

and the 

8 I ie fiflt of 

the paths of the 1 

9 O I. on d our Lord, 1 
thy tli ! 

1 Davit.' Prd/Jetb C 

iuiign: W lie ir 

praifc 1 : , . ' ; 

bax>e eau 
Tc 

1 V. 

5 1 

> thy i 

iufe ; thou 



PSALMS. Sid tofraifeGoJ. 157 

5 Thou haft rebuked the heathen, thou 
haft deftroyed the kicked, thou haft put 
out their name for ever and ever. 

6 O thou enemy, deftrucTions are come 
to a perpetual end : and than haft de- 
itrjycd cities ; their memorial is pei 
with then;. 

I But tiie Lord (hall endure for ever: 
;h prepared his throne for judgment. 
\nd lie thai 1 judge the " orld in right- 

eoufnefs, he (hall mmifter judgment to 
Ie in uprightnefs. 
I he Lord alfa will be a refuge for the 
lied, a refuge in times of trouble. 
10 And they that know thy name 
put their trull in thee : for thou, Lord, 
haft not forfaken thrm that feck thee. 

II to the Lord, vi 
declare among the 

people his doin 

l- V rh inquifition for 

blood, he remernbereth them : he forget- 
teth not the cry of the hum! 

13 I nierey ueon me, O Lord ; 

confider my trouble irhicb I fuffer or 
them that h thou that litteft me 

up from of death : 

I i That I may (he* forth all thy praife 
in the gates of the daughter of Ziun : £ 
will rejoice in thy falvation. 

15 'i he he.uhen are funk down in the 
lit that they made: in the net which 

hid is i heii own foot tak 

16 The Lor: wrn by the judg- 
ment nbbicb he execute th : the v 

s own . 
::ed him Higgaion. 

: > ntohelt, 

and all \.\ 

n 

forge >n of t 

thy tig 
r, O 1 

the r • o b^ 

;inetb i 

I . 

■ 

\ 












o He 



453 Providence andjufiice oj Gc'd. 

6 He hath laid in his heart, I fhall 
not be moved ; for I /ball never be in ad- 
verfity. 

7 His mouth is full of curfing and de- 
ceit and fraud : under his tongue is mif- 
chief arid vanity. 

8 He fitteth in the linking places of the 
villages : in the fecret places doth he 
murder the innocent, his eyes are privily 
fet againfi the poor 

9 He lieth in wait fecretly as a lion in 
his den : he lieth in wait to catch the 
poor : he doth catch the poor, when he 
draweth him into his net 

10 lie croucheth., and humbleth him- 
felf, .that tl 
ones. 



PSALMS. 



David's cdmplalni, &V, 

7 For the righteous Lord loveth right, 

eoufnefs ; his countenance doth behold 
the upright. 1UU 

PSALM XII. 
1 David t defiuute oj 'human comfiort.crav~ 
eth help of God. 3 He comfortetb b wi- 
fe IJ <ivi/h God's judgments on ike vuick- 
ed, and confidence in God's fromijes. 
To the chief Mufician upon Sheminith, 
A Pfalm of David. 
HELP, Lord ; for the godly man 
I ceafeth ; for the faithful fail from among 
the children of men. 

% They f-peak vanity every one with his 
neighbour : vuiih flattering lips andwnh 
poor may fall by his itrongj a double heart do they {peak. 

# The Lord (hall cut off all' flattering 



It He hath faid in his heart, God hath lips, and the tongue that fpeaketh proud 



forgotten : he hideth his face ; he will 
never fee if. 

12 Arife,OLoRD; O God, lift up thine 
hand : forget not the humble. 

15 Wherefore doth the wicked con- 
temn God ?. He hath faid in his heart, 
Thou wilt not require it. 



things 

4 Who have faid, With our tongue will 
we prevail ; our lips are our own : Who 
is lord over us ? 

5 For the oppreffion of the poor, for 
tliefighingof the needy, now willlarife, 
faith the Lord ; I will fet him in fafety 



i4 Thou haft feen it ; for thou be- 1 from him that puffeth at him. 



holdeft mifchief and fpite, to requite it] 
with thy hand : the poor committeih 



6 The words of the 
words : as filvef tried 



himfelf unto thee ; thou art the helper of earth, purified feven times. 



Lord are pure 
in a furnace of 



the fatherlefs. 

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked 
nnd the evil man : feek out his wicked - 
nefs till thou find none. 

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: 
the heathen are perifbed out of his land. 

17 Lord, thou haft heard the defire 
of the humble : theu wilt prepare their 
heart, thon wilt can fe thine ear to hear : 

18 To judge the fatherlefs and the op- 
prefled, that the man of the earth may no 
more opprefs. 

PSALM XI. 
1 David encourageth himfelf in God a- 

gainft his enemies . 4 The providence 

and juftue of God. 
To the chief Mulician, A Pfalm of David. 

IN the Lord put I my truft : How fay 
ye to my foul, Flee us a bird to your 
mountain ? 

1 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, 
they make ready their arrow upon the 
firing- that they may privily (hoot at the 
upright in heart. 

S If the foundations be deftroyed, What 
can the righteous do ? 

4 The Lord is in -his holy temple, 
the Lord's throne is in heaven : his 
eye- behold, his eyelids try, the children 
of nun 

5 The Lord trieth the righteous : but 
the wicked and him that loveth violence 
his foul hateth. 

6 Upon the wicked he (hall rain 
(hares, fire and brimftonc, and an hor- 
rible temper! : this /ball be the port ; on of 
their cup : 



i i hou malt keep them, O Lord, 
thou fhalt p refer ve them rom this gene- 
ration forever. 

8 The wicked walk on every fide, when 
the viieft men are exalted. 

PSALM XII T. 
1 Da id complametb of delay in help. S 

He praytth for preventing grace. 5 He 

boajleth of divine mercy. 
To the chief Muficiari, A Pfalmef David. 

HOW long wilt thou forget me, O 
Lord ? For ever ? How long wilt thou 
hide thy face from me ? 

t How lon^; fhall I take counfel in my 
foul, having furrow in my heart daily ? 
How long Yhall mine enemy be exalted 
over me r 

S Conficier and hear rae, O Lord my 
God : lighten mine eyes, left I fleep the 
filer p of death ; 

4 Left mine enemy fay, I have prevailed 
lim ; and thole that trouble me 

rejoice when I am moved. 

5 But I have trufted in thy mercy ; my 
heart ftiall rejoice in thy falvalion 

6 I will hng unto the Lord, becaufe 
he hath dealt bonnnfullv with me. 

PSALM XIV. 

1 David defer ibetk the corruption oj a nat- 
ural man ; K ccnvinceth the voicked by 
the light oj their confidence ; 7 gloneth 
in tbe ja'vafion oj'Gori. 

Tothe chief Mufician, d Pfalm of Div]d. 
THE fool hath, faid in his heart, There 

is no God. 1 hey are corrupt, they have 

done abominable works, there is none 

that doeil good. 

1 The 



again ft 






David defer ibetb a citizen of Zion. PSALMS. His hope and integrity 



459 



i u. i.»,v» louKed down from heav- 
i the children of men, to fee if 
thci e any that did underltand, and 

fcek. God. 

3 They are all gone afide, they are all 
together become filthv : there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Kive all the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge? Who eat up rtiy people us they 
eat bread, and call not upon the Lord 

^5 1 here were they in great fear 
God is in the generation of the righteous. 

6 J :d the counlel of the 
poor, becaufe T he Lord whig refuge. 

7 O that the falv of Ilrael nuere 
come out of Zion ! When the Lord 
bringeth back the captivity of his peo- 

- Ifrael {ball 

I t.l 

PSA1 7. 

Dwvid defer ib ib a citixen of Zion, 

A D.v 
LOR D, v\ i » fhall abide in thy taber- 
na< I dwell in thy holy hill > 

- Mr lkethupnghtly f and work- 

»eth the truth 
in his heart. 

3 / • backbiteth not with his 
tongue, i. or doeth evil to his neighbour, 
noj 'i up a reproach j^ciat Ins 

;hbour. 

4 In whofe eyes a vile perfon is con- 
mo. I ; but he hon them th u I ir 

the Lor I- earethto im o~<un 

liurt, i 

u Jlf i i , ne y 

to ufury, tw;; the 

- ' ' ::.lll 

PSA I M XVI. 

1 Dim>i<' t uredoj 

idolatry , j. I for I r, i, 

t'lh tbi tiling, oj 

life everlafttng 
in. mi id. 

PR , OGo 

do I trufr. 

: i j my /out, 'I;, n h the 

I.' D, I hou artrr\) I. i 1 . mj goodn 
rtuleth not to the 

5 But to the faints that are in the earth, 
' i the excellent, in whom is .ill 

jtht. 
I rforrowsfliall I iplie I that 

, no i | 

1 
in] i ],r ( up ; tl 

I 

6 i unto ni 
pleafant places j yea, I have 

1 I will blcfs the Lord, hath 

lit J colons. 



• 



tf 1 have fet the Lord always before 
rrie : becaufe he is at my right hand, I 
(hall ncx be moved. 

9 1 heietore my heart is ^lad, and my 
glory rejoiceth : my flefli alfo fhall relt 
in hope. 

10 For thou wilt not leave my foul in 
hell ; neither wilt thou fuflfer thine Holy 
One to (ee con option. 

11 Thou '.ilt (hew me the path of 
life : in thy pretence is fulnefs of joy ; 
at thy riftht hand there ere pleaiures tor 
evermore* 

PSALM XVII 
1 Danj'ni in confidence of bis integrity^ 

cranjetb defence of God againli bis em - 

mies, 10 He Jbctvetb tbeir pude, c 
I eagerni'/s. 13 He prayetb againji 

ibem in confidence of hi' hope. 
A Prayer of David. 

HEAR the i ght, O Lord, at^nd tin- 
to my cry, give ear unto m\ prayer, that 
gottb not oufof feigned lips 

2 let my fentenCe come forth from thy 
pretence ; let thineeyes behold the things 
that are equal 

S I hou halt proved m nc heart ; thou 
hall vi'ited mi in the ni : f it ; thou hall 
tiied \\.c y and (halt find nothing ; I am 
\ urpoied that im h iha.ll not tranX- 

gre: 

i Concerning the worksof men,by the 
word of thy lips I have kepi me Jrom the, 
pai hs <>i the deltro) er 

5 Hold up mj in thy paths, tbat 

mj footfteps Hip not. 

i' I havecalh itheei for thou wilt 

hear me, ( > t<oii : mi r unto 

:;;e, and bear my fprec h. 

T Shew thy marvellou loving kindnefs, 
l ) thou that laved by thy righl hand 

them w I. • h pui thcii ti mi m u < <■ !mmi 
thole that rile up againA them. 

'•'■ l v t the eye, !. 

er the I >>i thy n inj 

9 1 roai the v u k< -I thai < pprefs me. 

from :ii> deadlj , alb 

to ' ire in< lof d in their own I 
with theii mouth they fpeak proud 1) , 

1 1 'I hej hat e novi . aned us in our 
fteps . they have fi 1 theii ( ; ea b 

It ] a lion i 

■ 

■ him dew n i i\>-\\\ ei mj i ul ti ora 1 1 

mi), (word : 
14 From re i \'ub are thy hand f> 
Lo r d . f ro i n 

bell ' i thy h ' I 

the f are n, and ;he* 
rell ol their 

, I will | ein 

rij Is : 



460 David praifeth God jor 

righteoufnefs : I fhall be fat isfied, when I 
awake, with thy likenefs. 

PSALM XVIII. 
David praifetb God for his manifold and 

marvellous bleffings. 
To the chief Mufician, A tfal/n of Da- 
vid, the fervant of the Lord, who fpake 
unto the Lord the words of this fong 
in the day that the Lord delivered hi:n 
from the hand of all his enemies, and 
from the hand of Saul : and he laid, 
1 WILLlovethee, O Lord, my flrength. 
2 The Lord is my rock, and my 



PSALMS. 



his man >fold bltjfmgs,. 

20 The LoRDrcw,^ ™ WdL 
to my righteoufnefs ; according to ith 
clean nefs of my hands hath he recom- 
penfed me. 

%X For I have kept the ways of the 
Lord, and have not wickedly 'departed 
from my God. 

t% For all his judgments nvere before 
me, and I did not put away his Statutes 
from me. 

23 I was alfo upright before him, and 
I kept myfelf from mine iniquity. 

2i Therefore hath the Lord recom- 



• or- 
trefs, and my deliverer : my God, my I penfed me according to my righteoufnefs, 

" uck-f according to the ckannefs of my hands 



flrength, in whom I will truft : my b 
3er, and the horn of my falvation, and my 
high tower. 

3 I will call upon the Lord, ivho is 
worthy to be praifed : la (hall I be fayed 
from mine enemies. 

4 The fonows of death compafled me, 
and the floods of ungodly men made me 
afraid. 

5 The forrows of hell compafled mG 
about : the fnares of death prevented me. 

6 In ray diftrefs 1 called upon the Lord, 
and cried unto my God: he heard my 
voice out of his temple, and my cry came 
before him, even into his ears. 

T Then the earth (hook and trembled : 
the foundations alio of the hills moved 
and were fhaken, becaufe he was wroth. 

8 There Went up a fmcke out of his 
noftrils, and fire out of his mouth de- 
voured : coals were kindled by it. 

9 He bowed the heavens alfo, and came 
down : and darknefs ivas under his feet- 
, 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and 
did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings 
of the wind. 

li He made darknefs his fecret place : 
]iis pavilion round about him voere dark 
waters and, thick clouds of the fkies. 

12 At the brightnefs that ivas before 
him his thick clouds paffed, hail Jlones 
and coals cf fire. 

13 The Lord alfo thundered in the 
heavens, and the Hjgheft gave his, voice ; 
hail Jlones and coals cf fire. 

14 Yea, he lent out his arrows, and 
Scattered them ; and he iliot out light- 
nings, and difcomfited them. 

15 Then the channels of waters were 
feen, and the foundations of the world 
were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, 
at the blafc of the breath of thy noftrils! 

16 He fent from above, he took me, he 
drew me out of many waters. 

IT He delivered me from my (Iron* 
enemy, and from them which hated me : 
for they were too ftrong for me. 

10 1 hey prevented me in the day of my 
Calamity: but the Lord was my flay. 

19 He brought me forth alfo into a 
large place ; he delivered me, becaufe he 
Relighted in me. 



in his eye fight. 

25 With the merciful thou wilt {hew 
thyfelf metciful ; with an upright man 
thou wilt (hew thyfelf upright ; 

2(j With the pure thou wilt (new thy- 
felf pure ; and with the froward thou 
wilt fbew thyfelf froward. 

27 For thou wilt fave the afflicted peo- 
ple : but wilt bring down high looks. 

28 For thou wilt light my candle : 
the Lord, my God will enlighten my. 
darknefs. 

29 For by thee I have run through a 
troop ; and by ray God have I leaped 
over a wall. 

50 As jor God, his way is perfect. : the, 
word of the Lord is tried : he it a 
buckler to all thofe that truft in him. 

31 For, Who is God fave the Lord > 
or, Who is, a rock fave our God ? 

51 It is God that girdeth me with 
Strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

S3 He maketh my feet like hinds'/^/, 
and fetteth me upon my high places. 

31 Heteachethmyhandsto war, fo that 
a bow of (ieel is broken by mine arms. " 

35 Thou haft alfo given me the (hield 
of thy falvation ; and thy right hand hath 
holden me up, and thy gentlenefs hath 
made me great. 

36 Thou haft enlarged my fteps under 
me, that my feet did not flip. 

,: ST I have purfued mine enemies, and 
overtaken them : neither did! turn again, 
till they were confumed. 

35 I have wounded them that they 
were not able to rile : they are fallen un- 
der my feet. 

39 For thou haft girded me with 
flrength unto the battle: thou haft Subdued 
under me thofe that rofe up againft me. 

40 Thou haft alfo given me the neck:^ 
of mine enemies ; that I might deflroy 
them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but th,ere ivas none to 
fave them : even unto the Lord, but he 
anfvvered them not. 

42 Then' did I beat them fmall as the 
duft before the wind : 1 did caft. them 
out as the dirt in the Streets. 

43 Thou haft delivered me from the;. 

flriyings 



The creatures Jhe<W God's glory. PSALMS. 

feivings of the^eonl", ^ thou haft 

—«c me the head of the heathen : a 
people ivhom I have not known (hall 
ferve me. 

41 As fooh as they hear of me, they 
ftull obey me : the ftrangers fhail fubmit 
ihemfelves unto me. 

45 The Grangers fhall fade away, and 
be afraid out of their clofe places. 

46 The Lord liveth ; and blefTed be 
my rock, : and let the God of my falva- 
tion be exalted. 

47 It is God that avengeth me, and 
fubdueth the people under me. 

43 He delivereth me from mine ene- 
mies : yea, thou lifteft me up above thofe 
that rile up againft me : thou haft deliver- 
ed me from the violent man. 

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto 
thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and 
ftng praifes unto thy name. 

30 Great deliverance giveth he to his 
king ; and fheweth mercy to his an- 
ointed, to David, and to his feed for 
evermore. 

PSALM XIX. 
i The creatures fbe-iv God's glory ; 7 the 

<word, his grace. 

for grace. 
T o the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 

THE heavens declare the glory of 
God, and the firmament fheweth his han- 
dy work. 

2 Day unto day uttereth fpeech, and 
night unto night fheweth knowledge. 

8 There is no fpeech nor language, 
cohere their voice is not heard. 

4 Their line is gone out through all 
the earth, and their words to the end of 
the world. In them hath he fet a taber- 
nacle for the fun, 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming 
out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a 
ftrong man to run a race- 

6 His going forth is from the end oi" 
the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends 
of it : and there is nothing hid from the 
heat the reef. 

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, con- Sbleflings of goodnefs : thou fetteft 
veiling the foul : the teftimony of the ; crown of pure gold on his head. 
Lord is fure. making wile the limple. 

8 The ftatutes of the Lord are right, 
rejoicing the heart : the commandment 
ot the Lord is pure, enlightening the 
'eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, endur- 
ing forever : the judgments of the Lord 
are true and righteous altogether. 

10 More to be delired are they than 
gold, yea, than much fine gold : Tweeter 
alio than honey and the honeycomb. 

11 Moreover, by them is thy fervent 



Church's confidence in God. 461 

IS Keep back thy fervant alfo from 
prefumptuous/«- ; let them not have do- 
minion over me : then (hall I be up- 
right, and 1 Cbatl be innocent from the 
great tranfgreffion. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, and 
the meditation of my heart, be accepta- 
ble in thy fight, O Lord, my ftrength, 
and my redeemer. 

PSALM XX. 
1 The church bleffeth the king in his ex- 
ploits. 7 Her confidence in God's fuccour. 
To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 
THE Lord hear thee in the day of 
trouble; the name of the God of Jacob 
defend thee. 

2 Send thee help from the fanctuary, 
and ftrengthen thee t.-ut of Zion. 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and ac- 
cept thy burnt facrifice. Selah. 

4 Grant thee according to thine own 
heart, and fulfil all thy counfel. 

5 We will rejoice in thy falvatior, 
and in the name of our God we will fet 
up our banners : the Lord fulfil all thy 
petitions. 

6 Now know I that the Lor.d faveth 
12 David prayeth J his anointed ; he will hear him from his 

holy heaven with the faving ftrength of 
his right hand. 

7 Some trufi in chariots, and fome in 
horfes : but we will remember the name 
of the Lord our God. 

8 They are brought down and fallen : 
but we are rifen, and ftand upright. 

9 Save, Lord : let the king hear us 
when we call. 

PSALM XXI. 
1 A thank/giving for vicJory. 7 Confi- 
dence of further fuccefs. 
To the chief Muiician, A Pfalm of Davjd. 
THE king mail joy in thy ftrength, 
O Lord ; and in thy falvation how 
greatly (hall he rejoice ! 

2 Thou haft given him his heart's de- 
fire, and haft not withholden the requeft 
of his lips. Selah. 
S _For thou preventeft him with the 

a 



warned : and in keeping of them there is 
£reat reward. 

12 Who can underftand his errors ? 
Cleanfe thou me from fecret faults. 



4 He afked life of thee, and thou gaveft 
it him, even length of days for ever and 
ever. 

5 His glory is great in thy falvation : 
honour and majefty haft thou laid upon 
him. 

6 For thou haft made him moft folefTed 
forever : thou haft made him exceeding 
glad with thy countenance. 

7 For the king trufteth in the Lord, 
and through the mercy of the Moft Hi^h 
he fhall not be moved. 

8 Thine hand (hall find cut all thine 
enemies : thy right hand fhall find our. 
thofe that hate thee. 

9 Thou ft alt make them as a fiery 

oyen 



i€2 Ba-uid's prayer in difirefs. 

even in tL<s time of thine anger : the 
Lo r d (hall fwailow them up in his wrath, 
and the fire fhall devour them. 

10 Their fruit (halt thou deftroy from 
the earth, and their feed, from among the 
children of men. 

11 For they intended evil again ft thee : 
they imagined a mifchievous device, 
ivbicb they are not able to perform, 

12 Therefore (halt thou make them 
turn theTr back, ivben thou (halt make 
ready (bine arroivs upon thy firings a- 
gainft the face of them. 

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine 
own ftrength : fo will we ling and praife 
thy power. 

PSALM XXII. 
i Da<vid complaint i b in great difourage- 

ment. 9 tie prayeth in great dijlrejs. 

25 He praife th God. 
To the chief Mvifician upon Aijeleth 
Shahar, A Pfalm of David. 

MY God, my God, Why haft thou 
forfaken me ; Why art thou Jo far from 
helping me, and from the words of my 
roaring ? 

2 O my God s I cry it) the day time, 
but thou heareft not ; and in the night 
fcafon, and am not talent. 

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhab- 
ited: the praifes of Ilrael. 

4 Our fathers trufted in thee : they 
trufted, and thou didft deliver them. 

.5 They cried unto thee, and were deliv- 
ered : they trufted in thee, and were not 
confounded. 

6 But I am a worm, and no man : a 
reproach of men, and defpifed of the 
people. 

7 All they that fee me laugh me to 
jfcorn: they (hoot out the lip, they (hake 
the head, faying, 

8 He trufted on the Lord that he 
would deliver him : let him deliver him, 
feeing he delighted in him. 

9 But thou art he that took me out 
of the womb : thou didff. make me hope 
avben l c was upon my mother's breads. 

10 I was caft upon thee from the£ 
■womb : thou art my God from rny 
mother's belly. 

11 Be not far from me ; for trouble is 
near : for there is none to help. 

12 Manybullshavecompalfedme: ftrong 
dulls of Baihan have befet me round. 

13 They gaped upon me nvitb their 
moifths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, and aii 
y bones are out of joint : my heart i> 

like wax ; it is melted in the midft of my 
bowels. 

t. r » My ftrength is dried up like a pot 
:Tierd ; and my tongue cleaveth lo my 
jaws ; and thou haft brought me into the 
dufl of death. 

For dogs have compared me : the 



PSALMS. 



Ws confidence in God's grace. 

aftembly of the wicked h-.w ;,^\„r _» 

.. •• j / KC v nave uicjoied m-f ; 

tney pierced my hands ana my ieci. 

17 1 may tell all my bones ; they look 
and (tare upon me 

18 They part my garments among 
them, and call lots upon my vefture. 

19 But be not thou far from me, O 
Lord : O my ffrengfh, hafte thee to 
help me. 

SJO Deliver my foul from the fword ; my 
darling from the power of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion's mouth : 
for thou haft heard me from the horns of 
the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy name unto my 
brethren : in the midft of the congrega- 
tion will I praife thee. 

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praife him ; 
all ye the feed of Jacob, glorify him ; and 
fear h'wn, ail ye the feed of Ifrael. 

24 For lie hath not defpifed nor ab^ 
horred the affliction of the afflicted ; nei- 
ther hath he hid his face from him ; but 
when he cried unto him, he heard. 

25 My praife fhall be of thee in tlTe 
great congregation ; I will pay my vows 
before them that fear him. 

26 The meek fhall eat and be fatis,- 
fied : they fhall praife the Lord that feek 
him : your heart fhall live for ever- 

27 All the ends of the world fhall re- 
member and turn unto the Lord: and 
all the kindreds of the nations fhall wor«- 
(hip before thee. 

28 For the kingdom zVthe Lord's : and 
he is the governor among the nations 

29 All they that be fat upon earth 
fhall eat and worfhip : all they that go 
down tG the duft (ball bow before him : 
and none can keep alive his own foul. 

SO A feed (hall ferve him ; it /hall be 
accounted to the Lord for a generation. 
31 They fhall come, and fhall declare 
his righteoufnefs unto a people that fhall 
be born, that he hath done this. 
PSALM XXIII. 
David's confidence in God's grace. 

A Pfalm of David. 
THE Lord is my (hepherd ; I fhall 
not want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in green 
paftures ; he leadeth me beftde the ftill 
waters. 

3 L'e leftoreth my foul; he leadeth 
me in the paths of righteoufnefs for his 
name*s (akc. 

4 Yea, though I walk through the val- 
ley of the fhadow of death, 1 will fear un 
evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and 
thy ftafl they comfort me 

5 Thou preparefl a table before me in 
the prefence of mine enemies : thou an- 
ointed my head with oil ; my cup run- 
neth over. 

t> Surely goodnefs and mercy fhall fol- 
low me all the days cf my life ; and J 



grtfr lord/hip in the world. PSAL 

will dwell in the houfe of the Lord for 

CVer - DCALM X XIV. 

- yjod^s lordjhtp in the <u o> Id S The cit. 
izsns of vis fpiritual kingdom. 7 An 
exhortation f> receive bim. 

A Pfalmof David. 
THE earth is the Lord's, and the ful- 
nefs thereof ; the world, and they that 
dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon the Teas, 
and eftablifbed it upon the floods. 

3 Who (hall afcend into the hill of the 
Lord ? and, Who Hull ftandin his hol> 
place ? 

4 rie that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart ; who hath not lifted up ins foul 
unto vanity, nor fworn deceitfully 

5 He (hill receive the blelling from 
the Lord, and righteoufnefs from tlie 
God of hi:, falvation. 

6 This is the gem ration of then that 
feek him, that leek thy face, O Jacob 



>t l.ih. 

7 Lift up your head?, O ye gates ; and 
be ye lift up, ye everlafting doors ; and 
Ihe King of ^lory mall conic in. 

8 Who is this King of glory ? Tire 
Lord lrroi\g and mighty, The Lord 

hty in battle 

your heads, O ye gates; i 
lift them up, ye everlafting doori ; and 
the King of «;!or> (hall come in* 

10 Who //this Kin;: of K l<>' Y ? The 
Lord of hods, he is the Kingoi glory. 
ih. 

PS \I.\T \\v. 
1 David'* er, 7 He 

Oj Jim, I for 

kelp in affliflion 

•1. 
lo f lift up my 
foul. 

I trufl in thre : let 
a (named, li i n >l niin . c tri- 

umph over 

.•j y that \. 

afliam i them be afhamed which 

tranfgrefs wit hi 
i Shew me thy ways, O Lord; t- 

ihy paths. 
'< I ead me in thy truth, and teach me 
for thou art the ( Jod oi mj falvation ; on 
' I all the day. 
6 1 , O Lo p p, thy tender 

\}w loving kindnefles ; for 
thej Id. 



7 F her not the fins of my youth honour dwelleth 

nor | ,i, ;1(: f» thy 

men • om t 

, O Lord. 

• > R V. : I i 

fore w ill he re ten tinners in the 

" : he * • m judgment ; 

and the meek will he teach his way. 

10 All th<* paihs of the Loiid arc ■ 



David prayeth. 4u3 

cy and truth unto fuchas keep his cove- 
nant and his testimonies. 

11 For thy name's fake, Lord, par- 
don mine iniquity ; for it is great. 

12 What man is he that feareth the 
Lord \ Him (hall he teach in the way 
that he (hall choofe. 

IS His foul (hall dwell at cafe ; and his 
feed fhall inherit the earth. 

14 The fecret of the Lord is with 
them that fear him ; and lie will QieW 
them his covenant. 

15 Mine eyes ore ever toward the 
Lord ; for he fhall pluck my feet out of 
the net. 

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mer- 
cy upon me: for I am defolate and af- 
H died. 

17 The troubles of my heart are en- 

I a rged : O bring thou me out of my dif- 

I I cires. 

13 Ixiok upon mine affliction and my 
pann ; and forgive all my fins. 

1? Confider mine enemies ; for they 
are many ; and they hate mc with cruel 
hati ( 

•20 O keep my foul, and deliver me : 
let me not be a&amed ; for I put my 
truft in riiee. 

SI Let integrity and uprightr.cfs pre- 
serve me ; for I « ait on thee. 

Redeem Ifrael, O God, out of all 
troubh 

PSALM XXVi. 
Sid reforteth unto Cod, in eofjidenet 
if I is in// . 
A P/tf/wof Pavid. 
JUDGE me,OLoRD: fori have walk. 
n nun-: integrity : I have tn Mo 

in t!i'- Lo an ; tbi 1 fhall nni Aide. 

- xamine me, ( ) hop o, and pi 
.iy rein an i my heart. 

mil - ed in f 

truth i 

4 I have not f.*t with vain j 
ii'o hei w ► in v ith diOembl 

• r » I ha 

■ is ; and will not fit with ' 
• 

8 I v ill v ifh mine hands in in 
fa v ill I con i< : 

7 'I h u I may publifli with tl • 

tl i ingi and tell of all thy won- 

drous worl 

8 Lord, I 1 
•i., houfe. and the place where thii 



9 ( I uher n< t my foul with finn 
• !-■ m ith bloody men : 

10 In v. i , ,••• h ind ■ h mil ; : 

it J)u* 

unto me. 

My foot flan-' 



464 David fuftaineth bis faith. PS ALMS. He praJ£tb agalnft his eneme* 

* Hear the voice of my fupMicat ' 
when I cry um<, thee, when 1 gftup 
hands toward thy Uui/ ^.~,,i_ ^ 



in the congregations will I blefs the 
Lord. 

PSALM XXVII. 
1 David fujlaineth his faith by the power 

of God, 4 by his love 10 the fervice of 

God y 9 and by prayer . 

A t'jalm of David. 

THE Lord is my light and my falva- 
tion ; Whom fhall I fear ? The Lord is 
the ftrength of my life ; Of whom (hall I 
be afraid ? 

- When the wicked, even mine ene- 
mies and my foes, came upon me to eat 
up my flefh, they {tumbled and fell. 

3 Though an hoft mould encamp a- 
gainft me, my heart ihall not fear : 
though war fiiould rife againft me, in thia 
ivill I be confident. 

4 One/^/'/z^haveldefired of the Lord, 
that will 1 feek after ; that I may dwell 
in the hpufe of the Lord all the days of 
my life, to behold the beauty of the 
Lord, :.p.d to inquire in Iks temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he mall 
hide me in his pavilion : in the fecret of 
Iiis tabernacle fhall he. hide me; he lhall 
fet me up upon a rock. 

6 Ana now mall mine head be lifted 
up above mine enemies round about me : 
therefore will I oiferin his tabernacle fac- 
rifices of joy ; I will fing, yea, I will firig 
praifes unto the Lord. 

7 lear, O Lord, *when I cry with my 
voir;: : have mercy alfoupen me,and an- 
i'wei" 'Tie. 

8 V/ben thou faidjl, Seek ye my face ; 
my heart »aid unto thee, Thy face, Lord, 
will I feek. 

9 Hide not thy face far from me ; put 
not thy fervant away in anger : thou haft 
been my help ; leave me not, neither for- 
iake me, O God of my falvation. 

10 When my father and my mother 
forfake me, then the Lord will take me 
up 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and 
lead me in a plain path, becaufe of mine 
enemies. 

12 Deliver me not over unto the will 
of mine enemies : for falfe witnefles aie 
rifen up againft rne, and fuch as breathe 
out cruelty. 

13 / bad fainted ',uiYlefs I had believed 
to fee the goodtiefs of the Lord in the 
land or" the living. 

14 Wait on »he Lord : be of good 
courage, and he fl;all ftrengthen thine 
heart : wait, I lay, on the Lord. 

PSALM XXVI i I. 
1 David pray etb aga'nji his enemies. 6 He 
bltjjeib God. 9 lit praxrthjor the people. 

A Pfalm of David. 
UNTO thee will 1 cry, O Lord my 
rock : be not fi'ent to me : left, if thou 
be filent to me, I become like them that 
go down into the pit. 



my Amplication* 

thy t^y-^ llft "P ™y 

Draw me not away with the wickc w 
and with the workers of iniquity, which 
ipeak peace to their neighbours, but mif- 
chief is in their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their deeds, 
and according to the wickednefs of their 
endeavours : give them after the work 
of their hands ; render to them their 
defeft. 

5 Becaufe they regard not the works 
of the Lord, nor the operation of his 
hands, he fhalldeftroy them,and not build 
them up. 

6 BlcfTed£r the Lord, becaufe he hath 
heard the voice of my fupplications. 

7 The Lord is my ftrength and my 
fhield ; my heart trufted in him, and X 
am helped : therefore my heart greatly 
rejoiceth \ and with my fong will f praife 
him. 

8 The Lord is their ftrength, and he 
is the faving ftrength of his anointed. 

9 Save thy people, and blefs thine in- 
heritance : teed them alio, and lift them 
up for ever. 

PSALM XXIX. 
I David exkorteth princes to give glory 
to God, S by reafon ef his power, 11 
and protection of his people . 
A Pfalm of David. 
GIVE unto the Lord, O ye migh- 
ty, give unto the Lord glory and 
ftrength. 

2 Give unto the Lord the glory due 
unto his name ; worfhip the Lord in 
the beauty of holinefs. 

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the 
waters : the God of glory thundereth : 
the Lord is upon many waters. 

4 The voice of the Lord m powerful ; 
the voice of the Lord is full of maj- 
efty. 

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the 
cedars : yea the Lord breaketh the ce- 
dars of Lebanon. 

6 He maketh them alfo to fkip like a 
calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young* 
unicorn. 

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the 
flames of fire. 

8 The voice of the Lord fhaketh the 
wildernefs : the Lord fhaketh the wil- 
dernefs of Kadefti. 

9 The voice of the Lord maketh the 
hinds to calve, and difcovereth the forcfts : 
and in his temple doth every one fpeak Of 
his glory. 

10 The Lord fitteth upon the flood ; 
yea, the Lord fitteth king forever. 

11 The Lord will give ftrength unto 
his people ; the Lord will bleis his peo- 
ple with peace. 

PSALM 



PSALMS. His prayer in his calamity. A&j 

trouble ; thou haft known my foul in ad- 
verfilies ; 

8 Ana haft: not fhut me up into the 
hand of the enemy ; thou haft let my feet 
in a large room. 

9 Have mercy upon rae, O Lord, for 
lam in trouble; mine eye is confumed 
with grief; yea y my foul and my belly. 

10 For my life is fpent with grief, and 
my years with fighing : my flrengthfaileth 
becaufe of mine iniquity, and my bones 
are confumed. 

Ill was a reproach among all mine 
enemies, but efpecially among my neigh- 
bours, and a fear to mine acquaintance : 
they that did fee me without, fled from 
me. 

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of 
mind : I am like a broken vefTel. 

13 For I have heard the flander of 
many: fear ivas on every fide: while 
they took counfel together againft: me, 
they devifcd to take away my life. 

14 But 1 trufted in thee, O Lord : I 
faid, Thou art my God. 

15 My times are in thy hand : deliver 
me from the hand of mine enemies, and 
from theni that perfecute mc 

16 Make thy face to fliine upon thy 
fervant : favc me for thy mercies' fake. 

17 Let me not be afhamed, O Lord ; 
for I have called upon thee : let the wick- 
ed be afhamed, and let them be lilcnt in 
the grave. 

18 Let the lying lips be put to filence ; 
which (peak grievous things proudly and 
contcmptuou fly againft the righteous. 

19 Oh how great is ihy goodncfs, which, 
thou haft laid up tor them that fear thee; 
"jjbich thou haft wrought for them that 
truftin thee before the tons of men ! 

I hoil (halt hide them in the fecret 
of thy prefence from the pride of man : 
thou llialt keep them fecretly in a pavil- 
ion from the ftrife of tongues. 

-I UleHed be the Lord : for he hath 
fliewed mc his marvellous kindnefs in a 
ftrong ( ity, 

: i or I faid in my hafte, I am cut off 
•; before thine eye n thele£s,thou 

: the v •< e oi my fupplicationf 
•a hen 1 cried unto th 

I love the Lord, all ye his fonts r 
»r thou art \ my for- |/#r the 1*ohd veth the faithful, and 



vid praifeib God. 

PSALM XXX. 

i David prai/etb God for bis deliverance: 

4 be exborietb others to praife hi?:-: by 

l: of God's dealing vcith him. 

\ Pfalm and Song at the dedication of 

the houfe of David. 

1 WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou 
haft lifted me up, and haft not made my 

is to rejoice over me. , 

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, 
and thou haft healed me. 

3 O LoRD:thou haft brought up my foul 
from the grave : thou haft kept me alive, 
that I fhould not go down to the pit. 

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye faints of 
and give thanks at the remembrance 

of his holinefs. 

5 For his anger endureth but a mo- 
ment : in his favour is life : weeping may 
endure for a night, but joy cometb in the 
morning. 

In t in my proiperity I faid, I fhall 
hever be moved. 

T Lord, by thy favour thou haft made 
my mountain to ifand ftrong ; thou didft 
thy race, and I was troubled. 
B 1 cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto 
the Lord I made fupplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, 
when I go down to the pit } Shall the duff 
praile thee ? Shall it declare thy truth ? 

10 Hear, O LORD, and hive mercy 
Upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 

11 Thou hail turned for me my 
mourning into dancing : thou haft put 

my fackclothj and girded mc with 
gla<' 

1 - I that mj ^lory may f.ng 

praife to thee, and n nt. OLoao 

d, I will give thank* unto thee for 

PSALM CI. 

i J Jbtioint his confidence in God, 

.veto his help. 7 He rejoice th in bi< 

mfrcy. 9 He prayetb in his calamity. 

19 lit \\oodnefs. 

To the chiei Mufii ian, A Hi ifinoi David. 

IN thee, ( ) Lord, do I put my ti 
let mc never ' imed : deli in 

liteoufnc 
- Bow down thine ear to mr ; d liver 
th >n my ftrong ro< k, lor 
an houfe ot defence to lave 



I : therefore for thy n; lead 

•, and guide me. 

* I'ldl mc out of the •■■ I th i( 
have r mc : ; i an my 

h. 

5 into thine hand I commit my joint : 

thou had redeemed mc, O Lord God of 

truth 

6 I have h -.ted them that regard lying 
vanities : but I trult in the Lord. 

1 I will be glad and rej >ice in thy 
mercy: for thou ! aft confidered my 

3 L 



plentifully leth the prou 1 doei . 

li , and he fhall 

your heart, all ye that hoj e in 

D. 

PSALM \x\ii. 
1 Bleffedneft confjltth in rejnijton off 

t (fion ojfns g'metb 
fcience. ft CW f promifes brmq joy. 

A Pj iimo( David, MafchiT. 
IN I SSED is he -zuhoje tranfgrcflion is 
forgiven, "jckofe (in is covered. 

ed is the man unto whom th': 

Lord 



-IS6 God is to be praifed. 



PSALMS, 
and in 



Lord imputeth not iniquity, 
whofe {pint there is no guile. 

S When I kept filence, my bones 
waxed old through my 'roaring all the 
day long. 

4 For day and night thy hand was 
heavy upon me : my moifture is turned 
into the drought of fummer. Selah. 

5 I acknowledged my fin unto thee,; 
and mine iniquity have 1 not hid. I faid, 
I will confefs my tranfgrelfions unto the 
Lord ; and thou forgaveft the iniquity 
of my fin. Selah. 

6 For this fh all every one that is godly 
pray unto thee in a time when thou mayeft 
be found : furely in the floods of great 
waters they fliall not come nigh unto him. 

1 Thou art my hiding place ; thou 
fhalt preferve n;e from trouble ; thou 
(halt compals me about with fongs of de- 
liverance. Selah. 

3 I- will inftrucl: thee and teach thee in 
the way which thou {halt go : I will 
guide thee with mine eye. 

9 Be ye not as the horfe, or as the mult, 
c which have no understanding: whole 
mouth muft be held in with bit and bri- 
dle, left they come near unto thee. 

10 Many {orrows Jftall be to the wick- 
ed : but. he that trufteth in the Lord, 
mercy fhail compafs him about. 

11 Be glad in the Lord, arid rejoice, 
ye righteous : and {bout for joy, all ye 
that are upright in heart. ; 

PSALM XXXTTI. 
1 God is to be piaijed for his goodnefs, 6 
for his povoer y 1*2 and for his provi- 
dence. 20 Confidence is to be placed 
in God. 

REJOICE in the Lord, O ye right- 
eous : for praife is comely for the upright. 

2 Praife the Lord with harp : ling un- 
to him with the pfaltery and an instru- 
ment of ten firings. 

H Sing unto him a new long ; play 
fldlfully with a loud noife. 

4 For the word of the Lord is right ; 
and all his works are done in truth. 

5 He loveth righteoufnefs and judg- 
ment : the earth is full of the gcodnefs of 
the Lord. 

6 By the word of the Lord were the 
heavens made ; and all the hoft of them 
by the breath of his mouth. 

7 Hegathereth the waters of the fea 
together as an heap : he layeth up the 
depth in ftorehouJes. 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let 
all the inhabitants of the world Hand in 
awe of hi in. 

9 For he {pake, and it was done ; he 
commanded, and it flood fad. 

10 The LoRDbringeth thecounfel of 
the heathen to nought: he maketh the 
devices of the people of none eftedi. 



Confidence to be placed in God. 

forever, the thoughts of his heart to all 
generations. 

12 Bleffed is the nation whofe God is 
the Lord ; and the people inborn he hatfe 
chofen for his own inheritance. 

13 The Lord looketh from heaven 5 
he beholdeth all the fonsof men. 

14 From the place of his habitation he 
looketh upon all the inhabitants of the 
earth-. 

15 He fafhioneth their hearts alike ; he 
confidereth all their works. 

16 There is no king faved by the mul- 
titude of an hoft : a mighty man is not 
delivered by much flrength. 

IT An horfe is a vain thing for fafety : 
neither {hall he deliver any by his great 
ftrength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord h 
upon them that fear him, upon them that 
hope in his mercy ; 

19 To deliver their foul from death, 
and to keep them alive in famine. 

20 Our foul waiteth for the Lord: he 
is our help and our fhield. 

21 For our heart fliall rejoice in him,be- 
caufe we have trufied in his holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon 
us, according as we hope in thee. 

PSALM XXXIV. 

1 David praife th God, end exhorteth Oth- 
ers thereto by his experience. 8 They 
are bleffed that trufi in God. 11 He ex- 
herteth to the jear of God. 

A Pjalm of David, when he changed his 
behaviour before Abimelech ; who 
drove him away, and he departed. 
I WILLblefs the Lord at all times : his 

praife fball continually be in my mouth; 
2- My foul fhall make her boaft in the 

Lord : the humble {hall hear thereof^ 

and be glad. 

3 O magnify the Lord with me, an! 
let us exalt his name together. 

4 I fought the Lord, and he heard 
me, and delivered me from all my fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and were 
lightened : and their faces were not a- 
fh anted. 

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord 
heard him, and laved him out of all his 
troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lord encampeth 
round about them that fear him, and de- 
live ret h them. 

8 O tafte and fee that the Lord is good; 
blefled is the man that trufteth in him. 



9 O for the Lord, ye his faints: for 
there is no want to them that fear him. 

10 The young lions do lack, and fuffer 
hunger : but they that feek the Lord 
(hall not want any good thing. 

\ I Come, ye children, hearken unto me: 
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 
12 What man is he that defireth life, and 



11 The counfel of the Lord ftandeth loveth many days, that he may fee uood $ 

15 Ke&v 



David exbortetb to fear God. PSALMS. He complainetb oj bis enemies. 46T 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy 12 They regarded me evil for good, 
lips from fpeaking guile. to the fpoiling of my foul. 

li Depart from evil, and do good;! ^ But as tor me, when they were fick, 

feck peace, and purfue it. my clothing vjas laekcloth :I humbled 

la The eyes of the Lord are upon my foul with Lilting ; and my prayer re - 



the righteous, a id his ears art open unto 
their cry. 

16 I he face of the Lord is againft 



turned into mine own bofom. 

H 1 behaved myfelf as though be had 
been my friend or brother: I b< 



brance of them from the earth. 

17 The righteous crv, and the Lord 
jieareth, and delivereth them out of all 
their troubles. 

18 The Lord;/ nigh unto them that 
are of a broken heart ; and faveth fuch 
as be of a contrite fpirit. 

19 Many are the afflictions of the 
righteous :' but the Lord delivereth him 

of them all. 
SO He keepeth aii his bones : net one 
of them is broken. 

21 fcvil (halt llay the wicked : and they 

it hate the righteous lhall be defolate. 

i he Lord redeemeth the foul of 

} is fei . it. ne of them that truft 

in him lhall be d. folate 

PSALM XXXV. 
David prayeth for bis ovun /afety, and bis 
enemies' conjujion. 11 He complainetb 
th t their wrongful dealing, ii There- 
by be incite th Cod again /I tbem. 

A Pjalm of David. 
PLEAD my caufe t O Lord, with them 
t drive with me : fight a^ainlt them 
.ft me. 
4 '1 Id and buckler, and 

help. 

3 Draw out alio the fpcar, and flop 
tvay, a a thit | itc me : 

. 1 am I in. 

4 1 :\ be confounded and put to 
fhame thai ul : let them 

turned back and brought to con fu Hon 
vile my hurt. 

be as chaff before the 
and l< t the angel oi the Lord 
:bem. 
6 Let their way be dark and flippery ; 
i let the angel oi the Lord ute 

m. 
T For without caufe h ive they hi I 

,-t :n .i i , '■ uh without cjule 
iave digge t t it my foul. 
8 Let destruction come upon him at 
un ; and let his net that he hath 

h him fell : into that very 
>n let him fall. 

il ihall be joyful in I 
Lord : it lhall rejoice in his falvation. 

■ny b mea lhall fa) , L< 
is like unto thee, which delivcrefl 
•r trom him thai is t »o I 
i, the t- i >r ii, I the i trom him 

that fyoileth him ■ 

11 I'alfe witneffes did rife up; they 
laid to my charge things that I knew not. 



them that do evil, to cut ott" the remem- down heavily, as one that mourneth_/or 

bis mother. 

15 But in mine adverfity they rejoiced 
and gathered themfelves together : yea t 
the abjects gathered themfelves together 
againft me, and 1 knew // not ; they did 
tear me, and ceafed not : 

16 With hypocritical mockers in feafts, 
they gnalhed upon me with their teeth. 

17 Lord. How long wilt thou look 
on ? Refcue my foul from their destruc- 
tions, my darling from the lions. 

13 1 will give thee thanks in the great 
congregation ; I will praife thee among 
much people. 

19 Let not them that are mine enemies 
wrongfully rejoice over me : neither let 
them wink with the eye that hate me 
without a caufe. 

20 For they fpeaknot peace : but they 
devife deceitful matters againft them that 
are quiet in the land. 

ii Yea, they opened their mouth wide 
i nit me, and laid, Alia, alia, our eye 
hath (can is. 

22 This thou hall feen, O Lord : keep 

not lilence : O Lord, be not far from me. 

up tin 'lelf, and awake to my 

judgment, even unto my caufe, my God 

and my Lor d. 

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, ac- 

duig to thy righteoufnefs ; and let 

them not rejoice over me. 

them not lay in their hearts, 
Ah, fo would we have it : let them not 



l/V have lw illowed him up. 
Let them ' mi d and brought 

to con f u Hon t i that rej nee I 

h,:rt : lei them be < loth i 

(hameand di (honour that magi m- 

nfl me. 
! • them iiiout for joy, and 
glad, tint favour my righ 
t, lrt them ' ' nuaily, l 

. d. M huh hath pli 

iu the | i ofpei ity of h nt. 

mgue Hi d Ifpeak 

< t thy praile a 

■ ■ ■ \ : v v i . 
i / 
excellency t>J God's mere,. 10 f> jvid 

f>r,i\, I fit. 

■ I ) I - 
vid th • he Lord. 

TH1 * ranfgreul m ot the wick< 
I i i 1 1 my heart, that there is no fear 
God before his eyes. 

2 For 



458 Grievous Jlau of the wicked. PSALMS. 

2 For he flattereth himfelf in his own 
eyes, until his iniquity be found to be 
hateful. 

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity 
and deceit : he hath left off to be wife, 
and to do good. 

4 He devifeth mifchief upon his bed ; 
he fetteth himfelf in a way that is not 
good ; he abhorreth not evil. 

5 Thy mercy, OLord, is in the heav- 
ens ; and thy faithfulnefs reacbetb unto 
the clouds. 

t> Thy righteoufnefs is like the great 
mountains ; thy judgments are a great 
deep : OLord, thou preferveft man and 
beaft. 

7 How excellent is thy loving kind- 
nefs, O God I Therefore the children of 
men put their trafl under the fhadow of 
thy wings. 

8 They fhall be abundantly iatisfied 
with the fatnefs of thy houfe ; and thou 
(halt make them drink of the river of thy 
pleafures : 

9 For with thee is the fountain of life : 
in thy light (hall we fee light. 

10 O continue thy loving kindnefs unto 
them that know thee ; and thy nghteouf- 
jnefs to the upright in heart. 

It Let not the foot of pride come 
againft me, and let not the hand of the 
wicked remove me. % 

12 There are the workers of iniquity 
fallen : they are caft down, and mail not 
be able to rife. 

PbALM XXXVII. 
David perfuadeth to patience and confi- 
dence in God, by the different ejiate of 
the godly and the ivicked. 

APfalm of David. 
FRET not thy felt becaufe of evil do 



envious againft: the 



down 
green 



ers, neither be thou 
workers of iniquity 

2 For they fhall foon be cut 
like the grals, and wither as the 
herb. 

3 Trull: in the Lord, and do good ; 
fo (halt thou dwell in the land, and verily 
thou (halt be fed. 

4 Delight thyfelf alfo in the Lord ; 
and he (hall give thee the defires of thine 
heart. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord : 
truft alfo in him j and he (ball bring it 
to pafs. 

6 And he (hall bring forth thy right- 
eoufnefs as the light, and thy judgment 
as the noonday. 

7 Reft in the Lord, and wait patiently 
for him : fret not thyfelf becaufe of 
him who profpereth in his way, becaufe 
of the man who bringeth wicked devices 
to pafs. 

li Ceafe from anger, and forfake wrath : 
fret not thyfelf in any wife to do evil. 
9 For evil doers fhall be cut off; but 



The happy fiate of the godly. 

thofe that wait upon the Lord, they (hall 
inherit the earth. 

10 For yet a little while, and the wick- 
edjball not be: yea, thou (halt diligently 
confider his place, and \tfjatl not be. 

11 But the meek (hall inherit the 
earth : and (hall delight themfelves in the 
abundance of peace. 

12 The whrked plotteth againft: the jiift, 
and gnafheth upon him with his teeth. 

15 The Lord (hall laugh at him : for 
he feeth that his day is coming. 

14 The wicked have drawn out the, 
fword, and have bent their bow, to caft 
down the poor and needy, and to (lay 
fuch as be of upright conversation. 

15. Their iword (hall erfter into 
their own heart, and their bows (hall be. 
broken. 

16 A little that a righteous man hath/* 
better than the riches of many wicked. 

17 For the arms of the wicked ihall be 
broken : but the Lord upholdeth the 
righteous. 

IB The Lord knoweth the days of 
the upright : and their inheritance (hall 
be for ever. 

19 They (hall not be adorned in the 
evil time : and in the days of famine they 
(hall be fatisfied. 

20 But the wicked fhall perifh, and 
the enemies of the Lord /bail be as the 
fat of lambs : they (hall coniume ; into 
fmoke lhall they confume away. 

21 The wicked borroweth, and pay- 
eth not again : but the righteous (heweth. 
mercy, and giveth. 

22 For fuch as be blefTed of him fhall 
inherit the earth ; and they that be curled 
of him (hall be cut off. 

25 The fleps of^a good man are or- 
dered by the Lord :- and he delighteth 
in his way. 

21 Though he fall, he fhall not be ut- 
terly caft down : for the Lord uphold- 
eth him luith his hand. 

25 I have been young, and novj am 
old ; yet have I not feen the righteous 
forfaken, nor his feed begging bread. 

2t> He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; 
and his feed is blefTed. 

27 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
and dwell for evermore. 

23 For the Lord loveth judgment 
and forfaketh not his faints ; they are 
preferved forever : but the feed of the 
wicked fhall be cut oft". 

29 The righteous fhall inherit the land, 
and dwell therein for ever. 

SO The mouth of the righteous fpeak- 
eth wifdom, and his tongue talketh of 
judgment. 

Si The law of his God is in his heart ; 
none of his fteps (hall flide. 

S2 The wicked watcheththe righteous, 
and fceketh to flay him. 

S3 The 



David's complaint. 

S3 The Lord will not leave him in 
his hand, nor condemn him when he ib 
judged. 

34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his 
way, and he (hall exalt thee to inherit 
the land : when the wicked aie cut off, 
thou lhaltfee it. 

35 I have feen the wicked in great 
power, and fpreadinghimfelf like a green 
bay tree. 

36 Yet he patted away, and, lo, henvas 
not : yea, I fought him, but lie could not 
be found. 

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold 
the upright : for the end of that man is 
peace. 

38 But the tranfgrefiors fhall be de- 
stroyed together : the end of the wicked 
Iball be cut oft 

39 But the falvalion of the righteous is 
of the Lord : be is their ftrcngth in the 
time of trouble. 

Ao Ami the Lord fliall help them, and 
deliver them : he mall deliver them from 
the wicked, and fave them, becaufe they 
tr uft in him. 

PSALM XXXVIII. 
David movetb God to take compajf.on of 

bis pitiful cafe. 
A Pfalm of Ddvid to bring to remem- 
brance. 
O LORD, rebuke mc not in thy 
wrath : neither chaften me in thy hot 
difpleafure. 

or thine arrows flick faft in me, and 
thine hand prctfeth me fore. 

3 There is no found nefs in my flefh bc- 
Caufe of thine anger ; neither is there any 
reft in my bones becaufe of my fin. 

4 For mine iniquities .. :,e over 
\t head : as an heavy burden they arc 

too heavy for me. 

wounds ftink and arc corrupt 
becaufe of my foolifhnei 
6 I am troubled ; 1 am ! 
ally ; I go mourning all the day 

f For :; • filed wit' th- 



fome diftafe : and there is no found I 
in mv fie Hi. 

D feeble and ft 
have r arcd bj 1 1 ..' n of the d 
of mv heart. 

LORD, all my def: .cc ; 

and rm t hid from tl 

.10 R art panteth. 

failerh me : as foi the ligl 
it alfo . g • fi um mc. 

11 s and my fj 

re ; and r 

1 : alfo that feck after m ■ 

jay fnare and they that 

hurt votis things, and im- 

agine decc.'s all the day loi 

I3wt I, r.s a deaf m*n % heard not; 



pfALMS. Thevav.'uy of life. 469 

and / ivas as a dumb man that openeth 
not his mouth. 

14 Thus 1 was as a man that heareth 
not, and in whofe mouth ate no reproofs. 

15 For in thee, O Lord, do 1 hope : 
thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 

16 For 1 laid, Hear trie, left oibtricife 
they ihould rejoice over me : when my 
foot flippeth, they magnify tbemfifves 
again ft me. 

IT For I am ready to halt, and my 
forrow is continually before me. 

18 For I will declare mine iniquity ; I 
will be forry for my fin. 

19 But mine enemies are lively, and 
they are drong : and they that hate me 
wrongfully are multiplied. 

20 They alio that lender evil for good 
are mine adverfaries ; becaufe 1 follow 
the thing that good is. 

21 Forfake me not, O Lord : O my 
God, be not far from me. 

u 2t Make halle to help me, O Lord 
my falvation. 

PSALM XXXIX. 
1 David's care of Lis thoughts. 4 His 
confederation oj the brevity ur. J vanity 
of life. 7 R.everenie of God's judg- 
ments, 10 bis prayer, Z3c. 
To the chief Miifician,fcv/7 to Trduihun, 
A Pfalm of David. * 
AID, 1 will take heed to my ways, 
that I iin not with my tongue : 1 ^ill 
•}> my mouth with a bridle, while the 
wicked is before me. 

£ I was dumb with filcnce, I held my 
pea i DQ) forn 

was Hirr- d. 

8 ,\ | hot wil 
i mufing the fire bui i 

I v ith mj i 

4 J -jk i). i me to knou 

and |h< • it is ; 

that I iow trail I 

•"' I cJ old, thou haft mad \ as 

anhan< th- 

ine thee m 

nan walketh in a • 
furely : vain: 

lie heapeth up rit 
« L 
1 And I 

. 

9 I nth, 

am con fun 

11'. 



me, \\ ! 






rcct 

■ man ts v , ih. 

II JH 



470 Of trufiing in God. 

my tears ; for I am a ftranger with thee, 

and a lbjourner, as all my fathers 'were. 
13 O fpare me, that I may recover 

ftrength, before I go hence, and be no 

more. 

PSALM XL. 

1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obe- 
dience is the bejl jacrifi.ee. 11 Thefenfe 
of David's evils infiameih bis prayer. 

To the chief Mufician. A Pfalm of David. 

I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; 
and he inclined unto me, and heard my 
cry. 

u 2 He brought me up alfo out of an 
horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and 
fet my feet upon a rock, and eftablhhed 
my goings. 

S And he hath put a new fong in my 
mouth, even praile unto our God : many 
{hall lee i/, and fear, and (hall trud in the 
Lord. 

4 BlefTed is that man that maketh the 
Lord his truft, and relpecteth not the 
proud, nor fuch as turn alide to lies. 

5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy 
wonderful works which thou haft done, 
and thy thoughts ivhich are to us ward : 
they cannot be reckoned up in order 
unto thee -. if I would declare and fpeak 
cftbem, they are more than can be num- 
bered. 

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didft not 
defire ; mine ears haft thou opened ; 
burnt offering and fm offering haft thou 
not required 

7 Then laid I, Lo, I come : in the vol- 
ume of the book it is written of me. 

o 1 delight to do thy will, O my God: 
yea, thy law is within my heart. 

9 I have preached righteoufnefs in the 
great congregation : io, I have not re- 
iramed my lips, O Lord, thou knoweft. 

10 I have not hid thy righteoufnefs 
within my heart ; I have declared thy 
f r.thfulnefs and thy falvation : 1 have not 
concealed thy loving kindnefs and thy 
truth from the great congregation. 

II Withhold not thou thy tender mer- 
cies from me, O Lord : let thy loving 
kindnefs and thy truth continually pre- 
fer ve me. 

VI For innumerable evils have com- 
pared me about : mine iniquities have 
taken hold upon me, fo that 1 am not able 
to look u x - ; they are more than the hairs of 
mine head : therefore my heart faileth me. 

13 Be pleafed, O Lord, to deliver me : 
O Lord, make hafte to help me. 

14 Let them be athamed and confound- 
ed together that feck after my foul to de- 
ftroy'it ; let them be driven backward 
and put to fhame that wiili me evil. 

1.3 L<*i them be defolate for a reward of 
their fhame that fay unto me, Aha, aha. 

16 Let all thofe that fcek thee rejoice 
and be glad in thee ; let fuch as love thy 



in 



PSALMS'. God's care of the poor. 

falvation fay continually, the Lord be 
magnified. 

IT But I am poor and needy ; yet the 
Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my 
help and my deliverer ; make no tarrying, 

my God. 
PSALM XLL 

1 God's care of the poor, k David com- 
plaineth of bis enemies' treachery. 

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 

BLESSED is he that confidereth the 
poor: the Lord will deliver him 
time of trouble. 

2 The Lord will preferve him, and 
keep him alive ; and he (hall be bleifed 
upon the earth : and thou wilr not de- 
liver him unto the will of his enemies. 

S The Lord will ftrengthen him upon 
the bed of languifhing ; thou wilt make 
all his bed in his iickneis. 

4 I faid, Lord, be merciful unto me : 
heal my foul ; for I have finned againft 
thee. 

5 Mine enemies fpeak evil of me.When 
mall he die, and his name perilh ? 

6 And if he come to fee me , he fpeak - 
eth vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to 
ltfelf ; vShen he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 

7 AH that hate me whifper together 
againft me : againft me do they deviie raj 
hurt. 

8 An evil difeafe, fay they, cleaveth 
fall unto him : and novj that he lieth he 
fhall rife up no more. 

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in 
whom 1 trufted, which did eat of my 
bread, hath lifted up bis heel againft me. 

10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful un~ 
to me, and raife me up, that I may le- 
quite them. 

11 By this I know that thou favoured 
me, becaufe mine enemy doth not tri- 
umph over me. 

12 And as for me, thou upholder! me 
in mine integrity, and fetteft me before 
thy lace lor ever. 

_ 13 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifracl 
from everlafting, and to everlafting. A- 
men, and Amen. 

PSALM XLII. 
1 David's zeal toferve God in tbe temple. 

5 Heencouragetb his foul to truft in God. 
To the chief Mufician, Mafchil, for the 
fons of Korah. 

AS the hart panteth after the water 
brooks, fo panteth my foul after thee, 
OGod. 

2 My foul thirfreth for God, for the 
living God : When (hall I come and ap- 
pear before God ? 

5 My tears have been my meat day 
and night, while they continually fay 
unto me, Where is thy God ? 

* When I remember thefe things, I 
pour out my foul in me : lor I had gone 
with the multitude, I went with them to 

xht 



David eneouragetb his foul. PSALMS 

(hi huii IV of God, wirTi the voice of joy 
and praiie, with a multitude that kept 
lio)yd;' 

5 Why'art thou caft down, O my foul ? 
andj/FAy art thou difquiettd in me \ Hope 
thou in God: for I (hall yet praife him 
for the help of his countenance. 

6 O my God, my foul is caft down 
within me: therefore will I remember 
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the 
Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noife 
of thy waterfpouts : all thy waves and 
thy billow s are gone over me. 

8 Yet the Lord will command his lov- 
g kindnefs in the day time, and in the 

ni^ht his long /.ball be with me, and my 
prayer unto the God of my In 

9 I will fay unto God my rock, Why 
haft thou forgotten me ? Why go I mourn- 
ing becaufe of the oppreiTioji of the en- 
emy ? 

10 As with a fword in my bones, mine 
enemies reproach me ; while they lay 
daily unto me, Where is thy God ? 

1 1 Why art thou caft down,0 my foul ? 
and, Why art thou difquieted within me ? 
Hope thou in God : h,r I fhall yet praife 
h\n\,ivhois the health of my countenance, 
and my God. 

PSALM XI. III. 
1 David, praying to be >ejtorrd to the tem- 
ple, promijtth tojerve GW jo\ fully. 5 
He rncouragetb bis Joul to n ujt in God. 
JUDGE i ad my caufe 

again ft an ungodly nation i o deli 
me from the deceitful and urjuft man. 

2 1 . an il rength : 

W| . doft th off ? Why go I 

m ifc ot the oppreflion of 

ihc 

A O fend OUt thy light and th> truth : 

let them lead me :m bring i 

thy holy hill, and to thy tal 
4 '1 hen w ill unto the altar of 

God, unto < i 

upon ihe ill l 1 1 ail i iod 

my God. 

3 Why nt th down, O my foul i 
and, Why art thou difq within me ? 
Hope in God : I til yet prailc him, 
nvko n |he health of my COUntCnai 
and my < > 

PSALM XI. IV. 
1 The cburcb, in memory of former fa- 
*vours. 9 her fr. 

17 frofejftng her integrity M 
".ttv p, ,i U tti •for Jucrour. 

h • ( Ivfulician lor the foni ot 
Koi th, Mafchil. 
Wf heard with our ears, O God, 

our t have told us, what v 

thou didfl in their da\ s, in the times 
ui 

- h W thou didlt drive out the hea- 
then with thy hand, and pLntedit them ; 



The churches complaint. 471 

boiv thou didfl afflict the people, and c 
them out. 

S For they got not the land in pofTefHon 
by their own fword, neither did their 
own arm fave them : but thy right hand 
and thine arm, and the light of thy coun- 
tcnance,becaufe thou had II a favour unto 
them. 

4 Thou art my king,0 God : command 
deliverances for Jacob. 

5 Through thee will we pwfh down 
our enemies : through thy name will we 
tread them under that rife up againft us. 

6 For I will not truft in my bow, nei- 
ther fhall my fword fave me. 

" JJut thcu halt faved us from our en* 
emies, and haft put them to fhame that 
hated us. 

8 In God we boaftall the day long, and 
praife thy name for ever. Selah. 

9 But thou haft C3ft off, and put us 
to fhame ; and goeft not forth with our 
armies. 

10 Thou makeft us to turn bark from 
the enemy ; and they which hate us 
fpoil for themfelves. 

It Thou haft given us like fheep ap- 
pointed for meat ; and halt lcaiteied us 



among the heathen. 



It Thou fellelt thy people for nought, 
and doft not increafe thy wealth by their 
price. 

I I 1 hou makeft us a reproach to our 
neighbours, a fcorn and addition to them 
that are round about as. 

14 Thou makefl US a byword among 
the heathen, a lhaking of the head among 
the people. 

\'j My i onfufiOR is continually before 
. and the ihame of my fate hath *. 

me- 
1G For the voice of him that repro^ch- 
eth and blafphemeth ; by reafoa ot the 
r. 
it ah rtiii is come upon have 

not forgotten thee, neither have • 
fely in tin int. 

1 - I I i ' earl is not tl irk, neither 

have out ined fi om thy « ay ; 

19 i ii thou I c broken ni in 

.swith 
tli. 
K0 II . tten t!- ■ b m - 

id, Or ftreU ar hands to u 

I ; 
-i hall not Go! ; 
noweth ihe he 

r thy fake e killed all 

. we .ire COU1 
lor the fl tughter. 

,\Vhy ! :,OI.ORD? 

\ i fe. ofl toi • 

'.'■ herefore - 

1 our op- 
p re Hi >m ? 

I bowed dow 

dv 



47-2, The grace of ChrijVs kingdom. PSALMS. The church'' 's confidence in Cod \ 



du(t : our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 

26 Arife for our help, and redeem us 
for thy mercies' fake. 

PLALM XLV. 
1 "The majejly and grace of Chrifi's king- 
dom. 10 The duty of the church, and 

the benefits thereof. 
To the chief Mufician upon Shofhannim, 

for the fons of Koran, Mafchil, A Song 

of loves, 

MY heart is inditing a good matter : I 
fpeak of the things which I have made 
touching the king: my tongue is the pen 
of a ready writer. 

°l Thou art fairer than the children of 
men : grace is poured into thy lips : there- 
fore God hath bletfed thee for ever. 

5 Gird thy fword upon thy thigh, O 
mofi Mighty, with thy glory and thy 
majefty. 

4 And in thy majefty ride profperoufly 
becaufe of truth and meeknefs and right- 
eoufnefs ; and thy right hand mail teach 
thee terrible things. 

5 Thine arrows are fharp in the heart 
of the king's enemies ; ^whereby the peo* 
pie fail under thee. 

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and 
ever : the fceptre of thy kingdom is a 
right fceptre. 

7 Thou loveft righteoufnefs, and hateft 
wickednefs : therefore God, thy God, 
hath anointed thee with the oil of glad- 
nefs above thy fellows. 

8 All thy garmenss/w^// of myrrh, and 
aloes, and caffia, out of the ivory palaces, 
whereby they have made thee glad. 

9 King's daughters were among thy 
honourable women : upon thy right hand 
did (land the queen in gold of Ophir. 

10 Hearken, O daughter, and confider, 
and incline thine ear : forget alfo thine 
own people, and thy father's houfe ; 

11 So fhall the king greatly defire thy 
beauty : for heix thy lord ; and worfhip 
thou him. 

12. And the daughter of Tyre Jhail be 
there with a gift ; even the rich among 
the people (hall entreat thy favour. 

13 The king's daughter is all 
eus within : her clothing is of wrought 
gold. 

14 She fhall.be brought unto the king 
in raiment of needlework ; the virgins 
her companions that follow her fhall be 
brought unto thee. 

15 With gladnefs and rejoicing fhall 
they be brought : they (hall enter into the 
king's palace. 

16 Infteadof thy fathers (hall be thy 
children, whom thou mayeft make princes 
in all the earth. 

17 I will make thy name to be re- 
membered in all generations : therefore 
fhall the people praife thee for ever and 
ever. 



glori- 



PSALM XLVI. 
1 Ike confidence tvhich the church hath 

in God. 8 An exhortation to behold 

his works. 
To the chief Mufician for the fons of 
Korah, A Song upon Alamolh. 

GOD is our refuge and ftrength,avery 
prefent help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though 
the earth be removed, and though the 
mountains be carried into the midft of 
the fea ; 

, 3 Though the waters thereof roar and 
be troubled, though the mountains (hake 
with the fwelling thereof. Selah. 

4 There is a river, the dreams where- 
of fhall make glad the city of God, the 
ho\v place of the tabernacles of the Molt 
High. 

5 God is in the midft of her ; (he fhall 
not be moved : God (hall help her, and 
that right early. 

6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms 
were moved : he uttered his voice, the 
earth melted. 

7 The Lord of hofts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

8 Come, behold the works of the 
Lord, what defolations he hath made in 
the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to ceafe unto the 
end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, 
and cutteth the fpear in (under; he burn- 
etii the chariot in the fire. 

10 Be (fill, and know that I am God : 
I will be exalted among the heathen, I will 
be exalted in the earth. 

11 The Lord of hofts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

PSALM XLVIL 
The nations are exhorted cheerfully to en- 
tertain the kingdom of Chrifi. 
To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm for the 
fons of Korah. 
O CLAP your hands, all ye people j 
(hout unto God with the voice of tri- 
umph. 

2 For the Lord mod high is terrible ; 
he is a great king over all the earth. 

S He (hall fubdae the people under us, 
and the nations under our feet. 

4 He fhall choofe our inheritance for 
us, the excellency of Jacob whom he lov- 
ed. Selah. 

5 God is gone up with a fhont, the 
Lord with the found of a trumpet. 

6 Sing prailes to God, fing praifes : fing 
praifes unto our king, fing praifes. 

7 For God is the King of all the earth : 
fing ye praifes with underlfanding. 

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God 
fitteth upon the throne of his holineis. 

9 The princcsof the people are gathered 
together, cvm the people of the God of 
Abraham : for the fhieids of the earth 
belong unto God : he is greatly exalted, 

6 PSALM 



Ornaments of the church. 

M XLVI1I. 
*Tha <its and privileges of tbe 

cout ch 
A 5 <p^ cr. i Pfalm for the Tons of Korah. 

IT is t 
be | raife* : city of our God, in the 

2D' ■ his hohnefs 

Beautir .1 for liniati »n, th j y of the 
whale earth, is mount /.ion, on the fides 
or" the . city of the great kin;; 

3 God is known in her palates for a 
reFufce. 

4 For, lo, the king? were aflembled, 
they pa (lid by 

i hey law //, and I ) ihey marvelled j 

and h i(ted away, 
upon them thert , 
I a woman in ti .'.vail. 
i hou break eft the (hips ofTarftiilb 
with an eaft v md. 

u v.e have heard, f.) have we fcen 
5n the i I t! e Lord of holts, in the 

city of our in; i : God will eftabiilh It 
for ev* r. 

9 We ha\ _■'.* i ( thy loving k 

!.t of tir ; temple 
to thy name, God, fo 
is \\<) pra fe u ito the ends of the earth : 
thy right ha id is full ol riehteoufnel 

U L^t mount Z on rejoice, let the 
daughters of Juflah be glad,bec&ufe of thy 
judgment 

l- Walk ah nit Zion, and go round 
about her : tell the towersther 

1^ well her bulwarks, con- 

fid. ,'cs : that ye may tell // to 

th 

14 ! jd is our God t r md 

ev ul). 

L1X. 
1 . ' Uon in build thi i 

o/ i 

er, h t > Worldly / 1 

. o foe ad'nirrd . 

To tli . A Pfalm 

i ! i . 

ye <;rld : 

high, rich and poor, 

x My moot!) (lull I 

ion of ray heart fb ill be 
c i underftand 

1 I will i h .'• < ai 1. 1 a ' ■ ■ ible : 
I will 



1 in the i 

ol »• ••.;, tvi i.eck 

it ? 

•h. and 
I 
I 
* ^ >ne ' ■ , by any meat 

n hij brother, run gi v e to i <od a ran- 

8 ( For the :■. • foul h 

precious, and It cealeth for ever :) 

3 . I 



PSALMS. Cod's majf fly in the church. 473 

9 That he (iiould flill live for ever, and 
not fee corrupts 

10 ! i i l , (etth t\a' wife men die, like- 
w iie the fodl and I hi brutith perfon yerifh, 
and leave their wealth to others. 

11 Their inward thought /J, that their 
I: mlesjba/l continue for ever, and their 
dwelling; places to all generations ; thev 
call the\t lands alter their own names. 

1- Neverthetefs, man being in honour 
jbideih not : he is like the beafts shut 
perish. 

M This their way f/their folly! yet their 
pofterity a; -i rove their faying, bclah. 

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; 
death shall feed on them ; and the upright 

ill have dominion over them irj the 
morning : and their beauty shall con fume 
m the grave from their dwelling:. 

15 But God will redeem my foul from 
the power of the £iave : for he shall re- 
ceive me. SeVah. 

iG Be pot thou afraid When one rs 
m :('(• rich, when the glory of his houfe is 
in :rcah 

IT For when he dieth he shall crry 
nothing away : his glory shall not defcend 
aftt r him. 

18 Though while he lived he blcfled 
his foul : andf//r'« will praife thee, when 
tlv u doefl well to thyfelf, 

19 He shall ^o to the generattor of his 
rs ; they shall ht. 

20 . m that is in honour and urn 
(iandeth not, i^ like ihe beads //>«/ perish. 

PSALM Li 
1 Tbe majejfy of God in the church* 5 
His ord • I " •■ r / i i fits. 7 Tt c f le af- 

vrc of nonii i, 14 Out 

■y of obedience* 
Pfalm of Afapb. 
might) '« the T.ov o, 

hath fpoken and called Ihe earth from 
the rifing ol the fun unto the goingdowti 

u of Zion, Ihe | I beau- 

ty, God h.-ith shin 

■ 

him, and be verj t< y, : Ituous 

ro'ii n. 

s H he he • 

ihe earth that he ra 

thei tin 
tho it with i 

I 

Ifrael, an 1 1 will e : 

1 a God 
8 1 will not i ( 

fice 1 rn thy bun! tli 



continually 



9 1 



*74 David' sprayer for fanelification. PSALMS. He propbefieth Doeg's dejlrutfhn. 



6 Behold, thou deiireft truth in the in- 
ward parts : and in the hidden part thou 
shalt make me to know wifdom. 

7 Purge me with hyflbp, and I shall be 
clean : wash me, and I shall be whiter 
than fnow. 

8 Make me to hear joy and gladnefs ; 
that the bones 'which thou halt broken 
may rejoice. 

9 Piide thy face from my fins, ami blot 
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls,or drink [out all mine iniquities. 

40 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 



9 I will take no builock out 'of thy 
lioufe, nor he goats cut of thy folds. 

10 For every bead of the foreft/Vmine ; 
and the cattle upon a thoufand hills. 

HI know all fiie fowls of the moun- 
tains : and the wild beafls of the field are 
mine. 

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell 
thee : for the world is mine, and the ful- 
nefs thereof. 



the blood of goats ? 

14 Offer unto God thankfgiving ; and 
pay thy vows unto the Moft H<gh : 

15 And call upon me in the day of 
trouble : I will deliver thee, and thou 
shalt glorify me. 

16 But unto the wicked God faith, 
What haft thou to do to declare my ftat- 
utes, or thai thou shouldeft take my cov- 
enant in thy mouth ? 

17 Seeing thou hateft inftruction, and 
cafteft my words behind thee. 

18 When thou faweft a thief, then thou 
ccnfentedft with him, and haft been par- 
taker with adulterers. 

19 Thou giveft thy mouth to evil, and 
thy tongue frameth deceit. 

20 Thou fitteft and {peaked againft thy 
brother, thou flandereft thine own moth- 
er's fon. 

21 Thefe things haft thou done, and 1 
kept filence ; thou thoughteft that I was 
altogether fuch an one as thyfelf : but I 
will reprove thee, and fet them in order 
before thine eyes. 

22 Now, confider this, ye that forget 
God, left 1 tear you in pieces, and there 
be none to deliver. 

25 Whofo ofFereth praife glorifieth me : 
and to him thatordereth his converfation 
aright will I shew the lalvationof God: 

PSALM LI. 
1 David prayeth for remijfton of fins, 

whereof be maketh a deep confeffion. 6 

He prayeth for fanelification. lb God 

delightethnot in facrifice, but infincer. 

ity. 18 David prayeth for the church. 
To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David, 

when Nathan the prophet came unto 

him. after he had.gone in to Bathsheba. 

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, ac- 
cording to thy loving: kindnefs : accord- 
ing unto the multitude of thy tender mer 
cies blot oat my tranfgrefiions. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine in- 
iquity, and clean fe me from my fin. 

•*5 For I acknowledge my tranfgrefiions: 
and my fin is ever before me. 

4 Againft thee, thee only, have I fin- 
ned, and done this evil in thy fight : 
that thou mighteft be justified when 
thou fpeakeft, and be clear when thou 
judged. 

5 i3chold, I was shapen in iniquity; 
and in fin did my mother conceive me. 



and renew a right fpirit within me. 

11 Caft me not away from thy prefence; 
and take not thy holy fpirit from me. 

12 Reftore unto me the joy of thy fal- 
vation ; and. uphold me ivitb thy free 
fpirit. 

IS Then will I teach tranfgreflbrs thy 
ways ; and finners shall be converted un- 
to thee. 

14 Deliver me from blood guiltinefs, 

God, thou God of my falvation : and 
my tongue shall fing aloud of thy right- 
eoufnefs. 

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and 
my mouth shall shew forth thy praife. 

16 For thou defireft not*facrifjce ; elfc 
would I give it : thou delighteft not in 
burnt offering. 

17 The facrifices of God are a broken 
fpirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O 
God, thou wilt not defpife. 

• 18 Do good in thy good pleafure un- 
to Zion : build thou the walls of Jeru- 
falem. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleafed with the 

facrifices of righteoufnefs, with burntof- 

fering and whole burnt offering : then 

shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. 

PSALM LII. 

1 David, condemning the fpitefulnefs of 
Doeg, propbefieth bis defruclion. 6 The 
righteous jball rejoice at it. 

To the chief Mufician, Mafchil,^ Pfalm 

of David, when Doeg the Edomitecame 

and told Saul, and faid unto him, David 

is come to the houfe of Ahimelech. 

WHY boafteft thou thyfelf in mif- 

chief, O mighty man ? The goodnefs of 

God endmeth continually. 

2 Thy tongue devifeth mifchiefs; like 
a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 

3 Thou loveft evil more than good; and 
lying rather than to fpeak righteoufnefs. 
Solan. 

4 Thou loveft all devouring words, O 
thou deceitful tongue. 

5 God shall likewife deftroy thee for 
ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck 
thee out of thy dwelling place, and root 
thee out of the land of the living. 
Selah. 

6 The righteous alfo shall fee, and fear, 
and shall laugh at him: 

7 Lo. this is the man that made not 

God 



Daind complalnetb of, and 

God his flrength ; but milled in the a- 
bundance of his riches, and ltrengthened 
kimf«:lf in his wickednefs. 

8 But I am like a green olive tree in 
the houfe of God : 1 trutt in the mercy 
of God forever ard ever. 

9 I will praife thee forever, becaufe 



thou halt dune it : and I will wait on thy 

name ; for it i r good before thy laints. 
PSALM LIII. 

1 David defcribetb the corruption o) a nat- 
ural man. A tie convinceth the nvicked 
by the ligot of their oivu conJcience. 6 
He glorictb in the falvatio-i of God. 

To the cnirf Muficuui upon Mahalath, 
Mafchil, A FJalm of David. 
THh, fool hath laid in his heart, There 

is no God. Corrupt are they, and have 

d/me abominable iniquity : there is none 

that doeth good. 

2 God 'ooked down from heaven upon 
the children oi men, tjleeif there were 
any »hat did undjrlrand, that did leek 

\. 
S Every one of them is gone back : 
they are altogether become filthy ; there 
is none that doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Hiv; the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge ? Who eat up my people as 
they eat bread : they have not called up- 
on God. 

5 There were they in great fear, iubere 
no fear w;is i for God hath fcattered the 
bones of him that encampeth if.nnjt thee : 
thou halt put tbem to shame,becaufe God 
hath d*l,) 

6 On that rhc I dvation of Ilrael ivere 
ten outofZion ' When God bringeth 
Lack the captivil , Jacob 
•Jiall icjoice, and Ifrael shall be glad. 

JALM II 1 .. 

1 Dai' id, complaining of the ///>bims,pi 
ett t confidence 

in imifett 

To the i, Maf- 

chil, A /' iph- 

Mil, Doth not 
David hide himfelf with u 
SAVL me <> God, by thy name, and 

judge rr.e by thy ftrenctn 

- Hear my prayei , O < rod ; give car to 

the p mouth. 

3 For 

and op pre (Tors feck after n>) lowl : they 
i let God before I 

4 Behold, ^ > > : ;> nunc I. riper the 
I oru is with Id ni\ 

ii. 

••ard evil unto mine cne 
in olf i:i thy truth. 



PSALMS, frayetb cgatnji, bis enemies. 475 

PSALM LV. 

1 David in bis prayer compla'inetb of bis 
fearful cafe. 9 He prayetb agait.Jl his 
enemies, of tutoje nvickednefs and 
treachery he compiaineth. 16 He com- 
jorieth himfelf in God's prefervation oj 
Dim, and conjufion oj his enemies. 

To the chief Mulicianon Negmoth, Maf- 
chil, A Pjal/n of David. 
GIVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and 

hide not thyfelf from my fupplicatio;i. 
Attend unto me, and hear me : I 

mourn in my compiaint,and make a noife. 

3 Becaufe of the voice of the enemy, 
becaufe of the oppreflion of the wicked ; 
tor they calf iniquity upon me, and in 
wrath they hare me. 

4 My heart is fore pained within me : 
and the terrors of death are fallen upon 
me. 

o Fearfulnefs and trembling are come 
uj on me, and horror hath overwhelmed 
me. 

♦> And I faid, Oh that I had wings l ; ke 
a dove ! Far tbtn would I Hy away, and 
be at reft. 

7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and 
remain in the uildernefs. Seiah. 

8 I would haften my efcape from the 
windy ftorm and temped. 

9 Deltroy, OLoru, and divide their 
tongues : for I have leen violence and 
Ibife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go about it up- 
on the walls thereof: miichief alio and 
forrow a»e in the midll of it. 

1 1 W k kednei i u in the mid ft thereof : 
dec id guile depart not from her 
Che 

l- For it ivas not an enemy thnt re- 
proac ; . ti,< ii 1 could have borne 

ii : neither was u he that hated me i >t 
did magnify bint me ; then I 

would nave hid myfelf from bim ; 

18 But ii ivoi thou, a man mineequtlj 
guide, and mil c acquaintances 

i i We i •> '-. fweet i »i nfel 
rt'iil walked unto (1. . uod in 



ly. 
i ' i the mi 

i go down quick <nto hell i for Ai»_k- 
ednefs is in then dwellin I among 

tin . 

16 A r m », I 
and the Lo rd sh ill I ivc D 

it ! I at noon. 

will I 1 1 la j aloud 

m the i 



t I v.. II freel unto thee : I therewen n th me. 



iile thy name, O Lord j 

good. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of all 
(rouble : ami mine eye hath feeo hn 4t- 
H't upon mine fuel 



it m| t) G 

• Id. Se I a h . I 
caufe th i therefore 

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476 David's confidence inGo<l. PSALMS. 

fnch 3s be at peace with him : Ire hath 

broken his covenant. 
£t Tke worrfjofhisnul'uthwerc fmoeth- 

er than butter, but war iuas in hi s heart : 

his words were fofter than oil, yet ivere 

they drawn fwords. 

%t Caft thy burden upon the Lord. 

and he shall fuftain thee : he shall never 

fuffer the righteous to be moved. 
S3 But thou, O God, shah bring them 

clown into the pit of dedruerion : bloody 

and deceitful men shall not ! ive out half 

their dav s : but I will truft in thee. 
PSALM LVI. 

1 David praying to God in confidence of 
his rvord, complainetb of his ene- 
mies. ( J tie projejfeth bis confidence in 
God's ^word, and pyQinfetb to praije 
him. 

To the chief Mufieian upon Jonathelem 
rechokim, Michtam of David, when 
the Philiftines tork him in Gath. 
BE merciful unto iuk, O God : for 

man would {wallow me up ; he righting 

daily opprefleth me. 

- Mine enemies would daily fwallow 

ine up : for they be many that fight again ft 

me, O thou Moil High. 

3 What time I am afraid, I will truft 
in thee. 

4 In God I will' praife his wcrd, in 
God I have put my truft ; 1 will not fear 
what flesh can do unto rue. 

5 Every day they wreft my words s all \ 
their thoughts are a gain ft me for evil. 

6 They gather themfelves together, 
they hide themfelves, they mark my 
fteps, when they wait for my foul. 

7 Sh ill they efcape by iniquity ? In 
thine \ iger caft down the people, O God. 

8 Thou telleft my wanicrings j put 
thon my tears into thy bottle: Are they 
not in thy book ? 

When I cry unto thee., then shall mine 
enemies turn back 
God is for rae. 



He refrmvetb the toic-ked. 

will I make my refuge, until tkefec*& 
(amities be overpaft. 

•2 I will cry unto God moft high ; unto 
God that performeth all tbtngsiar rr.e. 

3 He shad fen.i from heaven, and fave 
me*/rom the reproach ot lura that would 
{wallow me up. telah. God shall i~cn<± 
forth his mercy and his truth. 

4 My foul is among lions : and I lie 
even among them that are let on fire, 
even the Ions of men whole teeth ate 



fpear3 and arrows, and their 



tongue a 



sharp (word. 

5 Be thou exnlted, O God, above the 
heavens j let thy glory he above all the 
earth. 

t> .They have prepared a ret for 
ray fteps ; my foul is bowed down : 
they have digged a pit before me, into 
the midit whereof they are fallen tbem- 
jelves. Selah. _ 

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart 
is fixed : I will ling and give praife. 

8 Awake up, my glory ; awake, pfal- 
tery and harp : 1 myjetfmU awakeeariy. 

1) I will praife thee, O Lord, among; 
the people : I will ling unto thee among 
the naf ions. 

10 for thy mercy is great unto tUe 
heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

li Be thou exalted, O God, above the 
h<*avens : let thv glory be above all the 
earth. 

PSALM LVIIL 
] 1 David reproving vjicked judges, S de- 
ft i ibeth the natur- of the nvickrd, 6 and 
de<voteth them to God's judgments , 10 
'whereat the righteous fbatl rejoice 
To the chief Mufieian, Alrafchith, 
Michtam of David. 
DO ye indeed fpeak righteoufnefs, O 
Congregation ? Do ye judge uprightly, 
O ye Ions of men ? 
°i Yea, in heart ye work wickednefs ; 
this I know ; for lye weigh the violence of your hands in 
'the earth 



!0 In God will T praife his word : in i # The wicked are eftranged from the 
the Lord will 1 praife bis word. [womb : they go allray as lotmas they be 

11 In Go;! have I put my truft: I will j born, (peaking lies, 
not he afraid what man can do unto me. < 4 Their poiion ts like the notion of ^ 

VI Thy vows are upon ine, G God : I ■ ferpentj they are like the deaf adder t'.at 
will render praifes lmu i thee. Jftoppetii her ear ; 

I \ lor thou haft delivered my foul 5 Which will not hearken to the votce 
from deal h : Wilt not thou deliver nfcy J of charmers, clArmmg never fo wifely* 
l from falling, that 1 may walk before] 6 break their teeth, O God, in their 
God in the light of the 'living ? 

PSALM LV 
1 David, in prayer, fleeing unto God, 

contptaineth ej hit dangervus cafe. 7 Ue 

encourage th himfelf to ftaife God, 
To the chief Mufieian, Attafchith, Mich- 
tam of David, when he il od from Saul 

in the rave. 

BR merciful unto me.O God, be mer- 
ciful unto me; for my foul trulteth in 
ihee : yea, in the shaticw of thy wing? 



mouth : break out the great teeth of the 
I young lions, O Lord. 

7 Let them melt away as waters ivhtcb 
run continually : nv! en he bendeth his 
■ u to /hoot his arrows, let them be as 
cut in pieces. 

3 As a f nail which melteth, let everyt 

one of thejn pais away : like the untimely 

oi a woman, that they may not fee 

in. 

9 Before your pots car. feel the thorns, 

he 






David I neth of bit 



PSAL? er.cmiei' cruelty, &c. 477 

he. them away as with a "whirl- 1 1 7 Unto thee, O my ftrength, will I 

, both living, an is wrath. ; : tor God is my defence, and the 

10 : ill rejoice when he God of my mercy. 

fceth 1 nee : li wash I 



feet in Lhe I t tht wick< <i. 

1 1 I faj , Verily there 

is a revt lid tor the rum . y he 

God tha ju .,. earth. 

PSAL « L1X 



PSALM I' 
1 David t complaining to do/i cj former 
judgment *) -i noqju upon Sett 
• for dt li-jerance . 6 
..'// tn God's ptomiJeSy vettf 

that belt wbtreon be irujietb. 



1 Da-// t red J> ■. I --> ihe chief Mufician upon Shushan- 

eduth, Michtam oi David, to teach ; 
when he (trove with Aramnj 
and with Aramzobah, wken J 
tin teoi Kdom iu the val- 

ley of Salt twelve thou (and. 

If, thou 
us, ihou hafl I i sn diipleafed ; 
thy I to u again. 
- i huii hafl : 'he earth to trem- 

ble : thou haft broken it : heal the breach- 



entmies 6 Hecomplainetbot then en 
I . H Net >ujlc tb tnG i i I tie b r ajci b 
agat*Jl t r m Iti //■ 
Tu i f Mufician, All th, M ch- 

c.u.i of D when 

t! >ufe to !■• ill him. 

..LIVL.v me from m ne enemies O 
Hum them thai rile 
up again!) me- 

r« of in- 
iqui: , men. 

■> i or, i i my 

foul : f i againft 

:ion, uuvjji m) 
lin, ' 
4 i , mn and j Ives 

to help me, and 

God of 
ho- i ael, awake to viiit all 

t meiciful to aoy vvick- 
K-d I . bel iii 

6 n .:t evening : they make 

t ibout 

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h ithen 

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►n mine 

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; lor it shaketh. 

h -'\ ed thy people hard 
things : thou haft us to drink the 

>n i shone 

4 1 him h en a banner rn i 
that fear th.ee. ihat it maj be 
becaufe ofthe truth. : ; th. 

5 1 hat th) belov 
lave with thy right h u 

6 God hat i 'i in his holinefs ; I 
will rejoice, 1 will < 

• out the valley of Si»c< <'ih. 
T Gilead is i h is 

mine ; ,m alfo is the ftrength of 

Judah 
b is my washpoi ;c I 

l • my shoe i Philidia, triumph 

th<-.. 

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city ? v\ ho v. ill li 
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478 David's confidence in God. PSALMS. He prayeth for deliverance. 



vows : thou haft given me the heritage 
of thofe that fear thy name. 

6 Thou wile prolong the king's life : 
and his years as many generations. 

7 He shall abide before God forever : 

prepare mercy and truth, vjhicb may 
preferve him. 

8 So will I fing praife unto thy name 
forever, that I may daily perform my 
vows. 

PSALM LXIL 

1 David t pr of effing bis confidence in God, 
difcouragetb bis enemies. 4 In the 

fame confidence be encouragetbtbegodly. 

9 No truft to be put in vjorldly things. 
11 Power and mercy belong to God. 

To the chief Mufician, to Jeduthun, 
A Pfalm of David. 

TRULY my foul waiteth upon God : 
from him comcth my falvation. 

2 He only is my rock and my falvation ; 
he winy defence; I shall not be greatly 
moved. 

S How long will ye imagine mifchief 
againft a man \ Ye shall be flain all of you : 
as a bowing wall Jball ye be, and as a tot- 
tering fence. 

4 They only confult to caft bim down 
from his excellency : they delight in lies : 
they blefs with their mouth, but they 
curfe inwardly. Selah. 

5 My foul, wait thou only upon God ; 
for my expectation is from him. 

6 He only is my rock and my falvation : 
be is my defence : 1 shall not be mov- 
ed. 

7 In God is my falvation and my glo- 
ry ; the rockofrny ftrength, and my ref- 
uge, is in God. 

8 Truft in him at all times ; ye people, 
pour out your heart before him : God is 
a refuge for us. Selah. 

9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, 
and men of high degree are a lie : to be 
laid in the balance, they are altogether 
lighter than vanity. 

10 Truft not in oppreffion, and become 
not vain in robbery ; if riches increafe, 
fet not your heart upon them. 

11 God hath fpoker. once ; twice have 
1 heard this ; that power belongeib unto 
God. 

H Alfo unto thee, O LoRD,bflongetb 
mercy : for thou rendered to every man 
according to his work. 

PSALM LXIIL 
S David's tbirJiJorGod. 4 His manner of 
bleffing God. 'J Bis confidence of bis en- 
emies' deflruclion, and bis ovjti jaftiy. 
A Pfalm of David, when he was in the 
wildernefs of Judah. 
O GOD, thou art my God ; early will 
I feek thee : my foul thirtieth for thee, 
my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and 
rhirfty land, where no water is ; 
% To fee thy power and thy glory, . 



fo as I have feen thee in the fan&uary. 

3 Becaufe thy loving kindnefs/'j better 
than life, my lips shall praife thee. 

4 Thus will 1 blefs thee while I live ; I 
will lift up my hands in thy name. 

5 My foul shall be fatisfied as toitb 
marrow and fatnefs f and my mouth shall 
praife thee with joyful lips : 

t> When I remember thee upon my 
bed, and meditate on thee in the night 
watches : 

7 Becaufe thou haft been my help, 
therefore in the shadow of thy wings will 
I rejoice. 

8 My foul folio weth hard after thee : 
thy right hand upholdeth me. 

9 But thofe thai feek my foul, to de- 
ftroy //, shall go into the lower parts of 
the earth. 

10 They shall fall by the fword : they 
shall be a portion for foxes. 

11 But the king shall rejoice in God ; 
every one that fweareth by him shall glo- 
ry ; but the mouth of them that fpeak lies 
shall be flopped. 

PSALM LXIV. 

1 David prayeth for deliverance, com- 
plaining of his enemies. 7 He prom- 
tfetb bimfelftofeefucb an evident de- 
firuclion v of them tbat the righteousfball 
rejoice at it. 

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of 
David. 
HEAR my voice, O God, in my 

prayer ; preierve my life from fear of 

the enemy. 
U Z Hide me from the fecret council of 

the wicked ; from the infurrect ion of the 

workers of iniquity ; 

3 Who whet their tongue like a fword, 
and bend their bo'iJus to JJjoot their ar» 
rows, even bitter words : 

4 That they may shoot in fecret at the 
perfect : fuddenly do they shoot at him, 
and fear not. 

5 They encourage themfelves in an 
evil matter ; they commune of laying 
fnares privily ; they fay, Who shall fee 
them ? 

6 They fearch out iniquities : they ac- 
complish a diligent fearch : both the in- 
ward thought of every one oj them, and 
the heart is deep. 

7 But God shall shoot at them voitb 
an arr@w ; fuddenly shall they be wound- 
ed. 

8 So they shall make their own tongue 
to fall upon themfelves : all that fee them 
shall flee away. 

9 And all men shall fear, and shall de- 
clare the work of God ; for they shall 
wifely confider of his doing. 

10 The righteous shall be glad in the 
Loud, and shall truft in himj and all tlve 
upright in heart shall glory. 

PSALM 



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480 Aprayer at removing the ark. PSALMS. God lohepraifed for bis works. 

7 God shaft'blefs us ; and all the ends ! 
of the earth shall fear him 

PSALM LXVITI. 
1 A frayer at the removing oj the ark. K\ 



19 Bleffcd be the Lord, tvba daily 
loadeth us ivitb benefits, even the Gotl 
our faivation. Selah. 

20 He that is cur God- is the Gocl of 



An exportation to praije God lor bis faivation ; and unto God the Lord be ■ 



mercies, 7 for bis caie of the tkurib ,19 
and for his great wtor'At. 
To (he chief Mtlftcian, A Pfalm or Song 
of David. 



let his e 



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that 



emies be 
liate him 



praifes to his 



LET God arife, 
Scattered : let 
flee before hini. 

2 As imoke is driven away, fo drive 
fbem away : as wax melteth before the 
fire, fo let the wicked perish at the pref- 
ence <-f God. 

S But let the righteous be glad ; let 
them rejoice before God : 
exceedingly rejoice. 

i Smg unto God, fing 
name : extol him that ndeth upon the 
heavens by his name J AH, and rejoice 
before him. 

5 A lather of the fatherlefs. and ajudge 
pfthe -a Vows, /.fGodin his holyhabitaficn. 

li God fetteth the folitary in families ; 
lie bringeth oltt thole which are bound 
wi-h Cl a ns : but the rebsliious dwell in. 
a cry land. 

7 G Goti when thouwentefl : forth be- 
fore thy people, when thou didft march 
through the wilderhefs ; Selah : 

8 The earth shook, the heavens alfo 
dropped at the prefence of God ; even 
Sinai itfelf voas moved at the prefence cf 
God, the (Bod of Ifraei. 

9 Thou, O God, didft fend a plentiful 
rain, 'whereby thou didft confirm thine 
inheritance, when it was weary. 

to Thy congregation hath dwelt there- 
in ; thou, O God, haft prepared of thy 
gOodUefs tor the poor. 

1 1 The Lc s. d rave it c word : great Was 
the company of thofe that published it 

11 Kings of armies did flee apace; and 
she that tarried at homo divided thefpoil. 

IS Though ye have lain among the 
pots- yetfkall ye be as the wings of a dove 
with fiver, and her feathers 
v. ith yellow gold. 

li When the Almighty fcauered kings 
in it, it was vohiti as Inow in Salmon. 

15 The hill of God is a s the hill of Ba- 
. an \\\\ h hill aithe hill of Bashan. 

16 Why leap ye. ye high hills ? This is 
the hill ^uhich God defireth to dwell in ; 
yea. the Lord will dwell in it for ever. 

t7 The chariots of God are twenty 
thoufand, even thoufands of angels : the 
Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the 
ho\y place. 

18 l'hou haft afcended on high, thou 

hall led captivity captive : thou haft re- 

I gifts for men ; yea, for the rebel- 

;/;:.) that the Lord God might 

dwell ameng them. 



yea, let them the fanctuary. 
25 The fin 



long the i flues from death. 

fi But God {hall wound the head of 
his enemies, and the hairy fcalp of fuch 
an one asgoeth on (till in his trefpafles. 

22 The Lord faid, I will bring again 
from Bafhan, 1 will bring my people again 
from the depths of the lea ; 

S 1 hat thy foot may be dipped in the 
blood o< thine enemies, and the tongue of 
thy doe-sin the fame. 

24 1 hey have feen thy goings, O God : 
even the goings of my God, my King, in 






gers went before, 



the play- 
ers on infauirents/o.'/sxcWafter ; among 
them ivere the damfels playing with tim- 
bre's. 

26 Blefs ye God in the congregations, 
even the Lord, from the fountain of If- 
raei . 

27 There is little Benjamin nvith their 
ruler, the princes of judah and their 
council, the princes cf Zebulun, and the 
princes of Naphtali. 

28 Thy God hath commanded thy 
ftrength : ftrengthen, O God, th.at which 
thou haft wrought for us. 

29 Becaufe of thy temple at Jerufalem 
shall kings bring prefents unto thee. 

50 Rebuke the company of fpearmen, 
the multitude of the bulls, with the calves- 
of the people, till en cry one fubmit hrm- 
felf with pieces of filver | fcatter thou 
the -people that delight in war. 

51 Fiin^es shall come dut of Rgypt ; 
Ethiopia shall scon It retell out her hands 
unto God. 

£2 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 
earth ; Ofmg praifes unto the Lord ; 
Selah : 

33 To him that rideth upon the heav- 
ens cf heavens, "which *were of old; lo, 
he doth fend out his voice, end that a 
mighty voice. 

34 Afcribe ye ftrength unto God ; his 
excellency rVover Ifraei, and his ftrength 
is in the clouds. 

55 O God thou art terrible cut of thy 
holj p'aces; the Gocl of Ifraei is he that 
giveth ftrength and power unto hi s peo- 
ple. Blefied be God. 

PSALM LX1X. t 
1 David complainetb of bis officii on. 15 
Hi ffuyetb for deliverance , 6 A He de- 
votetb bis entmies to deftruclion. 50 he 
praifetb God ivitb tkankfgiviftg. 
To the chief Mufician uponShoshanmm, 
A Pfalm of David. 
SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are 
come in unto my foul. 
2 I fink in deep mire, where ttere is 

no 



Da<vid*Tcomf. afllitlion. PSALMS, He praife th G^i. 481 

no (landing : lam come into deep wa- j them, and let thy wrathful anger take 

ten, where the -overflow me. hold of them. 

S \ . crying: my throat Let their habitation be defolate , 

is dried ; n rail while I wait for and Jet none dwell in their tents. 



my G .d. 

4 ; ! iat hate me without a caufe 

are more than the hairs ot* mine head : 

they that would deftroy me, being mine 

mies wrong fully i are mighty : then I 

ored that which I took not aw 

) God, thou knoweft my foolish- 
s ; and my tins are not hid from thee. 

t> Let not *hat wait on thee, O 

Lord God ot hofts, be ashamed for my 

:e : let not thole that feekthee bee 
ded for my lake, O Gnu of Ifrael. 

7 r for thy fake I have borne 

reproach; s! ah covered my face. 

6 i me a itranger unto my 

brethren, ar.i an alien unto my moth;. 
cbil drfl 

9 i 'hine houfe hatheafen 

me up; and the reproaches of them that 
re^ ;ue fallen upon \r,e. 

16 When I \\z\>\ y andcbajlen'd my foul 
with falling, thai h. 

tl Ini; kcloth alfo iny garment ; 

and I became a proverb to ' 

that lit in the jjate fpeak a- 
ganft me ; and I ivas the long of the 
drunkard?;. 

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto 
thee, O Losuj, m an acceptable tin 
O God, in the multitude ot I 
hear me, in the tru;!, >n. 

ti r me out o\~ the mire, and 

let me rot fink : letmebcdcliv >m 

them • and out of the deep 

d overflow 
:ither lc r . *.nd 

let nor thr | 

- : 

: turn into me 
to the mull tudc oi thj I 
it ,\') II le not thy fa< e fi 
m trouble: hear n • 
Draw nigh u n torn) loiil^m/ 
it: deliver me becaufe of min: 

19 Thou had known ich,and 

m> 

jre all h'fore the 

. broken mv he 
.in full or heav nefs : and 1 

• e teas noi ; 

dr;nk. 

ire, let it b 

- 
e their loins coti- 

Four cut thine n upon 



they periecute him whom thou 
ha£ fmitteo; and they talk to the gru: 
of thefe whom thou haft wounded. 

\dd iniquity unto their iniquity; and 

let them not come into thy righteoufnels. 

• 1 et them be blotted out of the book 

of th? living, and not be written with 

the righteous. 

But I am poor and forrowful ; let 
thy falvation, O God, let me up on high. 

50 I will praife the name of God with 
ig, and will magnify hVm with thanki- 

giving. 

51 This alfo shall plea fe the Lord bet- 
ter than an ox or bullock that hath horns 
and hof 

fhehumbJe shall (cetbis^rtdbc e 
and your heart ^hall live that leek God. 

53 For the Lord heareth the poor, 
and defpifeth not h',.s priloners. 

54 Let the heaven and earth praife 
him, the feas, and every thing that mov- 
eth therein. 

id will fave Zion, and 
build the cities of Judah : that they may 
dwell there, and have it in poflellio-i. 

i6 The feed alfo of his lei hail 

inherit it : and they that love his name 
shall dwell therein. 

PSALM 
1) m :.i ftticiteth God to rhr^Jpredv def- 
t>:/c7ion of thr "jjuke'd, and prejerviz- 
the go 
the chief Muiician,^ P/ David, 

MAKE bafte % O God. to deliver me; 

> Loi i>. 

ind- 

tut. 

them l' i 

■ 
a Let all thofe tl 

thy 

help and n 

1 

■ 
cbe 



432 David's confidence in God. PSALMS. 

caufe me to efcape : incline thine ear 
unto me, and fave me. 

& Be thou my ftrong habitation, where- 
unto 1 may continually refort : thou haft 
given commandment to fave me ; for 
thou art my rock and my fortrefs. 

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the 
hand of the wicked, out of the hand of 
the unrighteous and cruel man. 

5 Por thou art my hope,0 Lord God : 
thou art my truft from my youth. 

6 By thee have 1 been holden up from 
the womb, thou art he that took me out 
of my mother's bowels : my praife ./&<?// 
be continually of thee. 

7 I am as a wonder unto many ; but 
thou art my ftrong refuge. 
, 8 Let my mouth be filled nvith thy 
praife and ivith thy honour all the day. 

9 Caft me not off in the time of old age; 
forfake me not when ray ftrength faileth. 

10 For mine enemies fpeak a gain ft me ; 
and they that lay in wait for my foul take 
counfel together, 

li Saying, God hath forfaken him : 
persecute and take him ; for there is none 
to deliver him. 

it O God, be not far from me : O my 
God, make hafte for my help. 

15 Let them be confounded and con- 
fumed that are adverfaries to my foul ; 
let them be covered with reproach and 
dishonour that feek my hurt. 

t4 But 1 will hope continually, and 
will yet praife thee rriore and more. 

15 My mouth shall shew forth thy 
righteoufnefsflw^/thy falvationall theday; 
for I know not the numbers thereof. 

16 I will go in the ftrength of the Lord 
God : I will make mention of thy righr- 
eoufnefs, even of thine only. 

17 O God, thou haft taught me from 
wry youth : and hitherto have I declared 
thy wondrous works. 

18 Now alfb when I am old and gray- 
headed, O God, forfake me not; until I 
have shewed thy flrength unto this gen- 
eration, and ihy power to every one that 
is to come. 



His prayer for Solomon, 

righteoufnefs all the day long : for they 
are confounded, for they are brought un- 
to shame, that leek my hurt. 
PSALM LXXIl. 
1 Da<vid y fraying for Solomon, Jbeivetb 

the goodnefs and glory of his kingdom 

in type, and of Cnrijl in truth. 18 He 

blefjeth God. 

A Pfalm for Solomon. 

GIVE the king thy judgments,0 God, 
and thy righteoufnefs unto theking's fon. 

2 He shall judge thy people with right- 
eoufnefs, and thy poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace to 
the people, and the little hills, by right- 
eoufnefs. 

4 He shall j.udge the poor of the people, 
he shall fave the children of the needy, 
and shall break in pieces the oppreffor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as the 
fun and moon endure, throughout alt 
generations. 

6 He shall come down like rain upon 
the mown grafs : as showers that water 
the earth. 

7 In his days shall the righteous flour- 
ish ; and abundance of peace fo long as 
the moon endureth. 

8 He shall have dominion alfo from fea 
to fea, and from the river unto the ends 
of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wildernefs 
shall bow before him ; and his enemies 
shall lick the duft. 

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the 
ifles shall bring prefents : the kings of 
Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before 
him: all nations shall ferve him. 

it For he shall deliver the needy when 
he crieth ; the poor alfo, and him that 
hath no helper. 

IS He shall fpare the poor and needy, 
and shall fave the fouls of the needy. 

14 He shall redeem their foul from de- 
ceit and violence : and precious shall their 

blood be in his light. 

15 And he shall live, and to him shall 
be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer 



19 Thy righteoufnefs alfo, O God, is alfo shall be made for him continually ; 
very high, who haft done great things : and daily shall jje be p railed. 
O God. Who is like unto thee ? 

20 Tbou, wlrich haft shewed me great 
and fore trouble?, shalt quicken me a- 
gain, and shalt bring me up again from; 
the depths of the earth. * 

21 Thou shalt increafe my greatnefs, 
and comfort me on every fide. 



16 There shall be an handful of ceni 
in the earth upon the lop of the moun- 
tains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like 

„ Lebanon : and they of the city shall flour- 
ish ! ; .ke grafs of the earth. 

17 His name shall endure for ever : his 
name shall be continued as long as the 

all 



tt I will alio praife thre with the pfal- fun : and ?nen shall be blefTed in him : i 
1erv\ even \Y\) truth, Q my God: unto nations shall call him blefTed. 
thee will I fing with the harp, O thou IS BlefTed be the Lord God, t 



Holy One of Ifrael 

1-> My lips shall greatly rejoice v. hen I 
fing unto thee ; and nv. foul, which thou 
hall redeemed. 

2i My tongue alfo shall talk of thy 



iie 
God of Ifrael, who only doeth wondrous 
things. 

19 And blefTed be his glorious name for 
ever : and let the whole earth be filled 
O0//A his g!pi*y ; Amen, and Amen. 

' ' 20 The 



David's temptations. PSALMS. 

20 The prayers of David the fon of 
TelTe are endea. 

PSALM LXXI1I. 
1 Tbe prophet prevailing in a temptation, 
ijievuetb toe occufon of it, the pojierity 
of the wicked ; 15 the 'wound giv n 
thereby, d jfiJcn:e ; 15 the victory over 
it y edge of God's furfofe in def- 

ihe ivicked, and fujlaimng 
the righteous. 

Pfalm of Afaph. 
TRULY God is good to Ifrael, even 
to fuch a:> are of a clean heart 

2 13 ut as for me my feet were almoft 
gone ; my Hep* had well nigh flipped. 
6 Foi I wasenviousat the foolish, ot^/a 
•v the prolperity ok' the wicked. 

4 VovtLere are no bands in their death : 
but their ftrength is 6rm. 

5 1 h:y cir<r • ut in troiibleaxo/^rmenj 
neither are they plugucd like othtr men. 

*> rherefore pride coinpalfeth them a- 
, violence covereth I 

i heir eyes Irand out with fatnefs : 
heart could wish. 
re corrupt, and fpeak wick- 

ng up predion : they fpeak 

: their mouth againft the heav- 
ens, ana their tongue walketh through 
the 

people return hither : 
iters of a full cup are wrung out 
to them. 

11 And th ow J 

in the .viott 

are the ill 
i in the world ; the) . m 

rich 
l I \ rilj ! 

10- 
l > \ been 

'ijl the 
. 
*'• to know t!i 

uiiful i 
IT Until 1 tuary of 

: th0U 

■ 

keth, /•, 

• . , thou 

. t wis grieved, a: 

I 
i 



Afapb complainetb. 483 

25 Neverthelefs, I am continually with 
thee : thou haft balden me by my ri^hj: 
hand. 

•24 Thou shalt guide me with thy coun- 
fel, and afterward receive me to glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 
And there is none upon earth that I defire 
belide thee. 

u 16 My Besh and my heart faileth : bur 
God is the itrength of my heart, and my 
portion forever. 

-.7 For, lo. they that are far from thee 

shall perish: thou hull dcitroyed all them 

go a whoring from thee. 

J But it is ^oo^i for me to draw near to 

God : I have put my trull in the Lord 

God, that I may declare all thy works. 

PS vl.M LXX1 
1 The prophet co/.nfjluiHeth of the devia- 
tion of the Janctuary. 10 He movetb 
God to b<!r>, in confederation of vis 
po'ier t 18 of bis reproachful enemtej, 
cj his children, at.d of his covenant. 

afchil of Alaph. 
O GOD, \\ hy halt thou call us or! 
ever? I fmokeagainft 

the shee] . Lire i 

Remember tl gregation, tabic b 

thou halt pur chafed of old ; the rod oi 
thine inheritance, which tl .tt re- 

deemed ; tluo mount Zk.;i, wherein th^u 
halt dwelt. 

■•' I ifi up thy feet unto the perpetual 

defolations; fwr/all/60/theeuciaj luih 

in the fanttua 

* 1 flies roar in the mid ft of 

; the, , thrii ( _ 

ns. 

famous he 

,. 
But new th ,, v- 

once with 
. 

■ 



. 



tli> name to . 



- 

r* is no 
tben i 

i" 

r ? 
1 1 V\ h 

■ 
ingth : thou buk 
U Tlu 



48 4 The prophet praife th God. PSALMS. 



in pieces, and gaveft him to be meat to 
the people inhabiting the wiidernefs. 

la Thou didft cleave the fountain and 
the flood : thou driedft up mighty rivers. 

16 The day is thine, the night alio is 
thine : thou haft prepared the light and 
the f'uii. 

17 Thou haft fet all the borders of 
the earth : thou haft made i'ummer and 
winter. 

18 Remember this, that the enemy 
hath reproached, O Lord, and that the 
foolifn people have blafphemed thy name. 

19 O deliver not the foul of thy turtle- 
dove unto the multitude of the "wicked : 
forget not the congregation of thy poor 
for ever. 



tO Have 



refpe 



cl 



unto the covenant : 
for the dark places ot the earth are full 
of the habitations of cruelty. 

Hi O let not the Oppfefled return a- 
fh amed : let the poor and needy praife 
thy name. ■ 

%l Arife, O God, plead thine own 
caufe : remember how the fooiifti man 
reproacheth thee daily. 

23 Forget not the voice of thine ene- 
mies : the tumult of thofe that rife up 
againft thee mcreafeth eontinuaiiy. 

PSALM LXXV. 
1 The prophet praijeth God, 2 and from- 

ijetb to judge uprightly. 4 He rebuke th 

the proud by confide ration of God's 

in evidence. 9 He praifeth God. 
To the chief Mufician, Altafchith, A 
P-fatni or Song of Afaph. 

UNTO thee, O God, do we give 
thanks, unto thee do we give thanks : 
for that thy name is near thy wondrous 
works declare. 

£ When I (hall receive the congiega- 
tion, I will judge uprightly. 

3 The earth and all the inhabitants 
thereof are difiblved : I bear up the pil- 
lars of it. Selah. 

4 I faid unto the fools, Deal not fool- 
ifhly : and to the wicked, Lift not up 
the horn ; 

5 Lift not up your horn on high : 
fpeak not with a ftiff neck. 

(> for promotion cometb neither from 
the eaft, nor from the weft, nor from the 
fouth. 

7 But Gcd is the judge : he puiteth 
down one, and fetteth up another. 

8 For in the hand of the Lord there 



An exportation to Jerque him, 

PSALM LXXV I. 
1 A declaration of God's majefty in iht 

church. 11 An exhortation to fer<ve 

hitn reverently. 
To the chief Mufician on Neginoth, A 
Pfalm.or Song of Afaph. 

IN Judah is God known : his name is 
great in Ifrael. 

% In Salem alfo is his tabernacle, and 
his dwelling place in Zion. 

3 There brake he the arrows of the 
bow, the fhield, and the fwoid, and the 
battle. Selah. 

4 Thou art more glorioua.^R.rf excellent 
than the mountains of prey. 

5 The flout hearted are fpoiled, they 
have flept their deep : and none of the 
men of might have found their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God ot Jacob, 
both the chariot and Lode are caft into 
a dead fleep. 

7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : 
and, Who may ftand in thy fight when 
ones thou art angry ? 

8 Thou didit caufe judgment to be 
heard from heaven ; the earth feared, 
and was (till, 

9 When God arofe to judgment to 
fave all the meek of the earth. Selah. 

10 Surely the wrath of man {hall praife 
thee : the remainder of wrath {halt thou 
re it rain. 

11 Vow and pay unto the Lord your 
God : let all that be round about him 
bring prefents unto him that ought to be 
feared. 

12 He fhall cutoff the fpirit of princes; 
he is terrible tp the kings of the earth. 

PSALM LXXVII. 
1 "Ike pfalmijl fbenueib what fierce cam~ 
bat be bad ivitb diffidence . 10 The 
<viclory ivbich he bad by conJi<deration 
of God's great and gracious works. 
To the chief Mufician, to Jeduthun, A 
Pfaim of Afaoh. 

1 CRIED unto God vvith my voire, 
even unto God with my voice ; and he 
gave ear unto me. 

2 In the day of my trouble I fought 
the Lord: my fore ran in the night, 
and ceafeii not : my foul refufed to be 
comforted. 

o i remembered God, and v as troub- 
led : I complained, and my fpiiit ua> 
overvehel med. Selah. 

4 Then holde't mine eyes waking ; I 



is a cup, and the vine is red : ir is full :.i. fo troubled that I cannot fpeak. 



the 



of mixture ; and ! ^ poureth out cr 
fame : but the dfegs thereof, all the 
ed of the earth fhall wring ihcrn 
out, and diririk ib \ 

9 Eut I will declare for ever ; I will 
fing prailes to f'ne Goo ot J; 

io'AII the horns of the Wicked a 7 >fo 
will I cutoff; but the horns of the right- 
pons toaU be rial; . i. 



a I have cOnfidered the days of old, 
the years of ancient times. 

c I call to remembrance my fong in 
the night ; I commune with mine own 
hear: : and my fpirit made diligent feat ch. 

7 Will thfe Lord cait off forever 2 and, 
Wi'l he he favourable no more ? 

}s his mercy clean goiie forever I 
Doth *?;j prontife fa,U for evermore ? 

" Hath 



The pfalmif.' s <ui 

9 Hath God ! en to be gracious ; 

ilath lie in .t up bis tender mer- 

h. 
i0 And I faid, This is my infirmity : 
but 1 tviUremember the yearsofthe right 
I or the Moft Hi 
It J will remember the works of the 
I.oru ; furely 1 will :-.brr thy won- 

ders of Old. 

I will meditate alfoof all thy work, 
..R of thy doings. 
15 Thy waj , O God, is in the 'anclua- 
: \S^Vio // j'o great a God as our God • 
14 Thou art the Goa" that deed won- 
der.- : thou hail declared thy fhength a- 
ple. 

hi bins arm redeemed 
• people, the fons of Jacob and jofeph. 

.h. 
io The waters favv thee, O God, the 
waters faw thee ; they \u:. 1 : the 

depths alio were troubled. 

iT The clouds poured < ter : the 

Ikies fent out a found 
went abroad. 

18 Trie voice of thy thunder ivas in 
the heaven : the lightnir.gs lightened the 

■ earth trembled and flio 

19 Th I thefea, and tin path 
in the great waters, and thy foorlteps are 

n. 

20 Thou leddeft thy people like a flock 

d Aaron. 
PSALM : [I. 

1 An exhortation h»th to learn an I r. 



PSALMS. ToeJIorj cj God's ivroib. 4P5 



generation that fet not their heart ari 
and whole fpirit was not fieadfait whh 
God, 

9 The children of Ephraim, beingzrm- 
ed, and carrying bo*s, turned back in 
the day of battle. 

10 They kept not the coven God, 
and refuted to walk in his 

it And foigai his works, and his wen- 
deis that lie had ihewed them. 

15 Marvellous things did he in the 
of their fathers, in the land c 

:// the field of Zoan. 

1 He divided thefea, and caufed i 
to pals tiirough ; and he made the waters 
to Itand as an hea. 

li In the daytime alio he led them 
with : , ..nd all the night * . 

lighl e. 

I' He ciave the rocks in the wUd 
r.efs, and gave tbetn urink as eut • 
it. 

16 lie brought dreams alfc c i 
thine ilfo rock, and caufed waters 

IT And they finned 
him by provoking I 
wildern 

1 And th 
by afkii.g meat lor n eii 

19 \ ■ 
faid, Can God furnifh a table in th 

• is > 

Behold, h.e fmote the rock, that fhe 
waters guuied out, and tin n* over- 



i 
i 



freacb tbe Ian I. 9 Tbejl0rj o/ .o \ Cm\ he 

Cod's ivratb -f tftcredu flelb for D1S t i 



an.. tnt. t . i be. 

1 cboje Judab, lion, 
and V . 

afchil of Afaph. 

pie, to my law : in- 
cline yout mouth. 

I 
5 V 

I 
4 We v. ill :. >( hide tbetn 
• the 
of the Lo rd, and his 
riul works that 
ie. 

.1 : 

ub 

■ 

)d, 

IS their : 



the Lord heard 
and v. as wroth : 1 IS kind 

i r J icob, and anger a!fo cat 
1 r in.: 

.c) believed not in God, 
vat ion : 
1 hough he had C< ded the 

ucd the dooiS 
ol h- 

-i And had I n manna I 

them to cat, and had given thclli of i»K? 
coi n. 

fent 

ir. 
nd by i 
in the fouth w ii 

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436 How the Jfraelites 

and, flew the fatteft of them, and fmote 
down the chofen men of Ifrael. 

Si For all this they finned ftill, and 
believed not for his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he confume 
in vanity, and their years in trouble. 

S4 When lie flew them,then they fought 
him : and they returned and inquired 
early after God. 

35 And they remembered that God 
e was their rock, and the high God their 
redeemer : 

36 Neverthelefs, they did flatter him 
with .their mouth, and they lied unto 
him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right with 
him, neither were they fteadfaft in his 
covenant. 

38 But he, being full of compaflion, 
forgave their iniquity, and deftroyed //w/z 
not ; yea, many a time turned he his 
anger away, and did not ftir up all his 
wrath. 

39 Fox he remembered that they nuere 
but flefh ; a wind that palTeth away, and 

cometh not again. 

•40 How oft did they provoke him in 
the wildernefs, and grieve him in the 
defcrt; 

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted 
God, and limited the Holy One of Ifrael. 

42 They remembered not his hand, 
nor the day when he delivered them from 
the enemy. 

45 How he had wrought his ilgns in 
Egypt, and his wonders in the held. of 
Zuan : 

44 And had turned their rivers into 
blood ; and their floods, that they could 
not drink. 

45 He fent divers forts of flies among 
them, which devoured them ; and frogs, 
which deftroyed them. 

46 He gave alfo their increafeunto the 
caterpillar, and their labour unto the 
locuft. 

47 He deftroyed their vines with hail, 
and their fy cam ore trees with froft. 

48 He gave up their cattle alfo to the 
hail, and their flocksto hot thunderbolts. 

49 He cad upon them thefiercenelsof his 
anger, wrath, and indignation, and trou- 
ble, by fending evil angels among them. 

50 He made a way to his anger ; he 
/pared not their foul from death, but gave 
their life over to the pefiilence ; 

51 And fmote all the hrftborn in E- 
gypt ; the chief of their ftrength in the 
tabernacles of Ham : 

o J l But made his own people to go forth 



like fheep, ami guided them in the wil- 
dernefs like a Hock. 

53 And lie led them on fafely, fo that 
2bey feared not ; but the fea overwhelmed 
their enemies. 

54 And he brought them to the border 



PSALMS. . provoked God to anger. 

of his fancluary, even to this mountain 
which his right hand had purchafed. 

55 He caft out the heathen alfo before 
them, and divided them an inheritance 
by line, and made the tribes of Iirael to 
dwell in their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked 
the mod high God, and kept not his tef- 
timomes : 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaith- 
fully iike their fathers: they were turned 
afide like a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to anger 
with their high places, and moved him 
to jealeufy with their graven images. 

59 When God heard //j/j, he was wroth, 
and greatly abhorred Ifrael j 

60 So that he forfook the tabernacle 
of Shiloh, the tent 'which he placed a- 
mong men ; 

61 And delivered his ftrength into 
captivity, and his glory into the ene- 
my's hand. 

62 He gave his people over alfo unto 
the fvvord ; and was wroth with his in- 
heritance. 

63 The fire confumed their young 
men ; and their maidens were not given 
to marriage. 

64 Their priefts fell by the fword ; and 
their widows made no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out 
of fleep, and like a mighty man that 
fhouteth by reafon of wine. 

66 And he fmote his enemies in the 
hinder parts : he put them to a perpetual 
reproach. 

67 Moreover, he refufed the taberna- 
cle of Jofeph, and chofe not the tribe of 
Ephraim : 

68 But chofe the tribe of Judah, the 
mount Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his fanctuary like high 
palaces, like the earth which he hath ef- 
tabiifhed forever. 

70 Hechofe David alfo his fervant,and 
took him horn the iheepibids : 

7 1 From following the ewes great with 
young, he brought him to feed Jacob his 
people, and Ifrael his inheritance. 

l J l So he fed them according to the in- 
tegrity of his heart; and guided them by 
the fkilfulnefs of his hands. 

PSALM LXXIX. 
I Thepfalmifl comyla'rneth of the defoJation 
of Jerujalem. 8 tic frayetb Jor deliv- 
erance, 13 and promtfeth thankfulnefs. 

A Pfalrftof Afaph. 
O GOD, the heathen are come into 
thine inheritance : thy holy temple have 
they defiled ; they have laid Jerufalem 
on neaps. 

°2 The dead bodies of thy fervants 
have they given to be meat unto the fowls 
of the heaven, the flefh cf thy faints un- 
to the beafb of the earth. 

S Their 



AfafVs complaint for the church, PSALMS. Anexbertation to praife God. 487 

3 Theirblood have they fhed like water 
round about Jerufalem ; and there was 
none to bury them. 

4 We are become a reproach to our 
neighbours, afcornand deriiion to them 
that are round about us. 

5 Howlong,LoRD ? Wilt thou be angry 
forever? Shall thy jealoufy burn like fire r 

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the hea- 
then that have not known thee, and upon 



8 Thou haft brought a vine out of 
Egypt ; thou haft calt out the heathen, 
and planted it. 

9 Thou preparedft room before it, and 
didft caufe it to take deep root, and it 
filled the land. 

10 The hills were covered with the 
fhadow of it, and the boughs thereof 
'were like the goodly cedars. 

It She fent out her boughs unto the 



the kingdoms that have not called upon fea, and her branches unto the river. 



thv name 

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and 
laid wafte his dwelling place. 

8 O remember not againft us former in- 
iquities : let thy tender mercies fpeedily 
preventus: forweare brought very low. 

9 Help us, O God of our falvation, 
for the glory of thy name : and deliver 
us, and purge away cur (ins, for thy 
name's fake. 

10 Wherefore mould the heathen fay, 
Where is their God ? L^ - him be known 
among the heathen in our fight by the 

ring of the blood of thy fervants 
Ivbtct is fhed. 

tt Let the ughingof the prifoner come 
before thee ; according to the greatnefs 
of thy power prefcrve thou thofe that are 
appointed to die ; 

{% And render unto our neighbours 
fevenfold intothcir bofom,theii reproach, 
wherewith Uiey have reproached thee, 

Lord. 

pie and fheep of thy 
pafturt : thee thanks forever: 

we will fhew forth thy praife to all gen- 
erations. 

PSALM LXXX. 

1 the ffolmiji, in bis prayer, complaineth 
of the mi/tries oj the church, ''> (iod's 
former favours are turner/ into judg- 
ments. 1 4 llr prayetb (of deliverance . 

To the chief Mu hofhannira 

Eduth, A Pfalm of A fa ph. 
GIVE ear, Shepherd of Ifracl, 
thou that 1 idi " |6feph like a 11 >ck , 
fhou that u hetvoecv. the cheru- 

bim s, (hue forth. 

2 Befoi • Kpin a'un, i min, und 

Manafleh, ftirupthy (irength and come 
«nd fave us. 

lin, O ( rod, and caufe thy 
;i: rie . dl be faved. 

D G .1 low long 

will thou mfl the prayer ol 

•fl them with the b 
I giveft them o rfi ink in 

6 Thou makefl us a ftrife unto our 
n< rghboui i our t laugh 

mone tliemfeh 

"> Turn u li . O God ol h ifls, 
caufe thj i Ihine , and we fhall be 



\1 Why haft thou then broken down 
her hedges, fo that all they which pais 
by the way do pluck her ? 

13 The boar out of the wood doth 
wafte it, and the wild beaft of the field 
doth devour it. 

li Return, we befeech thee, O God 
of hofts ; look down from heaven, and 
behold, and vilit this vine; 

15 And the vineyard which thy right 
hand hath planted, and the branch that 
thou madeft llrong for thyfelf. 

16 // is burned with fire, it is cut 
down ; they perim at the rebuke of thy 
countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of 
thy right hand, upon the fon of man 
whom thou madeft ttrong for thyfelf. 

18 So will not we go back from thee : 
quicken us, and we will call upon thv 
name. 

19 Turn us again, O Lord God of 
hofts, caufe thy face to fliine ; and we 
(hall be faved. 

PSALM LXXXI. 
1 An exhortation to a folemn praifinq of 
God. 4 God challengeth that duty by 
reafon of his benrfits. 8 God, exhorting 
to obedience, complaineth of their di'.o- 
bedirnce, which prcve.'h their own hurt . 
To the chief Mufician upon Gittiih, 
A Pfalm Of A fa ph. 
SING aloud unto God our ftrength : 
make a joyful noife unto the < rod ol fat oh. 
2 1 ake a pfalm,and bring hither th ttim- 

I, the pleafant hai p w ith the pfaltej 
9 Blon up the trumpet in the new 
moon, in the tunc appointed, on our M- 
ciiin feafl d 

I i or this ;■• /f .i ftatute for [frael, and 
a law of the Gi I oi ! i< "i>. 

! his he ordained in [oft ph / 

teftimony, when he went (.nt through 

'1 r 1 md oi l' gj pt : where I heard a lan- 

un lerftood not. 

6 I :d hia fhotilder from the 
bin den : his hand deliven t from 
the I" 

7 Thou Ift in tr ile. and I de- 

•; [anfwei 
if thunder : I proved thee . 

ah. 
ear, (> mjp pe »p1 •. md I \(y 

unto thee : U I.'iael, if thou M ill hi 
unto me ; 

9 There 



438 Negligent judges reproved, 

ftrange god 



be 



in 



9 There fhall no 
thee \ neither (halt thou worfliip any 
Grange god. 

10 I am the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt : 
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

11 But my -vople would not heark 
en to my voice; ; and Ifrael would none 
of me : 

It So' T gave them up unto their own 
hearts' luft ; and they walked in their 
ov n counfela. 

13 O that my people had hearkened 
unto me, and Ifrael had walked in my 
ways ! 

14 I fhould foon have fubdued their 
enemies, and turned my hand againfl 
their adverfaries. 

15 ThchatersoftheLoRD fhould have 
fubmitted thcmfelvcsunto him; but their 
time fhould have endured for ever. 

lt> He fhould have fed them alfo with 
the fineft of the wheat : and with honey 
out of the rock fhould I hive fatisfred 
thee. 

PSALM LXXXII. 
1 7hepfalmijl having exhorted (be judges, 

and removed their negligence, 8 
prayetb God to judge. 

A Pfslm of Afaph. 

GOD ftandeth in the congregation of 
the mighty ; he judgeth among the gods. 

t How long will ye judge unjuftly,and 
accept the perfons of the wicked ? Selah. 

# Defend the poor and fatherlefs : do 
jufiice to the afSicled and needy. 

4 Deliver the poor and needy : rid them 
out of the hand of the wicked. 

5 They know not, neither will they 
underftand : they walk on in dirknefs : 
all the foundations of the earth are out 
of courfe. 

6 1 have faid, Ye are gods ; and all of 
you are children of the Mod High. 

7 But ye fhall die like 
like one of the princes. 

« A rife, O God, judge the earth 
thou (halt inherit all nations. 

PSALM LXXXII I. 
I A complaint to God of the enemies" con- 
/piracies. 9 A prayer again jl them 
that opprefs the church. 

A Song or Phdm of Afaph. 
KEEP not thou filence, O God : hold 
not thy peace, and be not full, O God. 

1 For, lo, thine enemies make a tu- 
mult : and they thathate thee have lifted 
up the head. 

3 They have taken crafty counfel a- 
gainft thy people, and confulted againfl 
thy hidden ones. 

4 They have faid, Come, and let us 
cut them off from being a nation ; that 
the name of Ifrael may be no more in re- 
membrance. 

5 For thev have con fulled tcgether 



men, and fall 



PSALMS. A complaint for the church. 

with one confent : they arc confederate 
againft thee : 

6 The tabernacles of Bdom, and the 
Ifhmaelites ; of Moab,and the Hagarene s ; 

7 Gebal, and Amnion, and Amalek : 
the Phihftines with the inhabitants of 
Tyre ; 

8 A flu r alfo is joined with them : they 
have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 

9 Do unto them as unto the Midian- 
ites ; as to Sifera, as to Jabin, at the brock 
of Kifon : 

10 Which pcrifbed at Endor : they 
became as dung for the earth. 

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and 
like Zeeb : yea, all their princes as_Zc- 
bah and as Zalmunna ; 

Vi Who faid, Let us take to ourfelvcs 
the houfes of God in poffeflion. 

\$ O my God, make them like a wheel ; 
as the Hubble before the wind. 

1 4 As the fire burnetii the wood, and as 
the flame fetteth the mountains on fire i 

15 So perfecute them with thy tempefi, 
and make them afraid with thy ftorm. 

16 Fill their faces with lhame } that 
they may feek thy name, O Lord. 

17 Let them be confounded and troub- 
led for ever : yea, let them be put to 
fhame, and perifh : 

18 That men may know that thou, 
whofe name alone is JEHOVAH, art 
the Moft High over all the earth. 

PSALM LXXX1V. 
1 The prophcty longing for the communion 
ofthefancluary > hjhevsetk hovjblcjffd 
they are that divell therein. 8 He 
frayeth to be rejlored unto it. 
To the chief Mulician upon Gittith, A 
Pfalm for the fons of Koran. 
HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O 
Lord of hofls ! 

2 My foul longeth, yea, even faintcth 
for the courts of the Lord : my heart and 
my fiefh crieth out for the living God. 

3 \ea, the fparrow hath found an 
boufe, and the fw allow a neft for her- 
felf, where fhe may lay her young, even 
thine altars, O Lord of h'ofls, my King, 
and my God. 

4 Bleffed are they that dwell in thy 
houfe : they will be flill praifmg thee. 
Selah. 

5 BlefTed is the man whofe ftrength is in 
thee ; in whofe heart are the ways of them, 

6 Who pafling through the valley of 
Baca, make it a well ; the rain alfo filleth 
the pools. 

7 They go from ftrength to ftrength, 
every one of them in Zion appeareth be- 
fore God. 

8 O Lord God of hofts, hear my pray- 
er : give ear, O God cf Jacob. Selah. 

9 Behold, O God our ihield, and look 
upon the face of thine anointed. 

10 For a dav in thy courts is better 

than 



for 



PSALMS. 



His confidence in God, 489 

■A Rejoice the foul of thy fervant : for 
unto rhee, O Lord, do I lift up my foul. 

5 For thou, Lord, crrr good, and ready 
to forgive : and plenteous in mercy unto 
all them that call upon th.ee. 

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; 
and attend to the voice of my fuppli ca- 
tions. 

7 In the day of my trouble I will call 
upon thee : for thou wilt anfwer me. 

8 Among the gods there is none like 
unto thee, O Lord ; neither are there 
any works like unto thy works. 

9 All nations, whom thou had made 
(hall come and worfhip before thee, O 
Lord : and (hall glorify thy name. 

10 For thou art great, and doc ft won- 
drous things : thou art God alone. 

tl leach roe thy way, O Lord ; I 



David prayeth for mercy, 

i.i a thoufand. I had rather be a door- 
per in the houfe of my God, than to 
dwell in the tents of wxkednefs. 

1'. For the Lord God is a fun and 

(hi eld : the i.osu will give grace and 

giory : no good thing will he withhold 

l them that walk uprightly. 

It O Lord of hofts, bfetfed is the 

iq that trufteth in thee. 

L: \I.\! La XXV. 
I '/ ,0-ut of the experience tffor- 

ttter metcit «, prayethjfor the continuance 
reof. 8 He prom: je to .'0 xva/ttctreon, 
if. dene e oj God's goodnejs. 
To the chief Mulician, A Pi aim for the 
forts ul Korah. 
LORD, thou haft been favourable 
unto thy land ; thou halt brought back 
the captivity of Jacob. 

t 1 hou haft forgiven the iniquity cf| will walk in thy truth : unite my heart to 
thy people, thou halt covered ail their fear thy name. " 



fin. Selan. 

3 Thou i; . all thy wrath: 

tbyrfelf from the fierce- 
nefs of thine anger. 

4 Turn us,0 Sod of our fal vation, and 
caufe th:ne anger toward us to ceafe. 

• < Wilt thou he angry « ith us for ever ? 
Wilt thou draw cut thine anger to all 
generations \ 

6 Will thou not revive us again ; that 
thy people may rejoice in ihee ? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and 
grant us thy fal vation. 

B I will hear what God the Lord will 
fpeak : for be will fpeak peace unto 

ints : but let them not 
tun .. to foil; . 

i> his falvition it nigh them that 
fear him.i ell in our la 

10 Mercy and truth are met together; 

and peace have killed emck 
er. 

1 1 Truth frail fpring 

and righteoulnefa (hall look down fr 
hea^ en. 

ii Yea, the Lord n. 
is good ; and our hum (hall yield her 
in< 

t *> s (hall go before him ; 

. I. 
1 i brneth his prayer by 

ujnejs of religion •• I inejs 

an God. 11 He dfj < ■ 

r grace . I I 

• 

A !' 

wn thine ear, O Lord, I 
• r I am 

y foul ; for 1 an h ' : O 

J, lave thy fervani 

nle, O ] . for 

I cry ur.t 



12 1 will praife thee, O Lord ray 
God, v.iih all my heart: and I will glo- 
rify thy name for evermore. 

15 For great is thy mercy toward me : 
and thou haft delivered my foul from the 
loweft hell. 

14 O God, the proud are rifen againft 
me, and the aiTemblies of violent men 
have fought after my foul ; and have not 
fet thee before them. 

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full 
of companion, and gracious, long fuftcr- 

avl plenteous in mercy and truth. 

16 Dturn unto me, and have mercy 
upon me s give thy ftrength unto thy 
fervant, and fave the fon of thine hand- 
maid. 

17 5 hew me a token for good ; that 
they which hate me may fee //, and be 
aflumed ; becaufe thou, Lord, haft 
holpen me, and comforted mc. 

PgALM ! KJCXV1I. 
1 T^e nature and glory oj the church. £ 

Tne intreafe % honcur y ani comfort of 

the members thereof. 
\ \ ' • the forts oi Korah. 

HIS foundation is in the holy nioun- 

I he Lord lovt i >f Zioe 

of Jacoh. 
e (poken of iliee, 
city < Selah. 

k 1 will mal e mention of Rahab 
' . n that know me : b ' 

PJuhltia, am , \\ itli I ihu-i ta ; u.. . 

it fall he faldi I hi i 
n in hei ; and 
'i her. 
I'he Lord (hall count when he 
■\ riteth i 1 1 bat t;: ; > man was 

n there. S< lah. 

as \hf 
umtn\$/b*ll bt < i ingjl 

art ). . 



49Q A complaint in afflielwn. 

PSALM LXXXVIII. 

A pr ay er av.taimng a grievous complaint . 
A Song or Pfalm for the Tons of Korah, 

to the chief Mufician upon Mahaiath 

Leanoth, Mafchil of Heman the Ez- 

rahite. 

O LORD God of my falvation, I have 
cried day and night before thee : 

2. Let my prayer come before thee : 
incline thine ear unto my cry ; 

S For my foul is full of troubles : and 
my lifedraweth nigh unto the grave. 

4 I am counted with them that go 
down into the pit : 1 am as a man tha; 
batb no ftrength : 

5 Free among the dead, like the flain 
that lie in the grave, whom thou remem- 
bered no more : and they are cut off 
from thy hand. 

6 Thou haft laid me in the loweft pit, 
in darknefs, in the deeps. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and 
ihou haft afflicted me with all thy waves. 
Selah. 

8 Thcu haft pift away mine acquaint- 
ance far from me \ thcu haft made me 
an abomination unto them: lam (hut 
up, and I cannot come forth. 



PSALMS. Taankfulnefsfor God's mercies. 



known thy faithfulnefs to all generations. 
1 For I have faid, Mercy fhall be built 
up for ever : thy faithfulnefs fhalt thou 
eftablifh in the very heavens. 

3 1 have made a covenant with my 
chofen, I have fworn unto David my fer- 
vant, 

4 Thy feed will I eftablifh forever,and 
build up thy throne to all geneVations. 
Selah. 

5 And the heavens fhall praife thy 
wonders. O Lord : thy faithfulnefs alio 
in the congregation of the faints. 

6 For, Who in the heaven can be com- 
pared unto the Lord ? Who among the 
Ions ol the mighty can be likened unt« 
the Lord ? 

7 God is greatly to be feared in theaf- 
fembly of the faints, and to be had in rev- 
erence of all them that are about him. 

8 O Lord God of hofts, Who is a 
ftrong Lord like unro thee ? Or to thy 
faitrrruTnefs round about thee ? 

9 Thou ruleft i lie raging of the fea : 
when the waves thereof arife, thou ftilleft 
them. 

10 Thou haft broken Rahab in pieces, 
asonethatis flain ; thou haft fcattered 



9 Mine eye mourneth by reafon of thine enemies with thy ftrong arm. 



affliction : Lord, I have called daily 
upen thee, I have ftreiched out my 
hands unto thee. 

10 Wilt thou (hew wonders to the dead r 
Shall the dead arife and praife theeJ Selah 

11 Shall thy loving kindnefs be de- 
clared in the grave ? or, Thy faithfulnefs 
in deftruction ? 

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the 
dark ? And thy righteoufnefs in the land 
of forget fulnefs ? 

13 But unto thee have I cried, O 
Lord ; and in the morning shall my 
prayer prevent thec. 

14 Lord, Why cafteft thou offmy foul ? 
Why hideft thou thy face from me ? 

15 1 am afflicted and ready to die £rom 
ivy youth up : mobile 1 fuller thy terrors 
] am di drafted. 

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ; 
thy terrors have cut me eft. 

17 They came round about medaily like 
water ; they compatfed me about together. 

18 Lover and friend haft thou put far 
from me, and mine acquaintance into 
darknefs. 

PSALM LXXX1X. 
1 The pfalmifi prajcib God for bis cove- 
nant, 5 jor bis "duonderjul potrcr, ' . r < 
for his care of bis church, 19 ana for 
his favour to the kingdom of Dutid 
.Si! "Then complaining oj cont i arv e ettts, 
SK le expojtulatetb, prayetb, andblcj- 
feth Go I. 

Mafchil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 
I Wl LLfmgof the mercies of the Lord J hate him. 
for ever: with my mouth will I make tk But my faithfulnefs and my mercy 

' fball 



11 The heavens are thine, the earth 
aifo is thine : as for the world and the 
fulnefs thereof, thou halt founded them. 

it 1 he north and. the fourh thou haft 
created them : Tabor and Hermon fhall 
rejoice in thy name. 

IS 1 hou haft a mighty arm : ftrong is 
thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 

14 Juftice and judgment are the hab- 
itation of thy throne : mercy and truth 
fhall go before thy face. 

15 Blefted is the people that know the 
joyful found : they fhall walk, O Lord, 
in ihe light of thy countenance. 

16 In thy name (hall they rejoice all 
the day : and in thy righteoufnefs fliall 
they be exalted. 

17 For thou art the glory of their 
ftrength : and in thy favour our horn 
lhail be exalted. 

18 For the Lord is our defence ; and 
the Holy One of Krael rs our king. 

19 Then thou fpakeft in yiiion to thy 
Holy One. andfiidft. I have laid help up- 
on one ti at rs mighty ; I have exalted one 
chofen out of tl e people. 

10 1 have found David my fervant ; 
with my holy oil have I anointed him : ■ 

-I With whom my hand fhall be ef- 
tablifhed ; mine arm aifo fhall firengthen 
hinv. 

it 'The enemy fhall not exact upon 

Mm ; nor 'lie ion of wicked nefs afflict him. 

I .^nd I will bet down his foes 

before his face, and plague them that 



David's complaint and prayer, PSA 

jball be with him : an4 in my name mail 
his horn be exalted. 

*5 1 will fet his hand alfo in the fea, 
and hi* right hand in the rivers. 

26 He fhall d*y unto me, Thou art 
my Cither, my God, and the rock, of my 
falvation. 

tl Alio I will make him my firllborn, 
higher than the kings of the earth. 

2o My mercy will I keep for him for 
evermore, anu my covenant (hall (land 
i'alt with him. 

•29 His feed alfo will I make to endure 
for ever, and his throne as the days of 
heaven. 

3u If his children forfake my law, and 
walk not in my judgments j 

31 If they break my itatutes, and keep 
not my commandments ; 

52 Then will 1 v'uit their tranfgref- 
fion with the rod, and their iniquity 
with (tripes. 

:\evenhelefs, my loving kindnefs 
will I uot utterly take from him, norfuf- 
fer my faithfulnefs to fail. 

54 My covenant will 1 not break, nor 
alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.' 

ij Once have 1 Lvorn by my holinefs, 
that I will not lie unto David. 

36 His feed ball endure for ever, and 
his throne as the lun before ine. 

57 It Hull be eft ab limed for ever as 
the moon, and as a faithful witneis in 
lie .veil Selah. 

3« But thou haft Cad off and abhor- 
red, thou halt b<. th thine 

an /inted. 

39 Thou haft made void * nam 
of thy (ervant : thou had profaned his 
crown by cajt'nq it io the ground- 

40 Thou hilt ty down all his 

hedges ; thou hail brought In i ftrong hold* 
to rum. 

-41 All that pafsby thewaj fpoil him : 
he is a i eproa< h to ins iteighl 

Kl l bou hart (ft up • id of 

his adversaries ; thou hart m Me all hiten* 
cmiev io rejoH 

43 Thou hai: alfo turned the i 

his fword,ane) hart not made him to (land 
in the battle. 

44 1 in u hart in ide h a gloi j '■> i 
and cait lii>. throne ''." mi '•' tl e gro in I 

4J In his youth had thou 

(horteoed : thou hart covered him with 

ihan lull. 

»" How ion.;, Lord} Wilt thou hide 
Ihyfelf for ever ? Shall thy wrath burn 

like tin- 1 

47 Kemrmhrr how (hort my time 
Wh halt thou made all men in 
vain t 

48 What man it be that livethi an 1 
(hall not fee death ? Shall he :r his 
ioul from t tic hand of the grave I Sel th. 

49 Lord, where are thy ioriner loving 



LMS. Human frailty. 491 

kindne(Tes, ivhicb thou fvvarell unto Da- 
vid in thy truth ? 

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of 
thy fervants ; bovj I do bear in rny bofom 
the reproach of all the mighty people ; 

51 Wherewith thine enemies have re- 
proached^ Lord; wherewith they have 
reproached the footdeps of thine anointed. 

52 Bledcd^r the Lord for evermore. 
Amen, and Amen. 

PSALM XC. 

1 Mofes fettethjortb God's providence^ S 
complametb of human frail ty, 7 divine 
cbajiifements, 10 and brevity of life. 1- 
tie prayetbjor the kno-ivledgr and fenfi- 
blr experience of God's gooa providence. 

A Prayer of Mofes the man of God. 
LORD, thou haft been our dwelling 

place in all generations. 

2 Before the mountains were brought 

forth, or ever thou hadfr formed the eartli 

and the world, even from everlafling to 

evcrlafting, thou art God. 
.5 Thou turned man to deftrucYion ; 

and fayett, Return, ye children of men. 
I For a thouiand years in thy light a re 

but as yclterday when it is palt, and as a 

watch in the night. 

5 Thou carnelt them away as with a 
flood ; they are as a lleep : in the morn- 
ing they are like grafs vubicb groweth up* 

6 fn the morning it Hourifhcth, and 
groweth up \ in the evening it is cut 

n, and wit here th 

7 For we are con fumed by thine an- 
ger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 

8 Thou hart fet our iniquities before 
thee, bur fecret Jins in the li^ht of. thy 
countenance< 

For all our days are pallid away in 
th> wrath : tl e fpend our years as a taic 
that r'j told 

• >'» '1 he ■! ij b of oui are fhi 

• years and ten ; and ii by reafon >~ 
be fourfooi ■• years, y.'t h 
rftrengtn labour and forrow ; for it 

off, and we (1 i 

ii Who knoweth 
anger) Even according to thy fear,/© m 
thy v\ rath. 

1 - So teat h«J to number oui 

■.-. c ■ 

i < I r ) I .o r Dj • I let 

it repent tb ing th) rei trai i 

14 O fatisfy u I y ; 

thai we ma nd be glad all ^>\ir 

.. 

i.'< Mai ' id bc< i rding t:> t ! 

lob rem thou I 1 us. an i the 

■ , nvoeiein v. t U ivr fecn evil 

IC Let tl "rk appe u \^">> thi ' 
rants, and t'r. g] 'i > unto their i hif< i 

17 And let the Lou <>ur 

God be upon u iblifb thou t he 

work 61 our hands upon us ; yea ( the 
work of our hands eftablun tbbw 

PSALM 



492 Ihejlate efihe godly. PSALMS. 

PSALM XCI. 
1 Tbejlate of the godly. 3 Their fafety. 

9 Their habitation. 11 Their feiva us, 

14 Their friends ; ivith the effects of 

lhem all, 

HE that dwelleth in the fecret place of 
the Molt High lhail abide under the lhad- 
ow of the Almighty. 

% J will fay of the Lord, He is my ref- 
uge and my fortrefs : my God ; in him 
will I trult, 

3 Surely he (hall deliver thee from the 
fnare of the fowler, and from the noi- 
fome peftiience, 

4 He (ball cover thee with his feathers, 
and under his wings (halt thou truft : his 
truth fhall be thy (hield and buckler. 

5 Thou (halt not be afraid (or the ter- 
ror by night ; nor ior the arrow that flieth | 
by day ; { 

6 Nor for the peftiience that -walketh 
in darkr.efs ; nor for the deftruction that 
wafteth at noonday. 

7 A thoufand fhall fall at thy fide, and 
ten thoufand at thy right hand ; but it 
lhail not come nigh thee. 

8 Only with thine eyes (halt thou be- 
hold and fee the reward of the wicked. 

9 Becaufe thou haft made the Lord 
ivbicb is my refuge, even the Mod High, 
lhy habitation ; 

10 There mall no evil befal thee, 
neither (hall any plague come nigh thy 
dwelling. 

11 For he (hall give his angels charge 
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

1°Z They (hall bear thee up in their 
hands, left thou daft thy foot againft a 
itone. 

13 Thou (halt tread upon the lion and 
adder ; the young lion and the dragon 
ihalt thou trample under feet. 

14 Becaufe he hath fet his love upon 
me, therefore will I deliver him : I will 
fet him on high, becaufe he hath known 
any name. 

15 He lhail call upon me, and I will 
anlwer him : I ivill be with him in trou- 
ble ; I will deliver him, and honour him. 

16 With long life will I latisfy him, 
and thew him my (alvation. 

PSALM XCII. 
1 The prophet exoonetn to praife God, 4 
for his great tooths ; 6 for bis judgments 
on the nviekedy 10 and for his goodncf 



to the godly. 
A Pfalm or Song for the Sabbath day. 

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto 
the Lord, and to ling praifes unto thy 
name, O Moft High : 

£ To (hew forth thy loving kindnefsin 
ihe morning, and thy faithfulnefs every 
night : 

3 Upon an instrument of ten firing*, 
and upon the pfaitery j upon the harp 
■*ith a folenm fouaC. 



The majefty ofCbriJVs kingdom, 

4 For thou, Lord, haft made me glad 
through thy work : I will triumphinthe 
works of thy hands. 

5 O Lord, how great are thy works ! 
and thy thoughts are very deep. 

t> A brutifhman kn6wech not ; neither 
doth a fool underftand this. 

7 When the wicked ipring as the grafs, 
and when all the workers of iniquity do 
flourish ; it is that they Iliad be destroyed 
tor ever : 

8 Bui thou, Lord, art mcjl high for 
evermore. 

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for 
lo, thine enemies lhail pertih ; all the 
workers of iniquity (halt be fcattercd : 

10 But my horn ihait thou exalt like 
the horn of an unicorn: I (hall be anoint- 
ed with fre(h oil. 

It Mine eye cilfo (tall fee my defire 
on mine enemies, and mine ears (hall 
hear my dejire of the wicked that rife up 
agaiint me. - 

VI The righteous ft all flourift like the 
palm tree : he ihall grow like a cedar in 
Lebanon. 

IS Thofe that be planted in the honfe 
of the Lord, lhali ftourifti in the courts 
of our God. 

14 They (hall (rill bring forth fruit in 
old age : they (hall be fat and flourifhing; 

15 To (hew that the Lord is upright : 
be is my rock, and there ts no unright- 
eoufnels in him. 

PSALM XCIII. 

.The majejly, -power, and bolinefs of 

ChrijVs kingdom. 

THE Lord icigneth, he is clothed 
with majefty ; the Lord is clothed with 
ftrength, ivhereivi/h he halb girded him- 
ielf : the world aifo is eftabliihed, that it 
cannot be moved. 

2. '1 hy throne is eftabliihed of old : 
thou art from everlafti;ig. 

3 The Hoods have lifted up r O Lord, 
the floods have lifted up their voice ; the 
Hoods lift up their waves. 

4 The Lord on high is mightier than 
the noife of many waters, yea, than the 
mighty waves of the fea. 

5 Thy teftimonies are very fuire : ho- 
linefs becometh thine houfe, O Lord, 
for ever. 

PSALM XCIV. 
I The prophet, calling for jujlice, com- 
plainetb of tyranny and impiety. 8 He 
icacbeib God's pt'o-via'ence. 12 He 
Jhenve/h the bleffednejs of cffliSiion : tfi 
God is the dejender of the ofjluled. 
O LORD God, to whom vengeance 
belongtth ; () God, to whom vengeance 
beiongeth, (hew thyfelf. 

2 Lift up thyfclf, thou Judge of the 
earth : render a reward to the proud. 

3 Lord, How long fhall the wicked, 
hew fji»g ftali the wicked triumj • »> ? 

4 How 



Toe bUJftdnefs of affUCilon. 



TSALMS. 



Cod is to be praifed. 493 



4 Uoio long (hall itter a«4 fpeak ; earth : the firength of die hills is his alfo. 

hard thing j all tne workers of < 5 The fea is his and be made it ; and 

iquity boatt themfeives i his hands forced the dry land. 

o They break in pieces thy people, O £> U come, let .us worthip and bow do*-n *• 
Lord, and arriict thine heritage. let us kneel before the Lord our maker ; 

o 1 hey day the widow and the ftranger, j 7 lor hz is our God; and we are the 
I murder the fa fs. • people of ids pahure, and the (beep of his 

7 Vet they fay, the Lord {hall not fee, hand. Today it ye will hear his voice, 
neither /hail the God of Jacjb regard it. 8 Harden not your heart, as tfl the 



C Underhand, ye brnt.m among me 
people ; and ye fools, When will ye be 
fe \ 



le that planted the ear, Shall he proved me, and law my work. 



not hear? He that formed the eye, Shall 
he not { 

10 He that chaftifeth the heathen, Shall 
not he corrrct \ He that teacheth man 
knowledge, .)>i> ul not be kr.oiv ? 

It The Loed knowetn the thoughts, 
cf man, that they are vanity. 

is the man wh .ucha(t- 

cnelt, G Lord, and teachelt him out ci 
thy la ■ 

That thou mayeft give him rc.t 
from: . eriity, until the pit 

digged for the wicked. 
li fror the Lord will not cad off 
his people, neither will he fur fake his In- 
heritance. 

U Bur judgment fhall return i 
righteoufaefs : and all the upright in 
lit ftull follow it. 

16 Who will rife up for me argainft the 
evildoers? or. Who wil up forme 

the workers of iniquity ? 
IT (Jnkfs (he L<> sld bad been my help, 
foul hid aim h in filence. 

. Th ; thy 

, O Lord, held mr up. 
In the nmlt:r : my thoughts 

wi ail. 

the thru iniquity I 

ice, w I nncth mif- 

-t Ives to, 

ii- 

• Lord :? my defence ; and 
my the ro« ^e. 

And he ill ill b 
M cut th 

their ovs.i 

Gxjd (fa m ( If. 

PS .. 
1 An exbortttti ,n io prt-i t God, 3 for bis 
greatnrj , 6 and is gwdnejs \ 3 

- U t 9 / ft. 



provocation, and as in the day of tempta- 
tion in the wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, 



10 Forty years long was I grieved 
with ibis generation, and laid, It is a 
people that do err in their heart, and 
they have not know a my ways : 

It Unto whom I ft\are in my wrath 
that they lhould not enter into my reft. 

PSALM X-CVI. 
1 An exhortation to praife Gcd t k for bis 

grcatr.tjs y $Jor bis kingdom, 11 and for 

ha general judgment . 

O SlNG unto tiie Lord a new fong : 
fing unto the Lord, all the earth. 

- ^ng unto the LoRD,blefs his name; 
forth his falvation troni day to daj -. 

V Declare his glory among the heathen, 
his wonders among all people. 

4 For the Lord is gieat, and greatly 
to be praifed : lie is to be feared above 
all gods/ 

'j lor ail the gods of ihe nations are 
idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 

6 Honour and majefty arrbefoie him: 
ftrength and bciuty arc in hislanctuary . 

3 Give unto the Lord, Oyek.ind.io; 
of the people, give unto the Lord glory 
and lirength. 

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due 
ur.to his bring an offering, and 
come into his i 

9 Oworfcipthe Lord in the beauty of 
liolir. .r belore him, all the earth. 

li) ;>ay among iieathen :':-.it the 

Lokd reigneth : the world alfo lhall be 
• ? . a t it (hall not he moved : he 
(hail judge the righteoufly. 

11 Let it e, and let the 
earth he glad ; lei the lea roa/i ana the 
ftilnefs tl 

J I Let the held be joyful, and all thr.t 
is the ill ihe freer, Ol the 

ice 

13 licior* »: for I 

\ .v 1" iidge the eai th : he 



G I unto th* Loi D : i. d tl 






k of 






ani i 
nnl n .th pfalms. 

L - d // a grr at ( 
great King above al 
4 U\ v ; dac?s I 



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i 

on id'.. IQ Ai cxburtaiiun to 

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494 Jews exhorted to prafe God. PSALMS. 



The majefiy of bis kingdom. 



2. Clouds and dai knefs are round about 
him : righteoufnefs and judgment are the 
habitation of his throne. 

3 A tire goeth before hirn, and burnetii 
up his enemies rouni about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened the world; 
the earth law, ana trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the 
pre fence of the Lord, at tne prefence of 
the Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens declare his righteouf- 
nefs, and all the people fee hii glory. 

7 Confounded be all tney tnat ferve 
graven images, that boalt themlelves ol 
idols: worihip hirn, all ye gods - 

8 Zion heard, and was glad ; and the 
daugiirers of Judah rejoiced becaufe of 
thy judgments, O Lord : 

9 rorrhou,LoRD,ar/high aboveall the 
earth : thou art exalted far above all gods 

10 Ye that iove the Lord, hate evil : he 
preferveththeibulsofhis faints : hedeliv- 
ereth them out of the hand of the wicited. 

1 1 Light is fown for the righteous, and 
gladnefs for the upright in heart. 

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous : 
and give thanks at the remembrance of 
his holinefs. 

PSALM XCV1II. 
1 The pfalmtjl exhorleth tbe Jews, 4 Gen- 
tiles, 7 and alt creatures io praije God 

A Pfalm. 
O SING unto the Lor© a new fong ; 
for he hath done marvellous things : his 
right hand, and his holy arm, have got- 
ten him the victory. 

- The Lord hath made known his fal- 
vation : his righteoufneis hath he openly 
fbewed in the light of the heathen. 

3 He hath remembered his mercy and 
his truth toward the houfe of Ifrael : all 
the ends of the earth have feen the falva- 
ti«n oi our God. 

4 Make a joyful noife unto the Lord, 
all the earth : make aloud noife, and re- 
joice, and fing praife. 

5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp ; 
with the harp, and the voice of a pfalm. 

6 With trumpets and found of cornet 
make a joyful noile before the Lord the 
King. 

7 Let the fea rear, and the fulnefs there- 
of; the world, and they that dwell therein* 

o Let i he floods clap their hands : let 
the hills be joyful together 

9 beioic the Lord ; for he cometh to 
judge rheearth:with righteoufnefsfhall he 
judgethe wor Id ,andthepeople with equity. 

Psalm xcix. 

1 The prepbet Jetting forth the kingdom 
of God in Zion, 5 exbortetb all, by the 
example oftoetrforejathcrs, to worfhip 
God at his holy bill. 

THE Lord reigneth ; let the people 
tremble : he litteth between the cneru- 
»ims i let the earth be moved. 



2 The Lord is great in Zion ; and he 
is high above all people. 

3 Let them praile thy great and terrible 
name ; jor it is holy. 

4 The icing's ftrength alfo loveth judg- 
ment ; thou uoft etfabliih equity, thou exe- 
cuted judgmentandrighteouinefsin Jacob. 

5 Exalt ye the Lord our tjod, and 
worfhip at his footftool ; for he is holy. 

6 Mofes and Aaron among his prieits, 
and Samuel among them that call upon 
his name ; they called upon the Lord, 
and he anfwered them. 

7 He fpake unto them in the cloudy 
pillar : tliey kept his teftimonies, and tne 
ordinance that he gave tnem. 

8 Thou anfweredft them, O Lord our 
God ; thou wall a God that forgavefi 
them, though thou tookeft vengeance of 
their inventions. 

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and wor- 
iTiip at his holy hill ; for the Lord our 
God is holy. 

PSALM C 
1 An exhortation to praife God cheerfully, 
5jor Lis greatnefs, Kand J'jrhh power. 

A Plaim of Praife. 
MAKE a joyful noile unto the Lord, 
all ye iands. 

2' Serve the Lord with gladnefs : come 
before his prefence with linging. 

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : 
;'/ is he that hath made us, and not we 
ourieives : we are his people, and the 
iheep of his pafture. 

4 Enter into his gates with thankfgiv- 
ing, and into his courts with praife : be 
thankful unto him. and blefs his name. 

5 For the Lord/* good ; his mercy is 
everlatting ; and his truth endvreio {<* 
all generations. 

PSALM CI. 
David's <vow and profejfion of godlinefs. 
A Pfalm of David. 
I WILL fingof mercy and judgment ; 
unto thee, O Lord, will I ling. 

u l 1 will behave myfelf wifely in a per- 
fect way. O, When wilt thou come un- 
to me ? I will walk within my houfe with 
a perfect heart. 

3 I will let no wicked thing before mine 
eyes : 1 hate the work of them that turn 
aiide ; it (hall not cleave to me. 

4 A froward heart tball depart from 
me : I will not know a wicked per/on. 

3 Whoio privily flandereth his neigh- 
bour,him will 1 cut off ; him that hath an 
high look and a proud heart will not I 
fuller. 

6 Mine eyes /hall be upon the faith- 
ful of the land that they may dwell with 
me : he that walketh in a perfect way, he 
(hall ferve me. 

7 He that workelh deceit mail not 
dweil within my houfe : he that telleth 
lies flxall not tarry in my fight- 

8 I will 



The prayer of the afJUaed. PS ALMS. Gcd to be praifed. 495 

will early de/troy all rite wicked of er, and the kingdoms, toferve the Lord. 
id : that 1 may cut otf all wicked 2:S He weakened my ftrength in the 

he mortened my days. 



3 I 

(he lan_ 

doers from the city of the Lord 
l^ALM CII. 

1 The prophrt in his prayer maketh a 
grievous complaint. I£ He take th com- 
jort in tbe eternity and rr.e>cy of God. 
18 1 be mercies of God are to be re- 
corded. 25 He juftaineth his iveaknefs 
by tbe unchangeablenefs of God. 

A prayer of the afflicted, when he is 
overwhelmed, and poureth out his 
complaint before the Lord. 
HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let 

my cry come unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in the day 
nvben I am in trouble ; incline thine ear 
unto me : in the day ivhen 1 call anfwer 
n. c fp'edily. 

3 For my daysarcconfumed likefmoke, 
and my bones are burned a.-> an hearth. 

4 My heart is (mitten, and withered like 
grafs ; fo that I forget to eat my bread. 

5 By reafon of the voice of my groan- 
ing my bones cleave to my (kin. 

6 I am like a pelican of the wildernefs : 
1 am like an owl of the defcrt 

7 I wa'ch. and am as a fparrow alone 
upon the houfe top. 

y Mine enemies reproach me all the 
day ; and they that are mad again/t me 
are fworn a;;ainft me. 

9 For 1 have eaten afhes like bread, 
and mingled my drink with wet ping. 

10 Becaufe of thine indignation and 
thy wrath : fur thou haft lifted me up, 
and i down. 

11 i (ha low that de- 
clir, ike grafs. 

Bui thou, O Lord, (halt endure 
for ever ; ?md thy remembrance unto all 

13 '1 hou (halt arife, an.l have m< 

vour her, 
yea, 

14 For thy f< iher 

in.! favoui th 
Id n (hall fear the n 

the l.oHD, .. the kingi of the 

•arth M 

d (hall build up 
in his glo; 
He u i! I the pray the 



way 



24 I laid, O my God, take me not a- 
way in the midft of my davs : thy years 



are throughout all generations. 
| 25 Of old halt thou laid the founda- 
tion of the earth : and the heavens are 
the work of thy hands. 

26 They (hall pcrim, but thou /halt 
endure : yea, all of them /hall wax old 
like a garment ; as a velhire /halt thou 
change them, ajid they (hall be changed : 

27 But thou art the fame, and thy 
years /hall have no end. 

28 The children of thy fervants toall 
continue, and their feed /hall be efiab- 
li/hcd before thee. 

PSALM CI 1 1. 
1 An exhortation to praije God for his mer- 
cy, la and for tbe conllancv thereof 

A Pfalm of David. 
BLESS the Lord, O my foul : 
and all that is within me, blefs his holy 
name. 

2 Blefs the Lord, O my foul, and for- 
get not all his benefit* j 

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities • 
who healcth a 1 thy di/eafes ; 

4 Who redeemeth thy life from de- 
duction ; who crowneth thee with lov- 
ing kindnefs and tender mercies ; 

■ • Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good 
things: Jo that thy youth is renewed like 
the eagle's. 

«i The Lord rxecuteth righteoufnefi 
and judgment fur all that are oppre* 

7 H« made known his ways unto Mo- 

u n to the children <>f Id 

8 '1 he Load is men itul and p 

■r, and plenteous in men 

9 He will not always chide : neither 
will he keep bis anger foi ever. 

10 1 1- hath m I oeall v. itfi us after «>ur 

rewarded us according to our 

, 1 1 • j ii 1 1 ■ 

1 1 I' or as the heaven is high above the 
earth.yi gn l( ifl Ins mercy toward tluiu 
tii. it fear him. 

i ' • t .ii as the eafl is from the weft, 
hath he d otu tranfgn (Cons 

. 

13 I a father pitieth bi . rn, 

o the Loi d pith ih them thai i< ar him. 

i i Por he k Roweth qui frame ; I 



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He w ill regai I t lie pn 
del' ■ th -i pi r 

all be w i tten f i the • • nera 
and tl • ihichfhall memberetlt that we mre < 

I 

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I try ; t ">m he 
I 

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495 Thf mighty power, PSALMS. 

to thofe that remember his command- 
ments to do them. 

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne 
in the heavens j and his kingdom ruieth 
over all. 

£0 Blefs the Loan, ye his angels, that 
excel in ftrength, that do his command- 
ments, hearkening unto the voice of his 
word. 

21 Blefs ye the Lord, all ye his liofis ; 
ye minifters of his, that do his pleafure. 

c ll Blefs the Lord, all his works in ;;ll 
places of his dominion : bJefs the Lord, 
O my foul. 

PSALM CIV. 
i A meditation upon the mighty power, 7 

and wonderful providence of God. 51 

God's glory is eternal. SS lie prophet 

ruov.etb perpetually to praife God. 

BLESS the Lord, O my foul. OLord 
my God, thou art very great ; thou art 
clothed with honour ?md majefty : 

I Who covereft tbyfelf with light as 
with a garment : who ftretcheft out the 
heavens like a curtain : 

3 Who iayeth the beams of his cham- 
bers in the waters : who maketh the 
floods his chariot : who walketh upon 
the wings of the wind : 

4 Who maketh his angels fpirits ; his 
minifiers a flaming fire : 

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth 
that\t mould not be removed for ever. 

6 Thou coveredft it with the deep as 
*whb a garment : the waters ftood above 
the mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled : at the voice 
of thy thunder they halted away. 

3 They go up by the mountains ; they 
go down by the valleys unto the place 
which thou had founded for them. 

9 l hou haft fet a bound that they may 
not pals over ; that they turn not again to 
cover the earth. 

tO He fendeth the fprings into the val- 
leys, which run among the hills. 

1! They give drink to every bead of 
the field : the wild aftes quench their 
tbirft. 

VL By them (hall the fowls of the heav- 
en hav* their habitation, which ling a- 
inong the branches. 

15 He watereth the hills from his 
rhumbers ■ the earth is fatisfied with the 
fruit of thy works. 

I I He canfeth the grafs to grew For the 
cattle, and herb for the fervrce of man : 
that he may bring forth food out ot the 
earth. 

15 And wine that maketh glad flie 
heart of mm, a::d oil to make bis face 
to (nine, and bread tubicb ftrengtheneth 
man's heart. 

16 The trees of the Lord arc full nf 
(aj> [ the cedars of Lebanon, which lie 
hath planted. 



and providence of Gad. 

17 Where the birds make their nefts : as 
for the Itork, the fir trees a re her houfe. 

ltf The high hills are a refuge for the 
wiM goats : and '.he rocks for the conies. 

19 He appointed the moon forfeafons : 
the Ian knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makeft darknei'% and it is 
night : wherein all thebeafls of the to reft 
do creep Jorth. 

l xl The young lions roar after their 
prey, and feek their meat from God. 

%% The fun arifeth, they gather them- 
felyes together, and lay them down in 
their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and 
to his labour, until the evenmg. 

-i O Lord, how manifold are thy 
works ! in w'.fdom haft thou made them 
all : the earth is full of thy riches. 

£5 So is this great and wide fea, where- 
in are things creeping innumerable, both 
Email and great beafts. 

86 There go the (hips : there is that 
leviathan, whom thou haft made to play 
therein. •» 

tl Thefe wait all upon thee ; thatthcu 
mayeft give them their meat in duefealon. 

28 Ibat thou giveft them they gather : 
thou openeft thine hand, they' are filled 
with good. 

29 Thou hided thy face, they are troub- 
led : thou takeft away their breath, the/ 
die. and return to their duft. 

-0 Thou fendeft forth thy fpirit, they 
are created : and thou renewed the i'dc^ 
of the earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord fiiall endure 
forever : the Lord ibali rejoice in his 
works. 

Si He looketh on the earth, and it 
trembleth : he tcuchcth the hills, and 
they fmoke. 

53 1 will fing unto the Lord as long 
as 1 live : I will fing praife to my God 
while I have my being. 

54 My meditation of him fhall be 
fweet : I will be glad in the, Lord. 

3D Let the finners be confunied out of 
the earth, and let the wicked he no more* 
Blefs thou the Lord, O my foul. Piaife 
ye the Lord. 

PSALM CV. 
1 An exhortation to fraije G:d, and to 
f?ek out bis ivorJts. 7 Tbejloty of God's 
ft evidence over Abraham, 10 over 
Jofefby £3 over Jacob m £>}•/>•', 26 
ever Ms/es delivering the Ijraehtft, 
37 over the Ifraelite.i brought out of R- 
;, fed in the nvitdernejs, and plant- 
at in Canaan. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord; call 
upon his name : make known his deeds 
among the people. 

2 Sing unto him, fing pfalmsunto him : 
talk ye of all his wondrous works. 

3 Glory ye ia his holy name : let 

the 



God's providence over PSALMS. 

the heart of them rejoice that feek the 
Lord. 

4 Se^k the Lord, and his ftrength : 
leek his face evermore. 

5 Remember his marvellous works 
that lie hath done ; lr.a wonders, and the 

f hi o mouth i 
(i O ye feci of Abraham 1 il-» fervant, 
>e children of Jacob his chofi 



1 He is the Lord our God : his judg- 
ments are in all the earth 



Abraham, cini Mops. 497 

St lie (pake, and there came divers 
funs of flies, and lice in all their coafts. 

• I He K ave them hail tor rain, and 
flaming fire in their land. 

^3 lie fmote their vines alio, and their 
and brake the trees of their 



._.... ... ................ -■ , 

8 He hath remembered bis covenant! ground. 



fig vices 
coahs. 

.^4 He {'pake, and the locufts came, and 
caterpillars, and that without number. 

35 And did eat up all tiie herbs in their* 
land, and devoured the fruit of their 



i" ever, the word ivbicb he commanded 
to a th aland genciations 

9 "Which covenant lie made with Abra- 
ham, and his o-uh unto llaac ; 

10 And confirmed the fame unto Ja- 
cob tcr a law, and to ifraely^r an ever- 
laitin^ covenant : 

li Saying, Unto thee will I give the 
land of Canaan, the lot of your inherit- 
ance : 

i* When they were but a few men in 
Dumber; juu, very few, and flrangers 
in it. 

li When they went from one na'ion 
to another, from one kingdom to another 
people : 

14 He fufiered no man to do them 
wrong : yea, he reproved kings for their 
lakes : . 

15 S lying, Touch not mine anointed, 
uiid do my prophets no harm. 

16 Moreover, he called for a famine 
upon the land ; he brake the whole ftaff 
of bread. 

17 He fent a man before them, even 
Joleph, wo ! for a f -r vani : 

whole feci they hurt with fetters : 

he was lai«l in iron : 

10 L/nr ; l the tin: o:d came : 
f the Lo R D t r : - ( 1 hint. 

-0 it and loofed him : 

even ■ ►pie, and let 1)101 
go t, 

-i He made him lord of his lioufe, and 
ruler of all his fubftance : 

at hispleafure : 
and 

into I : and 

Jan ob fo| >ui : ■•• l in the i tud of rial 

u ±i And he in< reafed h 
ly ; and made them (tronger lit 

! their heart to hat • his 
, ie, to deal lubtilly wiih ' 

fent IS his (-: vant ; and 

A iron whom he \\a\ i 

'••ill' fign .em, 

•i the la id 
■ 
and they rebelled rinft hii 

into blood, 

80 i hen- land brought forth 1 1 

b,;n. . >oi their ► i 

3 k> 



36 He fmote alfo all the firftborn in 
their land, the chief of all their ifrcngth. 

V7 He brought them forth alio with 
(liver and gold : and there v.>as not one 
feeble per/on among their tribes. 

■"53 Egypt was glad when they depart- 
ed : for the fear of them fell upon them. 

• M <9 He fpiead a cloud for a covering ; 
an \ fire to give light irt the night. 

40 The people afked, and he brought 
quails, and fatisficd them with the bread 
of heaven. 

41 He opened the rock, add the waters 
gufaed out ; they ran in the dry places 
like a river. 

4i For he remembered his holy prom-* 
ife, and Abraham his fervant. 

43 And he brought forth his people 
with joy, and his chofen with gladnels : 

44 And gave them the lands of the 
heai hen : and they inherited the labour 
of the people ; 

4a That they might obfer ve Institutes, 
and keep his laws. Praile ye the Lord. 

PSALM CVI. 
1 The pfalmift exbortetb to praife Cod. 4 
He prayelb jor pardon 9/ J;n. 7 The 
jiory »j the People's rebellion, and God's 
mercy. 47 Hi conclude to tuiib prayer 
and prai 
PK LORD. O give thanks 

m, to the Lord j for ^/i/ good: for hit 
i nduretb t.>r evei . 
I V ,D oner the mighty acts of 

IRD I It 'o > .in /lieu forth ail his 

3 Blefled are they thai keep ju 
it, tuid he thai doi th i ighteoufe 

all times. 

4 Rem< mber n^, Lord, w ith 

air that ttou h.irejl wto th} : 

me w ith thy ulvatton ; 

rhat l •• .t\ i • il ■■• roi 1( fth 

, that I mi 

• i We !: tf€ I. HI. "• 

h.i\r comi iniquity f w hat e .: 

m ickedly. 

n 
drrs in 



PSALMS. 

make his 



498 The people's rebellion, 

name's fake, that he might 
mighry power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red fea alfo, and it 
was dried up : fo he led them through 
the depths, as through the wildernefs. 

10 And he faved them from the hand 
of him that hated them, and redeemed 
them from the hand of the enemy. 

11 And the waters covered their ene- 
mies ; there was not one of them left. 

12 Then believed they his words ; 
they fang his praife. 

13 They foon forgat his works ; they 
waited not for his counfel : 

14 But lulled exceedingly in the wil- 
dernefs, and tempted God. in the defert. 

15 And he gave them their requeff. ; 
but fent leannefs into their foul. 

16 They envied Mofesalfoin the camp, 
and Aaron the faint of the Lord. 

17 The earth opened and fw allowed 
up Dathan, and covered trie company of 
Abiram. 

18 And a fire was kindled in their com- 
pany ; the flame burned up the wicked. 

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and 
worfhipped the molten image. 

20 Thus they changed their glory into 
the fimilitude of an ox that eateth grafs. 

2* They forgat God their faviour, 
which had done great things in Egypt ; 

22 Wondrous works in the iand of 
Ham, and terrible things by the Red Tea. 

23 Therefore, he faid that he would de- 
ftr©y them, had not Mofes his chofen ftood 
before him in the breach, to turn away 
kis wrath, let! he ihould deltroy them. 

24 Yea, they defpifed the pleafant 
land, they believed not his word: 

25 But murmured in their tents, and 
hearkened not unto the voice of the 
Lord. 

26 Therefore, he lifted up his hand 
againft them, to overthrow them in the 
wildernefs : 

27 To overthrow their feed alfo a- 
mong the nations, and to fcatter them in 
the lands. 

28 1 hey joined themfelves alfo unto 
Baalpeor, and ate the facrifices of the 
dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger 
with their inventions : and the plague 
brake in upon them. 

30 Then flood up Phinehas, and exe- 
cuted judgment : and Jo the plague was 
flayed. 

*>l And that was counted unto him 
for righteoufnefs unto all generations for 
evermore. 

32 They angered him alfo at the waters 
ofrriiV, fa that it went ill with Moles 
io\- their fake-j. 

S3 Becaufe they provoked hisfpirit, fo 
that he [pake unadvifedly with his lips. 

Si Tiicy did not deflroy the nations, 



and God's mercy* 



concerning whom the Lord commanded 
them : 

35 But were mingled among the hea- 
then, and learned their works. 

36 And they ferved their idols .-which 
were a fnare unto them. 

37 Yea, they facrificed their fons and 
their daughters unto devils, 

38 And fhed innocent blood, even the 
blood of their fons and of their daugh- 
ters, whom they facrificed unto the* 
idols of Canaan : and the land was pol- 
luted with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with their 
own works, and went a whoring with 
their own inventions. 

40 Therefore, was the wrath of the 
Lord kindled againft his people, info- 
much that he abhorred his own inherit- 
ance. 

41 And he gave them into the hand of 
the heathen ; and they that hated them 
ruled over them. 

42 Their enemies alfo opprefled them, 
and they were brought into fubjection 
under their hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver them; but 
they provoked him with theircounfel ; and 
were brought low for their iniquity. 

44 Nevertheiefs, he regarded their af- 
fliction, when he heard their cry : 

45 And he remembered for them his 
covenant, and repented according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 

46 He made them alfo to be pitied of 
all'thofe that carried them captives. 

47 Save us. O Lor Dour God, and gath- 
er us from among the heathen, to give 
thanks urito thy holy name, and to tri- 
umph in thy praiie. 

48 Bleired be the Lord God of Ifrael 
from everlafting to everiafting : and let all 
the people fav, Amen. Praife ye theLoRD. 

PSALM CV1L 

I The pfalmiji exhort eth the redeemed in 
praijing God, to sbferve his manifold 
providenc, 4 over tra- ellers, 10 over 
captives, il over ftck men, 23 over 
feamen, 35 and in divers varieties of 
life. 
OGIVE thankswnto the Lord, for he 

is good : for his mercy endureth forever. 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord fay/0, 
whom lie hath redeemed from the hand 
of the enemy ; 

3 And gathered them out of the lands, 
from the eall, and from the weft, from 
the north, and from the fouth. 

4 They wandered in the wildernefs 
in a fblitary way ; they found no city t© 
dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirfiy, their foul faint- 
ed in them. 

6 Then they cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he delivered them out 
of their dillreiies. 

7 And 



David exhortetb to praife God PSALMS. 

7 And he led them forth by the right 
way, that they might go to a city of hab- 
itation. 

& Oh that men would praife the Lord 
/or his goodnefs, and for his wonderful 
works to the children of men ! 

9 For he fatisfieththe longing foul, and 
filleth the hungry foul with goodnefs. 

10 Such as lit in darknefs and in the! 



for bis manifold goodnefs. 499 

SI Oh that men would praife the Lord 
for his goodnefs, and Jor his wonderful 
j works to the children of men ! 

3 J l Let them exalt him alio in the con- 
gregation of the people, and praife hi in 
j in the allembly of the elders. 

35 h'e turneth rivers into a wildernefs, 
Jand the water lprings into dry ground ; 

34 A fruitful land into barrenne(>, for 



fhadow of death, being bound in affliction the wickednefs of them that dwell there - 
and iron ; in. 

11 Becaufe they rebelled againft the 
words ot God, and contemned the coun- 
fel of the Molt High ; 

12 Therefore he brought down their 
heart with labour ; they fell down, and 
ibcte luas none to help. 

\5 Then they cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and lie faved them out of 
their ditireues. 

14 lie brought them out of darknefs 
and the Inflow of death, and brake then- 
bands in hinder. 

13 Oh that men would praife the Lord 
fo )w> goodnels, ana Jor his wonderful 
woi ks to the children of men ! 

10 For he hath broken the gates of 
brafs, and cut the bars of iron in hinder 

17 Fools, becaufe of their tranfgreflion, 
and becauie of their iniquities, are af- 
flicted: 

18 Their foul abhorreth all manner of 
rneat ; and they draw near unto -the gates 
ofdeath. 

19 1 hen they cry unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he faveth them out ot 
their difln 

, and healed them, 
and delivered ibem from their destruc- 
tion 

-i Oh that men would praife the Lord 
for In wonderful 

:<.s to the chil 
And lei them 1 1< i ifw ■■ the I 
of tharikfgiv works 

with rejoii in 

V3 1 hey tti it lown to the ft i in 

lhip-., that do bufincfs in great ; 

±k 1 hele lee tin the Lord, 

and his wonders in the deep. 

r he comi 
the ttoriuy wind, which liftcth 
waves thereof. 

I hey mount up to the heaven, I 
down their foul 

lied becaufe ot trouble. 
rhey reel to and fro, and I i like 

adrunkenman, and are at theii nd 

l lien they cry umo the Lor d in 
their trouble, and he bringeth them our 
ot their did i 

He maketh t rni a calm, fo 

that the waves thereof are trill. 

SO Then are thej gl id bee tu 
he cjuiet ; lo he bringeth them unto their 
Alcjired haven. 



35 He turneth the wildernefs into a 
{landing water, and dry ground into wa- 
ter fprings. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to 
dwell, that they may prepare a ciiy for 
habitation ; 

31 And low the fields, and plant vine- 
yards, which may yield fruits of in- 
cre.de. 

38 He bleffeth them alfo, fo that they 
are multiplied greatly ; and fuffereth not 
their cattle to decrcafc. 

39 Again, they are minifhed and 
brought low through oppreffion, afflic- 
tion, and for row, N 

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, 
and caufeth them to wander in die wil- 
dernefs, ivbtre there is no way. 

41 Yet fetteth he the poor on high 
from affliction, and maketh htm families 
like a flock. 

4il The righteom. (hall foe r/,and rejoice: 
and all iniquity (ball (top her mouth. 

h:> Whoio is wife, and will obferve 
thefe things, even they (hall undciltand 
tbe loving kindn \h «>t the Ford. 
PS M.-.l CVIII. 

1 David encourugt fb hnr.jelf to praife 
1 . S H fib Jor Uo'J'i (i/Jijtiince 

mccordmg f I life, H His con- 

fitieru > i he! p. 

song q> Pfalm of David. 

() ( i( >I), mi I ed ; 1 will ling 

mm\ give yr.\r. \ j. lot > . 

Lft ike, j and hai p : I m 

.: \\\ 

3 I will praife th :e, () Lord, am 
the people i and I will i ng j raifes unto 
til- e among tl 

4 For thy real above the 
up i kvena : and ihy truth rdu to 

the * lou 

.'; Be iiioii ted, O < rod, lb 

ind thy gloi / above ail the 

' ■' i ; 
6 I hat th 

wuh | 'it h IN i, 

1 ( I m| hath fpoken in his holinefs . 1 
will i 
mete out th 

id is n 
Ephraim all > it the h ol i 

he ;d ; Jud ih is my l ■ ; 

my uaii • . ■ . I 

,il 



9 Moab /; 



500" A prayer againjt tbe wicked. PSALMS. David promlfeth thankfulncfs. 



tvill I caff out my fhoe ; over Philiftia 
will I triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the llrong 
city ? Who will lead me into Jtdom ? 

11 IVilt not thou, O God, ivbv hail cafl 
us off? and, Wilt net thou, O God, go 
forth with our hods ? 

12 Give us help from trouble : for vain 
is the help of man. 

13 Through God we (hall do valiant- 
ly : for he it is that (hall tread down our 
enemies. 

PSALM CIX. 

1 David, complaining of his flatiderous 
enemies, undtrthe perfon of Judas, de- 
voteth them. 16 tie fhenvctb their Jut. 
21 Complaining of bis own mifery. he 
frayeth for help. 30 He promifeth 
ibankfnlnefs. 

To the chief MiiGciaii, A Pfr.Im of David. 
HOLD not thy peace, O God of my 

praife. 

2 For the month of the wicked and 
the mouth of the deceitful are opened 
againft me : they have fpoken againlt me 
with a lying tongwe. 

3 They compalfed mc about alfo with 
words of hatred ; and fought again It me 
without a caufe. 

•4 For my love they are my adverfaries : 
but I give myjclf unto prayer. 

5 And they have rewarded me evil for 
good, and hatred for my love. 

6 Set thou a wicked man over him : 
and let Satan ftand at his right hand. 

T When he Ihali be judged, let him be 
condemned : and let his prayer become fm. 

Let his days be few ; and\zx. another 
take his office. 

9 Let his children be fatherlefs, and 
his wife a widow 



13 As he clothed himfelf with curling 
like as with his garment, fo let it come 
in'olvs bowels like water, and like oil 
into his bones 

19 Let it be unto him as the garment 
,'j.)hich cc vereth him, and for a girdle 
wherewith he is girded continually. 

£0 Let thhbe the reward of mine ad- 
verfaries from the tpRp, and of them 
that (peak evil againft my foul. 

21 But do thou for me, O God (he 
Lord, for thy name's fake : .becaufe thy 
mercy is good, deliver thou me. 

42 For I am poor and needy, and my 
ieart is wounded within me. 

l& lam gone like the (hadow when it 
decline th : I am tolled up and down a* 
the loeuit. 

24 My knees are weak through fall- 
ing j and my flefh faileth of fatnefs. 

25 I became alfo a reproach unto 
them : when they looked upon me they 
ihaked their heads. 

26 Help me, O Lord my God : Ofave 
me according to thy mercy : 

2T That they may know that this is. 
thy hand ; that thou, Lord, halt done it. 

28 Let them curfe, but blefs thou : 
when they arife, let them be afhamed ; 
but let thy fervant rejoice. 

29 Let mine adverfaries be clothed 
with mame, and let them cover them- 
felves with their own confusion, as with 
a mantle. 

30 I will greatly praife the Lord with 
my mouth ; yea, I will praife him a-* 
mong Hie multitude. 

31 For he lhall (rand at the right hand 
of the poor, to lave him from thofe that 
condemn his foul 

PSALM CX. 



10 Let his children be continually vag- - 1 The kingdom, 4 the prieftbood, 5 the con- 



jjbonds, and beg : let them fee4c their 
bread alfo out of their defolate places. 



auefi, 7 and the pafjion of Chrijt. 
A Pfalmof David. 



11 let the extortioner catch all that THE Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit 



he hath ; and let the (frangcr fpojl his 
labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend mercy 



thou at my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy foo.'lrool. 
2 The Lord Jhall fend the rod of thy 
unto him : neither let there be any tola- ftrength out of Zion : rule thou in the 



vour his fatherlefs children. 



midll of thine enemies. 



13 Lot his pofterity be cut oft"; and 3 Thy people/**//^ willing m the day 



in the generation following let their name 
be blotted out. 

14 let the iniquity of his fathers be 
remembered with the Lord ; and let not 
the fin of his mother be blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the Lord con- 
tinually, that he may cut oil the memory 
of them from the earth. 

16 'Becaufe that he remembered not 
to (hew mercy, but perfeculc 1 the poor 
and needy man, that he might even flay 
the broken in heart. 



17 As he loved curfing, fo let it come countries 
unto him: as he delighted not in bielling, ; 7 He thall drink of the brook in the 



of thy power, in th.~ beauties of holinets 
from the womb of the morning : thou halt 
the dew of thy youth. 

4 The Lord hath fworn, and will not 
repent, Thou art a priett for ever after 
the order of Melchiy.edek. 

5 The Lord at thy right hand (hall 
flrike through kings in the day of his 
wrdth* 

6 He (fa-all jm]<>r, among the heathen* 
he (hall fill the places with the dead bod- 
ies ; he (hall wound the heads over many 



{6 let it be far from him. 



[way : therefore fnail he lift up the head* 

PSALM 



Tie proffer i:y of the godly, &c. PSALMS. 

PSALM CXI. 

1 Tie; r.is example, exc'itetl 

■ rmife Got Jor bis giorious, 5 

and gtaclous -works. 

PR A I K \e The Lord. I will praife 
th : Lord with my whole heart, in the 
aflembly of the upright, and in the con- 
gregation. 

•i The works of tire Lord are great, 
fought out c." all them that have pleafure 
tnerein. 

% His work is honourable and glorious : 
and his righteoufnefs endureth fi r i 

4 He hath jiiade his wonderful wi 



An exhortation. '01 
the dehre of the wicked 



and melt away 
lhail peri lb. 

PSALM CXUL 
1 An exhcrtat.a ;opra:je God for bis ex- 
cellencv, 7 and ■ 
ERA IS 'he Lord. Prai/e, O ye 

fervants of the Lord, praife the name of 
the Lord. 

: Bietfed be the name of the Lord 
from this tune forth and for evermore. 
3 From the riling ot the tun unto the 
t the lame the Lord's r 
is to be praife/L 

•i 1 he Lord is high above all nation?, 



to be remembered: the Lord;/ gracious j*»n//his glory above the heavens. 



and full of companion. 

i He hath given meat unt j them that 
fear turn : he will ever be mindful of his 
eevena 

'i iit hath Ibewed his people the power 
of his work.! give them the 

heritage oi the heathen. 

T The works it his hands are verity 
and judgment : all his commandments 
are fin 

8 1 hey Hand fa ft for ever and ever, and 
are done in truth and uprighrnefs. 

9 He lent redemption unt > his ] 'pie : 
lie hath commanded his covenant forev- 
er : holy and i id is his name. 

K) i he fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of wtfdom : a good understand- 
ing have all they that do bis comm 
menu : his praife endureth for ever. 

<LM UXU. 
1 G s hath ibe fromtfes of this Vfe, 

ft com*'. 10 The />■ of- 



5 Who is like unto the Lord our God. 
* dwelleth on high ; 

6 Who humbleth binfelf to behold 
thr rbirgs tbai are in heaven, and in the 
earth ! 

He raifeth up the poor out of the 
dud, and liftexh the needy out of the 
dunghill ; 

3 That he may fet him with prince?, 

• with the princes of his pe< . 
( .> Hensaketh the barren woman to k 
houfe, and m be a joyful mother of chil- 
dren. Praife ve the Lord. 



PSALM CX1V 



I 



ferny of the godly Jb a 11 be an eyjorr to driven b 



Av exhortation^ by the example *>f in 
mate creation, tt fear Godwin bite but 
WHiN [frael w ent out of .the 

houfe of Jacob from a people ol l!r 

language ; 
- Judahwat bis fanftuary, an ' ' 

domini 
$ 'I he fea few //, and f!cd : Jordan 



■he Lord. BlefTcd // the 
run thai IV- ireth tlic Lor n, thai del 
eth greatly in bis comm indi lents. 

| (hall be mighty upon earth : 
of the upright (ball be 
blefi 

.** Wealth and richetJbaJl be in hishoufe: 
and Ins righteoufnefs endureth lor <■■ 
4 Unto the upright there an (eth . 
in the darki c( , ; be is gracious, and full 

Ol' CompJtfl , eons. 

k go ••' tVOUr, and 

eth : he will guide his aff'aii ! » .:;, 
>n. 
6 Surely he fh a 1 1 no* be moved for ev- 
ius thai! be in c\ 
embran 

(1, milting m d. 

rt is effablilbi I not 

iraid, until he fee bis drjlre upon his 

en- 



m<« 



I 1 he mountaimi (kipped 
and \\\c Lttlc tul; - tmba. 

5 V ee, 1 1 thou fe.i, • 

thou 'ii Jordan, tbmt • 

en back ? 
o "* e mountains, tb* t ye 
ills, lil i 
" 1 • ■ •;. rth,at tl 

- Lord, at the prefi 
Ol J k ob ; 

idols a 

<•/>> /'- ' ■ irn. r 

, O Li 
but u for thi 

■ 

fhould the In 
c is \ 
• But th" In • he 



9 He hath difperfed, ed. 

r; hi- u foe ft ■ 4 1 heir 

Kail be exalted witj 



CW i hU : 



not . 



502 Tkankfulnefs for former mercies. PSALMS. Exhortation to praife God. 



6 They have ears, but they hear not : 
nofes have they, but they fmell not : 

7 They have hands, but they handle 
not : feet have they, but they walk not : 
neither fpeak they through their throat. 

8 They that make them are like un- 
to them : fo is everyone that trufteth in 
them. 

9 O Ifrael, truft thou in the Lord : 
he is their help and their ftreld. 

10 O houfe of Aaron, truft in the 
Lord : he is their help and their fhield. 

11 Ye that fear the Lord, truft in the 
Lord : he /.* their help and their fhield. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful of 
us: he will blefs us ; he will blefs the 
houfe of Ifrael ; he will blefs the houfe 
of Aaron. 

13 He will blefs them that fear the 
Lord, both Imall and great. 

14 The Lord fhall increafe you more 
and more, you and your children. 

15 Ye are blefied of the Lord which 
made heaven and earth. 

16 The heaven, e<ven the heavens, are 
the Lord's : but the earth hath he given 
to the children of men. 

IT The dead praife not the Lord, nei- 
ther any that go down into filsnce. 

18 But we will blefs the Lord from 
this time forth and for evermore. Praife 
the Lord. 

PSALM CXVI. 
1 The pfalmijt profejfetb bis love and du- 
ty to God for his deliverance. 12 He 
fiudieth to be thankful. 

1 LOVE the Lord, becaufe he hath 
heard my voice and my fupplications. 

2 Becaufe he hath inclined his ear unto 
me, therefore will I call upon him as 
long as I live. 

3 The forrows of death compaffed me, 
and the pains of hell gat hold upon me : 
I found trouble and forrow. 

4 Then called I upon the name of the 
Lord; O Lord,1 befeech thee, deliver 
my foul. 

right- 



5 Gracious is the Lord, and 
cous : yea, our God is merciful. 

6 The Lord preferveth the fimple : I 
was brought low, and he helped me. 

7 Return unto thy reft, O my foul ; 
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with 
thee. 

P, For thou haft delivered my foul from 
death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

9 1 will walk before the Lord in the 
land of the living. 

10 1 believed, therefore have 1 fpoken : 
I was great* y affiicled : 

It I laid in my harte, All men are liars. 

1°2 What (hali I render unto the Lord 
for all his benefits toward me ? 

IS I will take the cup of falvation, and 
call upon the name of the Lord. 



14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord 
now in theprefence of all his people. 

15 Precious in the fight of the Lord is 
the death of his faints. 

16 O Lord, truly I am thy fervant ; 
I am thy fervant, and the fon of thine 
handmaid : thou haft loofed my bonds. 

IT 1 will offer to thee the facrifice of 
thanksgiving, and will call upon the name 
of the Lord. 

18 I will pay my Vows unto the Lord 
now in the prefence of all his people. 

19 In the courts of the Lord's "houfe, 
in the midft of thee, O Jerulalem. Praife 
ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVII. 
An exhortation to praife God for his mer- 
cy and truth. 
O PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations ; 
praife him all ye people. 

2 For his merciful kindnefs is great to- 
wards us: and the truth of the Lokd en- 
duretb for ever. Praife ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVIII. 
t An exhortation to praife God for his 
mercy, 5 The pfalmrft fhcwetb bo<w 
goed it is to trujl in God. i9^be com- 
ing of Chrifts kingdom typified. 
O GIVE thanks unto the Lord : for 
be is good : becaufe his mercy endwetb 
for ever. 

2 Let Ifrael now fay, that his mercy 
enduretb for ever. 

3 Let the houfe of Aaron now fay, 
that his mercy enduretb for ever. 

4 Let them now that fear the Lord, 
fay, that his mercy enduretb for ever. 

5 I called upon the Lord in diftrefs : 
the Lord anfwered me, and Jet me in a 
large place. 

6 The Lord is on my fide ; T will not 
fear : What can man do unto me ? 

7 The Lord taketh my part with* hem 
that help me : therefore, fhall I fee my 
dejire upon them that hate me. 

8 27 is better to truft in the Lord than 
to put confidence in man. 

9 It is better to truft in the Lord than 
to put confidence in princes. 

10 All nations compaffed me about : 
but in the name of the Lord will I de- 
ftroy them. 

11 They compatTed me about; yea, 
they compaffed me about : but in the 
name of the Lord I will deftroy them. 

12 They compalTed me about like bees; 
they are quenched as the fire of thorns : 
for'in the name of the Lord I will de- 
ftroy them. 

15 Thou haft thruft fore at me that I 
might fall : but the Lord helped me. 

14 The Lord is my Ilrength andfong, 
and is become my fa i vat ion. 

15 The voice of rejoicing and falvation 
♦jjn the tabernacles of the righteous; the. 
right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 

b 16 The 



Cbrijl* s kingdom forejbe'wn. PSALMS. 

16 The right hand of the Lord isex-j 
alted : the right hand of the Lord doeth 
valiantly. 

17 I fhallnotdie, but live, and declare 
the works of the Lord. 

18 J he Lord hath chaftened me fore : 
but he hath not given meover unto death. 

19 Open to me the gates of righteouf- 
nefs : I will go in to them, and I will 
praife the Lord : 

l 20 This gate of the Lord, into which 
the righteous fhall enter. 

21 I will praife thee : for thou haft 
heard me, and art become my falvation. 

-2 I he ftone tubicb the builders refufed 
is become the head Jlone of the coiner. 

23 This is the Lo r d's doing ; it is mar- 
vellous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day tvhicb the Lord 
hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad 
in it. 

25 Save now, I befeech thee, O Lord : 
O Lord, I beiccch thee fend now prof- 
perity. 

16 BlefTed be he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord : we have blelfed you 
out of the houfe of the Lord. 

27 God tithe Lord, whichhath fhewed 
us light ; bind the facrifice with cords, 
even unto the horns of the altar. 

28 Thou art my God, and 1 will praife 
thee : thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for 
be is good : for his mercy enduretb for 
ever. 

PSALM CXIX. 
This -pfalm contain? tb junJry prayer s y 
tiratjei, and brojeffiins oj obedience. 

LhPII. 
Bl Darrtheundefiledin the way, 

i walk in the law of the Lord. 
£ ! are they that lce< p hii tefti- 

monici, and that Uelt him with the 4 w hole 
hea 

3 They alfo do no iniquity : they walk 
in his ways. 

4 Thou haft commanded us to keep 
thy pre< ept diligently. 

■> O that l i>s were directed to 

keep thy 1 1 

6 Then fliall I not be aih.inied, when I 
have refpeel unto all thy commandment ». 

7 f will praife thee with uprightnefs 
of heart when I fhall have learned thj 
righteous judgments 

h I will keep thj ftatutos : O foriake 
mc not utterl 

B K T H. 

9 Wherewith tl '.'<■ til a \ 
c 1 / taking heed thereto 

ne to th) word. 

10 With 

t! I let me not wander from thy 

ror 
n rh) word I hid in- mine heart, 

that I iiuju not Ga a^ainit tite 



David's meditations. 505 

12 BleflTed art thou, O Lord : teach 
me thy ftatutes. 

13 With my lips have I declared all 
the judgments of thy mouth. 

14 1 have rejoiced in the way of thy 
testimonies, as mucb as in all riches. 

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and 
have refuel unto thy ways. 

16 I will delight my felt" in thy fiatutes; 
I will not forget thy word. 

G1MEL 

17 Deal bountifully with thy fervant, 
that I may live > and keep thy wcrd. 

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may 
behold wondrous things out of thy law. 

19 I am a ftranger in the earth : hide 
not thy commandments from me. 

20 My foul breaketh for the longing 
that it bath unto thy judgments at all 
times. 

21 Thou haft rebuked the proud that 
are curled, which do err from thy com- 
mandments. 

22 Remove from me reproach and con- 
tempt ; for I have kepi thy testimonies. 

23 Princes alfo did lit and fpeak a- 
gainft me : but thy fervant did meditate 
in thy ftatutes. 

24 Thy tefti monies alfo are my delight, 
and my counfellors. 

DALETH. 

25 My foul cleaveth unto the duft ; 
quicken thou me according to thy word. 

26 I have declared my ways, and thou 
heai deft me : teach me thy ftatutes. 

27 Make me to underftand The way of 
thy precepts : fo fliall I talk of thy w'on- 
drous work 

1H My foul melteth for heavinefs : 
ftrengthen thou me according unto thy 
word. 

19 Remove from me the way of lying : 
and grant me thj law gracioufly. 

50 I have chofen the way of truth : 
thy judgments have 1 laid before me. 

51 I have (luck unto thy teflimoniei : 
() Lo 1 1), put me not to (name. 

St 1 will run the way of thy comma 
ment«| when thou (halt enlarge my b< 
li 
Teat h me,0 I the way <>f thy 

ftatutea ; .*\u\ 1 (ball keep it whs* i I 
54 Giv< mc undei ftandi I I fliall 

thy law : yea, I (hall obferve it \ 
my m hole heai t. 

35 Make me f tl the path of thy 
commandmi >r therein do I d« 

36 Incline my heart unto thy teftimo- 

iy 
34 Stablift thy word thy fervant, 

v\ ho is devoted to ir. 

59 lu v my reproach which I 

i 
40 Behold, 



5Qi David's prayer. 

40 Behold, I have longed afrer thy pre- 
cepts : quicken me in thy lighteoufnefs. 

V A U . 

41 Let thy mercies come alio .unto me, 
O LoRD,<fz,7?/z thy falvation, according to 
thy word. 

42 vSo lhall Ih'ave wherewith to anfwer 
him that reproacheth me ; fori truit in 
thy word 

43 And take not the word of truth ut- 
terly out of my mouth ; for 1 have hop- 
ed in thy judgments. 

44 So (hall 1 keep thy law continually 
for ever and ever. 

45 And I will walk at liberty : for I 
feek thy precepts. 

45 1 will fpeak of thy teftimonies alfo 
before kings, and will no' be afhamed. 

47 And I will delight myfelf in thy 
commandments, which I have loved. 

48 My hands alfb will I lift up unto 
thy commandments, which 1 have loved ; 
and I will meditate in thy ftatutes. 

Z A 1 N. 

49 Remember the word unto thy fer- 
vant, upon which thou haft caufed me 
to hope. 

50 This is my comfort in my affliction : 
for thy word hath quickened me. 

51 The proud have had me greatly in 
derifion : yet have I not declined from 
thy law. 

52 J remembered thy judgments of 
eld, O Lord j and have comforted 
myfelf. 

53 Horror hath taken hold upon me 
becaufe of the wicked that forlake thy 
law. 

54 Thy ftatutes have been my fongs in 
the horife of my pilgrimage. 

55 1 have remembered thy name, O 
Lord, in the night, and have kept thy 
law. 

56 This I had, becaufe I kept thy 
precepts. 

CHET IL 



PSALMS, The benefit of ajfU&Onf* 

TET H. 

65 Thou haft dealt well with thy fer 
vant,OLoRD, according unto thy word 



66 Teach me tLOod 



iudgmen 



•id 



knowledge : fori have believed thy com 
mand meats. 

67 Before I was afflicled I went affray j 
but now have I kept thy word. 

68 Thou art good, and doeft good : 
teach me thy ftatmes. 

69 The proud have forged a lie againft 
me : but 1 will keep thy precepts with my 
whole heart. 

70 Their heart is as fat a? greafe ; but I 
deiight in thy law. 

71 /,* is good for me that I have been 
afrlic~ted ; that 1 might learn thy ftatutes, 

72 The law of thy mouth ?/ better unto 
me than thoufands of gold and filver. 

J OD. 

7i Thy hands have made me and fafh- 
ioned me : give me Hnderftanding, that 
I may learn thy commandments. 

ti They that fear thee will be glad 
when they fee me ; becaufe I have hoped 
in thy word. 

7a I know, OLord, that thy judg- 
ments are right, and that thou in faith- 
ful nefs haft afflicted me. 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kind- 
nefs be for my comfort, according to thy 
word unto thy fervant. 

r Let thy tender mercies come unto 






57 Tkru art my portion, O Lord : I 
have laid that I would keep thy words. 



58 I 



tny 

ae- 



on treated thy favour with 
whole heart : be merciful unto me 
cording to thy word. 

59 I thought on my ways, and turned 
my feet unto thy teltrmonies. 

GO 1 made haftc, and delayed not to 
kepp thy commandments. 

61 The bands of the wicked have 
robbed me : but 1 have not forgotten thy 
law. 

62 At mid nl ght I will rife to give 
thanks unto thc.o, becaufe of thy right- 
eons judgments* 

6 ; I am a companion of all them that 
fear thee, aid of them that keep thy 
preeepts, 

6 4 I he earth, O Lord, is full o; 
mercy : teach mc thy ftatutes* 



for thy law is my 



thy 



me, that I may live 
delight. 

78 Let the proud be afhamed : for they 
deait perverfely with me without a caule : 
but I will meditate in thy precepts. 

79 Let thofe that fear thee turn unto 
me, and thoie thai have known thy telti- 
monies. 

80 Let my heart be found in thy flat- 
utes y that I be not afhamed. 

C A P H 

81 My foul fainteth for thy falvation ; 
but I hope in thy word. 

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, faying, 
When wilt thou comfort me ? 

85 For I am become like a bottle in the 
fmoke ; yet so I not forget thy flatutes. 

8 » How many are the cays of thy fer- 
vant \ When wilt thou execute judgment 
on them that perfect) te me ? 

85. 'i he proud have digged pits forme, 
which are not after thy law. 

85 All thy commandments are ftirh- 
ful : they perfecute me wrongfully ; help 
thou me. 

87 They had almofi confumed me upon 
earth • but I forfook not thy precepts. 

£$ Quicken me after thy loving kind- 
nefs ; kTihaii I keep the teftimofcy of thy 
mouth. 

LA M E D. 

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is fet- 
tled in heaven. 

?0 Thy 



David's delight 

SO Thy fa'thfulncfs is unto all genera- 
tions : thou halt etiabhOied the earth and 
it abideth. 

9t They continue this day according to 
thine ordinance* : lor all are thy iervants. 

92 Unlets thy taw bad been my delights, 
I lhould then have periled in mine af- 

93 I will never forget thy precepts ; 
for with them thou haft quickened me. 

94 I am thine, lave me : tor I have 
fought thy precepts. 

9;> The wicked have waited for me to 
me : but I will coimder thy tefti- 

96 I have feen an end of all perfec- 
: but thy commandment is exceed- 
ing broad. 

ME NT. 
9T O how love I thy law ! It is my 
meditation all the day. 

93 Thou through thy commandments 
halt made me wifer than mine enemies .• 
lor they are ever with me. 

99 I have more understanding than all 
my teachers: forth} testimonies are my 
meditation. 

100 I underftand more than the an- 
cients, becaufe 1 keep thy precepts. 

101 I have refrained my feet from every 
evil way. that I might keep thy woid. 

102 I have not departed from thy judg- 
ments : for thou halt taught me. 

10"* lie-.- fwcer are thy words unto 
my taftel Yea y fiueeur than honey to ID) 
mouth ! 

104 Through thv precepts I gel un- 
derftanding : therefore I hate eveiy falle 

N. 

105 Thy word i'j a tamp unto my feet, 
and a li^ht unto m 

> I have Iwoin, and I w II perform 
it, th it I will keep thy ^idg- 

wie'^s. 

107 I am : very mu< h : <] 

me , QLoid, to thy * 

I befeecn thee, the free- 
will offerings of my m , and 
teach me tli 

to* Mylonl. ua'ly in my hand: 

yet do I not forget th 

110 The wicked h:\ i fnare 

me : yol d not 1 

Sy testimonies 
eritage for ever : fortltcy are the re- 
in y heart, 
t » 2 I hi 9t incline i I . r t,. 

perform thy U a'.way, c~ 

rhc end. 

IMF hue v/ain t; I thy 

law ve. 

1 1 i Thou art my hiding place an«: 

n thy wm d. 
1 13 Depai t from me, 



PS AL MS. i K the law. 505 

keep the commandments of 



for I will 
my God. 

116 Uphold me according unto thy 
word, that I may live : and let me not 
be afhamed of my hope. 

117 Hold thou me up, and T fhall be 
fafe : and I will have refpecT unto thy 
(tatute? continually. 

118 Thou haft trodden down all them 
that err from thy ftatutes : for their de- 
ceit is falfehoou'. 

119 Thou putteft away all the wicked 
of the earth like drofs : therefore I love 
thy testimonies. 

120 My fieOMiembleth for fear of thee; 
and I am afraid of thy judgments. 

A I N. 

121 I have done judgment and juftice; 
leave mr not to mine oppreflbrs. 

\ .1 Ee ftirety for thj fervant for good: 
let not the proud opprefs me. 

1 IS Mine eyes fail for thy falvatian, 
and for the word of thy righ'teoufnefs. 

lii Deal with thy fervant according 
unto thy mercy, and teach me thy stat- 
utes. 

125 I am thy fervant : give me under, 
(landing, that I may know thy testi- 
monies 

126 his time for thee, Lord, to work: 
for they hive made void thy law. 

127 I herefore 1 love thy command- 
ments above gold : yea, above fine qold. 

128 Therefore, I elleemall //n/ precept* 
concerning all things to be right; and \ 
hate every falle way. 

I Thy testimonies are wonderful : 
therefore doth my foul keep them. 

i><) The entrance of thy words givcrh 
light ; it giveth underfianding unto the 
1 1 1 1 1 1 

LSI I opened my mouth, and panted : 
for I longed for thy commandments. 

thou upon me, and be mer- 
ciful unto me, as thou ufefl to do unto 
(' loee thv 

m thy word : 
let not any iniquity hive dominion over 
me. 

184 Deliver u,c from the op i of 

man ; lb will 1 keep thy precepts. 

e to thine upon thy 
; • m e t h 
i 6 Rivers of " • ■' 

thy lav 
J !) I. 

■/ thou, O Lord, 
us. 
t tba/thc 

. .-■ 

l 

VSOi 

NO T '-^rr 

J thy ; it 

141 I. 



506 &a<vid>s delight in God's law. PSALMS. 



He prayelh againfl Doeg. 



141 I am fmall and defpifed xyet do not 
X forget thy precepts, 

142 Thy righteoufnefarj aneverlafting 
righteoufnefs, and thy law is the truth. 

145 Trouble and anguifh have taken 
hold on me : yet thy commandments are 
my delights. 

144 Ihe righteoufnefs of thy teftimo- 
nies is everlafting : give me underftand- 
ing, and 1 fhall live. 

KO PH. 

145 T cried with my whole heart; hear 
me, O Lord : I will keep thy ftatutes. 

146 I cried unto thee ; fave me, and I 
fhall keep thy teftimonies. 

147 I prevented the dawning of the 
morning, and cried : I hoped in thy 
word. 

148 Mine eyes prevent the night watch- 
es, that I might meditate in thy word. 

149 Hear my voice according unto thy 
loving kindnefs : OLord, quicken me 
according to thy judgment. 

160 They draw nigh that follow after 
mifchief : they are far from thy law. 

151 Thou*?*'* near, O Lord ; and all 
thy commandments are truth. 

152 Concerning thy teftimonies, I have 
known of old that thou haft founded 
them for ever. 

R E S H. 

153 Confidermine affliction, and deliv- 
er me : for I do not forget thy law. 

154 Plead my caufe, and deliver me ; 
quicken me according to thy word. 

155 Salvation is far from the wicked : 
for they feek not thy ftatutes. 

156 Great are thy tender mercies, O 
Lord : quicken me according to thy 
judgments. 

157 Many are my perfecutors and 
mine enemies : j<?/do I not decline from 
thy teftimonies. 

158 I beheld the tranfgieflbrs, and 
was grieved ; becaufe they kept not thy 
word. 

159 Confider how I love thy precepts : 
quicken me, O Lord, according to thy 
loving kindnefs. 

160 Thy word is true from the begin- 
ning : and every one of thy righteous 
judgments endureth for ever. 

SCHIN. 

161 Princes have perfecuted me with- 
out a caufe : but my heart ftandeth in 
awe of thy word. 

162 I rejoice at thy word as one that 
findeth great fpoil. 

163 1 hate and abhor lying ; but thy 
bw do 1 love. 

164 Seven times a day do I praifethee, 
becaufe of thy righteous judgments 

165 Great peace have they which love 
thy law : and nothing fhall otfend rhem. 

166 Lord, I have hoped for thy falva- 
ticn, and done thy commandments. 



167 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies s 
and I love them exceedingly. 

168 I have kept thy precepts and thy 8 
teftimonies ; for all my ways are befora 
thee. 

T AU. 

169 Let my cry come near before thee, 

Lord : give me underftanding accord- 
ing to thy word, 

170 Let my fupplication come before 
thee : deliver me according to thy word. 

171 My lips (hall utter praife, when 
thou haft taught me thy ftatutes. 

172 My tongue fhall fpeak of thy 
word : for all thy commandments art 
righteoufnefs. 

173 Let thine hand help me ; for I have 
chofen thy precepts. 

174 I have longed for thy falvation, O 
Lord ; and thy law is my delight. 

175 Let my foul live, and it fhall praife 
thee ; and let thy judgments help me. 

176 I have gone aftray like a loft fheep; 
feek thy fervant ; for I do not forget tliy 
commandments. 

PSALM CXX. 

1 David, praying againjl Doeg, 3 repro<v~ 

eth his tongue. 
A Song of degrees. 
IN my diftrefs 1 cried unto the Lord, 
and he heard me. 

2 Deliver my foul, O Lord, from ly- 
ing lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 

3 What fhall be given unto thee ? or, 
What {hall be done unto thee, thou falfo 
tongue ? 

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with 
coals of juniper. 

5 Woe is me, that I fojourn in Meferii, 
that 1 dwell in the tents of Kedar ! 

6 My foul hath long dwelt with him 
that hateth peace. 

7 I am for peace : but when I fpeak, 
they are for war. 

PSALM CXXI. 

7 he great Safety oj the godly, nvho pu3 

their truji in God's ptotcclion. 

A Song of degrees. 

1 WILL lift up mine eyes unto the 
hills, from whence cometh my help. 

2 My help cometh from the Lord, 
which made heaven and earth. 

S He will not futfer thy foot to be 
moved : he that keepeth thee will nut 
dumber. 

i Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael fhall 
neither flumber nor deep. 

5 The Lo r d is thy keeper : the Lord 
is thv lhade upon thy right hand. 

6 The fun mall not fmite thee by day, 
nor the moon by rngnt. 

7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from 
all evil : he fhall preferve thy foul. 

8 The Lord frail preferve thy going 
out and thy coming in, from this time 
forth, and even for evermore. 

PSALM 



David's j*y for tbe church. PSALMS. A prayer for the godly. 507 

PSALM CXXII. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, 

David profejftio his icy for tbe ckurcb, who made heaven and earth. 
tandprayi the feace thereof. P^ALM LAW. 

1 Tbefaf:ty ojfucbas trujl in God. 4 A 
prayer Jor tbe godly y and a gain Ji tbe 
ivicked. 

A Song of degrees. 
THEY that trait in the Lord fball be 
as mount Zion, vjbi^b cannot be remov- 
ed, but abitieth for ever. 

- As the mountains are round a- 
bout Jerulalem, fo the Lord is round 



ong ot degrees of David 

1 WAS glad when they faid unto me, 
M go into tbehoufe of the Lokd. 

2 Our feet (hall Hand within rhy ^ares, 
O Jerufalem. 

jerulalem is builded as a city that is 
compact together : 

■4 Whither the tribe* go up, the tribes 
ofrhe Lord, unto the teliimony of If- 



rael, to g:ve thanks unto the name of the about iiis people from henceforth, even 

lor ever. 

3 for the rod of the wicked (hall not 
relt upon the lot of the righteous; left 
the righteous put forth their hands unto 
iniquity. 

4 Do good, O Lord, unto tbofe that 
be good, and to tbem ibat are upright in 
their hearts. 

j As for (itch as turn afide unto their 
crooked v\ ays, the L ord (hall lead them 
forth with the workers of iniquity : but 
peace fball be upon lirael. 

VI. 
1 Ibe church, celebrating her incredible 

return out of caf 4 prajetb /or, 

and prop'iejietv a good Juccejs thereof. 
A Song cr degrees. 

Wl \ r-D turned again the 

captivity oi Z , we were like them 
that dream 

;i was our mouth filled with 
laughter, and our tongue with fingin* : 
the i : . among the heathen, I he 

Lok donee inns tor them. 

3 I he Lord hath done great things for 
whereof we arc glad. 

4 1 hi puvity, O Lord, 

'I Inith. 

is (hall reap in joy. 
t» He thai g<*-th forth and weepeth, 

beann r , fh.ill doubtlefs 

ith rejoicing, bringing I. 

iheaves xvnb b. 

U M CXXVli. 

I TLeviitue ^ng. zSCbildren 

ut e bi < 

-» degrc >mon. 

P i the i 01 1) build the houfe, 
botu in i bat build it : e • 

.,\ 
wall ' n. 

I friivainfoi you to rife up early, to 

• 
Jor lo he giveth 1 

8 Lo, i i he 

Ji bis 
rc'A 

4 A>a Jity 

man , ; 't. 

ippy i) /fr 

full of the- 
but they (hah C enem 

PSALM 



Lord. 

3 For there are fet thrones of judg- 
ment, the thrones of the houfe of Da- 
vid. 

t> Pray fjr the peace of Jerufalem : 
they- (hall profper that love thee. 

7 Peace be within th , and prof- 

per • hin thy palaces. 

B for my brethren and compan 
fakes, I will now fa>, Peace be within 
th 

9 Becaufe of the houfe of the Lord 
our God I willfeek thy good. 

II. 
1 The godiy profefs their confidence in 
Ltod. 6 and pray to be delivered Jrom 
contempt. 

A Song of degrees. 
• TO thee lift I up mine eyes, O 
thou that dwelleftin the heavens. 

. as the eyes of lcrvants lock 

y the hand , and as 

inc . unto the hand of 

her r eyes tvmtt upon the 

10 om mtil that he have mer- 

5 Have I. pon us, O Lord, li.vf 

M fei we no exceedingly 

4 Our with 
the fcorning of thole that areateafe, and 

id. 
I X I I 
Tbe church r a miraculous 

de> ce. 

A Song ol ! . 

not been the I int> who was 
on ma) II 

1 It// but not been the Lord 

at rj role up agamlt 

Up 

i th kindled 

4 

il : 
1 h*-n tl td gone 

be the Lord, who hath not 
given us as a prey ih 

I out of 

: the (bare is 
z are efcaped. 



$08 An exhortation to praife God. PSALMS. A repetition of God' s prompts . 

PSALM CXXVI1I. 

Tbe fundry blejjings vohich folloiv tbem 

that Jear God. 



A Song of degrees. 
BLESSED we very one that feareth the 
Lord : that walketh in his ways. 

2 For thou (halt eat the labour of thine 
hands : happy./£a/f thou be, and it Jhalt 
be weil with thee. 

3 Thy wife /hall be as a fruitful vine by 
the fides of thine houfe : thy children 
like olive plants round about thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus (hall the man be 
bleffed that feareth the Lord. 

5 The Lord fhall blefs thee out of 
Zion : and thou (halt fee the good of Je- 
,rufalemall the days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou (halt fee thy children's 
children, ond peace upon Ifrael. 

PSALM CXXIX. 
i An exhortation to praife God for [anting 

Ifrael tn their great' afjiitlions. 5 The 

haters of the church are curfed. 
A Song of degrees. 

MANY a time have they afflicled me 
from my youth, may Ifrael now fay : 

1 Many a time have they afflicled me 
from my youth ; yet they have not pre- 
vailed againft me. 

8 The ploughers ploughed upon my 
back : they made long their furrows. 

4 The Lord/* righteous : he hath cut 
afunder the cords of the wicked. 

5 Let them all be confounded and 
turned back that hate Zion. 

6 Let them be as the grafs upon the 
houfe tops, which withereth afore it grow- 
eth up : 

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not 
hi-s hand ; nor he that bindeth (heaves 
his bofom. 

8 Neither do they which go by, 
fay, The blefling of the Lord be upon 
you : we blefs you in the name of the 
Lord. 

PSALM CXXX. 
1 Tbe pfalmijt prcfeffctb his hope in pray- 
er, 5 and bis patience in hope. 7 He 
exhorteib Ifrasl to hope in God. 

A Song of degrees. 
OUT of the depths have I cried unto 
thee, O Lord. 

0. Lord, hear my voice : let thine 
ears be attentive to the voice of my fup- 
plications. 

H Jt thou, Lord, fhouldeft mark in- 
iquities, O Lord, Who ihall (land ? 

•4 But there is forgivenefswithth.ee, 
that thou may eft be feared. 

5 1 wait for the Lord, my foul doth 
Wait, and in his word do I hope. 

6 My fo\\\ t waitetb for the Lord more 
than they that watch for the morning : 
I Jay, mere than they that watch for the 
morning. 

1 J,et Jfrael hope in the Lord : for 



with the Lord there is mercy, and with 
him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he (hall redeem Ifrael from all 
his iniquities. 

PSALM CXXXI. 

1 David, prof effing his humility, $ exhort* 

etb Ifrael to hope in God. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor 
mine eyes lotty : neither do I exercile 
myfelf in great matters, or in things too 
high for me. 

2. Surely I have behaved and quieted 
myfelf, as a child that is weaned of his 
mother : my foul is even as a weaned 
child. 

3 Let Ifrael hope in the Lord from 
henceforth and for ever. 

PSALM CXXXII. 
1 David, in his prayer, commendeth unto 
God the religious care he had for the ark. 
8 His prayer at the removing oj the ark 9 

11 vjith a repetition of Goa's ptomtfes. 

A Song of degrees. 

LORD, remember David, and all his 
afflictions : 

2 How he fware unto the Lord, and 
vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob ; 

H Surely 1 will not come into the tab- 
ernacle of my houfe, ncr go up into my 
bed : 

4 I will not give fleep to mine eyes, or 
(lumber to mine eyelids, 

5 Until I find out a place for the Lord, 
an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 

6 Lo, we heard of it at iiphratah : we 
found it in the fields of the wood. 

7 We will go into his tabernacles : we 
will worihip at his ibotftool. 

8 Arife, O Lord, into thy reft ; thou, 
and the ark of thy (1 length. 

9 Let thy prieffs be clothed with right- 
eoufnefs; and let thy faints (hout for joy. 

JO For thy fervant David's fake turn 
not away the face of thine anointed. 

tl The Lord hath {"worn in truth unto 
David ; he will not turn from it. Of 
the fruit of thy body will I fet upon 
thy throne. 

12 If thy children will keep my cove- 
nant, and my tcflimony that ) (hall teach 
them, their children alio (hall fit upon 
thy throne for evermore. 

IS For the Lord hath chofen Zion; 
he hath defired it for hi r > habitation. 

14 This ;j my reft lor ever: heie will 
I dweU : for I have delired it. 

15 I will abundantly bleis her ptoviu 
ion : I will latisfv her poor with bread. 

Mi I will alio 'clothe her pricfts with 
falvation : and her lamts thall (hout a-t 
loud ior toy. 

II 1 here will I make the horn of Da- 
vid to bud : I have ordained a lamp for 
U'.iiv? anointed. 

18 His enemies will I clothe with 

fliame ; 



An exhortation to biffs G*d, 

&ame : but upon hiinielf (hall his crown 
Hour. ill. 

PSALM CXXXIII. 
The blejfcdnejs of union among brethren. 
A ^ng ot decrees of Davi 
BEHOLD, how good and hovv pleaf- 
ant ;/ is for brethren to dwell togct.';er.m 
unity ? 

2 // is like the precious ointment upon 
the head, that ran down upon the b. 
elan Aaron's beard : that went down to 
the fkiru of his garments ; 

3 As the dew ot Hermon, and as the 



P5ALY an.1 to give bim thanks. 'W 

14 For the Loan will judge his people* 
and he will repent himfelf concerning his 
lor'. 

13 The idols of the heathen are filvcr 
■old, the «ork of men's hands. 

16 The\ have mouths, but they fpeak 
nor ; eye* have they but they fee n 

IT [hey have cars, but they hear not ; 
neither is there a r.y breath in theirmouths. 

18 They that make them are like unto 
them ; jo is ever> cne that trufteth in 
them. 

19 Blefs the Lord, O houfe of Ifrael : 



deli* that delcended upon the mountains blefs the Lord, O houfe of Aaron 



of Zion : forthciethe Lord ceuunajKled 
Uie blelling, e'ven life for evermore. 

>ALM cxxxiv. 

An excitation to blefs C 
.cs. 
BEHOLD, b;els >e the Lord, a 
Servants ol the Lord, which by 
ftand in the houfe oi the Lord. 

-2 Lift up >our hands in the fanctuary 
and blefi the Lord. 

5 like Lord that made heaven and 
earth blefs thee out of Zion. 

aLM ( XXXV. 
1 An exhortation to praile God for bis rner. 
<y % ZJorbispo-ivei, 8 and for bis judg- 
ments. Ij Ihe funny of idols. 19 An 
exhortation to blefs C 
PRAIbL>ethe Lord. Praifeyethe 
name of the Lord ; praife bi/n, O yc 
«ants ot the Lord. 

:andin the houfe of theLoRD, 
in the courts ot the houfe of our God, 

t i etheLoR; lie Lord is 

good : Gng praties unto his name ; lot // 
is pi 

4 For the Lord hath 
unto hmifcll, and Ilrael lor bil peculiar 
trealnre. 

that the Lord is g\ 
I that our Lord is abotC all 

6 Whitt. ever the Lord pi 

did he in h< and in earth, in I 

, and all deep places. 
1 He cjufcth t 
from the ends o( the canh ; be make ih 
lightnings tur il e ra:u ; he bliageth the 
id out ot Ins tre .1 i 

8 '. 

both ot man and beatt. 

9 Wf lent I ndcrs 
the audit ofthee, (> Kgypt, i | i Pi 
r.i 

10 \V> ; < a t nations, and I 

i ; 
• l Sihon kin^ of the Amor 
king , aii the kingdoms ot 

Canaa 

li :irland/or a*J 

aa .to Ifrael 

ame, I ) Lori>. 
ever : cin.t thy memorial, fj Lord, 
throughout all ^e net at ions. 



-.0 Blefs the Loku, O houfe of Levi : 
ye that fear the Lord, blefs the Lord. 
tl Blefled be the Lord out of Zion, 
ch dwelleth at Jerufalem. Praife ye 
the Lord. 

PSALM CXXXVI. 
cxboruiicn ;; %ize thanks to God far 
[.irticular mercies. 

GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for 
be is good : for his mercy enduretb for 
ever ; 

1 O give thanks unto the God of gods: 
for his mercy enduretb tor ever. 

5 O give thanks to the Lord cf lords : 
for his mcicy endweib for ev< 

4 To him who alone doeth great won- 
ders : for his mercy enduretb fur ever. 

a To him that I >m trade the 

heavens ; for his mercy enduretb forever. 

6 To him that ftretched out the e 
above the • - mercy endur. 

r. 

7 To him that made preat lights : for 

i ever i 
fun to rule by day : for his 
i : 

9 I he moon and itai c . to rule by night ; 

"iduretb lor ever. 

10 i ii that fmote E » their 

.ml Icro 

1 1 And brought out Ifrad from among 
them : for his i .retb tore 

i - '■■'■ • i. and with .i 

I arm : for I nduretb 

X5 I o him which divided the Red fra in- 
to parts ; tor llismei er : 

I i ade Ifrael ti 

t of it : 
r : 

t • verthrcw P and hi* 

hoft r I fea : for hi.* merry en. 

du 1 1 

16 I which led his people thrc 

the wildernefs : tor his met 

for (•'■ 

it to him w I g* : 

tor his mercy emutetb t ; 

It; >. : fo; 

inetct- tndu reth I I : 

19 Sihon king of the Amc rites: for his 
me ureib foi ever 

*0 And 



510 Jews* conjtancy in captivity. 

20 And Og the king of Bafhan : 
his mercy endureth for ever : 

21 And gave their land foran heritage : 
for his mercy endureth for ever : 

22 Even an heritage unto Ifrael his 
fervant: for his mercy endureth for ever : 

23 Who remembered us in our low 
eftate : for his mercy endureth forever : 

24 And hath redeemed us from our 
enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever : 

25 Who giveth food to all flefh : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

26 O give thanks unto the God of heav- 
en : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXXXVII. 
1 The cwftancy of the Jews in captivity. 7 

The prophet curfethEdom and Babel. 

BY the rivers of Babylon there we fat 
down, yea, we wept, when we remem- 
bered Zion. 

2 We hanged our harps upon the wil- 
lows in the midft thereof. 

3 For there they that carried us away 
captive required of us a fong ; and they 
that watted us required of us mirth, fay- 
ing, Sing us one of the fongs of Zion. 

4 How (hall we fing the Lord's long 
in a ftrange land ? 

5 If I forget thee, O Jerufalem, let my 
right hand forget her cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let my 
tongue cleave to the roof ot my mouth : 
if I prefer not Jerufalem above my 
chief joy. 

7 Remember, O Lord, the children 
of Edom in the day of Jerufalem ; who 
faid, Rale it, rafe //, even to the founda- 
tion thereof. 

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to 
be deftroyed ; happy /hall he be that re- 
wardeth thee as thou haft ferved us. 

9 Happy /hall he be, that taketh and 
dafheth thy little ones againft the ftones. 

PSALM CXXXVII I. 
1 David praifeth God /or the truth of his 
ivord. 4 He propbefieth that the kings 
if the earth /hall pruife God. 
A P/alm of David. 

1 WILL praife thee with my whole 
heart : before the gods will I fing praife 
unto thee. 

2 I will worship toward thy holy tem- 
ple, and praife thy name for thy loving 
kindnefs and for thy truth: for thou haft 
magnified thy word above all thy name. 

v> In the day when I cried thou an- 
fweredft me, and ftrenglhenedft me vjith 
strength in my foul. 

4 All the kings of the earth (hall praife 
thee, O Lord, when they heai the words 
of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they (hall fing in the ways of the 
Lord : forgreat is theglory of the Lord. 

6 Though the Lord be high yet hath 
he refpect unto the lowly ; but the proud 
he knoweth afar off. 



PS ALMS . Ged's alif'eeing providence* 

for | 7 Though I walk in the midft of trou- 
ble, thou wilt revive me : thou (halt 
ftretch forth thine hand againft the wrath 
of mine enemies, and thy right hand 
{hall fave me. 

H The Lord will perfect that vjbich 
concerneth me : thy mercy, O Lord, 
endureth for ever : forlake not the works 
of thine own hands. 

PSALM CXXXIX. 
David prai/eth God for bis allfeerng 

providence. 
To the chief Musician, A Pfalm of David. 

O LORD, thou haft fearched me, and 
known me. 

2 Thou knoweft my downfitting and 
mine uprising, thou underftandeft my 
thought afar off. 

S Thou compaffeft my path and my 
lying down, and art acquainted ivith all 
my ways. 

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, 
but, lo, O Lord, thou knoweft it alto- 
gether. 

5 Thou haft befet me behind and be- 
fore, and laid thine hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 

7 Whither {ball I go from thy fpirit ? 
or, Whither (hall I flee from thy prefence ? 

8 If I afcend up into heaven, thou art 
there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, 
thou art there. 

9 If I take the wings of the morning, 
and dwell in the uttermoft parts of the 
fea ; 

10 Even there (hall thy hand lead me, 
and thy right hand fhall hold me. 

It If I fay, Surely the darknefs fhall 
cover me ; even the night (hall be light 
about me. 

12 Yea, the darknefs hideth not from 
thee; but the night (h'methasthe day: 
the darknefs and the light are both alike 
te thee. 

IS For thou haft podetfed my reins: thou 
haft covered rne in my mother's womb. 

14 1 will praife thee; for I am fearful- 
ly and wonderfully made : marvellous 
are thy works ; and that my foul know- 
eth right well. 

15 My fubftance was not hid fromthee 
when I was made in ferret, and curioufly 
wrought in the loweil parts of the earth. 

16 Thine eyes did fee my fubftancc, 
yet being imperfect ; and in thy book alt 
my members were written, 'which in con- 
tinuance were ta(hioned,whenaj-j^/ there 
vjas none of them. 

17 How precious alfo are thy thoughts 
unto me, O God ! How grea: : 'he iurn 
of them ♦ 

18 If 1 fhould count them, they arc 
more in number than the land : when 1 
awake, 1 am ftill with thee. 

19 Surely thou wilt Uay the wicked, O 



Bawd frayetbftr deli~*erar.ce. PSAL? 

God : depart from me therefore, ye 
bloody me 

40 Forthey fpeak thee wickedly, 

and thi f name in I 

.1 Do not 1 hate them, O Lord, that 
hate thee ? and, Am net I grieved with 
fe that rife up a^.iinft the 

4£ I hate them with perfect hatred : 1 
count them mine enemv. 

^rch me, O God, and know m> 
heart : try me, and know my thoughts 

ti And fee if tbert be any wicked way 
in me, and lead me m the way everiafting. 

vL. 
David prmjetb to be deWveredfrom Saul 

To the chief Muiician, A Pfalmof David. 

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the 
eril man : preferve me rrom the vio- 
lent man ; 

£ Which imag-ne mifchiefs in tbeir 
hear . are they gathered to- 

gether /nwj 

5 They have Iharpe^ed their tongues 
like a ferpent ; adder** poifon // under 
I 

4 Keep me. O Lord, from the hands 

e iue from the 
■ e pu i poled to over- 
thr^ es. 

5 The l have hid a fnare for 
me. and cords ; they have fpread a net 

fide ; they have fct gw 
> e»ah. 
i laid unto the Lord, Thou art my 
I : hear the voice ot m> fuppHcations, 
i> I. ok 

7 O God the Lord, the rtrengthofmy 
falvai.on, thou had covered my head in 
the battle 

8 c Lord, the defirr 

cd de 
,v ,\, t i.»»,r.r.> 



His comfort in troubie. 









-eluh. 

at compafs 
their own 



i fall upon them : 
•hem b 'o the :ito deep 

■ 
II Let n ' *:r be eftablifh- 

n the earth: e 1 hunt the 

lent i overthrow bim. 



the caule o 
he poor. 






mks 
(hall d 



t Let my prayer be fet forth be 
thee as ince'nie ; and the lifting up ui 
s as the evening 1-icrifice. 
$ Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
ith : keep the door of my l:ps. 

4 Incline not my heart to any \ 
thing, to ed works vmi'h 
men that work iniquity : and let me not 

b4 their daini: 

5 Let the righteous fmite me ; it /ball 
efs ; and let him reprove 'me ; 

it /ball be an excellent oil, nokub (hall not 
break my head : for yet my pra)cr alio 
/baa be in their calamities, 

6 When their tudges are overthrown in 
r tony places, they (kali hear my words ; 
for they are fweet. 

7 Our bones are fcattered at the grave's 
mouth, as when one cutteth and «. 
ivood upon the earth 

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, OGod 
ord : in thee is my truft, leave not 

my (oul destitute. 

9 Keep me from the fnares ivbicb they 
have laid for me, and the gins of the 
workers ot iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall inte their t 
, whilltthat I withal efcape. 

PSALM CX1.II. 
David /beivetb that in bis trouble all bij 

comfort ivas in prayer unto God. 

Malchil of David ; A prayer when he wa> 

in the cave. 

I CRIKD unto the Lord v. 

voice ; with my voice unto the Lord 

did I make my fupplicaiion. 

t 1 poured out my complaint before 
him ; I (hewed before him my trouble. 

5 When : er\% helme ! 
within me, then thou kn- 
In the way wherein 1 walked 
pr:vii\ laid a I r me. 

4 I looked on my right han^, and 
held, but tic 
know me : re: 
cared for my (. 

j I cried y ,ee, O Lord : ! I 

I 
the land cf the 

6 Attend unto my c: 

* trom 
tors ; forthey a 

7 i oul out ot 
may praife thy name : the 

about . 



me 



in thy p: 

t H bis /uit may be ac- 

, rpji le, tts c:-. r f , 7 and 

bit 

LORD, I <ehafle 

, I 

I V 



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Sit David prayeth for fan edification. PSALMS. Hepraifetb God for bis goodnefs, 

$ And enter not into judgment with 
thy fervant : for in thy light (hull no 
man living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath perfecuted my 
foul ; he hath fmitten my life down to the 
ground ; he hath made me to dwell in 
darknefs, as thofe that have been long 
dead. 

4 Therefore is my fpirit overwhelmed 
*vithin me ; my heart within me is defo- 
late. 

5 I remember the days of old ; I med 



itate on all thy works ; I mufe on the 
works of thy hands. 

6 I ftretch forth my hands unto thee : 
my foul ihirjlab alter thee, as a thirity 
land. Selah. 

7 Hear me fpeedily, O Lord : my fpir- 
it faileth ; hide not thy face from me, led 
3 be like unto them that go down into 
the pit. 

Caufe me to hear thy loving kind- 
neCs in the morning : for in thee do I 
truli : caufe me toknovv the way wherein 1 
fbould walk ; for I lift up my foul unto thee, 

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine en- 
emies : I flee unto thee to hide me. 

10 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou 
art my God : thy fpirit is good ; lead me 
into the land of uprightnefs. 

11 Qmcken me,0 Lord, for thy name's 
fake: tor thy righteoufnefs' fake bring 
my foul out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine ene- 
mies, and deftroy all them that afflict my 
foul : for F am thy lervant. 

PSALM CXLIV. 
i David bltffeih God jor bis mercy . 5 

He prays: b that God ivould powerfully 

deliver bim from his enemies, 9 lie 

fromifeth to praife God. 

APfalmoi David. 

BLESSED be the Lord my ftrength, 
which teacheth my hands to \\a.v,and my 
fingers to fight ; 

2. My goodnefs, and my fortrefs ; my 
high tower and my deliverer ; my fhield, 
and be in whom I truft ; who fubdueth 
my people under me. 

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takeft 
knowledge of him! Or the fon of man, 
lhatthou makeft account of him ! 

4 Man is like to vanity : his days are 
asafhadow that pallet h away. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come 
down : touch the mountains,, and they 
fhall fmoke. 

6 Caft forth lightning, and fcatter 
them : fhoot out thine arrow?, and de- 
it roy them 

7 Send thine hand from above ; rid 
me, and deliver me out of great waters 
from the hand of flrangc children ; 

8 Whofe mouth fpeaketh vanity, and 
their right hand is a right hand of fulfc- 
hood. 



9 I will ling a new fong unto thee, O 
God : upon a pfaltery and -aw inftrument 
often firings will I fingpraifes unto thee, 

10 It is be that giveth fklvation unto 
kings : who delivereth David his fervant 
from the hurtful fwoid. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the 
hand of (trange children, whole mouth 
fpeaketh vanity, and their right hand is 
a right hand ot falfehood : 

n That our fons may be as plants 
grown up in their youth; that our daugh- 
ters maybe as corner (tones poliihed after 
the limilitude of a palace : 

l£ 'That our garners may be full, afford- 
ing all manner of Itore ; that our fheep 
may bring forth thoufands and ten thou- 
fands hi our ft reefs : 

14 '/hat our oxen may be flrong to la- 
bour ; that there be no breaking in, nor 
going out ; that there be no complaining 
in our Itreets. 

la Happy is that people, that is in fuch 
a cafe : yea, happy is tiat people, whofe 
God is the Lord 

PSALM CXLV. 
t David praijeth God for bis fame, 8 

goodnefs, II kingdom. Improvidence, 17 

and for his favtng mercy. 

David's P/ilm of praife. 

1 WILL extol thee, my God, O 
king ; and I will blefs thy name forever 
and ever. 

2 Every day will I blefs thee ; and 1 
will praife thy name for ever and ever. 

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be ptalfed ; and his greatneis it tin- 
fearchable. 

4 One generation fhall praife thy works 
to another, and fhall declare thy mighty 
acts. 

5 I will fpeak cf the glorious honour 
of thy majefty, and of thy wondrous 
works. 

6 And men fhall fpeak of the might of 
thy terrible acts : and I will declare thy 
greatnefs. 

7 They fhall abundantly utter the mem- 
ory ot thy great goodnefs, and fhall fing 
of thy righteoufnefs. 

The Lord is gracious, and full cf 
compaflion ; flow to anger, and of great 
mercy. 

9 The Lord is good to all ; and his 
tender mercies are over all his works. 

10 All thy works lhall praife thee, O 
Lord ; and thy faints fhall blef6 thee. 

1 1 They fhall fpeak of the glory ot thy 
kingdom, and talk of thy power ; 

12 To make known to t he fons of men 
his mighty acts, and the glorious majefty 
of his kingdom. 

13 Thy kingdom //an everlaftingking- 
dom,and thy dominion enduretb through- 
out all generations." 

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 

and 



Dai'id 'votueth perpetual praifes. PSALMS. Exhortation to fraife God. 513 



and railed! up all tbofe that be bowed 
down. 

13 The ey?s of all wait upon thee : 
and thou givdt them their meat in due 
leafon. 

16 rhou open eft thine hand, and lat- 
isheit the dehre ot" every living thing. 

17 The Lord is righteous in all his 
t, and holy in all his works. 

18 The Lord //nigh unto all them 
call upon him, to alt that call upon 

iruth. 
iy He « ill fulfil the define of them that 



fear hun : he alio will hear their cry, and our ( 



2 The Lord doth build up Jerufa'- 
lem : he gathereth together the outcafts 
of lintel. 

5 He healeth the broken in heart, and 
bindeih up their wounds. 

4 He telleth the number of the ftars ; 
he calleth them all by tbfir names. 

6 Grt;it ;/ our Lord, and of great 
power : his understanding is infinite. 

6 The Lord lifteth up the meek : he 
cafteth the wicked down to the ground. 

7 Sing unto the Lord with thankf- 
giving ; fing praife upon the harp unto 



will I in. 

I he Lord preferveth all them that 
him : but all the wicked will he 
rov. 

My mouth (hall fpeak the praife of 
Lord : and let all thih blefs his ho- 
ly name for evei and evi r. 

\)\l CXLVI. 

1 The bfalm ji-j'j- wet b' perpetual praifes to 

Go J. .*> He rx'.u> tetb noi lotrujliu man. 

b God for nu poioer t jufiue % men >•• and 

fdom t ii only woi tby toJ>e trujted in. 

PH Lord. Praile the 

Loro, < I ill. 

2 While I live will I praife the Lord : 
\ will (in*; prailes unto my God while- 1 
c any being. 
H Put not >our trufl in princes, nur in 



"-to- 



U hi envereth the heaven with, 
clouds, m ho prepareth rain for :he earth, 
who maketh grafs to grow upon the 
mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beaft his food, and 
to the young ravens which cry. 

10 He delighteth not in the ftrength of 
the liorfe ; he taketh not pleafure in the 

ot a man. 

11 The Lord taketh pleafure in them 
that fear him, in thofe that hope in his 
mercy. 

12 Praife the Lord, O Jerufalem : 
Praife thy God, O Zion. 

\i> Tor he hath ftrcngthened the bars 
of tliy gates ; he hath blell'ed thy children 
within thee. 

14 He maketh peace in thy borders, 
and filleth thee wall the fin'elt of the 



the Ibn oi ui in*, in w hum there is nohelp 
4 Hit breath goeth forth, he return- 1 wheat. 

eth t< nh j in that very day h 15 He frndeth forih his command- 

th<.' erifh. nicnt uj>vn earth ; his word runneth very 

' Happy nnc that hathxho. God ot fa- fwift 

nil help, who fe hope is in the 

' t ; 



t> \'. hich made heaven, and earth, the 



1C He giveth fnow like wool : he fcat- 

th 'he hoai frofl like afhes. 

17 . ice like mor- 

fea, herein ii .* which li • before his cold? 

eth truth for ever : h out his word, and melt « 

7 \\ hi th judgment for i tufetu his wind to blow, 

m Inch {riveth food to the ow. 



19 Helhewethhis word unto Jacob, his 
snd hi judgments unto [frael. 

ha; ii i. It fo w iih any na- 

[as/or 6/x judgments, ther hive 
nut known them. Praiie ><• tlie LoftD 

M i XI.Vlll. 

'1 Tie fluhnijt (xlotteib toe (elejiiul , 7 
the tf/i,it>iJi, II and the rational 

t {,' i . 

i oi d. P the 

Lo k w from the ht him ui 

i I 

..ii hi I »l 
s Praife ye him, < en : pr 

him, all ; hi . 

A Praile I 
15 for nit f -- j , I'.) 

an t for >>is ordinandi m tte ehuren. name 

, ctheLoK landed, and they 

a our G . ••'•',' •' • 

ilaut ; <?/»</ praiie is com ^ i roi 

Li 



I ht l.O R l> I'.Ui th th 

1 1) openeth th* 

blind .- rhc Lor d reifeth < ; . it are 

bowed down : the I 

eon 

9 The f ok d eth the ftrani i 

he reheveth tin 

but the w (/ ol i! turneth 

■ 

• 

Pi a 

1'- 
I t propk ■ tnh to praife (ro.i, jot 

\re of ib- 

- ; r tit />- :. e ; 

•t tlr ki 



514 The tife of proverbs. PROVERBS. Exhortation to avoid fmnery. 

ever and ever : be hath made a decree j 4 For the Lord taketh pleafure in his 
which (hall not pals. -people : he will beautify the meek with 

7 Praife the Lord from the earth, ye 
dragons, and all deeps : 



8^ Fire, and hail ; mow, and vapour ; 
itormy wind fulfilling h.<s word : 



ialvation. 
d Let the faints be joyful in glory ; let 



them fins aloud upon their beds. 

6 Let the high ^r<z//>j of God be in their 



9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful; mouth, and a two edged fword in their 
trees, and all cedars : ;hand \ 

creeping 7 To execute vengeance upon the hea- 
then, awrfpuniftiments upon the people ; 

8 To bind their kings with chains, and 
their nobles with fetters of iron ; 

9 To execute upon them the judgment 
written : this honour have all his fainta. 
Praife ye the Lord. 

PSALM CL. 
1 An exhortation to praife God, Switb 
all kinds of inftruments. 
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praife God 
in his fanchiary : praife him in the fir- 
mament of his power. 

2 Praife him for his mighty acts : praife 
him according to his excellent greatnefs. 

3 Praife him with the found of the 
trumpet : praife him with the pfahery 
and harp. 

4 Praife him with the timbrel and 
dance : praife him with ftringed inftru- 
ments and organs. 

5 Praife him upon the loud cymbals t 
praife him upon the high founding cym- 
bals. 

6 Let every thing that hath breath 
praife the Loud. Praife ye the Lord. 



10 Beads, and all cattle ; 
things, and flying fowl : 

11 Kings of the earth, and all people ; 
princes, and all judges of the earth : 

• 12 Both young men and maidens; old 
men and children : 

15 let them praife the name of the 
Lord : for his name alone is excellent ; 
his glory is above the earth and heaven. 

14 Ke alfo exalteth the horn of his 
people, the praife of all his faints ; eiien 
of the children of Ifrael, a people near 
unto Miff. Praife ve the Lord. 

PSALM CXLIX. 
1 The prophet exhorteth to prcifeGodforhis 

love to the church, 5 and for that power 

<-■■ hich he hah given to the church. 

PRAISE ye the Lord Sing unto the 
Lord a new fong, and his praife in the 
congregation of faints. 

2 Let Ifrael rejoice in him that made 
him let the children of Zion be joyful 
in their King. 

S Let them, praife his name in the 
3<ince : let them ling praifes unto him 
with the timbrel and harp. 



1 Th 



THE PROVERBS. 

C M A P. I. ! 10 f My fon, if finners entice thee, 

The ufe ofthf proverbs. IJn exhortation 6onfent thou not. 
to fear God, and believe his word ; 10 11 If they fay, Come whh us, let us 
to avoid the enticings of finners. 20 lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for 

the innocent without caufe : 

12 Let us fwallow them up alive as 



Wifdom compla.neth (f her contempt: 

24 j-he threateneth her contemners. 

THE Proverbs of Solomon the fon of the grave ; and whole, as tho'fe that go 



David, king of Ifrael ; 

t To know wifdom and in ft ruction; to 
perceive the words of underftanding ; 

3^ To receive the mftrucLion of wifdom, 
jufhee. and judgment, and equity ; 



down into the pit 

13 We-fhall find all precious fubftance, 
we fhall fill our houfes with fpoil : 

14 Caft in thy lot among us j let us all 
have one purle 



fo give fubtilfy tothe fimple, tothe- 15 My ton,walknotthouin theway with 



young man knowledge and difcretion. 

5 A wife iran will hear, and will in- 
creafe learning and a man of under- 
standing ntfall attain unto wife counfels : 

6 To imderftand a proverb, and the 
interpretation ; the words of the wife, 
and their dark fayings. 

7 *J The fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of knowledge : but fools defpife 
wifdom and infiruCt ion. 



them ; refrain thy foot from their path : 
!K For their feet run to evil, and make 
hafte to fhed blood. 

17 Surely in vain the net is fpread in 
the fight of any bird. 

18 And they lay wait for their own 
blood ; they lurk privily for their own 
lives. 

19 So are the wa\ s of every one that 
is %\ eedy of gain ; which taketh away the 



8 My fan, hear the inftruclion of thy li«e of the owners thereof 



father, and forfake not the law of thy 

• i her : 

9 For \\\%y fballbe an ornament of grade, 
unto thyJiead,andchains about thy neck. 



20 <fl Wifdom crieth without ; Hie ut- 
tereth her voice in the (freer:. : 

%\ She crieth in the. chief place of con- 
courfe, in the openings oi 'the gates : in. 

the 



HlfdoHt tbreatntstb bercontemxers. Ci ;ii. She fromi fctb diteti 'ion. 



the city, (he uttercth her words, f tying, 
2-i H'jw long, je fimplc o .1 ye 

]ove limp And the (corners del; e 

m thci ing, and fools hafeekaowi- 

cdt; 

Turn ye at my reproof: behold, 1 
irit unto yon, 1 u :ii 
mu' ds unto ycu. 

• called e re- 

futed j ::t ray lie 

I ; 

15 But ye nave fet at nought all my 
Counfel, and would 

v - 1 1 kau I /our calamity ; 
I vv ! ! n . x i; v . . - h ; 

en your i as delola- 

tiun, aiid \ our deli i ineth • 

whirlwind ; w ben diftr ■:'■ 
. on \ <.n : 

, but 
I will not ;; 
early, 

ey hated knowledge, and 
did n< : choofe the t Loi 

iy#counfel : 
■ i 
-, (hail they eatof the fi 
their own and be f»l;sd with 

- F«,r the turn: y of the (i tuple 

them, and the proiperity of 
. j (hall deiiroy them. 
•1i Hut whnfo hearkevtli unto me 
1 fafely, and ll, ji.net fi- 

fe.* ■ ;l. 

CHAP. II. 
1 '•■ jftnieib god linr fs /• her chit, 

dren 1 e tm ft or. 

.nd dtrtctttn in %coi 

■ I 

nc ear i 
m, and apply thine f. 

! 
4 ! and 

es ; 

I 
the Lord, 

the Lord 

netb know led • 

• the 
■:■ n a buck:- : to I -tat 

y- 

o I eth the p.'th- of judgr 

iy of : 
tl) U •. 

■ 

^linr 
thy . 



11 Discretion (ball prcferve tl.ee, 
demanding (hail keep thee : 

1- To dciiver tl m the way of 

the tvil man, from the man that fp* 
froward things ; 

is Who leal e the :efs, 

to walk in the ways of darkaefs 

14 W ho rejoice to do evil, a gl>t 

in t ' cfsof the \\ irked ; 

I 5 . > s art cr coked, and tbty 
froward in their paths : 

io [u deliver thee from the ftrange 
woman, even from .he Granger 9vb, 
flattereth with her words ; 

(7 Whi :eth the ol her 

ath, and forgetteth the covenant of 
her God. 

18 t-'or her houfe it c'.'.r.eth unto death, 
her path- unto the cead 

None that go unto her return a- 
, neithei take the) hold of the pa: 

€! Tlut thou miye.'t walk in the 
way of good men, am ..ths ol" 

21 For the i t fnall dwell in 

the land, and the perfect (hall remain 
in it 

.1 But the wicked (hall be c 
from the earth, and the (ranfgreflc 
. be rooted out of it. 

H ft i». III. 
1 An rxhtnatton to obedience, 5 to 
Jzithy 1 to /H'jrltficxl/cn, y to MR, 

I I fi pain I rye baj 

tvij \ unA bene* 

■ i of ii < ; exhortation to 

cbutiinLi :m /..,."•'> f>eacea 
eontcr: 

ti ' IVtCf.: 

et not - 

they add to thee. 

.'.ike 
the- |f ; u ,itc 

them upon ' i t : 

I 

in. 

5 C| i ruf! m •!.•• I < ? - 

and I 

Be not wift: in | 

• (ball he health to thy navel, and 
marrow to ihy bi>n 

9 % H i thy I * 

• 

I thy pr< ul bitr 



516 < fb£ benefits of wifdom . PROVERBS. Salomon ptrfuades to obedience. 



3 ng of the Lord ; neither be weary of 
his correction : 

12 For whom the Lord loveth he cor- 
recleth ; even as a father the fori in <v:tcm 
he delighteth. 

13 «\ Happy is the man that findeth 
wifdom, and the man that getteth under- 
Handing 



CHAP. IV. 

1 Solomon, to perfuade to oh'dience, 5- 
Jheivetb in hat injtru&.on he had cf his 
parents, 5 to jludy ivifdoni, U and 19 
Jhun the path of the xvtckfd. 20 He 
txbortetbtoja'uh, 23 t-nd lanitif cation. 
HEAR, ye children, thynftruttion of 
; a father, and attend to know undcritand- 



14 For the merchandife of it is better ing 
than the merchandife of filver, and the 2 For I give you gocd doclrine, for- 
gain thereof than fine gold. jfake ye not my law. 

15 She is more precious than rubies : I ^ ^ For I was my father's fon.tender and 
and all the things thou canft delire are only beloved in the fight of my mother 



not to be compated unto her 

16 Length of days is in her right hand ; 
and in her left hand riches and honour 

IT Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs, 
and all her paths are peace. 

18 She is a. tree of life to them that 
Tay hold upon her : and happy is every 
one that retaineth her. 

19 ^f The Lord by wifdom hath found- 



4 He taught me alfo. and laid unto me, 
Let thine heart retain my words : keep 
my commandments, and Jive. 

5 *[ Get wifdom, get underflanding : 
forget it not ; neither decline from the 
words of thy mouth. 

b Forlakehernot, and fhe fhall preferve 
thee : love her. and fhe ihall keep thee. 
f Wifdonrvij the principal ihing ; tbere- 



ed the earth ; by undemanding hath he \ fore get wifdom : and with all thy getting 



eftablifhed the heavens 

20 By his knowledge the depths are 
broken up, and the clouds drop down 
the dew. 

21 fl My fon, let not them depart 
from thine eyes : keep found wifdom and 
difcretion : 

22 So (hall they be life unto thy foul, 
and grace to thy neck. 

23 Then (halt thou walk in thy way 
fafely, and thy foot (hall not ftumbte. 

24 When thou lieft down, thou (halt 
not be afraid : yea, thou malt lie down, 
and thy fleep fball be fweet. 

25 Be not afraid of fudden fear, nei- 
ther of the defolationof the wicked, when 
it cometh. 

26 For the Lord (hall be thy conn" 



dence, and fhall keep thy foot from being wicked, and go not in the way of evil men : 



taken 

27 «J Withhold not good from them 
to whom it is cue, when it is in the power 
of thine hand to do it. 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour. Go, 
and come again, and tomorrow I wii! 
give : when thou haft it by thee. 

29 Devife not evil againft thy neigh 



get underflanding 

8 Exalt her, and fhe flail promote 
thee : fhe (hall bring thee to honour, when 
thou doll embrace her. 

9 She (hall give to thine head an orna- 
ment of grace : a crown of glory (hall 
(he deliver to thee. 

10 He,ir, O my fon, and receive 1117 
fayings ; and the years of thy life (hall 
be many. 

HI have taught thee in the way of 
wifdom ; 1 have led thee in right paths. 

12 When thou gceft, thy t'eps fhall not 
be ftraitened : and when thou runnefi, 
thou (halt not flumble. 

13 Take fait hold of inftruction ; lefl 
her not go ; keep her ; for fhe is thy life. 

14 5 Enter not i-;to the path of the 






15 Avoid it, pafs not by it, turn from 
it, and pals away 

16 For they fleep not, except they have 
done mifchief ; and their fleep is taken 
away, unlets they caufe feme to fall. 

IT For they eat the bread of wicked- 
nefs, and drink the wine of violence. 
18 But the pith of the juft ts as the 



bour, feeing he dwelleth fecurely by mining light, that fhineth more and more 
thee. junto the perfect day. 

30 f| Strive not with a man without) $9 The way of the wicked if asdarknefs: 
caufe, if he have done thee no harm. they know not at what thev flumble. 



SI ^J Envy thou not the opprefTor, 
and choofe none of his ways. 

32 For the froward is abomination to 
the Lokd 
righteous. 

33 *J The curfe of the Lord is in the 
h'xife of the wicke 1 : but he bleflfeth the 
habitation of the juft. 

34 Surely he fcorneth the foot tiers : 
but he&iveih grace unto f he lowly. 

85 The wife (hall inherit glory : but 
(hame (hall be the promotion of iools. 



20 ^y My fon, attend to my words ; 
incline thine ear unto my fayings. 

-1 Let them not depart from thine 
but his fecret is with the; eyes ; keep them in the mid ft cf ihme 

heart. 

- For thry are life unto thofe that 
ti;i ! them, and health to all their rlefh. 

- • <] Keep thy heart with ail diligence; 
for out of it are the iilues of life. 

- 1 Put away from thee a froward 
jjnoirth, and perverle lips put far fr< 
thee. 

z: La, 



Solemn re commend fwifdt Chap. V. Yi. Agxir.fl idlenefs. 31T 

tS Let th i look rit;ht on, and let J wicked I f, and he thai 1 be holdea 

thine e\ elidslook liraighr before thee. '. J. 

26 Ponder the path of In and ti He (hall die without inftrur/tion ; 



let all th> w 

1 urn not to the right h w to 

the left : remove thv t.»oi from evil. 

HAP. V. 
1 Solomon exkortt e Itudy of ~ 

aom. z> He o the mt/eh 

i a hie exbt 
tnttnlt UkeraLtty i an. I ti- 

cked are overtaken 
ft :zeir oivwji 
NT. .d un'o m\ m, and 

be under (landing ; 

- i . a : mayefi regard difcretiorij 
ami {bat ih) lij ie. 

I c For the 

nd her mouth is 
f moot her tlian • i . 

4 But her en ! .vormwoocl. 

{ha> 

a Her death ; her fteps 

take hoi J on I, 

1 1 tou (1 nder the path 

of hfc, ber ways are moveable, that t J i • u 

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye cl 

dren, ami depart not from the words of 
m> mouth. 

8 Remove thy way fir from 1 er, and 
come not ni^h the door of her houfe : 

9 Lett thou give thine honour unto 
others, and thy years unto the cm 1 : 

1<> Left (bangers be filled w;;h thy 
il'h ; and thy labours £r in the ho 

■ 
1» An urn at the la't, when 

h and tl id, 

l- And fay. How have I hated inltruc- 
, and t ; 

J the voice of 
my t» nclined mine car l 

them that infti 

14 linofl m all evil in the midft 

of I >n and afleml 

ten out ot thine 
cillern, and running waters out of thine 
own 

16 Let thy ' ns be difperfed a- 
broad, and nvc: in the ihreers. 

17 Let them be only thine own, and 
not ftrangers w ith t! 

18 Let thy fountain ^<" bleflad i 

with the wife of thy youth. 

I ■ Let ho the loving 

^ifant roc ; lei her bredfk (atisrj thee 
a' and be thou ravifhe I 

with hi 

wiltthou,my I 
ift man, and 

I'or thfl ways of man art 
ves,of the Loao, and he . reth 

the 



ami in die greatuefsoi his folly he uialJ 
go aftra 

CHAP. VI. 
i .- p,o idienfff, \°.and «tj 

-•' The b I effing Ji. 

enc. ebiefi oj nvbo't iom. 

n, if thou be furety 'or thy 
friend, if thou halt ffricken thy hand 
with a (tranger, 

t Inared with the words of 
thy mouth, thou art taken with the words 
■A ih\ mouth. 

9 j n ' : - now, my fon, and deliver 
thyfelfwhen thou art come into the ha 
of thy friend ; go, humble thyfelf, and 
make fure thy tr:end. 

4 (jive not deep to thine eyes, nor 
{lumber to thine e;. ell 

5 Deliver th] a roe from the 
hand of the !>i<n!cr, and as -a bud from 
the hand ot the tow ler. 

6 4] Go to the anr, thou flllggard ; 
confider her w;:\ s, and be wife : 

1 Which having no guide-, over' 
or ruler, 

8 Provideth her meat in the fusil 
and gathereih id in the I 

9 How long wilt thou flebp,Oilug|£ard, 
When wilt then arife out of nv 

10 Yet a ht*l deep, a bttle (lumber, a 
little folding oi the hands to Deep. 

1 I :ro mall thy ; 
thar 1 1 thj w ant as an ai ..i- 

V% « A Haughty perfon, a wicked man, 
rd mouth. 

19 Hewinketh with his eyes, he fpeak- 
eth with hi., feet, he teacheth with /is 
finge 

u Krowardnef) u in his heart ; 
vileth m Ichiel continually; he foweih 
difcord . 

fa There! ill his calamii 

fuddenlj ; fuddenlj ball Ik be i ; 
i . ' re med y . 

1 ti "II • p r 

hate yea, fcren a> t \ 

unto him : 
t7 /\ proud look, a I) ing I n jue, 
Is that (1 

1 1 

gin I that be lw ifi in i unri 

• ■ I .i i 

bre -: 

: : 
21 Hint! tl 

■ 

when thou ! 

. r 



**3 The cunning of a karht. PROV 

ami ivhen thou awakelt, it [hall talk with 
thee. 

23 For the commandment is a lamp ; 
tmci the !n\v m light ; awl reproofs of in- 
flruclion are the way of lite : 

2i To keep thee from the evil woman, 
from the flattery of the tongue of a 
ftrasge woman. 

25 ?{ Lull not after her beauty in thine 
heart ; neither let Iter take thee with her 
eyelids. 

26 For by means of a whorifh woman 
ez man is brought to a piece of bread : 
and the adulterefs will hunt for the pre- 
cious life. 

S.T Can a man take lire in his bofom, 
and his clothes not be burned ? 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and 
his feet not be burned ? 

29 So he that goeth in to his neigh- 
bour's wife ; wholbever toucheth her 
iha'l not be innocent. 

30 Men do not defpife a thief, if he (leal 
to fatisfy his ioul when he is hungry ; 

51 But //'he be found, he fhall reffore 
ievenfold ; h.e (hall give all the fublfance 
of his houfe. 

52 But whofo committeth adultery 
with a woman lacketh underUanding : he 
that doeth it deiiroyeth his own foul. 

83 A wound and di (honour ihall he 

get ; and his reproach fhall not be wiped 

away. 

34 For jealoufy is the rage of a man ; 

therefore, he will not fpare in the day of 

vengeance. 

55 He will not regard any ranfom ; 
■ ther will lie reft content, though thou 

jjivelt many gifts. 

U H A P. VIT. 

1 Salomon ferfuadeth to ajincere and kind 
familiarity n.vrib ivifdom. 6 In an ex- 
ample of bis oivn experience hefheiuetb, 
10 tkecunning of a lenvd woman, Viand 
toe defperate folly of a deluded youth. 
£i He diffuadetbjrom juch xvickednejs. 
Iv]Y fon, keep my words, and lay up 

n j commandments with thee. 
"I Keep my commandments, and live ; 

and my law as the apple of thine eye. 

3 Bind them upon thy finders, write 
them upon the table of thine heart. 

4 Say unto wifdom, Thou art my fifter ; 
anil call undci Handing thy kinfwoman : 

5 That they may keep thee from thz 
tnjje woman, from the fr ranger which 

flattereth with her words. 

6 ^T For at the window of my houfe I 
looked through my cafement, 

7 And beheld among the fimple ones, 
1 difeerned among the youths, a young 
jr.:m vmd of ui^rrlfanding, 

3 Patting through the Itrcet near her 
comer; and he went the way to her houle, 

9 In the twilight, in the evening, in 
the black and <.'.trk nighf ; 



ERBSk The folly of a deludedyoutb. 

10 q[ And, behold, there met him a 
woman with the attire oi an hailot, and 
lubtil of heart. 

it (She is loud and fkibborn ; her feet 
abide not in her houfe : 

1 ~ Now is jtie without, now in the 
ffreets, and liethinwait at every corner.) 

13 So the caught him, and killed him, 
and with an impudent face faid unto him, 

14 / hwve peace offerings with me ; 
this day have 1 payed my vows. 

15 Therefore, came 1 forth to meet 
thee, diligently to feck thy face, and I 
have found thee. 

16 I have decked my bed with cover- 
ings of tapeftry, with carved art* ks, w ith 
fine line of Egypt. 

1~ 1 have perfumed my bed 'with 
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 

18 Come, let us take our fill of love 
until the morning : let us ibiaceourlelves 
with joves. 

19 For the good man is not at home, 
he is gone a long journey : 

20 He hath taken a bag of money with 
him, and will coui-e home at the day ap» 
pointed. 

21 With her much fair fpeech (be 
caufed him to yield, with the flattering 
of her lips (he forced him. 

22 $] He goeth after her firaightway, 
as an ox goeth to the (laughter, or as a 
fool to the correction of the flocks ; 

23 Till a dart (hike through his liver ; 
as a bird halteth to the fnare, and know- 
eth not that it is for his life. 

24* «[T Hearken unto me now therefore, 

ye children, and attend to the words of 
my mouth. 

25 Let not thine heart decline to her 
ways, go not aflray in her paths. 

26 For flic hath calf down many 
wounded : yea, many ftrong men have 
been (lain by her. 

t~ Her houfe is the >vay to hell, go- 
ing down to the chambers of death. 
CHAP. VIII. 

1 The fame. Sand evidence of wfdom. 10 

The excellency, tt nature, lJ poxuer, 

18 riches, 22 and the eternity oj it. 

DOTH not wifdom cry, and under* 
(landing put forth her voice ? 

2 She (fandeth in the top of high places, 
by the way in the places of the paths. 

"3 She crieth at the gates at the entry 
of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 

4 Unto you, O men, I call ; and my 
voice is to the fons of man. 

5 O ye fimple, underdand wifdom : 
and, ye fools, be ye of an undemanding 
heart. 

6 % Hear ; for I will fpeak r.fexcellent 
things; and the opening of my \\-ps, fball 
be ri^ht things. 

7 For my mouth (hall fpeak truth : and 
wickednels'j an abomination to my hp 

8 A1J 



TJjf excellency of ivifdom. Chap 

8 AU the words of my mouth are in 
righteoufnefs ; there is nothing i reward 
or perverfe in thorn. 

9 I hey are all plain to him that under- 
ftandeth, and right to them that find 
knowledge. 

10 ^f Receive my inftruction, and not 
• er : anc knowledge rather than choice 

gold. 

11 For wifdom is better than rubies; 
and all the things th^t may be defired 
are not to he compared to it. 

\t 1T I wifdom av\ ell with prudence, and 
find out knowledge of witty inventions. 

15 Th** fear of the Lord is to hate 
evil : pride, and arrogancy, and the evil 
way, and the froward month, do 1 h^te. 

14 Counfel it mine, and found wifdom : 
I am imderffanding ; I have ttrength. 

13 ^f \i\ me kings reign, and princes 
decree jtiuice. 

16 By me princes rule, and nobles, 
e~oen all the judges of the earth. 

IT I love them that love me ; and 
thole that fee!; nic early Hull find me. 

18 fl Riches and honour aeW\\\\ me ; 
yea, durable riches and righteonfnefs. 

19 My i is better than *rold, yea, 
thin fine gold ; and my revenue th 
choice filver. 

£0 I lead in the way of righteoufnefs, 
in the mid ft of the path's f>i judgment : 

ii i may caule thofc that !< vc 

me to inherit Jubilance ; and I will 

s. 
11 5 1 he Lord poflTdTcdme in th- bc- 

old. 
om everlafting, f\ 
a . 
-* <- iiu depths, I 

b- 1 i tbrrr Wei ItM- 

tatn ig with water. 

ore tl ( ^s I brou| hi . 

-^ W| h»* had - the 

eaith, t.< : , nor th 

I he dud world. 

. ed the 

'/ 'hen : u|). Qp ifj, U |j 

ce of the depth : 

When iblifl ed live i loud i a- 

hen he Rrengtht i foun- 

tai p : 

e to tin U i 
that thv* waters (hoi i Id not pafihi I an- 

t : u hen I | , UI 

the eai th : 

bj him, a< one bro 
up 

it 

oM the I 

Ids e ut! 

unto ' 
O ye children i 

ke-.-p my . . 



: >x. x. - J oil r in e of it. 51$ 

SS Hear inftruction, and be wife, and 
resile it not. 

Si BlelTed iVthe man tint heareth me, 
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the 
polts of my doors. 

S3 For whofo findeth me findeth life, 
and (hall obtain favour of the Lord. 

36 lint he that (inn* mfl me 

wrongeth his own foul ; all they that hafe 
me love death. 

CHAP, IX. 
1 The d' f <■ i pU ne^k und doctrine oftvifdom. 

lt> The cufioir., to and error of felly. 

WISDOM hath builded her houfe, n.c 
hath hewn our her (even pillars : 

She hath lulled her bea'.fs : lhe hath 
mingled her wine ; lhe hath aifo furni 
ed ber table. 

s M^e hathfent forth her maidens : (he 
crieth upon the hie heft placesjof the city, 

4 % vlf hofo is lunpw, lei him turn in 
hither : as for hint that wanteth under- 
Randing, fhe laith to him, 

3 Come, eat vi my bread, an 1 di 
cf the nine nvhicb 1 have mingb 

6 Porfake the foolifh, and liVe ; and 
go in the \« ay of undemanding. 

"* He that reproveth a fcorner, t r cttrrl\ 
to hirnfeli mame : and he thar rebuketh 
a wicked man, geitetb himfelfa 1 lot. 

8 Reprove i n .. fc< rner, lell he hate 
thee: rebuke 8 wife nun, and he will 

9 (five inftrucllon to a wife man, and 
he will . v. ii< r : teach a juft man l 
aud he « iii 

Iti i h : ir oi the 1 gin. 

aing of wifdom : and the knowled 
the h< ly /.' undei ftandin 

1 i me thy da muhi- 

ph. of thy I 

ii. 
It I 

thou i il 

alone (ba:[ bear /.'. 

i 

/.' r IS fit 

141 d ufci 

i in the 
ii In call 

16 « ( 

hin 

(T 

1 
.It r 

hell. 
II 

Fror 

u n l>\ 
■ 
It! 

I 

. 



5$0 Tbeblstfingioftbejuft. PROVERBS. Of the righteous and wicked. 

2 Treafures of wickednefs profit noth- 1 27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth 
ing : but righteouineis deiivereth from 'days: hut the years of the wicked (hail 
death. be ihortened. 

S The Lord will not fuffer the foul of 38 The hope of the r\g\\\eo\\- /ball be 
the righteous to famiih . but he calteth giadnefs. but the expectation of the wick- 
away the fuh fiance of the wicked. ed [hail penfh 

4 He become th poor that dealeth ivitb 
a flack hand : but the hand of the dili- 
gent makerh rich. 

5 He that gathereth in fummer is a 
wife fon : but he that fleepeth in harveft 
is a fon that caufeth fliame. 

6 Bleffirigs are upon the head of the 
jufr : but violence covereth the mouth of 
the wicked. 

7 The memory of the juft is bleffed : 
but the name of the wicked fhali rot. 

8 The wife in heart will receive com- 
mand men's : but a prating fool (hall fall. 

y He that walketh uprightly valketh 
furely : but he that perverteih Ids wd} s 
{hall be known. 

10 He that winketh with the eye cauf- 
eth iorrow : but a prating fool (hall fall. 

11 The mouth of a righteous man is 
a well of life : but violence covereth the 
mouth of the wicked. 

%Z Hatred (tirreth up ftrifes: butlove 
covereth all (ins. 

iS In the lips of him that hath under- 
ftanding wifdom is found : but a rod is 
tor the back of him that is void of un- 
derftanding. 

14 Wife men lay up knowledge : but the 
mouth of the foolifh is near deftrticlion; 

15 The rich man's wealth is his (hong 
city : the deftruction of the poor is their 
poverty. 

lG The labour of the righteous tend th 
to life : the fruit of the wicked to fin. 

17 He is in the way of life that keepeth 
instruction : but he that refufeth reproof 
erreth. 

1 8 He that hiueth hatred "with Jying-lips, 
and he tiiat uttereth a (lander, is a fool. 

19 In the multitude of words there 
wan", th not (in; but he that refraineth 
his lips is wife. 

. o I he tongue of the jult/nw choice fil- 
vcr ;lhe heart of the wicked is liule worth. 

i\ l he lips of t lie righteous feed many: 
but to«ls die for want of wifdom. 

12 I he blefling of the Lord, itimketh ' 
rich, and he addeih no Iorrow with it 



l l3 lr /> as fport to a fool to do mif- the matter. 



J i'v i he way of the Lop r> is flrength to 
the upright : but deiiruction jhalt be to 
the workers ot iniquity. 

SO i he righteous (hall never he re- 
moved . but tht wickec lhail not inhabit 
the earth. 

•31 The mouth of the juft bnngeth 
forth wifdom : but the Howard tongue 
(hall be cut out. 

Si 1 he lips of the righteous know 
what is acceptable : but the mouth of the 
wicked jptuk.- m frowardnefs. 
CH A P. XI. 

A FALSE balance is abomination to 
the Lord s but a juft weight is his ue- 
light; 

6 When pride cometh, then cometh 
(hame : but with the lowly is wifdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright (hall 
guide them : but the perverfenefs of 
tranfgrejGTors (hall deftroy them. 

* Kiciits profit not in the day of wrath : 
but righteoufnefs deiivereth from death. 

5 The righteoufnefs of the perfect fnall 
direct his way : but the wicked fhall fail 
by his own wickednefs. 

o T he righteoufnefs of the upright (hall 
dejiver them : but tranfgreffbrs fhall be 
taken in their oivn naughtinefs. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, bis ex- 
peclatioB ihali perifh : and the hope of 
unjult men perilheth. 

o I he righteous isdelivered out of trou- 
ble, and the wicked cometh in his ftead. 

9 An hypocrite with £## mouth deftroy- 
eth his neighbour : but through knowl- 
edge (h:iil the juft be delivered. 

10 When it goeth well with the right- 
eous, the city rejoiceih : and when the 
wicked perifb there is fhotiting. 

U By the blefling of the upright the 
city is exalted : but it is overthrown by 
the mouth of the wicked. 

13 lie that is void of w ifdom defpifeth 
his neighbour : but a man of underltand- 
i ing holdeth his peace. 

13 A talebearer revealeth fecreta : but 
he tiiat is of a faithful fpirit concealcth 



chief: but a man of undei ftandinu hath! 
wifdom 



I 4 Where no con nfel i/, 1 lie people fall : 
i but in the multitude of counfellors tbers 



£4 The fear of the wicked, it mail \is fafety. 



come upon him : but the deiire of tlie ' 
righteous fhall be -ranted 

'./ \% tlie whirlwind pafTeth, fo is the 
wicked no more : but tiie nghreous is an j 
everlalttng foundation 

it) As vinegar to the teeth, and as 
fmoke to the eyes, fo is th$ fluggard to 
them that fend him. 



i5 He that is furety fora ft ranger fhall 
fmart/or it : and he that hateth fureti* 
| liiijj is L.re. 

iG A gracious Woman retaineth hon- 
our : and ft rang mm retain riches. 

17 '1 he merciful man doeth good to his 
own foul : but be that //cruel troubleth 
his own ftefh, 

13 The 



Of the righteous and wicked. Chap. 

1 -*d worketh a deceitful 

that (oweth righieouf- 

(ure re 

19 . 'itroufr. life ; (o 

icth evil purjueth it 10 his 

1 I>ey that are of a Broward heart 
the Lord : but/.-, 
in ri-c/r wray Jre h.? del 
ir^A hand jotn\x\ band, the 



I be unpin : laed of wen ." but the root of ntecin yield 



xii. \A\. 77: tve t &c. 511 

9 He that is defpifed, and hath a fer- 

is better than he that hooouxeth 
himielf, and laCketfl bread. 

10 A righteous man regardeth the life 

ait : but the tender mercies of 
the wicked are cruel. 

11 lie ti.ai tilleth his land lha'l be fat- 
isfied wkh b-vad : but he that follow eth 

id of undo landing. 



;\ ftrj 



ie w: efirrfh rhc net of 



a j-wrl of gold in a fa 
a la.r woman wluch is with- 

- x ne deiireof the righteous is only 
: bu: the expectation of r!»e wicked 
rath. 
There is thai tcattereth, and yet io- 

feth ; aid r.*" is that w irhhoiderh 
more than is meet, b:;: ..' rrfctV 

,1 fold (hall be made fat : 
an<l he .itcrcih fhall be watered 

alio hi- 

16 He that withholdeth corn, the peo- 
x .all curie him : but b leffi a^jball be 
upon the head of him that lellcth //. 

He t lia t dil gently feekcth k r '°d, 

th favour : but he that leeketh 

c unto hun. 

that tru lie th in his tidies fhall 

the righteous fhall flourifh as a 



branch. 



eth fruit. 

15 t he ■•■ k ked is fin ired by the tranf- 
Tion of bis lips : but the juft (hall 

come out of trouble. 

l* A man 0>a)l be fatisfied with good 
by the fruit of bis mouth : and the rec- 
omperifeof a man's hand fhall be ren- 
dered unto him. 

la The way of a fool is right in his 
own eyea : but he that hearkeoeth unto 
counrel // write. 

16 A fool's wrath is prefently known : 
but a prudent man cbvereth fhame. 

tT He /^./rfpe?.kcth 'ruth fheweth forth 
rightcoufnets . but a Life witnefs deceit. 

18 1 here is that fpeaketh !ike ihe pierc- 
ings of a (word: but the tcngue oi t 

is health. 

19 The lip of truth (hall be eftablifhcd 
for ever : bat a lying tongue is but for a 

.'. 
ii> Deceit is in the heart of them that 



that Iroubleth his i lagineevil : but to the couniellors ot 

t the wind : a \oo\Jlall pea y. 

be ir ■ of he *i fhall no r: pen to the 

f a trtc jufl : but the wicked fhall be filled, with 
of life : arx i inneth f. 

M He! .all be re. J it L] , I are abomination to the 

c ; much piora Ihe 1 l i : but the> that deal truly are . 

r. 
\ P. XII. indent man concealeth kv. 



v. | 

lhat haieth r 
ss bi 

- 

I not be cflablifhed by 
root ol the 

■ 
t tint rrul ied 

- 

are 
but th ate 

• ?d are ■ 

■ 



the heart proclaimed* 
tooh.fhn- 

.ml of i >. fiial! bear 

rule : but the flod ice 
■ 

! I ;-.efsin t r c.i man m 'k- 

cth :t (too; a good word , it 

.hieotisM more excellent thio 
ghbour . but the way of thewi. 

eth t ' ' 

rh not ' 

ib- 

jeni man i \ i i 

■ 

CHAP. Kfll. 



ke. 

• • • 

■ i be d-. ft He thai .a anouth keei 

1 haa 



#2*2 Of 'right eoufnefs, riches, &c, 

his life ; but he that openeth wide his lips 
fhall have defrruclion. 

4 The foul of the fluggard defireth, 
and hath nothing : but the foul of the 
diligent {hall be 'made fat. 

5 A righteous man hateth lying : but 
a wicked man is loathfome, and cometh 
to fhame. 

6 Righteoufnefs keepeth him that is 
upright in the way : but wickednefsover- 
throweth the (inner. 

7 There is that maketh himfelf rich, 
yet hath nothing : t^ere is that maketh 
himfelf poor, yet hath great riches. 

K The ranfom of a man's life are his 
riches : but the poorheareth not rebuke. 

9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth : 
but the lamp of the wicked fhall be put 
out. 

10 Only by pride cometh contention : 
but with the well advifed is wifdom. 

11 Wealth gotten by vanity (hall be 
diminifhed : but lie that gathereth by 
labour (hall increafe. 

12 Hope deferred maketh the heart 
lick : but when the deli re cometh, it is a 
tree of life. 

IS Whofo defpifeth the word (hall be 
deflroyed : but he that feareth the com- 
mandment fhall be rewarded. 

14 The law of the wife is a. fountain of 
life, to depart from the fnares of death. 

15 Good undei {landing giveth favour: 
but the way of tranfgrefibrs is hard. 

16 Every prudent man dealeth with 
knowledge : but a fool layeth open his 
folly. 

17 A wicked meflTengerfalleth intomif- 
chief: but a faithful ambaffadorzj health. 

18 Poverty and fhame fball be to him 
that refufeih infrruction : but he that re- 
gai< eth reproof fhall be honoured. 

19 The defire accompliflied is fweet to 
the foul : but it is abomination to fools 
to depart from evil. 

20 He that walketh with wife men fhall 
be wife : but a companion of fools fhall 
be deliroyed. 

2t Evil purfueth finners ; but to the 
righteous good fhall be repaid. 

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance 
to hischildren's children j and the wealth 
of the finner is laid up for the j lift. 

23 Much food is in the tillage of the 
poor . but there is that is deftioyed for 
want of judgment 

_i He that fpareth his rod hateth his 
ion : but he that lovcth him chalteneth 
him betimes. 

25 The righteous eateth to the fatis- 
fying of his foul ; but the belly of the 
wicked (hall want. 

CHAP, XIV. 

EVERY wife woman buildeth her 
houfe but the fooliih ulueketh it down 
with her hand*. 



PROVERBS. 



Of tuifJom, folly, ISe. 

2 He that walketh in his uprightnefs 
feareth the Lord : but he that 7jpeiverfe 
in his ways defpifeth him. 

S In the mouth of the fool i (hi s a rod. 
of pride : but the lips of the wife fhall 
preferve them. 

£ Where no oxen are y the crib //clean: 
but much increafe is by the ftrength of 
the ox. 

5 A faithful witnefs will not lie : but, 
a falfe witnefs will utter lies. 

6 A fcorner feeketh wifdom, andfnd- 
eth it not : but knowledge is eafy unto 
him that underffandeth. 

7 Go from the prefence of a foolifk 
man^when thou perceived not in him the 
lips of knowledge. 

8 The wifdom of the prudent is to un- 
derstand his way : but the folly of fools 
is deceit. 

9 Fools make a mock at fin : but a- 
mong the righteous there is favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own bittcr- 
nefs ; and a ft ranger doth not intermed- 
dle with his joy. 

11 The houfe of the wicked fhall be 
overthrown : but the tabernacle of the 
upright fhall flourish. 

12 There is a way which feemeth right 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the 
ways of death. 

13 Even in laughter the heart isWor- 
rowful ; and the end of that mirth is 
heavinefs. 

14 The baekflider in heart fhall be fill- 
ed with his own ways : and a good man 
fhall be Jatiified from himfelf 

15 1 he fiinple beiieveth every word : 
but the prudent man looketh well to his 
going. 

16 A wife man feareth, and cieparteth 
from evil : but the fool rageth, and is 
confident. 

17 He that is foon angry dealeth foolifh- 
ly : and a man of wicked devicesis hated. 

18 The fimple inherit folly : but the 
prudent are crowned with knowledge. 

19 The evil bow before the good ; and 
the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 

20 The poor is hated even ot his own 
neighbour: but the rich bath many friends. 

21 He that defpifeth his neighbour fin- 
ncth : but he that hath mercy on the 
poor, happy is he. 

"II Do they not err that devife evil ? 
But mercy and truth /hall be to them that 
devife good. 

28 in alllabourthere is profit: but the 
talk of the lips tenJeto only to penury. 

24 The crown oi the wife n their riches: 
but the foolifhnefsof fools is folly. 

25 A true witnefs dclivereth fouls : 
but a deceitful witnejs fpeaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the Lord is frrong 

confidence : and his children fhall have 

a place of refuge. 
v 27 The 



Ofiuraiby Qpprefion, &d Chap. XV. xvi. Of the wife, fool rjb, &c, 523 

The Irar of the Lord is a. fountain! 16 Better is little with the fear of the 
>flife, to depart the fnaresof death. I Lord, than great treafure ami trouble 



?par 

rude of people is t e 

kil luir n the want of people 

of the prince. 

.t is flow to v\ rath is of great 

una* i (lauding : but be that is hafty of 

ipi; 

eart/ithe lifeofthe flefh i 
but cms rottennefs of the bones. 

3t itc that opprefTcth the poor re- 
proachcth his .Maker: but he that hon- 
our-.- ere/ on the poor 



therewith 

IT Better is a dinner (.f herbs where 
love is., than a flailed ox and hatred 
therewith. 

18 A wrathful manrtirreth up flrife: but 
he that is flow to an.er ,'ppeafcth flr 

19 i iie way of the llothfui /r.an is as 
a:i he dge of thorns : but the way of the 

/.ecus is in ide plain 
SO A ;< ife fon maketh a glad father : 
but a fo<. irti tuan defpifeth his mother. 



Iced is driven away in his -l Folly >s joy to tim that is deiHtute 



: but the rghteons haih hope 
in 

:n refterh ir, the I*art of him 



ofwifdotn: but a man of undorfLmJing 

waiketk u^r ; _h'iy 
-- ut coumfel purpofes are dif- 



. <t iLbub' appointed : but in the multitude of 



/j in tr known 

tlteth a option 
but li iny people. 



counsellors they are eirabrfhed. 

-^ A man hatkjoy by the anfwer i f 

his mouth: ana a word jpok.n indue 



■*> > i is toward a wife leafon, >od is it 



• rath is aguinji him 
a i:e. 



I 

> P. XV. 
A SO; rneth away wrath: 

buf r. 

wife uieth kn 
edge ar ; ght : but the mouth of fools 
. out fooliflinefs. 

f the Lord are in ever) 
place, bcliw. .ic cv;l an 1 

4 Aw: tie is x tree <>r 

but perverienefs therein »a breach in 

ir'sinfti 
buthetbai 

mu 

>le. 

fe difperfe kn 

. ,ctb 

■ ■ 

, after 
10 unto I 

e:h r 

irtJ 

men I 

)t one t 

l^ A me: : i ■•• r ' i : 1 

ifthehean 
atfc und 

he d.i • j aft < 

: 



I i:c way of life is above to the wife, 
that he may depart from heli beneath 
ij i he Lo %D w ill deftroj I feof 

the proud : but he will efrabljOa the bor- 
der of i lie v. :ci 

46 The thoughts of the wicked are an 
abomination to th< Lo d but tbetut 
ot the purr are int wor 

11 he that is greedy of -am ti 

his own houfe ; but he thai hateth gifts 

(fa dl live. 

The heart of the tijlucmis fhld 
nfwer : hut the mouth ot ti 
poureth out evil thing 

-'■> 1 he I.o: r from the w i< fe- 

ed : but i reth the prayer of the 

• is. 

he eyes rejoicoth the 
irt . and a hi ih« 

: it. 
3t 1 ill the reproof of 

: the v\ 
:h u refufech inftru< lion del 
eth his own (i that hearetb 

i (land ti 
l he l n the 

(IrucTion of wifdooii and before honour 
is humil 

QH \ I'. K\ I. 
THE prej ■■'an, 

ml'wer of i guc h from 

•^ of a man a § cle in in 

; but the J ><<> 
the ( t > i 

KP, 
'I be el; i 
i 1 he I.o < ;> hath : 

., evej the I I«h I - 

day ot evil. 

-A/.' it r it 

.in ab 
.• latb alhaad joim in han t, !.c kail not be u 
I pumfhed. 

6 : 



524 God truth t^e heart. 



FR0VER3S. Ofrigkteoufnefs, jufiiie, &t 






By mercy and truth iniquity tspurg j 34 The hoary head is a crown of glo- 
ar of the Lord nun\ ry, // it be found in the way of rig'it- 



ed : and by the fea 

depart from evil. 

I When a man's ways pieafe the 
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be 
at peace with him. 

8 Better is a little with ri^hteoUfnefs, 
than greet revenues without right. 

9 A man's heart devifeth his way : but 
the Lord direCleih his ftepsA. 

10 A ijivinc ieiitance is in the lips of 
the king : his mouth tranfgrefieth not in 
judgment. 

II Ajuft weight and balance are the 
Lord's : all the weights of the bag are 
his work. 

12 // is an abomination to kin js to 
commit wicked nefs : for the throne is 
eftablifhed by righteoum.-fs. 

IS Rig hteouslipsarrthcdehghtof kings; 
and they love him that fpeaketli right. 

14 The wrath of a king/'* as -nefTengers 
of death : but a wife man will pac'iy it- 

15 In the light of the king's counte- 
nance is life ; and his favour is as a ciond 
of the latter rain. 

16 How much better is it to get wifdem 
than gold? And to get underitjndin-.:. 
rather to bechofen than filver ? 

17 The highway of the upright is to 
depart from evil : he that keeperh his 
Way preferveth his foul. 

18 Pride goeth before detraction, and 
an haughty fpirit before a fall. 

19 Better it is to be of an humble fpirit 
with the lowly, than to divide the fpoil 
with the proud. 

£0 He that handleth a matter wifely, 
fhall find good : and who lb triuleth in 
ihe Lord, happy is he. 

£1 The wife in heart (hall be called 
prudent 



eoufnefs. 

43 lie that is flow to anger is better 
than the mighty ; and he thai ruleih his 
fpirit than lie that taketh a city. 

33 The lot is calt into the lap ; but ihe 
whole difpofing thereof is of the Lord. 
CHAP. XVI L 

BETTER is a dry n.- riel. raid qui t- 
nefs therewith, than an houfe full of iuc- 
rifices nvith ft rife. 

2 A wife fcrvant fhall have rule over 
a fon that caufech fname, and fhall have 
part of the inheritance among the breth- 
ren. 

3 The fining pot is for filver, and the 
furnace for gold : but the Lord trieth 
the heai t*. 

4 A wicked doer giveih heed to f:;!fe 
lips : and a liar giveth ear to a naughty 
tongue. 

5 VVpofb rnockcth the poor reproach - 
etli his Maker : and he that is glad at ca- 
lamities lhall not be unpuniflied, 

6 Children's children are the crown cf 
old men ; and the glory of children me 
their fathers. 

7 Excellent 'pcech becometh not a fool : 
much iefi oo 1\ ing lips a prince. 

8 A? gift is as a precious Rone in the 
eyes of him that hath it ; whitherfbever 
it turneth, it profpereth. 

9 'At that coverrth a tran'V refiion feek- 
eth love : but he that repeateth a matter 
feparateth very friends. 

10 A reproof er.teretb more into a 
wife man than an hundred flripcs into 
a fool: 

11 An evil wan feekethonly rebellion : 
therefore a cruel meflenger (hall be 
again ft him. 

Vl Let a bear robbed of h.er whelps meet 



and the fvveetneis of the lips 
increafeth learning. 

£2 Understanding is a weltfpring of [a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 
life unto him that hath it : but the in-! 13 Whofo rewardeth evil for good, e/ri 
iiruction of fools is folly. 

23 The heart of the wife teachcth his 
mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 

54 Pleafint words are "as an honey- 
comb, fwqct to the foul, and lieaith to 
the bones 



'fhall not depart iicv:\ his houfe 



il 



14. The beginning of ftrife is as when 



ore letteth ont water : therefore lea Ve off 
contention before ir be meddled with. 

ir> He that juftifieth the wi< ked,and he 
that condemnetb the juft, even they both 



the bones. I that condemned tne juit. even mey oou. 

25 There is a way that feemeth right jo re abomination to the Loud. 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the 16 Vt I cr< fore is there a price in the 
ways of death. handbf'a fool to get wifdorn, feeirtg be 

"26 He that !,ibouieth,iabouieth foi Imn I batb no hear! to <<? 
felf ; for his mouth craveth it of him. It A fri< nd loi eth at all times, ai 

27 An ungodly man diggcth up evil ; | brother isbom lor adverlity. 

nd in his \ipstb* > re is as a burning fire. ; 18 A man < bid ot u ndihg ftrik, 

eth hands, and becometh fu ret y in the 



ana in ins iij 

i8 A fro ward nan fOwetli ftrife: and a 
whifperr.r feparateth chief friei 

l 29 A violent man eaticeth his neigh- 
bour, and leaded, him into the way that 
is not gocd. 

30 He fhuUeth his eyes Co devife fro- 
v/ard tiiiegs ; meving his lips he bfingeth 
evil it uafs. 



prefence of Uis U iend. 

19 l»e lovfeth tranfgreflion thai lovefM 
; andht thatexattethhis g; te ' 

. 'Jtinif iiri'.Ct'on. 

to ][■ ha ffowarri heart ' 

eth no good : and he thai hath a pel veife 
ne litiicih into miichj 



■:r tT>vgue. Chap. XTMi. a Of the poor, rich, £5j . 



525 



his i a fool 

rt doeth ^ocd / 
cine : but a broken fpirit drielh 

kctl tfftf/z tnketh a gift r nt ol 
the buibm to pervert the ways of j 
ment. 

24 Wifdom ii before him that I 
demanding ; bm llw eyei ol a Fool «r< 
in the end- earth* 

i 1 (on //a > his father, 

and bitternefs to her t'uit bare h 

■26 Alio to ptiatft] the jnft is not g 
ror\o \\r\Kc princes fbs equi 

'-7 He that hath knowledge fpareth hi^ 
words : and .1 m in of understanding isoi 
an excellent !. 

Ideth his 
y,c.ic *d lie thai Ihuj - 

leth his lips u efteetntd 1 mau oi un 
iijnding. 

.'VIII. 
THR< ire a man, having rep- 

arated hinifcif, leekcth and intern 
1 all v.iM'.ini. 

fght in under- 
standing, but 1 1 1 » r his heart maj difcover 
itielr'. 

3 When the wicked cometh, then com 
eth alio contempt, and with ignominy 
reproach. 

\ The words of a man's mouth are as 
the v. ellfpring of wif 
i ai a fi 

- // fj nor go id to .j< cept the perfon <>t 
'wicked* tu overthrow the righteous 

in jud; 

< ontention, 

and his moutl <-s. 

^ A i mouth is h 'ion, 

I he fhare of his foul. 

b The Words of a talebe.irrr are ai 
wounds, and I into the in- 

nei ly. 

9 1! hful in his vroi k it 
th< i' i., !. m that a!!- r. 

10 i hi rong 
tower ; the rigl is runneth into it, 

1 t 1 I, '(';;'< his ftrong 



Ill In,;') wall in his o.vn 

H I Of 1 

•8 I le that i e he 

- 
i m will fufl 
lity ; But a rit> who 

IS 
knoi he earoi the v 

c. 
tti A m in • maketh n om f r I 

h :. ? n. 



17 jfcTi //.;/ ij fidi: in hib own cai 
feemetl? juft ; but his neighbour Cometh 
and fearcl eth hin 

lb - caufeth contentions to ceafe, 

and parteth between the mighti 

19 A brother offended is harder to be 
" than a (trong city ; ana their con- 

■ v.sxrc like the bins of a caftie. 
1 A man's belly (ball befatisfied with 
lit of his mouth ; and with the in- 
c reafe c f his lips ball he be filled. 

- 1 Death and life are in the power of 
: and tlcy that love it fhall 
the frim ii ereof. 

: IVbofo findeth a wife findeth a good 
tndobtaineth favour of the Lord. 
> 1 he poor off th entreaties ; but \ ' 
rich anfwereth roughly. 

nan that bath friends mud ft 
himfelf fri« ndly t and there i- a friend 
that fticketh clofbr than a brother. 
HAP. XIX. 
BETTER is the poor that walketh 
his integrity, than he that f/perverfe in 
his lips, and is » fool'. 

- Ufo, ticit the foul l>e without knowl- 
• , it is not go )d : and he that hafleth 
W ith his feet finneth. 

3 The fooliJhnefs i : n'nn perverteth 
lii.s way : ana his heart fietteth againft 
the Lord. 

i Wealth maketh many friends : but 
the poor is feparated from Ins neighbour. 
a A falfe witnef3 fhall not be unpun- 
ished, and he that fpeaketh lies (hall not 
efca pc 

6 Many will entreat the favour of the 
prince : ai y rnan is a friend tu I; 

th it givcth gifts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do I 
him : l low much more do his friends lo 

i i otti him f He purfueth / 

r.u\\\s,yet till vs.'iitin- to him. 

8 He that getteth wifdom Ibveth h:s 
n foul : he that keepeth ui mding 

fhall find ^u 

9 A falfe witnefs Oiall not beunpun- 
id, u, i he ti.at fpeaketh lies (ball 

lh. 

io Del ilj for B tool ; 

ii lefs I • ant io have rule oi 

. 
u I he difcretton of a iman d< fi i • 
his a i .'•"' y to pal i 

i : i he k 

i ; but his fai our it on 

the , i • 

i I 

II H 
of I 

15 

lie 



&2S 



Ofthejlothful, &c. 



PROVERBS. Of weights, meafures, ®t.. 



16 He that kcepeth the commandment 
keepeth his own foul : but he that def- 
pifeth his ways fhall die. 

17 He that hath pity upon the poor 
lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which 
he hath given will he pay him again . 

18 Chaftenthy fon while there is hope, 
and let not thy foul fpare for his crying. 

19 A man of great wrath (hall fuffer 
puniihment : for if thou deliver him t yet 
thou mnft do it again. 

ao Hear counfel, and receive inftrucTiion, 
that thou mayelt be wife in thy latter end. 

at There are many devices in a man's 
heart ; neverthelefs, the counlel of the 
Lord, that (Kail Hand. 

t'l The dehre of a man is his kindnefs : 
and a poor man is better than a liar. 

as The fear of the Lord tendeth to 
life : and be that hath it fhall abide fatis- 
fied ; he (hail not be vifited with evil. 

a4 A flothful man hideth his hand in his 
bofom, and will not io much as bring it 
to his mouth again. 

a5 Smite a (corner, and the Ample will 
beware : and reprove one that hath un- 
fterltanding, and he will underiiatid 
knowledge. 

26 He that wafteth &is father, atidclmf- 
eth away his mother, is a fon that cauf- 
eth (hame, and bringeth reproach. 

aT Ceafe, my fon, to hear the inftruc- 
tion that caujetb to err from the words of 
knowledge. 

a8 An ungodly witnefs fcorneth judg- 
ment : and the mouth of the wicked de- 
voureth iniquity. 

29 Judgments are prepared for fcorn- 
ers, and (tripes for the back of tools. 
CHAP. XX. 

WINE is a mocker, (trong drink is 
raging : and whofoever is deceived there- 
by is not wife. 

a The fear or a king // as the roaring 
of a lion ; tvhcjo provoketh him to anger 
finneth againji his own foul. 

S It is an honour for a man to ceafe 
from ftrife : but every fool will be med- 
dling. 

4 The fluggard will not plough by rea- 
fon of the cold ; therefore (hall he beg in 
harveft, and han/e nothing. 

5 Counlel in the heart of man is like 
deep water ; but a man of understanding 
will draw it out. 

6 Molt men will proclaim every one 
his own goodnefs : but a faithful man, 
Who can find ? 

7 Thejuitman walketh in his integrity: 
his children are bleffrd after him. 

8 A king that (itteth in the throne of 
judgment fcattereth away all evil "with 
his eyes. 

9 Who can fay, I have made my heart 
clean, I am pure from my fin ? 

10 Divers weights, and divers m«af- 



ures, both of them are alike abomination 
to the Lord. 

It Even a child is known by his doings, 
whether his work be pure, and whether 
it be right. 

ii The hearing ear, and the feeing 
eye, the Lord hath made even both of 
them. 

13 Love not deep, left thou come to 
poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou (halt 
be fatisfied with bread. 

14 It is naught, it is naught, faith the 
buyer : but when he is gone his way, then 
he boafteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude of 
rubies : but the lips of knowledge are a 
precious jewel, 

16 Take his garment that is furety Jor 
a ftranger : and take a pledge of him fof 
a ((range woman. 

17 Bread of deceit is fweet to a man ; 
but afterwards his mouth fhall be tilled 
with gravel. 

18 E<very purpofe is eftablifhed by coun- 
fel : and with good advice make war 

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer 
revealeth fecrets ; therefore meddle net 
with him that fiattereth with his lips* 

ao Whofo curfeth his father or his 
mother, his lamp fhall be put out in ob- 
fcure darknefs. 

ai An inheritance maybe gotten haftily 
at the beginning ; but the end thereof 
(hall not be blefled. 

11 Say not thou, I will recompenfe 
evil; but wait on the Lord, and he (hall 
fave thee. 

as Divers weights are an abomination 
unto the Lord ; and a falfe balance is 
not good. 

a4 Man's goings are of the Lord ; 
How can a man then understand his own 
way > 

25 It ;Va fnare to the man iubo devour- 
eth that which is holy, and after vows 
to make inquiry.. 

26 A wile king fcattereth the wicked, 
and bringeth the wheel over them. 

a7 The fpirit of man is the candle of 
the Loud, fearchingall the inward parts 
of the belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preferve the king : 
and his throne is upholden by mercy. 

a9 The glory of young men is their 
(trength ; and the beauty of old men // 
the gray head. 

30 The bluenefkof a wound cleanfeth 
away evil ; fo do (tripes the inward parts 
of the belly. 

CHAP. xxr. 

THE king's heart is in rhe hand of the 
Lord, *s the rivers of water : he turn- 
ethit whitherfoeyer he will. 

a Every way of a #Um is right in his 
own eyes; but the Lord ponuereth the 
hearts. 

S To 



Of a contentious woman. 

5 To do j u fllce and judgment is more 
acceptable to the Lord than facrifice. 

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and 
the ploughing of the wicned, is fin. 

i The thoughts of the diligent tend 
only to plenteoufnefs ; but of every one 
that is haliy, only to want. 

6 The getting of treafures by a lying 
tongue is a vanity tolfed to and fro of 
them that feek death. 

7 The robbery of the wicked (hall de- 
ftroy them ; becaufe they refufe to do 
judgment. 

H The way of man is fro ward and 
ftrange ; but as for the pure, his work is 
right. 

'J // is better to dwell in a corner of 
the houfetop, than with a brawling wom- 
an in a wide houle. 

10 The foul of the wicked defireth 
evil : his neighbour hndeth no favour in 
his eyes. 

11 When the fcorner is puniOSed, the 
Ample t6 nude wife \ and when the wile 
is inllructed, he receiveth knowledge. 

i I The righteous man wifely confid- 
ereth the houle of the wicked : but God 
overthroweth the wicked for their wick- 
ed ne I a. 

13 Whofo ftoppeth his ears at the cry 
of the poor, he alio lhall cry himfelf, but 
(Ml not be heard. 

1 i A gift in (ecret pncifieth anger : and 
a reward in the bolom ftrong wrath. 

15 // is joy to the jull to do judg- 
ment : bill deltruction jball be to the 
workers of iniquity. 

16 The man thai wanderethout of the 
way of undei Handing thill remain in the 
congre of the dead. 

17 He thai h.vnh \)^.\(uve fball be a 
pooi i thai lovi th w ine and oil 
fl.iiil nfit be i • 

J8 'lii I /lull be \ ran Tom for the 

rix , anU tiie tra ,'r for the 

upright. 

i'J it /t 1. i dwell jn the wilder- 

neLi, than with a >U* and an an- 

gry oman . 

ire to be defired, and 

oil in th of the * il'e hut .i 

•£i . le tl. u followeth i ■ i hte< 



Chap. xxii. Of a good nsme, humility, ®e. 327 
27 The facrifice of the wicked //abom- 



ination ; How much more, token he 
bringeth it with a wicked mind ) 

28 A falfe witnefsnaall perifh : but the 
man that heareth fpeaketh conftantly. 

29 A wicked man hardeneth his face : 
but as for the upright he direcleth his way. 

30 There is no wifdom nor underftand- 
ing nor counfel againft the Lord. 

31 The horfe is prepared againft the? 
day of battle: but fafety is of the Lord. 

CHAP. XXII. 
A GOOD name /'/ rather to be chofen 
than great riches, and loving favour 
rather than filver and gold. 

2 The rich and poor meet together : 
the Lord is the maker of them all. 

3 A prudent man forefceth the evil, 
and hideth himfelf; but the fimple pais 
on, and are punifhed. 

4 By humility and the fearofthe Lord 
are riches, and honour, and life. 

5 Thorns and fnares are in the way of 
the froward : he that doth keep his foul 
(hall be far from them. 

6 Train up a child in the way he (houM 
go; and when he is old, he will not de- 
part from it. 

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and 
the borrower is fervant to the lender. 

8 He that fowcth iniquity (hall reap 
vanity ; and the rod of Ins anger (hall fail. 

9 He that hath a bountiful eye (hall be 
blelTed ; for he givcth of his bread to the 
poor. 

10 Caft out the fcorner, and contention 
fliall go out ; yea, ft rife and reproach (hall 

( ■ »!e. 

11 He that loveth purenefs of heart, 
for the grace of Ins lips the king Jbull be 

Jils II irnd. 

12 The eyes of the Lord preferve 
know and he overthroweth the 
words ol the rl anfgreffbr. 

i i rlit'u! man faith, 'There i< a 

lion* ithout, 1 (hall l><- (lain in the ftp 

14 The mouth -»( ftrange women ii a 
deep pit : h - thai it abrn rr< d » i ihe Lord 
in. 

13 \-< ilifhnefs is b< und in the hear! of 
a child ; but til e&ion il all 

di iv. i i.ii fi om I. 
16 He i t oppri i>h the poor to in. 



and hoii ricl '■./•' fu • < m ■ "> w am. 

of the IT I d heai flic 

the Ifr oft words of th I .>; \ \\ thine i 
th< if. u ii i 

his I i it I thing I 

tongiM \ ■ , thej (hall w ithal 

th 
II iihful killeth I I ■ 



him ; i labour. 

■ ow \t- ; ; greedil) ill t > eda> I 
but the righteous gtveth and fpareth not, 



lent thinj I and kn« 



fi- 



ll il at 



m Uncertainty of riches,® c. PROVERBS. Of ' drunkennefs, envy, &c. 

21 That. T might make thee know the but be thou in the fear of the Lord all 
certainty ^ of the^ words of" truth ; that j The day long 



thou mighteft airfwer the words of truth 
to them that fend unto thee ? 

2~ Rcb not the poor.beeaufe he is poor; 
neither opprefs the affii&ed in the gate ; 

23 For the Lord will plead their 



18 For fu rely fhercisanend ; and thine 
expectation (ball not be cut off. 

19 Hear thou, my fon. and be wife, and 
guide thine heart in the May. 

"2.0 Be not' among winebibbers; among 



caule, and fpou the foul of thofe that J riotous caters of flcih 

therr - « For the drunkard and the glutton 



24 Make no friendship with an angry 
man : a^d with a furious man thou fhak 
not go ; 

26 Left thou learn his ways, and set a 
fnare to thy foul. 

26 Be not thou one of them that ftrike 
hands, or of them that are ftirctifcs for 
debts ; 

27 If thou haft nothing to pay, Why 



mall come to poverty : and drowfinef* 
ftsall clothe a man with rags. 
J.'l Hearken unto thy father that begat 
thee, and defpife not thy mother when 
(he is old. 

~3 Buy the truth, and fell it not ; alfe 
wifdom, and initruciion, and under- 
handing. 

The father of the righteous fhall 



fhould he take away thy bed from under greatly rejoice : and he thaV begettetr 
llJ ^ * ' . wile t 7»/.W fhall have joy of him. 

. 23 Remove not the ancient landmark, 
which thy fathers have let. 



mefs 



£9 Seeft thou a man diligent in hisbuf- 

icfs ? He fhall ftand before kings ; he fhall 
not ftand before mean men*- 
CHAP. XXIII. 

WHEN thoufitteft to eat with a ruler 
conftder diligently what is before thee : 

°2 And put a knife to thy throat,iflhou 
be a man given to appetite. 

3 Be not defirous of his dainties: for 
they are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich : ceafe from 
thine own vvifdom. 

5 Wilt thou fet thine eyes upon that 
which is not ? For ricbes certainly make 
themfelves wings; they fly away as an 
eagle toward heaven. 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that 
bath an evil eye, neither defire thou his 
dainty meats : 

T For as hethinketh in hk heart, fo is 
he : Eat and drink, faith he to thee ; but 
his heart is not with thee. 

U The morfe! which thou hafr eaten 
fnalt thou vomit up, and lofe thy fweet 

words. 

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool ■ 
for lie will defoife the wifdom of thy 

Words. 

10 Remove not the old landmark ; and 
enter not into the fields of the fcuherlefs : 

11 For their redeemer is mighty ; he 
ih.ill plead their Caufe with thee. 

U Apply thine hcaift unto inftrucTon, 
and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 

15 Withhold not correction from the 
child: for if thou beateft him with t.'ie! 
rod he fhaif not die. 

14 Thou (halt beat him with the rod, 
and fl»;.lr deliver his foul horn hell. 

15 My fon if thine heart be wife, my 
heart fhall rejoice, even mine. 

16 Yea, my reins tit a 11 rejoic?, when 
thy lips fpeak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart «nvy miners : 



85 Thy father and thy mother fhall be 
glad, and the that bare thee fhall rejoice. 



i6 My fon, give me thine heart, and let 
Mine eyesobferve my ways.. 

27 For a whore is a deep ditch : and a 
ft range woman isn harrow pit. 

28 Shealfoliethin waitas/oraprey,and 
increafeth the tranfgreffors among men. 

29 Who hath wee ? Who hath forrow ? 
Who hath contentions ? Who hath bab- 
bling ? Who hath wounds without caufe ? 
Who hath rednefs of eyes ? 

SO They that tarry long at the wine ; 
they that go to feek mixed wine. 

pi Look not thou upon the wine when 
it is red, when it giveth his colour in the 
cup, nvben it moveth itfelf aright. 

3t At the iaft it biteth like a ierpenr, 
and fhngeth like an adder. 

33 Thine eyes fhall behold ftran^e wo- 
men, and thine heart fhall utter perverfe 
things. 

Si Yea, thou fhalt be as lie that lieth 
down in the midft of the (fa, or as he that 
lieth upon the top of a ma ft. 

35 They have ftricken me, /halt tbott 
fay, and I was not tick ; they have beaten 
me, and 1 feh it net : When thai! I awake I 
I will feek it yet again. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

BE not thou envious againft evil men, 
neither defire to be with them : 

°l Fdr their heart ftudieth deftruclion, 
and their lips talk of mifchief. 

3 Through wifdom i.>;jn houfe huildcd; 
and by underftanding it is eflablifhed : 

4 And by knov ledge mail the cham- 
bers be filled with all precious and pieaf- 
ant riches. 

5 A wife man // ftrong ; yea, a man of 
knowledge increafeth ftrength* 

6 For by wife cdunlel thou fi» alt make 
thy war : and in multitude of counsellors 
thrre is fafety. 

7 Wifdom is too high for a fool ; he 
openeth not his mouth in the gate. 

2 He 



ar God, anH honour the king. Chap. XXV. 

that del to do evil fhall be 

caHe i a rnifchie vous perfon. 



parrels to be avoided. 5*9 

Hi And, lo, it was all grown over with 
thorns, and nettles hud 'covered the face 



9 fhc thought of foolifhnefs h fin : and thereof", and the stonewall thereof was 



: ner // an abomination to men. 
10 Ij ihou feint in the day oi adverfity, 
thy flrongth is (mall. 

it 1/ thou forbear to deliver them t*at 



bickcn down. 

S: ThenI law, awd* considered it well : 
Hooked u\m it.o?id received induction. 

S3 Tt a little fleep, a little (lumber, a 



are drawn unto death, and tbofe that are little folding of the bands to fleep : 



ly to he flain ; 



54 So (hall thv poverty come as one 



[fthoufayeft, Behold, we knew it net; thai travelled! ; and thy want as 
- be Th it pondereththe hearl con- ed man. 



tider it? and be tharkeq etb thy Soul, Doth | 
not he know it ? an.i, Shall not he render 
to t<verv man according to his works ? 

\6 My IV.n, ear thou honey, becaufe it 
is good j ana the honeycomb, Which is 
fweei to thy tafte : 

14 Sojball iiie knowlcdgeof «AJ{dom be 
unto thy fo'.:! ; when thou haft: found it, 



then there and thy ex-;fearch out a matter. 



C H A P. XXV. 
1 Objer-vations on kings. H Of avoiding 
quart eh, and jundry caujes thereof. 
't HESK are alfo proverbs of Solomon, 
which the men of Hezekiah king of Ju- 
clan cojned out. 

u l It n the glory of God to conceal a 
thing : but the honour of kings is to 



Deflation thai i not be cut 



5 The heaven for height, and the 



IS Lay in , O wicked ntan f a-Jearth for depth, and the heart ot kings /. 

gainfttl the righteous j fp oil |un fear enable;. 



his reft 



4 Take away the drofsfrom thefilver, 



1€ For a juit ^nau falleth feven tiroes, J and there (hall come forth a vefkl for the 



and rifeth tup again : but the wicked (hall 
fall rfchief. 

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy fall- 
cth let nor thine heart be glad when 

he (tumble; 

Id Left the Lord fee :.\ and it dif- 
pleale him, and he turn away Ids wrath 
from hi in. 

19 Fret not thy fell becaufe of evil men, 
neither he th ious at the wicked ; 

there (ball be no reward to the 
evil man ; the i andle of the wicked fhall 
be- put out 

tl My fon I Lord and 

king : ai. U that 

o cha ge : 

ilamity (hall rife uidderily; 
an 

rhefe 
It ii to have refpect of peri 

in : 

t4 Hcth it faith unto thew icke 1,1 hou 
art rig - him \\ all the ; • upl< 

. him j 

fhall 
be dcliglt!, and a good hi-:, ling (hall C 
upon them. 

man hi til !.-! , /;:'/ lips that 

t ■■ t, and 

in the held . 



finei 

5 Takeaway the wicked from before 
the king, and hi* throne (hall be estab- 
lished in nghtecufnefs. 

l> Put not forth thyfelf in the prcf- 
ence of the kiiu, and (rand not in the 
place of great men ; 

7 For betier /'/ is that it be faid unto 
thee, Come up hither ; than that thou 
(houldelt be put lower in the prelence ot 
the prince w honi thine eyes have Seen. 

K ^ Go not forth ha (lily to drive, 
ihou kno-xo not whit to do in the end 
thereof, when thy neighbour hath pat 
thee to lli inc. 

9 Debate thy Ciufe with thy neigh- 
bourbimfiri/ } anddifoover not a fecret to 

«v» Left he that beareth it put thee to 
ft a me, and thine infamy turn not away. 

it \ .id fitly fpoken isl.ke apph 
gold in | ot' iilvi-r. 

12 .i o| g4 Id, ;md Kb OT- 

9 is a wde i ■ 

l •; fn m in the tinn 

hai v< H, Jo /- i I '.thiol uer to »!'< mi 

• 
of hi i mall • 

U Wholo boiftdh I 



<8 
bour ut cau \ not 

wit 

'. r will do fo to 
hath done I u ill render t 

fua ■ ' 



i '> : .i 1. 1.; is t pri ce i 

fuaded, and a ■ breaketli 

! Ian* th 

i ;nl for thi e, left thou 
and vomit it. 
it Witndra y ihj 



I went f the (1 rlhful, oufe ; left he be \ 

a-- I by the of th? nun void ofjan \Jo \va*<- ll 



underdanding , 



ST 



i:j A 1 ; ! r - witn 

.i.i.l 



530 OffoolSfJIuggards, 



PROVERBS. 



and contentious bufybodies. 



again ft his neighbour is a maul, and a 
fvvord- and a fharp arrow. 

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in 
time of trouble is like a broken tooth, 
and a foot out of joint. 

20 As he that taketh away a garment 
in cold weather, and as vinegar upon 
nitre, fo is he that fingeth fongs to an 
heavy heart. 

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him 
bread fo ear ; and if he be thirlty, give 
him water to drink : 

22 For thou malt heap coals of fire 
upon his head, and the Lord fhall re- 
ward thee. 

23 The north wind drivethaway rain : 
fo doto an angry countenance a backbiting 
tongue. 

24 // is better to dwell in a corner of 
the houfetop, than with a brawling wom- 
an and in a wide houfe. 

13 Jicold waters to a thirty foul, fo 
is good news from a far country. 

"16 A righteous man falling down be- 
fore the wicked, is as a troubled fountain, 
and a corrupt fpring. 

27 h is not good to eat much honey : 
fo for men to fearch their own glory is 
not giory. 

28 He that hath no rule over his own 
fpirit, is like a city that is broken down, 
and without walls 

CHAP. XXV I. 
1 Obfervations about fools, ISJIuggards, 
1? and contentious bujybodies. 
AS fnow in fummer, and as rain in har- 
veft, fo honour is not feemly for a fool. 

2 As the bird by wandering, as the 
fwallow by flying, fo the curfe caufelefs 
fhall not come. 

3 A whip for the horfe, a bridle for the 
afs, and a rod for the fool's back. 

4 Anfwer not a fool according to his 
folly, left thou alfobe like unto him. 

6 Anfwer a fool according to his folly, 
left he be wife in his own conceit. 

6 it'e_ that fendeth a meffage by the 
hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and 
drinketh damage. 

7 1 he legs of the lame are not equal : 
fo is a parable in the mouth of fools. 

8 Ashe that bindcth a ftone in a fling, 
fo i\ he that givetli honour to a fool. 

9 A' a ihoFii goeth up into the hand of 
a drunkard, fo is a parable in the mouth 
of f< ols 

10 The great God that formed ali 
things both rewardeth the fool, and re- 
ward eth tratvfgrefTprs. 

11 'As a dog returneth to his vomit, Jo 
a fool remrneth to his foity. 

12 Seeft thou a n;an wife in his own 
conce ; t ; tbtrets more hope of a fool than 
of him- 

IS ^T Theflothful man faith, "There isn 
lioa in the way ; a lion is in the ftreeis. 



14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, 
fo doth the flothful upon his bed. 

15 The flothful hideth his hand in his 
bofom ; it grieveth him to bring it again 
tohs mouth. 

16 The fiuggard is wifer in his own 
conceit than feven men that can render a 
reafon. 

17 qf He that pafieth by, and meddleth 
with ftrife belonging not to him, is like 
one that taketh a dog by the ears. 

18 As a mad man who cafleth fire- 
brands, arrows, and death, 

19 So is the man that deceiveth his 
neighbour, and faith, Am not I in fport > 

20 Where no wood is, there the fire 
goeth out : fo where there is no tale- 
bearer, the ftrife ceafeih. 

21 As coals are to burning coals, and 
wood to fire ; fo is a contentious man to 
kindle ftrife. 

22 The words of a talebearer are as 
wounds, and they go down into the in- 
nermoft parts of the belly. 

23 Burninglips and a wicked heart are 
like a pot (herd covered with filver drofs. 

24 He that hateth diflembteth with his 
lips, and layeth up deceit within him ; 

25 When he fpeaketh fair, believe him 
not : for there are feven abominations in 
hh heart. 

26 IVhofe hatred is covered by deceit*, 
his wickednefs (ball be (hewed before the 
ivhole congregation. 

27 Whofo diggeth a pit fhall fall there- 
in : and he that rolleth a ftone, it will re- 
turn upon him. 

28 A lying tongue hateth thofe that are 
afflicted by it ; and a flattering mouth 
worketh ruin. 

CHAP, xxvir. 

2 Obfe i nations of felj-love, 5 •/ true 
loue y 11 of care to avoid offences^ 23 
and of the boufehold care. 
BOAST notthyfelf of tomorrow ; for 

thou knoweft not what a dcy may bring 

forth. 

2 Let another man praife thee, and not 
thine own mouth; a ftranger, and--, not 
thine own lips. 

3 A Rone is heavy, and the fand 
weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier 
than them both. 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is out- 
rageous ; but, Who is able to fland be- 
fore envy ? 

5 f Open rebuke is better than fecre* 
love. 

G Faithful are tlie wounds of a friend ; 
but the kilfes of an enemy are deceitful. 

T The full foul loatheth an honey- 
comb ; but to the hungry fou) every 
hitler thing is fweet. 

« As a bird that wandereth from her 

nefi, fo is a mm that wandereth rrom 

his place. 

9 Ointment 



Gbfer<vationsDn true lo<ve y H>c. Chap, xxviii. On impiety and integrity. 551 



toriake not ; neither go into thy but they that leeK. the Lord umierftand 



9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the 
heart : fo Jo//> the lweetnefs of a man's 
friend by hearty counfel. 

'0 Thine own friend, and thy father's 
frien i forfake not ; neither go in*o thy 
brother's houfe in the day of thy calam- 
ity : jor better is a neighbour that is 
near than a brother far off. 

tl 1[ My fon, be wife, and make my 
heart glad, that I may anfvver him that 
reproacheth me. 

»- A prudent man forefeeth the evil, 
and hideth himfelf; but the fimple pais 
en, and are punilhed. 

13 lake his garment that is furety for 
a ft ranger, and taKe a pledue of him for 
a U range woman. 

11 He that blefTeth his friend with a 
loud voice, riling early in the morning, 
it lhall be counted a curie to him. 

A continual dropping in a very rainy 
day and a contentious woman an- alike : 

»<> VV hofoever hideth her hideth the 
wind, and the ointment ot his right hand, 
nubu bew rayetfa t<J<lf. 

17 Iron fharpeneth iron ; fo a man 
fharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 

18 b keepeth the fig tree ih.ill eat 
the fruit thereof; fo he that waiteth on 
hia ma/ier (hall he honoured. 

iy A> in water face uufwereth to face, 
e hcirt of man to man 

-0 H«I| and deftruclioh are never full ; 
fo the eves of man are never fetish ed. 

il Ai the fining pot for ( i 1 v ^ r , and the 
furnace for gold ; fo is a man to his 
r r 

{h thou IhouldeO bray a fool in 
a m >i tar among u heat with a p< file, yi 
will not h fhnefa depart uro n him 

i diligent to knovi th • 
of tii. fl i ka, and well t > th) herds; 

richei are nol forev ;i i and, 
Doth the crown endure to et i.e- 

1 he bay appeareth, and the tender 
grafs (hewetn iilclf, and herbs of the 
mtains are gath< i 

I he la. iibs ate for thy clothing, and 

\re the pi ice of the field. 

27 And thou /bait bante goats' milk 

enough for thy food, for the rood of thy 

•ufehold, and Jor niamtenai.ee lor thy 

maidens. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
General objerihtiion f ol impiety and re- 
ligious integrity. 
Il- i purfu- 

eth : but the i ighteo 

; or tin- refliou of a land many 

*'<* the prin< . but b> a n\ in ol 

mn iding and kno • th« Itate 

thereof lhall be prolo 

i rfl in thai oppreflfeth the pooi 
ii Ike a fweeping ia-n which leaveth no 
iood. 



4 I hey that forfake the law praifc the 
wicked : but Inch as keep the law contend 
with them. 

5 Evil men underftand not judgment : 



all things 

d Better is tlie poor that walketh in 
his uprightnefs, than he t/ at is peryerfe 
in bis ways, though he be rich 

7 Wholokeepeih the law is a wife fon : 
but he that is a companion of riotous men 
fhameth his father 

8 He that by ufury and unjuft gain in- 
creafetli his fubfiance, he fhall gather it 
for him that will pity the poor. 

9 He that turneth away his ear from 
hearing the law, even hi& pra\ evjlia/l be 
abomination. 

10 Whcfo caufeth the righteous to go 
affray in an evil way, he (hall fall himfelf 
into his own pit : but the upright lhall 
have good things in polfellion. 

11 i lie rich man i» wife in hU own 
conceit \ but the poor that hath under- 
standing fearcheth him out. 

12 When i ighteous men co rejoice there 
is great glory ; but when the wicked rife, 
a man is hidden. 

IS He that covereth his fins (hall not 
profper : bur whofo confell'eth and fbr- 
faketh them frail have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man thai feareth al- 
way : but he that hardeneth his heart 
fliail fjll into milchief. 

15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging 
bear ; Jo u a wicked ruler over the poor 
pe< pie. 

lb 1 he prince that wanteth under- 
Itanding is alio a great oppretfor : but 
lie tha' hateth covetoufnefc lhall prolong 
» is da) s. 

17 t\ man th;»t doeth violence to the 
blood ol 'any perfou fhall flee to the pit ; 
h t no man (lay him. 

1 Whofo walketh uprightly (hall be 

faVCd : I 'lit hr t'uit n pet Vei le in i.'.sw a\ 8 

ihail tdi ;tt once. 

19 He thai tilleth his 1 tnd (hall have 
plenty ol bread : but Im thai foil > • uli 
after vain i<r>jons fhall have p 
enough. 

- ( > v faithful man (hall abound »rn 
bleflings : bui he ihat maketh hake to be 
rich (hall rw>i be in noce 

"21 i'o ha ' of p< rfom is not 

good : for, for .« piet e ol bre id 'hat nun 
u ill t ran fa 

hafteth to be rich bmtk an 
i'\\\ eye, and conlideretli a>)t tri u poverty 
ihall i ,i him 

i ! that rebuketh a m rw irdi 

fhall find more favour th i" i. - thai Bat« 
th with th e . 

84 Wl th hii 

mother, and I mh, // u no 1 1 Rion ; 

the Came ts the companion of a d i . 



5SZ Offubiickgovtrnmtnt,®c. PROVERBS. 
25 He that is of a proud heart ftirreth i words 



fiiall 

eyes 

hide 



up ftrife : but he that puttetli his truft in 
the Lord ihall be made fat. 

26 He that trufteth in his own heart 
is a fool : but whofo walketh wifely, he 
(haH be delivered 

27 He that giveth unto the poor 
not lack. : but he that hideth his 
fhall have many acurfe. 

23 When the wicked rife, men . 
themfelves • but when they periih, the 
righteous mcreafe. 

CHAP. XXTX 
i Obfervaiions of publick government . 15 

and of private. 22 Of anger, pride, 

thievery, cowardice, and com upuon. 

HE that, being often reproved, harden- 
eth bis neck, fhall fuddenlv be destroyed, 
and that without remedy/ 

2 When the righteous are in authority, 
the people rejoice : but when the wicked 
beareth rule, the people mourn. 

S Whofo loveth wifdom rejoiceth his 
father : but he that keeperh company 
with harlots fpendeth his fubltance. 

4 The king by judgment eftablifheth 
the land : but he that receiveth gifts over- 
throweth it. 

5 A man that flattere'h his neighbour 
fpreadeth a net for his feet. 

6 In the tranfgrefTion of an evil man 
there is a fnare : but the righteous doth 
iing and rejoice. 

7 The righteous confidereth the caufe 
of the poor: but the wicked regardeth 
not to know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city into a 
fnare : but wife men turn away wrath. 

9 Ij a wife man contendeth with a 
foolifh man, whether he rage or laugh 
there is no reft. 

10 The bloo ithirfty hate the upright : 
but the jmt feek his foul. 

It A fool uttereth all his mind : but a 
wife man keeperh it in till afterwards. 

12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his 
fe rvants are wicked. 

t# The poor and the deceitful man 
jneet together : the Lord lighteneth both 
their eyes. 

U The king that faithfully'judgeth 
the poor, his throne fhall be efhibliihed 
for ever. 

15 ^J The rod and reproof give wif- 
dom : but a child left to b imfe If bringtlh 
his mother to fhame. 

16 When the wicked are multiplied, 
tranfgrefTion incrcafeth \ but the righteous 
lhall fee their fall 

17 Correct thy fon, and he fhall give 
thee reft ; yea, -he find I give delight unto 
thy foul. 

18 Where there is no viHon, the people 
perith : but he that keeperh the law, hap- 
py is he. 

19 A fervant will not be corrected by 



Of anger, pride, &r... 

: for though he underftand he will 
not anfwer 

20 Seeft thou a man that is hafty in 
his words ? thtre is more hope of a fool 
than of him. 

21 He that delicately brim\eth up his 
fervant from a child, (hall have him be- 
come his fon at the length 

22 ^f An angry man ftirreth up ftrife, 
and a furious man aboundeth in tranf- 
grefucn. 

i'3 A man's pride fhall bring him low : 
but honour fhall uphold the humble in 
fpirjt. 

2i Whofo is partner with a thief hateth 
his own foul: he heareth curfmg, and 
bewiayeth // not. 

25 i he fear of man bringeth a fnare ; 
but whofo putteth his truft in the Lord 
fhall be fate. 

26 Many feek the ruler's favour ; but 
evety man's judgment cometh from the 
Lord. 

27 An unjuft man is an abomination to 
the jui't : and he thjt~is upright in the 
way is an abomination to the wicked. 

CH vP XXX 
1 dguyijconfeffionofbisfaitb. 7 The t<wo 
points of his prayer. H> [be meaneli Are 
not to be vjrunged. 11 Fottr wicked gen- 
erations i) Four things infatiable. 
.!'.' -Parents are not to be dejpifed , 1«J 
Four th : ngs hard to be knoion. 21 Four 
things intolerable. 24 Four thing i ex ■ 
cetdmg vjtfe. 29 Four things ftately- 
$2 Wrath is to be prevented. 
THE words of Agur the fon of Jakeh, 
even the prophecy : the man fpake unto 
Ithiel, even unto Irhiel and Ucal. 

2 Surely I am more brutifh than any 
man, and have not the underftanding of 
a man. 

3 I neither learned wifdom, nor have 
the knowledge of the holy. 

4 Who hath afcended up into heaven, 
or clefcended ? Who hath gathered the 
wind in his fifts ? Who hath bound the 
waters in a garment ? Who hath eftablifh- 
ed all the ends of the earth i What is his 
name, and what is his fon's name, if thou 
canft tell ? 

5 Every word of God is pure : he is a. 
flrcld unto them that put their truft in 
him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, left he 
reprove thee, and thou be fownd a liar. 

7 qj Two things have I required of thee ; 
deny trc them not before 1 die : 

ti Remove far from me vanity and 
hes : give me neithei poverty nor riches ; 
feed me with food convenient forme i 

9 Left 1 be full, arid deny thee, and 
fay, Who '•• the Lord f Or, left I be poor, 
and ftcal, and take the name of my God 

n vatn, 

10 *•[ Accufe not a fervant unto h\s 

mailer* 



t >ur wicked generation;. \\. Lemuel's lejin. 5i5 

: he curfe thee, and thou be nofe bringetb for forcing 



ii • . ere is a generation that curf 
eth theirfathcj • hoc oi-eis their 

mother 

1 . there is a generation that a r e pure 
and jet is not waibed 
.» nefs. 

I > f'crr is a generation, O how I 
are iheir e.-b! and their eyelids are 
htted up 

li i ere Is a generation whofe teeth 



ot wrath bi i forth ftrife. 

C H .v l J XXXI. 
i L muel's . • and tempe- 

rance, c Tbt ufflided are sa he 1 
jatrd an J dejena 1<> Tbe f' 

a,nd properties oj .j g />. 

1 Hfi f king Lemuel, the pro- 

phecy that • him 

. what, my ton r and, V\ , it the ("on 
of my womb? and, What, the Ion of 
vows ? 



are as 1 hy ftrength unto women, 

k.uvcs to devour '.he poor from off the thy ways to that which dellroyetu 

earth, and tl \ among ivz.\ kin 

1-3 I the hurfete gh-j •» f/ij hot for , O Lemuel, ii is 

, Give grv< irearet ot tor k'p^ to drink, wine ; nor for 

are never 1 ,j--<, princes ftrong drink : 



^f lay hot, It is enoug.li 

Dirren womb ; 
the d. with v. ivr , 

and t! nt faith nor. // is enou;: 

» I « I . :eth at b. 

to obey bis mother, 
all pick, it out, 
it it. 

\ch are 
I > wonderful toe roe, yea, tour which I 

19 1 iie way ol he a ; r ; the 

way of a iernent upon 1 rock ; the v 
<-l a Oi p in tl lea ; and the 

;d. 
Suchu ulterous wo. 

ma uh, 

'one n 

qn in- iibicb it cannot 

he rrigneth i 
an ■'. ! when he is filled with meat ; 

1 
1 handmaid that is heit 
:s. 

irb are 
they are 
fe : 

1 peopl 

• in th<- 
./ a treble I 
make | 

rhe k. 

•h her 
h go 

f 

• - - 

f the 



5 Left they drink, and forget the 

.it of a: 
i. 

6 ^| Give flrcng d 

reridy to perish, and wine unto thofe t 
be of heal s. 

I Let him dnnk,and forget his p 
anil re n no nu 

D Open thy mouth for the dumb in 
the caufe of a:i fuch as are appointed to 
definition. 

9 Open th rh, judge right eei 
and plead the cuife o- orandnee< 

1*' i> Who can find a virtuous wow 
: ice is far ;• ..bi^s. 

II Tl - of her 

fan r, fo that lie iball hat - 

no Deed oi fpoil. 

\- I and not evil 

all the days of her lii 

feeketh w< 1, and flax, 
worketh m illii ith her hand . 

Hi ' lh'p? ; fli€ 

:ro!ii afar. 
She rifeth ;>Ho while it ii 
to her honfeho 

tO her 

is v ''e confidi 1 field, and bnveth 

it ; m irh the fruit of 1 plant - 

leth her loin- 

1 

dil< r 

by 

10 She ftr< 

th her l •■■• 
to tl 
Si She 

' : for all hei h 

She m 

•J. 



54 Human courfes are vain. ECCLESIASTES 
24 She maketh fine linen and felleth 



The vanity of them. 



it ; and delivereth girdles unto the mer- 
chant. 

"lb Strength and honour are her cloth- 
ing ; and (he (hall rejoice in time to come. 

2<> She openeth her mouth with wifdorn : 
and in her tongue is the law of kindnefs. 

27 Slie looketh well to the ways of 
her houfehold, and eateth not the bread 
of idlenefs. 

;*■» : — 



28 Her children arife up, and call her 
bleffed ; her hufband alfo, and he praif- 
eth her. 

29 Many daughters have done virtu- 
oufly, but thou excelleft them all. 

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is 
vain : but a woman that fearerh the 
Lord, fhe (hall be praifed. 

St Give her of the fruit of her hands; and 
let her own works praife her in the gates. 



ECCLESIASTES ; OR, THE PREACHER. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Tfje preacher fhevoeth that all human 
courfes are vain ; 4 becaufe the crea- 
tures are rejtlefs in their courfes. 9 
They bring forth nothing nevj, and all 
old things are forgotten. 
THE words of the Preacher, the fon 

of David, king of Jerufalem. 

2 Vanity of vanities, faith the Preacher, 
vanity of vanities ; all if vanity. 

3 What profit hath a man of all his 
labour which he taketh under the fun f 

4 ^ One generation patfeth away, and 
another generation cometh : but the earth 
abideth tor ever. 

5 The fun alfo arifeth, and the fun 
goeth down, and hafteth to his place 
where he arofe. 

6 The wind goeth toward the fouth,and 
turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth 
about continually, and the wind return- 
eth again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the fea ; yet 
the fea is not full ; unto the place from 
whence the rivers, come, thither they 
return again. 

8 All things are full of labour ; man can- 
not utter it : the eye is not fatisfied with 
feeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 

9 *\ The thing that hath been, it is that 
which (hall be ; and that which is done 
is that which (hall be done : and there is 
no new thing under the fun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it 
may be«faid, See, this is new ? It hath 
been already of old time, which was be- 
fore us. 

It There is no remembrance of former 
things ; neither (hall there be any remem- 
brance of things that are to come with 
tbofe that dial I come after. 

i2 I the Preacher was king over If- 
rael in Jerufalem : 

IS And I gave my heart to feek and 
/earch out by wifdorn ^concerning all 
ikings that are done under heaven : this 
fore travail hath God given to the fons 
of man to be exercifed therewith. 

14 I have feen all the works that ire 
done under the fun ; and, behold, ail is 
vanity and vexation of ft/irit. 

1.5 That which is crooked cannot be 



made flxaight ; and that which is want- 
ing cannot be numbered 

lt> I communed with mine own heart, 
faying, Lo, 1 am come to great eftate, 
and have gotten more wifdorn than all 
they that have been before me in Jerufa- 
lem : yea, my heart hart great experience 
of wifdorn and knowledge. 

IT And Igave my heart toknovv wifdorn, 
and to know mad net's and folly : I per- 
ceived that this alfo is vexation of fpirit. 

18 For in much wifdorn is much grief; 
and he that increafeth knowledge in- 
creafeth forrow. 

C H A P. II. 
1 The vanity of human courfes in the voorhs 

ofpleafure. XQTbougb the ivife be better 

than the fool. yet both have one event. 

1 SAID in mineheart,Gotonow, I will 
prove thee with mirth, therefore, enjoy 
pleafure : and, behold, this alfo is vanity. 

2 1 faid of laughter, // is mad . and of 
mirth, What doeth it ? 

S I fought in mine heart to give myfelf 
unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart 
with wifdorn ; and to lay hold on folly, till 
I might fee what was that good for the 
fons of men, which they fhould do under 
the heaven all the days of their lite. 

4 I made me great works ; 1 builded 
me houfes ; I planted me vineyards : 

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and 
I planted trees in themofall kindoft'ruhs: 

6 I made me pools of water, to water 
therewith the wood that bringeth forth 
ti'ees : 

7 1 get me fervants and maidens, and 
had Servants born in my houfe ; alfo I 
had great pofTeflions of great and fmall 
cuttle above all that were in Jerufalem 
before me : 

8 I gathered me alfo filver and gold, 
and the peculiar treafure of kings and 
of the provinces : I gat me men lingers 
and women lingers, and the delights of 
the fons of men, as mufical inftruments, 
ana that of all fo'lts. 

9 So I was great, and increafed more 
than all that were before me in Jerufa- 
lem : alfo my wifdorn remained with me. 

10 And whatsoever mine eyes defired 
I kept not from them, I withheld not my 

heart 



The vanity of human labour. Chap. 

heart from a" for my heart re- 

joiced in all my labour i aud this was my 
portion of all my lab*. 

II Then I looked on all the works that 
my hands had wrought- and on the la- 
bour that I had laboured to do : and, be- 
hold, all tvjsv . i vexation of fpir- 

it, and tbere irafnoprofit under the fun. 
I I turned mylelf to behold 
wifdom, and madnefs, and folly : for, 
do that cometh after 
the kin ^ n that which hath been al- 

ready done. 

HThen I faw that wifdom excelleth 
foil t excelleth darknefi. 

14 The wife m:t his 
head : but the fool walked) indarknefs : 
and I myfclf perceived alio tliat one event 
happeneth to them all. 

15 Then faio I heart, Ai it 
happeneth to the fool, fo it happeneth 

me ; a: en more 

wife :ny heart, that this 

alfo is v 

16 For sb<r > remembrance of the 
more than of the fool for ever . 

ing that * h ch now is, in the days to 
* ihall all be forgotten. And, How 
dieth the wife m- il. 

l ' I nerefore I hated life ; becauf 
work that is wrought under the fun is 
grievous unto me : for all is vanity and 

t8 Yea, I hated all my labour w v 
I had take r the fun : beca 

e man that Ihall be 

19 And, Whoknoweth whetherhefhall 
be a wife « 1 he have 

rule over al: wheienlha 

I have (hew e«! 
an. This tt a'fo vanity 

It IO w 

eartto i bourn 

I to^ an. 

. man whofe labour it 

? >uied 

1 he Ic rtion 



. 
s heart. when 
linger th 

are ft 

■ 

better vin 

he fS ' »li ink 

in his tab 

elfecanl 

I 1 



iii- A time for everything. 5SJ 

gather and to heap tip, that he ve 

to bimtbat is good bet -re God. 1 hi 
.is vanity and ve 1 of fp int. 

CHAP. III. 
1 By the necrJTjry etan^e of times vanity 

is inert 

lent. 16 But as fo- nun, 1*0.1 jhaltj:. 

bis nvarkl hereafter, and here be 

be like a beafi. 

TO every tbing there is a feafon, and 
a time to every purpofe under the he 

* A time to be born, and a time to 
die ; a time to plant, and a time to pit 
up that which is planted ; 

5 A time to kill, and a time to he 
a time to break down, and a time to 
1 build u 

* A time to weep, and a time 1 -> laugh ; 
a time to mourn, and a time to d 

. t away ;s, and a time 

gather flones together ne to 

embrace, and a time to retrain from c 
bracin g 

A time to get, and a time to lefe ; a 
time to keep, and a t me - 

no, and a time to lev 
lime \.*p file; 

8 Atimetolovt. time to ha 

. '.nd a I ce. 

9 What pi - wcrketh in 
that wherein he labanreth ? 

10 I have feen the tr • bich God 
hath given to the Ions of men to be e.v. 
cifed in it. 

1 1 r He •vcr. rhing bnau- 

I time : alio he h.ith fet I 
I firt, U 
I our the work that God makett 
the beg 

l- I now that there is no good in 
i to re 
iio good 

And alfo lhat every nu: 
and e 

. 
it (hall he I to 

it, ' 

I fcjr before 

'•1 ha»h 
be Ivitl 

■ 

eoi ' 

■the 1 

w,jik. 

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ECCLESIASTES 



535 Ofoppr-flon, envy, &c. 

men befalleth beads ; even one thing be- 
talleth them ; as the one dicth, fo dieth 
the other ; yea, they have all one breath ; 
fo that a man hath no preeminence above 
a bcait ; for all is vanity. 

to All go unto one place ; all are of the 
dttft, and all turn to dull again. 

£1 Who knoweth the fpirit of man 
that goeth upward, and the fpirit of the 
beaii: ihat goeth downward to the, earth ? 

ti W herefore, I perceive that there is 
nothing better, than that a man mould 
rejoice in his c.vn works ; for that is his 
portion; for, Who (hall bring him to fee 
wr.at fliall be after him ? 

CHAP IV. 
J Vanity is increajeci unto men by oppref- 
fion,\byenvy,^ by ldlenefs^i bycovttouf- 

nefs, 9 by joiitarinefs^ 1.) by ivrl/ulnejs. 

SO I r€turned,and«onftderedalJ the op- 
preflions that are done under the fun : 
and behold the tears oljucb as ivere op- 
prefTed, and they had no comforter ; and 
on the tide of their opprefTors there tuas 
power; but they had no comforter. 

£ Wherefore, I prau'edthe dead which 
are already dead, more than the living 
which are yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which 
hath not yet been, who hath not Icen the 
evil work that is done under the fun. 

4 ^| Again, I confidered all travail, and 
every right work, that for this a man is 
envied of his neighbor. This is alio van- 
ity and vexation of fpirit. 

5 q The fool foldeth his hands togeth- 
er, and eateth hi-- own fleih 

6 Better is an handful noith quietnefs, 
than both the hands full tuith travail and 
vexation of fpirit. 

7 «fl Then I returned, and I faw vanity 
under the fun. 

o There is one alone, and there is not a 
fecond ; yea. he hath neither child nor 
brother : yet is there no end of all his la- 
bour ; neither is his eye fatislied with rich- 
es ; neifh.t vj a'tlb he, For whom <\o 1 la- 
bour, and bereave my foul of good ? This 
is alfo vanity, yea, it is a fore travail. 

9 *J Two are better than one ; becaufe 
they haveagoqd reward for their labour. 

JO For it they fall, the one will lift up 
hrs fellow : but woe to him lb *' is alone 
when he falleth ; for be bath not another 
to Help him up. 

11 Ag cm, if two lie. together, then they 
have hcat,b;it how can one be w&rmahnr? 

\l And if one prevail againft him, two 
fcall withftand him, and a threefold cord 
is not quickly broken. 

IS <] Hotter is a poor and a wife child 
than an old and fool i fa king, who will 
no more be admonithed: 

14 For out of prifon he Cometh to 
rcip.n ; whereas alfo he that is born in his 
kingdom beebmeth poor. 



The *oanity of riches 

15 I confidered all the living which 
walk under the fun, with the fecOnd child 
that (halt (land up in his ffead. 

16 There is no end of all the people, 
even of all that have been before them : 
they alfo that come after {hall not rejoice 
in him. Surely this alfo is vanity and 
vexation of fpirit. 

C H A P V. 
I Vanities in div nc fervice, 8 in murmur- 
ing againjt oppnfjion, t and i?i nches. 
18 Joy in riches /j the gift of God. 
KEEP thy foot when thou goeft to the 
houfe of God, and he more ready to hear, 
than to give the Sacrifice of fools; for 
they confider not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let 
not thine heart be hahy to utter any 
thing before God : for God f<in heaven, 
and thou upon earth : therefore let thy 
words be few. 

3 For a dream come'h through the 
multitude of bufinefs ; and a fool's voice 
is knoHuh by multitude of words* 

4 W hen thou vowed a vow unto God, 
defer not to pay it ; for he hath no plea fu re 
in fools: pay that which thou haft vowed; 

b Better is it ihat thou fhouldelt not 
vow, than that thou fhouldeft vow and 
not pay. 

6 buffer not thy mouth to caufe thy 
fleth to fin ; neither fay thou before the 
angel, that it was an error: Wherefore 
fit on Id God be angry at thy voice, and 
deftroy the work ot' thine hands i 

7 For in the multitude of dreams and 
many words there are alfo divers vani- 
ties : but fear thou God. 

8 51 If thou feeft the opprefTion of the 
poor, and violent perverting of judgment 
and juftice in a province, marvel not at 
the matter : for he that is higher than the 
hi o heft regardeth \ and there be higher 
than they. 

5 ^1 Moreover, the profit of the earth 
is for all : the king himjclf is ferved by 
the field. 

10 Hethatloveth filverfliali notbefatif- 
fied with filver ; nor he that loveth abun- 
dance, with increafe: this is alfo vanity. 

11 When. goods increafe, they are in- 
crea fed that eat them : and, W hat good is 
there to the owners thereof, faving the 
beholding of them with their eyes f 

1"2 The flecp of a labouring man is 
fweet, whether he eat little or much : biff 
the abundance of the rich will not fuller 
him to deep. 

\3 i here is afore evil <wbicb I have 
fcen under the fun, namely, riches kept 
for the owners thereof to their hurt. 

14 But thofc riches perifti by evil trav- 
ail : and he begetteth a fon, and there is 
nothing in his hand. 

la As he came forth of his mother's 
womb, naked fltall he reiura to go as he 

came, 



: 



The ^vanity «r/ ricbes, &C. Giap. 

camp, and (hall take nothing of his labour, 
which iie may carry away in his hand. 

16 And this alio is a (ore evil, that in 
all points as he came, io fhall he go rnri. 
What profit hath lie that hath laboured 
for J lie vvin.1 ? 

IT AH his days a;fo he eate'h in dark- 
nefs, and be bath muchforrow and wrath 
v/ith his fickneis. 

18 Behold that which I have f»,en : u 
is ^ood and comely for or.r ro eat ana to 

k, and to en?0) the *ood <. f all his 
labour that he taketh under the fun -<11 
the days ot h»> life, which God giveth 
i : for it is his portion. 

19 F.very man alfo to whom God hath 
riven riches and wealth, and hath given 

power to eat thereof, and to take h.s 
p rtion,and I ce in his labour ; this 

is the gift ot Qod. 

For he (hall not much remember 
the da) s of his life j becaufe God an- 
fwereth bim \r. the ioy of his heart. 

CHAP'. VI. 
1 The 'vanity of riches loitbvuf ttjr, S©/ 

children, 6 and cldage ivwo ,t riches, 
the <vanit\ efjigbt and wandering 

deftr'S. 11 Toe conciuji'n cf i ir.ities. 

'\ 11RR.K is an evil which I have feen 
under the fun, and it is common among 
men : 

£ A man to whom God ha? h given f ich- 
es, weabh, and honour, fo thai he want- 
rth nothing ibr his foul of all tint he de- 
li reth, yet » • th hi m not power to 
t it thereof, hut a ftrang< r eatetn it : this 
is vanity, and it is an «*vil dife.: 

3 «T If a man beget in I: i! -id red chil- 
dren ; and live n- that the 
days ot Ins foul 
be not filled with good, and alfo that he 

no h« II iy, toat \ melj 

birr in ;, c : 

4 For he Cometh in with • , and 
departcth v , and his name fhalt 

d with darlcnefs. 
■•loreover. he hath not feen th" (tin, 
nor known aw thing : this hath 
r. 
6 « hough he Itvea tlr rl n 

• ft, I, ret luth he feen r* 

1 > im-. 1 j lace f 
i\\ the labour of nnn is for his 
r the appetite i- not rilled. 
8 ! 

fr hat hath I 

'■' f r is the figl 

ing ot : .- ally 

I vexation t. 

■ Im h h.'i h l 
and it is k 
neith id with him that ia 

1 1 ' 
incrt-aie Canity, 



vi. vii. Remedies againfl *van\:y. 5ST 

1 . Fof Whoknoweth »•• hat is good for 
man in ibis life, all the days of his vain 
life which he (pendeth as a fhadow 1 for, 
Who can teil b man what fhall be after 
him under the fun > 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Remedies ag+injl tan ty are a good name 
omficu io.i t l patictice t li -njjdom, 

23 lie d'ffuutt) o: getting tiijcom. 

A G'JOD name is better ;han precious 
ointment ; and the day of death than 
the day of one** bit th. 

- «; / is better to go to the houfe of 
mourning, than to go to the houfe of 
ring •. fur that is the end of all men ; 
and the living vsill lay it to his heart. 

S Sorftiw is better than laughter : for 
by the (adnefs ot the countenance the 
heart is m ide be'ter. 

4 The heart of the wife ism the houfe 
of mou filing ; bur the heart of tools is 
in the Jiuufe of rmrth. 

5 // is better to hear the rebuke of the 
wife, than tor a man to hear the fong ot 

tools. 

6 For as the crackling of thorns under 
a pot, to is the laughter of the fool : this 
alio is vanity. 

7 * Surely opprefTion makcth a wife 
ma- tft deft royeth the heart. 

8 Better is the end cf a tiling than the 
beginning thereof : and the patient in fpir* 
u ;. better than the pi i it 

9 Be not halty in thy fpirittobeangry j 
for anger reftetb in the bofom of tools. 

i" v .i. not thou, Whatit tbecaufe that 
per days were better than thefe t 
For thou dolt not inquire wifely concern- 
ing th i. 

It « om is good with an inherit- 

am.r : and by it there is profit to theni 
that (re the fun. 

It. < a defence, andn 

cy i ,- : hit tl llencv 

knowledge ", it>,it wifdotn giveth life tw 
tnem th it. 

1J Coftfiderthew( rk of God : for, Who 
nt, which lie hatli 
ed ? 

II In the da] 
but in the day ot adv r : 

other, i > >at man fhoiild i: I 
in. 

lJ All ttir%t : -1 

: ther< i 'I ma n 

bit i Je v\ 

rmurh ; 

IT Be 

18 // i 



558 Kitigs to be refpetfed. ECGLESIASTES. The <ufork of God unfearchabte. 

bold of this ; yea alio, from this with- j 8 There is no man that hath power 
draw not thine hand : for he that feareth \ over the fpirit to retain the fpirit ; neither 
God (hal! come torth of them all. hath he power in the day of death : and 

19 WiiVom ftrengiheneth the wife more there is nodifcharge in that war ; neither 
than ten mighty men which are in the city, i (hall wickednefs deliver thofe that are 

20 For there is not a juft man upon 'given to it, 

earth, that doeth good, and fin net h not. 9 All this have I fecn, and applied my 

21 Alfo take no heed unto all words heart unto every work that is done under 
that are fpoken ; left thou hear thy fer- the fun : there is a time wherein one man 



vant curie thee 

2£ For oftentimes alfo thine own heart 
knoweth that thou thyfelf likewife haft 
. curfed others 

23 % All this have T proved by wif- 
dom : I laid, 1 will be wife ; but it 'was 
far from me. 

24 That which is far off, and exceed- 
ing deep, Who can find it out ? 

25 1 applied mine heart to know, and 
to fearch, and to feek out wifdom and 
the reafon of things, and to know the 
wickednefs of folly, even of foolifiinefs 
and madnefs : 

26 And f find more bitter than death 
the woman whofe heart is fnares and 
nets, and her hands as bands : whofo 
pleafeth God (hall efcape from her ; but 
the (inner (hall be taken by her. 

27 Behold, this have I found, faith the 
Preacher, counting one by one, to find out 
the account : 

28 Which yet my foul feeketh, but I 
find not : one man among a thoufand 
have I found ; but a woman among all 
thofe have I not found. 

29 Lo, thiss only have I found, that 
God hath made man upright ; but they 
have fought out many inventions. 

CHAP. VIII. 

OLKings are greatly to be refpetled. 6 The 
divine providence is to be ohferved. 12 
// is better ivith the godly in adverjity, 
than voith the vjicked in projperity. 16 
The nvork of God is unfearchable. 
WHO is as the wife man ? and, Who 

knoweth the interpretation of a thing ? A 

man's wifdom maketh his face to (liine, and 

the boldnefs of his lace (hall be changed. 
2 I counjel thee to keep the king's 

commandment, and that in regard of the 

oath of God. 

S Be not hafty to go out of his (ight : 

Hand not in an evil thing ; for he doeth 

whatfocver plcaleth him. 

4 Where the word of a king is, there 
is power : and, Who may fay unto him, 
What doeft thou ? 

5 Whofo keepeth the commandment 
fhall feci no evil thing : and a wife man's 
heart difcerneth both time and judg- 
ment. 

6 ^J Becaufe to every purpofe there is 
time and judgment, therefore the mifery 
of man is great upon him. 

7 For he knoweth not that which (hall 
be : for, Who can tell him when it (hall be? 



ruleth over another to his own hurt. 

10 *\nd fo I faw the wicked buried, 
who had come and gone from the place 
of the holy, and they were forgotten in 
the city where they had fo done : this is 
alfo vanity. 

11 Becaufe fentence againft an evil 
work is not executed fpeedily, therefore 
the heart ol thelonsof men is fully fetin 
them to do evil. 

12 f Though a finner do evil an hun- 
dred times, and his days be prolonged, 
yet furely I know that it (hall be weil 
with them that fear God, which fear be- 
fote him : 

13 But it (hall not be well with the 
wicked, neither (hall he prolong bis days, 
which are as a (hadow ; becaufe he fear- 
eth not before God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done up- 
on the earth ; that there be juft men, unr© 
whom it happeneth according to the work 
of the wicked ; again, there be wicked 
men, to whom it happeneth according to 
the work of the righteous : I faid that 
this alfo is vanity. 

15 Then I commended mirth, becaufe 
a man hath no better thing under the 
fun, than to eat and to drink, and to be 
merry : for that (hali abide with him of 
his labour the daysof his life, which God 
giveth him under the fun. 

16 ^| When 1 applied mine heart to 
know wifdom and to fee thebufinefs that 
is done upon the earrh : (for alfo there 
is that neither day nor night feeth deep 
with his eyes :) 

17 Then I beheld all the work of God, 
that a man cannot find out the work that 
is done under the fun : becaufe though a 
man labour to feek/'/ out, yet he fhall not 
find it ; yea farther ; though a wife man 
think to know it, yet (hall he- not be able 
to find it* 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4 

There is a necejfi y of death unto men. t 

Gomfort is all their portion in this life. 

11 God'i providence ruleth over all. 

\H Wifdom is better than Jtrength. 

FOR all this I confidered in my heart 
even to declare all this, that the right- 
eous, and 'he wife, and their works, are in 
the hand of God : no man knoweth either 
love or hatred £yall that is before them. 

2 All things come alike toall : there is 
one event to the righteous, and to the 

wicked ; 



God's providence ruletb over all. Chap.x. Observations onvji/dom t &c. 539 



wicked ; to the good and to the clean, 
and to the unclean ; to him that lacrific- 
eth, and to him that facnficeth not : as 
it the good, fo is the finner ; andht that 
iAeareth, as be that feareth an oath. 

3 This /'/ an evil a non* all :bings that 
are done unaer the (un, that theie is one 
event unto all : yea, alio the heart of the 
s of men is full of evil, ana madnefs 
is in their heart while they live, and after 
that they goto the dead. 

i *; For to him that is joined to all the 
living there is hope : lor a living dog m, 
better than a dead lion. 

5 For the living know that they fhall 
die ; but the dej.1 know not any thing, 
ther have they any more a reward ; 
fur the memory of them is foigoiten. 

A I their 1-jve, and their hatred, and 
their envy, isnj\s perifhed ; neither ha 
they any more a portion fur ever in any 
/ tng that is d ider the fun. 

1 ^ Ci > thy wj\ , ctt rhy bread with joy* 
and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; 
for God nowaccepteth thy works. 

th) garments be always white ; 
and let thy head iu<:!< no ointment. 

9 Live joyfully with the wife \ honi 
thou loved all the days of the life of I 

, w hich he hath , iven tl • : i 
the fun, all the days of th> vanity : tor 
thit is thy portion in this lite, and in 
thy labour which ihou take/1 under the 
1 u n . 

10 Wh itfoeyer thy ban I 

do// with thy might , : - rk, 

device, edge, nor wiid 

in the It. 

I l *] I i - the 

that t!. > the fwifi 

the ! :, neith 

I 

l lavoui to •: • 
flcill eneth to 

II. 
i : Pormai \o 1 :\c ; 

• 

and a> the birds thai t in ih ■ 

Jnaiv 

evil tin . en it fatleth ! 

% I in: m h i\* I • : un- 

der the fun, i nic : 

l i There wai md lew men 

within il ; an 1 tl. king 

. it, and Di 
bill it : 

Now there was found in it a | 
in, and be b\ h w ifdo udelii 

10 man i< in iu'.kic.I that 

1 hen I a 1 I, V. er than 

flrn. r 'h . neverthelefs, the poor i 

is del piled, and 
wot heard. 

J7 The words of wil>: men arehen 



quiet more than the cry of him that rul- 
eJi among fools. 

13 Wifdom //better than weapons of 
war: but one finnerdeftroveth much good. 

C H A F. X. 
1 Ohfervations on voijdom and folly. 16 

U/rior, X^jlottjulnejs, 19 and money. 20 

RItn's thoughts oj kings ought to be 

reverent. 

DE AD Hies caufe the ointment of the 
apothecary to lend forth a ftinking fa- 
vour : fo dotb a little folly him that is 
in reputation tor wifdom und honour. 

S A wile man's heart is at hifl right 
hand : but a fool's heart h at his left. 

3 Yea alfo, when he that is a fo;>l wJk- 
eth by the way, his wifdom faileth him, 
and he f uth to every one that he is a fool. 

4 It the Ipirit of the ruler rife up againft 
thee, leave not thy place ; for yielding 
pacineth nieat oiu c 

• ' ilie«e is an evil vobich I have Lfn 
under the fun as an error ivhicb proceed- 
ed! from the rul^r. 

t> Follj is !e r ii great dignity, and the 
rich fit in !o • | lace. 

T I have Jeer, iei pants upon hor(es,and 
print .nts upon the earth. 

He that digg :th a ; it hall I 
it j and whofo I h an hedge, a fer- 

pent fhall hire him. 

To removeth ftone^ fh •!! be hurt 
• / he that eleaveth *\u d 
(haU I ' thereby. 

10 I blunt, 

thi n mull I ■ | 
iircngth:buw i lomi pi. fitable r< • 
rely the d bite w itJ 

inda ba better, 

w i i>'s of a . ife man's moui h 
• h iotn ; but the 
', f, 

. the v <>i da of his 
hn Is : and the end of hia 

I n; nil 

1 i ilfois full ol word 

a tell v I 1 he ; and u hat (hall 

r him, Who can tell him \ 
i > I he I ibour ol the fb >liih weai 
. one ol them, becaufe I 
not h')'.v to 
iti *] v> ,,,!. m hen thy 

a child, and thy princes* si in 

it an fhr.ii, o ' in.i, w j,. n thy 

races 
<-a* m - mi, toi Hrength, and I 

for dnu 

I - tUCh ll J'h/u'p 

'* dl Oj ; 
' i 

.elh n. 

rhy 
thought ; ami tui . 



540 Dlre&ions for charity. SOLOMON'S SONG. The Creatortobt 'remembered, 

bedchamber : for a bird cf the air (hall, when thou (halt fay, I have no pieafure 
carry the voice, and that which hath jin them : 



wings thall tell the matter. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Direcjionsfor charny. 7 Death in l>fr, 

9 end the day of judgment in the days 

of youth are tp be thought an 

CAST thy bread upon the waters : for 
thou (halt find it after many days. 

2 Give a portion to ("even, and alfo to 
eight : for thou knoweft not what evil 
ihallbe upon the earth. 

S If the clouds be full of rain, they 
empty t be mfe if es upon the earth. ; and if 
the tree fall toward the Couth, or toward 
the north, in the place where the tree 
falleth, there it {hall be. 

4 He that obferveth the wind (hall not 
fow ; and he that regardeth the clouds 
ihall not reap 

5 As thou knoweft not what is the way 
of the fpirir, nor how the bones do grow 
in the womb of her that is with child r 
even fo thou k no weft not the works of 
God who raaketh all. 

6 In the morning fow thy feed, and in 
the evening withhold not thine hand : 
for thou knoweft not whether (hall prof- 
per, either this or that, or whether they 
both fhall ke alike good. 

7 ^f Truly the light is fweet, and a 
pleafant thing it is for the eyes to behold 
the fun : 

8 But if a man live many years, and 
rejoice in them all ; yet let him remem- 
ber the days of darknefs ; for they flia.ll 
Jbe many. All that cometh ** vanity. 

9 ^f kejoice, O young man, in thy 
youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in 
the days of thy youth? and walk in the 
ways of thine heart, and in the fight of 
thine eyes : but know thou that for ail 
thefe things God will bring thee into 
judgment. 

10 Therefore, remove forrow from thy 
3ieart, andpnt away evil from thy nelh : 
for childhood and youth are vanity. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 The Creator is iobe remembered in due 

time. l> Tbe preachet's care to edify. 13 

1 be fen* of God is the duty of man. 

RKMEMBKR now thy Creator in the 

days of thy youth, while the evil days 

come not, nor the years draw nigh, 



J l While the fun, or the light, or the 
moon, or the liars, be not darkened, nor 
the clouds return after the rain : 

5 In the day when the keeper* of the 
houfe (hall tremble, and the ft rang men 
fjiali bow themlelves, and the grinders 
ccafe becaule they are few,and thefe that 
look out of the windows be darkened. 

4 And the doors (hall be (hut in the 
(Ireets, when the found of the grinding: 
is low and he ihall rife up at the voice of 
the bird, and fill the daughters of mufick 
(hall be brought low ; 

5 Alfo tuhen they (hail be afraid of that 
nvhuh is high, and tears/ball be in the 
way, and the almond tree fhall ftouri(h, 
and the graishopper fhall be a burden, 
and delire thall fail : beeaufe man gceth 
to his long home, and the mourners go 
about the fircsts ; 

d Or ever the filver cord be loo(ed, or 
the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher 
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 
broken at the cittern. 

7 Then (hall the dufl return to the 
earth as it was : and thefpirit (hall return 
unto God who gave it. 

# <ft Vanity of vanitieSjfaith the preach- 
er ; all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, becaufethe preacher 
was wife, he (till taugSit the people 
knowledge ; yea, he gave good heed, 
and fought out, and let in order many 
proverbs. 

10 The preacher fought to find out 
acceptable words: and icat vjhub ivas 
written ivas upright, even words of 
truth. 

1 i The words of the wife arenas goads, 
and as nails fattened^ the matters of ailem- 
blies,tU/6;<:/» are given from one fhepherd. 

12 And further, by thefe, my (on, be 
admoniflied : of making many books there- 
is no end ; and much itudy is a wearinefs 
of the nefh. 

15 fl Let us hear theconclufion of the 
whole matter : Fear God, and keep his 
commandments : for this is the whole 
duiy of man. 

14 For God (hall bring every work into 
judgment, with every (ecret thing, wheth- 
er it bt good, or whether // be evil. 



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THE SONG OV SOLOMON. 



CHAP. I. 

i The church's love unto ChriJ 5 She 
confjfetb her deformity 7 and prayeth 
to be Jiteil d to til flock, fStc. 
THE fongoffongs which is Solomon's. 
2 Let him kifs me with the titles of his 

•mouth : for thy love is belter than wine. 



S Bccaufe of the favour of thy good 
ointments, thy name is as ointment 
poured forth, therefore do the virgins 
love thee. • 

4 Draw me, we will run after thee : 
the king halh brought me into his cham- 
bers ; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, 



Tee cburci's i n. £hap. ii. iii. 

we will re love more than 



CbrijVs care of the cburcb. 541 



wine : the upright love thee. 

3 5 I am black, bat comely, O ye 
daughters or Jerufalem, a> the te.-.ts ot 
Kcdar, as the curtains of Solomon. 

6 Look not upon me, becaufe T am 
black, becauie the fun hath looked upon 
me; my mother's children v. ere a 
with me ; they made me the keeper of 
the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard 
have 1 not kept. 

7 ^f Tell me, O thou whom my foul 
lovetii, where thou feedeit, where thou 
make ft thy f;. k to relt at noon : for, Why 
0>ould I be as one that turneth afidc by 
the Hoi thy companion 

8 If thou know nc, O thou faireft a- 
mong women, go th Forth by the 

:ep> of the Hock, and feed thy k;us 
belide the fhepherd's tent-. 

9 I have compared thee, O my love, 
to a company ci horfes in Pharaoh's 
char oi 

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows 
•/jewels, thy neck with chains oj gold. 

1 1 1 make thec borders ot" gold 
h ltuds of filver. 

12 While the k\ngjit/eib at his table, 
my fpikenan) fendcth forth the fmeil 
thereof. 

15 A bundle of myrrh is my well be- 
loved unto me ; he (ball lie alt night bc- 
■ y breads. 

l i My beloved is unto me as a clutter 
of camphire in the vineyards of hngeui. 

15 Behold, thou «r/ fair m) love; be- 
hold thon art t lie ; thoil hojl d* 

16 BVhold, thou an fair, my beloved, 

int : alio our bed is green. 

17 : houfc are cedar, 
"r. 

HAP. II. 



C *J The voice of my beloved I Behold, 
hcco.ieth leaping upon the mountains, 
ikipping upon the tills. 

9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young 
hart ; behold, lie ftandeth behind cur 
wait lie looketh forth at the windows, 
(hewing himfelf through the l.itiice. 

10 €\ My beloved fpake, and i lid unto 
me, Rife up, my love, my fair I nc, and 
COmC away. 

»l i \ rio, the winter is pail, the rain 
is over and gone : 

12 The Sowers appea: on the earth ; the 
timeofthc tinging tf birds is come, and the 
voice ot the turtle is heard in our land ; 

15 The ng tree putteth forth her green 
rtg>, and the vines tvitb the tender grape 
• a good fine!!. Arife, my love, my 
fair one, and come away. 

1 I <J O my dove, that ar; in th 
of the rock, in the tecret r laces of t-.e 
fta is, let me fee thy countenance-, let me 
hear thy voice ; for fweet is thy voice, 
and thy countenance is comely. 

15 Take us the foxes, ihe hule foxes, 
that fpoil the vines : for our vines have 
tender grapes. 

tli fl My beloved /"/ mine, and I am 
hfe ; he feedeth among the lil.es. 

17 Until the day break, and the (had- 
owi flee away, turn, my beloved, a.i ! be 
thou like a roe or a young hart upon the 
mountains of Bet her. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Tie church's jigbt and njiclory in tempta- 
tion. 6 The church glorieth in Cbi 

BY night on my bed I fouiht him 
whom my fool loveth : I iougiit hi 
but I found him not.o 

- I will rife now, and go about the 
in the itreets, and in the broad 
I will leek him whom my loul ioveth : I 



The mutual lot-e •/ I and his I fought him, hut I found" him not. 

^V'. I calling 9j atchmen that go ib ml the 

the cburcb. 14 CbriH\ (art oj /a/ 1 city found me ; t r > nvhom Ijnid, Saw ye- 



rcb. 16 Tb* prij,JJion Oj f tie cturcb y 
'. hope. 
1 - OH, and the lily 

• rns, fo is my 
• anion , 

.nong the 
lo is my bcl< 

iwn under his ' 

banqueting 

5 S | me 

k of lo 
>d /> ui y head, and 

tec me 
7 » i. Oj tern of 

mdby the hinds oi 



him m h<»::i my foul luvcth ? 

4 // tarns but a little that I \ 
them, but I found htm whom i 

!i : I held hn;i, and would not let 
him go until I had broil] hf him into 
my m 

I IPC. 

9 I char I Je- 

oi i he field, that i up, noi 

I 
i. « '.' ho ii 
• 

fumed with] 
.ill powders oi I 

7 1- 

threc .i t, i 

9 .. 



£4* Cbrlft's love to the church. SOLOMON'S SONG. 

9 King Solomon made himfeli a char- 
iot of the wood of Lebanon. 

10 He made the pillars thereof of fil- 
Ver, the bottom thereof 0/ gold, the cov- 
ering of it of purple, the midft thereof 
being paved vonb lave, for the daughters 
of Jerufalem. 

1 1 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, 
and behold king Solomon with the crown 
wherewith his mother crowned him in 
the day of his efponfals, and in the day 
of the gladnefs of his heart. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Chr'tfl fetteth forth the graces of the 

church. 8 He fbe wetb his hue to her, 

,16 The church frayetb to be made fit for 

bis preje-r.ee. 

BEHOLD thou art fair, my love ; be 
hold thou art fair; thou ^j^dove'i eyes 
within thy locks : thy hair is as a fiock of 
goats thac appear from mount Gilead- 

"l Thy teeth ore like a flock of beep thai 
are even (horn, which came up from tiie 
warning ; whereof every one bear twins, 
and none is barren among them. 

3 Thy iips are like a thread of fcarle*, 
and thy fpeech is comely; thy temples 
are like a piece of a pomegranate within 
thy locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the tower" of David 
builded for an armory, whereon there 
hang a thoufand bucklers, all ihields of 
mighty men. 

h Thy two breads ar? like two young 
roes that are twins, which feed among 
the lilies. 

6 Until the day break, and tbefhadows 
flee away, 1 will get me to the mountain 
of myrrh, and to tl^e hill of frankincenfe. 

7 Thou art ail fair, my love ; there is 
no fpot in thee. 

iJ ^j Come with me from Lebanon, my 
fpoufe, with me from Lebanon : look, 
from the top of Annua, from the top of 
Shenir and Hermpn, from the lion's dens, 
from the mountains of the leopards. 

9 Thou hail ravifhed my heart, my 
fider, my fpoufc ; thou iiad ravifhed my 
heart with one of thine eyes, with one 
ciiain of thy neck- 

10 How fair is thy love, my fider, my 
fpoufe ! How much better is thy Jove than 
wine! and the fmell of thine ointments 
than all fpices ! 

11 Thy lips, O my fpoufe, drop as the 
honeycomb ; honey and milk are under 
thy tongue ; and the fmell of thy gar- 
ments is like the fmell of Lebanon. 

\ J l A garden inclofed is my fider, my 
fpoufe ; a Ipring fhut up, a fountain feaied. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pome- 
granates, with pleafant fruits j camphire 
with fpikenard, 

14 Spikenard and faft'ron, calamus and 
cinnamon, with all trees of frankincerife ; 
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief ip ices : 



A defcrtption ofCbriJf, 

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of liv r 
ing waters, and dreams from Lebanon. 

16 ^ Awake, O north wind ; and 
come, thou iouth ; blow upou my gar- 
den, that the fpices thereof may flow 
out. Let ray beloved come into his gar- 
den, ana eat his pleafant fruits. 

C H A P. V. 
1 Cbrift awake tb the church luitbbis call, 
ing. "1 Tie church having a t"ft" of 
Cbriji's love, isfick oj love. 9 A def- 
enption of Chrijt by his graces. 

1 AM come into my garden, my fider, 
my fpoufe : I have gathered my mj rrh 
with my fpice : I have eaten my honey- 
comb with my honey.; I have crunk my, 
wine with my milk: Eat,0 friends : drink, 
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 

2 <$] I deep, but my heart waketh : it 
if the voice of my beloved tnat knocketh, 

fayixg, Open to me, my fider, my love, 
my dove, my undefined . ror my head is 
filled with dew, and my locks with the 
drops of the night 

3 1 have put off my coat ; How /hall I 
put it on ? I have waihed my feet ; How 
fhali I defile them ? 

4 My beloved put in his hand by the 
hole of the door, and my bowels were 
moved for him. 

5 1 rofe up to open to my beloved, and 
my hands dropped -with myrrh, and my 
lingers vnth fweetfmelhng myrrh, upon 
the handle* of the lock. 

6 I opened to my beloved ; but my be- 
lovea had withdrawn himfelf, and was 
gone : my foul failed when he fpake : I 
fought him, but I could not find him ; I 
called him, but he gave me no anfwer. 

ft The watchmen that went about the 
city found me, they fmote me, they 
wounded me ; the keepers of the walls 
took away my veil from me. 

8 1 charge you, O daughters of Jeru- 
falem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell 
him, that I am lick of love. 

9 fl What is thy beloved more than 
another beloved, O thou faired among 
women ? What is thy beloved more 
than another beloved, that thou doft f© 
charge us ? 

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the 
chiefeft among ten thoufand. 

11 His head is as the mod fine gold, 
his locks are bu(by,««^ black as a raven. 

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by - 
the rivers of waters, wafhed with milk, 
and fitly fet. 

13 His cheeks are as a bed of fpices, 
as fweet flowers : his lips like lilies, drop- 
ping fweet fmelling myrrh/ ' 

14 His hands are as gold rings fet with 
the beryl : his belly is as bright ivory 
overlaid ivith fapphires. 

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, 
ftt upon fockets of fine gold : his feoap*- 

tenancy 



The church's graces. Chap. vi. vii 

tenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the 
cedar*. 

16 His mouth is moil fweet : yea. he 
is altogether lovely. Tlrisij my belov* 
ed, and this is my friend, O daughters 
of Jerufalem. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The church pi of. -fit b her faith inCbrift. 

4 Cbrijlfhenvnb the places oj tbt churt b, 

10 and bis love toward her. 

WHITHER is thy beloved gone. O 
thou faireft among women ? Whither is 
thy beloved turned afide ? That we may 
feek him with thee. 

My beloved is gone down info his 
garden', to the beds ot" fpices to feed in 
the gardens, and to gather lilies. 

3 J am my beloved's, and my beloved 
is mine : he feedeth among the lilies. 

4 $ Thou aft beautiful, O my lore, as 
Tirzah, comely a; Jerufalem, terrible as 
an army with banners. 



As a piece ot a pomegranate are thy 



9 Turn away thine eyes from me, for 
they have overcome me tin hair /i a a a 
tiock of goats that appear from Gilead. 

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of flieep 
which go up from the wiihing, whereof 
every one- bcareth twins, and there is not 
one barren among them 

of a y 
temples within thy locks 

H 'i here are ihreefcore queens, and 
fi'urfcore concubines, and virgins with- 
out number. 

My dove, my undefilcd is hut one ; 
(he n the o>:!\ one ol her mother, I; 
thecho'n f her that bare her. The 

daughters faw her, er : yea, 

I and the concubines, and they 

pi a r. 

10 f] Win is (he thai looketh forth .i 
mornin r is the moon, < lear .is the 
iun t anat( wan army w'wh 

11 I went down in 

nuts to fee the fruits of the , and 

to fee. whether tie vine flouriihed, and 
the pomegranates budded. 

aware, tny i"" 1 no 
me like the chariots ot nadib. 

Id Return, retui n, ( > >hul im 
, icturn, in.it we may look i 



vii!. Her love to Cbrijt. 543 

thine eyes like the fimpools in Hethbcn, 
by the gate of Bathrabbim : thy nofe is 
as the tower of Lebanon which looketh 
toward Damafcus. 

5 rhine head upon thee is like Carmel, 
and the hair of thine head like purple ; 
the king is held in the galleries. 

How tair and how pleafant art thou, 

love for delights ! 

7 This thy fiaHirc is like to a palm tree, 
and thy breads to cinders of grapes. 

8 I laid, I will go up to the palm tree, 

1 will take hold of the boughs thereof: 
now alio thy breath (hall be as clutters 
of the vine, and the fmell of th> nofe 
like apples ; 

9 And i lie roof of thy mouth like the 
beft wine tor my beioveo. that goeth 
dozen fweet ly canting the lips of thofe 
that are alleepto fpeak. 

10 ti I cm my beloved's, andhisdefire 
is toward me. 

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth 
intothefield ; let us lodge in the villages. 

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards ; 
let us tee it the vine ft on ri fh, ivbetber the 
tender^rapeappear.awrf the pomegranates 
bud foi th : there will I ^ive thee niv loves. 

iH 1 h.e mandrakes kwc a fmell, and 
at our gates are all manner of pleafant 
Jruiis, new and old, n.ubicb 1 have laid up 
for thee, O my beloved. 

( II A 1'. VIII. 
1 The love ot tbt church to Cbrifl. 6 The 
vebemeney of lo<vr . it The calling of the 
Gentiles. 14 Qbriff s coming prayed for. 
O THAT thou lien as my brother, 
that fucked the breads of my moth' I I 
• ) iijotil 1 find thee without, I would 
nee s yea, 1 koufd not be defp 
- J would lead thee» and bring thee 
into my mother's houfe, *wb* would in- 
flru f me \ I would < atife thee to drink 
i wine of the juice of my poino 
gi .m ne. 

9 Mi- left h iiid /bould be under my head, 
and his Tight hand 'I oul.i embrace i 

4 1 ( liai ,je | ou, < ) daughters of 
rufatem, tl ai j e (tir not up, not av 

lo\ e Ul til he ; V.u'e. 

5 v. ho is this thai comethup from the 



thee. W| illyefeein theShtilauute! wilriernrfs, leaning upon her beloved 1 I 



As it were the company ol t ■• 

C It A \\ ' VII. 
erdefcriptionof, be church' i graces 
10 Sbetrofejft th her faith and a 
HOW beautiful are thj feel w it] 
prince's daughter 1 the joints ol 'I > 
thighs are like jewels, (I vork of^c 
tunning woi knian. 
ivel is iikr a round 
not liquoi : ihj I 
like an heapofwhc bout with I 

I hy ihm breads ate tike two young 
roes, that ai e twii 
4 Thy neck // as a tower ol iwq 



railed thee up undei th 
thy moi nghi tl h i tin re foe 

.- ■ • 
i» « . ' upon thin 

m : for loi 

1 1 >- is c the 

: the coal 

i 

-ran I 
neither can il I 

woi Id 
liwtilc for love, it would I 

8 w e a little I i '■::■, and fiie 

hai 



544 Ifaiah's complaint efjudah. ISAIAH. He exhortetb to repentance, 

hath no breafts : What (hall wc do for jers, every one for the fruit thereof was t# 
our filler in the day when ilie (hall be»bring a thoufand pieces of filver. 
fpoken for ? j 12 My vineyard, which iimine, is be- 

9 If {he be a wal', we will build upon | fore me ; thou, O Solomon, muji ha<ve a 
her a palace of filver : and if the be ajthoufand, and thele (hat keep the fruit 
door, we will inclofe her with boards of ! thereof two hundred. 

cedar. 13 Thou that dwelled in the gardens, 

10 I am a wall, and my breads like the companions hearken to thy voice s, 
towers : then was I in his eyes as oneicairfe me to hear it. 

that found favour. 14 ^ Make hafte, my beloved, and be 

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalha- ? thou like to a roe, or to a young hart, up-; 
mon ; he let out the vineyard unto keep- 'on the mountains of fpices. 



THE BOOK OF THE 

C HA P. L 

i Ifaiah's remplaint of Judab. 10 He 
uphraidetb their fer*vice. 16 He ex- 
horteth to repentance, with promifes 
and threatening St 

TiriE vifion of Ifaiah the fon of Amcz, 
wh'ch he faw concerning Judah and Je- 
rufalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, 
Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O 
earth : for the Lord hath fpoken, [ 
have noitrifhed and brought up children, 
and they have rebelled againft me. 

$ The ox knoweth his owner, and the 
afs his matter's crib : but Ifrael doth not 
know, my^people doth not confider. 

4 Ah finful nation, a people laden with 
iniquity, a feed of evil doers, children 
that are corrupters : they have forfaken 
the Lord, they have provoked the Holy 
One of Ifrael unto anger, they are gone 
away backward ! 

5 Why fhouid ye be ffricken any more ? 
Ye will revolt more and more : the whole 
head is fick, and the whole heart faint. 

6 From the fole of the foot even unto 
the head there is no foundnefs in it ; hut 
wounds, and bruifes,and putrifying fores : 
they have not been clofed, neither bound 
up, neither mollified with ointment'. 

7 Your country is defolate, your cities 
are burned with fire : your land, ftrang- 
<~rs devour it in your prefence, and it is 
defolate, as overthrown by Grangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a 
cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a 
garden of cucumbers, as a befieged city. 

9 Except the Lord of hofts had left 
unto us a very final! remnant, we fhould 
nave been as Sodom, and weihould have 
been like unto Gomorrah. 

10 fl Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law 
of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 

11 To w*hat purpofe/5 rhe multitude of 
your facrifices unto me ? faith the Lord i 
J am full of the burnt offerings of rams, 
an 1 the fat of fed benfts ; and 1 delight 
not in the bloo.i of bullocks, or of lambs, 
or of he goats. 



PROPHET 



ISAIAH. 



x 12 When ye come to appear before me, 
Who hath required this at your hand, to 
tread my courts ? 

1.5 Bring no more vain oblations ; in- 
cenfe is an abomination unto rne ; the 
new moons and fabbaths, the Calling of 
afiemblies, I cannot away with ; // /j ini- 
quity, even the folemn meeting. 

1 4 Xour new moons, and your appointed 
feafts, my foul hateth : they are a trouble 
unto me ; I am weary to bear them. 

13 And when ye fpread forth your 
hands. I will hide mine eyes from you : 
yea, when ye make many prayers I will 
not hear : your hands are full of blood. 
16 f| Wafh ye, make you clean ; put 
away the evil of your doings from before 

| mine eyes ; ceafe to do evil ; 

I IT Learn to do well ; feek judgment, 

{relieve the opprefTed, judge the father- 
lefs, plead for the widow, 

18 Come now, and let us reafon to- 
gether, faith the Lord : though yo.ur fins 
be as fcarlet, they fhall be as white as 
fnovv ; though they be red like crimfon,, 
they fhall be as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye 
tfliall eat the good of the land ; 

tO But if ye refufe and rebel, ye fhall 
be devoured with the fword : for the 
mouth of the Lord hath fpoken it. 

21 How is the faithful city become an 
harlot ! It was full of judgment ; right 



eoufnefs lodged in 



it : but now mur- 



derers. 

22 Thy filver is become drofs, thymine 
mixed with water ; 

"IS Thy princes are rebellion?, and com- 
panionsof thieves . everyone ioveth gifts 
and followeth aftef rewards : Theyjudge 
not the fi'herlefs, neitlur doth the caufe 
of the widow come unto them. 

24- Tlierefore faith -he Lo^.d, the Lord 
of hofts, the mighty One of Ifrael, Ah, I 
will eafe me of mine adverfanes, and a- 
venge me ot mine enemies : 

v.5 And I will turn my hand upon 
thee, and purely purge away thy diofs, 
and take away ail thv tin : 

26 And I will rdlore thy judge* as 

at 



A p ropbefy of C b riJTs kingdo m . Chap . 

■fltthe firli, ar.d thy counsellors as at the 
beginning : afterward thou (halt be rail- 
ed. The city of fighieoufnefs, The faith- 
r\il city. 

2ion (ball he redeemed withjudg- 
rnent,and her converts withjrighteoufhefs. 

2fl And the detraction of the tranf- 
grellors and of the linners jhail be to- 
iler, and they that for fake the Lord 
ili^ll be confmned. 

S9 For they thai] be aihamed of the 
oaks winch ye have delired, and ye fhall 
be confounded for the gardens that ye 
J.jve chofen. 

30 For ye flnll be as an oak whole leaf 
iadeth,and as a garden that hath no water. 

31 Ami the Itrong (hail be as tpw, 
and the maker of it as a fpark, and they 
ihall both burn together, and none (hall 
quench them. 

CHAP. II. 
1 I/aiah profb 'fifth the cot. Jng o/ChriJl's 

kingdom. 6 IVuktdne/s is the cattfe «f 

Gent's forfakir.g. 10 lie exhertrtb to 

fear, becaufe of tie powerful -ffccjs of 

God's majefiy. 

THE word that I (atari the fjn of Amoz 
faw concerning Judah and Jerufalem. 

8 And it (hall come to pafs in the laft 
days, toat the mountain of the Lord's 
lioufe (hall be efiabhi'hed in the top of 
the mountains, and (hall be exalted a- 
bovc the hills j and all nations (hill flow 
unto it. 

S And many people mail go and fay, 
Come ye, and let us go up to the moun- 
tain of the Lord, to the houfe of the 
<d of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his 
ways, and vrewill wa'k in his paths : for 
out of Zion (hall rth the law, and 

the word oi the Ford from Jerufah m. 

I And he fhall jud ,g the I 

tions, and (hall rebuke many people : 
1 th^y (ball beat their (words Info 
ptoughlhares, and their I into phin- 

inghookl : nation ih ill not lift up (word 
againfl nation, neither (hall they learn 
war any more. 

5 () houfe of Ja< me yc, r.vM let 
us walk m the light i Lord. 

6 ^1 Ther had t i thy 

houfe ot Jacob, becaufe they be 
replenifhed from the fo >Ht« 

like the Philifi 
themf< Ives in the i hildren oi ' 

7 Their land alio is (nil of ftlver and 
■ d, neither is there <■ 1 of tl 

, their full oi hoi 

neither /"/ there any end ol their charii 

8 Their land alio is full of idols • they 
worihip the v vn h.inds,t!ut 

Inch their own fingers have mad- 

9 And the mean man boweth d> 
and the great man humbleth himfelf : 
therefore ; them not. 

10 4] h'nter into the rock, and hide 



ii. iii- Exhortation to fear. £45 

in theduft, for fear of the Lord, and for 
the glory of Ibis m;. lefty. 

11 The lofty looks of man fhall be 
humbled, and the haughriheA of men 
fhall be bowed down, and the Lord a- 
loue mall be exalted in that d:.y. 

It For the day of the Lord of hoih 
/bail be upon every one that is proud and 
lofty, and upon every tr.e that is lifted 
up ; and he fhall be brought low : 

13 And upon all the cedars of Leba- 
non, that are high and lifted up, and upon 
all the oaks of Ba&an, 

14 And upon all the high mountains, 
and upon all the hills that are lilted up, 

(5 And upon every high tower, and 
upon every fenced wall, 

1t> And upon all the (hips of Tarfhifh, 
and upon all pleafant pictures. 

17 And the loftinefs of man fnill be 
bowed down, and the haughtinefs of men 
fhall be made low : and the Lord alone 
mall be exalted in that day. 

18 And the idols hefhall utterly abolifli. 

19 And they shall go into the holes of 
the rocks, and into the caves of the 
earth, for fear of the Lord* and for the 
glory of his majefiy, when he arileth to 
shake terribly the earth. 

"20 In that day a man shall cart his idols 
ofiilver, and his idols of gold, which 
they made eucb mi? for himfelf to worship, 
to the moles and to the bats ; 

SI To go into the clefts of the rocks, 
and into the tops of the ragged rorks, 
t'ov fear of the Lord, and for the filory 
of his majelly, when lie arifeth to ! hake 
terribly the earth. 

1L Ceafe ye from man, whofe breatli 
is in his noftrils: for, Wherein is he to be 
accounted oi ? 

CHAP. III. 
1 7 be grrr.t ccnjwzn ivbieb ccmetb h\ I. ■». 
The impudence of tbtfe / \ \ IS Vtt 

vpprtfT.on (2nd i o vttoufncfi of the ruler i . 

1 '> The Judgment! Hvbtcb fhall be for 

pr:Jr of the inomen. 

I ok, behold, the Lob d, the Loi i> 
of hods, doth take away hem lerufalem 
and frotQ Judah the Ray and the daft, 
the whole (fay ol bread, and the whole 

I he mighty man, and the iv.\n of 
war. and the prophet, ana tfl ! 

prud id the ancient, 

i he captain ol fiftj ,and (he h mouri- 
and the i oiinfellor, and the cun- 
f . and the eloqtu 
4 And J will give children 10 ** their 
prim , ■■ ' ovei 1 1 

.'< And tj;<- people shall b" OJ ; r> 
every one by another, and ivn\ 

. Iiild shall bel 
him fell proud I mcient, 

the bafe againft tl le 
6 Wiw hold ot Ids 

brother 



546 Ibe impudence of the people. 

brother of the houfe of his father, faying. 
Thou haft clothing, be tfcon our ruler, 
and let this ruin be under thy hand : 

7 In that day shall he fwear, faying, I 
will not be an healer : for in my houfe 
is neither bread nor clothing : make me 
oot a ruler of the people, 

8 For Jerufalern is ruined, and Judah 
is fallen : becaufe their tongue and their 
doings are againft: the Lord, to provoke 
the eyes of his glory. 

9 ^f The shew of their countenance 
doth witnefs againfl them ; and they de- 
clare their fin as Sodom, they hide it 
not. Woe unto their foul ! for they have 
rewarded evil unto themfelves. 

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it fiall 
he well with him : for they shall eat the 
fruit of their doings. 

11 Woe unto the wicked ! it /hall £<?ill 
luitb him : for the reward of his hands 
shall be given him. 

12 %_ As for my people, children are 
their oppreffors, and women rule over 
them. O my people, they which lead 
thee caufe thee to err, and deftroy the 
way of thy paths. 

13 The LoRDftandethup to plead, and 
ftandeth to judge the people. 

14 The Lord wilt enter into judg- 
ment with the ancients of his people, 
and the princes thereof : for ye have' 
eaten up the vineyard ; the fpoil of the 
poor is in your houfes. 

15 What mean ye that ye beat my peo- 
ple to pieces, and grind the faces of the 
poor ? faith the Lord God of hofts. 

16 ^| Moreover, the Lord faith, Be- 
caufe the daughters ofZion are haughty, 
and walk with ftretched forth necks and 
wanton eyes, walking and mincing as 
they go, and making a tinkling with 
their feet : 

IT Therefore the Lord will fmite with 
afcab the crown of the head of the daugh- 
ters of Zion, and the Lord wall diicover 
their fecret parts. 

18 In that day the Lord will take away 
the bravery of their tinkling ornaments 
about their feet, and /AWr cauls, and tbeir 
round tires like the moon, 

19 The chains, and the bracelets, and 
the mufflers, 

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of 
the legs, and the head bands, and the 
tablets, and the earrings, 

21 The rings, and nofe jewels, 

22 The changeable fuits of apparel, 
and the mantles, and the wimples, and 
the crifptng pins, 

23 The glades, and the fine linen, and 
the hoods, and the veils. 

24 And it sliail come to pafs, that in- 
flead of fweet fmell there shall be ftink ; 
and inftead of a girdle a rent ; and in- 
ftead of well fat ha-ir baldnefs ; and in- 



ISAIAH. Cbrift's kingdom afan&uary. 

ftead of a ftomacher a girding of fack 



cloth ; and burning inftead of beauty. 

25 Thy men shall fall by the fword t 
and thy mighty in the war. 

26 And her gates shall lament and 
mourn ; and she being defolate shall fit 
upon the ground. 

CHAP. IV. 

In the extremity of e<vils,CbriJt's kingdom 

/halt he ajaneluary. 

AND in that day feven women shall 
take hold of one man, faying, We will 
eat our own bread, and wear our own ap- 
parel : only let us be called by thy name, 
to take away our reproach. 

2 In that day shall the branch of the 
Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the 
fruit of the earth fhall be excellent and 
comely for them that areefcaped of Ifraeb 

8 And it shall come to pafs, that he that 
is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in 
Jerufalern, shall be called holy, even ev- 
ery one that is written among the living 
in Jerufalern : 

4 When the Lor d shall have washed a- 
way the filth of the daughters of Zion, and 
shall have purged the blood of Jerufalern 
from the midft thereof by the fpirit of 
judgment, and by the fpirit of burning. 

5 And the Lo rd will create upon every 
dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon 
herafTemblies, a cloud and fmokeby day, 
and the shining of a flaming fire by night ; 
for upon all"thegloryy2»a// be a defence. 

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for 
a shadow in the day time from the heat, 
and for a place of refuge, and for a cov- 
ert from ftorm and from rain. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Under the type of a <vineya rd Godjuftifieth 
bis fe<vere judgment. 8 His judgments 
upon co<vetoufnefs t iiupon lajci<vioufnefi t 
13 upon impiety, J 20 and upon injujiice, 
26 The executioners oj God's judgments- 
NOW will I fing to my well beloved a 
fong of my beloved touching his vine- 
yard. My well beloved hath a vineyard 
in a very fruitful hill : 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out 
the flones thereof, and planted it with 
the choiceff vine, and built a tower in 
the midft of it, and alio made a wine 
prefs therein : and he looked that it 
should bring fortli grapes, and it brought 
forth wild grapes. 

S And now, O inhabitants of Jerufa- 
lem, and men of Judah, judge I pray 
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

4 What could have been done more 
to my vineyard, that I have not done in 
it ? Wherefore, when 1 looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, brought it 
forth wild grapes ? 

5 And now go to ; I will tell you what 
I will do to my vineyard : I will lake a- 
way the hedge thereof, and it shall be 

eaten 



God's judgments on <onjetoufnefs. Chap. vi. 



lfaiab y s nj'ifion, 547 



eaten up ; and breakdown the wall there- 
of, and it itiall be trodden down : 

6 And I will lay it walk : it (hall not be 
pruned, noi digged ; but there (hall come 
upbners and thorns : I will alio command 
the chnids that they rain no rain upon it. 

7 \ jr the vineyard of" the Lord of 
holts is the houle or Ifrael, and the men 
ot Judah his pleafant plant : and he look- 
ed tor judgment, bin behold oppref- 
fion ; tor righteoulncb, but behold a cry. 

b ^f Woe unto them that join houle to 
houfo, that lay held to held, till there be 
no place, ttiat they may be placed alone 
in the mid ft ot the earth ! 

In mine cans/aid the Lord of holts, 
Ota truth many houfes (hall be def< late. 
tn>i I and fair, without inhabitant. 

10 i c.i, iea of vineyard fhall 
yield one bath* and the feed of an homer 

ah. 

1 1 «| Woe unto them that rife up early 
in the morning, toj- they maj follow 
ftroug drink ; that continue until night, 
//// wine ii.H une them ! 

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tab- 

it p-p • v\inc. are in their 

but they regard i ot th< work of 
the Lord, neither con fide r the operation 
of his hands. 

W ^ therefore, my people are gone 
into captivity, b-cnife tbey baite no 
knowledge : and their honourable nun 
ax fa nifhed, and their multitude dried 
up with thirtt. 

1 i 1 hen tore, lull hath enl 

1 llf, a:..t*- . Lith v* ithout mea- 

fai , and their rtiulti- 

le, and theii ,1 he that re- 

i 

in ii.all be bio 

dov«n, i) man (1 

hu loft) Jhall 

I : 

it> But the Lord of hofis fhall b : ex- 
alted in ju is l»d) 

it I hen fhall 

r, and th the tat 

it . 

ih t di i mt >' 

with i j , md liu a> it \. 

wit 

19 1 hat i I him m , and 

: and 
l 
i ) kiv) 1 
runtotl 
and good : 1 .ht, 

ttei t u 

them that are v 
ov n in rtieir o 

i ■ art m 
men ot ftreogth 
gle ftro ik ; 



23 Which juftify the wicked for re- 
ward, and take away the righteoufnefsof 
the righteous from him ! 

Si Therefore, as the fire devoureth the 
Hubble, and the flame conlumeih the 
chart, Jo their root lhall be as rottenneis, 
and their blofibm lhall go up as dufl : 
becauie they have ca!t away the law of 
the Lord of holts, and defpifed the word 
of the Holy One of Ifrael. 

-5 1 'herefot e is the anger of the Lord 
kindled againft his people, and he hath 
uretched forth his hand againft them, 
and hath (mitten them ; and the hiils did 
tremble, and their carcafles nvere torn in 
the midft of the Itreets. For all this his 
anger is not turned a\.ay, but his hand 
is Uretched out hill. 

86 «] And he will lift up an enfign to 
the natiom from far, and will Infs unto 
them from the end of the earth : and, be- 
hold,they (hill cowx with [peed lwiftly : 

-7 None fhall be weary nor (tumble 
among them ; none (hall llumbcr nor 
deep; neither (hall the giidlc of their 
loins b<- loofed, nor the latchet of their 
(hues be broken ; 

"IS Whole arrows are (harp, and all 
their bows bent, their horle\' hoots (hall 
be counted like llint, and their wheels 
like a m hi rl wind i 

-'J Their roaring /ball be like a lion, 
they (hall roar like young lions : Via, 
they (hall roar and la"\ hold ol y, 

ami ih. ill cany // a'.vay (ate, and none 
(hall deliver //. 

So And in that day they fhall roar a- 

gainft them like the roaring of the fea : 

it one look unto the land, behold 

darknef and farrow, and the light is 

darkened in the heavens tliei of. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 tfaiab's *vifion. 9 The obfiinaey of, -he 
feopley tilth their defolatitm, li A 
remnant /ball be fovea. 
IN the ) i u tli Uzziah d < .1, I 

. tne 1 .0 k i) littin. •■, 

nd lifted up, and ins nam fill 

4 Above it fl - d tl e feraphit h 

■ th tv 
ed I , and w hit i ■• i >' ri ' 

his feet, ar.d with I B/- 

d unto 
I, Holy, holy, holj . ; • ' 

hoc I < h "in' i 

I \m\ the 
th<- him that < . houfa 

i 

■ 
in ol in 

lips, art 1 1 dw< ' > r midfl 

ol uncle ui lip 

un- 

coal in I , -> 

tcb 



543 



Abaz is comforted. 



which he had taken with the tongs from 
crF the altar : 

T And he laid it upon my mouth* and 
faid, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and 
thine iniquity is taken away, and thy (in 
purged. 

8 Alfo I heard the voice of the Lord, 
laying, Whom fhall I (end ? and, V/ho 
Mull go for us i Then faid I, Here am I ; 
lend me. 

9 <l] And he faid, Go, and tell this peo- 
ple, Hear ye indeed, but underfland not ; 
and fee ye indeed, but perceive not. 

10 Make the heart of this peqple fat, 
and make their ears heavy, and (nut their 
eyes ; left they fee with their eyes, and 
hear with their ears, and Underftand with 
their heart, and convert, and be healed. 

11 Then faid I, Lord, How long ? And 
he anfwered, Until the cities be wafted 
without inhabitant, and the houfes with- 
out man, and the land be utterly defolate, 

l"l And the Lord have removed man 
faraway, and there be a great forfaking 
in the midft ot the land. 

IS ^| Butyetinit/^i// be a tenth,and it 
fhall return, and fhall be eaten : as a teil 
tree, and as an oak, whofe fub (lance is in 
them, when they caft their leaves : Jo the 
holy feed jhallbe the fubftance thereof. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Ahaz is comforted by Ifajah. 14 Chrijl 

promijed. 17 Ahax.' s judgment is prepb- 

ejied to come by Afjyria. 

AND it came to pafs in the days of 
Ahaz the fon of Jotham, the fori of Uz- 
ziah, king of Judah, tbqt Rezin the king 
of Syria, and Pekah the fon of Remaliah, 
king of Ifrael, went up toward Jerusalem 
to waragainft it, but could not prevail 
again ft it. 

2 And it was told the houfe of David, 
faying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. 
And his heart was moved, and the heart 
of his people, as the trees of the wood 
are moved with the wind. 



I S AI AH. Chrijl proofed. 

and the head of DaAafctisi'j Rezin : and 



within threefcoreand five years fliall E- 
phraimbe broken, that it be not a people. 

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, 
and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's 
(on. Jf ye will not believe, furely y« 
(hall not be eftabliflied. 

10 Moreover, the Lord fpake again 
unto Ahaz, faying, 

H Afk thee a lign of the Lord thy 
God ; afk it either in the depth, or in the 
height above. 

W But Ahaz (aid, I will not aftc, nei- 
ther will I tempt.the Lord. 

13 And he faid, Hear ye now, O houfe 
ot David, Is it a fmail tiling for you to 
weary men, but will ye weary my God 
alio ? 

m 14 «ft Therefore, the Lord himfelf (hall 
give you a fign ; Behold, a virgin fhall 
conceive, and beai a fon, and lhall call 
his name Immanuel. 

15 Butter and honey fhall he eat, that 
he may know to refufe the evil, and 
choofe the good. 

16 For before the child (hall know to 
refufe the evil, and choofe the good, the 
land that thou abhorred fhall be forfaken 
of both her kings. 

17 % The Lord fhall bring upon thee, 
and upon thy people, and upon thy fa- 
ther's houfe, days that have not come, 
from the day that Ephraim departed from 
Judah ; even the king of Aftyria. 

18 And it fhall come to pals in that 
day, that the Lord fhall hifs for the fly 
that is in the uttermoft part of th*e rivers 
of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the 
land of AfXyria. 

19 And they fhall come, and fhall red 
all of them in the defolate valleys, and in 
tiie holes of the rocks,and upon all thorns, 
and upon all bufhes. 

20 In the fame day fliall the Lord fhave 
with a razor that is hired, namely > by them 
beyond the river, by the king of Aflyria 






Lben faid the Lord unto Ifaiah,Go the head, and the hair of the feet : and it 



forth now to mee»: Ahaz, thou, and Shear 
jaftW) thy fon, at the end of the conduit 
ol the upper pool in the highway of the 
fuller's field ; 

4 Am} fay unto him, Take heed, and be 
quiet; feVrnot, neiiber bo fainthearted 
far the tvw, tails of thefe fmoking fire- 
brartdp, for the fierce anger of Rezin 
w it f i Syria, an'i f the fon of Remaliah. 

5 EJecaufe Syrv^ Ephraim, and the (on 
of Retnaliaii, hava taken evil counfel a- 
gainfl thee, faying, 

6 Let us go up agai-vft Ju#ah, and vox 
it, and 1 let us make a breach therein for 
us, and fet a king in the midft of it, even 
t!,e fon of Tabeal : 

T Thus faith the Lord God, It fliall 
Qot ftand, neither (ball : .~ come to paTs. 
8 For the head o: Syria :s Daraafcus, 



ihali alfo con fume the beard. 

21 And it fliall come to pafs in that 
day, that a man fhall nourtfh a young 
Cow, and two fheep ; 

'VI And it fliall come to pafs, for the 
abundance of milk that they lhall give, 
that he (hall e;;t butter : for butter and 
honey fhall every one eat that is left m 
the land. 

And it fhall come to pafs in that 
d .»/, that every place fhall be, where 
there were a thousand vines at a thou- 
(j!i'l filverlings, it (hall evrnbct'or briers 
and thorns, 

44 VV'uh arrows and with bows lhall 
men come thither ; becaufe all the land 
fhall become briers and thorns.' 

£5 Andc« ail hills that fliall be digged, 
with the mattock, there ihali not come. 

_ thither 



i/rael and JuJab threatened. Chap. viii. ix. shji'Jlons to idolater. j\9 

thither the tear of briers :md thorns : but ble, and fail, and be broken, and 



it fhali be for :he (ending forth or o 
ana tor the treadinaj of letter cattle. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 A prophecy again ft Syria, and Ifrael, a 
on J judab. 9 Cod's judgments irre- 
JijiibU. 11 Comfort io t be m that Jear 
Cod. 10 Grtut ajjiitlions to idolaters. 
MOREOVER, the Lord faid unto 
me, Take thee a great roll, and wi ite in 
it with a nun's pen concerning Muher- 
0>alalha<febaz. 

2 And 1 took unto m<» faithful witnelfes 
to record, Uriah the pried, and Zechari- 
ahthefonoi Jebeiech'ah. 

3 And I went unto the prophetefs ; 
and flie conceived, and bare a (on. I 
laid the Lord to me, Call his name Ma- 
herfbalalhafal 

4 For before the child (hall have knowl- 
edge to cry, My father, and my n 

er, the riches cf 13 is and the 'pod 

of Samaria fhall t e taken away before the 
king c 

a ^ The Lord fpakc alfo unto me a- 
gain, Cavil 

ti Forafmuch as this people refufeth the 
■rate Shtfpah that go foftly, and re- 

joice in Rezin and Remaliah's hsn ; 

therefore, behold, the Lord 
bringeth up upon them the waters ct the 
iiycr, ftrong and many, even the king 
of Aflyria, a;id all his glory : and he 
fnall come up over all hi.-> channels, and 
over all his bank 

(hall pa i Judah ; he 

overflow and go over, he null reach 

even to the neck ; and the It retching wiit 
of hi iall fill the breadth ot thy 

land, I cl. 

9 fl A turfclves, O ye 
and • broken in | ■ 

. ', all ; 

en in 
picc< :elves, and ye lh ill be 

broken in i 

10 I i: fhall 

word, ii 

/lull not It . it v ith U •• 

it 5| For the Lord fpake thii 

flrong hand, and infli u ted me 
that I fboul I not * ilk in the way < 
, f a y i i i 

. this \ eople iii -i 1 

id. 

and /<•/ him be you \\\ be 

I. 

1 1 Vnd he (hall n y ; 
but 

offence 

I 
mi. 

!•"> And in 



cd, and be I 

16 Bind up the teftimony*, feal the law 
among my difciple 

17 And 1 will wait upon the Lord, 
that hideth his face from the houfe of 
Jacob, ana I will look for hi, 

13 Behold, 1 and the children the 

Lord hath tiven me, are for figns and 
for wonders in Ifrael from the Lord of 
hods, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 

19 II And when they fhall fay unto you, 
Seek unto them that nave familiar fpirits, 
and unto wizards that peep, and that 
mutter : Should not a people feek unto 
then God f For the living to the dead ? 

:0 To the law and to the teUimony : if 
they fpeak not according to this word, // 
is becaufe tvrre is no !i_ ht in them. 

£1 And they ihall pais through it, hard- 
ly beftead and hungry ; and it fhall conic 
to pais, thatwh.cn they fhall be hungry, 
they fhall fret themfelves, andcurfe their 
king and their c>c;l*, and look upward 1 

tl .And they (hall look unto the earth j 
and behold trouble and dai knef's, dira- 
nefs of angmih ; and they Jbali be driven' 
to darkneis. 

CHAP. IX. 
I V/i at joy /ball be in the muift ofaffl:flions 

by tbe utttb and kingdom ojCbnjl. '6 

judgments upon I, rati for their pride, 

13 ■ v. 18 and impenitevey. 

ER i'nEl.1 SS ; ihedim Hi 

not be Inch as ivas in her Vi I il on, w I 
at the ;u it he lightly 

/.ebulun, and |i, and 

afterward did more grievoully a1fl;cl 
by the .v.i, «,t the fea, beyond Jordan, in 

- rhe people that walked in dark nefs 
have i- en a great light thej th n dwell 

in tile land ot ll>.': (!. i Io ■•. 

them h ith the light (hined. 
3 i hou had multiplied / 

y , i!.. y joj bcfi re tl 

in e wh< n tliey divide il 
* For t! ■ n the yota of 

his burden, and i' 

, as n. 
i \ 

< I th< 
with v onfufed n >.i , 

»n bloQ/d ; fJ fhall I | l-un.i. 

. 
6 l in ii: Ill Id IS I rn, unto I 

a fon i \ ri ■ 

1 1 be u (i 

tin n, 



.. 









550 Judgments upon Ifrael. ISAIAH. 



Affyria /ball bj broken. 



ment, and with juftice, from henceforth! ment, and to take away the right from 
even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of the poor cf my people, that widows may 



hofts will perform this 

8 % The Lord fent a word into Jacob, 
and it hath lighted upon Ifrael. 

9 ^j And all the people lhall know, even 
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, 
that fay in the pride and ftoutnefs of heart, 

10 The bricks are fallen clown, but v\e 
will build with hewn Hones : The fyca- 
moresare cut down, but we will change 
them into cedars. 

11 Therefore, the Lord fhall fet up the 
adverfaries of Rezin againft him, and join 
his enemies together ; 

it J he Syrians before, and the Phi- 
liftines behind ; and they mall devour If- 
rael with open mouth. For all this his 
anger is not turned away, but his hand 
is firetched out (till. 

13 ^J For the people turneth not unto 
him that fmiteth them, neither do they 
feek the Lord of holts. 

14 Therefore, the Lord will cut off 
from Ifrael head and tail, branch arid rufh, 
in one day. 

15 i he ancient and honourable, he is 
the head ; and the prophet that teacheth 
Les, he is the tail. 

16 For the leaders of this people caufe 
ihem to err ; and they that are led of them 
are deftroyed. 

17 Therefore, the Lord fhail have no 
joy in theiryoung men. neither {hall have 
mercy on their fatherlefs and widows : 
lor every one is an hypocrite and as evil 
doer, and every mouth fpeakeih folly. 
For all this his anger is not turned away, 
but his hand is firetched out (till. 

18 <Q For wickednefs bnrneth as the 
fire : it fhall devour the briers and thorns, 
and (hall kindle in the thickets of the 
foreft, and they fhall mount up like the 
lifting up of fmoke. 

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of 
hods is the land darkened, and the people 
fhall be as the fuel of the fire : no man 
lhall fpare his brother. 

20 And he fhall fnatch on the right 
I and, and be hungry ; and he (nail eat 
en the left hand, and they lhall not be 
fttisiied ; they fhall eat every man the 
tieih of his o*vn arm : 

2t Manalfeh, Ephraim ; and Ephraim, 
ManafTeli : and they together fhall be 
againft J udah. For all this his singer is 
, oi turned away, but his hand is flreich- 
^ed out (till. 

C H A P. X. 
1 Tbeivoe oftytants. 5 Affyria the rod oj 

hypocrites, Jor bis pride jb all b* broken. 

£0 A remnant of Ijracl /ball be fwved 

WOE unto them that decree unright- 
eous decrees, and that write grievoulnefs 
ivbicb they have prefcribed ; 

ii To turn afide the needy from judg- 



be tkeir prey, and that they may rob 
the fatheriels ! 

S And, What will ye do in the day of vis- 
itation, emd in the defolation nvbicb fhall 
come from tar ? To whom will ye flee for 
help? and, Where will ye leave your glory J 

4 Without me they fhall bow down 
under the prifoners, and they fhall fall 
under the fiain. For all this his anger is 
not turned away, but his hand is hTetch- 
ed out mil. 

5 t^f O Affyrian, the rod of mine an- 
ger, and the Itaft in their hand is mine 
indignation. 

.61 will fend him againft an hypocrit- 
ical nation, and againft the people of 
my wrath will 1 give him a charge, to 
take the fpoil, and to take the prey, and 
to tread them down like the mire of the 
ftreets. 

7 Fiowbeit, he meaneth not fo, nei- 
ther doth his heart think io ; but it is in 
his heart to deftroy and cut off nations 
not a few. 

8 For he faith, Are not my princes al- 
together kings i 

9 /j not Calno as Carchemifh ? h not 
Hamath as Arpad ? Is not Samaria as 
Damafcus- ? 

10 As my hand hath found the king- 
doms of the idols, and whole graven im- 
ages did excel them of Jerufalem and of 
Samaria ; 

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto 
Samaria and her idols, fo do to Jerufa- 
lem and her idols ? 

1£ Wherefore, it fhall come to pafs, 
i bat when the Lord hath performed his 
whole work upon mount Zion and on 
Jerufalem, I will punilh the fruit of the 
ftout heart of the king of Affyria, and the 
glory of his high looks. 

l& For he faith, By the ftrength of my 
hand 1 have done */, and by my wifdom ; 
for I 2m prudent : and 1 have removed 
the bounds of the people, and have rob- 
bed their treafures, and I have put down 
the inhabitants like a valiant man ; 

14 And my hand hath found as a neft 
the riches of the people : and as one gath- 
ered! eggs thai are left, have I gathered 
all the earth ; and there was none that 
moved the wing, or opened the mouth, 
or peeped. 

la Shall the ax boaft itfelf againft him 
that heweth therewith ? c, Shall the faw 
magnify itfelf agaipft him that lhaketh it ? 
As if the rodfliould fhake/V/*' //'againft them 
that lift it up, or as if the Itaif fhouid 
lift up itjelf t as if it 'were no wood. 

lb Therefore (hall the Lord, the Lord 
of holts, fend among his fat ones lcan- 
rtefs ; and under his glory he fhall kindle 
a burning like the burning of a fire. 

17 And 



£. remnant if Ifrael Jball be fa<ved. Chap. xi. 

17 And the light of lfruel (hall be for 
a fire, and his Holy One for a flame : and 
it fhall burn and devour his thorns and 
his briers in one day ; 

18 And (hall confume the glcry of his 
foreft, and cf his fruitful field, both foul 
and body : ar.d they iha.ll be as when a 
(landard bearer Lunjeth. 

19 And the re (t of the trees of his foreft 
fhail be few, that a child may write them. 

fj And it ili a 1 1 come to pafs in tint 
day, that the remnant cf Ifrael, and fuch 
as are efcaped of the houie of Jacob, (hall 
no more again (Uy upon him that (mote 
them ; but (hall flay upon the Lord, the 
Holy One of Ifrael, in truth. 

1\ 1 he remnant (hall return, even the 
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 

VI For though thy people ifrael be as 
the (and of the fra, yet a remnant oi them 
fhall return : the confumption decreed 
(hall overflow with righteoufnefs. 

For the Lord God of hods (hall 
make a confumption, even determined, 
in the midfl ot all the land. 

Therefore thus- faith the Lord God 
of hoft<, O my people that dwell* 

the A (Tynan : h<* 
fhall finite thee with a rod, and (hall lift 
his ftafFagainft thee, after the manner 
Egypt. 

l-c.r yet a very little while, and the 
indignation HmM ceafe, and mine anger 
in their defii nction. 

And the I ord of hofts fhall frirup 

.i :. him a< cording to the (laugh- 

I the rr, iiu! 

ar I iuus vipon tl fhall he 

•r of Eg) pt. 
d u (hall t ome to pais in that 
d • i dial I 1 

am 
yoke fhall be dc- 
tnoinringa 
ith, he it i 
.i he hath 

• • 
ha Ra- 

mal r rid , Gil e i ! . "t S tul 

r of 

illim : i Laifh, 

O poor Anathuth. 

."51 inhabit 

antsof Gebii 

• |h ill h 
day : he fhall (haki h s hand */.<' iin/1 

lighter lull 

lerufalem. 
S3 behold, thel. or p, the LORDofbofts 

i t i roi : and the 

high onej «>t fl rti' •• (h \l( he I e ••• n dOH ;., 

: the haoghty ihall be humbl 

34 And he Ihall cut down the thickets 

of the forefls with iron, and Lebanon 

;ll tall by a mighty one. 



CbrijVs peaceable kingdom. Z't 

CHAP. XL 
1 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out 

of the root of 10/ be re flotation. 

vj Ijrael, and vocation of the Gentiles. 

AN 15 there (hall come for tit a rod out 
of the Rem of JelTe, and a Branch (hail 
grow out oi his roots ; 

8 And the fpiritof the Lord fhall reft 
upon him, the fpirit of w ifdom and u;i- 
derftanding, the fpirit of counfel and 
might, the (pir'.t of knowledge and of 
the fear of the Lor d ; 

5 And (hall make him of quick un- 
derftanding in the fear of the Lord: 

d he (lull not judge after the fight of 
his eyes, neither reprove after the hear- 
ing of his eais s 

-I But with righteoufnefs (hall he judge 

the poor, and reprove with equity tor 

the meek, of the earth : and he fhall finite 

the earth vs ith the rod of his mouth, and 

l\ the breath of his lips (hall lie Hay 

a icked. 

i ghteoufnefs fhall he the girdle 
of his i , and laithfulncfs the girdle 
oi^ his reins. 

o The wolf alfo fhall dwell with the 
lam!), and the leo| aid fhall lie down with 
tjiekid ; and the calf and the young lion 
and the Catling tier ; and a little 

child ihall lead them. 

\ nd the cow and the bear (hall feed ; 
their young ohcs (hall lit- down together : 
an. I the lion fliall eat ftraw lik«* the ox. 

Lnd the lucking child fliall plaj 
the hole of the alp, and the weaned ( 
fliall put his hand on thecxx katrice'sden. 

9 They (U ill not hurl ftroy in 

for ih<- eartiilhall 

II of the knowled I the Lord, 
as the wai i the A 

10 f thai < L i y there fhall b 
root of feflTe, which (hall Hand for 
lign ot '1 ; (ball i till i 

(hall he glorious. 

1 1 And it ihall i in that 

his hand a- 

i i vv>\ er the i 
-, v h I h Hull be I -if, 
ind from Egyi from 

(h,.uul t;..iu I 

and t r, and from rlamathg and 

fr< ■ ■ i. 

i - id he ihall - .w\ enl 

the n 

the 

h. 
l.i I !i 
, and the i I ndah ih til 

be i 

. and Judah (hall not * 

1 1 But they On!! fly • 

thevwnt ; t 

ey 



A. thank/giving. 



ISAIAH, 



B a by I on threatened. 



they Hull lay their hand upon Edom and Torrows fnaii take hold of them : they 
Moa'o, and the children of Amnion fhall (ball be in pain as a woman that travail- 
obey them. jeth : they fliall be amazed one at anoth- 
15 And the Lord (hall utterly deftroy er : their faces/W/ be as rlames. 



the tongue of the Egyptian lea : and 
with his mighty wind (hall he /hake his 
hand over the river, and fhall finite it in 
the feven dreams, and make men go ever 
dry-ihod. 

16 And -there Qaall be an highway for 
the remnant of his people, which (hall 
be left, from Affyria ; like as it was to 
Jfrael in the day that he came up out of 
the land of Egvpt. 

CHAP. XII. 
A joyful than kfg \n.nng of the faithful for 
the mercies of God. 

AND in that day thou (halt fay, O 
Lord, 1 will praife thee : though thou 
waft angry with me, thine anger is turned 
away, and thou comforted ft me. 

£ Behold, God is my faivation ; I will 
trufi, and not be afraid : for the Lord 
JEHOVAH is my ftrength and my fong ; 
he alfo is become my faivation. 

S Therefore, with joy fhall ye draw 
water out of the wells of faivation. 

4 And in that day fhall ye fay, Praife 
the Lord, call upon his name, declare 
his doings among the people, make men- 
tion that his name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; fpr he hath 
done excellent things : this is known in 
all the earth. 

6 Cry cut and flicut, thou inhabitant 
ofZioo : for great is the Holy One of 
Ifrael in the midft of thee. 

CHAP. XT1T. 
1 God mufleretb the armies of his tvrafb. 

6 He tbreatenetb to defiroy Babylon by 

t^e Medes. 19 The denotation thereof. 

THE burden of Babylcn,which Ifaiah 
the for. of Amoz did fee. 

°l Lilt ye up a banner upon the high 
mountain, exalt the voice unto them, 
make the hand, that they may go into 
the gates of the nobles. 

5 I have commanded my fanciified 
ones, I have alfo called my mighty cnes 
for mine anger, iven them' that rejoice in ' pitch tent there ; neither lhall the fhep- 



9 Behold, the day of the Lord eometh, 
cruel both with wrath and fierce aneer, 
to lay the land defolate : and he fhall 
defiroy the finners thereof out of it. 

JO For the ftars of heaven and the 
eonftellations thereof fhall not give their 
light: the fun fhall be daikened in his 
gong forth, and the moon (hail notcaufe 
her light to fhine. 

It And I will punifu the world for 
their evil, and the wicked for their ini- 
quity ; and I willcaufe the arrogancy of 
the proud to ceafe, and will lay low the 
haughti-refs of the terrible. 

12 1 will make a man more precious 
than fine gold ; even a man than the 
golden wedge of Ophir. 

IS Therefore, I will (hake the heavens, 
and the earth fhall remove out of her 
place, in the wrath of the Lord of holts, 
and in the day of his fierce 2»ger. 

14 And it fhall be as the chafed roe, 
and as a (heep that no man taketh up ; 
they fhall every man turn to his own peo- 
ple, and flee every one into his own land. 

15 Every one that is found /hall be 
thru!! through ; and every one that is 
joined unto them fhall fall by the fword. 

lt> Their children alfo fhall be dafhed 
to pieces before their eyes ; their houfes 
mail befpoiled, and their wives ravifhed. 

lTBeholdjIwiUftiruptheMedesagainft 
them, which lhall not regard lilver ; and 
as for gold, they (hall not delight in it. 

18 Their bows alfo (hall dafh the young 
men to pieces ; and they fhall have no 
pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye 
fhall not fpare children. 

19 ^T And Babylon, the glory of king- 
dom?, the beauty of the Chalcees' excel- 
lency, fhall be as when God overthrew 
Sodom and Gomorrah. 

£0 It (hall never be inhabited, neither 

fhall it be dwelt in from generation to 

neither fhall the Arabian 



generation 



my highnefs 

4 The no ; fe 



of a multitude in the 



herds make their foid there. 

<2t Bitt wild healts of the defert fhali 



mountains, like as cf a great people ; a, lie there; and their houfes dial 1 be full 
tumultuous noife of the kingdoms ».f na- jofdoleful creatures ; and owls fhall dwell 
tions gathered together: the Lord of J there, and fatyrs (hall dance there, 
hofh omftereth the hoft cf the battle. VI Anft the wild beai'rs of the iflands 

fhall cry in their defolate houfes, and 
dragons in tbeir pleafant paiaces : and 
her time is near to come, and her days 
lhall net be prolonged. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 G'd^s merciful rejlordtion of Ifrael. S 

Their triumphal trtjultaiion over Babel. 

FOR the Lord will have mercy on 

Jacob, and will yet choofe Ifrael, and 

fet them in their own land : and the 

Grangers 



5 They come from a far country, from 
the end of heaven, even the Lord, and 
the weapons cf his indignation, to defiroy 
the whole land. 

6 <r Howl ye; forth af the Lord 
is at hand ; it (hall come as a dcth r.ction 
Iro-T! the Almighty. 

7 Therefore, fhall all hands he faint, 
and every man's heart (hall melt : 

8 And thev fhall be afraid ; pangi and 



JfraeVs reft or a: 



"angers ih.ll be joined with them, and 
tli' cleave to the houfe of Jacob. 

Vnd the people fhall take them, and 
them to their place : and the houfe 
Ifrael fhall poffefs them in the land of 
the Lord for fervants and hand maids ; 
(ball take them captives whole 
hey were ; and they fhall r 
over iheir opprclfor:. 

3 ^1 And it A all come to pafs in the 
day that the Lord '.hall give tnee reft 
m thy forrow, and From th\ fear, 

hard bandage v* herein thou v> aft 

le to ferve, 

i That thou (halt take up this proverb 

tinit the king of Ba >-, How 

hath the opprellor cealed ! the golden 

city ceafed ! 

ID hath broken theflaffof 

the wicked, and the fceptreof the nil 

6 He who fmote the people in wrath 

h a continual 'Iroke, he tint ruled the 

ions in anger, is perfecuted,**^ none 

hindereth. 

i he whole earth is at reft, and is 

they break forth into fiogi i 
'-'ea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, 
f Lebanon faying, Since 
thou art laid down, no teller is come up 

9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee 
to mf*et ibre at thy coming : it ftirreth up 
the dead for thee, e-jen a\\ the chief ones 
of the earth : it hath raifed up from their 
tin • * the nations. 

10 All th il fpeak and ; 
, Art th ai 

like unto u 

il to the 

re, and the noife . the 

!rr thee, and th< 

• ! 
i -i lit thou fallen from ' 

1 

. didl? 

thou I rt, I 

ill (it 
•it of the congregation, 

of the not th 

u (hah Light i 

les of the pit. 

fhall n 

If tl 

17 Jbst i 

nor the 

I the ki n itioi 

doty, i ac in his 

own ho 
19 But thou art Caft cut 



Chap, tv. Their trlumfk ever EabyUn. 553 

like an abominable branch, and as the 
raiment of thofe that are (lain, thrulr 
through with a fword, that go down to 
the (tones of »he pit ; :<s a carcafs trod- 
den under f zt. 

20 ' : >u ftal* not be joined with t 
. I, becaufe thou had dedroyed thy 

'.and, and (lain thy people : the fceu bf 
evil d< en all nerer be renowned. 

21 Prepare Aaiighter for his children 
I -r the iniquity of their fathers ; that the/ 

lot iij'e, nor pofTefs the land, nor filL 
the i tC£ of the world with cities. 

22 I- or I will rife up aga::, ft them, faith 
the Lord of ho Ms, and cut off from Bab- 
ylon the name, and remnant, and fori, and 
nephew, faith the Lord. 

23 I will alfo make it a pofJeflion for 
the bittern, and pools of water : and I 

11 fweep it with the beftm of deflruc- 

i, faith the Lord of holts. 

-\ The Lord of hofts hath fuorn, 

faying, Surely as 1 have thought, fo fhall 

it come to pals; and as I have purpofed, 

Jo fhall it ftand i 

25 That I will break the Aflyiian in 
my land, and upon my mountains tread 
him under foot : then fhall his joke de- 
part from o^ them, and his burden depart 
from off their fhouldr 

the purpofe that is purpofci 
upon the u hole earth : and tins is the hand 
that isftretchedoutupon all the nations* 
tii' Lord of I. ah pur- 

poled', and, V* V;ui 

hand ;.. ftretel ., and, W'.ho fcall 

It ? 
^ I that long died. 

*va th 1 urden. 

i th )U, whole Pale.Tina, 
e thee 
he ferpent's r< 
foi th a i i< • , and hit 

tii be a fiery flying hi pent. 

the poor • I 

the n< dowa in 

I thy i oof with fam- 

, and h. t. 

, c i J . I ; thou, 

■a, c/f/dill 

no:. hi hi ited tira 

dl one then anfwer tin* 
. ( t thr na ? Th 

►n, and the- pjar 
i t . 
CHAP. M 

tn/'le fair cj 

i hi- lxii in 

hi Ai • i Moan i- I nd 

i to id lie in thr nig 

K it amdbi 

nip to B ij 
the high places, I i 

■ . 



551 Moab threatened. 



ISAIAH. Syria and Damafcus threatened. 



all their heads /ball be baldnefs, and ev- 
ery beard cutoff. 

$ In their ftreets they fliall gird them- 
felves with fackclotb : on the tops of 
their houfes, and in their ftreets, every 
one fhall howl, weeping abundantly. 

4 And Hefhbon (hall cry, and Eiealeh; 
their voice fhall be heard even unto 
Jahaz : therefore the armed foldiers of 
Moab (hall cry out ; his life (hall be 
grievous unto him. 

5 My heart fhall cry out for Moab ; 
his f ug\t \v esjb a 11 Jlee unto Zoar, an heif- 
er of three years old; for by the mount- 
ing up of JLnhith with weeping fhall they 
go it up ; for in the way of Horonaim 
they fhall raife up a cry of definition. 

6 For the wacers of Nimrim (hall be 
defolate : for the hay is withered away, 
the g-r-afs faileth there is no green thing. 

7 Therefore the abundance they have 
gotten- and that which they have laid 



heathen have broken down the principal 
plants thereof, they are come even units 
Jazer, they wandered through the wil- 
dernefs ; her branches are ftretched out # 
they are gone over the fea. 

9 Therefore I will bewail with the 
weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah : 
I will water thee with my tears, O Hefh- 
bon, and Eiealeh : for the fhouting for 
thy Cummer fruits and for thy harveft is 
fallen:. 

10 And gladnefs is taken away, and 
joy out of the plentiful field ; and in the 
vineyards there fhall be no finging, nei- 
ther fhall there be fhouting : the treaders 
fhall tread out no wine in their prefles : I 
have xs\%A>ztheir vintage fhouting toceafe. 

It Wherefore my bowels fliall found 
like an harp for Moab, and mine inward 
parts for Kirharefh. 

12 And it fhall come to pafs, when it 
is feen that Moab is weary on the high. 



of the .villows. 

8 For the cry is gone round about the 
borders of Moab ; the howling thereof 
unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof 
unto Beerelim. 

9 For the waters of Dimon fhall be full 
of blood : For I will bring more upon Di- 
mon, lions upon him that efcapeth of Mo- 
ab, and upon the remnant of the land. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Moab h exhorted to yield obedience to 

Ch-ijVs kingdom^ 6 and threatened for 

pride. 

SEND ye the lamb -to the ruler of the 
land from Sela to the wildernefs, unto 
the mount of the daughter of Zion. 

2 For it fhall be, that, as a wandering 
bird cad out of the neft, Jo the daughters 
of Moab fhall be at the fords of Arnon. 

S Take counfel, execute judgment ; 
make thy fhadow as the night in the 
raidft of the noonday : hide the outcafts ; 
bewray not him that wandereth. 

4 Let mine outcafls dwell with thee, 
Moab ; be thou a covert to them from 
the face of the fpoiler ; for the extor- 
tioner is atan end, the fpoiler ceafeth, the 
opprefTors are confumed out of the land. 

5 -And in mercy (hall the throne be 
eftabliflied ; and he fhall fit upon it in 
truth in the tabernacle of David, judg- 
ing and fecking judgment, and hailing 
righteoufnefs. 

6 q] We have heard of the pride of Mo- 
ab ; be is very proud : cvenoi hishaugh- 
tinefs, and his pride, and his wrath : but 
his lies fhall not be fo. 

7 Therefore fhall Moab howl for Mo- 
ab, every one fliall howl ; for the foun- 
dations of Kirharefeth fhall ye mourn; 
furely they dr<?iiricken. 

8 For the fields of Hefhbon languifh, 
««i/lhevineof Sibmah ; the lords of the 



up, fliall they carry away to the brook i place, that he fhall come to his fan&uary 

to pray ; but he fhall not prevail. 

13 This is the word that the Lord hath 
fpoken concerning Moab fmce that time* 

14 But now the Lord hath fpoken, 
faying. Within three years, as the years of 
an hireling, and the glory of Moab fhall 
be contemned, with all that great multi- 
tude ; and the remnant fhall be very fmall 
and feeble. 

CHAP. XVII. 

1 Syria and l/rael threatened, 6 A rem- 
nant Jhall forfake idolatry. 9 The reft 
fhall be plagued for their impiety. 
THE burden of Damafcus. Behold, 

Damafcus is taken away from being a 

city, and it fhall be a ruinous heap. 

2 The cities of Aroer are forfaken ; 

they fhall be for flocks, which fhall lie 



down, and none fhall make them afraid. 

3 The fortrefs aifo fhall ceafe from E- 
phraim,and the kingdom from Damafcus, 
and the remnant of Syria : they fhall be 
as the glory of the children of Ifrael, 
faith the Lord of hofls. 

4 And in that day it fliall come to pafs 
that the glory of Jacob fhall be made thin, 
and the fatnefs of his flefh fhall wax lean. 

5 And it fhall be as when the har- 
veft man gathereth the corn, and reapeth 
the ears with his arm ; and it fhall be as 
he that gathereth ears in the valley of 
Rephaim. 

6 Yet gleaning grapes fhall be left in, 
it, as the (haking of an olive tree, two or 
three berries in the top of the uppermoft 
bough, four or five in the outmoft fruitful 
branches thereof, faith the Lord God of 
Ifrael. 

7 At tha' day fhall a man look to his 
Maker, and his eyes fhall have refpeft to 
the Holy Oneof Ifrael. 

8 And he shall not look to the altars, 
the work of his hands, neither shall refpeet 

that 



The Ethiopians to be dejlroyed. Chap, xviii xix. The eonfufion of Egypt. 555 

brought unto the Lord of hofts of a peo- 
ple fcatteredand peeled, and from a peo- 
ple terrible from their beginning hither- 
to ; a nation meted out and tro iden under 



that which his finders have made, either 
the groves, or the images. 

9 fl In that day lhall his ftrong cities 
be as a fcrlaken bough, and an uppei lofl 
branch, which they left becaufe of the 
Children of Ilrael : and there ihall be def- 
olation. 

10 Becaufe thou haft forgotten the God 
of thy falvation, and halt hot been mind- 
ful ot the rock, oi thy itreagth, therefore 
fhalt thou plant pie ai ant plants, and lhalt 
fet it with (trange (lips : 

It In the day (halt thou mak.e thy 
plant to grow, and in the morning fhall 



foot, wriole land the rivers have ipoiled, 

to the place of the name of the Lord of 

holts, the mount Zion. 

C H A P. XIX. 

I The coHjufion of Egypt. 11 The foot i fr- 
it is of her princes. 18 The catting 

pi to ;be church. °IS The covenant 
oj Eg\pt, sJjfyna, and Ifrael. 
THt burden ot Egypt. Behold, the 

Lord rideth upon a fwift cloud, and 



thou make thy feed to ftourifh : but the ' ihall come into Egypt: and the idols of 



harve(ty2>-<// be a heap in the uay of grief 
and of defperate for row. 

1- Woe to the multitude of many peo- 
ple, 'which make a noife like the noife of 
the feas ; and t ; rhe ruthing of nations, 
that make a ru thing like the ruining of 
mighty w aters ! 

1 I The nations lhall rafh like the mill- 
ing of many 9 but God fha'l re- 
buke them, and they lhall flee far off, 
itnu tludl be chafed as the chaff of the 
mountains before the wind, and like a 
•ig thing before the whirlwind 

1 i And behold at eveningtide trouble ; 
and \taioyz the morning he is not. i his 
is the portion of them that fpoil us, and 
the lot of them that rob us. 

CHAP. XVI I J. 
1 God in care of bis people ivill deftroy 

tre Ethiopians . 7 j/i uccrj .< -ball grouu 

thereby unto the chun b. 

the land (hadowing with 
igs, which is beyond the rivers of E- 
thiopia : 

* I ndeth ambaflTadors by the fea, 

on the h.i- 
ters.y . u), ;. e !•.-• iftri 

nation and \ , i oplc 

terrible from their beginning hitherto 
nation meted >mt and trodden down, 
whofe land the rivers have i, 

6 All > e inhal woi Id, and 

dwellers on the earth, lee ye, when he 
littethupan enlign on the mountains j 
and when he bloweth a trurapet,heai >• 

4 For lo the Lord faid unto me, 1 
take my rell, ami 1 will confider in my 
filling plate like a i upon 

i like a i loud ot dew in the he it 
* t hat veft. 

■ e the harvefr, whin the bud 
is perfect, and the lour grape is ri] ening 
in the Howcr, he (hall both cut off the 
with pruning I . ind take av 

cut down the brj 
6 ihall be left t< gether ui 

IC mountains, and to tl, 

h : and the fowls (hall furn 
Upon them, and all the beallsof the earth 
Jball winter upon them. 
1 «I In that time lhall the prefsnt be 



Egypt lhall be moved at his prelcnce, 
and the heart of Egypt lhall melt in the 
in id ft ol it. 

t And I will fet the Egyptians againft 
the Egyptians : and they lhall fij>ht every 
one againfi his brother, and every one 
againlt his neighbour : city again.'t city, 
and kingdom againlt kingdom. 

9 AndthefpintefE gypt ftia.ll fail in the 
m id it thereof; and I will deftroy the coun- 
lel thereof: and they (hall feektothe idol?, 
and to the charmers, and to 'them that 
have familiar foirits, and to the is. 

4 And the Egyptians will 1 give 

into the hand of a cruel lord : and a. 
fierce king lhall rule over them, faith the 
Lord, the Lord of holts. 

5 And the waters lhall fail from the 
fea, and the river lhall be waded and 
di ied up 

6 And they (hall turn the rivers fara- 
way : and the brooks ol defence (hall 
emptied and dried up : the i ccd and flags 
lhall wither. 

7 1 he paper reeds by the brooks by 
the mouth ot the b and c\ g 
(own b) the brooks (hall wither % be driv- 
en away, o m tre. 

8 The urn, and .dl 
. th.u i .nt a tto the bi ioks \ hall 

lament, and the) that I upon 

the v. atei 9 ihall languid). 

9 Moreovei »they that work in fine flax, 
and the) that weave networks, (hall be 
con fou i 

10 And tl y Hull be broken in the 
purpofes tl , all that make fl 

anil | fifll. 

it • ire 

s, the counfel of the wife rs 

ol Pharaoh i • e brutifl) i (low ( iy 

unto PI »n i i the 

• 
\ l re thy 

• vr, %? And lei i tell tl 

lei them he Lo 

urpofed upon 1' g 
inces ol Z 

1 : 

. have ail > fedi r n they 

that are the Uay of the tribes thcr<- 

14 The 



... 



555 Calling of Egypt to the church, IS AI AH. 



?> 



he fall of Babylo; 



14 The Lord hath mingled a perverfe 
fpirit in the midfl thereof: and they have 
caufed Egypt to err in every work thereof, 
as a drunken man ftaggerethin his vomit. 

15 Neither lhall there be any work for 
Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or 
rufh, may do. 

16 In that day fhall Egypt be like unto 
tvomen : and it'mall be afraid and fear 
becaufe of the (baking of the hand of the 
Lord of hods, which he fhaketh over it. 

IT Aad the land of Jndah fhall be a 
terror unto Egypt, every one that mak- 
eth mention thereof lhall be afraid in 
himfelf, becaufe of the counfel of the 
Lord of hofts, which he hath determined 
againft it„ 

18 5 ^ that day {hall five cities in the 
land of Egypt fpeak the language of Ca- 
naan, and fwear to the Lord of hofts : 
one fhall be called, The city of deftruction. 

19 In that day (hall there be an altar 
to the Lord in the midfl of the land of 
Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof 
to the Lord. 

20 And it fhall be for a fign and for a 
witnefs unto the Lord of hofts in the 
land of Egypt : for they fhall cry unto 
the Lord becaufe of the oppre/Tors, and 
he fhall fend them a faviour, and a great 
one, and he fhall deliver them. 

21 And the Lord fhall be known to 
Egypt, and the Egyptians fhall know the 
Lord in that day, and fhall do facrifice 
and oblation ; yea, they fhall vow a vow 
unto the Lord, and perform it. 

22 And the Lord fhall imite Egypt : 
he fhall fmite and heal it ; and they fhall 
return even, to the Lord, and he fhall be 
entreated of them, and fhall heal them. 

23 f In that day fhall there be a high- 
way out of Egypt to Affyria, and the 
Affyrian fnall come into Egypt, and the 
Egyptian into Affyria, and the Egyptians 
fhall ferve with the Aflyriansi. 

21 In that day lhall Ifrael be the third 
with Egypt and with Affyria, even a 
bleffing in the midfl of the land : 

23 Whom the Lord of hofts /hall blcfs, 
faying;, Bleffed l>e Egypt my people, and 
Affyria the work of my hands, and Ifrael 
mine inheritance. 

CHAP. XX. 

A type prefiguring the fbatneful captivity 

of Egypt and Ethiopia. 

TN the year that Tartan came unto 
Aflidod (when Sargon the king of Af- 
fyria fent him) and fought againft Afh- 
dod, and took it ; 

2 At the fame time fpal.c the Lord by 
Ifaiah the fon of Amoz, faying, Go and 
loofe the fackcloth from offri»y loins,and 
put off thy (hoe from thy foot. And he 
did fo, walking naked and barefoot. 

S And the Lord faid, Like as my fer- 
vant Ifaiah hath walked naked and bare- 



foot three years, for a fign and wonder 
upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; 

4 So (hall the king of Affyria lead away 
the Egyptians piiioners, and the Ethio- 
pians captives, young and old, naked and 
barefoot, even \N\t\\ibeir buttocks uncov- 
ered, to the lhame of Egypt. 

5 And they fhall be afraid and afbamed 
of Ethiopia their expectation, and of 
Egypt their glory. 

6. And the inhabitant of this ifle mal| 
fay in that day, Behold, fuch is out ex- 
pectation, whither we flee for help to be 
delivered from the king of Affyria : and, 
How fhall we efcape ? 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The fall of Babylon. 11 Edom f corning 

the prophet, is mo<ved to repentance. 

13 2 be Jet time of Arabia's calamity. 

THE burden of the defert of the fea. 
As whirlwinds in thefoilth pais through • 
fo it cometh from the defert, from a ter- 
rible land. 

2 A grievous vifion is declared unto me; 
the treacherous dealer dealeth treacher- 
oufly, and the fpoiler fpoileth. Go up, O 
Elam : befiege, O Media ; all thefighing 
thereof have I made to ceafe. 

S Therefore are my loins filled with 
pain : pangs have taken hold upon me, as 
the pangs of a womanthat travaileth : I 
was bowed down at the hearing of it ; I 
was difmayed at the feeing of it. 

4 My heart panted, fearfulnefs af- 
frighted me : the night ot my pleafure 
hath he turned into fear unto me. 

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch- 
tower, eat, drink : arife, ye princes, and 
anoint the fhield. 

6 For thus hath the Lord faid unto 
me, Go, fet a watchman, let him declare 
what he feeth. 

7 And he faw a chariot e witb a couple 
of horfemen, a chariot of aires, and i\ 
chariot of camels ; and he hearkened 
diligently with much heed : 

8 And he cried, A lion : My lord, I- 
ftand continually upon the watchtower 
in the day time, and I am fet in my ward 
whole nights : 

here cometh a chari- 
couple of horfemen. 
and faid, Babylon is 
and all the graven 

images of tier gods he hath broken unto 

the ground. 

10 O my th refliing, and the corn of 
my floor : that which 1 have heard of the 
Lord of hofts, the G;od of Ifrael, have I 
declared unto you. 

11 ^f The burden of Dumah- Hecalleth 
to me out of Seir, Watchman, What of the 
night ? Watchman, What of the night ? 

12 The watchman faid, The morning 
cometh, and alfo the night : if ye wil 
inquire, inquire ye : return, come. 

■ 15 f} Th< 



9 And, behold, 
ot of men, nvith a 
And he anfwered 
fallen, is fallen ; 



t in'vafion •fJeiB Chap. 

13 fl The burden upon Arabia. In the 
reft in Arabia fba 1 ?e lodge, Oyetra 

elling companies of Dedamm. 

14 The inhabitant! or" the land of Te- 
rm brought water to him that was ihirfty, 

7 prevented with their bread him 
that fled. 

15 For they fled from the (words, from 
the drawn (Word, and from the bent 

uid from the grievoulnefs ot war. 

16 For thus ha»h the Ford laid unto 
me, Within a year, according to the y« 

of an hireling, and all the glorv of Ke- 
dar (lull fail : 

17 And the refidue of the number of 
archers, the mighty men of the children 
of Kedar, (hall be diminilhed : i 
Lord God of Ifrael hath fpoken it, 

CHAP. . II. 

1 Tbf ini/afion o; t Per/iatis. 

8 Toe ir bum* 'om rep> o~ued. 
THE bund -.alley of vifion. 

hat aileth thee now, that thou an 
wholly gune up to th '.ops? 

u art full of ftirs, a till 
tuouscity. thy (Iain men 

are v. with the (word, nor dead 

in battle. 

3 All thy rul • fled together, they 
are bound by the archers: all tha 

thee are bound together, ivbut 
liave fled from far. 

4 Therefore laid I, Look away from 
me : I will weep bittefiy, labour not to 

:t me, becaufe ot the .', g of 
I 

5 lor it is a c ble, and of 
ti cadi; (he 

I . ifion, 
bre 

Ar.u i bare the quiver with 

'sof ti; ., and K 

ihield. 
. it lhjll c 
r!v be full of charii 

>rfemen ihemfelves in 

array at the *ate. 

• : And he difcov 

id thou ok in t 

day to the :r ot I of the 

ft. 
\ i alfo the breach' 

: David, that tl :id I 

ih'T the waters oi the 
. 

numb houfes 

have ye 
■ wall. 
i i between the 

►r the water of the old j 
but i looked unto the maker 

thei ither had 

>. 
1 E And in that day uid the Lord God 
call to weeping, and to mourn- 



. xxiii. BHsklm's honour forefieivn. 5jT 

ing, and to baldnefs, and to girding with 
fackcloth : 

13 And behold joy and gladnefs, Hay- 
ing oxen, and killing (beep, eating Refh, 
and drinking wine : let us eu.t and cm. 
for tomorrow we (hall die. 

14 Audit vvas revealed in mine ears by 
the Lord of holts, Surely this in 

ihalJ not be purged from you till ye d 
faith the Lord God of hoiU. 

15 faith the Lord God cf hofts, 
Go, get thee unto this (reafurer, e^ 
unto Shebna, which is over the houie, 
and fa 

16 What had thou here ? and, Whom 
I thou here, that thou haft hewed thee 

out a fepulchre here, as he that hesveth 

him out a fepulchre on high, and that 

aveth an habitation for hinifelt in a 

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee 
ay with n ighty captivity, and v.ill 

fvirely cover thee- 

13 . fun ly violently him 

thee like a bal. into a large count i 
there (halt thou die, and there the char- 
iots of th Jbatl be the uiaine of 

iy And I will drive thee from thy fta- 
tion, nd (r .n thy llate (hall he pull 
thee ( n. 

(hall come t in that 

! v ill tall my ferrant Eliakim 
the ion ot ! lilkiah ; 

.1 And 1 will clothe him with thy 
him w ith thy gird 
ind I will commit tl rernment into 

Ins aihl he fl» til be a rather to the 

inhabH Llfalem, and to the hou 

of j 

Ind ih< key of the houfe of D 
will 1 ! n his (boulder ; fo he l" 

.!• and none (hall (hut; and he (ball 
i i pen. 
15 And I will fallen him as a nail in a 
fnre place ; and he (ball be ioi a glorious 
throne to his lathers hou 

(ball hang up< i all 

glory i 

I i he iflue, all veflfels <>t fmall 
quantity, from th 

fls, fl.:ill t 
the In. 
dow n, a-ul t ill ; and I 

'. otr i 

Lor //. 

( II \\\ 

t 7 I ■•/'It ■verib"ow rj ' 11 

liet return, 
rHE burd 

nil 

n. 
t h le ; 



558 Tyre's overthrow, ISAIAH. 

thou whom the merchants of Zictan, that 



pafs over the fe-a have replenished 

3 And by great waters the feed of Si- 
hor, the harveft of the river, is her reve- 
nue ; and (he is a mart of nations. 

4 Be thou afhamed, O Zidon : for the 
fea hath fpoken, e<vcn the ftrength of the 
fea, faying, 1 travail not, nor bring forth 
children, neither do I nourifh up young 
men, nor bring up virgins. 

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, 
Jo (hall they be forely pained at the report 

of Tyre. 

6 Pais ye over to Tar(hi(h ; howl, ye 
inhabitants of the ifle. 

7 Is this your joyous city t whofe anti- 
quity is of ancient days ? Her own feet 
lhall carry her afar oft to fojourn. 

8 Who hath taken this coun(el againft 
Tyre, the crowning city, whofe merchants 
are princes, whofe traffickers are the hon- 
ourable of the earth \ 

9 The Lord of hods hath purpofed 
it, to (tain the pride of all glory, and to 
bring into contempt all the honourable 
of the earth. 

10 Pafs through thy land as a river, O 
daughter of Tar milh ; there is no more 
ftrength. 

llHeftretchedouthishandoverthefea, 
he (hook the kingdoms: theLoRD hath giv- 
en a commandment againft the merchant 
£ity y to deftroy theflrong holds thereof. 

12 And he faid, Thou (halt no more 
rejoice, O thou oppreffed virgin, daugh- 
ter of Zidon : ari(e,pafsover toChittim ; 
there alfo (halt thou have no reft. 

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans j 
this people was not, //'// the A (Tynan 
founded it for them that dwell in the 
wiidernefs : they fetup the towers there- 
of, they railed up the palaces thereof ; 
and he brought it to ruin. 

14 Howl, ye (hips of Tarihifh : for 
your ftrength is laid wafte. 

15 And it (hall come to pafs in that 
day, that Tyre (hall be forgotten feventy 
years according to the days of one king : 
after the end of feventy years (hall Tyre 
ling as an harlot. 

16 Take an harp, go about the city, 
thou harlot that haft been forgotten : 
make fweet melody, ling many fongs, 
that thou may eft he remembered. 

17 fl And it (hall come to pafs after 
the end of feventy years, that the Lord 
trill vint Tyre, and (he (hall turn to her 
lure, and (hall commit fornication with 
all the kingdoms of the weild upon the 
i-xce of the earth. 

18 And her merchandife and liar hire 
:hall be holinefs to the Lord ; it (hall 
not be treafured nor laid up ; for her 
merchandife (hall be for them that dwell 
before the Lord, to eat fufliciendy, and 
to* durable clothing. 



The judgments of God for Ji ft, 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 God's judgments upon the land. 15 A 

remnant jball joyfully praife bin. 
BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth 
empty, and maketh it wafte, and turneth 
it upfide down, and fcattereth abroad 
the inhabitants thereof. 

2 And it (hall be, as with the people, 
fo with the priefts ; as with the fervant, 
fo with his matter ; as with the maid, fo 
witli her miftrefs ; as with thebuver, fo 
with the feller ; as with the lender, (b 
with the borrower ; as with the taker of 
ufury, fo with the giver of ufury to him. 

3 The land (hall be utterly emptied, 
and utterly fpoiled ; for the Lord hath 
fpoken this word. 

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, 
the world languilhethtfH^fadeth away, the 
haughty people of the earth do langulfh, 

5 The earth alfo is defiled under the 
inhabitants thereof; becaufe they have 
tranfgrefted the laws, changed }he ordi- 
nance, broken the everlafting covenant, 

6 Therefore hath thecurfedevouredthe 
earth, and they that dwell iherein are def* 
olate : therefore the inhabitants of tue. 
earth are burned, and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine 
langui«meth,all the merry hearted dofigh. 

8 lhe mirth of tabrets ceaieth the 
noife of them that rejoice endeth, the joy 
of the harp ceafeth 

9 They (hall not drink wine with a. 
(ong j ftrong drink (hall be bitter to them 
that drink it. 

10 The city of confufion is broken 
down : every houfe is (hut up, that no 
man may come ia. 

11 There is a crying for wine in the 
ftreets ; all joy is darkened., the mirth of 
the land is gone. 

12 In the city is left defolation, and the 
gate is fmitten with deftruCtion. 

13 ^ When thus it (hall be in the midft 
of the land among the people, there Jhall 
be as the (haking of an olive tree, and as 
the gleaning grapes when the Vintage is 
done. 

14 Thev (hall lift up their voice, they 
(hall fine for the majefty of the Lord, 
they (hall cry aloud from the fea. 

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in 
the fires, even the name of the Lord 
God of Ifrael in the ides of the fea. 

16 From the uttermoft part of the 
earth have we heard fongs, e<ven glory 10 
the righteous. But I faid, My leannefs, 
my leannefs, woe unto me ! 1 he treach- 
erous dealers have dealt treacherouily ; 
yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt 
very treacheroufly. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the fnare, are 
upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 

18 And it (hall come to pafs, that he 
who fleet h from the noife ot the fear 

(hall 



praifedfor his benefits. Chap. xxv. xxvi. A fong inciting confidence. '59 



(hall fall into the pit ; and he that com- 
eth up out of the midft of the pit (hall 
be taken into the fnare : for the windows 
from on huh are open, and the founda- 
tions of the earth do (hake. 

19 The earth is utterly broken down, 
the earth is clean diflolved, the earth is 
nioved exceedingly. 

The earth lhall reel to and fro like 
a drunkard, and (hall be removed like a 
Cottage ; and the tranfgreifion thereof 
fliall be lieavy upon it ; and it (hall fall, 
and not rife again. 

21 And it (hall come to pafs in that 
day, that the Lord fhall punifh the boft 
of the high ones that are on high, and the 
kings of the earth upon the earth. 

H And they lhall be gathered together 
as prifuners are gathered in the pit, and 
fhall be Unit up in the prilon, and after 
many days lhall they be vifited. 

5fl 1 hen the moon (hall be confound- 
ed, and the fun afhamed, when the Lord 
of hofts lhall reign in mount Zion. and 
in Jerutalcm, and before his ancients 
glut ion fly. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 T>e prophet praifeib God for his judg- 
ment^ 6 /or bis Jawing benefits, 9 and 

for bis njiclorious fal*vaticn. 

O LORD, thou art my God ; I will 

exalt the©-, I will praife thy name ; for 

thou halt done wonderful things ; thy 

counlelsof old are faith fulnefs and truth. 

thou h » f t i. 

' a delenced c it ; a ruin: a pal- 
• ([rangers to be no city j it lhall 
n« 

h ill the ftrong people glo- 
;>■ of the u 1 1 i ons 

fell ! 

4 Foi thou haft 1 en i ftrcngth t 
i dy in hi> 

.111) til' I •■'! II, .1 ill I 

from the hi at, « hen the bUfl i ter- 

iii i in againfi ill. 

1 hou fli.ilt bring d >wn tl 

fli iii di y p] 

i w it h 1 1 
tlv >i .-t t! one* Hull be 

:.t low. 

; in this mountain (ball the 

ke unto all people a 

( II 

;s full of marrow, of 

wi 

Ind he * ill d n tin , rooun- 

'tc covei ing I afl over all 

veil that >verall 

i !<■ will fwallow up death *ry ; 

and the Lord God will m 

ill faces ; and the rebuke ol 

ike away from otf all the 
cai ih : for the I ord hath //. 

9 qi And it lhall be (aid in that daj, 



Lo, this is our God ; we lave waited for 
him, and he will lave us: this is the 
Lord ; we have waited for him, we will 
be glad and rejoice in his falvation. 

10 For in this mountain Iball the hand 
of the Lord reft, and Moab lhall be 
trodden down under him, even as ltraw 
is trodden down for the dunghill. 

11 And he (lull fpread forth his hands 
in the midft of them, as he that fwim- 
meth fpreadeth forth his bands to fwim : 
and he lhall bring down their pride to- 
gether with the fpoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortrefs of the high fort of 
thy walls lhall he bring down, lay low ,and 
bring to the ground, even to the dull. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 A fang inciting to confidence in God. 20 
An exhortation to nvaiton him. 

IN that day lhall this long be fung in 
the land of Judah ; We have a ftrong 
city ; falvation will God appoint for 
walls and bulwarks. 

8 Open ye the ^atcs, that the right- 
eous nation which keepeth the truth may 
enter in 

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
zubofe mind /> (lay ed on thee I becauie he 
truueth in thee. 

4 •rruft ye in the Lord forever : for 
in the Lord JEHOVAH /'j everlatting 
ftrength : 

5 For he bringeth down them that 
dwell on high; the lofty city, he layetli 
it low ; h,- layeth it low, e<ven to tlie 
ground ; he b ; i it eirn to the duft. 

6 1 he foot (bail tread it down,fo>t n the 

feel of the poor. «//./ the (teptofthe needy. 

"'i is uprightr 

I upright, uolt weigh the path 
of t 1 

', in • of thy judgments, 

■ iu>, ho e« II 'i thee : the 

• 1 is to thy name, and to 
the remembi 

9 With i i defired I 

in thi , m ith my fpiril with- 

in mc win 1 feek thee eai ly : t.,r when 
ire in the earth, tl, 
I M ill learn r 
■ . 

10 Let i •< ur fa 1 to the w 
, ft t will he 'i f i 

the la v\ ill he deal 

•uitlv, and will not Behold tl ily 

ol the Loi i). 

1 1 Lord, irbri \h\ hand i iced u;>, 

.• .- bu: they ih. ill fee, I 
i envj 
the fire of thine enemies (hall devour 

them. 

i- Lord, thou wilt ordain i" 

'h<>u alio haft wrought all our 
tt-n ks in u^. 

I Lord our Goo, §tbft 
fide thee fa . oion ovei 

tat 



560 God's care cf his vineyard. ISAIAH. Ephraim threatened. 

rl ou wilt debate with it : he ftayeth hiS' 



hut by thee only will we make mention 
of thy name. 

14 'I hey are dead, they shall not live ; 
they are deceafed, they shall not rife : 
therefore, haft thou vifited and deflroyed 
them,and made all their memory toperish 

15 Thou haft increafed the nation, O 
Lord, thou haft increafed the nation ; 
thou art glorified : thou haft removed// 
far unto all the ends of the earth. 

io Lord- in trouble have they vifited 
thee, they poured out a prayer n.vhefi \hy 
chaftening 'was upon them. 

17 Like as a woman with child, that 
draweth near the time of her delivery, is 
in pain, and cf ieth out- m her pangs; fo 
have we been in thy fight, OLord. 

18 We have been with child, we have 
been in pain, we have as it were brought 
forth wind ; we have not wrought any 
deliverance in the earth ; neither have 
the inhabitants of the world fallen. 

19 Thy dead men shall live, together 
<witb my dead body shall they arife. A- 
vvake and fing, ye that dwell in duft : for 
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the 
earth shall caft out the dead. 

20 ^| Come, my people, enter thou 
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors 
about thee ; hide thyfelf as it were for a 
little moment, until the indignation be 
overpaft. 

2t For, behold, the Lord Cometh out 
of his place to punish the inhabitants of 
the earth for their iniquity : the earth 
alfo shall difclofe her blood, and shall no 
more cover herflain. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
i The care of God ever his ^vineyard. 7 

His chaftifements differ from judgments. 

12 The church of Jews and Gentiles. 

IN that day the Lord with his fore and 
great and ftrong fword shall punish levi- 
athan the piercing ferpent, even leviathan 
that crooked ferpent ; and he shall flay 
the dragon th l at is in the fea. 

2 In that day fing ye unto her, A vine- 
yard of red wine. 

8 I the Lord do keep it; I will water 
it every moment : left any hurt it, I will 
keep it night and day. 

4 Fury is not in me : Who would fet 
the briers and thorns againft me in bat- 
tle ? I would go through them, I would 
burn them together. 

5 Or let him take hold of my ftrength, 
that he may make peace with me : and 
he shall make peace with me. 

6 Me shall caufc them that come of Jacob 
to take root : Ifrael shall bloflbm and bud, 
and fill the face of the world with fruit. 

7 ^1 Hath he fmitten him, as he fmote 
thofe that fmote him ? or, Is he (lain ac- 
cording to the (laughter of them that are 
flain by him ? 

8 In meafure, when it shooteth forth, 






t( igh wind in the day of the eaft wind. 

9 By this.therefore.shalltheiniquityof 
Jacob be purged ; and this is all the fruit 
to take away his fin ; when he maketh 
all the ftones of the' altar as chalkftones' 
that are beaten in fiiffider, the groves and 
images shall not ftand up. 

10 Yet the defenced city /Jjall be 6ef- 
olate, and the habitation forfaken, and 
leftlikea wildernefs : there shall the calf 
feed, and there shall he lie down, and 
confume the branches thereof. 

11 When the boughs thereof are with- 
ered, they shall be broken off: the wom- 
en come, and fet them on fire : for it U 
a people of no underftanding : therefore 
he that made them will not have mercy 
on them, and he that formed them will 
shew them no favour. 

12 ^ And it shall come to pafs in that 
day, that the Lord shall beat off from 
the channel of the river unto the ftream 
of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one 
by one, O ye children of Ifrael. 

13 And it shall come to pafs in that 
day, that the great trumpet shall be 
blown, and they shall come which were 
ready to perish in the land of Aflyria, 
and the outcafts in the land of Egypt, 
and shall worship the Lord in the holy 
mount at Jerufalem. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Ephraim threatened . \&CbriJl promifed V 
18 Tbejecurity off corners foall be tried. 
WOE to the crown oi pride, to the 
drunkards of Ephraim, whofe glorious 
beauty is a fading flower, which are on 
the head of the fat valleys of them that 
are overcome with wine \ \ 

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty 
and ftrong one, ivbich as a tempeft of 
hail and -a deftroying ftorm, as a flood of 
mighty waters overflowing, (hall cafl 
down to the earth with the hand. 

3 The crown of pride, the drunkard: 
of Ephraim, (hall be trodden under feet 

4 And the glorious beauty, which is on 
the head of the fat valley, (hall be a fading 
flower, and a* the hafty fruit before the 
fummer ; which ivbrn he that looketh 
uponit feeth/V, while it is yet in his hand 
he eateth it up. 

5 In that day (hall the Lord of hoftsbe 
for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of 
beauty, unto the refidue of his people ; 

6 And for a fpirit of judgment to him 
that (itteth in judgment, and for ftrength 
to them that turn the battle to the gate. 

7 But they alfo have erred through 
wine, and through ftrong drink, are out 
of the way ; the prieft, and the prophet 
have erred through ftrong drink, they 
are ("wallowed up of wine, they are on'.: 
of the way through ftrong drink ; they err 
in vifion, they (tumble /» judgment. 

8 For 



Chrljl prom ] fed. Chap 

8 For all tables arc foil of vomit and 
ftlthinefs, fo that ibcYe is no place dean. 

9 Whom (hall he teach knowledge ? 
and, Whom (hall he make to underhand 
doctrine r Tbetntbat ire weaned from the 
milk, aid drawn from the breads. 

10 Forprccept mufl 6^ upon precept, pre- 
rept upon precept ; line upon line, line 
upon line ; here a little, and there a little : 

11 For with Hammering lips and an- 
other tongue will he fpeak to this peo- 
ple. 

H To whom he faid, This is the reft 
nuhereiiith ye may canfe the weary to 
reft ; and this is the refrefliing: yet they 
would not hear. 

\5 But the word of the Lord was unto 
them precept upon precept, precept up- 
on precept ; line upon line, lire upon 
line ; here a little, and there a little; that 
they might go, and fall backward, and be 
broken, and feared, and taken. 

11 Wherefore, 1 ear the word of the 
Lokd, ye (corn fill men, that rule this 
people which is in Jerufalem. 

15 Becaufe ye have faid, We have made 
a covenant with death, and with hell are 
we at agreement ; when the overflow- 
ing fcourge (hall pafs through, it (hall 
not come unto us ; for we have made 
lies our refuge, and under ialfchood have 
we hid ourfelves : 

16 'I he re fore, thus faith the Lord 
God, Behold. 1 lay in Zion for a foun- 
dation a (lone, a tried done, a precious 
corner jlone, a hire foundation : he that 

th (hall not make hade. 

17 Judgment alio will I lay to the 
line, and righteoufnefs to the plummet : 
and the hail (hall (weep awaj the refuge 

• lies, and the waters (hall overtlow the 
hiding place. 

1 ; « r A:: I your covenant with «' 
(hall be difannulled, and your agreern 
v ith hell (hall not (land ; when the < 
flowing fcourge lhall pafs through, then 
yelhalTbe trodden down by it. 

19 From the time that it goeth forth 
it (hall take von : for morning by morn- 
ing (hall it r, by da !>} 
night : and it (hall be a V< only to 
underftand th rt. 

£0 For the bed is fhorti n that a 

man can ftretch himfeli on'n : and th< 

narrower than ttut he < an wi 
himfelf in it. 

for the I. or. D (hall life Up i 

mount Perazim, he (hall be wroth .^ /« 

the valley ot G I n, i h it he m ij do hi - 
work, hi work ; and bi ing to 

pafi h ii > ft range .at. 

Sow then t >re be ye net m 
left your binds be made ftrong 
have heard from the Lord Goo of hofls 
a confumption, even determined upon 
the w hole earth. 

s y 



xx ix . God's judgments on Jerufalem, 5St 

c 23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice j 
hearken, and hear my fpeech. 

Si Doth the ploughman plough all 
day to fo\v ? Doth he open and break the 
clods of his ground ? 

±5 When he hath made plain the face 
thereof, Doth he not caft abroad the 
fitches, and fcatter the cummin, and caft 
in the principal wheat and the appointed 
barley'. did the rye in their place ? 

20 For his God doth infiruct: him to 
diferetion, and doth teach him. 

27 For the fitches are not threfhed w ith 
a threfning inftrument, neither is a cart- 
wheel turned about upon the cummin ; 
but the fitches are beaten out with x 
lfafl', and the cummin with a rod. 

23 Bread corn is bruifed ; becaufe he 
will not ever be threftiing it, nor break 
it nxuth the wheel of his cart, nor bruife 
it ivitb his horfemen. 

£9 This alfo Cometh forth from the 
Lord of hofis, ivbich is wonderful in 
counfel, and excellent in working. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Cod' ' s judgment suponjei ujalem. 9 Their 

fenjelejjnejs, 13 and deep hypocrify. 

"WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city 
Tvbcre David dwelt! add ye year to 
year ; let them kill (acrifices. 

2 Yet I will diftrefs Ariel, and there 
fhall be heavinefs and forrow : and it 
(hall be unto me as Ariel. 

6 And 1 will camp again ft thee round 
.".bout, and will lay if :n(i thee with 

a mount, and 1 will niiie fortsagaudt thee- 

\ And thou ft alt be brought down, and 

lhalt (peak out of the ground, and thy 

ch lhall be low out of the dult, and 

thy vo'ue (hall be, as of one that hath a 

ir fpirit, out of the ground, and 

thy I,' dl whilpcr out of the dud. 

j Moreover, tin- multitude of thy 
(trangers (ball he like (mall dult, and t: 
multitu terrible ootsJbaL A* is 

chafl thai , ly : yea, it lhall be 

at an inftant fud 

6 '1 hou (liait be I D of 

hods with Uuinder, and with earthquake, 

i :. n! 1 :mpdt B 

! devoui ing fire. 

\mi tii>- multitude oi' all the n.-.t 

raff Ai iel| even all that fight 
id hei munition, and tt 
her, (hall be as ■ dn ini ol a 

• (hall eve i a hungrj mat 

he 
as 
man di earn • I Id, 

he d U , but I.'- awaketh, ind 

be is faint, and Ins foul hath 

(hall the multitude oi all 'he attic 
that fight Z m. 

9 'f Sr , and wonder ; cry 

ye cut, and ci y : they arc druokei, bug 



562 Senfelejfnefs of the Jews. 

not with wine ; they ftagger, but not 
with flrong drink. 

10 For the Lord hatl^ poured out up- 
on you the Ipirit of deep fleep, and hath 
doled your eyes : the prophets and your 
rulers, the leers hath he covered. 

11 And the vifion of all is become un- 
to you as the words of a book that is 
fealed, which men deliver to one that is 
learned, laying, Read this I pray thee : 
and he faith, 1 cannot ; for it is fealed. 

12 And the book is delivered to himthat 
is not learned, faying, Read this, 1 pray 
thee : and he faith, I am not learned. 

IS fl Wherefore the Lord faid,Foral- 
much as this people draw near me with 
their mouth, and with their lips do hon- 
our me, but have removed their heart 
far from me, and their fear toward me 
is taught by the precept of men : 

'14 Therefore, behold, I willproceedto 
do a marvellous work among this people, 
even a marvellous' work and a wonder : 
for the wildom of- their wife men lhall 
perilh, and the underftanding of their 
prudent men (hall be hid. 

15 Woe unto them that feek deep to 
hide their counfel from the Lord, and 
their works are in the dark, and they lay, 
Who leeth us ? and, Who knoweth us r 

16 Surely your turning of things upfide 
down (hall be efleemed as the potter's 
clay : for, Shall the work fay of him that 
made it, He made me not ? or, Shall the 
thing framed fay of him that framed it, 
He had no underftanding ? 

IT Is it not yet a very little while, and 
Lebanon lhall be turned into a fruitful 
held, and the fruitful field fhall be efteem- 
ed as a foreff. ? 

18 And in that day lhall the deaf hear 



ISAIAH. the people threatened. 

CHAP. XXX. 

1 The people threatened for their confix 
dence in Egypt , 8 and contempt oj God's 
loord. 

WOE to the rebellious children, faith 
the Lord, that take counfel, but not of 
me ; and that cover with a covering, but 
not of my fpirit, that they may add fin, 
to lin : 

2 That walk to go down into Egypt^ and 
have not alked at my mouth ; to ftrengthen 
themfelves in the ftrengrh of Pharaoh, 
and to trull in the lhadow of Egypt ! 

3 Therefore fhall the ftrength of Pha- 
raoh be your fhame, and the trull in the 
lhadow of Egypt jjowr confufion. 

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his 
ambalTadors came to Hanes. 

5 They were all alhamed of a people that 
could not profit them, nor be an help nor 
profit, but a fhame, and alfo a reproach. 

6 The burden of the beads of the fouth : 
into the land of trouble and anguifh, from 
whence come the young and old lien, the 
viper and fiery flying lerpent, they will 
carry their riches upon the fhoulders of 
young alfes, and their treafures upon the 
bunches of camels, to a people that fhall 
not profit them. 

7 For the Egyptians fhall help in vain, 
and to nopurpole : therefore have I cried 
concerningthis,Their ftrength is to fit friH. 

8 ^| Now go, write it before them in a 
table, and note it in a book, that it may be 
for the time to come for ever and ever ; 

9 That this/5 a rebellious people, lying 
children, children that will not hear the 
law of the Lord : 

10 Which fay to the feers, See not : 
and to the prophets, Prophefy not unto 
us right things, fpeak unto us fmooth 



the words of the book, and the eyes I things, prophefy deceits : 



of the blind lhall fee out of obfcurity, 
and out of darknefs. 

19 'I he meek alfo fhall increafe their joy 
in the Lord, and the poor among men 
fhall rejoice in the Holy One of Ifrael. 

20 For the terrible one is brought to 
nought, and the f corner is confumed ; 
and all that watch for iniquity are cutoff; 

21 That make a man an offender for 
a word, and lay a fnare for him that re- 
proveth in the gate, and turn alide the 
juft for a thing of nought. 

22 Therefore thus faith the Lord, who 
redeemed Abraham concerning the houfe 
of Jacob, Jacob thall not now be .ifhamed, 
neither lhall his face now wax pale. 

25 But when he leeth his children, the 
work of mine hands, in the midft of him 
they fhall fanctify my name, and fandltfy 
the Holy One of Jacob, and lhall fear 
the God of Ifrael. 

24 They alio that erred in fpirit fhall 
come to underftanding, and they that 
murmured lhall learn doctrine. 



11 Get you out of the way, turoafide 
out of the path, caufe the Holy One of 
lirael to ceafe from before us. 

12 Wherefore thus faith the Holy One 
of Ifrael, Becaufe ye defpife this word, 
and fruft inopprelfion and perverfenefs, 
and flay thereon ; 

15 Therefore, this iniquity (h?\i be to 
you as a breach read} to fall, fwelling' 
out in a high wall, whofe breaking Com- 
eth fuddenly at an inff.ant. 

14 And he fhall break it as the break- 
ing of the potter's velfel that is broken 
in pieces ; he (hall not fpare : fo that there 
lhall not be found in the burfting of it a 
iberd to take fire from the hearth, or to 
take water withal out of the pit. 

15 For thus faith the Lord God, the 
Holy One of Ifrael ; In returning and 
reft fhall ye be faved ; in quietnefs and 
in confidence fhall be your ftrength, di^d 
ye would not. 

16 But ye faid, No; for we will flee 
upon horles ; therefore fballyeftee; imd, 

We 



The people defpife God's luord. Chap. 

We will ride upon the fwift ; therefore, 
(hall they that purine you b'. fwift. 

IT OnethoufancL4a//jfc?atthe rebuke 
of one: at the rebuke of rwe (hall ye flee: 
till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of 
a mountain, and as an enfign on an hill. 

18 And therelore will the Lord wait, 
that he may be gracious unto you, and 
therefore will he be exalted, that he may 
have merry upon you for the Lord is 
a God ot judgment : blelled are all they 
thar wait for him 

19 For the people mall dwell in Zion 
at Jerufalem : thou malt weep no more : 
he will be very gracious unto thee at the 
voice of th\, cry : when he ihall hear it, 
he u Wl anfwer thee. 

'10 And though the Lord give you the 
bread of adverbtj , and the water ot afflic- 
tion, yer fhall not thy teachers be removed 
into a cm ner any more, but thine eyes 
fhall iee thy trachei 

•ill And thine ears (hall hear a word be- 
hind thee, faying, This is the way, walk 
ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, 
and when ye turn to the left. 

tZ Ye (hall defile alfo the covering of 
th) graven images of (ilver, and the or- 
nament of thy molten images of gold : 
thou (bait cait them away as a menftru- 
ous cloth ; thou (halt fay unto it, Get 
thee hence. 

2-i 'I ben (hall he give the rain of thy 

feed, that thou '.halt fow theground withal; 

and bread of the increafe of the earth, 

an i it (h til he fat and plenteous : in that 

. thy cattle fi c i in large paflures. 

~i The o\r:i likewife and the 

tl rid thall eat' clean 
provender, which huh been winnowed 
wuii the fhov with the fan. 

25 And there (hall I • upon '-very high 
mounta very high hill, nv- 

er^ an t ., the d | 

I (lighter when the towers fill 

Moreover, the light ol th 
n»i'l be as the light oi -i e fun, and the 
light of the fun : : 11 be fevenfold, ai the 
light n th'- day th it the 

Loubbindethup t 1 ifhi ■ people 

and heali tli the it. met. 

27 name of the Lord 
com' r, burning with h 

and I i thereof it heavy \ bi 

are full ol indignation, and his tongui 
ivourin 

28 And bis breath, as an overflowing 
ftream, (hall reach to the midfl ol the 
neck, t.) lift the nations with the fieve ol 
vanir. '.here (hall hr a bridle in th< 
jaws of the p rcple, caufing them to err. 

Vo ihall h ive a fong, is in the night, 
ivhen a holy (blemnity is kept ; id- 

nef^ of heart as when one goeth with a 
pipe to come into the mountain of the 
Lord, to the mighty One of Ifrael. 



xxxi. Folly oftrujling in Egypt. 563 

50 And the Lord ihall caufe his glo- 
rious voice to be heard, and (hall (hew 
the lightning down of his arm, with the 
indignation of his anger, and 'with the 
flame of a devouring tire,ivttb Scattering, 
and tempelf, and hailltones. 

51 For through the voice of the Lord 
Ihall the Ally rian be beaten down, **>£#«£ 
fmote with a rod. 

And in every place where the 
grounded tlafffhaJl pais, which the Lord 
(hall lay upon him, // fnall be with tabrets 
and harps : and in battles of (haking will 
he fight with it. 

S3 For Tophet //ordained cf old ; yea, 
for the king it is prepared: he hath 
made it deep -.md large : the pile there if 
is fire and much wood ; the breath of 
the Lord, like a dream of brimiione, 
doth kindle it. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

The prophet Jheiveth the folly in trufling 

to figyj>ty and fo faking of God. 

WOE to them that go down to Kgypt 
for help ; and (fay on horfes, and truft in 
chariots, becaufc they are many ; and in 
horfemen, becaufe they are very ftrong j 
but they look, not unto the Holy One of 
Ifrael, neither feek the Lord ! 

2 Yet he alfo is wife, and will brmg 
evil, and will not call back his words : 
but will arife againft the houfe of the 
evil doers, and againft the help of the. a 
that work iniquity. 

S Now the Egyptians art? men. and not 
Hod ; and their horfes Belh.aod not Ipirit . 
When the Lord ihall (If. id. out his 
hand, both he that helpeth Ihall fall, and 
he that IS holpen ihall tall down, and 
they all (ball fail together. 

-4 Forthus hath the Lord fpoken un- 
to me, I.'ke as the lion and the young 
lion roaring On his prey, when a multi- 
tude of (hepherds is called forth againft 
him, he will not he an lid of their vom , 
nor abafe him lei 1 for the noife ol them j 
!o ihall th.c Lor d of h »me dov n 

to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill 
thereof. 

\t birds flying, fo will the Lor n of 
Ivfl defend [erufalem •, defending alfo 
he will deliver it ; and palling over he 
will preferve it. 

<» Turn i »• lintO bi/H from whom the 

children oi Ifrael have deeply revolted. 

7 For ui that daj evei j man Ihall cad 

his idols o! fflvei , and his idol 
gold, which your own hands have made 

Unto you fot a (in. 

8 Then (hall the A fly rian fill with tl ■ 
(word, not ot ;i mighty man ; and the 
fword, not of a mean man, fliall devour 
him : but he ihall (1 •'• h om tl e fword, 
md hi •■ '<"■ ■ (hall be d ted* 

9 And he Ui. ill \ afi over to his Hi 
hold for fear, and his princes thai] be 

afraid 



364 BleftngsofCbriJt's kingdom. ISAIAH. 



afraid of the enfign, faith the Loud, 
whofe fire is in Zion, and his furnace in 
Jerufalem. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 The blejings of Cbnjl's kingdom. 9 

Dejolation is forefhevon. 15 Rejiora- 

tion is promifed tofucceed. 

BEHOLD, a king fliall reign in right- 
eoufnefs, and princes fliall rule in judg- 
ment. 

2 And a man (hall be as an hiding 
place from the wind, and a covert from 
tiie temped ; as rivers of water in a dry 
place, as the fhadow of a great rock in a 
weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that fee fliali 
not be dim, and the ears of them that 
hear fnal! hearken. 

4 The heart alfoofthe rafh fhall under- 
fland knowledge, and the tongue of the 
stammerers fliall be rc-ady to fpeak plainly 

The vile perfon fliali be no more called 
liberal, nor the churl faid/o be bountiful. 

6 For the vile perfon will fpeak villany, 
and his heart will work iniquity, to prac- 
tice hypccrify, and to utter error againlt 



God's favour towards it, 

peaceable habitation, and in fure dwell- 
ings, and in qtiiet refting places ; 

19 When it fliall hail, coming down on 
the foreft ; and the city ihall be low in a 
low place. 

20 Bleifed are ye that fow be fide all 
waters, that fend forth tbitber the feet of 
the ox and the afs. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
iGo^i's judgments againjl the tnemiesoftbe 

church. IS The privileges of the godly . 

WOis to thee that fpoileit, and thou 
ivajl not fpoiled ; and 'dealeit treache- 
rously, and they dealt not treacheto-.dly 
with thee ! when thou ftiait ceafe tofpoil 9 
thou ftiait be fpoiled ; and when thou 
(halt make an end to deal treacheroully, 
they fliali deal treacheroufly with thee. 

2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we 
have waited for thee : be thou their arm 
every morning, our falvation alfo in the 
time of trouble. 

3 At the noife of the tumult the people 
fled ; at the lifting up of thy felt" the na- 
tions were fcattered. 

i And your fpoil (hall be gathered like 



the Lord, to make empty the foul of the gathering of the caterpillar: as the 
the hungry, and he will caufe the drink 
of the thirfty to fail. 

7 The instruments alfo of the churl 
are evil : he devifeth wicked devices to 
deftroy the poor with lying words, even 
when the needy fpeaketh right. 

8 But the liberal devifeth liberal things; 
and by liberal things fhall he fiand. 

9 ^f Rife up, ye women that are at eafe : 
hear my voice, ye carelefs daughters ; 
give ear unto my fpeech 



10 Many days and years fhall ye be sweep bitterly. 



running to and fro of locufts fliall he run 
upon them. 

5 The Lord is exalted : for he dwell- 
eth on high : he hath filled Zion witJi 
judgment and righteoufnefs. 

<J And wifdom and knowledge fliall be 
the liability of thy times, and ftrength 
of falvation : the fear of the Lord i s his 
treafure. 

7 Behold, their valiant ones fliall cry 
| without : the ambalfadors of peace fliali 



troubled, ye carelefs women : for the! i> The highways He wade, the way- 



vintage fh ail fail, the gathering fliall not | faring man ceafeth : he hath broken th 
come. 

11 Tremble, ye women that are atjregardeth no man. 



covenant, he hath defptfed the cities, he 



9 The earth mourneth and languifh- 

eth ; Lebanon is athamed^w^ hewn down: 

1 Sharon is like a wildernels ; and Baflian 



eafe ; be troubled, ye carelefs ones : (trip 
you, and make you bare, and g\t(\Jack- 
cloib wponyour loins. 

12 '1 hey fliall lament for the teats, for |and Carmel (hake off iheir fruits.^ 
the pleafant fields, for the fruitful vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people 



fliali 
come up thorns and briers ; yea, upon 
all ths houfes of joy in the joyous city : 

14 Becaulethe palaces fliall be for Taken; 
the multitude of the city ihall be left ; the 
foits and towers ihall be for dens forever, 
a joy of wild alfes, a pafture of flocks ; 

15 qj Until thefpirit be poured upon 
us from on high, and the wildernefs be 



10 Now willl rile, faith the Lord ; 
'now will I be exalted ; now will I lift 

up my (elf. 

11 Ye (hall conceive chaff, ye fliall 
bring forth ftubble : your breath, as fire, 
/hall devour you. 

1 i And the people fliall be as the burn- 
ings of lime : as thorns cut up fliall they 
be burned in the fire. 

IS '% Hear, ye tb*t are far off, what I 



a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be | have done ; and, ye that are near, ac- 
knowledge my might. 

14 The tinners in Zion are afraid ; 
fearful nefs hath furprifed the hypocrites 



counted for a foreft. 

16 Then judgment (ball dwell in the 
wildernefs, and righteoufnefs remain in 
she fruitful field. 

17 And the work of righteoufnefs (hall 
be peace ; and the eftecl of righteoufnefs 
rjuietnefsand afTurance for ever. 

IS And my people ihall dwell in a fpeaketh uprightly 



Who among us fliall dwell with the de- 
vouring fire ? Who among us fliall dwell 
with eve rlalHng burnings? 

15 Me that walketh righteoudy, and 
he that defpifeth the 
gain 



HoiuGcd revengetb his church. Chap.xxxiv.xxxv. Certainty of the prophecy . u6'j 

gain of oppreffions, that Ihakerh the hands with the blood of lambs and j;oats, with 
from holding or bribes, that ftoppeth his the fat of the kidneys ot rams : for the 
cars from hearing of blood, and fhutteth Loe.d hath a facrifice in BoZrah, and a 
htseyes from feeing evil • great daughter in the land of Idumea. 

16 He (hall dwell on high : his place of; 7 And the unicorns fhail come downwith 
defence Jhaltbe the munitions of rocks : them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and 
bread /hall be given him; his waters \ their land mall be foaked with blood, and 
jball be lure. their daft made fat with fatne 

IT Thine eyes fhall fee the king in his ' 8 For it is the day of the Lord's ven- 
beauty : they fhall behold the land that geance, and the year ot recompenfes for 
is very fare the controverfy uf Zion. 

9 And ihe ftreams thereof mail be 
turned into pitch, and the clufl: thereof 
into brimflone, and the land thereof 
lhall become burning pitch. 

10 It fhall not be quenched night nor 



-ry 

13 1 hine heart fhall meditate terror : 
Where is the (cribe? Where// the receiver? 
"Where is he that counted the towers ■ 

i9 Thou Iha4t not fee a fierce people, a 
people of' deeper fpeech than thou canft 



of a ftaromering tongue, that >[.y ; thefmoke thereof fhall go up for 

thou canft not understand. ,r : from generation to generation it 

•zO Look upon Zion, the city of our fo- ' fhall lie wafte ; none fhall pafa through it 
lemnitie? : thine eyes mail fee Jerufalem : for ever jnd ever. 
a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that fha 11 ff Bat the cormorant and the bit- 



I be taken down ; not one of the ftakes 

thereof fhall ever be removed, neither 

lhall any uf the cords thereof be broken. 

-1 But there the glorious Lord tuillbe 

unto us a place of broad rivers^;/;/ (f reams; 

erein fhall go no galley with oars, nei- 

r ihall gallant fhip pafs thereby. 

M for the Lord is our judge, the 

<rl> is our lawgiver, the Lord is our 

king ; he will fave us. 

ti Thy tacklings are loofed ; they 

could not v. ell ftrengthen their matt, 

they could not fpread the fail: then is 

reat fpoil divided ; the 

lame tak>: the prey. 

M mt fhall not fay, 

m lick dwell therein 

j .dl be forgiven then *y. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Tbejudgnti ntsnuhen ir'nhGodrenjen^rth 
■ it It The dejolat'ton oj berette- 

es. I > / ; - certainty rfthe trofbecj. 
>ME ne ir, ye nations, toheai ; and 
irken, heeartl 

i all th it is tl erein ; the world, and 
a.l things tl • it. 

f Forth ii lofthi Lou d . 



tern fhall p it ; the owl alfo and the 

raven fhall dwell in it : and he (hall 
ftrctch out upon it the line of cor.iufion, 
and the (tones of emptinefs. 

VI 1 hey fhall call the nobTcs thereof 
to fhe kingdom, but none jhall be there, 
and all her princes lhall be mt!.. 

IS And thorns hall come up in her 
palaces, nettles and brambles in the for- 
; hereof : and it (hall be an habita- 
tion of dragons, and a court for owls. 

U The wild beafts of the d -\,xx fhall 
alfo meet with the wild beafte of • 
iiland, and the fatyr flu!! cry to his [■ 
low j the fcreech owl alfo fhall reft there, 
and find for herfelt a place of r 

13 '1 I.- i • fhall the gj cat ow I m ike 
neft ami la) , and hatch, and gather under 
her fhadow : there lhall the vultui 
be gathered, c\ e with her ma 

fl Seek n of the book cf the 

I oi D, and read : no cue of tl . 1 

fail, n ant hei mate : for i 

mouth it hath s omn anded, and hi 
it h ith | ath< i ed them. 

17 And hr hath rait th r thenv, 

and ins hand i I ;t UiUO the 



on all nations, and bis fury upon all their byline i the) II 

arrnif; : he hath utterly deftroyed th< m generation to g 11 they 

he h?\{\ , the fhtu 

fo fhall be ca I i ut, CHAP. KXV. 

their i ar- t He jojfui J 
and the mountains fhall 1 .:d i, .i> f be tueak are en 

i 
* ft of heaven fhall bedif- TH£ v 

M\ • is fhall be rolled i id fot : and 

II their hofl il. 



falleth 

Bg tree 
• bathi 
it (hall CO 
Idoi the people i 

t 
6 ; ord of the Lord is filled with 



2 i 1 I intly, and 

ol ! i fliL,ll be ^i 

ey of iron, t 

lb ill fee i'i the Lv.\ d, uud the 

d. 

hands, and 



Wood, « \i . ifirra tl.. 



566 The <weak are encouraged. ISAIAH. 



4 Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be llrong, fear not : behold, your 
God will come nvith vengeance, e-uen 
God 'with a recompenfe ; he will come 
and fave you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind (hall be 
opened, and the ears of the deaf (hall be 
unftopped. 

6 Then (ball the lame man leap as an 
hart, and the tongue of the dumb fing : 
for in. the wildernefs (hall waters break, 
out, and ftreams in the defert. 

7 And the parched ground (hall be- 
come a pool, and thethirfty land fprings 
of water : in the habitation of dragons, 
where each lay, /hall be grafs with reeds 
and rufhes. 

H And an highway (hall be there, and 
away, and it (ball be called, 1 he way of 
holinefs ; the unclean (hall not pafs over 
it; but it/hall he forthofe : the way faring 
men, though foois, fhall not err therein. 

9 No lion (hall be there, nor any rav- 
enous bead fhall go up thereon, it (hall 
not be found there ; but the redeemed 
fhall walk there : 

10 And the ranfomed of the Lo RD fhall 
return, and come to Zion with fongs, 

' and everlafting joy upon their heads : 
they (hall obtain joy and gladnefs, and 
iorrow and fighing (hall flee away. 

C li A P. XXXVI. 
1 Sennacherib invader b Judah. k Rab- 
Jhakeh's blafpbemous perjuafions to the 
feople. 22 His 'words are told to Hez- 
ekiah. 

NOW it came to pafs in the fourteenth 
year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib 
king of AfTyria came up againft all the 
defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 

2 And the king of AfTyria fent Rab- 
fhakeh from Lachifh to Jerufalern unto 
king Hezekiah with a great army. And 
lie flood by the conduit of the upper pool 
in the highway of the fuller's field. 

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, 
Hilkiah'sfon, which was over the houfe, 
and Shebna the fcribe.and Joah, Afaph's 
ion, the recorder. 

4 <j And Rabfhakeh faid unto them, 
Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus faith the 
great king, the king of Aflyria, What 
confidence is this wherein thou irufieft ? 

5 I fay, fayejl thou, (but tbey are but 
vain words) I hanje counfel and (trength 
for war : now, On whom doff thou truft, 
that thou lebellc-ft againft me > 

6 Lo, thou truftelt in the ftaff of this 
broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon if a 
man lean, it will go into his hand, and 
pierce it : fo is Phaiaoh king of Egypt to 
all that truft in hrr. 

7 But if thou hy to me, we truft in 
the Lord our (rod : is // not lie whole 
high places and whole altars Hezekiah 
hath taken away, and faid to Judah and 



Rabjhakeh's blafphemy. 

to Jerufalern, Ye fhall worfhip before 
this altar ? 

8 Now therefore, give pledges, I pray 
thee, to my mafter the king of AfTyiia* 
and I will give thee two thoufand horfes, 
if thou be able on thy part to fet riders 
upon them. 

9 How then wilt thou turn away the 
face of one captain of the leaft of my 
matter's fervants, and put thy truft on 
Egypt for chariots and for horfemen ? 

10 And am I now come up without 
the Lord againft this land to deftroy it ? 
The Lord faid unto me, Go up againft 
this land and deftroy it. 

11 Then faid Eliakim and Shebna and. 
Joah unto Rabfhakeh, Speak, 1 pray thee, 
unto thy fervants in the Syrian language ; 
for we underftand // : and fpeak not to 
us in the Jews' language, in the ears of 
the people that are on the wall. 

12 But Rabfhakeh faid, Hath my maf- 
ter lent me to thy mafter and to thee to 
fpeak thefe words \ Hath he notjent me 
to the men that fit upon the wall, that 
they may eat their own dung, and drink 
their own pits with you ? 

13 Then Rabfhakeh flood, and cried 
with a loud voice in the Jews' language, 
and laid, Hear ye the words of the great 
king, the king of AfTyria. 

14 Thus faith the king, Let not Heze- 
kiah deceive you : for he ihall not be 
able to deliver you. 

15 Neither let Hezekiah make you 
truft in the Lord, faying, The Lord 
will furely deliver us ; this city fhall not 
be delivered into the hand of the king 
of AfTyria. 

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah i for thus 
faith the king of Aflyria, Make an agree- 
ment with me by a prefent, and come out 
to me : and eat ye every one of his vine, 
and every one of his fig tree, and drink 
ye every one the waters of his own cif- 
tern ; 

17 Until I come and take you away to 
a land like your own land, a land of corn 
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 

IB Beivareleft Hezekiah perfuade you, 
faying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath 
any of the gods of the nations delivered. 
his land out of the hand of the king of 
AfTyria ? 

19 Where are the gods of Hamath 
and Arphad r Where are the gods of Se- 
pharvaim ? and, Have they delivered 
Samaria out of my hand ? 

20 Who are they among all the gods 
of thefe lands, that have delivered their 
land out of my hand, that the Lord 
ihould deliver Jerufalern out of my hand ? 

21 But they held their peace, and 
3nfwered him not a word ; for the 
king's commandment was, faying, an- 
fvver him not. 

n fl Then 



Her.tkiab mourning, and praying, Chap 

2£ SJ Then came Eliakim the fon of 
Hilkiah that nxas over the houfehold; 
and bhebna the icribe, and Joah, the (en 
of Afaphi ihe recorder, to Hezekiah with 
their clothes rent, and told him the words 
of Rabihakeh. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
1 Hezekiah mourning, fendeth to Ifaiab 
to pray for them, b Ijaiah comjorteih 
them. 66 An angel Jlayeth the Jjfy ri- 
ant, bl Sennacherib is Jlain by hit 
oxvn Jons. 

AND it came to pafs, when king Heze- 
kiah heard //, that he rent his clothes, 
and covered Imnlelf with fackcloth, and 
went into thehoule of the Lord. 

•2 And he lent Lliakim, who nvas over 
the houfehold, and bhebna the Icribe, and 
the elders of the priefts covered with 
iackcloth, unto Ifaiah the prophet the 
ion of Amoz. 

3 And they faid unto him, Thus faith 
Hezekiah, 1 his day is a day of trouble, 
and of rebuke, and ot blafphnny : for 
the children are come to the birth, and 
there is not ftrength to bring forth. 

4 It may be tl"- Lord thy God v ill 
hear the words of Rabihakch, whom the 
king of All) i ki his mailer hath Pent to 

jach the living God, and will re- 
prove the words which the Lord thy 
God hath heard : wherefore litt np thy 
pra>er for the remnant that is left. 

fervants of king Hezekiah 
came to llaiah. 

6 *] And Iui.ih faid unto them, Thus 
fliall >e la\ OOtO vein , '1 litis ( ijth 
the Lord, Be not afi aid < t the w 
thai tbou hafl heard, w hen a ith tl 
vanta of ti . ot Ai! 

) ■■' 

7 Behold, I w II fend e I I. til upon him, 
and he fhall he ir a i . and 1 1 

him to 
fall fword "i his OH n land. 

8 So J ;eh returned, and found 
the king of Aflyria warrii nfl Lib- 
Bah : for he had heard that he 
parted ; !i. 

9 And he I 

hakah kins of Ethiopia, He is i 
forth to make war with thee. And v. hen 
he heard //, he fent meflengers to H 

(peak to Hezekiah 
ludah, la;, ing, Let not thy < 
in *hom thou irufleit, deceive tl 
Ing, Jerufalem fhalln< en mto the 

1 oi tiit- king of Ai! ; . i 
it Behold, then h ft heard *hal 
king^ of Aflyi to all I mds 

by deft roy ing them utterly ; an I, ! 
red ? 
a Have the gods of the nations d 
• « my fathers bai 

Itroyedj as G^zan, aui Haran, and Re 



. xxxvii. is comforted by l/aiah. 567 

zeph, and the children of Eden which 
tuere in Tela far ? 

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and 
the king of Arphad, and the king of the 
city ot b'epharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? 

14 And Hezekiah received the letter 
from the hand of the meflengers, and 
read it : and Hezekiah went up unto the 
houfeof the Lord, and ipread it belorc 
the Lord. 

la And Hezekiah prayed unto the 
Lord, faying, 

16 O Lord of hofls, God of Ifrael, 
that dwellelt between the cherubims,thou 
art the God, e<ven thou alone, of all the 
kingdoms of the earth : thou haft made 
heaven and earth. 

17 fnclincthineear,0 Lord, and hear ; 
open thine eyes, O Lord, and fee : and 
hear all the wordsof Sennacherib, which 
hath fent to reproach the living God. 

18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of AC 
fvria have laid wafte all the nations, and 
theircoun tries, 

19 And have caff their gods into the 
fire : for they ivere no pods, but the 
work of men's hands, wood and (tone : 
therefore. they havedeflroyed them. 

.0 Now th< refore, O Lord our God, 
fave us from his hand, that all the king- 
doms or the earth may know that thou 
art the Lord, even thou only. 

-l '1 hen Ifaiah the fon of Amcz fent 
unto Hezekiah, faying, Thus faith the; 
Lord God of Ifrael, whereas thou haft: 
pi '/e 1 to i unft Sennacherib king of 

M I his is tl ch the T.ord 

"i nine him ; '1 he* vir- 
gin, th ol Zion, hath defpifi d 
thee, and lai thee to f< i rn ; the 
daughter of Jcrufalem hath fhaken t 
thee. 
W hom !: ift i eproachi d 
I ; ■ om h tfl th i 
tl v v i e, .)• i lifted np th 
. on high I E t/*«againft the IilK One 
• I 
. i B rants hafl thou reproai 
the La y I, and h ift laid By tl e • 
tude ' I my t ! in I Come up to fhr 

the mountain! , to tl 
I i i .' n , and 1 will cut down i he tall 

-, • ■ the i hotce fir rn 
th< ind I will < to the height 

bord • ,and tl foreftof h i i 
1 ind drunk 
hthe I I 

up ..I 1 ' 

It thou i rd lon| 

I h.. • . and , • ! 

i it 1 N 

\\a ccd cities tm r - I heaps. 

of fi arer, they w e r.d 

n founded ; 



568 The AJyriansfiaifu ISAIAH, 

confounded : they were as the grafs of 



Hezekiah'' s life lengthened. 



the field, and as the green herb, as the 
grafs on the houfetops, and as corn 
blafted before it be grown up, 

28 But 1 know thy abode, and thy 
going out, and thy coming in, and thy 
rage again fi me. 

29 Becaufe thy rage againft me, and 
thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, 
therefore will I put my hook in thy 
nofe, and my bridle in thy lips, and I 
will turn thee backby the way by which 
thou earned. 

30 And th\s Jftall be a fign unto thee, 
Ye mall eat this year fuch as groweth of 
itfelf; and the fecond year that which 
fpringeth of the fame : and in the third 
year low ye, and reap, and plant vine- 
yards, and eat the fruit thereof. 

31 And the remnant that is efcaped of 
the houfe of Judah (hall again take root 
downward, and bear fruit upward : 

31 For out of Jerufa'em fhall go forth 
a remnant, and they that efcape out of 
mount Zion : the zeal of the Loud of 
hofls (hall do this. 

33 Therefore, thus faith the Lord con- 
cerning the king of AfTyria, He {hall not 
come into this city, nor (hoot an arrow 
there, nor come before it with (hields, 
nor can 1 a bank againfl it. 

M By the way that he came, by the 
fame (hall he return, and (hall not come 
into this city, faith the Lord. 

35 For I will defend this city to fave 
it for mine own fake, and for my fer- 
vant David's fake. 

36 ^ ihen the angel of the Lord 
went forth and (mote in the camp ot the 
Affyriansan hundred and fourfcore and 
five thoufand : and when they arofe early 
in the morning, behold, they were all 
dead corpfes. 

37 <f[ So Sennacherib king of AfiTyria 
departed, and went and returned, and 
dwelt at Nineveh. 

38 And it came to pafs, as he was wor- 
(hipping in the houfe of Nifrorh his god, 
that Adrammelech and Sharezer his ions 
fmotehim with the (word ; an>d they ef- 
c;iped into the land of Arme;nia : and 
Eiarhaddon his ("on reigned in his (lead. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
1 Hezekiah bath bis life lengthened. 8 The 
fun goeih ten degrees backward for a 
fign. 9 ilrz.ekiah's thankfghuing. 
IN thole days was Hezekiah .tick unto 
death. And 1 faiah the prophet the fon of 
Arnoz came unto him, and faid unto him-, 
Tims faith the Lord, Set thine houle in 
order,: tor thou (halt die, and not live. 
*2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward 
the wall, and prayed unto the Lo rd, 

.-5 Ann faid, Remember now, O Lord, 
I befeech thee, how I have walked De- 
fuse thee in truth and with a pnfucl 



heart, and have done that which is good 
in thy fight. And Hezekiah wept fore. 
£ 5f Then came the word of the Lord 
to Ifaiah, faying, 

5 Go, and fay to Hezekiah, Thus faith 
the Lord the God of David thy father, 
I have heard thy prayer, I have feen thy 
tears : behold, I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years. 

6 And 1 will deliver thee and this city 
out of the hand of the king of Aflyria : 
and I will defend this city. 

7 And \h\s fhall be a' fign unto thee 
from the Lord, that the Lord will do 
this thing that he hath fpoken ; 

8 <f| Behold, 1 will bring again thefhad- 
ow ot the degrees, which is gone down in 
the fun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees back- 
ward. So the fun returned ten degrees, 
by which degrees it was gone down. 

9 *\ The Writing of Hezekiah king ©f 
Judah, when he had been tick, and was 
recovered of his (ickne(s : 

10 I (aid in the cutting off of my days, 
I (hall go to the gates of the grave : I am 
deprived of the refidue of my years. 

tt I (aid, I (hall not lee the Lord, 
e<veti the Lord, in the land of the living : 
I (hall behold man no mere with the in- 
habitants of the world. 

12 Mine age is departed, and is remov- 
ed from me. as a (hepherd's tent : I have 
cut oif like a weaver my life: he will cut me 
off with pining (icknefs : from day even 
to night wilt thou make an end ot me. 

t3 I reckoned till morning, fW,as a lion, 
fo will he break all my bones : from day e- 
ten to nightwilt thou make an end of me. 

1 i Like a crane or a fwallow, fo did I 
chatter : I did mourn as a dove : mine 
eyes fail with looking upward : O Lord, 
I am oppreffed ; undertake for me. 

15 What fhall I fay ? He hath both 
fpoken unto me, and himfelf hath done 
/'/ ; I (hall go foftly all my years in the 
bitternefs ot my foul. 

1.6 O Lord, 'by thefe things men live, 
and in all the'e things is the life of my 
fpirit : fo wilt thou recover me, and 
make me to live. 

17 Behold, for peace I had great bit- 
ternefs : but thou haft in love to my foul 
delivered it from the pit of corruption : 
for thoa haft caft all my fins behind thy 
back, 

18 For the grave cannot praife thee, 
death can not celebrate thee : they that, 
go down into the pit cannot hope for 
thy truth. 

19 The living, the living, he (hall praife 
thee, as I do this day : the father to the 
children fhall make known thy truth. 

£0 The Lord was ready \o fave me : 
therefore, we will (ing my fongs to the 
ftringed inftruments all the days of our 
life in the houfe of the Lord. 

21 For 



Bahylonian captivity foretold. Chap, xxxlx. xl. Promulgation of the gofpel. 569 



1\ For Ifaiah bad faid, let tlicm take 
n lump of figs, anil lay 1/ for a platter 
upon the boil, and he lhall recover. 

Hezekiah alfo had faid, What is 
rlie fign rhat I dull go up to thehoufe of 
the Lord f 

ch a p, xxx rx. 

1 Mrrod.ichbuladan, fending to itifitHev:- 

rknibyluitb notice of his treajures. Sl/ai 

ab foretelletb tbe Babylonian captivity. 

AT that lime Merodachbaladan, the 

fon of Biiadan king of B:ib\lon, fent 

letters and a prefent unto Hezekiah : for 

id heard that he had been fick, and 

was recovered. 

I And Hezekiah was Riad ofthem,anrl 

red them the houfe of his precious 

flunks, t.'ie filvcr, and the yo\(\, and the 

Ipice^ ani rhe precious ointment, and all 

The honfe of ins armour, and all that was 

found in his treafures: 'here was nothing 

:n hs honfe, n.»r in all his dominion, that 

He/.ek'.- t hern not. 

3 ^J Then came Ifaiah the prophetun- 
to kinp h, and faid unto him, 
Yi hat lad thele men >and. From whence 
camerhey unto thee? And Hezekiah faid. 
They are come from a far country unto 
me, even from Babylon. 

4 Then faid he, What have they feen 
in thine houfe } And Hezekiah anfweredj 
Ali that is i houfe have they feen ; 
there is*hothing among my treafures that 
I have not fnr'\rd them. 

h r<> I lezekiall, Hear 
fiif wcrd > I t> e Loi d of hoffs : 

o Beivd.i, ie, th it all that 

i< in thii ■■ and that which thy fa- 

thers have ! 

, !-,n ; notl 

Lord. 
ind ol • 1 iflue from 

i thou l r, (hall ■ 

iy ; and »1< hs in 

the 

.:i t-. \ i il), ( 
fj th.- w Lord . thou had 

He faid moreoi there 

i ti :ith in my days. 
CH A P. XL 



1 Tf/y in of tbe ^nlpsl. 3 TbeW burnt oUei 

freacbing u/Jo^n Bafnijl. 9 Tbefre*€ 

ir.% of /' • if.:/t/fs. 

COVIFOR i" ye, c;>mfort ye my peo- 
ple, faith your ( - 

imfortably to ft I 
cry u .to her, that her war! 
i'omplith it her iniquity is p u 

ed : tor \h" hath received < I the 
hand double I >r ..II her fins. 

H ' ht him tint crieth in 

. Prepare ye i ly of 

nuke I i m the defert a 

highw >ur God. 

• l 1 very \ dley lhall be exalted, and ev 
ery mountain and hill lhall be ma Ic low : 

a 



and the crooked (hall be made flraighti 
and the rough places plain : 

5 And the glory of the Lord fliall be 
revealed, and ail fieih fhall fee it to- 
gether : for the mouth of the Lord hath 
fpoken it. 

ti The voice faid, Cry. And he faid, 
Whar (hall I cry? All flefh is grafs, and 
all the goodlinefk thereof is as the flower 
of the held : 

T The r rafswithereth, the flower fad- 
eth; becaufe the fpiritof the Lord blow- 
eth upon it : finely the people is grafs. 

8 The grafs uithereth, the flower fad- 
erh ; but the word of our God fliall flaiid 
forever. 

9 m O Zion, that brinseft good tiding", 
iiet thee up into the high mountain ; O 
Jerufalem, that bringelt goed tidings, lift 
up thy voice with ftrength ; lifr it up, be 
n<»r afraid ; fay unto the cities of Judah, 
Behold your God ! 

10 Behold, the Lord God will come 
w ith ttrong band, and his t»rm fliall rule 
for him : behold, his reward is with him, 
and his work before him. 

11 He fl.all feed his flock like a Jhepherd: 
he ffc all gather the iambs with his arm, 
and carry tbem in his bofbm, arid {hall 
gently lead thofethat arc with young. 

Vl Who hath meaiu red the waters in 
the hollow of his hand, and meted out 
heaven with the fpan. and comprehended 
the dufl of the earth in a mcafure, and 
weighed the mountains in fcales, and the 
hills in a balance ? 

13 Who hath dire&cd the Spirit of 
ihr Lord, or being lu-> counsellor hath 
tan eh i him ? 

ti With whom took he cotirifel, and, 

ho inftrucled him, and taught him in 
the path of judgment, and taught him 
knowledge, and (hewed to him the way 
of underfl mdm^ ? 

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop 
ol ,i bud et, and are counted a*, the f m i 1 
duftoi tin balance: beh< Id he taker h up 
the ifles as a vei •. lin Ic thini 

16 And l ebanon it not ient t > 
mi, nor t) beads thereof lufticient l 



17 Ali him are as ni 

ing ; 3nd they arc counted to him I '• 
th in nothing] and vanity . 

i I o ••' hoi w ill j '• likrn God 

W I. v , arc unto him I 

iy The v. in n ch th .i ' ' »ven 

■ , and tl •■ f(( I '<: nith fprc th it 

rfa j:'>ld, 

I Ie ih it is f> impoveriQx d rhai I"* 
nchool i 

rot : he f'-rketi» on-', h n. 
man to pt . graven im 

lhall net be mot 

:i Have ye nor I nnt 

heard ■ Hath it not been told you from 

the 



570 God expcjtulateth with his people ISATAH 

the beginning ? Have ye not understood 
from the found ations of the earth ? 

22 // is he that fitteth upon the circle 
of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof 
are as giafshoppers ; that ftretcheth out 
the heavens as a curtain, and fpreadeth 
them out as a tent to dwell in : 

23 That bringeth the princes to noth- 
ing ; he maketh the judges of the earth 
as vanity. 

24 Yea, they (hall not be planted : 
yea, they (hall not be fown ; yea, their 
flock fhall not take root in the earth : 
and he (hall alfo blow upon them, and 
they fhall wither, and the whirl wind (hall 
take them away as ftubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or 
fhall I be equal ? faith the Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and be- 
hold who hath created thefe things, that 
bringeth out their holt by number : he 
calleth them all by names, by the great - 
nefs of his might, for that he is ftrong 
in power . not one faileth. 

u 27 Why fayelt thou, O Jacob, and 
fpeakeft, O Ifrael, My way is hid from 
the Lord, and my judgment is paffed 
over from my God ? 

28 Haft thou not known ? Haft thou 
not heard, that the everlafting God, the 
Lord, the Creator of the ends of the 
earth, fainteth not, neither i? weary ? 
7/W^/jnofearchingofhis underftanding. 

29 He giveth power to the faint j and 
to them that have no might he increafeth 
ftrength. 

30 Even the youths fhall faint and be 
weary, and the young men fhall utterly 
fal I : 

31 But they that wait upon the Lord 
(halt renew their ftrength ; they fhall 
mount up with wings as eagles ; they fhall 
run, and not be weary ; and they mall 
walk, and not faint. 

CHAP. XLI. 
1 God expojlulatetb with his people about 
his mercies to the church. 10 about his 
promi/es, 21 and the vanity oj idols. 
KEEP filence before me, O iflands ; and 
W the people renew their ftrength : let 
them come near : then let them fpeak : 
let us come rear together to judgment. 



about his mercies to the church. 

ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, 
and came. 

6 They helped every one his neigh- 
bour ; and every one faid to his brother, 
Be of good courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged the 
goldfmith, and he that fmootheth with 
the hammer him that fmote the anvi), 
faying, It ij ready for the foldering : and 
he fattened it with v.a\h t that it fhould not 
be moved. 

8 But thou, Ifrael, art my fervant, 
Jacob whom 1 have chofen, the feed of 
Abraham my friend. 

9 Thou whom I have taken from the 
ends of the earth, and called thee from 
the chief men thereof, and faid unto thee, 
Thou art my fervant ; I have chofen thee, 
and not caft thee away. 

10 ^| Fear thou not ; for I am with 
thee ; be not difmayed ; for I am thy- 
God : I will Strengthen thee ; yea, I will 
help thee : yea, I will uphold 'thee with 
the right hand of my righteoufnefs. 

11 Behold, all they that were fncenfed 
againft thee fhall be afhamed and con- 
founded : they fliall be as nothing ; and 
they that ftrive with thee fhall perifh, 

t2 Thou fhalt feek them, and fhnlt not 
find them, even them that contended with 
thee : they that war againft thee fhall be 
as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 

13 For I the Lord thy God will hold 
thy right hand, faying unto thee, Fear 
not ; 1 will help thee. 

14 i?ear not, thou worm Jacob, end ye 
men of Ifrael ; 1 will help thee, faiih the 
Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One 
of Ifrael. 

15 Behold, I will make thee a new fharp 
threfhing inftrument having teeth: thou 
fhalt threfh the mountains, and beat them 
fmall, and fhalt make the hills as chaff. 

16 Thou fhalt fan them, and the wind 
fhall carry them away, and the whirlwind 
fhall fcatterthem : and thou. fhalt rejoice 
in the Lord, and (halt glory in the Holy 
One of Ifrael. 

17 When the poor and needy feek wa- 
ter, and there is none, and their tongiie 

I faileth for third, I the Lord will hear 
them, / the God of Ifrael will not for- 



2 Who railed tip the righteous man \ fake them. 
from *the eaft, called him to his foot, | _ l8 I will open rivers in high places, and 
ave the nations before him, and made fountains in the midft of the valleys: 



rule over kings ? Me gave themns the 



;- 

him 

dufi ' fword, and as driven ftubble 

to hi 

3 Hepurfified them, and patted fafely ; 
even by the way that he had not gone 
with his feet. 

S Who hath wrought and done //, 
calling the generations from the begin 
ning ' 
lafl 



will make the wildernefs a pool of water, 
and the dry land fp rings of water. 

19 I will plant in the wildernefs the 
cedar, the fhittah tree, and the myrtle, 
and the oil tree ; I will fet in the defer! 
the fir tree, and the pine, and the box 
tree together. 

20 I nat they may fee, and know, and 
I the Lord, the firft, and witHYhe iconfuler, and qndcrftand together, thai 

I am he. i the hand of the Lor n hath done this,and 



5 The tfles faw if, and feared ; the J the Holy- 



One of Ifrael hath created it. 
21 f Produce 



The office of Cbrijl. Chap. 

21 ff Produce your caufe, faith the 
Lord ; bring forth yur (tiong rea/ons, 
faith the k. lacob. 

-i'i I ; . . I) n n • tbtm forth, a nd (hew 

LI happen : let them flxew the 

: what they be, that we may 

ider them, and know the latter end of 

i, or declare u>. things for to come. 

Shew the tilings that are to come 

after, thjt we may know that ye are 

yea, 60 good, or do evil, that we 

ma) bedifmayed, and behold // together. 

c ii Behold, ye are of nothing, and your 

work ot nought : an abomination is he 

that >>u. 

u 1j I h id up one from the north, 

(hall come : front the rifing of the 
fun fhall he call upon my name : an 
.-poii pi inces as upon mo 
and . 

egin- 

\ivl b( 

, He .s righteous ? 

Yea, ibt re u none that (heweth,yea, there 

is none s yea, there is none 

that 

killjoy to Zion, Behold, 
behold them : and I will giv< 
lern 1 if bringeth good tidii 

1 I beheld, and there m<i> no man j 
even among them,and there nvaj no coun- 
ted ol them, could 
anfwe 

I are al! ; their 

works are nothing: their molten iro 
fufion. 

' li. 
.// :> God'i pro;> 

!. •'. I < I 

, him : he iliall 
l>rii 

, nor 
■ 

1 
he not <i'ii i" n : he 

ith. 

4 ! ir be d 
till 1 1 nent in the 
and w, 

5 «, Thu i the Lo < i>, he 

. 

cornel . 

in 11, 

id will In 11 thin- 

■ 

•ill the 

.1 that lit i' out ot iheprifon 

Louie. 



xlii. An exhortation to praife God. 571 

8 hwi the Lord: that ts my name : 
and my glory will I not give to another, 
neither my praife to graven images. 

9 Behold, the former things arc come 
to pafs, and new things do 1 declare : be- 
fore they fpring forth I tell you of them. 

10 ^] Sing unto the LokD anew I, 
and his praife from the end *.<i the c 
ye that go down to the fea, and all I 
is therein j the itks, and the inhabi 
thereof. 

11 Let the wildernefs and the cities 
thereof lift uptbeir voice, the V ill 
that Kedar doth inhabit : let the inh b- 
itanis of the rock ling, let them ihout 
from the top of the mountains. 

li Let them give glory unto the Lord, 
and declare his praife in the dl.mds. 

13 The Lord fhall go forth as a m 
ty man, he fhali Itir up jealoufy hi 
man oj war : he fhall cry, yea, roar ; he 
lhall prevail againft hisenemi< 

14 I have lung timeholden my peai 

ftill, and refrained myfelf: 
nozv will f ciy like a travailing won 
1 will deftro\ and devour al 1 1 

15 I will make wafte mountains and 
hills, and dry up all their herbs ; ami I 
will make the rivers iflands, an Idry 
up the pool i. 

1b f\ad I will bring the blind b 

that | not ; 1 will lead lliei 

paths thut 1 J j ' • v have n>>! known i 

I 
iked things Itraighl . '1 I. 
will I d 

17 i hey fhall be tui 
fhall be I, that tru 

-rav 

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nd look, j c bl 
thai 
1 but 1 

/< hi 1 

fcrvefl 

fake ; he will 1 

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The church comforted. 



the fury of his anger, and the ftrength of 
battle : and it hath fet him on fire round 
about, yet he knew not ; and it burned 
him, yet he laid it not to heart. 

CHAP. XLUL 
1 The Lordcomfertetb i he church ivith his 

promifes. \kHef«retelletb Babytor^sde- 
Jlru£ti»ri t and bis people" s deliverance. 

SL/T now thus faith the Lord that 
created thee, O Jacob, and he that form- 
ed thee, O lfrael, Fear not : For I have 
redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy 
name ; thou art mine. 

2 When thou paileft through the wa- 
ters, I vjill &e with thee : and through 
the.rivers, they {hall not overflow thee : 
when thou walked through the fire, thou 
fhajt not be burned ; neither thai 1 the 
flame kindle upon thee. 

3 For I am the Lord, thy God, the 
Holy One of iirael, thy Saviour : I gave 
Egypt /cr thy ranfom, Ethiopia and Seba 
for thee. 

4 Since thou wall precious in my fight, 
thm hart been honourable, and I have 
luvcd thee : therefore will I give men 
for thee, and people for thy life. 

5 Fear not : for 1 am with ll.ee : I will 
bring thy feed from the eaft, and gather 
thee from the welt ; 

6 I will fay to the north, Give up ; 
and to the fouth, Keep not back ; bring 
my fons from far, and my daughters from 
the ends of the earth ; 

7 Even, every one that is called by my 
name : for I have created him for my 
glory, I have formed him ; yea, I have 
made hirn. 

8 Bring forth the blind people that 
have eye-j, and the deal that have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gathered togeth- 
er, and let the people be aiiembled : Who 
among them can declare this, and (hew us 
former things i Let them bring fort!) 
their wkneffes, that they may be juitified : 
or let them hear, and lay. It is truth. 

10 1{earen\y witneifes, faith the Lord, 
and my fervant whom 1 have chofen : 
that ye may know and believe me, and 
underhand that! authe : before me there 
was no god formed, neither ihall there 
be alter me. 

11 J, even J, am the Lord ; and be- 
fide me there is no favlour. 

12 I have declared, and have laved, and 
i have (hewed, when iberenvasno (trange 
gi.t among yen : therefore ye aire mywit- 
nefles, fjitli the Lord, that i am God* 

15 V ea,beforet)ie dAynva 4 s i la'm he ; and 
thtre ii none that can deliver out of my 
hand : I will work, and, Who ihall let it f 

34 fl Tims faith the i-ORir, your Re- 
deemer, the Holy One ot lfrael , for your 
fake I have feat to Baby ion, and have 
brought down all their nobles, and the 
Chaldeans, whqft! :ry isin the fbii>s. 



[AH. Babylon's dejtrutiion foretold. 

15 Yarn the Lord, your Holy One,the 
creator of lfrael, your King. 

16 Thus faith the Lord, which mak- 
eth a way in the fea, and a path in the 
mighty waters ; 

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot 
land horfe, the army and the power; 
j they lhall lie down together, they fhaii 
inot rife : they are extinct, they are 
j quenched as tow. 

18 «| Remember ye not the former 
j things, neither confider the things of old. 
j_ 10 Behold, I will do a new thing; now 

it {hall fpring forth ; Shall ye not know 
it ? i will even make a way in the wil- 
dernefs, and rivers in the oefert. 

20 The bealt of the field lhall honour 
me, the dragons and the owls : becaiife 
j i give waters in the wildernefs, and riv- 
ers in the defert, to give drink to my 
i people, my chofen. 

j 2i This people feave I formed for ray- 
' felf ; they ftiali (hew forth my praife. 

22 But thou halt not called upon me, 

Jacob ; but thou haft been weary of 
me, O lfrael. 

23 Thou hair not brought me the final! 
cattle of thy burnt otierings ; neither hail; 
thou honoured ine with thy facrifices. [ 
have not caufedthee to (erve with an of- 
fering, nor wearied thee with incenfe. 

24 \ hou haft brought me no fweet cane 
with money, neither haft thou filled me 
with the fat of thy lacrinces ; but thou 
haft made me to ferve with thy (ins, thou 
halt wearied me with thine iniquities. 

25 1, even], am he that blotteth out 
thy tranfgreffions for mine own fake, and 
will not remember thy fins. 

26 Put me in remembrance : let us 
plead together ; declare thou, that thou 
mayeft be juftified. 

27 Tiiyfirft father bath finned s and thy 
teachers nave tranfgreHed againft me. 

tii Therefore,! have profaned the prin. 
ces ot the fanctuary, and have given Ja- 
cob to the curfe, and lfrael to reproaches. 
CHAP. XLIV. 

1 God's church comforted. 7 The vanity if 

idols, 9 and folly of idol makers. 
YET now hear, O Jacob my fervant ; 
c.nu lfrael, whom 1 have chofen. 

2 Thus faith the Lord that made 

ther, and formed thee from the womb, 

vu/j.ch will help thee ; Fear not, O Jacob, 

j my fervant ; and thou, Jefurun, whom 

! 1 have chofen, 

| S For 1 will pour water upon him that 
i isthii fry, and floods upon thedry ground ; 
jl will pour my f pi r: t upon thy iced, and 
jmy bleiling upon thine offspring : 

4 And they (hall fpring up as amongthe 
igrais, ao willows by the water comics. 

o Onefhallfay, i am the Lord's, and 
'another (hall call himfetfby the name oi 
(Jacob : and another mail iubferibe touk 

* Ilia 



-The vanity of iJJs, and Chap. 

his hand umo the Lord, and furnanie 
htirfelt b/iihe of Ilrael. 

rhus ii.:ththe Lord the King of If- 
racl, and his Redeemer, the Luhd of 
holts , i / ithefLrft, and 1 aw the i.;: , 

I betide me were is no vjod. 

1 •[ And, Who, as I, ihali call and (hail 
declare it, and it: it in order for me, 

I appointed the ancient people i 
And the things that are commg,and (hall 
come, iet than Ihew unto me. 

ii Fear ye ;iot, neither be afraid : Have 
not 1 tola tl«ee from that tunc, and have 
declared// P Ye are even my witneifes. 
U tnere a God befide rue } Yea, tbtie n 
no God ; \ know not any. 

11 %\ T*ey time make a graven im- 
agu ^/v their 

^electable things (ball i •: ; and 

the/ ate their own « > ; they iee 

not, nor know ; that the) ma) - : 
ied. 

10 W bo hath formed a god, or molt- 
en a graven ima^e wut 15 profitable for 
nothing ? 

11 I, all his fellows (hail be a- 
fhamed : and the workmen, they are oi 
men: let litem ail he gathered tog< 

let li nd up ; yet they fhaii 

^e afhamed together. 
I5J Tfie fmith w;ta the tongs both 
■vvjikt-ch in the coals, and fafhioneth it 
era, and worketh it with the 
ftrcngth ol hii ) ea, he i » hui 

11 : be drkiketh no 
water, and 1-. taint. 

carpenter ftretcheth out bis 
rule it out * it'll a line ; h 

htteth it wi and he niarketh it 

out with d niaketh it af- 

; a man, accordiog t > the 
an ; tnat it may rcn 
in ;. 

1 him down < , and 

th the cj , 1 efa 2 . , . hi< h 

he II 

1 afl», 
n doth .1 //. 

. . ill a I 1 man to bum i 

1, .md warm mm- 
i.it -, ^ea, lie kiudleth //, 

)a, u: wor- 

thippetii // , 

'.to. 

thereof in tl 
, • : he 

. .1. , . 

1 1 

ito it, and I 
I 1 

I \n no. 1 



xlv. Jolly of i Jul makers. j7S 

they cannot fee ; and their hearts, that 
tiity cannot u ride t (land. 

19 And none confidereth in his heart, 
neither // tbtie knowledge nor under- 
(landing to f-y, I have burned parr of it 
in the hre ; yea, alfo I have baked bread 
upon the coals thereof j 1 have roafted 
flefli, ami eaten// ; and, Shall 1 make tne 
refidue thereof an. abomination l Shall 1 
fall down r u rue llock of a tree i 

10 He feedeth on aiiies : a deceived 
heart hath turned |»m alide, that he 
cannot deliver his foul, nor fay, Is :... re 
;^t a i.e in my right hand I 

-i Remember uiefe,0 Jacob, and If- 
rael ; forthou art my iervant : 1 have 
form* _ ; thou art my iervant, O If. 

rael, thou (halt not be forgotten of me. 

-~ i have blotted our, as a thick cloud, 
tranfgreJ ., as a cloud, Jiy 

fins; return unto u.e , for i have re- 
deemed tl - 

- - 3 yc heavens; for the Lord 

■ none it : ihout, ye lower parts of 
the earth: foith into tinging, >e 

mountains, fore ft, and every tree there- 
in : for the Lord hat 1 med Jacob, 
and gloi ihe tl hi nlell in Ilrael. 

1 ,., s fhi i. tl Lord 
ana he that formed thee from tl 
Sam tlicLuRu that maketh 
(tretcheth forth tke heavens . that 

(pi eadeth abroad the 1 

-> 1 hat ftultrateth the 1 . ens ui the 
liars, and maketh 

tin ii', tli wife rntu backward, ketli 

their know led| 

Zti 'i J fij mcih die word of !u-< 

in, and pei fornu th die 1 
of his 1 Jeru- 

.it be inhabited j and >>> 
{he ciuei oi Jtfdah, ^ e (hall 1 

raife up the 
■ 

I 
I 

48 'i hal la.tn . He a my (hep- 

I 

5 to Jei 
buill : an ■ l > th icuiph , l by to.. 
liuil be 1 ml. 
I 
I 

'! 1 II bis anointed, 

I ha\ 
en. to Cubdu 
will li 
fore him the tw I th 

not be llu.t : 

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: 1 Wll 

I 

d^..v. 



574 Cyrus called. 



ISAIAH. 



The vanity of idols. 



darknefs, and hidden riches of fecret pla- 
ces, that tnou may eft know that 1, the 






ed the earth and made it ; he hath eftab- 
lifhed it, he created it not in vain, he 



Lord, wruch call thee by thy name, am formed it to be inhabited : I am the 
the God of lfrael. 

4 For Jacob my fe r van t's fake, and If- 
xaei mine elec~t, 1 have even called thee 
'by thy name ; I have farnamed thee, 
though thou haft not known me. 

5 <{J I am the Lord, and there is none 
elfe, there is no God betide me : 1 girded 
thee, though thou haft not known me : 

6 That they may know from the -riling 
of the fun, and from the weft, that there 
is none befide me. I am the Lord, and 
there is none elfe. 

7 I form the light, and create dark- 
nefs ; i make peace, and create evil : I 
the Lord do aiL thefe things. 

8 Dropdown, ye heavens, from above, 
and let the fides pour down righteouf- 
nefe : let the earth open, and let them 
bring forth falvation, and let righteout- 
nefs fpring up together ; I the Lord 
have created it. 

, 9 Woe unto him that ftriveth with his 
Maker! Let the potlherd y?ri<-t/<? with the 
pot(herds of the earth. Shall the clay fay 
to him that fafhioneth it, What makeit 
thou I Or thy work, He hath no hands ? 

10 Woe unto him that faith unto his 
father, What begetteft thou ? or to the 
woman, what haft thou brought forth ? 

il Thus faith the Lord, the Holy 
One of lfrael, and his Maker, Afk me 
of things to come concerning my fons, 
and concerning the work of my hands 
command ye me. 

12 I have made the earth, and created 
man upon it : /, even my hands, have 
ifretched out the heavens, and all their 
ho(t have 1 commanded. 

\6 I have railed him up in righteouf- 
nels, and I will direct all his ways : he 
thai! build my city, and he (hall let go my 
taotives, not for price nor reward, faith 
the Lord of hofts. 

14 Thus faith the Lord, The labourof 
\ ■ , and merchandife of Ethiopia and 

the Sabeans, men of ftattire,- (hall come 
ever unto thee, and they lhall be thine : 
they thall come after thee ; in chains they 

1 come over, and they lhall fall down 
uato thee, they lhall make {"application 
unto thea,Jaying, Surety God is in thee j 
and there is none elfe, tuere is no god. 

13 Verily thou arc a god that hideft 
th) ieif, G'>d of lfrael, the Saviour. 

tti They (hall be aihamed, and alfo 
confounded, all of them : they (hall go io 
con hi lion iQgetherf/wfar^maker&of idols. 

11 But lfrael (ball be laved in the 
LpjKD with an everlafting falvation : ye 

til not be aihamed nor confounded 
world without end. 

18 For thus faith the Lord that creat- 
:e heavens j God himfelf that form- 



Lord : and there is none elfe. 

19 I have not fpoken in fecret, in a 
dark place of the earth : 1 fairt not unto 
the feed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : 
I the Lord fpeak righteoufneli, 1 declare 
things that are right. 

20 <q[ Alienable yourfelves and come ; 
draw near together, ye that are efcaped 
of the nations : they have no knowledge 
that fet up the wood of their graven 
image, and pray unto a god that can- 
not fa ve. 

21 Tell ye, and bring them near ; yea, 
let them take counfel togetiier : Who 
hath declared this from ancient time ? 
Who hath told it from that time ? Have 
not 1 the Lord ? And there is co God elfe 
belide me ; a juftGod and a Saviour ; 
there is none befide me. 

22 Look unto me, and be ye faved, all 
the ends of the earth : for I a/n God,and 
there is none elfe. 

23 I have fworn by myfelf, the word 
is gone out of my mouth in righieouf- 
nefs, and lhall not return, That unto 
me every knee (hall bow, every tongue 
lhall iwear. 

24 Surely, fhall one- fay, in the Lord 
have 1 righteoufnefs and ftreng(h : even 
to him fhall men come ; and all that are 
incenfed again ft him fhall be aihamed. 

25 In the Lord lhall all the feed of lf- 
rael be juftified, and fhall glory. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 The idols of Babylon could not fave 

themjelves. 3 God fave to his poople to 

the end. 5 Idols not comparable to God. 

BEL boweth down, Nebo ftoopeth, 
their idols were upon the beads, and up- 
on the cattle : yonr carriages vjere heavy 
ioaden ; they are a burden to the weary 
beitfi. 

2 They Hoop, they bow down together ; 
they could not deliver the burden, but 
themfelve^s are gone into Captivity. 

5 flj Hearken unto me, O houfe of Ja- 
cob, and all the remnant of the houfe of 
lfrael, which are borne by me from the 
belly, which a*f carried from the womb : 

4 And even to your old age I am he ; 
and even to hoar hairs will I carry you : 
I have made, and I will bear ; even 1 will 
carry, and will deliver you. 

5 ^ To whom will ye liken me, an I 
make me equal, and compare me, that 
we may be like ? 

fr They lavilh gold out of the bag, and 
weigh lilver in the balance, and hire a 
gol.dfm'ith ; and he makelh it a god : 
they fall down, yea, they worfhip. 

7 They bear him upon the (houlder, 
they carry him, and fet him in his place, 
ana he Itandeth ; from his place lhall he 

not 



in Babylon. Chap, xlvii. xlviii. He rewealethbhf 

ade of thy forceries, ar.di-ox the great 
thine enchantments. 

10 ^ For thou haft ti xk- 
ednels : thou haft (aid, None feeth 

"dam and th - 
perverted thee ; ar.c I 
thine heart, I am, and none elle b< 
me ; 

11 Therefore fhall ev : ] come upon thee; 
.halt not know from whence it r 

ef (hall fall upon thee ; thou 
(halt net be able to put it off: and defo- 
cume upon thee fuddenly, 
icb thou (halt not kne 

nd now with thine enchantments, 
and •■ 'dtitudeof thy (orcer:e>. 

wherein rhou haft laboured from thy 
h ; if fo be thcu (halt be able to pro- 
be thou no revail. 

tit wearied in the multitude 
of th;. ^ers, 

the I* i-rogno 

-hie from tbtfe 
upon the 
' Me, the 

fire (ball burn tl 

i of the Bame : 
there Jball not be a coal to warm at, 
• it. 

12 Tl ns (hall they b^ i:r 'o thee \ 

■ 

• uih : they lhall wran- 
:er ; none 

CI! A '.'. " LVHI. 

■ bti US . '. - 

ufe of 

/ Ihe name of 

tiuth, nor in 

themfeh 
,\ 11 

I the 

!i 
onto: | 

tberr 

i r 

I 

- 

thf*c ; 

- 



nto him, 
yet can he 
of his 

8 h d (hew yourfelves 

rg '/ c. , O ye 

tra' 

9 h : er the former things cf old : 

1 there is no :.z e; 
am God, and tie>e is nc me ; 

M D-- - the end irom the be 

, ao-i from a; mt times i 
that are not yet dc 

J, and 1 will do all my pleafure : 
11 Calling a ravenous bird from 
n that executeth my 
trora a far coo ,1 have 

it, I will alia bring it to pals; I 
purpofed //, I will alio do it. 
l - Heaiken unt- 
il re far tecufm 
I brin .hteoufnefs ; it 
flail d ttion 
I not tarry : and I will pLce laivation 
jit 2 

C 1 II. 

1 Gi n Babylon a" J Cbal. 

.me re i j 
l< 

in the duft, O 
Babylon, lit on the 
tre is no throne. I _ iter 

•r thou (halt no more 
be ^nd de 

1 i ^rii.d meal: 

make e leg, 

•rs. 
be uncovered, 
I : I will I 

■ thee us a 

.-, the Holy One of 

■ • 

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♦ i be a ltd> 

thelc 

8 I he >r now tl is, / 



I 

1 know 
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575 An exhortation to obedience. ISAIAH. 



7 They are created now, and not from 
the beginning : even before the ciay when 
thou heardeft them not ; left thou mould- 
ed fay, Behoid, I knew them. 

8 Y'ea, thou bearded not ; yea, thou 
kneweft not ; yea, from that time thai 
thine ear was not opened : for 1 knew 
that thou wouldef! deal very treat herouf- 
Jy, and waft called a tranfgreffor trom the 
womb. 

9 Formy name's fake will I defermine 
anger, and for my praife will I refrain for 
thee, that I cut thee not off. 

10 Behold. I have refined thee, but not 
with filver : I have cholen thee in the fur- 
nace of affliction, 

it For mine own fal'e, even for mine 
own fake, will 1 do ft; for, mow ihou'd my 
name be polluted ? And I will not give my 
glory unto another. 

12 <J Hearken unto me, O Jacob and 
Ifrael, my called ; I am he ; 1 am the 
firft, I ?L\ioam the lad. 

1 5 Mine hand alfo hath laid the founda- 
tion of the earth, and my right hand hath 
fpanned the heavens : <ivben 1 call unto 
them, they (land up together. 

14 All ye, affemble yonrfelves, and 
hear ; Which among thenn hath declared 
thefe things ? The Lord hath loved 
him ; he will do his pleafure on Baby- 
Jon, and his armjbad be on the Chaldeans. 

15 I, even I. have fpoken ; yea, I have 
called him: I have brought him, and he J man defpifeth, to him whom the nation 
i hall make his way profperous. abhorreth,. to a fervant of rulers, kings 

IS Come ye near unto me, hear ye this ; fhall fee and arife, princes alfo (hall wor- 
I have not fpoken in fecret from the be- j (hip becaufe of the Lord that is faithful. 



Chrljl cimfta'tnetl oftue'Je'Wt, 

C H A P. XLTX. 
1 Chrljl t being fent to the Jetvs, com* 

plameth of them. 5 He it fent to the 

Gentiles. \% God's lo<ve to the church. 

LISTEN, O ifles, unto me, and heark- 
en ye people from far ; The Lord hath 
called me from the womb ; from the 
bowels of my mother hath he made men- 
tion of my name. 

2 And he hath made my month like a 
(harp fword ; in the fhadow of his hand 
hath he hid me, and made me a polifhed 
(haft ; in his quiver hath he hid me ; 

S And faid unto me, 1 hou art my fer- 
vant, O Ifrael, in whom Twill be glorified. 

4 Then I faid, I have laboured in vain, 
I bayefpent my ftrength for nought, and 
in vain : yet furely my judgment is with 
the Lord, and my work with my God. 

5 % And now, faith the Lord t hat- 
formed me from the womb to be his fer- 
vant to bring Jacob again to him, Though 
Ifrael be not gathered, yet diall I be glo- 
rious in the eyes of the Lord, and mj 
God fhall be my ftrength. 
1 6 And he faid, It is alight tiling that 
thou moulded be my fervant to 1 raife up 
the tribes of Jacob, and to re do re the pre- 
ferved of Ifrael : 1 will alfo give thee for a 
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayeft be 
my falvation unto the end of the earth. 

7Thus faith the Lo r d, the Redeemer of 
Ifrael, and his Holy One, to him whora 






ginning ; from the time that it was, there 
am I : and now the Lord God, and his 
Spirit, hath fent me. . 

17 ThusfaiththeLoRD, thy Redeemer, 



and the Holy One of Ifrael, and he fhall 
choofe thee. 

8 Thus faitii the Lord, In an acceptable 
time have I heard thee, and in a dav cf 



the Holy One of Ifrael ; I am the Lord falvation have I helped thee : and I will 
thy God which teacheth th.ee to profit, preferve thee, and give thee for a covenant 
which leadeth thee by the way that thou [of the people, toedabhfli the earth, to 
moulded go. caufe to inherit the defolate heritages : 

13 O that thou hadft hearkened to my 9 That thou mayeft fay to the prifon- 
commandments ! then had thy peace been ers ? Go forth ; to them that are in dark- 
as a river, and thy righteoufnefs as the nefs, Shew yonrfelves. They fhall feed 
waves of the fea : [in the ways, and their paduresy/fW/ be in 

19 Thy feed alfo had been as the fand, all high places. 

and the offspring of thy bowels like the 10 They fhall not hunger nor third ; 
gravel thereof ; his namefhouldnot have neither fhall the heat nor fun finite them : 
been cut off nor deflroyed from before] for he that hath mercy on them fhalllead 
me. | them, even by the fprings of water dial! 

20 Go ye forth o f Baby loft, flee ye from he guide them. 



the Chaldeans, with a voice of Tinging 
declare ye, tell this, utter it ei'en to the 
end of the earth ; fay ye, The Lord 
hath redeemed his fervant Jacob. 

21 And they thiified not nvhen he led 
them through the deferts : he caufed the 
waters to flow out of the rock for them 



11 And I will make all my mountains 
away, and my highways fhaflbe-exalted, 

12 Behold, thefe fhall come from far ; 
and, lo, thefe from the north and from the 
wed ; and thefe from the land of Sinint. 

1S €[ Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, 
O earth : and break forth into finging, 



he clave the rock alfo, and the waters JO mountains : for the Lord hath com- 
gufhed out. jforted his people, and will have mercy 

22 Ibere is no peace, faith the Lord, upon his afflicted. 
unto the wicked. I 1-i But Zion faid, The Lord hath fbr- 

faken 



God's lo<ve to tbe church. 



Chap. 1. li. An exhortation to truft in God. 577 



fakenme,andmyLoRDhath forgotten me. 

15 Can a woman forget her fucking 
crrid, that (he faouldnot have companion 
on the Ion of her womb ? Yea, they may 
forget, \et will 1 not forget thee. 

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon 
the palms of my hands ; thy walls are 
continually before me. 

17 Thy children fhall make hafte ; thy ! 
deitroyers and they that made thee wafte 
fhall go forth of thee. 

13 Lift up thine eyes round about, and 
behold : all thefe gather themfelves to- 
gether, and come to thee. As I live, faith 
the Lord, thou fhalt furely clothe thee 
witli them all, as with an ornament, and 
bind them on thee,, as a bride doeth. 

19 For thy wade and thy defolate pla- 
ces, and the land of thy deftru&ion. fhall 
even now be too narrow by reafon of the 
inhabitants, and they that fwallov\ed thee 
up mall be far away. 

20 The children which thou 'hall have, 
after thou halt loll the other, mail fay a- 
gainin thin- I he place is too llraitfor 
me : give place to me that I may dwell. 

21 Then (halt thou fay in thine heart, 
Who hath begotten me thefe, feeing I 

loft my children, and am defolate, a 

iye, and removing to and fro ? and, 

Whohatlibroughtup thefe? Behold,! wa^ 

left alone ; thefe, Where bad they been? 

Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, 

I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, 

and ret up my ft mdard to the people : 

and they fhill bring thy fon8 in their 

liters (hall be carried 

W Aii -11 be thy nurfing la- 

th ns thy : moth 

er a down to thee w ith 

tbeir fac< I the earth, and lick up 

the duff < , and thou (hah know 

that I am the i i Foi they (hall not 

be affcamed that w tit for me, 

24 Shall rhe pi "ken from the 

mighty, or tl 

But thus faith the I. , the 

Captives of the mighty (hall beta 
way, and the pn j of the terrible ' ,- ill be 
delivered II contend with hirii 

»hat contendeth with thee,and I will lave 
thy children* 

26 And I will teed them th it opj 
thee with t! n fl '- ; and they fa ill 

runken with I with 

lweet wine : and all ftefh fhall kn - v thai 

Lord c i ioui and thy 

dcemer, the Mighty One ol facob. 

1 CbriMjbe-weib the caufe of the Jehus' 

'. 10 An exhortation to ttull 

'" 'd not in ourjeiifes. 

THUS fahh the Lord, Where is the 

of your mother'sdivorcement, whom 

1 have put or.Whichofmj crcdit- 

4 A 



ors is it to whom I have fold you ? Be- 
hold, for your iniquities have ye fold your- 
felves, and for yourtranfgrcifions is your 
mother put away. 

2 Wherefore, when I came, was there 
no man ? When I called, <was there none 
to anfwer ? Is my hand (hortened at all, 
that it cannot redeem ? or, Have I no 
power to deliver ? Behold, at my rebuke 
1 dry up the fea, I make the rivers a wil- 
dernefs : their fiih ftinketh, be^aufe there 
is no water, and dieth for third. 

8 I clothe the heavens with blacknefs a 
and I make fackcloth their covering. 

4 The Lord God hath given me the 
tongue of the learned, that I mould know 
how to fpeak a word in feafon to him that 
is weary ; he wakeneth morning by morn- 
ing, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the 
learned. 

5 The Lord God hath opened mine 
ear, and I was not rebellious, neither 
turned away back. 

6 I gave my back to the fmiters, and 
my cheeks to them that plucked off the 
hair : 1 hid not my face from fhame and 
fpitting. 

7 For the Lord God will help me; 
therefore fhall I not be confounded there- 
fore have 1 (et my face like a flint, and I 
know that I (hall not be afhamed. 

8 He is near that juftifieth me ; Who 
will contend with me ? Let us ftand to- 
gether : Who is mine adverfary ? Let 
him come near to me. 

9 Behold the Lord God will help me ; 
Who is he that (hall condemn me ? Lo, 
they all dial I wax old as a garment ; the 
moth fhill ear them up. 

to ^ Whor/amdng > on that feareth the 
Lord, that qbeyeth the voire of his L-r- 
vant, thai walketh in darknefs, and hath 
no light ? Let him tru/t in the name of the 
Lord, and (lay ui )C,n his God. 

11 Behold, all ye thai kindle a fire, that 
compaft yoyrfelvet about with fp.oks : 
walk in the li-hr (,f your fiie, am! in th.© 
have kindled. '1 hi<. ihall 
I '■ li .v e of mine hand ; yc (hall lie down 
in forrow . 

HA I*. LI. 

1 An exbortatior;, after tbe pattern nf 
Abraham, 19 trujf in CbT.fi. 9 Chnji 
del /■fo/'le J torn tear. 

HH ARK h N to me, ye that follow af- 

ter righteoufnei tat leek the Lord: 

look Unto the i\;c k tobrnce yc are hewn, 
and to the hole of the pit ivben.e yc are 
,~d. 

- Look unto Abraham your father, and 
unto Sal all tf> it hare you : t\>r I called him 
alone, and Die (Ted him and increafed him. 

8 Lor the Lor D (hallcomfort Zion : he 
will comfort all hef waftc \ I \v: 

v\dl make her wildern* Eden, and 

bec delert like the garden of the Lord ; 

jay 



m Cbrijt defendeth his people. ISAIAH. 



joy and gladnefs (hall be found therein, 
thankfgiving, and the voice of melody. 
, 4 Hearken unto me, my people : and 
give ear unto me, O my nation : for a 
Jaw (hall proceed from me, and I will 
make my judgment to reft for a light of 
the people. 

5 My righteoufnefs is near ; my falva- 
tion is gone tbrth, and mine arms fhall 
judge the people ; the ifles fhall wait upon 
me, and on mine arm fhall they truft. 

6 LiJt up your eyes to the heavens, and 
look upon the earth beneath ; for the 
heavens (hall vanifh away like finoke, | 
and the earth mall wax old like a gar- 
ment, and they that dwell therein fhall 
die in like manner : But my falvation 
fhall be for ever, and my righteoufnefs 
(hall not he abolished. 

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know 
righteoufnefs, the people in whofe heart z> 
my law ; fear ye not the reproach of men> 
neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 

8 For the moth (hall eat them up like a 
garment, and the worm fhall eat them 
like wool : butmy righteoufnefs fhall be 
forever, and ray falvation from genera- 
tion to generation. 

9 ff Awake, awake, put on ftrength, 
O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the 
ancient days, in the generations of old. 
Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and 
wounded the dragon ? 

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the 
fea,the waters of the great deep; that hath 
made the depths of the fea a way for the 
ranfimed to pafs over ? 

1 1 Therefore, the redeemed of theLoRD 
fhall return, and come with finging unto 
Zion ; and everlafting joy /ball be upon 
their head : they fhall obtain gladnefs and 
Joy | and forrow and mourning fhall flee 
away. 

12 J, even I, am he that comforteth 
you : Who art thou thatthou thouldeft be 
afraid of a man that fhall die, and of the 
fon of man ivhicb fliall be made as grafs ; 

13 Andforgetteftihe Lord thy maker, 
that hath ftretched forth the heavens, 
and kid the foundations of the earth ; and 
haft-feared continually every day becaufe 
of the fury of the oppreMur, as if he were 
ready to deftroy > and, Where is the fury 
©f the opprefXor ? 

14 The captive exile hafteneth that he 
may be ioofed, and that hefhculd not die 
in the pit, nor that his bread fhould fail. 

15 But I am ike Lord thy God, that 
divided the fea, whofe waves roared": The 
Lord of hofts is his name. 

16 And I have put my words in thy 
mouth, and have covered thee in the 
jhadbw of mine hand, that I may plant 
the heavens, and lay the foundations of 



€brijl y sfree redemption* 

17 Awake, awake, ftand up, O Jenifer 
lem, which haft drunk at the hand of the 
Lord the cup of his fury ; thou haii' 
drunken the dregs of the cup of trem- 
bling, and wnmgthem out. 

18 ihere is none to guide her among 
all the fons loh&m me hath brought forth ; 
neither is there any that taketh her by 
the hand of all the fons that me hath 
brought up. 

19 Thefe two tbings&re come unto thee;- 
Who fhall be forry for thee ? Defolation, 
and deltr ucliony and the famine, and the 
fword : By whom fhall I comfort thee ? 

20 Thy fons have fainted, they lie a? 
the head of all the ftreets, as a wild bull 
in a net ; they are full of the fury of the 
Lord, the rebuke of thy God*. 

21 Therefore, hear now this, thou af- 
flicted, and drunken, .but not with wine : 

%"l Thus faith thy Lord the Lord, and 
thy God that pleadeth the caufe of his 
people, Behold, 1 have taken out of thine 
hand the cup oftrembling,re/*« the dregs 
of the cup of my fury ; thou fhalt no 
more drink it again : 
^ 93 But I will put it into the hand of them? 
that afflict thee ; which have faid to thy 
foul, bow down, that we may go over : 
and thou haft laid thy body as the ground, 
and as the ftreet, to them that went over. 

CHAP. LII. 
1 Cbrift perfuadeth the cburcb to believe 

bis free redemption, 1 to receive the 

tninifiers thereof % 9 to joy in the power 

thereof. 

AWAKE, awake ; put on thy ftrength, 
O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, 
O Jerufalem, the holy city : for hence- 
forth there fhall no more come into thee 
the uncircumcifed and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyfelf from the duft ; arife, 
and fit down, O Jerufalem : loofe thyfeif- 
from the bands of thy neck, O captive 
daughter of Zion. 

3 For thus faith the Lord, Ye have fo!d 
your'felves for nought : and ye fhall be 
redeemed without money. 



4 For thus faith the Lord God, My 
people went down aforetime into Egypt 
to fojourn there ; and the Affyrian op- 
pre (Hid them without caufe. 

5 Now therefore, What have I here, 
faith the Lord, that my people is taken 
away for nought ? They that rule over 
them make them tohowl,faiihthe Lord : 
and my name continually every day is 
biafphemed . 

6 Therefore my people fhall know my 
name : therefore tbey fball kuoto in that 
day that 1 am he that doth fpeak : be- 
hold, it is \\ 

T «J[ How beautiful upon the mountains 
are the feet of him that bringeth good 



t7ie earth, and fay unto. Zion, Thou art tidings, that publifheth peace; that bring.- 
my people. j eth good tidings of good, that publifheth 

v ialvation ; 



Thefcandal of the crofs excufed. Chap.liii. liv. TheGentile? deliverance;® c. 57$ 
: ,<1 vation ; that faith unto Zion,Thy God 



rcigneth ! 

8 Thy watchmen (hall lift up the voice ; 
with the voice together (hall they hng : 
for they (hall fee eye to eye, when tne 
Lord (hall bring again Zion. 

9 <(] Break, fortfunto joy, fing togeth- 
er, ye warte places of Jerufaiem : for 
the Lord hath comforted his people, he 
hath redeemed Jerulalem. 

10 The Lord hath made bare his holy 
arm in the eyes of all the nations ; and 
all the ends of the earth mall fee the fal- 
vation of our God. 

11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out 
from thence, touch no unclean thing ; go 
ye out of the midft of her} be ye clean, 
that bear the velfels of the Lord. 

1*2. For ye (hall not gs out with hafte, 
nor go by flight : for the Lord will go 
before you ; and the God of Ifraei will 
be your rereward. 

13 Behold, my fervant (hall deal pru- 
dently, he (hall be exalted arid extolled, 
and be very high. 

14 As many were aftonifhed at thee ; 
his vifage was fo marred more than any 
man, aud his form more than the fans 
of men : 

15 So {hall he fprinkie many nations : 
the kings (hall unit their mouths at him : 
for that which had not been told them 
ihali they fee ; and that which they had 
not heard fliall they confider. 

CHAP. LUI. 
♦ The fraphet excufeth the fcandal of the 

crofs, 4 by the benefit ofCbr/Ji's pufjton, 

10 and the good fuccejs thereof. 

WHO hath believed our report ? And 
to whom is the arm of the Lord re- 
vealed ? 

2 For he (ball grow up before him as a 
render plant, and as a v root out of a dry 
ground : he hath no form nor comelinefs 
and when we (hall fee him, there is 
beauty that we thould defu e him. 

H He is defpifed and rejected of men ; 
a man of foi rows, and acquainted with 
grief : and we hid as it were our faces 
Irom him ; he was defpifed, and we 
eflsemed him not. 

4 ^j Surely he hath borne our griefs,and 
carried our fbrrows : yet we did efteem 
him ltricken : fmitten of God. and afflicted. 

5 But he <was wounded for our tranf- 
greiTions, be nvas bruifed for our iniqui- 
ties : the chaftifementof our peace nvas, 
upon him j and with his (tripes we are 
heaied. 

*> All we like fheep have gone affray ; 
we have turned every one to his own 
way ; and the Lord hath laid on him the 
iniquity of us ail. 

"? He was oppreGPed, and he was anTicT- 
ed, yet he opened not his mouth ; he is 
brought as a lamb to the daughter, and 



i 

no 



as a fheep before her (hearers isdumb, fo 
he openeth not his mouth. 

8 He was taken from prifon and from 
judgment; and, Who thai 1 declare his 
generation ? For he was cut off out of 
the land of the living ; for the tranfgref- 
fion of my people was he ftricken. 

9 And he made his grave with the 
wicked, and with the rich in his death ; 
becaufe he had done no violence, neither 
'was art j deceit in has mouth. 

10 <{[ Yetitpleaied the Lord to bruife 
him : he hath put bim to grief : when 
thou (hah make his foul an offering for 
(in, he (hall lee his feed, lie (hall prolong 
his days, and the pleafure of the Lorp 
ihali profper in his hand. 

11 He (hall fee of the travail of his foul, 
and (hall be fatisfied : by his knowledge 
(hall my righteous fervant juftify many 5 
for he (hall bear their iniquities. 

\t Therefore will I divide him a per- 
tion with the great, and he mall divide 
the fpoil with the frrong ; becaufe he 
hath poured out his foul unto death : and 
he was numbered with the tranfgieifors j 
and he bare the fin of many, and made 
interceffion for the tranfgre (Tors. 

CHAP. LIV. 
1 The amplitude t>f the Gentile^ churchy 

4 their fafety, 6 their deliverance out 

of affiiclion, 11 their fair edifo cation, 

15 ancifureprejer<vation. 

SING, O barren, thou that didit not 
bear ; break forth into finging, and cry 
aloud, thou that didft not travail with 



child : for more are the children of the 
defolate than the children of the married 
wife, faith the Loud. 

% Enlarge the place of thy tent, and 
let them ftretch forth the curtains of thine 
habitations : fpare notjeng'hen thy cords, 
and ffrengrhen thy (takes ; 

8 For thou (halt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left ; and thy ieed 
(hall inherit the Gentiles, and make the 
defolate cities to be inhabited. 

4 SJ Fear not ; for thou (halt not be 
afharned : neither be thou confoundel ; 
for thou (halt not be put to (h:ime ; for 
thou (halt forget the (hame of thy youth, 
and (halt not remember the reproach of 
thy widowhood any more. 

5 For thy.M?.ker?j thine Ira (band ; the 
Lord of hofls is his name ; and thy Re- 
deemer the Holy Oneof Ifraei ; The God 
of the whole earth (hall he be called. 

6 % For the Lord hath called thee as 
a woman forfaken and gneved in fpint, 
and a wife 01 youth, when thou waif re- 
fufed, With thy God. 

7 For a fmall moment have I forfaken 
thee ; but with great mercies will I gath- 
er <hee. 

8 in a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee tor a moment ; but with ever'afli;^ 

kindnefs 



580 The people exhorted to faith. ISAIAH. 



The happinefs of bell ever 5, 



kindnefs will I have mercy on thee, faith 
the Lord thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the waters of Noah un- 
to rne : for as I have fworn that the wa- 
ters of Noah fhould no more go over the 
earth ; fo have I fworn that I would not 
be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains (ball depart, and 
the hiita be removed : but my kindnefs 
lhall not depart from thee; neither fhall 
the covenant of my peace be removed, 
faith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 

It qj O thou afflicted, tolled withtem- 
peft, and not comforted, behold, I will 
lay thy ftones with fair colours, and lay 
thy foundations with fapphires. 

it And I will make thy windows of 
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and 
all thy borders of pleafant ftones. 

13 And all thy children Jhatl be taught 
of the Lord ; and great fhall be the peace 
of thy children. 

14 In righteoufnefs malt thou beeftab- 
lifhed : thou (halt be far from cppreflion ; 
for thou (halt not fear : and from terror ; 
for it fhall not come near thee. 

15 4} Behold, they (hall furely gather 
together, 6j/jrnot by me : whomever fhall 
gather together againft thee fhall fall for 
thy fake. 

16 Behold* I have created the fmith 
that bloweth the coals in the fire, and 
that bringeth forth an inftrument for 
his work j and I have created the waiter 
to deftroy. 

17 No weapon that is formed againft 
thee fhall profper; and every tongue that 
fhall rife againft thee in judgment thou 
fhalt condemn. This is the heritage of 
the fervantsof the Lord, and their right- 
eoufnefs is of me, faith the Lord. 

CHAP. LV. 
1 The prophet, withthe promijes of Chrifi, 
calleth io faith , 6 and to repentance. 8 
Ihe happy fiat e of them that believe. 
HO, every one that thirtieth, come ye 
to the waters, and he that hath no mo- 
ney ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, 
buy wine and milk, without money and 
without price. 

2 Wherefore do ye fpend money for 
that which is not bread, and your labour 
for that which fatisfieth not ? Hearken 
diligently unto me, and eat ye that which 
is good, and let your foul delight itfelf in 
fatnefe. 

3 Inclineyour ear, and come unto me : 
hear 1 , and your foul fhall live ; and I will 
make an everlafting covenant with you, 
even thefure mercies of David. 

4 Behold, I have given him/or a \yit- 
nefs to the people, a leader and command- 
er to <he pe<vpk. 

5 Behold, thou (halt call a nation that 
thou kttdweft not, and nations thai knew 
not thee fhill rim unto thee, becuufe of 



the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One 
of Ifrael ; for he hath glorified thee. 

6 *[ Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near : 

7 Let the wicked forfake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts : and 
let him return unto the Lord, and he 
will have mercy upon him ; and to our 
God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

8 «[J For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts,neithertff£ your ways my ways s 
faith the Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher than 
the earth, fo are my ways higher than 
your ways, and my thoughts than your 
thoughts. 

10 For as the rain cometh down, and 
the fnow from heaven, and returneth not 
thither, but watereth the earth, and mak- 
eth it bring forth and bud, that it may 
give feed to the fower, and bread to the 
eater : 

11 So fhall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it (hall not re- 
turn unto me void, butit fhall accomplifh 
that which I pleafe, and it fhall profper 
in the thing whereto I fent it. 

12 For ye fhall go out with joy, and 
be led forth with peace : the mountains 
and the hills fhall break forth before yon 
into finging, and all the trees of the field 
{hall clap their hands. 

13 Inftead of the thorn (hall come up 
the fir tree, ajid inftead of the brier fhall 
come up the myrtle tree : and it (hall be 
to the Lord for a name,for an everlafting 
fign that fhall not be cut off. 

CHAP. LVI. 
1 Theprophet exhorteth tofanclijicationy 3 
which jhall be accepted without refpetf 
ofperjons. 9 Jjgainfi blind watchmen. 
THUS faith the Lord, keep ye judg- 
ment, and do juftice : for my falvatioii 
is near to come, and my righteoufnefs to 
be revealed. 

2 BleiTed is the man that doeth this, 
and the fon of man that layeth hold on 
it ; that keepeth the fabbath from pol- 
luting it, and keepeth his hand from do- 
ing any evil. 

3 qj Neither let the fon of the ftranger, 
that hath joined himfelf to the Lord, 
fpeak, faying, The Lord hath utterly fep- 
arated me from his people ; neither let 
the eunuch fay, Behold, I am a dry tree. 

4 For thus faith the Lord unto the 
eunuchs that keep my fabbaths and 
choofe the things that pieafe me, and take 
hold of my covenant ; 

£> Even unto them will I give in min^ 
houfe, and within my walls, a place and 
a name better than or" fons and of daugh- 
ters : 1 will give them an everlaliing 
name tha* fhall not be cut oft". 

6 Alfo the fons of the ftranger, I 
join themfelves to the Lord, to ferve 

him, 



Ihe blejjed death of the righteous. Chap. lvii. lviii. Promi/estothepenitent. 581 



him, and to love the name of the Lord, 
to be his fervants, every one that keepeth 
ihe fabbath from polluting it ; and taketh 
hold of my covenant ; 

7 Even them will 1 bring to my holy 
mountain, and make them jo> ful in my 
houle of prayer : their burnt offerings 
and their Sacrifices >7^;// be accepted upon 
mine altar : for mine houle lhall be called 
an houfe of prayer for all people. 

8 The Lord Go d ? which gathereth the 
outcalts of Ifrael, faith, Yet will I gather 
others to hirn, befide thole that are gath- 
ered unto him. 

9 <] All yebcafls of the field, come to 
)nr, yea, .ill ye hearts in the foreft. 

10 His watchmen are blind: they are 
all ignorant, th. v are all dumb dog6, they 
cannot bark ; fleeping,lyingdown,loving 
to flumber. 

11 Ye.d, they ate greedy do^siubicb can 
never have enough, and they ate (hep- 
herds thai I .iideriland : they all 
look to (heir own way, every one for his 
gain, from his quart 

it Conieve. lay ibev t I will fetch wine, 
and we will fill ourfelvea with ftron;; 
drink ; and ton lhall be as this 

day, and much m ire abundant* 

CHAP. LV1I. 
1 The blejjed death of the righteous. S 

The 'Jews reproved for their nvborijb 

idolatry. 13 Evangelical promijes to 

the penitent. 

ighteoua perilheth, and no man 
layettl it tD h ful men are 

taken ie confidering that tin- 

ghtCOUi ia taken a*u. the evil to 

come. 

4 HrftiaH enter into peace : they fhall 
/• i, each one walking, in his 

A »fl But draw near hither, ye fons of 

the to , the feed ol the adultcrei 

and the whore. 

« whomdoyefportyourfelyes ? 

Againft whom mak'- ye ;j wide mouth, and 
di lie yc not children 

ol tranfgTeflion, :hood, 

5 Inflaming yourfelvea with idols un- 

g the ch Idi n 
in I in It ihecliftaofthc i 

6 Among the fmooth jtonrs of the 

on ; they, th< ;, <v i < 
w\ n »h ihou i 

ng. Should I receive comfort in 

7 fy and I auntafn hafl 
thou ret thy bed : even thither wcnlefl 

ihOU Up 10 oflfel I an!" 

8 B- hind the I tl 

th mi haft difcoVered tbyftif to amotbei 

.«• up ; th< en- 

ed thy bed, and I 



nant with them ; thou lovedft their bed 
where thou faweft it. 

9 And thou wentefl to ihe king with 
ointment, and didlt increafe thy perfumes, 
and didft fend thy roeflengers far oft", and 
didfl debafe tbyfelf even unto hell. 

10 Thou art wearied in the greatnefs of 
thy way ; yet faidft thou not, 1 here is no 
hope : thou had: found the life of thine 
hand ; therefore thou waft not grieved. 

1 1 And of whom haft thou been afraid 
or feared, that thou halt lied, and had not 
remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart ? 
Have not I hpld my peace even of old, and 
thou feareft me not ? 

tt I will declare thy righteoufnefs.and 
thy works ; for they (hall ncr profit thee. 

13 fj When thou i rielt, let thy compa- 
deliverthee ; but the wind (hall cany 

them all away ; vanity (hall take tbem : 
but lie that putteth hi^ truft in me lhall 
pOiTefa the land, and lhall inherit my ho- 
ly mountain ; 

14 And [hall fay, Caft ye up, Caff ye 
up, prepare the way, take up t tie Hum- 
bling block out of the way of my people. 

la For thus faith the high and lolty 
One that inhabiteth eternity, whofendme 
is Holy, I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him alio that is of a contrite 
and humble iplrit,to revive the f pi lit I i 
the humble, and to revive the heart 
the contrite cues. 

16 Fot I will notcontend forever, nei- 
ther will I be alwa] a wroth : foi tlu* fpirit 
l!i mid tail before me, a:ul the lovAs'wbich 
1 have made. 

17 lor the iniquity ( vetoufne/s 
I wroth, and (mote him : I hid me, 

and was wroth, and he went on frowardly 
in the way ol Ins heart. 

18 I ht\<- feen hiswavs, and will heal 
him : I will lead him alfo, and ie- 

ftore comforta unto him and to his 
irnei >. 

19 I create the fruit of i' , Peace, 
ICC to him that n far Off, and to him 

that is near, faith the Loed ; and I will 
heal h m. 

Bui ihe wicked nrt like the rroubled 

, u hen it cannot refl| w hi >fe wa|< 
< .id up mire and dirt. 

There h no peace, f.<i:h my God f 

to the wicked. 

CHAP. LVIII. 

1 If\f l if hi <> the fl ow/ft i due 

\3 and to the kr< t 

:h. 

,'"; up thv v. 

trani i. and the ho ifi ol Jaci b 

r i ns. 
i Y< I they Peek : 
■ 
right 

■ • 1 th 

u dinancej 



332 from'fes due to gedlinefs. ISAIAH. 

ordinances of jufiice ; they take delight 



lit approaching to God. 

3 Wherefore have we failed, fay they, 
and thou fee ft not ?. Wherefore have we 
afflicted our foul, and thou take*! no 
knowledge ? Behold in the day of your 
faft ye find pleafure, and exact all your 
labours. 

4 Behold, ye fart for ftrife and debate, 
and to fmite with the ftft of wickednefs : 
ye fhall not fall as _y* do this day, to make 
your voice to be heard on high. 

5 Is it fuch a faft that 1 have chofen ? 
A day for a man to afflict his foul ? Is it 
to bow down his head as a bulrufh, and 
to fpread fackoloth and afaes under htm ? 
Wilt thou call this a fa ft, and an accepta- 
ble day to the Lord ? 

6 Is not this the faft that I have chofen, 
to loofethe bands of wickednefs, to undo 
the heavy burdens, and to let the opprefied 
go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 

I Is it not to deal thy biead to the 
hungry, and that thou bring the poor 
that are caft out to thy houfe ? When thou 
ieefr the naked, that thou cover him ; 
and that thou hide not thy felf from thine 
own flerti ? 

3 ff Then (hall thy light break forth as 
the morning, and thine health (hall fpring 
forth fpeedily; and thy righteonfncfs fhall 
go before thee ; the glory of the Lord 
tnall be thy rereward. 

9 Then fhalt thou call, and the Lord 
fhall anfwer : thou fhalt cry, and he fuall 
fay, Here I am. If thou take away from 
the midftofthee the yoke, the patting 
forth of the finger, and fpeaking vanity } 

10 And if thou draw out thy foul to 
the hungry, and fatisfy the afflicted foul : 
then fhall thy light rife in obfcurity, and 
thy darknefs be as the nocn day : 

II And the Lord fhall guide thee con- 
tinually, and fatisfy thy foui in drought, 



The odious nature of fin. 

CHAP. LTX. 
1 Tne odious nature cf Jin. 9 Calamity 

is for fin. 16 $al<vationis only of God. 

20 I be covenant of the Redeemer. 

BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not 
ihortened, that it cannot fave : neither 
his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. 

2 But your iniquities have feparated 
between you and your God, and your 
fins have hid bis face from you, that he 
will not hear. 

3 For your hands are defiled with 
blood, and your fingers with iniquity : 
your lips have fpoken lies, your tongue 
hath muttered perverfenefs. 

4 None calleth for jullice, nor anj 
pleadeth tor truth : they truflin vanity, 
and fpeak lies ; they conceive mifchief, 
and bring forth iniquity. 

5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and 
weave the fpiders web : he that eateth 
of their eggs dieth, and that which is 
crufhed breaketh out into a viper. 

6 Their webs fhall not become gar- 
ments, neither fhall they cover themfelves 
with their works : their works are works 
of iniquity, and the act of violence is in 
their hands. 

7 Their feet run to evil, and they 
make hafle to fhed innocent blood : their 
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity ; wail- 
ing and deftrudtion are in their paths. 

i> The way of peace they know not ; 
*nd there is no judgment in their goings : 
they have made them crooked paths : 
whofoever goeih therein fhall not know 
peace. 

3 ^Therefore is judgment far from us, 
neither doth juftice overtake us : we wait 
for light, but behold obfcurity; farhright- 
nefs, but we walk in darkn^ls. 

10 We. grope for the wall like the blind, 
and we grope as if ive had no eyes : we 
ftu ruble at noon day as in the night ; ive 



, - ., , — " <■» » I 1 — — -o 

and make fat thy bones : and thou ihalt \are in defolate places as dead men 

be like a watered garden, and like a fpring 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn 



of water, whole waters fail not. 

i£ And they that fhall be of thee (hall 
"build the old wade places : thou (halt 
raiie up the foundations of many genera- 
lions : and thou fhalt be called, The re- 
pairer of the breach, The reitorerof paths 
to dwell in. 

13 «1 If thou turn away thy foot from 
the fabbath,yr<?w doing thy pleafure on 
my holy day ; and call the fabbatha de- 
light, the holy of the Lord, honourable ; 
and fhalt honour him, not doing thine 
own ways, nor finding thine own pleaf- 
ure, nor fpeaking it me otjju words : 

14 Then fhalt thou delight thy felf in 
the Lord ; and 1 will caufe thee to ride 
upon the high places of the earth, and 
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy 
tather : for the mouth of the Lord hath 

ken it. 



fore like doves : we look for judgment, 
but there is none ; for falvation, but it is 
far off from us. 

12 Forour tranfgrefiions are multiplied 
before thee, and our fins teftify againft m>; 
for our tranfgrefiions are with us ; and as 
for our iniquities, we know them ; 

13 In tranjgrellingand lying jgainft the 
Lord, and departing away from our 
God, fpeaking opprefllon and revolt, con- 
ceiving and uti-eringfrom theheait words 
of fa lie hood. 

14 And judgment is turned away back- 
ward, and juflice fiandeth atar off: for 
truth is fallen in the flreet, and equity 
cannot enter. 

i j Yea, truth faileth : and he that de- 
parteth fromevil maketh hunfeir a prey j 
and the Lord law it, and it difplea'ed 
him that there ivas no judgment. 

lb 6T And 



Tbf<i->jtr.ar.t eft be Redeemer. Chap. lx. Great bl:fir.gi after a£i:cJ::n. 

16 f t And he faw that there ivas no j 9 Surely the ifles flail wait for me, and 
;r.a.n, and wondered that ttere Tvas no the ir.ips of Tanhiih rirft, to bring thy 

erceflbr : therefore his arm brought Tons from far, their filver and their gold 
salvation unto him ; and his righteouineis with them, unto the name of the Lc 



it iu trained him. 

17 For he put on ricthteouhVfs as a 
Vreaftplate, and an helmet of falvation 

upon his head ; and lie put on the 

ts of vengeance _/*r clothing, and 
clad with zeal as a cloak. 

cording to tbeir deeds, accord- 
ingly he will repay, fury to W't adverfa- 



thy God, and to the Holy One of I Gael, 
becaufe he hath glorified thee. 

10 And the fons of Grangers fc2 ] \ 
buiid up thy walls, and their lungs (hall 
minifter unto the**: for in n,y wrath I 
ftnote thee, but in ray favour have 1 had 
mercy on thee. 

It TheretV>T^, ihy gates mail be open 



r<es, recompense to his enemies ; to the continually ; they iball not be ihut day 



iflands he will repay r^compence 



nor night ; that men may brine unto tl.ee 



19 So (hall they tear the name of the ' the forces of the Gentiles, and ttat v.. 



Lord from the welt, and his glory from 
the rifing of the fun. When the enemy 
thall come m hkea fiood, rhe Spirit of the 
Lord ihall lift up aftandard him. 

£0 ' V i tlie Redeemer fnall come to 
Zton, and unto thrm that turn from t ran f- 
greflion in laceb, laith the Lo.id. 
11 As for me, this is my covenant 
them, faith the Lord ; My fpirit 
that is upon thee, am'. ords which I 

have put in thy mouth, fhall not depart 
out ot thy mouth, nor out of the mouth 
of thy feed, nor out of the mouth of tin- 
feed's (red, faith the Lord, from hence - 
; :h and for e :cr. 

CHAP. I 
i glory of the cburrb in tie nhundani 
9jebe Gentiles \ 1 5 n«d tbt g 
a Jbort ap 
A\ rre, 

the glory of the Lord is rifen uy^w 

t For, irknefs fhall t 

the earth, a !s darkntfs the pf. 

the Lord (hall a; n thre, and 

hall be fcen upon thee. 

- to thy 
thy 

i 
4 ; ne tyc<- round abo 

her l he: 
te . thy I 

fhall be 

e, and Row 
er, i , and he en- 



gs may he bi ought. 

For the nation and kingdom that 
II not fcrve thee ihall perilh ; yea, ti 
nations Stall be utterly wailed. 

13 The glory of Lebanon thall come 
unto thee, the tir tree, the pine tree, and 
the box together, to beautify the place f 
my fanchiary ; and 1 will make the place 
of my feet glcr.eus. 

1* is nlfo of them that nfflicted 

th.ee fl me bending unto thee ; and 

all they that delpifed thee ball b 
them i r vii at the foles of th y feet ; 

an»i U th.ee, Thr city oi the 

Load, oaf the Holy One of I f- 

rael. 

15 *" V thou ha r t been f or fake i 

and bated, lo that no '*nin went throng!* 
fie*, 1 w i li make thee an 

a joy of many generations. 
Thou Ifcalt alio fucktberatllE 
Gentiles, and fhalt fuck the bn 

: fnalt kne I the 

mm thy 
the Mich" b. 

1 1 For hi 

I ; Shrer, ai 

hrals.indfo' iron : I will all 

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fs. 
1 i no more be h 

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ihy gates 1 
I he fun lhall I 

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unto tl e forces- fhall be tin 

thee. 






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ther fball tf. 
•• I.or t> (hall 
.1 t l4v - v I ! the d 13 I of thy ni<. 

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all inherit the land forevi 
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58 4 The office of Chriji. 

CHAP. LXI. 

1 The office of Chriji. 4 The forivard- 
nefs, 7 and bleffings of the faithful. 

THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me; becaufe the Lord hath anointed 
me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; 
he hath lent me to bind up the broken- 
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the cap- 
tives, and the opening of the prifon to 
them that are bound ; 

% To proclaim the acceptable year of 
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of 
our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; 

S To appoint unto them that mourn in 
Zion, to give unto them beauty for afhes, 
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment 
of praife for the fpirit of heaviness ; that 
they might be called trees of righteouf- 
nefs, the planting of the Lord, that he 
might be glorified. 

4 Sf Andtheyfhall build fheold waff.es, 
they (hall raife up the former defolations, 
and they (hall repair the waffe cities, the 
defolations of many generations. 

5 And ftrangers mall ftand and feed 
your flocks, and the fons of the alien 

fball be your ploughmen and your vine- 
drefTers. 

6 But ye fhall be named the Priefts of 
the Lord : men (hall call you the Min- 
ifies of our God: ye fhall eat the riches 
of the Gentiles, and in their glory fhall ye 
boaff yourfelves. 

7 U For your fhame_>r/5^// have dou- 
ble ; and_/or confufion they (hall rejoice 
in their portion : therefore in their land 
they fhall poffefs the double : everlafting 
joy fhall be unto them. 

8 For I the Lord love judgment, I 
hate robbery for burnt offering ; and 1 
will direct their work in truth, and I will 
make an everlafting covenant with them. 

9 And their feed fhall be known a- 
mong the Gentiles, and their offspring 
among the people : all that fee them fhall 
acknowledge them, that they are the feed 
nvhtrh the Lord hath blefTed. 

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, 
my foul fhall be joyful in my God ; for 
he hath clothed me with the garments of 
ialvation, he hath covered me with the 
robe of righteoufwefs, as a bridegroom 
decketh himfelf with ornaments, and as a 
bride adorncth herfelf with her jewels. 

11 For as ihe eartw bringeth forth her 
bud,and as the garden cauieth the things 
that are (own in it to fpring forth ; fo the 
Lord God will caufe righteoulnefs and 
praife to fpring forth before all thenations. 

CHAP. LXI I. 

1 The prophet's fervent defire to ctnfirm 
the c'urct) in God's promifes. ti J he 
tniniftjr's office in preaching the go/pel. 
FOR Zion's fake wiH I not hold my 

peace, and for Jerufalem's fake I will not 

reft, until the rigbteoufnefs 



ISAIAH. The offices of minijlefs. 

forth as brightnefs, and the falvatiors 
thereof as a lamp that burneth. 

2, And the Gentiles fhall fee thy right- 
eoufnefs : and all kings thy glory : and thou 
fhalt be called by a new name, which 
the mouth of the Lord fhall name. 

3 Thou fhalt alfo be a crown of glory- 
in the hand of the Lord, and a royal 
diadem in the hand of thy God. 

4 Thou fhalt no more be termed For- 
faken ; neither fhall thy land any more 
be termed defolate : but thou fhalt be 
called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah : 
for the Lord delightethin thee, and thy 
land fhall be married. 

5 For as a young man marrieth a vir- 
gin, fo fhall thy fons marry thee : and as 
the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, 
Jo fhall thy God rejoiceover thee. 

6 H 1 have fet watchmen upon thy 
walls, O JerufalermocjA/r /> fhall never hold 
their peace day nor night : ye that make 
mention of the Lord, keep not filence, 

1 And give him no reff, till he efiab- 
lifh, and till he make Jerusalem a praife 
in the earth. 

8 The Lord hath fworn by his right 
hand, and by the arm of his flrength, 
Sureiy I will no more give thy corn to be 
meat for thine enemies ; and the fons of 
the firanger (hail not drink thy wine, for 
the which thou haft laboured : 

9 But they that have gathered it fhall 
eat it, and praife the Lord ; and they 
that have brought it together fhall drink 
it in the courts of my holinef*. 

10 Go through, go through the gates ; 
prepare ye the way of the people ; caff up, 
cafi up the highway ; gather out tlie 
ltones ; lift up a ftandard lor the people. 

H Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed 
unto the end of the world, Say ye to the 
daughter of Zion, Behold, thy Ialvation 
oometh ; behold, his reward // with him, 
and his work before him. 

H And they fhall call them, The holy 
people, The redeemed of the Lord : and 
thou fhalt be called, Sought out, A city 
not forfaken. 

CHAP. LXI II. 
1 Chriji fhevjeth vcho he ts y ivhat his 

vrciory over his enemies, 1 and nvhat 

his mercy to-ward his church. 

WHO is this that cometh from Edom, 
with dyed garments from Bozrah ? This 
that is glorious in his apparel, trav- 
elling in the greatnefs of his ff length r 
1 ihat fpeak in righteoulnefs, mighty to 
fave. 

2. Wherefore art thtu red in thine ap- 
parel, and thy garments like him that 
treaderh in the wine fat ? 

» I have trodden the wine prefs alone; 

and of the people there <iva> none with 

me : for I will tread them in min« anger.. 

thereof go and trample them in my fury j and their 

blood 






nfiirr.i luatd bis thureb. Chap. 

fprinkied upon my gar- 
itain all my raiment. 
4 Foi th: : vengeance it in mine 

year of my redeemed Is 

I Iced, and there tv.ts none 

fr» help ; and i wondered that there iias 

rone to uphold ; thnefore mine own 

brougl ion unto mc ; and my 

y, it uj e. 

€ And I will tread down the people in 

e anger, and make them dr;:nk in my 

fury, and I will bringdown their It: eogth 

lo 'lie ear»h. 

7 i . mention the loving kindnefles 
of the I.okii, a n J thepraifesotthc Lord, 
according to all that the Lord luthbe- 
•od the great goodnefs to- 
ward the houfe oflfrael, v.hich he huh 
i^ved on them according to his mer- 
, and a ; to the mull 

his loving k:n I 

B For I e faid, Surely they arc 
people, children that v, ill not he : fo he 
was - 

9 Inallt 1 led, 
and the ar.^i I ofhisprffi nee fayed them : 
in h 1 in his pity he redee 
then. them, zud carried 

: days of old. 

10 But they rebelled, and vexed his 
holy fp turnt d to he 
their enemy, and\ c fought againfl them. 

11 Til nbered the days 
of old, , and | us people, f*ymg % 

'Jut brought them up out 

that put 

himj'e 
i 
1.1 

horfe in the wllderncl •, i 
le ? 
i i ?al- 

le, to 
<e thyfelf a r* 

hold 

and ofti I md 

thy ftrei 

I 

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I.tir. Wr. 77>e rburd' t prtyfr. 5S5 

feffedu bur alittle white : our adverfurie* 
harre trodden down thy fancluary. 

19 We are thine: thou never ha reft 
rule over them ; they were not called by 
thy name. 

CHAP. LXIV. 
1 Tbecbtrcb pray ctb for the i I !:.f. ration 
Go i'j pozvrr, 9 and comptatnetb cf 
aJlitJron. 

I that thou Would eft rend th.e heav- 
ens, that thou wouldeft comedown, that 
the mountains mi^ht Row <.!own ;t thy 
t ; 

I As tvbrn th.e melting fire burnetii, 
the lire canfeth the waters to hod, to 
make thy name known to thine adver- 
laries, that the nations may tremble at 
thy pretence ! 

\V hen thou did.l terrible things tbbieb 
we looked not for, thou camclldown, the 
mountains flowed down at thy prelence. 

* For lince the beginning of the world 

*rn have not heard, nor perceived by the 

ear, neither hath the eye feen, O God, 

le thee, "jo bat he hath piepared fur 

htm that waiteth for him. 

5 Thou meetefr him that rejoiceth 3nd 
workcrh righteoufnefs, tbcj'e that remem- 
ber thee irt thy ways: behold, thou art 
wroth ; f>r we have fmned : in thole is 
continuance, and we fliall be laved. 

t But we arc all a> an unclean thing, 
and all our righteoufnefles are as fiuhy 
rags ; and we all do fade i > i !< *! ; and 
ou'- iniquities, like the wind, have takca 
U j way. 

7 And there is none that Calleth upon 
thy nan - Lt Mirrcth up himfelf to 

take hold of thee : for thou halt hid thy 
face from u >. and had conlumed us, be- 
l3"' ur iniquities. 

« Bui ) Lord, thou 0" our fa- 

ff rs the clay, and thOU Our DOt- 
Hc til at t - t|., : irorkof th.. hand. 

9 * i % rry ft re, O Lord, 

: uty t vrtvet \ 

h< Id, c befercli th« are all 

10 ! Zion 
is a v tletn a defolati< 

I I I 

ith fire 

11 tcfr 

thy 

• e t 
I n \ P. LXV. 

' /, ii tie Jeio$ ti- 
ttle Oj trenew 

1 .\ * for 
me ; 1 of th. 

, I 
a na: ' caltc' mc. 



586 The Gentiles called. ISAI 

day unto a rebellious people, which walk- 
etn in a way that <vuas not good, after 
their own thoughts ; 

3 A people thatprovoketh me to anger 
continually to my face ; that facrificeth 
in gardens, and burneth incenfe upon 
altars of brick ; 

4 Which remain among the graves, 
and lodge in the monuments, which eat 
fwine's flesh, and broth of abominable 
things is in their vefTels ; 

5 Wliich fay, Stand by thyfelf, come 
not near to me ; for I am holier than 
thou. Thefe are a fmoke in my nofe, a 
fire that burneth all the day. 

6 Behold, it is written before me; I will 
not keep filence, but will recompenfe, 
even recompenfe into their bofom, 

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities 
of your fathers together, faith the Lord, 
which have burned incenfe upon the 
mountains, and blafpherned me upon 
the hills : therefore will I meafure their 
former work into their bofom. 

8 Thus faith the Lord, As the new 
wine is found in the clutter, and one faith, 
Deftroy it not ; for a blefling is in it : fo 
will T do for my fervants' fakes, that I 
may notdeftroy them all. 

9 And 1 will bring forth a feed out of 
Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of 
my mountains : and mine elect, (hall inher- 
it it, and my fervants (hall dwell there. 

10 And Sharon fhall be a fold of flocks, 
and the valley of Achor a place for the 
herds to lie down in, for my people that 
have fought me. 

11 But ye are they that forfake the 
Lord, that forget my holy mountain, 
that prepare a table for that troop, and 
that furnifh the drink offering unto that 
number. 

12 Therefore will I number you to the 
fword, and ye (hail all bow down to the 
flaughter; becaufe when I called, ye did 
not anfwer; when I (pake, ye did not 
hear ; but did evil before mine eyes, and 
did choofe that wherein I delighted not. 

13 Therefore.thns faith the Lord God, 
Behold, my fervants lhall eat, but ye 
fhall be hungry : behold, my fervants 
fhall drink, but ye (hall be thirfty : be- 
hold, my fervants (hall rejoice, but ye 
fhall be afhamed : 

14 Behold, my fervants fhall fing for joy 
of heart, but ye (hall cry lor forrow of 
heart,and fhall howl for vexation of fpirit. 

15 And ye lhall leave your name for 
a curie unto my cho/en ; for the Lord 
Gcd thall flay ti.ee, and call his fervants 
by another riatpe : 

16 That lie who blefleth himfelf in the 
earth lhall Wefs himfelfin the God of 
truth ; and he that fweareth in the earth 
fhall fvveai by the ( -od of truth ; becaufe 
the iormer troubles are forgotten, and 



AH. The new Jerufatem. 

becaufe they are hid from mine eyes. 
IT fl For, behold, I create new heav- 
ens and a new earth : and the former 
fhall not be remembered, nor come into 
mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever 
in that which I create : for, behold, I 
create Jerufalem a rejoicing, and her 
people a joy. 

19 And I will rejoice in Jerufalem, 
and joy in my people : and the voice of 
weeping (hall be no more heard in her, 
nor the voice of crying. 

%0 There lhall be no more thence an 
infant of days, nor an old man that 
hath not filled his days : for the child 
(hall dip an hundred years old ; but the 
(inner being an hundred years old fhall 
be accurfed. 

21 And they (hall build houfes, and 
inhabit them ; and they fhall plant vine- 
yards, and eat the fruit of them. 

%% They (hall not build, and another 
inhabit ; they (hall not plant, and anoth- 
er eat : for as the days of a tree are the 
days of my people, and mine eleel fiiall 
long enjoy the work of their hands. 

23 They fhall not labour in vain, nor 
bring forth for trouble ; for they are the 
feed of the blefTed of the Lord, and 
their offspring with them. 

24 And it (hall come to pafs, that be- 
fore they call, I will anfwer ; and while 
they are yet ipeaking, I will hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb fhall feed to- 
gether,and the lion fhall eat draw like the 
bullock : and duff jhall be the ferpent's 
meat. They (hall not hurt nor deflroy in, 
all my holy mountain, faith the Lord. 

CHAP. LXVI. 
1 God njoill be fer<vedin humble Sincerity* 

5 The bumble comforted. 15 God's 

judgments againjl the ivtcked. 

THUS faith the Lord, The heaven it 
my throne, and theearth is my footftool : 
Where is the houfe that ye build unto 
me f and, Where ii the place of my reft f 

2 For all thofe things hath mine hand 
made, and all ihofethingshave been, faith 
the Lord : but to this man will I look, 
even to him that is poor and of a contrite 
fpirir, and trembleth at my word. 

5 He that killeth an ox, is as //he 
flew a man ; he that facrihceih a lamb, 
as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he thato*- 
fereth an oblation, as if he offered fwine's 
blood ; he that burneth incenfe, as if he 
bleffed an idol. Yea, they have chofen 
theirown ways, and their (oul delighteth 
in their abominations. 

4 1 alio will choofe their delufions, and 
will bring their fears upon them ; becaufe 
when I called, none did anfwer; whefi 1 
fpake. they did not hear : but they did 
evil before mine eyes, and chofe that in 
which 1 delighted not. 

m Hear 



Tie bumble comforted. Chap, i 

5 «f Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
that tremble at his word ; your breth- 
ren tltst hated you, that call you out for 
iny name's fake, laid, Let the Lord be 
gloi r.tci i but he (hall appear to your 
joy, and they mail be afbamed. 

6 A voice of noife from the city, a 
voice from the temple, a voice of the 
J-oi:d (hat lendereth recomuenie to his 
enemies. 

T Before (he traveled me brought forth; 
before her pain came, the was delivered 
ot a man child. 

8 Who hath h*-ard fuch a thing : Who 
hath ieen fuch things ? Shall the earth be 
made to bring forth in one day I or, Shall 
a nation be born at once ? For as loon 
as Zion travailed, ihe brought foi th her 
children. 

? Shall I bring to the birth, and not 
for h ? faith the Lord : 
Mull I cat • ring forth, and nut the 

nuomh !> lauh ihy G.jd. 

ith Jerufalem, and be 
i" ye that love her; rejoice 
lorjo) wnJi her, all j c that mourn for her: 
ll I hat ye mar luck, and be falisfied 
•nth the breads of herconfolations: that 
Ik out, and be delighted with 
lance of her glory. 
\f io ' i»'h the Lord, Behold, I 

to her like a river, and 
ilea like a H wing 
ruck, ye mall be 
e upon bet udes, and be dandled 
upc 

lother eomfort- 

•». lo will 1 comfo 

n Jerufalem. 

n !m > oi,r ' 

fhall fiourilh 
Jikeanherb: and the hand of the Logo 

'"" enemi 

dd,lhr 
nd with hit ,i„ <c a 



Co</'j judgments againft the ivicke,!. 507 

whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, 
and his rebuke with flames of fire. 

lt> For by hie and by his (word wilt 
^o*d plead with dllflelh : and the 
ilain or the Lord (hall be many. 

i" Huy thai fanclify themfelves, and 
purity themfelves in the gardens behind 
one tree inthemidft, eating ricih, 

and the abomination, and iheraoufe, fhall 
be confuraed together, faith the Lord. 

IX for I knew their works and their 
tHoughts : ltihallcome. that 1 will gath- 
er a, I nations and tongues ; and they (hall 
come, and fee m> glory. 

Vr An n } V U fet a fi 8 n among them, 
and I will fend thole thatefcape of them 
unto the nations, to Tarihilh, Pul, ai 1 
Lua, that craw the bow, to 1 ubal, and 
Javan, to the Hies afar off, that have n t 
heard m> fame, neither have (een n 
glory ; and they thall declare mi eloi / 
wig the Gentiles. 

W And they (hall brin^all vourhreth- 
ten for an ottering unto the Lord, out 
ot a " n upon horfes, an.1 in char- 

iots and in litters, and upon muless and 
uponfwift bead*, to my holy ain 

dalem, faith the Lord. cn il- 

-} or Ifrael bring an ottering in a cl< 
veOel into the hi u/e of the Lo i o 
XI And 1 u || all,, t. n f or 

Is and for I evites, faith ihe I o*o. 
M For asthe new heavens an i the ne • 
earth, which I wHI nuke, (hall n 

■•<• me, Loth the Lord, lo (hall your 
feed and your name remain. 

■ •' lhall ci / itt f] 

Ubbath to anothci ro 

worPj p bef< re me, faith I 

id ihej 
ithei 

Iran 

lh - ll > noi die, neither (fa ,- c be 

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fon ol 

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ii. 

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i • i] ol ferufalem 

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J EREMI A H. The caufe of the Jews'- calamine. 



withtheetodeliverthee,faiththeLoRD.| 4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O 
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, ihouie of Jacob, and all the families ot the 
ami touched my mouth. And the Lord :heuie of Ijrafei : _ Whatiaktuhv 

"aid unto me Behold. 1 have put my | ^ Thus faith the Lord, What miqimy 
t Zd n thv mouth J»ve your fathers found in me, that they 

V To See, /hTveHis day fet thee over! are gone far from me and have walked 
the nations ana over the kingdoms, toiafter vanity, and arc become vain ? 
•oo tout^nd to pulldown, i^ de- 6 Neither faid ^WW^Um* 
ftroy, anWhrow down, to build, and that brought a, upou of he U d of K ; 



to plant. 

li **r Moreover, the word of the Lord 

came unto me, faying, Jeiemiah, What 

ice ft thou ? And I faid, I Ice a rod of an 

almond tree. 

il Then faid the Lord unto me,Thou 
haft well feen : i»c I will haften my word 
to perform it. 

IS And the word of the Lord came 
unto me the fecond rime, faying, What 
fee a thou ? And I faid, I fee a teething 
pot; and the face thereof is toward the 
north. 

14 Then the Lord faid unto me, Out 
of. the north an evil (hail break forth upon 
all the inhabitants of the land, 

15 qj For, lo, I will call all the families 
of the kingdoms of the north, faith the 
Lord; and they {hall come, and they 
fti all let ewe* y one his throne at the en- 
tering of the gates of Jerufalem, and a- 
gaifcft all the walls thereof round about, 
and againlt all the cities of Judah. 

16 And I will utter my judgments a- 
gainlt them touching alhheir wickednefs, 
who have forfaken me, and have burned 
incenfe unto other gods, and worshipped 
the works of their own hands. 

17 ^J Thou,therefore,girdupthy loins, 
and arife, and fpeak unto them all that I 
command thee : be not difmayed at their 
faces, left I confound thee before them. 

18 For, behold, 1 have made thee this 
day a defcneed city, and an iron pillar, 
and brafen walls againlt the whole land, 
againlt the kings of ludah, againft the 
princes theicof, againft the priefts thereof, 
and againft the people of the land. 

19 And they (hall tight againft thee; out 
thfey ih all not prevail again It thee: tor 1 am 
with thee, faith the Lord, to deliver thee. 

CHAP. II. 
1 God's expojlulatio?! toith the Jgw* 
ioui. hing their cuufeUfs revolt. 1 i i bey 
are tl-e caufe oj their Often calamities- 
MORfcOVKR, the word of the Lord 
ca-r.e to mo, faying, 

a Go, and cry in the ears of Jerolalem, 
faying, thus faith the Lord, 1 reraem- 
berthee, the kindnefsof thy youth, trie 
love of thmeeipoufals, *heil thou went- 
eft after me in the wildemcfs, m a land 
that t was not fown. t 

3 [frael •*wm ho linns unto ine Lord, 
rf»rfthefirftiruits<>fhisincreafe rail that 

devour him (hall offend ; evil (hall come 
-upon them, faith the Lord, 



gypt, that led us through the witdernels, 
through a land of defens and of pits, 
through a land of drought, and of the 
.(hadovv of death, through a land that no 
(man palled through, and where no man 
dwelt ? . ... , 

7 and I brought you into a plentiful 
country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the 
goorinef's thereof ; but when ye entered, 
ye defiled my land, and made mine her- 
itage an abomination. _ 

'6 The prietts faid not, Where is the 
Lord > And they that handle the law 
knew me not : the pallors alfo trani- 
grelled againft me, and the prcphetf. 
prophefied by Baal, and walked alter 
things thuit do not profit. 

9 "Wherefore, I will yet plead with you, 
faith the Lord, and with your children's 
children will I plead. . 

10 For pais over the ifies ot Chittim, 
and fee ; and fend unto Kedar, and con- 
fider diligently, and lee if tiiere be iuch 

a thing. ' ■ . 

11 Hath a nation changed tbeir gods, 
which are yet no gods ? But my people 
have changed their glory for that which 
doth not profit- 

VI Be aftonifhed, O ye heavens, at 
this, and be* horribly afraid, be ye very 
defolate, faith the Loro. t 

"IS For ray people have committed two 
ev'^is, they have forfaken me the fountain, 
of living waters, and hcv\ed them out 
Citterns, broken citterns, that can hold 
no water. , . 

14 fl Is Ifrael a Jervant ? i» he a home.. 
\>otn jlave ? Why is lie fpoiled \ 

15 The young lions roared upon rum, 
and yelled", and they made his land wahe ; 
his cities ate burned without limabit 



16 Alfo the children of Noph and 
Tahapanes have broken the crown of ill; 

head. ... . ., , 

17 Haft thou not procureu tin- unto tn>- 

felf, in that thou halt forfaken the LoRJJ 
thy God, when he led thee by the way* 

i'6 And now, What halt thou to do m 
the way of Egypt, to drink the waters ol 
Sihor t or, Vv hat haft thou to do in the 
way of Aifyiia, to drink the waters o«. 
the river I m • ,. 

1 9 'Thine own wickednels mui coi 
reel thee, and thy backftidings f £j ££ 
prove d.ee : know therefore, andfjetftg 
//uanevii t*i*g and bitter, *M ll ^M 
fotfifcen the Lord thy God, aaq 






haft 



jud.to's cbtij.de nee rejected. 



Chap. iii. God* s great mercy to Judab. 509 



tear is not to thee, laith the Lord 
<jod of holts. 

^0 \\jr of old time I have broken thy 
yoke, *n4 burft thy ban.us ; and thou 
laiu.it, I will net tranfgrefc; when upon 

every iiigEi hill and under every green tree 

. wanderelt, playing the iianot. 

tii Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, 

wholly a right Ltd : How tnen art thou 

tinned into the degenerate plant or a 

e vine unto me ? 

ugh thou wafh thee with nitre, 
ana take thee muchfoap,>e/ thine iniquity 
^rked before me, laith the Lord won. 
Lo*' c<m(i tiioii fay, 1 am not pol- 
., 1 have not gone alter Baalim i bee 
way in the Valley, know what thou 
done: tb'-u art*, fwift drOMe 

ways ; 

A v. lid afs ufed to the wildernefs,#6w? 

(huffeth up the wind at her pleafure ; in 

her occalion.Who can run; her away i All 

that fcek her will noc weary t! 

s ; in her month they fhail hnd her. 

Withhold thy foot from being un- 

Jhod, and thy throat from thirft : but thou 

:a:dit, There i^ no hope i no ; tor i have 

rangers, and alter them will 1 go. 

86 As the thief is aihamed when he is 

found, lo i| the houfe of lirael alhamed : 

they, their kings, their princes, and their 

, and their prophets, 
tl ,1 hou art my fa- 

ther : and to a (tone, 1 1 ou hail brought 

me forth: tor they h::ve tinned tbe'f 

r.'rir face : hut 

in ti. ,i n.nr troupl will (ay, 

us. 

Hut when: art lliy :t thou 

haft rife, if they 

■ thee in the timeoi thy trouble : 

for ' mt<%rdi% numbei ul thy cities 

in. 

£19 will >c plead with me ; 

, faith 

vain !. ive 1 fmitten your chil- 

: ; ih- ; 1 no i. . i : j on: 

ive; i ui.r prof 
>n, 
"'" J (d of the 

Lot r( . unto 

h irefon 

lords , we m ill 

- th.ee i 

n a maid f< rgct her ntS, 

v t my peoj Ic have 

without 111 

Why 

ri I thouaifo/tuugHl 

- • ked o.ie-. thy . 
Aifo m ih> Ikirts is tottn i t! : I I 



of tb i uls ol tr.e poor innoc< nis I [Lo 



nocent. furely his anger (hall turn ti\> :i 
roe. Behold, I will plead with thee, be- 
caufe thou lay eft, 1 have not tinned. 

36 Why gaddcit thou about fo much 
to change thy way r '] hou alfo (bait be 
alhamed of ligypt, as thcu waft ;;! named 
of Aflyria. 

SI Yea, thou (halt go forth from him, 
and thine hands upon thine head : tor 
the Lord hath rejected thy confluences, 
anU thou {halt not prolper in them. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Cod's great mercy in 'Judab's vile 

ivnoredom. \'L "Toe promijcs of it>c 

gojpci to the fer.itent . 

1EY lay, If a man put away his 
wife, and (he go from him, and become 
another man's, Shall he return unto her 
Shall not that land he greatly 
polluted i But thou hail played the har- 
lot with many lovers ; yet return again 
to me, faith the Lok-d. 

U Z Lift up thine eyes unto the high plac- 
es, and Jee where thou had not been lain 
with. In the ways haft thou (at lor them, 
as the Arabian in the wildcrnefs ; and 
thou halt polluted the land with 
whoredoms and with thy wickedne;.^. 

3 Therefore the (bowers have been 
withholden, and then: hath been no lat- 
ter rain ; and thou hadlta whore*8 fore- 
head, thou reful .die to be afliami 

-i Wilt thou not from this time ^ i y un- 
to me, My lather, thou art the guide ol 
my youth ? 

a Will he n-iervc bis anger for ev 
he keep // t«> the end I Behold, thou 
hafl fpoken and done evil things as thou 
couldeft. 

o 'i he Loi i) Paid alio unto me in the 
iah tli-- king, Half thou 
tnut which b ling liia< 1 hath d< 

Mieis gone up upon every high mountain, 
and under every green tree, and ij 
hath i>!d\ ed the harlot. 

T An I faid aft d don. 

thefe things, i urn th 
in- returned not. And ho treachei 
//. 

8 And I la.v, when for ..il the 
whereby b ling [fraol 

i > I ha I put iven 

i bill i i -i,-...i v e , > ;-i !.'■ i. ea< h 

nilci Ju • llOt, I U! W< 

: !fo. 

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111, th U I 

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• found it by lecrel fear* n 
thefc. 

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590 Gcfpel promlfsd to the penitent. JEREMIAH. Ijraei called to repentance. 



1£ ^| Go and proclaim thefe words to- 
ward the north, and lay, Return, thou 
backfliding Ifrael, faith the Lord ; and 
I will not caufe mine anger to fall upon 
you : for \am merciful, laith the Lord, 
and I will not keep anger forever. 

IS Only acknowledge thine iniquity, 
that thou haft tranfgrefTed againlt the 
Lord thy God, and halt fcattered thy 
ways to the ftrangers under every green 
tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, 
faith the Lord. 

14 1 urn, O backfliding children, faith 
theLoRD : fori am married unto you :and 
I will take you one of a city, and two of 
a family, and i will bring you to Zion : 

15 And J will give you pallors accord- 
ing to mine heart, which /hall feed you 
with knowledge and understanding. • 

16 And it (hall come to pafs, when ye 
be multiplied and increafed in the land, 
in thofe days, faith the Lord, they (ball 
fay no more, The ark of the covenant 
of* the Lord : neither (hall it come to 
mind : neither fhall they remember it ; 
neither (hall they vifit // ; neither (hall 
ibat bedone any more. 

17 At that time they (hall call Jerufa- 
lem the throne of the Lord ; and all 
the nations (hall be gathered unto it, to 
the name of the Lord, to Jerufalem : 
neither (hall they walk any more after 
the imagination of their evil heart. 

18 In thofe days the houfe of Judah 
fhall walk with the houfe of Ifrael, and 
they fhall come together out of the land 
of the north, to the land that I have giv- 
en for an inheritance unto your fathers. 

19 But I laid, How ihall I put thee 
among the children, and give theeapleaf- 
ant land, a goodly heritage of the holts 
of nations ? And 1 (aid, Thou fnalt call 
me, My father ; and (halt not turn away 
from me. 

20 Surely as a wife treacheroufly de- 
parteth from her hufband, fo have ye 
dealt treacheroully with me, O houfe of 
Jirael, laith the Lord. 

"21 A voice was heard upon the high 
places, weeping and fupplications of the 
childrenof lliael : for they have perverted 
their way, and they have forgotten the 
Lord their God. 

£% Return ye backfliding children, 
and I will heal your backflidings. Be- 
hold, we come unto thee ; for thou art 
the Lord our God. 

"2$ Truly in vain isfal<vation hoped for 
from the hills, and from the multitude 
of mountains: truly in the Lord our 
God is the (alvation of Krael. 

"21 For (ha me hath devoured the la- 
bour of our fathers from our youth ; 
their flocks and their herds, their fans 
and their daughters. 

: l'j We lie down in our (hame, and 



our confufion covererh us : for we have 
(inned again ft the Lord our God, we 
and our fathers, from our youth even 
unto this day, and have not obeyed the 
voice of the Lord our God. 
CHAP. IV. 
1 God calletb Ifrael, 3 and Judak to re- 
pentance. 19 tie lamentetb o<verJud <h. 
IF thou wilt return, O Ifrael, faith the 
Lord, return unto me ; and if thou 
wilt put away thine abominations out of 
my light, then (halt thou not remove. 

I And thou (halt fwear, The Lord 
liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in 
righteoufnefs ; and the nations fhall blefs 
themfelves in him, and in him (hall they 
glory. 

S «fl For thus faith the Lord to the 
men of Judah and Jerufalem, Break up 
your fallow ground, and fow not among 
thorns. 

4 Circumcife yourfelves to the Lord, 
and take away the fore (kins of your heart, 
ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Je- 
rufalem: left my fury come forth like 
fire, and burn that none can quench //, 
becaufe of the evil of your doings, 

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publifh in 
Jerufalem ; and fay, Blow ye the trum- 
pet in the land : cry, gather together, 
and fay, Aflemble yourfelves, and let us 
go into the defenced cities. 

6 Set up the (tandard toward Zion : 
retire, (tay not : for I will bring evil from 
the north, and a great deftruction. 

7 The lion is come up from his thicket, 
andtxhedeftroyerof the Gentiles is on his 
way : he is gone forth from his place to 
make thy land defolate ; and thy cities 
lhall be laid wafte, without an inhabitant. 

8 For this gird you with facecloth, la- 
ment and howl : for the fierce anger of 
the Lok D is not turned back from us. 

9 And it (hall come to pafs at that day, 
faith the Lord, that the heart of the 
king (hail perifh, and the heart of the 
princes; and the priefts (hall be aftonifh- 
ed, and the prophets fha!l wonder. 

10 Then laid I, Ah, Lord God ! fine- 
ly thou haft greatly deceived this peo- 
ple and Jerufalem, faying, Ye dial! have 
peace; whereas the fword reachtth unto 
the foul. 

II At that time (hall it be faid to this. 
people and to Jerufalem, A dry wind of 
the high places in the v.iklerncls toward 
the daughter of my people, not to fan, 
nor to clean fie ; 

12 Even a lull wind from thofe places 
(hall come unto me : now alfo will I give 
(entence agair.lt them. 

13 Behold, he (hall come up as clouds, 
and his chariots Jball be as a whirlwind : 
his horfes are (witter than eagles. Woe 
unto us ! for we are fpoiled. 

14 O Jerufalem, waih thine heart from 

wicked nefs, 



Cod lamentetb over Judab. Chap. v. Judgments of God again]! tie Je tut. 591 



wickednefs, that thou mayeft be faved. 
flow long mall thy vain thoughts lodge 
within thee ? 

15 For a voice declareth from Dan, 
and publifheth uffl'.ftions from mount E- 
phraim. 

16 Make ye mention to the nations ; 
behold, publifh againft Jerufalem, that 
watchers come from a hr country, ami 

5ive out their voice againft the cities of 
udah. 

IT As keepers of a field, are tbeyagainlt 
her round about ; becaule Cne hath been 
rebellious again(t me, faith the Lord. 

18 Thy way and thy domgs have pro- 
cured tliefe things unto thee : this is thy 
wickednefs, becaufe it is bitter, becaule 
it reacheth unto thine heart. 

19 ^ My bowels, my bowels! I am pain- 
ed at my ver> heart ; my heart rn.iketh a 
noife in me ; I cannot hold my peace, be 
caule thou halt heard, O my foul, the 
found ot the trumpet, the alarm of war. 

Deltruction upon deltruttion is 
cried ; for the whole land is fpuiled : 
fuddenly are my tents Ipoiled, and my 
curtains in a moment. 

-1 How long (hall I fee the ftandard, 
mnJ bear the found ot the trumpet ? 

2'2 For my people// foohfh, they have 
not known me ; Uiey are fottifl) children, 
and thej have none underltandmg : they 
are wile to do evil, but to do good they 
have no knowledge. 

Id the earth, and, lo, /*/ ivas 
without form, ami void ; and the heavens, 
and they had no light. 

il I beheld the mount iins,and* lo, they 

tremb I ail the hills moved lightly. 

I beheld, and. lo, thete ivas no 

m • all the bird"* of the heavens 

eheld, and, lo, the fruitful p1a< I 

it th<- pn (<-n«e ot the 
Lo I i), an J b anger. 

inn, hath the Lout) laid, Th<- 
whole land ili ill I)'- defolal I will I 

ke a lull rnd. 
£8 For this (hall the earth mourn, and 
the heavens x- black; becaufe 1 

ve lj> \ en u , 1 have pu roofed ;/, 
il not repent, neii .1 I turn b; 

ty (lull flee for the 
fe of the n .md bowmen , 

no thu nd 1 1 m 

upon ll .// he |oi la- 

ke, n>t a mi i i dwell ' he ein« 

thou an loo led, What 

I b thou theft thy- 

l>n. though thou (I 

thee witfkorn imenl thou th 

inn, in vain 
fce thyfi 
wUld Be, wty will feck tbj 



31 For I have heird a voice as of a wo- 
man in travail, a»</theangu : 'h as of her 
that bringeth forrh her firfl child, 'he 
voice of the daughter of Zion, that be- 
waileth herlelf, that fpreadeth her hand, 
faying, Woe is me now I for my foul is 
wearied becaufe of murderers. 

CHAP. V. 

The judgments of God upon the Jews for 

tbelr manifold corruptions. 

RUN ye to and ho through the flreeta 
of Jerufalem, and fee now, and know 
and feek in the broad places thereof, if 
ye can find a man, if there be any that 
executeth judgment, that feeketh the 
truth ; and I will pardon it. 

2 And though they fay. The Lord 
liveth ; furely they (wear falfely. 

3 O Lord, Are not thine eyes upon the 
truth? Thou halt (tricken them, but they 
have not grieved ; thou halt confumed 
them, hut they have refilled to receive 
correction : they have made their faces 
harder than a rock ; they have refuted to 
return. 

4 Therefore I faid, Surely thefe are 
poor ; they are foolidi : tor they know 
not the way of the Lord, nor the judg- 
ment of their God. 

5 J will get me unto the great men, 
and will fpeak unto them : for they have 
known the way of the Ford, and the 
judgment of their God : but thefe have 
altogether broken the yoke, and built 
the bonds. 

6 Wherefore a lion out ot the foreft 
iiiall Oaythem, and -jl wolf of the < 
ningsfhal] fpoil ihem a leopard (hall watch 

their cities ; every ore that 
out thence (hall he torn in pieces ; be- 
caufe their tranfgreilions .\ }) ard 

their back Hidings are increafed. 
1 How (hall I pardon thee foi I 
children have forfakenme, andfw< rn by 

them that are no godl : w lu i> 1 had 
i to the lull, they then com mi 
adultery, and aflembled themfelves by 

troop* in the harlots 1 houi 

h liu-y weie.vf fed borfet in the m 

one neighed iftei nil ne gb- 
bour'i W lie. 

I -hall I notvifit for thefe ihhptf faith 
the Lot d ; and, Shall not mj 

'ii huh n i^ this i 

I ■ ^> > >c up upon her walls, and 
(troy ; but make not a full en I ! tail 

way her battlemeri 

the La R D'ta 

I I i oi the houfe or I 
hoofe ot Jul ih has 

loiilly asainfl me, faith th<- I USD. 

1 t I he* have belied t 

, // u not he ! neither 

i u^ \ n- ithei (hall we fee i * 
ine : 
13 A: til bee 



SH God's judgments on the jfevif, JEREMIAH. Toe ir rr.efhies encouraged. 



"rind, and the word is not in them, thus 
fhall it be done unro them. 

ti Wherefore, thus faith the Lord 
God cf hofrs Becaufe ye fpeak this word, 
behold I will make rr.y words in thy 
mouth tire, and this people wood, and it 
fhall devour them. 

*5 Lo, 1 will bring a nation upon you 
from Lr, O hoiife of Ifrael- faith the 
Lord : it is a mighty nation, it is an 
ancient nation, a nation whole language 
thou knoweft not, neither underhandeft 
what rhey fay. 

16 Their quiver is as an open fepul- 
chre, they are ail mighty men. 

*7 And they fhall eatftp thine harvel, 
and thy bread* nvbiit thy fons and thy 
daughters fhould eat : they fhall ert up 
thy Hocks and thine hercis : they fnall 
eat up thy vines and thy fig trees : they 
fhall impov z thy fenced cities,whereia 
thou truftedft, with the fword. 

-18 Neverthelefs, in thofe day?, fiiththe 
Lord,I will not make a full end with yen. 
19 And it fhall come to pafs, when ye 
fhall fay, Wherefore doeth the Lord rur 
God all thefe things unto us ? Then fhalt 
thou anfwer them, Like as ye have for- 
faken me, and ferved ftrange gods in 
your hr^d, fo fhall ye ferve Grangers in a 
iand that is not yours. 

iO Declare this in the houfe of Jacob, 
and publifh it in Judah, faying, 

21 Hear now this, O Toolifh people, 
and without underitandi:;g : which have 
eyes and fee not; which have ears, and 
hear net : 

"~z fear ye not me ? faith the Lord : 
Will ye not tremble at my prefertc?,which 
hav? placed the fand for the bound of the 
jfea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot 
pafs it : and though the waves thereof 
rofs themfelves, yet can they not prevail : 
though they roar, yet can they not pafs 
ever it ? 

IS "lit this people hath a revolting 
and a rebellious heart ; they are revolted 
and gone. 

24 Neither fay they in their heart, Let 
us now fear the Lord cur God that 
giveth rain, both the former and the lat- 
ter, in his feafon : he referVeth unto us 
the appointed weeks of the harvefr. 

M Your iniquities have turned away 
thefe things, and your fins have v\ith- 
ho'den good things from yen. 

26 For among my people are found 
wicked men : they lay wait, as he that 
fe tveth faares ; they fet a trap, they catch 
men. 

27 Asa cage ir. full of birds, fo are 
their Routes full of deceit : therefore 
they are become great and waxen rich. 

23 They ore waxen fat, they fnine : 
yfM, theyoverpafs the deeds of the wick- 
ed : they jjdge not the caufe, the caufe 



of the fatherkfs, yet they profper ; and 
the right of the need/ do they no* 
judge. 

2? ^hall I net vift for the£ things ? 
faith the Lord : Shall not my foul be 
avenged onfuch a nation as this ? 

iO A wonderful and horrible thing is 
committed in the land : 

SI The prophets prophefy falfely, and 
the pneirs hear rule by their means ; arid 
my people love to ha<vc it fo : and, What 
will ve oo in the end thereof » 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The enemies f^nt again/} Judah y hex- 

cohfage tbemftl<ves. 6 Gbd feiteibtbem 

on tvotk tecuufe cf ibzir/ms. 

O YE children of Benjamin, gather 
yourfelves to flee out of the fnidftof je- 
rufalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, 
and fet up a fign of fire in Bethhaccerem : 
for evil appeareth out of the north and 
great deft ruction. 

2 ] have likened the daughter of. Zicn 
to a comely and delicate teat* ax. 

S The (hepherds with their flocks (hall 
come unto her ; they fhall pitch their 
tents againfl her round about ; they ihail 
feed every one in his place. 

•i Prepare ye war again ft her ; arife, 
and let us go up at noon, Woe unto us ! 
for the d^ygoeth away, for the (hadows 
of the evening are flre'rched out. 

5 Arife, and let us go by highland let 
us defrroy her palaces. 

6 €T For thus hath the Lord cf hofls 



faid, Hew ye down tret 



and caft a 



mount againfl Jerufalem : tins >s the city 
to be yitited ; tlie is wholly opprellion in 
the midfl of her. 

7 As a fountain cafteth out her water.% 
fofnecafteth out her wickednefs : vio- 
lence and fpoil is heard in her : before 
me continually is grief and wounds. 

8 Be thou inftructed, O Jerufalem, left 
my f<'ul depart from thee : left I make 
thee defolate, a land not inhabited. 

9 Thus faith the- Lord of hofrs. They 
fiall thoroughly glean the remnant of If- 
rael as a vine : turn Sack thine hand as a 
grapegatherer into the baffcets. 

10 To whom fhali 1 fpeak, and give 
warning, that they may hear ? Behold, 
their ear is uncircumcifed, and they can- 
not hearken : behold, the word cf the 
Lord is unto them a reproach ; they 
have no delight in it. 

il Therefore, I am full cfthe f.-.ry cf 
the Lord ; 1 am weary with holding in : 
I will pour it out upon the children a- 
brccd, and upon the alfembly of young 
men together : for even the bufband w 
the wite (hall be taken, the aged v 
bim tb.it is fuftof days. 

14 And their homes fh-iil be 'turned 
unro others, "ZL-irb their rields and wive:; 
• for 1 will ftrv-tch out my hanrf 



together 



<JW/ lurato prtlaimed. ia. v«. Exhortation f repentance . 593 

uppr. iati of the land, faith! walking with flanders : they are brafs 

and iron ; thev are all corruptei 
raft of them even unto i ii9 The bellows are burned, the lead 
the greateft of them, every or . _ : coafumed of the tire; the founder 

from the prophet even, melteth in vain : for the wicked are not 
BMu the pritft, ever) one dea y. plftcked away. 

i » : 1 alfo the hurt •/ 30 Reprobate f:lver (hall men call them, 



r (lightly, fayin 
when ibere ii no pe 
ij •• arc tl -y aihamed when they had 
committed - m?Nay, thej were 

not at a!! a they 

blulh : therefore, ihey »hal: 
them that tall : at the time that I 

Lor: D. 

lo Th theLo i the 

aflc for the old paths, 

good w i walk therein. 

and ye (hall tind reft for your iouls. But 
will not v •run. 

en over you, fay- 



irken to th 



■ 



at hearken. 
fore bear, yenafi know, 

: /"/ among them. 
19 Hear, O earth : b I will bring 



becauie the Lord hath reiected them. 
CHAP. VII. 
ah fern to call for true refiev.tar.ee. 
8 Hi rcjtcletb tbetr •vain'cor.fdence . 
1 il E wore that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, faying, 

I Stand in the gate of the Lord's 

*, ar.d proclaim there this word, and 

Hear the word of the Lord, all ye 

:r in at thefe gates to 

ih:p the Lo rd. 

5 Thus faith the Lord of hefts, the 

God :i, Amend your ways and 

your doings, and I will cauie you to 

dwell in this pi ace. 

4 Trufl ye net in lying ivcrds, faying. 
The temple of the 1 gri>. the temple of 
the Lor.D, the temple of the Lord, are 
theft. 

• r * For if ye thoroughly amend vour 



evil . even the fro ays and your doings ; if ye thoroti 

their -its, I- have no ate judgment between a man ana his 



keneu . nor to my 

law, but t 
*0- j»ofe comet h there to 

fweet 

:r burnt 

:able, nor vour 

tl Lord, Be- 

leigh- 
bonr a: 

t£ Th . the Lor i 

; the nor- , and 

I 

the ear 

\ on bow and (jpetri 
* 

<e the fca . 
upon h; array as i i war 

ap- 

•uj wax (evb. 

: a wot 

^ ( rth into tl 



walk by 






»"i.- i 



I : 

^h'er of m; 

. an 1 

r an 
•rtne 
! 

■ 
. my people, that thou m 
^d try l 
- all £ revolttrs, 

\ C 



neighbour ; 

6 if ye opniefs not the granger, the 
fatheih-. 'he v.idow, and fhed not 
inncv | lace, neither walk 
after other fjods to your hurt ; 

7 Then will I caule you todwell in this 
place, in the land that I gave to your fa- 

ver and ever. 

8 % Behold, ye trutt in lying words, 
that : profit. 

5 Will ye deal, murder, nnd commit 
adultery, and iwear fallely, and burn in- 
cenfe unto Uaal.atid v\..lk at) 
whom ye ki 

10 I ftand before me in 

this honfe, which is called by my name, 
\cred to do ail thefe 
ns t 

n : ■ boufe, which is called by my 
nar .me a den ot robbers in your 

the Lofto. 

y place which 
•• I fei ime at 

■ . • I 

e ye have done all 
.the Lord 
i, riling U] J, 

:, but 
t » 

trait, * 3 

Athers. ■'■* 

as 



59*4 The Jews' calamity. 



JEREMI AH. Their impenitency upbraided. 



as I have caftoutall your brethren, even 
the whole fe?d of Ephraim. » 

16 Therefore pray not thou for this 
people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for 
them, neither make interceffion to me : 
for 1 will not hear thee. 

IT Seeft thou not what they do in the 
cities of Judah and in the itreets of Je- 
rufalem ? 

18 The children gather wood, and the 
fathers kindle the fire, and the women 
knead their dough, to make cakes to the 
queen of heaven, and to pour out drink 
offerings unto other gods, that they may 
provoke me to anger. 

19 Do they provoke me to anger ? faith 
the Lord : Do.'z&^not^o-x'ofo'tnenifelves 
to the confufion of their own faces ? 

20 Therefore thus faith the Lord God ; 
Behold, mine anger and my fury fhall be 
poured out upon this place, upon man, 
and upon bead, and upon the trees of 
the field, and upon the fruit of the 
ground ; and it (hall burn, and lhall not 
be quenched. 

21 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the 
God of Ifrael ; Put your burnt offerings 
unto your facrifices, and eat fiefb. 

22 For I fpake not unto your fathers, 
nor commanded them in the day that 1 
brought them out of the land of Egypt, 
concerning burnt offerings or facrifices : 

2i But this thing commanded I them, 
faying, Obey my voice, and I will be your 
God, and ye mail be my people : and walk 
ye in all the ways that J have commanded 
you, that it may be well unto you. 

2i But they hearkened not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked in the connfels avd 
in the imagination of their evil heart, 
and went backward, and not forward. 

25 Since the day that your fathers came 
forth out of the land of Egypt, unto this 
day, I have even fent unto you all my 
fervants the prophets, daily ruing up ear- 
ly and fending them : 

26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, 
norinclined their ear. but hardened their 
neck : they did worfe than their fathers. 

27 Therefore thou (halt fpeak all thefe 
words unto them ; but they will not 
Hearken to thee: thou lhalt alfo call unto 
them, but they will notanfwer thee. 

23 But thou fhalt fay unto them, This 



which is called by my name, to pollute ir» 

31 And they have'built the high places 
of Tophet, which is in the valley of the 
fon of Rinnom, to burn their fons and 
their daughters in the fire ; which I com- 
manded them not, neither came it into 
my heart. 

52 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
faith, the Lord, that it (hall no more be 
called Tophet, nor The valley pf the fori 
of Hinnom,but The valley of Aaughter : 
for they {hall bury in Tophet, till there 
be no place. 

33 And the carcafTes of this people fhall 
be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and 
for the beads of the earth ; and none {hall 
fray them away. 

Si Then will I caufe to ceafe from the 
cities of judah, and from the flreets of 
Jerufalem, the voice of mirth, and the 
voice of gladhefs, the voice of the bride- 
groom, and the voice of the bride : for 
the land ihall be defolate. \ 

CHAP. VIII. ' 
1 The Jews' calamity. I Their impenitency 

upbraided 13 Their judgments fljewed. 

18 Their dfjperate efiaie he wailed. 

AT that time, faith the Lord, they 
fhall bring out the bones of the kings 
of Judah, and the bones of his prin- 
ces, and the bones of the priefts, and 
the bones of the prophets, and the bones 
of the inhabitants of Jerufalem, out of 
their graves : 

2 And they {hail fpread them before 
the fun, and the moon, and all the hoft 
of heaven, whom they have loved, and 
whom they have ferved, and after whom 
they have walked, and whom they have 
fought, and whom they have worlhipped: 
they lhall not be gathered, nor be bu- 
ried ; they ihall be for dung upon the 
face of the e::rth. 

3 And death mall be chofen rather 
than life by all the refidue of them that 
remain of this evil family, which remain 
in all the places whither I have driven 
them, faith the Lord of hofts. 

i «[ Moreover, thou {hah fay unto 
them", Thus faith the Lord, Shall they 
fall, and not arifc ? Shall he turn away, 
and not return ? 

5 Why then is this people of Jerufa- 
lem Hidden back by a perpetual back- 



h a nation that obeveth not the voice of j Aiding ? They hold fa ft deceit, ihey refufe 
the Lord their God, nor receiveth cor- j to return. 

rection : truth is pernhed, and is cut off 6 I hearkened and heard, £«/ they fpake 
from i heir month. [not aright : no man repented him of his 

29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerufalem, i vuekednefs, laving, What have I done ( 

the 



as 



and caf it away, and take up a lame o (a- j Every one turned to his courfe, 
tion on high places ; for the Lord hathjhorie rufheth into the battle, 
rejected and forfaken the generation ol 7 Vea, the liork in the heaven knoweth 

her appointed times ; and the turtle, and 
the ci'cwic, and the twajlow", obferve the 



rej 

his wrath. 

3d For the children of luoah have done 
evil in my light, faith the Lord: they 
!„v£ ret their abominations in the houfc 



time of their coming ; but my people 
know not the judgment of the Lord. 
& 8 licw 






The Jews' judgment /hewed. Chop. ix. 

8 How do ye fay, We are wife, and the 
law of the Lord is with us ? Lo, certainly 
in vain made he it ; the pen or ihefcribes 
;/ in vain. 

9 The wife men are athamed, they are 
difmiyed and taken : lo, they have re- 

i the word ot the Lord ; and, What 
v\ il- 1 oni is in them ? 

10 i herefore will I give their wives 
unto others, and their fields to them that 
Iball inherit ihem : for every one from 
the leaf! even unto the greateft is given 
to covetoufnefs, from the prophet even 
unto the prieft every one dealeth falfely. 

11 For they have healed the hurt of th. ■ 
daughter of my people (lightly, faying, 
Peicc, peace, when there t> no peace. 

1°2 Were they afhamed when they had 
committed abomination ) nu), they were 
not at all afhamed, neither could they 
blulh : therefore fh.dl they fill amoii^ 
them that fall : in the time of their vif- 
itation they ih ill be cult down, faith the 
Lo: 

Id € I will furc'y confume them, faith 
the Lord : there/ball be t\ esonthe 

vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the 
fhall fade ; and /A* things that I have giv- 
en them fhall p i(s a« ay from them 

14 Why do ye fit Kill? Aflemble your- 
felves, and let us enter into the de fenced 
cities, and lf-t us be fi lent there : for the 
Lo r d our God hath put us t.> (ilence, 
and iter of gall to drink, be- 

linfl the I on 0. 

1 • V v • l< , bui i 

rame, and for a time oi health, and be- 
■ 

> f > :• heard 

fn Ian \ trembled .it 

the found of ihe n 'is (i 

»u de- 

i • id all that i-. in it ; the 

;d tbofe Mi it dwell i lie rein. 

17 For, I ,1 will fend i> i ;-cnts, 

co it, >.\ hii h will not 



T1>e prophet lament etb. 595 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The prophet lamenteth for their mani- 
fold fins, 9 and judgments. \'l D: [obe- 
dience is the cattfe oj their calamity . 
OH that my head were waters, and 
mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I 
might weep day and night for the (lain of 
the daughter of my people ! 

£ O that I had in the wiluernefs a lodg- 
ing place of wayfaring men ; that I might 
leave my people, and go from them I 
for they he all adulterers, an alfembly of 
treacherous men. 

3 And they bend their tongues like 
their bow for lies : but they arc not val- 
iant for the truth upon the earth ; for 
they proceed from evil to evil, and they 
know me not, faith the Lord. 

4 Take ye heed every one of his 
neighbour, and tru(r. ye not in any broth- 
er : for every brother will utterly fun- 
plant, and every neighbour will walk 
with (landers. 

5 And they will deceive every one 
Irs neighbour, and will not fpealc the 
truth ; they have taught their tongue to 
fpealc lies, and weary themfelves to com- 
mit iniquity. 

6 I hme habitation is in the midft of 
deceit ; through deceit they rctufc to 
know me, faith the Lord. 

7 Therefore, thus faith the Lord of 
hofts, Behold, I will melt them, and try 
them ;fbf, li«>w ib dl I do for the daugh- 
ter of my people I 

! he rton -wc is as an arrow (liotout ; 
ii fpeaketh'd celt ; onr fpeatath peacea- 
bly to hi neighbour w ith his mouth, but 
in heart he u\ I th his « -ut. 

9 «] Shall I not vifit them for thefc 
faith th I. or d : Shall not my 

foul ' I <>n huh ;i nation as this ? 

10 For the mountains will I t.»ke up a 
weeping »d f<>r the habita- 
nt th • w il Icn el i larni tntation, be- 

caufe thej ai • bui ned up, fo thai qh 
be charmed, and they (hall bil ihrongh them \ neither can j 






dear the voice ot th<- t attle 






fj W"tn I woul I comi rt nr. >wl ot thr heavens and the 



gainfl ! rt ii 1 lint in ine 

19 Behold the v ol the 

mfe of tl 
that d well in a far i ttntr) • 1< not the 
/ i >1 tier K ing in her 1 
v have th.-y provoked n mger 

with their graven images, and with 
• 
rhe harveft is part, tlie fummer is 
e nol I ived , 
tl e hurt of the d uighter ol my 
pie am f hurt ; I am black , all. 
sjnent hath taken hold on me. 

!< there no b dm in (ni<- id r istl 
no pin fician there 1 W hy then is not the 
health of the daughter ot my p<< pic re- 
covered } 



both the 
Ix .it are. 
lied. ; ti gone> 

1 1 And I will in ike Jei ut dem he 

and a dtn of d ; id I will [fl 

the < idea of Judah houi an 

inh ibit ml 

if v w ho n the wife man. th il i 
undeHran 1 this I and, ' 

ol ti:- ► hath l 

'ho i e may declare it, t r n hat i 
periOieth, a 

. th it n ;h } 

1 -J And th 

I ' I 
them, .in-l h ive r 

l j 

1 V But h ive n 

tion ot then oau heai i, j id al 

lim. 



596 The Je-jjs* calamity. 



JEREMIAH. 



The canity of iilais. 



lim, which their fathers taught them : 

15 Therefore, thus faith the Lord 
of hofts, the God of Ifrael ; Beheld, I 
will feed them, e<ven this people, with 
wormwood, and give them water of gall 
to drink. 

16 I will fcatter them alio among 
the heathen, whom neither they nor 
their fathers have known : and I will 
fend a fword after them till I have con- 
fumed them. 

IT Thus faith the Lord of hofts, Con- 
fider ye, and call for the mourning wom- 
en, that they may come ; and fend for 
cunning women, that they may come : 

18 And let them make halte, and take 
up a wailing for us, that our eyes may 
run down with tears, and our eyelids 
gufh out with waters. 

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out 
of Zion, How are we fpoiled ! we are 
greatly confounded, becaufe we have 
forfaken the land, becaufe our dwellings 
have cad us out. 

20 Yethear the word of the Lord, O 



S For the cuftoms of the people are 
vain ; for one cuttetli a tree out of (he 
foreft, the work of the hands of the 
workman, with the ax. 

4 They deck it with filver and with 
gold; they fatten it with nails, and with 
hammers, that it move not. 

5 'I hey art upright a<; the palm tree, 
but fpeak not : they mud needs be borne, 
becaufe they cannot go. Be not afraid of 
them ; for they cannot do evil, neither 
alio is it in them to do good. 

6 Forafmuch as there is none like unto, 
thee, O Lord: thou art great, and thy, 
name is great in might. 

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of 
nations ? For to thee doth it appertain : 
forafmuch as among all the wile men of 
the nations, and in all their kingdoms* 
there is none like unio thee. 

8 But they are altogether brutifn 
and fcoiifh : the flock is a doctrine of 
vanities. 

9 Silver foread into plates is brought 
from Tarfhifh, and gold from Uphaz, the 



ye women, and let your ear receive the j work of the workman, and of the hands 
word of his mouth, and teach your 
daughters wailing, and every one her 
neighbour lamentation. - 

21 For death is come up into our win- 
dows, and is entered into our palaces, to 
cut off the children from without, and 
the young men from the llreets. 

2£ Speak, thus faith the Lord, Even 
the carcases of men (hall fall as dung upon 
the open field, and as the handful after the 
harvefc man, and none lhall gather them. 

23 Thus faith the Lord, Let not the 
wife man glory in his wifdom, neither let 
the mighty man glory in his might, let 
not the rich man glory in his riches : 

24 But let him that glorieth, glory in 
this, that he undcr(tandeth and knoweth 
me, that 1 am the Lord which exercife 
loving kindnefs, judgment, and right- 
coufnefs, in the earth : for in thefe things 
1 delight, faith the Lord. 

25 behold, the days come, faith the 
Lord, that I will pnnifh all them which 
are circumcifed with the uncircumcifed ; 

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and 
the children of Ammon, and Moab, and 
z\\ that are in the utmoft corners, that 
dwell in the wildernefs ; for all ihefe na- 
tions are uncircumcifed and all the houfe 
of Ifrael are uncircumcifed in the heart. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The unequal combnrifon of God and 
id)!s. li* The fpoU cf the tabernacle by 
foolijh pctfiors. 



of the founder : blue and purple is their 
clothing : they are ail the work of cun- 
ning men. 

10 But the Lord // the true God, he is 
the living God, and an everlafting Kin. r : 
at his wrath the earth lhall tremble, and 
the nations fiiall not be able to abide his 
indignation. 

11 Thus fliall ye fay unto them, The 
gods that have not made the heavens and 
the earth, e*ven they mail periih from the 
earth, and from under thefe heavens. 

12 He hath made the earth by his 
power, l>e hath eftabliihed the world by 
his wifdom, and hath ftretched out the 
heavens by his difcretion. 

13 When he uttereth his voice, there 
is a multitude of waters in the heavens, 
and he caufeth the vapours to afcend 
from the ends of the earth ; he maketh 
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth 
the wind out of his treafures. 

14 Every man is brutiih in his knowl- 
edge : every founder is confounded by 
the graven imagfc ; for his molten image 
/'jfalfehood,and/^re/fno breath in thetu. 

15 They are vanity, and the work of 
errors: in the time of their vifitation they 
Pnall perifh. 

16 The portion of Jacob is not like 
them : for iie is the former of all things ; 
and Ifrael is the rod of his inheritance : 
The Lord of holts is his name. 

IT Gather up thy wares out of the 



HEAR ye the word which the Lord jl and, O inhabitant of ihe fortrefs. 
fpeaketh unto you, O houfe of Ifrael ; 18 For thus faith the Lord, Behold. I 

2 Thus faith the Lord, Learn not t lie J will fling out the inhabitants of the land 



way of the heathen, and be not difmayed 
at the figns of heaven ; for the heathen 
sre cUfmavedat them. 



at this once, and will diftrefs them, that 
they may rind it Jo. 
tS. % Wo is me for my hurt ! my wound 



i* 



God*s cvvev.ant proclaimed. 



Chap 



is grievous : bur I faid, Truly this is a; 
i I mud bear it. 
My tabumacic i- fpoiled, and all my j 
cords are broken : my children are gone 
e, and they are not : tne^e is 
none to rtretch forth my tent any more, 
and to fer up my curtains 

Korrhe palters are become bnitifh, 
and have not fought the Lord : there - 
they (h »!l not profper, and all their 
florks fhill be icattered. 

•hold, the noife of the bruit is 
come and a K^eat commotion out of the 
north country, to make the cities of Ju- 
dah defoUte, and a den ot dr igons. 

O Lord, I know thai the way of 
man is not in himfelf : // is not in man 
tliat ualketh t< ps. 

-21 O Lord, correct me, but with 
^ment ; thine anger, left thou 

bring me to noth 

i'our out thy fury upon tlie heatlien 

that know thee not, and upon the fami- 

-!tat call nor on thy name : fur they 

up Jacob, and devoured him, 

coniumed him, and have made Ins 

habitation defolate. 

CH A P. XI. 

1 Jeremith proclaimetb GWj covenant, 

C rcbukah the difobedient Jetus. 11 

P"ifj. A t futb enjils to come upon them. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 

from the Lord, fej it 

£ hear yc the wops of this covenant, 
and fpeak unto the men ot Judah, and to 
the rants of Jei :.; 

3 And fay thai unto ti, US faith 
the Lord I Ilr.i<-1 ; Curfed be the 
in in that obeyeih not the words of this 
covenant, 

4 Whit h 1 nanded 

the day mat I brought them forth out of 
pt, from the iron lui 

, and do them, 
: 
fofhalJUcbe my people, and I m \\\ be 
> oi.i t rod : 

•rform the oath w 
porn unto j .or fa tin rs, to 

them a 1 ind 

• n this day. 1 I 

and laid, i). 

i.okl) | .', Pj . 

;i 'he cttie 
• J»d in the ftre< ts of Jerul tl 

■ c the v\ ( r 
ant: ii. 

I earneftly pr 
fjth ,.j day that I broug 

out of the land of Kg)pT, -this 

•elting. 
ce. 
fet thej 
• , but walke^ 

i of their evil heai t : tj ■■ fore, 
I I them ail the v \ 



. xi. Jercmiab fropbefetb. 5ST 

this covenant, which I commanded ihe.tt 
to do ; but they did them not. 

9 And the LoRDfaid unto me. Accn- 
fpiracy is found among the men of Judah, 
and among the inhabitants of Jeruialem. 

10 They are turned back to the n i 
ties of their forefathers, which refuted 
to hear my words ; and they went after 
other gods to lei ve them : the houfi 
Ifraei and the houfeof Judah have brok- 
en my covenant which I made with their 
fathers. 

11 €\ Therefore thus faith the Lord, 
Behold, I will bring evil upon them, 
which they mail not be able to efcape : 
and though they fhall cry unto me, I will 
not hearken unto them. 

H rhen (hall the cities of Judah and 
inhabitants of Jeruialem go and cry unto 
the gods unto whom they otter incenfe : 
bar they fhall not fave them at all m the 
time of their trouble. 

H For according to the number of thy 
cities were thy gods, O Jurlah : and ac- 
cording to the number of the ftreets of 
jeruialem have ye let up altars to that 
ftiameful thing, even altars to burn in- 
cenfe unto Baal. 

ti 1 hereforepray not thou for this peo- 
ple^ nei'her litt up a cry or prayer 
them: for I will not he ar tfcem in the time 
that they cry unto me for their trouble. 

la What hath in y beloved to do inn 
\\o\\(c,Jce!r,g Oic hath wrought lewdneU 
with many, and the holy Helli \\ 
from th< hen thou doeft evil, then 

16 1 he Lord called thy name, A 

olive tree, fair, ando\ goodly truit : 
with the no: 1 - i t i gre r tumult Ik* hath 
i it] tnd the brant lies ot* 
it at 

17 For the Lord of hofts,that ; lai 
thee, hath pronounced « vil atainft tl 
for th<- evil of the houfe of 111 i I, 

I Judah « hich they h ive 
done • > pro 

n 
i/en me kn 
of if t and I i 

■ - 
il I rougl t to the il . ■■. 
not tl t 

• ; • , ; e t r e e 1 1 

•' id let ui cut him 

ei - d. 
- But, O Lot. o I 

■ 
, let me fee thi ve 

:.-i m 

•:i I ; ■ thus : ir d i I 

. 

y not in t the 

.; d:e not I h I: 



$93 The wicked's frofpenty, JEREMIAH. 



22 Therefore thus faith the Lord of 
holts, Behold, I will punifh them : the 
young men fhall die by the fword ; 
their ions and their daughters mail die 
by famine : 

25 And there (hall be no remnant of 
them : for I will bring evil upon the 
men of Anathoth, e<ven the year of their 
visitation. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's 

profpenty, by faitb feetb their return. 

14 God's promife to the penitent. 

RIGHTEOUS ar/thou,OLoRD,when 
1 plead with thee : yet let me talk with 
thee of thy judgments : Wherefore doth 
the way of the wicked profper \ Where- 
fore are all they happy that deal very 
treacheroufly ? 

2 Thou haft planted them, yea, they 
have taken root : they grow, yea, they 
bring forth fruit : thou art near in their 
mouth, and far from their reins. 

3 But thou, O Lord, knoweft me : 
thou haft feen me, and tried mine heart 
toward thee : pull them out like fheep 
for the Daughter, and prepare them for 
the day of daughter. 

4 How long thai! the land mourn, and 
the herbs cf every field wither, for the 
wickednefs of them that dwell therein \ 
Thebeafts areconfumed, and the birds ; 
becaufe they faid, He ihall not fee our 
laft end. 

5 If thou haft run with the footmen, 
and they have wearied thee, then, How 
canft thou contend with horfes ? And if 
in the land of peace, inhere in thou truft- 

edft, they ivearied thee, then, How wilt 
thou do in the fwelling of Jordan ? 

6 For even thy brethren, and the 
houfe of thy father, even they have dealt 
treacheroufly with thee ; yea, they have 
called a multitude after thee : believe 
them not, though they fpeak fair words 
unto thee. 

7 I have forfaken mine houfe, I have 
left mine heritage ; I have given the 
dearly beloved of my foul into the hand 
of her enemies. 

8 iMine heritage is unto me as a lion 
in the foreft ; it crieth out againft me : 
therefore have I hated it. 

9 Mine heritage is unto me as a fpeck- 
led bird, the birds roundabouts^ againft 
her ; come ye, affemble all the beafts of 
the field, come to devour. 

10- Many pallors have deftroyed my 
vineyard, they havetiodden my portion 
under foot, they have made my pleafant 
portion a defolate wildernefs. 

1 1 They have made it defolate, and 
being defolate it mourneth unto me ; the 
whole land is made defolate, becaule no 
man layeth /'/ to heart. 

12 The fpoilers are come upon all high 



God'spromrfe to the penitent. 

places through the wildernefs: for the 
fwerd of the Lord fhall devour from the 
one end of the land even to the other end 
of the land ; no flefh (hall have peace. 

13 They have fown wheat, but fhall 
reap thorns ; they have put themfclves 
to pain, but fhall not profit ; and they 
(hall be afhamed of your revenues be- 
caufe of the fierce anger of the Lord. 

14 ff Thus faith the Lord againft all 
mine evil neighbours, that touch the in- 
heritance which I havecaufed my people 
Ii'rael to inherit; Behold, I will plucfc 
them out of their land, and pluck out the 
houfe of Judah from among them. 

li And h fhall come to pafs, after that 
I have plucked them out f will return, 
and have companion on them, and will 
bring them again, every man to his her- 
itage and every man to his land. 

16 And it (hall come to pafs, if they 
will diligently learn the ways of my peo- 
ple, to fvvear by my name, The Lord 
liveth ; as they taught my people to 
fvvear by Baal ; then fhall they be built 
in the midfl of my people. 

17 But if they will not obey, I will ut- 
terly pluck up and deftroy that nation, 
faith tiie Lord. 

CHAP. XIIL 
1 In a type of a linen girdle, the people's 

deftiutlion is prefigured. 12 By the 

bo files filled Tvith ivitie, their drun - 

ktnnrjs in mifery is foretold. 

'I HUS faith the Lord unto me, Go 
and get thee a linen girdle, and put it 
upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 

2 So I got a girdie according to the 
word of the Lord, and put //on my loins. 

3 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me the fecond time, faying, 

4 Take the girdle that thou haft got,, 
which is upon thy loins, and arife. go to 
Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of 
the rock. 

5 So I went and hid it by Euphrates, 
as the Lord commanded me. 

6 And it came to pafs after many 
days, that the Lord faid unto me, Arife, 
go to* Euphrates, and rake the girdle 
from thence, which I commanded thee 
to hide there. 

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and 
digged, and took the girdle from the 
place where I had hid it : and, behold, 
the girdle was marred, it was profitable 
for nothing, 

8 Then the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

9 Thus faith the Lord, After thus 
manner will I mar t lie pride of Judah, 
and the great pride of Jerusalem. 

10 This evil people, which refufe to 
hear my words, which walk in the imag- 
ination of their heart, and walk after 
other gods to ferve them, and to wor» 

(hip 



7ke people's mifery foretold. Chap 

fhip them, (hall even be as this girdle, 
which is good for nothing. 

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the j 
loins of a man, fo have 1 caufed to cleave 
unto me the whole houfe of lfrael,andthe 
w hole houfe of Judah, faith the Lord ; 
that they might be unto me for -\ people, 
and for a name, and for a praife ; and 
for a glory ; but they would not hear. 

12 fl Therefore, thou malt fpeak unto 
them this word, Thus faith the Lord 
God of Ifrael, Every bottle fhall be filled 
with wine : and they mail fay unto thee, 
Do we not certainly know that every 
bottle ihall be filled with wine ? 

13 Then (halt thqu fay unto them, 
Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will till 
all the inhabitants of this land, even the 
kings that fit upon David's throne, and the 
prieits,and the prophets, and all the inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem, with drunkennefs. 

14 And I will dalh them one againft 
another, even the fathers and the fons 
together, faith the Lord : I will not 
pity, nor fpare, nor have mercy, but de- 
stroy them. 

Ij Hear yc, and give ear ; be not proud : 
for the Lord hath fpoken. 

16 Give glory to the Lord your God; 
before he caule darknefs,and before your 
feet (tumble upon the dark mountains, 
and, while >e look for light, he turn it 
into the fhadow of death, and make it 
grofs darknei 

17 But it ye v ill not hear it, my foul 
ihall weep in fecret places for jour pride : 
and mine e>c ihall weep (ore, and run 

with tears, becaufe the Lord's 
.s Carrie 

18 hay unto the king and to the queen, 
Humble you delves, lit down: for your 

ities ihall come down, even the 

i 

rj 1 he cii ith (hall be (but 

up, and none (hall open them : fudah (hall 

be carr'u tptive allot it, it ihall 

be wholly cat i ic 1 .< a i . 

Lift up your e\ e-s and beh< 1 1 them 
that come from the north: Wheie u 
thr fl at was given thee, thy beau- 

tiful flnck ? 

-*• ft h I " h thou fay wh< n he (kail 
pumih th i- thou hafl taught tl 

in ■>' capi fins, w'.il as chi< t • ee : 

►rrows take thee, as a woman 
ravail > 

Mid if thou fay in thine h< 
< o in th< le things upon 
eel's of thine 
IT (kirts djfcovered,dMd thy I ade 

Ethiopian « ban kin, 

1 rd his (pot en m ly ye 

I, that are acct I to do 

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. xiv. A grievous famine. 599 

Hubble that pafTeth away by the wind of 
the wildernefs. 

25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy 
meafures from me, faith the Lord ; be- 
caufe thou haft forgotten me, and trufted 
in falfehood ; 

26 Therefore will I difcoverthy fkirts 
upon thy face, that thy fhame may appear. 

27 I have feen thine adulteries, and thy 
neighings, the lewdnefs of thy whore- 
dom, and thine abominations on the hills 
in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerufa- 
lem ! Wilt thou not be made clean-? 
When Jhall it once be ? 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 A grievous famine % 7 caufetb Jeremiah 
to pray. 10 the Lord will not be entreat- 
ed. \5 Lying prophets no excufe. 
THE word of the Lord that came to 

Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates 

thereof languifh ; they are black unto 

the ground ; and the cry of Jerufalem 

is gone up. 

6 And their nobles have fent their lit- 
tle ones to the waters : they came to the 
pits, and found no water ; they returned 
with their vefl'els empty ; they weie a- 
(liamed and confounded, and covered 
their heads. 

4 Becaufe the ground is chapt, for there 
was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen 
were a(hamed, thej covered their heads. 

J Yea, the hind alfo calved in the field, 
and forfook r/,becaufe there was no grafs. 

o And the wild ailes did liand Id the 
high places, they muffed up the v?ind like 
dragons ; t heir ej es did fail, becaule there 

was nc> grab. 

7 s,j O Lord, though our iniquities tef- 

tify againH US, do thou it for thy name's 
fake : tor <»ur back (Tidings are many ; wc 
have tinned a^ainlf thee. 

the hope of Ifrael, the Saviour 
thereof in time of trouble, Why moulded 
thou h.- as a (traneer in the land. ami .a 
i m ty faring man/6tfJturnetha/idetotar- 
i y for a 

9 Why (houldefl thou be as a man af- 
tonifhed, as a mighty man tbmt cai 

lave' Vet lln.-u, Lord, ari in the 
midfl ol US, and we are called by thy 

name ; le ive u> not. 

10 «| i Iim > larii the Lord unto this 
le, 'l hu i have thej I to wai 

they l.ave not refrained the r feet, there- 
ilu* Lo rd doth not accepl them ; he 
will now remember their iniqu I 
. 

1 1 1 hen faid the Lo r d ui:'<, me, Pray 

>r their k^" 1 '- 
uli I will nol heai tl.ci r 
cry j hen tl. I ing 

and an I I nol accept tl. 

but I will confume them by the 
i by the famine, and by the , 

, ISfT'li, 



600 Lying prophets are no excufe. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah receiveth a promife. 



13 <fl Thenfaid I, Ah, Lord God ! be- 
hold, the prophets fay unto them, Ye 
ihall not fee the fword, neither {hall ye 
have famine ; but I will give you allured 
peace in this place. 

14 Then the Lord faid unto me, The 
prophets prophefy lies in my name : I 
fent them not, neither have 1 command- 
ed them, neither fpake unto them : they 
prophefy unto you a falfe vilicn, and di- 
vination, and a thing of nought, and the 
deceit of their heart. 

13 Therefore thus faith the Lord con- 
cerning the prophets that prophefy in my 
name, and I lent them not, yet they lay, 
Sword and famine {hall not be in this 
liiid : By fword and famine {hall thofe 
propheti be confurned. 

i6 A nd the people to whom they proph- 
efy fiiall be caft out in the ftreets of je- 
rufaiem becaufe of the famine and the 
/word-; and they fnall have none to bury 
them, them, their wives, nor their fons, 
nor their daughters : for I will pourtheir 
wickednefs upon them. 

17 Therefore thou {halt fay this word 
unto them ; Let mine eyes run down with 
tears night and day, and let them not 
ceafe : tor the virgin daughter of my 
people is broken with a great breach,with 
a very grievous blow. 

13 If 1 go forth into the field, then be- 
hold the (lain with the fword ! and if I 
«nter into the city, then behold them that 
are lick with famine ! yea, both the proph- 
et and the pried go about into a land 
that they know not. 

19 Hall thou utterly rejected judah ? 
Hath thy foul lothedZion ? Why half th6u 
f mitten us, and there is no healing for us r 
We looked for peace, and there is no good ; 
and for the time of healing, and behold, 
trouble ! 

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our 
wickednefs, and the iniquity of our fa- 
then : for we have finned again ft thee. 

11 Do not abhor uu for thy name's 
fake, do not difgrace the throne of thy 
glory : remember, break not thy cove- 
nant with us. 

M Are there any among the vanities of 
the Gentiles that can caufe rain ? or, Can 
the heavens give {bowers ? Art not thou 
he, O Lord our God ? Therefore we 
will wait upon thee: for thou haft made 
all thele things. 

CHAP XV. 
1 The utter tejcclion and manifold judg- 
ments of the 'Ji ,r u)\. 10 Jeremiah com- 
plaining, 19 receive th a promife. 
THEN faid the Lo rd unto me, Though 
Mofes and Samuel ftood before me, yet 
my mind could not be toward this peo- 
ple : calf them out of my fight, and let 
them go forth. 

2 And ic Ihall cocie to pafs, it they 



fay unto thee, Whirher fhall we g«- 
forth ? Then thou (halt tell them, Thus 
faith the Lord, Such as ere for death, 
to death ; and fuch as art ror the fword, 
to the fword ; and fuch as are for the 
famine, to the famine ; and fuch as ere 
for the captivity, to the captivity. 

S And I will appoint over them four 
kinds, faith the Lord : the fword to flay, 
and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the 
heaven, and the beafis of the earth, tp 
devour and deftroy. 

4 And I will caufe them to be removed 
into all kingdoms of the earth? becaufe of 
Manafleh the Ion of Hezekiah king of ju- 
dah, for that which he did in Jerufalem. 

5 For, Who Ihall have pity upon thee,G 
[erufalem? or,Whoihallbemoaritheer or, 
Who Ihall go afideto afk how thou doeft ? 

6 Thou hafffjrfakenme.faiththeLoRP, 
thou art gone backward : therefore will I 
lheich out my hand againft thee, and de- 
ft roy thee ; I am weary with repenting. 

7 And I will fan them with a fan in the 
gates of the land ; I will bereave them of 
children, I will d«ftroy my people, Jince 
they return not from their ways. 

8 Their widows areincreafed to me a- 
bove the fandof thefeas ; I have brought 
upon them againlt the mother of the 
young men a fpoiler at noonday : 1 have 
caufed him to fall upon it fuddenly, and 
terrors upon the city. 

9 She that hath borne feven, languilh- 
eth : fhe hath given up the ghoft ; her 
fun is gone down while 'it 'was yet day : 
flie hath been afbamed and confounded : 
and the refidue of them will I deliver to 
the fword before then enemies, faith the 
Lord. 

10 ^f Woe is me, my mother,that thou 
haft borne me a man of ftrfte and a man 
of contention to the whole earth ! I have 
neither lent on ufury, nor men have lent 
to me on ufury ; yet every one of them 
doth curfe me. 

11 The Lord faid, Verily it Ihall be well 
with thy remnant; verily I will caufethe 
enemy to entreat thee well in the time of 
evil, and in the time of affliction* 

12 Shall iron break the northern iron 
and the lieel ? 

13 Thy fubftance 3nd thy treafures will 
I give to the fpoil without price, and that 
for all thy fins, even in all thy borders. 

\k And I will make thee to pafs with 
thine enemies into a land tchich thou 
knoweftnot: for a fire is kindled in 
mine anger, Hvhic h fhali burn upon you. 

15 OLord, thouknoweft: remember 
me, and viut me, and revenge me of my 
perfecutors ; take me not away in thr 
long-fufiering : know that for thy fake I 
have fu fife red rebuke. 

16 Thy words were found, and I dideat 
them ; and thy word was unto me the joy 

and 



The Jeivi* ru'-n firetold. 

• heart : for lam call- 

, O Lord ■ oc! of holts. 

IT j Ut not in the afTembly of the 

mockers, nor rejoiced ; 1 fat alone be- 

hand : for thou haft filled 

ion 

Why is my pain perpetual, and my 

wound incurable, nvbico refufeth to be 

iled ? Wilt thou be altogether unto me 

a> a liar, and as waters thai fail ? 

19 qj I herefore thus faith the Lord, H 
thou return, then will ; bring thee again, 
ana thou (halt (land b-i" re me : and if 
t hot; rake forth the precious fr • vile, 

ouih : let tht ra re 
turn unto thee , :turnnot thou unto 

ike thee unto this peo- 
ple { fet (hall 
linft Ihce, but they mall not pre- 
nft thee : for 1 uin with ihce to 
: and to deliver thee, faith the 

K D. 

~1 A r < ci I w ill deliver thee out of ♦'lie 



Cliap. xvi. Their return fr*m ccpiivity. 601 



ot feafting, to (it with them to eat and to 
drink. 

9 For thus faith the l.on Dot' hofts, the 
God of lirael, Behold, I will caufe to 
ceafe cut of this place i:i vour eyes, and 
in jour days, the voice of mirth, and the 
ce of gladnefs, the voice of the bride- 
gro >m and the voice of the bride. 

|0 -\nd it (ball con e to pafs,when thou 

(halt (h< • this people all thefe words, and 

unto thee, Wherefore hath 

the Lord pronounced all this grent evil 

liftft us ? or. What h cur iniquity ? or, 
\v hat h our fin that we have committed 
againfl the Lord oui God ? 

: I I hen (halt thou fay unto them, Be- 
caufe your fathers have forfaken me, faith 
the Lord, anrl have walked after other 
gods, and hare ferved them, and have 
worfhipped them, and have forfaken me, 
and have not kept my la> ; 

II And ye have done worfe than your 
fathers ; for, behold, ye walk every one 
after the imagination of his evil heart", 



led, and 1 " ill redeem! that they may not hearken unto me 



thte 01 I oi the terrible 

C i vi. 

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1i 7 A '- <om<apn- in ft ranger 

in th i> dt tee out of Egypt 

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1.1 'I h'-refore-will I qaft you out of this 

land into a land that ye know not, net- 

r your fathers and there (hall 

ye (c rve other gods da j and night j where 

1 \. ill nol H»ew you favour. 

I l «1 Therefore, behold, the day? come, 
faith Hie Lord, that it (hall norm re belaid, 

Lo Ri liv cchil- 

dren ol ffrael out of the land oi Kgypt ; 
15 But, the Lord livcth, that brought 
r Ifrael from the land of 
north, and hum all the I her" 

! u ill hi : 

them •■ tin into their land il in 

, ild, I • d for many flfl 

Lou - (hall fifli them : 

I fhall hunt them hum i 

hill, and out 
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C H A P. 



602 Judah' >s captivity for fin. JEREMIAH. The fabbath to be hallowed. 

CHAP. XVI I. j I defired the woeful day ; thou knoweft 

The captivity of Judah for fin. 5 Trujl\ that which came out ©f my lips was right 

! before thee. 

17 Be not a terror unto me : thou art 
my hope in the day of evil. 

18 Let them be confounded that perfe- 
cute me, but let not me be confounded 



in man is curfed, 7 in God is blejfed. 9 
The deceitful heart cannot deceive God. 
12 The falvation of God. 
THE fin of Judah is wi itten with a pen 
of iron, and with the point of a diamond : 



It is graven upon the table of their heart, j let them be difmayed, but let not me be 

and upon the horns of your altars ; j difmayed : bring upon them the day of 

2 Whilfl their children remember their evil, and deftroy them with double de- 



altars and their groves by the green trees 
upon the high hills. 



ftruclion. 

19 Thus faid the Lord unto me, Go 



/Wll lll»^ Jllgli II1UO. i W 1IIUO 1KIU 111V, LiU JVU UlllU 111^, VJU 

3> O my mountain in the field, I will and Hand in the gateof the children of the 
give thy fub (lance and all thy treafures toj people, whereby the kings of Judah come 
the fpoil, and thy high places for fin, \ in, and by the which they go out, and in 
throughout all thy borders. Jail the gates of Jerufalem 

4 And thou, even thyfelf, (halt riifcon- 20 And fay unto them, Hear ye the 
tinue from thine heritage that I gave thee ; j word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, 
and 1 will caufe thee to ferve thine ene- { and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of 
mies in the land which thou knoweft not ; Jerufalem, that enter in by thefe gates : 



for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, 
nvhich (hall burn forever. 



5 <fl Thus faith the Lord, Curfed be 



SI Thus faith the Lord, Take heed 
to yourfelves, and bear no burden on the 
fabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates 

the man that trufleth in man, and makethi of Jerufalem ; 

flefli his arm, and whofe heart departethi 22 Neither carry forth a burden outo! 

from the Lord. j your houfes on the fabbath day, neither 

6 For he (hall be like the heath in the! do ye any work, but hallow ye the fab. 

defert, and (hall not fee when good com- bath day, as I commanded your fathers. 

eth ; but (hall inhabit the parched places 2S But they obeyed not, neither in- 

in the wildernefs, in a fait land and not clined theirear,but made their neck (lifF, 



inhabited 

7 9\ Ble(Ted is the man that trufleth in 
the Lord, and whofe hope the Lord is : 

8 For he (hall be as a tree planted by 
the waters, and that fpreadeth out her 
roots by the river, and (ball not fee when 
heat cometh, but her leaf (hall be green ; 
and (hall not be careful in the year of 
drought, neither fhall ceafe from yielding 
fruit. 

9 fl The heart is deceitful above all 
things, anddefperately wicked : Who can 
know it ? 

10 I the Lord fearch the heart, /try 
the reins, even to give every man accord- 
ing to his way s,and according to the fruit 
of his doings. 

It As the partridge (itteth on eggs y 2nv^ 
hatcheth them not ; fo he that getteth 
riches, and not by right, (hall leave them 
in the midfl of his days, and at his end 
mall be a fool. 

12 % A glorious high throne from the 
beginning is the place of our fanctuary. 

IS O Lord the hope of Ifrael, all that 
forfakc thee (hall be afhamed, and they 
that depart from me (hall be written in 
the earth, becaufe they have forfaken the 
Lord, the fountain of living waters. 

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I (hall be 
healed ; fave me, and I fhall be faved : 
for thou art my praife. 

15 Behold, they fay unto me, Where is 
the wordof the Lord > Let it come now. 

16 As forme,! have not haftened from 
being a pafter to follow thee ; neither have 



that they might not hear, nor receive in- 
ftruclion. 

24 And it fhall come to pafs, if ye dili- 
gently hearken unto me, faith the Lo r D,to 
bring in no burden through the gates c~ 
this city on the fabbath day, but hallow 
the fabbath day, to do no work therein 

2.0 Then fhall there enter into the gates 
of this city kings and princes fitting upon 
the throne of David, riding in chariots 
and on horles, they, and their princes, 
the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of 
Jerufalem : and this city fhall remain for 
ever. 

26 And they fhall come from the cities 
of Judah, and from the places abour Je- 
rufalem, and from the land of Benjamin, 
and from the plain, and from the moun- 
tains, and from the fouth, bringing burnt 
offerings, and facrifices, and meat offer- 
ings, and incenfe, and bringing facrifice3 
of praife, unto the houfe of the Lord. 

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me 
to hallow the fabbath day, and not to 
bear a burden, even entering in at the 
gates of Jerufalem on the fabbath day ; 
then will I kindle a fire in the g-ites 
thereof, and it (hail devour the palaces of 
Jerufalem, and it thall not be quenched. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Under the type of a potter, Godfhenvetk 
bis ahfclutepo-werofdfjofitig of nations. 

1 I Judgments threatened ta Judah. 
THE word which came to Jeremiah 

from the Lord, faying, 

2 A rife, and go down to the potter's 

jioule, 



7b e type of the patter. Chap. xix. 

houfe. and there I will caufe thee to hear 
my words. 

o I hen I went down to the potter's 
houle and behold, he wrought a work 
on the wheels. 

* And the veffel that he made of clay 
was marred in the hand of the potter : 
fo he nude it again another velTel, as 
ieem; d good to the potter to make it. 

5 Then the word of the Lord came to 
me, fj> 

6 O houfe of lfrael, Cannot 1 do with 
yon as this potter I faith the Lord. Be- 
fiol l, us the da/ is in the potter's hand, 

e > e.n mine hand, C) houfe of lfrael. 

7 At ivbat inftant I (hall fpeak con- 
cern ng a nation, and concerning a k:;ig- 
dom to pluck up, una tu pull down, and 
to dettro) /•• ; 

8 If that nation, again whom I have 

, 'in :, from the r ev.l, I Will 
rejent of the evil that I thought to do 

u tit 

9 \nd at -what inftant I mall fpeak con- 
cerning i, and concerning a king- 
dom, to bu \ Lilt it \ 

10 If it do evd in my light, that it 
©bey not m , then I will repe it of 

, wherewith I fa: i I would ben- 
efit 

n €] Now therefore, go to, (peak ti 
men of Judah, and to the inhabitant 
Jeruialem, laying, i hus faith the Lord, 
I againlt . I de- 

I ainit ) -ju ; rctui n \ e now 

ever i evil w 

i - ipe • 

r our <;••■ n •!<• 
do the imagination 

13 Lob D,Afk 



ye i hath 

i i inch tin r I frael 
I 

14 Will a man leave the fnow of I 

anon icuub comeib from the rocl 
i >hall the c old ti )\\ in^ a a- 

rlut t ome fiom a: e be 

;i ? 

: 
I • 
: lii :u ti» llumble in 
j 

lt> I ,» make t lieir la 
, one th i' p 

. ' wag hi 

be 

17 I will f< ith an 

wind 1 enemy ; I w id 

then ick, an4 not the face, n 

aimty. 
1 hen . and let 113 

dcy.!-- d v i cs i r the 

law lhall not penih from the prieft, nor 



The Jetus defolation forejbeion. 60S 

counfel from the wife, nor the word 
from the prophet Come, and let us 
finite him with the tongue, arid let us not 
give heed to any of his words. 

19 (Jive heed to me, O Lord, and 
hearken to the voice of them that con- 
tend with me. 

£0 Shall evil be recompenfrd for good ? 
For they have digged a pit for my foul. 
Remember that 1 Itood before thee to 
f^eak go >d for them, and to turn away 
thy wrath from them. 

II Therefore, deliver up their children 
to the famine, and pour out their blood 
by the force of the (word ; and let their 
wives be bereaved of rheir children, and 
be widows j and let their men be pur to 



death ; let their young men be flain by tiie 
l'.\ord in battle. 

■11 Let a cr> be heard from their houfes, 
when thou (halt bring a troop fuddenly 
upon then : for they have digged a pit 
to lake me, and hid (hares for my feet. 

Vet Lot.D, thou knoweft all their 
counfel againlt me to Hay me : forgive 
not rlKir iniquity, neither blot out their 
tin from thy light, but let them be over- 
throwa before thee : dear ttms with them 
in the time of thine anger 

C H \ P. XIX. 
Under the i\fl< §J breakir.g a potter's 
is forefbfUted the dejoiatton of 

the Jc WS/bt ■ IS. 

LIS faith the Lord, Cio, and jzeta 
poiter' le, and tunt of the 

ancients ol id ol theam lent i 

or the pi iefl 

. • f r'h unto tlie v a 1 1 e y of the 
fon of riinnom, which n by th'- entry of 
the ealt tnd proclaim there tlic 

tod fa) , • i>- ir } e the » i I of the 
La KD. o ; JuUh, and it- 

- of fei ui.uem ; i hus faith the I ,o b d 
oi hofl ol lfrael, Behold, 1 will 

bring evil upon thi , the a hich 

m hoUK V' r ! I h ill tingle. 

* B they have forlak »/ne, I 

have e(l ranged thii i I U e, and h <vc 
:<uiiu\l incenie in it unto other go 
••• hum neitrn i I n 

have know n, nor tn • kinj - ol [udah. 
ind h ivc filled thii place a ith the bl< 
.,t ifii.- 

5 i the high pi 
Baal, to I i th< 

bin . Ii I i .n- 

ike n y n< i; 
// into my mind : 

6 l hi refoi •. behold, tl 

th i. tl •' (hall no 

l rophet, nor l he \ 
ol the (• b of riinnom, bul I he val 
of Qaughu i . 

1 And I will make void the coi 
Judah and Jeju'.alcmin thisplace ; had I 

w i! 1 



6(54 Pajbur^s fearful doom. 



JEREMIAH. 



jeremiah's complaint. 



willcaufe them to fall by the fword before (hall behold it : and I will give all Judah 
their enemies, and by the hands of them into the hand of the king of Babylon and 
that feck their lives:' and their carcailes he Shall carry them captive into Babylon, 
will I give to be meat for the fowls ofthe and fliall flay them with the fword/ 
heaven, and for the beafts of the earth. 5 Moreover, 1 will deliver all the 

8 And 1 will make this city defolafe, ftrongth of (his csty, and ail the labours 
and an hiffina-; every one that palTeth thereof, and ait the precious things there- 



thereby lhall be aftonifhed and hifs, be- 
caufe of all the plagues thereof. 

9 And I willcaufe then) to eat the flefh 



of, and all the treafures of the kings of 
Judah will I give into the hand of their 
enemies whn ft ih il fpoil them, and take 
of their fons, and the flefh of their daugh- : them, and carry them to Babylon. 
ters, and they fliall eatevcry one the flefh | 6 And 6hou, Paflnir, arid al! that dwell. 
of his friend in the (lege and ftraitnefs, in thine houfe fhal go into captivity : and 
therewith their enemies, and they that thou (halt come to Babylon, and there 
ieek their lives, fnall ftraiten them ithou fha.lt die, and (halt be buried th re, 



10 Then thou thalt break the bottle in 
the fight of the men that go vvith thee 

It And flbalt fay unto them, Thus 
faith the Lord of hods, I* ven fo will I 
break tkis people and -this city, as one 
breaketh a potter's veiTcl, that cannot 
be made whole again : and they fhal! 
bury them in Tophet, till there be no place 
to bury. 

12 Thus will I do unto this place, faith 
the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, 
<ix\<\ even make this city as Tophet ; 

13 And the houfes of Jernfalem. and 
the houfes ofthe kings of Judah, fhali be 
defiled as tneplaceof Tophet, becaufe of 
all the houfes upon whofe roofs they have 
burned incenie unto all the hoft of heav- 
en, and have poured out drink offerings 
unto other gods. 

14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, 
whither the Lord had fent him to proph- 
efy ; and he flood in the court of the 
Lord's houfe; andfaid to all the people, 

15 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the 
Godoflfrael, Behold, I will bring upon 
this city, and upon all her towns, all the 
evil that I have pronounced againft it, 
becaufe they have hardened their necks, 
that they might not hear my words. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Pujbur % fmiting Jeremiah, rece'"vetb a 

ne<w name, and a fearful doom. 7 

Jeremiah complainetb of contempt, 10 

of treachery, Hand of bis birth. 

NOW Palhur the fori of lmmer the 
priefL who c u>as alfo chief governor in 
the houfe ofthe Locd. heard thit Jerc- 
emiah prophefied-th'efe things. 

"I Then Paihur lmote Jeremiah trie 
prophet, and put him in the ttocks that 
'were in the high gareof Benjamin, which 
'■was by the houfe of the Lord. 

3 And it came to pafs on r!ie morrow, 
that Pafhur brought forth Jeremiah out 
ofihe flocks Tlien laid Jeremiah unto 
him, The Lord hath not c died thy name 
Pafhur, but Magormdfibib. 

A For thus faith the Lord, Behold, 1 



thou and all thy friends, to whom thou 
half propheficd lies. 

7 «] O Lord, thou haft deceived me, 
and I was deceived : thou art fhonger 
than I, and halt prevailed : I am in de- 
rifion dady, every one mocketh me. 

tf For fmce I ip'ike, I cried out, I cried 
violence and fpoil ; becaufe the word of 
the Lord was made a reproach unto me, 
and a derifion, daily. 

9 Then I laid, I will not make men- 
tion of him, nor fpeak any more in his 
name. But bis ivord was in mine heart 
as a burning fire fhu't up in my bones, 
and 1 was weary with forbearing, and I 
could not/toy. 

t0 qi For 1 heard the defaming of 
many, fear on every fide. Report, Jay 
they, and we will report it. All my_U~ 
miiiars watched for my halting, faying* 
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we 
(hall prevail againfl him, and we fliall 
take our revenge on him. 

11 But the Lord is with me as a migh- 
ty terrible one : therefore my persecutors 
fliall (rumble, and they fhal! not prevail : 
they fhail be greatly afhamed ; for they 
fliall not prefper : their everlafting con- 
fuiion fhali never be forgotten. 

It But, O Lord of hofts, that triefl the 
righteous, and feeff the reins and the 
heart, let me fee thy vengeance on thcro. : 
for unio thee have I opened my caufe. 

IS Sing unto the Lord, praife ye the 
Lord : tor he hath delivered the foul of 
the poor from the hand of evil doers. 

14 % Curled be the day wherein I was 
born : let not the day wherein my moth- 
er I; ue me be blerTcd. 

15 Curfed /v the man who Brought tid- 
ings to my father, faying, A man child is 
born unto thee ; making him very glad. 

io And let that man he as the cities 
which the Lord overthrew, and repent- 
ed not : and let him h^ar the cry in the 
morning, and the fliouting ar noon tide ; 

17 Becaufe he flew me not from the 
womb ; or that »iy mother might h&ve, 



will make thee aterror tothyfelf, an.l to been my grave, and her Womb to be ai 
oil thy friends : and they fhall fall by the 
iword of their enemies, and thine 






ways great iv Uh me. 

18 Wherefore came I forth out tA 

won.b 



J tare ,'tiold. p. x.\i. Rjrii. An ex ■'. iQTtaUcn to repentant. I 

//, beca ■ cv:l of your doin$ 

I • ' :. 1 -r: a^ainft thee, O inhab- 
itant ol the \ -^ rock of the plain* 
h the Lord ; A he (bail 
come dow n again It us ? or, Who (hall en- 
ter into ibitati >ns ? 

14 But I will ■. iiiii you according to 
the • e Lo at) : 

. 1 w ill i fire in the foreiJ I '.<.- 

of, .r all things, round 

about ;:. 

CHAP. XXII. 
I ^a r. ntutue, 10 7.'-> 

_/'»</ - t, K 20 and oj Con 

I t! Ub I t.ORD, <»OdountO 

the hot :ir>g of Jtidah, andfpeak 

there ; h. • di 

the Lord, 

!•- heft upo 
thr. i : i ; ■ \ intB, 

pie that in by dieie 

- 

the Lord, Execute ye 
jud , fcr 

the hand < 
llbi : and do n ice 

r • t!ic (banger, !i.e fatherlefs, nor the 
widow , i (tied innocent blood m 

this plai 

* For if \ thin » indeed, then 

(hall ihere enter in by the . t tiiis 

kinj - fitting upon ti.e throne 
David, ri ling io <. hariots in<l < ■ . ..s, 
he, S fei van; , and h 

■> Bui if ye r;!l not hear th 

1 ('wear by inyfelf, faith ■'■ e Lord that 
this Inn. I. Hi ,i, 

6 Foi the 1 ,ord unto the 

kin hi I hon aft t »il< id 

uni id of I i 

. will : . 

citii iot inhabited. 



womb t* :-.ourand forr< it my 

confumed with thame ? 
, t>. XXL 
1 Zrdekiak mquiretb the event r>f I 
t h . nvar. 3 A hard 

ftreioi 

IK word which c ime unto f< 
from the L>k e>, v hen king Zc l< 
unto hi 

.- ton of M lafe ah the 
prieft, I 

inquire, 1 pray thee, of the I 
forus; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab 
ylun muke'h war ft us ; '.; fo be 

the Lord .-.ill deal with »i> 
:o all hfc wondrous works? t!:at i:c 

'!S. 

i faid Jeremiah unto them, 
Thus (hall ye fay to 2 

Lokd GoJ of rfrael, 

.Id. I will turn b i ns ol 

tre in \ our ha « ith 

ye :t the king of :i, and 

. 
.t the walls and 1 
them into tfie m dfl >f this city. 

.". i ! , :lf will fight a : unft 
th an o hed h nd with a ■■ 

r, and in fury # i 
and 

\nd 1 will finite 'he inhabitants of 
ty, both : i m and bead : they (hall 
of a gi ilence. 

. nrd, fji h the Lo HD, I 
■ I <'cliv :ki ih king oi Judah and 

in i fuch .i I 
ai m the ncd 

i 1 from tl ine, 

> the 

the I 

|] finite them w ith the J 

(hall not ip.-src them, 

dt fay, 
Tli 

you th nd th' n » -th. 

9 1 t it) ih ill die 

by the I nine, 

but he thai go :th i 
I fa 

I, : 

ith the 

■ 

1 ' 

«' sthew 

L 

• :h it is . 

I preflbi i 
i;:; .: Mic, and burn that non 



.nd I -.\ ill | 

)• with h 
I coi dow n thy choi< 

an.l | 

v ..k1 man j fh til pt this 

InS 

nr, V- I 

■ • « ! 1 1 1 U 

9 i • 

I 

Hum ih< 

• thcr 
, He 

15 Woe 



60S The judgment of Coniah. JEREMIAH. Tbereftorathn of God's people. 

13 Woe unto him that buildeth his! 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word 
houfe by unrighteoufnefs. and his chain- ,of the Lord. 

bersby wrong; //wufethhis neighbour's I $0 inus faith the Lord, Write yethis 
iervice without wages, and giveth him [man cnildlefs, a man that fhall not prof- 
not for his work • per in his days : for no man of his feed 

14 That faith, I will build me a wide Una'! profper, fitting upon the throne of 
Iioufe and large chambers, and cutteth David, and ruling any more in Judah. 



him out windows ; and it is ceiled with 
cedar, and painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou reign, becaufe thou clofeft 
ttyfelfin cedar ? Did not thy father eai 
and drink, and do judgment and juftice, 
Mttd then// nvas well with him ? 

16 He judged the can fe of the poor and 
needy ; then // "joas well <witb h:m : Was 
not this to know me ? faith the Lord. 

17 But thine e>es and thine heart are 
not but for thy covetoufnefs, and for to 
ihed innocent blood, and for opprefiion, 
and for violence to do it. 

18 Therefore thus faith the Lord con- 
cerning Jehoiakim the fon of Jofiah king 
of Judah, They (hall not lament for him, 
ta y n g* Ah my brother ! or, Ah fitter ! 
they lhall not lament for him, Jayixg, Ah 
lord ! or, Ah his glory ! 

19 He fhall be buried with the burial 
©fan afs, drawn and caft forth beyond 
the gates of Jerufalem. 

20 fl Go up to Lebanon, and cry ; 
and lift up thy voice in Bafhan, ami cry 
from the palfages : for all thy lovers are 
deitroyed. 

21 I fpake unto thee in thy profperity ; 
but thou faidft, I will not hear. This batb 
been thy manner from thy youth, that 
thou obeyedfl not my voice. 

22 The wind (hall eat up all thy paf- 
tors, and thy lovers fhall go into captivi- 
ty : furely then (halt thou be afhamed 
and confounded for all thy wickednefs. 

2£ O inhabitant of Lebanon, that mak- 
er! thy neft in the cedars, how gracious 
(halt thou be when pangs come upon 
thee, the pain as of a woman in travail ! 

21 As 1 live faith the Lord, though 
Coniah the fon of Jehoiakim king of Ju- 
dah were the fi^net upon my right hand, 
yet would I pluck thee thence ; 

25 And I will give thee into the hand 
of them that feek thy life, and into the 
hand oftbem whofe face thou feared, even 
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon, and into the hand of the 
Chaldeans. 

^6 And I will caft thee out, and thy 
mother that bare thee, into another coun- 
try, where ye were not born ; and there 
(hall ye die. 

27 lint to the land whereuntothey defire 
to return, thither foal I they not return. 

28 Is this man Coniah a defpifed brok- 
en idol ? Is be a veffel wherein is no pleaf- 
ure ? therefore are they caft out, he and 
his feed, and are cait into a land which 
they know not ? 



CHAP "XXIII. 

1 He propbefietb areftoration of the fc al- 
tered fl'uk 9 Again ft falfe prophets 
WOE unto the paftor* that deftroy 

and fcatter the fheep of my pafture ! faith 

the Lord. 

2 Therefore, thusfairh *he Lord God 
of Ifrael aga'-nft the pafrors th it feed my 
people, Ye have fcattered my flock, and 
driven them away, and have not vifited 
them : behold, 1 will vifit upon you the 
evil of your doings, faith the Lord. 

3 And I will gather the remnant of my 
flock out of all countries whither I have 
driven them-, and will bring them again 
to their folds ; and they ihall be fruitful 
and mcreafe 

i • nd I will fet upfhepherds over them 
which Ihah feed them : and they fhall fear 
no more, nor be difmayed, neither fnall 
they be lacking, faith the Lord. 

5 Behold, the days come, faith the 
Lord, that I will raife unto David a 
righteous Branch, and a king fhall reign 
and profper, and fhall execute judgment 
and juftice in rhe earth. 

6 In ius days Judah thall be faved, and 
Ifrael fhall dwell fafely : and this ts his 
name wherebv he (hall be called, THE 
LORD OUR'RIGH TEOUSNESS. 

7 Therefore, behold the days come, 
faith the Lord, that they fhall no more 
fay, The LoRDliveth, which brought up 
the children of Ifrael out of the land of 
Egypt : 

8 But, the Lord liveth,which brought 
up and which led the feed of the houfe of 
Ifrael out of the north country, and from 
all countries whither I had driven them ; 
and they fhall dwell in their own land. 

9 % Mine heart within me is broken 
becaufe of the prophets ; all my bones 
lhake ; I am like a drunken man, and 
like a man whom wine hath overcome, 
becaufe of the Lord, and becaufe of the 
words of his holinefs. 

10 For the land is full of adulterers; 
for becaufe of fwearing the land mourn- 
eth ; the pleafant place^of the wildei nefs 

jare dried np ; and their courfe is evil, and 
their force is not right. 

It For boih prophet and prieft are 
profane ; yea in my houfc have I found 
their wickednefs, faith the Lord. 

12 Wherefore their way (hall be unto 
them as Oippery ways in the darknefs : 
they fhall be driven on, and fall therein : 
for I will bring evil upon them, even the 
year of their vifitation, faith the Lord. 

15 And 



Agatnfi falfe prophets, &c. Chap. xxiv. 

13 And I have fecn folly in the proph- 
ets bf bamaria : they prophefied in Baal, 
and caufed my people Uriel to err. 

14 I have feen alio in the prophets of 
Jerufalem an horrible thing : the> commit 
adultery, and walk in lies : they ftrength- 
en alfo the hand* of evil doers, that none 
doth return from his wicked nefs : they 
are all of them unto me as Sodom, and 
the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 

15 Therefore thus faith the Lord of 
hofts, concerning the prophets, Behold, 
I will feed them with wormwood, and 



The two bajkets of figs. 607 



make them drink the water ot gall : lor and lay, He faith. 



28 The prophet that hath a dream, let 
him tell a dream ; and he that hath my 
word, let himfpeak my word faithfully. 
What ii the chaff to the wheat \ faith the 
Loi d. 

*9 Is not my word like as a fire ? faith 
the Lord ; and like a hammer that break- 
eth the rock in pieces ? 

"JO Therefore, behold, I am againftthe 
prophets, faith the Lord, that Meal my 
words, every one from his neighbour. 

>\ Behold, I am agamft the prophets, 
[ faith the Lop n. that ufe their tongues, 



from the prophets of Jeruialem is pro- 
fanenefs gone forth into all th** I.mkI. 

16 Thus faith the Lord o{ hofts, 
Hearken not unto the words of the proph- 
ets that prophefy unto you : they n 
you vain ; they fpeak a virion of their 
own heart, and not out of the mouth oi 
the Lord. 

IT 1 hey fay Hill unto them that defpife 
J he Lord hath faid, Ye (hall have 

ICC ; and they fay unto every one that 

Iketh aftei tne imagination of his own 
iieart. No evil (hall come upon you. 

tfl for, Vv ho hath flood in the counfel 
of the Lord, and huh perceived and 
heard his word ? Who hath marked his 
word and he ird /'/ ? 



1 Heboid, I am againft them that 
]>rophefy fa lie dreams, faith the Lord, 
and do teil them, and eauie my people to 
err by their lies, and by their lightnefs ; 
yet 1 lent them not, nor commanded 
them : therefore they (hall not prom this 
people at all. faith the Lord. 

53 And when this people, or the proph- 
et, or a priift. mall aflc thee, laying, 
What u the burden of the Lord ? thou 
malt then fay unto them, What burden ? 
1 v ill even forfake you. faith the Lord. 

54 And as jor the prophet, and the 
pried, and the people, that thai! fay, 1 he 
burden of the Lord, 1 will even | unifh 
that m in arid his houfe. 

3') 1 hus thai' ye fay every one to his 
19 I'chfild, a whirlwind of the Lord neighbour^ and ever) ope to his brother, 



y, ev< i a I hath the Lord anfwered i and, 

ill irnr\ir\i\i\v nnnn ' \\ lit li:it h the I flliii tn. >L »-n •* 



>ne forth in fur 

Iwind : it Hull fall gnevoufly upon w hat hath the Loud fpol 



the head of th 



96 And the burdt n of the Lord fl>a!l 



Lord (hall ention re: for every man's 

■ irn, until he hav ited, and till word Ihall be his burden ; for j 

he have p thoughts of his perverted l Eds <.t the living Ciou # 

ball confider 
il perfectly. 

not ft nt thefe prophets, yet 

they ra.i | : not fpoken to tl 

\ ropht ied. 
tl Bui if thej had flood in my coun« 
lei, and had caufed m> to hr.,r Bet lufe ye fay this word, The burden ot 



ol the Lord i i hods cur ( rod. 

SI 1 hus ||), ilt thou fay to the i 

Whai hath the Lord anfwered theet 
hath the Lord fp< ken ? 
38 But fioce > c fay, I I e burden ol the 
Lord; therefore thui faith the Lord; 



i ihej fimuld ha', r tin a,- d 
I way , and troui th<; 

Am I a < ' td at hand, faith the 
' D. and not a 

in any hide himldf m ft 

place: that I (hall not fee him I faith the 
d. I)., !,, r I fill ; irth I 

the Lord. 

i have t the prophets faid, 

phefy lies in my name, (aj ing, I 
ied, I I imed. 

• lew 1 I ion l)** in t! 

«.f the prophets thai prophefj 

are prophets of the deceit of their 

Ml ; 

17 Which think to caufe my people to 

forget my name by their dreams which 

erj i,i' ir, a-> 

r fathers have forgotten u le for 

Baal. 



rtd i I: IVC t( nt unto \ OU, f.»y- 

^ e (ball nut lay, 'I he burden <>i tlie 

Lor !) ; 

I hen old. I, even f.will ut- 

tei 1) foi I u ill foi I ike VOU, 

and the i It) thai 1 gave >v.u, ami \ 

fathers, and ut of m) prefei 

10 And 1 \\ dl bi ina an ei ei i fl 

li upon yot Uiai lhaniC, 

n .'in h l>iall net be rn. 

CHAP \ \IV. 
i r, 4 be fore/be i 

foi .ii'inttnm eabtivity f H rutior 

'1 111- In R D QlC 

two b iflcets the 

ir ot the Lord, I i 

king of J I carri- 

ed iv ty cap) I Je- 

hoiakim kr tidah, and 

of J udah, with the carpenters and 

hron 



6Q8 The y?<ws reproved. J ERE 

from Jerufalem. and had brought them 
to Babylon. 

2 One bailcet bad v,ery good figs, e~ en 
like the figs that are firft ripe : and the 
other bafket bad very naughty figs, which 
could not be eaten, they were To bad. 

3 Then faid rhe Lord uni o me, What 
Jeeft thou, Jeremiah ? And I faid, Fig? ; 
the 300a figs, very good ; and rhe evil, 
very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are 
ioevii. 

4 ^| Again the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

5 Thus faith the Lord, the God of If- 
rael, Like thefe good figs, fo v/ill I ac- 
knowledge them tftat are carried away 
captive of Judah,whom 1 have tent out of 
this place into the land of the Chaldeans 
for their good 

6 For I will fet mm:- eyes apon (hem 
for good, and I will bring them again to 
th ; s land : and I will build them, and not 
pull them down ; audi will plant them, 
and not pluck, tbcm up. 

7 And I will give them an heart to 
know me, that 1 #m the Lord : and 
they /hall be my people, and I will be 
their God : for they fhaii return unio me 
with their whole heart. 

8 II And as the evil figs, which cannot 
be eaten, they are fo evil ; furely thus 
faith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah 
the kin? of Judah, and his princes, and 
the refidue of Jerufalem, that remain in 
this land, and them that dwell in the 
land of Egypt : 

9 And f will deliver themlohe remcv- 
ed into all the kingdoms of the earth for 
their hurt, to be a reproach and a prov- 
erb, a taunt and a curfe, in ail places 
whither I fha'i drive them. 

10 And i will fend ihe fword, the fam- 
ine, and the peflilence, among them, rill 
they be con fumed from off the Ian/! tliat 
1 gave unto them and to their fathers. 

C II A P. XXV. 
1 Jeremiah, reproving the Jevjs' difobc- 

riirr.ee to the prophets, %/oreteUeib the 

feven'j years captivity , li and after 

that, i be definition of Babylon. 

THE sword that came to Jeremiah con- 
<ei'nmga!l the people of Judah in the 
fourth year of Jenotakim the ion of Jofiah 
Linn of Xnidah, thattua/ the rirlt year of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; 

2 1 he which Jeremiah the prophet 
fnake unto ail the people of Judah, and to 
all the inhabitants of Jerufalem, faying, 

S From the thirteenth .year of Jofiah 
the fon of Amon king of Judah, even un- 
to this day, that is the time" and twen- 
tieth year, the word oi the Lord hath 
come unto me, and I have fpoken unto 
yen, rifing early and (peaking ; but ye 
have not hearkened. 

4 And the Lord halh fent unto von 



M I A H. Their eaptivityfc retold. 

all his fervants the prophets, rifing early 
and fending them ; but ye have not heark- 
ened, nor inclined your ear to hear 

5 They laid, Turn ye again now every 
one from his evil way, and from the ev:i 
of y our doings, and dwell in the land that 
rhe Lord hath given unto you and to 
your fathers loi ever and ever : 

ti And g© not afrer ovhrr cods to ferve 
them, and to worth ip them, and provoke 
me not to anger with the works of your 
hands : and 1 will do you no hurt. 

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, 
fv.th the Lord ; that ye might provoke 
*i]e to anger with the works of your 
hands to your own hint. 

H q\ Therefore, thus faith the Lord of 
hofts, Because ye have not heard ray 
words, 

9 Behold I will fend and take all the 
families of the north, faith the Lop.d, and 
Nebuchadrezzar the kingof Babylon my 
fervant, and will bring them ^gainfl this 
1 knd, and againft the inhabitants thereof, 
and again ft -all thefe nations round about, 
fcnd will utterly deft roy them, and make 
them an aftonifhment, and an hilling, and 
perpetual defolations. 

10 Moreover, I will take from them 
oiceoi mirth, and the voice of glad- 

nefs, the voiceof the bridegroom, and the 
voice of the bride, the found of the mill- 
ftooes, and the light of the candle. 

11 And this whole land (hall be a def- 
o'ation, and an afronhhment ; and thefe 
nations (hail ferve the king of Babylon 
feventy years. 

li q] And it fhaii come topafs. when 
feventy years ape accompli A ed, that I will 
punifh f .ht king of Babylon, and that na- 
tion, faith the Lord, for their iniquity, 
and the land of the Chaldeans, and witt 
make it perpetual defolations. 

\6 And I will bring upon that land 
all my words which. I have pronounced 
againli it, even all that is written in rl 
book, which Jeremiah hath prophefied 
agair.fr al) the nations. 

14 For many nations and great kings 
•'hail ferve themfelves of them alfo ; and 
i will recompenfe them according to their 

as, and recording to the works of th< 
ovd n hands. 

15 For thus faith the Lord God of If- 
rael unto me, Take the wine cup of this 
fury at my hand, and raule all the na- 
tions, to whom I k)M\ thee, to drok it. 

16 And they (hall drink and be moved, 
and be ma*;, becaufe of the fword that 1 
will hind among them. 

17 Then took I the cup at the Lord'* 
hand, and made all the nations to drink, 
unto whom the Lord had fent me : 

18 To v)it, Jerufalem, and the cities ol 
Judah, and the kings thereof, and the 
princes thereof, to make ihtm a defoia- 

t\c. 



A pro 9ft, ^hap, 

tion, an aftoni foment, an lulling, and a 
curfe ; as it is this day ; 

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his fer- 

\ ants, and Ins princes, and all his people : 

"10 And all the mingled people, ar.d all 

of the land of. Uz, and all the 

gs of the land ot the Philiftines, and 

Afhkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and 

the remnant of A(hdod, 

Bdom, and Moab, and the children 
of Amnion, 

'ii And all the kings of Tyros, and ill 
the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the 
illcs which are beyond the fea, 

Dednn, and Tema, and Buz, and 
all that are in the utmoft corners, 

And all the kings of Arabia, and all 
the kings of the mingled people that 
dwell in the deferr, 

fi And all the kings of Zimri, and all 
the kin-s of Elam, and all the kings of 
the Meues, 

£6 And all the kings of the north. Far 

and near, one with another, and all the 

kingdoms of the world, which ure upon 

the face of th" earth • and the king of 

aach (hall drink after them. 

f herefore thou (halt fay mrothem, 

i .ns faith the Lord of hofts the God of 

ll'rael, Drink ye, and he drunken, and 

te. and fall, and rife no more, becaufe of 

the (word which I will fend among you. 

1 it (hall be, if they refufe to 

. • the cup at thine hand to drink, then 

!t thou (ay unto them, 'I hus faith the 

Ye (hall certainly drink. 

29 in to bring evil on ihe 

city v. < by my name, and 

utterly un ball 

not be ttnpuni(hed : fori will call for a 

-d upon all the inhabitants li the 

50 Therefore prophefj thou againfl 
in all tl 

I ., and 

lit? '• from his ho! n ; 

he Hi all mightily >n hish ibitation j 

he (hall g tout, as t] 

tbt it all the inhabit 

the earth 

dl come e*ven to tl • ends 
of the earth ; for the Lord huh 
the n ition ., h : will ] 
ill flefh ; he will Rive them tbat are 
rd, faith the I.op d. 

iRDui h0 

hoM, , ,,, 

• whirl .all be 

i the c< ' • h. 

And thr fl he Lo D (hall he 

at that day from §ne t irth c- 

uni nil : th 

(hall not be lame 
nor buried ; they (hall be dung U| 
grou 
si Howl, ye ihc, 



x\v;. Jeremiah arrefied. 609 

wallow yourfelves in the a/bes, ye prin-, 
c ip.il of the flock: for the days of your 
(laughter and of your difperfionsare ae- 
6 mplithed ; and ye lhall fall like a pleaf- 
ant vellel. 

55 And the fhepherds (hall have no 
way to Bee, nor the principal of the flock 
to efcape. 

56 A voice of the cry of the (hepherds, 
and an howling of the principal of the 
Hock, Jliuli be btard ; for the Lord hath 
Jpoiled their pafluie. 

37 And the peaceable habitations are 
cut down, becaufe of the fierce anger ot" 
the Lord. 

S3 He hath forfaken his covert, as the 
lion : for their land is defol ne becaufe of 
the nercenefs of the oppreflbr, and be- 
caufe of his fierce anger. 

C H A P. XXVI. 
1 Jeremiah, exhorting to repentance, 8 is 

apprebe> ded, 10 and arraigned . Mliis 

apology. \6He is acquitted in judgmtnt. 

IN the beginning of the reign of lehoi- 
akim the fon of Joflah king of Judah, 
came (his word from the Loud, laying) 

I ll.i,, faith the Lord, Stand in the 
court of the Load's houie, and fpeak un- 
to all the cities of Judah, w h ch come to 
worth ip in the Lord's houfe, all the 
words that I command thee to fpeak unto 
them ; dimmilh not a word : 

S If (o be they will hearken, and turn 
eve ry man from his evil way, that I may 
repent me of the evd which I purpole 
to do unto them, becaufe of the evil of 
their doing 

Vnd thou (halt fay unto them, Thus 
faith the Load, If ye will not hearken to 

me to v\:dk in my law, which I have let 

oil, 

'■> 1 1> hearken to tin - words of my ( ( -r- 
prophets, whom 1 feni unto 

nling up early and lending 
i> t '//, but ye have not heai I ned ; 
». i 11 1 m ii • houfe like Shi- 

loh, ir!e to all 

th • nations of the i ai th. 
7 So the pi ind the prophetSi and 

all • (i>r.ikiug 

i ui the houfe <»i the Lo rd. 

B « '- >w itcame-.to pafsj n fere - 

miah had dl 

ih. it the I. ok i bim to 

fj •• tk unto all the people, that the prieftip 

. 1:1 1 all th le tOOk 

h ; n (halt (ure 

9 Vi l.y haft thou pn phefied in the 

i>, li ife 

°u lolu and be 

in inhabitant dl 

ah in the of the I 

. ■ 
g'shouic i :(eof the Lor 



£(0 Jeremiah's trial. 

and fat down intheentry of the new gate 
of the Lord's beuft*. 

1 1 Then fpake the priefts and the proph- 
ets unto the princes, and to all the peo- 
ple, faying, This man it worthy to die ; 
for lie hath prophefied againft this city, 
as ye have heard with your ears. 

12, ^| Then fpake Jeremiah unto all 
the princes, and to all the people, faying, 
The Lord fent me to pr< phefy againft 
this houfe ; and againft this city, all the 
words that ye -have heard. 

13 Therefore now amend your ways 
and your doings, and obey the voice of 
the Lord your God : and the Lord will 
repent him of the evil that he hath pro- 
nounced ftgainft you. 

14 As 'or me. Behold, I am in your 
hand : do with me as feemeth good and 
meet unto you. 

15 But know ye for certain, that if ye 
put me to deatli, ye thai I fti rely bring in- 
nocent blood upon yourfelves, and upon 
this city, and upon the inhabitants there- 
of : for of a truth the Lord hath fen* 
Sne unto you to fpeak all thefe words in 
your ears. 

iS €\ Then faid the princes and aU the 
people unto the priefts and to the proph- 
ets This 



JEREMIAH. 



Divers prophrjter. 



of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoia- 
kim the king ; who flew him with the 
fword, and caft his dead body into the 
graves of the common people. 

ti Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam 
the fon of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, 
that they mould not give him into the 
hand ot the people to put him to death. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
Under the tjfeoj bondsandyokes, hepropb- 
ejieth the fubduing of the neighbour- 
ing kings unto Nebuchadnezzar. 
IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoi- 
akim the fon of Jofiah king of Judah, 
came this word unto Jeremiah from the 
Lord, faying, 

2 Thus faith the Lord tome, Make 
thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon 
thy neck, 

3 And fend them to the king of E- 
dom, and to the king of Moab, and to 
the king of the Ammonites, and to the 
king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, 
by the hai>d of the mefTengers which 
come to Jerufalem unto Zedekiah king 
of Judah ; 

4 And command them to fay unto 
their matters, Thus faith the Lord of 
hofts, the God of Ifrael, Thus (hall ye 



ci?, j. ma man is not worthy to die :' fay unto your mafters ; 

for he hath fpoken to us in the name of 5 I have made the earth, the man and 

the Lord our God. ! thebeaft that are upon the ground, by my 

IT Then rofe up certain of the elders; great power and by my onlftretched arm, 
of the Jand, and fpake to all the affembly land have given it unto whom it feemed 
of the people, faying, meet unto me, 

13 Micah the Morafthile propheiled j 6 And now have I given all thefe lands 
in the days of Hezekiafi king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the 
and fpake to all the people of Judah, 
faying. Thus faith the Lord of hofts, 
Zion fhall be ploughed like a field, and 
Jerufalem fball become heaps, and the 
mountain of the houfe as the high places 
of a foreft. 



all 
not 



king of Babylon, my fervam ; and the 

beafts of the field have I given him alfo to 
ferve him. 

7 And all nations fhall ferve him, and 
his fon, and his fon's fort, until the very 
time of his land come : and then many 



19 Did hezekiah king of Judah and nations and great kings mail ferve them 
1 Judah put him at all to death ? Did he feives of him. 
.ot fear the Lord, and befought the; And it fhall come to pafs, that th.. 
Lord, and the Lord repented him ©£ nation and kingdom which will not ferve 
the evil vhich he had pronounced againft (the fame Nebuchadnezzar the king of 
them ? Thus might we procure great evil Babylon, and that will not put their riec' 



againft our fouls 

20 And there was alfo a man that proph 
efied in the name of the Lord, Urijah 
the fon of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, 
who prophefied againft thfscity, and a- 
gainft th;- land, according to al! the words 
of Jeremiah. 

And when Jehoiakim theklog, with 
all his mighty men, and all the- princes, 
heard hi'-, words, the king fought to put 
him to death : but when ITVijah I 
St, he was afraid, ah 1 fled, and went into 
Egypt ; 

■\r\ \ fenoiakim the king fenl men in- 
gypt,tf«a • fon of Ach- 

Jaor,and certain men with him i nt 

and thry fere' . ijah 'out 



under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 
that nation will I punifh, faith the Lord, 
with the fword, and with the famine, and 
with the peftilence, until I haveconfumed 
them by his hand. 

9 Therefore, hearken not ye to your 
prophets, nor to your dlviocr-,, nor to 
yotfr dreamers, nor to your enchanter-,, 
nor to your forcerers. which fpeak unto 
you, faying, Ve fhail not ferve the king 
of B::b\ Ion : 

10 For they prophefy a lie unto you, 
to remove you faV from uhp' land ; and 
that I mould drive you our, and ye 
fhould pei nli. 

M But the nations that bring tiVin 
r the yoke of -the king of Baby 

ah I 






B L f. Chap. CU 

1 ferve him, tl : I kt remain ftill in the fifth month, tbat tfananiah thr 

rown i tli the Lord ; and ; fon of Azur the prophet, whi 

I therein. beon, fpake unl 

;k ah king of J the Lord in the j. the priemi 

- 1 and or jIS the \ 
ccks und< r tl - • :eth t) o of h 

Ion, and lerve hi Uie G | have broken 

n. 
la V tiiou an-i thy peo-f ars v. ill 1 bri. 

to this j ice all the ve (Teh of ihe 
nlence, pokenl-LoRD 

that v. 

- -ifr UiKi li,n ; anri rurrif .... 



Babylt 
14 Th cm ■, hearken not unto I 

not fervethe k Jaby- 

. i ft.it them, faith the 
Lord, yet y a 1 

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l j 

I ■ - 

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IT 

i live ; 

.1 it" the 
t.'icr.i 

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and j Ion : 

« 
Jeconiah I 
Judah, 

into B., u e Lor 

f'v.r I nil! [ 
n. 
o 1 hi-n the prop] ah fald 

•od in thx hotifc of t 

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612 Jeremiah's letter to the JEREMIAH. 



captives of Babylon. 



of Babylon ; and they (hall ferve him : [ 11 Fori know the thoughts that I think 
and I have given him the beads of the J toward you, iaiih the Lord, thoughts 



field alio 

15 fl Then faid the prophet Jeremiah 
unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, 
Hananiah * the Lord hath nor lent thee ; 
but thou makelt this people to truffinalie. 

16 Therefore, thus faith the Lord, Be- 
hold, 1 wiil ca(t thee from oft the lace of 
the earth : this year thou (halt die, be- 
caufe thou halt taught rebellion a gain ft 
the Lord. 

17 So Hananiah the prophet died the 
fame year in the feventh month. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Jeremiah's later to the captives in 

Iiab)lon. 20 The fearjul end of Ahab 

and Zedekiah, tnvo lying prophets. 

NOW thefe are the words of the letter 
that Jeremiah the prophet fent from Je- 
rusalem unto the refidue of the elders 
which were carried away captives, and to 
the priefts, and to the propheis, and to 
all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar 
had carried away captive from Jerufalem 
to Babylon ; 

t (After that Jeconiah the king, and 
the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes 
of Judah and Jerufalem, and the carpen- 
ters and the fmiths, were departed from 
Jerufalem ;) 

3 By the hand of Elafah the fon of Sha- 
phan, and Gemariah the fon of Hilkiali, 
(v. horn Zedekiah king of Judah fent unto 
Bab> Ion to Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab- 
ylon) faym M , 

4 Thus faith the LoRDof hofts,the God 
of Ifrael, unto all that are carried away 
captives, whom I have can fed to be carri- 
ed away from Jerufalem unto Babylon ; 

5 Build ye hcufes,and dwell in them, and 
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; 

6 lake ye wives, and beget fons and 
daughters • and take wives for your fons 
and give your daughter to hulbands, 
that they may bear Ions and daughters; 
that ye may be increafed there, and not 
diminished. 

7 And feek the peace of the city whith- 
er 1 have caufed you 10 be carried a- 
way captives, and pray unto the Lord 
for it : for in the peace thereof fhall ye 
have peace. 

8 For thus faith the Lord of hofls, the 
God of I frael. Let not your prophets and 
your diviners, tint be in the mid ft of you, 
deceive you, neither hearken to your 
dreams which ye caufe to be dreamed. 

9 For they prophefy falfely unto you 
in my name : I have not lent them, faith 
the Lord. 

10 For thus faith the Lord, That after 
feventy years be accomplished at Baby- 
lon, I will- viiit you, and perform my 
good word toward you, in cauling you to 
return to this plac,e. 



of peace, and not of evil, to give you an 
expected end. 

i- lhen fhall ye call upon me, and ye 
fhall go and pray unto me, and 1 will 
hearken unto you. 

15 And \e {hail feek me, and find me, 
when } e {hall fearch for me with ali your 
heart. 

14 And I will be found of you, faith 
the Lord : and I will turn away your 
captivity, and I will gnthcryou from all 
the nations, and from all the places w hith- 
er 1 have driven you, faith the Lord ; 
and I will bring you again into the 
place whence I cauled you to be carried 
away captive. 

la Becaufe ye have faid, The Lord 
hath raifed us up prophets in Babylon ; 

16 Know that thus faith the Lo r d of the 
king that fitteth upon the throneot David, 
and of all the people that dv\ elleth in this 
city, and of your brethren that are not 
gone forth with you into captivity ; 

17 Thus faith the Lord of holts, Be- 
hold, I will fend upon them the fword, 
the famine and the peftilence, and will 
make them hke vile figs, that cannot be 



eaten, they are fo evil 

18 And I will periecute them with the 
fword, with the famine, and with the pef- 
tilence, and will deliver them to be re- 
moved fo all the kingdoms of the earth, 
to be a curie, and an atlonifhment, and 
an hiffing, and a reproach, among all the 
nations whither I have driven them : 

19 Becaufe they have not hearkened to 
my words, iaith the Lord, which I fent 
unto them by my fervants the prophets, 
nfing up early and fending them ; but ye 
would not hear, faith the Lord. 

20 $ Hear ye therefore the word of the 
Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I 
have fent from Jerufalem to .Babylon : 

Si Thus faith the Lord of holts, the 
God of Ifrael, of Ahab the fon of Kolai- 
ah, and of Zedekiah the fon of Maafet- 
ah, which prophefy a lie unto >ou in my 
name, Behold, 1 will deliver them inro 
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon, and he fhall flay them before 
) our C) es : 

-- And of them fhall be taken up a 
curie by all the captivity of Judah which 
are in Babylon, faying, The Lord make 
thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom 
the king of Babylon roafted in the fire ; 

l - I Becaufe they have committed villany 
in Ifrael, and have committed adulter/ 
with their neighbour's wives, and ! 
fpoken lying words in my name, which I 
: not commanded them ; even 1 know, 
and am a witnefs, faith the Lord. 

1i thus malt thou alio fpeak to She- 
ma' ah tiis Nehelamite. faying, 

25 Thus, 



Tte 'Jd-ivi' return. C: -c. : cob comforted. 6 IS 

Tims fjpeaketh the Lord of hofls, his yoke from •filthy neck, and willburft 



the God of ffrael, faying, Becaule thou 
halt lent Letters in thy name unto all tlie 
ethat«ri at Jerufalem, andtoZeph- 
aniah the ton ol Maafeiah the prieit, and 
to all tlie priefts, fa) ing, 

te Lok j hath made thee prieft in 



thy boiuL, anJ i; . fliall no n 

ierve themlclves ot nan: 

9 But they fliall fcrve the Lord th<ir 
God, and David their king, whom 1 will 
r rie up unto them. 

10 f] Therefore, fear thou not, () my 



. .. - _w__ ...... w.„^.>- ».^.. r . ..., ... . -- -,, - . - ., . ^ , v>., J 

theftraiot Jehoiada the prieit, that ye j lei vant Jacob, faith tie Lord : neither 
Lioulu Leo:. ithehouleoftheLoRi layed, O lfrael : for, lo, I will lave 

for every man that ts mad, and maketh thee from afar, and thy feed fron 
himielt a prophet, that thou lhouldelt put land ot their captivity j and Jacob (ball 
him in pnion, and in the lto> return and thall be in red, and be quiet, 

Now therciwic, Why halt thou not and none (hall mak li aid. 

roved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which] n For 1 1 a/w with thee, faith the Lord, 



maketh himfell a prophet to you I 

therefore he lent unto us m B.ib- 
. ,1 ln> c %fii*vtty n lo'tg ; build 
)e houieSj and i '/ tb<-m ; and . 

gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 

haniah the . I this 

letter in the ears of J er prophet. 

SO I hen came the word of the LORD 
unto Jeremiah, ' 

to all them of the captivity, 
faying, I hua faith the Lord concerning 
bherna:ah tlie mite, becauie that 

in hath prophefied unto you, and 
J lent him not, and he caufed you to truit 
in a lii 

Therefore thus faith the Lord, 
•Id, 1 will punifh Shemaiahthe Nche- 

I unite, and his feed : he fkall not li I 

man to dwell among this p . lither 

(hall be ■ od thai I will do for 

m> people, i.i th the Lo 

flic Lo 
( II A P. J 

t' return. I I cob c omforted. 
I Oett ten. ' n j ball ts . 



to fave thee : though I make a full end of 
.til nations whither 1 have (cattered thee, 
yet will 1 not make a full end of thee; 
but 1 will correct thee in meafure, and 
will not leavel ogetherunpunuhed. 

12 Korthus laith the Lord, i by bruife 
is incurable, and thy wound ij grii 

1 I There it none to plead th> cade, 
thou ma) el: be bound tip : thou halt 
no healing medicii 

14 Ah thy In; ve forgotten ihee ; 
they leek, thee not ; tor I have woui 
thee with the wound ofanene iy, » ith 
the ch ■ nt of . one for the, 

of thini tfe thy 

iin> were in< realed. 

15 Wh> crieft thou 1 or thine 

tion ? Thy forrow it incural he 

iltitude of thine iniquity : i> hy 

(ins were increased, 1 have done i.. 
things unto tl -. 

ii r thee 
lhall b i ; and all thine adver- 

l ii • , ev< 1 j oni ol them, (ball go ii 
ty ; and tl ll fpoil thee fl 



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I Hi- word that came to Jeremiah fi that prey upon thee 

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tkc I 



j i" 
I 1 hu the L > :• d God i f If. 

■ • ■ til th i thai 

i book 

people J 

and l •. ill i inn- them to i etui n i 
: totheir lathers, and 

4 And rivfe are the 

tncerning i md con- 

lah. 
■> Poi thus faith the Lord, v 

ce. 

doth travail wit d I Wh< 

, 
u-iii 
iur 

none 

l : it is ev 

ible ; but he lhall b • 

r it iii 

e Lor.) ji 'holts, cut i t 



\w\\ 

it l oi I •.• ill i i ilth unl 

and I will heal th <• ol thy v oun 

Lord ; bee lufe they call I the* an 

, i his is Z:on, W I., m 00 

•er. 
19 ^ l hus faith th?- 1 ord, Behold, 
I will bri 

L be build i 

her own hi 

nnei tl 

19 :\ .-. i out ol them mail | I 

; and the « 
m : ai I will mull p'> li 

. i • 
> not be i n 

i heir chil 



. (hall be 

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t\ And th 

governor (hall i 

them 

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ci i The reparation of Ifrael. 



JEREMIAH. 

his heart to approach unto me 
the Lord. 

22 And ye fliall be my people, and I 
will be your God. ' 

2£ Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord 
gocth forth with fury, a continuing 
whirlwind : it (hail fall 
the head of the m icked. 



with pain upon 
Lord ihail 



£i '1 he fierce anger cf the 
not return, until he have done it, anu 
until he have performed the intents or 
his heart : in the latter cays ye ihail 
confide r it. 

c:iap. xxxr. 

1 Tbe reparation of Ifrael. HCkriJl prom- 
ijcd. £7 His care wertbe church. 

A i the Lane time faith the Lord, 
i I be the Uod of the families of il- 
rael, and they ihail be ray people. 

2 Thus faith the Lord, i he people 

' icb c were left ot the fword found grace 
in the wildernefs ; even Ifrael, when I 
went to caufe him to reu. 

5 The Lorij hath appeared of old un- 
to me, faying. Yea, 1 have loved thee 
with an everlasting love : therefore with 
loving kindnels have I drawn thee. 

4 Again I will build thee, and thou 
/halt be built, U virgin of Ifrael : thou 
lhalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, 
and lhalt go forth in the dances of them 
that make merry. 

j Thou lhalt yet plant vines upon the 
mountains of Samaria : the planters (hali 
plant, and lhalleat/6r was common things. 

t For there (hall be a day, that me 
watchmen upon the mount Ephraitn Tail 
cry, Arife ) e, and let us go up to Zion 
unto the Lord outf God. 

7 Fur thus faith the Lord, Sing with 
gladnefs for Jacob, and (bout among the 
chief of the nations ; publilh ye, praife 
ye, and fay, O Lord, lave thy people, 
the remnant of Ifrael. 

8 Behold, t will bring them from the 
h country, and gather them from the 

o; the earth, and with them the 
d the la me, the woman with child 
and her thai Iravailetli with child togeth- 
er: a great company lhall return thither. 
'-> 'I hey fiv.il come with weeping, and 
with ft:. 11 I lead them ; 1 

will caufe them to v the rivers of 

, wherein they 
ihail not Humble : for i father to 

Ifrael, and Lphraim irmy fkliborn 

10 Hear the - E the Lord, O ye 

natio ire /: in the ii 

ind fay, He that fcattere/t llrael 



Cbrif is prrmifed. 

lithfgether to the good nefs of the Lord, for 
wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for 
the young of the fiock and ot the herd : and 
their font (hall be a* a vtatered garden ; 
and they lhall not lorrowany more at all. 

13 1 lien Ihail the virgin lejoice in the 
dance, both young men and old together : 
for I will turn their mourning into joy, 
and will comfort them, and make tiiem. 
rejoice from their lor row. 

«i And I will iatiate the foul of the 
prielis with fatnefs, and my people lhall be 
iatisfiedwith my goodnefs,faiththeLoRD. 

15 j . hus faith the Lord, A voice was 
heard in Raman, lamentation ar.l bitter 
weeping; Rachel weeping ror her children 
refuted to be comforted for her children, 
becauie they nvere not. 

its Thus faith the Lord, Refrain thy 
voice from weeping, and th ; ne eyes from 
tears: for thy work ihail be rewarded, 
faith the Lord ;and they (hall come again 
tiomthe land of the enemy. 

17 Ana there is hope in thine end, faith 
the Lord, that thy children ihail come 
again to their own border. 

it) I have iurely heard Ephraim be- 
moaning himfeif i but, Lhou halt chaf- 
tded me, and 1 was chaiiifed, as a bul- 
lock, unaccu (tqmed to the joke : tin n thou 
me, and I ihail be turned} for thou art 
the Lord my God. 

19 Surely alter that I was turned, I re- 
pented ; and after that 1 was mihucted, 
I fmote upon wy thigh: I was afhamed, 
j ea, even confounded, becauie 1 did bear 
the reproach of my youth. 

-.0 Is fciphraim my dear fon 1 U t 
pleafant cnild ? For 11 nee 1 (pake agaiutt 
him, 1 do earnestly remember him (till : 
therefore my bowels are troubled : 
him ; 1 will Iurely have mercy upon him, 
lakh the Lord. 

51 Set thee up nay marks, make thee 
high heaps : fet thine heart toward ;. 
highway, e<ven the way which thou went- 
eit : turn again, O virgin of Ifrael, turn 
a^ain to thy c it . - 

~- <] How long wilt thou go about, O 
thou back 11 i . iughter ? For the Lord 
hath created a new thing in ihe earth, A 
woman lhall compafs a man. 

aith the Lord ofhclts, the 

d of Ifra y ct they II bi9 

fpeechin thelandol Judahandin thecit- 
ies thereof, when! (ha . their 

captivity; Ihe Lord bU -:r- 

attnnof juftice, an</ mountain of ho! ■ 

14 And Judah it* 



ther htm, and keep h md in all the citiei jjeth* 

his flock. xn » and they that go forth 

n For the Lord hath fa- with flocks. 

,i ranlt trom the. hand - >For i h^ve fctiated the\» ear> I 

toativasi r than he. replet bed every forrowiul 

12 1 ore, they fliall come and !i this 1 awaked,- and beheld; 

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evidence of the purchafe, both which is 
fealed, and this evidence which is open ; 
/ and put them in an earthen vefiel, that 
they may continue many days. 

15 For thus faith the Lord of hods, 
the God of ifrael, Houfes and fields and 
vineyards fhail be pofiefled again in this 
land. 

16 ^y Now when I had delivered the 
evidenceof the purchafe unto Baruch the 
fon of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, 
laying, 

17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou haft 
made the heaven and the earth by thy 
great power and ftretched out arm, and 
there is nothing too hard for thee : 

lft Thou fheweft loving kindnefs unto 
thoufands, and reeompenfeft the iniquity 
ofthe fathers into the bofom of their chil- 
dren after them: the Great, the Mighty 
God, the Lord of 'hods is his name, 

19 Great in counfel, and mighty in 
work : for thine eyes are open upon all 
the ways of the fons of men : to give ev- 
ery one according to his ways, and ac- 
cording to the fruit of his doings : 

20 Which haft fet figns and wonders 
in the land of Egypt, enjen unto this day, 
and in Ifrael, and among ot be r men ; and 
haft made thee a name, as at this day ; 

21 And haft brought forih thy people 
Ifrael out of the landof Egypt with figns, 
and with wonders, and with a ftrong 
hand, and with a fl retched out arm, and 
with great terror ; 

22 And haft given them this land, 
which thou didit {wear to their fathers 
to give them, a land flowing with milk 
aiul honey. 

2 ~> And they came in, and poffefied it ; 
but they obeyed not thy voice, neither 
walked in thy law ; they have done noth- 
ing of all that thou commandedft them to 
do : therefore thou haft caufed all this 
evil to come upon them : 

2 4 Behold the mounts, they are come 
unto the city to take it ; and the city is 
given into the hand of the Chaldeans, 
that fight againft it, becaufe of thefword, 
and of the famine, and of the peftilence ; 
and what thou haft fpoken is come to pafs; 
and, behold, thou feeft /'/. 

2J And thou haft faid unto me, O 
Lord God, Buy thee the field for money, 
and take witnelfcs, for the city is given 
into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 qjThcncame the word ofthe Lord 
unto Jeremiah, faying, 

27 Behold, 1 am the Lord, the God 
cfallflefh: Is there any thing too hard 
for me ? 

J 28 'Therefore thus faith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will give this city into the hand of 
rhe Chaldeans and into the hand of Neb- 
uchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he 
Hi all take it : 



f9 And the Chaldeans, that fight againft 
this city, ihall come and fet fire on this 
city, and burn it with the houfes, upon 
whofe roofs they ha ve offered incenfe unto 
Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto 
other gods, to provoke me to anger. 

SO For the children of Ifrael and the 
children of Judah have only done evil be- 
fore me from their youth : for the chil- 
dren of Ifrael have only provoked me to 
anger with the work of their hands, faith 
the Lord. 

St For this city hath been to me as a 
provocation of mine anger and of my fury 
from the day that they built it even unto 
this day ; that I {hould remove it from 
before my face, 

32 Becaufe of all the evil ofthe chil- 
dren of Ifrael and ofthe children of Ju- 
dah, which they have done to provoke me 
to anger, they, their king?, their princes, 
their priefts, and their prophets, and the 
men of Judah, and the inhabitants of 
Jerufalem. 

35 And they have turned unto me the 
back, and not the face: though I taught 
them, riling up early and teaching them, 
yet they have not hearkened to receive 
inftruction. 

34 But they fet their abominations in 
the houfe, which is called by my name, 
to defile it. 

S3 And they built the high places of Ba- 
al,which^;vin the valley ofthe fonof Hin- 
nom, tocaufe their fons and their daugh- 
ters to pal's through the fire unto Molech ; 
which I commanded t!?em not, neither 
came it into my mind, that they (hould do 
this abomination, to caufe Judah to fin. 

36 5 And now therefore, thus faith the 
Lord, the God of Ifrael, concerning this 
city, whereof ye fay, It (hall be delivered 
into the hand ofthe king of Babylon by 
the fword, and by the famine, and by the 
peftilence ; 

37 Behold, I will gather them out of 
all countries, whither 1 have driven them 
in mine anger, and in my fury, and in 
great wrath ; and I will bring them again 
unto this place, and I will caufe them to 
dwell fafelv : 

33 And they fhall be my people, and I 
will be their God : 

39 And I will give them one heart, and 
one way, that they may fear me forever, 
for the good of them, and of their chil- 

j dren after them : 

40 And I will make an everlafting cov- 
enant with them, that I will not turn 
away from them, to do them good ; b« t 

j I will put my fear in their hearts, that 
they fhall not depart from me. 

4f Yea, I will rejoice over them to do 
them pood, and I will plant them in t 
land affuredly with my whole heart, and 

with, my whole foul. „ 

' J 42 For 



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Cap. :: Ci '-teeus Branch. 61T 

11 The voice of joy, and the voice 

'.nefv: : of the bridegroom, ami 

ce of the bride, the voice i i them 

fey, Praife the Losi> Is ; 

the Loud it ^ood ; for 1 1 1 ^ i v. 

tiurtth for ever : «W of them I ill 

bring the : of praife iuto the lioufc 

vf the Lord. For I will cauie lo retul n 

the captivity of the land, as at th« firft, 

i. i!. the ! urd. ' 

j the Lord of hofts, A- 

n in this place, w hicl 

■ it man and without I itk| in aii 

the cities thereof, (hall be an habitation ( I 

flie; herds .. auling/AMr Hocks to lie down. 

13 In the cities of the mountains) in 

the cities or" the vale, and in the cities ot 

the fouth, and in the land ol I :i, 

d in the places about Jerufalem, and in 

tlu- cities of Judah, (hall the flock 

the handset him that teileth 
th the Lord. 

he 



For thus laith the Lord, Like 3S I 

havr tall i his great evil upon this 

( bring upon them all the 

I have promifed them. 

4.1 And fi in this 

rj delolate with 
cat manor bead ; it is given into the 
d of the Chaldeans. 

n fh ill buy fields for money, and 
e evidences, and leal ibtn, and 
witnefles in the land of Benjamin 
in the ; ibout Jerufalem, and in 

.Man, and in the i 
the and in the - 

. the fouth 
to retui n, faith 
Lord. 

i P [III. 

t A return promt) eJ. \$Cbrift t the Bt 
i igbteuufnt 
>RBOVKR, i f the Lord 

UOto J md time. 

Qttit up in the court of 

1 '! (kith the Lor u the rr 

rd that 
RD // his nan 
1 \- i!! mfw e, i 
I and might) things, 
whi 

4 For thu ' • he I o >dof 

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1 by the fword : 
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t i Behold, the d re, faith thi 

.ono, that I will perronnthai good fhii 

mi fed unto ih- . of 

ufe of Judah. 

I « In thole days, and at that time, 

will 1 caufe the Branch of righteoufneis to 

»w up unto David, and he (hall execute 

judgment and righreoufnefs in the lan< 

13 In thole days mail Ju lali bi 
and Jerufalem (hall dwell 
is i be name where .• d, 

ghteoufi 
it For thus faith the Lot d, 
lhall i. upon tl 

the houfe of Ifrael ■ 
her fr.all i 
t b m in before me t< 

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nant be not with day and night, and if I 
have n«t appointed the ordinances of 
heaven and earth ; 

-6 Then will I caff away the feed of 
Jacob, and David my fervant, fo that I 
will not take any of his feed to be rulers 
over the i'eed of Abraham, Ifaac, and Ja- 
cob : for I will caufe their captivity to 
return, and have mercy on them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
Jeremiah prophefeth the captivity of Zed- 
ekiah, and the cny. 
THE word which came unto Jeremiah 
from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon, and all his army, and all 
the kingdomscf the earth of his dominion, 
and all the people fought againff jerufalem, 
and againft all the cities thereof, faying, 

2 Thus faith the Lord, the God of If- 
rael, Go and (peak to Zedekiah- king 
of Judah, and tell him, Thus faith the 
Lord, Behold, I will give this city into 
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he 
fhall burn it with fire : 

3 And thou (halt not efcape out of his 
hand, but (halt furely be taken, and de- 
livered into his hand : and thine eyes mail 
behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, 
and lie (hall fpeak with thee mouth to 
mouth, and thou malt go to Babylon. 

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O 
Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus faith the 
Lord of thee, 1 hou (halt not die by the 
fword r 

5 But thou fhalt die in peace : and with 
the burnings of thy fathers, the former 
kings whieH were before thee, fo (hall 
they bum odours for thee ; and they will 
lament thee, laying t Ah lord! for 1 have 
pronounced the word, faith the Lord. 

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet fpake all 
thefe words unto Zedekiah king of Judah 
in Jeiufalem, 

7 When the king of Babylon's army 
fought againft Jerufalem, and againff all 
the cit'ps of Judah that were left, againff 
Lachifh, and againft Azekah : for thefe 
cfe fenced cities remained of the cities of 
Judah. 

8 This is the word that came unto Jer- 
emiah from the Lord, after that the 
king /"edek'ah had made a covenant with 
all the people which 'were at Jerufalem, 
to proclaim liberty unto them ; 

1 That every man (hou Id let his man- 
fervatlt and every man his maidfervant 
being an Hebrew, or an Hebre<vefs, go 
i,cr-, that none mould ferve himfelf of 
them, /s -wit. of a Jew his brother. 

tO Now when all the princes, and all 
the people, which had enterel into the 
covenant, heard that every one iliould let 
his, manfervant and every one his maid- 
fervant, go free, that none (hould ferve 
theihfelves of them any more, then they 
obeyed, and let them go. 



captivity of Zedekiab, &e. 

11 But afterward they turned, and 
caufed the fervants and the handmaids, 
whom they had let go free, to return, 
and brought them into fubjection for fer- 
vants and for handmaids. 

12 Therefore the word of the Lord 
came to Jeremiah from the Lord, faying, 

13 Thus faith the Lord, the God of 
Ifrael, I made a covenant with your fa- 
thers in the day that I brought them 
forth out of the land of Egypt, out of 
the houfe of bondmen, faying, 

14 At the end of feven years let ye go 
every man his brother an Hebrew, which 
hath been fold unto thee ; and when he 
hath ferved thee fix years, thou (halt let 
him go free from thee : but your fathers 
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined 
their ear. 

15 And ye were now turned, and had 
done right in my fight, in proclaiming 
liberty every man to his neighbour ; ana 
ye had made a covenant before me in the 
houfe which is called by my name : 

16 But ye turned and polluted my 
name, and caufed every man his fervant, 
and every man his handmaid, whom he 
had fet at liberty at their pleafure. to 
return, and brought them into fubjec- 
tion, to be unto you for fervants and for 
handmaids. 

17 Therefore thus faith the Lord, Ye 
have not hearkened unto me, in pro- 
claiming liberty, every one to his brother, 
and every man to his neighbour : be- 
hold, 1 proclaim a liberty for you, faith 
the Lord, to the fword, to the pefti- 
lence, and to the famine ; and I will 
make you to be removed into all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

18 And I will give the men that have 
tranfgrefTed my covenant, which have 
not performed the words of the covenant 
which they had made before me, when 
they cut the calf in twain, and paiied 
between the pans thereof, 

19 The princes of Judah. and the prin- 
ces of Jerufalem. the eunuchs, and the 
priefts, ana all the people of the land* 
which palfed between the partsof the calf ; 

20 ? will even give them into the 
hand of their enemies, and into the hand 
of them that feek their life : and their 
dead bodies fhall be for meat unto the 
fowls of the heaven, and to the beafts of 
the earth. 

C U And Zedekiah k : ng of Judah and 
his princes will I give into the hand of 
their enemies, and into the hand of them 
that feek their life, and into the hand of 
the king ofBa'. army, which are 

gone up from v 

22 Behoid, 1 will command, faith the 



Lord, and caufe them to return to this 



city ; and they (had fight againft it, and 
take it, and burn it with fire ; and I will 

make 



71* far Chap. xxxv. xxx .*. 619 

make the cities of Judah a defol but ye hearkened not un« 

Wil -C. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 5. i be oBedienee of to* kecbablta^ 12 

-d which came unl 
urn the L-jrd, in the 

:on of Joliah king c: 

to thehoiifeof the Recha v 
ig the.. 
to the h j one of the 

ne to drink. 
rhca I took the I 

Jere:niah, the fon of Habaa 

id the w hole ; ent 
hou: eRcch_ I IT ore thus faith the Lord • 

them into the houfe|ot the God 

of the I.o<d 
I 

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I echi ru- 

ber , the 

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full of \v:r.c*. 



to me. 

1 5 I have fent alio unto you all my 

and fending tt>e nrn ye now 

ever :rom h I 

, and g 

to fei a the 

ch I have given to d to 

your • have not i 

. unto r. 

PethefbnsofJ ihe fon 

ofRechabha rmcdtbe* nd- 

l.ichh' 

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of hoits. tii 
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,d ot Itrael, J 
of Rechj i 

betute ate lot ever. 

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jehtjcki'n humtth it. 



upon the failing da 



19 Then faid the princes unto Bai 




gre.-.t is the anger and the fury that 
the Lokd hath pronounced againft this 
pie. 
3 And Baruch the fon cf Neriah did 
according to all that Jeremiah {lie proph- 
et commanded him, reading in the book 
the words of the Lord in the Lord's 
houfe 



'.old ail the words in the ears of the king. 

'it So the king fent Jehudi to fetch tr z 
roll : and he took it out of Elifinim.t th J 
teribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in 
the ears of the king, and in the ears pf a 1 
the princes which flood belide the kin?. 

2i Now the king fat in the v> inter- 
houfe in the ninthmonih : and there it>as 



O^AndTit came to pafs in the fifth yearj afire on the hearth burning before him. 
of Jehoiakim the (on of Jefiah king of! S3 And it came to pais, ihat wbenje 
Judah, in the ninth month, that theyjhudi had read three or four leaves, I 
proclaimed a fait before the Lord to aiiicut it with the penknife, and caft it in 



he 
to 



the fire thatic^j on the hearth, until all 
the roll was confumed in the fire that 
nvas on" the hearth. 

24 Yet they weie not afraid, nor rent 
their garments, neitbex the king, nor any 
c-f his fervants that heard all thefe words. 

°Z5 Neverthelefs, Elnathan and De 



the pedple in Jerufalem, and to all the 

people that came from the cities of Ju- 

dah unto Jerufalem. 

10 Then read Baruch in the book the 

words of Jeremiah in the houfe of the 

Loan, in the chamber of Geraariah the 

fon of Shaphan the fcribe, in the higher 

court, at the entry of the nc.v gate of | laiah and Gemariah h id made intercef- 

(ion to the king that lie would not burn 
the roll : but he would not hear them. 

26 But the king commanded Jerah - 
meel the ion of Hammelech, and Seraiah 
the ion of Azriel, and Shelamiah the fon 
of Abdcel, to take Baruch the fcribe and 
Jeremiah the prophet : but the Lord 
hid them. 

27 <] i hen the word of the Lord came 
to Jeremiah, after that the king had burn- 
ed the roll, and the words which Baruch 
wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, laying, 

28 Take thee again another roll, and 
write in it all the former words that 
were in the fir ft ro'l, which Jehoiakim 
king of Judah hath burned. 

29 And then iba'» iay to Jehoiakim 
king of Judah, Thus faith the Lord, 
Thou halt burned this roll, faying, V 
hail thou written the'ein, faying, The 
king of Babylon ihnii certainly come 
deltroy this land, and [hall caufe to ceafe 
from thence man and beaft ? 

SO therefore thus faith the Lord of 
Jehoiakim king of Judah, He fhall I 
none to lit upon the throne of David : 
and his dead 'body fliall be caft out in 
the day to the heat, and in the irght to 
the fro St. 

Si And I will pwnifh him and his 

feed and his fervants for their iniquity ; 

l v*li bring upon them, ami upon 

the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and upon 

the men of Judah, all the evil that 



the Lord's houfe, in the ears of all the 
people. 

1 1 When Michaiah the fon of Gema- 
riah, t lie fon of Snap h an, had heard out 
of the book all the words of the Lord, 

1~ Then he went down into the king's 
houf'% into the fcribe's chamber : and, lo, 
all the princes fat there, even Elifliama 
the fcribe, and Delaiah the fon of Shem- 
aiah. and Elnathan the fori of Achbor, 
and Gemariah the fon of Shaphan, and 
Zedekiah the fon of Hananiah,and all the 
prince-. 

IS Tiien Michaiah declared unto them 
all the words that he had heard, when 
Baruch read the book in the ears of the 
people. 

li Therefore all the princes fent Je- 
the ioii of Nethaniah, the fon of 
Shelamiuh, the fon of Cu<hi, unto Ba- 
ruch, faying, Take in thine hand the 
roll wherein thou haft read in the ears 
of the people, and come. So Baruch 
the fon of Neriah took the roll in his 
hand, and rame onto them. 

15 And they faid unto him, Sit down 
now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch 
lead/'r in their ears. 

1d Now it came to pafs, when they had 
heard all the words, they were afraid 
both one and other, and faid unto Ba- 
ruch, We will finely tell the king of all 
thefe words 

IT And they afked Baruch, faying. 
Tell us now, How drift thou write a!i 
thefe words at his mouth ? 

18 1 hen Baruch anfwered them, He 
pronounced all thefe words uiito me 
with his mouth, and 1 wrote them lyith 
ink in the book, 



need againft them ; but they 
hea kened not. 

.jl <i: Lhen tt miah another rolj, 

and | to Baruch the fcril . 

of Neriah ; who v- rote t; > the 

mouth of ; - ill the \- 

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5 'I hen Pharaoh's army ^vascomr forth 
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t away to the Chaldeans. Hut ho hc.uk- 

to him : fo lii- -!i took Jci emi- 
. .ind 1 : hini n> ■ he prino 

15 \\ hcrel< re the ; rin( rs f ere wroth 

i, and fmol : him, and put 

ion in the houfe of Jonathan the 

they had made th t the prifon. 

16 W ! the 

nto the cabins, and jere- 
. '.-re many d ij 
IT rheaZedekiah the kingl< nt, and took 
him fecretly 

in his h , Is there a • 

fromthel o rd> And Jeremiah laid, I here 
is: foi, 
into ihe hand ot the- king ot" Baboon. 

reover, Jeremiah faid unto king 
have I otf'ended agai 
nft thy lei v mts, ot ag unit 
put n c in v 1 1 

19 \\ herear< i pi oph< ts w 

helled unto you, 
oi Babylon (ball i tgaintt you, 

nor againft I 

my lord the king i let mj fupi 

pray thee, be accep that 

ot Joili ' 

- 1 t hen Zed< kiah the k Mul- 

ed that they (hould commit ./ h in- 

to the court of the prifon, and r '>.it l 
d . ce of bi 

l all t l - 
in tl. re fyent. 1 hus Jeremiah 

i ■ 
( H \ P. w.w ill. 
i . .- ~ 

and I ih the fon t I P ilhu 

I fpokei 
t Thus 

. 

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4 i 

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I 



tit Jeremiah's enlargement. JEREMIAH, 



His counfel to Zedekiab. 



6 Then took they Jeremiah, and caftj 19 And Zedekiah the king faid untojer- 
him into the dungeon of Malchiah the ' emiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are 



fon of Hammelech, that was in the court 
of the prifon : and they let down Jere- 
miah with cords. And in the dungeon 
there nvas no water, but mire : fo Jere- 
miah fu ok in the mire. 

7 ^J Now when Ebedmelech the Ethi- 
opian, one of the eunuchs which was in 
the king's houfe, heard that they had 
put Jeremiah in the dungeon ; the king 
then fitting in the gate of Benjamin ; 

8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the 
king's houfe, and fpake to the king, faying, 



fallen to the Chaldeans, left they deliver 
me into their hand, and they mock me. 

20 But Jeremiah laid, They ihall not 
deliver thee. Obey, I befeech thee, the 
voice of the Lord, which 1 fjpeak unto 
thee : fo it fhall be well unto thee, and 
thy foul lhall live. 

21 But it thou re f ufe to go forth, this is 
the word that the Lord hath mewed me : 

22 And, behold, all the women that 
are left in the king of Judah's houfe 
Jhall be brought forth to the king of Baby- 



9 My lord the king, thefe men have j Ion's princes, and thole women mall fay, 



done evil in all that they have done to 
Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have 
caft into the dungeon : and he is like to 
die for hunger in the place where he is ; 
tor there is no more bread in the city. 

10 Then the king commanded Ebed- 
melech the Ethiopian, faying, Take from 
hence thirty men with thee, and take up 
Jeremiah the prophet out of the dun- 
geon, before he die- 

11 So Ebedmelech took the men with 
him, and went into the houfe of the king 
under the treafury, and took thence old 
call clouts and old rotten rag£, and let 
them down by cords into the dungeon to 
Jeremiah. 

12 Ard Ebedmelech the Ethiopian 
faid unt«> Jeremiah, Put now thefe old caft 
clouts and rotten rags under thine arm- 
holes underthecords. And Jeremiah did fo. 

\V> So they drew up Jeremiah with 
cords, and took him up out of the dun- 
geon ; And Jeremiah remained in the 
court of the prifon. 

14 ^J Then Zedekiah the king fent, 
and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him 
into the third entry that is in the houfe 
of the Lord : and the king faid unto 
Jeremiah, I will alk thee a thing ; hide 
nothing from me. 

11 Then Jeremiah faid unto Zedekiah, 
It I declare it unto thee, Wilt thou not 
iurcly put me to death ? And if I give thee 
counfel, WiU thou not hearken unto me ? 

16 i-o Zedekiah the king fware fecretly 
unto Jeremiah, faying, As the Lord liv- 
eih, that made us this foul, I will not put 
chee to death, neither will I give thee into 
the hand of thefe men that feek thy lite. 

17 Then faid Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, 
Thus laith the Lord, the God of hofts 
the God of Ifrael, If thou wilt alfuredly 
go forth unto the king of Bab] Ion's princ- 
es, then thy foul (ball live, and this city 
fhall not be burned with fire j and thou 
fhalt live, and thine houfe : 

18 But if thou wiU not go forth to the Babylon came in, 
king of Babylon's princes, then ihall this; gate, even Nergalfharezer, Samgarne 
cit»-be eivenintothehandof the Chalde ibo, Sarfechim, Rabfans Nergaifh u 



Lhy friends have let thee on, and have 
prevailed againlt thee : thy feet are funk in 
the mire, and they are turned away back. 
25 So they (hall bring out all th> wives 
and thy children to the Chaldeans : and 
thou fhidt not efcape out of their hand, 
but fhalt be taken by the hand of the 
king of Babylon : and thou fhalt caufe 
this city to be burned with fire. 

24 Then faid Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, 
Let no man know of thefe words, and 
thou fhalt not die. 

25 But if the princes hear that I have 
talked with thee, and they come unto 
thee, and fay unto thee, Declare unto us 
now what thou haft laid unto the king, 
hide it not from us, and we will not put 
thee to death ; alio what the king laid 
unto thee : 

26 Then thou fhalt fay unto them, I 
prefented my fupplication before the king, 
that he would not caufe me to return to 
Jonathan's houfe, to die there. 

27 Then came all the princes unto Jer- 
emiah, and afked him : and he told 
them according to all thefe words that 
the king had commanded. So they left 
off fpeaking with him ; for the matter 
was not perceived. 

28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of 
the prifon until the day that Jerufalem 
was taken : and he was there when Jeru- 
falem was taken. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 Jerufalem is taken. 4 Zedekiah wade 
blind, and fent to Baby Ion. 8 Toe cny is 
ruined^ 9 and the people ate captivated. 
IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king of 
Judah, in the tenth month, came Neb- 
uchadrezzar king of Babylon and all h ; s 
army againlt Jerufalem, and they be- 
fieged it. 

2 And in the eleventh year of Zedeki- 
ah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of 
the month, the city was broken up. 

3 And all the princes of the king of 
and fat in the middle 



. an 
tllQU 



and they (hall burn it with fire, andjRabmag, with all the rel 
ibalt not eicape out of their lutnd. .ces of the king of Baby 



fidue ot the pnn- 
lon. 

4 f And 



Ztdekiah it fent to Babylon. Chap. zl. Jeremiah gottb f Geiaiah 615 

4 *T And it came to pafs, that v 18 For I will furely deliver thee, and 
Zedekiah the king ot Judah, faw them, ihou malt not fall by the fword, bur thy 
and all the men or" war, then they fled, life (hall be f" . unto thee : becaule 
and went forth out ot the c night, thou haft . • trull in mc, faith t;»e 
by the way of the kind's garden, b) the Lord. 

gate betwixt the two walls : and he went CHAP. XL. 

out the way of the plain. 1 ?-re^ab y beingJttfreeb\Sf i uz.aradan. 

5 But the Chaldeans' an ny purfuedaf- i goetbioGedaliab. 7 Tbedij; 
them, and overtook ih in r. repair to bim. IS Ijbmaei's com; 

plams of Jericho : and when they 1 THE v.ord which came to Jeremiah 

taken him, rhe> brought him up to Neb- from the Lord, after tl buzara 

uchudnezzar king of Babylon to Ribtah [the captain of th : guard had let him go 
in the land of Ha math, where he gave from Kamah, when he had taken I 
judgment upon him. -g bound in chair ^g all tlutf 

6 I hen the kii.g of the were carried away captive of Jerufalem 
fons of Zedekiah in Riblah before 1 - Judah, which were carried aw^ 
eyes : a!fo tne king of Bab> Ion ilew all »ve unto Babylon. 

the nobles of Ju.iih. ~ And the - a of tl e guard took 

7 Moreover, he put cut Zedekiah's Jeremiah, and laid unto him* The L 
eyes, and bour. with chains, to ' *hy God hath pionouuced thisevilu^ 



carry him to Bab, Ion 

8 f? And the Chaldeans burned the 
kinp of the 

the Walls 
m. 

9 r n Neburaradan the ca| 

d carried away captive unto 

Bab. Irn the remnant ot the people that 

d in the city, and thofe that fell 

. that fell to him, with the reft of 

the people that rema ned. 

10 Bui x in the captain of 
the guard i "he poor ot the people, 

:h had nothing idah, 

and fields at the 

11 rzzar king of V 
ncernii 

~ptainot tlicg .. 



and 
evei 



< well to I 

into thee. 

? a»n ot the 



the I 



i place 

Now the Lord hath brought it, 
done accordi lid : bee 

ye have finned fie Lord, and 

have not obe>ed his voice, therefore this 
thing is come upon i ou. 
4 And r.ow, beheld, I loofe tl^ee this 
from the chains which *v*re i 
thine hand. If it feen. t unto thee to 
come with me into 
I will \j<,k well unto thee : m 
ill unto thee to con 

Ion, forbear : behold, all ifee land // be- 
fore thee ; w hither if 

enient for thee to go, tt u o. 

• 
- 

horn the 
•.by Ion hath made governor 
. 
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nvenient i 
5 ■ 






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fhouh 

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624 IJkmaelkilletb Gedaliah. JEREMIAH. 



The c a ft \<ve i retfn/ered 



men, faying, Fear not to ferve <he Chal 



deans; dwell in the land, and ferve the king chem, from Shiloh, and from 



of Babylon, and it ihall be well with you 
•10 As for me, behold, I will duel! at 
Mizpah, to ferve the Chaldeans, which 
will come unto us: but ye, gather ye 
vvine, and fummer fruits, and oil, and 
put them in your velfels, and dwell in 
\ our cities that ye have: taken. 

It Likewifc, when all the' Jews that 
"were in Moab, and among the Ammon- 



5 That there came certain from Sh 



main 



e<ven fourfcore men, having their heart : 
(haven, and their clothes rent, and hav- 
ing cut themfelves, with offerings and in- 
cenfe in their hand, to bring lUtm to the 
houfe of the Lord. 

6 And Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah 
went forth from Mizpah to meet them, 
weeping all along as he went : and it 
came to pafs, as he met them, he faid 



if.es, and in Edom, and that nvere in all junto them, Come to Gedaliah the fon of 
the countries, beard that the king" of Bab- j Ahikam. 

ylort had left a remnant of Judah, and j 7 And it was fo, when they came into 
that he had iet over them Gedr>vih the the midfl of the city, that Ifhmael the fon 
fen of Ahikam the fon of Shaphan : jof Neihaniah flew them, aridcajl tbem'm- 

12 Even all the Jews returned out of to the midfl of the pit. he, and the men 



all places, whither they were driven, and 
came (o the land of Judah- to Gedaliah, 
unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and 
fummer fruits very much. 

IS % Moreover, Johanan the fon of 
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces 
that "were in the fields, 
to Mizpah, 



that r u)fre with him. 

8 But ten men were found among 
them that faid unto lihmael, Slay us not : 
for wq have treafures in the field; of 
wheat, and of barley, and of oil, an : of 
honey. So he forbare, a«d ilew them no': 

came to Gedaliah jamorg their brethren. 

9 Nowthepit wher^m Tfbmaelhad caft 



14 And faid unto him, Deft thou cer- |all the dead bodies of the men whom he 



of 



Kareah, 
for thcu 



tainly know that Baal is the king of the 
Ammonites hath fent Ifhmael the fon cf 
Nethaniah to flay thee \ But Gedaliah the 
fon of Ahikam believed them m t. 

15 Then johanan the fon of Kareah 
fpaketo Gedaliah in Mizpah. fecretly, fay- 
ing, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will flay 
ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and no 
irian fhall know it : Wherefore fnould he 
ftay thee, ihat all the Jews which are 
gathered unto thes fhould be fcaftered, 
and the remnant in Judah perifh ? 

16 But Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam 
f*id unto Johanan the fon 
'i l»ou (halt not do this thing 
fpeakelt falfely of Ifhmael. 

CHAP. XLI. 
1 IJbmael treacberoufly killeth Gedaliah, 

and others, 11 'johanan rcco c veretb 

tin- <apti'i\s. 

NOV,' it came to pafs in the feventh 
mon'h, that Ifhmael the, fon of Neihani- 
ah the l\-n of Elifhama, of the ktd royal, 
and the painceg of the king, even ten 
men with him, came unt liah the 

fonof Ahikamto Mizp the_\ 

eat bread together in Mizpah. 

2 'I he-i afrofe Ifhmael the fon of Neth- 
aniah, and. the ten men that were witfe 
him, and f mote G I i of Ahi- 

kam the fon ol :!i with the fwor i, 

;md flew him, whom the I ! bylon 

liad made governor over the land. 

5 Tflm Jews that 

e with him, even with Gedaliah; at 
M 7.. .:!). ; - Chaldean* that were 

found there, and the ar. 

i \ -i.: it c to pa >ri 1 day 

after he h<- • I rfa m m 

km 



had fia4nbecaufeofGedaljah t tt>flj it which 

Afa the king had made for fear of.Baafba 
kingof Ifrael: <?»<i Ifhmael the fonof Neih- 
aniah filled it with them that ivere flain. 
'0 Then Ifhmael carried away captive 
all the refidue of the people that 'were in 
Mizpah,f&#n the king*.- ciaughters,andall 
the people that remained in Mizpah whom 
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard 
had committed to Gedaliah the fon of 
Ahikam : and Iftmael the fon of Netha- 
niah carried them away captive, and de- 
parted to go over to the Ammonites. 

11 ^j But v\ iien Johanan the ion of Ka- 
reah, and all the captains of the forces that 
•were with him, heard of all the evil that 
Ifhmael the fon of Neihaniah had done, 

12 Then they took all the men. and 
went to fight with Ifhmael the fon of Neth- 
aniah, and found him by the great wa- 
ters that are in Gibeon. 

13 Now it came to pafs, that when all 
lire people which ivere with Ifhm;iel faw 
Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all \\.c 
captains of the forces thmtvere with him, 
then they v. ere glad 

14 So all the people that Ifhmael had 

ycaptivefrom Mizpah cafl a- 
ai '! retun ed, and went urno Joha- 
nan the fon of Kareah. 

\b But Ifhmael the fon of Neihaniah 
efcaped from Johanan with eight men, 
ami went to the Ammonil 

16 'I hen took Johanan th<* fon cf Ka- 

and all the captains of the force* 

that luerewlth him, all the remnant of 

tl»e people whom he had r^coverd from 

Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, from Miz- 

r flat he had flam Gedaliah the 

Ahikam, e<ven mighty ir.cn^fwar, 

and 



jfehanan' s requeft tnjsrtmiih. Chap. xlH. xliii. He:, vedforlyfocrijfy. 6*5 

If Ami I will (hew mercies unto you, 
that he may have mercy upon you, and 
caufe you to return to your own land. 

IS But it \c fay, We v\ill not dwell in 
this lard, neither obey the voice of the 
Lot D j our God, 

ii Saying, No ; but we will go into the 



. children, 
the e 5, whom h --. ought a 

17 And i *ed, and dwelt in 
the li ib. rnham, which is by 
be iter into Egypt, 

18 Bei r the Chald< rhej 

i the 
Ion i in Gedaliah the 

I U hom the king of JJaby- 

lon . >r in the land. 

CHAP. XLH. 



hind ot I * here we (ball fee no war * 

nor heat nd of the trumpet, n< i 

hunger c l; and there will we dwell: 

15 And now therefore hear ihe word 
r f the Lord, ye remnant of Judah, Thus 



'i miab to inqure of, (.nth the Lu t i> of hofts, the G« d ot Ifrael, 



■ 
an/nor r. ;9 Tbeii vtd. 

T HEN all the c 
and Juhanan l 

•liiaiah and ail the 
people from untothe great- 

eft, can e n 

;o Jeremiah the prophet. 

Let, >ur fuppli cation b<* 

ce, and pray lor us un- 

.<: Lord thj God, t . this 

remnant ; (for wt are left but .i few of 

many, as t.'iine eyes do behold us ;) 

i hat the Lord thy God may (hew 
•:re'n >u- lh.iy walK, ami 

the k>. 

4 I hen Jei * i the prophi t i lid »m- 
jrn, 1 h ive i ild 1 u ,11 

pray unto ii D your 

i it (hall coin 
tbjt whatfoevei 

ii unto yo 
v. ill 
I 

it br 

I 

di, and all the i 

- 
Vnd fai ,i 

■ 

will I b 

m 1 1 \ 

1 h 



If ye wholly fet j to enter into 

m n thei 

it Then it (hall come to p-jfs, that the 

rd % \\ h'ich ye fear* d.ihall overtake you 

there in tie land of Egypt, and the fam- 

\\ ye were . fliall follow 

I ^ypt ; and there 

ye ili-il d 

IT So (hall it be with all the men that 
fet rheir laces to go iu»o Ejjypt to fojonr I 
there ; they fhall die by the (word, by the 
no, and by the | eitilence; ami none 
■ it" them fb all ren eicape from I 

evil that I will brinj upon them. 

Foi thus faith the Lord of hofts, 

: Ifraelj .^ mine an »ei and my 

^ huh ' >n the ii 

hah u y 

be j h upon you, i (hall 

\r Kypt : an 

ill aUc | i 

• !, 

Lor i' 
yoi , l.unt i ye not 

inly ih ^c 

■ 

d in } our he 

unto 

ire 

lared U 

your ■ 
I 

that 

I 

er \ to foi on n. 

KL 

I 

i fl cf 

ibr Ba< . ,-j. 

un- 
to all the 

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ti Be not al 

rd •• 
n with you tot Then ( 



625 Jeremiah carried into Egypt. JEREMIAH. 



Judah* s df/olation. 



and ail the proud men, faying unto Jere- 
miah, Thou fpeakefi falicly . the Lord 
our God hath not lent thee to lay, Go 
not into Egv.pt to fojou rn there. 

S But Saruch the fonof Ne.iah fetteth 
thee on againlt us, tor to deliver us into 
the hand of the Chaldeans, that they 
misfit put -us to death, and carry usaway 
captives into Babylon. 

I So Johanan the fon of Kareah andall 
the cSpfainsot- the force-*, and all the peo- 
ple, obt". ed not the voiceof the Lord, to 
'dwell in the land ot fudah ; 

5 Bur Johanan the fon of Kareah, and 
all the captains of the forces, took all the 
remnant of Judah that were returned 
from all nations, whither they had been 
drive ;. to dwell in the land of Judah ; 

6 E<u«n men and women, and children, 
and the king's daughters, and every per- 
son that Nebuzaradau the captain of 
the guard had left with Gedaliah the fon 
of -vhikatn the fon of Shaphan, and Jer- 
emiah the prophet, and Baruch the fon 
cf Neriah. 

7 So they came into the land of E- 
gypt : for they obeyed not the voice of 
the Lord : thus came they even to 
Tahpanhes. 

8 ^] Then came the word cf the Lord 
unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, faying, 

9 lake great ftones in thine hand, 
and hide them in the clay in the brick- 
kiln, which ;.. at the entry ot Pharaoh's 



ncufe in I ahpanhes, in the fight of the 
men of Judah ; 

10 And /ay unto them, Thus faith the 
Lord of hchS. the God of Ifrael, Be- 
hoid, f will fend and take Nebuchadiez- 
zarthe king of Babylon, my fervant, and 
will let his throne upon thefe ftones that 
i hav? hid : and he Ihall fpread his royal 
pavilion over them. 

'1 An.i when lie cometh, he fhall fmite 
the land of Kgypt^ and deliver fuch as 
arc for death to death ; and fuch as are 
for captivity to captivity ; and fuch as 
are for the fword to the fword. 

12 /\nd I will kindle a fire in the houfes 
of the gods of Egypt ; and ho ihall burn 
them, and early 'hem away captives : and 
bl (hall array himfelf with the land of 

pt, as a fliepherd putteth on his gar- 
ment ; and he fhall go forth from thence 
in peace 

13 He fhall break alfo the images of 

[h, that is in the land of E- 

pr:ans fhall he burn with fire 
P v'MV. 



dol, and at Tahpanhes. and at Noph,and 
in the country of Pathros, faying, 

2 Thus faith the LoRDcf hofts, the 
Gcd of Ifrael, Ye have feen a'd the evil 
that I have brought upon Jerufdem, and. 
upon all the cities of Judah ; and, behold, 
tins day they are a defolation, and no 
man dwelleth therein, 

3 Becaule of their wickednefs which 
they have committed to provoke me to 
anger, in that they went to burn incenfe, 
and to ferve other gods whom they knew 
not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 

4 Howbeit, I fent unto you all my ler- 
yants the prophets, nfinge'arly and lead- 
ing tberr. y faying, Oh, do not this abomi- 
nable thing that I hate. 

ft But they hearkened not, nor inclined 
theii ear to turn from their wickednefs, 
to burn no incenfe unto other gods. 

6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger 
was poured forth, and was kindled in the 
cuies of Judah and in the ttreets of Jeru- 
falem ; and they arewaCed and defoiate, 
as at this day. 

"7 Therefore, now thus faith the Lord, 
the God of hofts, the God of Ifrael; 
Wherefore commit ye this great evil a- 
gainft your fouls, to cut off from yoix 
man and woman, child and hickling, out 
of judah, to leave you none to remain ; 

tf In that ye provoke me unto wrath 
with the works of your hands, burning 
incenfe unto other gods in the land of 
Egypt, whither ye he gone to dwell, that: 
ye might cut yourfelves oil", and that yc 
might be a curie and a reproach among 
all ihe nations of the earth ? 

5 i-:ave ye forgotten the wickednefs of 
your fathers, and the wickednefs of the 
kings of Judah, and the wickednefs of 
their wives, and >eurown wickednefs, 
and the wickednefs ol your wives, which 
they have committed in the land of Ju- 
dah, and in the fireets of Jerufalem ? 

10 They are not humble even unto this 
day, neither have they feared, nor walked 
in my law, nor in my (fatutes, that 1 let 
before you, and before your fathers. 

It Therefore thus faith the Lord cf 
holts, the God of Ifrael, Behold 1 wul 
fet my face againft you for evil, and to 
cut oif all Judah. 

1 1 And I will take the remnant of Ju- 
dah, that have fet their faces to go into 
the land of Egypt to foj( flrn there, and 
they fhall all be confumed, and fall in the 



and the hottfea of the gods of the 'and of Egypt ; they fhall even be con»- 

fumed by the fword and by 'he famine : 
they fhall die, from the leaft even unto 
1 The drfolatinn tffjiidahfor idolatry. i.O , i he grc • teft, by the fword and by the farri- 

j t. -.eatened. £9 line : and they (hali be u\ execration^ and 
The dejtrvclion of Egxpt fore/hevsn fait aftoni0mient, and a curie, and a re 
THE word 
concern' ng all 



to Jeremiah proach 



■ cone 
1 1 - Jews which dwell in 



the land of Egypt, wh ;h dweil at Mig. 



IS For I will punifh them that dw 
the land of Egy£t, «i i have pt+nifoed 

cuialeai, 



jlinate idolaters threatened. 

nilalem, by 'he f-vord, by the famine, 
i by the pe 

• 4 i>o that none ut the remnant of Ju- 
dah, are gone into the Land ( 

i there, thai I e r re- 

i refirn into the 

ch they hare a 



xlv. Larucb comforted. 

God of Tfrael. f?.\ ing, . 

"ill fur torni our it v e 
have burn in 

queen 1 1 heaven, and to pour out di 

often .\ i i i'uj conv> 



Lur inch as rhall efc ipe. 

1 ! *~ • • ■ :!ie men whicri knew 

:ves 1 1 <« * burned incetife unto 

. the women that llood 

1 the people 

in \*d- 

I 

At for the that thou 

in the name of the L 
wc . rarken unto thee. 

Ilcerta whatfa 

forth out ut our own mouth, 
unto th 

drink nto her, 

h\ w<- 

I ju- 

erufah 
tuala, aiiil were 

>rV 1 . 

1 • off to burn inc 

>ven, and 
■ 
n coufumed by the 
rd and by th< ::e 



turn to dwell there; foi aom i b& your vow*, and Aire)} i* 

vows. 

■r ye the word < f the 
Lo rd, ail Juda in the I 

-;>I't, ■' niy 

great name, (kith the LokD, that my 

! (ball no more be u.uned in the 
mouth of an. man of Judab in all the 
land he Lord God 

Behold, I n for 

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628 Overthrow of the Egyptians. JEREMIAH. 

CHAP. XLVI. 

1 The overthrow of Pharaoh's armv. IS 

The conquejl of Egypt by Nrbuchadrez.- 

zar.%1 Jacob comjor: e din chaftifement, 

THE word of the Lord which came 

to Jeremiah the prophet againft the 

Gentiles ; 

2 Againft Egypt, againft the army of 
Fharaohnecho king of Egypt, which \\ ai 
by the river Euphrates in Carchemiflv 
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
fuiote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the 
ion of Jofiah king of Judah. 

» Order ye the buckler and fhield, and 
draw near to battle. 

4 Harnefs the horfes ; and get up, ye j 



The eon que ft of Egypt. 



horfemem and {hind forth v/ntiyour he. 
itiets ; furbifli the fpears, and put on the 
brigandines. 

5 Wherefore have I fce-n them difmay- 
ed and twrned away back? And their 
mighty ones are beaten down, and are 
fled apace, and look not back : for fear 
nvas round about, faith the Lord. 

6 Let riot the fwift flee away, nor the 
mighty man efcape ; they lhall.flumble, 
and fail toward the north by the river 
.Euphrates. 

7 Who is this that cc.methup as a flood, 
whofe waters are moved as the rivers ? 

8 Egypt rifeth up like a flood, and h'rs 
waters are moved like the rivers : and he 
faith, I will go up, and will cover the 
earth; I will deftroy the city and the 
inhabitants thereof. 

9 Come up ye horfes ; and rage, ye 
chariots ; and let the mighty men come 
forth ; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, 
that handle the fhield $ and the Lydians, 
that handle and bend the bow. 

10 For this u the day of the Lord God 
of hods, a day of \tfngeance, that he may 
avenge him of his adversaries : and the 
Jfword (hall devour, and it fhall be fntiate 
and made drunk with their blood : for the 
Lord God of holts hath a facrifice in the 
north country by the river Euphrates. 

11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, 
O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : in vain 
fhajt thou ufe many medicines ; for thou 
fhalt not be cured. 

12 The nations have heard fcf thy 
fhame, and thy cry hath filled the land : 
for the mighty man hath Humbled' a- 
gainlt the mighty, and they are fallen 
both together. 

18 *] The word that the LoRnfpake to 
Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon fhould come and 
finite the land of Egypt. 

1 i Declare ye in Egypt, and publifh in 
Migdoi, and publifh in Noph and in I ah 
pannes : fay ye, Stand fall, and prepare 
thee ; for the iword /hall devour round 
about thee. 

\5 Why are thy valiant men fwept a- 



way ? They ftoodnot, becaufe the Lord 
did drive them. 

\$ He made many to fall, yea, ©nefell 
upon another: and they laid. Arfe, and 
let us go agam to our own people, and 
to the land of our nativity, irom the op- 
prefling fword 

i? 1 hey did cry there, Pharaoh king 
of Egypt is but a noife ; he hath paused 
the time appointed 

13 A, 1 live, faith the king, whofe 
name L the Lord of hofts, Surely as Ta- 
bor is among the mountains, and as Car- 
rne) by the fea, Jo fhall he come. 

19 O thou daughlerdwelling in Egypt, 
furnifh thyfelf to go into captivity ; for 
Noph fhall be wade and defolate without 
an inhabitant. 

20 fcgypt is like a very fair heifer, hut 
deftruction cometh ; it colneth out of the 
north. 

%\ Alfo her hired men are in the midfi: 
of her like fatted bullocks ; for they alfo 
are turned bdek and are fled away togeth- 
er : they did not ftand, becaufe the day 
of their calamity was come upon them, 
and the time of their vifitation. 

22 The voice thereof fhall go like a 
ferpent ; for they fhall march with an ar- 
my, and come againft her with axes, as 
hewers of wood. 

23 They fhall cut down her forelt, faith 
the Lord, though it cannot be fearched; 
becaufe they are more than the graf shop- 
pers, and are innumerable. 

24 The daughter of Egypt fhall be con- 
founded ; fhe lhall be delivered into the 
hand of the people of the north. 

2,i The Lord of hofts the God of Ifrae!, 
faith, Behold, I will punifh the multitude 
of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their 
gods, and their kings ; even Pharoah, and 
ail them that truft in him : 

26 And I will deliver them into the hand 
of thofe that feek their lives, and into the-, 
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king. of Baby- 
lon, and into the hand of his fervants : 
and afterward it (hall -be inhabited, as in 
the days of old, faith the Lord. 

27 4j But fear not thou, () my fcrvant 
Jacob, and be not difmaycd,0 Ifrael ; for, 
behold, I will fave thee frotnafaroff, and 
thy feed from the land of their captivity ; 
and Jacob fhall return, and be in reft and 
ateafe, and none fhall make £/*» afra 

28 Feai thou not, OJacobmyfervant. faith 
the Lok d : for I am with thee; for I will 
make a full end of ail the nations whither [ 
have driven thee: but 1 will not make a full 
endofthee,butcorrect theein meafure;yet 

' will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. 
CHAP. XLVII. 
.• deftruclion of fhe Philiflities. 
THE word of the Lord that came tq 
Jeremiah the prophet againft the PhiliP. 
tines, before that Pharaoh fmote Ga 

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Tbe PbWJNnes deflroyed. Chap. 

2 Thui faith the Lord, B 
ters rii _ ie nortl foall 

fce y ill over- 

flow tl d all thai 

the < i that dwell thei 

ie inhab- 
i that! howi. 

f the ll r of the 

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i heels, I \ (hall not i 

to tbfir IS 01 ha 

4 Bee- • day that comet 

1 the Ph liftines, an t oil 

Iperthat 
<h: tor the Lord will fpoii the 
;mnant of the country 
of v 

omeupon hke. 

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/'/ be t- i oe quiet r Hut Hi 

felf into ih ind be dill. 

1 i >RD 

I given it a cl 

the lea (ho .cie hath lie 

'.ed it. 

[II. 
t The judgment o/ jfveral car- 

iT 7 ,- y t ft .r.n . '/ ib. 

ib tliuj. i ie Lord 

rod of Ilrael, unto 

foiled : Kiriathaim is 

< ib con- 

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xlv\ 7-e judgment of Moab. 6*9 

l* M a.b ith been at eafe from his 
youth, . on h 

and Hum velfel ta 

gone into captivi- 
latned in him, 
■ not clutii. 
I 1 ~ Ihei ne t 

[ faith the Lord, ihat I will lend unti I ra 
, that lliall caufe Into to 
ipty his veil 

b (haUbeaftamedofXhe- 

' I liael was .u. 
nfident 
14 1 are mig! 

tor the wut ? 
1 > ■ and gone up out of 

hei i y^^ng men are 

o the (laughter, faith tnc 
••• hole name is the Lord of hoi 
nity ot Moab 

ilieth fa 
17- All] >out him, bemoan 

him ; .: . s name, fay t 

How is i he ftrong fiaff broken, and riie 
be an tit iil j 

I h u da ighter that doff inh 
on, co;. i from thy glory. . 

lit in thirlt ; for the fpoiler ot 
(hall come upon thee, ana lie ihail d 
(hong holds. 
19 inliabitant ol Aroer, f\ the 

«-iy, b . iflc him that fleethi a 

ih it fh 

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630 The judgment of Moab. JEREMIAH. Toe judgment of the Ammonhct. 

ab, and the crown of the head cf \\& 
tumultuous ones. 
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab ! the 



but it /ball not be Co ; his lies (hall not fo 
street*//. 

d 1 Therefore will T howl for Moab. and 
I will cry om tor ail Moab ; mine heart 
{hall mourn for the men of Kirheres. 

WO vineof bibmah, I will weepforthee 
with the weepirigdf Jazer : thy plants are 
pone over the fea, they reach even to the 
lea of jazer : the fpoiler is fallen upon thy 
iiimmer traits and upon thy vintage. 

S.j And joy and gladnefs is taken from 
the plentiful field, and from thelandof Mo- 
ab : and I have can fed wine to fail from the 
winepreifes : none ftiali tread with ihout- 
ing ; i heir fh outing jball be no (homing. 

34 From The cry of Hefhbon even 
unto Kiealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have 
they uttered their voice, from Zoar even 
unto Horonaira, as an heifer of three 
years old : for the waters alio of NimrinV 
ihail be de folate. 

35 Moreover, I will caufe to ceafe in 
Moab, faith tne Lord, him that cifereth 
in the high places, and him that burneth 
incenfe to his gods. 

A6 Therefore mine heart fball found 
for Moab like pipes; and mine heart mail 
found like pipes for the men of Kirheres • 
becaufe the riches that he hath gotten 
are perifhed. 

37Foreveryhead./£tf//?tf bald, and every 
beard clipped: upon ad the hundsjfiaH ee 
cuttings, and upon the loins (ackcloth. 



38 There fbatthe lamentation generally 
upon all the houferops of Moab, and in 
the flreets thereof: fori have broken 
Moab like a velfei wherein is no pleafure, 
faith the Lord. 

59 They (hall how\, facing, How is it 
broken down ! how hath Moab turned 
the back with ibame ! fo (hall Moab be 
a deriiion and a difmaying to all them a- 
bout him. 

40 For thus faith the Lord, Behold, 
he (hall Hy as an eagle, and mall fpread 
his wings over Moab. 

41 Kerioth is taken, and the ffrong 
holds are furprifed, and the mighty men's 
hearts in Moab at that day (hall be as the 

rtof a woman in her pangs. 
4-2 And Moal) (hall be dctrroyed from 
being a people, becaufe he hath magnified 4 
- . mjelj again ft the Lord. 

Fear, and tiie pit, and the fnare, 
be upon thee,< > inhabitant of Moab, 
ith the Lord. 

K \ He that fleeth from the fear (hall fall 

q the pit \ and he thatgetteth up out of 

pit (hall be taken in the fnare : for 1 

Will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the 

of their yifitation, faith the Lord. 

They rhai fled flood under the ihad- 

ow of Hefhbon becaufe of (he force : 

a fi>e fhall corre forth out of Hefh- 

, ,i ,. <•■ une from \\vi midti of bi- 

d (ball devou r the corner of Mo- 



people of cliemofh perifceth ; tor thy 
ions are taken captives, and thy daugh- 
ters captivei. 

47 f[ Yet will 1 bring again rfie captivity 
of Muabm the latter days, faith iheLoRb". 
Thus far is the judgment of Moab. 

CHAP. XLIX. 
1 The judgment oj the Ammonites, 7 of 

Eciom, £5 of Damafcus, 2K oj Kedar, uO 

of Hazdr, 3>i ana of Eta m. 

CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus 
faith the Lord, Ha'h lfraej no fons ? 
Hath he no heir ? Vv'hy then doth their 
king inherit Gad, and his people daell 
in ins cities ? 

•2. Therefore behold the days come, 
faith the Lord, that I will caufe an alarm 
of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Am- 
monites ; and it frail be a delola.e heap, 
and her daughters fhall he burned wirft 
fire : then (hail Ifrael be heir unto them 
that were his heirs, la:th the Lord 

3 Howl, O Hefhbon, for Ai is fpoiled : 
cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you 
with fackcloth ; lament, and run to and 
fro by the hedges ; for their king fhall 
go into captivity, and his prieits and his 
princes together. 

4 Wherefore- gloried thou in the val- 
leys, thy flowing valley, O backflidingj 
daughter ? that miffed in her tieafures, 
foyingt Who&all come unto me ? 

5 behold, 1 will bring a fear upon thee, 
faith the Lord God of holts, from all. 
thofe that be about thee ; and ye fba!I be 
driven out every man right foith ; and 
none fhall gather up him that uandereth. 

b And afterward I will bring again 
the captivity of the children of Amnion, 
faith the Lord. 

7 «| Concerning Eriom, thus faith the 
Lord of ho Its, Is wifdom no more in 
Teman ? Is countel perifhed from the 
prudent ? is their wifdom vanifhed ? 

a Fiee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O 
inhabitants of Dedan ; fori will bring 
the calamity of Efau upon him, the lime 
that 1 will vilit him. 

9 Ifgrapegathereiscome to thee. Would 
they not ieaveforne gleaning grapes ? If 
thieves by night, they v,ill deftroy till 
they h ive enough. 

10 ikiti have made Efau bare, I have 
uncovered his fecret places, ani lie lhall 
not be able to hide himfelf : his feed is 
fpoiied, and his brethren, and his neigh- 
bours, and he is not. 

11 Leave thy fatherlefs children, Twill 
prelerve them alive ; and let thy widows 
truifc in me. 

\i For thus faith the Lord, Behold, 
(hey whofe judgment ivas noX. to drink 
of the cup. have a flu redly drunken ; and, 

Art 



7be judgment of £</»*, Z'jM'.t/tt;, Chap. 1, Kedar, 



Jlit thou he /£«rfbalt altogether go unpun- 
iiiied ? riiou thalr n;>t ;;<> unpunished 
bar thou ihalt furely drink of it. 

IS For I worn by myfelf, faith 

Lord, that Bozrah lhall become a 

, a reproach, a waftc, and a 

ai.J ail the cuies thereof fbafl be 

ml wafl 

14 I have heard a rumour from the 
LowD.and anarubaflador is fent unto th< 

: - , , Gather ye to r, ami 

con. titer, and rife up to the battle 

15 Por, lo, I v\ ill make thee fmall among 

ithcn, ua^defpifed among men. 

i«i i I. hath deceived i 

an,t the pride of thine lieart, O thou thai 

llefl in the cl e rock, that 

holdefttheh< ot the hill : though th ti 

iliouldelt make thy nell as high as tht 

down from thence, 

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thby il 

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• Lord, no man (hall abide tl 
(hall a fon <»t man dwell in ir. 
Behol i. h c up lil 

i the I . ot Jordan I the 

but I w ill fud- 
•' runaway fi >m her : 

it I may 

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and Elam. 

4T And I will kii in the wall 

o/ Damafcus, an j it.iball confume the 
palaces uf B< nha lad. 

1 Kedar, andconcerning 
fhe kingdoms of Ha2Qr, which Nebuchad- 
ir king of Babylon (hall finite, thus 
(aixh the Lord, Arife ye. go up to 
das and fp ril th( men oil 

Their tents and their fl (hall 

they * ay i they (hall I ike I 

l'< Ives their curt; n d all their V< lu-ls, 

and their camels; and thry (hall crj unto 
them, \< ir ij on even Gde. 

SO fl Flee, gi t you far off, < ep.O 

yeinhabitants ol H kith the Lord ; 

lebucha of Babylon ' 

i counl -1 ...: linfl you, and hath < 
ceived a put ■ 

&} -\ ; u up unto the wealth/ 

nation, tha 

the Lord, i nor 

b irs, 

And their < (ha I be a hi 

the multitude i 
and I will ft 
in the 
bring their calamit] 
i ' 
raid I . • he a dwelling 

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63% The judgment of Babylon. JEREMIAH. 7he redemptien of Ifrael, 

in pieces ; her idiils are confounded, her fword they fhall turn every one to hi 1 ?' 
images are broken in pieces. people, and they fhall tiee everyone to 

' For out of (lie north the- e cometh , nis own land. 
up a nation againft her, which fhall make !? ff Ifrael/Va fcattered fheep ; thelions 
her land deiolate, and none fhall dwell have'driven him away: fit fj the icing of 
therein: they fhall remove, they ihail I Aflyria hath devoured him ; and laft his 



depart, both man and be.ift 



Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath 



i ^1 In'hofedays, andin thattime, faith • broken bib bones, 
the Lord the children of Ifrael ffcali] '8 Therefore^ thus faith the Lord of 
come, they and the children of Judahjhofis the God of Ifrael, Beheld, I will 
together, gding and weeping :'they fhall punifjb the king of Babylon and his land, 
go, and ietk the Lord their God. 

5 They fhall afk the way to Zion with 
their faces thitherward, J"j!-'<g> Come, habitation, and he (hull feed on Carme* 



as I iiavepuniihed rhe king of Aflyria. 
13 And I will bring Ifrael again to his 



and let us join ourfc Ives to the Lord in 
a perpetual covenant tbat fhall not be 
forgotten. 

6 My people hath beet) loft Cheep : their 
fhephercis have caiifed them to go affray, 
they have turned them away <n the moun- 
tains : they have gosfe from mountain to 
lull -tliey have forgotten theirreTffi.ng place. 

7 All that found them have devoured 
them : and their adverfaries faid, We of- 
ten. i not, becaufe they have finned agaif.fr 
the Lord, the habitation of juftice, even 
the Lord, the hope of their fathers 

8 Remove out of the mdlt of Bab> Ion. 
and go forth out of the land of rhe Chal 



and Bathan, and his foul fhall be fatisfied 



deans, and be as the he goats before the 
Socks. 

9 qj For, lo, T will raife and caofe to 
come up againft Babylon an affembiy of 
great nations from the north country : 
and they (hall fet themfelves in array 
againft her ; fro in thence fhe fhall be 
taken : their arrows/5 •// be as of a mighty 
expert man ; none lh-i.1 return in vain. 

to And Chaldea fha 1 be a fpoil : all that 
fpoi! her hallbefat sfied, faith the Lord. 

11 Becaufe ye were glad- becaufe ye 
rejoiced, O ye deftrojie'rs of mine herit- 
age, becaufe ye are grown fat as the 
heifer at grafs, and bellow as bulls; 

\% Your mother fh ill be (ore confound- 
ed ; (he that bare you (hall be afhamed: be 
d, the hindermolt of the nations Jb.nl 
be a wildernefs a dry land, and a deiert. 

13 Becaufe of the 1 wrath of the Lo«d 
it fhall not be inhabited, but it fhall be 
v hollj :te : every one that goeth by 

Babylon fh dl be a fto rallied, and hi fs at 
all her plagues 

1 1 Put yourfelvesin array a gain ft Bab- 
*und about : all \e thai bend the 
fh )')t at he I are no arrows 
fhe h ith finned againft the Lord. 



upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 
^ £0 In triofe days, an d in-that time, faith 
the Lord, the iniquity of Ifrael fh til be 
fpught for, and there fballbe none ; and 
the linsof judah, and they fhall not be 
found : for 1 will pardon "them whom fl 
relerve. 

21 «[] Go up againft the land of Mera- 
jhaim, t<vtn againft it, and againft the 
inhabitants of Pekod : wafte and utterly 
defiroy after them, faith the Lord, and 
do according toall that 1 have command- 
ed thee. 

% I A found of battle is in the land, and 
of great deftruc.tion. 

£3 How is the hammer of the whole 
earth cut afunder and broken ! How is' 
Babylon become a defolation among the 
nations ! 

24 i have laid a fn are for thee, and 
thou art alfo taken, O Babylon, and thou 
waft not aware ; thou art found, and alfo 
caught, becaufe thou haft ftriven againft 
the Lord. 

"25 The Lord hath opened his armory, 
and hath brought forth the weapons of 
his indignation : for this is the work of 
the Lord God of hofts in the land of the 
Chaldeans, 

% i Come againft her from the utmof 
border, open her ftorehoufes : eaft her 
up as heaps, and deflroy her utterly ; let 
nothing of her be left. 

27 Slay all her bullocks : let them go 
down to the daughter : woe unto them ! 
tor their day is come, the time of then' 
vifitation. 

2ii The voice of them that flee and ef- 
cape out or the land of Bab\ Ion, to de- 
clare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord 
for j our God, the vengeance of his temple. 

2!> Call together the archers againfl 



1 > Shout againft her round about : flie Baby ion : all ye that bend the bow,. 
ven her hand; her foundations; ud about ; let none th 

arc fallen, fu r walls are thrown down : |cfcape : recompenfe her according to her 
for it is the ven i of the Lord 



vengeance upon her ; as fhe hath;done. do unto hei : for the hath been 
do;i her. proud agaitift the Lord, againft the Holy 

V6 Cut 6ft* the fowec \"r orn Babylon, and pne of Ifrael. 
him thai landleth the fickle in 'the tii SO Therefore fhall her young mewfalbn 

ofharVeft: for .fear of the oppreififlg the ftreets, and all her men of war fl>all 



Ii'tatl redeemed . 



Chap, li. Gid'sjudgmeiUj, a^.iinji Babylon. (>Si 



be cut off in tint d ;!i (he Loid 

31 i(ithee,Of/>0&rmoft 

proud o doJ noils : for thy 

day is come, the time tbat i will vim thee. 

proud hiail ftiiE 
and rail, and none shall n fe l.im op • 
wiU kindle a fire in hi: cities, and 
it mall devour ai": round about him. 

■ the Lord of hofls, 
Tiie children of Ifrael and the chi.dren 
of i 'were opprefled ther ; and 

all that t em eaj held them 

" ; they reftifed to let them go. 
34 , Urong; the Lord 

of hofts is his name: he (hall I -hly 

-, that he ma reit 

t ihe ; mts 

j. 
i\ A fword ;'/ upon the Chaldeans, 
th the Lord, and upon the inhabitants 
or Hibylon, and upon he s, and 

upr i | • men. 

jnthe liars : and they 
fmll dote >rd is cr mighty 

men ; ey th ill be difmayed. 

A fword / ir horfes, and 

upon md uj >n all the 

mingled pe >?!e that ate in the ir.iilt ol* 
her ; an I they (hall become a* women : 
a fword /> upon her treafures : and they 
thall be robbed. 

t is up • ate is; and 

thffy (hall for it is the land 

of graven images, and they arc m. 
then 

■rcforc • nf the 

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th: it fhall be no more inhabited 

r (ha|l it be dwelt in trom 

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the eai 'It. 

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he b ittloj 

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i may app<. 
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will appoint me the time ? and, Who is 
that ihepherd that will ftand before me ? 
4a Therefore hear ye the counfel cf 
che Lord, (hat he luth taken againft 
rJab> Ion ; and his purpofes that he hath 
pu »ofed againfl the land of the Chalde- 
ans ; Surely the leaft of the flock (hall 
draw them out : finely he iaall muketbeir 
habitation defola'.e with them. 

46 At the noile of the taking of Baby- 
lon the earth is moved, and the cry is 
heard among the nations. 

C H A P. LI. 
God's fevete judgments agiinjl Babylon 
ir. revenge oj Ifrael. 
THUS faith the Lord, Eehold, I will 
mile up again ft Babylon, and again:' 1 : 
them that dwell in the midir of them that 
up againlt me, a destroying wind ; 
.nd will lend unto Babylon fanners, 
that fhall fan her, and (hall empty her 
land : for in the day of trouble they fhall 
bi' againfl her round about. 

. gamit i>im that bendeth let the arc).. 

vl his bow, and againft nim that 

linerh himfelf up in his bngandtne : and. 

fpare ye not her young men ; dcflryy ye 

uttei iy all her holt. 

4 Thus the (lain fliall fall in the land 
of the Chaldeans, wnAtbey tbat are thru It 
through in her ftreets 

or Ifrael hath not been forfaken, 
ludah of his God, ot the Lord of 
Is ; though their land was filled with 
igainft the Holy One of Ifrael. 
6 pice out of the midft of Babylon, 
and deliver every man his ionl ; be not 
cut oli in her iniquity ; for this is i 
time o\ the Lord's vengeance ; he will 
refiner unto her a re 

Ion b* ten a golden cu 
I I lib's hand, thai made all the earth 
;. iye drunken ot 
ire the i A. 

!i and dc- 
ed; • i l.i her ; take balm | 

iin, ii i<> be Mic may to healed' 
9 We would haw healed Babylon, ' 
Cic is n :e hei , 

finto hi<- own country : I 
chain unto heaven, .v\d 

i lu t: 
)'» i : h br;' >rth 

our Hghteoufnel i : come 

i k of t: 
G 

■ did nat 
fpii I ol the 

/.:-'■ it ; 

iufe it i oru, 

i e walls 

•• the v 

Up I 



634 Babvlon threatened in 



JEREMIAH. 



revenge pf Ifrael. 



that which he fpake againft the inhabit- 
ants of Babylon. 

13 O thou that dwelled upon many 
waters, abundant,in treasures, thine end 
is come, and the meafure of thy covet- 
on fnefs. 

14 The Lord of hofts hath fworn by 
himf"lf, foyng, Surely 1 will fill thee 
with men, as with caterpillars ; and they 
(hall lift up a (hour againft thee. 

15 He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath eirablifhed the world by 
his wifdnm, and hath ftretched out the 
heaven by his underflanding. 

16 When he uttereth his voice there is 
a multitude of waters in the heavens; 
and he cauferh the vapours to afcend 
fiom tlie ends of the earth : he maketh 
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth 
the wind out of his treafures. 

17 Every man is brutifh by his knowl- 
edge; every founder is confounded by 
the graven image : for his molten image 
i* falfehood.and /£*'»'*' mio breath in them. 

18 They are vanity, the work of er- 
rors : in the time of their vifitation they 
fhall perifh. 

19 The portion of Jacob is not like 
them ; for he is the former of all things : 
and Jfiael is the rod of his inheritance : 
The Lord of lion's is his name 

J lO Thou an my battle ax and weap- 
ons of war : for with thee will I break 
in pieces the nations, and with thee will I 
deftroy kingdoms ; 

21 And with thee will I break in pieces 
the horfe and his rider ; and with thee 
will I break in pieces the chariot and his 
rider ; 

W With thee alfo will I break in pieces 
man and woman ; and with thee will I 
break in pieces old and young ; and with 
thee will 1 break in pieces the young man 
and the maid ; 

£'> 1 will alfo break in pieces with thee 
the fhepherd and his flock ; and with thee 
will 1 break in pieces the hufbandman 
and his yoke of oxen ; and with thee will 
I break in pieces captains and rulers. 

•2k And I will render unto Babylon 
and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all 
their evil that they have done in Zion m 
your fight, faith ti.e Lord. 

25 Behold', 1 am againfl thee, O de- 
stroying mountain, faith the Lord, which 
deftroyeft all the earth ; and I will flreuh 



gether againfr he i* the kingdoms of Ara- 
rat, Minni, and Afhcb^naz- : appoint a 
captain againft her ; caufe the hones to 
come up as the rough caterpillars. 

28 Prepare againft her the nations with 
the kings of the Medes. the captains 
thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and 
all the land of his dominion. 

29 And the land (hall tremble and for- 
row : for every purpofeofthe Lord fhall 
be performed againft Babylon, to make 
the land of Babylon a defolation without 
an inhabitant. 

50 The mighty men of Babylon have 
forborne to fight, they have remained in 
theit holds: their might hath failed ; they 
became as women : they have burned her 
dwelling places ; her bars are broken. 

51 One poft fhall run to meet another, 
and one meffenger to meet another, to 
(hew the king of 'Babylon that his city is 
taken at one end, 

52 And that the pafTages are (topped, 
and the reeds they have burned with fire, 
and the men of war are affrighted. 

33 For thus faith the Lord of hods, 
the God of Ifrael. The daughter of Bab- 
ylon is like a threfhing floor, H is time 
to threfh her : yet a Tittle while, and the 
time of her harveft (ball come. 

54 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Baby- 
lon hath devoured me, he hath crufhed 
me, he hath made me an empty velfel, 
he hath fwallowed me up like a dragon, 
he hath filled his belly with my delicacies, 
he hath caff me out. 

S.'> The violence done to me and to my 
flefh be upon Babylon, fhall the inhabit- 
ant of Zion fay ; and 1113' blood upon 
the inhabitants of Chaldea, (hail Jeru- 
falem fay. 

55 Therefore thus faith the Lord, 
Behold, I will plead thy caufe, and take 
vengeance for thee ; and 1 will dry up 
her fea, and make her fprings dry. 

57 And Babylon (hall become heaps* 
a dwelling place for dragons, an afton- 
Uhmen.r, and an, hilling, without an in- 
habitant. 

58 They fhall roar together like lions; 
they fhall yel! ^s lions' v. helps. 

39 i n their heat I will make their feafh,, 
and I will make them drunken, that they 
may rejoice, and. fieep a perpetual deep, 
and not wake, faith the Lord. 

•40 I will brine; them down like lambs 



out . tA\ne- hand upotn thee, and roll thee to the daughter, like rams with he goatp. 

down from the rocks, and will make thee! 41 How is Hicfhach taken ! and hour 
a burnt mourn lis thepraife of the whole earth furprifed ! 

26 \nd they (hall not take of thee ajhow is Babylon become an aftonifhment 
ftone for a corner, nor a ftone for loon among tlie nations ! 
dations ; but thmi ihait.be defolate for; 42 The fea- is come up upon Babylon : 
ever, frith the Lot le is covered with the multitude of the 

'7 Set je up a ftandard in the land, waves thereof, 
blow the* trumpet among the nations,; * • Her cities are a defolation, a dry- 
prepare the nation* againft her, call to- [ land, and a wilcernefs, a land wherein no 
r • man 






Bel to be funijbed. 

man dvelleth, neither doth any ion of 
man pals there 

4t And I will punifh Bel in Babylon, 

jring forth out of his mouth 

lucfa he hath I ? allowed up : and 

(ball not flow togetlu r any 

t unto him : yea, the wall ot Baby- 

lon (tall till. 

45 My peoj !e, go j e out of the mtdfl 
of her, and deliver ye ever> man his foul 
from rhe fierce anger ot the Lord. 

46 Ami led youi heart faint, and ye 
fear for the rumour that (hail be heard 
in the land ; u rumour (ball both tome 
an/' year, and after tfut in another j 
y/'^// r^*- a rumour, and violence in the 
ian i, rulei again!) rul 

47 \ n , the days come, 
that I will do judgment upon the graven 
images ul Baby I n : and her who 
<}.. and ail her llain 

in the mid It of her. 
4<J 1 hen the heaven and theearth 
ail thai ri therein, fhall Ting for Babylon: 
1 I unto her h 

tl ; ,. ID. 

49 A> B ibj iori batb cnufeA the (lain of 
Uriel to • it Bab) Ion (hall fall the 

I oi all the earth. 
5u Ye urn have efi the (word, 

ij , (land not hill ; i 

1 ilem co 
d. 

founded, beca if 

CO into 

■ 

:!) the i 

id thr.i 

. 
.oriil) 
her It i ■ 
fj 

n tb '. . 

■ 

■ 
w > 

upon 

i, and her 

r f 1 1 i | u i i 

I vm 1 ! ■ 1 • 

ru iod her 

th the :. 

l'hus faith the Lord •>• hod I ' 
broad rf Babylon ihdl be uttei 

n, and her high galea (hull bc|bythew*y ol th 



ledek ah rehelletb. 635 

burned with fiie and the people (hal) 
labour in vain, and the f>lk in the fire, 
and the) lhall be wearl 

•9 liie word which Jeremiah the 
prophet commanded beraiah the Ion oi 
Nertah,the Ion of Maafeiah,* i>< n he went 
with Zedekiah the king of /udah into 
V. tbylon in ihe fourth year o4 his rei^n. 
\ndtbii §eraiah ~uaj a quiet prince. 

do v o Jeremiah wrote in a bo:)k all 
the evil that llionld come upon Babylon, 
c<ven ail thtle words 1 bat are written a- 
gainfl Babj Ion. 

o t -\nd Jeremiah (aid to Seraiah,When 
thou Cornell to Babylon, and (halt fee, 
and (hah read all thefe words ; 

6f I henflidltthou fay ,0 Lord thouhaft 
fpoken againfl this place, tocutitoff, that 
(hall remain in it, neither man nor 
Dealt, but that it Hi til be defolate for ever. 
t.-i And u lhall he,\< hen thou hail m ide 
an end of reading this book, that thou 
(hilt bind a Rone to it, and calt it into 
the inmlt of Euphrates' : 

♦>4 And thou (ball I (hall Bab- 

) Ion link, and fhall not life from rhe evil 
th.'t I will b r . i , ^ upon her : and they 
(hall be m ai , . 1 hus lar are the woids 
of Jeremiah 

CHAP II! 
1 Zedehiab rebrltetb, k ^ m is hr~ 

JtfBfd and tak.n i Zedeki •. '.. j 
kit til / ■ j o ion eye but >,ut. 
ZEDEKIAH rufn one and twenty 

n, and he 

i ven yu rufalen tnd 

mother's name .\ t| lC 

fei miah of Libn ih 
\ni he did ih.t wbieb *was evil in 
the I. ok i), , K , , rding to all 
im had done. 

3 1 or through the angei Ion ,» 

ill 1 i nl I ;.i.!a |_ 

till he had um from his pie! - 

that Zedekiah i .u the 

king hi. 

4 «| And '-. p ifs in the n nth 
, in the tenth mo th, 

in the i . b 

r ro U I ' i . tx 

' So I l I unto ih • 

eleventh yi / 

►ninth 

r#a foi i 

.■ • 
i. 

. ind ail 

: -Mr -.f 

I '■ 

and iliey 



8 €J But 



636 Zedekiah'sjonsjlam^ndthe JEREMIAH, people carried captives to Babylon. 

it; and the thicknefs thereof was four 



8 <f But the army of the Chaldeans 
purfoed after the king, md overtook Zed- 
ekiah in the plains of Jericho ; and all 
his army was Scattered from him. 

9 Then they took the king, and carri- 
ed him up uflto the king of Babylon to 
Riblah in the land of Hamath ; where he 
gave judgment upon him- 

10 And the king of Babylon flew the 
fons of Zedekiah before his eyes : he 
flew alfo all the princes of Judah in 
Riblah. 

It Then he put out the eyes of Zede- 
kiah ; and the king of Babylon bound 
him in chains, and carried him to Baby 



)on, and put him in prifon till the day of j of the door 



lingers : it was hollow. 

2°2 And acliapitcrofbrafsau.'ijuponit : 
and the height of one chapiter was five 
cubits, with network and pomcgrai.ares 
upon the chapiters round about, ail of 
brafs. The lecond pillar aifo and the 
pomegranates <ive re like unto thefe. 

2$ And there v/ere ninety and fix pome- 
granates on a fide ; and all the pome- 
gianatcs upon the network -were an hun- 
dred round about. 

24 And the. captain of the guard took 
Seraiah the chief prieit, and Zephaniah 
the fecund prieff, and the three keepers 



his death. 



! 



2..0 He took alfo out of the city an eu- 



of 



12 Now in the fifth month, in the jnuch, which had the charge of the men 
tenth day of the month, which was the | of war; and {even men of them that 
idneteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain 
of the guard, which ferved the king of 
Babylon, into Jernfalem, 

13 And burned the houfeofthe Lord, 
and the king's houfe ; and all the houfes 
cf Jerufalem, and all the houfes of the 
great men, burned he with fire : 

li And all the army of the Chaldeans, 
that were with the captain of the guard, 



were near the king's pej fon, which were 
found in the city ; and the principal 
lcribe of the hoft, who muttered the peo- 
ple of the land ; and"threefcore men 
the people of the land, that were found 
in the midft of the city. 

26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the 
guard took them, and brought them to 
the king of Babylon to Ribi.iii. 

27 And the "king of Babylon fmote 



brake down all the walls of Jerufalem j them, and put them to death in Rib- 



round about. 

i.'j Then Nebuzaradan the captain of 
the guard earned away captive certain 
of the poor of the people, and the refidue 
of the people that remained in the city, 
and thole that fell away, that fell to the 
king of Babylon, and the reft of the mul- 
titude. 

16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of 
the guard left certain of the poor of the 
land for vmedrefTers and for hufoand* 
men. 

IT Alfo the pillars of brafs that were 
in the houfe of the Lord, and the bales, 
and the brafen fea that was in the houfe 
of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and 
carried all the brafs of them to Baby- 
lon 

18 The calclrons alfo, and the {hovels, 
and the fnuffers, and the bowls, and the 
fpoons, and all theveUels of brafs where- 
with they miniftered, took fhey away. 

19 And thfc bnfon'j, and the firepan 
and the bowls, and the caldron;;, and the 
candlefficks, and the fpoons, and the 
Cups ; that which was of gold in gold, 
and that which was of (Liver in filvcr, 
took the captain of the guard away. 

20 The two pillars, one fc.i, and twelve 
brafen bulls that "ucrd under the bafts, 
which king Solomon had made in the 
houfe of the Lord : the brafs of all 
thefe. veflels was without weight. 

21 And concerning the pillars, the 
height of one piihr was eighteen cubits ; 



- i 



lah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah 
was carried away captive out of his own 
land. 

28 This is the people whom Nebuchad- 
rezzar carried away captive : in the fev- 
enth year, three thoufand Jews and three 
and twenty. 

29 In the eighteenth year of Nebu- 
chadrezzar he carried away captive from 
Jerufalem eight hundred thirty and two 
per ions : 

30 In the three and twentieth year of 
Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan the cap- 
tain of the guard carried away captive of 
the Jews fevert hundred forty and hv« 
pprfons : ail the perfons were four thou- 
fand and fix hundred. 

31 And it eame to pafs in the ('even 
and thirtieth yeas*- 'of the captivity of 
fehoiachin king of Judah. in the twelfth 
month, in the five and twentieth day 
of the month, that EviJmerodach king 
of Bab; I >n, in the firjl year of his 
reign, lifted up th * bead of jehoiacbin 

of J udahj and brought him forth out 
of prifon, 

Hi And fpake kindly unto him, and fit 
his throne above the throne of the kin^s 
that were with lorn in Bab) ion, 

. I And changed Ins prifon garments s 
and he did continually eat bread before 
him ail the days of his life. 

34 And for his diet, there was a Con* 
il diet given him ol the.- king of Baby- 
lan,every oay.a portio thedag 



anda fillet of twelve cubits did compais h;;> death, *U the da> ^ of his life. 



THE 



6ST 



1 II F JF IAII. 



P. I . 

l Je\ m : It 

. >;^ conjfjfttH of C 
n-.ena. 

ivas full or pe( • le ' &*tu is the 

ft among 
, and 

koiv \s ihe become tr 
Atepe h fore in the night, and 
c on her ch< ek 3 

to com: 
all h ■ nave dealt rre oufly 

.jine he*- e 
:nlo ca. 

_ 

ttors 
ov 

I Th / . be- 

. tne to the folemn Fe< 

r priefts 
, and i>.e is 

3 are the thief, her 
r ; for the Lord hath af- 
i her for the multitui 

a arc go;.e into 
; befoi ny. 

•er o\ Zi(»n all 

■ 

d help 

/ did 

finned : 

■ 

id no 

■ 

1 ntothy 

s for 

; tor I am \ ( ora 



forrow like unto 1 ow f whi 

therewith the Lord hathai- 
tne in the day of his fierce anger. 
From above hath he lent tire 
and ii prevaileth again/t them: 
. a net for my leet, he hath 
back : : h made me delo- 

t all the dj 
ii The yoke of my tranfgreffiona is 
bj h s iund : they are wreathed, 
up n m>' neck : he hath 
.gth to i "ill. the Lord hath 
•d me into/fc/r hands, /row ivhon 
ie up. 
15 I ord hath^trodden undei I 

all 1 • n in the midft of me : 

1 adeinbly again'.! me to 
young n 1 : the Lord hath 
trodden the virgin, the daughter of Ju- 
as in a wine 
1G For thefe things J ; mine eye, 

eye runneth down with water, be- 
caul'- tne comforter thai (hould relieve 
loul is fir from me : my ehihiren are 
del'olate, b< c luie the enemy prevail 

IT Zion th her hinds, 

and ibere is none to comii t her : the 

i • oncei iiin \ I >.- 
11 i 
as a menftrui 

l.teous ; ! 

Ikjv agatnfl his 1 omnia nt : 

e, and L- hold 
young 
ity . 

de- 
, • , rs 

ty,H hi!'* t!i»*y 
rlirve t : 1 
• R.D ; 1 ■ 1 ill 'Li- 

my b. troubled . 

1 1 is turned « ithin me ; I ve 

id 

1 • 
-i 

• • • 
: • .ill their ¥ • be- 

( : i \ P If 
I Ji 

thr 

. u- 

to 



63* Jerufalem' smifery lamented. LAMENTATIONS. 'Jeremiah's complaint. 



the earth the beauty of Ifrael, and re 
raembered not his fo'otdool in the day of 
liis anger ! 

£ The Lord hath fwallowed up all the 
habitations of Jacob, and hath, not pitied : 
he hath thrown down in his wrath the 
strong holds of the daughter of Judah ; 
lie hath brought/^** down to the ground: 
he h?tn polluted the kingdom and the 
princes thereof. 

•S He hath cut off in his fierce anger 
all the horn of Ifrael: hehath drawn back 
his Fight hand from before the enemy, 
and he burned againfi Jacob like a flaming 
fire, nvbieh devoureth round about. 

4 He hath bent his bow like an ene- 
my : he flood with his right hand as an 
adverfary, and flew all that 'mere p leaf- 
ant to the eye in the tabernacle of the 
daughter of Zion : he poured out his 
fury like fire. 

5 The Lord was as an enemy ; he hath 
fwallowed up Ifrael, hehath fvvallowed 
up all her pal tees ; he hath dedroyed 
his ftrong holds, and hath increafed in 
the daughter of Judah mourning and la- 
mentation. 

t> And he hath violently taken away 
his tabernacle, as if it 'were of a garden : 
he hath deftroyed his places of the af- 
fembly ; the Lord hath catifed the fol- 
em:>. fealts and fabbaths to be forgotten 
in Zion, and hath de r pifedin the indigna- 
tion of his anger the king and the pried. 

7 The Lord hath caff off his altar, he 
hath abhorred his fanctuary, he hath giv- 
en up into the hand of the enemy the 
vi alls of her palaces ; they have made a 
noife in the houfe of the Lord, as in the 
day of a fo'emn feaft. 

H The Lord hath purpofed to defrroy 

e wall of the daughter of Zion ; he 
hath flretched out a line, he hath not 
withdrawn his hand from deflroying ; 






when their foul was poured out into their 
mothers' boforn. 

13 What thing mall I take to witnefsfor 
thee ? What thiiw (hall 1 liken to thee, O 
daughter of Jerufalem? What (hall 1 equal 
to tiiee, that I may comfort thee, O vir- 
gin daughterof Zion ? For thy breach is 
great like the fea. Who can heal thee ? 

1* Thy prophets have (ten vain and 
foohfli things for thee ; and they have not 
difcovered thine iniquity, to turn away 
thy captivity ; but have feen for thee lalfe 
burdens and ckufes of baniihmt nt 

15 All that pals by clap their hands at 
thee ; they hifs and u ag their bean at the 
daughter of Jerufalem, Joying l.< this 
the city that men call The perfection of 
beauty, The joy of the whole earth ? 

16 All thine enemies have opened 
their mouth againfi thee; they hifs and 
gnafh the teeth : they fay, We have 
fwallowed ber up . certainly this is the 
day that we looked for, we have found, 
we have feen //. 

17 The Lord hath done that which 
hehaddevifed , he hath fulfilled his word 
that he had commanded in the (lays of 
old ; he hath thrown down, and hath 
not pitied ; and he hath caufed ibine en- 
emy to rejoice over ik^e, he hath let up 
the horn of thine adverfaries. 

18 Ffiejr heart ctiedunlo the Lord, 
O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears 
rundown like a river day and night: 
give thy/elf no reft ; let not the apple of 
thine eye ceafe. 

19 Anfe. cry out in the night ; in the 
beginning of the watches pour out thine 
heart like water before the face of the 
Lord; lift up thy hand toward him for 
the life of thy young children, that faint 
for hunger in the top of every flreet. 

u 20 ff behold, O Lord, and conlider to 
whom thou had done this. Shall the wo- 



therefore he made the rampart and the men eat their fruit, a«tf children of a fpan 
Mto lament; they languifhed together. ! long > Shall the pritfi: and the prophet be 



9 Her gates are funk into- the ground t 
he hath deftroyed and broken her bars ; 
her king and her princes are among the 
Oentiles : the law is no more ; her propn- 
ets alfo find no vifion from the Lord. • 



10 The elders cf the daughter of Zion thou haft killed, and not pitied 



■ t upon, the ground, and keep filence ; 
J hey hav up dull upon their heads ; 

they have girded themfelves with fack- 
doth ; the virgins of Jerufalem hang 
down their heads to the ground. 

11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my 
bow els are troubled, my liver is poured 
upon the earth, for the deduction of 

pie ; becaufe the 
tren and the fuck lings -fwoon in the 
s of tl ' city. 

12 . fay to their mothers, Where 
is corn at d . they f-vooned 

:>unded in the ftreets of the city, 



flain in the fanctuary of the Lord } 

21 The young and the old lie on the 
ground in the (beets; my virgins and my 
young men are fallen by the fword ; thou 
haft (lain tbem in the day of thine anger ; 



%i Thou had called as in a l\ lemn day 
my terrors round about, fo that in the 
(day of the Lord's anger none efcaped 
nor remained , thofe that I have fwad- 
dled and brought up hath mine enemy 
con fumed. 

CHAP. III. 
The faithful bewail their cala?n>t'ies. 
I AM the man rAa/haih i~€eu aliliction 
by the rod of his wrath. 

'1 He hath led me, and brought me into 
darknefs, but not into light, 

5 Surely againfi me is he turned ; he 
iurnetb his lumd agamjl me all the day. 

4 My 



The faithful bervail 



^P- m - their calamines. 

Si To cmfli under his feet all the priC 
onersof the earth, ' 

55 To turn afide the right of a 
before the iacecf the A; »,, 

^ To inbvert a rpan in his caufe 
Lord approveth not 

37 Whoii he that faith, and it comrth 
to pals, ivlten the Lord commanded! 

M Out of the mouth of the Mofl I 
proceedeth not evil and good ? 

33 When fore doth a living man cow. 
plain, a man for the puniflrmentef his fins! 

+0 Let us feat ch and try our w aw and 
turn again to the Lord. 

41 Lei us lift up our heart with our 
hanu-. unto God in rlu- heavens 

42 We have tranfgreflTed and have re- 
belled : thou haft not pardoned. 

4 > Thou had covered with anger, and 
perfecuted us : thou hair, ham, thou I 
not pitied. 

441,1011 hafl covered thyfefcf with a 
cloud that tor prayer ftould not pafs 
through. 

*S I hou hafl m tde us as the offscour- 
inland refufe in the midfl ofthe people. 

4b All our enemies have opened tl 
mom lis igainfl us. 

47 Fear and a fnare is come upon DS, 
defolation and deftrudtion. 
4<; Mine eye runnel vttwith riven 
aterlor ti. on oi ti h_ 

f uiy per.;. 

49 Mine eye tricklethd m n, md 

50 '.' ill t] Lord look, down, and 1 

: I 



4 My flelh ;md my fkin hath he made 
old ; he halh broken my boi^s. 

5 He haih buitded again fl: me, and 
Compafed me with gall and travail. 

<3 He huh fet me in dark places, as 
they tr>at be dead of old 

He hath hedged me about that lean- 
not get out ; he hath made my chain 
liea v > 

8 Aifowhen I « ry and fhrxit, he fnut- 
teth cur my pia\ 

9 He hath ii :lufed my ways with hewn 

(tone, lie hath m »dc my paths crooked. 

10 He turns unto n>e as a b^ar lying in 
wait, and as a 1 i « » n in fecret places. 

11 He hath turned afide my ways, and 

pulled me in pieces; he hath made 
de! 

1- He bath Dent his bow, and fet me 
rk t' i the ai row. 

19 He hath caufed the arrows of his 
quiver to ent< reins. 

H I was i derifion to ail my people ; 
anJthvh fong all the day. 

15 Hehatl me with bitternefs, he 
hath d oc drunken with wormwood. 

16 ilfo broken my teeth with 
gravel (tones, he hath covered me with 
afh 

II And thou hart removed my foul tar 

I forgai profperity. 
t:; And 1 faid, M> (trength and my 

iifhed from th< Lor d ; 
19 • line afflk tion and 

m the gall, 

il hath tcm ftill in reraem- 

41 1 his I re, al to m) mind, there! 

- 

ot. 

rj • 

Jl The] 
foul till I hope in I 

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640 Zion* s pitiful e fate. LAMENTATIONS. Her complaint to God. 

64 Render unto them a recompenfe r | 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye ; 
O Lord, according to the work of their // is unclean ; depart, depart, touch, not 



hands, 

65 Give them forrow of hear*, thy 
curfe unto them. 

66 Perfccute and deflroy them in anger 
from under the heavens ot the Lord. 

CHAP. IV 



when they fled away and wandered they 
laid among the heathen, They fhaii no 
tnore fejeurn there. 

16 { he anger of the Lord hath divided 
them : he will no more regard them ; they 
rejected not the perfons of the prietts,, 
they favoured not the eiders. 



1 Ziox's pitiful (late hew. iled \ \3Shecon- 
Jejfrtb bnjins. . 21 Edom threatened. i 7 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for 

inOW is the gold become dim ! /&*wi#'our vain help ■ in our watching we have 
the. mod fine gold changed ! the Hones of watched for a nation that could not fave us. 
the fanctuary are poured out in the top' 



of every ft reef 

2 The precious fons of Zion, compar- 
able to flue gold, how are they efteemed 
as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands 
of the potter ! 

S Even the fea monfters draw out the 
bread, they give fuck to their young ones ; 
the daughter of my people is become cruel, 
like the ofrrichesin the wildernefs. 

4 The tongue of the fucking child 
cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for 
ihirft ; the young children aik bread, ana 
no man breaketh // unto them. 



IB They hunt our fteps, that m e cae 

go in ©ur ftreets : our end is near, our 
days are fulfilled ; for our end is come. 

19 Our perffcutors are fwifter than 
die eagles of the heaven : they purfued 
us upon the mountains, they laid wait for 
us tq the wildernefs. 

20 The breath of ournoflril?, the an- 
ointed of the Lord was taken in their 
pits, of whom we laid, Under his ftiadow 
we fhall live among the heathen. 

21 3| Rejoice and be glad, O daughter 
of Edom, that dwelled in the land of Uz ; 
the cup alfo fhall paf> through unto thee : 



^ MJ(wt< ^ *- i.".**.^ *. »* - - ...... »w i_i#-v»»*,. »*iv- ^\.*f* ^.i.t.\j iticiii pai. 1 uii ui'cn umu n>*.^ • 

!i 1 hey that did feed delicately are def- thou fhalt be drunken, and fhalt make 
olateinthe ftreets: they that were brought j thyfelf naked, 
up in fcarlet embrace dunghills. _ "11 The punifhment of thine iniquity 

6 For the punifhment of the iniquity is accompli {hed, O daughter of Zion ; he 



of the daughter of my people is greater 
than the punifhment of the fin of bodora, 
that was overthrown as in a moment, and 
no hands flayed on her. 

7 Her Nazarites were purer than fnow, 
they were whiter than milk, they were 
more ruddy in body than rubies, their 
polilhing tuas of fappbire : 

8 Their vifage is blacker than a coal : 
they are not knovwiin the ftreets ; their 
fkin cleaveth to their bones ; it is wither- 
ed, it is become like a flick. 

9 They that be (lain with the fword are 
better than they 'hat be (lain with hunger : 
fur thefe pine away, ft rick en through for 
ivant of the fruits of the field. 

10 'J he hands of the pitiful women 
have fodden their own children : they 
were their meat in the definition of the 
daughter of my people. 

11 The Lo?.n hath 'accompiilbed his 
fury : he hath poured out his fierce an- 
ger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and 
ii hath devoured the foundations thereof. 

12 The kings of the earth, and all the 
inhabitants of the world, would not have 

'believed thnt the adversary and the ene- 
my fhould have entered into the gates of 
Jerufalem. 

t!> «51 For the fins of her prophets, and 
the iniquities of her priefts that have fned 
the blood of the jrtfl in the midft of her, 

14 They have wandered as blind men 
in the ftreets, they have polluted rhem- 
ielves with blood, fo that men could not 
rouch their garment*. 



will no more carry thee away into captiv- 
ity : he will vilit thine iniquity, O daugh- 
ter of Edom } he will discover thy fins. 

CHAP. V. 
A pitiful complaint of Zion, in prayer 

REMEMBER, o'Lord, what is 
come upon us : confider, and behold cur 
reproach. 

% Our inheritance is turned to Oram 
gers, our houfes to aliens 

5 We are orphans and fatherlefs, our 
mothers are as widows. 

4 We have drunken our water for mo. 
ney ; cur wood is fold unto us. 

3 Our necks are under perfecution : 
we labour, and have no reft. 

6 We have given the hand to tht 
gyptians, and to the A/Tyrians, to be fatis- 
ficd with bread. 

7 Our fathers have tinned, and are not? 
and we have borne their iniquities. 

ii Servants have ruled ovei us, there it 
nonethat doth delivers ontof their hand. 

9 We gat our bread with the peril of 
our lives becaufe of the fword of the wil- 
dernefs. 

tO Our fkin was black like an oven bf~ 
caufe of the terrible famine* 

H They ravifhed the women in Zion, 
and the maids in the cities of Judah. 

12 Princes are hanged up by their 
hand : the faces of elders were not hon- 
oured. 

b'[ hey took the young men to grind, 
and the children fell under the wood. 

14 The 



zekie!': rf the cherulims Chap. i. 

14 I'he eHcrs have eeafed from the 

i their 
1.1 ir heart . i(ed ; our 

.mine. 
: 'iiini from our he 
d ! 
'7 I'ur tii cart is faint j fortltefe 

ft our 

F the mountain of 7 
. !» isdefolate, the foxes walk upon it. 



end r,f the four wheels. €41 

19 Thou, O Lord, remained for 
ever ; thy throne from generation to 
generation. 

-0 v/i e dofl thou Forget us foi 

ever, ,*?/./ Foi l.tk ' v.s fo 1, 

c -l Torn thou us onto thee, () Lord, 
and we (ball be turned ; renew uur days 
F i id 

: Hut thou lnll utterly rejecled us ; 
thou art very wroth agaihft us. 






THE h [ OF THE PROPHET LZLKIEL. 

* -y, PJ* A ? T - l thf *>' vont 5 aw ^ they turned not when 

>ecy. k //;x th.y went. 



r r£r« ruiints, I i p/ | 
njobe.-l: I i>j ibc glory •/ G 

• 10 p.ii* iii thl ttrii tieth 



As for the Iflcenefa of the living- 
creatures, their appearance ti.^j l,ke 
burning coals of lire, and like the ap- 



, r , "*> w«na ui me, «;i'< list tne aD- 

r, m tl h m m>, m the huh pearance of lamps: it went up and down 

V ,r '"'• i ' ,! '' ''-'the among the living creatures j and the fire 

bar, /W the •■ a bright, and out of the fire wont forth 
■» ' • opened, and 1 lavi l lightnii 

l , | i» And tlte living Creatures rail and 

1 In the fifth d iy of 1 ie m nth, which returned as the appearance of a flaih of 

t..i. lighmin** 

15 \ Row as I beheld the living crea- 
tures, behold one wheel upon the earth by 
the Iii • tttrres, wirh his tour faces. 

{( > ' he <if the \- md 

tl eir w< i k tvasWkt unto rht i olom oi a 

i ■- 1: and they four I I ike nc fa • and 

thei L tl ir work i 

it wen a wheel in the middle ol 

, ' . on 

' -or fides : and : limed I 

went. 

1 ere To iii i 

i 

c round abom them fpur, 

nt, 
heels wentby thi , the 

iturea were lifted up from the 
►ere lifted 

to go, 



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o1 king Jehoiachin's 

v* ; • the Loud came ex- 

I ' 

ol the C: the 

: the Lord 

* H Vnd I lo< n 1, behold, a whirl- 

an i .i 
the 

the midfl the ame 

ilthe 
and 

/the wheel* were lifted ; 

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tlie foi 

Is. 
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ird : Ir 
toanoi 
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fpirti waa to &o, 



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£42 EzekUl's tomwijioa. 



EZEKIEL. 



He eateth the rcW. 



ters. as the voice of the Almighty, the voice 
of fpeech, as the noife ot an hoft : when 
they flood, they let down their wings. 

25 And there was a voice from the fir- 
mament that nvas over their heads, when 
they flood, and had let down their wings 

26 f\ And above the firmament that 
tvas over their heads nuas the likenefs of 
a throne, as the appearance of a fapphire 
/lone : and upon the likenefs of the throne 
ivas the likenefs as the appearance of a 
man above upon it. 

27 And I /aw as the colour of amber, 
as the appearance of fire round about 
within it, from the appearance of his 
loins even upward, and from the ap 



10 And he fpread it before me : and it 
zoas written \wthin and without: and 
there nuas written therein lamentations, 
and mourning, and woe 

CHAP. III. 
1 Ezekiel eateth the roll. 15 Godfhewj- 

eth bun tr?e rule of prophecy, Vl and 

fljutteth and openeib the prophet's 

moutb. 

MOREOVER, he faid unto me, fon of 
man. eat that thou findeft ; eat this roll, 
and go fpeak unto the houfe of lfrael. 

2 So 1 opened my mouth, and lie cauf- 
ed me to eat that roll. 

3 And he laid unto me, Son of man, 
caufe thy belly to eat, and fill thy bow- 



pearance of his loins even downward, I ] els with this roll thar I give thee. Then 
faw as it were the appearance of fire, and 
it had brightness round about. 

28 As the appearance cf the bow that 
is in the cloud in ihe day of rain, fo nuas 
the appearance of the brightness round 
about. This a«j the appearance of the 



did I eat // ; and it was in my mouth a^ 
honey for fweetnefs. 

4 And he (aid unto me, Son of man, 
go, get thee unto the houfe of lfrael, 
and fpeak with my words unto them. 

5 For thou an not fent to a people of 



likenefs of the glory of the Lord. And affran^e fpeech, and of an hard language, 
when 1 faw z/, 1 fell upon my face, and 1 \bui to the houfe of lfrael 



heard a vo.ee of one that fpake. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Ezeiifl's comm'ffton. 6 His injlruclions 

9 The toll of ois beany prophecy. 

AND he faid unto me, Son of man 

fraud upon thy feet and 1 will fpeak un 

to thee. 

2 And the fpirit entered into me when 
he fpake unto me. and fet me upon my 
feet, that I heard him that fpake tin to me. 

3 And he f*id unto me, bon of man, I 
fend thee to the children of lfrael, to a re- 
bellious nation that hath rebelled againf! 
me they and their fathers have tranigrefT- 
ed a&ainft me, even unto this very day. 

4 For they are impudent children and 
fliff- hearted : 1 do fend thee unto them ; 
and thou fhalt fay unto them, Thus faith 
the Lord God. 

5 And they, whether they will hear, 
or whether they will forbear, (for they 
are a rebellious houfe,) yet (hall know that 
there hath been a prophet among them. 

6 fT And thou, fon of man, be not 
afraid of them, neither be afraid of their 
words, though briers and thorns be with 
thee, and thou doff dwell among fcorpi- 
ons : be not afraid of their words, nor 
be difmayed at their looks, though they 
be a rebellious houfe. 

7 And thou fliah fpeak my words unto 
them, whether titey will hear, or wheth- 
er they will forbear ; for they are mofl 
rebellious. 

8 But thou, fon of man, hear what I 
I ..) untq thee ; Be not thou rebellious 
like that rebellious houfe : open thy 
mouth) and eat that 1 give thee. 

9 *J And when I looked, behold, an 
hand ivas fent unto me ; and, lo, a roll 



6 Not to many people of a firange 
fpeech, and of an hard language, whole 
words thou canft not underftand. Sure- 
ly, had i fent thee to them, they would 
have hearkened unto thee. 

7 But the houfeof lfrael will not heark- 
en unro thee ; for they will not hearken 
unto me : for a'.l rhe houfe of lfrael are 
impudent and hardhearted. 

Behold, I have made thy face ftrong 
againlt their faces, and thy forehead 
(trong again!! their foreheads. 

9 As an adamant, harder than flint 
have J made thy forehead : fear them 
not, neither be difmayed at their looks, 
though they bt a rebellious houfe. 

10 Moreover, he faid unto me, Son of 
man, all my word that I fliall fpeak un- 
to thee receive in thine heart, and hear 
with thine ears. 

1 i And go, get thee to them of the cap- 
tivity, unto the children of th> people, 
and, fpeak unto them, and tell them, 
Thus faith the Lord God ; whether they 






if a book 'was therein ; 



will hear, or whether they will forbear. 

12 1 hen the fpirit took me up and J 
heard behind me a voice of a .ureat rufh 
\n%,fayh;g y B lelled be the glory of th 
Lord fiom his place 

1 3 J heard alfo the noife of the wings 
of the living creatures that touched one 
another, and the noife of the wheels 
over againfl them, and a noife of a great 
rufhin^. 

14 So the fpirit lifted me up, and took 
me away, and I went in bitternds, in the 
heat of my fpirit ; but the hand of the 
Lord was ffrong upon me. 

15 ^T Then 1 came to them cf the cap- 
tivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river 
of Che bar, aRd 1 fat where they fat, and 

remained 



' 



He rule of prophecy. Chap. iv. The type *f a Jiege. 64i 

remained there alioniOied among thtm And lay fiege againfl it, and bu Id a 

fert againli it, and cart a mount 
t\nd it to pafs at the end of it ; fet the camp ail ana let 

feven da> s, thai the word of the Loi tering r* ft it round about. 

nto me, faying, 4o#eover, take thou unto thee an 

tT ^jn of nun, I have ma-!e thee a \i for a wall of iron be- 

*o thehoufeof Ifiael .there- tween the* and the city : and let thy fjce 
*->ro at befiege 

from i . jaiiilt it. '1 hi>y 

eked, ! ule or Ilrael. 

relydi I him not 4 J upon Ihj left ne'e, and 

;rn tiie wick- lay the iniquity or the home of lliael 
l : ac*9tdh the number of the 
^ed mu upon it thuu i\. 

; but i. . 1 :..- |uii e at be r 'heir iniq 

i Icr I h- eaii 

~n'he wicked, ^nd he oi the r in q lit) , acCor line to the nuni- 

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ty da^s: io Ok. bear the in 

ol the houfe of III 

G An .ou haft acconiphih- d 

them, he again on ihy right lide, and 

■ 

ot Judal . 1 lias 

thee each .: . j e n. 

1 Tlerefore thou Ata rh] Uce to- 
ward • , an, j | n ne 
arm jb.ill tt „ied, and thou llialt 
t 
knd, b :j ol bandj upon 
th.ee, .. turn thee from 

her, till ihou halt end 
the ii.i) 5 of thy lie 

9 lake \ bee wheat, 

!aili, a 

a' them i ef. 

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I : 

outh up 

• dfi! 

there 
ith. 
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id 

16 

k the fl 

vei^ht and with c 



in the wind ; and I will draw out a f.vcid 
after them. 

3 Thou fhalt a!fo take thereof a few in 
number, and bind them in thy foirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and cafl 
fhem into the midft of the fire, and burn 
the n in the fire; jor thereof mall a lire 
come forth into all the houfe of Ifrael. 

6 fl Thus faith the Lord God, This/j 
Jerufalem : I have fet it in the midYt of 
the nations and countries that are round 
abcut her. 

6 And fhe hath changed my judgments 
into wickednefs more than the nations, 
2nd my Statutes more than the countries 
thai are ro\md about her : for they have 
refufed my judgments and my ftatutes, 
they have not walked in them. 

7 Therefore tints faith the Lord God, 
Becaufe ye multiplied more than the na- 
tions that a'e round about you, and have 
not walked in my ftatutes, neither have 
kept my judgments, neither have done 
according to the judgments of tl>e nations 
that are round about \ ou ; 

8 1 herefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Behold, I, even 1, am again ff thee, and 
will execute judgments in the midlt of 
thee in the fight of the nations. 

9 Add I v\ ill <io in thee that which 1 
have not done, and w hereunto 1 wHI not 
do any more the like, becaufe of all thine 
abominations. 

to Therefore, the fathers mall eat the 
fonS in the mid ft of thee, and the fbns 
{ii all eat their fathers : and I will execute 
judgments in thee, and the whole ren 
of thee will I fcatter into all the winds. 

it :for o» « ?J ! live, faith the Lord 

God Surely, becaule thou had 
my fan ciliary with all thy d< rigs, 

I d\\ thine abominations, thei i 
I alfodimmilh tb<e\ neither .".-.ill mine 
eyefpare, neither will 1 have any pi 

12 f) A third pait of thee (hail die with 
the peihlence, and with famine (hall they 
he confumed in the midlt of thee ; and a 



round 



644 Under the type of hair is fbenvtd EZEKIEl. the judgment of ' Jerufahvu 

fnall drink water by meafure, and with 
ufioni foment ; 

17 That they may want bread and wa- 
ter, and. be aitonied one with another, 
and confume away for their iniquity. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Under the typt of bar , 5 is fb^wed the 
judgment ofjetufaiem for their rehttlion 
\% by fumme, (word and dijpt r/ion. 

AND thou,' fon of man, take thee a 
fharp knite, take thee a barber's razor, 
and caufe it to pafs upon thine head and 
upon thy beard : then take thee balances 
to weigh, and divide the hair. 

•i T hon fnalt burn with fire a third part 
in the midii of the city, when 'he day s of 
the liege a»e fulfilled ; and thou i'ha>t take 
a third part, and frnite about it with a 
knife s and a third part thou fa alt fcatter 



third part (hall tall by the f word 

about ;hee , and I will leaner a thitd part 
into all the winds, and 1 will draw out a 
(word af'er them. i 

13 Thus (ball mine anger be accom- 
plifhed, and 1 will caufe my fury to refb 
upon them, and I will be comforted : ana 
tivj (hill know that 1 the Lord have 
fpoken it in my zeal, wften I haveaccom- 
pliihed my rury in them. 

14 Moreover, 1 will make thee wafie, 
and a reproach among the nations that 
are round about thee, in the light of ail 
that pals by 

la bo it (hall be a reproach and a taunt, 
an inff ruction and an aftoni foment unto 
the nations that are round about thee, 
when I (hail execute judgments in thee 
hi anger and in fury and in furious re- 
bukes. I the Lord have fpoken it. 

16 When 1 (ball kw<\ upon them the 
evil arrows of famine, wh ch (hall be for 
their deftru£tion, and which I will lend to 
deftroy you-, and I will increafe the fam- 
ine upon you, and will break your ltatf 
of bread : 

17 So will 1 fend upon you famine and 
evil beads, ana they ihall bereave thee ; 
and peffilence and blood (hall pafs through 
thee ; an;i I will brin£ the fword upon 
thee. J the Loixd have fpoken it. 

CHAP. VI. 
I The judgments of If tat I for their idol- 
atry. \i A remnant fbalt be fa<ved 11 

The fanhjuL exhorted to lament their 

calamities. * 

AND the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

"2. Son of man fet thy face toward the 
mountains of Ifrael, and prop hefy aga: 
them, 

$ And fay, Ye mountains of Ifi 
hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus: 
faith the Lord God to the mountains, and 
to the hills, to the rivers, and to the val- 
leys, Behold, I, e~ en I, will bring a 
fwbrd upon you, and 1 will defhoy your 
high places. 

4 Ana ) our altars feall be defolate,and 
your images (hall be broken, and 1 w ill c 
down youi tlain men before youridoW. 

And I will lay the dead cat 
the children of Ifrael before :.':. Is . 

and I Will fcatter your bones round about 
your altars. 

o In all ) our d s the ci 

(hall be la-d waflc, ; 

1 be delolate . that your altars may be 
fie and made delolate, and j 
be broken and cea.'e. and yt" 
images may be cut down, and j : 
may be aboli&ed. 

7 And tin (lain (hall fall in fne midftor 
you e (hall know that lamtheLoRi 

8- <fl Yet will I leave aremnant, I 
may have foeu that (tallefcape the 

among 



tal dy elation. C hap 

ill be fc 
xere 

l,re- 

-' the nation* v. iiirher 

captives, becaufe I 

h their whoriih heart, 

id fr >ni \ •:, and w 

aw horing atter tl.eir 

Ives for 

committed in 

bomina 

iu At. • t u ..-t I am the 

■ . 
lo th s ev;l unto theoi. 
1 I €T '; 

pefti'en 

tile b 

naineth 

■ 
I ac 

it I am the 
Lord, m n m^n (hall b 

out their 

r ever, 2 
:, and under e^ ck oak, the place 

I to all 
• 

li f ftrtrf ch oul my hand u 

m, and make 

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Rgfentauce of the efcated. 6-15 

the found n of the mountains. 

will I in. rtlj poui out my fury 

upon tnee, and accomj lnh mine anger 

upon thee: and I will ju e accord - 

» to thy ways, and will recompense 

thee for ali thine a lations 

9 And mine ej e (hall n >l fp ire, neither 
will I have pity. I will recompei ac- 

cording to th , n na- 

tions teat are in the midlt of thee ; a. 
iha: it i <jm the Lord that fnj 

to hold . . behold, it is Co 

is gone forth ; the rod h.. 
i budded. 
It Vi fen up into a rod of 

ll remain, 
., nor of any o; il.cir's ; 
wailing for rii 
>rae, the uay drav 

• • : for w the 

of. 

i- return K> 
which mc yet a- 

: lor the vifion is touching the whole 

tl . i (hall not i 

i ; neitru r in • hen hi 

of 1 
14 I ive blown the trui 

to ir • but ; rh Co I ! 

battle: term. his upon all the u 

ritude thereof. 

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ti'.euce and tl .<• ithin : he t 

is i . nail cl 

t /r in ;' 

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•646 EzekleVs nitfttm 

2S *\ Make a chain : for the land is 
fall of bloody crimes, and the city is full 
of violence. 

24 Wherefore I will bring the worftof 
the heathen, and they (hall pollefs their 
houfes : I will alfo make the porno of 
the ftrong to ceafe ; and their holy places 
(hall be denied. 

25 Definition comefh ; and they fhali 
feek peace, and there /hall be none. 

26 Mi (chief (hall come upon miichicf, 
and rumour (hall be upon rumour ; then 
mail they feek a vifion of the prophet :■, 
but the law (hall perifh from the pried 
and counfel from the ancients. 

27 The king (hall mourn, and the 
prince (hall be clothed with defoiation, 
and the hands of the people of the lano 
ihail be troubled ; I will do unto them 
after their way, and according to their 
deferts will I judge them ; and they mall 
know that I am the Lord 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Ezekiel's ntfion of jealoufy. 7 The 
chambers of imagery. 
AND it came to pafs in the fixth year, 
in the fixth month, in the fifth day of the 
month, as I fat in mine houfe, and the el- 
ders of judah fat before me, that the 
hand of the Lord God fell there upon me 

2 Then I beheld, and» lo, a likenefs as 
the appearance of fire : from the appear- 
anceof his loins,even downward, fire ; and 
irom his loins even upward, as the appear- 
ance of brightnefs, as the colour of amber. 

3 And he put forth the form of an 
hand, and took me by a lock of mine 
head; and the fpirir lifted me up between 
the earth and the heaven, and brought 
me in the villous of God to Jerufalem. to 
the door of the inner gate that looketh 
toward the north-, where ivas the feat of 
the image or jealoufy, which provoketh 
to jealoufy. 

4 And, behold, the glory of the God of 
Ifrael u>ai there, according to the viiion 
that I faw in the plain. 

3 Then laid he unto me, Son of man, 
lift up thine eyes now the way toward 
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the 
way toward the north, and behold north 
ward at the gate of the altar this image 
of jealoufy in the entry. 

6 He fail furthermore unto me, Son 
of man, See ft thou what they do r E-ven 
the great abominations that the houfe of 
Ifrael committeth here, that I fhould go 
far off from my fanctuary ? But turn 
thee yet again, and thou lhalt fee greater 
abominations. 

7 ^] And he brought me to the door of 
the court ; and when I looked, behold, a 
hole in the wall. 



EZEKIEL. of jealoufy, &c. 

9 And (he faid unto me. Go in, and 
behold the wicked abominations that they 
do here 

10 So I went in and faw ; and, behold, 
every form of cieeping things, and abom- 
inable beafls, and ail the idolb of the 
houfe of lfictel,pourtrayed upon the wail 
round about. 

1 1 A rid there ftood before them feventy 
men of the ancients of the houfe of Ifrael, 
and in the midft ot them ftood J,nazaniah 
the fon of Shaphan, with every man his 
cenfer in his hand j and a thick cl^ud of 
incenfe went up. 

12 1 hen faid he unto me, Son of man, 
Haft thou fe;n what the ancients ol 
houfe of Ifrael d > in the dark , c very man 
in the chambeisot hisimai^ei > i'orthty 
fay, The Lord feeth us not , the Lord 
hath forfaken the earth 

IS He laid alio unto me, 1 urn thee yet 
again, and thou malt fee greater ab . 
nations that they do 

14 The:* he brought me to the doc i : 
the gate of the Lord's houfe which U t 
toward the north ; and, behold, there f : 
women weeping for Tammuz. 

13 Then faid he unto me, Haft thou 
feen ibis, O fon of man ? Turn thee yet 
again, and thou fhalt fee greater abomi- 
nations than thefe. 

«6 And he brought me into the inner 
court of the Lord's houfcand, behold, at 
the door of the temple of the Lord, be- 
tween the perch and the al.ar, were about 
five and twenty men, with their backs 
toward the temple of the Lord, and their 
faces towaxd the eaft .; and they worfhip- 
ped the fun toward the eaft. 

17 Then he faid unto me, Haft thou 
feen this, O fon of man ? Is it a light 
thing to the houfe of Judah that they 
commit tlie abominations which they 
commit here ? For they have filled the 
land with violence, and have returned to 
provoke me to anger : and, lo, they put 
the branch to their nofe. 

18 1 Uerefore will 1 alfo deal in fury : 
mine eye fhali not (bare, neither will I have 
pity ; and though they cry in mine ears 
with a loud voice, yet will 1 not hear 
them. 

CHAP IX. 
t A vi/ton, ivhereby is fh rived the pref. 

ervation of fame % 5 and the dejhudion 

of the rtfl. 8 God ivtll not be entreated 
jor them. 

HE cried alio in mine ears with a loud 
voice, laying, Catifc them that have 
charge over the city to draw near even 
every man ivith his deftroying weapon 
in his hand. 

i And, behold, fix men came from the 



dig now in the wall : and when ] had 

digged in the wall, behold, a door, 



8 Then faid he unto mc, Son of man, way of the higher gate, which lieth to 



ward the north, and every man a flaugh- 
. ler weapon in his hand ; and one man a 

mong 



God will not be entreated. Chap, x . The nj'ifion of the tberuh'im*. 64? 

rnong them ivrts clothed with linen. \%;th 4 TJienthegl »rj oi the Lord went up 

a writer's inkhom by ms fide : and tiie> from the cherub, and flood over the threlh- 

went in. and itood feelide the brafen altar, old ot tne houfe , and thr houfe was hll- 

3 And the fclory of the God ot Ifrael ed with tl J, and the court was full 

>ne up from tne cherub, whereupon of the brightness of the Lord's glory, 

he wa<, to the threshold ot the houfe 5 And the lound of the cherubims* 

And he called to the in. in clothed with wmgs was heard even to the outer court, 

linen, which budihe writer's inkhorn bv i s the voice of the Almighty God v\hen 

his tide ; jhefpeaketh. 

4 And the Lob d faid unto him. Oo Vnd ltcametopafs. that when he had 
through the mid ft of the city, through commanded the man clothed with iinen, 
the midtt of Jerufalem, and fet a mark fay ing,Take fire from between the wheels* 

m the foreheads of f lie men that (igh from between trie cherubims \ then he 



* ..J that cry lor all the abominations that 
be done in the midfl ther 

J «[ And to the others he faid in mine 
heaiing, Go ye after hun through the 
city, and fmite : It T not jour eye fpaie 
neither have ye pit. : 

6 Slaj Utterly cM and young, both 
. and little children, and women : 
but come r. upon whom 

• mark in at m> fan&uarj . 

the ancient men 
c!i were before I f'e 

Vnd he faid unto thorn. Defile the 
rid rill - h thi fl 

rth And they vvent forth, and 
lew in the city. 

8 fl And it cam !-. v. Hie they 

were P tyin I i . left, that 

I fel laid, 

Ah I :froy all 

the rei ifrael in thy pouring out 

on Jet U 

lity 
, and Ji 
i the land is hill of 
I 

h not. 

10 i (ball 

I will 

■ 

11 a ith 

lidr 

, J ive done 
- 

HAP \ 

e ( ;/f of fire to br 
e ctt\. 8 / be vijion oj 
ms. 



went in, and irot-d beiide the wheels. 

7 And one cherub ftretched forth his 
hand from between the cherubims unto 
the tire that iias between the cherubims, 
and took thereof, and put // into the 
hands of him ibut tuas clothed with lin- 
en : who took it, and went out. 

^T And there appeared in the cher 
ubims the form of a man's hand under 
wings. 
9 And m hen 1 looked, behold, the four 
wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by 
1 another wheel by another 
cherub . and the appearance of the whet S 
>nn /Mia mej wxni lortn, ana was as the colour of a beryl (lone. 
flew in the 10 And as frrtheir app s, they 

four had . is, as if a wheel had 

i in the midf! of a wheel. 
M When they went, they went u 

s j tlu-y turned n I ey 

i he pi ■ -■ w hither the h< 
li Iced the] \edit; they turned i) 

went. 
1 their whole body, and their 
backs, and their ban ' their *ings, 

I the v/hecU/wert full of eyes round 
it, even the wh thai the) four ha I* 
IS :ls, it was cried unto 

ihera in my 1 r 

• four t ices : the 
F g nci 

an« 
., and t 

1 his it the living 1 1 e iture thai 1 I 
r of ( h< bar. 

« lu nil . the 

wh md wh n 

I, i." i p their wings to mount 

i nvas the !•.'■ id oi M irth, the fan vn I 

the - 

ipphii ;, as the a '7 Wh 

, wh ip tbt 

into the man clothed themi r the (pirit of the 

• 

I'M ; ! 

with !ik lioli 

bims and icatter ibem houfe and flood over ttu 

it in, in hi 19 And the < ns lifted u 

rubims flood on the nghi inted ti| i 

t in •, 

and the cloud filled the inner court. urw befide 

one 



648 Tlie princes' preemption. &ZEKIEL. God'spur'pvfesttjd've a remnc 

one flood at the door of the eaft gate of 15 f| And itcarr.eto pafc, when I pr. 
theLop.D's boufe ; and the glory of the! efied, that Pelatiah the fori of Bena 
God of Ifrael ^as over them above. tf. 'i lien fell 1 down upon my face 

°20 This ij the lining creature that I (and cried with a hud voice, and fai< 
fn'v under the God of Ifrael by the river (Ah Lord God ! Wilt ih< 
ofChebar: and I knew thaftjiey ivere end of the remnant of I fr 
the cherubims. 

ti Every one bad four fares apiece, and 
every one four wings 5 and the likenefs ct 
hinds of a manivas tinder their wing 



1 

d 
ion nuke a full 
. frael i 

14 Again the word of the Lord came 
unto mc, faying, 

15 Son of man, thy brethren, even ♦!•" 
brethren, theT men of thy kindred, 



forward. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 The princes prefumpiizn : 5TbeiyJtn,an(l 




and brought me unto the eaft gate of 
the Lord's boufe, which lool.eih eafl 



. given in p. . 
^ 16 Therefore fay, Thus faith the Lord 
God, Although 1 have cad them far 1 ff 
among the heathen, and although 1 have 
(carried them among the countries, yet 
nil! 1 be to them a^ a little fancluary in 
the emmtries where they {hall come 

17 Therefore fay, Thus l^ith the L 
Gon, I will even gathei 



.(ira 
voii from the 



ward: and behold at the door of the gate people, and alfemble you out < f the coun- 

five and twenty men \ among whom I fiw tries wftere ye linve been fcattered, and 

Jaazatvah the fan of Azur, and Pelatiah 1 will give you the land of llrael. 

_. 1. - /• _ e r> __ 2 •• i. :_ -.r _.!___ i _ t >.i r. _, A 4. 1 n .11 _ .. __1_.____.1_.__. _ ._ _i 



— . _ _ _ — _____ _. 

the /on of Bci^iah, pririces of the people. 

"2 Then (aid lie unto rne, bon of man, 
triefe hre the" men that devife mifchief, 
and <^ive wicked count:! in this city. 

3 Which lay, It is not near; let us 
build houfes : this city is the caldron, and 
we be the flefh. 

h Therefore prophefy again ft them, 
propriety, O fon of man. 

5 fl And the fpirit of the Lord fell up- 
on me, and faid unto nie, Sneak, Thus 
fa i^i the Lord, Thus have ye fail, O 
Fioufeof ffr;>el ; for 1 know rhe things that 
come into your mind, every me nj rhem 

6 Ye have multiplied your (lain in this 
city, and ye have filled the fireets there- 
of with the fliin. 

7 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Your flair, whom ye have laid in the 
• ' idfl of it, they are the flefli, and this 
i !,y is the caldron : but I v. ill bring you 

h out of the midff of it. 

8 Ye have iear.-d the fword : and 



18 And they fhall come thither, and 
they fhall take away all the deteftable 
things thereof, and all the abominations 
thereof from thence. 

,19 And I will give them cne heart, 
and I will put a new fpirit within you ; 
and 1 will take the llony heart out oi their 
Belh, and will give them an heart of flefh : 

9.0 That they may walk in my ftatutes, 
and keep mine ordinances, and do t; 
and they fhall be my people, and 1 v 
be their God. 

-21 <3j But asfortbtm whofe heart walk- 
eth after the heart of their deferable 
things and their abominations 1 will rec 
ompenfe their way upon then own heads, 
faith the Lord God. 

"It Then did the cherubims lift up their 
wings and the wheels befide them; a 
the glory of the Gcd of Ifrael -was o\ 
them above. 

__S And the glory of the Lord vent 
up from the midfi of the city, and ft: 



_' jl . I i.i v ._ i__i ;u Lilt 1 w ui . I , <; IIU i i uy »i uir ;ii'. iiiiuii .1 in. .n^i 1. 1 1 »_l nt .v__» 

bring a fword upon you, faith then upon the mountain which is on the eaf. 
; God, 



! fide of -the city. 
■it After war 



9 And I will bring yon out of the midit -* Afterwards the fpirit took trie up 
reof, and deliver you into the hands arid brought me in vilion by the pine 
Grangers, and will execute judgments 'of God into Chaldea, to them r.f : he cap. 

among you. Itiyity. So the vilion that I had ieeii 

10 Ye (ball fall by '.he (word ; I will "went op from me. 

Igeyouinthe border of Ifrael; and -■ • Then ! ipake unto them of tlie 
ye (hall know that I am the Lord. i .tivity al! the things that the Lord 

It This city fhall not be your calaVoft, ! had (hewed m 



neither fhall ye be the flefli in the 
thereof; t>ut 1 will ju n in the bor- 

der of i frael : 

\% And ye fhall know that T am ihe 
■'. v, : for ye have not walked in my, 
utes, neither executed mv judgme rts, undo me, faying, 
have done after the manners oi the t Son of man thou dwelleft m 
then that are roundabout yon. midft of a rebellious hdufe, which ft 

ey 



CHAP. XII 
1 The type of 'Ezekiet s remo r ving>%Jh"wetb 
the captivity 9 f Z-'dekiab. li Ezebiel's 
/. cmblingfh ivetb tie Jews' dejolaii on* 
THE word of the Loud alio t 









'kiab's ca l . tJ. tbe Jens' defolatr J njbe~xed. 64? 

iter with t: 
t carefu'aefs : 
19 -fthe la^d, 

i-ord uo n oi the inhabit- 
. • 

r bread with care - 
. drink their water with af- 
:nt, tha; her land may be df i 
( is therein, becaufc 

dwell there 
•bat a r<r inhabited 

all be defo- 
iuTttheLoRi . 
i cl the Lord came 
unto me, fa 

7rovrrbMfl/ 
ye have in the land oi Ifrael, fay fag, The 



xi !oq of man, pr 

r her p! 

thou bring fori 

. 
tfie v. i 
• 1 ;/ upon 



ce, that da>sareprol< 



nfaileth? 



: them therefore, r I has faith the 
I God, I v ke this proveib to 

ce*ie ey ill all :io more ufe it as a 

Ifrael ; but lay unto tl 

, and the effect o£ 
rifion. 
or there ft no more any 

ring aivination within the 

ror I am the Lord : I will fpeaJc^ 
• -t I (lull fpeak. fhall com* 
til be no more proIongeJ 
j our days, O rebellious houfe, will. 
the word, and will perform it. faith 
Loru .ord God. 

all the .vord of the Lord cam* 

' to ; T£, 

ey •/ 

it he 

// tor : % md lie 

' - f the times tt 

■ 



let 

A. 



■ 

2 

9 i .nan 

l 



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r 

and i 
I 

very 



- 
the Lo 






i,Thus i 

■ 



the The 

(hall be done, 
I . 
im' CH.X [II. 

-!, and their 
un- IT Of tbe proph- 

et in tit f:.io~ 

e Lord came un- 

1 ! 

>ay 
• ot their 
, Hear 
Lor 

tot! ■ 

a few ; 
om ' i 

. that the) 

e Lord. 

e Lo r 

i> •> 

.i : and 



and difperic tlieiu i 



• 



• 









650 Of the prophet ejfes, &e. 



EZEKIEL. Idolators exhorted to repent. 



the Lord hath not fent them : and they 
have made others to hope that they would 
confirm the word. 

7 Have ye not feen a vaiir vifion, and 
have ye not fpoken a lying divination, 
whereas ye fay, The Lord faith it ; al- 
beit 1 have not fpoken ? 

8 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Becaufe ye have fpoken vanity, and feen 
lies, therefore, behold, I am againfl you, 
faith the Lord God. 

9 And mine hand (hall be upon the 
prophets that fee vanity, and that divine 
lies : they (hall not be in the aflembly of 
my people, neither fhall they be written 
in the writing of the houfe of Ifrael, nei- 
therfhall they enter into the land of Ifrael ; 
and ye 'haHknow'that I am the Lord God. 

10 Becaufe, even becaufe they have fe- 
duced rjiy people, faying, Peace: and there 
•-u)cu no peace ; and one built up a wall, 
and, !'.>, others daubed it with untemper- 
ed mi/rfar : 

.It Say onto them which daub it with 
untempered mor/ar, that it fhall fall : 
there fhall be an overflowing ftiower j 
and \e. O great hailftones, (hail fail; 
and a fiormy Wind Hi all rend it. 

fi.Lo, when the wail is fallen, Shall it 
not be faid unto you. Where is the daub- 
ing wherewith' ye have daubed it ? 

13 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
1 will even rend it with a fiormy wind in 
my fury ; and there fhall be an over- 
flowing (hower in mire anger, and great 
hailffones in my fury to confume it. 

14 So ' ill I freak down the wall that 
ye have daubed wdth untempered mortar^ 
and bring it down to the ground, fo that 
the foundation thereof fhall be difcov- 
cred, and it fhall fall, and ye (hall be con- 
fumed in the rriidft thereof: and ye fhail 
know that I am the Loud. 

15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath 
upon the wall, and upon them that have 
daubed it with untempered mortar, and 
wiil fay" unto you, The wall is no more, 
neither they that daubed it; 

16 To ibttf the prophets of Ifrael which 
prop!)' f. co; corning Jerufalem, and which 
fee villous of peace tor her, and there is 
no peace, faith the Lord God. 

17 «] Likewife, thou fonof man,fet thy 
fare agaihfl the daughters of thy people, 
which prophefy out of their own heart; 
and ; jo; I eC) tl on a gain.ft them, 

If) ,\i d fay, "• hus faith the f,ord God. 

to the tubmen !(■ at few pillows to all 

armhdles, and ihake U,erchiefs upon the 

ry fiature fo hunt fouls! Will 

ye hunt the foulsot'my peopIc,and wjll ye 

lave the fouls alive / 'at come unto yon ? 

l'.' And will ye pollute me among my 

people for handfulls of barley, and for 

5. of bread, to flay the fouls that 

fhould not cue, and to Liv« ihc fouls alive 



that (houjd not live, by your lying to my 
people that hearjowr lie* ? 

20W T herefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Behold, I tfmagainff. your pillows, where- 
with ye there hunt the fouls to make 
them fly ; and I will tear them from your 
arms, and wil! let the fouls go, e<ven the 
fouls that ye hunt to make them fly. 

21 Your kerchiefs al fo will 1 tear, and 
deliver my people out of your hand, and 
they fhall be no more in your hand to be 
hunted ; and ye fhall know that 1 am the 
Lord. 

°11 Becaufe with lies ye have made the 
heart of the righteous fad, whom I have 
not made Lid ; and ftrengthened the 
hands of the wicked, that he fnould not 
return from hjs wicked way, by prorn- 
ifing him life : 

23 Therefore ye fhall fee no more van- 
ity, nor divine divinations: for I will 
deliver my people out of your hand : and 
ve fhall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XIV. 
t God anpxvcreth idolators, according to 

their oivn heart. 12 God's irrevocable 

Jentence. 1% A remnant fhall be fa<ved, 

THEN came certain of the elders of 
Ifrael unto me, and fat before me. 

2 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

3 Son of man, ihefe men have fet up 
their idols in their heart, and put the 
(tumbling block of their iniquity before 
their face : Should I be inquired of at all 
by them ? 

4 Therefore fpeak unto them, and fay 
unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, 
Every man of the houfe of Ifrael that 
fetteth up his idols in his heart, and put- 
teth a ftumbling block of his iniquity 
before his face, and coineth to the proph- 
et ; I the Lord will anfwer him that 
cometh according to the multitude of 
his idols ; 

fi That I may take the houfe of Ifrael 
in their own heart, becaufe they are all 
efiranged from me through their idols. 

6 Therefore fay untot he houfe of Ifrael, 
Thus faith the Lord God, Repent, and 
turn yo'arfelnjes from you idols ; and 
turn away your faces from all your a- 
bominations. 

7 For every one of the houfe of Ifrael, 
or of the ftranger that fojourneth in Ifrael, 
which feparatefh himfelf from me, and 
fetteth up his idols in his heart, and put- 
teth the ftumbling block of his iniquity 
before his face, and cornel 1. to a prophet 
to inquire of him concerning me; 1 the 
Lord will anfwer him by myfelf: 

8 And 1 will fet my face againfl that 
mar,, and will make him a hgn and a 
provefb, and I will cut him otf* from the 
tnidli of my people; and ye ihall know 

that I am the Lord. 

9 And 



God's irrevocable judgments. Chap, xv 

9 And if the prophet be deceived when 
he hath fpoken a thing, I the Loud h:ive 
deceived tl het, and I will ftretch 
out i d uponhim,and will deftrov 
I n the inidlt of in) people lirael. 

10 And they iha.l bear the punifhntent 
of their iniquity : the puniihment ofthe 

-lb:- even a.-, the punifb 
or dim thai leeketh unto bim \ 

1 1 'i ; \ir tl>'.- houfe of Ifrael may go no 
more aftray from mc, neither be polluted 

more with all th< ir tranfgrefl 
I my people, and 1 

Lord God. 
1 ' 4\ The word ot the Lord came a- 
ga g, 

D Son of mat '.nd (inneth 

nft me by trefp ifli 

up >n it, and 

ne upon it, and will cut 
oft in in in from it ; 

1 i i hough thefe three men, Noah, Dan- 
iel, an were in :t, they fbould I 

r own fails by their right- 
■ Lord ( -ju\). 
1j It I caufe noifome beafts to pafs 
through tl !, and they fpoil it, fo 

t it be 

of the beafta : 
16 ih: three men nvere in it, 

as I !, h the Lord (.too, they 'hall 

■ • 
. but the land fli ill 

IT (;, ij \ bi ■■ :i that ! 

ie land \ fa 

Horn tt : 

0/11 

but 

tl. 

ito thai 

i it in 
L; i (.it ii »iii it n ill : 

i |ob, 
it, as I live, I 

til 

[>, i I 

-■ w hen I Ii n 1 m< I »i, 

. 
. an<i tl 
and ti c, to cui uaq 

forth, 
in d t h e i i 

Till! I,|,., 

I J • 

cerni , t 

■ 
y«- . I and | and 



xvi. Rejection of JerufaU tmj ■' . £51 

ye lhall know that I have not done with- 
out caufe ail that I have done in :t, faith 
the Lord G or>. 

H A P. XV. 
5 By the uxfi'tfuj: of the nine branch for 
- 9rk, 6 isjlcived tbe t. of 

Jerufalem. 

AND the word ofthe Lord came un- 
to me, laying, 

mot" man, What is the vine tree 
more than :ee, or than a branch 

which is among the trees ot the fore ft ? 

.1 be t.iken thereof to do 
any work ? or, Will men t;ike a pin of it 
ro haw* any veiled thereon ? 

4 Behold, it is caff into the fire for fu- 
el ; the fire devoureth both the rods of 

mid/t of it is burned. Is it 
meet tor any work ? 

5 Si n it was w hole, ir was 
meet for no work : How mu< (hall it 

meet yet for any work, ".hen the fire 
hath devoured it, <*nd it i> burned ? 

6 4] Therefore thus faith the Lord 
D. As the \ ■ he n*r$ 

the foreft, winch i have given to the 
l,fo Willi as 

ot I- rufalem. 

\ml 1 will fet my face again ft the 
, lhall go out from a ie fit . «- 

h ill (lev m ; and \ e (hall 

know ihat 1 am tli • Lo i d, w hen I : 
them. 
Ind 1 will i 
aufe tl'' 
faith the I >d 

I A P. \ I 

■ ,e 

0/ : r,l I. . 

AG A 1 
unto me, fayi 

- Son 
her BDomin 

to J rth 

is of tii<- land of Canaan : i as 

an nd thv mother an 1 1 

i \ , i 
thou v 
rher 

wafl not I 
II. 

of 

. ' ithe . thy perfon, in the 

It I ; 

i. t \ 

I 
nub'n ■ in « by 

blood, Live | yea, I I 



652 God's love to Jerufalem. EZEKIEL. 

ianed, ami thine hair is grown, 
thou nvajl naked and hare. 

8 Now when I paffed by thee, and look 
ed upon thee, behold, thy time was the 



Her rohoredotn*. 



whereat; ti3 And it came to pafs after all thv 

wickednefs, (woe, woe -unto thee ! faith 

the Lord God,) 

24 i'bat thou haft a'fo built unto thee 

time of love ; and 1 fpread my fkirt over an eminent place, and haft made thee an 

thee, and covered rhy nakedaefs ; yea, [[high place in everj ftreet. 



fware unto thee, and entered into a cov- 
enant with thee, faith the Lord God, 
and thou becameft mine. 

9 Then walbed I thee with water ; yea, 
2 thoroughly warned away thy blood from 
shee, and 1 anointed thee with oil". 

30 I clothed thee alfo with broidered 
work, and Ihod thee with badgers' (kin, 
and I girded thee about with line linen, 
and I covered thee with filk. 

11 I decked thee alfo with ornaments, 
and I put bracelets upon thine hands, and 
a chain on thy neck. 



25 Thou halt built thy high place at 

every head of the way, and lv.ift made thy 
beauty to be abhorred, and hall opened 
thy feet to every one thaf paffed By, and 
multiplied thy whoredoms. 

c io Thou haft alfo committed forr.-c- 
tion with the Egyptians f hy neighbours 
great of fie in ; and haft increased thy 
whoredom*, to provoke me toanper. 

^27 Behold, therefore, I have (notched 
out my hand over thee, and have dimin- 
ifned thine ordinary food, and delivered 
thee unto the will ot them that hate thee, 



12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, i the daughters of the Fhiliftines, v. hichare 



and earrings in thine ears, and a beauti 
ful crown upon thine head. 

13 Thus waft thou decked with geld 
and fiiver, and thy raiment <was of fine 
linen, and filk, and broidered work : thou 
dicUt eat fine floor, and honey, and oil ; 
and thou waft exceeding beautiful, and 
thou didft profper into a kingdom. 

14 And thy renown went forth among 
the heathen for thy beauty : tor it ivas 
perfect through my comdinefs, which 
I had pst upon thee, faith the Lord God. 

t^But thou didft truft in thine own beau- 
ty, and playedft the harlot becaufeofthy re- 
nown, and pouredft out thy fornications 
on every one that paffed by ; his it was. 

16 And of thy garments thou didft 
take, and deckedft thy high places with 
divers colours, and playedft the harlot 
thereupon : the like things fhall not come, 
neither (hall it be fo. 

17 Thou haft alio taken thy fair jewels 
of my geld and of my iilver, which I had 
given thee, and madeft to thyfelf images 
of men, and didft commit whoredom with 
them, 

18 And tookeftthy broidered garments. 
and coveredft them: and thou haft fet 
mine oil and mine incenfe before them. 

19 My meat alio which I gave ihce, 



afliamejcf of thy lewd way 

28 Thou haft prayed the whore alfo 
with the Afiyr-ans, becaufe thou waft 
unfatiabl*; yea, thou haft played the 
harlot with them, and yet could eft not be 
fatisfied. 

2?) Thou haft, moreover, multiplied thy 
fornication in the land of Canaan unto 
iChaldea ; and yet thou waft not fatisfied 
herewith. 

SO How weak is thine heart, faith the 
Lord God, feeing thou doeft all thefe 
thing' , the work of an imperious whorifh 
woman ; 

31 In that thou buildeft thine eminent 
place in the head of every way, and mak- 
eft thine high place in every ftreet; and 
haft not been as hu harlot, in that thou 
fcorneft hire ; 

3 i But o.s a wife that committeth adul- 
tery, msbicb taketh ftrangcrs inftead of 
her hufbaod ! 

S3 They give gifts to all whores : hut 
thou givtft thy gifts to all thy lovers, and 
liirefl them, that they may come unto 
on every tide for thy whoredom. 

84 And the contrary is in thee from 
other women in thy whoredoms, whereai 
none followeth thee to commit whore* 
p (\o\\\f, ; and in that thou giveft a reward, 
fioe Hour, and oil, and honey, *vbrre<uoitk\ai\<&. no reward is given unto thee, there- 
1 led thee, thou hair even fet it before fore thou art contrary; 
them for a fweet favour : zrxditbus it was, | 55 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word 
faith the Lord Go'>, of the Loud : 

20 Moreover, thou haft taken thv fons ; 36 Thus faith '.he Lord God, Becaufe 
fund thy daughters whom thou baft borne (thy filthinefs was poured out, and thy 
unto me, and thefe haft thou (acnficed (nakednefs difco\ ough thy whore- 

unto them to be devoured. Is this of dpms with thy >vers and with all the 



thy whoredoms a fmall matter, 

Zl That thou haft flain my children, 

?nd delivered them to c.uife them to pals 

through the fire for them ? 

£$And in all thine abominations and thy 

whoredoms thcu haft not remembered the 

days of thy youth when thou waft naked 



and bare, and waft polluted in thy blood, will even gather them roundabout a- 
* gainu 



idols i*f thy abominations, and by the 
blood of thy children, which thou didft 
give unto them ; 

31 Behold, therefore I will gather all 
thy lovers, with whom thou haft taken 
pleasure, and all them that thou haft lov- 
ed, with all them that thou haft hated ; . 



, and 
in all thine ah 
ns which thou haft dco?. 
38 re r.> women; m alfo, which h 

nd fhed blcoi wn fhanie for thj 

A\ giv<^ i haft committed mere a K 

fury an ble than they: tl 

u : yea, be thou 

me, in that thou 
• place, 

~n I ill : n the! 

1 her dan 
ano and bai met th oi Samaria and 

•40 a CO*"' 1 ., . I bring at- am 

' . es in themidic 

v if. 

hou nr v. eft "bear thin 
41 An be confounded in 

fire, and Ht done, in that thou art a 

The!. 

lh" oj thy lii' V.dom and her 

the r e. i, (hall return to their former 

my fury t ind her djug! 

n to their former eftate, then 
and ti rs ihall return to 

your former ertate. 

Por thy (ifter ■ is not mrn- 



thec 

from tliee, and will 

■ 

red 
nth, but 

i.ic* herefore,! 57 Before thy wickednefs was d\'> 

* thy way :. as at the tunc of /by r 



r head, faith tl Lion: and thou 

not comn e all 

■ 

••overbs 
alt thee. 
As h t laughter 

other's da 

id her 



the dauj. hters ol tod all I 

A about her.the daughters of the Pin- 
es, whit e thee nnind about. 
f>8 Ihou hr.ft borne thy lewdnefs and 
thine ab' th the Lour>. 
:ith the Lord God, I 
even deal v •• •- thou 1 ifl done, 
the oath in t , 



A thy filters, , the coi 
!s and their 6o ,1 will remcr- 

i'h tr 



youi blifli in 

everlafhng covctu 

lull ihj- 
and ! ten thoti /ball 

d I will 

t. 
nation d I prill eflablifh n \ c 



46 And thine « 

II at th) 

I 
41 



i y lit: ith thee ; and t ! 

iuti mayefl remember. 
Goo, Sod- 1 be < 

• thy 

- 

. 

is I fa**' g 

t ted 



hall d ;: . ; > the ! 

i HAP M 

I 
3 And fay, Thus I 



654 The tivo eagles and the 'vine. EZEKTEL. The cedar of the go/pel promifed. 
A great eagle with great wings, long- 1 ty army and great company make for him 



winged, full of feathers, which had divers 
colours, came unto Lebanon, and took 
the higlielf. branch of the cedar : 

4 He cropped off the top of his young 
twigs, and carried it into a Ian i of traf- 
fick ; he fet it in a city of merchants. 

5 He took alfo of the feed of the land, 
and planted it in a fruitful field ; he 
placed it by great waters, and let it as a 
willow tree. 

6 And it grew, and became a fpread- 
ing vine of low fiature, whofe branches 
turned toward him, and the roots thereof 
were underhim: fo it became a vine, and 
brought forth branches, and fhot forth 
fprigs. 

7 There was alfo another great eagle 
with great wings and many feathers : and, 
behold, this vine did bend her roots to- 
ward him, and fhot forth her branches 
toward him, that he might water it by 
the furrows of her plantation. 

8 It was planted in a good foil by great 
waters, that it might bring forth branches, 
and that it might bear fruit, that it might 
be a goodly vine. 

9 Say thou, Thus faith the Lord God, 
Shall jt profper ? Shall he not pull up the 
roots thereof, and cut off the fruit there- 
of, that it wither ? It fhail wither in ali 
the leaves of her fpring, even without 
great power or many people to pluck it 
up by the roots thereof. 

10 Yea, behold, being planted, Shall it 
profper f Shall it not utterly wither, when 
the eafl wind toucheth it ? It (hail wither 
in the furrows where it grew. 

11 *] Moreover, thewordof the Lord 
came unto me, faying, 

12 Say now to the rebellious houfe. 
Know ye not what thefe things mean ? 
Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon 
is come to Jerufalem, and hath taken the 
king thereof, and the princes thereof, 
and led them with him to t'abylcn ; 

13 And hath taken of the king's feed, 
and made a covenant with him, and hath 
taken an oath of him : he hath alfo tak- 
en the mighty of the land : 

li That the kingdom might he bafe, 
that it might not lift itfelf up, but that by- 
keeping of his covenant it might ftand. 

1 b But he rebelled againft him in fend- 
ing his ambaflador? into Egypt, that they 
might give him horfes and much people 
Shall he profper ? Shall he elcape that 
«'oeth fuch tbmgs ? or, Shall he break 
the covenant and be delivered ? 

16 As I live, faith the Lord Gor>, 
furely in the place *wbere the king dwell- 
etb\h*\ made him king, whofe oath he 
defpifed, and whole covenant he brake, 
even with him in the luidft of Babylon 
he <hall die. 

17 Neil her fhall Pharaoh with his migh- 



in the war, by calling up mounts, and 
building forts, to cut off many perfens : 

18 Seeing he. defpifed the oath by- 
breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had 
given his hand, and Irath dune all thefe 
things, he ihail not efcape. 

19 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
As I live, furely mine- oath that he hath 
defpifed, and my covenant that he hath 
broken, even it will I recompenfe upon 
his own head- 

20 And I willfpread my net upon him, 
and he (hall be taken in my fnare, ana I 
will bring him to Babylon, and will plead 
with him there for his trefpafs that he 
hath trefpaffed againft me. 

21 And all his fugitives with all his 
bands fhall fall by the fword, and they 
that remain ihall be fcattered toward all 
winds : and ye ihall know that 1 the Lord 
have fpoken it. 

22 «| Thus faith the Lord God, I will 
alfo take of the higheft branch of the 
high cedar, and will fet /'/ ; I will crop off 
from the top of his young twigs a tender 
one, and will plant /'/ upon an high moun- 
tain and eminent : 

23 In the mountain of the height of 
Ifiael will I plant it : and it (hall bring 
forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a 
goodly cedar : and under it Ihall dwell all 
fowl* of every wing ; in the fhadow of 
the branches thereof ihail they dwell. 

24 And all the trees of the field fhall 
know that I the Lord have brought down 
the high tree, have exalted the low tree, 
have dried up the green tree, arid have 
made the dry tree to flourifh .- I the Lord 
have fpoken and have done it. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

1 God reprouetu theunjuf. parable of four 
grapes. 2.0 He defendetb his jujlice, 
6\ and exborteth to repentance . 
THE word of the Lord came unto 

me again, faying, 

2 What mean ye, that ye ufe this prov- 
erb concerning the land of Ifrael, fay 
The fathers have eaten four grapes, and 
the children's teeth are fet on edge ? 

3 As 1 live, faith the Lcri bOD, ye 
fhall not have occajion any more to ufe 
this proverb in Ifrael* 

4 behold, all fouls are mine; as the foul 
of the father, fo alfo the foul of the Ion 
is mine: the foul that iinneth it (hall die. 

h But if a man be jufr, and do that 
which is lawful and tif.iit, 

6 And hath nor eaten upon the moun- 
tains, neither hathliftedup his eyes to the 
idols of the houfe of Ifrael, neither hath 
defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath 
come near to a menflruous womaa, 

7 And hath BOtoppreffed any,**' hath 
reftored to the debtor his pledge, hath 
(polled none by violence, hath given hi? 

bread 



God's jujlice in funi/bing. Chap. 

bread to the hungry, and hath covered 
the naked with a garment ; 

8 i ,: hath n>>t given forth upon 

ufury, neither hath taken any increafe 
hath Irawn his hand from iniquity, 

hath ited true judgment bet 

i man, 

y Ha'li walked in my ftatutes, and hath 
kept my jiu, deal truly ;he/\nult, 

heftall fun th ili' Lord God. 

10 If h I a fon that is a robber, a 
ter of blood, and that doeth the like 

to t/r-.v one of th<-ie things, 

1 1 And that doeth rot any of thufe du- 
ties, but even hath eaten upon tbc moun- 
tains ;md defil :hbi>ui - 

' H ith oppreffed the poor and 
hath e nee, fiat h nor reltored 

.1 up h 
the i iol>, hath committed ah 

13 Hath given forth upon and 
hath increa, 1 he then live • 
i he hath done all thefe 

.11 furely die ; his 
i ni n. 

14 i fen, that feeth 

.OIK', 

I, and doth not fuch like, 

I j lz.it I, iten upon t!ic 

mount* his eyes 

[frael, hath 
le, 
16 fed any, ! 

:, neitl 
:nce, but hath ^iven his 
.ind hath ( I 

I ufury 

I 

cruelly 
\rr by 



xix. His iv ays are equal. C 

committed, thej (hall not be mentioned 
unto him : in Ins i e f 8 th^t he 

bath d i. - he fliall li\> 

*S ire at all that the 

wicked (hould die? faith the Lord Gon - 
-ir.a he lhould return troiu his 

ways, and \i\ 

I when the righteous turnetfc 
away from his righteou 
mitteth iniquity, and doeth a< kg to 

nil the abominations that the wicked 
. 5J ill he live I AH his right- 
eoufnefs that he hath done mall n I 
mentioned: in his trefpafs that he I 
trefpafled, and in his G i that he hath 
, in them (hall he die. 
•J Yel ly of the Loro 

is not equal, Hear now, O houfe of If- 
rael ; !- n< I mj waj equal ? Ate 
i.il i 

»i in tiirncth ;i 
from his righteoufnefs. and commit! 
iniquity, and dieth in them ; for his in- 
'\ thai h< hath dune mail he die. 
tT A •. .. te wicked Mdflturneth 

a*ay n .1,1 dnef's th it he hath 

committed, and d . .. ;hat which is law- 
ful and right, htf (hall favi his Caul alive : 
nfidereth, I turh- 
eth aw iy from all his irangreffii 
committed he dial I fur< 
he (ball not die. 

i nth the houl • . :' Ifrael, The 
he l.oKii is i, I. O h 

of ifrael, Art- not i 

ill judge ^ ou, < ) ho 

. 
wa d. Repent, . 

tui n 

(hall not be > ot 

m all j 









iwftil 

m, he i 
M) 1 h- : ,ul 



will > • 

- . n the •'• 

itih the ! 
. 
CHAP. M\ 

A lamer. 

I i 

Ice th m i 

■ i 



(lull t 



II mm I 

I 
- 

he (hall I 

that he hath 



■ • helps i 

■ 

, he 

was loft, I 



655 Parable of the lion'stubelps. 

took, another of her whelps, and made 
"him a young lion. 

6 And he went up and down among the 
lions, he became a young lion >and learned 
to catch the prey, and devoured men. 

7 And he knew their defolate palaces, 
and he laid wafte their cities ; and the 
land was defolare, and the fulnefs thereof, 
hy the noifeof his roaring. 

8 Then the nations let againft him on 
every tide from the provinces, and fpread 
their net over him ; he was taken in their 
pit. 

9 And they put him in ward in cnains, 
and brought him to the king of Babylon : 
they brought him into holds, that his 
voice (hould no more be heard upon the 
mountains of Ifrael. 

.'.) Thy mother is like a vine in thy 
blood, planted by the waters : (he was 
fruitful and fu'U of branches by reafon 
©f many waters. 

11 And ihe had ftrong rods for the 
fceptres of them that bare rule, and her 
ftature was exalted among the thick 



EZEKIEL. Thefory of If 'raeVs rebellion. 



unto them to bring them forth of the 
land of Egypt into a land that I had ef~ 
pied for them, flowing with milk and 
honey, which is the glory cf all lands : 

1 Then laid I unto them, Cait ye away 
every man the abominations of his eyes', 
and defile not yourfelves with the ideas 
or Egypt : 1 am the Lord your God. 

* But they rebelled againit me, and 
would not hearken unto me : they did 
not every man call away the abominations 
oUheireyes, neither did they forfake the 
iduls of Egypt : then I faid, I will pour 
out my fury upon them, to accomplish 
my anger againit them in the midfl of the 
land of Egypt. 

3 .But 1 wrought for my name's fake, 
thai it thould not be polluted before the 
heathen, among whom they tvere, id 
vvhofe fight 1 made myfelf known unto 
them, in bringing them forth out of the 
land of Egypt. 

10 Wherefore I caufed them to go forth 
out of the land of Egypt, and brought 
them into the wildernefs. 
branches, and the appeared in her height' It And I gave them my ftatutes, and 



with the multitude of her branches. 

11 But (he was plucked up in fury, fhe 
was caft down to the ground, and the 
eaft wind dried up her fruit : her ftrong 
rods were broken and withered ; the fire 
confumed them. 

15 And now me is planted in the wil- 
dernefs, in a dry and thirfty ground. 

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her 
branches-, ivhich hath devoured her fruit, 
fo that (he hath no (hong rod to be a fcep- 
tre to rule. This is a lamentation, and 
(hall be for a lamentation. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 God refufcth to be ccrfulied by the el- 
ders of Ifrael. 5 "Tne fiory oj their re- 

bellions. 3$ He prcmifeih to gather the m. 

AND it came to pais in the feventh 
vear, in the fifth month, the tenth day of 
the month, that certain of the elders of 
(frael came to inquire of the Lord-, and 
fat before me. 

"2. Then came the word of the Lord 
unto me, faying, 

6 Son of man, (peak unto the elders of 
Israel, and fay unto them, Thus faith the 
Lord God, Are ye come to inquire of 
n c ? ds I live, faith the Lord Goo, i will 
not be inquired of by you. 

4 Wilt thou judge them, Con of man ? 
Wilt thou judge them ? Caule them to 
know the abominations of their fathers : 

b fl And fay unto them. Thus faith the 
Lord God, In the day when 1 chofe If- 
rael, and lifted up mine hand unto the 
feed of the houfepf Jacob, and made my- 
ielf known unto them ia the land cf E- 
gypt, when i lined up mine hand unto 
them, faying, I am the Lord your God j 

c In thed^y that I lifted up mine hand 



(hewed them my judgments, which if a 
man do, he (hail even live in them. 

12 Moreover, alfo I gave them my fab- 
baths, to be a fignberwren me and (hem, 
that they might know that 1 am the 
Lord, that fanctify them. 

13 But the houfe of Ifrael rebelled a- 
gainft me in the wildernefs : they walked 
not in my ftatutes, and they defpi/ed ray 
judgments, which if a man do, lie (hall 
even live in them, and ray fabbaths they 
greatly polluted : then 1 uid, I would 
pour out my fury upon them in the wil- 
dernefs, to con fume them. 

14 But I wrought for my name's fake, 
that it (hould not be polluted before the 
heathen, in whofe light I brought the:-) 
out. 

15 Yet alfo I lifted up my hand unto 
them in the wildernefs, that J would not 
bring them into the land which I had 
given them f flowing with milk and honey, 
which is the glory of all lands ; 

16 Bccaufe they delpifed my judg- 
ments, and walked not in my ftatutes, 
but polluted my fabbaths; for their heart 
went after their idols. 

17 Neverthelefs, mine eve fpared them 
from dell roving them, neither did I make 
an end of them in the wildernefs. 

IS Eut 1 laid unto their children in the 
wildernefs, Walk ye not in the ftat- 
utes of your fathers, neither obfervetheif 
judgments, nor defile yourfelves with 
their idols : 

19 1 am the Lord your God j walk 
in my ftatutes, and keep my judgments, 
and do them ; 

to And hallow m-y fabbaths, and they 
(hall be a figfl between me and you, that 

ye 



if Ifrael's rebellion. Chap. xx. Qcd promlfetb to gather them. 65T 
hat I am the Lord your furely win _ hty hand, and with a 



hflandin.4 the n rebel - 

I not in ne- 
ther kept my judj; men's to do 
' a man do. he (hall evn 
. . polluted im iabbarhs : 

T hen \ faid, I pour out my fury 

, to acco : ny anger a- 

gai on in the wide 



ftretc md with fury poured 

out, will ! rule over you : 

I bring you out from the 

e, and will gather you out of the 

Countries wherein \e a:e fcatrered, with 

a mi-ht and with a fhetched out 

arm, and with fury poured out. 

d 1 will bring you into the wil- 
Idernefsof the people, and there will f 



I withdrew minehand, plea I ce to face 

an- 4 fit tor my name's (dV I pleaded wirh your fathers 

n the fight of the in the wildernefsof theland of Egypt, fo 
heuhen, in whofe fi^ht I brought them will I plead with you, faith the Lord God. 

51 And I will ca"fe you to pals under 



Z3 I lifted up mine hai them 

n the w ilderncfs, that 1 would 
ter them am ng the hi and dif- 

em rhrough the countrie> ; 
Btcaule the;, had not executed my 

'.'.tes, 
ly fabhaths, and then 
e)c> 

Mites 
nd judgments 
wl. not liv 

luted them in th-ir 

tl rough 

h the won 

! n delolate. to the e ; ■ ii 

might know that I am the 

I o 

£7 re, for. of man. fpeakuntothe 

I t Ifracl, and I i lT.us 

:>, Vet 
ther they 

• 

into 
ap mine 
I 

, 
l 
. 

' ut there 

them, ' r/the 

■ 

A jtter the 



the rod, and I will bring you into the 
f ond of the covenant ; 

38 And I will pur^eout from among 
you the rebels, and them trut tranfgreft 
.1^ - ; n!! me ; I will bring them forth out of 
the country where the) fojoum and they 
(hall not enter into the land of Ifrael : 
know that I am the Lord. 
As for yt>u Ohoufe of Ifrael, thus 
faith the Lord God, Go ye. ferve ye 
every one his idols, and hereafter alfo y if 
ye will not hearken unto me : but pol- 
e my holy name no more with your 
and with your idols. 

40 For in mine holy mountain, in the 
moun F the height of Ifrael, faith 

ord Goo, thrre flja'.l all the houfe 
of Uriel, all of them in theland, f 

re will 1 a Mem, and there 

will I require your i I ^, and the 

firft fruits of your oblations, with all 
It thin . 

41 I will \ ou with your 1 

r, when 1 Dfi >g you out from the 

people, and you out of the loun- 

ive been fcattei ed : 

and 1 will be fa I in you befote the 

rn. 

I ye ill that I am the 

11 brin<^ you into the 

ountry for the 

d to give it to 

■ 

i I • member your 

r doings, m herein v r 
ball lol 

hi tor all > v 



■ omm t ) c ■ viK ih 



44 And >e (hall kno I • the 



th-r , ? 

3t 

g t<» 



\ 



■ 



f ) y e h f I f- 

you, O :). 



• 



At \ I wdi not 

be 



I of the Lor» 

■ 
46 



ill not be at all, thai thy -■ 

■ jieii or* 
the count i 

. faith t jod, 47 irefloi 

4 L ar 



€52 Prophefy againft Jerufalem. EZEKIEL. 

Hear the word of the Lord, Thus faith 
t)ie Lord God, Beho'd, I will kindle a 
fire in thee, and it lhall devour every 
green tree in thee, and every dry tree : 
the flaming flame (hall not be quenched, 
and all tacee from the fouth to the north 
fhali be burned therein. 

43 And ail flefii lhall fee lhat I the 
Lord- have kindled it : it (hall not be 
quenched. 

49 THen laid I, Ah Lord God ! they 
fay of me, Doth he not fpeak parables ? 

CHAP. XXI. 

1 Exekiel prophejieth agatnft Jerufalem. 

8 The Jhap and b righ t fiu o rd 

A\D the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

2 Son of man let thy face toward Je- 
rufaiem ; and drop thy 'word toward the 
holv pieces, and prophefy againft the land 
of Ifrael, 

5 And fay to the land of Ifrael, Thus 
faith the Lord, Behold, I am againft 
thee, and will draw forth my fword out 
of his (heath, and will cut oif from thee 
the righteous and the wicked. 

4 Seeing then that I will cut 'off from 
thee the righteous and the wicked, there- 
fore fnall my fword go forth cut of his 
(heath againft: all flefh from the fouth ;o 
the north : 

b That all fleih may know that I the 
LoRDhavediaun forth my fword out of 
his (heath : it (hall not return any more. 

6 Sigh therefore, thou fon of man, 
with the breaking of thy loins ; and with 
bitternefs (igh before their eyes. 

7 And it (hall be, when they fay unto 
th<*e, Wherefore ligheft thou ? that thou 
(halt anfwer, For the tidings ; becaufe it 
cometh • and every heart fnall melt, and 
all hands lhall be feeble, and every fpirit 
(hall faint, and all knees lhall be weak as 
water : behold, it cometh, and fball be 
brought to pais, faith the Lord Goo. 

8 ^1 Again the word of the Lord 
came unto me. faying, 

9 bon of man, prophefy, and fay, Thus 
faith the Lord, Say, a fword, a fword is 
fharpened. and alfo furbifhed : 

10 It is fharr ened to make a fore (laugh- 
ter; it is furbitheci that it may glitter: 
Should we then make mirth ? Itcontem- 
neth the rod of my fon, as every tree. 

11 Ann he hath given it to be fr.rbiih- 
ed, that it may he handled : the (word is 
fharpened : and it is ■urbiihed, to give it 
into the hand of the flayer. 

12 Cry and howl, fon of man : for it 
(hall be upon my people, it Jball be upon 
nil theprincesof Ifrael : terrors by rea 
fon of the fword (hall be upon my peo- 
ple : finite therefore upon thy thigh. 

13 Becaufe it is a trial, and, What if 
the /'word contemn even the rod ? h 
(hall be no more, faith the Lord God. 



The Ammonites threatened. 



14 Thou therefore, fon of man, prophe- 
fy, and fm«te thine hc-nds together, and 
let the fword be doubled the third time, 
the fword of the flain : it is theiword of 
(he great men /bat are (lain, which en- 
tereth ;nto their privy chambers. 

la I have fet the point of the fword 
againft all their gates, that tbeit heart 
may faint, and fbtit ruins be multiplied : 
ah ! /'/ is made bright, if is wrapped up 
for the (laughter* 

16 Go thee one way or other, either on 
the right hand, or on the left, whitherfo- 
ever thy face is fet. 

17 I will alfo finite mine hands togeth- 
er, and I will caufe my fury to reft ; J 
the Lord have faid. it. 

18 The word of the Lord came untd 
me again, faying, 

19 Atfov ihou fon of man appoint thee 
two ways, that the fword of the king of 
Babylon may come : both twain (hall 
come forth out of one lapd : and choofe 
thou a place, chocfe it at the head of the 
way to the city. 

20 Appoint a way, that the fword may 
come to RabbaTh of the Ammonites, and 
tojudah in Jerufalem the de fenced. 

22_ For the king of Babylon (food at the 
parting of the way, at the head of the 
two ways, to ufe divination : he made his 
arrows bright, he confuited with images, 
he looked in the liver. 

22 At his right hand was the divina- 
tion for jerufalem, to appoint captains, 
to open the mouth in the (laughter, to- 
lift up the voice with (homing, to ap- 
point battering rams againft the gates, to 
caff a mount, and to build a fort. 

23 And it mall be unto them as a falfe 
divination in their fight, to them that 
have fworn oaths : but he will call to re- 
membrance the iniquity, that they may 
be taken. 

24 Therefore, thus faith the Lord God, 
Becaufe ye have made your iniquity to be 
remembered, in that your tranfgreflions 
are diicovered, fo that in all your doings 
your fins do appear ; becaufe, I fay, that 
ye are come to remembrance, ye (hall be 
taken with the hand. 

l 15 And thou profane wicked prince of 
Ifrael, whefe day is come, when iniquity 
Jhall banje an end. 

26 Thus faith the Lord God, Remove 
the diadem, and t3ke off the crown : this 
fball not be the lame : exalt him that is 
lev, and nbafe him that is high. 

27 i will overturn, overturn, overturn 
it : and it (hall be no more, until he come 
whofe right it is ; and I wili give it him. 

l J8 And thou, fon of man, prophefy 
and fay, Thus faith the Lord Goo con- 
cerning the Ammonites, and concerning 
their reproach ; even fay thou, The fword, 
the fword is drawn : for the daughter // 

is 



A catahgu e ofjt vufalem'sftHs. ( 
is furbilhed (o confurae becauie of the 

A '■ 

Whiles they fee vanity unto thee, 

wl ; thee, to 

B upon the necks o I kat are 

v liofe daj ;ic, 

., t Jb I l i.aa>f aiTt. 
•ile it to return ii.co hi;. 
fheath ? I v. in the pface 

where ., in ihj land ot" 

thy nativitt . 

'1 An J I will pour out mine indig 
tion upon thee, I will 1 'iee 

i.i il c fi e< Tnix wrath, j id deliver t 
into the hand ot' bruulh men, and f. 
inl to rJefrroy. 

- I hon (halt be for fuel to the fir.- \ 
thj bl • >d (hall be in ihc 

( n : 

lor I the Lord h - ^en //. 

LXII. 

1 . in jervfulem. 17 

litem us dr uj i i < 

J" 

he word of the Lord 
cat . ig, 

■ n.Wilt thouju 
Uii' oody city : \ 

thou ll .' itipns 

thou, 1 bus laitli the 1 
eddetit \ the midft 

ot ii that hi time ma) > eth 

4 i ;,H \\) i 

ft I !!• 

- all 

■i be 
bub art 

■ 

. one 

7 In thee h ii ither 

and moil 

il 'I hon h 
and had pi 

i i : ;■ Ii' 
I 

dm 

10 I 

. 
humbled hei i hat v 
lul 

1 1 And one hath i 
tion with his n • 

i ther hath lewdl 

law j and i ith hit 

las idler, ln d falhcr's daughter. 



xv.i. God <wiH turn item at draft. 6 <9 

12 In thee have ftstouSed 

blood; then li.i.i taken nfurj and in- 
creafe, and thou had greed il) gained of 
thy neighbours b\ and haft 

gotten ine, laiih the Leu! Uod 
Behold, therefore I Im'-tten 

mine hand at thy dJ/honefl gain whi 
u hi li made, and at th) blood 
i been in the midft o! thee. 
»* Can thine heart endure,or, can tl 
hands be ibong. in the days th K I 
ith thee I 1 the Lord have I] 
.. , and will do i 

15 And I v. : 1 i f alter the;: among the 

heathen, and i ■ iht-e in ihc roitii- 

md will confume thy filthineli out 

lb And thou malt take thine iuherit- 
e in thyfelt in trie ::. ; • it the h<a- 
snd thou (bah know that 1 am the 
ID. 

17 fl And the word or the Lord came 
unto me, lay in, , 

18 Son ol man, tl c ol Ifrae! 

me bet ofs : all th< y are] rid 

tin, andiron, and lea h€ 

K ni-' fcoi hlvt r, 
iy j here fore, it .on, 

ehold, 
therefi ii gather ) on into the midft 

:m. 

n, and : nd tm, into 'he mi< n of 

turnace, to blow the fit t, »o 

melt// ; fowill I . <nu iuuuiieanj 

my fun pi • , 

fcl Yea, 1 v. il! gathx i \ du, and I 

lye 
In reof. 

in the !;.:• 

> » ii i J i 
Lord h i • • i ■ hi,, lury i 

unto :.;.-, f 

. i S .i ' : nto h<- 

upon ■>■ 

in (he nudfl hereof, 

I IV • 1 

■ 

i /- 

• II, 

and i 

are lik 

o j^et d;n\on- 
ain. 

1U And 



660 Whoredoms of Molah 

28 And her prophets have daubed them 
with unrempered mor'ar y feeing \ 
ana divining ! ; es unto them, faying, Thus 
faith ihe Lord God, when the Lord 
hath not fpoken 

19 The people of the land have ufed 
oppreflion, and ex-rcded robbery, and 
have vexed the poor and needy : yea, they 
have oppreffed the- ftranger wrongfully. 

SO And I fought for a man anions them 
thatthould makeupthe he ge, and ftand 
in the gap before me for the iar.d. that 1 
fhouid not deftroy it : bat I found none 

31 Therefore have 1 poured out mine 
indignation upon them ; 1 have confameu 
them with the fire of my wrath : their 
own way have 1 recompenfed upon their 
heads, faith the Lord boo, 

CHAP. xxur. 

1 The ivhorrdcms of Aholah avd /Jhol ; - 
bah. 2.1 Aholibah is to be plagued by 
her lovers. i> Their judgments. 
THE word of the Lord came again 

unto me, faying, 



EZEKIEL. and of Aholibah. 

in )tt gorgeoufly, horfemen riding upoa 
h* rfes, all^f them deiirable young men. 

13 '1 hen I law that ihe was denied ? 
that they took both one way. 

li Ann tb n (lie increafed her whore- 
doms : tor when, Jhe fay men pourtrayed, 
noon the wall, tjie imagesof the Chalde- 
ans pourtrayed with vermilion, 

15 Girded with girdles upon the'r 
ioms exceeding in dyed at< it e upon their 
neads, all of them princes to look to, 
after the manner of the Bab\lonians of 
Chaldea, the land of their nativity ; 

16 And as io>m as (he fa w them with 
her eyes, (lie doted upon them, arid lent 
meffengers unto them into Chaldca. 

iT And the Babylonians came to her 
imo the bed of love, and they dehied her 
with, their whoredom, and fhev.as pol- 
luted with them, and her mind was alien- 
ated from them 

18 Some difcovered her whoredoms, 
and difcovered her nakednefs : then my 
mind was alienated from her, like as my 



7 _ r ^ 5J7 I- i .|hl- uiivuu.vm iivuilivij I i.»v, 

2 Son of man, there were two women, mind was alienated from her lifter. 



ihe daughters of one mother : 



19 Yer ihe multiplied her whoredoms,. 



3 And they committed whoredoms in J in calling to remembrance the days of 
Egypt ; they committed whoredoms in her youth, wherein /he had played the 
their youth : there were their breads j hariot in the land of Egypt 

pre fifed, and there they bruifed the teats | 20 For the doted upon their paramours, 
of their virginity. ! whofe flesh is as the flefh of afTes, and 

4 And the names of them 'were Aholah j whole ifl'ue is like the \\Ti\e of horfes. 
the elder, and Aholibah her lifter : and) 2;i Tims thou called ft to remembrance 
they were mine, and they bare fons and M he lewdnefs of thy youth, in bruifing 
daughters. "Thus 'were their names; Sama- thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps 



jia is Aholah, and Jerufalcm Aholibah 
'> And Aholah played the hariot when 



of thy youth. 

°2: f 1 herefore, O Aholbah,thus faith 



Ihe was mine : and Ihe doted on her lov- jthe Lord God, Behold, I will raife up 
ers, on the Affyrians her neighbours, jthy lovers againft thee, from whom thy 

6 Which litre clothed with blue, cap- mind is alienated, and I will bring them 
tains and rulers, all of them defirable agamft thee on every fide ; 
young men, horfemen riding upon hon'es. } t*> The Babylonians, and all the Chal- 

? 1 bus (lie committed her whoredoms ; deans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and 
wit:, them, with all them that 'were the all the Affyrians with them : all of them 
chofen men of AUyria, and with all on -defirable young men, captains and rulers, 
whom (he doted : with all their idols Hie I great lords and renowned, all of them 



defiled herfelf 

8 Nether left fhe her whoredoms 
brought from Egypt : for in her youth 



riding upon horfes. 

i4 And they /hall come againft 1 thee 
with chariots, waggons, and wheels, and 

ivbicb Hall 



they lay with her, and they bruifed the j with an aftembly of people, ivb'ich fh 
brents of her virginity, and poured their ;fet againft thee buckler and ftiield and 
whoredom upon herJ helmet round about; and I will fet 

9 Wherefore 1 have delivered her into' judgment before them, and they fbVt! 
the hand of her lovers, into the hand of ! judge thee according to their judgments 
the Alt) rims, upon whom ihe doted. 

10 i hefe difcovered her nakednefs: 
ihey took her fons and her daughters, 
and flew her with the fword : and /he be- 
came fattmus among women ; for they 
had exec uted judgment upon her. 

11 And when her filler Aholibah faw 
this, /he was more corrupt in her inordin- 
ate love <h;in Hie, and in her whoredoms 
more than he.- fifier in her whoredoms. 

li She doted upon the Aflyrians het 



*. •• one uuicu upon inc niijiiduj uci ci aic num nice, cinu ni} »» j.yi vu^m 

neighbours, captains and rulers cbtked brought from the jand of $gypt \ fotha| 

* thou 



25 And I will /et my jealoufy againft 
thee, and they /hall deal furioufly with 
thee : they fliall rake away th) nofe and 
thine ears ; and thy remnant fliall fall 
by the /word : they fliall take thy fons 
and thy daughters ; and thy refidue /hall 
be devoured by the fire. 

26 1 hey thai! alfo /trip th.ee out of thy 
clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. 

2.1 Ihus will I make thy lewdnefs to 
ceafe from thee, and thy whoredom 



Aholibab is to be plagued. Chap. 

thou (halt not lift up thine eyes unto 
them, 

God, Be- 
h<> d, I will • eliver th einto the hanci oj 
tbem whom thou hated, into the Viand oj 
tbtm from whom f h> mind •> alienat 

Ami they il with thee hate- 

fully, ay .ill th) I ibour, 

and (hall le -• nuKed and b.ire ; 

a. 

ih . , both thy lei 

and thj b h it 

/ unto tl 

ill u h fl J w ■ A v\ h .1 III. 

ith< it, (4>, i i .,1 • p lluted 

with their ido 

»u had ••• in the • ay of 

th) fifler ; therefore w cup 

into thine 

! r,oD, Thou 
fli ilt di ink of thj ■ flej '-, cup d p jnd 
lar 

had in d i ition ; it c - ih much. 

h drunl 
, with 

th the cup i i 
th i. 

34 'I I n hi (hall '\ en drink it and I 
h 1 '•'• and th mi lhalt bretfk the (herds 
if, and pin thine ow n b 

r I have fpoken if, faith rhe Lord i> od. 
thus faith the Lord ^oi>, 
• and cafl 
be hi! 

ili ii 

. . .> them 

■ 

id w i i h 
idulie- 
,v\ hom 
. ■ I 
levi u r tbt m. 

have di :■'• ni- 
:ii) fanctuarj 
, .Lu.t .1 

hil- 
t he 

ii» pr< i 

I rum ! it , tint 

. .11 d, Id, I, 

thou (I 

P> 

U And I n .< fl itely ' 

re t, 
upon thou hall H i mine iiu 
od. 

: multii 
at and wil 



xxiv. Jerufalem's deftruflion . €61 

ofthecommoi m ( brought Saheans 

i nefs, w hich pur bracelets 

upon their hands, and beautiful crowns 

n; on their I 

49 i hen faid I unto h.- r that ivcu o'-d in 
adulf. ries. Will they nov\ commit whore- 
doms with her, and the utitb i cm? 
*i Yet they v\u:i in unto her, as they 
in unto a woman that pi a) eth the h,<r- 
lot : io went thej in unto Aholah and 
unto Ahohbah, the 'ewd women. 

4j «| And th? righteous men they fhall 
judge them afiei i he manner of adulter, 
etfes, and after the manner of women 
fhed bl >od ; becaule they -i-e adul. 
I bl ioci r> in their hands 
4o For thus faith the Lord Lion, 1 will 
brin :i them, and will 

'ii be removed and I poiied. 
i~i And th.e company (kali (lone them 
h iiones, anddilpatch them with their 
rds; they (ball fla\ ilv.ir fons and 
i heir daughters, and burn Up their houies 
with fire 

43 Thus will I caufe lewdness to cafe 
out of the land, tlut all women may be 
taught nut to do ax < r \ our leu dnefs 
4y And they (hall i c inpenfe your 
:. \ ou, dvd ) e (hall bear the 
(ins oi your idols : and ye Hull know 
tliat 1 (J/.n the Lord GOD 

( li .\ P. XXIV. 
l By a boiling [o>, 6 is /be / we< <':- 

It m's (1 \ 5 By !. it kit i'i H6t 

momning ; >• bisivite, \9isjbe ••c<lt l :c 

j< " i j beyond ad i 

AGAIN in the ninth year, in the 

te 'i h month, in the tenth d I he 

month, the word ol th Lo unto 

fame day : the king 

.. I" i fct himfi :.it Jei ufaleni 

'.nd utter i p t. able unto the reb 'I - 

. I hus 
li the L rd Gi , , fet it 

ind ■•!((. j. mi i y ,1. i into it : 

4 i thej . i • 1 1 i • ■ i i • 1 1 

it w ith the i 

Inn n al 

11, and let then 
ol 'i in. 

6 q| W here Jon t he 1 

i 

i it. 

■ 

flic '. t upon tl 
to | 



6f>'i The J<"zvs* calamity. 

upon the top of a rock, that it fhould not 
be Covered. 

9- rheretbre.thus faith the Lord God, 
Woe to the bloody city ! I will even make 
the pile for fire great. 

M> Heap (>n wood, kindle the fire, con- 
fume the tfefh, and foice it well, and let 
tlie bones be burned. 

it Then fet it empty upon the coats 
thereof, that the brafs of it may be hot, 
and may burn, and that the filthinefs of. 
it may be molten in it, that the fcutn of 
it may be coniumed, 

12 She hath wearied he^felf with lies, 
and her great fctirri went not torth out of 
her : her fcum JJjult be in the rire. 

13 In thy fiithmefs is lewd;iefs : be- 
caufe I have purged thee, and thou waft 
not purged, thou (halt n®t be purged 
from thy filthinefs any more, till I have 
canfedmy fury to reft upon thee. 

t-i I the Lord have fpokeni/ .' it (hall 
come to pa IV, and I will do it ; I will not 
go back, neither will I f pare, neither will 
I repent ; according to thy ways, and ac- 
cording to thy doings, (hall they judge 
thee, faith the Lord God. 

15 fl[[ Alio the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

IS Son of man, behold, I take away 
from thee the defire of thine eyes with a 
flroke ; yet neither (halt thou mourn nor 
weep, neither (hall thy tears run down. 

17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning 
for the dead ; bind the tire of thine hea i 
upon thee, and put on thy fhoes upon 
thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat 
not the bread of men. 

18 So I fpake unto the people in the 
morning : and at even my wife died ; 
and I did in the morning as I was com- 
manded. 

19 ^] And the people faid unto me, 
Wilt thou not tell us what thefe things 
are to us, that rhou dbeftfo ? 

20 Then I anfwered them, The word 
of the Lord came unto me, faying, 

21 hprak unto the houfe of ifrael, 
Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will 
profane my fancltiary, the excellency of 
your (trcngth, the defire of your eyes, 
and that which your foul pitieth ; and 
your ions and your daughters whom ye 
li.ive left (hall fall by the f.vord. 

22 And ye fliall do as I have done : 
ye fhalj not cover your lips, nor eat the 
bread of men. 

25 And your tires fb all be upon your 
heads, and your fhoes upon your feet •. 
vAall not mourn nor weep ; but ye 
fhau pine away for yonr iniquities, and 
mourn one toward another. 

21 Thus Ezekiel is unto you r. fign : 
according to all that he hath done (hall 
ye do ; and when this cometh, ye iball 
know that I am the Lord God. 



EZEKIEL. Cod's vengeance on Moab, &e. 

25 Alfo, thou fun of man, Shall it not 
be in the day when I take from them 
their ftrength, the joy of their glory, 
the defire of their ejes, and that where- 
upon they fet their minds, their fona and 
their daughters, 

26 Thai lie that efcapettl in that day 
(hail come unto fcftee, to Caufe thee to hear 
// with thine ears ? 

27 In that day (hall thy mouth be o- 
pened to him which is efcaped, and thou 
(halt fp^ak, and be no more dumb ; and 
thou fhalr be a iign unto them ; and 
they (hail know that 1 am the Loud. 

C if A P. XXV. 
i God's vengeance for their ivfol-r.es 

againji the Jous, on the Ammonites, 

8 Moob. and Seir t 12 EJom, t5 and 

the Foiii/fint's. 

THE word or. the Lord came again 
tinto me, faying, 

2 Son of man, fet thy face againft the 
Ammonites, and prophefy againft them ; 

& And fay unto the Ammonites : hear 
the word or the Lord God, Thusfdth the 
jLordGoDjBecaiiielhou faid ft A ha, againft 
my (ancillary, when it was profaned ; and 
againft the land of Ifrael, when it v. as 
defolate ; and againft the houfe of judah, 
when they went into captivity ; 

•4 Behold, therefore. 1 will deliver thee 
to the men of the eaft for a poflTeffion, and 
they (hall fet their palaces in thee, and 
make their dwellings in thee; they (hall eat 
thy fruit, and they (hall drink thy milk. 

5 And I will make Rab'oah a ft; 
for camels, and the Ammonites a couch- 
ing place for flocks : and ye (hall know 
that I am the Lord. 

6 For thus faith the Lord God, Be- 
caufe thou haft clapped thine hands, and 
ftamped with the feet, and rejoiced in 
heart with all thy defpite againft the land 
of Ifrael ; 

I Behold, therefore, 1 will ('retch out 
mine hand upon thee, and will deliver! 
thee for a fpoil to the heathen ; and II 
will cut thee off from the people, and I 
will caufe thee to perifli out of the coun- 
tries : I will deftroy thee ; and thou (halt 
know that I am the Loud. 

8 f Thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe 
that Moab and Seir do fay, hehoid, the 
houfe of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 

9 Therefore, behold, I will open the 
fide of Moab from the cities-, from his 
cities nvbich are on his frontiers, the glo- 
ry of the country, Bethjefiiimoth, "Baal- 
meorj, and Kiriathaim, 

10 Unto the men of the eaft with the 
Ammonites, and will give them in pol- 
feilion, that the Ammonites may not be 
remembered among the nations. 

II And I will execute judgments upon 
Moab ; and they (hall know that I am 
the Lord. 

i2 «fl Thus 



Tyrut threatened. Chap. 

If f 1 h<is faith the I>nr<l God, Be- 
eaufe that hc.om bath deait again (t the 
houfe of Judah by taking vengeance, 
, greatly offended, and revenged 
ipon them ; 

fore. thus faith the LorIGod, 
1 will alfo ftretch out mine hand U] 

lorn, and will cut off man nod heart 
from it ; and I will make it defolate from 
Teman ; and they of Dedan (hail tall by 
(word 
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon 
by the hand ol my peoy'c Ifrael : 
and they Hi ill <■■" in Edom act 
mine anger and according to mj 
and they (hall know my vengeance, faith 
tlic Lord « rOD- 

13 ^ Thus faith the Lord God, Be- 
caufe the Philifl lit by re- 

venge, and have taken with a 

defp.reh.ii heart, ii for the old 

hatred : 

\u 1 h Lord God, 

. I I ft retch < hand up- 

1 will cut off the 

Cherethii y the remnant of 

th< 

17 And 1 preat -vengeance 

ur lions rebukes ; and 

th 1 am tlu- Lord, when 

I i\. dl lav n \ n. 

I i. 
1 / . ruS t jor ■>. riifjlr : 

: . s po xx) er 

r . 1 .> It-,- mourning for 

eleventh 

■ I 
i , A ha , 111 

I (hall be replenished, 
d wafl 

.•J I 

: ; 

** dl caufc 

I ifeth ! 

ic up. 
4 ,'• ! deftroy tl 

I 
anil a , and 

i 

. r ih dl be a place f .'-'he I, 
nets 

:d it 
til to t 1 i is. 

■ the 

■;. 
. 
T f 1 rOD, Be 

h •' I 1 n« upon Is N 

th, with h 
iots, an horfemen, and com- 

panies, aad much peoi 



1 • The mourning fir her. €63 

8 Hefhallflay with the fword thy daugh- 
ters m the held : and he mall make a f< 
agamfl thee, and cafta mount againft tp.ee, 
ami iirt up the buckl x a jainft thee, 

9 And he (hall fet e p a- 
gainftthy walls, and with his axes ha 
ihah break down thy towers. 

10 By reafon ol the abundance of his 
b°' irduft (hall cover thee: thywalli 
(hall (hake atthenoifeot the horiemen, 

I of the wheels, ani of the chariots, 
when he (ball enter into thy gales, as men 
Ul " r ' pr * ■ :i cii is made a breach. 

(1 Wuh the hoofeofhish< rfes(ha 
tread down all thy ftreets : he fhall flay 
by the fword, and thy Ifrong 
is " all go down to the ground 
. vl A fhalJ make a fpoil of thy 

,and make a i rej of thy me i 
c : and they (ball break down thy walls, 
and deftroy thy pleafant houfes : and thev 
(ball lay ijiy (tones and thy timber.. 
thy duft in the midft of the water. 

13 And 1 will caufe the noife of thy 
igs to ceafe ; and the 1 of thy 

,) ; (nail be no more heard. 

14 And 1 will make thee like the 
i ro< : . : th< .: :■■■ •' h \a pi 

no more j 

for I thi Lord have fpoken //, faith tJ 

I i 

15 1[ '1 hue f I loo to 
T > : 'the ifles (h 1 ' -he 

■ ii, ii, 
ol thee ? 

16 | 

U 'I I: 

• (heir i I 

hey (hall 

und • • 

:. and I 

I 
the 

to br 

dl thai 

the iflei i 

the 

ii l 
I (hall i 

. I 
(hall hi 

them tl 

iple of old i 

■•• 

; 

make I 



664 the rich fupply of Tyrut. EZEfcTEL. The great fall thereof. 

jfwlt he no more : though thou be fought IT Judah, and the land of Ifrael, they 
for, yet (halt thou never be found again, 'were ihy merchants : they tradeil in thy 
faith the Lord God. . market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, 

C tf A P. XXVII. and honey, and oil, and balm. 

i Ihe rich jupply of Jyrus ^ The great \ 18 Daniafcus ivus rhy merchant in the 
and irrecoverable fall thereof . \ multitude of the wares of thy making, 

THE word of the Lord came again for the multitude of all riches \ in the 1 
unto me, faying, wine of Helbon, and v\hiie .• ool. 

2 Now thou Ion of man, take up a la- 19 Dan alfo and Javan going to and 
mentation for Tyrus ; fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, 

S And fay unto Tyrus, O thou that art caffia, and calamus, were in thy market, 
fitua'e at the entry of the fea, which art .0 Dedan was thy merchant in prec- 



a merchant of the people for many 'fles, 
Thus faith the Lord God, O lyrus, 
thou hrfft faid, I am of perfect beau'ty. 

4 Thy borders are\n the mid (1 of t he feas. 
Ihy builders have perfected thy beauty. 

5 They have made all thy/hp boards of 
fir trees of benir : they have taken ced irs 
from Lebanon to make malts for thee. 

6 Of the oaks of Baihan have they 
made thine oars ; the company of the 
Alhurites have made thy benches of ivo- 
ry, brought out of the ifles of Chittim. 

7 Fine li-nen vith broidered w< rk from 
Egypt was that which thou fpreadett 
forth to be thy fail ; blue and purple 
from the ifles of Elhhah was that which 
covered thee. 

8 Ihe inhabitants of Zidon and Ar- 
vad were thy mariners : thy wife men, O 
Tyrus that were in thee, were thv pilots 

-J The ancients of Gebal, and the wife 
men thereof.weie in thee thy calkers : all 
the (hips of the fea with their -mariners 
were in thee to, occupy thy merchandife 

10 They of Perfia and of Lud and of 
Phut were in thine, army, thy men of 
war : they hanged the ftveld and helmet 
in thee ; they fet forth thy comeiinefs. 

11 The men of Arvad with rhine ar- 
my were upon thy walls round about, 
and the Gammadims were in thy tow- 
ers : they handed their Pnields upon thy 
walls round about ; th.ey have made thy 
beauty perfect- 

12 Tarfhtlh was thy '^echini by rea 
fonnfthe multitude of all k nd of riches ; 
with filver, iron, tin, and lead, they trad- 
ed in thy fairs. 

13 Javan, Tubal, and Mcfhech, they 
ti ere thy merchants : fhev traded the 

is of men and veftels of braf> in tic- 
ket. 
1 » The y of the houfe of Togarmah 



ious clothes for chariots. 

-1 Arabia, and all the princes of Ke- 
dar, they occupied with thee in lambs, 
and rams, and goats : in Ihefe tut re they 
thy merchants 

22 The merchants of Sheba, and Raa- 
mah, they were thy merchants: they oc- 
cupied in thy fans > ith chief of all fpices, 
and with all precious (tones and gold. 

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden,^ the 
merchants of Sheba Arthur and Clv.l- 
mad, were thy merchants. 

24 Thefe were thy merchants in all 
forts of things,, in blue clothes, and bro'd- 
ered work, and in chefts of rich apparel, 
bound with cords, and made of cedar a- 
mong thy merchandife. 

tj The (hips of Tarfhifh did fing of 
thee in thy market ; and thou wait re- 
plenished, and made very glorious in the 
midft of the feas. 

»16 ^| Thy rowers have brought thee 
into great waters : the eaft wind hath 
broken thee in the midft of the feas. 

27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy mer- 
chandife, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy 
calkeis andtheoccupierspfthy merchan- 
dife, and all thy men of war, that are in 
thee, and in all thy company which it in 
the midft of thee, fn all fall into the midft 
of the feas in the ciay of thy ruin. 

28 Thefuburbs hall (hake at the found 
of the cry of thy pilots. 

59 And all that handle the oar, the 
mariners, and aii the plots of the fea, 
fliall come down from their (flips, they 
(hall Hand upon the land ; 

50 And ffiall cattle 'heir voice to be 
heard againft thee, and (hall cry bitterly, 
and fhalt caft up dull upon their heads, 
they (hallwallpwthemfelvesin the aihes : 

51 And they (hall make themfelves ut- 
terly bald for thee, and t ; ird them with 



traded in thv fairs with horfes and horfe-|fackcioth, and they fh .11 weep for thee 

with bitternefsol heart and bitter wailing. 

3°2 And in their wailing they (hnll take 

up a lamentation for th-e. and lament 0« 



men and mules 

The men of Dedan in're thy mer- 
ch A: : man j ifles were the mere handife 



i 



oft^nehand: they brought thee Jor a jver thee, faying, What city is like Tyrus 



nit, horns of ivory and ebony. 
1 '• yria teas thy merchant by reafon 



like the destroyed in the midft of the fea? 
S3 When thy wares went forth ottt of 



cf tfie multitude of the wares of thy, the feas, thou filledft many people; thou 

mak ; i>T : thev occupied in thy fairs with didft enrich the kings of the earth with 

emeralds, purple, and broidered work,. the multitude of thy riches and of thy 

and fine Ud en. and coral, and agate. [merchandife. ■. T 

'I 54 In 



GcJ's judgment ufo* 

Si In the ti en thou (hair be 

broken b) the leas in the depths ot the 

Ti,, th, mtrchand-lc and all thy com- 

in the mid ft ot thee (ball i • 

All the inhabitants of the Ules ihall 

dat thee, and their king!! fh*M 

be fore afraid, ihey ihall b_* troubled in 

tbftr cuur lena^ce. 

30 1 he meicluxnts among the people 
* hi 'tuft tv .i terror, 
and nevei y3 lit be a:iy moi .-. 

C«AP. XXV IK. 

t God' s jud^men: upon tbc prince of Tj- 

rus. *0 fbejugment of Zidom 

word •T the Lord tdine again 
ur.lo ;iu, i. tying, 

'on of man. fay unro the ^rir.« - 
Tyrut, Thui faith the Lard Goo, Be- 
,nr heart m Lite i up, .-n d thou 
I am a god. I lit in the fear of 
I, in the -nid't ottfec few ; ret thou 
i man, and i . ,• I . d, though thou let 
lliine l.t he lieai t or C> 

3 Bef> i u>r wifer than Dai 

■t that il)-> can rude from 

tl»r 

* With thy wifdem and with thine un- 

ihoti hart ( thee ni I f |, 

f*r into thy 

u/(d*m*tudhfthytrufcck 

line 

i t.il<- o( th) ■ 



p. xxvi'u. the prince of Tyrus. 665 

14 Thou art the anointed cherub that 
covereth : and 1 have fet thee /b/Jthou 
waft tipou the 



o Therefore ihus faith the Lord Goo, unto me, I 



holy mountain of God 
thou h..tt walked up and down in the 
miQit of the ftones of fire. 

1 5 Thou ivaft perfect in thy ways 
from the day that thou waft created, till 
iniquity was found in thee. 

to By the multitude of thy merchan- 
dife they have filled the midft of thee 
wirh viole ice, and thou halt finned : 
therefore 1 will caff thee a* profane out 
of the mountain of God ; and I will de- 
ftroj covering cherub, from tha 

midft of the (tones of the. 

IT '] I, 'me Nart wa> lilted up becaufe of 

I thy beauty, thou haft corrupted thy wif- 

□ by ujfon of thy brightnefs : I will 

caft thee to the ground, I will lay thee 

before kings, that they may behold 

these. 

18 Thou haft defiled thy fanc'hiariesby 
tbc multitude o\' thine iniquities, by the 
iniquity of tny traffick ; therefote will I 

forth s fire from the midlt of thee. 
it fhail devour thee, and I will bring thee 
to aiheo upon the earth in the fight of all 
them thai behold tlve. 

19 A'l tl>ey that know ti ee amongthc 
people di.dl be a!:on thed at Oisct thou 
(halt be a terror, and never /Iialt thou be 

more. 

ordofthe LoRPcam/e 



u haft let thine heart as the 

.OP ; 

7 i .1 will b' 

rr>> u 



Or mg- 



11 Son ufxnan, fet thy f ice .-igainff Zi* 
don, a;ul proph 
11 And fay, thui faith the Lord Gon» 



. ! am acainft thee, Zidonj and 
»rd$ againn I will be glorified io the mid ft of thee r 
»y wifd fh.ill know that I am the Lord, 



P'li 
cm that 



v. hen I irviil h.i 1 judgments m 

iL.tII be fan&ified ii her. 
I wd! Ir-ul info her, peflilence. 
loherdreetl ; and the wound- 



. i in the mulft of her by 

het on every Gde ; and 

a thai I am the LOJL*. 

*i» .« pricV 

r unto 1 1 icl, nor 

m\j: th r round 

•i. (in, i I ; andthejr 



miio 

.. fall i 

in EdVn • 

«•'""• • , t 

moiKi.the beryl, theo 

* hr ' ;<1 i, and thr , 

Km. i r ,,| 1 ; the •■■ 

induftl , 
i die i\*y that 



• I am r I doD. 

25 tfic Lord God, Vn 

I fhall 1 

n their laudtl 

to thanrin, 

ind (1 vi 

I 
upon all 

; anil iIkj Inall k now that I 

am the Lord t 



666 The judgment of Pharaoh. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

1 The judgment of Pharaoh. 8 The defla- 
tion of Egypt. 21 Ifrael fhall be rejlored. 
IN he tenth year, in the tenth month, 
in the twelfth day of the month, the word 
of the Lord came unto me, faying, 

2 Son of man. fet thy face againft Pha- 
raoh king of Egypt, and propheiy againft 
him, and againft all Egypt : 

S Speak, and fay. Thus faith the Lord 
God, Behold, I am againft thee, Pha- 
raohking of Egypt, the great dragon that 
lieth in the midft of his rivers, which hath 
faid. My river fir mine own, and I have 
made it for myfelf. 

4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and 
I will caufe the fifli of thy rivers to ftick 
unto thy fcales, and I will bring thee up 
out of the midft of thy rivers, and all the 
fifh of thy rivers fhall ftick unto thy fcales. 

5 And I win leave thee thronvn into 
the wildernefs, thee and all the fifh of thy 
rivers : thou ihalt fall upon the open 
fields ; thou (halt not be brought togeth- 
er, nor gathered : I have given thee for 
meat to the beafts of the field and to the 
fowls of the heaven. 

6 And all the inhabitantsof Egypt fhall 
know that I am the Lord, becaufe they 
have been a ftaff of reed to the houfe of 
Ifrael. 

7 When they took hold of thee by thy 
hand, thou didft break, and rend all their 
fhoulder : and when they leaned upon 
thee, thou brakeft, and madeft all 
loins to be at a ftand. 
. 8 ^j Therefore thus faith the 
God, Behold, I will bring a fword 



upon 
thee, and cutoff man and beaft out of 
thee. 

9 And the land of Egypt fhall be defo- 
late and wade ; and they fhall know that 
I flmfheLoRD: becaufe he hath faid, 
The river is mine, and I have made /'/. 

10 Behold, therefore, I am againft thee, 
and againft thy rivers, and I will make 
the.land of Egypt utterly wafte and defo- 
Into, from the tower of Syene even unto 
the border of Ethiopia 

11 No foot ,of man fnall pafs through 
it, nor foot of beaft lba.ll pafs through it, 
neither fhall it be inhabited forty years. 

12 And I will make the land of Egypt 
defolate in the midft of the countries that 
are defolate, and her cities among the 
cities that are laid wafte fhall be defolate 
forty years: and I will fcatfer the Egyp- 
tians among the nations, and will difperfe 
them through the countries. 

%$ Yet thus faith the Lord God, At 
the end of forty years will I gather the 
Egyptians from the people whither they 
were fcattered i 

14 And I will bring again the captivity 
of Egypt, and will caufe them to return 
into the land of Pathros, into the land of 



EZEKIEL. The defolation of Egypt. 

their habitation ; and they fhall be there 
a bafe kingdom. 

15 It fhall be the bafeft of the king- 
doms ; neither fhall it exalt itfelf any 
more above the nations ; for I will di- 
minifh them, that they fhall no more rule 
over the nations. 

16 And it fhall be no more the confi- 
dence of the houfe of Ifrael, which bring- 
eth their iniquity to remembrance, when 
they (hall look after them; but they fhall 
know that I am the Lord God. 

17 And it came to pafs in the feven 
and twentieth year, in the firft month, in 
the firft day of the month, the word of 
the Lord came unto me, faying, 

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon caufed his army to ferve a 
great fervice againft Tyrus : every head 
ivas made bald, and every fhoulder ivas 
peeled : yet had he no wages, nor his 
army, for Tyrus, for the fervice that he 
had ferved againft it : 

19 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Behold, I will give the land of Egypt 
unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; 
and he fhall take her multitude, and take 
her fpoil, and take her prey ; and it fhall 
be the wages for his army. 

20 I have given him the land of Egypt 
for his labour wherewith he ferved a- 
gainft it, becaufe they wrought for me, 
faith the Lord God. 

21 *J In that day will I caufe the horn 
of the houfe of Ifrael to bud forth, and I 
will give thee the opening of the mouth 
in the midft of them : and they fhall 
know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXX. 

I The defolation of Egypt and her helper*. 
20 The arm of Babylon fhall bejlrengtb- 
ened to break the arm of Egypt. 
THE word of the Lord came again 

unto me, faying, 

2 Son of man, prophefy and fay, Thus 
faith the Lord God, Howl ye, Woe 
worth the day ! 

3 For the day /"/ near, even the day of 
the Lord is near, a cloudy day ; it fhall 
be the time of the heathen. 

4 And the fword fhall come upon E- 
gypt, and great pain (hall be in Ethiopia, 
when the flain fhall fall in Egypt, and 
they fhall take away her multitude, and 
her foundations (hall be broken down. 

5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and 
all the mingled people, and Chub, and 
the men of the land that is in league, 
(hall fall with them bv the fword. 

6 Thus faith the Lord, They alfo that 
uphold Egypt fhall fall ; and the pride of 
her power fhall come down : from the 
lou er of Syene fhall they fall in it by the 
fword. faitn the Lord God. 

7 And they fhall be defolate in the midft 
of the countries that are defolate, and her 

cities 



their 
Lord 



Egypt** fall by Babylon. 

cities (hall be in the midft of the cities 
ibat are wafted. v 

3 And they IhaP know that I am the 
Lord, when I have feta tire in Egypt, and 
*wben all her helpers Iball be delfroycd. 

9 In thatday (hall mellengers go lorth 
frwrn me in fh:ps to make the careleG E- 
thiopiaosafraid, and great pain lhall come 
upon them, as in the day of b^> pt ; for, 
lo, it cometh 

10 Thus faith the Lord God, I will 
alfo make the multitude of Eg\ pt to ceafe 

he hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Bdbj Ion. 

11 He and his people with him. the 
terrible of the nations, lhall be brought 
todeflroy the land i and they lhall draw 
their (words agaLnfl Eg)pt, and fill the 
land w iih in. 

i . And 1 \v 'II make the rivers dry, and 
lell the Ian! into the hand of the wicked : 
and I will in ike the land wade, and all 
that i* therein, by the hand of Itrangerb ; 
1 the Lord have fpoken ft. 

13 Thus laith tie Lord God, 1 will 
alfo deftroy the idols, and I will caufc 
tbeir images to ceale out of Noph ; and 
there fhall be no more a prime of the 
land of Egypt ; and 1 will put a fear in 
the land ot hgypt. 

\k And I will make Pathros defolate, 
and will fet fire in Zoan, and will exec, me 
judgmei - 

t • And I urmy fury upon Sin, 

the Itrengt! ; and 1 will cut oil 

the multitude 

16 And 1 will fet fire i:i Egypt ■ 
(hall have gre i, and No ihail be 
lent Blunder, and Noph Jball ba<ve dil- 
tre ly. 

17 ren and of Pin- 
befeth fhall fall by the fwor I i \\\A theft 
fines (ball go into cj\ ■ 

13 . - he day (hill 

bcdai -lit reak ti. 

<es ot ind the i<'>inp ot her 

•ngth lhall ceafe in hrr 
cloud (hall cover her, and her daughters 
lb 1 y. 

19 l hus will 1 t xn ntr judgmeni 

' : and tliey lhall know that I am 
Lord. 

I : it <-mv.'- to pafi in tli- elev- 

enth year, in the tirlt month, in tl 
cnth day of the month, that the WOI I ot 
the Lord came unto me, faying, 

man, I have broil 
of Phara«<h king ot Egypt ; and, lo, it 
/ht"> n> a be bound up to be healed, to 
put a roller to bind it. to mak 
to hold the (word. 

Therefore thus faith the Lord 1 1 
Behold, lam a^ain'l Phara >h k 
gypt, and wilt break his arms, the (Irong, 
and tint which was broken ; .mil I will 
caufe the fwoid to fail out oi his hand. 



Chap. xxxi. Tbe glory of Affyrla. 667 

23 And I will fcafter the Egyptians a- 
mong the nations, and will difperfe them 
through the countries. 

24 And I will ftrengthen the arms of the 
kin 3 of BabyloD, and put m> (word in his 
hand : but I will break Pharaoh's arms, 
and he (hall groan before him with the 
groanings of a deadly wounded man. 

But I will ftrengthen the arms of 
the king of Babylon, and the amis of 
Pharaoh lhall fall down ; and they lhall 
know that I am the Lord, when \ (hall 
put my fword into the hand of the king 
ot Babylon, and he fhall If retch it out 
upon the land of Egypt. 

■26 And 1 will fcatter the Egyptians a- 
mong the nations, and difperfe them ** 
mong the countries ; and the) lhall know 
that I am the Lord. 

(HAP. XXXf. 
I A relation unto fbaravb, *l of the glory 

oj Ajfyr'ia, 10 and the Jail thereof Jor 

frtae. Hi The like dtftruilion of Egypt. 

AND it came to pals in the eleventh 
year, in the third month, in the firfl <t iy 
of the month, /Art/the word ot the Lord 
came unto me, laying, 

t Son of man, (peak unto Pharaoh king 
of E,;>pt. .ind to his multitude ; Whom 
art thou like in thj greatnefs ? 

J fl Behold, the -\ (Tynan Tx-a^acedar 
in Lebanon with fur branches, and with 
a fhadowing fhroud, and of an high Mat- 
ure ; and his top was among the thick 
boughs. 

4 [he waters made him great, the 



deep let him upon high with hei riven 
running roui ;t hisplants, and lent 

out her little rivers unto all the tree I 
the field. 

* Therefore fit w.is ei dted a- 

bove all the trees "i the field, and his 

bought were multiplied, and his brani lies 

ne long becaufe ot the multitude <>t 

waters, n ben !*• (hoi forth. 

6 All ti,- fowls ot heaven made their 

neffs in hi I I hU bran* li- 

es did all the beads of the held bring 
forth their young, jnd under h:-. (hadow 

dwelt all gr< u nai 

7 1 hui •' i he :.< i in his gr<--ifrrf 
the length ot hi. branches : for hii 

by great waters. 

lars in the garden of < 
COIlld not hide him: the f;i 1 1 ees were 

rot like Ins boughs, .m. I the chefoui I 

not lik ; noi 

in the garden of God was like unto 
in h iy . 

9 I have made him fair by the mulri- 
lo that al! I 
len,that tt-et e in thegard'-n o( < 
i him. 
lOfp'hcieforethiiN faith the oo. 



lufe thou hair I 
height, and he hath (hot 



up th> felt in 
up his top a- 
raong 



663 Tbe fall of AJfyria for pride. EZEKIEL. 



mong the thick, boughs, and his heart is 
lilted up in his height : 

11 I have therefore delivered him into 
the hand of the mighty one of the hea- 
then : he (hall fure'y deal with him : I 
Lave driven him out for his wickednefs. 

12 And Grangers, the terrible of I he na- 
tions, have cut him eft", and have left him : 
Upon the mountains and in all the valleys 
his branches are fallen, and his boughs 
are broken by all the rivers of the land ; 
and ail the people ot the earth are gone 
down from his lhadow,and have left him. 

IS Upon his ruin (hall all the fowls of 
the heaven remain, and all the beads of 
the field fhall be upon his branches : 

14 To the end that none cf all the trees 
by the waters exalt themfelves for their 
height, neither (hoot up their top among 
the thick bough?., neither their trees fiand 
up in their height, all that drink water : 
for they are all delivered unto death, to 



A lament at ton for Egypt, 

3 Thus frith the Lord God, I uili 
therefore fpread out my net over thee 
with a company of many people ; and 
they fhall bring thee up in my net. 
t * 1 hen will J leave thee upon the land, 
i willcaft thee forth upon the open field, 
and will cauie all the fowls of the heaven 
to remain upon thee, and I will fill the 
beads of the w hole earth with thee. 

5 And I will lay thy flelh upon the 
mountains, and fill the valleys with thy 
height. 

t> J will alfo water with thy blood the 
land wherein thou fwimmefr, <>f.?/? rorhe 
mountains ; and the rivers (hall be fulL 
of thee. 

7 And when I (hall put thee out, I will 
cover the heaven, and make the (Lars 
thereof dark ; I will cover the fun with 
a cloud, and the moon (hall not give her 
light. 

B All the bright lights of heaven will I 



the nether parts of the earth, in the midfl make dark over thee, and fet darknefs 



of the children of men, with them that 
go down to the pit. 

15 Thus faith the Lord God, In the day 
•when he went down to the grave I caufed 
a mourning : I covered the deep for him, 
and I retrained the floods thereof, and 
the great waters were ftayed : and I cauf- 
ed Lebanon to mourn for him, and ali 
the trees of the field fainted for him. 

16 I made the nations to (hake at the 
found of his fall, when I caft him down 
to hell with them that defcend into the 
pit : and all the trees of Eden, I he choice 
and belief Lebanon, all that drink water, 
$haU be comforted in the nether parts of 
the earth. 

17 They alfo went down into hell with 
him unto them that be (lain with the 
lword ; aRd thty that toere his arm, that 
dwelt under his (hadow in the nndd of 
the heathen. 

18 ^| To whom art thou thus like in 
lory and in great nefs among the trees of 
den ? Yet (halt thou be brought down 

with the trees of Eden unto the nether 
parts of the earth : thou [halt lie in the 
midltof theurocircumciled with them that 
be (lain by the (word This is Pharaoh and 
all his multitude, faith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
A lamentation for the fearful fall of 
Egypt, \ 

AND it came to pafs in the twelfth] 
year, in the twelfth month, in the firff | they (hall lament her : the daughters of 
■day of the month, that the word of the ' the nations (ball lament her : they (hall 



upon thy land, faith the Lord God. 

9 I will alfo vex die hearts of many 
people, when I (ballbring thy deftruction 
among the nations, into the countries 
which thou halt not known. 

(0 Yea, I will make many people a~ 
mazed at thee, and their kings mall be 
hoinbly afraid for thee, when 1 fhall 
brandiih my (word before them ; and they 
fha4J tremble at every moment, every man 
tor his own life, in the day of thy fall. 

11 For thus faith the Lord God, The 
fword of the king of Babylon (hall come 
upon thee. 

12 By the fwords of the mighty will T 
caufethy multitude to fall, the terrible ot" 
the nations, all of them : and they (hail 
fpoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the mul- 
titude thereof (hall be deffroyed. 

IS I will deftroy alfo all the beads there- 
of from beiide the great waters ; nei- 
ther (hall the foot of man trouble fhem 
any more, nor the hoofs of bead* trouble 
them. 

li Then will T ma'ce their waters deep, 
and caufe their rivers to run like oil, 
faith the Lord God. 

15 When 1 fnall make the land of Egypt 
defolatc, and the country (hall be dcditute 
of that whereof it was full, when 1 lbail 
fmite all them that dwell therein, then 
(hall they know that I am the Lord. 

16 This is the lamentation wherewith 



Lord came unto me, faying, 

1 Son of man, take up a lamentation 
for Pharaoh king of ligypt, and fay unto 
him, Thou art like a young lion of the 
nations, and thou an as a whale in the 
leas: and thou earned forth with thy riv- 
ers, and troubledft the waters with thy 
Jcet, and fouledft their rivers. 



lament for her. even for Egypt, and for 
all her multitude, faith the Lord God. 

17 It came to pafs alfo in the twelfth 
year, in the fificenth day of the month, 
.bat the word of the Lord came unto 
me, faying, . 

iK Son of man, wail for the multitude 
of Egypt, and ca(t them down, even her, 

and 



! 



Chap, xxxiii. Ezekiei admonijbed of bis duty. €69 

SI Pharaoh ftiall fee them, and fhall be 

comtotted over all ha Multitude, c 

Pharaoh and all his army l tiie 

d, faith the Lord God. 

For 1 have cauled ray terror ui the 

land of the hvin^ : and lie 0. laid 

in the mid ft of the uncircumcifcd with 

item itj; are lliia with the fword. even 

draw Iter and all md all his multitude, the 

Lord Go»>. 



Lame 

*ts of the fan ions, 

unto trt s of the earth, >uth 

them that . 

19 ifs in 1 

Go dowa, and be thou la;J Willi the un- 
circurr 

£0 They Hull fill i:i the mid:t of t\err. 
tb*t are flain by the fword : Ibe i>'ieliv- 
ercd to t ;.lj 

nniltitu 

41 'lb ; the mighty frail 

fpeak to him out o4 the m id it of hell 

with ll >ne 

tj lie i nmcifed, flain by 

the fwe 

Asfhurij there nnd all hcrco 
his graves ore abui : all of them 

jl.u n by tl I : 

ti Whole ^r'\-'s are fet in the fid 
the pit, an<l I npany i» roundabout 

n llain, fallen by the 

ord, which cau(.d terror in the land 
of the I 

14 There it fclani II her multitude 

roundabout her hem flain, 

fallen by the lw oi . I, which are g *n 

uncirctimcifed into the nethet i the 

earth. whieh caufed their terror in the 1 
of the liv ci 'nave tliey borne t! 

flume with to 

Tliey I t her a bed in the mid fl 

of the (lain with all her multitude: her 
grave**n him: allofthent 

circumcifed.fl tin by the fword: I 
ir tetror was caufed in the lard of 
livinp. they b)rnc their ibai 



CHAP. XXXIII. 
t By if>e duty of a ivuubmaa y 7 Exekisl 

a admoyiifbrd of bis auiy iO (joJ 

jbcwftb i be jultur cf b:> mays. 

'to word of the Lord came 
unto me, i tying, 

i Son of man, fpeak to the children of 
thy \ and fay unto them, When i 

bring the lword upon a land, if the , 
• the land take a man ot their o 
and fet him for their watchman : 

3 If when he feefh the fword ccme up- 
on the land, he blow the trumpet, and 
•a am the pei . la , 

* '1 hen whofoever he?reth the found 
of the trumpet, and taketh not warning : 
if the fword come, and take him away, 
his blood fk tii be itpofi his own head. 

5 lie heard the found of the trumpet, 
and took n ning ; his blood (hall 

be upon him But he that takeih w 
ing (hall dk liver his loul. 

But if the v f< e the fword 

come, and blow not the tn rt, and the 

■rned ; it the fword c 
and take ,? ,n from among them. 



he i in his iniquity ; but h>s 

in the : tbat be flail will I - at the watchman's 

ch, '1 i. hand. 

multitude : heraraves«re a. 

bout htm : «li ol 
by the fwor I 

r in Mm ; the living. 

A;. 1 they ft • ith the 

t art- fallen of the unt 
i .ii e ^t»ne don n to hell 
theii and they have 

, I nt 
i II be u ; i bonei, 

fhe t> i i tl ol ti 
■ 

:, th< \i fh jit be the 

ilt lie 
,»li tl .• lword. 



7 C c o thou, O fon of man. I have 'rt 
thee « "\c houle of Ifi 

tore ti- hi ir I my 

mouth, H n them ' .e. 

8 When 1 fay unto t! • ck- 

ed -.:r. t| ill fuiels du* : it thou 

doft d from 

n his 
ir i'juity ; I blood will I require at 

thine hand. 

rthelei 
of h • not 

turn 

vr red liiv foul. 
10 c 



eak unto the i 
• | rale, fayin.:, It ii.i tra I 

they <)> dl lie ••. .: i • 

til tl the 

lil< ith 

•urn 



.11) 
all ( t C 

are l- ihiir 

they ..i< 

-tbat 

wiiii them tbaj g'- d ••••! \o the . 



Iron. :rny 

for i ^ 



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670 The jujlice of God's <ways. EZEKIEL. 

pefs of the righteous fhall not deliver him 
in the day of his tranfgreilion : as for the 
wickednefs of the wicked, lie (hall not fall 
thereby in the day that he turneth from 
his wickednefs ; neither (hall the right- 
eous be able t© live for his righteoufnefs 
in the day that he finneth. 

13 When 1 fhall fay to the righteous, 
that he mall furely live ; if he truft to his 
own righteoufnefs and commit iniquity, 
all his righteoufnelTes fhall not be remem- 
bered ; but for his iniquity that he hath 
committed, he (hall die for it. 

14 Again, when I fay unto the wicked, 
Thou (halt furely die ; if he turn from 
his fin, and do that which is lawful and 
right ; 

15 // the wicked reftore the pledge, 
give again that he had robbed, walk in the 
ftatutes of life, without committing ini- 
quity ; he fhall furely live, he fhall not die. 

16 None of his lins that he hath com- 
mitted fhall be mentioned unto him ; he 
hath done that which is lawful and right ; 
he fhall furely live. 

IT YGt the children of thy people fay, 
The way of the Lord is not equal : but 
as for them, their way is not equal. 

18 When the righteous turneth from 
his righteoufnefs, and committeth ini- 
quity, he fhall even die thereby. 

19 But if the wicked turn from his 
wickednefs, and do that which is lawful 
and right, he .(ball live thereby. 

20 Yet ye fay,The way of the Lord is 
not equal. O ye houfe of Ifrael, I will 
judge you every one after his ways. 

21 And it came to pafs in the twelfth 
year of our captivity, in the tenth month, 
in the fifth day of the month, that one 
that had efcaped out of Jerufalem came 
unto me, faying, The city is fmitten. 

22 Now the hand of the Lord was 
upon me in the evening, afore he that was 
efcaped came ; and had opened my mouth, 
until he came to me in the morning ; 
and my mouth was opened, and I was 
no more dumb. 

23 Then the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

24 Son of man, they that inhabit thofe 
waflesof the land of Ifrael fpeak, faying, 
Abraham was one, and he inherited the 
land ; but we are many ; the land is given 
us for inheritance. 

25 Wherefore fay unto them. Thus 
faith the Lord God, Ye eat with the 
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your 
idols, and fhed blood : and, Shall ye pof- 
fefs the land ? 

26 Ye ftand upon your fword.yework 
abomination, and ye defile every one h;s 
neighbour's wife : and, Shall ye pofTefs 
the land ? 

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus 
faith the Lord God, As I live, furely 



Bad fhepherds reproved. 

fhall fall by 
in the open 



they that are in the waftes 
the fword, and him that is 
field will I give to the beafts to be de- 
voured, and they that be in the forts and 
in the caves (hall die of the peftilence. 

28 For I will lay the land moftdefolate, 
and the pomp of her ftrength fhall ceafe ; 
and the mountains of Ifrael fhall be defo- 
late, that none fhall pafs through. 

29 Then fhall they know that I am the 
Lord, when I have laid the land moft 
defolate becaufeof all their abominations 
which they have committed 

SO Alfo, thou foil of man, the children 
of thy people frill are talking againlt thee 
by the walls and in the doors of the houf- 
es, and fpeak one to another, every one 
to his brother, faying, Come, I pray you, 
and hear what is the word that cometh. 
forth from the Lord. 

St And they come unto thee as the 
people cometh, and they fit before thee 
as my people, and they hear thy words, 
but they will not do them, for with their 
mouth they fhew much love, but their 
heart goeth after their covetoufnefs. 

32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a 
very lovely fong of one that hath a pleaf- 
ant voice, and can play well on an in- 
firument : for they hear thy words, but 
they do them not. 

S3 And when this cometh to pafs, (lo, 
it will come) then fhall they know thata 
prophet hath been among them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Bad fhepherds reproved. 7 Tbeirjudg- 

ment. 11 God's providence for his flock. 

20 The kingdom of CknJI, 

AND the word of the Lord came 
unto me, faying, 

2 Son of man, prophefy againfi the 
fhepherds of Ifrael, prophefy. and fay un- 
to them, Thus faith the Lord God unto 
the fhepherds, Woe be to the fhepherds of 
Ifrael that do feed themfelves ! Should 
not the fhepherds feed the flocks ? 

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you 
with the wool, ye kill them that are fed; 
but ye feed not the flock. 

4 The difeafed have ye not ftrength- 
ened, neither have ye healed that which 
was fick, neither have ye bound up that 
ivhich vaas broken, neither have ye 
brought again that which was driven a- 
way, neither have ye fought that which 
was lofl : but with force and with cruelty 
have ye ruled them. 

5 And they were 
there is no (hepherd 
meat to all the beafts 
they were fcattered. 

6 My lheep wandered through all the 
mountains, and upon every high hill : 
yea, my flock was fcattered upon all the 
face of the earth, and none did fearch or 
feek after them. 

7 fl Therefore, 



fcattered, becaufe 
: and they became 
of the field, when 



Cod's providence for his flock. Chap. xxxv. 



7 q\ Therefore, ye fhepherds, hear the 
word of the Lord ; 

8 As I live, faith the Lord God, furely 
becaufe my flock became a prey, and my 
flock became meat to every bead of the 
field, becaufe there ivas no (hepherd, nei- 
ther did my (hepherds fearch for my 
flock, but the (hepherds fed themJelve*, 
and fed not my flock : 

9 Therefore, O ye fhepherds, hear the 
word of the Lord ; 

10 Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, 
lam againft the (hepherds ; and I will re- 
quire my flock at their hand, and caufe 
themtoceafe from feeding the flock ; nei- 
ther (hall the (hepherds feed themfelves 

more ; for I will deliver my Hock 
from their mouth, that they may not be 
meat for them. 

11 €T For thus faith the Lord God, 
Behold, I, tnten I, will both fearch my 
fheep, and leek them out. 

a Ihepheid feeketh out his flock 
in the day that he is among his (\.ce\ubat 
are fcatterrd ; fo will I ieekout my (heep, 
and will deliver them out of all places 
where they have been fcattcred in the 
cloudy and dark day. 

13 And 1 will bring them out from the 
people, and gather them from the coun- 
tries, and will bring them to their own 
land, and feed them upon the mountains 
of Ifrael by the rivers, and in all the in- 
habited places of the country. 

14 I will feed them in a good pafhire, 
and upon the high mountains of Ilracl 
(hall their fold be : there (hall they lie in 
a good fold, and in a Lit pafture 
they feed upon tl»e mount lei. 

Id I will tccd auk 

them to in tk I 1 God. 

16 I will leek thai wh ch w.is loft, and 
bring again that wh i< h was tir ,v<-n .•. 
and will bifid up that -which tras broken, 
and will 'hen th fick : 

lldefrroy th'- fat ind the ltrong ; 
1 will krd them with judgment. 

IT And mm tor yon. Muck, thus 

r I GOD, Ik-hold, I judge 

between cattle and cattle, betweci 
- nl the he _ 
Irt Seemeib it a hnall thing unti 
- eaten up ihe a >od parnire, but >r 
mutt tread down with your t etthe reu- 
r pall u res ■ h tve drunk 

ic deep waters, but ye mull foul the 
relidur with your feet 

15 And as' for my flock, ihey cat that 
h \e fuve trodden w ith \nur- 
rhry drn.k that which ye have fouled 

I I hereforethui faith the Lord -on 

them. Behold I, even I, will j 
between the fat cattle and between the 
c it tie . 
21 Becauieyehavc thruft with lide and 



The kingdom o/Cbri/f. 674 

with fhoulder, and pufced all the difeafed 
with your horns, till ye hare fcattered 
them abroad ; 

22 Therefore will 1 favemy flock and 
they fhall no more be a prey ; and I will 
judge between cattle and cattle. 

23 And 1 will letup one (hepherd over 
them, and he (hall feed them, even my 
fervant David ; he (hall feed them, and 
he ihall be their (hepherd. 

i4 And I the Lord will be their God, 
and my fervant David a prince among 
them ; I the Lord have fpoken /'/. 

25 And I will make with them a cove- 
nant of peace, and will caufe the evil 
beaftsto ceafeout of the land : and they 
(hall dwell lately in the wildernefs, and 
lleep in the woods. 

26 And 1 will make them and the placej 
roundabout my hill ablelling ; and I will 
caufe the fhower to come down in his 
fcafon ; there fhall be Ihowersof blefiing. 

27 And the tree of the field (hall yield 
her fruit, and the earth (hall yield her in- 
creafe, and they (hall be fate in their land, 
and (hall know that I am the Lord, w hen 
I have broken the bands of their yoke, 
and delivered them our of the hand of 
thofe that ferved themfelves of them. 

28 And they (hall no more be a prey to 
the heathen, neither (hall the bead* of the 
land devour them ; but they (hail dwell 
lately, and none Ihall make tb< m afraid. 

19 And I will raife up for them a plant 
of renown, and they ihall he no more con- 
Rimed with . in the land, neither 

bear the fliame of the heathen any n 

so i ill they know that I the 

Lord then nwith them, and that 

e-en the boufe of Ilratl, are my 

le, i nth the Lord Ctod. 

1 ye in . , ihe flock of my 

re, are men, mud 1 am jour G 
taith the Lord God. 

CHA P. XXXV. 

The judgment of mount Seirftr their ha- 
I qJ Ifrael . 

•REOVER, t: • word of the Lord 

;nto me, 1 \\ ., 
t Son of man, kt thy face Bgatnft 
mou-it S ' it, 

3 An-' •, 1 in- it tii the l 
God, Be old, < > mount Seii , I m 

• thee, :"id I will ftrrch oul mine 
Rand . md I w ill make thee 

•le. 

4 I . thy ifte, and thou 
ihalt ind thou ihall know 

I Jm tl e LOI I). 

mfe ti- m had hi <1 

children of Hi i I bj 

fword in th- time <-t their i tl unit 
the t bad an e 

6 I herrtore, as 1 \ ■■ 

God, I v. pare thee unto bk 

blood 



672 Ifrael revenged and comforted. EZEKIEL. God's blrjfmg on her. 

5 Therefore, thus faith the Lord God„ 
Surely in the fire of my jealoufy have I 



blood (hall purfue thee : Gth thou haft not 
hated blood, even blood (hall purfue thee. 

7 Thus will 1 make mount Seir mo ft 
defolate, and cut off from it him that pafl- 
eth out and him that returne-th. 

8 And I will fill his mountains with his 
flain men : in thy hills, and in thy vallevs, 
and in all thy rivers (hall they fall that 
are flain with the (word. 

9 I will make thee perpetual defolations, 
and thy cities (hall not return : and ye 
lhall know that I am the Lord. 

10 Becaufe thou haft: faid, Thefe two 
nations and thefe two countries fhall be 
mine, and we will poffefs it ; whereas the 
Lord was there : 

1» Therefore, as I live, faith the Lord 
God, I will even do according to thine 
anger, and according to thine envy which 
thou haft ufed out cf thy hatred againft 
them ; and I will make my (elf known a- 
mong them, when i have judged thee. 

12 And thou (halt know that I am the 
Lord, and that I have heard all thy blaf- 
phemies which thou haft fpeken againft 
the mountains of Ifrael, faying, They are 
laid defolate, they are given us to con- 
in me. 

iS Thus with your mouth ye have 
boafted againft me, and have multiplied 
your words againft me : 1 have heard them . 

14 Thus faith the Lord God, When 
the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make 
thee defolate. 

15 As thou didft reioice at the inherit- 



fpoken againft the refidueof the heathen, 
and againft all Iciumea, which have ap- 
pointed my land into their pofieifion with 
the joy of a", their heart, with defpiieful 
minus, to caft it out for a prey. 

6 Prophefy therefore concerning the 
land of Ifrael, and fay unto the moun- 
tains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to 
the valleys, Thus faith the Lord God, 
Behold, I have fpoken in my jealoufy and 
in my fury, becaufe ye have borne the 
(hame of the heathen. 

7 Therefore, thur faith the Lord God, 
I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the 
heathen that: are about you, they (hall 
bear their (hame. 

8 «(•] Bu; ye, O mountains of Ifrael, ye 
(hall (hoot forth your branches>and yield 
your fruitto my people of ifrael, for they 
aie at hand to come. 

9For : behold,Itf*Mfor you, and I will Kirn 
unto you, and ye (hall be tilled and fown ; 

10 And I will multiply men upon you, 
all the houfe of Ifrael, even all of it : and 
the cities (hall be inhabited, and the vvaftes 
(hall bebuilded: 

11 And i will multiply upon you man 
and bead. ; and they (hall increafe and 
bring fruit : and 1 will fettle you after 
your old eftates, and will do better t/nto 
you than at your beginnings : and ye fhall 
know that I am the Lord. 

1 J 2 Yea, 1 will caufe men to walk upon 



ance of the houfe of Ifrael, becaufe it you, even my people Ifrael ; and they (hall 
was defolate, fo will I do unto thee : thou poffefs thee, and thou (halt be their inher- 
ftialt be defolate, O mount Seir, and all itance, and thou (halt no more hence- 
Idumea, even all of it : and they (hail forth bereave them of men. 
know that I am the Lord. 13 Thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe 



CHAP. XXXVI 
i The land of Ifrael iscomforted by the hea- 
then's defiruelion, 8 and God's blejfing. 
ALSO, thou fon of man, prophefy un- 
to the mountains of Ifrael, and lay, Ye 
mountains of Ifrael, hear the word of 
the Lord : 

2 Thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe 
the enemy hath faid againft you, Aha, 
even Hie ancient high places are ours in 
poflefHon : 

S Therefore, prophrfy and fay, Thus 
faith the Lord God, Becaufe they have 
made you defolate, and (wallowed you up 
on every fide, tl at ye might he a poffef- 
iion unto the refidue of (he heathen, and 
ye are taken up in the lips ot talkers, and 
are an infamy of the people : 

I Therefore, ye mountains of Ifrael, 
hear the word of the Lord Goo ; Thus 
faith the Lord G D to the mountains, and 
to the hills, to the rivers, and to the val- 
leys, to the defolate waftes, and to the 
curies that are forfaken, which brcame a 
prey and derifion to the refidueof tlte hea- 
then Uiat are round about j 



they fay unto you, Thou land devoured 
up men, and haft bereaved thy nations: 

14 Therefore, thou fhalt devour men 
no more, neither bereave rhy nations any 
more, faith the Lord God. 

1.5 Neither will I caufe men to hear in 
thee the (hame of the heathen any more, 
neither fhalt thou bear the reproach of 
the people any more, neither (halt tliou. 
caufe thy nations to fall any more, faith 
the Lord God. 

16 Moreover, the word of the Lord 
can e unto me, faying, 

17 Son of man, when the houfe of Ifra- 
el dwelt in their own land, they defiled it 
by their own way and by their doings ; 
their way was before me as the unclean- 
nefs of a removed woman. 

18 Wherefore, 1 poured my fury upon 
them for the blood that they had fiitA 
upon the land, and for their idols <where- 
<wjtb they had polluted it : 

19 And I fcatteicd them among the 
heathen, andthey weredifperfed through 
the countries : according to their way and 
according to their doings I judged them. 

20 And 






I the caufe oflfraeVs rejeclion. Chap xxxvii Refurrefiton of dry boms. C75 



And when they entered unto the hea- 
, whither they went, they profaned 
my holy name, when they laid to them, 
'J hcie are the people of the Lord, and 
are gone forth out of his land. 
il But I had pity for mine holy name, 
:h the houfe of llrael had profaned 
v 'he heathen, whither they went. 
ere fore lay unto the hou(e oi If- 
. Thus faith the Lord God. 1 do not 
tb.s tor your lakes, O houfe of If 
but tor mine hoi/ natneS lake, which ye 
protaned among the heathen, whiih- 
er ye went. 

fy my ere it n one, 

• ined among the heathen, 

•d in the mi \(i of 

them; and rj hen '.hall know iii it I am 

the L d Goi>, when I 

•i in you before their eyes. 

tk take you from among the 

hen, and gather you out ot ill l 

, and will I .ou into your own 

2-5 ikle clean water up- 

he clean from atl 
>m ali youi i 

i 

; t alfov ill ' . 

a new 1 II put w ithu ind I 

take awa> the ftony )> 
Helh.and I w ill give you an heart ol ' 



So Then theheathen thatare left round 
about you (hall know that I the Lord 
build the ruined places, and plant that 
tf>at was defojate : I the Lord have 
fpoken it, and I will do it. 

' Thus faitn the Lord God, I will yet 
this be inquired of by the houfe of 
llrael, to do it tor them ; 1 will increale 
them wiih men like a flock. 

33 As the holv flock, as the flock of Je- 

rtJ dent in her folemn fealts j fo (hall the 

be filled with flocks of men : 

and they lhall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
i Hy the fefurrefttanoj dry bones, 11 the 

dt t oj Ijrasl is revived. 21 The 

ptomtjt's of Cnnjl'y kingdom. 

IHch the Lord was upon me, 

anil carried me out in the fpirit of the 
Lord, and let me down in the midft of 
the valley which vat full of bones, 

widcauled me to pafsby them round' 
about ; and, behold, there ruere very 
many in the open valley ; and, lo, they 
iixre vei y cr\ . 

3 Ami he iJtd unto me, Son of man, 
(" in their bones live f And I aniwered, O 
Lord God. thou knowelt. 

4 Again he laid unto me, Proph efy up- 
on thele bones, and fay unto them, O y<- 
dry boi ir the word of the Lord. 

5 Thus faith the Lord (ion unto t! 



wes, B I w-iil raulc breath to en- 

my lia»iitc^, and ter into you, ai (hall live j 

\r\ddo thrm. \:.d I will lay finews upon you, and 

trt And ye AS c hnd that will bring up Helh upi n you, and c 

fathers; and ye (lull be; you with Ikin, and put breath in 
I will be your < . d ye lhall l,\r ; ind ye lhall know that 

i all your I am the I. ok n. 

\ So I pi Lwaa command- 

I pro; 

: multiply the fruit of the 

oach i i f it 
ain< n. 

e not 

your 
>out 



, and, behold, a fn. tkit^;, and the 
, bone to his boi 

I bene! the hi 

and ( I • 

: it there 
i no breath in the 

ii he ui.io me, Pi ophefy a 

the v. : man, and lay 

faith ' a ooi>, 

. 
thai r 

e. 

me, and ilv breath cameintoi 

fe«t, 

111: a of 

I 

( ot 

into 

<o, Bch 
and ru o>, I w ill 

:d, and are infa 

4 ftr* V! 



I ou : 

i 



6T4 Promift of CbriJPs kingdom. EZEKIEL. 



The malice of Gog, 



f raves, and brine you into the land of 
frael 

13 And ye (hall know that I am the 
Lo r d, when I have opened your graves, 
O my people, and brought you up out of 
your graves, 

14 And (hall put my fpirit in you, and 
ye (hall live, and I lhall place you in your 
own land : then (hall ye know that 1 the 
Lord have fpoken it, and performed //, 
faith the Lord. 

15 The word of the Lord came again 
unto me. faying, 

16 Moreover, thou fon of man, take 
thee one (tick, and write upon it, Forju- 
dah, and for the children of {frael his 
companions : then take another (tick, and 
write upon it, For Jofeph, the ftick of E- 
phraim, and for all the houfe of Ifrael 
his companions : 

17 And join them one to another into 
one (t ; ck ; and they (hall become one in 
thine hand. 

18 And when the children of thy people 
fhall fpeak unto thee, faying. Wilt thou 
not (hew us what thou meaneft by thefe ? 

19 Say untothem, Thus faith the Lord 
God, Behold, I will take the (lick of Jo- 
feph, which is in the hand of Ephraim. 
and the tribes of Ifrael his fellows, and 
will put them with him, even with the 
(lick of Judah, and make them one (tick, 
and they (hall be one in mine hand. 

20 And the (ticks whereon thou writeft 
lhall be in thine hand before their eyes. 

21 f And fay unto them, Thus faith 
the Lord God, Behold, I will take the 
children of Ifrael from among the hea- 
then, whither they be gone, and will 
gather them on every fide, and bring them 
into their own land : 

22 And I will make them one nation 
in the land upon the mountains of Ifrael; 
and one king (hall be king to them all ; 
and they (hall be no more two nations, 
neither (hall fhey be divided into two 
kingdoms any mote at all : 

28 Neither (hall they defile themfelves 
any more with their idols, nor with their 
deteftable things, nor with any of their 
tranfgrefltous : but I will favcthem out of 
all theirdwelling places, whereinthey have 
finned, and will cleanfethem : foihai! they 
be my people, and I will be their God, 

24 And David my {?.xvix\* Jhatl be king 
over them ; and they all (hall have one 
fhepherd : they lhall alfo wa'k in my 
judgments, and obferve my (tatutes, and 
do them. 

25 And they (hall dwell in the land 
that I have given untojacob my fervant, 
wherein your fathers have dwelt ; and 
they (hall dwell therein, fven they, and 
their children, and their children's chil- 
dren for ever : and my fervant David 
Jhall be their prince for ever. 



26 Moreover, I will make a covenant 
of peace with them ; it (hall be an ever- 
lafting covenant with them : and 1 will 
place them, and multiply them, and will 
(et my fancluary in the midft of them for 
evermore. 

2T My tabernacle alfo (hall be with 
them : yea I will be their God, and they 
(hall be my people. 

28 And the heathen (hall know that I 
the Lord do fanctify Ifrael, when my 
faRcruary (hall be in the midft of them 
for evermore. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 

1 Ihe army. % and malice of Gog. 14 

God's judgment a gain ft bim. 

AND the word of the Lord came 
unto me. faying, 

2 Son of man, fet thy'face againfl Gog, 
the land of Magog, the chief prince or 
Mefhechand Tubal, and prophefy againft- 
bim, 

3 And fay, Thus (aith the Lord God, 
Behold, I am againfl thee, O Gog, the 
chief prince of Mefhech and Tubal ; 

4 And 1 will turn thee back, and put 
hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring 
thee forth, and all thine army, horfesand 
horfemen, all of them clothed with all 
forts of armour, even a great company 
ivitb bucklers and (hields, all of then* 
handling fwords : 

5 Perfia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; 
all of them with (hield and helmet : 

6 Gomer, and all his bands ; the houfe 
of Togarmah of the north quarters, and 
all htsban^s : aw^many people with thee. 

I Be thou prepared, and prepare for 
thyfelf, thou, and all thy company that 
are affembled unto thee, and be thou a 
guard untothem. 

8 ^] After many days thou (halt be vifit- 
ed : in the latter years thou (halt come 
into the land that is brought back from 
the (word, and is gathered out of many 
people, a*ain(t the mountains of Ifrael, 
which have been always wa(te : but it is 
brought forth out of the'nations,and they 
(hall dwell (afely all of them. 

9 Thou (halt afcend and come like a 
ftorni, thou (halt be like a cloud to cover 
the land, thou, and all thy bands, and 
many people with thee. 

tO' Thus faith the Lord God, It (hall 
alfo come to paft, that at the fame time 
(hall things come into thy mind, and thou 
(halt think an evil thought : 

II And thou (halt fay, I will go up to 
the land of unwalled villages ; I will g« 
to them that are at reft. that dwell fafely, 
all of them dwelling without walls, and 
having neither bars nor gates. 

12 To take a fpoil, and to take a prey ; 
to turn thine hand upon the defolate 
places that are novo inhabited, and upon, 
the people that are gathered out of the 

nations-, 






Co&s judgment agalnft Gog. Chap 

Rations, which have gotten cattle and 
goods, that dwell in the midlt ot the land 

13 Sheba, andDedan,ana the merchants 
of Tarfeilh.w ith all the young lions there- 
of, ihall lay unto thee, Art thou come to 
take a fpoil ? Haft thou gathered thy com- 
pany to take a pre) i To carry away (li- 
ver and gold, to take away cattle and 
foods, to take a great Ipoil ? 

'4 f| 'therefore, fonof man, prophefy 
and fay unto Gog, Thus faith the Lord 
Gou, In that day when my people of If 
rael dw-eileth lately, bhalt thou not know 
it? 

13 And thou (halt come from thy place 
out of the north parts, thou, and many 

J people with thee, all of them riding ui on 
lories, a great company, and a mighty 
army : 

lb And »hou (hilt come up ag3;n(t my 

{>eop!e of Ifrjel a^ a cloud to cover the 
and : it mall be in the latter da> a and t 
J*ill bring thee jgainit my land; that the 
'.. know me when I thill be 
lined inlhce,0 Go^, before their eye*. 

17 1 ! -rd boi), 4gi thou 
he of whom I have Ipokcn in old timebs 
my lervants the prophets of Ifrael, u bich 
prophe ied in thole ciaj s many >ears, that 
I would bring thee againlt then. 

18 And it lhallcome topaft at the fame 
time when G.g (hall come againil the 
land of Ifrael, (aith the Lord God, tbm 
my fury Ihall come up in tin face. 

19 For in my jealoufy and \v\ >ne fireof 
my wrath have I fpoken, Surely in thai 
day there Ihall be a great baking in the 
land el ; 

So that the fifties of the fea, and the 
: • the he s of the 

field, and all creeping thing > that creep 
upon the earth, and ail the nun i) it ur t 
Upon the face of the earth, (h 1 l if jke at 
my prefence, and rhe mounts m (h.iil be 
thro eep p acesffl dl tall, 

and every wall (ball fail to til 

*1 And l will CI 
him throughout all m 
the Lord t»o:^ r I thai i 

be anainft hil brother. 

And I will plead again ft him with 
peltilence and with blood ; and I will 
upon him, and ii] 'd\ and 

n the many people thai a re with him, 
an overlowing rain, and great hailAonet, 
id brimftone. 
ti Thus will I raaenil 
lit/ myfelf ; and I will be known in 
the eyes ot many nai ihall 

know that I am the Lord 

CHAP. XXXJX. 

1 God's judgmrnt upon Gog. 8 Ifrael' J 
lory. 17 The fe aft oj tbe f'oivts 
THfcRKFORK, theu Ion of n 
gaiafl Gwg,an I i. , , I nil 

o, behold, J am againlt 



. xxxje. IfraePs *vidory. «75 

thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Mefhech 
and Tubal : 

t ,-^nd 1 will turn thee back, and leave 
but the fixth part of thee, and willcaufe 
thee to come up from the north pans, 
and will bring thee upon the mountains 
ot Iliael : 

3 And ! wul finite thy bow out of thy 
left hand, and wiH caule thine arrows to 
fall out of thy right hand. 

4 Thou fhalt fail upon the mountains 
of Ifrael, thou, and all thy bands, and 
the pe< pie that is with thee \ I will give 
thee unto the ravenous birds ot every 
loit. and to the beads of the field io be 
devoured 

5 Thou fhalt fall upon the open field ; 
for I havelpoktn .•/, faith the Lord Goo. 

6 And I will fend a Hie on Magog, and 
among them that dwell carelefsly in the 
dies : and they ihall know that I am the 
Lord. 

7 So will I make my holy name known 
in the mid ft of ray people ffrael : and I uill 
not let tbem pollute my holy name any 
more : and the heathen Ihall know that I 
urn the Lord, the Holy One in Ifrael. 

8 ^| Behold, it is come, ana it is done, 
lai:h the Lord God ; this h the day 
whereot 1 have fp. ken 

9 And the) that dwell in the dries of 
Ifrael (hail go forth, and (hall (et on fire 
and burn the weapons, bjthrhe (hields 
.ii-.. l the buckler:., the bows and the ar- 
row I, and the handftaves, and the (pearl, 
and tliey ihall bnrn them with iu< feveo 
) ea i 

>0 Sol they (hall take no wood put 
of the fieldi neither cut down muy oui of 
thcfoieiis; foi the) tn.di bum the weap- 
ons with '■ d tiu-y ihall ipoil thofe 
tiiat fp tiled them, ami n >fe that 
rabbet them, (aith the Lord (iou. 

t » t ihall come to p.iu in that 

d »y, tlat I w unto t ,,,,. a pj , 

th< in Ifrael, the valley of the 

p ill on the eafl of if and it 

ihall nop the n in oi the p al n ... : d 



there in / t>n.> L»ou and .ill hil 

multitude : an i k ill tall // i he val. 

i uuongo 

Ihall the houfe 

g of them, th.it they 

ink the 1 1 



Id Yea, all tiie people ot t! ■ 1 md 
bury t»rm ; an I it lh ill be f>< th 

th -i I ih. .11 be glori 
(aith the I 

1 * And they Ihall 

1 empl i^ thtough 

'he land »o bury w ith the palfenj rstl 
that remain upon the f.ice ol the earth, 
to do )<• endoi f< 

th ill the 

i the patTengers ti- 
the land, when any kcth , 

then 



€76 The feaft of the fowls. 



EZEKIEL. 



E-zek\els*vifion. 



then ftiall he fet up a fign by it, till the | 
buriers have buried it in the valley of 
Hamongog. 

16 And alfo the name of the city JJjall 
be Hamonah. Thus {hall they cleanfe 
t.he land. 

17 ^[ And thou fon of man, thus faith 
the Lord God, Speak unto every feather- 
ed fowl, and to every beaft of the field, 
Alienable yourfelves, and come ; gather 
yourfelves on every fide to my facrifice 
that I do facrifice for you, even a great 
facrifice upon the mountains of Ifrael, 
that ye may eat flelh, and drink blood. 

18 Ye fhall eat the flefh of the mighty, 
and drink the blood of the princes of 
the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of 
goats, of bullocks, all ol them fatlingsof 
Baihan. 

19 And ye fhall eat fat till ye be full, 
and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my 
facrifice which I have facrificed for you. 

20 Thus (hall ye be filled at my table 
with horfes and chariots, with mighty 
men, and with all men of war, faith the 
Lord God. 

21 And I will fet my glory among the 
heathen, and all the heathen fhall fee my 
judgment that I have executed, and my 
hand that I have laid upon them. 

22 So the houfe of Ifrael (hall know 
that I am the Lord their God from that 
day and forward. 

23 And the heathen fhall know that 
the houfe of Ifrael went into captivity 
for their iniquity : feecaufe they trefpalf- 
ed againft me, therefore hid I my face 
from them, and gave them into the hand 
of their enemies : fo fell they all by the 
fwoi d . 

24 According to their uncleannefs and 
according to their trawfgreffions have I 
done unto them, and hid my face from 
them. 

25 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 
Now will I bring again the captivity of 
Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole 
houfe of Ifrael, and will be jealous for 
my holy name ; 

26 After that they have borne their 
fhaine, and all their trefpaffeS whereby 
they have trefpaffed againft me ; when 
they dwelt fately in their land, and none 
made them afraid. 

27 When I have brought them again 
from the people, and gathered them out 
of their enemies' lands, and am fan&ificd 
in them in the fight of many nations ; 

28 Then (hall they know tli.it I am the 
Lord their God, Ahich caufed chem to 
be led into captivity among the heathen : 
but I have gathered them unto their own 
land, and have left none of them any 
more there. 

29 Neither will I hide my face any 
iTiore from them ; for ! have poured out 



my fpirit upon the houie of Ifrael, faith 
the Lord Goo. 

CHAP. XL. 
1 'The time, manner ', and end of Eztkiei's 

'vificn. 6 The dfjcription of the temple. 

IN the five and twentieth year of our 
captivity, in the beginning of the year, 
in the tenth day of the month, in the 
fourteenth year after that the city was 
fmitten, in the felf-fame day the hand of 
the Lord was upon me, and brought me 
thither. 

2 In the vifions of God brought he me 
into the land of Ifrael, and fet me upon 
a very high mountain, by which *vas as 
the frame of a city on the fouth. 

S And he brought me thither, and, be- 
hold, there nvas a man whofe appearance 
nvas like the appearance of brafs, with a 
line of flax in his hand, and a meafuring 
reed ; and he Hood in the gate. 

4 And the man faid unto me, Son of 
man, behold with thine eyes, and hear 
with thine ears, and fet thine heart upon 
all that I (hall (hew thee ; for to the in- 
tent that I might fhew them unto thee 
art thou brought hither : declare all that 
thou fecit to the houfe of Ifrael. 

5 And behold a wall on the o'utfide 
of the houfe round about, and in the 
man's hand a meafuring reed of fix cu- 
bits long by the cubit, and an hand 
breadth ; fo he meafined the breadth of 
the building, one reed ; and the height, 
one reed. 

6 ^| Then came he unto the gate which 
lookcth toward the ea(t, and went up the 
flairs thereof, and meafured the threshold 
of the gate, 'which nvas one reed broad ; 
and the other threfholdo/ the gate^nvhicb 
nvas one reed broad. 

7 And emery little chamber nvas one 
reed long, and one reed broad ; and be*, 
tween the little chambers lurrf five cubits; 
and tut threshold of the gate by the porch 
of the gate within nvas one reed. 

8 He meafured alfo the porch of ths 
gate within;, one reed. 

9 Then meafured he the porch of the 
gate, eight cubits ; and the polls thereof* 
two cubits ; and the porch of the gate. 
was inward. 

10 And the little chambers of the gate 
eai'hvaru, ffitre three on this fide, and 
three 6n t!iat fide ; they three noete ol 
one meafure : and thepoft had one meaf- 
ui'e or. this fide and on that fide: 

li And he meafured the breadth o. : 
entry of the Kate, ten cubits ; and the 
length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 

it The fpace alio before die little chain- 
bers nvas one cubit vn ibis fide, and the 
fpace 'vous one cubit on that fide : ami 
little chambers nvsre fix cubits on th:» 
fide, and fix cubits on that fide. 

li He meafured thea the g^jtc fr 

re ■ 



Ezekiets de/cription 



*p. si- 



#/ the temple. <>7? 



roof of one little chamber to the roof of 
another : the breadth ivas five and tvs e.n- 
ty cubits, door a^ain.t d^ 

t4 He made ailo poitN of threefcore 
^ubits, even unto the polt of the c< art 
round abwiit the gate. 

15 And trom t he foce cf the gateofthe 
entrance unto the face of the porch oi 
the inner . rre fifty cubits. 

16 And there ivere narrow windows to 
the little chambers, and to ther p 
vithin the gate round abo'U, and lke- 
wifeto the arches: and windows ivere 
round about inward : and upon each poll i 
ivere palm trc . 

17 Then brought he me into the out- 
ward court a:*.. 1 , lo, there mte re cham- I 
bers, and a pavement m ;rt 
roundabout : thirty chambers wen 

the pavement. 

1« And the pavement by the (ide of 
the gate .inft the length of the 

ga'es, ivas the lower pavement. 

19 Then lie measured the breadth 
from the forefront of the lower gate un- 
to the forefront uf the inner court with- 
out, an hundred cubits ealtAard and 
award. 

1 the gate of the outward court 
that looked tovsai J the noith, he i 
tired the length thereof and the breadth 
thereof. 

21 - ttle chambers thereof 1 ! 

three oi ide and three on that 

and thepo'is th-reut and the there- 

of "e:e i afuteof ihefii :t . 

the length and 

five a-id t 
ft And their A their arches 

, tvert after the 
o! ti.e i loeketh to* 

went up un( 
and tin 



I 



r the inner court ivas 
the i orth. 

and ti . edj 

ht me • 

! \t e an 

■ 
court toward I 



aght me to the inner court 

by the louth gate : and he meaiured the 

i gare according to thefe meafur 

-9 .Ai.dtiie little chambers thereof, and 

the poitb thereof, and the a'thes therci f, 

•ding to thefe meaiares ; and there 

ivere windows in it and in the arches 

thereof round about : // ivas fifty cubits 

long, an'* five and tvsenty cubits bro*. ! 

30 And the arches round about 1 
five and - cibtts long, and five cu- 

bits brc. 

31 And the arches thereof ivere to- 
ward t) r court ; and palm trees 
r upon the pofts there* i ■. and the ge- 
up to it 
And he brought me into the inner 
court tov. ard the eaft : and he raeafured 
- to thefe mea 
oo And the little chambers thereof, 
and the pofis thereof, and the arches 
thereui, ivere according to thefe meaf- 
id there ivere windows therein 
and in the arches thereof round about .- 
it ivai fifty cubit , and five 
t« e it) cubits broad. 

•*>* treof ivere to- 

dm t: res 
tvete u, on I 

fide : and the going up to it 
■ight it 

• brought me t ) lite north 
gate, and n* 'ig to t 

~> ! Rubers thereof, the 

pofts theieof, and tnparcl • tl r< 

and about : 
length tvat r.tty cubits, and the breadth 
1 twenty cub:ts. 

toerg tc 

the c rn tree! ivere 

, and 

out' . and the 

And the chambei 

■ 
d iu !ii« . 1 1 the 

and t\-. : 
onthi 

i 

■ 
■ 

' I 



678 7ke parts, chambers, and 

with they flew the burnt offering and the 
facrifice 



A3 And within ivere hooks, an hand 
broad, fattened round about : and upon 
the table? ivas the fiefli of the offering. 

44 And without the inner gate 'were 
the chamber* of the lingers in the inner 
court, which ivas at the fide of the north 
gate; and their profpeCt 'was toward the 
ibuth : one at the fide of the eatt gate 
tauing the profpect toward the north. 

45 And he faid unto me, This chamber, 
whofe profpect is toward the fouth is for 



the priefts, the keepers of the charge of 
the houfe. 

46 And the chamber whofe profpect is 
toward the north, is for the priefts, the 
keepers of the charge of the altar : theie 
are the fons of Zadok among the fons of 
Levi, which come near to the Lord to 
minifter unto him 

47 So he meafured the court an hun- 
dred cubits long, and an hundred cubits 
b road, fou rlqu Are, and the ahar that was 
before the houfe. 

43 An J lie brought me to the porch of 
the houie, and meafured^ u h polt of the 
porch, five cubits on this fide, and five 
cubits on that fide : and the breadth of 
the gate e was three cubits on this fide, 
and three cubits on that (ide. 

49 The length of the porch -was twenty- 
cubits, and the breadth eleven cubus ; 
and be brought me by the fteps whereby 
they went up to it . aiid there 'were pillar 
by the pods, one on%iis fide, and another 
on that fide. 

CHAP. XLI. 

The meafures. parts, chambers^ and trna- 

ments of the temple. 

AFTERWARD he brought me to the 
temple, and meafured the po(b, fix cu- 
bits broad on the one fide, and fix cubits 
broad on the other fide, ivbtch ivus the 
breadth of the tabernacle. 

2, And the breadih of the door iva s ten 
cubits ; and the fides of the door were 
five cubits on the one fide, and five cu- 
bits on the other fide : and he meafured 
the length thereof, forty cubits; and the 
breadth, twenty cubits. 

3 Then went he in a ard, and meafured 
the pott, of the door, twocubits ; and the 
door, fix cubits; and the breadth of the 
door, (even cubits. 

4 So he meafured the length thereof, 
twenty cubits ; and the breadth, twenty 
cubits, before the temple : and he faid 
unto me, This ii the moir holy place. 

5 After he meafured the wall of the 
houfe, fix cubits ; and the breadth of ev- 
ery iide chamber, four cub;ts round a- 
bout the houfe on every fide. 

6 And the Iide chambers 'were three, 
one over another, and thirty in order ; 
an4 they entered into the wail which ivas 



EZEKIEL. ornaments of tbe temple* 

of the houfe for the fide chambers round 
about, that they might have hold,but they 
had not hold in the wall of the houfe 

7 And there 'was an enlarging, and a 
winding about Oil I upward to the fide 
chambers : for the winding about of the 
houfe went ftill upward round about the 
houfe : therefore the breadih of the 
houfe 'wasjlilt upward, and fo increafed 
from the loweft chamber to the highelt by 
the midft;. 

» I law alio the height of the houfe round 
about : the foundations of the fide cham- 



bevs <were a full reed of fix great cubits. 

9 The 'hicknefs of the wall, which ivas 
for the fide chamber without, ivas five 
cubits : and that which f was\eh 'was the 
place of the fide chambers that 'were 
within 

10 And between the chambers was the 
widenels of twenty cubits vound about 
the houfe on every fide. 

11 And the doors of the iide chambers 
-were toward the place that ivai left, one 
door toward the north, and another door 
toward the fouth : and the breadth of 
the place that was left ivas five cubits 
round about. 

i -Now the building that 'was before the 
feparare place at the end toward the >* elt 
~u>as feyenty cubits broad ; and the wallof 
the building u<us rive cubits thick round a- 
bout,andthe length thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he meafured the houfe, an hun- 
dred cttbiti long; and the feparate place, 
and the budding, with the walls thereof, 
an hundred cubits long ; 

14 Alfo the breadth of the faca of the 
houfe, and of the feparate place toward 
the eatt, an hundred cubits. 

15 And he meafured the length of the 
building over againft the feparate place 
wfiich 'was behind it, and the galleries 
i hereof on the one fide and on the other 
fide, an hundred cubits, with the inner 
temple, and the porches of the court ; 

16 The door potts, and the narrow 
windows, and the galleries round about 
on their three ftories, over againft the 
door, ceiled with wood round about, and 
from the ground up to the windows, and 
the windows ivere covered ; 

17 To that abjve the door, even unto 
the inner houfe, and without, and by all 
the wall round about within and without, 
by meafure. 

Hi And it iv as made with cherubims 
and palm trees, fo that a palm tree ivas 
between a cherub and a cherub : and 
every cherub had two faces ; 

19 So that the face of a man ivas to- 
ward the palm tree on the one fide, and 
the face of a young lion toward the pahn 
tree on the other fide ; it ivas made 
through all the houfe round about. 

20 From the ground tint? above thfl 

-or 



The priejti* cbambeis. 



Chap, a'u; 



The ufe oj them. 67? 



door ivere cherubims and palm trets 9 And from under thefe chambers i'.ax 
made, and on the wall of ihe temple the entr> on the eatt fide, as one goeth 

21 The polls of the temple were into them from the outer court. 

10 The chambers ivere in the thick- 
neb of the wall of the court toward the 
eafi, over againft the feparate place, and 
over againli the building 

1 1 And the way before them ivas like 
the appearance of the chambers which 
'were toward the north, as long as they, 
a> d as broad as tl ey : and all their go- 
out ivere both according to their 

taihions, and according to their doors. 

12 And according to the doois of the 
chambers that nvere toward the louth 



fquared, and the face of the (anctuary 
the appearance of the one as the appear- 
ance of tbe o.ncr. 

\ he altar of wood ivas three cubits ' 
high, and the length thereof two cubits ;! 
and the corners thereof, and the length 
thereof, and the walls thereof; ivere of 
wood : and he faid unto me, I his is the 
table that is b< fore the Lord. 

iS And the temple and the fancftuary 
had two doois. 

24 And the cfocrs had two leaves a. 



pie<e % two turmng leaves ; two leaues ,ivas ^. door in the head of the way, e<ven 
for the one dooj, and two leaves for the the way directly before the wall toward 



other door 

^5 And .here "were made on them, on 
the doors ot the temple, cherubims and 
palm trees, like a> iveit made upon the 
walls, and there "a ere thick plank* upon 
the face of the porch without 

26 And there ivere narrow windows 
and palm trees on the one fide and on ihe 
other fide, on the fides of the pi rch, and 
upon the fide chambers of the houle, and 
thick planks. 

CHAP. XIII 
1 Tbepriejls* chambers. \ -> Vi r uf' thereof 
ird court mrujurt d. 
1 HEN he brought me forth into the 
outer court, the way toward the north : 
and he brought me into the chamber 
that ivas over againft the feparate place, 
and which mas before the building to- 
ward the north. 

l hundied cu- 
ivas the north door, and 
ix as fifty t 
3' ft the twenty cubits w . 

ihe inner conn, and over a- 
rment a h *h r the 

. 
three fiones. 

k And befoic ihe chambers -u as a v 
of ten cubits breadth inw 
one cubit ; and their doors to. 
th. 
5 Now the ui I inbers ivere ft 

tileries 
thefe, t] and than the 

the bu;l 
»i For they ivere in three /rV/>/,btr 

re tbe build 
. the lowefl and the middlemoll i 
1. 

that ivas without over 
nil the ch , toward 

• 
the length thereof ~ 

8 For the lei 
nvere \n the i was fifty cu 

and, lo, t the temple ivere an hur.- 

■ i cubits 



the ealt, as oneentereth into them. 

15 f '] hen faid he unto me, The 
noi ih chambers una the fouth chum'r 
which urr before the (epatate place, they 
be holy chambers, where the priefts that 
approach unto the Lord (hall eat the 

holy things: there (hall they lay the 
moii holt things, and the meat offering, 
and the lin offering, and the trelj als ot- 
tering ; fur the place ts holy. 

14 When the priefts enter therein, tl 
(hall they not goout of the holy flau 
the outer court, but there the) (hall la/ 
their garments wherein they minifter . 
they are holy j and (hall put on 01 
garments and flu II approach to thefe 
tbmgi w hich are tor the pci pie. 

w lien he h e an en 

meafuring the inner houfe, he t 
me toriii toward the gate who 
I ed is toward theedr, and mealured it 
roui il iboi . 

16 He meafured the eal! fide with the 
meafurii ••. e hundred leeds, v 

i round ah. 

17 i tl e north 

, with the meai 
round about* 

He meafured the fouth f< . 
hundred reeds, with the meafur 
19 He tui I to the v . 

hundred reeds 

. I . . : • i 

-O i ,t by the four fi* 

I a wail i 

, and live hundi ed bi 

and the ] , 

( ,i A P. XLIU. 
I J be returning tl try of Cod 

ejtn of Ijrucl binder- 

KD he ght me 

. even th.e gate that looketh to- 
e ea.T : 

, b< i ol of the 

. 'tie from the way of thee di : i 
■it hke a n many wa- 

andthee.i. >ry. 

Mid 



680 Tbe return of God's glory. EZEKI&L. 

5 And it ivas according to the appear- 
ance of the vifion which I faw, e<ven ac- 
cording to the vifion that I faw when I 
came to defiroy thecity : and the vifions 
«wvrr like the vifion that I faw by the 
river Chebar ; and I fell upon my face. 

4 And the glory of the Lo rd came into 
the houfe by the way cf the gale whole 
profpect is toward the eaft. 

5 SotlW'pirit tookme up, and brought 
me into the inner court ; and, behold, the 
glory of the Lord filled the houfe, 

6 And I heard bim fpeaking unto me out 
of (he houfe ; and the man flood by me. 

7 ^J And he faid unto me, Son of man, 
the place of my throne, and the place of 
she foles of my feet, where I will dwell 
in the midft of the children of Ifrael for 
ever, and my holy name, lhall the houfe 
of .Ifrael no more defile, neither they, 
nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor 
by the carcaffes of their kings in their 
.high places. 

a In their fetting of their threfhold by 
2iiy thresholds, and their polls by my 
poft5,and the wall between me and them, 
they have even defiled my holy name by 
their abominations that they have com- 
mitted : wherefore I have confumedthem 
in mine anger. 

9 Now let them put away their whore- 
dom, and the carcalies of their kings, far 
from me, and I will dwell in the midft of 



Ordinances of the altar. 



and from the altar and upward Jball be 
four horns. 

1t> And the altar Jball be twelve cubits 
long, twelve broad, fquare in the four 
fquares thereof. 

17 And the tenle Jball be fourteen tu- 
brts long and fourteen broad in the four 
fquares thereof; and the border about it 
jball be half a cubit ; and the bottom 
thereof Jball be a cubit about \. and his 
flairs (hail look toward the eaft. 

18 And he faid unto me, Son of man, 
thus faith the Lord God, Thefe are the 
ordinances of the altar in the day when 
they fhaU make it, to offer burnt offerings 
thereon, and to fprinkte blood thereon. 

19 And thou (halt give to the pricfts 
the Levites that be of the feed of Zadok, 
which approach unto me, to miniller un- 
to me, faith the Lord God, a young bul- 
lock for a fin offering. 

20 And thou shalt tak« of the blood 
thereof, and put // on the four horns of 
it, and on the four corners cf the fettle, 
and upon the border round about : thus 
shalt thou cleanfe and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock alfo of 
the fin offering, and he shall burn it in 
the" appointed place of the houfe, without 
the ianctuary. 

22 And on the fecond day thou shalt 
offer a kid of the goats without blemish 
for a fin offering ; and they shall cleanfe 
ihe altar, as they did cleanfe// with the 
bullock. 

2S When thou haft made an end of 



them for ever. 

10 Thou fon of man, (hew the houfe 
to the houfe of Ifrael, that they may be 
alhamed of their iniquities ; and let them jcleanfing */, thou shalt offer a young bul 
meafu re the pattern. lock without blemish, and a ram out of 

tl And if they be afoamed of all that the flock without blemish, 
they have d6nc, (hew them the form of 2i And thou shalt offer them before 
the houfe, and the fafhion thereof, and ! the Lord, and the priefts shall call fait 
the goings cut thereof, and the comings ) upon them, and they shall offer them up 
in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and \J°' & burnt offering unto the Lord. 



all the ordinances thereof, and all the 
forms theieot, and all the laws thereof: 
and write it in their fight, that they may 
keep the whole form thereof, and all the 
ordinances thereof, and do them. 

12 This is the law of the houfe ; Upon 
the top of the mountain the whole limit 
thereof round about /hall be mod holy. 
Behold, this // the law of the houfe. 



25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every- 
day a goat for a fin offering ; they shall 
alio prepare a young bullock, and a ram 
out of the Hock, without blemish. 

2(5 Seven days shall they purge the al- 
tar and purify it ; and they shall confe- 
crate themfclves. 

27 And when thefe days are expired, 
it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and 



13 And thefe ar'e the meafuresof the fo forward, the priefts shall make your 



altar after the cubits : The cubit is a cu- 
bit and an hand breadth : even the bot- 
tom Jball be a cubit, and the breadth a 
cubit, and the border ihereofby the edge 
thereof round about Jball be a ("pan : and 
this Jball be the higher place of the altar. 

14 And from the bottom upon the 
ground even to the lower fettle Jball be 
two cubits, and the breadth one cubit ; 
and from the leffer fettle e<ven to the 
greater fettle Jball be four cubits, and the 
breadth one cubit. 

15 So the altar Jhall be four cubits ; 



burnt offerings upon the altar, and your 
peace offerings ; and I will accept yon, 
faith the Lord Goo. 

C H A V. XL IV. 
1 The eajl gate ajjiunrd only to the prince* 

ty'Jdolatcrs incapable of the priejVs vf- 

Ji*e. 17 Ordinances Jor tie priejls. 

THEN he brought me back the way 
of the gate of the outward fanctuary 
which looketh toward the eaft ; and it 
ivas shut. 

2 Then faid the Lord unto me, This 
gate shall be .shut, it shall not be opened, 

and 



T6e priejfs reproved. Chap 

and no mar. (hall enter in by it ; becaufe 
the Lord, the God of lfrael hath enter- 
n by it, therefore it fhail be fhur. 

3 // is for the prince ; the prince, he 
fhail fit in it to eat bread before the 
Lqslj : he (ball enter by the way of the 

i o( t Jiit Rate, and (hall go out by 
of the fame. 

4 Then brought he me the way of the 
north ga*e before the houfc : and I look- 
ed, and, behold the glory of the Lord 
rilled the of the Lord : and I fell 
upon my face. * 

3 And the Lord faid unto me, Son of 
man, mark well, and behold with thine 
eyes, nn<l he.,, with thine ears al! that I 
lay tsnfo thee concerning all theord nan- 
ces of the houfe of the Lord, and all the 
thereof ; and mark well the enter- 
ing in of the houfe, with every going 
forth of the fanctuaty. 

6 And thou (halt lai rebellious, 

even to the houfe of lfrael, I hus fa:th the 
Lord GOO, Ojc houfe of lfrael, let it 
futtice you of all your abominations, 

1 In that ye have brought into myfanc- 
tuary ifi uncircumejfed in heart, 

ircumcifed in He(h, to be in my 
fanctuai pollute it, even my houfe, 

when )<• -tier my bread, the fat and the 
blood, and they have broken my covenant 
becaufe of all your abominations. 

8 And \e have not kept the charge of 
mine holy things : but ye have (et keep- 

oi my charge in my famtuary for 
> ourfeh 

9 f Thus faith the Lord Gos>, No 
ftranger, uncin d in heart, nor w\\- 

I ; n fleih, 0, it! enter into i . » > 
of any llranger th.it it among 
the diildren of h; 

lOAndthi vt.ir 

from n> .- wnW h 

■ 

ili ill even bear their ini juity. 
it Yet they Ihall be miniften in my 

having 

! nunifi > the n 

. tin burni i 
tor the ; 
•fore th^m lo inin 

hey mil I unto I : 

, and < auh d th ■ i 
lfrael to fall into miquii , ; thco fare 
d up mine ha i ill them, 

' Goo, and I 

t "* hall not < nme no i i 

the office ol i pnfft u I 
ir to any i \ im hol 
he molt hol] but they (h til 

ibominations s\ nil h 
l!ie> 

1 i But I wil m ik< th :m - 

>j the hou lip, for a! I thefei vicethere- 
tor all that (lt3.ll be done l 
4 



xliv. Ordinances of the friejls. 631 

1 3 But the priells the Lev ires, the fons 
of Zadok, that kept the charge of my fanc- 
tuary when the children oT lfrael went 
ailray from me, they (hall come near to 
me to minifter unto me, and they fnall 
itand betorc me to offer un f o me (he fat 
and the blood, faith the Lord God : 

16 Thev (hall enter into my fanchiary, 
and they nviU come near to my table, to 
minifter unto me, and they (hall keep my 
charge. 

IT «] And it ftiall come to pafs, that 
when they enter in at the gates of the in- 
ner court, the) shall be clothed with linen 
garments ; and no wool shall come upon 
them, while they minifter in the gates 
of the inner court, and within. 

lft They shall have linen bonnets upon 
their heads, and shall have linen breeches 
upon their loins ; they shall not gird them- 
Jel-zes with any thing that caufeth fweat. 

19 And when they go forth into the out- 
er COUlt, even into the outer court to the 
people, they shall put oft their garments 
wl erein they miniftered, and lay them <;i 
the holy chambers, and they shall put 
on other garments ; and they shall not 
lanctify the people with their garments. 

c 2() Neither shall they shave their heads, 
nor fuller their locks to grow long ; they 
shall only poll their heads. 

SI Nether shall any prieff drink wine, 
wh n they enter into the inner court. 

Neither shall they take for their 

w, nor her that is put away : 

but they shall take maiden ol the feed 

of the houfe of lfrael, or a v\idow that 

i pi iefl I 

1 they shall teach my people the 
difference t> tween the hoi> and pro! 
and caufe them to difcern between the 
unclean ami the 

•J i And in controverfy they shall (land 

I ; aid they shall jiul,, 
ICCordihg to my judgment! I and thev 

shall keep m\ law i and my ftatutes in all 

they bhlll h.illow 

my 

And they ihall come at n 
file themfelve i but Cos 

ther, or for mother, or for i.ui, or for 

hter, t<»r 1 , oi tor filter Ih it 

hath had no hulband, they may defih 

ve§. 

And tfrer | !iall 

m unto him feven days. 

ly thai /ie goeth 
the f 

I <n tuary. I* ''■ i ' 
. faith tl I « 'OD. 

unto tl 
:nhe: : I a m I I 

I ait m. 

ill cat i ' 

and. the (in ofl 



6U The divijton of the land. EZEKIEL. 



The princess fort inn. 



offering : and every dedicated thing in 
Jfrael lhall be theirs. 

30 And the firft of all the firft fruits of 
all things, and ev r ery oblation of all, of 
every fort of your oblations,{hall be the 
priefts ; ye fhall alio give unto the prieft 
the firft of your dough.that he may caufe 
the blefiingto reft in thine houfe. 

31 The prieft fhall not eat of any thing 
that is dead of itfelf, or torn, whether it 
be fowl or beaft. 

CHAP. XLV. 
1 The portion of land for the faneluary, 6 
Jor the city, 7 and far the prince. 
MOREOVER, when ye fhall divide 
by lot the land for inheritance, ye fhall 
offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy 
portion of the land : the length fhall he 
the length of five and twenty thoufand 
reeds, and the breadth fhall be ten thou- 
fand. Thisy&tf//^holy in all the borders 
thereof round about. 

2 Of this there fhall be for the fanc- 
tuary five hundred in length, with five 
hundred in breadth, fquare round about ; 
and fifty cubits round about for the fub- 
urbs thereof. 

3 And of this meafure (halt thou meaf- 
ure the length of five and twenty thou- 
fand, and the breadth of ten thoufand : 
and in it (hall be the fanctuary and the 
raoft holy place. 

4 The holy portion of the land fhall be 
for the priefts the minifters of the fanc- 
tuary, which fhall come near to minif- 
ter unto the Lord: and it fhall be a 
place for their houfes, and an holy place 
for the fanctuary. 

5 And the five and twenty thoufand of 
length, and the ten thoufand of breadth, 
fhall alfothe Levites, the minifters of the 
houfe, have for themfelves, for apoffefiion 
for twenty chambers. 

6 ^1 And ye fhall appoint the pofTellion 
of the city five thoufand broad, and five 
and twenty thoufand long, over againft 
the oblation of the holy -portion: it fhall 
be for the whole houfe of Ifrael- 

1 fl And a porrionjhallbe for theprince 
on the one fide and on the other fide of 
the oblation of the holy portion, and of 
the polTeffion of the city, before the ob- 
lation of the holy portion, and before the 
pollelfion of the city, from the weft fide 
wcfh\ard, and from the eaft fide eaft- 
ward : and the \en£\h fhall be over againft 
one of the portions from the weft border 
unto the eaft border. 

8 In the land fhall be his poffeffion in 
Ifrael ; and my princes (hall no more op 
prefs my people ; a.i\d the reft ©/"the land 
(hall they give to the houfe of Ifrael ac- 
cording to their tribes. 

9 Thus faith the Lord God, Let itJiif- 
flce you, O princes of Ifrael : remove 
violence and fpoil, and execute judgment 



and juft ice, take away your exaction* 
from my people, faith the Lord God. 

10 Ye fhall have juft balances, and a 
juft ephah, and a juft bath. 

11 The ephah and the bath fhall be of 
one meafure, that the bath may contain 
the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah 
the tenth part of an homer : the meafure 
thereof fhall be after the homer. 

12 And the fhekel jhall be twenty ge- 
rahs : twenty fhekels five and twenty fhek- 
els, fifteen fhekels fhall be your maneh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye fhall of- 
fer ; the fixth part of an ephah of an ho- 
mer of wheat, and ye fhall give the fixth 
part of an ephah of an homer of barley : 

14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, 
the bath of oil, ye fhall offer the tenth 
part of a bath out cf the cor, 'which is 
an homer of ten baths, for tenbaths are 
an homer : ^**~ 

V) And one lamb out of the flock, out 
of two hundred, out of the fat paftures 
of Ifrael ; fotf a meat offering, and for a 
burnt offering* and for peace offerings* 
to make reconciliation for them, faith the 
Lord God. 

16 All the people of the land fhall give 
this oblation for the prince in Ifrael. 

17 And it lhall be the prince's part to 
gi've burnt offerings, and meat offerings, 
and drink offerings, in the feafts, and in 
the new moons, and in the fabbaths, in 
all folemnittes of the houfe of Ifrael : he 
fhall prepare the fin offering, and the 
meat offering, and the burnt offering, and 
the peace offerings, to make reconcilia- 
tion for the houfe of Ifrael. 

t« Thus faith the Lord God, In the 
firft month, in the firft day of the month, 
thou fha.it take a young bullock without 
blemiih, and cleanle the fanchiary : 

19 And the prieft fhall take of the 
blood of the fin offering, and put it upor 
the poftsof the houfe, and upon the foui 
corners of the fettle of the altar, and up- 
on the pofts of thegate of the inner court. 

20 And fo thou fhalt do the feventh 
day of the month for every one that err- 
eth, and for him that is limple : fo fhall 
ye reconcile the houfe. 

21 In the firft month, in the fourteenth 
day of the month, ye fhall have the 
paffover, a feaft of feven days ; unleav- 
ened bread (hall be eaten. 

22 And upon that day fhall the prince 
prepare for himfelf and for all the people 
of the land a bullock for a fin offering. 

23 And feven days of the feaft he fhall 
prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, 
{even bullocks and feven rams without 
blemifh daily the feven days ; and a kid 
of the goats daily for a fin offering. 

v 24 And he ihall prepare a meatoffering 
of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah 
for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. 

25 In 



Ordinances for the prince. Chap. xlvi. His inheritance. 683 

-5 In the feventh montb, in the 6f- It Now when the prince fhall prepare 
teenthday of the month, fhall he do the a voluntary burnt offering or peace of- 
like in the fealt of the feven days accord- ferings voluntarily unto the Lord, ot.e 
ing to the fin offering, according to the (ball then open him the gate that look- 
burnt offering, and accotding to the meat eth toward the eaU, and he (ball prepare 
ottering, and according to the oil. litis burnt offering and his peace offer- 

CHAP. X1.V1. |ings as he diet on the fabbath day ; then 

i Ordinances for the prince in bis it: or- he lhall go forth : and after h.s going 
Jbip, 9 andjer the people. forth one fhall ihut thegate. 

THUS faith the Lord God, The gate' IS Thou (halt daily prepare a burnt 
of the inner court that looketh toward offering unto the Lord o/z lamb of the 
the eaft (hall be fhut the lix working firft year without blemith : thou (halt 

; but onthe fabbath it (hall be open- , prepare it every morning. 
ed, and in the day of the new moon it 14 And thou (halt prepare a meat of- 
Ihall be opened, fering for if every morning, the fix th 

1 And the prince fhall enter by the part of an ephah, and the third part of an 
#ay of the porch of that gate without, tun (foil, to temper with the fine Hour; 
and (ball ^iand by the poft of the gate, a meat offering continually by a peipetu- 

the prieff tfiall . burnt al ordinance unto the Lord. 

offering and his peace offerings, and I 15 Thus (hall they prepare the lamb, 

fliall worth ip at the threfliold of the gate : land the meat offering, and the oil. e 



then he fhall go forth ; but the gatefbal 
not he ihut until the evening. 

3 Likewife the people of the land (ha!! 
worfhip at tl r of this gate befo e 

c Lord in the ( ibbaths and in the new 
moons. 

4 And the burnt offering that the 
ncc (hall offer unto the : n the 

fabbath day, jhall br lix lambs without 
hlemiib, am. a rani v\ ithout I;: 

a And the meat offering /bail ki an 
r a ram, and the meat otfi ring 
he (hall be able to give, 
i an hin oi oil to an ephah : 

the new moon it 
/ball be a young bullock wit hoi 

.d a ram : the) (ball be 
without bleni'lh : 

\nd lie lhall pre; 

, and an r, hall 

foi the lamb ! a< ( ord 

is his hand (hall attain unto, ai hin 

ephah. 

I w hen the , \v. 

ill go in by the n h of 

tSa l he (hail go ruth by thi 

9 «1 But v. hen the | land 

I OK'l in the (<>l 

that entereth in by th 



morning, for a continual burnt ig. 

16 Thus faith the Lord God, If the 
prince give a gift unto any of hib ions, 
the inheritance thereof Aaflbe hisfons'j 
\t Jbali b' the : r pofleffion by inheritance. 

iv But if he give a girt of his inherit- 
mce n> one of Ins fen ints, then il Stall 
be his to the year of liberty \ afrer it 
!ha!l return to the prince i but his inh.r- 
itanc< h tons' for th 

18 Moreover, the prince (hall noi I 
of the people's inheritani 

•in out oi their ] i >ut 

he Q ' inheritant c oui 

(fi (lion : that my i not 

<\ ery m in fi 

c.i Aftei lie brought me through the 
entry, p h'w h wa)s at the (id •• , 

into the hi/ c haul I the pi 

* hull look* d tO« ai (I I :mI 

behold, th< ra place 1 p lea 
n eflu oi 

1 hen faid he i the 

pl.u e a i ei the \ i c i the tref- 

they Piall hake the meat oi 

the m nut ( nt into l.'.r QUI 

COUlt ( to (anctif) ' 

l hen he brouj ht me fori i the 
■ i i aufed n 



. of the north fhe (<>nrt; and, behold, 

out l>\ th everj i m tbtrg -v^i a 

'h by the waj <d tl 11 In t : 

it return by I Forty fuhn, I 

came in, but 

frail iiu(i it. one m« 

10 And th 13 And 

I w hen • therr . n 

fh. 
i f A . fotem 

nit" , the i leatofl ih 1 i i her faid h 

I ram. and | 

r is able to give, and a theboul eri- 

hin bf oil to an ephah. f tl 

t_. i I A i» 



684 The <v:fion of the waters. EZEKIEL. The border* of the land. 

CHAP. XLVII. I waters, they ilTued oat of the fanttuary ; 

1 The -vifion of the bcly waters. 6 T/?e vir. land the fruit thereof fhair*be for meat, 
tue of them. \STbe borders of the land. | and the leaf thereof for medicine. 
AFTERWARD he brought me again | IS ^ Thus faith the Lord God, This 
unto the door of the houie ; and, be- Jballbe the border, wherebyye (hall inherit 
hold, waters iffued out from under the the land according to the twelve tribes of 
threfhold of the houfe esftward : for the Ifrael : }ofephJball have two portions, 
forefront of the houfe Jiood toward the 14 And ye (hall inherit it, one as well 
eaft, and the waters came down from un- as another ; concerning the which I lifted 
der from the right fide of the houie, atjup mine hand to give it unto your fa- 
the (outhf.de of the altar. j thers : and this land (hall fall unto you for 

2 Then brought he me out of the way i inheritance. 

15 And this Jbal l be the border of the 
land toward the north fide, from the 
great fea, the way of Methlon, as man go 



of the gate northward, and led me a 

bout the way without unto the outer 

gate by the way that looketh ealtward ; 

and. behold, there ran out waters on the to Zedad ; 



right fide. 

3 And when the man that had the line 
in his hand went forth eaftward, he rneaf- 
ured a thoufmd cubits, and he brought 
me through the waters ; the waters were 
to the ancles. 

4 Again he meafured a thoufand, and 
brought me through the waters ; the wa- 
ters 'were to the kness. Again lie meafur- 
ed athoufand, and brought me through ; 
tlvz waters were to the loins. 

o Afterward he meafured athoufand ; 
and it was a river that I could not pafs 
over : for the waters were rifeu. waters 
to fwim in, a river that could not be 
palled over. 

6 ^j And he faid unto me, Son of man, 
liait thou feen this ? Then he brought 
rue, and cauied me to return to the brink 
of the river. 

7 Now wlvm T had returned, beheld, 'at 
the bank of the river, were very many 
trees on the one fide and on the other- 

" Then fa»d he onto me, Thefe waters 



16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which 
is between the border of Pamafcus, and 
the border of Hamath ; Hazarhatticon, 
which is by the coait of Hauran. 

17 And the border from the iea fh all he 
Hazarenan, the border of Damafcus, 
and the north northward, and the border 
of Hamath. And this is the north fide. 

18 And the eaft fide ye fhall meafure 
from Hauran, and from Damafcus, and 
from Gilead, and from the land of Ifrael, 
by Jordan, from the border unto the ea;t 
fea. And this is the eaft fide. 

VJ And the fouth udefouthward, from 
Tamar, even to the waters of ft rife in 
Kadefh, the river to the great kd. And 
this is the fouth fide fouth ward. 

20 The weft lide alio jball be the great 
fea from the border till a man come over 
^gainft Hamath. This is the weft fide. 

21 So (hall ye divide this land unto 
you, according to the tribes of Ifrael, 

22 And it fhall come to pals, that ye 
(hall divide it by lot for an inheritance 



iflue out toward the eaft country, and j unto you, and to the ftrangers that lo- 
go down into the riefert, and go into the jouin 'among you, which mall beget chil- 
iea : wbicb being brought forth into the dreii among you : and they (hall be unto 
fea, the waters lhall bo healed. you as born in the country among the 

9 And it flu 11 come to pafs, that every J children of Ifrael ; they (hall hive inherit- 
thing that live 1 .;:, which moveth, ^hither- ancewith you among the tribes of Ifrael. 
foevertb'e river lhall come, (hall tiv*: and | &$ And it fhall -come to pafs that it 



there (hall be -i very great multitude of 
rift, becaufe thefe waters dial) come thith- 
er : for they (hall be healed ; and every 
ihing (hali live whither the > iver cc i.ictii 



what tribe the ftranger fbjourneth, there 
lhall yc give him his inheritance, iaith 
the Lord Gou. 

CHAP. XLVI1I. 



10 And it ihall come to pafs, that the t, 33 The pottiom of tbr twelve tubes, S 

fithers fhall (land upmi it front B and of the fanSIuary, j>c 
ven unto Eneglaim ; they foall be aplacel NOW thefe are the names of the tribes. 

tdfpread forth nets ; their fifh (hall be From the north end to the coaft of the 

according to their kinds,as the fifh of the way of Hcthlon, asone goeth to Hamath, 

great fea, exceeding many . Hazarenan, the border of Damafcus 

H But the miry places thereof, and northward, to the coaft of Hamath; tor 

the mariftes thereof, lhall not be liealed ; thefe are his (ides eaft andweil, a portion 



they lhall be given to I or 

12 And by the river upon the bank 
thereof, on this fide and on that fide, ihall 
/row all trees for me;^t, whofe leaf lhall 
not fade, neither fhall the fruit thereof 
beconfumed : itfhail bring forth new fruit 



for Dan. 

°l And by the border ot Dan, from 
the eaft fide unro the weft fide, a^cruon 
for Allier. 

3 And by the border of After, from 
the eaft fide even unto the welt fide, a. 



Recording to his mouthy becauie their wrtionftr Naphtali. 



4 Au4 



Portions of the twelve tribes, Chap. xivm. 
4 Arnibv the border of Naphtali, hum 
the eaft fide unto the wcii Gde, a frttiu 

r j And by theborderof Manafieh,trom 
the cult CUe in. to the weft tide, a portion 
tor fcphraiin. 

o And by the border ot Kphraim.from 
the eaft fide even unto the welt fide, a 
tortionjor Reuben. 

7 And by the border of rveuben, from 
the eaft fide even unto the weft fide, a 

ttonfor Judah. . 

8 fl And by the border of Jndan, from 
the ej(t Gde onto the welt Gde, (hall be 
,h, h ye fnall otter ot five 
and twenty tbouiaiiarrr<fr/* breadth, and 
in length jd one of the otber parts, Irom 
the eaft fide unto the welt Gde ; and the 
fanttuary Ml be in the midft of it. 

9 The oblation that )e (hall offer unto 
the Lord//^;/ ** of five and twenty 
thoufand in length, and oi ten thoiifand 

> breadth- 

10 And for them, *w« tor the pnefts, 
(hdlbe /AiJ holy oblation j toward the 
north five and Iw .and/fl length, 
and toward the weft ten thouland in 
breadth, and toward the eaft ten thouland 
in breadth, and toward the fouth five and 

cnty thouland in length : and the lanc- 
tuary of the Lord Hull be in the midli 
thereof. . , 

11 Itjball be for the pi «« that are 
fanftifiedof a* ot Zadok ; which 

t my charge, which went not 

chiidn Ifrael went 

■nt aftra) . 

lion ol the land that is 

unto them a thing moll 

holy b) 

border or the 

.// bur 

;th, ami ten thou- 

fa l k< 

,i.d. . 

j 4 ,\nd they (hall not fell ol iher 

the tn ;t fruits ot 
i n it hoi) uo H>. 

, .r thoufand th " are k< ft 
againfl the live 

,andlor lubui 
be in the midfl thereof. 

,tir thonl ind i 
I the fouth I 
J - : lied, and on til 

and the • 

thoufai 

\~ And the d 

to 

m ird the fouth i 

ward thee.it two bund 
and fifty, 
4l id fifty. 



avii o/ thefanfiuary, (Sc 685 

18 And therelidne in length over a- 
gainfttheoblation ol the holy portion /ball 
oe ten thoufand eaft* aid, and ten thou- 
fand weftward : and it fhall be over a- 
t,amit the oblation of the holy portion : 
and the increafe thereof lhall be tor tood 
unto them that lerve the city. 

19 And they that lerve the city fliall 
ferve it out ot all the tribes of Ifrael. 

tO All the oblations Jball be five and 
twenty thouiand by hve and twenty 
thoufand: >e (ball oner the holy oblation 
fourfquare, with the pofleflion of the city. 
11 Antl the re lid ue jball be for the 
prince, on the one fide and on the other 
ot the holy oblation, and of tbepoffeflion 
of the city, over a^ainft the hve and 
twenty thoufand of the oblation toward 
the eait borderland weftward overagainfl: 
the five and twenty thoufand toward the 
welt border, over againli the portions 
for the prince : and it lhall be the holy 
oblation ; and the fan&uary of the houle 
Jball be in the midfl thereof. 

tt Moreover, troin the pollelTion of t! 
Lcvitcs, and from the pollethon oi t; 
city, being in the mid ft oj itjut which is 
the prince's, between the border ol Judah 
and the bolder of Benjamin, U»all be lur 
the prince. 

S3 As tor the refl of the tribes, from 
ihe ealt Gde unto the well Gde, benjamin 
jball ba<ve a portion. 

14 And by the border ot Benjamin, 

from the eaft lide unto the welt lide, Sim- 
eon jball hanjf a pott ion. 

..i And b) the bordei ofSim< . from 
the le unto the welt Gde, I 

portion. 

£6 And by the border of I m 

the i i'"- - weft Gde, Zebu! 

a p'jriK.n. 

ll And by thebm derof Zebu lun, fro 1 
the ealt lice unto the weft Gde, Gad * 
pot tit, n. 

tti And by tin- b 
fouth Gde fouthward, 

llJlf • t J 

in Kadeth, and t 

i the land 
b . lot unto the tribe ; of I 
ml. 
laith the Lord I 

• 
;i the north lide, I 
hundr 

I llhezK 

ter tl.e :>sin the II 

• gate of J* - "' " ' 

• II 

and five hui 

one g 1 ' • 

1 



686 JehoiakinC 's captivity: 

and five hundred meafures : and three 
one gate of Simeon, one gate of 



ates 

flachar, one gate of Zebulun 
34 At the weft fide four thoufand and 
five hundred, -with their three gates ; one 



DANIEL. Daniei,&c. refuje the king's meat, 

gate of Gad, one gate of After, one gate 
of Naphtali. 

35 It <was round about eighteen thou- 
fand meafures : and the name of the city 
from/A^/ day Jhall ^,The Lord is there. 



THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 



CHAP. I. 

t yehoiakinCs captivity. 8 Daniely Ha- 
naniah, M'Jbaei, and Az.ariab, refuf- 
ing the king's portion , do pro/per ivitb 
pulfe and water. 

IN the third year of the reign of Jehoi- 
akim king of Judah,came Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon unto Jerufalem, and 
befieged it. 

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king 
of Judah into his hand, with part of the 
veffels of the home of God : which he car- 
ried into the land of Shinar to the houfe 
of his god ; and he brought the veffels 
into rhe Teafure houfe of his god. 

3 And the king fpake unto Afhpenaz 
the matter of his eunuchs, that he fhould 
bring certain of the children of Ifrael, and 
of the king's feed, and of the princes ; 

4 Children in whom ivas no blemifh, 
but well favoured, and fkilful in all wif- 
c.om, and cunning in knowledge, and un- 
derftanding fcience, and fuch as bad ab\\- 
ty in them to (land in the king's palace, 
and whom they might teach the learning 
and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 

5 And the king appointed them a daily 
provifion of the king's meat, and of the 
wine which he drank : fo nourifhingthem 
three years, that at the end thereof they 
might ftand before the king. 

b Now among thefe were of the chil- 
dren of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mi- 
fnael, and Azariah : 

7 Unto whom the prince of the eu- 
nuchs gave names : for he gave unto Dan- 
iel the name of Beltefhazzar ; and to Han- 
aniah- of ihadrach ; and to Mifhael, of 
Meihech ; and to Azariah, of Abednego. 

8 qj But Daniel purpofed in his heart 
that he would not defile himfelf with the 
portion of the king's meat nor with the 
wine which he drank : therefore he re- 
queued of the prince of the eunuchs that 
he might not defile himfelf. 

9 Now God had brought Daniel into 
f ivour and tender love with the prince of 
the eunuchs. 

10 And the prince of the eunuchs faid 
unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, 
who hath appointed your meat and your 
drink : for, Why (hould he fee your faces 
worfe liking than the children which are 
of your fort ? Then fhall ye make me en- 
danger my head to the king. 

It Then faid Daniel to Melzar, whom j 
the prince of the eunuchs had fet over 



Daniel, Hananiah, Mifhael, and Azariah, 
t<2 Prove thy fervants, I befeech thee, 
ten days ; and let them give us pulfe to 
eat, and water to drink. 

13 Then let our countenances be looked 
upon before thee, and the countenance of 
the children that eat of the portion of the 
king's meat ; and as thou feeft, deal with 
thy fervants. 

14 So he confented to them in this mat- 
ter, and proved them ten days 

15 And at the end of ten days their 
countenances appeared fairer and fatter in 
flefh than all the children which did eat 
the portion of the king's meat. 

16 Thus Melzar took away the portion 
of their meat, and the wine that they 
fhould drink ; and gave them pulfe. 

17 As for thefe four children, God gave 
them knowledge and fkill in all learning 
and vvifdom : and Daniel had underftand- 
ing in all vifions and dreams. 

18 Now at the end of the days that the 
king had faid he fhould bring them in, 
then the prince of the eunuchs brought 
them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 

19 And the king communed with them; 
and among them all was found none like 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mifhael, and Azariah; 
therefore flood they before the king. 

20 And in all matters of wifdom and 
underftanding, that the king inquired of 
them, he found them ten times better 
than all the magicians and aftrologers 
that t were in all his realm. 

°2I And Daniel continued even unto 
the firft year of king Cyrus. 
CHAP. II. 
I Nebuchadnezzar forgettetkhis dream ; 
14 Daniel findeth it. 31 The dream , 
36 and interpretation. ' 

AND in the fecond year of the reign 
of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar 
dreamed dreams, wherewith his fpirit was 
troubled, and his ileep brake from him. 

u l Then the king commanded to call 
the magicians, and the aftrologers, and 
the forccrers, and the Chaldeans, for to 
ihew the king his dreams. So they came 
aid flood before the king. 

3 And the king laid unto them, T have 
dreamed a dream, and my fpirit was 
troubled to know the dream. 

4 Then fpake the Chaldeans to the king 
in Syriack, O king, live for ever : tell 
thy fervants the dream, and we will fhew 

the interpretation. 

5 The 



Nebuchadnezzar forgets bis dream. Chap. 1: 

5 The king anfwered and faid to the 
Chaldeans, die thi: me from me: 
if ye will not make known unto me 
dream w ith the interpretation thereof, ye 
flu II be cut in pieces, and your houies 
lhall be made a dunghill. 

6 But if ye (hew the dream, and the 
interpretation thereof, ye (hall receive of 
me gifts and rewards and great honour : 
therefore ihew me the dream, and the in- 
terpretation thereof. 

7 They anfwered again and (aid, Let 
the king tell his fervants the dream, and 
we will il>ew the interpretation of it. 

8 The king anfwr red and (aid, I know 
of certainty that ye would ga n the time, 
becdufe ye fee the thing ii gone from me. 

9 But if ye will not make known unto 
me the i there is bur one decree for 
you : for ye have prepared lying and cor- 
rupt words to fpeak before me, till the 
time be changed : therefore tell ine the 
dream and 1 (ball know- that \e can (hew 

- the interpretation thereof. 

10 The Chaldeans anUered before the 
king, and 1. ere is not a man upon 

-arth that can ihew the king's mat- 
trr : therefore there is no king, lord, nor 
ruler, that afked fuch things at any ma- 

an, or allrolo^er, or Chaldean. 

11 A:m1 ;/ is a rate thing that the Ic 
rreth, and there is none other that 

can (hew it before the kwig, except the 
gods, whofe dwelling is not with Hem. 
11 Fortius cau(e the king w as angry 
very furious, and commanded to de- 
! the wife men of Babylon. 
And the d th that the 

wifem^wih tnd they fought 

Daniel an m 

14 « I with coun- 

loin to 
I 

e men ol B ib) Ion : 
1 lithe 

haity 
I the king > I hen Arioch made the 

I > ■ defired 

of the k I give him time, 

th.it he would (hew tUe I t in- 

>n. 
t~ 1 hen Daniel . 
le the thing known to Hai aniah 
el, an<! It, his companions : 

:t they would defire 
the v 

■ 



ith the I of I r» of 

Babylon. 

Then was the ' 

el m a it i '• ' 

blefted the n. 

Daniel anfwr 
be the name of God tor ever and t\ 
and might are hi> : 



Daniel f.ndeib it. 68? 

il And hechangeth the times and the 
(eafons : he removeth kings, and fetteth 
up kings: he giveth wifdom unto the 
wife, and knowledge to them that know 
understanding. 

M He revealeth the deep and fecret 
things: he knoweth what;/ in the dark- 
nefs, and the light dwelleth with him. 

I thank thee, and praile thee, O 
thou God of my fathers, who hall given 
me wifdom and might, a ml haft made 
known unto me how what we defired of 
thee : for thou hall noiv made known 
unto us the king's matter. 

24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Ari- 
och, whom the king had ordained to de- 
ltroy the wife men of Babylon : he went 
and faid thus unto him, Deftroy not the 
wife men of Babylon : bring me in before 
the king, and I will fhew unto the king 
the interpretation. 

ia I hen Arioch brought in Daniel be- 
fore the king in hafte, and (aid thus unto 
him, l have iound a man of the cap: 
ot Judah, tiiat will make known unto 
king the interpretation. 

4o J he king anfwered and faid to Dan- 
iel, whafe name ivas Beltethazzar, 
thou able to make known unto me the 
dream which ! have feen, and the inter- 
tatiOfl thereof > 

Daniel anfwered in tl e prefeltct of 
the king, and lad, 1 he fecret which the 
king hath demanded, cannot the nift ■ 
the ailrologers, the magicians, the looth- 
fayers, ihew unto trie king ; 

(<od in heaven I 

iketh known to, 

btM had hall be 

I h> dream, and tie 

I I ;d upon thy bed, arc 

19 \s tor thrc, I , thy thoughts 

• tby mind \.\yo\\ thy bed, whir 
tdou'. \ft here liter ; a i i he 

thai rerealeth I inaketh k:. 

it lhall come to | 

r is not 
I (o ii! idiom that I 

thin any living, but (or their (akr> 
;ke known the 
and that thou nightefi know 
the thoughts ot thy heart. 



»t ii.i i .'-. 1 I uge, v. 

Tuas excellent, 

... 

;e'»head tc-.o ( .t 6m .-old, 
reaft and 1. u nlvr . ;elly 

his thighs is. 

I of iron 
I 
M I h -w fawed till tl 
• hands, 

'jet tbat Tutre of iron and 
hem to i 



I 



€88 The dream interpreted. DANIEL* 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the 



brafs, the filver, and the gold, broken to 
pieces together, and became like the chaff 
ot the fummer threfhing floors ; and the 
wind carried them away, that no place 
was found for them : and the ftone that 
fmote the image became a great moun- 
tain, and filled the whole earth. 

36 fl This *is the dream ; and we will 
tell the interpretation thereof before the 
king. 

37 Thou, O king, an a king of kings ; 
for the God of heaven hath given thee a 
kingdom, power, and ftrength, and glory. 

33 And wherefoever the children of men 
dwell, thebeafts of thefield and the fowls 
of the heaven hath he given into thine 
hand, and hath made thee ruler over them 
all. Thou art this head of gold. 

39 And after thee fhall arife another 
kingdom inferior to thee, and another 
third kingdom of brafs, which {hall bear 
rule over all the earth. 

40 And the fourth kingdom ihall be 
ftrong as iron : forafmuch as iron break- 
eth in pieces and fubdueth all things : and 
as iron that breaketh all thefe, ihall it 
break in pieces and bruife. 

41 And whereas thou faweft the feet 
and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of 
iron, the kingdom Ihall be divided : but 
there fhall be in it of the ftrength of the 
iron, forafmuch as thou faweft the iron 
mixed with miry clay. 

42 And as the toe? of the feet ivere part 
of iron, and part of clay, fo the kingdom 
/hall be partly ftrong, and partly broken. 

43 And whereas thou faweft iron mixed 
with miry clay, they fhall mingle them- 
felves with the feed of men : but they 
(hall not cleave one to another, even as 
iron is not mixed with clay. 

44 And in the days of thefe kings fhall 
theGod of heaven fetupa kingdom, which 
fh ill never be deftroyed : and the kingdom 
frill not be left to other people, but it fhall 
break in pieces and con fume all thefe 
kingdoms, and it ihall ftand for ever. 

43 Forafmuch as thou faweit that the 
ftone was cut out of the mountain with- 
out hands, and that it brake in pieces the 
iron, the brafs, the clay, the filver, and the 
gold ; the great God hath made known to 
the king what fhall come to pafs hereaf- 
ter : and the dream it certain, and the in- 
terpretation thereof ftire. 

46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell 
upon his face, and werf-rpped Daniel, and 
commanded that they fhould offer an ob- 
lation and fweet odours unto hnn. 

47 The king anfwered unto Danirl, 
and faid, Of a truth it /;, that your God 
is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, 
and a revealer of fecrets, feeing thou 
couldeft reveal this fecret. 

48 Then the king made Daniel a great 



71 e golden image fet up. 

man, and gave him Vnany great gifts, and 
made him ruler over the whole province 
of Babylon, and chief of the governor.; 
over all the wife men of Babylon. 

49 Then Daniel requefted of the king, 
and he fet Shadrach, Mefliach,and Abed- 
nego, over the affairs of the province of 
Babylon ; but Daniel J at in the gate of 
the king. 

CHAP. TIT. 
i Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden 

image in Dura. % Shadrach Jfcf bach and 

Abednfgo, are accufed % 19 aelwered. 

NEBUCHADNEZZARthekingmade 
an image of gold, vvhofe height war 
threefcore cubits, <2*<i thebr-adth thereof 
fix cubits : he fet it up in the plain of 
Dura, in the province of Babylon. 

"I Then Nebuchadnezzar the king fent 
to gather together the princes, the gov- 
ernors, and the captains, the judges, the 
treafurers,thecounfellors,the fhe riffs, and 
all the rulers of the provinces, to come to 
the dedication ot the image which Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king had fet up. 

3 Then the princes, the governors, and 
captains, the judges, the treafurers, the 
counfellors, the fheriffs, and all the rulers 
of the provinces, were gathered together 
unto the dedication of the image that Neb- 
uchadnezzar the king had fet up ; and 
they ftood before the image that Nebu- 
chadnezzar had fet up. 

4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you 
it is commanded, O people, nations, and 
languages, 

5 That at what time ye hear the found 
of the cornet, flute, harp, fackbut, pfal- 
tery, dulcimer, and all kinds of mufick, 
ye fall down and worfhip the golden im- 
age that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath 
fet up : 

6 And whofo falieth not down and 
worfhippeth, fhall the fame hour be caft 
into the midft of a burnicg fiery furnace. 

7 Therefore at that time, when all the 
people heard the found of the cornet, 
flute, harp, fackbut,pialtery,andail kinds 
of mufick, all the people, the nations, and 
the language:,, fell down and worfhipped 
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar 
the king had fet uy>. 

ft ffWhereforeat that tim<: certain Chal- 
deans came near, and accufed the Jews. 

9 They fpake and faid to the king Neb- 
uchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, haft made a decree, 
that every man that fhall hear the found 
of the cornet, flute, h*rp. fackbut, pfal- 
tery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of mu- 
fick, fhall fill down and worlhip the gold- 
en image : 

It And whofo falieth not down and 
worfhippeth, that he fhould be caft into 
the midft of a burning fiery furnace. 

12 There are certain Jews whom thnu 

haft 



Sbadracb,i£c.cajl in the furnace. Chap. iv. Nebuchadnezzar's dream. 639 



haft let over the affairs of the province of 
Babylon, Shadrachi Meihach, and Abed- 
hfgo ; thefe rncn, O king, have not re- 
tried thee: they ferve not thy gods, 
nor .\orfliip the golden image which thou 
had let up. 

15 Then Nebuchadnezzar in bis rage 
and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, 

"inch, and Abednego. Tlien they 
brought thefe men before the king. 

14 Nebuchadnezzar fpake and (aid un- 
to them, is it true, O Shadrach, Metrach, 

i Abednego, do not ye ferve my gods, 
iiur worlhip the golden image which I 
have fet up ' 

t5 Now if ye be ready that at what 
time ye hear the found of the cornet, 
flute, harp, fackbut, pfaltery, and dulci- 
mer, and all kinds of mulick, ye fall 
down and wonhip the image which 1 
have made ; 'well : but if ye worfhip not, 
ye ihall be caft the fame hour into the 
iiiidlt of a burning fiery furnace ; and, 
Who is that God that ihall deliver you 
o.u of my hinds ? 

16 Shadrach, Mefhach, and Abednego, 
anfwered and f«i«l to the king, O Nebu- 
chadnezzar, we are not careful to anfwer 
thee in th.s matter. 

17 If* it bey*, our Cod whom we ferve, 
is able t> deliver us from the burning 
fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out 
of rhinc hand, (> king. 

IB But if not, be it known unto thee, 

king, that we will not ferv^ thy gods, 
nOT worfhip the golden ima r ',e which thou 

I • 
19 fl Then was Nebuchadnezzar full 
of fury, and the form ot !, ■ v:a> 

changed again ft Shadi " ■'! ia< h, and 

Abe. therefore he fpake, 

manded thai n ■ furnace 

one was WOOt to 

b • heated. 

And he 
men that ivert in Ins 
dra< h, d to 

caff ibem into ' .»;icc. 

-1 \ hen thefc men h nnd in I 

li their i 1 tlvir h 

their nihrr j into 

1 fnm 'ce. 

■ ..i.i- 

excei the II nne "l the fin 

fhofe >k up Shadrai 

2"i And the! • thr 

i, l.-il down b Hind 
• burnin 
Nebuchadnezz 
tftonied, ,:i d r ike, 

unto h ii we 

bound into ; Ifl ol 

fire I They anfwered and Paid unto 
the king, True, Oku 

4 P 



25 He anfwered and faid, Lo, I fee four 
men Icofe walking in the midft of the fire, 
and they have no hurt ; and the form of 
the fourth is like the Son of God. 

26 Then Nebuchadnezzarcame near to 
the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, 
and fpake, and faid, Shadrach, Meihach, 
and Abednego, ye fervants of the moll 
high God, come forth, and come hither. 
Then Shadrach, Mefhach, and Abedne- 
go, came forth of the midi'tof the fire. 

IT And the princes, governors, and cap- 
tains, and the kings counfellors, being 
gathered together, few thefe men, upon 
whole bodies the fire had no power, nor 
was an hair of their head finged, neither 
were their coats changed, nor the fmell 
of fire had p.ifTed on them. 

20 Then Nebuchadnezzar fpake, and 
faid, Blclied be the God of Shadrach, 
Mefhach, and Abednego, who hath fent 
his angel, and delivered his fervants that 
traded in him, and have changed the 
king's word, and yielded their bodies, 
that they might not ferve nor worfhip 
any god, except their own God. 

29 Therefore 1 make a decree, That 
every people, nation, and language which 
[peak any thing amifs again ft the God of 
Shadrach, Meihach, and Abednego, fhull 
be cut in pieces, and their houfes (hall be 
made a dunghill; becaufe there is no 
other god that can deliver after this fort. 

Su Then the king promoted Shadrach, 
Mefhach, and Abednego, in the province 
of Babylon. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Nebuchadnezzar's dteam. 19 Dan- 

;>/ irtcrpretcth it. C 1\S 'i'be flory of the 

e<venr. 

BUCHADNEZZAR the king un- 
to all people, nations, and languages, tb it 
; the earth; i'eace be inulti- 
itO you. 

9 I thought i* good to (hew the fig? 
and v. thai the high God hath. 

ught toward n 

•S How great are his figni I and hoir 
might; wdera I nil kingdom is 

. and his dominion 
|j froi "■ 

4 I s ne 

5 1 few a dr< ifraidf 
and the and the 

i •<• to bring 

•'; it'll I I <*, 

1 they mighi make Known unto me 

"ii ol the di ■uu. 
7 i he 

, and I 
',.1 I i >ld the dream 1» efbfC 
them ; but they did not I ■ ■ •> uo» 

to nv the ii • ation there f. 

G But at Da i re 

me, 



690 Nebuchadnezzar" s dream, DANIEL. and the interpretation. 

me, whofe name ivas Beltefhazzar, ac- jed unto the heaven, and the fight thereof 
cording to the nams of my God, and in 
■whom is the fpirit of the holy gods : and 
before him I told the dream, faying, 

9 O Beltefhazzar, mafter of the magi- 
cians, becaufe I know that the fpirit of 
the holy gods is in thee, and no fecrel 
troubleth thee, tell me the vifions of my J 



to all the earth , 

St Whofe leaves to^r^ fair, and the fruit 
thereof much, and in it was meat for all ; 
under which the beads of the field dwelt, 
and upon whofe branches the fowls of the 
heaven had their habitation : 

22 It is thou, O king, that art grown 
dream that I have feen,and the interpre- |and become frrong : for thy greatnefs is 



tation thereof. 



grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and 



10 Thus were the vifbns of mine head thy do-minion to the end of the earth 



in my bed ; I faw, and, behold, a tree in 
the midft of the earth, and the height 
thereof was great 



U 2S And whereas,the king faw a watcher 
and an holy one coming down from heav- 
en, and faying, Hew the tree down, and 



It The tree grew, and was ftrong, and dedro\ r it; yet leave the flump of the 



the height thereof reached unto heaven, 
and the fight thereof to the end of all the 
earth : 

12. The leaves thereof were fair, and 
the fruit thereof much, and in it ivas 



meat for all : the beads of the field had! pafs over him ; 



roots thereof in the earth, even with a 
band of iron and brafs, in the tender grafs 
of the field ; and let it be wet with the 
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with 
the beads of the field, till feven times 



fliadow under it, and the fowls of the 
heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and 
all flefh was fed of it. 

13 I faw in the vifions of my head upon 
my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an 
holy one came down from heaven ; 

14 He cried aloud, and faidthus, Hew 
down the tree, and cut off his branches, 
fhakeoffhis leaves, and fcatter his fruit ; 
let the beads get away from under it, and 
the fowls from his branches. 

15 Neverthelefs, leave the dump of his 
roots in the earth, even with a band of 
iron and brafs, in the tender grafs of the 
field ; and let it be wet with the dew of 
heaven, and let his portion be with the 
beads in the grafs of the earth : 

16 Let his heart be changed from man's, 
and let a bead's heart be given unto him ; 
and let feven times pafs over him. 

17 This matter is by the decree of the 
watchers, and the demand by the word 
of the holy ones : to the intent that the 
living may know that the Mod High rul- 
eth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it 
to whomfoever he will, and fetteth up 
over it the bafed of men. 

18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar 
have (een. Now thou, O Beltefhazzar, 
declare the interpretation thereof, foraf- 
muchas all the wife men of my kingdom 
are not able to make known unto me the 
interpretation : but thou art able ; for 
the fpirit of the holy gods is in thee. 

19 ^| Then Daniel, whofe name aotfj Bel- 
tefhazzar, wasadonied for one hour, and 
his thoughts troubled him. The king 
f'pake, and laid, Beltefhazzar, let not the 
dream, or the interpretation thereof, 
trouble thee. Beltefhazzar aniwered and 
laid, My lord, the dream be to them that 
hate thee, and the interpretation thereof 
to thine enemies. 

20 The tree that thou fawed, which 
grew, and was ftrong, whofe height reach- 



24 This is the interpretation, O king, 
and this is the decree of the Mod High, 
which is come upon my lord the king : 

25 That they fhall drive thee from men, 
and thy dwelling fhall be with the beads 
of the field, and they fhall make thee to 
eat grafs as oxen, and they fhall wet thee 
with the dew of heaven, and feven times 
fliall pafs over thee, till thou know that 
the Mod High ruleth in the kingdom of 
men, and giveth it to whomfoever he will. 

26 And whereas, they commanded to 
leave the dump of the tree roots ; thy 
kingdom fhall be fure unto thee, after 
that thou fhalt have known that the heav- 
ens do rule. 

27 Wherefore,0 king,let my counfel be 
acceptable unto thee, and break oft' thy 
fins by righteoufnefs, and thine iniquities 
by fliewing mercy to the poor ; if it may 
be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 

28 fl" Ail this came upon the king Neb- 
uchadnezzar. 

29 At the end of twelve months he 
walked in the palace of the kingdom of 
Babylon. 

SO The king fpake,and faid, Is not this 
great Babylon, that I have built for the 
houfe of the kingdom by the might of my 
power, and for the honour of my majedy ? 

Si While the word iocs in the king's 

mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, 

faying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee 

it is fpoken, The kingdom is departed 

from thee. 

32 And they (hall drive thee from men, 
and thy dwelling fhall be with the beads 
of the field : they fha!l make thee to eat 
grafs as oxen, and feven times fliall pafb 
over thee, until thou know that the Mod 
Higli ruleth in the kingdom of men, and 
giveth it to whomfoever he will. 

35' The fame hour was the thing fulfill- 
ed upon Nebuchadnezzar : and he wa 
driven from men, and did eat grafs as 

oxen, 



it's impious feafi. 

sizni and his body was v\er with the dew 
of heaven, till his hairs were grown like 
eaglet Jeatbers y and his nails like birds* 
ci i~us. 

5\ And at the end of the days I Nebu- 
chadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heav- 
en, ana mine undemanding returned un- 
to me, and I blelfed the Mod High, and 
1 prailed and honoured him that liveth 
for ever, w hole dominion is an everlalt- 
ing dominion, and his kingdom is from 
generation to generation : 

5-3 And all the inhabitants of the earth 
are reputed as nothing : and lie d« erh ac- 
cording to his wiii in thearmy of heaven, 
and a nong the inhabitants of the ti 
and none can ftay his hand, or fay unto 
him, VV hat doeli thou ? 

56 At the fame time my reafon return- 
ed unto me ; and for the glory of m\ 
kingdom mine honour and brightnei 
turned unto me ; and my co>. s and 

Lords (ought unu, is ef- 

tab lifted in my kingdom, and excellent 
ded unto me. 
buchadnczzar praife ana 



Chap. v. A bandijirilingtrQubleth bint. 69t 

read this writing, and fhew mc the inter- 
pretation thereof, fhdU he clothed with 
fcarlet, and ba<ve a chain of gold about 
his neck, and (hall be the third ruler in 
tiie kingdom. 

8 1 hen can~e in all the king's wife men : 
but they could not read the writing, nor 
make known to the king the interpreta- 
tion thereof. 

9 Then was king B?llhazzar gre 
troubled, and his countenance was chang- 
ed in him, and his lords were adonied. 

10 Noxv the queen by reafon of the 
words of the king and his lords came in- 
to the banquet houfe : and the queen 
fpake ant: O king, live tor ever : let 
not thy thoughts 'rouble thee, nor let thy 
counteiunce be changed : 

11 1 here i> 2 man in thy kingdom, 
whom is the fpiritof the holy gods : 
in the da/s of thy rather light, and un- 

ling, and wifdom, like the wif- 

domoftl .v. is found in him : w] 

tht: king Nebuchadnezzar thy fa 1 her, the 

king, ljay 9 th\ father, made mafterofthe 

cians, aitrolo^ers, Chaldeans, and 



extol and v : heaven, all I foothfayers ; 

\\o!K.s are truth, and his wa l- Foraftnuch as an excellent fpirit, 

tnent : and thole that walk in pride k , and understanding, interpret 



is able to abafe. 

i A P. V. 
1 Bel/bazzar's impious feajt. 5 A band 
Writing trtuSj ,b Dim. 17 Daniel re- 
pto-vetb bim t 25 and mierpreieib the 

"g- 

1 AZZAK aadeagi 

feaft to a thoufand i f his lord*, and drank 
re the thoufand. 

t B tufted the wine, 

I ' le golden and fil- 

ver vc.il!. which his father N 

. oiuot the tempi : which 

.bines, 

in. 

I hen they bro '• Len vefleh 

that w :n out the 

,<!e ol <■ rod .'• . ch 10 u at ■ n ; 

I the k 

his concubine . them. 

A They d I the 



ing of dreams, and (hewing of hard len- 
tences, and di Solving o( d ubts, 
found in the lane Daniel, whom the - 
named Bekelhazzir : now let Da 
called, and he will (hew the interpn 

1 I Daniel brought ii 1 ' 

the kin^. And the king [aid 

unto Daniel, An thou that Daniel, w 
artj\\\,<. children of the captivity ofju- 
<iah, whom the king my lather b 
out of Jewry i 
n I have even 1 eard ofth.ee, that the 
I <>t ih i is in the- . root 

riUnding, and excellent 
. lund in thee. 
15 wife men, the 

roughi iik*. 

they jhoul I re id ilus w riti 
' .own unto me the r | 

ol : but 'I id not fkew th< 

c thin 
1 i 
of goht 



€ In the fame hour i >rth fin 



doubt a o mil rci 

mc (h 



I • i fcai lei . 

the wall oi i dace : a I ru- 



fo that the 

" I he kir . the 

aff r ;<) ili 



n. 

l7f|Thei 

king, Lei rh> 
give thy tru ,t . yet 1 

will r.-ad the w • 
• know n f 

. ng, tt 



<<e. and gave Nel ther a It 

&£ v, de men oi . a, \\ i. .. 



69& The writing interpreted, 

19 And, for the majefty that he gav e him, 
all people, nations, and languages, trem- 
bled and feared before him : whom he 
would he flew ; and whom he would he 
kept alive ; and whom he would he fet 
up ; .and whom he would he put down. 

40 But when his heart was lifted up, 
and his mind hardened in pride, he was 
depofed from his kingly throne, and they 
took his glory from him ; 

41 And he was driven from the fons of 
men : and his heart was made like the 
hearts, and his dwelling loas with the 
wild aiTes : they fed him with grafs like 
©xen, and his body was wet with the 
dew of heaven ; till he knew that the 
molt high God ruled in the kingdom of 
men, and that he appointeth over it 
whomfoever he will. 

44 And thou his fon, O Belfhazzar, 
haft not humbled thine heart, though 
thou kneweft all this ; 

23 But haft lifted up thyfelf againft the 
Lord of heaven ; and they have brought 
the vetTels of his houfe before thee, and 
thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy 
concubines, have drunk wine in them ; 
and thou haft praifed the gods of filver, 
and gold, of brafs, iron, wood, and 
llone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know : 
and the God in whole hand thy breath 
is and whofe aredXX thy ways, haft thou 
not glorified : 

44 Then was the part of the hand fent 
from him ; and this writing was written. 

25 «f[ And this is the writing that was 
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, U- 
THARSIN. 

45 This is the interpretation of the 
thing : MENE ; God hath numbered 
thy kingdom, and finifhed it. 

47 TEKEL ; thou art weighed in the 
balances, and art found wanting. 

28 PERES ; Thy kingdom is divided, 
and given to theMedes and Per Cans. 

49 Then commanded Belfhazzar, and 

Ihey clothed Daniel withfcarlet, and put 

a chain of gold about his neck, and made 

a proclamation concerning him, that he 

fliould be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

:30 In that ni^ht was Belfhazzar the 

got the Chaldeans flain. 

it And Darius the Median took the 

kingdom, being about threescore and two 

years old. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Daniel' s prejer merit. 10 He is c aft into 
the den of lions, 18 and fa-veil. 
IT pleafed Darius to I ■: i v :r the king- 
an hui^dred and r princes, 

li Should be ov< rthe v. hole kingdom ; 
4 And over thefe three prefidents ; of 
whom Daniel tuasHrQ, : that the pi . 
might give accounts'unto them, and the 
king (hould have ■■•'> damage 



DANIEL. Daniel cajl into the lions' den. 

the prefidents and princes, becaufe an ex- 
cellent fpirit nvas in him ; and the king 
thought to fet him over the whole realm. 
•4 Then the prehdents and princes fought 
to findoccafion againft Daniel concerning 
the kingdom ; but they could find none. 
occalion nor fault ; forafmuch as he toas 
faithful, neither was there any error or 
fault found in him. 

5 Then faid thefe men, We fhall not 
find any occafion againft this Daniel, ex« 
cept we find it againft him concerning 
the law of his God. 

6 Then thefe prefidents and princes 
aiTembied together to the king, and faid 
thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. 

7 All the prefidents* of the kingdom, 
the governors, and the princes, the coun- 
fellors, and the captains, have confulted 
together to eftablifh a royal ftatute, and 
to make a firm decree, that whomever 
ili a 1 1 afk a petition of any God or man for 
thirty days, fave cf thee, O king, he (hall 
be caft into the den of lions. 

8 Now, O king, eltabliih the decree, 
and fign the writing, that it be not chang- 
ed, according to the law of the Medcsand 
Perfians, which altereth not. 

9 Wherefore king Darius figned the 
writing and the decree. 

10 t K \ Now when Daniel knew that the 
writing was figned, he went into his 
houfe ; and his windows being open in 
his chamber toward Jerufalem, he kneel- 
ed upon his knees three times a day, 
and prayed, and gave thanks before his 
God, as he did aforetime- 

11 Then thefe men aiTembied, and 
found Daniel praying and making fup- 
plication before his God. 

14 Then they came near, and fpake be- 
fore t he king conce ruing_ the king's decree; 
Haft thou not figned a decree, that every 
man that fhall aika petition of any God or 
man within thirty days, fave of thee, O 
king, fhall be caft into the den of lions ? 
The king anfvvered and laid, The thing 
true, according to the law of the Medes 
and Perfians, which altereth not. 

13 Then anfwered they and faid before 
the king, That Daniel, 'which is of the 
children of the captivity of Judahregard- 
eth not thee, O king, nor the decree that 
thou haft figned, bat maketh his petition 
three times a day. 

14 Then the king, when he heard thefe 
words, was fore difplcafcd with himfelf, 
and tetbis hcarron Daniel todeliverhim - 
and he laboured till the going down of 
the ftin tr> deliver him. 

15 Then thefe men aiTembied unto the 
king, and faid unto the king, Know. O 
king, that the law of th« and Per- 



(ian 



That no decree nor ftatute wh 



| eftablirheth may be changed. 



' § TTaen this Daniel was preferred above J 15 TJieu the king commanded* and 



• tfax 



Cod magnified. Chap. vii. 

Daniel, and ( 
the den j the king fpake and 

iel, 1 hy God thou 

continual 7, he will deliver tl 
17 Andaftone *as brought, and laid 

I the mouth of the den ; and rhe king 
d it with hia own fignet, and with 

rt of h"S lords ; tl 
might not be changed concerning Daniel. 

is c rhen the king went to his pah 
and the night falling : ne 

ments of mufick brought be- 
n : and er.t from him. 

19 Then the king arofe very 1 
1 die unto the 

he came to the den, lie 
crieu with a lamentable voio 
jrl : and 

jel, r of the living I 

Is thy God, . I rvell continual- 

rhee from the lions ? 
1 hen fai I !).::•. cl unto the king, O 
_ l.ve tor e.er. 
My C= h fent his angel, and 

(kul • mouths, that they 

. rbrafmucn as before 
ind in me ; an I 
uve I done no hurt. 
U Then king exceeding glad 

mmanded that they mould 
take Daniel up out den. ^o D.r..- 

ut of the den, ai 
mar. 

he believed in hi 

■ 

ves ; 

them 
:eir bo 

:e unto all 
people, 1 

II the 

ikea den :t in every 

ible and 

1 

n fijatl 
vercth and refcueth, 

■ 

in the rci ( t 
P. VII. 

• tb; interpi 

/v. < 

IN z of 

.ns 



Dan':' Hi, £3V. 

of his head upon his bed : then he \ 
• ■ id the fu mo ft he 
1 fpake and laid, I my 

viiion by night. and behold, the four winds 
of the heaven tlrove upen rhe gr< 

\nd four grea: bean's came up fi 
the fea, diverlc onv from another. 
■4 'I he rinl teas like a lie 
le"s uings .- I beheld till the 
: were plu< and it was lii 

up from the earth, and made (land 
the feet as a man, and a man'i heart 
1 to it. 
Ami behold ar tl 

: b?ai . ind it 1 ailed up itfeif » 
, and it 
it between the 

to it, Ari e, devour much h\ 
.f;er this IK 
like a leopard, wl 
of it four wings c 

four heac 
to it. 

and behold a fourth be.i 

terrible, and . ;t 

had grf.it iron t 

brake in pieces, 

v^. ith the feet 

from ail the beaf' ivere befo:e it ; 

and it had 1 

confidered the hrrr.s, and, br! 
the another 

(the firft lu d up I 

I' Si ? 

the 
great t 

9 f 1 beheld 
down, and the Ancient of 1 
v. h 
the 

■ 

■ 

' 
, : (he 

'- 
1 I 1 

■ 

\nc t nt ol 

■ 



694 The vifion of God's kingdom. D AN IEL. 



nations, and languages, mould ferve him : 
his dominion is an everlaiting dominion, 
which (hall not pafs away ; and his king- 
dom that which (hall not be deftroyed. 

15 ej I Daniel was grieved in my fpirit 
in the midft of my body, and the viiions 
of my head troubled me. 

16 I came near unto one of them that 
flood by, and afked him the truth of ail 
this. So he told me, and made me know 
the interpretation of the things. 

17 The fe great beads, which are four, 
mire four kings, ivbicb (ball arife out ot 
the earth. 

18 But the faints of the Mod High (ball 
take the kingdom, and potiefs the king- 
dom forever, even forever andever. 

19 Then I would know the truth or 
the fourth beaft, which was diverfe from 
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whdfe 
teeth nvere of'iion, and his nails oj brafs ; 
^c-icb devoured, brake in pieces, and 
tramped the rendi'e with his feet ; 

20 And of the ten horns that 'were in 
his head, and of t!ic other which came 
up, and before whom three fell ; even of 
that horn that had eyes, and amouththar 
fpake very great things, whole look ivas 
more (lout than his fellows. 

ti I beheld, and the fame horn made 
war with the faints, and prevailed again!! 
them : 

22 until the Ancient of Days came, and 
judgment was given to the faints of the 
Molt High . and the time came that the 
iaints poffeffed the kingdom. 

23 Thus he (aid, The fourth bead (hall 
be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which 
fhail be diverfe from all kingdoms, and 
mall devour the whole earth, and fhail 
tread it down, and break it in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns out of this king- 
dom are ten kings that ihall arife : and 
another (hali i ife after them ; and he fhail 
be diverfe from the firft, and he Ihall fub- 
dne three kings. 

23 And he (hall fpeak great words a- 
gainff the Molt High, and fhail wear out 
the faints of the Moft High, and think to 
change times and laws : and they (hall be 
given into his hand until a time and times 
and the dividing of time. 

2G But the judgment (hall fit, and they 
(hall take away his dominion, toconfume 
I to deftroy it unto the end. 

27 And thekingdom and dominion, and 
the greatnefs of the kingdom under the 
whole heaven, (hall be oiven to the peo- 
ple of the faints of the Moft High, vUiofe 
kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, and 
all dominion (hail ferve and obey him. 

2H Hitherto is the end of the matter. 
As for me Daniel, my cogitations much 
troubled me, and my countenance chang- 
ed in me . but I kept the matter in 
heart. 



w as by 



The c V7Jion of the ram and goat. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Daniel's <vifion tf the ram and he goat. 

13 The t-ivo thoufand three hundred 

days of facnfice . 

IN the third year of the reign of king 
Belfliazzar a vifion appeared unto me, 
even unto me Daniel, after that which ap- 
peared unto me at the firft 

■i And I faw in a vilion ; and it came 
to pafs when 1 law, that I teas at Shulhan 
in the palace, which is in the province of 
iilam ; and I faw in a vifion, and I 
the river of Ulai. 

8 Then I lifted up m : ne eyes,and faw, 
and, behold, there flood before the river 
a ram which had fwa horns : and the tivo 
horns xuere high;but one oy^r higher than 
the orlier, and the higher came up laft. 

4 I faw the rampufhing weftward, and 
northwaz-d, and fouthward ; fo that no 
bead might it and before him, neither njoas 
there any that could deliver out of his 
hand ; but he did according to his will, 
and became great. 

And as 1 was confidering, behold, an 
he goat came from the weft on the face 
of the whole earth, and touched not the 
ground : and the goat bad a notable horn 
between his eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that had 
tivo horns, which I had leen handing be- 
fore the river, and ran unto him in the 
fury of his power. 

7 And 1 law him come clofe unto the 
ram, and he was moved with choler a- 
gainft him, and fmote the ram, and brake- * 
his two hoins: and there was no power 
in the ram to ftand before him, but he 
caft him down to the ground, and tramp- 
ed upon him : and there was none that 
could deliver the ram out ot his haad. 

8 Therefore the he goat waxed very 
great : and when he w^ ttroBg,tl.e great 
horn was broken : and for it cime up 
four norable ones toward the lour winds 
of heaven. 

9 And out of one of them caime forth a 
little horn., which waxed exceeding great, 
toward the fouth, and toward the eaft, 
and toward the pleafant la,.d. 

10 And it waxed great,'-" ;/ to the hoft 
of heaven ; and it call down fome of the 
hoff and of the Aars to the ground, and 

I upon them 

11 Yea, he magnified himfelf even to 
the prince of the hoft, and by him the 
daily jacrtfice was taken away, and the 
place of his fanctuary was caft down. 

VI And an hoft was given him againft 
the d*\\y ftcrifce by reafon of tianfgret 
.'ion, and it caft down the truth to the 
ground ; and it praclifed, and profpered. 
IS 1] Then I heard one faint fpeak ing, 
4 another faint laid unto that certain 
faint which fpake, How \on^/hall be the 
vilion concerning the daily facripci* and 

the 






Chap. ix. Daniel's cor fejjion and prayer. 69 J 



the tranf of defolation, to give' - In the flrft year of his reign, ID 

both the and the h ' . , undcrllood by bock-; the number of 

trodder I >i "? , whereof the word of the Lord 

14 e faid unto me, t r nto V\c to Jeremiah the prophet, that hc 

fhoufand and three himdre ' . then would accomphlh feventy year* in I 



* :ary be cleank- 
15 A ad it Came to pa I \.e<vei I 



defol..tiorir. of jerufalera. 

$ ^| And I let my face unto the Lord 



D:-.p.rel had fern the vi'ion, and : God, to leek by prayer and fupj M f 

for the meaning, then. behold, there with faftin, fackcloth, and aw-.es. 

before me as the appearanre of a man. 4 And I pra)ed unto the Lord my 

i a man's voice between God, and made my confemon, and faid, 
the hinks or' I Mai, which called, and faid, JO Lord, the ^reat and drear' 
tbriel, mike t tnderftand {keeping the covenant and mercy to th 

that love him, and to them that keep 



the vifion. 
17 So he 



e near where I :tood ; Icomn :;t>. 



and when he came, 
tell upon r; 

land, » » r man ; for at the 

time of the tmAJball he the viiion. 

U ith me, 

I wa> in a deep Hcep on my face toward 
ind \ but he touched me, and fet 
lit. 

-id, I will make 
thee know whit lhall be in the 

r at the time 
5e. 

. rg tin. k i and I' 

21 And the rough ;;oat is the king 
Grecia ; an r horn that :> 

is the tirlt k. 
St 

-.11 Hand 

,d in ihf time of their ! 

full, 

and 

le. 

fe 

ly : he lhall al- 

but he (hall be broken without hand. 

A nd i 
the told // ti 

thou up i 

I, and i 

ind I u 




by 



I < i. and 3 We have finned, and havecomm.: 

but .he faid unto me, jini I have done wickedly, and 

ve rebelled, even bi departing trom 
th) | id trom thy judgments : 

N< ither have we hearkened \\r\\o thy 
fervanta the prophets, which fj ikein thy 
name to oar • and our 

rs, and to all the people of the land. 

7 i > Lord,] \ghteoulnefehtfongesb u 
thee, but unl as at 
thisda\ ; to thr men ofjudah, and tot!"- 
inhabitants of Jerufalem, and unto all 
llrael, that are near, and that are far oil, 

all the c untri i >\ hitli i th< t: 
hall d thrm, bee 

they have t re f] 

8 O Lord, to us bclav^eto cor. w. 
face, to our ki ir pi ince*, 
to our lathe , . 

9 1 ' > the ] .er- 

W we : 

rebel 

I 
'o walk in his 

• 

i '. II I (rati haveti !cd thy 

even bj 
not obe) th 
poui 
ten in < 

ill him. 
And he hath < 

under the whole 
aven hatli not been done as hath been 

all t: 

we not cur ; 

in- 
iqtitl 

1 4 

_ 



16 pray t 

rul 

■ 

- 
■ 



69(5 Tbefei'entyii)eeks. DANIEL. 

cf Egypt with a mighty hand, and haft 
gotten thee renown, as at this day : we 
have finned, we have done wickedly. 

16^] OLo rd, according to all thy'iight- 
eoufnefs, I befeeeh thee, let thine anger 
and thy fury be turned away from thy city 
Jerufalem, thy holy mountain :becauie for 
our fins, and for the iniquities of our fa- 
thers, Jerufalem and thy people are become 
a reproach to all thai a>e about us. 

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear 
the prayer of thy iervant, and his fuppli- 
cations, and caufe thy face to fhine upon 
thy fan c"b.ary that is defolate, for trie 
Lord's fake. 

IB O my God, incline thine ear, and 
hear; open thine eyes, and behold our 
defoiatioas ; and the city which is called 
by thy name : for we do not prefent our 
^applications before thee for our right- 
eoufnefles; but for tny grea*t mercies. 

19 Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive ; O 
Lord, hearken and do; defer nor, for 
thine own fake, O my God : for thy city 
and thy pecpie are called by thy name. 

20 ^| And whiles I was {peaking, and 
praying, and ccnfefHng my fin and the fin 
of my people Ifrael, and prefenting my 
(application before the Lord my God 
far the holy mountain of my God ; 

Z\ Yea,wl,ilesl was fpeakingin prayer, 
even the man Gabriel, whom I had ieen 
in the vifion at the b"^inning,beingcaufed 
to fly fwiftly ; touched me about the time 
of the evening oblation. 

£2 And he informed «*, and talked 
with me, and faid, O Daniel, 1 am now 
come forth to give thee fkill and under- 
Handing. 

23 At the beginning of thy fupplica- 

ns the commandment came forth, and 



1 am come to mew thee ; for thou art 
greatly beloved: therefore underftand the 
matter ; and confider the vifion. 

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon 
thy people and upon thy holy city, to fin- 
ifli the tranfgreffion, and to make an end 
of fins ; and to make reconciliation frr in- 
iquity; and to bring in everlafting right- 
eoufnefs, and to feal up the vifion and 
hecy, and to anoint the Molt Holy. 
2 '> Know therefore, and understand, /6tf/ 
n the going forth of the command- 
ment to reftore and to build Jerufalem 
unto th.e Meffiah the Prince. /hall be feven 
weeks, and thrcefecre and two weeks : 
the ftreet ihall be built again, and the 
; , even in troublous tinv , 
26 And after threescore and two weeks 
fhali h be cir. off, but not for hi n- 

and the r : the prince thai 

' defiroy the city and the 
fancl and the end thereof /hall he 

i a Heed, and unto the end of the wii 
deflations are determined. 

: Ihall confirm the covenant 



Daniel's vijhr.. 

with many for one week : and in the midf* 
oftheweekhe thai! caufe the facrifics 
and the oblation to ceafe, and for the o- 
rerfpreading of abominations he fir,!. 
make it defolate. even until the confum- 
mation,and that determined tfial! berour- 
ed upon the defolate. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Daniel hawing humbled bimfelf, feeib a 

ijijion. 10 bcixg troubled ivitb fear f 

he if comjo'icd by en angel. 

IN the third year of Cyrus king of Per - 
fia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, 
whole name was called Beltethazzar ; and 
the thing ivas true, but the time appoint- 
ed <was long: and he underftood the 
thing, and had undeiftanding of the vif-' 
ion. 

2 Tn tho r e days I Daniel was mourn- 
ing three full weeks. 

^ •"* 1 ate do pleafant bread, neither carre 
ilefh nor wine in my mouth, neither did 
1 anoint nyfelf at all, till three whole 
weeks were fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth 
of the firft month, as I was by the fide of 
the great river, v. fr.ch is Hiddekel ; 

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and lock- 
ed, and, behold, a certain man, clothed in 
linen, whofe loins r J:eTe girded with f 
gold of Uphaz : 

6 His body alfo nvas like the beryl, 
and his face as the appearance of light- 
ning, and his eyes as lamps of tire, and his 
arms and his feet like in colour to polic- 
ed brafs, and the voice of ins words like 
th-* voice of a multitude. 

7 And I Daniel alor lie vifion : 
for the men that were with me ftw not 
the vifion ; but a great quaking fell upon 
them, fo that they Hed to hide themfelves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, and faw 
this great vifion, and there remained no 
ffrength in me : for my comelinefs v. 
turned in me into corruption, and I re- 
tained no ftrength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words : 
and when I heard the voice of his words, 
then was I in deep fieep on my face, and 
my face toward the ground. 

10 <1 And, behold, an h:md touched 
me, which fet n.e upon my kneca and 
upon the palms of my hnr. 

11 And he faid unto me, O Daniel, a 
man greatly beloved, underftand the 
words that 1 fpeak unto thee, and ftand 
upright: for unto H'^e 2, : m I now fent. 
And when he had fp; ken this word unto 
me, I flood trembling. 

It Then faid he unto me, Fear r.of, 
Daniel ; for from ay that thou 

didft fet thine I to 

chaften thyfelf before thy God, ! ds 

wer~ heard, and I am ccme for thy 
Is. 
Id Eut the prir.cs of the king' : 

Per fa. 



Daniel is emfarted. 



Chap. xi. 



The v.ertbroM) •/ Perjia. 69T 



Per fia withftood me one and twenty days : 
but, lo, Michael, oat oi 
came to help me ; and I icmajnea rr.ere 
with the kings of Per.'ia. 

14 Now I am come to make thee un- 
derltand what mail be: people in 

the latter da^s : for yet the ^ ior 

many da 

en he had fpoken fuch words 
tintoms, I fet my race toward the ground, 
tnd I became dumb 

16 And, behold, «*elike the Gmilitude 
of the n touched my lips : then 

I oper mouth, and fpake, and (aid 

unio I iood before me, O my 

lord, by the viiionmy forrowsare turned 
upon me, and I have retained n. 

IT I. r, How can the fervantof i^iis niy 

talk with this my lord I 1 or as forme, 

flraightway there regained no ftrength 

me, neither is there breath left in me. 

18 Then there came 
me tne Ikethe appejrar.ee a\ a man, and 
he ttrengthencd me, 

19 An O man greatly beloved, 
fear not : peace be unto thee, be flro 
yea, be frrong. And v. hen he had fpc 
unto me, I i\a< (trrn;thened, and faid, 
Let my lord fpeak ; for thou halt itrength- 
ened me. 

10 Then faid he, K no weft thou where- 
fore 1 come unto thee ? and r will 1 
return to ti*ht with the prince or Pei 
and when I am gone forth, io, the prince 
of Grecia fhall c »roe. 

21 But I will Qw\ thee that which \? 
noted in the fcripturr of truth : and there 
it none that holdeth with me in thefe 
th.ngs, but N 5 your prince. 

HAT' XI. 
1 IW o*vertbrow of Herfia bi tb§ king 

^e north and J: 
r of Darius the 
Mede, even I, food to cc 
ftrr m. 

. now will [ fhew thee the tr. 
Behold, there A r thuee 

n fhall be 
d by : 
flrcr his richrs he (kail 

i. 
5 An-l a mighty king (ball ; . up, 

that (hall rule with great dominion, and 
doactordii 

4 • he iliall ftand u ing- 

■ I be b 

. 
oftenty, nor a > his 

n which he ruled 
Horn ftnll be pljckcd up, even for others 
thofe. 
* \nd the king of the fc Jibe 

Itron*. nnd trie of his princes ; and he 
ihall be 'trong above him. and haw 
mini ^oiuwi^njballbt 

4 '1 



6 And in the end o; they fhall- 
jo n thcmfelves together : for the k 

'.ter of the Couth fhall come to the 
king of the north to make an agreement : 
but the (hall not retain the power of the 
ann ; neither fhall he ftand. nor his arm : 
but (be fhall be given up, and they that 
brought her, and he that beg it her, and 
he that ened ! es. 

7 But out of a branch of her roots 
fhall *te ftand up in his elrate. which fhall 

me with an army, and fhall enter into 
the foftre&of the f the north, and 

fhall dea^ aganft them, and fhall preva:l ; 

8 And mall alfo carry captives into 
their gods, with their princes, and 

i their precious veffels of lilver and 
of gold ; and he thall continue more years 
: the king of i. h. 

9 So the king of the fouth fhall come 
into bis kingdom, and (hall return into 
his own land. 

»0 But his fons (hall be ftirred up, and 
fhall afTemble a multitude of great forces : 
and cm (hall certainly come and over- 
fiov, and pafs through : then (hall he re- 
turn, and be flirred up, even to his for- 
trefs. 

11 And the king of the fouth fhall be 
moved with choler, and (hall come fo: 
and tight with him, e-.en with the king 
:he north ; and he fhall fet forth a 
<re.ir multitude ; but the multitude fhall 
be given into his hand. 

hi w hen he hath taken away the 

multitude, his heart lhall be lifted up : 

and he (hall caff down many ten thoul- 

but he fhall not be ed 

by it. 

' 13 For thekir th lhall re- 

turn, and fhall fet forth a multitude great- 
er than the former, and fhall certainly 

ritha great ar- 

i with 

14 Anointrl)' there (hall many 

* e fouth : 

alio the robbe. y people t It 

hfctlu tthey 

II. 

;ic king of the hall co 

and i a mc 

i not w 'I er 1. m 

people, rtc\\hct/b^i! tterr be any ftrength 

•and. 

he that ten'* IhonOiall 

do . *nd none 

(hail i 

in the | nd 

cd. 

• 
with kingd :n, 

and (h»ll he 

do : and be 

len, co: r : bu ! 

■ 

13 After 



698 Leagues and con flit! s between 

18 After this fhall he turn his face unto 
the ifles, and fh*ll take many : but a 
prince for his own behalf fhall caufe the 
reproach offered by him to ceafe ; with- 
out his own reproach he fhall caufe // to 
turn upon him. 

19 Then he (hall turn his face toward 
the fort of hi? own land : but he fhall 
ftumblc and fall, and not be found. 

20 Then (hall ftand up in his eftate a 
raifer of taxes in the glory of the king- 
dom : but within a few days he fhall bede- 
ftroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 

21 And in his eftate fhall ftand up a 
vile perfon, to whom they (hall not give 
the honour of the kingdom : but he fhall 
come in peaceably, and obtain the king- 
dom by flatteries. 

22 And with the arms of a flood (hall 
they be overflown from before him, and 
fhall be broken ; yea, alfo the prince of 
the corenant. 

23 And after the league made with him 
he (hall work deceitfully : for he fhall 
come up, and fhall become ftrong with a 
fmall people. 

24 He fhall enter peaceably even upon 
the fatteft places of the province ; and he 
fhall do that which his fathers have not 
done, nor his fathers' fathers ; he fhall 
fcatter among them the prey, and fpoil, 
and riches : yea, and he fhall forecaft his 
devices againft the ftrong holds, even for 
a time. 

25 And he fhall ftir up his power and 
his courage againft the king of the fouth 
with a great army ; and the king of the 
fouth fhall be ftirred up to battle with a 
very greatand mighty army ; buthe fhall 
not ftand ; for they fhall forecaft devices 
againft him. 

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of 
his meat (hall deftroy him, and his army 
fhall overflow : and many (ball fall down 
flam. 

27 Andboihthefe kingV he arts Jhal I be 
to do mifchief, and they (hall fpeaklies at 
one table ; but it (hall notprofper : for yet 
the end /ball be at the time appointed. 

28 Then (hall he return into his land 
with great riches ; and his heart /hall be 
againft the holy covenant ; and he (hall 
do exploits, and return to his own land. 

29 At the time appointed he (hall re- 
turn, and come toward the fouth ; but 
it (hall not be as the former, or as the 
latter 



DANIEL, the kings of the north andjouth. 

facri/ite, and they fhall place the abomi- 
nation that maketh defolate. 

32 And fuch as do wickedly againft 
the covenant fhall he corrupt by flatteries: 
but the people that do know their God 
(hall be ftrong, and do exploits. 

35 And they that underftand among 
the people fhall inftrucl: many : yet they 
shall fall by the fword, and by flame, by- 
captivity, and by fpoil, many days. 

34 Now when they (hall fall, they (hall 
be holpen with a little help : but many 
fhall cleave to them with flatteries. 

35 And fome of them of underftand- 
ing fhall fall, to try them, and to purge t 
and to make them white,ri/^« to the time 
of the end : becaufe ;'/ is yet for a time 
appointed. 

36 And the king fhall do according to 
his will ; and he fhall exalt himfelf, and 
magnify himfelf above every god, and 
(hall fpeak marvellous things againft the 
God of gods, and fhall profper till the 
indignation be accomplice*! : for that 
that is determined (hall be done. 

37 Neither fhall he regard the God of 
his fathers, nor the defire of women, nor 
regard any god : for he fhall magnify 
himfelf above all. 

38 But in his eftate fhall he honour the 
God of forces : and a god whom his 
fathers knew not (hall he honour witti 
gold, and filver, and with precious ftones, 
and pleafant things. 

39 Thus fhall he do in the moft ftrong 
holds with a ftrange god, whom he (hall 
acknowledge and increafe with glory : 
and he (hall caufe them to rule over 
many, and fhall divide the land for gain. 

40 And at the time of the end (hall 
the king of the fouth pu(h at him : and 
the king of the north (hall come againft 
him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and 
with horfemen, and with many (hips ; 
and he (hall enter into the countries, and 
fhall overflow and pafs over. 

41 He (hall enter alfo into the glorious 
land, and many countries (hall be over- 
thrown : but thefe fhall efcape out of his 
hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the 
chief of the children of Amnion. 

42 He (hall ftretch forth his hand alfo 
upon the countries: and the land of E- 
gypt (hall not efcape. 

43Buthefnall have power over the treas- 
ures of gold and of (ilver, and over all the 
precious things of Egypt : and the Lybi- 



30 For the (hips of Chittim (hall come jansandthe Ethiopians./Jtf//£<r at his fteps 
againfthim: therefore he (hall be grieved, 44 But tidings out of the eaft and out 
and return, and have indignation againfl ■ of the north (hall trouble him : therefore 



the holy covenant: fo fhall he do ; he fhall 
even return, and have intelligence with 
them that forfake the holy covenant. 

31 And arms (hall ftand on his part, 
and they (hall pollute the fancluary of 

ftrength, and fhall take away the daily to-hi& end, and none fhall help him. 

CHAP 



he (hall go forth with great fury to de- 
ftroy, and utterly to make away many. 

45 And he (hall plant the tabernacles 
of his palaces between the feas in the glo- 
rious holy mountain ; yet he (hall come 



lfraels deliverance. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Miebaelfb all deliver Ijrael from their 

troubles, b Danie. edoftke times. 

AND at that time (hall Michael (tand 
up, the great prince which (landeth for 
the children of thy people ; and there 
(hall be a time of trouble, fuch as never 
:ince there was a natit-n, even to that 
fame time : and at that time thy people 
. be delivered, every one that Joull be 
found written in the book. 

5 And many of them that deep in the 
daft of the earth (hall awake, ibeie to 
everlalting life, and fonie tu frame mud 
everlafting contempt. 

5 And they that be wife (hall (hine as 
the brightnefs of the firmament ; and 
they that turn Piany to righteoulnefb as 
the r ever and ever. 

4 But thou, O Daniel, (hut up the 
words, and feal the book, eveu to the 
time of the end : many mail run to arid 
fro, and knowledge (ball be increafed. 

b f] Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, 
there ftood other two, the one on this 
A the bank of the river, and the oth- 
er on that tide of the bank of the river. 

6 And one faid to the man clothed in 
linen, which -was upon the wateis of the 
river, How long/ball it be to the end of 
theie wonder 



Chap. i. ii. Daniel informed of tbe times. 695 

7 And I heard the man clethed in lin- 
en, which ivas upon the waters of the 
river, when he held up hi ) end 
and his left hand unto heaven, and fware 
by him that liveth for ever, that it Jball 
be for a time, times, and an half j and 
when he Dull have aca lnpliihec to fcat- 
ter the power ot the holy pec 1 thele 
things (hall be finithed. 

8 And I heard, but I underftood not t 
then faid I, On; Lord, what/i-a// be 

ttd of thefe things ? 
\nd he faid, bo thy way, Daniel : 
for the words ure clofea up and kaled 
till the time of the end. 

10 Many (hall be purified, and made 
white, and tried; but the wicked lhall 

:kedlv : and none u t; 
(hall underhand, but the wile mail i 
;de: 

11 And from the time that the «. 
rip.ee ihall be taken away, and tbe 

j.n that maketh de folate let i 
•e Jbali be a thoufand two hundred 
and nil 

IS Bletfed ;/ he that waiteth, and com- 

eth to the thoufand three hundred and 

and thirty days. 

lo But go thou thy way till the end be: 

for thou (halt reft, and (land in thy lot at 

ithe end of the i!a 



II S E 



CHAP. I. 

1 Ho/ea, to /bfzu G id's judgment for Jf 
itual zvboredom, taketb L>cmer t 4 and 

I by her Jezrert. &c. 
'Ill rd of tl *d that came- 

he (on of Been, in 1 
., Jot ham, Af »/, and 
ih, kin^ n the d,i\ :> of 

Jeroboam the fon of foath k I.I 

£ The be. 
Lord by 1 1 

thee a m 
loms a; 
1 huh 
, departing from the Lord. 
o he went a d 
daughter 

I bare him a fon. 

4 f\ And the Lord faid unto I 
I his name Jer.rcel ; for ye: I little 
tubile, and I v. i^e the bl 

i the houie ot lehu, and 
e to ccafe the kingdom o( the h 
UraeL 
<■ I it fha'l come to j ^ay, 

th it I will break the bow oi I 
ley of Jezreel. 
6 And the concer J bare a 

_htcr. And God faid unto him, Call 
her name Lorn : for I more 

: mercy upon th: houfe of Lrael ; 



but I will utterly tafce them away. 
7 ! mercy upon the houfe 

of Judah-and will lave them b jrd 

their God, and will not lave them by- 
bow, nor b. rd, nor by batilc, 
horles, nor by horfetr- 

ih* had weaned L ru- 
hamah, (he Co: 

9 I f, Call hi> Lo- 
animi : tor ye . , ,d I 

! 

10 i hildrew 
Ol II K a> the land of I 
which cannot be incafured nor n 

ed ; af>d »t il :.dl come t 

the plav. 

Ye ate 

fa d U01 ., Ye are the 

ii I •■ children of In I 

the c 1 



and : . I cor.. I the land : 

torg: ' rzreel. 

CHAP. II. 

' idolar r peopl 1'sjudg. 

its aga "i. \k Hit prQnifetof 

re jitb the 

.ir brethren, Am 
am 4 . Ii. 

t Plead wall you jd : for 



700 Idolatry of the peofle threatened. HOSE A. The dejolation of If rael figured. 



fhe is not my wife, neither am I her huf- 
band ; let her therefore put away her 
whoredoms out of her fight, and her a- 
dulteries from between her breafts j 

3 Left I ftrip her naked, and fet her as 
in the day that fhe was born, and make 
her as a wildernefs, and fet her like a dry 
land, and flay her with thirft. 

4 And I will .ml have mercy upon her 
children ; for they be the children of 
whoredoms. 

5 For their mother hath playedfthe 
harlot : (he that conceived them hath done 
fhamefully : for (he faid, I will go after 
my lovers, that give me my bread and my 
water, my wool and my flax, mine oil 
and my drink. 

6 €\ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up 
thy way with thorns, and make a wall, 
that (he (hall not find her paths. 

7 And (he (hall follow after her lovers, 
but fhe fhall not overtake them ; and (he 
Jhall feek them, bjit fhall not find them : 
then fhall (he fay, J will go and return to 
my firft hufband ; for then <was it better 
with me than now. 

8 For (he did not know that I gave her 
corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied 
her filver and gold, lubicb they prepared 
for Baal. 

9 Therefore will I return, and take a- 
way my corn in the time thereof, and my 
wine in the feafon thereof, and will re- 
cover my wool and my flax given to 
cover her nakednefs. 

10 And now will I difcover her lewd- 
jiefs in the light of her lovers, and none 
ihall deliver her out of mine hand. 

ii I will alfocaule all her mirth to ceafe, 
her feaft days, her new moons, and her 
fabbaths, and all her folemn feafts. 

12 And I will deftroy her vines, and 
her fig trees, whereof ihe hath faid,Thefe 
are my rewards that my lovers have given 
me : and I will make them a forefl, and 
the beafts of the field (hall eat them. 

13 And I will vifit upon her the days of 
Baalim, wherein (he burned incenle to 
thern, and (he decked herfelfwith her ear- 
rings and her jewels, and (he went after 
her lovers, and forgat me, faith the Loud. 

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure 
her, and bring her into the wildernefs, 
and fpeak comfortably unto her. 

15 And 1 will give her her vineyards 
from thence, and the valley of Achor for 
a door of hope : and fhe ihall ling there, 
as in the days of her youth, and as in the 
day when fhe came up out of the land of 
Egypt. 

16 And it fhall be at that day, faith 
the Lord, that thou (halt call me Ifhi; 
and (halt call me no more Baali. 

17 For I will take away the names of 
Baalim out of her mouth, and they ihall j 
no more be remembered by their name, j 



18 And in that day will I make a cov- 
enant for them with the beafts of the 
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and 
iv'ub the creeping things of the ground : 
and T will break the bow and the fword 
and the battle out of the earth, and will 

I make them to lie down fafely. 

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for 
! ever : yea, I will betroth thee untc me in 
jrighteoufnefs, and in judgment, and in 

loving kindnefs, and in mercies. 

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in 
faithfrilnefs : and thou fhalt know the 
Lord. 

21 And it (hall come to pafs in that day, 
I will hear, faith the Lord. I will hear the 
heavens, and they (hall hear the earth : 

22 And the earth (hall h«ar the corn, 
and the wine, and the oil ; and they fhall 
hear Jezreel. 

23 And 1 will fow her unto me in the 
earth ; and I will have mercy upon her 
that had not obtained mercy ; and I will 
fay to them lohicb <were not my people, 
Thou art; my people j and they fhall fay, 
Ihou art my God. 

CHAP. III. 
1 By the expiation of an adulterefs, 4 is 

Jhcwed the defolation of Ifrael before: 

their reparation. 

TH&N faid the Lord unto me, Go 
yet, love a woman beloved of per friend, 
yet an adulterefs, according to the love 
of the Lord toward the children of If- 
rael, who look to other gods, and love 
flagons of wine. 

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen 
pieces of filver, and jot an homer of bar. 
ley, and an half homer of barley : 

6 And I faid unto her, Thou fhaltabide 
for me many days ; thou (halt not play 
• lie harlot, and thou (halt not be for an- 
other man : fo ivill I alfo be for thee. 

4 fl For the children of Ifrael fhall abide 
many days without a king, and without 
a prince, and without a facrifice, and 
without an image, and without an ephod, 
and without teraphim ; 

5 Afterward fhall the children of Ifrael 
return, and feekthe Lord their God, and 
David their king; and (hall fear the Lord 
and his goodnefs in the latter days. 

C HAP. IV. 
1 Gocfs judgments againtt the fins of the 

people, 6 and of the friejts. 15 Judah 

is exhorted to take nvarning by Ijrael's 

calami y: 

H KAR the word of the Lord, ye 
children of Ifrael : for the Lord hath a 
controverfy with the inhabitants of the 
land, becaufe there is no truth, nor mer- 
cy, i or knowledge of God in the land. 

t By fwearing, and lying, and killing, 
and ftealing, and committing adultery, 
they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 

3 Therefore (lull the land mourn, and 

every 



Judab is exkcrted. Chap. 

every one that dwelleth therein (ball lan- 
guifh, with the bealts of the field, and 
with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fiihes 
of the fea alfo (hall be taken away. 

4 Yet let no man drive, nf>r reprove 
another : for thy people are as they that 
ftrive with the priell. 

Therefore (halt thou fall in the day, 
and the prophet alfo (hall fall with thee in 
the night, and I will dellroy thy mother. 

C «] My people are dcltroyed for hick 
of knowledge ; becaufe thou haft rejected 
know ledge, I will alio reject thee, that 
thou (halt be no priefttome : feeing t -»u 
haft forgotten the law of thy God, I will 
alto forget thy children. 

7 As they were increafed,fo they finned 
againtt me : toerejore will I change their 
glory into lhame. 

8 They eat up the fin of my people, 
and the> let their heart on their iniquity. 

re iVial 1 be, like people, like 
prielt : and 1 will puniih them tor their 
ways, and reward tnem their doings. 

10 Kur they (hall eat, and not have 
enough: they (hall commit whoredom, 
and (hall not increafc : becaufe they have 
left off to lake heed to the Lord. 

1 1 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine,, 
take away the heart. 

14 My people alk counfel at their 
ftocks, and their lfaflf rieilareth unto 
them i for the fpirit of whoredoms hath 
caufed tbem to err, and they have gone a 
whoring from under the i Ci jj. 

ey ficr on t*e tops of the 

mountain . i burn incenfe upon the 

hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, 
becaule the fhadow thereof // good : 

in i t 
whoredom, and your fpoufesihall commit 
adultei 

14 I will D >t r unifii your daughters 
when the ail whoredom, nor poui 

hen the) commit adultery : 
tnrmfclvrs are with whores, 

an th lurlots: there I 

the peoi le it it doth not underhand (hall 
1. 

15 fl Though thou, Ifra< the 
harlot. t Judah offend ; me 

t ye 

RU liveth. 
16 

the Lot i> « ill I 
e. 
17 Ephraim is j . :d t< 

ie. 
13 Their drink ir four : they have 

her 

r.. 

19 The wind hath bound her uj 

hf l hanicd be- 

^ ca 

C w \ p. v. 

S God'sjuJ-memsagjirJ the fr':tj\<, 



Y. vi. Jgment denounced. 701 

people, and the princes of Ifraelf or their 
manifold jm< % 15 until tbey repent. 
HEAR ye this, O prierts ; and heark- 
en- ye houfe of Ifrael ; and give ye 
,ear, O houfe or the king ; fur judgment 
is toward you. fK «caufe ye have been a 
jfnareon Mizpah, and a net lpread upon 
'Tabor. 

2 And the revolters are profound to 
'make daughter, though 1 bwve been die- 

buker of them all. 

3 I know Ephraim, and Ifrael is not hid 
from me: for now ,Q Ephraim, thou com- 
mitted whoredom, ani Ifrael is detiled. 

4 They will not frame their doings to 
turn unto tht:r God : tor the fpirit of 
whoredoms is in tie midfl of them, and 
they have not known the Lord. 

5 And the pride of Ifrael doth temfy 
to hib face : therefore fhail Ifrael and E- 
phraim fall in their iniquity ; Judah alfo 
lhall fall with them. 

6 The? (hall ^o with their flocks and 
with their herds to leek the Lord ; but 
they (hall not rind him ; he hath with- 
drawn h: m lei f Irom them. 

7 They have dealt treacheroufly againft 
the Lord: for they have begotten llrange 
children : now (hall a month devour 
them with their portions. 

B Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and 
the trumpet in Ranuh : cry aloud at 
Bethavcn, after the;, Benjamin. 

9 Ephraim (hall be deiblafe in the day 
of rebuke: among the tribes of Ifrael 
have I made known that which fl.alliure- 
I) be. 

to Theprir.ces of Judah were like them 
that remove the bound f tre I will 

;r out my w rath upon them like water. 

11 Ephraim /j opprefled «n</brokenin 
judgment, becaufe he willingly walked 
atrcr the commandment. 

12 I h( 11 I be unto Fphraim 
as a moth, and to the houfe of Judah as 

fs.and 
Judah/atphis wound, ih< lira fa 

10 the AH || to km; Jareb : 

yet could M not heal you, nor I OU 

of your wound. 

14 Foi I wtltbeunU Kphraimasal 

una h>>n to the ha I Ju- 

i : I, ii'iu I, will tear an • jy ; I 

w ill 1 1 refcuei •»». 

1 i f I w u d\ jturtl ice, 

till tl c 

they will 
: meeai 

* P. VI 
t .;': fjci trtation to repenta* re. k A 
complaint of their untozuarJicjs 
tniqui 

; i , turn unt> the 

"a I 
.11 bind i. ^ Up. 



702 An exhortation to repentance. HOSEA. 



Dejiruclion threatened. 



2 After two days will he revive us : in 
the third day he will raife us up, and we 
ihall live in his fight. 

8 Then fhall we know, //we followon 
to know the Lord : his going forth is 
prepared as the morning ; and he fhall 
come unto us as the rain, as the latter and 
former rain unto the earth. 

MO Ephrann, What (hall I do unto 
thee? O JudahjWhatfhalll do unto thee ? 
for your goodnefs /Vasthe morningcloud, 
and as the early dew it goeth away. 

6 Therefore have 1 hewed them by the 
prophets ; I have llain them by the words 
of my mouth : and thy judgments areas 
the light that goerh forth. 

6 For I defired mercy, and not facrifice ; 
and the knowledge of God more than 
burnt offerings. 

7 But they like men have tranfgreffed 
the covenant : there have they dealt 
treacherously againft me. 

8 Gilead is a city of them that work 
iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a 
man,/b the company of priefts murder in 
the way by confent : for they commit 
lewdnefs. 

10 1 have feen an horrible thing in the 
houte of Ifrael ; there is the whoredom 
of Ephraim, Ifrael is defiled. 

11 Alfo, O Judah, he hath fet an har- 
vefr for thee, when I returned the captiv- 
ity of my people. 

CHAP. VII. 
i A reproof for manifold fins . 11 God's 

•voratb againjl the people for tbeir by- 

focrijy. 

WHEN I would have healed Tfrael, 
then the iniquity of Ephraim was dif- 
covered, and the wickednefs of Samaria : 
for they commit falfehood ; and the thief 
cometh in, and the troop of robbers 
fpoileth without. 

2 And they confider not in their hearts 
that I remember all their wickednefs : 
now their own doings have befet them a- 
bout \ they are before my face. 

3 They make the king glad with their 
wickednefs and the princes with their lies. 

i They are all adulterers, as an oven 
heated by the baker,*ou£o ceafeth from 
railing after he hath kneaded the dough, 
until it be leavened. 

5 In the day of our king the princes 
have made bim lick with bottles ot wine; 
be ft retched out his hand with fcorners. 

6 For they have made ready their heart 
like an oven, whiles they lie in wait : their 
baker ileepeth all the night ; in the morn- 
ing it burnetii as a flaming fire. 

7 They are all hot as an ove n, and have 
devoured their judges ; all their kings 
are fallen : there is none among them 
that calleth unto me. 

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himfelf a- 



mong the people : Ephraim is a cake not 
turned. 

9 Strangers have devoured hisftrength, 
and he knoweth it not : yea, gray hair* 
are here and there upon him, yeiheknow- 
eth not. 

10 And the pride of Ifrael teftifieth to 
his face : and they do not return to the 
Lord their God, nor leek him for all this. 

U ^1 Ephraim alfo is like a lilly dove 
without heart : they call to Egypt, they 
go to Aftyria. 

12 When they fhall go, I will fpread my 
net upon them j I will bring them down 
as the fowls of the heaven, I will cbairife 
them, as their congregation hath heard. 

18 Woe unto them ! for they have fled 
from me : deftructicn unto them ! be- 
caufe they have tranfgreffed againft me : 
though 1 have redeemed them, yet they 
have fpoken liesagainlt me. 

14 And they have not cried unto me 
with their heart, when they howled upon 
their beds : they alienable themfelves for 
corn and \vir.e,<*ji4they rebel againft me, 

15 Though I have bound a^Jftrength- 
ened their arms, yet do they imagine mif- 
chiet againft me. 

16 They return, but not to the Moft 
High : they are like a deceitful bow : 
their princes fhall fall by the fword for 
the rage of their tongue : this Jball be 
their derifion in the land of Egypt. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1,18 Deftruttion is threatened for their 
impi'ty, 5 and idolatry. 
SETthe trumpet to thy mouth. He fhall 
come as an eagle againft the houfe of the 
Lord, becaufethey have tranfgreffed ray 
covenant, and trefpafted againft my law. 

2 Ifrael (hall cry unto me, My God, we 
know thee. 

3 Ifrael hath caft off the thing that is 
good : the enemy fhall purfue him. 

4 They have let up kings, but not by 
me : they have made princes, and I knevv 
it not : of their filver and their gold have 
they made them idols, that they may be 
cut off. 

5 %_ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cad tbee 
off; mine anger is kindled againft them : 
How long <will it be ere they attain to in- 
nocency ? 

6 For from Ifrael tvas it alio : the 
woikman made it ; therefore it is not 
God : but the calf oi Samaria (hall be 
broken in pieces. 

7 For they have town the wind, and 
they ihall reap ihe whirlwind : it hath no 
ftalk: the bud fhall yield no meal : if fo 
be it yield, the Grangers (hall fwallow it 
up. 

8 Ifrael isfwallowedup : now fhall they 
be among the Gentiles as a vefJVl where- 
in :s no pleaiure. 

9 For they are gone up to Afiyria, a 

wild 



The captivity §f Ifrael for Chap. ix. x. 



their f.ns and idolatry. 70S 



*»ild afs alone by himfelf : Ephraim hath themfelyes unto that (hame, and their a- 
d lover J bominationswere according as theyloved. 

10 Yea. though they have hired among j 11 - Bphraim, their glory (hall fly 

the nations, now w i»l 1 gather them, an like a bird from the birth, and 

they (hall forrow a little for the burde \ the womb, and from the concep- 

of the king of princ< tion. 

It Becaufe Ephraim hath made many 
altars to fin, aitarslhallbeunto him to fin 



Though they bring up their chil- 
dren, yet will I bereave them, that there 
12 I have written to him the great lyixa// not be a man left : yea, woe alfo to 

them when I depart from them ! 

13 Ephraim, a- T fawTyrus, is planted 
in a pleafant place : but Kphraim (hall 
bring forth his children to the murderer. 

14 Give them, O Lord : What 
thou give ? Give them a mifcarrying 
womb, and dry breafts. 

I i All the<r wickednefs is in Gilgal : 
for there I hated them : for the w icked- 
nefs of their doings 1 will drive them out 
of mine huuie, 1 w ill love them no more : 
all their princes are revoltcrs. 

16 Kphraim is imitten, their root is dri- 
ed up, they (hall bear no fruit : yea, though 
they bring turth, vet will I flay even the 
be' mil of their womb. 

17 My God will cafl them away, be- 
caufe they did not hearken* unto him ? 
and they (hall be wanderers among the 
nations. 

CHAP. X. 
Ifrael is reproved ani threatened f«r 
tbeir impiety and idolatry. 
I^R V EL ii an empty vine, hebringeth 
forth fruit unto himfelf : according to tin; 
multitude of his fruit he hath inert- 
the a according to the goodne' 

ide good 

: no* thall ' 

fie (hall break d 

the rheir i 



things of my law, hut they were counted 
Grange thing. 

« :>eyfacrifice fleih/orthe Ijci irices 
• fmineofteringsand eat it ; hut the Losld 
accepteth them not ; now w il he remem- 
ber their iniquity, and v.fu their fins : 
♦hey (hall return to r 

U For Ifrael hath forgotten his Maker, 

and buildeth temples ; and Juuah hath 

multiplied fenced cities : but i will lend 

e upon his cities, and it (hall devour 

the palaces thereof. 

HAP. I\. 
7he dijfrep and emft'fvity cf Ifrael for 
tbeir fins and tdolat- 
RE JO of, O Ifrael, for joy, as 

r people : for thou haft gone a whor- 
from thy viod, thou haft loved a re- 
i upon every corn floor. 
- The floor and the wine pref^ (h ill not 
feed them, aad the new um~ (hall fail in 
her. 

5 They (hall not dwell in the Lox 
land ; but :hall return t 

t, and they (hall eat unclear, tbings'xn 

A They (hall not otfer wine offerings to 
Lord, neither rhey be pleaiing 

» him : their focrifice - unto 

: .ill thai 

1 be , i : for thru 

>nie into 

5 W tat 

■ the L< 
o For, lo. the one becaufe cr 

;i li,i, 

places tor rl 

them thorns fball he in their tabem 

the 
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r thr : 
thine 1. 

8 | 
my God : hut the prophet rj a : ... . 

ipted ibcrr- 
. mere- 

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10 • - grape 

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5 For now ihf> rh.ill fay, We have no 

fe we (eared not the I.okd ; 
.en (hould a kuiq do to u 
I ' hey ii 

falle, enant i 

lc In the 
s of the 

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.Me ot the i for 

people I r ir t 

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6 I 

hall 

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and I up on ' 

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I, tilOU ncd if 

d\ 



704 Ifrael* s ingratitude. 

days of Gibeah : there they flood : the 
battle in Gibeah againft the children of 
iniquity did not overtake them. 

10 // is in my defire that I fhould chaf- 
tife them ; and the people fhall be gath- 
ered againft them, when they (hall bind 
themfelves in their two farrows. 

it And Ephraim is as an heifer that is 
taught, and loveth to tread out the corn ; 
but I paflfed over upon her fair neck ; I 
will make Ephraim to ride ; Judah fhall 
plough, and Jacob fhall break his clods. 

12 Sow to yourfelves in righteoufnefs, 
reap in mercy ; break up your fallow 
ground : for it is time to feek the Lord, 
till he come and rain lighteoufnefs upon 
you. 

13 Ye have ploughed wickednefs/ ye 
have reaped iniquity ; ye have eaten the 
fruit of lies : becaufe thou didft truft in 
thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty 
men. 

14 Therefore fhall a tumult arife among 
thy people, and all thy fortreffes fhall be 
fpoiled, as Shalman fpoiled Betharbel in 
the day of battle : the mother was dafh- 
ed in pieces upon her children. 

15 So (hall Bethel do unto you be- 
caufe of your great wicked nefs : in a 
morning (hail the king of Ifrael utterly 
be cutoff. • 

CHAP. XI. 
1 The ingratitude of Ifrael unto God for 
his benefits. 9 Their judgment, 
WHEN Ifrael tuas a child, then I lov- 
ed him, and called my fon out of Egypt. 

2 As they called them, fo they went 
from them : they facrificed unto Baalim, 
and burned incenfe to graven images. 

3 I taught Ephraim alfo to go, taking 
them by their arms ; but they knew not 
that I healed them. 

4 I drew them with cords of a man, 
with bands of love : and I was to them 
as they that take oft the yoke on their 
jaws, and \ laid meat unto them. 

5 He (hall not return into the land of 
Egypt, but the Affyrian fhall be his king, 
becaufe they refufed to return. 

6 And the fvvord fhall abide on his cit- 
ies, and fhall con fume his branches, and 
devour them, becaufe of their own coun- 
fels. 

7 And my people are bent tobackflid- 
ing from me : though they called them to 
the Moft High, none at all would exalt 
bint. 

8 How fhall T give thee up, Ephraim ? 
Hoiv fhall I deliver thee, Ifrael? Mow fhall 
I nuke thee as Adman ? Hoio (hall 1 fet 
thee as Zeboim ? Mine heart is turned 
within me, my repentingsare kindled to- 
gether. 

9 I will not execute the fiercenefs of 
mine anger, I will not return to deftroy 
Ephraim : for I am God a and not man ; 



HOSEA. Ephraim'' s fins provoke C$d. 

(he Holy One in the midfr of thee ; and 
I will not enter into the city, , 

10 They fhall walk after the Lord : 
he fhall roar like a lion : when he fhall 
roar, then the children fhall tremble from 
the we(t. 

11 They fhall tremble as a bird out of 
Egypt, and ss a dove out of the land of 
Aflyria : and I will place them in their 
houfes, faith the Lord. 

VI Ephraim compaffeth me about with 
lies, and the houfe of Ifrael with deceit : 
but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is 
faithful with the faints. 

CHAP. XII. 
t A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Ja- 
cob, 3 An exhortation to repentance. 

EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and fol- 
loweth after the eaft wind : he daily in- 
creafeth lies and defolation ; and they do- 
make a covenant with the Affyrians, and 
oil is carried into Egypt. 

2 The Lord hath alfo a con trover fy 
with Judah, and will punifh Jacob accord- 
ing to his ways ; according to his doings 
will he recompenfe him. 

3 fj He took his brother by the heel in 
the womb, and by his flrength he had 
power with God : 

4 Yea, he had power over the angel, 
and prevailed : he wept, and made fup- 
plication unto him : he found him in 
Bethel, and there he fpake with us : 

Even the Lord God of hofts ; the 
Lord is his memorial. 

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God : 
keep mercy and judgment, and wait on 
thy God continually. 

7 He is a merchant, the balances of 
deceit are in his hand ; he loveth to op- 
prefs. 

8 And Ephraim faid, Yet I am become 
rich, I have found me out fubflance : in 
all my labours they fhall find none in- 
iquity in me that ivere fin. 

9 And I that am the Lord thy God 
from the land of Egypt will yet make 
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the 
days of the folemn feafts. 

to I have alfo fpoken by the prophets, 
and I have multiplied vi!ions,and ufed fim- 
ilitudes, by the miniftryof the prophets. 

II Is there iniquity in Gilead ? Surely 
they are vanity : they iacrifice bullocks 
in Gilgal ; yea, their altars are as heaps 
in the furrows of the fields. 

IS And Jacob fled into the country of 
Syria, and Ifrael ferved for a wife, and 
for a wife he teylfheep. 

13 And by aprophet the LoRDbrought 
Ifrael out of Egypt, and by a prophet 
was he preferved. 

14 Ephraimprovokedi/w to anger moft 
bitterly : therefore fhall he leave his blood 
upon him, and his reproach fhall his Lord 
return unto b-im. 

CHAP. 



jifb rain's glory *vavijbeib. Chap. i. 

CHAP. XIII. death 

1 Ep' rim's gt9ry t by re a fun of idolatry, 
b oo.7' ang- r jar ibeirun- 
kinJmjf 9 J prr,>n ,e o> ^od's macy. 
\b A judgment fo r-btllion. 

.phraii i (pake trembling, he 
exa! f in Ifi .el ; but when he 

odended i.i Baal, ho died. 

(in more and more, 
and have made them nut ten images of 
their li'.ver. an i idols according to their 



An exbtrtation. 705 



O Heath, I will be thy plagues ; 
O grave, I will be thy definition : re- 
pentance fhail be hid from mine eyes. 

\'j «1 Though he be fruitful among bit 
brethren, an eart wind (hall come, the 
wind or the Lord (hall come up from 
the wildrrnefs.and his (print; (hall become 
dry, and his fountains mail be dried up : 
he mall fpoil the trcafure of all pleafant 
velTc 

lu Samaria (hall become defolate ; for 



fl'.vnu:i'<r; ; , all ot it . ^ of 1 the ha r h rebelled againil her God : they 



I fay of them, Let the 

: that . ' e ca'.v- s. 

3 The the] fca I be as the morn- 
ing cl . , i as the earl) dewthatpaff 

le chdiY tbij' is di with 

the whirlwind out ol i tr, and as the 

>ke out 

4 Yet I um tiie Lord thy Gnd from 
the Und of Egypt, and thou (hall know 
no Gud but me : ibf there is no (aviour 
belide I 

5 f] I did know thee in the wildemefs, 
in lb L,re^t drouj 

to their pafture, fo 
they filled : they were filled, a irt their 

. -, therefore have they 

1 be unto is a 

lion : as .» leopard by the way will 1 ob- 
ferve tbrm. 

H I will meet them as a bear tbat is he- 
I of bcr ivtflfn, and will rend the 



(hall fall by the fword : their infants (hall 
be dathed in pieces, and their women. 
with child (IijI! be ripped up. 
CHAP. XIV. 
t Ah exhortation to repentinre. 4 A. 
promife Of God's blejjing. 
O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord 
thy God ; for thou ha* fallen by thine 
iniquity. 

i lake with you words, and turn to 
the Lord ; fay unto him, Take away all 
iniquity, ?.nd receive us gracioufly ; fo 
will we render the calves of our lips. 

\.s(hur (hall not fave us: we will not 

ride upon huries. neither will we fay any 

to the work oi ot;r hand*. Ye are 

our gods : for in thee the latherleis find- 

eth mercy. 

i « r I /!1 heal their backfliding, I will 
them freely : for mine anger is turn- 
ed away from him. 

9 I will be as the dew unto Ifrael : he 



of their heart, and th/re will I de- ■ fhall grow as the lily, and cart forth his 
vour 'h on . the wild heart (hall roots ns Lebanon. 



in. 

rael, thou hart dertroye 1 thy- 
fclf . me is thme ( 

10 I will be thy kin^ W ivere is mny 

Ar.dth 

1 ' ig in mine anger, 

and took btm a - w\\. 

\ bound 
Up ; 

IS of a travailing wo 



o Hii branches uYill fpread, and his 
be H .11 be us the oiivc tree, and h.s 

lrnell ai Lebanon. 

7 riiej that dwell under his fhndow 
(hall return; they lhall revive as thrcorn. 
as the vine : the fcent thereof 
/bull be ;.s tin lanon. 

n jhall Jay, What haw \ to 
i ? I lu\ e Iteara 
/ /•>; ii d him I I am like . 

tir | thy h nit found. 

e mall un 



;><-n him : and he 

i i" for thr ways of the 
flace i ■ iMH n". 

14 I will n: 
of the grave , I . 







r h A i* ' 



1 let 

rr// their children, and 



r.v mnurri 

I HE ■ 
Jc thurl. 

t ) 
al' • 

. in the ca 

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theii 

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u the < 

"i iu 
' hath tl 

. and 
••vl, 



705 Joel recommcndethfajling, (3c. JOEL. 



howl, all ye drinkers of wine, becaufe of 
the new wine ; for it is cut off from your 
mouth. 

6 For a nation is come up upon my 
land, flrong, and without number*, whofe 
teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath 
the cheek teeth of a great lion. 

7 He hath laid my vine wafte,and bark- 
ed my fi? tree : he hath made it clean 
bare,and ca it it away ; the branches there- 
of are made white. 

8 *J Lament like a virgin girded with 
fackcloth for the hufband of her youth. 

9 The meat offering and the drink of- 
fering is cut off from *he houfe of the 
Lord ; the priefls,the. Lord's miniflers. 
mourn. 

10 The field is wafted, the land mourn- 
eth ; for the corn is wafted : the new 
wfne is dried up, the oil languifheth. 

11 Be ye aft amed, O ye hufbandmen ; 
howl, O ye vmedreffers, for the wheat 
and for the barley ; becaufe the harvefl 
of the field is perifbed. 

H The vine fe dried up, and the fig 
tree latiguilheth ; the pomegranate tree, the 
palm tree alfq, and the apple tree, even 
all the trees of the field, are withered : 
becaufe joy is withered away from the 
fons of men. 

IS Gird yourfelves, and lament, ye 
priefls : howl, ye minifiers of the altar : 
come, lie all night in fackcloth, ye min- 
ifiers of my God : for the meat offering 
and the drink offering is withholden from 
the houfe of your God. 

1* Sanctify ye a faft, call a folemn af- 
fembly, gather the elders and all the in- 
habitants of the land into the houfe of 
the Lord your God, and cry unto the 
Lord ; 

15 Alas for the day ! for the day of the 
Lor vis at hand, andasadeflruclion from 
the Almighty fhall it come. 

16 Is not the meat cut off before our 
eyes, j^z, joy and gladnefs from the houfe 
of our God ? 

17 The feed is rotten under their clods, 
the garners are laid defolate, the barns 
are broken down ; for the corn is with- 
ered. 

18 How do the beafls groan ! the herds 
of cattle are perplexed, becaufe they have 
no pafbire ; yea, the flocks of fheep are 
made defolate. 

19 O Lord, to thee will I cry : for the 
fire hath devoured the pafhires of the 
wildernefs, and the flame hath burned all 
the trees of the field. 

10 The beafts of the field cry alfo unto 
thee : for the rivers of waters are dried 
up, and the fire hath devoured the paf- 
tures of the wildernefs. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The terriblenefi of Cod's judgment. \t 

He cxhortetb to repentance, 15 prc- 



Terriblenefs of God's judgment, 

fcribeth a faft, 18 and ptomifetba bleff- 

ing t hereon. 

BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and 
found an alarm in my holy mountain : 
let all the inhabitants of the land trem- 
ble : for the day of the Lord cometb, 
for /"/ is nigh at hand ; 

2 A day of darknefsand of gloominefs, 
a day of clouds and of thick darknefs, as 
the morning fpread upon the mountains: 
a great people and a flrong : there hath 
not been ever the like, neither (hail be 
any more after it, e<ven to the years of 
many generations. 

& A fire devoureth before them ; and 
behind them a flame burnetii : the land 
is as the garden of Eden before them, and 
behind them a defolaie wildernefs j yea, 
and nothing (hall efcape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as the ap- 
pearance of horfes ; and as horfemen, fo 
mall they run. 

5 Like the noife of chariots on the 
tops of mountains fhall they leap, like 
the noife of a flame of fire that devour- 
eth the Hubble, as a flrong people fet irt 
battle array. 

6 Before their face the people fhall be 
much pained : all faces fhall gather black- 
nefs- 

7 They fhall run like mighty men; they 
fhall climb the wall like men of war; and 
they fhall march every one on his ways, 
and they fhall not break their ranks. 

8 Neither fhall one thrufl another ; they 
fhall walk every one in his path : and 
ivben they fall upon the fword, they fhall 
not be wounded. 

9 They (hall run to and fro in the city ; 
they fhall run upon the wall, they fhall 
climb up upon the houfes ; they fhall en- 
ter in at the windows like a thief. 

10 The earth fhall qu ike before them : 
the heavens fhall tremble : the fun and 
the moon fhall be dark, and the flars fhall 
withdraw their Ihining:. 

It And the Lord fhall utter his voice 
before his army : for his camp is very- 
great : for be is flrong that executeth his. 
word : for the day of the Lord is great 
and very terrible; and, Who can abide it > 

12 fl Therefore alfo now, faith the 
Lord, turn ye even to me with all your 
heart, and with failing, and with weep- 
ing, and with mourning : 

13 And rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord your 
God : for lie is gracious and merciful, 
llow to anger, and of great kindnefs, and 
repenteth him of the evil. 

i i Who knoweth if he will return and 
repent, and leave a blefling behind him ; 
r*ven a meat offering and a drink offering 
unto the Lord your God ? 

15 % Blow the trumpet in Zion, fanc- 
tify a fall, call a folemn affembly : 

16 Gather 



Jofl frefcribeth a fajf. 

16 Gather the people, fanctify the con- 
gregation, a fTe nib le the elders, gather the 
children, and thole that luck, the breads: 
let the bridegroom go forth of his cham- 
ber, and the bride out of her cloiet. 

17 Let the priefh, the minilters of the 
Lord, weep between the porch and the 
altar, and let them Uy, Spare thy people, 
O Lord, and give nut thine heritage to 
reproach, that the heathen (hould rule 
ever them : Wherefore (hould they fay 
among the peopie, Where is their God ? 

m *] Then will the Lord be jealous 
for bis land, and pity his people. 

19 Yea, the Lord will anfwer and i ty 

unto his people, Behold, 1 will fend you 

corn, and wine; and oil, and ye ihall be 

tied wherewith : and I will no more 

make you a reproach among the heathen : 

Hut I will remove far oil from you 

the northern army, and will drive him into 

a land barren and defolate, with his face 

in) the eaf' ;d his hinder part 

ird the utmolt lea, and his (link (hall 

tome up, and his ill favour dial I come 

up, becaufe he hath done great thin 

11 Fear nor, O land ; be glad and re- 
joice : for the I.okd w ill do gr^tt things, 
atr i d, ye beads of the field : 
thepafturesofthe a ildernef ■ dofbring, 
for the tree beareth her fruit, the ng tree 
and the vine do yield th'-ir flreng' 

•5S Hr glid then, ye children oi /ion, 
and r in the I jrd your God: for 

1 • hath given you the- I rain mod- 

•iid he will taule to com- 
for you t. 1 , the formei rain, and ; 

month. 
1 thr Hours (hall he fullut w] 
and the tats ih.ill overflow with wine ami 

oil. 

And I will reflore to yon the years 

that the locufl hath eaten, tl • 

woim, and thecal lm« 

erwoi tn, my great army \* hi( h I fcnl 

26 And ye (hall eal in plenty, and be 
(atufied, and pi ol<- the n imeoi 
}our Cod, that hath dealt wondroufl) 
v. ith you . and m> people ihall nevei be 
aflianv 

• (hall know that I am in thr 
Id of 1 it I an: >kl> 

■ : and my 
(hall i, d. 

48 And it fhall come I M" 1 ^ afte 
that I will pour out n all 

• 'ir fons and \ « 
fl- ill prophefy, your old men fhall dream 
di J| Ice vi!h> 

Ai tl i : up- 

on the handmaids in thofe days will I 
»r out my fpii it. 
SO And I will (hew wonders in the 
:avens and in the earth, blood, and fire, 
and pillars of fmoke. 



Chap. hi. God's judgments. 707 

SI The fun (hall be turned into daik- 
nel's, and the moon into blood, betore the 
great and the terrible day oi the Lord 
come. 

SI And it fhall come to pafs that who- 
mever fhall call on the nameof the Lord 
(hall be delivered : for in mount Zion 
and in Jerufalem ihall be deliverance, as 
the Lord hath faid, and in the remnant 
whom the Lord (hall call. 

CHAP. III. 

1 God's judgments a^ainft tbe enemies of 

bis people 18 HisbleJJing upon the cou rt b . 

FOR, behold, in thofe days, and in that 
time, when I (hall bring again the captiv- 
ity ot Judah and Jerufalem, 

■1 I will alfo gather all nations, and will 
bring them down into the valley of Je- 
huihaphat,and "ill plead with them there 
for my people, and/or my heritage Ifrael, 
whom they have fcattered among the na- 
tions, and parted my land. 

3 And they have call luts for my people; 
and have given a boy for an ha'rlut, u 
fold a girl tor wine, that they might drink. 

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, 
O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the conih of 
Paleftine I Will ye render me a recur 
penfe? and if ye i<< ompenfe me, fwjfrly 
and fpeedily will I return yourrecom- 
penfe upon your own head;' 

5 Becaufe >< have taken my iilver and 
my gold, and hav carried into youriem- 
ples my goodly pleafant thinf 

b '1 he children alfo of Jufl ill and tl e 
children oi jerufalem have ye fold unto 
the < >i- 1 . ms, that j e might remove th- 
?ai from their t 

" Behold, 1 will i ufe them oul 
lither y - fold th< m,and 

ret. ii n ) our re fe Upon J OUl 

head : 

8 And I will fell 
.;o the h.i 

<>t ind ih, and thej ii all fell i the 

i people fai oii i u i th 
r.en //. 

9 Proclaimye this among the Gentil 
Prej ii e war, w i ten, 

1 thr n ; 6\.i^ m ar . 

10 

. U I 

the \ am I rung. 

it Ar yourfelves, and r 

'■n, and gathei j out (•■■■ 

I I o.K 1). 

It Lei 



will I ht i ;e all the I - allien 

t 
IS Put ye in tl 

'">ii| 

,1. the • 
eduefi w 

14 Multit 



708 God's judgments upon Syria, AMOS, 



Mdom, and Amnion. 



14 Multitudes, multitudes in die valley 18 fl" Audit fhall come to pafs in that 
afdecilion ; for the day of the Lord ijday, that the mountains (hall drop down 



near in the valley of decifion. 



jnew wine, and the hill* (hall flow with 



15 The fun and the moon (hall be dark- » milk, and all the rivers of j udah (hall flow 
ened, and the liars Iball withdraw theiri with waters, and a fountain (hall come 
fhining. forth of the houfe of the Lord, and (hall 

lt> The Lord alfo (hall roar out of Zi--' water the valley of Shittim 
Qn, and utter his voice from Jerufalem, | 19 Egypt (hall be a deflation, and E- 
and the heavens and the earth (hall (hake : ' dom (hall be adefolate wildernefs, for the/ 
but the Lord t will be the hope of his violence again ft the children of Judah, 
people, and the ftrength of the children jbecaufe they have (bed innocent blood in 
of Ifrael. their land. 

IT So (hall ye know that 1 am the Lor d l i0 But judah (hall dwell for ever, and 
your God dwelling in Zion, my holy J Jcrufalem from generation to generation- 
mountain : then thall jeruialem be holy } /0 21 For 1 will cleanfe their blood that I 
and there /hall no ftrangers pais through I have not cleanfed : for the Lord dwell - 
her any more. leth in Z-ion. 



A M O S. 



CHAP. 17 
i God's judgments upon Syria, 6 the Phi- 
liftine's, 9 £yrus, 11 Edom, \6 and Am- 
man. 

THE words of Amos, who w-as among 
the herd men of Tekoa, which he faw 
concerning Ifrael in the davs of Uzziah 
king of Judah, and in the days of Jero- 
boam the ion of Joa'h king of Ifrael, two 
years before the earthquake. 

2 And he faid, the Lord will roar from 
Zion; and utter his voice from Jerufaiem ; 
and the habitations of the (hep herds (hall 
mourn and the top of Carmel (hall wither. 
S Thus faith the Lord, For chi eetranf- 
greflions of Damafcus, and for Four, I will 
not turn away the punijbment thereof : 
becaufe they have threlhed Gilead with 
threlhing inftruments of iron : 

4 Bin 1 will lend a fire into the hcufe 
of Hazael, which (hall devour the palaces 
of Benhadad. 

5 I will break alfo the bar of P?rnaf- 
cus, and cut elf the inhabitant from too 
plain of Avert, and hi'n? that holdeth the 
fceptre from the houle of Eden . and the 
people of Syria (hall go into captivity un- 
to Kir, faith the Lord. 

6 ^ Thus faith the Lord, For three 
tranfgrellions of Gaza, and for four, I w ill 
not turn away J6« punijbmtm r ' : be- 
caufe they carried away captive the whole 
Captivity, lo deliver tham up la kdom : 

7 But I will fend afire on the wall cf 
Gaza, which (nail devour the palaces 
thereof : 

8 And T will cut off the inhabitant 
from Alhdod, and him that holdeih the 
fceptre from Aihkelon. and I will turn 
mine hand again ft hkron .- arid the rem- 
nant of the Phililtines (hall perifh, faith 
the Lord God. 

9 «r 1 hus faith the Lord. For three 
tranfgreflions of Tyrus, and for four, I 
will not turn away the fum/ltnem there- 



of: becaufe they delivered up the whole 
captivity to Edom, and remembered not 
the brotherly covenant : 

'0 But I will (end a fire on the wall of 
Tyrus, which (hall devour the palaces 
thereof. 

11 iT Thus faith the Lord For three 
tranfgreflions of Edom, and for four, [ 
wili nut turn away the pumjhment there- 
of : becaufe he did purine his brother 
with the (ward, and did call oft all pity, 
and his anger did tear perpetually, and 
he kept his wrath forever : 

Vi But I will fend a fire upon Teman, 
which (hall devour the palaces cf Bozrah, 
,13 ^| Thus faith the Lord, For three 
tranfgreflions of the children of Amnion, 
and for four, 1 will not turn away the pun~ 
ijbm»nt thereof : becaufe they have rip- 
ped up the women with child of Gilead, 
that they might enlarge their border : 

(A But I will kindle a tire in the wall 
of Rabbah, and it lhall devour the paU 
aces thereof, with (flouting in the day of 
battle; with a temped in the day of the 
w (lirlwind : 

15 Ami their kmg (hall go into captiv- 
ity, he and his princes together, faith the 
Lord. 

CHAP. II. 
i God*s 'wrath ttgainft jhvcb, i 'Judah, 

b c?'uh I/rat I . ( j\,oci co'n/iainetk of his 

people'') wxtharikjuin. 

THUS faith the Lord, For three tranf- 
greflions at Moab, and for four, 1 will 
not turn away the tunijbment thereof; 
lufe he burned the bones of the king 
ot Edom into lime : 

2 But I will fend a fire upon Moab, and 
it thai! devour the palaces of Kinoth : and 
Moab (ball die with tumult, with fhout- 
\Xi% y and with the found of the trumpet : 

S And 1 will cut off the judge from the 
mid (t thereof, and will (lay all the princes 
thereof with him, iauh the Lord. 

4 tj Thus 



efore 



God's tvratb againji l/rael. Chap. 

* • kith the Lord, 'ire** 

trar. g h, >^a ft r to 

will n^t turn away tbe funijhm nt mere 
of : \ :y have cti 

the Loki>, and have not kepi I 

-iments. and their le them r . 

err, alter the which their fat hi rs have 
■ t : 
a But I will fend a Rreupoi and 

it flu 
b c i Lord, 'tree 

.s of lirael, and 
■ 
becaufe tbej f» I 1 th 
Live ir a pair 

Lhatpanl 

A a ma.: _ 
I . ■ • 

protane m, hoi) i 

■ 

, and 
.-d in 

le height 

bote 

10 ; ou up fl 

land 

through the wdd inel land 

mnte. 
it ur fur 

hcts, 1 ;;icn lor 

i Bui )c gave the ' e to 

I the i 

i 

t he t - 

all he rt.ind th I !eth 

the I 

clt. 

the :. -eaway naked in tlut 

)RD. 

III. 
e fuo/i 

ught 

. 

fore 1 



iii. iv. His judgment againji bim % 709 

4 Will a lion ru.ir in the torell^- 
hehar;. no j. Will a ycung 

hath taken p. 
a Can a bird tail in a lrare upon the 
earth* where no y mis for ! Shall one 

from she earth, and have 
ill I 
1 a trumpet be blown in the . 
and i pie not be afraid ? Shall there 

be evil in a cttj , a;id the Lord hat* 
done // ? 

'. Surely the Lord Gon will do ik 
revealeth his fecret nptc 
ints the pi 
tf 1 he ho: ho will not 

fear 5 the Lord Goo hath fpoken, 

• Publiih in the palaces ]od, 

and in the palaces in the land of L 

ourfe>vef upon the 
mountains i md behold the 

^rtat tumults in the midft thereof, and 
the led in the midfi therei 

For th t to do ri^ht,: 

thcLoRD.Mho: Jence and rob- 

bers 

ti . orethu 

An advr i be even round 

1 the laul ; and he mall bring <• 
thy Itre: m thee, and thy 

(hall be d. 

I - e ftVp- 
herd taketl. I e nth ot I 

two ce of an rar ; fi>lhdt 

ken out 
dwell in * r.er of a 

ch. 
ye, an 
cob, faith the Lord God, the G 

I I ; . 

>n him. I 
• • i 

tai ihall be I tall 

hL 
i ' \ ' I wil 

• . 

•h the Lord. 

pe kine 

. 
• h rhr 

and k. 

■ 
■ 

it ihj; 

I aft/A* - «auh 

the Lot 
4 e 
gal D1U 



T10 Ifrael reproved for idolatry. AMOS. 

your facrifices every morning, and your 
tithes after three years : 

5 And offer a facrifice of thankfgiving 
with leaven, and proclaim and publifh the 
free offerings : for this iiketh you, O ye 
children of Ifrael, faith the Lord God. 

6 fj And I alfo have given you cleannefs 
of teeth in all your cities, and want of 
bread in all your places: yet have ye not 
returned unto me, faith the Lord. 

7 And alfo I have withholden the rain 
from you, when there ntere yet three 
months to the harveft : and I caufed it 
to rain upon one city, and caufed it not 
to rain upon another city : one piece was 
rained upon, and the piece whereupon it 
rained not withered. 

8 So two or three cities wandered unto 
one city, to drink, water ; but they were 
not fatisfied : yet have ye not returned 
unto me, faith the Lord. 

9 I have fmitten you with blafting and 
mildew : when your gardens, and your 
vineyards, and your hg trees, and your 
olive trees increafed, the palmerworm 
devoured them : yet have ye not returned 
unto me, faith the Lord. 

10 I have fent among vou the pefti- 
lence after the manner of Egypt : your 
young men have I ilain with the fvvord, 
and have taken away your hories ; and I 
have made the ftink of your camps to 
come up unto your noiirils: yet have ye 
not returned unto me, faiih the Lord. 

11 1 have overthrown fome of you, as 
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, 
mid ye were as a firebrand plucked out 
of the burning : yet have ye not return- 
ed unto me, faith the Lord. 

1* Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 

Ifrael : and becaufel will do this unto 
thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Ifraei 

13 For.lo,hethat formeth the mountains, 
and createth the wind, and dtclareth un- 
to man what is his thought, that n'laketh 
the morning darknefs, and treadeth upon 
the high places of the earth, The Lord, 
the God of hofts, is his name. 
C HAP. V. 

1 A lamentation for Ifrael. I An exhor- 
tation to repentance . 21 God rejecletb 
tbeir hypocritical fer<vice. 
HEAR ye tins word which T take up 

againlt you, e<wn a lamentation, O houfe 
of Ifrael. 

2 The virgin of Ifrael is fallen : fne 
{hall no more rile : fhe is torlaken upon 
her land ; there a none to raiie her up. 

S For thus faith the Lord God, The 
city that went out by a thoufand fnall 
leave an hundred, and that which went 
forth by an hundred inall leave ten, to the 
houfe of Ifrael. 

K f\ For thus faith the Lord unto 
the houfe of Ifrael, Seek ye me, and ye 
II live : 



An exhortation to repentance. 

5 But feek not Bethel, nor enter into 
Gilgal, and pafs not to Beerfheba : for 
Gilgal mall furely go into captivity, and 
Bethel (hall come to nought. 

6 Seek the Lord, and ye fh^ll live; 
left he break out like fire in the houfe of 
Jofeph, and devour it % and there be none 
to quench it in Bethel. 

I Ye who turn judgment to worm- 
wood, and leave off righteoufnefs in the 
earth, 

8 Seek him that maketh the feven ftars 
and Orion, and turneth the fhadow of 
death into the morning, and maketh the 
day dark with night: thatcalleth for the 
waters of the fea, and poureth them out 
upon the face of the earth : The Lord 
is his name : 

9 That ftrengtheneth the fpoiled a- 
gainft the ftrong, fo that the fpoiled (hall 
come againft the fortrefs. 

10 They hate him that rebuketh in 
the gate, and they abhor him that fpeak- 
eth uprightly. 

II Forafmuch therefore as your tread- 
ing is upon thepoor,andye take from him 
burdens of wheat : ye have built houfes 
of hewn (lone, but ye fhall not dwell in 
them ; ye have planted pleafant vineyards, 
but ye fhall not drink, wine of thern. 

12 For I know your manifold tranfgref- 
fions and your mighty fins : they afflicl 
the juft, they take a bribe, and they turn 
afide the poor in the gate from tbeir right. 

lo Therefore the prudent fhall keep 
filence in that time; for it is an evil time. 

14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may 
live : and fo the Lord, the God of hofts, 
fnall be with you, as ye have fpoken. 

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and 
eftablifh judgment in the gate : it may be 
that the Lord God of hofts will be gra- 
cious unto the remnant of Jofeph. 

16 Therefore the Lord, the God of 
hofts, theLo rd, faith thus, WaWmgjZallbe 
in allftreets ; and they fhall fay in all the 
highways, Alasi alas ! and they (hall call 
the hufbandman to mourning, and fuch 
as are fkilful of lamentation to wailing. 

17 And in all vineyards /ball be wail- 
ing : for I will pafs through thee, faith 
the Lord. 

16 Woe unto you that defire the day 
of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? 
The d;iy of the Lord is darknefs, and 
not light. 

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and 
a bear met him ; or went into the houfe, 
and leaned his hand on the wall, and a 
ferpent bit him. 

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be 
darknefs, and not light \ Even very dark, 
and no brightnefs in it ? 

21 «g I hate, I defpife your feaft days, and 
I will not fmell in your fclemnaffemblies. 

22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings 

and 



Ifrael 1 s bypocrify rejected. 

ard your meat offerings, I wf 11 not accept 

tbem : neither will I regard the peace of- 

our rat beatrs. 

45 Take thou away from me the noife 

of thy longs ; for I will not hear themel- 

of thy viols. 

* But let judgment rundow;. 
ters, and righteoufnefs as a mighty it ream . 
Have ye offered unto me lacririces 
andoffenngsinthe wildernefs forty years, 
hou fie or lilac I I 

•26 But ye have borne the tabernacle 
• f you Moloch and Chiunyour images, 
liar of your god, which ye made to 
yourfelv 

27 Therefore trill I caufe you logo into 
eap'iviry bevond Damafcus, faith the 
Lord, whole name is The God of hulls 

i HA P. VI. 
1 The irantennefs of l/rael, 7 /hall be 
plagued fvhb defolation. \L Their 

ffi. 

W( i that are at eafe in Zion, 

an in the mountain of ria, 

are named chief of the nations, to 
the houfe of Ifrael came ! 

we unto Calneh, and fee, and 
m thence go ye to Hamaththe ere 
then go down ro Gath of the Philiftin 
Be ibey better than thefe kingdoms ? Or 
their border e rearer than your border ? 
3 Ye f »y the evil day. and 

ife the feat ot violence to come near ; 
h Thai lie upon beds of ivory, and 
ftretch thenifdvrs upon their couches, 
and cat the lai I tue flock, and 

• m:dfl of the (tall ; 
viol 
mr ument 

•■•is, and 

a' '% with the t nt- 

c not grieved for the 

7 « 

e wuh tl. md 

!»ed th« 

8 . ' im- 

>RU tl , 1 

abhor theexcelh 

I deliver 
in. 

!.erc 
■ 
fli 

uncle fhall t 
OJ 'hat burnetii 

• t of the It 

ere yet 

nili. 11 he ( ,1 
. not mak _ 
lioi 

l 1 . • Lob d commanoS 

and he vwil imite the great boul 



Chap. vi. T;i. Their ineorrigiblenefs. 711 

breaches, and the little houfe with clefts. 

11 fl Shall horiesrun upon the rock ? 

LI one plough there with oxen ? For ye 

have turned judgment into gall, and the 

truit "iteoulnefs into hemlock : 

!.!> Ye which rejoice in a thing of 
nought, which fay, Have «e not taken 
to us horns by our own ftrength ? 

14 But, behold, I will raile up ag:. 
you a nation, O houfe ol Ifrael, faith the 
*d the God of hefb ; and they lhall 
>ou from the entering in of Ha- 
math unto the river of the wildernefs. 

THAP. Vll. 

I The judgment oft be grafiheppers, hand 

•e, are diverted by the prayer 

of Amos. 10 Amaziab's judgment. 

THUS hath the Lord God (hewed unto 

me ; and, behold, Ire formed grafshop- 

pers in the beginning of the mooting up 

ot the latter growth : and, lo, it teas the 

latter growth after the king's mowings. 

2 And it came to pafs, that when t 
had made an end of eating rafs of 
tiie hind, then I faid : Lord God, for- 
give, I befeech thee : By whom lhall Ja- 
cob arife ? for he is frr.all. 

3 The Lord rep :r this; It: 
not be, faith the Lord. 

I % 1 has hath the Lord God (hewed 
unto me : and, behold, the Lord God 
called to contend ' , anditdev, I 

the great deep, a i part. 

5 1 he . I. rd God, c I 

befi ech t! (hall Jacob arife ? 

fori -ill. 

i 1 .id repented I 

I 

I Thtlt he lhe«' 
t!.e Lord (1 od upon a wall m*de b 
v i plumbline in his h 

line. 

will fct a plumblin my 

e : 

ill be 

.hall 
be la d 

th tlie 
\ 

in the 
land i* 

Hi 

!ie h 

■ 
l there . I 

r y tiitfi 
is 

.it P 

U fhen 



712 Ifrael' s end typified. 

14 Then anfwered Amos, and faid to 
Amaziah, I ivasno prophet, neither ivas 
I a prophet's fon ; but 1 ivas an herdman, 
and a gatherer of fycamore fruit : 

15 And the Lord took me as I fol- 
lowed the flock, and the Lord (aid unto 
roe, Go, prophefy unto my people ifrael. 

io ^{ Now therefore, hear thou the 
word of the Lord : Thou lay eft, Proph- 
efy not againft Ifrael, and drop not thy 
nvord againft the houfe of Ifaac. 

17 Therefore, thus faith the Lord, 
Thy wife (had be an harlot in the city, 
and thy fons and thy daughters fhall fall 
by the fword, and thy land lha.ll be di- 
vided by line ; and thou (hah die in a 
polluted land : and Ifrael (hall furely go 
into captivity forth of his land. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 By a bafket of Jummer fruit is fheived 

IjraeL's end. 4 Opprsjjion reproved. 11 

si famine of the -oo>d threatened. 

THUS hath the Lord uOD the wed un- 
to me : and, behold, a bafket of fummer 
fruit. 

a And he faid, Amos, What feefl thou? 
And i faid, A bafket of fummer fruit. 
Then faid the Lord unto me, The end is 
come upon my people of Ifrael; I will 
not again pafs by them any more. 

3 And the fongs of the temple (hall 
be howliags in that day, faith the Lord 



AMOS. The certainty of defolation. 

Lord God, that T will fend a famine in 
the land, not a famine cf bread, nor a 
thirft for water, but of hearing the words 
of the Lord : 

12 And they (hall wander from fea to 
fea, and from the north even to the eaft, 
they (bail run to and fro to feek the word 
of the Lord, and (hall not find it. 

13 In that day ihall the fair virgins 
and young men faint for thirit. 

14 They that (wear by the fm of Sa- 
maria, and fay, Thy god, O Dan, liveth ; 
and, The manner of Beerfheba liveth ; e- 
ven they (hall fall, and never rife up again. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The certainty of the defolation. tl The 

rejtoring of the tmbernacle of Da<vid. 

1 SAW the Lord ftanding upon the 
altar ; and he faid, Smite the lintel of 
the t°oor, that the pods may (hake : and 
cut them in the head, all of them ; and 
I will flay the iaft of them with the 
fword : lie that fleeth of them fhall not 
flee away, and he that eltapeth of them 
(hall not be delivered. 

2 Though they dig into hell, thence 
(hall mine hand take them ; though they 
climb up to heaven, thence will 1 bring 
the m down : 

3 And though they hide themfelvesin 
the top cf Carmel, I will fearch and take 
them out thence ; and though they be 



Uod : t'.ere /hail be many dead bodies jhid from my fight in the bottom of the 
rn every place ; they mall caft them forth Ilea, thence will I command the lerpent, 



with filenc 

4 Si Hear this, O ye that fwallow up 
the needy, even to make the poor of the 
land to fail, 

3 Saying, When will the new moon be 
gone, that we may fell corn } And the fab- 
bath, that we may (et forth wheat, mak- 
ing the ephah fma'll, and the (hekel great, 
and i'tliii') ing the balances by deceit ? 

6 1 hat we may buy the poor for (liver, 
and the needy tor a pair of lhoes ; yea, 
and fell the refufe of the wheat ? 

7 The Lord hath fworn by the excel- 
lent of Jacob, Surely I will never forget 
any of their works. 

8 Sha'l not the land tremble for this, 
and every one mourn that duelleth there- 
in ? and it ih.ill r !e up wholly as a flood ; 
and it (hall be call out and drowned, as 
by the flood of Egypt. 

_ 9 And it (hall come to pafs iri that day, 
faith the Lord God, that I will caufe the 
fun to go down at noon, and 1 will dark- 
en the earth in the clear day ; 

10 An 1 I will turn your feafts inlo 
mourning, wi ail your longs into lam- 
entation j and I will bring up fackcloth 
upon all loins, and baldnefs upon every 
head : and I will make i< as the mourn- 
ing of an on\y Jon, and the end thereof as 
a bitter day. 



and he (hall bite them. 

* And though they go into captivity 
before their enemies thence will 1 com- 
ma id the fword, and it fhall flay them : 
and 1 will fet mine eyes upon them for 
evil, and not for good. 

5 And the Lord God of hofls/J he that 
toucheth the kind, and it fhall melt, and 
all that dwell therein thai! mourn: and it 
(hall rife up wholly like a fiood ; and (hall 
be drowned, as by the flood of Egjpt. 

6 // is he that bmldeth his (teries in the 
heaven, and hath founded his troop in the 
earth ; he that calleth for t!;e waters of 
the fea, and poureth them out upon the 
face of the earth : The LoiD is his name. 

t Are ye not as children of the Ethiopi- 
ans unto me, O children of Ifrael I faith 
the Lord. Have net I brought up Hrael 
out of the land of Egypt ? and the PhiJ- 
i (tines from Caphtor, and the Syrians 
from Kir ? 

» Behold. the c. esofthe Lord Gov are 
upon the (infill kingdom, and I will <h- 
ftroy it from off the fice of the earth; 
favingthat 1 will not utterly deuToy the 
houfe of Jacob, faith the Lord. 

Tor, lo, 1 will command, and I will 
iift the houfe of Ifrael among all nations, 
like as corn is fifled,in a fieve, yet fhail 
not the leaf! grain fall upon the earth. 



L/ LI 11. I LIU\. 11W II1C Itrtll ^1,1111 Irtll U|IUil UiV. tUUJi. 

11 «1 Benold, the days come, faith the iO Ail the finaeis of my people Ihall 

die 



Ibe tabernacle 

by the fword, which fay, Tlie evil 
r ake nor prevent us 
H «j In that day will I raifeupthetarJ- 
irrnacle ot David that is *al!en, a 
bp the bre^ i I •Nil! raife 

up his ruins, and I will build ic as i:i t!.e 
dj\ i : 

rhal they may poffefs the remnant 

• lorn, and or" all the heathen, which 

are calif.! by niy name, faith the Lord 

doeth r 

13 Bcb.dd, «he days come, faith the 



OBADTAH. David reflated. 715 

the reaper, and the treader of grapes him 
that foweth feed ; and the mountains (ball 

drop ;\\\ rt iv in e, and ail the hills (hall melt. 

14 Ami 1 will br n the captivity 

f ray people or Ifraei, and they (hall 

I the wade cities, and inhabit them ; 

and they t n :i 1 1 plant vineyards, and drink 

the wine thereof; they fhall alfo make 

g irdens, and eit the fruit of them. 

J r > And I will plant them upon their 
! !iu J , and they (hall no mere be pulled 
up on: if their land which I have given 



-, .._ j ~ vv — - 7 _ J* 

Lord, thur fhall overtake them, faith the Lord thy God. 



B A D I A H. 



i The dtjlru&ion of Eaom, 9 /)'■ tber 
f'ute, \0 and •wrong ttnto "Jacob l J 

t Istl'vuttort and iji3ury (/'Jacob. 

TH >n of ( - 

the 1 erning 1 -iom, We 

have he r from tlie Lord. 

rador ii fent tic 

hen, A r le ye, and let us r. igaioft 

her in b.ittle 

"i Behold. Ii i ve made thee fmall am 
I 'hou an fed. 

c The pride of tl> ( | •. 

reued thee, thou tl ... Heft: in the 

:s of the rock, whofe habil 
i ; thai faith in his heart, WJio lhall 
brin^ me down to the grout) 

4 i thou tx ii the ea- 
gle, and though thou 1 t ih) m fl imong 

t.e wdl 1 bi:,' thee down, 

5 1 

■ 



■ i 

rtcv 
that eat' 

I 



on the day of thy brother in the day thar 
he I ic;er ; neither ihouldeft 

thou have rejoiced over the children of 
Judah i;i >• ot their deitruction ; 

neither (houJd< | have fyuken proud. 

ly in tlie day ol diftrefs. 

i :> Thop (fa I nut hive entered into 

the gate of my people in the day of their 

i, thou fcouWefl not have 

ked on their affliction in the day of 

their calamity nor have laid bands on their 

fuh:f:r <v in the d:iy of their calamity ; 

li Neither moulded th< • (food 

in tht* crofsway to cut off th.de of his 

thai cid efcape ; neither fl :fl thou 

1 up thofe i hat did 

tin in the d;iy of difti I 

\') For the day of the Lord ;*/ near 

upon all rhe heathen : as tl. done, 

all b? done unto th rd 

(hal! return upon thine own hea 

drunk upon my 

J ol] jo (h ill all the heathen 

dri. ra, they (hall drink, 

i Ul w ii >w n, and they 

. they !. n. 

' ~ ' Bui ■ po rnouni Z'top ih;dl be 

del ■ •• |V iii be I i 

1) (hall 

►life of I • 11 be a 

\ and 
. t.<i (1 
V indlr wi (! 

i*f remaining 

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10 ' linft th . 

rr I i, »b, 

rever. 
tt I • i hou ftoodefl 



bthei .tii tl rhe Id in 

entered rs.andi upon 

jeru yen thou i 
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fields ut 

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the ;»ali be I 



714 



JONAH. 



CHAP. I. { 14 Wherefore they cried unto theLoRD, 

i Jonah fent to Nine<veh, fieeth to Tar- ;and faid, We befeech thee, O Lord, we 

Jhijb . 4 He is difcovered by a tempejl, j befeech thee, let us not perish for this 

11 thrown into the fea y and fvoaltoiv- man's life and lay not upon us innocent 

ed by a fijh 



NOW the word of the Lord came un- 
to Jonah the fon of Amtftar, faying. 

2 Arife, goto Nineveh, that great city, 
and cry againft it ; for their wickednefs 
is come up before me. 

3 But Jonah rofe up to flee unto Tar- 
shish from the pretence of the Lord, and 
went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship 



blood : for thou, O Lord, haft done as 
it pleafed thee- 

15 So they took up Jonah, and caft hii 
forth into the fea : and the fea ceafed 
from her raging. 

16 Then the men feared the Lord ex- 
ceedingly, and offered a facrifice unto the 
Lord, and made vows. 

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great 



going to Tarshish : fo he paid the fare j fish to f wallow up Jonah. And Jonah 
thereof, and went down into it. to go with J was in the belly of the fish three days and 



them unto Tarshish from the prelenee of 
the Lord. 

4 fj B'.iUhe Lord lent out a great wind 
into the fea, and there wasa mighty tem- 
ped: in the fea, fo that the ship was like to 
be broken. 

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and 



three nights. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The prayer of Jonah. 10 He is deliv- 
ered from the fifh. 
THEN Jonah prayed unto the Lori> 
his God out of the fish's belly, 

And faid, 1 cried by reafon of mine 



cried every m?n unto his god. and caft jaffficf ion un-ro the Lord, and he heard 
forth the wares that r were\w the shipintoime ; out of the belly of hell cried \ y and 
the fea, to lighten it of them. But Jo- tfiou heateoft my voice. 
nah was gone down into the fides of the) S For thou hadft caft me into the deep, 
ship ; and he lay, and was faft afleep. in the midft of the feas ; and the floods 
6 So the shipmafter came to him, and jcompaired me about : all thy billows and 
faid unto him, What meaneft thou, O thy waves paffed over me 
fleeper ? Arife, call upon thy God, if fo 



be that God will think upon us, that we 
perish not. 

7 And they faid every one to his fel- 
low, Come, and let us caft lots, that we 
may know for whofe caufe this evil is 
upon us. So they caft lots, and the lot 
fell upon Jonah. 

8 Then faid they unto him, Tell us,we 
pray thee, for whofe caufe this evil is 
upon us. What is thine occupation ? 
and, Whence comeft thou ? What is thy 
country ? and, Of what people art thou ? 

9 And he laid unto them, I am an He- 
brew ; and I fear the Lord, the God of 
heaven, which hath made the fea and the 
dry land. 

10 Then were the men exceedingly 
afraid, and faid unto him, Why haft thou 
done this ? For the men knew that he 
fled from the prefenee of the Lord, be- 
caufe he had told them. 

11 <f| Then faid they unto him, What 
shall we do unto thee, that the fea may 
be calm unto us ? For the fea wrought, 
and was tempeftuous. 

12 And he faid unto thern, Take me 
up, and caft me forth into the fea ; fo shall 
the f^a De calm unto you : for I know 
that for my fake this great tempeft is up- 
on you. 

13 Neverthelefs, the men rowed hard 
6o bring // to the land ; but they could 
not: for the fea wrought, aid was tern- 
peftuous againft. them. 



4 Then 1 faid, I am caft out of thy 
fight j yet I will look again toward thy 
holy temple. 

5 The waters compaffed me about, e- 
<ven to the foul : the depth clofed me 
round about, the weeds were wrapped 
about my head. 

6 I went down to the bottoms of the 
mountains ; the earth with her bars e was 
about me for ever : yet haft thou brought 
up my life from corruption, O Lord my 
God 

7 When my foul fainted within me I 
remembered the Lord : and my prayer 
came in unto thee, into thine holy tem- 
ple. 

8 They that obferve lying vanities for- 
fake their own mercy. 

9 But I will facrifice unto thee with 
the voice of thankfgiving ; I will pay 
that that I have vowed. Salvation is of 
the Lord. 

10 qj A>nd the Lord fpake unto ths 
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the 
dry land. 

CHAP. in. 

1 Jonah, fent again, preacbeih to the Nin- 

cvites. 5 Upon their repentance^ 10 

God repentetb. 

AND the word of the Lord came un- 
to Jonah the feeond time, faying, 
- U Z Arife, go unto Nineveh, that great 
city, and preach unto it the preaching 
that I bid thee. 

3 So Jonah arofe, and went unto Nine- 
veh, 



ITbe Nlne'vltes'' repentance. 



Chap. i. Jonah's repining reproved: 715 



veh, according to the word of the Lord, try ? Therefore I fled before unto Tar- 
Now Nineveh was an exceeding great jshish: fori knew that thou art a gra- 
city of three days journey. cious God, and merciful, flow to anger, 

4 And Jonah began to enter into the 'and of great kindnefs, and repented thee 
city a day's journey, and he cried, and of the evil, 

faid, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall; 3 Therefore, now, O Lord, take I be- 
be overthrown feech thee, my life from me; for /'/ is 

5 fl So the people of Nineveh believed \ better for me to die than to live. 
God, and proclaimed a f aft, and put on i 4 ff Then faid the Lord, Doeft thou 

well to be angry ? 

i> So Jonah went out of the city, and 
fat on the eafr fide of the city, and there 
made him a booth, and fat under it in 
the shadow, till he might fee what would 
become of the city. 

6 And the Lord God prepared a 



them 



fackcloth, from the greatefl of 
even to the leaf] of them. 

6 For word came unto the king of 
Nineveh, and he arofe from his throne, 
and he laid his robe from him, and cov- 
ered hi m with fackcloth, and fat in ashes. 

7 And he caufed it to be pi claimed 
and published through Nineveh, by the gourd, and made // to come up over Jo- 
decree of the king and his nobles, fay- nah, that it might be a shadow over his 
ing, Let neither man nor bealt, nerd nor head, to deliver him from his grief. So 
flock, tafte any thing : let them not feed, Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd 



nor drink water 

8 But let man and bead be covered 
with fackcloth, and cry mightily unto 
God : yea, let them turn every one from 
his evil way, and from the violence that 
ijin their hands. 

9 Who can tell if God will turn, and 
repent, and turn away from his rierce 
anger, that we perish not ? 

10 A And God faw their works, that 
they turned from their evil way ; and 



i But God prepared a worm whemthe 
morning fofe the next day, and it fmote 
the gourd that it withered. 

8 And n came to pafs, when the fun did 
arife, that God prepared a vehement eaft 
wind ; and the fun beat upon the head of 
Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in 
himfelf to die, and faid, // is better for 
me to die than to live. 

9 AndGod faid toJonah.,Doeftthou well 
to be angry for the gourd ? And he faid, 



God repented of the evil, that he had 1 do well to be angry, even unto death 



laid that he would do unto them j and he 
did // not. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Jonah repining at Gorf's mercy, 4 is 
reproved by the type of a gourd. 
BUT it difpleafed Jonah exceedingly, 
and he was very angry. 

% And he prayed unto the Lord, and 
faid, I pray thee, O Lord, Wa% not this 



10 Then faid the Lord, Thou haft had 
pity on the gourd, for the which thou haft 
not laboured, neither madeft it grow ; 
which came up in a night, and perished 
in a ni>iht : 

11 And, Should not I fpare Nineveh, 
that great city, wherein are more than 
fixfeore thoufand perfons that cannot 
dilcern between their right hand and 



rny faying, when I was yet in my coun- itheir left hand ; and alfo much cattle ? 



MICA H. 



CHAP. I. 
1 M'tcahfbevoetb the ivrath of God againft 

Jacob for idolatry. 10 He exhortetb 

to mourning. 

THE word of the Lord that came 
to Micah the Morafthite in the days 
of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings 
of Judah, which he faw concerning Sa- 
maria and Jerufalem. * 

£ Hear, all ye people ; hearken, O earth, 
and all that therein is : and let the Lord 
God be witnefs againft you, the Lord 
from his holy temple. 

3 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth 
out of his place, and will come down, and 
tread upon the high places of the earth. 

4 And the mountains (hall be molten 
Hnder him, and the valleys {hall be cleft, 
as wax before the fire, and as the waters 
that are poured down a fteep place. 



5 For the tranfgreffion of Jacob is all 
this, and for the fins of the houfe of Ii- 
rael. What is the tranfgreftion of JUcob ? 
Is it not Samaria? and, What are the 
high places of Judah ? Are they not Je- 
rufalem ? 

6 Therefore, I will make Samaria as an 
heap of the field, and as plantings of a 
vineyard : and I will pour down the (tones 
thereof into the valley, and 1 will difcover 
the foundations thereof. 

7 And all the graven images thereof 
{hall be beaten to pieces, and ail the 
hires thereof {hall be burned wi»h the 
fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay 
defolate : for {he gathered it of the hire 
of an harlot, and they {hall return to the 
hire of an harlot. 

8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I 
will go ftripped and naked ; I will make 

a wailing 



716 Again ft opprefflon. MICAH. The cruelty of the princes. 

a wailing like the dragons, and mourn- 8 Evenoflate my people isrifen up a$ 
ing as the owls. an enemy : ye pull" off the robe with the 

9 For her wound is incurable ; for it is garment from them that pafs by fecure- 
come unto Judah ; he is come unto the '}' as men averfe from war. 

gate of my people, Wen to Jerusalem. 9 The women of my people have ye 

10 A Declare ye // not at Gath, weep caff out from their pleaiant houfes ; from 
ye not at all : in the houfe of Aphrah their children have ye taken away my 
roll thyfelf in the duff, glory for ever. 

11 Pafs ye away, thou inhabitant of *° Arife ye, and depart ; for this is not 
Saphir, having thy ihame naked : the in- your reft .- becaufe it is polluted, it fhall 
jiabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the deftroy you, even with a fore definition, 
mourning of Bethezel : he fhall receive i H Ha man walking in the fpirit and 
of you his (landing. i falsehood do lie, Jaying y \ will prophefy 

i'i For the inhabitant of Ma roth wait- Junto thee of wine andof ftrong drink ; he 
ed carefully for good : but evil came' wall even be the prophet of rim people. 



down from the Lord unto the gate of 
Jerufalem. 

13 O c»;ou inhabitant of Lachifh, bind 



12 fl I will finely affembie,0 Jacob, all 
of thee ; I will furely gather the remnant 
of Ifrael 1 will put them together as the 



the chanot to the fw'ift beaft : fhe is the! iheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midft 
beginning of the fin to the daughter of [of their fold, they fhall make great noife 



Zion : for the tranigrefiions of Ifrael were 
found in thee. 

14 Therefore fhalt thou give prefents 
to Moreihethgath : the houfes of Achzib 
fhall be a lie to the kings of Ifrael. 

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, 

inhabitant of Mareihah : he (hall come 
unto Aduilam the glory of Ifrael. 

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for 
thy delicate children ; enlarge thy bald- 
nefs as the eagle ; for they are gone into 
captivity from thee. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Again ft opprejjion. K A lamentation. 7 
A reprooj of tnjuftice and idolatry. V'l 
A prom ye of reftoring Jacob. 

WOii to them that devife iniquity, and 
work evil upon their beds ! when the 
morning is light, they praftife it, becaufe 
it is in the power of their hand. 

°L And they covet fields, and tyke tbcm 
by violence ; and houfes, and take them 
away : fo they opprefs a man and his 
houfe, even a man and his heritage. 

A Therefore thus faith the Lord, Be- 

Jiold, again (I this family do I devife an 

evil, from which ye thall not remove your 

necks ; neither fhall ye go haughtily: for 

this rime is evil. 

4 <ff In that day fhall oaetdke up a par- 
able agamft you, and lament with a dole- 
ful lamentation, und fay, We be utterly 



by reafon of the multitude of men. 

IS The breaker income up before them; 
they have broken up, and have pafTecl 
through the gate, and are gone out by it t 
and their king fhall pals before them, and 
the Lord on the head of them. 

CHAP. III. 
1 'The cruelty of the princes. 5Tbefalfe- 

bood of tbt prophets. <J The fecurny of 

them botb. 

AND I faid, Hear, T pray you. O heads 
of Jacob, and yeprincesot the houfe of If- 
rael ; Is it not for you to know judgment ? 

"2 Who hate the good, and love the evil ; 
who pluck off their fkin from off them, 
and their flefh from off their bones ; 

3 Who alfo eat the tlefh of my people, 
'^nd flny their fkm from off them ; and 
they break their bones, and chop then; in 
pieces, as for the pot, and as flefh within 
the caldron. 

4 Then (hall they cry unto the Lord, 
but he will not hear them : he will even 
hide his face from them at that time, as 
they have behaved themfelves ill in their 
doings. 

5 *J Thus faith the Lord concerning 
the prophets that make my people err, 
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace ; 
and he that putteth not into their mouths, 
they even prepare war again fl him : 

6 Therefore, mghtjball be unto you, 



ipoiled : lie hath changed the portion of that ye fhall not have a vilion : and it fhall 
my people : how hath he remove'rl it\ be dark unto you, that yelhall notdivine; 



from me ! turning away he hath divided 
our fields. 

5 I herefore thou (halt have none that, 
fhall caft a cord by lot in the congrega- 
tion of the Loud. 

ti Prophefy ye not./rr tbey'to them that 
prophely : they thall notprophciy to them 
jbatthcy fhall not take lhame. 



and the fun (hall go down over the proph- 
ets, and the day (ball be dark over them. 

7 Then fhall the feers be afhamed, and 
the diviners confounded : yea, they (hall 
all cover tiieir lips ; for tbtre is no an- 
fwer of God. 

8 «J But truly I am full of power by 
the fpirit of the" Loi;d, and of judgment, 



7 «] () thou that art named the houfe of, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his 



Jacob, Is the fpirit of the Lord ft'raitenedi 
Are thefe his doings ? Do not my words 



tranfgreffiyn, and to Ifrael his fin. 

') Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of 



do good to him that vvalketh uprightly f the houfe of Jacob, and princes of the 



houfe. 



'The gfory, U: a/ the church. 



Chap. iv. t. 



TbebirtbofCbrif. 7tT 



..onfe of Ifrael, that abhor 
and pervert all equity. 

10 Ui up Zion with blood, 
and h iniquity. 

11 thereoi udge for rev - 
and the !iire, 

• 

Will fl: iRP, 

and lay, /• not the Lord among us I 
None evil can come upon 

li 
be p 






1 the m< the 



■ n w 



as the high places o\ Lie fore 

IV. 
1 Tbf zliry, tp'ocs, B kh It and 

c to 

and peopl- 

s (lull and 

; , a>ul to the 1 < 
ul th , and he will te ich 

k in his 
p iths : t >r the ' t /ion, 

; he word of the Luru from Jeru- 
m. 
3 fl And he (hall ;ndge among rji 
. md rebuke ftrong natr 
th ill {)■■ it then 
re v , and i heir into 

(hall not lift up 
r IhaU ' 

every man un 

th ot 
the I oun //. 

I walk every one 

.ORO our v 

ih, and 1 v 
n out, ami h< i I 
■ 
tnd J •• r that 1 

a it- 

• i 

fl And 

. 

•e to 
the 

- 
10 

/-ion, like a w< 



in travail : few hou po forth 

out of the city, and thou alt dwell 

lhalt go even to Baby- 
<re ihat' ihou be delivered ; there 
the Lorh ll. ,ec trom the 

es. 
ll * '-• v nations are gath- 

ered a. »t fay, Lei her be de- 

riled, and kt c nr e^ e look upot 

It But tl e thoughts of 

- Lord, ne.ther underttand nil 

counfel ; tor he thall gather them as the 
i iheaves into the floor. 

IS Arife and threih, O daughter of 

Z c 'hine horn iron, 

ike thy hoofs bi nd 

ia.lt beat in pieces many people : 

and I w ill con gain the 

. and their fublrance unto l 
■ Lo le earth*. 

HAP. V. 
I i t <r birtb oj drift. 4 His k 8 

Hit cinqusfi. 

rher i ti ops, 

daugJ he hath laid 

ihey fhall finite the judge of 
. t with .1 rod upon the cheek. 

But tl ou, Bethlehem 
- • • > .)•• b< little among 'he th 
of Ji ■ ; ct thall he come 

rj to be ruler in Hi 
rth fiavc been from of old, 

" he gire them 
til the w hich ti it 

i lie rem 
ih <ll return unto the <. hildn n of 
Ifra 

I « 'fha'1 >nd fee. 

rtie ft of the ' , in the i 

■ 
For oow (hull he 

• ■ rth. 
til be the pe ice, when 
fhall come into our I . 

thej (hall 

i 

he deliver u- ■ ■ 

».tli within 

I 

« 

he among - 

and i er. 

9 



718 God*s controverfyfor unklndnefs, MIC AH. ignorance, injujlice, and idolatry. 

9 Thine hand fhall be lifted up upon: wicked balances, and with the bag cf 
thine ad verfaries, and all thine enemies ; deceitful weights ? 

iball be cut off. it For the rich men thereof are full 

10 And it mail come to pafs in that • of violence, and the inhabitants thereof 
day, faith the Lord, that I will cut offihave fpoken lies, and their tongue is de- 



thy hones out of the rnidft of thee, and 
I will deltroy thy chariots ; % 

tt And 1 will cut off the cities of thy 
land, and throw down all thy ftrong holds: 

12 And 1 will cut off witchcrafts out 
of thine hand ; and thou lhalt have no 
more foothfayers : 

13 Thy graven images alfo will I cut 



ceitful in their mouth. 

13 Therefore alfo will 1 make/A^ fick 
in fruiting thee, in making thee defolate 
becauleofthy (ins. 

14 Thou (halt eat, but not be fatisfied; 
and thy calling dow xxfbail be in the rnidft 
of thee ; and thou (halt take hold, but 
[lhalt not deliver : and that which thou 



off, and thy (landing images out of the i delivered: will 1 give up to the fword. 



rnidft of thee ; and thou (halt no more 
wonhip the work of thine hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy groves out 
of the midil of thee : fo will J deftroy 
thy cities. 

15 And I will execute vengeance in 
anger aird fury upon the heathen, fuch 
as they have not heard. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 God's contro<ve rfy for unkrndnefs, 6for 

ignorance, Wi for injujlice t 16 and for 

idolatiy. 

HfcrtR ye now what the Lord faith ; 
Anfe, contend thou before the moun- 
tains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 

2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's 
controverfy. and ye ftrong foundations 
ot the earth : for the Lord hath a con- 
troverfy with his people, and he will 
plead with Ifrael. 

S O m> people, What have I done unto 
thee ? and, Wherein have 1 wearied thee ? 
Teftify again ft me. 

4 For I brought thee up out of the land 
°f ^g> P r > and redeemed thee out of the 
houie offer van ts ; and I fent before thee 
Mules, Aaron, and Miriam. 

5 O my people, remember now what 
Balak king of Moab confulied, and what 
Balaam the fon of Beor anfwered him 
from bhittim unto Ciilgal ; that ye may 
know the nghteoufnefs of the Lord. 

6 fl Wherewith (hall I come before the 
Lord, and bow myielf before the hi^h 
God > Shall I come before him with burnt 
offerings, with calves of a year old ? 

7 Will the Lord be plcafed with tho-u- 
fands of rams, or "with ten thouf mds of 
rivers of oil? Shall I give my firitborn 
for my tranfgreflion, the fruit of my bo- 
dy Jot the fin of my loul ? 

8 He hath (he * ed thee, Oman, what 
is good ; and, What doth theLoRD require 
ot ihee but 10 do juft!y,and to love mer- 
cy, awa ro walk humbly with thy God ? 

9 ] heLORD'svoicecriethuntothecity, 
and I be man oJ\\ ifdom (lull lee thy name : 
hear ) e th< rod, and who hath appointed it. 

i0 «[{.'- re there yet the treafures ol wick- 
ediu . in the boule of the wicked, and 



nets, the Lord fhall be a light unto me. 

9 I will bear the indignation of the 

Lord, becaule I have finned again!! 

the a .t meafure that is abominable ? jhim, until he plead my caufe, and ex*.- 

11 Shall i count mem pure with the : cute judgment for me : he will bring 

me 



15 Thou (halt fow, but thou (halt not 
reap : thou (halt tread the olives, but 
thou (halt not anoint thee with oil ; and 
fweet wine, but (halt not dnnk. wine. 

16 \ For the ftatutes of Omri are kept, 
and all the works of the honle of Ahab, 
and ye walk in their couniels ; that I 
(hould make thee a defolation, and the 
inhabitants thereof an hiding : therefore 
ye lhall bear the reproach of my people. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The cburcb complaining of be r f mall 

number, 5 and ibe general corruption, 

i'futietb ber confidence in God. 

WOE is me ! for I am as when they 
have gathered the fummer fruits, as the 
grape gleanings of the vintage : there is 
no clufter to eat : my foul defired the 
firft ripe fruit. 

i The good man is perilhed out of the 
earth; and there is none upright among 
men : they all lie in wait for blood ; they 
hunt every man his brother with a net. 

3 fl That they may do evil with both 
hands earneftly, the prince afketh, and 
the judge ajhetb for a reward ; and the 
great man he uttereth his mifchievous 
defire : fo they wrap it up. 

4 The bed of them is as a brier : the 
mod upright is Jharper than a thorn 
hedge : the day of thy watchman, and 
thy vifitationcoineth ; now (hall be their 
perplexity. 

5 f Truft ye not in a friend, put ye 
not confidence in a guide : keep the doors 
of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy 
bofom. 

6 For the fon difhonoureth the father, 
the daughter rifeth upagainft her moth- 
er, the daughter in law againft her moth- 
er in law ; a man's enemies are the men 
(>f his own houfe. 

7 lherefore I will look unto the Lord: 
I will wait for the God of my falvation : 
my God will hear me. 

8 Rejoice not againft me, O mine enemy : 
when 1 fall, I mallaiifc; when I (it in dark- 



The church 1 s c9nf deuce in God. C 

me forth to the light, a\d I (hall behold 

ii nefs. 

10 'Tie that is mine enemy (hall 

hall cover. her which 

faid unto : nere is the Lord thy 

Goo ie eyes fhall behold her : now 

fliall ihe be trodden down as the mire of 

the ftreets. 

Win the day that thy walls aretobebuilt, 

in that day fha'l the dec ret bo far removed. 

it In that day alfo he ih ill come even 

n Affyna and from the fen i- 

cities, and from the fortrefs even to 

the river, and from lea to lea, and /row 

to mountain. 

twithftanding, the land fhall be 

defolate becaufe of well 

therein, for the fruit ot their doings. 

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the 
flock, of thine heritage, which dwell foli- 

ly in the w od, in the midft of Car- 
: let them feed in Balhan and Gilead, 
as in the >f old. 

15 According to the days of thy com- 



i. ii. His goedr.efs to hit people. 71* 

ut of the land of Egypt will I fhew 
hmi marvellous tbmgs. 

16 Ihenatie | f ee anc } fc e con- 

founded at all their mi v .hall lay 

their hand upon tbeir mouth, their ears 
lhall be deaf. 

IT They lhall lick the duft like a fer- 
pent, they (hall move out of their I 
like worms of the earth : they lhall be 
afraid of the Lord our God, and lhail 
fear becaufe of thee. 

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that 
pardonerh iniquity, and paifeth by the 
iranfj n ot the remnant of his herit- 
age : he retaineth not his anger for ever, 
becaufe he delighteth in mercy. 

19 He wiil turn again, he will have 
companion upon us ; he will fob iue our 
iniquities ; and thou wilt cait all their 
fins into the depth of the fea. 

20 Then wilt perform the truth tn 
cob, and the mercy to Abraham, which 
thou baft fworn unto our fathers from 
the days of old. 



N A H U M. 



CHAP. I. 

T?c majejfy of (Jed in goodr.efs to his 
popte, and fever iiy againjt bis ene- 
mies. 

THK burden of Nineveh The book 
of the vifion of 1 te. 

>rd re- 
eth ; the Lord revengeth, at 
; the I oho will t eance 

indhere(ervcth at 

toanger,and great 

red : the Lord bath hi ) the 

Whirlwind : » f and the 

• 
4 He i iketh tl rh it 

dr. 

Ian .(1 the I 

ot tn 

the hills melt, and the e u • 
a. the 
II therein. 

tion > and, 

■ 
i ke fire, and the i .ks arc 
n by h 
T The Lord ri goo 

le ; and he k.n 
th< him. 

8 But with an ov Hood he will 

1 of rh 
hall pu es. 

! 
Lord? he will makean utter end: i 
Hon (hall not rid* up the fecond time. 



'heth. 

I 



10 For while they be folden together 
as thorns, ami wlu'le they are drunken 
as drunkards, they (hall be devoured ai 
ftubblefullj 

11 There is one come out of thee, tint 

th erilagaiaft the Lord, a vs 

ell. >r. 
1* ' lith the Lord, Though /Ae? 

he q ewife many, j 

•n, when he mall 
thn> !: | iveaffli 

thee, I will more. 

13 For now will I break his yoke 

' ' ; : bonds 
in fund< 

1 i \u>\ the I mp r> hath given 

Itaenti 

of tl j 

'111 It 

I 
•ave ; t >r flu | 
1 ' the nountains the 

i -i tidii 
I O Ju lah, ; 
thy ! 
for the v. • fti ill no i 

C II \ P N. 
Tbtjear/ui i armies of God 

Hh th it d n piece 

e thy fjee : keej> 

;ng, 

h turne 

I • 'i the en 
out, and i 

ihe 



T£0 The armies nfGoJ again/l % 

9 The (hield of his mighty men is 
iiiade red, the valiant men are in fear- 
let : the chariots/^// *f with flaming 
torches in the day o£ his preparation, 



N A HU M. and m ije rahle ruin of y Nineveh , 



natiqnsthrough her whoredoms, and fam- 
ilies through her witchcrafrs. 

a Behold, I am again ft thee, faith the 
Lord of hofts : and I will di (coyer thy 



and the fir trees (hall be terribly (haken. MjbrtS upon thy face, and 1 will (hew the 
4 The pjharjots (hall rage in (he (Ireets, | nations thy nakednefs, and the kingdoms 
they (hall jiiftl&ofieagatnft another in the [thy (hame 



broad ways : they (hall (eem like torches, 
they (hall run like the lightnings. 



6 And I will caff abominable filth up- 



ion thee, and make thee 



5 He (hall recount his w< nines : they jthee as a gazing (lock. 



vile, 



and will fet 



mall (tumble in their walk ; they (hall 
make baffle to the wall thereof, ;md the 
lie fence (hall be prepared. 

6 ') he g ates of the rivers (hall be open- 
ed, and the palace (hall bedifTolved. 

7 And Huzzab (hall be led away cap- 
tive, fne (hall be brought up, and her 
maids fnall lead her as with the voice of 
doves, tabering upon their b re aits. 

H But Nineveh is of old like a pool of 
water : yet they fhaii flee away. Stand, 
iVdnd,Jlall they cry ; but none lhall look 
back. 

9 Take ye the fpoil of filver, take the 



7 And it (hah! come to pafs, that all 
they that look upon th.ee (hall flee from 
rhee. and fay. Nineveh islaid wafte : Who 
will bemoan her > Whence (bail I feek. 

I comforters for thee ? 

R Art thou better than populous No, 

5 that was fituate among the rivers, that 
tad the wa'ers round about it. whofe 
rampart <\nas the fea, and her wall nva> 
from the fea ? 

9 Ethiopia and Egypt tuere her 
: (Iren^th, and it was infinite ; Put and 
i Lubim were thy helpers 

10 Yet nvas (he carried away, (he went: 



fpoil of gold : for there is none end of, into captivity; her young children alfo 
the (tore and glory out of all the pleaf- ' 
ant furniture. 

10 She is empty, and void, and wade : 
and the heart melteth. and the knees 
finite toother, and much pain is in all 
loins, and the laces of them all gather 
black nefs. 

11 Where is the dwelling of the liens, 
and the feeding place of the young lions; 
where the lion, even the old lion, walk- 
to. and the lion'o whelp, a\A none made 
them afraid ? 

Vi The lion did tear in pieces enough 
for his whelps, and ftrangled for his 
lionefles, and filled his holes with prey, 
and his cens with ravin. 

13 Behold, I tfte'aftaiitft thee, faith the 
Lord of hofts, and I will burn her char- 
iots in the (moke, and the fword (hall 
devour thy young hens : and 1 will 
cut oil" thy prey from the earth, and the 



were dafhed in pieces at the tcp of ail the 
t-heets : and they ca ft lo's for her hon- 
ourable men. and all her great men were 
bound in chains. 

11 Thou al(o (halt be drunken : thou 
(halt be hid. thou alfo (halt feek ftrength 
becaufe of the enemy 

1 i All thy ftroog hoW /Ball U like fig 
tree, with the fir ft ripe figs ? if they be 
{haken, they (hall even fall into the mouth 
of the ^ater 

13 Behold, thy people in the midft of 
thee are women : the gates of thy land 
(hall be fet wide open unto (hine enemies : 
the fire (hall devour thy bars. 

t-4 Draw thee waters for the fiece. fortify 
thy strong holds : go into clav- and tread! 
the mortar, make (hong the brickkiln. 

15 There (hall the fire devour thee : the 
fword (hall cut thee off, it (hall ea' thee 
up like the cankei worm : make 



voice of thy mtflengers (hall no more be many as the cankerworm, make thyfelf 

many as the l^cufts. 

16 Thou had: multiplied thy merchants 
above the liars of heaven : the canker- 
worm fpoileth, and lleelh away. 

17 Thy crowned are asthe locufts. aria 
thy captains as the £ reat grafshoppers. 



bearer. 

CHAP. m. 

The mife rahle ruin <f Ninel-eh. 
WOE to the bloody city ! it is all full 
of lies and rubbery ; the prey depurteth 
not. 



°L The noife of a whip, and the noifejwhicn camp in the hedges in the cold 
of the rattling of the wheels, and of the; day, but when the fun arifeth they flee 
prancing horfes, arid oft he jumping char- 1 away, and their place is not know n where 
iots. | they are, 

3 The horfemen lifteth up both the! 1>5 Thy fhepherds fhuuber 
bfight fword and the pilfering (pear ; 
and there is a multitude of ilain, and a 
great number of carcaiT. s ; and ther' is 
none < \vS of tbeir corpfes ; they (tumble 
upon 'heir corpfes : 

4 Becaufe of the multitude of the 
whoredoms of 'he well favoured harlot, 
the miftrefs or witchcrafts, that felleth 



O king of 
Aflyria : thy nobles (hall dwell in thedu/i : 
thy people is fcattered upon the moun- 
tains, and no man gathereth them. 

t<) There is no healing of »hy bruife ; 
thy wound is grievous : a*l t'nat hear the 
bruit of thee (hall clap the hands over 
thee : for. Upon whom hath not thy wick- 

eonefb palled continually ? 

HABAKKVK. 



7£i 



II A B A K K U K. 



CH*P I. 
-to Habakkuk, 'omp.'a>ning of the in- 
iquity of to, lurd, >isfb toed tbefoa*- 
Jul njrttf'ranc' by the Lbdldeans. 
THE burden which H^bakkuk the 
prophet did lee. 

2 O Lord, how long mall 1 cry, and 
, wilt not hear! even cry our un 

to rlire */ violence, and thou vsilt not 
favr ! 

3 Why dort thou (hew me iniquity, and 
caufeme to behold grievance I For fpoil 
ing and violence*'* before me i and there 
are r'-rtt raife up ((rife and contention. 

* Therefore the law is flacked, and 
ment doth never >>u forth fur the 
wicked doth compafs about the r 
ems ; therefore wrong judgment proceed- 
eth. 

5 f[ Behold ye among the heathen, and 
regard, and wondei marvelloully : for / 
will work, a work in your < wbic&yc 
will not believe, though it be told \"u 

6 For, lo, I raife up the Chaldeans, that 
i and haftv nation, w Inch fh .ill march 

through the breadth of the lai 

the dwelling places tbat are not the rs 

7 They ar? r«-rr: b!c &\m\ dreadful ; theii 
judgment and their dignity liull proceed 
of II 

8 I heir horfes alfo are fwifter than the 
leopards, and are more fierce than the 
evning wolves : and their horfemen fhall 

themfelves arid their hoi ( 
fhall come from lar ; the) ball fly a. 
the e <^\i- 1 '.jt haflcth to eal 

c >me all for violei 
.1 fup up as the e tit wind, 
and rhey (hall gather the capfivii 
far, 

•" \\ I feoff at tht ,ind 

the i be a .cm • 

, v I 

u. 

1 1 hall bis mind * . and he 

!, t input in. 
>d . 
\ i .i th evei I iftini 

min • i ' l 
O Lord tl 
:d tment , anl, < I 
. thou hall eftablirtu d 
on. 
M fbcu art of purer t 
hold evil, a 

f thou i] ih.it 

■ 
ked devou 
is n 

14 

the 

no ruler over » 

» 1 : .ike up all of them with 'he 

uch them in ll ', an.1 | 

i I ' 



ftather them in their drag : therefore 
the) ml arc ^lad 

i€ 'I hercft re they facrifice unto their 
net and burn incemtr unto their drag; 
becaufc b> them their portion is fat, and 
their inea' plenteous 

17 Shall they theietoteempty their net, 
and not fpare continually to Hay the na- 
tions ? 

CHAP. II. 
1 Unto Habakkuk, ivatting for an an- 
J wer t is Jb'-ived that be mufl ivaif 

by J nib. 5 The judgment upon the 

L> aldeum 

I Wl LI Hand upon my watch, and fet 
upon th<* rower, and will watch to fee 
what he will fay unto me, and what I 
fhall anf*er when I am reproved. 

vnd the Iord anfwered me, and 
faid. Write the vifion and make it pi <\n p 
upon tables, that he may run that read- 
eth it. • 

3 For the vifion is yet for an appoint- 
time, but .a the ?nd it lhall fpeajc, 

trid not lie : though it tarry, wait fof* 
it ; becaufe it will furely come, it will 
not tarry. 

4 behold, his foul, •whieb is lifted up is 
not Upright in him . but thejuft thall live 
by his faith. 

■ r » <(1 Yea alfo, becaufe he tranfgrefTefli 

by wine, be is a proud man, neither keep- 

eth at home, v\ho enlargeth his left re as 

; , and /» as death, and cm not be (atis> 

'. but gath reth unto him jII nations^ 

and heapeth unto him all people : 

not all thele take up a parable 

' mntinj | i b againft 

n, and fay, Woe to him that mcreafetK 

'icbty not hi*' How long! And to 

him th h mfeli m ith thick clay 1 

. it rile Up fuddenji that 
' bite tl id awake that fhall \ 

thee, and thou (halt he for booties unto) 
• I.- a 

thou hat Ipolled miny 

-, di the remn mt of the people fhall 

■I, .ind. 

► violence of the land, of the city, 
■ ; i thf rein. 
,( ^ •• ro him thai cov >teth an evil 
toufnt i i" l\ia houfc he ro i\ I 

h, that he ma j be deliver- 
ed from ii • <-v,l ! 
i" i hoti ' < furled (ha me to thy 
< utting ofl man) people, in I 
} th) i ml. 

' I one ft dl cry OUt of the 

H o( the timber 

In ill ir . 

IS Woe io him that buildetl) -town 
Miu tji a city by in- 

, h i/ j Lord of 

holts 



78*4 Habaikuk t in bis prayer, 

hofts, that the people (hall labour in the 
very fire, ?nd the people (hall weary theni- 
felves for very vanity ? 

14 For the earth (hall be filled with the 
knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as 
the waters cover the fea. 

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neigh- 
bour drink, that putteft thy bottle to< 
him, and makeft him drunken alio, that 
thou niayelt look on their nakednels ! 

16 Thou art filled with (name for glo- 
ry : drink thou alfo, and let thy forefkin 
be uncovered : the cup of the Lord's 
right hand fhdll be turned unto thee, and 
ihameful fpewing Jhail be on thy glory. 

17 For the violence of Lebanon (hall 
cover i: ee, and the fpoil of beads, which 
made them afraid, becaufe of men's 
blood, and for the violence of the land, 
of the city. and of all that dwell therein. 

18 "What profiteth the graven image 
that the maker thereof hath graven it ; 
the molten image, and a teacher of lies, 
that the makerof his work, trufteth there- 
in, to make dumb idols ? 

19 Woe unto him that faith to the 
wood, Awake; to the dumb Clone, Arife, 
it (hall teach ! Behold, it is laid over with 
gold, and lilver, and there is no breath at 
all in the mid ft of it. 

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: 
let all the earth keep filence before him. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembletb at 

God's majefty. 17 Confidence ofhisjaitb. 

A PR AYER of Habakkuk the prophet 
upon Shigionoth. 

2 O Lord, I have heard thy fpeech, 
and was afraid : O Lord, revive thy 
work in the midft of the years, in the 
midftofthc years make known ; in wrath 
remember mercy. 

3 God came from Teman, and the Ho- 
ly One from mount Paran. Selah. His 
glory covered the heavens, and the earth 
was full of his praife. 

4 And bis brightnefs was as the light ; 
he had horns coming out of his hand : 
and there iuas the hiding of his power. 

5 Before him went the peftilence, and 
burning coals went forth at his feet. 

6 He (lood, and mrafured.the earth ; 
lie beheld, and drove afunder the nations ; 
and the everlafting mountains were icat- 
tered, the perpetual hills did bow : his 
ways are everlafting. 



ZEPHANIAH. 



trembletb at God's majejly* 

7 I faw the tents of Cuftjan in afflic- 
tion : and the curtains of the land of 
Midian did tremble. 

8 Was the LoRDdifpleafed againft the 
rivers? Was thine anger againft the river6? 
Was thy wrath againft the fea, that thou 
didft ride upon thine horfes and thy 
chaiiots of falvation ? 

9 1 hy bow was made quite naked, ac- 
tor ding to the oaths of the tribes, ei>en 
//>vword. Selah. Thou didft: cleave the 
earth with rivers. 

>0 The mountains faw thee, and they 
trembled : the overflowing of the water 
paired by ; the deep uttered his voice, and 
lilted up his hands on high. 

11 The fun and moon flood dill in 
their habitation : at the light of thine ar- 
rows they went, <*«<rfatthefhining of thy 
glittering fpear. 

12 Thou didft march through the land 
in indignation, thou didft threfh the hea- 
then in anger. 

13 Thou wenteft forth for the falva- 
tion of thy people, even for falvation 
with thine aiiointed ; thou woundedft 
the head out of the houfe oj" the wicked, 
by discovering the foundation unto the 
neck. Selah. 

14 Thou didft ftrike through with his 
ftaves the head of his villages : they came 
out as a whirlwind to fcatter me : their 
rejoicing nuns as to devour the poor fe- 
cretly. 

1^ Thou didft walk through the fea 
with thine horfes, through the heap of 
great waters. 

16 When I heard, my belly trembled ; 
my lips quivered at the voice : rottennefs 
entered into my bones, and I trembled 
in myielf, that 1 might reft in the day of 
trouble : when he cometh up unto the peo- 
ple, he will invade them with his troops. 

17 q{ Although the fig tree (hall not 
bloffbm, neither Jball fruit be in the 
vines ; the labour of the olive (hall fail, 
and the fields (hall yield no meat ; the 
flock (hall be cut oft from the fold, and 
there [ball be no herd in the (tails : 

18 Yet 1 will rejoice in the Lord, I 
will joy in the God of my falvation. 

19 The Lord God is my ftrength, and 
be will make my feet like hinds' feet, 
and he will make me to walk upon mine 
high places. To the chief finger on my 
ftring'id inftruments. 



ZEPHANIAH. 



CHAP. I. 

God* s fever e judgment againji Judah 

J or dinjtrs Jtns. 

THE word of the Lord whic^i came 

unto Zephaniah, the fon of Cuflii, the 

fon of Gedaliah, the fonof Amanah, the 



fon of Hizkiah, in the days of Jofiah the 
fon of Anion, king of Judah. 

4 1 will utterly confumeall things from 
oft the land, faith the Lord. 

3 I will con fume man and bead : I will 
confunie the fowls of the heaven, and 

the 



God's judgment againji Judah. 

the fifties of the tea, and the ftumbli g 
blocks withthe wicked : and I will cut oft 
man from oft the land, faith the Lord. 

4 I wilt alio ftretch out mine hand upon 
Judah, and upon all the inhabitants oi 
Jerufalem ; and 1 will cut oft the remnant 
of Baal from this place, und the name of 
the L'hemarims with the prielts ; 

5 Ana them that worfliip the hods of 
heaven upon the houleiops ; and them 
that worihip andthai Iwearby the Lord, 
and that Iwear by Ma chain ; 

6 And them thit are turned back from 
the Lord ; and thofe that hive not fought 
the Lord, not inquired for him. 

T Hold thy peace at the pretence of the 
Lord God : tor the day ot the Lord u 
at hand : for the Lord hath prepared a 
fdcrifice, he hath bid his guelts. 

8 And it lhall come to paf> in the day 
of the Lord's lacririre that 1 will puniih 
the princes, and the king's children, and 
all loch as are clothed with ltrange ap- 
parel. 

9 In the fame day alfo will 1 puniih all 
thofe that leap on the thiefhohl, which 
fill their mailers' houfes with violence 
and deceit. 

10 And it (hall come to pafs in that 
day, faith the Lord, that there Jball be 
the noife of a cry from the hih sate, and 
an howling trom thr iecond, and a great 
ciaihing trom the hills. 

11 How), ye inhabitants of Maktcfh, 
for all the merchant peo(/'. I dow n ; 
all they thai b ir filvei ire cut i ti . 

• - v . I it lhall come to . that 

time, that I will fearch Jerufalem 
candles, 'i tlie men that arc 1 i 

tleil on their iee* : thai U, in theii heart. 
RD will not do good, neither will 
• il. 

their good >me 

a b> od their hotifc I ilation . 

the) lhall alio build homes, but not in- 
habit ibem ; ami th< > ft 

but not di ink the w ine thereof. 
1 1 The ^ Lord it near, 

////near, and hafteth greatly, even the 
the day nt i k i) : the migh- 

ty man lhall ( i y there bitt< i ly . 

1 hit day // :i d ly of w r ith, I i 
of ti md diilrefa a d :nels 

and defofation, a day <>\ dark) 
gloominefs, a day of cloudi and thick 
darknefs. 

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm a- 
painft the fenced cities, and againft the 
high to 
i7 And I will bring diftrefsupoo men, 

that they (lull walk like blind men, be- 
caufe they have finned againd the Lor d : 
Sttd thru hlood thall be poured out as 
cult, and their flelh as the dung 

18 Neither their lilver nor their gold 
(hail be able to deliver them in the day 



Chap.'ii. Exhortation to repentance. 723 

of the Lord's wrath: but the whole 
land lhall be devoured by the fire oi his 
jealoufy ; for he {hall make even a fpecdy 
riddance of all them that dwell in the 
land. 

CHAP. II. 

I An exhortation to repentance, i The 

judgment oj the Phtiijl,nes y 8 oj J\lna6 

and simmon, \:oj Ethiopia mnd djyrm, 

CjA'IHLR youilelves together, yea, 

gather together, O nation not defired ; 

t Before the decree bring forth, before 
the day pals as the chart, before the 
tierce anger of the Lord come upon 
you, be tore the day of the Lord's anger 
come upon you. 

3 Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the 
earth, which have wrought his judg- 
ment ; leek righteoufnefs, feek meek- 
nels : it may be y e lhall be hid in the day 
of the Lord's anger. 

4 fl For Gaza (hall be forfaken, and 
Alhkelon a delolation : they lhall drive 
out Aihdod at the noon day, and Ekion 
(hall be rooted up. 

5 W oe unto 'he inhabitants of the fea 
coaiis, the nut. on of the Chem hires ! 
the word of the Lo rdu againlt you : (> 
Canaan, the land of the Philiuines, I 
will even dtllroy thee, that there (hall 
be no inhabitant. 

6 And the lea coaft (hall be dwellings 
uud cottage* for ihepherds, and folds for 
Hoc- 

7 And the coaft (hall be for the rcm- 
nanl of the houfe oi Judah ; ihej lhall 

thereupon \ in the houfes ot Ail 
Ion (hall they lie down in the evenings 
tor the Lord their God (hall vuit them, 
and turn away then | ap'ivny. 

t! \\ I have heard the reproach ol Mo- 
ab, .uhI the revil ngi oftnt children of 

Amnion, when by I reproai 

!.i) people, and magnified tbemjetve* a- 
• their bordei . 



9 II--: fore m$ I live, faith the Lord 
<»t hofts, the God oi Ifrai I, Surely Moab 
ih ill be • -in, and the i hildren ol 

Anuii.in at Gomorrah, men the breeding 
ol n ti let, and faltpitt, and a pei 1 1 
defolatM • my p< ople lhall 

fpoil th' in, and the remnant oi my people 
ih. di potTt i th< in. 

ii> 1 h i lhall they have fi r tlieii pride, 
bei aufe they have n . i 
intied ttemfei t i ift the people of toe 
Lor D "I hofls 

1 1 1 he Lord toUi br tei into 

them : for Ur will famtfli all thr aods of 

the earth ; arid men Dial I WOrdllp I 
every one from his place, ei'en all the 

ile ithen. 

< i uis alfo, ye Jball be 

by my fword 
13 And he will ftretch out h i hand 
againft the north, and deitroy AiTyria; 

>d 



?24 Jerufalemjharply reproved. HAGGAX. The rejloration of Ifrael. 

and will make Nineveh a defolation, ««*/ all the earth (hall be devoured with th* 
dry like a wildernefs jtire of m> jealoufy. 

14 And flocks (hall lie down in the! y For then will 1 turn to the people u 
midft of her, all the beaftsofthe nations ; pure language that they may all" call up- 
both the cormorant and the bittern (hall on the name of the Lord, to ferve him 
lodge in the upper lintels of it j tbeir jw»*h one content. 

voice (hall fing in the windows ; defoia- j *0 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia 
tion Jhall be in the threftiolds : for he my fupphants, even the daughter of my 
fliall uncover the cedar work. , idifperied, (hall bring mir* offering. 

\5 1 his is the rejoicing city that dwelt ! ii In that day (halt thou not beaftiam- 
carelefsly, that laid in her heart, I turn, |ed for all thy doings, wherein thou haft 
and tbete is none befide me: how is (he i tranfgrefted againft me: for then I will 
become a defolation, a place for bran's to 'take an ay out of the midft of thee thera 
]ie down Jin ! every one (ha. paffelh by | that rejoice in rhv pride, and thou (halt 

no more be haughty becaufe of my holy 
mountain. 



her (hall hifs, and wag his hand. 
CHAP III, 



i Afbarp reproof of Jerufalem for divers 
Jins, 8 An exoortation /• vjau fj> toe 
rejioration of Ifrad, ii and to rejoice 
for their falvauon. 
WOK to her that is filthy and pollut- 
ed, to the opprefling city 1 

2 She obeyed not the voice; (he teceiv- 
ed not correction ; (he trufted net in the 
JLord ; (lie drew not near to her God. 

3 Her princes within her are roaring li- 
ons ; her judges a *v evening wolves ; they 
gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 

4 Her prophets are light and treach- 
erous perfons : her priefts have polluted 
the fanCtuary, they have done violence 
to the law. 

5 Thejuft Loud is in the midft there- 
of, he will not do iniquity : every morn- 
Sng doth he bring his judgment to light, 
he faiieth not ; but the unjuft knoweth 
no (harne. 

6 J have cut off the nations : their tow- 
ers are defohre ; f made their llreets 
■walfc, that none paffeth by : their cities 



1- 1 willalfo leave in the midft of thee 
an afflidted and poor people and they 
fhali tru(t in the name of the Lorp. 

<3 1 he remnant of Ifrael (hall not do 
iniquity, nor (peak lies ; neither (hall a 
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth : 
for they (hall ieed and lie down, and none 
(hall make thtm afraid. 

14 f[ Sing, O raughter of Zion : ihout, 
O Ifrael ; be glad and rejo-ce with all the 
heart, O daughter of Jerufalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away thy 
jutlgments, he hath cart out thine ene- 
my : the King of Ifrael, e<ven the Lord, 
is in the midft of thee : thou lhalt not fee 
evil any more. 

16 In that day it (hall be (aid to Jeru- 
falem, Fear thou not : and to Zion, Let 
not thine hands be flack. 

»T The Loud thy God in the midft of 
thee is mighty ; he will fave, he will re- 
joice over thee with ioy ; he will reft in his 
love, he will joy over thee with finging. 

18 i will gAiher tbem that are forrowiul 
for the folemn afTembly, vjhu are of thee, 



are deftroyed, fo that there is no man, w<? vibom the reproach of it zuas a burden 



that there is none inhabitant. 

7 I (aid Surely thou wilt fear me, thou 
tvi It receive inftruc'tion ; fo their dwelling 
ihould not be cut oft, howfoever I puh- 
i(hed them : but they role early, and cor- 
rupted all their doings 

8 «1 Therefore wait ye upon nic, faith 
the Lord, until the day that I rife up to 
the prey : for my determination is togath- 
er the nations, that I may a/Temble the 
kingdoms, to pour upon ttiem mine in- 
dignation, even all my fierce anger : for 



19 Behold, at that time I will undo all 
that afflict, thee : and 1 will fave her that 
halteth, and gather her that was driven 
out ; and I will #et them praife and fame 
in every land where they have been put 
to (harne. 

iO At lhattime will I bring yon again, 
even in the time that 1 gather you : for I 
will make you a name and a pr.oie among 
ail people of the earth, when I turn back 
your captivity before youreyesffaith the 
Lord. 



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M A G G A I. 



CHAP. I. 

i HaggO' reproving the people's ntgji- 

gence T incit- ih th; m to La id n e f'-uje. 

12. (Jod's I'JJijlance therein from/fed. 

IN the fecund v ear of Darius the king, 

in the (ixth month, in thefirtl day of the 

month, came the word of the Lord by 

Haggai the prophet unto Zenfbbabe! the 

fon of Shealtiel, governor of Jiuiah, and 



to Joflma the ion of Jofedech, the high 
prieii faying, 

- l^m fpeaketh the Lord of hofts. 
fa\ ing, 1 his people fay, The time is not 
come, the time that the Lord's houfe 
(hod Id be built. 

5 Then came the word of the Lord 
by Maggai the prophet, faying, 

4 h it time for you, O ye, to dwell in 

your 



Haggai r. k the people. 

your ceiled houfes, and this houfc he 
v/af: 

b Now therefore, thus fjith the Lord 
ci hofts. Conliacr your ways 

6 Ye have lou n much, jnd bring in lit 
ye eat, but ye have j;ut enough j ye 

drink, but yeare not filled with di ink ; ye 
clothe you, but there is none warm ; an " 
lie that earneth wages, earoeih wage 
fui it >nro a bap with h< les. 

7 <[] Thus faith the Lord of hofts, 
Conlider f< ur w ays. 

S Go up to the mountain, and bring 
wood, ard build thr houfe ; and I will 
take plea fa re in it, and 1 will be Jorihed, 
faith the Lord. 

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo. it came 
d little; and v.i: ightr/home, I 

did bk>w upon il \fl hj ? faith the Lord 
ct ife ol mine houle that /J 

walte, and ye run every man unto hisown 
hoi: 

»U Therefore the luaven i ou is 

iyed trom deyr, and the earth is flayed 
Jrom her fruit 

M And 1 called for a drought upon the 

land, and upon the mountains, and upon 

• corn, and upon the new wine, and 

the oil, and upon that which the 

ground br ngeth forth, and upon men, 

id upon cattle, and upon all the labour 

of the hands. 

«1 1 hen Zcrubb.ib' I the fori ol She* 
alticl, and lofhua the fon of Jofcd 
the high priefl i t of 

fhepeool- d the \ ■ I. >rd 

their Cjc j gai th< 

oph*t, i fen! 

1c did fear belore the 
Lo 
H II , the I 

»i. 1 am with j ou, faith 

1* Ai p the f| 

bua the 

and the 
ill the i 

. k in the h< 

of il. 



Chap. ii. He inc'uetb the people to -. 

ua the fon of Jofedech, the high pr'ell, 
and to the refidue ot the people, faj ing, 
Who is left among you thai '. iW this 
houfe in her firlt glo y J and, How do yc 
I /» // not in yt s incom^ 

parifon ol it as nothing r 

4 Vt! now be Itroi g, O Zerubbabel, 

tith the Lord ; and be frrong, t) Join ia, 

m of Johdech, the high priell ; and be 

lliong, all ye people of the hod laith 

the Lord, and work : for I am with you, 

faith the Lord of hulls : 

a Act ot ding to the vsord that I cove- 
nanted with you when ye came out of 
hg)pt, fo my fpirit remaineth among 
you : fear ye nor 

6 For thus faith the Lord of h< 
Yet once, it is a little while, and I will 

• the heavens, and the earth, and the 
ind the dry lunik , 

7 And I will (hake all nations, and thr 
defire of all nations lliall comic, and 1 
will tilt this houlc with glory, faith the 
Lord of h< 

B I he nl er is mine, and the gold is 
mine, faith the Lo k d of ho (la 

9 1 he gl r\ ol this I ufe fhall 
greater than of the former faith the lo * u 
ot ho 'a ; an 1 in this p1a< e will I 
peac/ faith the Lord of hofl 

10 *! In the f- ur and ti entieth day of 
the ninth month, in the lee 

. .me the word ol the Lori> 
rgai the prophet, fay ing, 

1 1 I hus I. nth the I ok i) ol I r\ fk 
the pried s tmcernms the law, fa 3 

it II on • bear hi I, B< ih in the Ikirt 
of bii garmeBt, and with Ins lkirt do 

'. or po 
or any meat, SI ill t be hoi) i I the 

M 1 hen 1 

dead !>■ ■ h anj • 

1 it be 1 i the pi 

iu<.red and fa id, It mall be unc I 

14 1 hen anfwen 
So it thu 

1 c me, fa th 1 

1 I that 

whit there it in. 

1 j 



15 In the ind up 

the fixth month, in ti:: fear as 1 \cmi 

the ki lth< 

t !. \ i'. ! 1 . 16 otfr 

■ . b t'-r ; utet % 

*y . ->r,its n ; wh 

1:0 ( tr. - 

IN thi . h hail, in 

F the month, came t t to me, 

word of tl :.nth ti c L01 

ng. 1H Cc » 

- 1 the fon <■! ward from ti- 
duel, g . of Judah, and I - 



ViS Vifion of the borfes. 

that the foundation of the Lord's tem- 
ple was laid, coniider it. 

19 Is ihe feed yet in the barn ?Yea,asyet 
the vine, and the fig tree, and the pome- 
gianate,andtheolivetree,hath not brought 
forth : from this day will I blefs you. 

20 $ And again the word of the Lord 
came unto Haggai in the four and twen- 
tieth day of the month, faying, 

21 Speak, to Zerubbabel, governor of 
Judah, faying, 1 will (hake the heavens 
and the earth ; 



tf ARIAH. Promifes to Jerufalem. 

25 And I will ovsrthrow the throne of 
kingdoms, and 1 willdcftroy the ftrength 
of the kingdoms of the heathen ; and T 
will overthrow the chariots, and thofe 
that ride in them ; and the horfes and 
their riders ihall come down, every one 
by the fword of his brother. 

23 In that day, faith the LoRDof hods, 
will I take thee, O Zerubb .ibcl, my fer- 
vant.thefonofShealtiel, faith the Lord, 
and will make thee as a tignet : for I have 
chofen thee, faith the Lord of hods. 



ZECHARIAH. 



CHAP. 

Zechariah exhorteth to 



The njijton of the horjes. ii Gomjorta- 

ble promifes *re made to Jerufalem. 

I N the eighth month, in the fecond year 

of Darius, came the word of the Lord 

unto Zechariah the fon of Barachiah, the 

fon ot Iddo the prophet, faying, 

2 The Lord hath been fore difpleafed 
■with your fathers. 

3 Therefore fay thou unto them, Thus 
faith the Lord of hofls, Turn ye unto 
me, faith the Lord of hofls, and I will 
turn unto you, faith the Lord of hofls. 

4 Be ye not as vour fathers, unto whom 
the former prophets have cried, faying, 
Thus faith the Lord ot holts, Turn ye 
now from your evil ways, and from your 
evil doings ; but they did not hear, nor 
hearken unto me, faith the Lord. 

I> Yowr fathers, Where are they ? and 
the prophets, Do they live forever ? 

6 But my words and my Itatutes, which 
I commanded my fervants the prophets, 
Did they not take hold of yout fathers ? 
and they returned and laid, Like as the 
Lord of hofts thought to do unto us ac- 
cording to our ways, and according to our 
doings, fo hath he dealt with us. 

7 ^j Upon the four and twentieth day 
of the eleventh month, whick is the 
month Scbat, in the fecond year of Da- 
rius, came the word of the Lord unta 



I. .thiough the earth, and, behold, all the 

re-pentance. 7 learth fitteth Hill, and is at reil. 



12 1] Then the angel of the Lord an- 
fwered and faid, O Lord of hulls, How 
long wilt thou not have mercy on Jeru- 
falem, and on the cities of Judah, againlt 
which thou halt had indignation thefe 
threefcoreand ten years > 

13 And the Lord anfwered the angel 
that talked with me lottb good words, 
and comfortable words. 

14 So the angel that communed with 
me, faid unto me, Cry thou, faying, 
Thus faith the Lord of hofls, I am 
jealous for Jerufalem and for Zion with 
a great jealoufy. 

la And 1 am very fore difpleafed with 
the heathen that ate at eafe : for T was 
but a little difpleafed, and they helped 
forward tire affliction. 

16 Therefore, thus faith the Lord, I 
am returned to Jerufalem with mercies : 
my houfe thall be built in it, faith the 
Lord of holts, and a line (hall be ltretch- 
ed forth upon Jerusalem. 

17 Cry yet, faying, Thus faith the Lord 
of holts, My cities through profperity 
fhall yet be Ipread abroad ; and the Loro 
fliall yet comfort Zion, and lhall yet 
choofe Jerufalem. 

iS Then lifted T up mine eyes, and 
faw, and, behold, four horns. 
19 And I laid unto the angel that talked 



Zechariah the fon of Barachiah, the fon I with me, What be thefe i And he aniwer- 
of Iddo the prophet, faying, 

8 I faw by night, and behold a man 
riding upon a red horfe, and he flood a- 



mong the myrtle trees that were in the 
bottom ; and behind him were there red 
horfes, fpccklcd and white. 

9 Then faid 1. O my lord, What are 
thefe ? And the angel that talked with 
me, (aid unto me, I will fhew thee what 
thefe be. 

10 And the man that flood among the 
myrtle trees anfwered and Paid, Thefe 
ate they whom the Lord hath fent to 
walk to and fro through the earth. 

11 A nd they anfw ered the angel of the 
Lord that ftood among the myrtle trees, 
and faid, We have walked to and Iro 



ed me, Thele are the horns which have 
fcattered Judah, Ifrael, and Jerufalem. 

20 And the Lord fhewed me four car- 
penters. 

21 Then faid I, What come thefe to 
do ? Ana he fpake, faying, Thefe are the 
horns which have fcattered Judah, id that 
no roan diJ lift up his head : but thele are 
come to fray them, to calt out the horns 
of the Gentiles ; which lifted up their 
horn over the land of Judah to fcatter it. 

CHAP. II. 

1 God, in bis care of Jerufalem t Jendetb 

to mcajure it. 6 I be redemption of Aon. 

I LIKTKD up mine eyes again, and 

looked, and, behold, a man, with a mial- 

unng line in his hand. 

2 Then 



The redemption of lion. 

» Then faid I, Whither goeft thou ? 
And he faid unto me, To meafure Jeru- 
falem, to fee v\ hat // the breadth thereof, 
and what is the length thereof. 

9 And. behold, the angel that talked 
with me went forth, and another angel 
went out to meet him, 

4 And faid unto him, Run, fpeak to 
this young man, laying, Jerufalem fhall be 
inhabited as towns without walls for the 
multitude oi men and cattle therein. 

9 For I, faith the Lord, will be unto 
her a wall of fire roundabout, and will 
be the glory in the midrt of her. 

6 ^ Ho, ho, come jortb, and flee from 
the land of the north, faith the Lord ; 
for I have fpread you abroad as the four 
winds of the heaven, frith the Lord. 

7 Deliver thyfelf,OZion, that dwelled 
ivitb the daughter of Babylon. 

« For thui faith the Lord ofhofls, Af- 
ter the glory hath he fent me unto the na 
tiont which fpoiled you; for he that touch- 
eth you, toucbeth the apple of his e>e. 

9 For, behold, 1 will (hake mine hand 
upon them, and they lhall be a (poil to 
their fcrvants : and >e (hall know that 
|be Lord of hods hath fent me. 

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zi- 
on : for, lo, I I md I will dwell in 
the midrtof thee, faith the Lord. 

11 And manv nations (hall be joined to 
the Lord in that day, and lhall be my 
people : and I will dwell in the mid ft of 
thee, and thou lhalt know that the Lord 
of holts hath fent me unto thee. 

It And the Lord (hall inherit Ttldah 
his portion in the holy land, and (hall 
choofe Jerufalem again. 

Be blent, O all flefli, before the 
for he 11 tailed up out of his ho- 
.ibitat.on. 

IIA1 J . III. 
Under the type of Jojhua, the reflormtion 
of ibe ckurch is promi/eJ. 
AM) he (hewed me fofliua the h 
prieft (landing before the angel of the 
Lord, ''an Handing at his tight 

ifl him. 
•i And the Lord faid unto Satan, The 
Lord rebuke thee, ( > Satan; even the 
Lord thai bath ch rufalenn re- 

buke ther • /. not this a brand plucked 
'.ut of the fire ? 

1 Now ]o(hU i « lied with filthy 

garments, and flood before the angel. 

4 And heanfwered and fpaketinto thofe 
that Rood bef< (<• him, , 1 akc away 

the filthy garments from him. Ami un- 
to him he laid, Behold, I h tv<- 
thine iniquii > to pafs from ther, and I will 
clothe i^r of raiment. 

3 And I i.iid 1 el them fet a lair mitre up- 
on his head. Sothey fet a fair mitre upon 
his head, and clothed him with garments. 
And the angel of the Lord Rood by. 



Chap. iii. iv. tie golden eandlefiick. 717 

6 And the angel of the Lord protected 
unto Jofhua, faying, 

7 Thus faith the Lord of hods, If 
thou wilt walk in my wa>s, and if thou 
wilt keep my charge, then thou (halt alio 
judge my houfe, and fhalt alfo keep my 
courts, and I will give thee places to walk, 
among thefe that (land by. 

8 Hear now, O Jofhua the high priefr, 
thou, and thy fellows that lit before 
thee : for they are men wondered at : 
lor, behold, I will bring forth my ier- 
vant the BRANCH. 

9 For, behold, the ftone that I have laid 
before Jothua ; upon one (lone /ball be 
feven eyes : behold, I will engrave the 
graving thereof, faith the Lord of hofls, 
and I will remove the iniquity of that 
land in one day. 

10 In that day, faith the LoRDof hofts, 
fhall ye call every man his neighbour un- 
der the vine, and under the fig tree. 

CHAP IV 
1 By the golden candleflick, is forejbeivn 

the good juccefs of Zerubbabel' s joun- 

dation. 11 By the tiuo clii/e trees, the 

tiuo anointed ones. 

AND the angel that talked with me 
came again, and waked me, as a man that 
is wakened out of his fleep. 

2 And faid unto me, What feeft thou r 
And I faid, 1 have looked, and, behold, a 
candleftick all f/gold, with a bowl upon 
the top of it. and his (even lamps tin rc> n, 
.ind (even pipe ; to the (even lamps, v» hich 
are upon the top thereof. 

3 And two oliv.- tires by it, one npOfl 
the right/-. ir of the bowl, and the Otner 
upon the \tixjide thereof. 

I So I anf\% en d and fpake to the angel 
that talked with me, faying, What art 
thefe, my lord ? 

5 J hen th I that talked with me 

antwered and fai i unto me, Knowett 
tin. u not what thefe be ) And I faid, No, 
my lord. 

b 'I hen he inhered and fpakr unto 
me, faying, 1 hii is the word of the 
Lord unto Zerabbabel, faying, Not by 
might, noi by power, but by my fpirit, 
l.nfh the I. (>k D of holis. 

7 Who an thou. <> great mountain I 

re Zerubbabel tbou /bait become a. 
plain : and he flwll bring forth the head - 
thereof -iviih (houtings, crying, 
re, gracr unto it. 

8 Moreover, the word of the Lord 
came onto roc, faj ing, 

9 The hv Zerubbabel have laid 
the foundation of this houfe , hii handt 
lhall alio finifli if : and thou (h dt know 
thai the Lord < t hofll hath fe*it me un- 
t0 you 

io for, Who hath defpifed the da r of 
fmall thingi \ Fur they lhall i e 
ihall fee the plummet m the hand ©J Ze- 
rubbabel 



T28 



Babylon- $ ruin. 



2ECHARIAH. . The v'/ion oj the ehariotL 



rubbabel <with thofe fevcn ; they a e the (hall be efiabliflicd, and fet there upon 
eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro her own baf'e. 

L. H A r . V I . 

The nnfon of c e fou r cbarhts . 9 By the 
cro*wns of Jo/butt^ ar, Jl>eived the tem- 
ple and kingdom oj Chnfi •be B'anch. 
AND I turned, and lifted up mine 
12 And I anfwered again. and faid unto 'eves, and looked, and, behold, there 
him, What be ibtfe two olive branches came four chaiiots out from between 

two mountains; and the mountains <were 
mountains of brafs 
2 In the firft chariot tuere red horfes ; 



through the whole earth. 

11 ^1 Th<m anfwered I, and faid untoj 
him, VVhata»rthe(etwo«>l ; ve trees upon j 
the nghtjSde of the candleflick, and upon 
the \ei\Jide thereof ? 



which throu fe h the twe golden pipes emp- 
ty the golden oil out of themfelves ? 
13 And he anfwered me, and faid, 



Knowert thou not whatthefe be ? And I land in the fecoi.d chariot black horfes ; 

_ . _ • i Tk. \ .^ . J. n tUn ll<(^ 1 /"li ifiAf 14 hit* h f\ *~1C* ,- 



faid, No, my lord. 

14 Then faid he, Thefe are the two 
anointed ones, that ftand by the Lord of 
the whole earsh. 

C H A P. V. 
% By the flying roll isjbe^ved the curfe of 

thieves andjzvearcrs. 5 Babylon's rum 

THEN I turned, and lifted up mine 
eyes, and looked, and, behold, a flying 
roll. 

% And he faid unto me, What feed 
thou? And I anfwered, I fee a flying roll ; 
t'h« length thereof is twenty cubits, and 
the breadth thereof ten cubits 

S Then laid he unto me, This is the 
curfe thatgoeth forth over the face of the 
whole earth : for every one that fteale»h 



. — ...... ~ _ „ - - ,__ _ r 

3 And inthe third ch -riot vv hite horfes ; 
and in the fourth chariot grilled and bay 
horfes 

4 Then 1 anfwered and faid unto the 
angel that talked with me, What are 
thefe, my lord ? 

5 And the angel anfwered and faid 
unto me, Thefe are the four fpiris ofthef 
heavens, which go forth from (landing 
before the Lord of all the earth. 

6 The black horfes which are therein 
go forth into the north country ; and the 
white go forth after them ; and the grided 
go forth toward the fouth ccuntry. 

7 And the bay went forth, and fought 
to go that they might walk to and fro 
1 1. rough the earth : and he faid. Get ye 



Aall be cut off as on this fide according | hence, walk to and fro through the earth. 



to it ; and every one that fweart th (hall 
be cut oft as on that (ide according to it. 

4 I will bring it forth, faith the Lord 
of ho(ts, and it ihall enter into the houfe 
of the thief, and into the houfe of hi m 
that fweare'.h falfely by rrjy name : and it 
inall remain in the midft of his houfe, 
and (hall confume it with the timber 
thereof and the (tones thereof. 

5 qj Then the angel that talked with 
me went forth, and (aid unto me, Lilt 
up now thine eyes, and fee what is this 
that goeth forth. . 

6 And I (aid, What/* it > And he faid, 
This is an ephah that goeth fn ill. He 

id moreover, This is their refemblance 
through all the earth 



So they walked to and fro through the 
earth. 

8 Then cried he upon me, and fpake 
unto me, faying. Behold, thefe that go 
toward the north country have quieted 
my fpint in the north country. 

9 II And the word of the Lord came 
unto me. faying, 

tO Take of ihrnt */theearptiyity\ e*ven 
of Heldai, of Tobijah, and Of Jedaiahg 
which are come from Babylon, and come 
thou the fame day, and go into the houfe 
of Jofiah the (on of Zepnaniah : 

11 Then take fiWer and gold, and 

.make crowns, and fet them upon the 

head of Joflma the fon of Jofederh, the 

i high pried : 



7 And, behold, there was lifted up a 12 And fpeak unto him, fiyinp, 1 hus 
talent of lead : and this is a woman that ! f,,eaketh the Lord of holts, faying, Be- 
Jitteth in the midft of the ephah, hold the man whofe name is 1 he 

8 And he faid, This u wickedness. -BRANCH : jnjhe(hall grow up out of 
Andhecaflitin<:othem.dfTof»heephah; lustre, and lie mail build the temple 
and he eft the weight of lead upon the ji the ho kd : „..„.„,-.- . t 
mouth thereof ts ,, ' veo he rhal1 Dl,,kl the tpm P le ot 

9 Then lifted Tup mine eyes, and the Lord ; and he (hall bear the _ glory, 
looked, and, behold, there came out two and (hall fit and rule upon his throne ; 
women, and the wind <u*J in their wings • j and he (hall be a pneft upon i h is throne s 
for they had wings like the wings of a and fbeccmnfelof peace (hall be betweert 
irork : and they lifted up the ephah be- 1 them both. 



tween the earth and the heaven 



14 And the crowns (hall be to Helem. 



k *een tie eartn anu ir.c uraven. ,w *"•"... , — , r j • i » ►. 

u) Then faid I to the amjel that talk- and to rob.jah, anrl to . ed.uili, and to 
od with me, Whither do thefe bear the , Hen the foil of /.eplvmiah, for a memo- 
p-u.u - rial in the temple of th<* LORD 

U And he faid un^o me, To build ft 15 And they th !tt an ^jf^^l 
an houfe in the land of Shimr: and rtjand build m the temple of the Lord, and 



Caufe of the captivity. Chap. vii. vtii. 

ye fhaliknow that the Lord of hofts hath 

t me umo you. And tbis iha.'l come 

to pais, If ye will diligent!] obey the 

ce of the Lord jour Gad. 

CHAP. VI I . 

1 Tbe captive s inquire of fjfirj. 4 

lecbanao r<prc=vetb then c\, :;r itical 

fafiing. 8 Sin tbe caufe oj ibeir L up- 

il<Vll\. 

S D it came to pafs in the fourth year 
bfkmg Darius,/**! the word of the Lord 
came unto £echariah in the fourth ♦/<*>• of 
the ninth month, *a><r;r in Chilleu ; 

t When they had lent unto the houfe 
of God Sherezer and Regemmelech. and 
their men, to pray before the Lord, 

3 And to I peak, unto the pnefrs which 
'Were in the houfe of the Lord of hofts, 
and to the prophets, laying. Should I weep 
in the fifth month, leparating nij felf, as 

ive done tl>efe fo many >ear 

4 fj Tlien came the word of the Lord 
of h tie, laying. 



5 Speak unto all the people of the land, 
and to the pnelts, faying. Whence faffed 
and mourned in the fifth and ieventh 
montb % even thol> leventy years, Did ye 
at all fait unto me, even to me I 

6 And when ye did i when >e 
did drink, Did not ye eat for your/elves, 
and driik/or i ntrfetvet 

7 Soould ye not beur the words which 
the Lord hath cried by the former proph- 

a Jerufalemwai inhabited and in 
r >erity, and the pities thereof round 
about her, when men inhabited the fouth 
and the plain I 

8 fl And the word of the Lojld ^ 
unto Zcchariah, la>ing, 

9 Thllt ft*Aeftii the Lord of hofts, 
fayii • aire true judgment, and (hew 

y and compall to his 

brother : 

i opprefs not the 
Ettherlefs, the ih anger, nor the poor ; 
let noiu a imagine efil againfl hii 

brother in your heart. 

11 But they refilled to hearken, and 
nulled away the (boulder, and (topped 
r eariy that they fhould nut bear, 
t* Yea, they made their hearts as an 
adamant Bone, left they fbould bear the 
law, and the wordr which the Lord of 
hofts hath lent in his fpirit l>> the former 

beta: th< rcfore came a grrat v. 
from the Loru of he 

13 There, ;nctopafs, tt~ 

he cried, *nd they woul t not hear ; I . 
they cried, and I would not hear, uith 
th« Lord of boAa : 

14 Hut I featured them with a whirl- 
wind among a'l the nations whom they 
knew not. Thtu the land was defolate 
after them, that n© man paused through 
nor returned : fcr they bud the plealant 
land C* folate. 

4V 



Jerufalem* s rejforaticn. 7*9 

CHAP. VIII. 

t Jerufalem'' i leHoratton. 9 Encoura^f- 
fit %t ;o bund ibe u mplejytei 
AGAIN thewe rd of the'LoRL 

cam* to me, ii) ing, 
I Thttt rahll the Lord of hofts, 1 was 

'ealous for Zion with great jealonfy, and 

1 was jeaMu* toi her with great fury. 

3 Thiii laith the Lord, I am returned 
unto Zion, and will dwell in the rr.idll of 
Jerufalem ; and Jerufalem Ihall be tailed 
A City of Truth ; and the mountain of 
the Lord of holts The holy mountain. 

4 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, There 
thall yet old men and old women dw 
m the flrcetsof Jerufalem, and every man 
with his Ifdft in his hand for very age 

5 And the ftreets of the city fhjll be 
full of boys and girls playing in the ftreets 
thereof. 

6 Thns faith the Lord of hofts, It it 
be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant 
of this people in thefe days, Should it alfo 
be marvel Ions in mine C) es ? faith the 
Lord of holts. 

7 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, Re- 
hold, 1 will lave my people from the ealt 
country, and from the welt country ; 

8 And I will bring them, and they (hall 
dwell in the midll of Jerufileiu : and th 
Ihall be my people, and 1 will be their 
God, in truth and in righteouir 

9 fj Thus faith the Lord of hulls, Let 
your hands be ftrong, yethat hear in theft 
days thefe wards by themouthot I li- 
eu, w hich lucre in the day tbat tl.» f un- 

jn of the houleof the Lord of hu 
was laid, that the temple might be built. 

10 Pi i before thele ch«>i there was no 
hire tor man nor any hire for bea'i ; nei- 
ther tOSS there ur.y peace to hirtl ti 

w-r-nt out or came in bectufe of 'he at- 

>r 1 let all men ociy OM a- 
gain righbour. 

11 But DOW I - A be unto the ref». 
due of this people as i.> the 

faith the I ok: fit. 

If Pot the leed Jball be profp^i 

the vine thai! 1 the 

ground Ihall \ . M I th€ 

hea - 1 will 

fe the i -I - 

ill their ibmjri. 

13 And it me to pal , thmt ** je 
nere a < the heathen. { > ho« 

^ill I 
lave \ ui:. . ihall b- 

oof, nr# let y OB r hands be (Iron a < 

14 For tiius faitli the Loi D • I h 

As 1 thought to punith you. wl ui 

fath to w ratti, laith the 

D of Ii repent 

bo a^ i j I tni ■ ihefe 

da] well unto Jerufalem aui to 

the houfe of Judah : fear >c not. 

If Thefe art the things i tall 

do i 



7S0 God defendetb bis churcb. ZECHARIAH. 

do ; Speak ye every man the truth to his 
neighbour ; execute the judgment of 
truth and peace in your gates ; 

17 And let none of you imagine evil 
>n your hearts againft his neighbour ; and 
love no falfe oath : for ail thefe«r* things 
that I hate, faith the Lord. 

18 And the word of the Lord of holts 
came unto me, faying, 

19 Thus faith the Lord of holts, The 
faft of the fourth month, and the fall of 
the fifth,, a-nd the fait of the feventh, and 
the faft of the tenth, fhall be to the houfe 
of Judah joy and gladnefs, and cheerful 
featts ; therefore love the truth and peace. 

20 Thusfaiththe Lord of hofts, //./fttf// 
yet come to pafs, that there fhall come 
people, and the inhabitants of many cit- 
ies t 

21 And the inhabitants of one city (hall 
go to another, faying, Let us go fpeedily 
to pray before the Lord, and to feek 
the Lord of hofls : I will go alio. 

22 Yea, many people and ftrong na- 
tions (hall come to feek the Lord of 
hofls in Jerufalem, and to pray before 

the Lord. «:'.■-, T 

23 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, In 
thofe days it /ball come to pafs % that ten 
men (hall take hold out of all languages 
of the nations, even fhall take hold 1 ot 
the fkirt of him that is a Jew, faying, vV e 
will go with you : for we have heard 
tb&t God is with you. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 God defendetb his church. 9 lion is ex- 
horted to rejoice for the coming efCbriJt. 
THE burden of the word of the Lord 
in the land of Hadrach and Damafcus 
fhall be the reft thereof : when the eyes 
of man, as of all the tribes of Ifrael, Jball 
be toward the Lord. 

2 And Hamath alfo (hall border there- 
by : Tvrus and Zidon, though it be 
very wife. 

3 And Tyrus did build herfelf a ftrong 
hold, and heaped up filver as the duft, 
and fine gold as the mire of the ftreets- 

4 Behold, the Lord will call her out. 
and he will finite her power in the fea ; 
and (lie (hall be devoured w rtb fire. 

5 Afhkelon fhall fee ;'/, and fear: Gaza 
a Ho fballjee //.and be very forrowtul, and 
Ekion : tor her expectation fba.ll bealham- 
ed ; and the king (ball \*:\\\h from Gaza, 
and Afhkelon thail not be inhabited. 

6 And a ballaid (ball dwell in Athiod, 
and 1 will cut oft the pride of the Phi- 

liftines. 

7 And I will take away Ins blood out 
of his mouth, and hit abominations from 
between his teeth ; but he that reraam- 
eth, even lie, Jball be for our God, and 
be fhall be as a governor in Judah, and 
Kkron as a lebufite. 

8 And I will encamp about mine h&ule 



Zion it exhorted t4 re jv.ee. 

becaufeof the army, becaufe of him that: 
pafTeth by, and becaufe of him that re- 
turneth : and no opprefTor (hall pafs 
through them any more : for now have 
1 feen with mine eyes. 

9 ^Rejoice greatly, Odaughterof Zion ; 
(hout,0 daughter of Jerufalem : behold, 
thyKing cometh unto thee : he/J juft,and 
having falvation ; lowly, and riding upou 
an afs, and upon a colt the foal of an afs. 

10 And 1 will cut off the chariot from 
Ephraim, and the horfe from Jerufalem, 
and the battle bow (hall be cut off ; and 
he fhall fpeak peace unto the heathen : 
and his dominion Jball be from fea, even 
to fea, and from the river even to the 
ends of the earth. 

11 As for thee alfo,by the blood of thy 
covenant 1 have fent forth thy prifoners 
out of the pit wherein is no water. 

12 Turn ye to the ftrong hold, ye prif- 
oners of hope : even today do I declare 
that 1 will render double unto thee ; 

13 When I have bent Judah for me, 
filled the bow with Ephraim, and raifed 
up thy fons, O Zion, againft thy fons, O 
Greece, and made thee as the fword of a 
mighty man. 

14 And the Lord (hall be feen over 
them, and his arrow fhall go forth as th$ 
lightning : and the Lord God fhall blow 
the trumpet, and fhall go with whirl- 
winds ofthe fouth. 

15 The Lord of hofts fhall defend 
them ; and they fhall devour, and fubdue 
with llingftones ; and they fhall drink, 
and make a noife as through wine ; and 
they fhall be filled like bowls, and as the 
corners of the altar. 

16 And the Lord their God fhall fave 
them in that day as the flock of his people: 
for tbey Jhallbe as the ftones of a crown 
lifted up as an enfign upon his land. 

11 For how^great is his goodnefs, and 
how great is his beauty 1 corn fhall make 
the young men cheerful, and new wine 
the maids. 

CHAP. X. 
t God is to be fought unto, and not idols. 

5 The rejtoration of Judah prophefitd. 

Ab'K ye ofthe Lord rain in the time 
ofthe latter ram ;> the Lord (hall make 
bright clouds, and give them fhowers of 
rain, to every one grafs in the field. 

% For the idols have fpoken vanity, 
and the diviners have feen a he, and have 
told falfe dreams ; I hey comfort in vain ; 
therefore they went their way as a flock, 
they were troubled, becaufe ihett was 
no (hepherd. . 

3 Mine anger was kindled againft the 
fhepherds, and I pimhhed the goats : for 
the Lord of hofts haih viiited his flock 
the houfe of Judah, and hath made them 
as his goodly horfe in the battle. 

4 Out of him came forth the corner, 

out 



Rejf oration ofjudabpropbefied. Chap, 
out of him (he nail, out of him the battle 
bow, out of him every opprefler together. 

J r And they (hall be as mighty men, 
which tread down their enemies in the 
mire of the ftreets in the battle ; and 
they fhall fight becaufethe Lord is with 
them, and the riders on horfes (hall be 
confounded. 

6 And I will flrengthen the houfe of 
Judah, and I will lave the houfe of Jo- 
feph, and I will bring them again to place 
them ; for I have mercy upon them : and 
they /hall be as though I had not call 
them oft . h, r I am the Lord their God, 
1 will hear them. 

1 And ihty p/fcphraim (hall be like a 

mighty man, and their heart (hall rejoice 

as through wine : yea, their children (bail 

fee //, and be glad ; their heart (hall re- 

c in fhe Lord. 

» I will Jiifs for them, and gather them : 
for I have redeemed them : ind they (hall 
increafe as they have iocreafed. 

'J .And 1 will fow them among the peo- 
ple : and they (hall remember me in far- 
countries ; and the] 'lull live with their 
children, and turn a£,ain. 

lu I will bring »hera again alfo out of 
the land ot Lgypt,and gather them out of 
Airyria : and I will bring them into the 
land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place 
fliall not be found for them. 

.11 And he (hall p ;i |~ through the fea 
with affliction, and (hall fmite tl 
in the fea, and all th deepaofthe river 

fliall dry up : nt d the pride <,t AfTyria 

Biall be brought down, and the (centre 
ol Kgypt (hall depart away. 

12 Ami I win itrengthen them in the 



Lord : and they lhallwalk up and down 

in ii. . name, fjith the Lor d 
HAP. M 

I The drftrultion of Jet Ujalem, 10 Tbi 

/tu vet, Bemntymnd Bands, 
OPEN thy doors, Lebanon* that the 

ir thy ( edai 
t How I, fir tree; for the cedar is fall mi • 
l)eti " might) ii , i : how l, 

du ol Bafhan j for the foreft ol the 
vint, i ,, vn# 

a There u.i voice ol the howling ol the 

Is ; lor their -lory is fpoiled : .. 

>1 the roaring of youngliona ; for 

Jord in is fpoiled! 

* 1 hui faith the Lord mi God. Peed 

the H iiigluei ; ' 

(Toia Hay them, and hold 
guilty : and they thai 
ri'rthc Lord ; for lam 
ricn:and theirownOiephrrd pitythemnot 
,,(,r . Wl11 no more pity the inhab- 

it«»tsoftheland,faiththeLoRD:but f lo, 
1 will deliver the men every one ml 
neighbour's hand, and into the ban 

his kin- : and they /hall fmite the 1 md.ar.d 

out of their hand I will JU ,t deliver them. 



xi.xli. JerufaUm a cup of trembling. 731 

7 And I will feed the flock of daugh- 
ter, even you, O poor of the Bock. And 
I took unto me two (tares the one I 
called Beauty, and the other I called 
Bands ; and i fed the fleck. 

« Three (hepherds alio J cut oft' in one 
month ; and my foul loathed them, and 
their fou. alfo abhorred me. 

9 Then laid I, I will not feed you : that 
lhat dieth, let it die ; and that that is to 
be cut oft, let it be cut ..It : and let the 
reft eat every one the flefb of another. 

10 fj And I took my fUff, even Beauty, 
and cut it afunder, that I might break 
my covenant which I had made with all 
the |*-ople. 

11 And it was broken in that day: and Co 
the poor of the flock that watted upon me 
Knew that it ivas ihc word of the Lord. 

12 And I (aid unto them, U ye think 
good, give me my price ; and if nor, for- 
bear. So they weighed tor my price 
thirty pieces of filver. 
; 13 And the Lord did unto me, Cart: 
it unto the potter ■ a goodly price that I 
was prized at of them. And I took the 
thirty pieces of l.lver, and cart them to 
tfie potienn the houfe of the Lord. 

H Then I cut afunder mine other rtafi, 
even Bands, that 1 miel i br« broth- 

erhood between Judah and Ifrael. 

15 And the Lord faid unto me, Take 
unto thee yet the iulirumems of a fooliflj 
lilt pherd. 

io For,!o, I will raifespa Ihcpherd in 

[he land, -wbuh /(nil not v lit t. ole that 
D€ cut off, neither fhall feck the your - 

"'•"> nor heal that that ia broken, nor 
1,11 thai that (landeth Hill i but he /lull 
eai the rini, ol the tat, A xu\ tear the r 
t law ■ in pit os. 

y Woe to the idol fh pherd tint ]>,-. 
eth the Bock I tru fword/ftWi be upon hii 

• ;,n,, 1 l 'i"" n»> nghi eye i I nn 

toall be clean dried up, and hia right eye 
iliall be utterly dark em d 

I HA P. XII. 
I fetujaiem, mtmp tj trembling, 3 * nd 

a bttrdenfome /tone io her adverfari r. 

b 'fbi ntiGothmi rejt$rinn §J Juda 
. l »"' burden « t the word ol the I ord 
for ifrael, faith (lie Loi d, * lii< i, frr< ( , 
•' ,h wrth I raven , and la; eth the 
foundation ol I ■!,, and h the 

fpirit ol man within him. 

, Behold, I will make !•■) ifah ma< up 
"' trembling no to all th< peopl round 
about, wjieu ihey Hull be In the fit 
bothaa. i «»</againftJe nu 

3 «| And in tint day will J ni i 
falcm a burdenfome (tone for all pi 
■II ih.if n tl- ml Ivea with ii (hall 

cut in | th ugh all the . 

- ;ain(l it. 

* In that day, faith the Lord, I will 
Imite every l.orfe *ith aflonilhmcnt, 

lus 



732 Rejlortng of Judah. ZECHARIAH. 

his rider with madnefs : and I will open 
mine eyes upon the houfe of Judah, and 
will ihute every horfe of the people with 
blindnefs. 

/ 5 And the governors of Judah (hall 
fay in their heart, The inhabitants of Je- 
T\\{c\\?vc\JbaU be my ftrength in the Lord 
of holts their God. 

6 % 1 n that day will I make the govern- 
ors of Judah like a hearth of fire among 
the wood, and like a torch of fire in a 
fheaf, and they (hail. devour all the people 
round about, on tKfe right hand and on 
the left: and Jerusalem (hall be inhabited 
again in her own place, even in Jerufalem. 

7 The Lord alfofhall fave the tents of 
Judah firft, that the glory of the houfe of 
David, and the glory of the inhabitants 
of Jerufalem, do not magnify them/elves 
againft Judah. 

8 In that day (hall the Lord defend the 
inhabitants of Jerufalem ; and he that is 
feeble among them at that day fhall be as 
David ; and the houfe of Dav\djhallbe as 
God, as the angel of theLoRDbefore them. 

9 And it thall come to pais in that day, 
that I will feek to deftroy all the nations 
that come againft Jerufalem, 

10 And 1 will pour upon the houfe of 
David, and upon the inhabitants of Jeru- 
falem, the fpirit of grace and of fuppli- 
catious : and they (hall look upon me 
whom they have pierced, and they fhall 
mourn for him, as one mourneth for his 
only/©/?, and (hall be in bit ternefs for him, 
as one that is in bitternefs for/>*jfirftborn. 

11 In that day thall there be a great 
mourning in Jerufalem, as the mourning 
of tfadadrirnmon in the valley of Me- 
giddon. 

Vi And the land fhall mourn, every 
family apart ; the family of the houfe of 
David apart, and their wives apart ; the 
family of the honfe of Nathan apart, and 
their wives apart ; 

t3 The family of the houfe of Levi a- 
part, and their wives apart ; the family 
of Shiniei apart, and their wives apart. 

14 All the families that remain, every 
familv apart, and their wives apart. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Jerufalem' s purgation from idolatry, ^nd 

J'alfe prophecy. 7 The death of ^brijl t 

artjj ibeja<ving and trial of a third part. 

IN that day there fhall be a fountain 
opened to the houfe of David and to the 
inhabitants of Jerufalsrn for fin and for 



C. 



unclean ne 

£ Ana it fhall come to pafs in that day, 
faith the Lord of hofts, that 1 will cut off 
the names of the idols out of the land, 
and they (hall no more be remembered : 
and alio I will caufe the prophets and the 
unclean fpirit to pafs out of the land. 

3 And it ill a 1 1 come to pafs, that when 
any fhall yet prophefy, then his father 



The coming of Cbrijl. 

and his mother that begat him fhall fay 
unto him, Thou (halt not live ; for thou 
fpeakeft lies in the name of the Lord : 
and his father and his mother that begat 
him fhall thruft hitn through when he 
prophefieth. 

4 And it ihaH come to pafs in that day, 
that the prophets fhall be afhanied every 
one of his vifion, when he hath prophefi- 
ed ; neither (hall they wear a rough gar- 
ment to deceive : 

5 But he fhall fay, I am no prophet, I 
am an hufhandman ; for man taught me 
to keep cattle from my youth. 

6 And one fhall fay unto him, What are 
thefe wounds in thine hands ? Then he 
(hall anfwer, Thofe with which I was 
wounded in the houfe of my friends. 

T €\ Awake, Ofword, againft my fhep- 
herd, and againft the man that is my fel- 
low, faith the Lord of hofts ; fmite the 
(hepherd, and the fheep fhall be Scatter- 
ed : and 1 willturn mine hand upon the 
little ones. 

8 And it fhall come to pafs, that in all 
the land, faith the Lord, two parts there- 
in (hall be cut oft and die ; but the third 
(hall be left therein. 

9 And I will bring the third part 
through the fire, and will refine them as 
filver is refined, and will try them as gold 
is tried : they (hall call on my name, and 
I will hear them : I will lay, It is my 
people ; and they fhall fay, The Lord is 
my God. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 The deftroyers of Jerufalem dejfrqyed. 

3 'The coming of Chrijf, and the graces 

of bis kingdom. 

BEHOLD, the day of the Lord com- 
cth, and rhy fpoil fhall be divided in the 
midft of thee. 

2 For I will gather all nations againft 
Jerufalem to battle; and the city fhall be 
taken, and the houfes rifled, and the wom- 
en ravifhed : and half of the city (hall ga 
forth into captivity, and therefidue of the 
people (hall not be cut off from the city. 

H fj Then fhall the Lord go forth, and 
fight againft thofe nations, as when he 
fought in the day of battle 

•i^And his feet (hall ftand in that day 
upon the mount of Olives, which is be* 
fore Jerufalem on theeaft, and the mount 
of Olives fhall cleave in the midft thereof 
toward the eaft and toward the weft, and 
there fhall bea. very great valley ; and half 
of the mountain fhall remove toward the 
north, and half of it toward the fouth. 

5 And ye (hall flee to the valley of the 
mountains : for the valley of the moun- 
tains (hall reach unto Azal : yea, ye fhall 
flee, like as ye fled from before the earth- 
quake in the days of Uzziah, king of Jik 
ctah : and the Lord my God fhall come* 
and ail the faints with thee. 

6 And 



The graces of CbrijVs kingdom. Chap. i. JerufahwCs enemies plagued. 735 

6 And it (hall come to pafsin that day, 1 round about (hall be gathered together, 
that ihe light (hall not be clear, nor dark : 'gold, and (ilver, and apparel, in great a- 

7 But it (hall be one day which (hall j bundance. 

be known to the Lord, not day, nori 15 And fo (hall be the plague of the 
night : but it (hall come to pafs, that at ', horfe, of the mule, of the camel, and of 
evening tinr* it (hall be light. theafs, and of all the beads that (hall be 

8 And it (hall be in that day, that liv- in thefc tents, as this plague. 

ing waters (hall go out from jerufalem ; 16 And it ihall come to pafs, that every 
half of them toward the former fea, and one that is left of all the nations which 
half of them toward the hinder fea: in came againft Jerufalem, (hall even go up 



Cummer and In winter (hall it be. 

9 And the Lord (hall be king over all 
the earth : in that day (hall there be one 
Lord, and his name one. 

10 All the land (hall be turned as a 
plain from Geba to Kimmon, fo«th of 

, falem : and it (hall be lifted up, and 
inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's 
g"e unto the place of jIk firff gate, unto 
the corner gate, and Jrom the rower of 
Hananeel unto the king's wine piefies. 

1 1 And men (hall dwell in it, and there 
flnll be no more utter definition ; but 
Jerufalem (hall be fafely inhabited. 

M And this (hall be the plague where- 
with the Lord will (mire all the people 
that have fought again(t Jerufalem, Their 
flefh (hall confume an ay while they (land 
upon their feet, and their e>es (hall cor- 
(niDe away in their holes, and their tongue 
fh »ll confume away in their mouth. 

13 And it (hall come to pafs in that day, 
that a great tumult from the Lord (hall 
be among them ; and they (hall lay hold 
every one on the hand of his neighbour, 
and hit band (hall rife up againft tne hand 
of his neighbour. 

14 And ludah alfo (hall fight at Jeru- 
falem ; and the wealth ot'all the heathen 



from year to year, to worlhip the King, 
the Lord of hods, and to keep the feafr. 
of tabernacles. 

17 And it (hall be, that whofo will not 
come up of all the families of the earth 
unto Jerufalem to worlhip the King, the 
Lord of hofls, even upon them (hall be 
no rain. 

10 And if the family of Egypt go not 
up, and come not, that have no rain ; 
there (hall be the plague, wherewith the 
Lord will fmite the heathen that come 
not up to keep the feaft of tabernacles. 

19 This (hall be the punifhment of E- 
gypt, and the punifhment of all nations 
that come not up to keep the fea(t of tab- 
ernacles. 

20 In that day (hall there be upon the 
bells or the horfes, HOLINESS UNTO 
THE LORD ; and the pots in the Lord's 
houfe (hall be like the bowls before the 
altar. 

1\ Yea, every pot in Jerufalem and in 
Judah (hall be holinefs unto the Lord of 
hofls : and all they that facrifice fhaLl 
Come and take of them, and fecthc there- 
in ; and in that day there fhall be no 
more the Canaanite in the houfe of the 
Lord of holts. 



M A L A C II I. 



chap. i. 

1 M*lacb'i compla'meth of IfraeV sunkinJ- 

fifls, <*» irrelt£ion , Hand projanenejs . 

\ lib. burden of the irord of the Lord 
|0 Ilrael by M.il |< hi. 

£ I have loved sou, faith the Lord. 
Yet ye fay. Wherein luff rhou lovrd u< : 
Was not Kfau Jacob's brother ? (aith the 
Lord : yet I loved Jacob, 

A And' I hated Kfau, and laid his moun- 
tains and his hei itage wafle tor the drag- 
ons of the wildernels. 

4 Whereas Kdom faith, We art » unpov- 
ertthrd ■. bur we will return and build the 
defolal ■« ; thui faith flu* Lo r n of 

hofts, They iiiall build, but I will throw 
down, and they fhall r.ill th'-m, The l>or- 
ccr of wickednefs, and, ') he people 

?nnfr whom the Lord hath inuigfl 
or ever. 

. r ; And your eyes fli^ll fee, and ye (hall 
fay, the Lord will be magnified from the 
border of Ifrael. 



6 fj A fon honoureth his father, and fl 
fervant his mailer : if then 1 he a lather. 

Where/.* mine honour? and if \ he a maf- 

rer, Where it mj fear! faith rlie Loud 
o( holts unto you, o prieftt, that defptfe 
my name. And )e lay, Wherein have 
we defpifed t hy name ? 

7 i e <dfcr polluted bread upon mine 

.ilr.tr ; and ye fay. Wherein have we pof« 

hoed thee I In thai ye lay, I he table ot 

the Lot d hi ontemptible. 

H And If ye ofl'-r the blind for fieri fire, 
// it not rvd | and it ye off? i lllC I one 
U1 \ Ink, I < it not evil I ( Mlei it now unto 

thy governor; Will fr* bepleafed \*ith 
iheci or Bccepl thy perron ? faith the 
Lo mi of hoftti 

9 And now i prav you, befcech G< d 
he K ill be gracious unto ui ; rhii 
htth been by > oui means i Will here ird 
your perrons I faith the Loaoofhi 

i<> Who is there < \ en arm ng fov that 
would lhut the door* for M fhrr 

<!o 



734 The priejls' neglec7, and MALACHI. 



do ye kindle /tv on mine altar for nought. 
1 have nopleafurein you, faifh the Lord 
of hofls, neither will I accept an offering 
at your hand. 

11 For from the rifing of the fun, even 
unto the going down of the fame, my 
T\Art\eJball be great among the Gentiles ; 
and in every place incenie/ball be offer- 
ed unto my name, and a pure offering : 
for my name jball be great among the 
heathen, faith the Lord of hods. 

12 ^1 But ye have profaned it, in that 
ye fay, The table of the Lord ;/ pollut- 
ed ; and the fruit thereof, even his meat 
is contemptible. 

IS Ye faidalfo, Behold, whataweari- 
rinefs is it ! and ye have fnuffed at it, faith 
the Lord of hofts ; and ye brought that 
ivhicb teas torn ; and the lame, and thefick ; 
thus ye brought an offering : Should I 
accept this of your hand ? faith the Lord. 

14 But curfed be the deceiver, which 
hath in his Hock a male, and voweth and 
facrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt 
thing : for I am a great King, faith the 
Lord of hofta, and my name is dreadful 
among the heathen. 

CHAP. II. 
i He reprovetb the priejisfor negleeling 

their covenant, 11 and the people J or 

idolatry, 14 adultery , 17 and infidelity. 

AND now, O ye priefts, this com- 
mandment is for you. 

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will 
not lay it to heart, to give glory unto 
my name, faith the Lord of hofts, I 
will even fend a eurfe upon you, and I 
will curfe your blelfings : yea, I have 
curfed them already, becaufe ye do not 
lay it to heart. 

3 Behold, I will corrupt your feed, 
and fpread dung upon your faces, even 
the dung of your folemn feafts j and one 
fliall take you away with it. 

4 And ye fhall know that I have fent 
this commandment unto you, that my 
covenant might be with Levi, faith the 
Lord of hofts. 

'j My covenant was with him of life 
and peace { and I gave them to him for 
the fear wherewith he feared me, and 
was afraid before my name. 

6 The law of truth was in his month, 
and iniquity was not found in his lips : 
lie walked with me in peace and equity, 
and did turn many away from iniquity. 

7 For the pricft's lips fhould keep 
knowledge, and they fliould feek the law 
at his mouth : for he is the meffenger of 
the Lord of hoHs. 

b But ye are departed out of the way : 
ye have can fed many to (tumble at the 
law ; ye have corrupted the covenant of 
Levi, faith the Lord of hofts. 

9 Therefore have I alfo made you con- 
temptible and bale before all the people, 



the people's idolatry Reproved, 

according as ye have not kept my ways, 
but have been partial in the law. 

10 Have we not all one father ? Hath 
not one God created us ? Why do we deal 
treacheroufly every man againft his broth- 
er, by profaning the covenant of our 
fathers ? 

11 fl" Judah hath dealt treacheroufly, 
and an abomination is committed in If- 
rael and in Jerufalem ; for Judah hath 
profaned the holinefs of the Lord which 
he loved, and hath married the daughter 
of a ftrange god. 

11 The Lord will cut off the man 
that doeth this, the mafterand the fchol- 
ar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and 
him that offereth an offering unto the 
Lord of hofts. 

13 And this have ye done again, cov- 
ering the altar of the Lord with tears, 
with weeping, and with crying out, info- 
much that he regardeth not the offering 
any more, or receiveth it with good will 
at your hand. 

14 fj Yet ye fay. Wherefore? Becaufe 
the Lord hath been witnefs between 
thee and the wife of thy youih, againft 
whom thou haft dealt treacheroufly ; yet 
is foe thy companion, and the wife of 
thy covenant. 

15 And, Did not he make one ? Yet had 
he the refidue of the fpirit. And, Where- 
fore one ? That he might feek a godly 
feed. Therefore take heed to your fpirit, 
and let none deal treacheroufly againft 
the wife of his youth. 

16 For the Lord, the God of Ifrael, 
faith, that he hateth putting away : for 
one covereth violence with his garment, 
faith the Lord of hofts : therefore take 
heed to your fpirit, that ye deal not 
treacheroufly. 

17 fl Ye have wearied the Lord with 
your words. Yet ye fay, Wherein have 
we wearied him ? When ye fay, Every 
one that doeth evil is good in the fight of 
the Lord, and lie delighteth in them ; 
or, Where is the God of judgment ? 

CHAP. III. 
t Of the mefonger, majcjly, and grace of 

thrift. 7 Of the rebellion, Qfacrilege, 

13 and infidelity of the people. 

BEHOLD, 1 will fend my meftenger, 
and he (hall prepare the way before me: 
and the Lord, whom ye feek, (hall fud- 
denly come to his temple, even the mef- 
fenger of the covenant whom ye delight 
in : behold, he fhall come, faith the 
Lord of hofts. 

'2 But, Who may abide the day of his 
coming ? and, Who fnall ftand when he 
appeareth ? For he is like a refiner's fire, 
and like fullers' foap : 

3 And he lhall lit as a refiner and puri- 
fier of lilver: and he ihall purify the fons 
of Levi, and purge them as gold and fil- 

ver, 



Offacrilege, &c 

▼er, that they may offer unto the Lord 
an offering in righteoufnefs. 

4 Then (hall the ottering of Judah and 
Jerusalem be pleafuut unto the Lord, as 
in the day » of old and as in former years. 

5 Arid I will come near to you to 
judgment ; and I will be a f.vift witnefs 
again!* the lorcerers, and againlt the a- 
da lterera, and againft falfe i wearers, and 
againft thole that opprels the hireling in 
bis wages, the widow, and the fatherlcfs, 
and that turn alide the ftranger from his 
right, awd fear not me, faith the Lord 
oi holts. 

6 For 1 am the Lord, I change not, 
therefore yc foot of Jacob are not con- 
fumed. 

7 fl Even from the days of your fa- 
thers ye are gone away from mine ordi- 
nances, and have not kept them. Return 
unto me, and I will return UHto you, 
faith the Lord of hofts. But ye (aid, 
Wherein (hall we return ? 

8 tj Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have 
robbed me. But ve fay, Wherein have 
we robbed thee 1 In titnes and offerings. 

9 Ve are curled with a curie : for yc 
have robbed me, cvm this whole nation. 

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the (tore- 
houfe, that there may be meat in mine 
houfe, and prove me now heiewith, laith 
the Lord of boils, if I will not open you 
the windows of heaven, and pour you 
out a bleding, that there Jbali not be room 
enough to receive it . 

11 Ami 1 will rebuke the devourer for 
your fakes, and he (hall not deftroy the 
fruita ofyour ground ; neither (hall your 
vinecaft her fruit before the time in the 
field, laith the Lord ol h 

IX And a. s (hall call you bleff- 

rd : t i»ali DC .i ddightiome laud, 

faith the Lord ot li 

13 «J Your words have been flout a- 

gainfl me, laith the Lord. Yd ft I 
what have 
thee ? 



Chap. iv. Elijah's coming and office. 735 

walked mournfully before the Lord of 
ho ft s ? 

15 And now wc call the proud happy ; 
yea, they thatwoik wicked nefs are fet 
up ; yea, tbey tbat tempt God a:e even 
delivered. 

16 Then they that feared the Lord 
(pake often one to anotherand the Lord 
hearkened, and heard f/, and a book of 
remembrance was written before him 
ror them that feared the Lord, and that 
thought upon his name. 

17 And they mall be mine, faith the 
Lord of holts, in that day when I make 
up my jewels ; and 1 will ("pare them, as a 
man fpartth his own fon that ferveth him. 

15 Then (hall ye return, and difcern 
between the righteous and the wicked, 
between him that ferveth God, and him 
that ferveth him not. 

C If A P. TV. 
1 God's judgment on tbe •wicked, 2 and 

bis blfjjing on the good. 5 Me telletb of 

Etijuu's coming. 

LOR, behold, the day cometh, that 
(hall burn as an oven ; and all the 
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, 
(hall be l'tubble : and the day that com- 
eth lhall burn them up, laith the Loud 
of holts, that it lhall leave them neither 
root nor branch. 

u l % Bill unto you that fear my name 
(hall the Sun of Righteoufnefs ante with 
healing, in his wings; and >e lhall ^o 
forth, and grow up a* calves of the llall. 

.*> And ) e (hall tread down the w icked ; 
for they lhall be alius under the folcs of 
in tiie day that 1 lhall do ibis, 
faith the Lord ot holt \. 

4 Remember ve the law of Mofes my 
fer\ int, t*n ch 1 commanded unto him 
in Horeb for all Ifrad, wit the Qatutci 
and judgments, 

« Behold, I will fend you Mijahthe 
prophet before the coming of the [:• 
ise fpokesi jo mucb againfl] and dreadful day ol the Lord : 

Ami he thall turn the heart I the t i- 



14 Ye hav faid, It is vain to frrve then to the childl I the heart of 

God i and,Wh h profit it it that we have the children n> their fathers, I r ft I tome 
his ordinance, and that we ha vHand (mite the earth with u t 



fc.NI) Oi '1 HI PROPHl I ! 



VLi — -» 



4POCRYPH A. 



I. E S D R A S. 



CHAP. I. 

Gas bis charge to th' priefts and Le- 
vites. T A great palfover is kept : 31 
bis death is much lamented : 34 hisfuc- 
cejfors. 33 The temple arv. and many 
people are dejtroyed. 56 the reft are 
* -.irned unto iiu^ylon. 

held the feaft of the pa(T- 
over in Jerulalem unl ■ h ; ^ Lord, and of- 
fered the paflbver the fourteenth day of 
ihe firft month ; 

4 Having fet the priefts according to 
daily courfes, being arrayed in long 
ments, in the temple of the Lord. 

ke unto the Levites, the 
holy minifters of Ifrael, that they mould 
,-\ themfelveo unto the Lord, to fe( 
the holy ark of the Lord in the hoofe 
that king Solomon the (on of David had 
built : 

4 dadfaid, Ye (hall no more bear the 
ark upon your (ho now therefore 

ferve the Lord your God, and numftcr 
unto hit people Ifrael, and prepare you 
after your families and kin< 

<rding 3S David the king of If- 
rael [ md ao > the 

"ion his ion : and 

you 
the I 

encc of youi bretl 
rael, 

6 < >ffer t! 

i 
.'*nd 
Com: 
given Uli 

t « And • u.is found 

there, Jofi il 

: 
n of the king's al- 

i the 
le» to the priefl , I to the Le- 

vit 

8 And Helki , - , and Sy 

pricft .. tur th< • bou (and 

and fix hundred fheep, and three bun 
drrd calve 

9 And Jo , .,nd San 

thaniel his brother, and Auabias, and 
Ochiel, and Joram, I 
fands, g 

ver, five thou land flmep, and feven ban- 
died calve ■ 

A 



10 And when thefe things were done, 
the prielts and Levites, having the un- 
leavened bread, Itood in very comely or- 
der, according to the kindreds. 

11 And according to the feveral dig- 
nities of the fathers before the people, 
to o.fer to the Lord, as it ?s written in 
the book of Mofes : and thus did they 
in the mo. ning. 

VI And they roafted the palTover wifli 
fire, as appertaineth : as for the facrifi- 
ces, they fod them in brals pot?, and 
pans, with a good favour, 

13 And let them before a'! the ^eople : 
and afterward they prepared tor them- 
felves, and for the prielts their brethren, 
the Ions of Aaron. 

14 For the priefts offered the fat un- 
til night : and the Levites prepan d for 
them/elves, and the prielfs ther breth- 
ren, the fona ol Aaron. 

la The holy linger* alfo, the fons of 
iph, were in their <>rd<-r, according 
to the appointment of David, to .-it, 

n, Zacharias, and Jeduthun ( who tf 
of the king's retin 

1u vcr, the porters were at ev- 

ery gate ; it wjs not lawful f< to 

from his ord. their 

ii the I | re| ' 

17 1 liu;, were the things til ug- 

ed to the fachfices of the Loi '. accom- 
(hed in that day, that they might h 

er faerifice i upon the altar 
.ding to the c id- 

D1I it (rf ki IS. 

i I lildren of Ifira i\ wl 

- prefent, h-ld t 

I 

\nd I 

in Ifrael (i 

v am 

• 

th 

.11 I 

In the eighteenth yei 

pt. 
. were • 

.:, with 

I 

in j, ritten i 

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I. ESDRAS. 



times, concerning thofe that finned, and 
did wickedly againft the Lord, above all 
people and kingdoms, and how they 
grieved him exceedingly, fo that the 
words of he Lord rofe up againft Ifrael. 

25 Now after all thefe a£fes of Jofias, 
it came to pafs that Pharaoh the king of 
-Egypt came to raife war al Carchamis 
upon Euphrates : and Jofias went out 
againft him. 

26 But the king of Egypt fent to him, 
faying, What have I to do with thee, O 
king of Judea ? 

27 I am not fent out from the Lord 
God againft thee : for my war is upon 
Euphrates, and now the Lord is with me, 
yea, the Lord is with me, hading me 
forward : depart from me, and be not 
a^inft the Lord. 

2H Howbeit, Jofias did not turn back 
his chariot from him, but undertook to 
fight with him, not regarding the words 
or the prophet Jeremy, fpoken by the 
mouth of the Lord : 

29 But joined battle with him in the 
plain of Megiddo ; and the princes came 
againft king Jo^as. 

30 Then laid the king unto his fer- 
vants, Carry me away out of the battle ; 
for lam very weak : and immediately 
his fervants took him away out of the 
battle. 

3! Then gat he up upon his fecond 
chariot ; and being brought back to Je- 
rufalem, died, and was buried in his fa- 
ther's fepulchre. 

32 qj And in all Jewry they mourned 
for Jofias,, yea, Jeremy the prophet la- 
mented for Jofias, and the chief men 
with the women made lamentation for 
him unto this day : and this was given 
out for an ordinance to be done continu- 
ally in all the nation of Ifrael. 

33 Thefe things are written in the 
book of the ftories of the kings of Judah, 
and every one of the acls that Jofias did, 
ami his glory, and his understanding in 
the law of the Lord, and the things that 
he had done before, and the things now 
tecited, are reported in the book of the 
kings of I frael and judea. 

•** «tj And the people took Joachaz the 
Cdu of fofias, and made him king inftead 
of Jofias his father, when he was twenty 
at ' three years old. 

35 An:! he reigned in Judea and in je- 
rufalem three months : and then the 
king of Egypt depofed him from reign- 
ing in jerufalein 

! he rel a tax upon the land of 
an hundred talents of filver, and one tal- 
ent o 

.S7 The king of Egypt alfo made kiag 
ni. his brother, king of judea and 
Jerufalem. 

38 A ad he bound Joacim and the no- 



Apocrypba. 

bles : but Zaraces his brother he appre- 
hended, and brought him out of Egypt. 

39 Five and twenty years old was Jo- 
acim when he was made king in the land 
of Judea and Jerufalem : and he did evil 
before the Lord. 

40 Wherefore againft him Nabucho- 
donofor the king of Babylon came up, 
and bound him with a chain of brafs, and 
carried him into Babylon. 

41 (Nabuchodonofor alfo took of the 
holy vefTels of the Lord, and carried 
them away, and let them in his own tem- 
ple at Babylon.) 

42 But thofe things that are recorded 
of him, and of his uneleannefs and knpi- 
ety, are written in the chronicles of the 
kings. 

43 And Joacim his fon reigned in his 
ftead : he was made king being eighteen 
years old ; 

44 And reigned but three months and 
ten days in Jerufalem ; and did evil be- 
fore the Lord. 

45 So after a year Nabuchodonofor fent 
and caufed him to be brought unto Bab- 
ylon, with the holy veffels of the Lord ; 

46 And made Zedechias king of Judea- 
and Jerufalem, when he was one and 
twenty years old ; and he reigned eleven 
years : 

47 And he did evil alfo in the fight of the 
Lord, and cared not for the words that 
were fpoken unto him by the prophet 
Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord. 

4# And after that king Nabuchodon- 
ofor had made him to fwear by the name 
of the Lord, he forefwore himfelf, and 
rebelled ; and hardening his neck, and 
his heart, he tranfgrefTea the laws of the 
Lord God of Ifrael. 

49 The governors alfo of the people, 
and of the priefts, did many things a- 
gainft the laws, and paired all the pollu- 
tions of all nations, and defiled the tem- 
ple of the Lord, which was fanftified in 
Jerufalem. 

50 Neverthelefs, the God of their fa- 
thers fent by his mefTengers to call them 
back, becaufe he fpared them, and his 
tabernacle alfo. 

51 But they had his mcfiengers in de- 
rilion ; and look, when the Lord fpake 
unto them, they made a fport of his 
prophets : 

•V. So far forth, that he, being wroth 
with his people for their great ungodli- 
neft, commanded the kings of the Chal- 
c'.ccs to come up againft them ; 

53 ^T Who (lew their young men with 
the fword, yea, even within the compafs- 
of their holy temple, and fpared neither 
young man nor maid, old man nor child, 

\oe(% them ; for he delivered all into 
their hands. 

54 And they took all the holy vefTels 

of 



Apocrypha. Chap 

of the Lord, both great and fmall, with! 
Che velfels of the ark of God, and the 
kind's treafures, and carried them away 
into Babylon. 

55 As for the houfe of the Lord, they 
burned it, and brake down the walls of 
Jerusalem, and fet rire upon her towers ; 

56 q\ And as tor her glorious things j 
they never cealed till they had con fumed 
and brought them all to nought : and 
file people that were not (lain with the 
fword, he carried unto Bab) Ion : 

57 Who became fervants to him and 
• children, till the Periians reigned, to 

fulfil the word of the Lord fpoken by the 
mouth of Jeremy : 

58 Until the land had enjoyed her fab- 
baths, the whole time of her defolation 
ft all (he reft, until the full term oi 
enty years. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Cyras moved by Cod to build the temple, 
5 gfveto leai'c to the ~je~-us to return 
and contribute to it. 
IN the firlt year of Cyrus king of the 
Periians, that the word of the Lord might 
be accompliibed that he had promifed bj 
the mouth ot Jeremy ; 

I he Lord railed up th? f pi rit or" Cv 
rus the king ot the Perfians. a id ne 

de proclamation through all hi 
dpm, and alio by writin 

3 laying, \ nu i faith ( g of 
the Perfians; 1 rd of Ifrael, the 
molt high Lord, hath ra \ of 
the whwle arorl I, 

4 .*\nd commanded tne to build him 
an 1 Jerufalem in 

re there be any of you 
thai I, even 

his lajrd, be wnh him, and let him go 
to Jerufal : build 

the houfe • it 



the I ord thai dn ell< (h m. 

6 \V|i. 

about, let them help him, (thofe, I 1 1> 
that are his neighbours,) v.nhg Id 
with 111 I 

i With gifts, with horfes, and with 
cattle, and other things, which have been 
forth l»> vow, foi the temple ol I 

Lord at | -nil tlrm. 

& f[ '1 hen the chiel ol 
ofl |udea, and of th< 

od up i the pi .« (Is md 

the Levitea, and all they m ' 
the Lord had 'moved to go up', and 
build an houfe tor the Lord at Jem/a 
>, 

9 And they that dwelt round about 
them, a-ui helped them in all (hit 
with Giver and gold, v ith hi 

'lie, and with Ven • free (j 

a great number, whole 
1 up thereto. 

10 King Cyrus alio brought forth the 



S« Apocrypha, 

holy veflels, which Nabuchodonofbr had 

carried away from Jerufalem, and had 
let up in lus temple of idols. 

11 Now when Cyrus king of the Per- 
iians had brought them turth, he deliv- 
ered them to Muhiidate.s 1 Purer: 

12 And by him they wei ;red to 
SanabaJIar the governor ot Judi 

13 And this was the number of them : 
A thou/and golden (.ops, and a Lhoufand 
ol filver, ceniers of filver twentj ni 
v als of gold thirty, and oi filver I 
thouiand lour hundred and ten, ana a 
thouland other veflels. 

14 Somali the veflels of gold and of fil- 
ver, ii hich were carried away, were live 
thoufand four hundred threescore a.jj 
nine. 

15 Thefe were brought back by Sana- 
baflar, together with them ot the captiv. 
ity ti ibj Ion to Jerulalem. 

16 But in the time of AuaxerN 
oi the Pet Belemas. and Mithri- 
dales, and Tabellius, and Rath lunui . 
Beeltcthmus, ami bemellius th< fecreta- 
ry, with others ihat were in commiil 
with them dw i lling in v 
oth wrote unto him a 
them that dwell in Judea ana Jerusalem. 

f« letters loliow ing , 

17 To king Ai our lord, thy 
fervants Rathurai 

lelljus the (cribe, and 'lie reft < 
council, and the judges that ar< lo- 

'oemce. 

18 J now n to the lord t 1 
th it il. me up ii om 
to us. i to Jet ufaiem 
rebellious and v. U > ,) do bu 
market pi 

it, and ition ol the teiri- 

pfc. 

V II 11 . .111(1 tl 

the, , they Will not 

ite, bu re- 

much a 
ing to hand, 

wc think not to 

•uati 
21 Bul to fpeak unto 
g t to the inu at that« il ii be 

:t 111 

(fa th lo d in 
. what i • ■■• ' 

undi i 
city was i 

and i 

8 And |] 

and u 

which caufe c . ' t) ••• as m itie d 

te. 

14 V 

, th a it th 
be budt again, j\\A i 



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up anew, thou (halt from 



I. ESDRAS. 



henceforth 
have no patfage into Cclofyria and Phe- 
nice. 

25 Then rtie king wrote back again to 
Rat humus the ftory writer, to Beelteth- 
rous, to Semellius the fcribe, and to the 
reft that were in commiflion, anddwelLers 
in Samaria, and Syria, and Phenice, af- 
ter this manner : 

26 I have read the epiftle which ye 
have fent unto me : therefore I com- 
manded to make diligent fearch, and it 
hath been found, that that city was from 
the beginning practifing againft kings ; 

27 And the men therein were given 
to rebellion and war ; and that mighty 
kings and fierce were in Jerufalem, who 
reigned and exacted tributes in Celo- 
fyria and Phenice. 

28 Now therefore, T have commanded 
to hinder thole men from building the 
city, and heed to be taken that there be 
no more done in it ; 



Apocrypha. - 

7 And he (hall fit next to Darius, be- 
caufe of his wifdom, and ftiall be called 
Darius his coufm. 

S And then every one wrote his fen- 
tence, fealed it, and laid it under king 
Darius his pillow ; 

. 9 fl And laid that, When the king is 
rifen, fome will give him the writings ; 
and of whofe fide the king and the three 
princes of Perfia (hall judge that his fen- 
tence is the wifeft, to him (hall the vic- 
tory be given, as was appointed. 

10 The flrft wrote, Wine is the ftrong- 
eft. 

11 The fecond wrote, The king is the 
ftrongeft. 

12 The third wrote, Women are 
ftrongeft ; but above all things, truth 
beareth away the victory. 

13 % Now when the king was rifen up, 
they took their writings and delivered 
them unto him, and fo he read them. 

14 And, fending forth, he called all the 



29 And that thofe wicked workers pro- princes of Perfia and of Media, and the 
cecd no further to the annoyanceof kings, governors and the captains, and the 

30 Then king Artaxerxes his letters! lieutenants and the chief officers ; 
being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the 15 And fat him down in the royal feat 
fcribe, and the reft that were in commif- of judgment, and the writings were read 
lion v\ ith them, removing in hafte towards! before them. 
Jerufalem with a troop of horferuen and 16 And he laid, Call (he young men. 



a multitude of people in battle array, be 
can to hinder the builders ; and the 
building of the temple in Jerufalem caaf- 
ed until the fecond year of the reign of 
Darius king of the Perfians. 
CHAP. 111. 
4 'Three Jtrii/e to exact each.other in nvife 

fpeeches : 9 they refer themjel c ves to the 

judgment of the king. 18 The fir Ji cte- 

clareth the ftrength ofivine. 

NOW when Darius reigned, he made 
a great feaft unto a>ll his fubjects, and 
Unto all his houfehold, and unto all the 
princes of Media and Perfia, 

2 And to all the governors and cap- 
tains and lieutenants, that were under 
him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an 
hundred twenty and feven provinces. 

$ And when they had eaten and drunk- 
being fati?,fied were gone home, 
n Darius the king went into his bed- 
chamber, and flept, and foon after awak- 
ed. 

4 fj Then three young men that were 
of the guard, that kept the king's body, 
fpake one to another ; 

5 Let every one of us fpeak a fentence : 
he that fhall overcome, and whofe fen- 
tence lhall feeni wifcr than the others, 
unto him thall the king Dai ms give great 
Kilts, arid great thing;, in token of victo- 

r >' » 

6 As, to be clothed in purple, to drink 

in gold, and to lleep upon geld, and a 
chariot, with bridles of gold, and an 
bead tire of fine linen, and & chain about 
fcis neck : 



and they (hall declare their own fentences. 
So they were called and came in. 

17 And he faid unto them, Declare 
unto us your mind concerning the writ- 
ings. Then began the firft, who had 
(poken of the ftrength of wine ; 

18 qj And he faid thus, O ye men, how 
exceeding ftrong is wine ! it caufeth all 
men to err that drink it : 

19 It maketh the mind of the king, 
and of the fatherleis child, to be all one : 
of the bondman, and of the freeman, of 
the poor man and of the rich : 

20 It turneth alfo every thought into 
jollity and mirth, fo that a man remem- 
bereth neither forrow nor debt : 

2* And it maketh every heart rich, fo 
that a man remembereth neither king 
nor governor ; and it maketh to fpeak 
ail things by talents : 

22 And when they are in their cups, 
they forget their love both to friends 
and brethren, and, a little after draw out 
("words : * 

23 But when they are from the wine, 
they remember not what they have done. 

24 O yc men, Is not wine the ftrongeit, 
that enforceth to do thus ? And when he 
had fofpoken, he held his peace. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The fecond declareth the ponve* of a 
king. IS The third the Jorcc oj ivo- 
mtn, . c 35 and of truth. 
THEN the fecond, that had fpokeu 
of the ftrength of the king began to 
fayi 

SOye 



Apocrypha. Chap 

£ O ye men, Do not men excel in 
Prength, that bear rule over lea and 
d, and all things in them ? 

3 But yet the Kin,; is more mighty : 
fi r lie is lord of all tbefe thing-. 
hath dominion over them ; and whatl'o 
ever he commandeth them they do. 

4 If he bid them make war the one a- 
gainft the other, the) doit; if he fend them 
out againft the enemies, they go, 
breakdown mountains, walls, and tow< 

5 They D , and t 
grcfs not th dmenl : it 
they get the v 'he> bring all to the 
kin, . 

6 Like \ *fe for i 

diets, and have rx but 

life hufbandry, v\lun the > reaped 

again 

br, > the k .tu- 

the. . ti ibute unto the 

7 . t he is but one man ; if he 

md to kil f kill ; if he com 

1.1J 

mmand to finite they finite ; 
if he command t,» make defolate, the> 
late ; if he command to bu 

Ui.d ; 
y It he. command to cut down, they i Dl 
down; it he command to phut, they plant. 

10 So all his people and his armies 
ob : furthermore, he li< •■ n, 

iketh,and taketh h 
i 1 And th and about 

irt, and do 
his • iher difobey they 

him thing. 

It O J H Id not the king 

when in Inch lurt he is 
obr 

13 <] Then the third, v. ho had fpoken 
of women, ! the ti uth, i 
Zorobabel, began tofpeak. 

14 O ye men, It great It 
nor the multil i 

wine that excelled ■ thai 

ruleth them, or hath the orej 
th« re they 

15 V id all 

le by ft land. 

16 liven oi ti. ul they 
nouri&ed them up that \ (anted the 

th. 

11 make . 

id with- 

t mm : 

] .y thing, Do tl . 

I > in fa vou 
And letting all thofc thil 

the> not pipe, and even with open m 

en m re unto her tha 

I or go!. ! , or any goodly thing w hat- 



!▼« Apocrypha 

20 A man leave th his own father that 
brought him up, and his own country, 
andcleaveth unto his wife. 

He fticketh not to fpend his life with 

his vsit'e, and remembered neither fa- 
r, nor mother, i or cot 
- - B) this alfo , thai 

men have dominion over you : D 

i - ' and bring 

,n ? 

a man toketh his {word, and 

goeth his way to rob ai :al, to fail 

n the tea and upon rivei . 

And looketh upon a lion, and g<3- 

eth in the darknefs ; and when he hath 

obbtd, he bringeth 

t | 5 love 

fore a n?.n loveth his • 
better th ta father or motl 

£6 Yea, main theio be that have run 
out for women, and become 

for their fakes. 
7 Many alfo have pertQted, have i 
ed and lini for worac 

\iul now. Do ye nOt believe 1 
Is nor the kin n in his power ? Do 

not all regions fear to touch lr 

-9 Yel did I fee him and A pa me the 
king's concubine, the daughter of the 
admirable Bartacus, lilting at the right 
i the king. 

And taking the crown from the 
•id letting it upon berown 
.j (truck the king with her 
left hand. 

H And II this, the king gaped 

zed upon her with open mouth : 
I (he la ! upon him, he laughed al- 

e but if (he i 
t thel to flatter, thai 

might be ret oncil 
I 

do tin 
•i the I 

h 

34 ( | , 

( » i eat I i i •• 1 1 1 l . i 

fwii fun in 

th tl 

in one d 

36 I ' T(.at thai mi 

things : thei ■ . oid 

• 
i\\ lie ti nth, 

■ 
* 

Ml 



Apocrypha. 

is always ftrong ; it liveth and eonquer- 
eth for evermore. 

39 With her there is no accepting of 
perfons or rewards ; but (he doeth the 
things that are juft, and refraineth from 
all unjuft and wicked things : and all 
men do well like of her works. 

40 Neither in her judgment is any un- 
righteoufnefs ; and (he is the firength, 
kingdom, power, and majefty, of all ages. 
Bletied be the God of truth. 

41 And with that he held his peace : 
and all the people then (homed, and (aid, 
Great is truth, and mighty above all 
things. 

42 Then faid the king unto him, Afk 
what thou wilt more than is appointed 
in the writing and we will give it thee, 
becaufe thou art found wifeft ; and thou 
fhalf fit next me, and (halt be called my 
eoufin. 

48 Then faid he unto the king, Re- 
member thy vow which thou haft vowed, 



I. ESDRAS. 



To build Jerufalem, in the day 
thou carneft to thy kingdom, 

44 And to fend away all the vefTels 
that were taken away out of Jerufalem, 
which Cyrus fet apart, when he vowed 
todeftroy Babylon, and to fend them a- 
gain thither. 

4d Thou alfo haft vowed to build up 
the temple, which the Edomites burned 
when Judea was made dcfolate by the 
Chaldees. 

46 And now, O lord the king, this is 
that which I require, and which I defire 
of thee, and this is the princely liberality 
proceeding from thyfelf : I defire there- 



Apocrypha, 

given twenty talents to the building of the 
temple, until the time that it were built \ 

52 And other ten talents yearly, to 
maintain the burnt offerings upon the 
altar every day, as they had a command- 
ment to offer (even teen : 

53 And that all they that went from 
Babylon to build the city, thould have 
free liberty, as vvell they as their pciteri- 
ty, and all the priefts that went away. 

5 4 He wrote alfo concerning the char- 
ges, and the priefts' veftments wherein 
they minifter ; 

Mb And likewife for the charges of the 
Levites, to be given them, until the day 
that the houle were fmifned, and Jerufa- 
lem builded up. 

56 And he commanded to give to all 
that kept the city penfionsand wages. 

57 fie lent away alfo all the veffels, 
from Babylon, that Cyrus had fet apart, 
and all that Cyrus had given in com- 
mandment, the fame charged he alio to 



lore that thou make good the vow, the 
performance whereof with thine own 
mouth thou haft vowed to the king of 
heaven. 

47 Then Darius the king flood up, and 
kiffed him, and wrote letteis for him un- 
to all the treafurers and lieutenants and 
captains and governors, that they ihould 
fafely convey on their way, both him, 
and all thole that go up with him to 
build Jerufalem. 

48 He wrote letters alfo unto the lieu- 
tenants that were in Celofyria and Phe- 
nice, and unto them in Libanus, that 
they (hould bring cedar wood from Li- 
banus unto Jerufalem, and that they 
fhould build the city with hirri. 

49 Moreover he wrote for all the jews 
that went out of his realm up into Jewry, 
concerning their freedom, that no officer, 
no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treafurer, 
fhould forcibly enter into their ooors ; 

50 And that all the country which they 
hold, (hould be free without tribute; 
and that the Edomites mould give over 
the villages of the Jews, which then they 
held 



be done, and fent unto Jerufalem 

58 Now when this young nun was 
gone forth, he lifted up his face to heav- 
en towards Jerufalem, and praifed the 
King of heaven. 

59 And (aid, From thee cometh victo- 
ry, from thee cometh wifdom, and thine 
is the glory, and I am thy fervant. 

60 Blefled art thou who haft given me 
wifdom : for to thee I give thanks, O 
Lord of our fathers. 

61 And (o he took the letters, and 
went out, and came unto Babylon, and 
told it all his brethren. 

62 And they praifed the God of their 
fathers, becaufe he had given them free- 
dom and liberty 

6.3 To go up, and to build Jerufalem, 
and the temple which is called by his 
name : and they feafted withinftruments 
of mufick and glaanefs feven days. 

C i i A P. V. 
i The names and number of the Jeivs 
that returned borne. 57 The founda- 
tion ef the temple is laid. 
AFTER this were the principle men 
of the families chofen according to their 
tribes, to go up with their wives, and 
fans, and daughters, with their menfer- 
vants, and maidfervants, and their cattle, 

2 And Darius lent with them a thou- 
fand horfemen, till they had brought 
them back to Jerufalem (afely, and with 
mufical fjnflrunients] tabrets, and flutes. 

3 And all their biethren played, and 
he made them go up together with them. 

i And thefe are the names of the men 
which went up, according to their fami- 
lies, among their tribes, alter their lev- 
eral heads 

5 The priefts, the fons of Phinees, the 
Jefus the fon of Jofedec, 



fon of Aaron 
Yea, that there fhould be yearly the fon of Saraias, and Joacim the km 

of 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

ef Zorobabel, the fon of Salathiel of the 
houfe of David, out of the kindred of 
Phares, of the tribe of Judah ; 

6 Wlio (pake wife fentences before 
Darius the king of Perila, in the ftcond 
year of his reign, in the month Nifan, 
which is the firft month. 

\nd thefe are they of Jewry, that 
eame up from the captivity, where they 
dwelt as ll rangers, whom Nabuchodon- 
ofor the king of Babylon had carried a- 
way unto Babylon. 

8 And they returned unto Jerufalem, 
aad to the other puts of Jewry, t v 
man to Jvs own city, who came with 
Zorobibel, with Jefus, Nehemias, and 

charias, and Rcefaias, Enenius, Mir- 
docheuf, Beelfarus, Afpharaftis, Reelius, 
Ro'unus, and Baana, their guides. 

9 The number of them of the nation, 
and their governors, fona of Phoros, two 
thoufand an hundred feventy and two : 
the fonsof Saphat, four hundred feventy 
and two : 

to 'I he fons of Are.-, feven hundred 
fifty 3n<1 fix : 

tt L"*he f I''iaath Moab, tv^ 

thoufand r^ i ^; 1 . t hundred and twelve : 

ti i tic fona of Ki am, a rhoufan 1 two 
hundred fifty and four : the fons cf Za- 
tfmi, nine hundred forty and five : the 
fons of Corbe, (even hundred and five ; 
the fons of Bani, fix hundred forty and 
t : 

tS The fonsof Belni, fix hundred twen 
ty and tl .three 

thoufand two hun red t i two s 

1 4 i ! >■ iix hand 

fixty and feven 

thoufand fix! din, 

r : 

» 

■ ol v. 

■ 

16 in J Ired 

n, thirl 

1 the font of B i, l hree hund 

hu- 

i an h 

17 , 
far 

an 



v. 



Apocrypha. 



I 



I Ired i vent y 

ven- 



two : the fons of Nr^his, an hundred 
fifty and fix : 

4- The fons of Calamoialus and Onus, 
feven hundred twenty and five : the Ions 
of Jeiechus, two hundred forty and five : 

2S The fons of Annaas, tluce thou- 
fand three hundred and thirty. 

44 1 he priefts : the fonsot Jeddu, the 
fon of Jefus, among the fons of Sana fib, 
nine hundred leventy and two : the fons 
of Meruth, a thoufand fifty and two : 

•i r j The fons of PhafTaron, a thoufand 
forty and feven : the fons of Carme, a 
thoufand and feventcrn. 

£6 The I evites : the fons of JefTue, 
and Cadmiel. and Banuas, and Sudias, 
:ity and four. 

tl The holy fingers : the fons of A- 
faph, an hundred twenty and eight. 

tl) The porters : the fons of Sahun, 
the fonsof jatal, the fons of Talinon, the 
fonsof Dacobi, ti afTeta, the fons 

of Sami, in all an hundred thirty and 
nine. 

2-3 The fervanta of the temple : the 
fons of Kfau, the fons of Afipha, the fons 
of Tabaoth, the fons of Ceras, the funs 
of Sud, the fms of Phaleas, the fons ot 
Labana, the fonsofGraba, 

I he fons of Ann, the fons of Ula, 
the fons of Cetab, the fona of Agaba, ihe 
fona of Subai, the fons of Anan, the foill 

tthtia. the fona (>i tieddur, 
• Si rhe fona . the fons of Dai 

. the fonsol No ba, the I i 'hair- 

ba ; ' :/.ora, the 'ons of "W.ia, 

the fonsot P the Ions of Azara, 

Pons of . i -\i im :. the 

fon , the fona of Naphifi, the 

fii ipha, the 
Afhir, the fonsol Pharacim, the 

, the fona of 
I taut ha, tl of 

Charcus, tl of 

I homoi, the fon fith, the font ol 

1 ' ■ loinon : 

«, the 
■ 
. f Hagia, tl 

ra i - i 

u. 
\, I 

. I 

. 

ind ding 

imi- 

• of 
I ; the 



Apocrypha. 

Ban, the fons of Necodan, fix hundred 
fifty and two. 

S8 And of the priefrs that ufurped the 
office of the priefthood, and were not 
found, the fons of Obdla ; the fons of 
Accoz, the ions of Addus, who married 
Augia, one of the daughters of Berze- 



I. ESDRAS. 



and was named after his name. 

59 And when the description of the 
kindred of thefe men was fought in the 
regiftcr, and was not found, they were 
removed from executing the office of the 
priefthood : 

40 For unto them faid Nehemias and 
Athanas, that they fhould not be par- 
takers of the holy things, till there arofe 
up an high priefi: clothed with doctznne 
and truth. 

11 So of Ifrael, from them of twelve 
years old and upward, they were all in 
number forty thoufand, beiides menfer- 
vants, and wonienfervants, two thou- 
fand three hundred and fixty. 

42 Their menfervants and hand- 
maids were feven thoufand three hun- 
dred forty and (cvzn : the finging men 
and finging women, two hundred forty 
and five : 

43 Four hundred thirty and five cam- 
els, feven thoufand thirty and fix 
horfes, two hundred forty and five 
mules, five thoufand five hundred twen- 
ty and five beads ufed to the yoke. 

44 And certain of the chief of their 
families, when they came to the temple 
of God that is in Jerufalem, vowed to fet 
up the houfc again in his own place, ac- 
cording to their ability, 

45 And to give into the holy treafury 
of the works, a thoufand pounds of gold, 
five thoufand of filver, and an hundred 
prieftly veffments. 

4h And fo dwelt the priefts and the 
Levites and the people in Jerufalem, and 
in the country : the fingers alfo, and the 
porters, and all Ifrael in their villages. 

47 But when the feventh month was 
at hand, and when the children of Ifrael 
were every man in his own place, they 
came all together with one confent into 
the open place of the fir ft gate which is 
toward the c;itt. 

4i> Then flood up Jefus the fon of Jo- 
ferVc, and his brethren the priefts, and 
Z: robabel ihc fon of Salathiel, and his 
brethren <nd made ready the altar of 
the God of Ifrael, 

19 To offer burnt facrifices upon it, 
according as itisexpresfly commanded in 
the book of Mofes the man of God. 

50 And there we re gathered unto them 
out of the other nations of the land, and 
rhey erected the altar upon his own place, 
becaufe all the nations of the land were 
at enmity with them, and opprefled 
them ; and they offered fecrifices accord 



Apocrypha, 

ing to the time, and burnt offerings to 
the Lord both morning and evening. 

5t Alfo they held the feaft of taberna- 
cles, as it is commanded in the law, and 
offered facrifices daily, as was meet : 

§2 And after that, the continual obla- 
tions, and the facrifice of the fabbaths, and 
of the new moons, and of all holy feafts. 

53 And all they that had made any 
vow to God, began to offer facrifices to 
God, from the firft day of the feventh 
month, although the temple of the Lord 
was not yet built. 

54 And they gave unto the mafons 
and carpenters, money, meat and drink, 
with cheerfulnefs. 

55 Unto them of Zidon alfo and Tyre 
they gave cars, that they fhould bring 
cedar trees from Libanus, which fnould 
be brought by floats to the haven of 
Joppe, according as it was commanded 
them by Cyrus king of the Perfians- 

56 And in the fecond year and fec- 
ond month, after his coming to the 
temple of God at Jerufalem, began 
Zorobabel the fon of Salathiel, and Je- 
fus the fon of Jofedec, and their breth- 
ren, and the priefls, and the Levites, 
and all they that were come unto Jerufa- 
lem out of the captivity : 

57 €} And they laid the foundation of 
thehoufeof God in thefirftday of the fec- 
ond month, in the fecond year after they 
were come to Jewry and Jerufalem. 

< r '8 And they appointed the Levites 
from twenty years old, over the works 
of the Lord. Then flood up Jefus and 
his Ions, and brethren, and Cadmiel his 
brother, and the fons of Madiabun, with 
the fons of Joda the fon of Eliadun, with 
their fons and brethren, all Levites, with 
one accord fetters forward of the bufi- 
nefs, labouring to advance the works in 
the houfe of God. So the workmen built 
the temple of the Lord. 

59 And the priefrs flood arrayed in 
their veffments with mufical inftruments, 
and trumpets ; and the Levites the fons 
of Afaph had cymbals, 

60 Singing fongs of thankfgiving, and 
praifing the Lord, according as David the 
king of Ifrael had ordained. 

61 And they fung nvith loud voices 
fongs to the praife of the Lord : becaufe 
his mercy and glory is for everinall Ifrael. 

6£ And all the people founded trump- 
ets, and (houted with a loud voice, fing- 
ing fongs of thankfgiving unto the Lord, 
for the rearing up of the houfe of the Lord . 

6.3 Alfo of the priefrs, and Levites, 
and of the chief of their families, the 
ancients who had. feen the former houfe, 
came to the building of this with weep- 
ing and great Crying. 

61 But many with trumpets and joy 
|fhouted with loud poice, 

65 Info much 



Apccrypia. Chap. vi. Apocrypbd. 

65 Infomuch that the trumpets might I 7 The copy tff the letters which SU 
zsot be heard for th« weeping of the peo- ' finnes governor of Syria and r'heniee, 

f'le : yet the mulritude founded marvel- and Sathrabuzaniis, with thoir con. pan* 
jufly, I i that it was heard afar otr". ion?, rulers in Syria and Pherice. v. rote 

66 %\ Wherefore when the enemies of and fent onto Darius : To king Danos, 
\t of Judaliand Benjamin heard it, greeting ; 



they came to know what that noife of 
trumpets fhould mean. 

67 And they perceived that they that 
vi ere ot' the captivity did build the temple 
unto the Lord God of Ifrael. 

68 So they went to Zorobabel and Je- 
fus, and to the chief of the families, and 
laid unto them. We will build together 
v, ith you. 

69 For welikewife, as ye, do obey your 
Lord, and do facrifice unto him from the 
days of Az'jzareth the Icing of the Af- 

jns, who brought ui hither. 

TO Then Zorob-ibcl a. id Jelus, and the 
chief of the families i f Ifrael, faid unto 
them, It is n- I t r us and you to build 
together an hbufe unto the LordourGod. 

71 We out (elves alone will build unto 
the Lord of I cording as Cyrus the 

king of the Peifians hath commanded us. 

It But the heathen of the land, lying 
heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea and 
holding them ftrait, hindered their build- 
ing ; 

73 And by their fecret piots, and pop- 

irperfuafiontand commotions, t hey hin- 
dered the finifhmg of the building all the 
time that king Cyrus lived : fo they were 
hindered from budding for the fpace of 
two years, until the reign of Darius. 

CHAP. VI, 
1 The prap^tti /? -r up the i eople to build 

the temple : Uariuj Uftiitiud '#• binder 

it ; 17 but be dot b fun Per it by till rreans 



8 Let all things be known unto our 
lord the king ; that being come into the 
country of judea, and entered into the 
city of jerufalem, we found in the city 
of Jerumlem the ancient! of the Jews that 
were of the captivity, 

9 Building an houfe Onto the Lord, 
great and new, of hewn and coftly ftone*, 
and the timber already laid upon the 
wall?. 

10 And thofe works are done with 
gread fpeed, and the works goeth on prof- 
peroufiy in their hands, and with all glo- 
ry and diligence is it made. 

1 1 Then afked we thefe elders, faying, 
By whofe commandment build ye thi$ 
houfe, and lay the foundations of thefe 
works ? 

12 Therefore to the intent that we 
might give knowledge unto thee by- 
writing, we demanded of them who were 
the chief doers, and we reauired of them 
the names in writing ot their principal 
men. 

13 So they gave us this anfwer, We 
are the fervants of the Lord, whic 1 
made heaven and earth. 

14 And as for this houfe, it wis build- 
ed many years ago, by a king ^f Ifrael, 
great and ftrong, and was finimed. 

16 But when our father«provoked God 
unto wrath, and finned againftthe Lord of 
Ifrael which is in heaven, he gave them 
over into the rower of Nabuehodonofor, 



NOWinthefei the reig gof Babylon, of the Chaldees ; 

of Darius, A> ; . id Zuc' i.efon 16 Who pulled down the houfe, and 

of Addo, the prophet:, prophefied unto burned it, and carried away the people 
thr Jewt in Jewq an: Jeruialem in the captives unto Babylon, 
name of the Lord God of Ifrael, wh.. 17 But in the fir ft year that king CyrHf 

wa* reigned over thr country of Babylon, * 

i 1 hen ft - the for. of, rus the king wrote to build up this houfe : 

Salathiel, and fefusthel toof Jofedec»a 1* And the holy vefTels of gold and 

build the houfe of the Lord at offilver, that Nabuchodonofor had car- 

:m, thej of the Lord being fried away out of the houfe at JetufaletS» 

l i tliem, Lv.d helping them. d h.id let ihetH in nil OWH temple, 

3 At r - e tune came unto them thofe Cyi us the king brought forth • 

Sifinncs the Gorer out ot the temple at Babylon, and 

with Sathrabuaanes and his con cd to Zorobaoel, and to . 

, and laid unto the |ab. . the ruler, 

A By whofe appointment do ye bi 19 With commandment that he flM 

roof, j | al irrjf sway the fame veflel ' ptM 

the ojher things ? and, Who are tl i in me temple at Jem I 



workmen that perlorni fh^fe things r 

5 Neverthclefs. the eld i the Jews 
obtain-* I tivoi , becaufe the Lord had 
Vifited the captivity ; 

6 And they were not hindered * 
ling, until fuch time js ligmftcation 

ii unto Dariu; concerning them, 
received. 



that the temple of the Lord fcOUW be 
built in his place. 

40 Then the fame SanabafT -ing 

come hither, laid th^ foundation * the 

■ of the Lord at JenH an* 

from that time to thii -ilia build. 

;, it is not yet full ' • 

-t N^v therefore, i? sod «n- 

10 



r. ESBRAS. 



Apocrypha* 

to the king, let fearch be made among 
the records of king Cyrus ; 

22 And if it be found that the build- 
ing of the houfe of the Lord at Jerufa- 
lem, hath been done with the confent of 
king Cyrus, and if our Lord the king be 
fo minded, let him fignify unto us thereof. 

23 qj Then commanded king Darius to 
feek among the records at Babylon : and 
fo at Ecbatana the palace, which is in 
the country of Media, there was found a 
roll, wherein thefe things were recorded. 

24 In the firft year of the reign of Cy- 
rus, king Cyrus commanded that the 
houfe of the Lord at Jerufalem (hould 
be built again, where they do facrifice 
with continual fire. 

25 Whofe height (hall be fixty cubits, 
and the breadth fixty cubits, with three 
rows of hewn ftones, and one row of new 
wood of that country : and the expenfes 
thereof to be given out of the houfe of 
Ming Cyrus : 

26 And that the holy veffels of the 
Iioufe of the Lord, both of gold and fil- 
ver, that Nabuchodonofor took out of the 
houfe at Jerufalem, and brought to Bab- 
ylon, (hould be reftored to the houfe at 
Jerufalem, and be fet in the place where 
they were before. 

27 f And alfo he commanded that Si- 
fmnes the Governor of Syria and Phenice, 
and Sathrabuzanes, and their compan- 
ions, and thofe that were appointed 
rulers in Syria and Phenice, (hould be 
careful not to meddle with the place, but 
iliffer Zorobabel the fervant of the Lord, 
and governor of Judea, and the elders of 
the Jews, to build the houfe of the Lord 
in that place. 

28 I have commanded alfo to have it 
built up whole again ; and that they look 
diligently to help thofe that be of the 
captivity of the Jews, till the houfe of 
the Lord be finifhed. 

29 And out of the tribute of Celofyria, 
and Phenice, a portion carefully to be 
given thefe men for the facrifices of the 
Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, 
for bullocks, and rams, and lambs : 

SO And alio corn, fait, wine, and oil, 
and that continually every year without 
further queftion, according as the priefts 
that be in Jerufalem (hall fignify to be 
daily fpent. 

St 1 hat offerings may be made to the 
mofl high God, for the king, and for his 
'Children, and that they may pray for their 
lives. 

Si And he commanded, that whomever 
fliould tranfgrefs, yea, or make light of 
any thing afore fpoken or written, oat 
of his own houfe fliould a tree be taken. 
and he thereon be hanged, and all his 
goods feized'ibr the king. 

S3 The Laid therefore, whofe name is. 



Apoerypbe. 

there called upon, utterly deftroy every 
king and nation, that ftretcheth out his 
hand to hinder or endamage that houfe 
of the Lord in Jerufalem. 

34 I Darius the king have ordained, 
that according unto thefe things it be 
done with diligence. 

CHAP. VII. 
t Siftnnes and others help forward the 

building. 5 The temple isfinijbed and 1 

dedicated. 10 The fajfover is kept. 

THEN Sifinnes the governor of Celo- 
fyria and Phenice, and Sathrabueanes^ 
with their companions, following the 
commandments of king Darius, 

2 Did very carefully over fee the holy- 
works, aflifting the ancients of the Jews 
and governors of the temple. 

8 And fo the holy works profpered, 
when Aggeus and Zacharias the proph- 
ets prophefied. 

4 And they finifhed thefe things by 
the commandment of the Lord God of 
Ifrael, and with the confent of Cyrus, 
Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Perlia. 

5 ^| And thus was the holy houfe finifli - 
ed in the three and twentieth day of the 
month Adar, in the fixth year of Darius 
king of the Perfians. 

6 And the children of Ifrael, the 
priefts and the Levites, and others that 
were of the captivity, that were added 
unto them, did according to the things 
written in the book of Mofes. 

7 And to the dedication of the temple 
of the Lord, they offered an hundred 
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hun- 
dred lambs : 

8 And twelve goats, for the fin of all 
Ifrael, according to the number of the 
chief of the tribes of Ifrael. 

9 The priefts alio and the Levites flood 
arrayed in their veftments, according to 
their kindreds, in the fervice of the Lord 
God of Ifrael, according to the book of 
Mofes : and the porters at every gate. 

10 q And the children of Ifrael, that 
were of the captivity, held the pafibver 
the fourteenth day of the firft month, 
after that the priefts and the Levites were 
fanclified. 

11 They that were of the captivity, 
were not all fanclified together : but the 
Levites were ail fanclified together. 

(2 And fo they offered the paflbver for 
all them of the captivity, and for their 
brethren the priefts, and for themfelves. 

<S And the children of Ifrael that came 
out of the captivity did eat, even ail they 
that had feparated themfelves from ths* 
abominations of the people of the land,, 
and fought the Lord. 

14 And they kept the feaft of unleav- 
ened bread feven days, making merr/ 
before the Lord, 

15 Ivor that Tie had turned the conn fek 

of 



Apocrypha. 

of the king of Aflyria towards them, to 
ftrengthen their hands in the works of 
the Lord God of Ifrael. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Efdras bringetb tbe king's commifton 

to build : 8 tbe copy of it : 28 he de- 

clareib tbe names and number oj tbofe 

tbat came icith him. 

AND after thefe things, when Artax- 

erxes the king of the Perfians reigned, 

time Kidras the fon of Saraias the ion of 

erias, the ion of Helchiah, the (on of 

balum. 

I The fon of Sadduc, the fon of Achit- 
ob, the Ion of Anurias, the fon of Kz 
the fon of Meremoth, the fon of Z 
the fon of Savins, the ion of Boccas, th- 
fon of Abiiuin, the fon of Phinees, the 
ion of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the chief 
pne 

3 This Efdras went up from Babylon, 

, being vei y ready in the law ot 
Mofes, that was given by the God ot li- 
raeL 

4 And the king did him honor : for he 
found grace in his fight in all hii requefls. 

went up with him all 
of the children of Ifrael, of the prielts, of 
the Lcvites, of the holy fmgei ft, port( 
and miniiters of the temple, unto Jc i ul \- 
lcm, 

6 In the fevrnth yeir of the reign of 
in the fifth month, tbi « I 
the enth yea.- , ml 

Jon in 
' e to J rufalri. 

rous journey v\ln 

' 1 had very (kill, i> 

linai.ces a 
H • the copy of the 

which «j rom A 

IE, and car 

i.tw of the Lord, is th;.> that 

foliffWCtll ; 

9 King Artaxerxes unto Kidra. th<- 
H id, 

Icth greeting : 

termined to i | raci- 
1 • given that I 

ind ot the prie 
an ' •• ithin our realm, as 

d go with 
thee tint !U . 

II As many therefore as have a m 
thereunto, let them depart wi:h t' 
it hath iccmed goad both to me and my 
(even friends the COUnfellon ! 

1- I hat tlu*y may look '.into the affairs 
of Judea and Jen; . agreeably to 

that *hich i . in the law ot the Lord i 

18 And carry the gifta unto the Lord 
ot llracl to Jerufalcni, which I and my 
iiiendti have vowed, and all the gold and 



Chap. >iii. Apocrypha. 

filver that in the country of Babylon car. 
be found, to the Lord in Jerulalem, 

1* With that alfo which is given of 
the people, for the temple of the Lord 
their God at Jeruialem ; and that filver 
and gold may be collected for bullocks, 
rams, and lambs, and things thereunto 
appertaining ; 

15 To the end that they may offer fac 
rifices unto the Lord, upon thealtarof the 
Lord their God which is in Jerufalem. 

16 And whatfoever thou and thy breth- 
ren will do \% ith the filver and gold, tha 
do, according to the will of thy God. 

IT And the holy veiTels of the Lord, 
which are given thee for the uie of the 
temple ot thy God, which is in Jeruia- 
lem, thou (halt fet before thy God in Je- 
rufalem. 

1« And whatfoever thing elfe thot: 
flialt remember for the ufe of the temple 
of thy God, thou ihalt give it out of the 
king's trcafury. 

19 And I king Artaxerxes have alfo 
commanded the keepers of the treafures 
in Syria and Phenice, that whatfoever 
Efdras the pricft and the reader of the 
law of the moil high God (lull fend for, 
they ftiould «ive it him with fpecd, 

tO To the fum of an hundred talents 
if diver, likewife alio ol wheat, even to 
an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces 
o! win*-, and other things in abundance; 

21 Let all things be performed after 
the law of God diligently unto the moft 
, that v. rath come not upon the 
kingdom ot th and his tons. 

-- 1 command you alio, that ft re- 
qtiirt no tax, nor any other impofitfon 
t any of the prielts or Levite:., or holy 
lingers, (>• ri, or minillers of the 

temple, or ot any that have doingfi in 
temple, ind lhat no man have au- 
thority to impotc any thing upon them. 

23 Ami thai. cording to the 

wiidom of God, ordain judges and jul- 
tices, that they may incite in all Syria 
and Phenice, all thoft that know the 

a j and thofe that know 
not, thou Hi lit teach 

.4 ,\ i , . i • i tranfgrefi the 

law ot thy ot th* king, fl»all be 

puniflied d I y, whether >t be by 

th, or other \ ient, by penalty 

loneyi or by imprifonment. 
10 Then (aid Bfidrasthe fcribe, BlefT. 

q| , I . d oi my fathers, 

who hath put thefe things into the hr.ut 

. t th : y till houle that it 

in Jrru; 

26 And hath honored mr in the fight 
of the king and his councilors, and all 
nil friends and noble . 

17 Therefore irai I encouraged by the 
help of the Lord my God, there* 

together men of Iiiael to go up with me. 

WfAnd 



Ap&cryfba. I. ESDRAS. 

*3 fl And thefe are the chief accord- 
ing to their families and feveral dignities, 
that went up with me from Babylon, in 
the reign of king Arraxerxes : 

20 Ofthefonsof Phinees, Gerfon : of 
the fons of Ithamar, Gamael : of the fons 
*>f David, Lettus, the fon of Sechenias : 

80 Of the fons of Pharez, Zacharias : 
and with him were counted an hundred 
and fifty men : 

31 Of the fons of Pahath Moab, Eli- 
aonias the fon of Zaraias, and with him 
two hundred men : 

32 Of the fona of Zathoe, Sechenias 
the fon of JezQlus, and with him three 
hundred men • of the fons of Adin, O- 
beth the fon of Jonathan, and with him 
*wc hundred and fifty men : 

53 Of the fons of Elam, Jofias fon of 
©otholias, and wnh him feventy men : 

54 Ot the fons of Saphatias, Zaraias 
fon of Michael, and with him three/core 
and ten men : 

85 Of the fons of Joab, Abadias fon 
of Jezehis and with him two hundred 
and twelve rr:en : ' 

36 Of the fons of Banid, Atfalimoth 
fon of Jofaphias, and with him an hun- 
dred and threefcore men : 

37 OfthefonsofBabi ; Zachariasfonof Be- 
£>ai, and with hira twenty and eight men ; 

38 Of the fons of Afrath, Johannes/<?» 
•_/" Acatan, and with him an hundred and 
if en men ; 

39 Of the fons of Adonikam the laft, 
and thefe are the names of them, Eli- 
phalet, Jeuel, and Samaias, and with 
them feventy men : 

40 Of the fons of Bago, Uthi the fon 
cf Iftalcurus, and with him feventy men. 

41 And thefe I gathered together to 
the river called Theras, where we pitch- 
ed our tents three days ; and then I fur- 
feyad ihem. 

42 But when I had found there none 
of the priefts and Levites, 

48 Then fent I unto Eleazar, and Idu- 
el and Mafman, 

4 4 And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and 
jforibas, and Nathan, Kunatan, Zachari- 
as, and Mofollanion, principal men and 
learned. 

45 And I bade them, that they (hould 
go unto Saddens the captain, who was in 
th'-' place of the treafury : 

46 And commanded them that they 
ftouTd foeak unto Daddeus, and to his 
brethren and to the treafnrers in that 
place, to fend us fuch men as might ex- 
ecute the prienV office in the houfe of 
the Lcrd. 

47 And by the mighty hand of our 
Lord, they brought unto us fkilful men 
of thr fons of Moli the fon of Levi, the 
ion of Ifrael, Afebebia, and his fons, and 
jljs brethren, who were eighteen. 



Apetryfha. 

48 And Afebia, and Annuus. and G- 
faias his brother, of the fons ot Chan- 
nuneus, and their fons were twenty men. 

49 And of the fervanls of the tempi? 
whom David had ordained, and the prin- 
ciple men, for the fervice of the Levites, 
to wit, the fervants of the temple, two 
hundred and twenty, the catalogue of 
whole names were mewed. 

50 And there I vowed a faft unto the 
young men before our Lord, to defire of 
him a profperous journey both for us and 
them that were with us, for our chil- 
dren, and for the cattle : 

51 For I was afhamed to afk the king 
footmen and horfemen, and condu6t for 
fafeguard againft our adverfaries. 

52 For we had faid unto the king, 
That the power of the Lord our God 
fhould be with them that feek him, to 
fupport them in all ways. 

53 ARd again we befought our Lord, 
as touching thefe things, and found him 
favorable unto us. 

54 Then I feparated twelve of the chief 
of thepriefts, Efebrias, and AfTanias, and 
ten men of their brethren with them : 

55 And I weighed them the gold and 
the filver, and the holy veffels of the 
houfe of our Lord, which the king and 
his council, and the princes, and all If- 
rael, had given. 

56 And when I had weighed it, I de- 
livered unto them fix hundred and fifty 
talents of filver, and filver veffels of arc 
hundred talents, and an hundred talents 
of gold. 

57 And twenty golden veffels, and 
twelve veffels of brafs, even of fine brals, 
glittering like gold. 

58 And I faid unto them, Beth ye are 
holy unto the Lord, and the veffels are 
holy, and the gold and the filver is a vow 
unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers. 

59 Watch ye, and keep them till yc 
deliver them to the chief of the pricfrs 
and Levites, and to the principal men of 
the families of Ifrael in Jerufalem, into 
the chambers of the houfe of our God. 

60 So the priefts and the Levites, who 
had receivedrhe filver and the goid, and 
the veffels, brought them unto Jerufa- 
lem, into the tempie of the Lord. 

61 And from the river Theras we de- 
parted the twelfth day of the firft month, 
and came to Jerufalem by the mighty 
hand of our Lord, which was with us : 
and from the beginning of our journey, 
the Lord delivered us from every ene- 
my, and/o we came to Jerufalem. 

62 And when we had been there three 
days, the gold and filver that was weigh- 
ed, was delivered into the houfe of our 
Lord, on the fourth day unto Marmot h 
the prieft the fon of Iri. 

63 And with him was Eleazar the fo$ 



Apocrypha. Chip 

i>{ Ph'mees, and with them were Jolabad 
the fon of Jafu, and Moeth the ion of 

Nban, Levites : all was dtli'vettdtbem 
by :u:. nber ami weight. 

64 And all the weight of them was 
written up the fame h( ur. 

Moreover, they that werecmneout 
of the captivity offered facritice unto the 
Lord God of Ifraei, even twelve bullocks 
for all Ifraei, fourfcore and lixteen ran 
_ i€ '1 hreeiu re an 

r a peace offering, twelve j aU of them 
a facr.fke to the Lord. 

67 And 'hey delivered the king's i 
mandment. unto the lei a aids 

and to th« goveri ors or I 
Phenicc ; and they ho. !e, 

and t Ik* i 

6 ; « N ,. *hen thefe things were done, 
the ru: 

W 1 he ; . irael, the princes 

the «fs, have not put a- 

fi them the fl range people t the 
la! d, ii r tne pollutions of entiles, 

to ivit, of the iites, Hirtiies, 1'! 

•fit he Moaoites, K- 

g-f^r .nd isdomiies 

TO fcui both the> and theil ''.av'e 

mairi'd with heir daughters, and the 
holy feed ik mix h the /{range peo- 

pU of the laud ; and from the beginning 
jt this matter, the rul I the great 

men hare been partakers of thii ty. 

T I And] 
Igt, I rent my cloth . 

I off I , 

id and I fat m< 

and very heav 

•re then moved at 

of Ifraei, af- 

fembled unto me, w nil ft I mourned for 

hut I fat !?i!l jail c: 
evening facrifice. 

. om the fafl, w |th 
my elo 

and bowing my kne- ; ., and 

the Lord, 
74 ! funded, 

and j n» an; • ! :.-. . u 
73 .itiplied above 

cshavere.i 

76 For ever fince the time of our fath- 

iii, 
n unto this • 
IT An and our ! 

we, v ith !>ur brcthen 

en tip unto th 

til, lo t : ,), and | 

tv, and for a prey, with lhame unto I 
da 
78 And now in foni'* meafurc 1 
n (hewed unto us from I 
Lord, that there ihouht be left US 
and a ;n the place of t] 

i 



vm. Apocrypha. 

79 And to difcover unto us a light 
in the houfe of the I ord our God, and 
to give us food in the time of our ierri- 
tuae 

80 Yea. when we were in bondage, we 
were not forlaken of our Lord ; but he 
made us gracious before the kings of Pei- 
fia. fo 'hat they <_ave us food ; 

Ci Vea, and honoured the temple of 
cur Lord, and i ailed up the dcfolate Si- 
on thaf they have given us a iure abid- 
ing ;: y and Jerusalem. 

82 And UvV , O Lcrd, what Qistll v.e 
id\ , having thefe things r For we have > 
tranlgreflcd thy commandments, v i.ich 
iveff by the hand of thy fervants 
the prophets, faying, 

H3 1 hat tlie land which ye enter into 
to pofTefs as an inherit age, is a land pol- 
luted with the pollutions of the Grangers 
of the land, and they have filled it with 
their uncleannels. 

84 Therefore now, mall ye not join your 
daughters unto their fons, neither mail 
ye take their daughters unto your fons. 

li r » Moreover, ye (hall never leek to 
haw peace with them, that ye may be 
hrong, and eat the good things of the 
land, and that yc may leave the inherit- 
ance of the land unto yow children f 
un, re. 

86 And all that is befallen, is done 
out ;- out wicked w >rks, and great 
fins : for thou, O Lord, didft mike our 
fins light, 

87 And didft fcive unto us fuch a root : 
but we have turned back again t > t nf- 
grefs thy law, and to mingle ourlelves 
with the uncleannefs of t' 

. 

lightcH be angry with ill 

to defti till thou had 

ther loot. Iced, r.or name i 

89 I ord 'd thou art true : 

for we ij . 

90 d, now re thee in 
our in;. r we c n .y 

ger, by reafon "t thefe ihn ic 

91 And as Ffdras in hit prayei I ide 

. feflion, M 1 1 I and I Jt 

upon the grou i c 

m a \ ' : 
ItlltitUCJ B€l . 'i|J 

t. hildren : I gr< u • e< , 'ig 

i Me multitdde. 

I I en '■ • ton IS the (on of Jerh'*. 

d 

i tgaioftthe 

ngewon 

f |he r md, and now i« 

all llratl a! 

9* Lei us n .' >■ an th to the I. id, 
all our wit 
wr hav<- taken of the heathen, with their 
children, 

94 Like 



Apocrypha. 



J. ESDRAS. 



94 Like as thou haft decreed, and as 
many as do obey the law of the Lord. 

95 Arife, and put in execution : for 
to thee doth this matter appertain, and 
we will be with thee : do valiantly. 

96 So Efdras arofe, and took an oath 
of the chief of the priefls and Levites of 
all Ifrael, to do after thefe things ; and 
fo they fware. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Mfdrasajfcmbletb all the people : 10 they 

promife to fut anvay all their Jlrange 

wives. 49 The lauo of Mofes is read 

and declared. 

THEN Efdras rifing from the court of 
the temple, went to the chamber of Joa- 
nan the fon of Eliafib, 

2 And remained there, and did cat no 
meat, nor drink water, mourning for the 
great iniquities of the multitude : 

S And there was a proclamation in all 
Jewry and Jerufalem, to all them that 
were of the captivity, that they fhould 
be gathered together at Jerufalem : 

■4 And that whomever met not there 
within two or three days, according as 
the elders that bare rule appointed, their 
cattle mould be feized to the ufe of the 
temple, and himfe'lf cart out from them 
that were of the captivity. 

5 A.nd in three days were all they of 
the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gather- 
ed together at Jerufaiem, the twentieth 
day of the ninth month. 

6 And all the multitude fat trembling 
in the broad court of the temple, becaufe 
of the prefent foul weather. 

7 So Efdras arofe up and faid unto 
them, Ye have tranfgrefltd the law in 
marrying ftrange wives, thereby to in- 
creafe the fins of Ifrael. 

8 And now by confeftion give glory 
unto the Lord God of our fathers. 

9 And do his will, and ftparate your- 
felvcs from the heathen of the land, and 
from the ftrange women. 

10 ^] Then cried the whole multitude 
and faid with a loud voice, Like as thou 

Jhaft fpoken, fo will we do. 

11 But forafmuch as the people are 
many, and it is foul weather, fo that we 



Apdcrypbm. 

15 And they that were of the captivity* 
did according to all thefe things. 

16 And Efdras the prieft chofe unto 
him the principal men of their families, 
all by name ; and in the flrft day of th« 
tenth month, they fat together to exam- 
ine the matter. 

17 So their caufe that held ftrange 
wives was brought to an end, in the firft 
day of the flrft month. 

18 And of the priefts that were come 
together, and had ftrange wives, there 
were found ; 

19 Of the fons of Jefus the fon of Jof- 
edec, and his brethren ; Mathelas, and 
Eleazar, and Joribus, and Joadanus. 

20 And they gave their hands to put 
away their wives, and to offer rams, to 
make reconcilement for their errors. 

21 And of the fons of Emmer ; Ana- 
nias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sam- 
eiu.% and Hiereel, and Azarias. 

22 And of the fons of Phaifur ; Elio- 
nas, Maffias, Ifmael, and Nathanael, and 



^alfas. 



cannot ftand without, and this is not a 
work of a day or two, feeing our fin in 
thefe things is fpreadafar : 

12 Therefore let the rulers of the mul,! 
titude ftay, and let all them ofourhab-j 
irations that have ftrange wives, come at 
the time appointed, 

13 And with them the rulers and judges 
of every place, till we turn away the 
wrath of the Loid from us for this matter. 

14 Then Jonathan the fon of Azael, 
and Ezechias the fon of Theocanus, ac- 
cordingly took this matter upon them : 
and Mofollam, and Levis, and Sabbathe- 
ui helped them. 



Qcidelus, and 

23 And of the Levites ; Jozabad, and 
Semis, and Colius, who was called Cali- 
tas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas. 

24 Of the holy fingers ; Eleazurus, 
BaGchurus. 

25 Of the porters ; Sallumus, and Tol- 

hi Tlr^S 

26 Of them of Ifrael, of the fons of 
Phoros ; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Mel- 
chias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and A- 
fibias, and Baanias. 

27 Of the fons of Ela ; Matthanias, 
Zacharias, and Hierielusand Hieremoth, 
and Aedias. 

28 And of the fons of Zamoth : Elia- 
das, Eiiiimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and 
Sabatus, and Sardeus. 

29 Of the fons of Bebai ; Johannes, and 
Ananias, and Jofabad, and Amatheis. 

SO Of the fonsofMani ; Olamus, Ma- 
muchus, Jedeus, Jafubus, Jaiael, and Hi- 
eremoth. 

Si And of the fons of Addi ; Naathus, 
and Mocfias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and 
Mathanias, and Sefthel, Balnuus, and 
Manaffeas. 

32 Andof the fonsof Annas ; Elionas, 
and Afeas, and Malchias, and Sabbeus, 
and Simon Chofameus. 

53 And of the fons of Afon ; Altane- 
us, and Matthias, and Bannaia, Elipha- 
let, and ManafTes, and Semei. 

54 And of the fons of Maani : Jere- 
mias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, Mabdai, 
and Pelias, and Anos Carabafion, and 
Enafibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliafis p 
Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathan- 

a id of the fonsof Ozora ; Sefis, Ef. 
AzaeLus, bamatus Zambis, Jofephus. 

55 And of the fons of Ethma ; Mazit- 
iias. Zabadia3, Edes, Juel, Banaias. 
1 • SS All 



las : 
ril, 



JpQcrypk*. Chap i. 

36 All thefe had taken ftrange wives, 
and they put them away with their chil- 
dren. 

37 And the priefis and Levites, and 
they that were of Iirael, dwelt in Jerufa- 
lem, and in the country, in the firft day 
of the feventh month : fo the children of 
Ifrael were in their habitations. 

38 And rhe whole multitude came to- 
gether with one accord into the broad 
place of the holy porch towards the 
eaft : 

39 And they fpake unto Efdras the 
prieft and reader, that he would bring 
the law of Mofes, that was given oi the 
Lord God of Ifrael. 

40 fl So Efdras the chief prieft brought 
the law unto the whole multitude from 
man to woman, and to all the priefls, to 
hear the law in the firft day of the feventh 
month. 

41 And he read in the broad court be- 
fore the holy porch from morning unto 
midday, before both men and women: 
and all the multitude gave heed unto the 
law. 

4ft And Efdras the prieft and reader of 
the law, flood up upon a pulpit of wood, 
which was madeycr tbat purpofe. 

15 And UiTe flood up by hun Matta- 
thias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, LJ- 
rias, Siecias, Balalamus, upon the right 
hand : 

44 And upon his left hand flood l'hal- 
llt, Milacl, Melchias, Lothafubus.and 
Nabai 

J hen took Kldras the book of the 
law before the multitude i lor he fit hon- 



Apocrypha. 

ourably in the firft place in the fight of 
them all. 

46 And when he opened the law, they 
flood all ftraight up. So Efdras blefled 
the Lord God mod high, the God of hofis 
Almighty. 

4T And all the people anfwered, A- 
men ; and lifting up their hands, they 
fell to the ground, and worfhipped the 
Lord. 

48 Alfo Jeius, Anus, Sarabias, Adi- 
nus, JaCUDUS, Sabateas, Auteas, Mai- 
aneas, and Calitas, A~arlas, and Joazab- 
dus, and Ananias, Biatas, the Levites, 
taught the law of the Lord, making them 
« ithal to undei fland it. 

49 ^j Then fpake Attharates unto Ef- 
dras, the chief prieft and reader, and to 
the Levites that taught the multitude, e- 
ven to all, faying, 

50 This day 13 holy unto the Lord : (for 
they all wept when they heard the law :) 

51 Go then, and eat the fat, and drink 
the fweet, and fend part to them that 
have nothing ; 

52 For this day is holy unto the Lord, 
and be not forrowful ; for the Lord will 
bring you to honour. 

53 So the Levites publirtied all tiling* 
to the people, faying, This day is holy t» 
the Lord : be not forrowful. 

54 Then went they their way, every- 
one to eat and drink, and make merry, 
and to give part to them that had noth- 
ing, and tO make great cheer ; 

5,'i Becaufe they undcrflood the word* 
wherein they were inftrocted, and for 
the which they had been alt'etnbled. 



-- 



II. £ S U A* A S. 



CH A P. f. 

1 F./Jras is torn- I to repro-ve the 

feople. "24 GoJ ihreatcncth tu cujl tbtm 

k of the 1 

rfras, the 

rias, the Ion I \- 

., the fon 1 the Ion of A- 

chu 

1 The (on of Actual, the fon of I 
ners, the ion of Hell, the fon <>t Am 11 
the i>>n ot Aztci, the fon or Marimoth, 
the fon of Ami, the fon of t>/;js, the 

n of Borith, the fon 1 
©f Pinners, th* I >n of l' Km/ U , 

3 'l he ion oi \ linn, o( the trib 

Levi : whit h wan 1 in the land ol 

the r -: Irtaxej 

king of the Perfians. 

4 And the word ot the F.ord CUB : unto 
me, liyli! 

•' J way, and fr'-w my people 

their finful deeds, and their child 
th.ii wickedotfe which t! \>nc 



me : that ihry may tell their chil- 
dren'* child 1 en 1 

6 Betaufe thr fine of their fathers are 
incremfed .1 them ; For th.-y have forgot- 
ten me, and hav rd unto Itrange 
gods. 

7 Am not I even he tli.it brought them 
out of the land of Bgypt, firm the houfe 

of boo But they hai e 1 rov< ked me 

unto wrath, and defoifed m) counl 

8 Pull thou off then the l.m of thy 

head, and cafl all evil upon them, I 

■> have it been oh 

, bul h 1 . a rebellious \ eoj !<•. 

9 1 low I >ng (hall I '• unto 
:n I have done fo mu< h 

19 Many kings h \:r I deft I 
I 'kes ; Pharai h •• 
and all h 

1 1 All the 1 ! deftn 

before them, and In th .it- 

•d thr people ol tl > provir 

of 'l > rui and Side i 1 'tin all 

their enemies. 

ak 



Apocrypha. XI. 

12 Speak thou therefore unto them, 
faying, thus faith the Lord. 

IS I led you through the fea, and in 
the beginning gave you a large and fafe 
pafTage ;• I gave you Moles for a leader, 
and Aaron for a prieft. 

14 I gave you light in a pillar of fire, 
and great wonders have I done among 
you, yet have ye forgotten me, faith the 
Lord. 

15 Thus faith the Almighty Lord, The 
quails were as a token for you, I gave 
you tents for your fafeguard ; neverthe- 
lefs, ye murmured there, 

16 And triumphed not in my name 
for the deftruction of your enemies, but 
ever to this day do ye yet murmur. 

IT Where are the benefits that I have 
done for you ? When ye were hungry 
and thirfty in the wildernefs, Did ye not 
cry unto me, 

18 Saying, Why haft thou brought us 
into this wildernefs, to kill us ? It had 
been better for us to have ferved the E- 
gyptians, than to die in this wildernefs. 

19 Then had I pity upon your mourn- 
ings, and gave you. manna to eat ; fo ye 
did eat angels' bread. 

20 When ye were thirfty, Did I not 
cleave the rock, and waters flowed out 
to your fill > For the heat I covered you 
■with the leaves of the^rees. 

21 I divided among you a fruitful land; 
I call: out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, 
and the Phiiiflines before you ; What 
(hall I yet do more for you ? faith the 
Lord. 

22 Thus faith the Almighty Lord, 
When ye were in the wildernefs, in the 
river of the Amorite3, being athirfr., and 
blafpheming my name, 

"1% 1 gave you not fire for your blaf- 
phemies, butcaft a tree in the water, and 
made the river Iweet. 

24 f What fhall I do unto the,e, O Ja 
cob > Thou Judah wouldeft not obey me, 
I will turn me to other nations, and un- 
to thofe will 1 give my name, that they 
may keep my fta.tutes. 

2 r » Seeing ye have forfaken me, I will 
forfake you alfo ; when ye defire me to 
be gracious unto you, I (hall have no 
rnercy upon you. 

26 Whenfoever ye (hall call upon me, 
I will not hear you : for ye have defiled 
your hands with blood, and your feet are 
Jwift to commit manfl^wghter. 

27 Ye have not as it were forfaken 
me, but your own felves, faith the Lord. 

28 Thus faith the Almighty Lord, 
Have I not prayed you as a father his 
fon.s. as a mother her daughters, and a 
nurfe her young babe* ; 

«29 That ye would be my people, and I 
(hould be your God ; that ye would be my 



ESDRAS. Apocrjph*. 

SO I gathered you together, as a heri 
gathereth her chickens under her wings ; 
but now, What fhall 1 do unto you i I 
will caft you out from my face. 

31 When ye offer unto me, I will turn 
my face from you : for your folemn feafi 
days, your new moons, and your circum- 
cinons, have I forfaken. 

52 I fent unto you my fervants the 
prophets, whom ye have taken and (lain, 
and torn their bodies in pieces, whole 
blood I will require of your hands, faith 
the Lord. 

53 Thus faith the Almighty Lord, 
Your houfe is defolate, I will cait you 
out as the wind doth the ftubble. 

54 And your children (hall not be 
fruitful .; for they have defpifed my com- 
mandment, and done the thing that is c- 
vil before me. 

35 Your houfes will I give to a people 
that fhall come ; which not having heard 
of me, yet (hall believe me : to whom I 
have fliewed no figns, yet they (hall do 
that I have commanded them. 

3b They have feen no prophets, yet 
they fhall call their fins to remembrance, 
and acknowledge them. 

57 I take to witnefs the grace of the 
people to come, whofe little ones rejoice 
in giadnefs : and though they have not 
feen me with bodily eyes, yet in fpirit 
they believe the thing that I fay. 

58 And now, brother, behold what 
glory, and fee the people that eometh 
from the eaft : 

39 Unto whom I will give for leaders, 
Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, Ofeas, Amos, 
and Micheas, Jcel, Abdias, and Jonas. 

AO Nahum, and Abacuc, Sophonias, 
Aggeus, Zachary, and Malachy, which 
is called alfo an angel of the Lcrd. 

CHAP. If. 

1 God (omplaineth of bis people : 10 yet 

Ejdras is willing to comfort them. 

Thus faith the Lord, 1 brought this 
people out of bondage, and I gave them 
my commandments by my fervants the 
prophets : whom they would not hear, 
but defpifed my counfels. 

2 The mother that bare them, faith 
unto them, Go your way, ye children ; 
for I am a widow and forfaken. 

3 I brought you up with giadnefs: 
but with forrow and heaviness have 1 
lofr. you : for ye have finned before the 
Lord your God, and done that thing that 
is evil before him. 

* But, What fhall T now do unto you ? 

go your 



I am a widow and forfake? 



children, and 1 fhould be your father r enant, 



way, O my children, and afl: mercy of 
the Lo*d. 

5 As for me, O father, I call upon thee 
for a witnefs over the mother of thefe 
children, which would not keep my coir. 



6 Thaf 



Apuryphm. 



6 That thou bring them to confufion, 
and their mother to a fpoil, that there 
may be no offspring of them. 

7 Let them be fcattered abroad among 
the heathen, let their names be put out 
of the earth : for they have defpifed my 
covenant. 

Woe be unto thee, AtT.ir, thou that 
hideft the unrighteous in thee i O thou 
wicked people, remember what 1 did un- 
to Sodom and Gomorrah ; 

9 Whole land lieth in clods of pitch, 
and heaps of aihes : even lo alfo will 1 
do unto them that hear me not faith 
Almighty Lord. 

tO <J Thus faith the Lord unto Efd; 
Tell my people, that I will give them the 
kingdom of Jcrufalem, which I would 
re given unto If: a 

tl Their > ike unto me, 

and give the fj the eve] iberna- 

1 prepared for them. 

I bey ill ill have the tree of life for 

an ointtnc fweet favour j they (hall 

labor, nor be weary. 

13 Go, aod ye (hall receive ; pray for 
few d you that they may be 
fhortcne J : the kingdom is already pre- 
pared for you : watch. 

14 Take heaven and earth to witnefs ; 
for I have broken the evil in piece , 

fated the good; for I live, faith the 
Lord. 

14 Mother, embrace thy children* and 
bring them up with make 

their feet : for I h 

Ten thee, faith the Lord. 

16 And thofc , a ill I raife 
up ag their placet, and bi 
tnern out of the grav r I luve 
known my name in [frael. 

17 r of the cl 

Lord. 

18 

lei I hi ihce 

twelve in 

\nd many t 
with nulk and horv 
• lins, u hereup • 

by I will fill ti 
drrn with i 

i ignt to the 
the falherftefs, give to the \ 

the -i, ( |ot| 

*1 H broken 

laugh not 

UK i 

t* Keept ; young ' thy 

wall 

-"* Wh : ndeft ti 

thee the fiift t 



Chap. n. Aptcryfh&S 

thy reft, for thy quietnefs (hall co:: 

15 Nourifh thy children, O thou good 
nurfe : ftablifli their feat. 

As for the fervants whom I have 
given thee, there (hall not one of them 
perifh ; for I will repuire them from a- 

>ng tliy number. 

tit Be not weary : for when the day of 
trouble and heavinefs oometh, others 
fhall weep and be for row Jul, but 
ihalt be merry, and have abundance. 

tA The heathen (hall envy thee, but 
they fh all be able to do nothing againft 
, faith the Lord. 
My hands fhall cover thee, fo tint 
thy children (hall not fee hell. 

30 Be joy ful, thou mother, with thy 
children ; for I will deliver thee, faith 

rd. 

.31 Remember thy children that fleep, 

for I fhall bring them out ot the fides of 

the earth, and (hew mercy unto them : 

for I am merciful, faith the Lord Al- 

lity. 

Embrace thy children until I come, 

and (hew . unto them : for my 

wells run over, and my grace fhall not 

S3 I Efdras r<" charge of the 

Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I (hould 
go unto I frael ; hut when 1 came unto 
them, they let me at nought, and 
the C( nlmandment of the 
Loi 1. 

31 And therefore I fay unto ; 
Oye heathen, that hear ai 

[ for > our rd, he (hall give 

you everlafi I r he is nigh at 

■ in the end of the 
Id. 
3j Be ready to th ■ rdoftbek 
dom, for the e\ light fliall '■■ 

this world, re- 

llnefl of your glory : I 

teftify my Saviour openly. 

37 I ■ given j 

' ' unto him 

tiled \ the heavenly 

3u Arifc • rand, beh 

I in the 

1 ; 

1 



I . 
■ 
I 
I 
I. 
41 '1 he numl 
I . . 

which have 1 



Apocrypha. 



II. ESDRAS. 



thou brcughteft the flood upon thofc 
that dwelt in the world, and de&royedft 
them. 

iO And it came to pafs in every of 
them, that as death was to Adam, fo was 
the flood to thefe. 

11 Nevertheless, ©ne of them thou 
iefteft, namely, Noah with his houfe- 
hold, of whom came all righteous men. 

it And it happened, that when they 
that dwelt upon the earth began to 
multiply, and had gotten them many 
children, and were a great people, they 
began again to be more ungodly than 
the firft. 

15 qf Now when they lived fo wickedly 
before thee, thou didft cf ioofe thee a maw 
from among them, whofe name was A- 
braham. 

H Him thou lovedft, and unto him on- 
ly thou fhewedft. thy will : 

t5 And madeft an everlafting covenant 
with him, promifing him, that thou, 
wouldeft never forfake his feed. 

16 And unto him thou gaveft. Tfaac, 
and unto Ifaac alfo thou gaveft Jacob and 
Efau. As for Jacob, thou didft choofe 
him to thee, and put by Efau : and lb 
Jacob became a great multitude. 

12 And it came to pafs that when thou 
leddcft his feed out cf Egypt, thou 
broughteft them up to the mount Sinai : 

10 And bowing the heavens, thou 
didft: fet fad: the earth, moved ft the 
whole world, and madeft the depths to 
tremble, and troubledft: the men of thai 
age. 

19 And thy glory went through fourt 
gates, of fire, and of earthquake, and or- 
wind, and of cold ; that thou mighteir. 
give the law unto the feed of Jacob, and 
diligence unto the generation of ffrael. 

20 And yet thou tookeft not away from 
them a wicked heart, that thy law might 
bring forth fruit in them. 

1\ For the firft Adam bearing a wick- 
ed heart,tranfgrefTed,and was overcome ; 
ar.d fo be all they that are born of him. 

£S Thus infirmity was made permanent, 
and the law alfo in the heart of the peo- 
ple with the malignity of the root ; fo 
that the good departed away, and the evil 
abode ft ill. 

- £S So the times paflcd away, and (he 
years were brought to an end : then 
didft thou raife thee up a fer/ant, called 
David : 

24 Whom then commanded ft to build 

a city unto thy name, and to offer incenfe 

people, and kindreds out of num- [and oblations unto thee therein. 

£3 When this was done many 



a great people, whom T could not num- 
ber, and they all praifed the Lord with 
long?. 

4S And in the midft of them there was 
a young man of an high Mature, taller than 
ail the reft, and upon every one of their 
heads he fet crowns, and was more ex- 
alted ; which T marvelled at greatly. 

44 So I afked the angel, and faid, Sir, 
What are thefe : 

45 He anfwered and faid unto me, 
Thefe be they that have put off the 
mortal clothing, and puf on the immor- 
tal, and have confefTed the name cf 
God : now are they crowned, and re- 
ceive palms 

46 Then faid I unto the angel, What 
young pf-rfon is it that crowneth them, 
and giveth them paltry in their hands ? 

47 So he anfwered : and faid unto me, 
Tt is the Son of God- whom they have 
confefTed in the world. Then began I 
greatly to commend them that flood fo 
liiffly for the name of the Lord. 

48 Then the angel faid unto me, Go 
thy way, and tell my people what man- 
ner of tilings, and how great wonders of 
the Lord thv God, thou haft feen. 

"CHAR in. 

1 Efdras is troubled IS andackno'Voledg- 
eib the Jim oj the people ; 23 jet com- 
f/ainetb of the heathen. 
IN the thirtieth year after the ruin of 

the city, I was in Babylon, and lay 

troubled upon my bed. and my thoughts 

came up over my heart : 

2 For ] faw the defolation of Sion, 
and the wealth of them that dwell at 
■Babylon. 

3 And my fpirit was fore moved, fo 
that I began to (peak words full of fear 
to the. Moft High, and faid, 

4 Lord, who beared rule, thou fnak- 
cft at the beginning, when thou didft 
plant the earth; (and that thyfclf alone,) 
and commandedft the people, 

• r ' And gaveft a body unto Adam with- 
c.'.; 1 foulj which w as the workman fhip 
of ihine hands, and didft breathe into 
fatm the breath of life, ar.d he was made 
living before thee. 

f» And thou leddeft him into paradife, 
which thy light hand had planted, be- 
fore ever the earth came forward. 

7 And unto him then gaveft com- 
mandment, to love thy way : which he 
trail fg re (fed, and immediately thou ap- 
pointedft death in him, and in his gen- 
erations, of whom came nations, 
triii , 
. 

3 And every people walked after 
their ov. n will, and did wonderful things 
• c thee, and elefpifedthy comrnand- 
:.ic : 

And ag? ; b, la procefs of time ; 



years, 

then they that inhabited the city" for foot 
thee. 

£6 And in all thing? did even as Ad- 
am, and all his gen-rations had done ; 
for the': alfo had a wicked heart : 

£TA.nd 



jipocrjpta. Chap. 

57 And fo they gaveft thy city over in- 
to the hands of thine enemies. 

2fl A eir deeds then any better 

that iiiha'uit Babylon, that they fhoultl 
thcic ve the dominion over Sion ? 

when I came thither, and had 
fecn impieties without number, then mj 
foul law many evil doers in this thirtieth 
year, (<> that my heart fail, 

so For I have feen how thou CuflE 
them finning, and haft (pared wicked do- 
ers : and ha/t delhoje J thy people, and 
Itaft preferved thine enemies, and hafl 
not ligniricd it. 

31 J do nut remember how this way- 
may be left : Are ihey then of Bab] 
better than they of Sion : 

re any other people that 
knoweth thee L [frael I or, What 

generation hat! thy cove- 

nants as Jacob ? 

And jet, their reward appeareth 
r, and the no fi uit : for 

I i me here irough I 

and I fee that they fluw in 
.ink not upon thy corn- 
's. 
34 Weigh thou therefore our wicked-' 
ne> in the balance, and their 1 

th.it dwell in the md fo (hall thy 

; but in I ! r.irl 
hen ••■„■> it. thai thej which 
lave not unne I in 
thy u.lu topic h.. 

kath kept >. not the J - 

then. 

1 nb tbt ignorance of 

. f, 1 > 
ncjiite niitb tbiti.'' 
abo<e bit 

AN , lent u 

Uriel, • . 
and 

£ And (aid, thy heart h ith g< i 
I u to 

lid I. • 

md laid, 1 
ree ways/ and to 
e : 
4 

*>ne, I '•' alio li 

, ami I il. 

eth. 

my lord. 1 
he unto i •, c j, . 

•c, oi racaAu 
*h« I wind, or call meaga: 

<l.iy th it 

i adfwered I, and f 

to ^\o mat, th jiild- 

ft£i afk fucli things oi m: 



iv. Spsctypba. 

7 And he (aid unto me, It I fhould ilk 
thee how great dwellings are in the niidft 
ot the (ea, or how man) Iprings arc in 
the beginning of the deep, or how ma- 
ny fprings dre above the firmament, or 
winch are the out goings bt paradifc : 

« Feradvcntinc thou woulueli fay un- 
to me, 1 never went down into the deep, 
nor as yet into hell, neither did 1 ever 
b up into heai 

9 Neverthetefs, now have I afked thee 
but only of the rire, and wind, and ot 
the day where through thou halt parted, 
and of things from which thuu cam; not 
be (eparaied, and yet canlt thou give me 
no anfwer of them. 

tu He (aid moreover unto me, Thine 
own things, ana filch as Dfe grc*ii up 
with thee,canlt thou nut know ; 

11 i-iow Ihouhithy velitl then be able 
to comprehend the way of the Highelt, 
and the world being now outwardly cor- 
rupted, to underftajid t he-corruption that 
:s evid( ni in mj light I 

It I hen (aid 1 unto him, It were bet- 
ter that we were not at all than that wc. 
thoukl live (tiil in wickeduels, andtofuf- 
fer, and not to know wherefoi 

ij«| He anfwered me, and laid, I went 
into a forefl into a plain, und the tr< 
took counlel, 

14 Aod (aid, Come, let us go and m 
wat .i tiiiif the i ■ i, that it ma) d tpart .i- 
way befoi it we maj rve 

15 i he R( .in like 

mcr look * I laid, [ let 

md fubdue the \ 

alio wc may us 

to 'l i r thou ;l t ol the wood was in 
. he fire i it. 

IT iit of I 

came like* ite I 

I Up and !!• | p d ' 

< 1 1 j tdge now beti 
lliefe tw o, v ^ h ii w thou 

I 

Vei lj 

ih 1I1 

Vile 1 ; t i! 

1 .ah hit 

10 1 hen 

1 
tl lor like a» th- un- 

to the W the lea t 

on the cj: 

ih 

only Ul 

nf 
i. 
•ifwcred I, and fai I, 1 



Apocrypha. 

feech thee, O Lord, let me have under- 
fianding : 

23 For it was not my mind to be curi- 
ous of the high things, but of fuch as pafs 
by us daily, namely, Wherefore Ifrael is 
given up as a reproach to the heathen ? 
and, For what caufe the people whom 
thou haft loved, is given over to ungod- 
ly nations ? and, Why the law of our 
forefathers is brought to nought, and the 
Written covenants come to none effect. 

24 And we pafs away out of the world 
as grafshoppers, and our life is aftonifh- 
ment and fear, and we are not worthy to 
obtain mercy ? 

. 25 What will he then do unto his name, 
whereby we are called ? Of thefe things 
hare I afked. 

26 Then anfwered he me, and faid, 
The more thou fearcheft the more thou 
{halt marvel ; for the world hafleth fail 
to pafs away, 

27 And cannot comprehend the things 
that are promifed to the righteous in 
tune to come : for this world is full of 
unrighteous efs and infirmities. 

28 But as concerning the things where- 
of thou a flceft me, 1 will tell thee; for 
the evil is fown, but the destruction 
thereof is not yet come. 

£9 If therefore that which is fown be 
not turned upfidc down, and if the place 
where the evil is fown pafs not away, then 
cannot it come that is fown with good. 

£0 For the grain of evil feed hath been 
fown in the Heart of Adam from the be- 
ginning, and, How much ungodlinefs 
hath it brought up unto this time ? and, 
How much (hall it yet bring forth until 
the time cf threfhing come ? 

31 Ponder now by thyfelf how great 
fruit of wicked ne fa the grain of evil feed 
hath brought forth. 

S2 And when the ears mail be cut down, 
which are without number, How great 
a floor {hall they fill ? 

US Then I anfwered and faid, How, and 
when /hall thefe things come to pafs ? 
Wherefore are our years few and evil ? 

Hi And he anfwered me, faying. Do 
rot thou haften above the Mod Highelt : 
for thy haffe is in vain to be above him, 
lor thou haft much exceeded. 

Sj Did not the fouls alfo of the right- 
eous aik queftion of thefe things in their 
chambers, faying. How long (hall I hope 
on this fafhion ? When cometh the fruit 
of the Hour cf our reward i 

Sti And unto thefe things Uriel the 
archangel gave them anfwer, and faid, 
Even when the number of feeds is filled 
in you : for he hath weighed the world 
in t!>e balance. 

ST By mcafure hath he meafured the 
times, and by number hath he numbered 
the limes j aud lie doth net move, norftii 



II. ESDRAS. 



Apocrypha. 

them, until the fa'd meafurc be fulfilled. 
^3 Then anfwered I, and faid, O Lord, 
that beared rule, even v.-e all are full of 
impiety. 

39 And for our fakes peradvenfure it 
is that the floors of the righteous are not 
filled, becaufe of the fins of them that 
dwell upon the earth. 

40 So he anfwered me, and faid, Go 
thy way to a woman with child, and nlk 
other, when (he hath fulfilled her nine 
months, if her womb may keep the birth 
any longer withiu her. 

41 Then faid I, No, lord, that can (he 
not. And he faid unto me, In the grave, 
the chambers of fouls are like the womb 
of a woman : 

42 For like as a woman that travaileth, 
maketh hafte to efcapc the necetTity of 
the travail ; even fo do thefe places hafle 
to deliver thofe things that are commit- 
ted unto them. 

4S From the beginning look what thou 
defireftto fee, it fhall be (hewed thee. 

44 Then anfwered I ancKaid, If I have 
found favour in thy fight, and if it be 
poffible, and if I be meet therefore, 

45 Shew me then, whether there be 
more to come than is pafr, or more paft 
than is to come. 

. 46 What is pad: I know, but what is 
for to come I know not. 

47 And he faid unto me, Stand up up- 
on the right fide, and 1 fhall expound the 
fimilitude unto thee. 

4tf So I ftood and faw, and behold, an 
hot burning oven palled by before me ; 
and it happened, that when the flame 
was gone by, I looked, and, behold, the 
fmoke remained (till. 

•49 After this, there paffed by before 
me a watry cloud, and fent down much 
rain with a fiorm ; and when the flormy 
rain was part, the drops remained (fill. 

50 Then faid he unto me, Confider 
with thyfelf,* as the rain is more than 
the drops, and as the fire is greater than 
the fmoke : but the drops and the fmoke 
remain behind : fo the quantity which. 
is paft did more exceed. 

Si Then I prayed, and faid, May I 
live, thinkeft thou, until that time ? cr, 
What fhall happen in thofe days i 

52 HeanfweKU me, and faid, As for 
the tokens whereof thou afktftme, I nuy 
tell thee of them in part : but as toucn- 
ing thy life, 1 am not fent to fhew thee ; 
for 1 do not know it. 

C H A P. V. 
1 Thcjtgvs of the times to come. 23 He 

cjketb ivby God, chorjing but one pt »- 

1 /•, did cafl tbem off. 

NEVERTHELESS, as concerning the 
tokens, bchoid, the daj t fhall come, thut 
they which dwell upon earth (hall be 
taken in a great number, and the way, 

of 



Apocrypha. Chap. v. 

of truth (hall be hidden, and the land 
ihall be barran of faith. 

t But iniquity (hall be increafed above 
that which now thou feed, or that thou 
haft heard long ago. 

3 And the land that thou feed now to 
have root, (hall thou lee walled Suddenly 

4 Cur it the Molt High grant thee to 
live, thou (halt lee after the third trum- 



pet, that thf fun (hall fuddenly thine a- 
gain in the ni^ht, and the moon thrice in 
the day : 

5 And blood fliall drop out of wood, 
and the done (hall give hib voice, and the 
people ihall be troubled : 

6 And even he ihall rule, whom they 
'. not for that dwell upon the earth, 

and the fowls Ihall take t ght away 

together. 

7 And the Sodomitilh fea ihall cad out 
fifh, and make a noile in tlie n 

Riany have r> t known : but they (hall 
all . f. 

8 fliall be i confufion alfo in 
many places, and the tire (hall be oft fent 
out a^ain, and the wild beads (hail 

their pi ruous wom- 

en (hall bring for 

9 And (hall be found in the 
I t, and all i, deftroy one a- 

er ; then (hall wit hide itlelf, and 

I rrftanding withdra : into Ixis fe- 

charnber, 

1(> of many, and 

■ be found i Hull unright* 

y be multiplied 

upon eai th. 



Apocrypha. 

19 Then faid I unto him, Go th> waft. 
from me, and come not nigh me. And he 
heard what I (aid, and went from me. 

And fo 1 tailed teven mourn, 

ing and weeping, like as Uriel the angel 
commanded me. i 

-l And after feven days fo it was, that 
the thoughts of my heart were very 
•vous unto me again, 

y foul recovered the fpiritof 
undemanding, and I began to talk with 
\A il High again. 
Ifl <! And laid, O Lord that beared 
rule, ol every wood of the earth, and of 
all the trees thereof, th*. u halt chofen 
thee one only vine : 

24 And of all lands of the whole world, 
thou halt chofen thee one pit: and of 
all the flowers thereof, one lily : 

25 And of all the depths of the fea, 

'illed thee one river : and of 
all buildcd cities, thou had hallowed Si- 
on unto tbyfelf : 

d of all the fowls that are creaf- 
thou halt named thee one dove : and 
.1! the cattle that are made, thou I. aft 
provided thec one fheep : 

And among all the multitudes of 

pie, thou halt gotten thec one people: 

i unto this people whom thou lovedft, 

thou gaveit a law that is approved of 

all. 

^8 And now, O lord, Why hadi 
given thil oin cr unto many t 

m i >l h I thou pre par- 
i , and, ^v h) ha.'i t: tt< red 

thy only oi is manj 



II Oi.e land alfo (hall afk another, and 29 And they which thy 



I ufnels that maketh a rnai 

rig! . ; through tl.ee ? And it 

fame time fha!l men hope, 
/obtain: they (hall labour, 
r. 

i > i ... . ii.< e fucn ' l\jvr 

I , i ay ag ii.i, and 

and fa- 
gs. 
14 Then I ed, at d an i 

ni tli >ugh all my body, 
my mind was troubled, lo that it 

So the angel that was come to t ilk 
with me, held me, comh , ami 

And in 1 1 

ne unto n.c, (j, ing, W here 
i and, Wh ; i, thy coun- 
tenance fo ) 

17 Knowed thou rot that Ifrael i r . 
committed unto thee, in the 1 i 
iivity ? 
t8 U, ., and rat I 

fake pherd t tveth 

his fecclc in the hands ol ci ucl wok c 



prom id believed not thy covenants, 

have ii then, 

10 II thou di il ch hate thy pcr>- 

pl$, yeti In them w it!i 

■ 
i n J had fpoken t] 

the angel that cam the night a- 

fol '•, M tir.ro me, 

r me, a: 

will infti . hearken to the tlung 

tell th< 
.*i3 tk on, ■ ly lord s 

tlien I iid ! i i ' fore 

troubled in 

efl thou thai ttci tha 

in ide thei i 

34 And I ' ord, but of 1 

grief lu* 

our, while I ' 

I 
fudgmi 

1 hou canft 
not : 

II 

my mdthei '» w omb 
, that 1 

ol tl. 

85 And 



Apocrypha. \[. ESDRAS. Apicrypb*. 

3* And he faid unto me, Number me ; 51 He anfwered me, *nd faid, Afk a 
the things that are not yet come, gather , woman that beareth children, and me 
me together the drops that are (battered j (hall leii thee. 



abroad, make me the flowers green again j 
that are withered. 

S7 Open me the places that are clofed, 
sj^d bring me forth the winds thai in them 
are ihut up, fliew me the image of a 

voice : and then will I declare to thee 'that be born in the drength of youth are 
the thing that thou laboured to know, tof one fafhicn, and they that are born ire 

80 And 1 faid, O Lord that beared i the time of age, when the womb faiieth. 



5t 6ay unto her, Wherefore are not 
they whom thou had now brought forth 
like thole that were before, but lei's of 
dature ? 

58 And (he ihall anfwer the, They 



rule, Who may know thefe tlrings, but 
he thai hath not his dwelling with men ? 

S9 As for me, lamunwifs: How may 
I then fpeak of thefe things whereof thou 
afked me ? 

40 Then faid he unto me, Like as thou 
ond do none of thele things that I have 
fpoken of, even fo canfi thoa not rind out 
my judgment, or in the end the love that 
I have promifed unto my people. 

4i And I laid, Behold, O Lord, yet 
art thou nigh unto them that be re'ferv- 
ed till the end ; and what (hall they do 
that have been before me, or we that 
be now, or they that ihall come after 
us 2 

42 And he faid unto me, I will liken 
my judgment unto a ring : like as there 
is no flacknefs of the lad, even fo there is 
no fwiftnefs of the firft. 

43 So I anfwered, and faid, Cculded 
then not make thole that have been 
made, and be now, and that are for to 
corns, kt once ; that thou mighted fhew 
thy judgment the fooner ? 

44 Then anfwered he me, and faid/The 
creature may not hade above the maker; 
neither may the world hold them at once 
that (hall be created therein. 

io And I laid As thou had faid unto 
thy fervant, that thou, which gived life 
to all, had given life at once to the crea- 
ture that thou had created, and the crea- 
ture bare it : even fo it might now alfo 
bear them that now be prefent at once. 

4o And he faid unto me, Afk the womb 
of a women, and fay unto her, li' thou 
bringed forth children, Why dolt thou 
it not together, but one after another \ 
Pray her therefore to bring forth ten 
children at once. 

47 And I faid, She cannot : but mud 
do it by didance cf time. 

J8 Then faid he unto me, Even fo have 
T given the womb of the earth to thole 
that be fown in it, in their times 



are otherwife. 

34 Ccnlider thou therefore alfo, how 
that ye arekfs of iiature thaa thofe that 
were before you. 

5j And fo are they that come after 
you lefs than ye, as the creatures which, 
now begin to be old, and have palfed o- 
ver the drength of youth. 

5t> Then ia;d i, Lord, I befeech thee # 
if 1 have found favour in thy light, (hew 
thy fervant by whom thou vilited thy 
creature. 

CHAP. VI. 
2 God's purpo/e is eternal. 8 The next 

nuorld j'hail foiloiv this imm. diMtciy. 

IS Waai jballjall out at toe tuji. 

AND he fain unto me, In the begin- 
ing, v\hen the earth was made, be: ore 
the borders of the world dood, or ever 
the winds blew, 

2 Defore it thundered and lightened, 
or ever the foundations of paradife were 
laid, 

5 Before the fair dowers were feen, or 
ever the moveable powers were edabli fil- 
ed, before the innumerable multitude of 
angels were gathered together, 

4 Or ever the heights of the air wert 
lifted up, before the meaftires of the fir- 
mament: were named, or ever the chim- 
neys in Sion were hot, 

5. And ere the prefent years were 
fought out, and, or ever the inventions 
cf them that now (in were turned, before 
they were fealed that have gethered faith 
for a treafure : 

t> Then did T con fider thefe things, and 
they all were made through me ailone, 
and through none other : by me alfo 
they ihall be ended, and by none other. 

7 Then anfwered I, and faid, What 
(hall he the parting afunder of the times i 
or, When lhall be the end of the firil, 
and the beginning of it that followeth ? 

8 ej And he laid unto me, From Abra- 
ham unto Ifaac, when Jacob and E(au 



4 l > For like as a young child may not ] were born of him, Jacob's hand held firli 
brin£ forth the things that belong to the 'the heel of Elau. 

9 For Eiau is the end of the world, and 
: Jacob is the beginning of it that follow- 



aged, even fo have i difpofed the world 
which I created. 



50 And 1 afked, and faid, Seeing thou cth 



10 



had now given me the way, I wi)\ proceed \ 
to fpeak before thee : for our mother, of j heel and the hand 
wl omthcu had told me that (heisycung, [uras, afk thou not 
draw cth now nigh unto age. 



The hand of man is betwixt the 
other qucitions, Ef- 



il I ani'wered then, and faid, O Lord 

that 



Apocrypha. 



Chap. 7i. 



dft 



it bear' e, if I have foand farourj motion Aall be m - -we, and the ti 

in thy hich hath been fa uit, 

1*5 I befereh thee, (hew thy ferrant, fball be declared. 



the end of thy tokeni - r eof thou 

fte^edft me pari the laft n-ght. 

IS «J So ho anfwered, and faid unto 
nr- 1 v.? upon thy feet, and hear a 

mighty foi :e. 

b • a? it were a ■ 
motion, but the place where thou Rai 
eft fhall not be moved. 

19 And therefore when it fpeaketh. 
ie not afraid : for the «orl ra of the 
end, and the foundation of the e 
rnderftood. 

l<> And why ? Becaufe the fpeech of 
thefe things tremblerh, and is mow 

.veth that the end of thefe 
thincs mull be changed. 

17 And it - | that when I had 

heard it. I fi p upon my feet, and 

urkentd, and , behold, there 
that fpake, and the found of it was like 
the (ound of • 

11 And it (aid, Bthol I the day? ;rnnr, 
t I will hegrn to df 
it them upon thr rarth, 

19 And will bop, lake inquilition 

of thrm, wh if » hey he tl 

MifHy with their Turfs, and 

rfie affliction o (hall be ftil- 

ilM : 

to Aii eworld that (h ill be- 

gin to vantfti • . 1, then 

will 1 ftirw thefe l ball 

be op d before the nent, and 

rr : 
| tfft 

ic women « 
(hall ^en, 

is old, ana ti 
p. 
An 

')vrn, the oufes (hall 



,1 



•ppe.ir i 



!t mall give 

th, thc\ 

all friends fi<l»t one 
dwell thrr' t the t 



II he fu 
i 
«gain(i 

- 



three hours 
- ' 

WO' 

fee ir. m 






: 



rV-;ll be 

cor- 



19 A ad when he talked with me, be- 
hold I koked by little and 
him, before whom f * 

And thefe words iaui he ur.to lie, T 
am come to {hew thee ii t of the 

r to co; 
3t If thou wilt pray vci none, and fa(\ 
(even dm A\ tell ihec 

things by day. than 1 have heai 
84 >ice is heard bdbre the 

?h : for the ' j hath fern 

rhj i - ins dealing, h fern alio 

thy i vIkcIi lihJU baft had | 

re thy >ou ; 
■S3 And therefore hath he ft nt me to 
fnew thee all thefe thii. un- 

to thee, bee t, and feat 

34 And i i -. it h the time* that 

are paft, to think ! thou 

mayeil not h-ilh-n from the latter 

tt'j And it came t< ifterthis, t, 

wept again, and fatted (even daj s in 
manner, that f might fulfil the three 
hich he told i 
•So A' d in I hth night was my 

heart vexed within and 1 began 

to f^eak befot h. 

97 lor inv fpirtt was greatly fet on 6re, 
and my foul waj in dif-lrrhs. 

M And 1 faid, O Lord, I 
from the beginnin,. 

, and raidl Let he.- | 

and caith be made ; :. - 

perfect work. 
59 And then was the fpirit, an 
i filrnce were on e 
d of roan's yet 

ics that tl.v 

41 
the fpirit of the fi 

>dfi it ' 

• 

it Upon 

to t! • 

4 3 Pot IS fnon m 

; e. 
44 K< r ll 

■ 






• 


Co 


4.5 Uyon 





Apocrypha. 



manderift, that the fun ftould fhine, and 
the moon give her light, and the ftars 
fhould be in order : 

46 And gaveft them a charge to do fer- 
vice unto man, that was to be made. 

47 Upon the fifth day, thou faidft un- 
to the feventh part, where the waters 
were gathered, that it fhould bring forth 
living creatures, fowls, and fifties : and 
fo it came to pafs. 

48 For the dumb water, and without 
life, brought forth living things at the 
commandment of God, that all people 
might praife thy wonderous works. 

49 The-n didft thou ordain two living 
creatures, the one thou cailedft Enoch, 
and the other Leviathan ; 

50 And didft feparate the one from 
the other : for the feventh part, (name 
ly , where the water was gathered togeth- 
er) might not hold them both. 

51 Unto Enoch thou gaveft one part, 
which was dried up the third day, that 
he mould dwell in the fame part, where- 
in are a thoufand hills : 

52 But unto Leviathan thou gaveft the 
Seventh part, namely the moift ; and 
haft kept him to be devoured of whom 
thou wilt and when. 

53 Upon the fixth day thou gaveft com- 
snandment unto the earth, that befose 
thee it fhould bring forth beafts, cattle, 
and creeping things : 

64 And after thefe, Adam alfo, whom 
thou madeft lord of all thy creatures : of 
him come we all, and the people alfo 
whom thou haft chofen. 

55 All this have I fpoken before thee, 
O Lord, becaufe thou madeft the world 
for our fakes. 

5<i A3 for the other people which alfo 
come of Adam, thou haft faid, that they 
are nothing., but be like unto fpittle, and 
haft likened the abundance of them unto 
a drop that falleth from a vellel. 

57 And now, O Lord, behold, thefe 
heathen, which have ever been reputed 
as nothing, have begun to be lords over 
us, and to devour us. 

5tf But we thy people, whom thou haft 
called thy firftborn, thy only begotten, 
and thy fervent lover, are given into 
their hands. 

.09 If the world now be made for our 
fakes, Why do v,e not poflefs an inherit- 
ance with the worid r Haw long (hall 
this endure i 

CHAP. VII. 
4 The 'Vjay is r/arrorv : 12 mo ben it mm* 

made narrow. It All /halldie, and rife 

again. S3 (Jbrijl Jhalljit in judgment. 

AND when I had made an end of 
fpeakinq; thefe words, there was fent un- 
to me the angel which had been lent un- 
to me the nights afore : 

2 And he laid unto me, Up, Efdras, and 



IL ESDRAS. Apocrypha. 

hear the word3 that I am come to tell thee, 
fpeak on my 



3 And I faid fpeak on my God. 
Then faid he unto me. The fea is fet in 
a wide place, that it might be deep, and 
great. 

4 But put the cafe, the entrance were 
narrow, and like a river ; 

5 Who then could go into the fea to 
look upon it and to rule it ? If he went 
not through the narrow, How could he 
come into the broad ? 

6 There is alfo another thing : A city- 
is builded, and fet upon a broad field, and 
is full of all good things : 

7 The entrance thereof is narrow, and 
is fet in a dangerous place to fall, like as 
if there were a fire on the right hand, and 
on the left a deep water : 

8 And one only path between them 
both, even between the fire and the wat- 
er, Jo f mall that there could but one man 
go there at once. 

9 If this city now were given unto a 
man for an inheritance, if he never fhall 
pafs the danger fet before it, How fhall 
he receive this inheritance } 

10 And I faid, It is fo, Lord. Then 
faid he unto me, Even fo alfo is Ifrael's 
portion. 

11 Becaufe for their fakes T mrtd.e the 
world : and when Adam tranferefted my 
ftatutes, then was decreed that now is 
done. 

12 ^J Then were the entrances of this 
world made narrow, full of forrow and 
travail : they are but few and evil, full 
of perils, and very painful. 

13 For the entrances of the elder 
world were wide and fure, and brought 
immortal fruit. 

14 If then they that live, labour not to 
enter thefe ftrait and vain things, they 
can never receive thofe that are laid up 
for them. 

15 Now therefore, Why difquieteft 
thou thyfelf, feeing thou art but a cor- 
ruptible man ? and, Why art thou mov- 
ed, whereas thou art but mortal > 

16 Why haft thou not confidered in 
thy mind this thing, that is to come, 
rather than that which is prefent ? 

17 Then anfwered I, and faid, O Lord 
that beareft rule, thou haft ordained in thy 
law, that the righteous fhouldinherit thefe 
things, but that the ungodly fhould perifh . 

1« Nevefthelefs, the righteous fhall 
fnfifer ftrait things, and hope for wide : 
for they that have done wickedly, have 
furfcred the ftrait things, and yet fhall 
not. fee the wide. 

19 And he faid unto me, There is n» 
judge above God, and none that hath 
nnderftanding above the Higheft. 

"20 For there be many that perifh in 
this life, becaufe they defpife the law of 
God, that is fet before them. 

21 For 



Chap. vii. Apocrypha. 

■40 And Ezechia* for the people in (he 
time of Sennacherib j and many fur 
many. 

41 Even fo y now, Teeing corruption is 
grown up, and wickednefs increased, and 
the righteous have prayed tor the ungod- 
ly : Wherefore fhall it not be fo now al- 
io r 

42 He anfwered me, and faid, This 



Apocrypha. 

21 For God hath given ftrait com- 
mandment «o fuch as came, what they 
fhould do to live, even as they came, and 
what they fkould oblerve to avoid pun- 
ifhment. 

2fc Neverthelefs, they were not obedi- 
ent unto him : but fpake againft him, 
♦aid imagined vain things ; 

ft* AnJ deceived themselves by their 
wicked deeds, and laid of the Mo ft i pre lent life is not the end where much 



High, That he is not, and knew not his 
ways : 

ft* But his Jaw have they defpifed, and 
denied his covenants, in his ftatutes have 
they not b«en faithful, and have not per- 
iurmed his works. 

25 And therefore, Efdras, for the emp- 
ty are empty things, and for the full are 
the full tilings. 

26 Behold, the time fhall come, that 
thefe tokens which 1 have told thee fhali 
come to pais, and the bride fhall appear, 
and flic coming forth, (hall be fren, that 
now is witiidrawn tiom the earth. 

-7 And wholoever is delivered from the 
aforefaid tvili, mall fee mv wonders. 

11 Tor my Ion Jelus fhall be reveal- 
cd with thofe tli it be with him, and they 
that remain fliuii rejoice within four hun- 
dred yc i 

• ft9 .-Alter thefe years mall my fon 
Cliriftdic, and all men '.hat have life. 

30 And thr world fh ill be turned in* 
to the old ftlence feven days, like 
the former nts : fo that no man 

3t And after feven days, the world 
h rot (hall be raifed up, 
lie that ii c< 1 1 upt. 
And the rar I reflore thofe 

dufl, thoie thai dwell in ( mce, and 

I that 

wrr 

34 f And the Mod High 

i the f it of judgment, and mi 



glory doth abide ; therefore have th*y 
prayed lor the weak. 

43 But the day of doom (hall be the 
end o( this time, and the beginning of 
the immortality for to come, wherein 
corruption is paft, 

44 Intemperance is at an end. infideli- 
ty is cm oft, righteoufnefs is grown, and 
truth is fprung up. 

45 Then (hall no man be able to fave 
him that is deftroyed, nor to oppfefs him 
that hath gotten the victory. 

46 Ianf*eied then and faid, This is 
my firft and lall laying, that it had hern 
better not to have gi\en the earth to 
Adam : or elfe when it was given him, 
to have reftrained him from finning. 

-47 For what profit is it for men now 
in this prefent time to live in heavineft, 
and after death to look lor punifli- 
ment ? 

48 O thou Adam, What haft thotl done? 
For though it was thou that finned, then 
art not fallen alone, but neall that come 
or the. 

49 For v. liar orofit is it unto OS, it 
there bj p d us an immortal time, 
wh done live works that 
bring death ? 

au And that there ii 1 us an 

eve w hereaa ourl ■■ . be 

ing re mac! 

i ui 
taletj , 

Bt And that the ;iory ot thr Mof* 



walked 
in tl lyi of all r 

p H... 

we fh.«' • ■ r 









fhall pafi away, and rring Hijil 

34 But j idgmenl i I lv fl ill remain, 
truth fhall ftand, and faith (hall wa\ 
flrnr 

35 And the woik (hall follow, ind thr 

reu 

deeds ihall be •, and wick 

(hall bear no rule. 
3t> 1 1 II, Abraham fu II 

i the u- 
th<-i nned in thr wildi i 

37 And jefns after him loi iiraclin (he 
time ot Achat) i 

38 And Samuel and David for the de- 
lion : and Solomon f r them ll!..r 

iiould come to the fan< til 

39 And llrli.,s for thofe ih it rec« 



rain, and lor tlie dead, that I 



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58 That if fee be overcome, he (hall 
fuffer as thpu haft faid ; but if he get 
the victory, he fiiall receive the thing 
that I fay. 

59 For this is the life whereof Mofes 
fpake unto the people while he lived, 
frying* Choofe thee life, that thou may eft 
live. 

60 Neverthelefs. they believed not him 
nor yet the prophets after him, no, nor 
me which have fpoken unto them, 

61 That there (hould not be fuch 
heavinefs, in their deflruction, as (hall 
be joy over them that are perfuaded to 
falvation 

62 I anfwered then, and faid, I knew, 
Lord, that the Mod High is called 
merciful, in that he hath mercy upon 
them which are not y«t come into the 
world. 

6S And upon thofe aifo that turn to 
his law ; 

*i* And that he is patient and- long 
fuifereth thofe that have finned, as his 
creatures ; 

65 And that he is bountiful, for he is 
ready to give where it needeth ; ' 

66 And that he is of great mercy, for 
he multiplieih more and more mercies 
to them that are prefent", and that are 
paft. and alfo to them which are to 
come. 

67 For if he (hall not multiply his 
mercies, the world would not continue 
with them that inherit ther.- : n. 

68 And he pardoneth ; for if he did 
not fo of his goodnefs, that they which 
have committed iniquities might beeafed 
of them, the ten thoufandth part of men 
foould not remain living. 

69 And being judge, if he mould not [touching man in general, thou knoweft 



Apocrypha, 

art willing to prophefy : for thou haft 
no longer (pace than only to live. 

6 fl O Lord, if thou fuffer not thy fer- 
vant, that we may pray before thee, and 
thou give us feed unto our heart, and 
culture to our undemanding, that there 
may come fruit of it ; How (hall each 
man live that is corrupt, who beareth 
the place of a man ? 

7 For thou art alone, and we all one 
workmanmip of thine hands, like as thou 
haft faid. 

tf For when the body is fafhioned now 
in the mother's womb, and thou giveft it 
members, thy creature is preferved in fire 
and water, and nine months dcth thy 
workmanfhip endure thy creature which 
is created in her. 

9 But that which keepeth, and is kept, 
(hall both be preferved : and when the 
time cometh, the womb preferved de- 
livereth up the things that grew in it. 

10 For thou Jhaft commanded cut of 
the parts of the body, that is to fay, out 
of the breads, milk to be given, which is 
the fruit of the breafls, 

11 That the thing which is fafhioned, 
may be nourifhed for a time, till thou 
difpofeftit to thy mercy. 

H Thou broughteft it up with thy 
righteoufnefs, and nurtured!! it in thy 
law, and reforme-Mf it with thy judgment, 

1- And thou (halt mortify it as thy 
creature, and quicken it as thy work. 

1* Tf therefore thou fhalt deftroy him 
which with fo great labor wis fafhioned, 
it is an eafy thing to be ordained by thy 
commandment, that the thing which waa 
made might be preferved. 

15 Now therefore, Lord, I will fpeak ; 



forgive them that are cured with his 
word, and put out the multitude of con- 
tentions, 

70 There (hould be very few left per- 
adventure in an Innumerable multitude. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Mr*\y created, tut fetu fa<ved. 6 He 
ajketh <v>ty Gcd deftroycth his oivn 
ivork, 26 and prayeib Gcd to loi>k upon 
the p'opie ivhieb onr/Jernje bim. 
AND lie anfwered me, faying, The 
Moft High hath made this woild for ma- 
ny, but the world to come for fe v. 

t I will tell thee a finylitude, Efdras ; 
As when thou aflceth the earth, it (hall 



befl ; but touching thy people, for whofe 
fake I am forry ; 

IS And for thine inheritance, for 
whofe caufe I mourn and for Ifrael, 
for whom I am heavy ; and for Jacobs 
for whofe fake I am troubled ; 

17 The -.-e fore will 1 begin to pray be- 
fore thee for myfelf and for them ; for F 
fee the fails of 'us that dwell in the land, 

18 But I have heard the fwiftnefsof 
the judge which is to come. 

19 Therefore hear my voice, and un- 
derhand my words, and 1 (hall fpeak be- 
fore thee. This is the beginning of the 
vords of Efdras, before he was takea 



fay unto thee. That it giveth much, mould up : and I (aid, 

v.l.ereof earthen veflels are made, but 20 O Lord, thou that dwelled: in ever- 

little dnft that gold cometh- of : even fojlaftingnefs, which beholdeft from abo 



is, the coin fe of this prefent world 

3 There he many created, but few 
/hall be faved. 

4 So anfwered I, and laid, Swallow 
Hien clown, O my foul, unrieiitanding, 
anrl devour wifdorr 

5 For thou h*il agreed to give ear, and 



in the heaven, and in the air ; 
Whofe throne is incflimable, whofe 
glory may not be comprended, before 
whom the hofts of angels (land with 
trembling ; 

IZ Whofe fen ce is converfant in 
wind and fixe, whofe word, is true, and 

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Apocrypha, Chap. 

fayings con:rant ; vvhcfe commandment j 
ti i r -t<->ng, r.nd ordinance fearh'.l ; 

-* Whoft look diieth up the depths ; 
and indignation makeih the mount a 
to mcit away ; which the truth aritnt 
eth : 

21 O hear the prayer of thy fervant, 
and g.. thy trea- 

tu; 

45 For while I live I will fpeak, and j 
fo long as 1 have understanding 1 will 
• er 
^6 fl O look not upon the fins of thy 
people; but on vrhich lerve thee 

: truth. 

47 Regard not the ' inventions 

of the heathen, but the deUie of thi 
that keep •!.> t- i'lmonies in >ns. 

mfri 1 . thole that have 

iWlked feign* it re- 

fer them, to thy 

wii . fear. 

4* L;t ic*u)t be th, to <\c: 

them which have In 

■-• clearly 

tally t,t thy la 

30 1 alee l t them 

which eemed than I 

H love ays put their tiuft 

in thy righ 

i our fath ian^uilh 

ot U.lIi d lin- 

rciful. 
re u liave 
rm 

have no works 

iy good 
WW 'it thee. Hi. ill out ul ti. 

ill I- 

• roth 1 1 , t r f • i no rr.-in among 
th 

ckedly ; a 

S6 For in 
% and thy / 

which 
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tic ' 

SO But I ".ill r 

, and I will i niem- 

lion, and the i 

40 Like as 1 have (poke (ball 
oe to pa 

41 For as the Nfbandni 



Apncybba, 

much feed upon the ground, and planteth 
many trees, and vet the thing that is 
io« n good in tfon coineth not tip, 

neither doth all that is planted take rooti 
even io is it of them that are town in the 
they ftiali not all be f.tved. 
4- 1 anfwered then, and faid, If 1 have 
found grace, ler mc fpeak. 
A3 Like as t lie huibandman*s feed per- 
I h, if it * not up, and receive h 

thy rain in due le.ifon, or if there come 
too much rain and corrupt it : 

■44 Even io perilheth man alio which 
is formed with thy hands; and is. called 
thine own image, becanie thou att like 
•unto him, for whole Like thou ban m.»de 
■all things, and likened him unto thehuf- 
bandman's feed. 
45 Be not wroth v. ith us but /pare thy 
mercy upon thine own 
inheritance : lor thou art merciful unto 
thy-CKature. 

4d Then anfwered In* me, and faid, 

Things prefeni For the prefentj ui.d 

me, loi Iik h as be to c<>!iu-. 

*< 1 or ti inert far (hort, that thoo 

it be able to love in) creature 

re than I :.b|it I havrofi times drawn 

h unto : d unto it, but never ;o 

43 in iliu alio thou art marvellous be- 
fore •) : 

40 l that thou hafl humbled thyfe;', 
as it becoroeth t! ed 

tli) i thy k> be much glorified a- 

niOl icons. 

many great mifei ill be 

them, . the latter time ftaH 

dwell in the world, bccaule they nave 

■ 

Bur in Kou for ihyfelf, an 1 

:t the glory for I 

opened, tl 
I me it 
i a 
:d relt 

i a. 

ii 
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I into hell io 
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id in the nid 
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aflt thou no 

of 
111. 
:i they 

•V r, they hat ,\ 

, TI M ili-re 
is i j ) ..,..: tl , they 

69 For as the itf 

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II. ESDRAS. 



Apocrypha, 

receive you, fo thirfi and pain are pre- 1 13 And therefore be thou not curious, 
pared for them : for it was not his will how the ungodly fhall be punifhed, and 



that men fliould cotr.e to nought. 

60 But they which be created hare 
defiled the name of him that made them, 
and were unthankful unto him which 
prepared life for them. 

61 And therefore is my judgment now 
at hand. 

62 Thefe things have I not (hewed un- 
to all men, but unto thee, and a few like 
thee. Then anfwered 1, and faid, 

63 Behold O Lord, now haft thou 
(hewed me the multitude of the wonders 
which thou wilt begin to do in the laft 
times ; but at what time, thou haft not 
the wed me. 

CHAP. IX. 
7 Who fhall be fanjid, and tubo not. 19 
Ail the moor Id is noiu corrupted : SS he 
complainetb that thofe ferifo nvbich 
keep God's lanv : 38 and/eetb a 'wo- 
man lamenting in a field. 
HE anfwered me then, and faid, Meaf- 
ure thou the time diligently in itfelf : 
and when thou feeft part of the figns paft, 
which I have told thee before, 

2 Then (halt thou underftand, that it 
is the very fame time, wherein the High- 
eft will begin to vifit the world which he 
made. 

S Therefore when there (halt be feen 
earthquakes and uproars of the people in 
the world : 

4 1 hen (halt thou well underftand, 
that the Moft High fpake of thofe things 
from the days that were before thee, e- 
ven from the beginning. 

5 for like as all that is made in the 
world, hath a beginningand an end, and 
the end is marrifeft : 

6 Even fo the times alfo of the High- 
eft, have plain beginnings in wonders and 
powerful works, and endings in effects 
and figns : 

7 «!] And every one that (hall be faved, 
and fhall be able to efcape by his works, 
and by faith whereby ye have believed, 

8 Shall be preferved from the faid per- 
ils, and (hall fee my falvation, in my 
lard, and within my borders : for I have 
fanttified them tor me from the begin- 
mng. 

9 Then fhall they be in pitiful cafe, 
which now have abufed my ways : and 
they that have caft them away defpite- 
fully fhall dwell in torments. 

10 For fuch as in their life have re- 
ceived benefits, and have not known me; 

11 And they that have lothed my 
law, while they had yet liberty, and 
when as yet place of repentence was o- 
pen unto them, underltood not, but def- 
pifed it ; 

12 The fame muft know it after death, 
by pain. 



when : but inquire how the righteous 
(hall be faved : whofe the world is, and 
for whom the world is created. 

14 Then anfwered I, and faid, 

15 I have faid before, and now do 
fpeak, and will fpeak it .alio hereafter; 
That there be many more of them which 
perifh, than of them which fhall be fav- 
ed : 

16 Like as a wave is greater than a 
drop. 

17 And he anfwered me, faying, Like 
as the field is, fo is alfo the feed ; as the 
flowers be, fuch are the colour* alfo : 
fuch as the workman is, fuch alfo is the 
work : and as the hufbandman is him- 
felf, fo is his hulbandry alio : for it was 
the time of the world. 

18 And now, when I prepared the 
world, which was not yet made, even 
for them to dwell in that now live, no 
man fpake againd me. 

19 II For then every one obeyed, but 
now the manners of them which are cre- 
ated in this world that is made, are cor- 
rupted by a perpetual feed, and by a 
law which is unfearchable, rid them- 
felves. 

20 So I confHered the woild, and, be. 
hold, there was peril, becaufe of the de- 
vices that were come into it. 

21 And 1 faw and fpared it greatly, and 
have kept me a grape of the cluiter, and 
a plant of the great people. 

22 Let the multitude perifh then, which 
was born in vain, and let my grape be 
kept, and my plant : for with great la- 
bour have I made it perfect. 

23 Neverthelefs, if thou wilt ceafe yet 
feven days more, (but thou fhalt not iaft 
in them, 

24 But go into a field of flowerr, where 
no houfe is builded ; and eat only the 
flowers of the field ; tafte no flefh, drink 
no wine, but eat flowers only) 

25 And pray unto the Higheft contin - 
tually, then will 1 come and talk with 
thee. 

26 So I went my way into the field 
which is called Ardath, like as he com- 
manded me ; and there I fat among the 
flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the 
Held, and the meat of the fame fathfied 
me. 

27 After feven days 1 fat upon the 
grafs, and my heart was vexed within 
me, like as before : 

28 And 1 opened my mouth, and begart 
to talk before the Moft High, and faid, 

%% O Lord, thou that fheweft thyfelf 
unto ut, thou waft fltewed unto our fath- 
ers in the wildernefs, in a place where no 
man tieadeth, in a barren place, when 
they came cut of Egypt. 

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Apocrypha. Chap. 

30 And thou fpakeff, faying, Hear me, 
O Ifrael ; and mark iny words, thou 
feed of Jacob- 

81 For, behold, I fow my law in you, 
and it fhall bring fruit in you, and ye 
(ball be honoured in it forever. 

32 But our fathers which received the 
law, kept it not, aud obferved not thy 
ordinances : and though the fruit of thy 
law did not perifh, neither could it, for it 
was thine ; 

33 f Yet they that received it, perifh- 
ed, becaufe they kept not the thing that 
was fown in them. 

JU And, Jo, it is a cuflom, when the 

ground hath received feed, cr the lea 

ip. or any velTel meat or drink, that, 

that being perifhed wherein it was fown, 

or caft into, 

35 That thing alfo which was fown, 
er caft therein, or received, doth perilh, 
and remaineth not with us ; but with us 
it hath not happened fo, 

36 For we that hare received the law, 
perifli by fin, and our heart alfo which 
received it. 

37 Notwithflanding, the law periftieth 
net, but remaineth in his force. 

38 fj And when 1 fpake :hefe things in 
my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, 
and upon the right fide I iaw a woman, 
and, behold, flie mourned and wept with 
a loud voice, and was much grieved in 
heart, and her clothes were rent, and flie 
had allies upon her head. 

39 Then let I my thoughts go that I 
wa* in, and turned me unto her, 

10 And fail unto her, Wherefore 
. • • ton ? Why art thou fo grieved 
in thy mind 1 

41 And flie faid unto rnc, Sir, let me 
alone, lhat I lay bewail myfdf, and 
add unto my forrow, for I am forevrx- 
ed in my mil d, and brought very 
low. 

42 And I (aid unto her, What aileth 
thee ? 1 ell me. 

IA She faid unto me, I thy fervanj 
have bern barren, and had no child, 
though I had an hufband tinny years. 
44 And ihofe thirty years 1 did noth« 
; elle day and night, and 
ur, but make my prayer to the High- 

A a After thirty years God heard me 

thine handmaid, looked upon my m 

, conlidered my trouble, and me 

a ion ; and 1 was very glad of hoi.. 
v i :y hjifhand all all my neigh* 

bours ; and we gave great honor U 
the Almighty. 

46 Ami I nourished him with grea f 
travail. 

47 So when he gresi up, and came to 
the time that be fliould have a wife, 1 
made a feaft. 



X. Apocrypha. 

CHAP. X. 
6 He cctnfiortetb the nwman in the field : 
£7 She e vanijbeth aivay, and a city ap~ 
ptaretb in her place. 40 Ibe angel de- 
claretb fbe/e 'vijtvns in the field. 
AND it fo came to pafs, that when my 
fon was entered into his wedding cham- 
ber, he fell down and died. 

2 Then we all overthrew the lights, 
and all my neighbours role up to comfort 
me : io I took my reft unto the fecond 
day at nigiht. 

3 And it came to pafs, that when they 
had all left off to comfort me, to the end 
I might be quiet : tlien rofe I up by 
night, and fled, and came hither into this 
held, as thou fecit. 

4 And 1 do now purpofe not to return 
into the city, but here to Hay, and nei- 
ther to ear, nor drink, but continually 
to mourn, and to fad until I die. 

5 Then left I the meditations where- 
in I was, and fpake to her in anger, fay- 
ing, 

o 5T Thou foolifli woman, above all 
other, fecft thou not our mourning, and 
what happencth unto us ? 

7 How that Sion our mother is full of 
all heavinels, and much humbled, mourn- 
ing very fore ? 

tf And now feeing we all mourn, and 
are fad, for we are all in heavinels ; art 
thou grieved for one fon ? 

9 For alk the earth, and flie fhall tell 
thee, that it is fl<e which outfit to mourn 
for the fall of fo many that grow upon 
her. 

10 For out o[ her came all at the firff, 
and out of her fhall all othrrs come, and 
behold, they walk almofl all into deflrnc- 
tion, and a multitude of them is uttcily 
rooted out. 

11 Who then fliould make more mourn- 
ing than flie that hath loll fo great a mul- 
titude-, and not thou, which art lorry but 
foj one r 

1- But if thou fayefr unto me, 
lamrntation is not lik^ th< earth'Si | 
c aui • 1 have lofl I he fi uit ol mj p omb, 
which I brought forth with i mi 

ill fin rOW! ; 

is But the earth**/ /bj for the mul- 

titm I | ■• i Dl in it. dmg to the 

Fi e, earth, ii gone, i% it <. itne : 
14 I hen .'ay I unto thee, J.ikr 
hafl lu rorth with 

fo t 1 hath gi v< n her fi i 

., ma f ' . 

n that m td< her. 
i Now th ki rp thy f I row to 

th> Irlf, ar.d b<vr witl C0U1 age 

tint v. hieh hath befallen I 
16 : r if then (hall i the 

• . tlw>i< 

r both re< eive thy I m in I . ind 
(halt be commanded among won 

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11, ESBRAS. 



17 Go thy way then into the ciiy, to 

*me hu&and. 

i« And (he fold unto me, That will 1 
not do : I will not go into the city, but 
lie re will 1 die. 

tH So I proceeded to fpeak further 
unto her, and laid, 

20 Do not to, but be counfelled by 
Bie ; for, How many are the adverfities 
$£ Sion ? Be comforted, in regard of the 
forrow of jerufalem. 

21 For thou leeft that our faneluary is 
laid wafte, our altar broken down, our 
temple deftroyed : 

22 Our pfaltery is laid on the ground, 
Our fong is put to file nee, our rejoicing 
is at an end, the light of our candlefbck 
Is put out, the ark of our covenant is 
Spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and 
the name that is called upon us, is almoft 
profaned : our children are put to thame, 
our prieds are burned, our Levitcs are 
gone into captivity, our virgins are 6t - 
filed, and our wives ravi&ed, our right- 
eous men carried away, our little ones 
dcilroyed, our young men are brought 
in bondage, and our ftrong men are be- 
come weak : 

^ 2& And, which is the greateft of all, 
the feal of Sion hath now loft her hon- 
our : for foe is delivered into the hands 
of them that hate us. 

2.4 And therefore (bake off thy great 
heavinefs, and put away the multitude ox 
forrpWs, that the Mighty may be merci- 
ful untojthee again, and the JrligheM 
mall give thee reft and eafe from thy la- 
bour. 

25 And it came to pafs, while I was 
talking with her, behold, her face upon 
a fudden (hined exceedingly, and her 
countenance glifiered, fothat I was afraid 
of her, and mu fed what it might be. 

26 And, behold, fuddenly (he made a 
grea^cry, very fearful : lb that the earth 
(hook at the noife of the woman. 

27 q And I looked, and, behold, the 
woman appeared unto me no more, but 
there was a city builded, and ,a lar:^e 
place (hewed itfelf fromdhe foundations ; 
then was I afraid, and cried with a loud 
voice, and faid, 

TA Where is Uriel the angel, whocame 
unto me at the firft ? For he hath caufed 
me to fall into many trances, and mine 
end is turned vuto corruption, and my 
prayer to rebuke. 

29 And as I was fpeaking thefe words, 
behold, he came unto me, and looked 
upon me. 

SO And, lo, I lay as one that had been 
dead, /nd mine ur.derftanding was taken 
from me : and he took me by the right 
hand, and comforted me, and fct me up- 
on my feet, and faid unto me, 



thou fo difquieted ? aad, Why is thine 
understanding troubled, and thethoughts 
of thine heart ? 

&% And 1 faid, Becanfe thou haft for- 
faken me, and yet 1 did according to thy* 
words, and I went into the field, and, lo B 
I have feen, and yet fee, that lain not a- 
ble to exprefs. 

B8 And he faid unto me, Stand up 
manfully, and J will advife thee. 

34 Then faid I Speak on, my lord, m 
me j only forfake me not, left I die fruf. 
trate ot my hop©. 

v»5 For 1 have (een that I knew not, 
and hear that 1 do not know. 

ii t> Or, Is my fenie deceived, ormv 
foul in a dream ? 

37 Now therefore, I befeech thee, that 
thou wilt Shew thy fervant of this vilion. 

38 He anfwered me then and faid 9 
Hear me, and 1 (hall inform thee, and 
tell thee,, wherefore thou art afraid : for 

t the Highest will reveal many kcitt 
thinga unto thee. 

3.9 He hath feen that thy way is right i 
for that thou forroweft continually for 
thy people, and makeft great lamenta. 
tk>n for Sion. 

■40 ^| This therefore is the meaning of 
the vilion which thou lately faweft : 

-it Ihou faweft a woman mourning, 
and thou began ne ft to comlort her : 

42 But now feeft thou the iikenefs oF 
the woman no more, but there appealed 
unto thee a city builded. 

43 And whereas (lie told thee of the; 
death of her fon, this is the folution : 

44 This woman whom thou faweft, is 
Sion : and whereas fl»e faid unto thee* 
even /he whom thou feeft as a city build- 
ed, 

45 Whereas, I fay, fee faid unto thee* 
That (he had been thirty years barren : 
thole are the thirty years in which there 
was no offering made in her. 

4'i But after thirty years, Solomon 
builded the city and offered offerings : 
and then bare the barren a ion. 

47 And whereas ihe told thee, That (he 
nourifhed him with labour ; that was the 
dwelling in Jerufalem. 

43 But whereas (he faid unto thee, 
That my fon coming into his marriage 
chamber, happened to have a fall and 
died : this was the deftnicuon that came 
to Jerufalem. 

49 And, behold, thou faweft her like- 
nefs, and becaufe (he mourned for hey 
(on, thou begannefl to comfort her : and 
of thefe things which have chanced, 
thefe are to be opened unto thee. 

50 For now the Molt High feeth that 
thou art grieved unfeignedly, and fuf» 
fere ft from thy whole heart for her, fo 
hath. he (hewed thee the brightnef* of her 



31 What adeth thee ? and, Why art glory, and ike cemelinefs of her beauty 

« 51 And 



At**jt ,X} ** 



Chap, 



tt And therefore \ bane thee remain 
"in the field, where no houfe was builded • 

52 For I knew that the Higheft would 
ftew this unto thee. 

1 he re fore I commanded thee to go 
into «hc field, where no foundation of 
any building was. 

Tor in the place wherein the High- 
eft beginneth to fhew his city, there can 
no man's building be able to (land. 

55 And therefore fear not. let not thine 
iieart be affrighted, but go thy way in, 
and lee the beauty and lefs of the 
building, as much as thine eyes be al 
to fee : 

56 And then fiialt thou hear as much 
as thine cars may comprehend. 

57 For thou art blefl'ed above many 
other, and art called with the Higheft; 
and fo are but few. 

58 But tomorrow at night thou (halt 
remain here : 

59 And fo (hall the Higheft fhew thee 

of the high things, which the Molt 
Fligh v ill do unto »hcni thit dwell upon 
earth in the lad days. So I fiept that 
ni^hr and another, like as he comman 
me. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 He ferth in bis dream an eagle cot:; 

out cf tbe/ea, 37 and a lion cut of a 

tuoed talking m the eagle. 

THEN law I a dream, and, beheld, 
there came up from the ^.\ ail ta. 

kich had twelve leathered wings, . 
three heads, 

I And I faw, ?nd behold, flic fpvead 
her wings over all the eart! , and all the 
winds of the ; a her, and were 
ga r. 

6 And J beheld, and out of her feath- 

. there grew • tntrarj n ; 

and they I :e feathers and (mall. 

4 Bui ds were at reft : i 

in «1 ■• mi ifl the other, 

with the refidue. 

5 or, I beheld, and, lo, the 
eagle Hew with her I ;ned 
upon ear' | over them that di 
tncrein. 

6 And T f w *hat nil thing! under 
heaven v. . |\er, and 

utfpake againft her, no, nut ot.c crea- 
ture n th 

7 And f brf:'-; , the eagle rofe 
upon her talyn% and fpake to uh- 

ei ■• g, 

8 A 9t once i Utep every 
«">ne in hit <. tee, and 

• nir<e : 

9 But let the head* be preferved 

the L 

to And I beheld, , lo, «' 
went not out of Ik i h< ^1>, bul 
midfr >f lu r body. 

II And I nuraberod ontrary 



xi. Jpecrjpb*. 

feathers, and behold, there were eight of 
them. 

1-2 And I looked, and behold, on the 
right lids there <\i\>k one feather, and 
reigned over all the earth ; 

IS And fo it was, that when it re, 
ed. the end of it came, aid the pi 
thereof appeared no more : fo the next 
foil . I'ccd up, and reigned, and had 

a great time ; 

14 And it happened, that when it 
reigned, the end of it came alfo, like as 
the firft, fo that it appeared no more. 

15 Then came there a voice unto it, 
and {aid, 

16 Hear, thou that haft born rule over 
earth fo long : this I fay unto thee, 

Before thou begin ncft to appear no more, 

17 There faall none after thee a 
unto thy time, neither unto the half 
thereof. 

18 Then arofe the third, and re; g 

as the other before, and appeared no 
mot e 

19 So went it with all the refiduo one 
after another, as that every one reigned, 

then appeared no more. 
Then 1 beheld, and, lo, in proc:fs 
of time, the feathers that followed flood 
up upon the right fide, that they might 
rule alfo, and forae of them r but 

within a while they appeared no mo;e : 

_t For fome of them were id up, 
ruled not . 

7 looked, and I , the 

twelve feathers appeared no more, nor 
the two little feathers : 

And there was no more upon 
eagle's body, but tlu relied, 

14 J hen few 1 alfo, tint two little 
■ hers dit ided tl • ,: i in the I 

and remained under the head that w 
up' the four tc::tm- 

ued m i ; 

And I I, lo, the I 

under the wing, thought to fet 
up ' the i u!c. 

md", k>, I one 

1 ilic f< c >t)*l .jner a 

tha 

fc« And 1 d, lo, tl 

rem , lit alio iii I 

: a : 

' m they fo thought beh< 

II And, 
up the tvvo fe ittie 

:d. 



Apocrypha, II. 

SI But this head put the whole earth 
in fear, and bare rule in it over all thofe 
that dwelt up»n the earth, with much 
opprellion ; and it had the governance of 
the world, more than all the wings that 
had been. 

SS And after this I beheld, and, lo, 
the head that was in the mid ft fuddenly 
appeared no more, like as the wings. 

34 But their remained the two heads, 
which alfo in like fort, ruled upon the 
earth, and over thofe that dwelt tiierein. 

35 And I beheld, and, lo, the head 
upon the right fide devoured it that was 
upon the left fide. 

36 Then I heard a voice, which faid 



ESDRAS. Apocrypha i 

2 And, behold, the head that remain- 



ed, and the four wings appeared no more, 
and the two went unto it, and fet them- 
felves up to reign, and their kingdom 
was final 1, and lull of uproar. 

3 And I faw, and, behold, they ap- 
peared no more, and the whole body of 
the eagle was burned, fo that the earth 
was in great fear: then I awaked out of 
the trouble and trance of mv mind, and 
from great fear, and faid unto my fpirit, 

-4 Lo, this haft thou done unto me, in 
that thou fearcheft out the ways of the 
Higheft. 

5 Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and 
very weak in my fpirit ; and little ftrength 



unto rne, Look before thee, and confider is there in me, for the great fear where- 
the thing that thou feelt. w ^ n * was affrighted this night. 

37 ^J And I beheld, and lo, as it were 6 Therefore will 1 now befeech the 
a roaring lion chafed out of the wood : Higheft, that he will comfort me unto 
and I faw that he lent out a man's voice the end. 



unto the eagle, and faid, 



SJ 



7 Ana I faid, Lord, that beareft rule. 



Hear thcu, I will talk with thee, if I have lound grace before thy fight, 

and if I am juftified with thee, before 
many others, and if my prayer indeed 
be come up before thy face ; 

8 Comfort me then, and fhew me thy 
fervant the interpretation and plain dif- 
ference of this fearful vifion, that thou 
mayeft perfectly comfort my foul. 

9 For thou haft judged me worthy to 
(hew me the laft times. 

10 ij And he faid unto me, This is the 
interpretation of the vifion : 

I i The eagle whom thou faweft come up 
from the fea, is the kingdom which was 
feen in the vifion of thy brother Daniel. 

it But it was not expounded unto him # 
therefore now I declare it unto thee. 

IS Behold the days will come that 
there fhall rife up a kingdom upon earth, 
and it fhall be feared above all the king- 
doms that were before it. 

14 Jn the fame fhall twelve kings reign 
one after another : 

15 Whereof the fecond fhall begin to 
reign, and fhall have more lime than any 



and the Higheft fhall fay unto thee, 

39 Art not thou it that remained of 
the four beafts whom I made to reign in 
*ny world, that the end of their times 
might come through them ? 

40 And the fourth came, and overcame 
all thy beafts that were paft ; and had 
power over the world, with great fear- 
fdlncfs, and over the whole coinpafs of 
tne earth, with much wicked oppreffion ; 
and fo long time tiweit he upon tile earth 
with deceit. 

41 For the earth haft thou not judged 
with truth. 

42 For thou haft afflicted the meek, 
thou haft hurt the peaceable, thou haft 
loved liars, and deftroyed the dwellings 
of them that brought forth fruit, and 
haft caft down the walls of fuch as did 
thee no harm. 

43 Therefore is thy wrongful dealing 
come up unto the Higheft, and thy pride 
unto the Mighty. 

44 The Higheft alfo hath looked upon 



the proud times, and, behold, thev are of the twelve. 

ended, and his abominations are fulfilled, H6 And this do the twelve wings figni- 
45 And therefore appear no more, I fy, which thou faweft. 

thou eagle, nor thy horrible wings, nor I 17 As for the voice which thou heard- 

thy wicked feathers, nor thy inaiiciowS |eft fp'eak, and that thou faweft not to go 

out from the heads, but from the midft 
of the body thereof, this is the interpre- 
tation 



heads, nor thy hurtful claws, nor ail thy 
vain body : 

46 That all the earth may be refrefh- 
e<a, and may return, being delivered from 
chy violence, and that fhe may hope for 
the judgment and mercy of him that 
made her. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The eagle tybicb be Jaiv is dfjlroyed. 

10 The n>:fion is interpreted : 37 He 

/< bid to "turtle bit njtjions. 

AND it came to pals, whiles the lion 
fpakc ihefc words unto the eacle. I 
iv\ , 



eagle, 



18 That after the time of that king- 
dom, there fhall arife great ftrivings, and 
it fhall fiand in peril of falling : never- 
thelefs, it lhall not then fall, but fhall be 
reftored again to his beginning. 

t9 And whereas thou faweft the eight 
fmall under feathers flicking to her 
wings, this is the interpretation : 

£0 That in him there fhall arife eight 
kings, whole times fhall be but fmall, 
-:id their years fwift. 

21 And 



Apocrypha* Chap 

21 And two of them (hall perhh : the 
middle time approaching, four lhall be 
kept until their end begin to npproach : 
but two (hall be kept unto the end. 

22 And whereas thou iaweft three 
heads retting, this is the interpretation : 

U In his lad days (hall the Molt Hi^h 
raife up three kingdoms, and renew ma- 
ny things therein, and they lhall have trie 
dominion oi the earth, 

24 And of thole that dwell therein, 
with much oppreflion, above all thofe 
that were before them ; therefore are 
they called the heads of the eagle. 

For thefe are they that (hall accom- 
pliila his wckednefs, and that mall linilh 
his !aft end. 

26 And whereas thou faweft that the 
great head appeared no more, it lignifi- 
cth that one of them (hall die upon his 
bed, and yet with pain 

For the t*o that remain (hall be 
ilain by the fword 

£8 For the fword of the one (hall de- 
vour the other ; but at the tail (ball he 
fall through the fword hunfelf. 

i3 And whereas thou faweft two feath- 
ers under the wings palling over the head 
tint is on the right fice ; 

30 It (ignifieth. that thefe are they 
whom the Highert hath kept unto their 
end : this is the fmall kingdom, and full 
of trouble, as thou faweft. 

SI And the lion whom thou faweft rif- 

ing up out of the wood, and roariagand 

ng to the eagle, and rebuking her 

for her unrighteoufnefs, with all the 

Words which thou hart heard ; 

32 This is the anointed which the 
Hi g heft lath >rthem, .r their 
wickednels unto the end ; he (kill re- 
prove them, and (hall upbraid them with 
their cruelty. 

S3 For he (lull fet them before him 
alive in judgnv.-nt, and (hall rebuke them 
and correct them. 

34 For the reft of my people (hall he- 
deliver with mercy, thofe th.it have b 
preferved upon my borders, and he (fa i 1 
make them joj ful until t the 

yof judgment, whereof I ipoken 

thee from the begr 

This is the dream that thou faweft, 
*fe are the interurcta: 
1 hou only hafl ber-n meet to know 
ligheft. 

thefe th 
thou haft fei | • them : 

38 And tench them to the wi(e ot the 
whole hearts thou knoweft m.i> 
;>rehend ;md keep thefe - 

33 But wait thou here thyfelf yet 
en days more, that it ma> | thee 
whatfoevcr it plcafeth the Highefl t< 

• unto thee. And with that he 



x'ui. Afrerypbn, 

40 And it came to paf«, when all the 



people faw that the feven days were part, 
and I not come again into the city, they 
gathered them all together, from ih« 
leaft unto the greateft, and came unto 
me, and (aid, 

Al What have we offended thee ? and, 
What evil have we u me againlt thee, 
'hat thou forlakeft us, and fitted here in 
this place ? 

42 For of all the prophets thou only 
ait left us, as a clulter of the vintage, 
and as a candle in a dark place, and as 
a haven or (hip preferved from the tem- 
ped. 

M Are not the evils which are come 
fufficient r 

44 If thou (haU forfake us. How much 
better hid it been for us, lfwealfo had 
been burned in the midft of Sion ? 

*5 For we are not better than they 
that died there. And they wept with a 
loud voice. Then anfwered I them, and 
(aid, 

4i> Be of good comfort, O Ifrael, asid 
be not heavy, thou houfe of Jacob : 

47 For the Highell huh >ou in re-. 
membrance, and the Mighty hath not 
forgotten 5011 in temptation. 

48 As for me I hare not forfaken you, 
neither am I departed irom you • bur 
am come into this place, to pray for the 
defolation of Sion, :«nd that I might feck 
mercy for the low eftate of your fanclu- 
ary. 

49 And now go your way home every 
man, and after thefe days will I come 
unto you. 

30 So the people went their way into 
the city, like: as I commanded them. 

at but I remained 11:11 in the field feven 

l, ;i> the angel commanded me : and 

did «Mt c nly in thofe days of the flowers 

of the- field, and had my meat of the 

her! 

CHAP. - J III. 
I lie feetb in bis dream a man 4omisf 

out 0/ tbe fea. %5 Tkt declaration of 

btt dream ; 51 he is pra.Jcd, and 

fir" ft I to fee more. 

AND ii 1 .1 v to pad aftei" feven days, 
I dre . by m^ 

2 And] 1 1, thei :arofe a wind from the 
f<M, that i' theree 

3 And 1 beheld, a:ui. Id, 1 an 
■raxed (Irons with the ihoufand? 

■. hen He tUI ned lilt « "in- 
tcnance to I ill the things I 

th -t were '.cew under him. 

4 And whenfoever tl rent out 
his mouth, ill they burned thai h< 1 

his voice, lii earth faileth when 

it feeleth tl 

:> And ifter this 1 b« ', 1". 

there was gathered 1 

I il .nil. 1 r, I- 



/fpocrvpha. 



%vi»ds of the heaven, to fubdue the man 
that cam° our of the Tea 

K But I beheld, and lo, he had graved 
K'mfelf A great mountain, and flew up 
upon it 

7 But I would have feen the region or 



H. ESDRAS. ApocQp},*. 

22 Whereas thou hafffpoken of them 



that are left behind, this is the interpre. 
tation : 

23 He that fhall endure the peril m 
that time hath kept himfelf : they thatbe 
fallen into danger are fuch as have works 



place w hereout the hill was graven, and 'and faith towards the Almighty. 



2* Know this therefore, that they 



J could not 

8 And after this T beheld, and, lo, all which be left behind are more bleffed 
th^\ which were gathered together to ; than they that be dead, 
fubd ip him, 
dur'f ficht 



were lure afraid, and yet 25 ^ This is the meaning of the vifion, 

'Whereas thou faweft a man coming up 



And, lo, as he faw the violence of i from the midft of the fea : 



the nimritrrae that came, he neither lif 
ted iin liis hand, nor held iword, nor any 
inrnimenr* -erf war 

tO Rut only I faw that he fent out of 
his mouth as if Had b?en a blafl of fire, 
and out of his lips a flaming breath, and 
out of his tongue he cad out fparks and 
tempefts. 

1 1 And they were all mixed together : 
the bfaft'cvf fire, the flaming breath, and 
the ?reat temped : and fell with violence 
upon the multitude which was prepared 
to ftgh,r, and burned them up every one, 
-fo thatf'URpn a fudden of an innumerable 
Jrniutifude nothing was to be perceived, 
Uuj only^ cuii and fmeil of fuioke : when 
I I'.w this, I' was afraid. 

ii Afterward faw I the fame man come 
down from the mountain, and call unto 
him another peaceable multitude. 

15 And there came much people unto 
him, whereof forae were glad, fome were 
forry, fi>me of them were bound, and 
other fome brought of them that were 
offered : then was T fick, through great 
feor, and i awaked, and faid, 

*A Thou half fhewed thy fervant thefe 
wonders from the beginning, and haft 
coiimed me worthy that thou fhouldeft 
receive niy prayer : 

l r > Shew me now yet the interpretation 
of this dream 

l*» For as I conceive in mine under- 
ftanding, woe unto them that fhall be 
left in thofe days ! and much more woe 
llh lb them thlt are not left behind ! 

17 For they that were not left were in 
hcavinefs. 

Hi Now underftand T the things that 
arc laid up in th<* latter days which (hall 
i int'o them, and to thofe that arc 
left behind. 

19 Therefore are they come into 
great peril?, and many neceffities, like as 
thefe dreams declare. 

Yet is it cafier for him that is in 
danger to come info thefe things; than to 
pafsaway as a cloud out of trie world, and 

t to fee th> fhingith it happen in the hft 
s. \nd Iwanfycred untomeand fatd; 

%\ The Interpretation of the vifion 

|1 I dvew t'her, and I will open unto 
e thins; that thou haft required. 



26 The fame is he whom God the 
Higheft hath kept a great fea fon, which 
by his own ielf fhall deliver his creature : 
and he fhall order, them that are left be» 
hind. 

27 And whereas thou faweft, that out 
of his mouth, there came as a blaft of 
wind, and fire, and (form ; 

28 And that he hetd neither fword, 
nor any inftrument of war but that the 
ruihing in of him deflroyed the whole 
multitude that came to fubdue him j this 
is the interpretation : 

29 Behold, the days come, when the 
Moft High will begin to deliver them 
that are upon the earth. 

50 And he fhall come, to the aflonifli- 
rnent of them that dwell on the earth. 

51 And one fhall undertake to fight 
againfl another, one city againft another, 
one place againft another, one people a- 
gainft another, and one realm againft a- 
nother. 

32 And the lime fhall be when thefe- 
things fhall come to pafs, and the figns 
fhall happen which I fhewed thee before, 
and then fhall my Son be declared whom 
thou faweft as a man afcending. 

$3 And when all the people hear his 
voice, every man fhall in their own land 
leave the battle they have one againfi 
another. 

34 And an innumerable multitude fhall 
be gathered together, as thou faweft them 
willing to come, and to overcome him 
by fighting. 

3:i But he fnail ftand upon the top of 
the mount Sion. 

Sb And Sion fhall come and fnall be 
{hewed to all men, beinpr prepared and 
builded like as thou faweft the hill graven 1 
without hands. 

37 And this my Son fhall rebuke the 
wicked invention* of thofe nations, which 
for their wicked life are fallen into the 
temped ; 

$8 And fliali lay before them their e- 
v : i thoughts, and the torments where- 
with they (hall begin to be formemed, 
u Mch are like unto a flame : and he 
fhall deffroy them without labour, by the* 
law which is like nnt« fire. 

39.- And. whereas thou fa we ft that h 

gather«4> 



Apocrypha. 

gathered another peaceable multitude un. 
to him 

40 I hofc are the ten tribes which were 
carried away pnloners out of their own 
lanl, in the time of Olea the king, whom 
Sahnanular the king of Aflyria led a- 
way captive, and he carried ih.-ni over 
the waters, arid fo came they into anoth- 
er land. 

41 But they took this counfel among 
themfelves, that they would leave the 

dtitude of the heathen, and go forth 
info a further country, where never man 
kind dwelt, 

4- That they might there keep their 
fta»utes which they never kept in then 
own land. 

4-3 And they entered into Euphrates 
by the narrow p-ilf^es oi die river. 

44 For the Mull High then (hewed 
figns for them, and held Hill the flood, 
till they were palled over. 

45 For through that country there was 
a great way to n*> ; n imcly, of a > car amt 
a half ; and the fame region io called Ar 
iareth. 

46 Then dwelt they there until the 
latter time ; and now when they (had 
begin to come, 

47 The Higheft (hall (lay the faring* 
of the ftieam again, that they ma) go 
ti rough : therefore (awefi thou the mul- 
titude with peace. 

4« Bvit thofe thai he left behind ol 
thy people, are they that are found with 
in m> b trdera. 

4* Now when he deflroyeth thcmulti- 

le fU the nati nib that are gatheied t«. 
gether, he (hall defend h 
. 

I then Hi dl he (hew them 
wonde; 

'ji 1 hen (j\k\ I, O Lord ireft 

rule, (hew me ihia : Where! 
feen the »ming ii|) It >trj ;d(f 

of the lea r 

And he fa id unto nil , ttlOU 

.it neither feek out, nor know the 
things thai 
even fo can no m tn earth fee m) 

n, or abofe that be with him, but in 
the 

1 his nt< rpretation <>t the 

riich thou fawett, and whereby 
. art he i 

04 ^1 For thou h i.i i. i taken Ihil 
tva y dilifcci 

law it. 

thou ot 
eV>m, and halt called under (tai 
mother, 

56 And tl I (iir.< 

the treafui 
Ihi i I will fpe •■ 

aud wonderous i. . 



drti 
thot 



Chap. xiv. Apocrypha. 

57 Then went T forth into the held, 
giving piaife anil thanks greatly onto 
the Molt High becaufe of his wonders 
which he did in tune j 

58 And becaufe he governeth the 
lame, and Inch things as taH in !ic:r lea- 
Ions : and there I fat three days. 

C hi A P XIV 

1 A voice out ofabkjh calxtb Ejdras, *C 

tellftb bim tbat oe ixoild xuuxt tb old, 

AND it came to pals upon the third 
day. 1 fat under an cuk, and, behold, 
there came a voice out of a hufh over a- 
gainfl me. and faid, Eld rat, Eldraa. 

t And J laid, here am 1, Lord ; and I 
flood up upon to) feet. 

6 Then laid he unto me, In the bufh 
I did mamfeftly reveal my fell unto Mq- 
, and t uked with him, when my peo- 
ple ferved iq kgypt ; 

4 Aud I lent him, and led m> people 
uto! Bgypt, and brought hiniuptothe 
in. urn re 1 held him by me 

a long fealon, 

b .And I told him mam wdnder r: 
things, and (hewed him the (ecitii 

■ I tiie cud ; and commanded 
bim, (ay ing, 

6 Thefe words ft \h thou dedaie, and 
all thou hi< 

"5 And now I la . unto the< 

in tj y heart the 
fign I have lhe< 

thou I 

9 Km thou (ball I aw 9} ' 
.ill, and rn m forth tin u (ball 
main with i :\ Son, and will (uch ak be 

the til 

10 «: l i its youth, 
and the linn 

1 1 Poi the woi Id is dii ided into twelve 

and the C gone 

dy, arid halt ui the tenth pai t. 

rem? n« th tl at which is 
after the halt i»( the n nib pai t 
IS Now I he: 

prove th> ■ 
, id thi e in tiv-uble, and now 

' jn l 

1 4 let go from ihe 

ol man i i 

r.ow tl •■ " ( •: 

j ') ught* t 

mo' «o 

I 1 > I ; l • , 

^hiih thou luift (ten J 

n : much the ••■ hall 

D thei 

rh 

. on to . . 'i- 

19 



Apocrypha, 



19 Then anfwered I before thee, and 
faid, 

20 Behold, Lord, I will go as thou had 
commanded me, and reprove the people 
which are prefent : but they that (hall be 
born afterward, Who fhalladmoni'hthem? 
Thus the world is fet in darknefs, and 
they that dwell therein are without light. 

2* For thy law is burned, therefore no 
man knoweth the things that are done of 
thee, or the works that fhall begin : 

2-2 But if I have found grace before 
thee, fend the Holy Ghoft into me, and 
I (hall write all that hath been done in 
the world fmce the beginning, wh-ch 
■were written in thy law, that men may 
find thy path, and that they which will 
live in the latter days may live. 

23 And he anfwered me, flying, Go 
thy way, gather the people together, and 
fay unto the in, that they feek thee not 
for forty day?. 

24 Butlook thou, prepare thee many 
box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Da- 
bria, Seiemia, Ecanus and Afiel, thefe 
five which are ready to write fwiftly ; 

25 And come hither, and 1 fhall light 
a candle of understanding in thine heart, 
which mall not be put out, till the things 
be performed which thou (halt begin to 
write. 

26 And when thou haft done, fome 
things (halt thou publifh and fome things 
ihait thou (hew fecretly to the wife : to- 
morrow this hour fhalt thou beginto w' rite. 

27 Then went I forth, as he command- 
ed, and gathered all the people together, 
and faid, 

2t> Hear thefe words, O Ifrael. 

2y Our fathers at the beginning were 
Grangers in Egypt, from whence they 
were delivered : 

SO And received the law of life, which 
they kept not, which ye alfo have tranf- 
grefled after them. 

31 Then was the land, even the land 
of Sion, parted among you by lot : but 
your fathers, and ye yourfelveshave done 
unrighteoufnefs, and have not kept the 
ways which the Higheft commanded you. 

32 And forafmuch as he is a righteous 
judge, he took from you in time the 
thing that he had given you. 

33 And now are ye here, and your 
brethren among you. 

34 Therefore if fo be that ye will fub- 
<iue your own underftanriing, and reform 
your hearts, ye ihall be kept alive, and 
after death ye ihall obtain mercy. 

35 For after death ihall the judgment 
come, when we (hall live again ; and then 
ihall the names of the righteous be man- 
ifeft, and the works of the ungodly fhall 
be declared. 

36 Let no man therefore come unto me 
{iow, nor feek after me thefe forty days. 



II. ESDRAS. . Apocrypb*. 

37 So I took the five men, as he com- 



manded me, and we went into the field, 
.and remained there. 

3tJ And the next day, behold, a voice 
called me, faying, Efdras open thy mouth, 
and drink that I give thee to drink. 

SS Then opened I my mouth, and, be- 
hold, he reached me a full cup, which 
was full, as it were with water, but the 
colour of it was like fire. 

40 And I took it and drank ? and 
when I had drunk of it, my heart utter- 
ed understanding, and wifdom grew in 
my breaft, for my fpirit flrengtheded 
my memory : 

41 And my mouth was opened, and 
(hut no more. 

42 The Higheft gave underftaHding 
unto the five men, and they wrote the 
wonderful virions of the night that were 
told, which they knew not : and they 
fat forty days, and they wrote in the day, 
and at night they ate bread. 

43 As for me, 1 fpakc in the day, and 
I held not my tongue by night. 

44 In forty days they wrote two hun- 
dred and four books. 

45 And it came to pafs when the forty 
days were fulfilled, that the Higheft 
fpake, faying, The firft that thou haft 
written pubhfn openly, that the worthy 
and unworthy may read it ; 

46 But keep the feventy laft, that thou 
mayeft deliver them only to fuch as be 
wife among the people ; 

47 For in them is the fpring of under- 
Handing, the fountain ot wifdom, and 
the ftream of knowledge. 

4JJ A xi d 1 did fo. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 This prophecy is certain. 5 God *wili 

fake 'vengeance upon the ivicked. 28 

An horrible *vifion. 

BEHOLD, fpeakthouin the ears ofmy 
people the words of prophecy, which! 
will put in thy mouth, faith the Lord : 

2 And caufe them to be written in 
paper : for they are faithful and true. 

3 Fear not the imaginations againft 
thee, let not the incredulity of them 
trouble thee, that fpeak againft thee. 

4 For all the untaithful fhall die in 
their unfaithfulnefs. 

Ci H Behold, faith ;heLord, I will bring 
plagues upon the world : the fword, fam- 
ine death, and deflruclion. 

b For wickednefs hath exceedingly 
polluted the whole earth, and their hurt- 
ful works ate fulfilled. 

T Therefore faith the Lord, 

8 1 will hold my tongue no more as 
touching their wickednefs, whicli they 
profanely commit, neither will I fu ffer 
them in thofe things, in which they 
wickedly exercife themfelves : behold, 
the innocent and righteous blood crieth 

unto 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

unto me, and the fouls of the juft com- 
n continually. 

9 And therefore, faith the Lord, T will 
fureU avenge them, and receive unto 
me all the innocent biood from among 
them. 

10 Behold, my people is led as a flock, 
to the fl uighter : I will not fuffer them 
now U in the land of Hg>pt : 

11 But 1 will bring them with a mighty 
band, and a (tretched out arm, and (mite 
E»} pt with plagues, asbetore, and will 
deitroy all the bad thereof. 

it Eg>pt fhall mourn, and the foun- 
dation or it ihall be fmitten with the 
plague and puniihnient that God ihall 
bring upon it. 

13 They tint till the ground (hall 
mourn, for their feed ihall rail through 
the blading and hail, and with a fearful 
conftellation. 

14 Woe to the world, and them that 
dwell therein ! 

16 For the is ord and their deflrn 
draweth n. ^h, and one people (hall itand 
up to fi^ht agiinft another, and iwon<: 
in their hands. 

16 For there ftull be (edition among 
men, and invading one another ; ihey 
(h ill nor re^a S m>r princi :> 
and the courfe of 'heir actions ihall fund 
in their power, 

17 A man (1 re to go into a city, 
and fhall :, 

18 Foi de i he cities 
fhall be tr ail be de- 
ftroyed, .. n fhal! be afraid. 

ipon his 
neigh' 

m i fpoii ll 
bo ; bread, a,- : U fbl great 

h God, I will call to- 
gr' of the e:irlh |0 reve- 

i re from the riling of 

the (tin, from the fouthj from the «• 
and I themfelvti one a- 

uff anorhrr, a:>d repay the things that 
done to them. 

I day unto 
my chofen. fo will Idoallh, ai m- 

penfe in their bofotn. J flUI faith the 
Lord God ; 

2f My right hand (hall not (pare the 
fnners, and my fword Qiall n< I 

r them that (lied innocent blood U| 
the ' i 

M The I gone forth from his 

w d hath conlumed the foul 

^f the earth, and the hni.crs, like 
the draw t ndled. 

14 Wo to them th it fin, and keep not 
my conun .ts ! faith the I 

95 I will not fpaie them : ^ 
ye chi from the i not 

my fanftuary. 



xv. Apocrypha* 

26 For the Lord knrweth all them that 
fin againlt him, and therefore dehvereth 
he them unto death and deftruclion. 

27 For now are the plague;* come upon, 
the whole earth, and ye (hall remain in 
them : for God fhall not deliver )ou, bc- 
caufe ye have finned againlt him. 

2tf ^] behold an horrible vihon, and 
the appearance thereof from the ea(t : 

L 19 Where the nations of the dragons of 
\rabia lhallcome out w it h mart chariotr. 
and the multitude of them (hall be car- 
ried as the wind upon earth, that all they 
wh'ch hear them, may fear and tremble. 

Si) Alio the Carmanians raging in 
wrath fhall go forth as He wild boats of 
the wood, and with great power fhall 
rhey come, ami join battle with them, and 
fhall walle a portion of the laud of the 
AflTyri m> 

Si And then fhall the dragons have 
the upper remembering iheir na- 

ture ; and if they 'tali turn* themfe Ives, 
conlpiring together in great power to 
persecute tiiem. 

9% Then theft fhall be troubled, and 
keep hience through their power, and 
fhall flee. 

33 And from the land of the A AT) riant 
ihall the enemy bcliege them, and con- 
dime fome of them, and in their hoft 
fhill be fear and diead, and ft rife among 
their kings 

S4 Behold, clouds from the eaff, and 
Horn the north, uuto the ("outh, and they 
are very horrible to look upon, full of 
ind dorm. 

95 The) ih ill fmite one i!prn another, 
and they ihall fmite down a great multi- 
tude in upon the earth, even their 
own (tar J ann blood fh til be from (he 
(word unto the belly, 

And dung of men unto ttie camel's 
hough. 

51 And : (hall be g' rfuln'-f. 

d trembling upon e^rtli i jnd they t! tf 
the wrath ihall be ', and • 

bling lhjll Come U] n. 

d tin n lhall r eat 

ie rbuth,and from the nc rtli 
ami anothei part Irotu the w i 

••^9 A.ul ffi re from 

the t cl< i) i 

ch lie i ailed up in wr.it'>, and the I 

■/ f'ar i dl a.ni 

we(i wmd, fhall be deft ro red. 

Ao 1 he great and m ^all 

hr hltrci up full o( ' 

that t, take all i 

■ dwell (1 ■ ' 

(ball pour out over every h , 
nent piace an hon ir, 

41 1 :ir, - 

l>e 
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42 



Apocrypha. 

42 And they fhail break down the cit- 
ies, and walls, mountains, and hills, trees 
of the wood, and grafs of the meadows, 
and their corn. 

43 And they (hall go ftedfaftiy unto 
Babylon, and make her afraid. 

44 They faall come to her, and befiege 
her, the ftar and all wrath (hall they pour 
out upon her, then (hall the duff and 
ffmoke go up unto the heaven, and all 
they that be about her (hall bewail her. 

45 And they that remain under her 
fhail do fervice unto them that have put 
her in fear. 

45 And thou, Afia, that art partaker 
©f the hope of Babylon, and ait the glo- 
ry of her perfbn. 

47 Woe pe unto thee, thou wretch, be- 
caufe thou haft made thyfelf like unto 
lier ; and haft decked thy daughters in 
whoredom, that they might pieafe and 
glory in thy lovers, which have alway 
defired to commit whoredom with thee ! 

48 Thou haft followed her that is hat- 
<ed in all her works and inventions : 
therefore, faith God, 

49 I will fend plagues upon thee : wid- 
owhood, poverty, famine, fword, and 
peftilence, to wafte thy houfes with de 
Kru&ioxi and death. 

50 And the glory of thy power (hall be 
dried up as a flower, when the heat Ihall 
ar'fe that is fent over thee. 

51 Thou (halt be weakened as a poor 
woman with ftripes, and as one chafiifed 
with wounds, fo that the mighty and lov- 
ers ihall not be able to receive thee. 

52 Would I with jealoufy have fo pro- 
ceeded againft thee, faith the Lord, 

53 If thou hadft not always flain my 
chofen, exalting the ftroke of thine 
hands, and faying over their dead, when 
thou waft drunken, 

54 Set forth the beauty of thy counte- 
nance ? 

55 The reward of thy whoredom fhall 
be in thy bofom, therefore (halt thou re- 
ceive recompense. 

56 Like as thou haft done unto my 
chofen, faith the Lord, even fo (hall God 
do unto thee, and fhail deliver thee into 
mifchief. 

57 Thy children fhall die of hunger, 
and thou (halt fall through the fword ; 
rhy cities fhall be broken down, and all 
♦ ii'ine (hall perifh with the fword in the 
Held. 

5)B They that be in the mountains (hall 
die of hunger, and eat their own flelh, 
and drink their own blood, for very hun- 
ger of bread, and thi; fl of water. 



1L ESDRAS, 



59 Thou, as unhapj>y,flialt come through 
th- fea and receive plagues aj>aiu. 

60 Ar-d in the patfage, they (halt rufh 
on the idle city, and (hail deftroy fomr 
portion of thy land, and confume part cf 



Apotrypba* 

rhy glory, and fhaU return to Babyloa 
that was deftroy ed. **• 

61 And thou fhalt be caff down by 
them as ftubble, and they (hall be unto 
thee as fire ; 

t>£ And (hall confume thee, and jhy/ 
cities, thy land, and thy mountains : all 
thy woods and thy fruitful trees (hall 
they burn up with fire. 

65 Thy children ihall tl.ey carry away- 
captive, and, look, what thou halt, they 
fhall fpoil it, and mar the beauty of thy 
face. 

CHAP. XVI 
I Babylon and oihtr places are threaten, 

ed. 40 Tbc Jrrnjants of tbe Lord mujl 

look for troubles, iSe. 

WOK be unto their, Babylon, and A* 
(ia i woe be unto thee, Egypt, and feyria i 

2 Gird up yourielves with clothes of 
fack and hair, bewail your children, and 
be forry ; for your deftruction is at hand. 

S A fword is fent upon you, and, Who 
may turn it back ? 

4 A fire is fent among you, and, Who 
may quench it ? 

5 Plagues are fent unto you, and 
What is he that may diive them away i 

6 May any man drive away any hun- 
gry lion in the wood ? or, May any one 
quench the fire in ftubble, when it haih 
begun to burn ? 

"t May one (urn again the arrow that 
is (hot of a firong archer ? 

tf The mighty Lord fendeth thephigues. 
and, Who is he that can drive them a- 
way ? 

9 A fire fhall go forth from his wrath, 
and 9 Who is he that may quench it ? 

tO He fhall cart lightnings, and, Who 
(hail not fear i He (hall thunder, and. 
Who (hall not be afraid ? 

11 The Lord ihall threaten, and, Who 
(hall not be utterly beaten to powder at 
his prefen.ee ? 

12 The earth quaketh, and the foun- 
dations thereof, the fea arifeth up with 
waves from the deep, anH the waves of 
it are troubled, and the fifties thereof al- 
fo, before the Lord, and before the glo- 
ry of his power. 

13 For ftrong is his right hand that 
bendeth the bow, his arrows that he 
(iicoteth are (harp, and fhall not rails 
when they begin to be fhot into the ends 
of the world. 

14 Behold, the plagues are fent, and 
(hall not return again, until they come 
upon the earth. 

15 The fire is kindled, and fhall not 
be put out, till it confume the foundation 
of the earth. 

16 Like as an arrow which is fhot of a 
mighty archer, rcturneth not backward: 
even fo the plagues that fhall be fent up- 
on the earth, (hall not return again 

17 Woe 



Apocryfba. 



17 Woe is m; \ woe is me ! Who will 
dehve i me in ihofe days ? 

n The beginning of forrows, and 
great mournings ; the bediming of fam- 
ine, and greit dearth ; the beginning ol 
wars, and the power* (hall (land in fear; 
the beginning cfcviU ! What fhall I do 
■when thefe evils (hall come ? 

19 Beho'd famine and plague, tribula- 
tion and anguilh, are fent as fcourges for 
amendment. 

:0 But f«>r all thefe things they frill 
not turn from their wickednefs, nor be 
always mindful of the fcourges. 

M Behold, victuals ill ill be fo good, 
cheap upon earth, that they Hi ill think 
themfelves to be in good cafe, and even 
then (hall evils grow upon earth, fword. 
famine and c^cat confuiion. 

11 Fur many of rhem that dwell upon 
earth lhall perifh of famine : and the oth- 
er that cleave the hunger, fitall the 
fword defiroy. 

i* And the dead fhall be caff out as 
dung, and thrre (hill be no mm to com. 
fort them : for the earth (ball be wafted, 
and the cities mall be cait down. 

£4 There (hiil he no man left to till 
the earth and to few it. 

c 25 '1 he rrees fhall give fruit, and, Who 
fhall gather them ? 

2G The grapes fmll ripen, and, Who 
tflkall tr^ad them i l*or ail places fhall be 
deinlatc of men : 

17 So that one man fhall defire to fee 
rher, and to he ir his voice. 
I ir of a city there (hall be ten left, 
i, which (hall I 
:m fed vet in the thick groves, and in 
tL> of i he rocks. 

*iy As m an orchard of olives, upon 
ev ■; there are left three or lour 

ohv 

Or as when a ard if eath 

rV. ' rw mi thai 

dih, y.n d : 

si Kvni fo h (ball be 

three or four li i thai fearch 

their h i irh the ( vord. 

at \n<\ \) • t ir h :', ill be laid wafte, 
and the fi 

her ' grow : 

of thorns, becaufe no man lhail travel 

•*w virgin* rn, having 

ins ; i h< ivomen Ih ill i 
> hufbinds ; their daughl 
i, hari 

■oms 
br 
pri 
S> Hear n 

m( ol 'I. 

i the i ■ I 

C not I: 

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Chap. xvi. Acjcrrtla. 

37 Behold the plagues draw nigh, and 
are not (lack. 

So As when a woman with child, in 
the ninth month bringeth forth her fon, 
within two or three hours o( hrr birth 
great pains compafs her womb, which 
pains, when the child cometh forth, tbey 
(lack not a moment : 

59 Even fo fhall not the plagues be 
flack to come upon the earth, and the 
world fhall mourn, and forrows (bail 
come Upon it on every fide. 

40 €J O my people, hear my word r 
make you ready to the battle, and in 
thofe evds, be even as pilgrims upon the 
earth. 

41 He that Adleth, let him be as he that 
fleet h away : and he that buycth, as one 
that will lofe : 

4: He t' at occupieth merchandsfe, ai 
he that hath no profit by it : and he that 
butkteth,ashe that fhall not dwell I herein. 
45 He that foweth, as if he fboufcl not 
reap : foalfo he t Jiaf planteth the vine- 
yard, as ha that {hall not gather the 
tea .- 
44 They that marry, 
no children : and 



as they that fhali 
they that marry 



get 

not, as the widowers . 

4.7 And therefore they that labour la- 
bour in vain, 

46 For ftrangert fh;dl reap their fruits, 
and fpoil their goodt) overthrew* their 
houfes and take rJteir children cae iVet, 
forin ci ptryity and famine (nail they get 
i hildren. 

47 And they that occupy their mer- 

virh robbery, the niore they 
cities, their houfes, their jsof- 
fc (lions, and their own perfons : 

48 'l he more will I l y with 
them for their finti faith the Lord, 

40 Lik I whore rnv.eth a l ight 

honed and vii ti 

So fhall i bate iniquity! 

when ' fceth Iw r fclf, and Di u i u 

iiii .; , when he • ometh 

that fhall defend him that • 
fcai i t every fin upon eai th 

9 l An I ; I ■ like there* 

• 
9f For yet a 1 

I tken aw ay ot eai th»and i igh*- 

u 
ii ,i ih< fi met fay, thai : 
■ i i : 
I 
Loj d < rod 

i !.' hold, tl '-'h all ih#? 

th'" 

1 -t I 
he . ■ ii j le I. 

■ 

51 



T0B1T 



Apocrypha, 

37 He fearcheth the deep, and the 
treafures thereof ; he hath meafured the 
fea, ana what ir containeth. 

58 He hath (hul the fea in the midft of 
the waters, and with his word hath he 
hanged the earth upon the waters. 

5' He fpreadeth oat the heavens like 
a vault, upon the waters hath he founded 
it. 

60 In the defert hath he made fprings 
of water, and pools upon the tops of the 
mountains, that the floods might pout- 
down from the high rocks to water the 
earth. 

6t He made man, and put his heart in 
the mid ft of the body, and gave him 
breath, life and underftanding. 

62 Yea, and the Spirit of Almighty 
God, which made all tilings, and fearch 
eth out all hidden things in the fecrets of 
the earth. 

63 Surely he knoweth your inventions, 
and what ye think in your hearts, even 
them that fin, and would hide their fin. 

64 Therefore hath the Lord exactly 
fearched out all your works, and he will 
put you all to fhame. 

6,1 And when yowr fins are brought 
forth, ye mail be afbamed before men, 
and your own fins (hall be your accufers 
in that day. 

66 "What will ye do ? or, How will ye 
hide your fins before God and his angels ? 

67 Behold, God himfelf is the judge, 
fear him : leave off from your fins, and 
fcrget your iniquities, to meddle no 
more with them tnrever ; fo fliall God 
iead you forth, and deliver you from all 
trouble. 



Ap&crypba* 

68 For behold, the burning wrath of at 
great multitude is kindled over you, and 
they (hall take away certain of you, and 
feed you, being idle, with things offered 
unto idols. 

69 And they that confent unto them 
fliall be had in derifion, and in reproach, 
and trodden under foot. 

70 For there (hall be in every place, 
and in the next cities, a great infunection 
upon thofe that fear the Lord. 

71 They thai! be like madmen, fpar- 
ing none, but (till fpoiling and deftroying 
thofe that fear the Lord. 

"i J l For they (hall wade and take away 
their goods, and caft them out of their 
houfes. 

7i Then fliall they be known who are 
my chofen, and they fhall be tried as the 
gold in the fire. 

7i Hear, O ye- -my beloved, faith the 
Lord : behold the days of trouble are 
at hand, but I will deliver you from the 
fame. 

73 Be ye not afraid, neither doubt, for 
God is your guide, 

76 And the guide of them who keep 
my commandments and precepts, faith 
the Lord God : let not your fins weigh 
you down, and let not your iniquities 
lift up themfelves. 

77 'Woe be unto them that are bound 
with their fins, and covered with their 
iniquities : like as a field is covered over 
with bufhes, and the path thereof cover- 
ed with thorns, that no man may travel 

[through ! 

7tf It is left undrefled, and is caft .into 
* the fire to be confumed therewith. 



T B I T. 



CHAP. I. 
1 Tobit 1 * dffccnt and devotion in his 
youth, 9 b;s marriage y 10 and capii<vi-< 
ty : 13 his preferment^ 16 his alms and 

>i'y in hu>ying the dead 

THE book of the words of Tobit, fon 
of iob'el, the fon of Ananicl, the fon 
of Aduel, 'he fon of Gabael of the 
feed of Afael, of the tube of Neph- 
ihali : 

1 Who in the time of Enemeffar king 
cf the AHyrinns. was led captive out of 
Thifbe. which i- at the right hand of 
that city, which is called properly Neph- 
thali, in Galilee above Afer. 

H I Tobit have walked all the days of 
my life id the way of truth, and jufiice, 
and I did many almfdeeds to my breth- 
ren, and my naiion, who came with 
mc to Nirieve, into the land of the Affyr- 
laiis. 

4 And when T was in .mine own coun- 
try, in the landofHracI, being but young, 



all the tribe of Nephthali my father, fell 
from the houfeof Jerufalem, which was 
chofen out of all the tribes of Ifrael, that 
all the tribes (houM facrince there, where 
the temple of the habitation of the Moft 
High, was confecrated and built for all 
ages. 

5 Now all the tribes which together re- 
volted, and the houfe of my father Neph- 
thali facrtficed unto the heifer Baal. 

6 But I alone went often to Jerufalem 
at the feafts, as it wa3 ordained unto all 
the people of Ifrael by an everlafting de- 
cree, having the firft fruits and tenths of 
increafe, with that which was firft thorn ; 
and them gave I at the altar to the prietts 
the children of Aaron. 

7 The firft tenth part of all the increafe 
I gave to the fon 8 of Aaron, who minif- 
tered at Jerufalem : another tenth part 
I fold away, and went and fpent it every* 
year at Jerufalem : 

8 And the third I gave unto them to 

whom 



Apocrypha. 



whom it was meet, as Dsbara siy father's 
mother had commanded me, becaufe J 
was i e ; - _ia orphan by ray father. 

$ C Furthermore, when I w ts come to 
the a^e ot a man, I married Anna ot 

ine own kindred, and of her 1 begat 

i oomS. 

«0 <J And when we were carried away 
captives to Nineve. all my brethen, and 
ihofe that were of my kindred, did eat 
of the bread of the Gentiles. 

11 But I kept my (elf from eating ; 

12 Becaufe I remembered God with all 
ruy heart. 

13 A And the Mole High give me 
#race and favour before lMiemeuar, lo 
that I was his purve 

14 And I went into Media, and left in 
truft with Gabael, the brother of Gabri- 

at Rages a city of Media, ten talents 
of filver. 

15 Now when Enemeffir was dead, 
Sennacherib his fon reigned in hi- (lead ; 
whofe eft troubled, that I could 
not go into Med 

to fl And in the time of EnemcfTar, I 

many alms to my brethren, and 

e my bread to the hungry, 

IT And my clothes to the naked ; and 

if I :y of my n ition dead, or caft i- 

hout the walls of Nineve, I buried him. 

18 And if the king Sennacherib had 
Haiti any, when he was come and fled 
from Judea, I buried them privily, for 
in his wrath he killed many ; but the 
bodies were not found, when they were 
fought for of the ki; 

19 And when o.ie of tl Ninevites 
went and complained of me io the k. 
that I buried them, an 1 hid myfelf ; i 

(landing tl is lough: for t > be 

.;n, I withdraw m 
40 Then all my goods were fori 
taken away, neither wai there any thing 
left me, b'.fide n i, and . 

for b. 

it And there palTrd not five and fifty 
days before twu fun-, killed him, 

and they Hed in t ns »i Ara- 

and Sitchedoiuis hi fon reigned in 
his Head ; wh I over his 1 

accounts, and overall his affairs, Ael 
my brother Anael 
And Achiacha ttingforme, 

T returned to Achi i< hanis 

wascupbeare ''unet, 

air rJ, an I overfeer of the 

ami v pointed 

him next i: nu my 

brother's I 

' \P. II. 
1 Tobit le*<vttb bis meat to bury the dea /, 
10 and 
)W when I was come home ajain, 
and my wife / 

r, with my fon Tob : a--. in the f< 

F 



Chap. ii. iii. Apocrypha. 

of Pcntecoft, which is the holy feaft cf > 
the (even weeks there was a good dinner 
prepared me, in the which I fat down to 
eat, 

~ And when T faw abundance of meat, 
I faid to my fon, Go, and bring wli3t 
poor man foever thou (halt find out ot 
our brethren, who is mindful of the 
Lord ; and, lo, I tarry for thee. 

o But he came aga'>». and faid. Father, 
one of our nation is ftrart^L'd, and is caft 
out in the market place. 

4 Then before I hadtafted of any meat, 
1 darted up, and took him up into a 
room, until the going down of the fun. 

5 Then I returned, and wafhed myfelf, 
and a f e my meat in heavinefa, 

t> Remembering thar prophecy of A- 
mos, as he (aid. Your fealt5 mall be turn- 
ed into mourning, and all your mirth in- 
to lamentation. 

7 Therefore I wept : and after the gor- 
ing down of the fun, I went and made a 
grave, and buried him. 

tf But my neighbours mocked me, md 
faid, This man is not yet afraid to be put 
to death for thi» matter : who fled away ; 
and yet, lo. he burieth tiie dead again. 

9 The fame night alfo I returned frorr. 
the burial, and flept by the wall of n\v 
rourtyard, being polluted, r :q 
was uncovered : 

10 «J And I l;nrw not that thete were 
fparrows in the wall, and mine eyes be- 
ing open, the fparrows muted warm 
iung into mine and a whiter. 

i mine eyes, and I went to the 
phylicians, but they helped me not : 
r, Achiacha rus did nourilh me, 
until I went into El) mais 

tl .\ Anna did take wom- 

en's work to d 

n (he had lent them home 
to the own y paid her wages, an I 

her ai!b betides a kid. 

13 And when it was in my houfe, and 
iq t.. cry, I faid unto her, From 

i this kid i Is it not ftolen 
it to the owners, tor it is not law ; t 
to eat any thing that is ilolen. 

14 But ft»c . I upon me, It « 
given t nore ihan the w; 
howh ; r, i d I not believe her, but hi 

tender it to i lets : and I W 

ab iflted at h r. But the repli 
me, Whei e ai e thine aln bf 

righteous U, tl.u 

thy workb ate known. 

CHAP. III. 
I T-b'.t grieve! Imtb bis iui/e' 

f>rn\etr>. 11 \ ^r ,i r •• "> • c ; 
fat bet' S ma'uJf, prayed' ai 9, IT \ 
anqel isjetit i >> br!f> the' 

THEN 1 t 
in my farrow 

• O Led, tl 






Apocrypha. 



works, and all thy ways are mercy and 
truth, and thou judgeft truly and juftly 
for ever. 

i> Remember me, and look, on me, 
punifh mc not for my f.ns, and ignoran- 
ces, and thejins of my father*, who have 
finned before thee : 

4 For they obeyed not thy command- 
ments ; wherefore thou hail delivered 
bs for a fpoil, and unto captivity, and 
unto death, and for a proverb of re- 
proach to all the nations among whom 
we are difperfed. 

5 And now thy judgments are many 
and true : deal with me according to my 
fitis, and my fathers : becaufe wc have 
not kept thy commandments, neither 
have walked in truth before thee. 

6 Now therefore deal with me as 
fcemfth beft unto thee, and command 
my /pint to be taken from me, that I 
may be difiolved and become earth : 
foi it is profitable for me to die rather 
than to live, becaufe I have heard falfe 
reproaches, and have much forrow : 
command therefore that I may now be 
delivered out of this difrrefs, and go into 
the everlafting place : turn not thy face 
away from me. 

7 Jt came to pafs the fame day, that in 
Fcbatane a city of Media, Sara the 
daughter of Raguel was aifo reproached 
by her father's maids ; 

tt Becaufe that fne had been married 
to (even hufbands, whom Afmodeus the 
evil fpirit had killed, before they had 
lain with her. Doft thou not know, faid 
they, that thou haft flrangled thine huf- 
nands ? Thou haff had already (even huf 
bands, neither was thpu named after a- 
ny of them. 

9 Wherefore dofl thou beat us for 
them ? If they be dead, go thy ways af- 
ter them, let us never fee of thee either 
fon or daughter. 

10 When fne heard Jnefe things, fhe 
was very forrowful, fo that fhe thought 
U) have flrangled herfelf ; and fhe faid, 
I am the only daughter of my father, 
and if 1 do this, it fhall be a reproach 
unto him, and I (hall bring his old age 
with forrow unto the grave. 

it q[ Then fhe prayed toward the win- 
dow, and faid, BlefTed art thou, O Lord 
my God, and thine holy and glorious 
name is bleffed and honourable forever : 
let all thy works praife thee forever. 

IS And now, O Lord, I let mine eyes 
and my face toward thee, 

13 And fay, Take me out of the earth, 
that I may hear no mote the reproach. 

14 Then knoweft. Lord, that I am 
mvate from ail fin with man, 

15 And that I never pollute* 1 , my 
name, nor the name of my lather in the 
laud of my captivity ; I iru the Qiilv. 



TOBIT. Jp&trypba. 

daughter of my father, neither hath m? 



any child to be his heir, neither any rear 
kinfman, nor any fon of his alive to 
whom I may keep my felf for a wife : my 
feven hufbands are already dead, and. 
Why mould I live ? But if it pleafe not 
thee that I mould die, command fome 
regard to be had of me, and pity taken 
of me, that I hear no more reproach. 

16 So the prayers of them both were 
heard before the raajefty of the great 
God. 

17 ^ And Raphael was fent to heal 
them both, that is, to fcale away the 
whitenefs of Tobit's eyes, and to give 
Sara the daughter of Raguel for a wife 
to Tobias the fon of Tobit ; and to bind 
Afmodeus the evil fpirit, becaufe fhe be- 
longed to Tobias by right of inheritance. 
The felfsame time came Tobit home, 
and entered into his houfe, and Sara the 
daughter of Raguel came down from her 
upper chamber. 

CHAP. IV. 
3 Tobit giveib injlru&ions to' bis Jon To- 
bias, 20 and tetletb him of money left 
tui/b Gabael in Media. 
IN that day Tobit remembered the 
money which he had committed to Ga- 
bael in Rages of Media, 

e l And faid with himfelf, I have wifh- 
ed for death ; Wherefore do I not call 
for my fon Tobias, that I may fignify to 
him of the money before I die ? 

3 ^f And when he had called him, he 
faid, My fon, when I am dead, bury me, 
and defpife not thy mother, but honour 
her all the days of thy life, and do that 
which fhall pleafe hct, and grieve her not. 

4 Remember my fon, that fhe faw 
many dangers for thee, ivben thou ivujt 
in her womb ; and when (he is dead, bu- 
ry her by me in one crave, 

5 My fon, be mindful of the Lord our 
God all thy days, and let not thy will 
be fet to fm, or to tranfgrefs his com- 
mandments : do uprightly all thy life 
long, and follow not the ways of unright- 
eoufnefs. 

6 For if thou deal truly, thy doings 
(hail profperoufly fucceed to thee, and to 
all them that live juftly. 

7 Give alms of thy fub fiance : and 
when thou giveft alms, let not thine eye 
be envious, neither turn thy face from 
any poor, and the face of God fliall nor 
be turned away from thee. 

3 If thou haft abundance, give almt 
accordingly : if thou have but a little, 
be not afraid to give according to that 
little : 

9 For thou Iayeft up a good treafura 
fof thyielf againft the day of neceflity. 

10 Becaufe that alms doth deliver fr-onr 

dearh, and fuflercth not to come int<* 

knsfe. 

H For 



Ap<xrypha. 



11 For a'rn* is a good gift unto all that 
give it in the fight of the Mod High. 

14 beware of all whoredom, my Ton, 
and chiefly tike a v. iie of the feed cf 
thy fathers, and take not a ilrange wot 
an to wife, which is not of thy father's 
tube : for we are the children of the 
prophets, Noe, Abraham, liaac, and 
Jacob : remember, my ion, that our Ga- 
thers from the beginning, even that they 
all married wives of their o« n kindred, 
and were blefled in their children, and 
their feed ftall inherit the land. 

li> Now therefore, ray ton, 'ovc thy 
brethren, and del'iie not in thy heart 
thy brethren the font and daughters of 
thy people, in art*/ taking a wife of them : 
for in pride is definition and much trou- 
ble, and in lewd nets is decay and preat 
w*nt - t for lewdness is the mother of fam- 
ine. 

Ik let not the wages of any man, 
which hath wrought foi thee, tarry with 
rhec, but give him it out of hr.nd : tc r 
if thou Jeive God, he wilt alio repay 
thee: be circumfpecl, my ion, in all 

ngi tliCHi dcc(t, and be wite in all thy 
converfatii 

15 Do that to no mm which thou 
hateft : drink n<jf wire to make thee 
drunken : neither let diunkcnnefs go 
wnh thee in th> journey. 

16 Give of thy bread to the hungry, 
and of thy parn tlicm that are 
naked; and at < • ■» -i: : 4 to thine abun- 

• not thine eje 
he t thou givefl alms. 

: irial of 

■he to the wi( ked. 

1 
a"-: ■ 
itah 

l q i thy God aU 

de: 

ed, arid that all 
y profper : I 
counfel, but the Lord I 1 all 

and he 
will, an he will ; ncr 
remember my ( 
iet them be pul out 1. 

! now I i ( ; , [j 
that 1 1,, ( ,.,' 

10 v of G 
*t And fear iv t, mj Ion, that 

r thou I , wraith, 

id do tiiat which i 
. 

vrdjtr b'n 4t failure, 

ther, 1 will do 1! \ which 

commanded me : 
2 But how can I receive the 
a not f 



Chap. v. Jp9cr)pbs. 

3 Then he gave h':vn Hie hand writing", 
and laid unto him, Seek thee a man w hich. 
may go with thee whiles I )et live, and 1 
will give him wages : and go and receive 
the money. 

4 Therefore when he went to feek a 
man. he found Raphael that was an angel. 

5 But he knew not ; and he fa.d unto 
him, t .011 go with me to Rages? 
and k thou thofe places well ? 

6 To whom the angel laid, 1 v. ill go 
with thee, and 1 know the way v. HI ; n r 
1 have lodged withouf brother Gabaef. 

7 Then Tobias faid unto him, Tarry 
for me till I tell my father 

8 Then he faid unto him, Go, and 



mc 



tarry not ; 10 he v. ent in and faid to his 
father, Behold, I have found one which 
will go with tne. Then he laid. Call him 
unto me, that I ma> know 01 what tiibe 
he is, and whether he be a trully man to 
g«> with thee. 

9 So he called him, and he came in, 
and they fainted one another. 

10 Then Tobil laid unto him, Broth- 
er, thew me of what tribe and family thou 
art. 

11 To whom lie faid, Dolt thou feek 
for a tribe or family, or an hired man tu> 
%o with thy fon i Then Tobit laid unto 
h'm, 1 would know, brother, thy kindred 
and name. 

14 Then he faid, I am Aaarias, 
Iba of Ananias the great, ;u;>\ pi thy 
brethren. 

1A T hen Tobit faid, Thou art n 
come, brother, be :i"t now angry with 
mr. bc-i aufe 1 Ji ice inquired to know 1, 
tiibe and thy family, tor thou ;ur my 

efl a<>d good llock .- 
for 1 kl and J' , foot 

1 uaiaa : as tve a nil to- 
rn lerufalem to worth ip, and of- 
boi n, and the tenths ol 1 

litS, and they were rot feduced with 

the error ol our brethren ^ mj brother* 

thOU :u I Ol a good lli't k. 

14 But tell me, What wagea (ball I give 
thee < Witt U'ou a drachm , and 

thing '.! irj , as to nunc own U n 

1 '> \'c.\, ii i, it ye return laie, 1 

w ill add ft Dg to thy \ 

16 «J S wire well | hen 
faid he to c th\ fell I 
win rw ) ■ and ' >od !• nd > on » e ur- 

And w hen I had \ ir;..i:rd 

oey, hi • t.itii ■ 

ahd ( . 

dv.f " . h in urney B 

jr tli both, and the >oung 
. 

17 C] hm and 
faid t » Tobit, W 

Is he not the I our hano, 

in come m ai)do - e us ? 

■ 18 



Apocrypha, 



TOBIT. 



Apocrypha, 



18 Be not greedy to add money to t the right of inheritance doth rather sp- 



money : but let it be as refufe in refpecl 
of our child. 

t9 For that which the Lord hath given 
us to live with, doth fuffice us. 

"20 Then faid Tobit to her, Take no 
care my fifter ; he (ball murn in fafety, 
and thine eyes (hall lee him : 

21 For the good angel will keep him 
company, and his journey ftnli be prof- 
peroii5, and he (hall return fafe. 

-2 Then fne made an end of weeping. 

CHAP. VI. 

4 The angel b>ddrtb Tobias to take the 

llnjer. heart and gall out oj etfi/b, 16 

and teachttb hoik) to drive tbe luicked 

Jpiric aii. ay . 

AND as they went on their journey, 
they came in the evening to the river Ti- 
gris, and they lodged there. 

& And when the young man went 
down to waih himfelf, a fifh leaped out 
of the river, and would have devoured 
him. 

S Then the angel faid unto him, Take 
the fi!h : and the young man laid hold of 
tbe fifh, and drew it to land. 

4 C| To whom the angel faid, Open the 
fifh, and take the heart, and the liver,and 
the gall, and put them up fafely. 

5 So the young man did as the angel 
commanded him ; and when they had 
roafled the fifh, they did eat it ; then they 
both went on their way, till* they drew 
near to Kcbatane. 

6 Then the young man faid to the 
angel, Brother Azarias, to what ufe is 
ifhe heart, and the liver, and the gall of 
the fifh ? 

7 And he faid unto him, Touching the 
heart and the liver, if a devil, or an e- 
vil fpirit trouble any, we muft make a 
imoke thereof before the man or the 
woman, and the party fhall be no more 
vexed. 

U As for the gall, // is good to anoint 
a man that hath whitenefs in his eyes, 
and he fhall be healed. 

9 And when they were come near to 
Kages, 

10 1 he angel faid to the young man, 
Brother, today we fhall lodge with Ra- 
guel, who is thy coulin ; he alfo hath 
one only daughter, named Sara; I will 
fpeak for her lhat foe may be given thee 
ior a wile 

1 1 For to thee doth the right of her 
appertain, feeing thou only art of her 
kindred 

il And the maid is fair and wife s 
now therefore, hear me, and 1 will fpeak 
to her father ; and when we return from 
Rages, we will celebrate the marriage: 
for 1 know that Raguel cannot marry her 
to another, according to the law ct Mo- 
&i a but he fhall be guilty of death, becaufc 



pertain to thee than to any other. 

itf Then the young man anfwered the 
angel, I have heard, Brother Azarias, 
that this maid hath been given to (even 
men, who all died in the marriage cham- 
ber. 

14 And now I am the only fun of my 
father, and I am afraid, left if 1 go in un- 
to her, I die as the other before : for a 
wicked fpirit loveth her, which hurteth 
no body, but thofe which come unto her ; 
wherefore 1 alfo fear left I die, and bring 
my father's, and my mother's life,becaute 
of me, to the grave with furrow : for they 
have no other fon to bury them. 

15 Then the angel faid unto him, Dofl 
thou not remember the precepts which 
thy farher gave thee, that thou fhouldeffc 
marry a wife of thine own kindred ? 
Wherefore hear me, O my brother, for 
(he fball be given thee to wife ; and make 
thou no reckoning of the evil fpirit ; for 
this fame night fhall foe be given thee in 
marriage. 

16 \ And when thou malt come into 
the marriage chamber, thou (halt take 
the a&es of perfume, and fhalt lay upon- 
them fome of the heart and liver of the 
fifh, and fhalt make a fmoke with it : 

17 And the devil fhall fmell it, and flee 
away, and never come again any more : 
but when thoti (halt come to her, rife up 
both of you, arid pray to God which is 
merciful, who will have pity on you, and 
rave you : fear not, for fhe is appointed 
unto thee from the beginning ; and thou 
fhalt preferve her, and (he fhall go with 
thee : moreover, 1 fuppofe that (lie fhall 
bear thee children. Now when Tobias 
had heard thefe things, he loved her, and 
his heart was effectually coined to her. 

CHAP. Vfl. 
12 Raguel givetb Tobias bis daughter in 

marriage : 17 Jbe is conveyed to bev 

chamber , and uocepetb : IcJ her mother 

cemjortelb bcr. 

AND when they were ccme to Ecba- 
tane, they came to the houfe of Hague], 
and Saia met them : and after they had 
falirfed one another, foe brought theirt 
into the houfe. 

v l Then faid Raguel to Edna his wife. 
How like is this young man to Tobit my 
coufin ! 

3 And Raguel afked them, From whence 
are ye, brethren ? To whom they faid. 
We are of the fons of Nephthaii, which 
are captives in Nineve. 

4 Then he faid unto them, Do ye know 
Tobit our kinfman ? And they faid, We 
know him. Then faid he, Is he in good 
health ? 

5 And they faid, He is both alive, and 
in good health : and Tobias faid, He is 
my father, 

6 Then 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

6 Then Ragucl leaped up and killed 
I, and wept, 
\nd bleifed him, and fuid unto I 
Thou art the Ion of an honeft a 
man : but when he had heard that 1 
blind, he ■ Uil and »c 

fe Kdni his w ife, 
uighter wtrpt. over, they 

entertained them cheerfully; and 
that they had a ram cf the flock 

they hrt it >re of meat on the table. 1 hen 
faid Tobias, to Raphael, Broiler Azari 
k of thole th-.ng; of which then 
the ttjj, a. id let this bulineh 
be difpa'cl. 

9 bo "he communicate d the matter 

.el ; an 
and drink, ai 

10 i that thou fhou 
marry my dauj. 

o thee the tru 

11 I have given in mar- 
riage to fe v 

in unto her: neverthelefi 
nt be roerrj . But 1 obia; fa 

we agree, and 
fwear one to another. 

1 - « Hague ', Then take her 
henceforth actor^ing to the mannei, foi 
ihou art »J (he is thine, and 

merciful >u good fuccefs 

_hter Saxa, 
.ther, and he 
i 

ier aftrr 
away to 

» ; 
14 

< inftrument oj 

- 

at. 
1 - 
and fa id u 

other chain id bring her ... 

e i . 

17 f ' -n (he hid doi . 

had b 

of h- 

• good c^n.iurt m . iter ; 

the Lor'. I earl 

row : be of good 

i\ VI 
S 7»i rtb the r plrit a- 

tu tray . 

brought 1 . to her. 

: remembered the 
I, and • 

he 
upon, and p.i.dc a 
' 

8 ^j The v. hii h 
ipirii h*i , he fled 



Jfmcrypba. 
vzni c( Egj *, . t] t angel b< i 

« «T And- rere both (hue 

in together, Tobias role* cut ot the bed 
ifler, ai bat 

■ 
5 I hen began Tol RlcfTed 

thou, of our and hi' 

td is thy holy 3nd glorious name for ev- 
er $ let the I blefs thee, and all 
th> creauires. 

t> i ^deft Adam, s 

• ife for in helper and (lay : of 

I iid, It 
that man ihou ■ 

nto hull an aid like unto 
him! 

I crd, I take I 
fiHer for lull, but uprightly : tbete- 
Jore mercifully iy Le- 

co'i!<: a • 

ith him, Amen* 
•' 'it. And 

Ragucl arole, and went af.d made a 
e, 
10 S . I jtar left he alfo be dead. 

It But when Kagucl was come i/uo 
his h/Oui 

14 H< faid unto I 
one 

er he he alive : if be be not, th:.t na c rr 
burv him, 

15 fc > il ■ maid opened the door, and 

. . . 

14 Andcaj nd told them, that 

he v 

• 
OG to be praifed 

fe ; th( 
• Hi-. \ i aile rhi I n a'l tl 

angeli 
thii 

i • 
I ich I i rd ; but tl 

■ 

17 be pt i 

only b • ' children oi ■•• 

f t O Lard, i 

■ - i 

1 I en R iguel bade h , to 

fill t 

■ 
teen 
?0 ! 
■ 

part till 

C H A P. 



Apocrypha* 



TGBIT, 
her 



crap. rx. 

f Tobias fen let h the angel unto Gabael 
for tbe money : 6 the angel kringetb 
n „ and Gabael to the vveading. 
THEN Tobias called Raphael, and 
fafld rin to him, 

t Brother Azarias, take with thee a 
Servant and two camels, and go to Rages 
of Media, to Gabael, and bring me the 
money, and bring hira to the wedding. 

5 For Raguel hath {worn that I {hall 
not depart. 

4 But my father counteth the days, and 
if I tarry long he will be very lorry. 

5 So Rapliael went out and lodged 
with Gabael, and gave him the hand 
writing ; who brought forth bags which 
were fealed up, and gave them to him. 

6 <ft And early in the morning they 
^•ent forth both together, and came to 
the wedding, and Tobias blelled his wife. 

CHAP. X. 
t Tobit and his wife long for their fon : 

1 Jf)e iv) U not be cam/one d by her huj- 
ktimf. 

NOW Tobit his father counted every 
Say : and when the days of the journey 
were expired, and they came not, 

2 Then Tobit laid, Are they detain- 
ed ? or, Is Gabael dead, and there is no 
man to give him the money ? 

3 Therefore he was very forry. 

4 Then his wife faid unto him, my 
fon is dead, feeing he ftayeth long ; and 
fhe began to bewad him, and faid, 

5N«-u> I care for nothing, my {on y ftnce 
1 have let thee go, the light of mine eyes. 

6 To whom Tobit raid, Hold thy 
peace, take no care, for he i c , fefe. 

I % But (he faid, Hold thy peace, and 
deceive me not ; my fon is dead : and 
(he went out every day into the way 
which they went, and did eat no meat on 
the day time, and ceafed not whole nights 
to bewail her fon Tobias, until the four- 
teen davs of the wedding were expired, 
which Raguel had fworn that he mould 
fpend there. Then Tobias faid to Ha- 
gue), Let me go, for my father and my 
mother look no more to lee me. 

B But his father in law laid unto him, 
Tarry with me, snd I will fend to thy fa- 
ther, and they (hall declare unto him 
how things go with thee. 

9 But Tobias faid, No ; but let me go 
to my father. 

10 Then Raguel arofe, and gave him 
Sara his wife, and half bis goods, ier- 
vants, and cattle, and money : 

II And he bleftcd them, and lent them 
away, faying, The God of heaven give 
you a profperbus journey, my children. 

\t And he faid to his daughter, Hon- 
our thy father, and thy mother in law, 
whkh arc now thy parents, that I may 
hear good report of thee ; and he killed 



A^txryfbs. 

Edna alfo faid to Tobias, The Lord 
of heaven reliore thee, my dear brother,, 
and grant that I may lee thy children 
ot my daughter Sara before I die, that 
I may rejoice before the Lord : behold, 
I commit my daughter unto thee of fpec- 
ial truft ; wlneiefore do not entreat her 
evil. 

CHAP. XL 

6 Tobias's mother jpieth her fon eominv ; 

67 his father tuelcometb his daughter 

in laio. 

AFTER thefe things Tobias went hi* 
way, praifmg God that he had given him 
a profperous journey, and blcfted Ra- 
guel, and Edna his wife, and went on hie 
way till they drew near unto Nmeve. 

2 Then Raphael laid to Tobias, Thou 
knoweft, brother, how thou didlt leave 
thy father : 

& Let us ha He before thy wife, and 
prepare the houfe : 

4 And take in thine band the gall of 
the fitl». So they went their way, and 
the deg went after them. 

5 Now Anna fat looking about toward 
the way for her fon. 

6 qj And when fhe efpied him coming, 
me faid to his father, Behold, thy fou 
cometh, and the man that went with him. 

I Then faid Raphael, I know, Tobias, 
that thy father will open his eyes. 

8 Therefore, anoint thou his eyes with 
the gall, and being pricked therewith, he 
(hall rub, and the whitenefs lhali fall a- 
way, and he fhall fee ihec. 

9 Then Anna ran forth, and fell upon 
the neck of her fon, and fa'.d unto him* 
Seeing I have feen thee, my fon, from 
henceforth I am content to die ; and they 
wept both. 

10 Tobit alfo went forth toward the 
door, and Humbled ; but his Ion ran un- 
to him, 

II And took held of his father; and 
he drake of the gall on his father's eyes, 
faying, Be of good hope, my father. 

12 And when his eyes began to {'mart, 
he rubbed them ; 

13 And the whitenefs pilled away fro 
the corners of his eves : and when 
faw his fon, he fell upon his neck. 

14 And he wept and faid, Blelfed a 
thou, O God, and bleffed is thy name 
foiever; and blefied are all thine holy 
angels : 

V) For thou hafl fcourged, and haft 
taken pity on me : for, behold, I fee my 
fon Fobias. And his fon went in rejoic- 
ing, and told his father the great things 
ihnt hsd happened to him in Media. 

ltJ Then Tobit went out to meet hia 
daughter in law, at the gate of Nineve, 
rejoicing and praifmg God : and they 
which law him go, marvelled, becaufe he 
had received his fight, 

16 fj But 




Apocrypha. Chap. xi;. xm. 

17 % But Tobit Rive thinks before 
them, becaufe God had mercy on hint 
And when he came near to Sara his 
daughter in law, he blcfTed her, faying, 
Thou art welcome, daughter : God In* 
blefled, which hath brought thee u:;to us, 
and hhffed bt thy father and thy mother. 
And there was joy among all his breth- 
ren which were at Nineve. 

And Achiacharus, and Nafbas his 
brother's fun came : 

I* And Tobias's wedding was kept 
feven days with (Treat joy. 

CHAP. XII. 
S Tobit vjferetb half t u toe a ft gel far bit 

kinJftfJt, 6 hut be cailetb ibem both 

ef-de, and exbsrtetb iberrt. t5 and 

teltetb trem tbat be tauj en angel, 

THEN Tobit called his fen Tobias, 
and faid unto him, My fon, fee that the 
man have his wages, which went with 
fiiee, and thou rnuft give him mor 

i And Tobias faid unto him, O father, 
it is no harm to me to give him half of 
thofe things which I have brought : 

3 For he hath brought me again to thee 
in fafety, and made whole my wife, and 
brought me the money, and Likewise 
led thee. 

A 1 hen the old man faid, It is due un- 
m. 

3 tj So he called the angel, and he faid 



ipmtyfh4n 

ry the dead, T was with thee likewife. 
IS And when thou didft not delay to 
rife up and leave thy dinner, to go and 
cover the dead, thy good d(X^ was not 
hid from me : but I wjs with thee. 

1 4 And now God hath fent me to heal 
thee, and Sara thy daughter in la 

15 f[ I am Raphael, one of the feven 
holy angels, winch prelent the prayersof 
the faints, and which go in and out be- 
fore the glory of the Holy One. 

16 Then they were both troubled, and 
tell upon their facts : for they feared. 

17 But he laid unto them, Fear not. 
for it (hill ^o well with you ; praife G 
therefore. 

ltf For not of any favour of mine, but 
by the will of our God I came ; where- 
fore praife him for ever. 

19 All thefe days I did appear • 
you ; but 1 did neither eat nci drink, but 
ye did (ee a vifion. 

CO Now therefore give God thai 
for I go up to him that fent me ; but \\ rue 
all things which are done in a DO 

21 And w hen they arofe, they law him 
no more. 

rhen they confeflcd the great and 
wonderful works of God, and how the 
gel of the Loi d had appeared unto I 

CHAP. XIII. 
The tbttnhfgi'ving unto Gcd tvbicb 7i 
xl- t ate, 
THEN Tobit u ret;' a praycrof rrj 
ing, and faid, Blefled be 
forever, and I be his kingdom : 

he doth fcourge, and luth iner- 
rh down to hell, and bring- 



unto him, Take half of all that ye 1. 
'.ight, and t;<» your way in fafety. 
6^1 Then he took them .pari, and 

fai*' them, Blefs God, praife him, 

and magnify him, and prail 1 m foi the 
things whi j you i.i 

fight of all that live. It is i up again : n ither is there any that 

praife God and e. andjM hand. 

S ( him before tl 

th' rael : I 



•urably to fnew forth the ■■ >d ; 

therefore be not flat k t i praife Irni 



7 It ia good to krtp clofe the feen »em 



a king, hut it al (he 



works of Go I. t which is good, tol him before all the ! 



4 Thei ind ex . 



no evil fliall tone h > 

8 Prayer ifting, and alms, 
and right A hu 

eoufnels is b uo- 

hteeufnefs. It is be 
lay lip gold : 

9 For aln from death, 
and Uj til purge away all fin, 

exercife alms be 

filled with lif 

10 ' /that fin arec 
own lite. 

ii Surety 1 will I 
from you. For I 

it w is honot 

14 Now therefore wh?n tl 



our 1 rd, u;;j he n the L>ud i 
evei . 

1 fcourge tu f ' lai- 

ties, and v. 

11 gather usoitl nations, among 

whom he hath 

6 If ye turn I iwith your whole 

heart, and with • hole luiml, 

deal U] will he 

tin lis fao: 

} 
, 

the I 

ne land of my - 

i 



and > ira th . d ' ept j on, a • 

the reraem j.r , y 

iioly O.ie ; and whei . . rill extol 

1 



Apocrypha . 

/hall praife the King of heaven, and fhall 
rejoice in his great nefs. 

# Let all men fpeak, and let all praife 
him for bis righteeufnefs. 

9 O Jerufalem, the holy city, he will 
fcoarge thee for thy children's works, 
and will have mercy again on the fons of 
the righteous. 

10 Give praife to the Lord, t for be is 
good: and praife the everlafting King, 
that his tabernacle may be builded in 
thee again with joy, and let him make 
joyful there in thee thofe that are cap- 
tives, and love in thee for ever thofe that 
are miferirble. 

It Many nations fhall come from far 
to f lie name of the Lord God. with gifts 
in their bands, even gifts to the King of 
heaven ; all generations (hall praife thee 
with great joy. 

1'2 Cqrfed are ail they which hate thee, 
and bleffed mall all be which love thee 
for ever. 

IS Rejoice and be glad for the chil- 
dren of the jult : for they fliall be gather- 
ed together, and {hall blefs the Lord of 
the jirft. 

1 4 O bleHfcd are they which love thee, 
for they (hail rejoice in thy peace : bleiT- 
ed are they which have been forrowful 
for all thy fcourges ; frr they fhall rejoice 
for thee, when they have feen all thy 
glory, and (hail be glad for ever. 

15 Let my foul blefs God the great 
King. 

16 For Jerufalem fhall be built up 
with fapphjres and emeralds, and precious 
fiones: thy walls, and towers, and battle- 
ments with pure gold. 

17 An. I the ftreets of Jerufalem fhall 
be paved with beryl, and carbuncle, and 
llones of Ophir. 

18 And all her ftreets Ml fey, Alle- 

• ; and they lhall praife him, faying 
BleiTed be God which hath extolled it 
for ever. 

CHAP. XIV. 
\ Tcbit glvei!) injlrucliom to biffon : 1 



be a.'ici ois toife die. 



14 Trbras dieth 
at Ecbatane, after be bad beard oj 
thr deft <uti ''ion oj Nineve. 

bit iTuiiean end of praifing God. 
2 And he was eight and fifty years old 
when he loft his fight, which was rc (tar- 
ed to him liter eight years : and lie gave 
., and lie increafed in the tear oi the 
Lord God, and praifed hirfr 
.; ^1 And when he was very aged, he 
I his fun, and the fix (oris of his fon, 
and fai \ to him, My fon, take thy chil 
; for behold, I am aged, and am 
part out of this life 
4 Go into Media, my fon, fori furely 
igs which Jonas the pro- 
phet N ve ; that it fhall be o- 
▼erihrown, and that for a time peace 



TOBIT. Apocrypha. 

fliall rather be in Media ; and that ouf 
brethren fnall lie fcattered in the earth 
from that good land; and Jerufalem dial! 
be delolate, and the houfe of God in it 
fnall be burned, and fliall be defolate for 
a time ; 

5 And that again God will have mer- 
cy on them, and bring them again into 
I he land, where they fhall build a temple, 
but not like to the Hrfl, until the time of 
that age be fulfilled ; and afterward they 
fnall return from ail places of their cap- 
tivity, and build up Jerufalem glorioufly, 
and the houfe of God {hall be built in it 
for ever, with a glorious building, as the 
prophets have fpoken thereof. 

6 And all nations fliall tarn and fear 
the Lord God truly, and fliall bury their 
idols. 

7 So fhall all nations praife the Lord, 
and his people (hall confofs God, and the 
Lord fliall exalt his people ; and all thofe 
which love the Lord God in truth and 
juftice, fhall rejoice, file wing mercy t» 
our brethren. 

8 And now, my fon, depart out of 
Nineve, becaufe that thofe things which 
the prophet Jonas fpake, lhall furely come 
to pafs. 

9 But keep thou the law and the com- 
mandments, and {hew thyfelf merciful 
and juft, that it may go well with thee. 

10 And bury me decently, and thy 
mother with me ; but tarry no longer at 
Nineve. Remember, my fon, how Aman 
handled Ach'acharus, that brought him 
up, how out of light lie brought him in- 
to darknefs, and how he rewarded him 
again : yet Achiacharus was faved, but 
the other had his reward ; for he went 
down into darknefs. Manaffes gave alms, 
and efcaped the fnarcs of death, which 
they had fet for him ; but Aman fell in- 
to the fnare and pcrifhed. 

It § Wherefore now, my fon, confider 
wrnt alms doeth, and how righteoufnefs 
doth deliver. When he had faid thefe 
things, he gave up the ghoft in the bed, 
being an hundred and eight and fifty 
years old, and he buried him honourably. 

12 And when Anna* his mother »as 
dead ; he buried her with his father : bul 
Tobias departed with his wife and chil- 
dren to Lcbatane, to Kaguel his fathei 
in law, 

tfl Where he became old with honour, 
and he buried his father and mother in 
law honourably, and he inherited their 
fubftance, and his father Tobit's. 

t4 qj And he died at Kcbatane in Me- 
dia, being an hundred and feven and 
twenty years old. 

15 But before he died he heard of the 
deftructioq of Nineve, which was taken 
by Nubuchodonofor and AfTuerus : and 
before his death he rejoiced over Nineve. 

JUDITH. 



Apocrypha. 

U D 

CHAP. T. 
1 Arpbaxad Jertijietb E.bztane. 5 . 
hucboJtnofor muketb ivur agminfl bim t 
mud calletb tbe nation* to bis aid : 11 
ibejjUgit bis meJJ'age ; be ibretienetb 
ibem : 13 be de/eatetb and kilUtb 
Arfbaxad, and returnetb : ye. 

IN elftii year of the reign oi 

buchodonoloi, who reigned in Nineve 
the great city, in the dt>s of Arphaxad 
which rc'.gfu. A over the Mcdes, in ftcba- 

4 Ani J itane walls icur.d 

about, offiones hewn three cubit*, broad 
and ux cubits long, and made the he 
of the wall feventy cubits and the breadth 
thereof fifty cubits : 

3 And let the towers thereof upon t! t 
gates of it, an hundred cubiti bigb, and 
the breadth thereof in the foundation 
threefcore cubits : 

-4 And he made the gates thereof, even 

gates that were ratfed to the height of 

feventy cubits, and the brcad'h of them 

wa • cubits, for the going forth of 

his md for the fetting in 

> footrr- 

1 in thofe days king Nabucho- 

>r n.ide war with king Arphaxad 

m the great plain, which is th n in 

the borders of kagiu. 

6 And there came unto him all they 
that dw<lt in the hill country, and all 
they th it dwelt by Euphrates, and 

and Hydafpes, sod un of Anoch 

the king * lymeans, and very many 

na< ,d, afTembled 

ifelves to the battle. 

7 Then Nabtichodonofnr king o: 
Adyrians Tent unto all i It in Per- 
fn, and t<- all that dwelt w d, and 
to thole that dwelt in Ce d Da- 
ma f( us, a ind Antilibanus, 

to all tint dwelt upon the fcacoaft, 

,; the nations 
that were r ( Jala id, and 

high'" , . great plain ot 

relom, 

9 ." all that were in Samaria and 
cities thereof, and bevoi 

unto Jenifa:- . 

In*, a- 

»'" , and all I 

10 Until ye i om 'I 

d to all the inha 
until ft to the borders of 

11 But all the inhabitants of the 

■ 
■ 
ther went they wi* 'he battle: 

ere not atr 
w*. -m a» one 



Ap§trypba» 

I T H. 

fent away his amb I from than 

without effect, and with difgrace. 

»- Therefore Nabuchodonofor was 
very angry with all this country, and 
fware by his throne and kingdom, That 
he would iureiy be avenged upon all 
thole coafts of Cilicia, and Damafcos, 
and Syria, and that he w u uld flay with 
the fword all tie inhabitants of the land 
of Mcab, and the children of Amnion, 
and all Judea, and all that were in E- 

pt, till ye come to the borders of the 

> feaj. 

13 Then he marched in battle array 

j jwer againft king ad 

in the feventcenth year, and he prevailed 
in his battle : for he overthrew all the 
power of Arphaxad, and all fa fe- 

rnen, and all his chariots, 

14 And became lord of his cities, and 
came unto Ecbatane, and took the tow- 
ers, and fpoiled the I thereof, and 
turned the beauty thereof into (hame. 

15 fj He took alfo Arphaxad in 
mountains of Ragau, and fmote him 
through with his dart:, and deflroyed 
him that day. 

16 So he returned afterward eve, 
both heand all bis company of fun.' 
nation?, being a very great multitude 
men of war, and there he took his eafe, 

i banquetted, both he and his army, an 
hundred and twenty days. 

H. 
tbucbodonofor itj 'i^eatce, 

JenJetb Hole/ernes agatnji - - eft 
country, iiitb or ders to/pare none i 
tvill not yie. I 

*D in the eighteenth year, the two 
and twentieth day of the full month, 
there was talk in the houfe I chod- 

onofor king of the Adyrians, that 
fhc lie laid, avenge I on all 

the eait 

led unto him all his ofrk 
and all h is nobles, and communicated 
with them his fcciet counfel, end 
cloded the atr! of the whole ea: 

r his own mouth. 
3 Thrn they decreed tc f all fle(h 

I not obey the commandment 
hil mouth. 

4i And when he had ended his c 
fel, r king ol the 

et the 
h wa3 next unto him 
and : m, 

.-Pg, Ihr lord 
le earth, Ben u ihalt go 

th horn m> 

ft in their own flren^tfi, 
•otmen an hundred and tw«- u- 

1 ; and the Dumber ol borfei with 
r riders twelve nd. 

6 And 



Apocrypha. JUDITH*. 

6 And thou (Rait go agsinft all the weft 
Country, becaufe they difobeyed my com- 



mandment. 

7 And thou (halt declare unto them, 
that they prepare for me earth and wa- 
ter : for [ will go forth in my wrath againft 
them, and will cover the whole face of the 
earth with the feet of mine army, 
and I will give them for a fpoil unto 
them : 

8 So that their (lain (hall fill their val- 
ines and brooks, and the river (hall be 
filled with their dead, till it overflow : 

9 And I will lead them captives to the 
utmoft parts of all the earth. 

10 Thou therefore (halt go forth, and 
take beforehand for me all their coafts ; 
and if they will yield themfelves unto 
thee, thou (halt referve them forme till 
the day of their punifhment. 

i!«!f But concerning them that rebel, let 
not thine eye fpare them ; but put them 
to the (laughter, and fpoil them wherefo- 
ever thou goeft. 

12 For as I live, and by the power of 
my kingdom, whatfover I have fpoken, 
that will I do by mine hand. 

13 And take thou heed that thou tranf- 
grefs none of the commandments of thy 
lord, but accompliih them fully, as I have 
commanded thee, and defer not to do 
them. 

14 Then Holofernes went forth from 
the prefence of his lcrd, and called all 
the governors and captains, and the offi- 
cers of the army of A (fur : 

15 And he muftercd the chofen men 
for the battle as his lord had command- 
ed him, unto an hundred and twenty 
thoufand, and twelve thoufand archers 
on horfeback ; 

16 And he ranged them as a great 
army is ordered for the war. 

17 And he took camels and a(Tes for 
their carriages a very great number ; 
and fheepand oxen, and goat3 without 
number, for their provifion : 

18 And plenty of victual for every 
man of the army, and very much gold 
and (ilver out of the king's houfe. 

19 Then he went forth, and all his 
power, to go before king Nabuchono- 
for in the voyage, and to cover all the face 
of the earth weftward with their chariots, 
and horfemen, and their chofen foot- 
men. 

23 A great multitude alfo of fundry 
countries came with them like locufts, 
and like the fand of the earth : for the 
multitude was without number. 

21 And they went forth of Nineve, 
three days journey toward the plain of 
Beftileth, and pitched from Beclileth 
near the mountain which is at the left 
hand of the upper Cilicia. 

££ Then he took all his army, his 



Apocrypha, 

footmen, and hofemen, and chariots,, 
and went from thence into the hill coun- 
trv : 

23 And deftroyed Phud and Lud, and 
fpoiled all the children of Rafles, and 
the children of Ifmael, which were to- 
ward the wildernefs at the fouth of the 
land of the Chellians. 

24 Then he went over Euphrates, and 
went through Mefopotamia; and deftroy- 
ed all the high cities that were upon the- 
river Arbonai, till ye come to the fea. 

25 And he took the borders of Cilicia, 
and killed all that refilled him, and came 
to the borders of Japheth, which were 
toward the fouth, over againft Ara- 
bia. 

26 He compa-flTed alfo all the children 
of Madian, and burned up theirtaberna- 
cles, and fpoiled their (heep cotes. 

27 Then he went down into the plain 
of Damafcus in the time of wheat harveft, 
and burned up all their fields, and de- 
fhroyed their flocks and herds, alfo he 
fpoiled their cities, and utterly wafted 
their countries, and fmote all their young 
men with the edge of the fword. 

28 Therefore the fear and dread of 
him fell upon all the inhabitants of the 
fea coafts, which were in Sidon and Ty~ 
rus, and them that dwelt in Sur and O- 
cina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan ; and 
they that dwelt in Azotus, and Afealon, 
feared him greatly. 

CHAP. Til. 
I They of the fea coajl entreat for peace : 

8 Holofernes is received there t 8 be 

dcflroyctb their gods. 

SO they fent ambalfadors unto hinvto* 
treat of peace, faying, 

2 Behold, we the fervants of Nabu- 
chodonofor the great king, lie before 
thee ; vk us as (hall be good in thy fight. 

tf Behold, our horfes, and all our 
places, and all our fields of wheat, and 
flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of 
our tents, lie before thy face j ufe them 
as it pleafeththee. 

4 Behold, even our cities and the in- 
habitants thereof, are thy fervan's ; 
come, and deal with them as (eemeth good 
unto thee. 

5 So the men came to Holofernes, and 
'declared unto him after this manner. 

6 Then came he down towards the fe* 
|coaft, both he and his army, and fet gar- 

rifons in the hig.T cities, and took out of 
them chofen men for aid. 

7 fl So they and all the country round 
about received them with garlands, with 
dances, and with timbrels. 

8^] Yet he did caft down their frontiers, 
and cut down their groves ; for he had 
decreed to deftroy all the gods of the 
land that all nations (hould worfinp- 
Nabuchodonofor only, and that all 

tongues 






Apocrypha. Chap. 

tongues and tribes Aould call upon him 
assent. 

9 Alfo he came over againrt hfdraelon, 
near unto Judea, over againit the great 
itrait of Judea. 

10 And he pitched between Geba and 
Scythopohs, and there he tarried a whole 
month, that he might gather together all 
the carriages of his army. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 IbeJCMs are aJra'iJ oj Halo femes, f, 

andfonijy the Litis. 9 All ljrael fall 

to Jaftir.g und prayer. 

NOW the child i en of Ifrael, thai 
dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holo: 
nes the chiet captain of Nabuehodo- 
nofor king of the Ally rians had dene to 
the nations, and at r what manner he 
had fpoiled all their temples, and brought 
them to nought. 

2 Therefore they were exceedingly a- 
fraid of him, and were troubled tor Je- 
julalcm, and tor the temple ot the Lord 
their God : 

S Kor they were newly returned from 

the captivity, and all the people of Judea 

we«e lately gathered together: and the 

velTels, and the altar, ant the houfe were 

iiried after the profanation. 

I Therefore they lent into all the 
coallsof Samaria, and the villages, and 
to Hethcrou, and en, and Jericho, 

and to C i:oDa and fcfora, and to the val- 
ley ot b dem : 

And poflefled themfclves before- 
hand ot all t 1 ruoun- 

( wore 
in the 

of war j for their fields were of 
d. 

t> Alfa n the high pricft w! 

W2 
them : elt m Bethulli, 

- 

toward the open country, aeai to Do 

th.i 

7 Charging tlteri 

of the hill count. I>y them tf 

, and 
that would ( ime up, 
betaufc the 
the mo 

8 A f Ilr jrl did ai Jo- 

ft had conn 
with tl -II the ; , . 

ot Ifra* 

9 fl 1311 oi ' 

G , ta t 

to 

rca'.tlr, and every Itr.in- 

§15, 
■ , , 
fheir I 

tl Thus every ram and woman, and 

tlie little -a and the i: 



iv, v. Ap9cryfbs. 

of Jerufalem fell before the temple, and 
cait allies upon their heads, and fpread 
out their iackclotli before the face of the 
d : alio thej put (ackcloth about the 
altar, 

i. And cried to the God of Ifracl all 
with one tonkMitearneltly, that lie would 
not give their children tor a prey, a 
their wives for a fpoil, and the cities 
their inheritance to definition, and the 
(anctuary to profanation ani reproach| 
and tor the nations to rejoice at. 

13 So God braid their prayers, 
looked upon their arHictn nb : tor the 

pie fatted many days in all Judea and 
Jerufalem, before the ianctuary of the 
Lord Almighty. 

14 And Joacim the high priefJ, and all 
the pi iefts that Hood betoie the Lord, and 
they which miniftered unto (he Lord and 
their loins girt with fackcloth and i tier- 
ed the daily burnt oliorings, with the 
vows, and tree gifts of the people, 

15 And had ahes on the;i mitres, and 
cried unto the Lord with all their pow- 
er, that tie would look upon all the houfe 
of Ilfael graciooti 

C HAP. V. 
a Achior telUtb Hotojernes what /be 
'Je-ivt are, 8 and "jjbal tbeir Gad bad 
' Jor them. 

ln'i N was it declared to H 
the chief captain <i the arm) of Au 
fur, that the children of Ifrael had prc- 

Ihul up 

I bad twit iti- 
ii hi. Is, an<J had 
laid imped in the champaign coun- 

V herewith he ry angi 

ill the princes of , and the 

tuuon, and ail thi i a- 

on of the ft 

into tlifin, '! ell me 

.-, \ e (CM i Jan, who 1 

thai da elleth 

es that ■ | 

■ ind what i llltitud 

• w herein i • • I 1 »ci and ftn 

i cap- 
tain ) i 

iii' , n u re than all t - 
■ 

• 'I hen r the captain of all 

the fons of r) . I 

I will i 
I rui , 

hill count! 

t t he 
t eretofore in 

JW 



Apocrypha. JUDITH. 

follow the gods of their fathers which 
were in the land of Chaldea. 

8 fl For they left the way of their an- 
cestors, and worshipped the God of heav- 
en, the God whom they knew : fo they 
cart them out from the face of their gods, 
and they fled into Mefopotamia, and fo- 
journed there many days. 

9 Then their God commanded them 
to depart from the place where they fo- 
journed, and to go into the land of Cha- 
naan ; where they dwelt and were in- 
ereafed with gold and filver, and with ve- 
ry much cattle. 

10 But when a famine covered all the 
land ot Chanaan they went down into 
Egypt, and fojourned there, while they 
were nourished, and became there a great 
multitude, fo that one could not number 
their nation. 

11 Therefore the king of Egypt rofe 
up againit them, and dealt fubtility with 
thern, and brought them low, with la- 
bouring in brick, and made them Haves. 

12 Then they cried unto their God. 
and he fmoteall the land of Egypt with 
incurable plagues : fo the Egyptians caft 
them out of their fight. 

13 And God dried the Red fea before 
them, 

14 And brought them to mount Sinai, 
and CadeSbarne, and call: forth all that 
dwelt in the wildernefs. 

10 So they dwelt in the land of the 
Amorites, and they destroyed by their 
Strength all them of Efebon, and palling 
over Jordan, they poUefled all the hill 
country. 

16 And they caSt forth before them 
the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, the Jebu- 
fite, and the Sychemite, and all the Ger- 
gcfites; and they dwelt in that country 
many days. 

IT And whilst they finned not before 
their God, they profpered, becaufe the 
God that hateth iniquity was with them. 

13 But when they departed from the 
way which he appointed them, they were 
deftroyed in many battles very fore, and 
were led captives into a land that was 
not their's, and the temple of their God 
was call to the ground, and their cities 
were taken by the enemies. 

19 But now are they returned to their 
God, and are come up from the places 
where they were Scattered, and havepof- 
feSTed JeruSalem, where their <anc"tnary 
and are feated in the hill country ; for 
it wis defolate. 

iO Now therefore, my lord and govern- 
or, if there be any error in this people, 
and they Sin againSt their God, let us con- 
sider *hdt this Shall be their ruin, and let 
us go, and we Shall overcome them : 

2"! But if they do no iniquity in their 
nation, let my lord now pal* by, left their 



Apocrypha* 

Lord defend them, and their God be for 
them and we become a reproach before 
all the world. 

22 And when Achiorhad finished theie 
fayings, all the people Handing round a- 
bout the tent murmured, and the chief 
men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by 
the lea fide, and in Moab, fpake that he 
Should kill him. 

23 I' or t /ajp they^ we will not be afraid 
of the face of the children of Ifrael : for, 
lo, it is a people that have no Strength 
nor power for a Strong battle. 

24 Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we 
will go up, and they Shall be a prey to be 
devoured of all thine army. 

CHAP. VI. 
t Holofernes defpift .!> God : IHe threat- 

enetb Achior, and fevdetb him a<way. 

14 The Betbulians receive him. 

AND when the tumult of men that 
were about the council was ceafed, 
Holofernes the chief captain of the army 
of A Slur, faid unto Achior, and all the 
Moabites, before all the company of oth- 
er nations, 

2 And, who art thou, Achior, and the 
hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hail pro- 
phefied among us as today, and haSl faid. 
That we Should not make war with the 
people of Ifrael, becaufe their God will 
defend them ? and, Who is God but Na- 
buchodonofor ? 

3 He will Send his power, and will de- 
stroy them from the face of the earth, and 
their God Shall not deliver them ; but 
we his Servants will deStroy them as one 
man ; for they are not able to fuftain the 
power of our horfes. 

4 For with them we will tread them 
under foot, and their mountains Shall be 
drunken with their blood, and their 
field? Shall be filled with their dead bod- 
ies, and their footsteps fhall not be able 
to Hand before us, for they Shall utterly 
periSh, faith king Nabuchodcnofbr, lord 
of all trie earth ; for he faid, None of my 
words Shall be vain. 

5 And thou, Achior, an hireling of 
Ammon, which haft fpoken thefe words 
in the day of thine iniquity, Shalt fee my 
face no more frcm this day, until I take 
vengeance of this nation that came out of 
Egypt. 

6 And then Shall the (word of mine 
army, and the multitude of them that 
ferve me, pal's through thy fides, and 
thou Shalt lall among their fiain, when I 
return. 

7 «|f Now therefore my fervants (hall 
bring thee back into the hill country, and 
fiiall fet ;hee in one of the cities of the 
pafTages : 

8 And thou (halt not periSh, till thou 
be destroyed with them. 

9 Ami if thou perfuade thyfelf in thy 

mind 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

mind, that they fhall not be taken, let not 
thy countenance fall : I have fpokcn it, 
and none of my words (hall be in vain. 

10 'I hen Holofernes commanded his 
fervants that waited in his tent, to take 
Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and 
deliver him into the hands of the chil- 
dren of Ifrael. 

11 So his fervants took him, and 
brought him out of the camp into the 
plain, and they went from the nr.dit of 
the plain into the hill country, and came 
unto the fountains that were under tfe- 

And when the men of the city law 
them, they took up their weapons, and 
it out of the city to the top otthe hill : 
and every man that uled a fling k 
them from coming up, by calling oi 
itones againft them. 

13 Nevertheless, having gotten privily 
under I i, they bound Achior, and 

' him down, and left him at the foot 
©t the hill, and returned to their lord. 

14 fj B -it the Ifraelites defcended from 
their < it), and came unto him, and lool- 
ed him, and brought him into Bethulia, 
and prefeated him to the governors of the 
city ; 

i i Which were in thofc days, Ozias 
the fon of Micha of the tribe of Simeon, 
and Chabris the fon of Gothonielj and 
Charmis the fon of Mclchiel. 

16 And they called together all the an- 
cients of the City, and all their ;. out h 
together, an I thru women to the aiiem- 
bly, and they let Achior in the mid (3 

le. '1 hen Or.ias alked tun 
ot thaf whic li * a , done. 

17 And he anfwered, and de< lared un- 
hfin the words of the council of I 

Internes, and all the W at he I 

the midit of the | 
, and wlntlo 

ken proudly the houfe ol Ifrael. 

lti - people fell dow n uid i 

(hipped Cj d unto < rod, I 

Lord (* i of heavr::, b I 
their pride, ty the low c " 

r nation, >k upon the I ice ol 

thofc that arc fanctilicd unto thee t 
day. 

*0 Then they comlorted A , and 

1 him great 

41 An*' | M* th< 

ubly unto his houfe 
the r\A 
• 1 Ki.tel all that nijth Ip. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Holofrrnei ia, t an J 

Tf from them ; ii they 
it an i i .unt . 
'I H y (lolofernrs 

lis people w 
I 
tyould i Uic:r can ip ag< 



vii. Apccryl'jMi 

lia, to take a forehand the afcents of t 
hill country, ami to make war againlt 
the children of Ifrael. 

2 Then their llrong men removed their 
camps in that day, and the army of the 
men of war was an hundred and feventy 
thou (and footmen, and twelve thou ("and 
horlemen, belide the baggage, and other 
men that were a foot among them, a very 
great multitude. 

5 And they camped in the valley near 
unto Bethulia, by the fountain, and they 
Ipread them (elves in breadth over Do- 
thaim, even to Bclmaim, and in length 
from Bethulia unto Cyamon, which is o- 
ver againlt Efdraclcm. 

■4 Now the children of Ifrael, when 
they faw the multitude of them, were 
greatly troubled, and (aid every one to his 
neighbour, Now will thefe mej| lick up 
the face of the earth ; for neither the 
high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the 
hills, are able to bear their weight. 

5 Then every man took up his weap- 
ons of war, and when they had kindled 
firea upon their rowers, they remained 
and watched all that night. 

6 But in 'he fecond day Holofc 
brought forth all his horlemen. in iho 
(ight of the children of Ifrael, which w< 
in Bethulia, 

I fj And viewed the paflagesU] 
city, and came to the fount eir 
w tters, and took them, and fel 
of men of war over them, and he bimj 
removed toward h . le. 

U Then came unl all the chic 

the children ot hlau, ind all t! 
ors of the people ot Ivloab, and tne cap- 
tains ot the ("aid, 

; et oui lo rd n I 

there be not an ovctthrow in thine >. 

10 . thi people of the childi 
U i trufl in theii fpeai , b ii in 

dw< . to i one up 

i-i their mountain 

I I Now therefore, m I 

againlt them in battle I 

(bal i much as c. peo 

l - ■ in fir, ' all 

. : l I 1 r t t i I ) I - I 
II 

. oi the toot 
i thi moun 
10 i i die inhabitant Ha 

thence : (o (bill thi 

I v. »• and 

i thai 

that none t;o < ... 
ch,. 



Apocrypha. 



and before the fword come againft them, 
they (hall be overthrown in the ftreets 
where they dwell. 

15 Thus (halt thou render them an evil 
reward : becaufe they rebelled and met 
not thy perion peaceably. 

16 And thefe words pleafed Holofer- 
nes, and all his fervants, and he appoint- 
ed to do as they had fpoken. 

• . 17 So the camp of the children of Am- 
nion departed, and with them five thou- 
fandof the Allyrians, and they pitched 
in the valley, and took the waters, and 
the fountains of the waters of the children 
of ifrael. 

ltf Then the children of Efau went up 
with the children of Amnion, and camp- 
ed in the hill country over againft Do- 
thaim : and they fent fome of them to- 
ward the; fouth, and toward the eaft, o- 
ver againft Ekrebel, which is near unto 
Chilli, that is upon the brock Mochmur ; 
aTid the reft of the army of the Atfyrians 
camped in the plain, and covered the 
fcceofthe whole land ; and their tents 
and carriages were pitched to a very- 
great multitude. 

19 Then the children of Ifrael cried 
nnto the Lord their God, becaufe their 
fceart failed, for all their enemies had com- 
pared them roundabout, and there was 
no way to efcape out from among them 

20 Thus all the company cf Aflur re- 
mained about them, both their footmen, 
chariots, and horfemen, four and thirty 
days, lb that all their veflfels of water 
failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia. 

21 And the citterns were emptied, and 
they had not water to drink their fill for 
one day ; for they gave them drink by 
meafure. 

22 <f[ Therefore their young children 
were out of heart, and their women and 
young men fainted for third, and fell 
down in the (Treets of the city, and by 
the parages of the gates, and there was 
no longer any ftrength in them. 

2.} Then all the people afl'cmbled to 
Ozias, ami to the chief of the city, both 
young men and women, and children, 
and cried with a loud voice, and laid be- 
fore all the elders, 

24 God be judge between us and vqu ; 
for ye have done as great injury, in that 
ye have not required peace of the chil- 
dren of A fill r. 

2.5 For now we have no helper : but 
God hath fold us into their hands, that 
we fliould be thrown down before them 
with third, and great dehVOtiion. 

3fi Now therefore oil them unto you, 
and deliver the whole city tor :i fpoil to 
the people of Holofernes, and to all his 
army. 

L ~~ For it is better for us to be mode a 
ipoil unto them, than to die for tfHrft ; 



JUDITH. Apocrypha. 

for we will be his fervants, that our foul* 



may live, and not fee the death of our 
infants before our eyes, nor our wives, 
hot our children do die. 

28 We take to witnefs againft you, the 
heaven and the earth, and our God and 
Lord of our fathers, which punifheth us 
according to our lins, and the fins of our 
fathers, that he do not according as we 
have f"aid this day. 

19 Then there was great weeping with 
one con fent in the midft of the aflembly ; 
and they cried unto the Lord God with 
a loud voice . 

SO Then faid Ozias unto them, Breth- 
ren, be of good courage, let us yet endure 
five days, in the which fpace the Lord 
our God may turn his mercy towards us ; 
for lie will not for fake us utterly. 

3t And if thefe days pais, and there 
come no help unto us, J will do accord- 
ing to your word; 

32 And he difperfed the people every- 
one to his own charge ; and they went 
unto the walls and towers of their city, 
and fent the women and children into 
their houfes : and they were very low 
brought in the city. 

CHAP. VIII. 
11 Judith blameth the governors for tbeir 

promife to yield, IT and awvijctb tbem 

to trull in God. 

NOW at that time Judith heard there- 
of, which was the daughter of Merari, 
the fon of Ox, the (on of Jofeph, the fort 
of Oziel, the fon of Elcia, the fon of An- 
anias, the fon of Gedeon, the fon of Ra- 
phaim, the Ion of Acitho, the fon of El- 
iu. the Ton of Eliab, the Ion of Nathan- 
ael, the fon of Samael, the ion of Salaf- 
adai, the fon of Ifrael. 

2 And Manafles was her hufband, of 
her tribe and kindred, who died in the 
barley harveft. 

ii For as he Hood overfeeing them that 
bound 'heaves in the field, the heat came 
upon his head, and lie fell on his bed, and 
died in the city of Bethulia, and they 
buried him with his fathers in the field 
between Dothaim and Balaino. 

4 So Judith was a widow in her houfe 
three years and four months. 

5 And (he made her a tent upon the 
top of her houfe, and put on lackcloth 
upon her loins, and ware her widow's 

apparel. 

ti And (lie faded all the diys of her 
widowhood, fave the eves of the fabbaths, 
and the fabbaths, and the eves of the new 
moon*, and the new moons, and the 
feafts, and folemn days of the houfe of 
ifrael. 

7 She was alfo of a goodly counte- 
nance, and very beautiful to behold, and 
fcer hufband Manatles had left her gold 
andhlver. and menlbrvants, and mud* 

fervants 



At%cryph*. Chap. 

flcrvants. and cattle, and lands, and fbe 
ren\a>ned upon them. 

8 And there ■ as rone that gave her 
an ill word ; for red God greatly . 

on- v.Uen (he heard the evil words 
of the people againft the governor, that 
thejr fanfed t'jr lack or water, for Judith 
ha.^ heard ait the words that Ozias had 
Ipoken unto them, and that he had fworn 
ieiiv^r the city unto the A (Tynans af- 
ter five d.r. 

10 Then (he fent her waiting woman 
that had the government of ali things 
that fhe had, to call Ozias, and Chabi 
and Chat mis, the ancients of the city. 

tl And they came unto her, and lie 
faid unto them, Hear me now, O ye gov- 
r-rnor* of the inhabitants of Be 
for your words that ye have fpoke:i be- 
fore the people right, 
touching this oath which ye made ■• 
pronounced between God and you, and 
have promife i to dciiver tfa to cur 
enemies, unlefs within thefe days I 
Lord turn to help you. 

tl % And now, Who are ye that have 
tempted God this day, and (land infhtad 
of God among the childu n of men ? 

15 And now try the Lord Almighty, 
but y« (hall never know any thing. 

14 For ye cannot find the depth of 
the heart of man, neither can ye per- 
ceive the things that he thinketh : ti: 
How can ye fearch out , that hath 

made all thefe things, and fcno ■•• hisnnnd, 
«r comprehend Ins purp »lc ? Nay, my 
brethren, provoke not the Lord our God 
toangrr, 

if he will not help 
thefe five djys. he huh pa Fend 

us when he will, t wen every day, or to 
deft rov ui before our enenm 

16 D i r»r bind • of the 
Lord our God : man, 

t he nny be ihrratene 
he as the (on of man, that he fl.ould be 
wav 

17 tj Therefore let «t wait 1 
of him, and call upon in 
and he will i , if 

him. 

18 For thT*» arofe i , (,t:r 
r n >w in thc( 

ther ti ibe, nor umil] , our pe ■■.>'•<'. nor 

city, among us, v. nte 
\s \'h h 'th hrc 

19 For t!ic w hi. h . hrr<. 
were given to tl. til, 
an 

SQ :cre- 

e wc trufl tl. . 
nor ar m. 

■11 J 1 1 
ftall lie i ill hr 

i, and ! 
tion tlierc. ;r mouth. 



viit. Apocrypha. 

2€ And the (laughter of our brethren, 
and fhe captivity ot the country, and the 
defolation of our inheritance, will he turn 
upon our heads among the Gentiles, 
^kerefoerer we (hall be in bondage, and 
we (hall be an offence and a reproach to 
all them that pofieft us. 

For our Servitude (hall not be di- 
rected to favour : but the Lord our God 
ftnll turn it to i ur. * 

-4 Now there O brethren let u% 

ihew an example to our brethren, became 
their hearts depend upon us, and the 
tuary, and the houfe, and the aitar 
upon us. 
25 Moreover, let us give thanks to the 
Lord our God, which trieth us evc« as 
he did our fathers. 

16 Remem bat things he did to 

Abraham, and how he tried I nd 

what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia 

a hen lie kept the LLcep of La- 

ban his mothers brother. 

27 For he hath not tried us in the fire, 
as he did them, for the examination of 
their hearts, neither hath he taken ven- 
geance on us: but the Lord doth fcourgc 
them that come near unto him to adniou- 
ifh them. 

en faid Oriw to her. All I 
thou had (poker,, hall thou ipoken wiiha 
good heart, and there is none that naay 
gainfay thy wo, 

29 For this is not the firft day where- 
in rhy wi( iom -.3 manifefled ; but from 

ginning of thy • 
have known thy uiui ng, 1 

caufe the difpoution of thine heait it 
1. 
SO But the people Mere very thirfty. 
and compelled. ihcm as wc 

have Ipoken. and to bring an oath upon 
ourfelve not bre 

M w pray tor us. 

becaufc ihou irt i godly woman, nod the 
! . rd will lend u 

. 

, Hear 
I .. 

thi ^ to i 

• i. 
33 Y- (hall Hand this ni{ ' 
gat' 1 will 

within 
liver ii 
i, the Lord will 

M Bui ir 

arc ii unto l, till I 
things he m.i . I do. 

$s Th< n faid < 

inn 

be before thee to take veng a T.nr 

fl6 -:at and 

went to their ward*> 

< II A P. 



Apocrypha. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 Judith bumbletb berferlf, £ and pray, 
elb God to prof per ber purpofe againft 
tbe enemies of bis fan&uary. 
THEN Judith fell upon her face, and 

put afhes upon her head, and uncov- 
ered the fackcloch wherewith (he was 
clothed ; and about the time that the in- 
cenfe of that evening was offered in ]e- 
rufalem, in the houfe of the Lord, Judith 
cried with a loud voice, and faid, 

2 ^ O Lord God of my father Simeon, 
to whom thou gaveft a fword to take ven- 
geance of the Grangers who loofened the 
girdle of a maid to defile her, and discov- 
ered the thigh to her fhame, and polluted 
her virginity to her reproach, for thou 
faidft, It mail not be fo, and yet they did 
fo : 

S Wherefore thou gaveft their rulers 
to be flain, fo that they died their bed in 
blood, being deceived, and fmotelt the 
fervants with their lords, and the lords 
upon their thrones ; 

-4 And halt given their wives for a prey, 
and their daughters to be captives, and 
all their fpoils to be divided among thy 
dear children ; which were moved with 
thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of 
their blood, and called upon thee for aid ; 

God, O my God, hear me alfoa widow 

5 For thou haft wrought not only thofe 
things, but aifo the things which fell out 
before, and which enfued after ; thou 
haft thought upon the things which are 
now, and which are to come. 

6 Yea, what things thou didft deter- 
mine were ready at hand, and faid, Lo, 
we are here : for all thy ways are pre- 
pared, and thy judgments are in thy 
foreknowledge. 

7 For, behold, the Alfyrians are mul- 
tiplied in their power ; they are exalted 
with horfe and man ; they glory in the 
frrrngth of their footmen ; they truft in 
iluvJd, and fpcar, and bow and (ling ; and 
know not that thou art the Lord that 
breakeft the battles : the Lord is thy 
name. 

ti Throw down their ftrength in thy 
power, arid bring down their force in thy 
wrath : for they have purpofed to de- 
file thy fanctuary* and to pollute the tab- 
ernacle where thy glorious name'refteih, 
and to raft down with the fword the horn 
of thv altar. 

9 Behold their pride, and fend thy 
wrath upon their heads : give into mine 
hand, which am a widow, the power that 

1 have conceived. 

10 Smite by the deceit of my lips the 
fervant with the prince, and the prince 
with the fervant : break down their ftate- 
linels by the hand of a woman, 

it For thy power ftandeth not in mul- 
titude, nor thy might in ftrong men ; for 



JUDITH. Jptcrypba. 

thou art a G©d of the afflicted, an helper 
of the opprefTed, an upholder of the weak, 
a protector of the forlorn, a faviour of 
them that are without hope. 

12 J pray thce fc I pray thee, O God of 
my father, and God of the inheritance of 
Ifrael, Lord of the heavens and earth, 
Creator of the waters, King of every 
creature, hear thou my prayer. 

IS And make my fpeech and deceit to 
be their wound and ftripe, who have pur- 
pofed cruel things againft thy covenant, 
and thy hallowed houfe, and againft the 
top of Sion, and againft the houfe of the 
pofleflion of thy children : 

14 And make every nation and tribe to 
acknowledge that thou art the God of 
all power and might, and that there is 
none other that prote&eth the people of 
Ifrael, but thou. 

CHAP. X. 

S Judith adornetb berfelf. 10 She and 

ber maid go forth into the camp, 

NOW after that ftie had ceafed to cry 
unto the God of Ifrael, and had made 
an end of ail thefe words, 

2 She role where (he had fallen down, 
and called her maid, and went down into 
the houfe, in the which (he abode in the 
fabbath days, and in her feaft days. 

3 t\ And pulled off the fackcloth which 
(he had on, and put off the garments of 
her widowhood, and wafiied her body all 
over with water, and anointed herfelf 
with precious ointment, and braided the 
hair of her heah, and put on a tire upon 
it, and put on her garments of gladnefs 
wherewith fhe was clad during the life 
of Manaffes her huCband. 

4 And (he took fandals upon her feet, 
and put about her her bracelets, and her 



chains, and her rings, and her earrings, 
and all her ornaments, and decked her- 
felf bravely, to allure the eyes of all men 
that (hould fee her. 

5 Then (he gave her maid a bottle of 
wine, and a cruifeof oil, and filled a bag 
with parched corn, and lump of figs, and 
with fine bread ; fo (he folded all thele 
things together, and laid them upon her. 

6 Thus they went forth to the ^;ite o£ 
the city of Bethulia, and found (lauding 
there Ozias, and the ancients of the city, 
Chabrisand Charmis. 

7 And when they law her, that her 
countenance was altered, and her appar- 
el was changed, they wondered at her 
beauty very greatly, and faid unto her, 

a The God, the God of our fathers 
give thee favour, and accompiifh thine 
enterprifes to the glory of the children 
of Ifrael. and to the exaltation of Jeru- 
falem : then they worfliipped God. 

9 And (he faid unto them, Command 
the gate of the city to be opened unto 
me, that I may go forth to accompli (h 

the 



\ 



Jtfocryfba. 

the things whereof ye have fpoken with 
me ; fa they commanded the young men 
So open unto her, as (he had fpoken. 

10 fl And when they had done fo, Ju- 
dith wentout, (he and her maid with her, 
and the men of the city looked after her, 
until (he was gone down the mountain, 
and till (he had palled the valley, and 
t-rould fee her no more. 

11 Thus they went ftraight forth in 
the valley ; and the firft watch of the 
AlTyrians met her, 

it And took her, and afked her, Of 
what people art thou ? and, Whence corn- 
el! thou 1 and, Whither goefr thou > And 
flie (aid, I am a woman ot the Hebrews, 
and am fled from them : for they (hall 
be given you to be confumed : 

IS And I am<?oming before Holofer- 
nes the chiet i iptain ot your army, to de 
clare wur Is of truth, and I will (hew lum 
a way whereby lie (hall go and win all 
the hill country, without lofing the body 
or life of any one of his men. 

ii Now when the men heard her 
'\ ords, and beheld her countenance, they 
wondered greatly at Iter beauty, andfaid 
unto he 

15 Thou haft Caved thy life, in that 
thou 1m (t hafted to come down to the 
prefencc of our lord : now therefore come 
Jo his tent, and Conic of us lhall conduit 
thee, until they have delivered thee to 
nil han Is. 

16 And when thou itandeft before him, 
benotafraid in thineh'.-art, but (hen- un- 



Chap. xi. Apicrypba, 

him and his fervants, they all marvel!*! 
at the beauty of her countenance ; and 
(he fell down upon her face, and did rev- 
erence unto him : and his fervants took 
her up. 

CHAP. XI. 
3 Holofernes ajhetb Judith the caufe of 

ber coming ; "20 be is much pleajed 

*witb her <wifdom and beauty. 

THEN (aid Holofernesuntoher, Wo- 
man, be of good comfort, fear not in 
thine heart : for I never hurt any that 
was willing to ferve Nabuchodonolor the 
king of all the earth. 

£ Now therefore, if thy people that 
dwelleth in the mountains had not let 
light by me, I would not have lilted up 
my Cpear againft them : but they have 
done theft things to themfelves. 

3 fl But now tell me wherefore thou art 
fled from them, and art come unto us : 
for thou art come for fafeguard ; be of 
good comfort, thou (halt five this night 
and hereafter : 

4 For none (hall hurt thee, but entreat 
thee well, as they do the fervants of king 
Nabuchodonofor my lord. 

5 Then Judith faid unto him, Receive 
the words ot thy lervant, and fuller thine 
handmaid to fpeak in thy prefence, and i 
will declare no lie to my lord this night. 

6 And if thou wilt follow the words 
of thine handmaid, God will bring the 
thing perfectly to pafs by thee ; and my 
lord (hall not fail of his purpofes. 

7 A-. Nabuchodonofor king of all the 



to htm according to thy word, and rth liveth, and as hia power liveth, who 

will entreat thee well. h a th lent thee toi the upholding of every 

IT Then they rhofe out of them in living thing: for not only men lhall ferve 

hundred men to md h'-r him I llfo tn< bealls of the 

lid, and they brought lier to the tenl and tru I the low la of the 

of Hotofern i lhall live by thy powor, under Nabu- 

18 Then wasthere aconcourfe through and all his houfe* 

out all the camp : foi her coming was « Poi we have heard ol thywifdont, 

noifed among the tents, and the] d thy policies] and it is reported in all 

bout her, as (he itood without the rent ol rth, that thou on. icellentin 

Holofernes, till they told him of her. I the kindgom, and mighty in knowl^ 

And they wondered at her beauty, onderful in feats of w 

and admired the children of Ifrael I 9N concerning the matter wl 

if bar. and evei i Paid to hii Achioi did fpeak inthj 

neighbour, Who would heard his words j for the men of Beth 

i>le thai have among rhem uich women \ lis fai ed him, and be da lared unto 

Purely it is not good thai n unto th< 

left, who being U night deceive 10 Thei , o lord and goven 

the whole earth not hit word , but lay »t up > 

ne heart, foi ''ft- nai 

went out. and aH his (ervantSj and they (hall not be punUbed, neitbei caa tl 

it into the tent. rord prevail agatnfl them, except lb > 

-' Holofen this bed Qn agatnfl their ood. 



under a 



M en with 



purple, and gold, and emeralds, and pre 

t ii>us Oonea. 

So they (hewed him of her, and he 
came out before his tent, with L 
lamps going before him. 

hen Judith was come bxforc 
N 



1 1 And now, thai mj I rd 

l"uted, and tail Rll ! > 

d< ith is m.w t,i t, an i 

fin hath overtaken them, v. I:. 
will |,iu\ oke th 
lover they lhall do 

to be i . 



JipQcrypha, 



12 For their victuals fail them, and all 
their water is fcant, and they have de- 
termined to lay hands upon their cattle, 
and purpofed to confume all thofe things 
that God hath forbidden them to eat by 
his laws : 

13 And are refolved to fpend the firft 
fruits of the corn, and the tenths of wine 
and oil, which they had fanctified and re- 
served for the priefts that ferve in Jeru- 
falem,. before the face of our God, the 
which things it is not lawful for any of the 
people fo much as to touch with their 
hands. 

14 For they have fent fome to Jerufa- 
Jem, becaufo they alfo that dwell there 
have done the like, to bring them a li- 
cenfe from the fenate. 

15 Now when they fhall bring them 
word, they will forthwith do it, and they 
(ball be gjyen thee to be deftroyed the 

16 Wherefore T thine handmaid, know- 
ing all this, am fled from their prefence, 
and God hath* fent me to work things 
with thee, whereat all the earth (hall be 
aftonifhed, and whofoever fhall hear its 

17 For thy fervant is* religious, and 
ferveth the God of heaven day and night : 
now therefore, my lord, I will remain 
with thee, and thy fervant will go out by 
night into the valley, and I will pray un- 
to God, and he will tell me when they 
have committed their fins : 

18 And I will come and fhew it unto 
thee : then thou fhalt go forth with all 
thine army, and there fhall be none of 
them that (hall refift thee. 

19 And I will lead thee through the 
midft of Judea, until thou come before 
Jerufalem : and I will fet thy throne in 
the midft thereof, and thou fhalt drive 
them as (heep that have no (hepherd ; 
and a dog fhall not fo much as open his 
mouth at thee : for thefe things were 
told me according to my foreknowledge, 
and they were declared unto me, and I 
*m fent to tell thee. 

20 ^J Then her words pleated Holo- 
fernes, and all his fervants, and they mar- 
velled at her wifdom, and faid, 

21 There is not fuch a woman from 
one end of the earth to the other, both for 
beauty of face, and wifdom of words. 

22 Likewife Holofernes faid unto her, 
God hath done well to fend thee before 
the people, that ftrength might be in our 
hands, and deftrucYion upon them that 
lightly regard my lord. 

23 And now thou art both beautiful in 
thy countenance, and witty in thy words : 
furely, if thou do as thou haft fpoken, thy 
God fhall be my God, and thou fhalt 
dwell in the houfe of king Nabuchodon- 
ofor, and (hail be renowned through, the 
whole cartJi, 



JUDITH. Aposrjpb** 

CHAP. XII. 

2 Judith toil I not eat of Hohf ernes' meat: 
Ijbe tarrietb three days in the camp. 
THEN he commanded to bring her in, 
where his plate was fet, and bade that 
they fhould prepare for her of his own 
meat*, and that (he fhould drink of his 
own wine. 

2 fl And Judith faid, I will not eat 
thereof left there be an offence : but pro- 
vifion fhall \>e made for me of the things 
(hat I have brought. 

3 Then Holofernes faid unto her, It 
thy provifion fhould fail, How fhould we 
give*thee the like ? For there be none 
with us of thy nation. 

4 Then faid Judith unto him, As thy 
foul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid 
fhall hot fpend thofe things that I have* 
before the Lord work by mine hand the 
things that he hath determined. 

5 Then the fervants of Holofernes; 
brought her into the tent, and (he flept 
till midnight, and (he arofe when it wa» 
toward the morning watch, 

6 And fent to Holofernes, faying, Let 
my lord now command that thine hand- 
maid may go forth unto prayer. 

7 ^f Then Holofernes commanded his> 
guard, that they fhould not ftay her j 
thus Cue abode in the camp three days, 
and went out in the night into the val- 



ley of Bethulia, and wafhed herfelf in » 
fountain of water by the camp. 

8 And when (he came out, (he be- 
fought the Lord God of Ifrael to direct 
her way, to the railing up of the children 
of her people. 

9 So (he came in clean and remained in 
the tent,, u*ntil (he did eat her meat at e- 
vening*. 

10 And in the fourth day, Holofernes 
made a feaft to his own fervants only, 
and called none of the officers to the ban- 
quet. 

11 Then faid he to Bagoas the eunuch;, 
who had charge over all that he had, Go 
now and perfuade this* Hebrew woman 
which is with thee, that (he come unto 
us, and eat and drink with us. 

12 For, lo, it will be a fhame, for our 
perfon, if we fhall let fuch a woman go, 
not having had her company : for if we 
draw her not onto us, (he will laugh us 
to fcorn. 

13 Then went Bagoas from the pref- 
ence of Holofernes, and came to her, 
and he faid, Let not this fair damfel fear 
to come to my lord, and to be honoured 
in his prefence, and drink wine, and be 
merry with us, and be made this day a? 
one of the daughters of the AlTynans, 
which ferve in the houfe of Nabuchodon- 

Ofor. . ■ - T,ri 

14 Then faid Judith unto him, Wh& 
am I now, that I (hould gainfay my lord s 

iurely 



Jpocypb*. Chap 

. whatfoever pleafetk him I will do 
fpeediy, and it (hail be my joy unto the 
day of my death. 

15 So (he arofe, and decked herfelf 
fc her apparel, and all her woman's 

, and her maid went and laid foil 

on the ground for her, over again!! 

Holofernes, which fhe had received ot 

fcagoas for her daily uie, that Hie might 

fit and eat upon them. 

16 Now when Judith came in, and fal 
dc*vn, Holofernes' heart was ravifhed 

er, and his mind wiss moved, and 
i greatly her company ; for he 
waited a time to deceive he:, from the 
day that he .had feen her. 

Then faid Holofernes unto her, 
Drink now, and he merry with us. 

IV So Judith faid, 1 will drink now, 

lord, becaufe my life it magnified in 

this day, more than all the day s iince 

- born. 

19 Then (he took, and ate and drank 

»rc hun what hei maid had prepared. 

50 And Holofernes took great delight 

her, and drank much more wine than 

d drunk at any time in one day, 

he was barn. 

( HAP. XIII. 
I Judith is left alone nvith Holofernes in 
tis tent; 7 /be luttetb vjf bis bead 
:le bejlept. 

fi vhen the evening was come, 

made hade to depatt, and 

is (hut his tent without, and dif- 

I the w .liter:, from the prefence 

'ord, and they went to their beds, 

lor they were all weary, becaufe tfic feall 

been It; 

id Judith was left alone in the 
tei t, and Holofernes laying along upon 
he wa, filled with wine. 

5 Now Judith had commanded hei 
maid to ftand without her bed chamber, 

t tor her coming forth, as (he 
<1 id daily : for (he faid fl»e would go forth 
her prayers, and (he fpake to liagoa^ 
>rdmg to the fame purpofe, 
4 bo all went forth, ami none u as left 
the bed chamber neither little | 
rat. Then Judith Handing by his b 
i hei lirait, () Lord God ol all 
>ok at this prefenl upon tho 
• hand i< the ex illation 
of.' m. 

now is the tin* to help thine 
'-mce, and | ,,ne em 

definition of the enemies 
rifen agamtt us. 

6 J lien (he came to the pillar of the 
bed, which was at Holofen id, and 
took down his fauchion from them , 

7^ And approached to hi| bed, and 
took hold of the hair of his head, and 
(aid, Strengthen me, O Lord Gvdof II- 
jcl, this day. 



xni. Ap(.:ry$ba. 

8 And (he fmote twice upon his neck 
with all her might, and (he took away his 
head- from him ; 

9 And tumbled his body down from 
the bad, and pulled down the canopy 
from the pillars ; and anon after, (lie went 
forth, and gave Holofernes' head to her 
maid ; 

10 And me put it in her bag ofmeat ; 
fo they twain went together according to 
their cultomunto prayer ; and when they 
palled the camp, they comparted the val- 
ley, and went up the mountain"©* Betlm- 
ha, and came to the gates thereof. 

11 Then faid Judith afar off to the 
watchmen at the gate, Open, open now 
the gate : God, even our God is with us, 
to (hew his power yet in Jerulalem, and 
his forces againlt the enemy, as fie hath 
even done this day. 

12 Now when the men of her city 
heard her voice, they made hake to go 
down to the gate of their city, and they 
called the elders of the city. 

13 And then they ran all together, 
both fmall and great, for it was itrange 
unto them that ihe was come ; fo they 
opened the gate, and received them, and 
made a fire for a light, and flood round 
about them. 

14 Then lhe faid to them with a loud 
voice, Praife, praife God, praife God, I 
Li), for he hath not taken away his mer- 
cy from the houle ot llrael, but hath dc- 
ffroyed our enemies by mine hoisds this 
night. 

la So (he took the head out of the 
bag, and Ihcwcd it, and laid unto t! 
Mthold the head ot Holofernes if;c 
Captain of the army of Alhir, and b- 

the canopy wherein he did he in hu 
drunken nefa ; and the Lord hath (mitten 
him by the hand of a woman. 

16 As the Loid hveth, who hath ke.pt 
me in my way that I went, my counte- 
nance hath deceived him to his oeltiuc- 
ho.-i, and yet hath he not COmitted Im 
with me, to defile ami Ihamc me 

17 J hen all the people wen- wonder- 
fully altonilhed, and I 

and worfhipped c.od, and laid with oik: 
accord, BlelTed he thou, o our G 
which halt ihil da) brought to nought 
the enemies ot th> \ eople. 

18 Then laid I •' < igh- 

ter, ." irt thou of the Muit Hu 'i 

God, above all the women upon the 
earth ; and blelled be i'ic Lord G 
w huh hath Created the h< I the 

earth, w hit h hath directe I I the 

( utting of! of the head ol tne chief of on: 

19 For this thy "ncc dial I not 
depart from th( . winch re- 

nber the power of rr. 

And God turn thelc trunks to I 



Jlpoerypba. 

for a perpetual praife, to vifit thee in 
good things, becaufe thou haft not f pared 
thy life for the affliction of our nation, 
but haft revenged our ruin, walking a 
fh-aight way before our God. And all 
the people faid. So be it, fo be it. 

CHAP. XIV. 
4 Judith's advice, 1 1 The head of Holo. 

femes is hanged up : 15 be is found 

dead^ and much lamented. 

THEN faid Judith unto them, Hear 
:me now, my brethren, and take this 
3head, and hang it upon the higheft place 
of your walls. 

2 And fo foon as the morning mall 
pppear, and the fun {hall come forth up- 
on the earth, take ye every one his 
weapons, and go form every valiant man 
out of the city, and fet ye a captain over 
them, as though ye would go down into 
the field toward the watch of the AfFyri- 
ans, but go not down. 

3 Then fhey mall take their armour, 
and (hall go into their camp, and raile 
up the captains of the army of Affur and 
they (hall run to the tent of Holofernes, 
but (hall not find him : then fear (hall 
fail upon them, and they mall flee before 
your face. 

4 So ye, and all that inhabit the ccaft 
of Ifrael mall purfue them, and over- 
throw them, as they go. 

5 But before ye do thefe things, call 
■me Acnior the Ammonite, that he may 
f«e and know him that defpifed the houfe 
of Ifrael, and that fent him to us as it 
were to his death . 

6 Then they called Achior out of the 
houfe of Ozias ; and when he was come, 
and f:iw ihe head of Holofernes in a 
man's hand in the aflembly of the people, 
f\3 fell down on his face, and his fpirit 
failed. 

7 But when they had recovered him, 
he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced 
her, and faid, BlefTed art thou in all the 
tabernacle of Juda, and in all nations, 
which hearing thy name mail be afton- 
ifted. 

« Now therefore tell me all the things 
that thou haft done in thefe days. Then 
Judith declared unto him in the midft of 
the people, all that {he had done from 
the cay that {he went forth, 'until that 
hour the (pake unto them. 

9 And when Hie had left off fpeaking, 
the people {hooted with a loud voice, 
and made a joyful noife in their citv. 

10 And when Achior had fa en all that 
the God of Ifrael had don*", he believed 
in God greatly, and circumcifed the flefli 
of his forelkin, and was joined unto the 
lioufe of Ifrael unto this day. 

t» <1 And as foon as the morning arofe, 
they hanged the head of Holofernes up- 
on the wall, and ev«ry man took his 



JUDITH. Apocrypha, 

weapons, and they went forth by bands 
unto the ftraits of the mountain, 

12 But when the AfTyrians faw them, 
they fent to their leaders, which came to 
their captains, and tribunes, and to every 
one of their rulers. 

IS So they came to Holofernes* tent, 
and iaid to him that had the charge of 
all his things, Waken now our lord ; for 
the fiaves have been bold to come down, 
againft us to battle, that they may be ut- 
terly deftroyed. 

14 Then went in Bagoas, and knocked 
at the door of the tent, for he thought 
that he had flept with Judith. 

15 4 But becaufe none anfwered, he 
opened it, and went into the bed cham- 
ber, and found him cart upon the floor, 
dead, and his head was taken from him. 

16 Therefore he cried with a loud 
voice, with weeping and fighing, and a 
mighty cry, and rent his garments. 

17 After he went into the tent where 
Judith lodged : and when he found her 
not, he leaped out to the people and cried,, 

18 Thefe flaves have dealt treacheronf- 
ly : one woman of the Hebrews hath 
brought fhame upon the houfe of king Na- 
buchodonofor : for, behold, Holofernes 
lieth upon the ground without a head. 

19 When the captainspf the Atfyrians' 
army heard thefe words, they rent their 
coats, and their minds were wonderfully 
troubled, and there was aery, and a very 
great noife throughout the camp. 

CHAP. XV. 

I The AJyrians chafed andflain. IS The 

nuomen crown Judith *wito a gar/and. 

AND when they that were in the tents 
heard, they were aftonifhed at the thing 
that was done. 

2 And fear and trembling fell upon 
them, fo that there was no man that 
duff abide in the fight of his neighbour, 
but ruining out all together, they fled 
into every way of the plain, and of the 
hill country. 

S They alfo that had camped in the 
mountains round about Betnulia, fled 
away. Then the children of Ifrael, eve- 
ry one that was a warrior among them, 
rufhed out upon them. 

4 Then fern Ozias to Betomaflhcm, 
and to Bebai, and Cebai, and Cola, and 
to all the coail of Ilrael, fuch as fhould 
tell the things that were done, and that 
all {hould rufh forth upon their enemies 
to ded'roy them. 

b Now when the children of Ifm^l 
heard it, they all fell upon them with 
one content, and Hew them unto Chobai 
likewife alfo they that came from Jet n- 
falem, and from all the hill country, (for 
men had told them what things weredone 
in the camp of their enemies) and they 
that were in Galaad, and in Galilee., 

chafed 



Jlpacrypba. Chap 

thafcd them with a great {laughter, until 
they were pad Damafcus, and the bor- 
ders thereof 

6 And the refidue that dwelt at Be- 
thulia, fell upon the camp of Alfur, and 
fpoiled them, and ware greatly enrich- 
ed. 

T And the children of Ifrael that re- 
turned from the Slaughter, had that which 
remained ; and the villages, and the cit 
jes that were in the mountains and in the 
plain, gat many fpoils : lor the multi- 
tude was very great. 

8 Then Joacim the high prieft, and 
the ancients of the children of Ifrael 

'.dwelt in Jerufalem, came to bch 
good things that God had 1 to 

Ifrael, and to fee Judith, and tofalutc her. 

9 And when I unto her, they 
blefTed her, with one ace 

unto her, Then art 'he exaltation o; Je- 
mfalem, thcu art the great tflory of If- 

1, thou art the great rejoicing of our 

on : 

10 Thou hart done all thefe things by 
thine hand : thou haft inch ^ood 
to Ifrael, and God is pleafed therewith : 
blefTed be thou of the Almighty Lord 
for evrmor: : and all the people faid, 
So be it. 

It A- d the people fpoiled the camp the 
fpace ot t h ; r^y days : and they gave unto 
Judith, Holofernes 1 ind all his 

plate, an , and veflels, and all his 

fluff: and (he took it, and laid it on her 
mule, .. ready hcr< ind laid 

1 I 1 hen nil the women of Ifrael ran 
together I lied her, and 

ide a i - em foi I 

and f in her hand, and 

mon that M itli 

13 q\ And they put a garland of olive 

Upon l.'^r, and h»-r n with 

hei , and if.e went bel 
|n the d nice, leading .ill the w 
all the men ol Ifrael U ir ar- 

r with garlai , l w ith fongi in 
r moutl 

I A P. X \ 1. 
1 The fong of JuJ.-ib : 'lijbr dUtb 
ibv ' of grral bonout 

oil l/ra'l lament her dtatb. 
Till* N Judith be/ 

II I(r tel, and all the | I 
rer her thi , fong ol praife. 
1 And Judith faid, Beg 

ibrels, fing unto my Led with 
unto I j!ui ; 

■nd call u p >n ins name. 

3 I ■ I breaketh the b : for 
imong the < n the midft of th< 

pie lie hatli me out of the hands 

of t: r perfecuu 

4 AiTur came out ot the mountain! 



SVi. Apotryfba. 

from the n^rth, he came with ten thou- 
ids of his army, the multitude where- 
of flopped the torrent-, and their horfe- 
men have covered the hilU. 

5 He bragged that he would burn up 
my borders, and kill my young men with 
the fword, and daih the fuckling chil- 
dren againft the ground, and make mine 
infants as a prey, and my virgins as a 
(pod. 

6 But the Almighty Lord hath difap- 
pointfd them by the hand of a woman. 

7 For the mighty one did not fall by 
the young men, neither did the fons of 
the Titans Imite him. nor high giants 

upon him ; but Judith the daughter 
ari weakened him with the beau- 
ty of her countenance. 

8 for One put off the garment of her 
widowhood, for the exaltation of thofc 
that wcreopprefTed in Ifrael, and anoint- 
ed her face with ointment, and bound 
her hair in a tire, and took a linen gar- 
ment to deceive him. 

9 Her fandals ravi(hed his eyes, her 
tuty took his mind prifoncr, and the 

tauchion paired through his neck. 

to The Perfians quaked at her bold- 
liefSi and the Mede^ were daunted at her 
fjardinefs. 

It Then n led fronted for joy, 

and my weak ones i ried aloud ; but they 
were aflcnifhcd : thel^ lifted up their 
voices bin they were overthrown. 

12 The Ions of the damfels have 
pierced them through, and woun< 
them as fugitive .' children : thej perifh- 
ed by the battle ot the Lord. 

15 I will !in£ unto the Lord I new 
fong : O Lord, thou i r r j^r.-t and glo- 
n. j derful in (Ire, gth, and invin- 
cible. 

14 Lei ires ferve thee 

; . i b 

t fend forth thj I <*d 

re u> none thai i i". refill thy 

i9 Forth mountains nnil be moved 

fro' dationi •» itii the * 

the it as wax at thy pr 

em e .- . lerciful totbera ti 

16 ice i r - too little foi I 

and all the t- ,r 
not fufficient I burnt oftei ing : } 

th it feareth the I 
tin: 

■ to the nations thai rife up a- 
iu* my ku, the I ord \!n ighty 

t them in l 
i 
r Reft : iey ft ill t id 

id 
as loor. 



Apocrypha. 



ESTHFR. 



Jfpvcrvph*. 



offered their burnt offerings, aad their 
tree offerings, and their girts. 

19 Judith alfo dedicated all the fluff of 
Holofcrnes, which the people had given 
her, and gave the canopy which (he had 
taken out of his bed chamber for a gift 
unto the Lord. 

20 So the people continued feafling in 
Jerufalem before the fan£tuary, tor the 
fpace of three months, and Judith re- 
mained with them. 

21 After this time every one returned 
to his own inheritance, and Judith went 
to Bethulia, and remained in her own 
pofTeflion, and was in her time honoura- 
ble in all the country. 

22 And many defired her, but none 
knew her all the days of her life, alter 



dead, 



that Manaues her nd was 

and was gathered to his peopl 

23 q But Jhe increafed rr-ore at>^ r 
in honour, and waxed eld in he' 
band's houfe, being an hundred <* 
years old, and made her maid free ; fofbe 
died in Bethulia : and they buried her ia 
the cave ot her huf^and ManafTes, 

24 fl And the houfe of If rat I iamented 
her feven days : and before (he died, fhe 
did diftribute her goods to all them that 
were neareR of kindred to Manaffes her 
hufband, and to them that were the near- 
eft of her kindred. 

25 And there was none that made the 
children of Ifrael any more afraid in 
days of Judith, nor a long time after her 
death. 



The Rest of the Chapters of the book of ESTHER, 

Which are found neither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee. 

Part of the Tenth Chapter after the Greek. 



Mardocheus rememhereth & expouudetb 
his dream of the ri<ver 0$ the t<wo dragons. 
THEN Mardocheus faid, God hath 
done thefe things. 

5 For I remember a dream which I 
faw concerning thefe matters, and noth- 
ing thereof hath failed. 

6 A little fountain became a river, and 
there was light, and the fun, and much 
water : this river is Eft her, whom the 
king married, and made queen : 

1 And the two dragons are 1 and Aman. 

8 And the nations were thofe that 
were afiembied to deftroy the name of 
the Jews. 

9 And my nation is this Ifrael, which 
cried to God, and were faved : for the 
Lord hath faved his people, and • the 
Lord hath delivered us from all thofe e- 
vils, and God hath wrought figns and 
great wonders, which have not been 
done among the Gentiles. 

10 Therefore hath he made two lots, 
one for the people of God, and another 
for all the Gentiles. 

It And thefe two lots came at the 
hour, and time, and day of judgment be- 
fore God among all nations. 

12 5o God remembered his people, and 
juftified his inheritance. 
. IS Therefore thofe days fhall be unto 
them in the month Adar the fourteenth 
and fifteenthday of the fame month, with 
an airembly, and joy, and with gladnefs 
before God, according to the generations 
for ever among his people. 

CHAP. XI. 

2 Thejiock and quality of Mardocheus : 

6 be dreameib of tivo dragons. 

IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptol- 
emeus and Cleopatra, Dofitheus, who 
faid he was a piielt and Levite, and Ptole- 



meus his fon, brought this Epiftle of Phi.u 
rim, which they faid was the fame, and 
that Lyfimachus the fon of Ptolemeus* 
that was in Jerufalem, had interpreted it> 

2 fl In the fecond year of the reign of 
Artaxerxes the great, in the firfl day of 
the month Nifan, Mardocheus the fon of 
Jairus, the fon of Semei, the fon of Cifai, 
of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream ; 

3 Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the 
city of Sufa, a great man, being a fervi- 
tor in the king's court. 

4 He was alfo one of the captive* 
which Nabuchodonofor the king of Bab- 
ylon carried from Jerufalem, with Je- 
chonias king of Judea, and this was his 
dream : 

5 Behold, a noife of a tumult, with 
thunder, and earthquakes, and uproar, 
in the land ; 

6 ^ And, behold, two great dragons 
came forth ready to fight, and their 
was great. 

7 And at their cry aH nations v/^<? 
prepared to, battle, that tl « c ght 
again ft the righteous people 

8 And, lo, a day of darknefs, and ob- 
fcurity, tribulation and anguifb. afilic- 
tion, and great uproar upon the rarth. 

9 And the whole righteous nation wa* 
troubled, fearing their own evils, and 
were ready to perifh. 

10 Then they cried unto God, and up- 
on their cry, as it were from a little foun- 
tain, was made a great flood, even much 
water. 

11 The light and the fun rofe up, and 
the lowly were exalted, and devoured the 
glorious. 

12 Now when Mardocheus, who had 
Ceen this dream, and what God had de- 
termined to de, was awake ; he bare this 

dream 



Jipocryfha. Ch*p. xii. 

• dream in mind, and until night by all 
means was dcfirous to know it. 
CHAP. XII. 

f The ttuo eunuchs* con/piracy d'tfcw- 
ered by Mardocheus, 5 for nobicb the 
kingrcwarditb bim. 
AND Mardocheus took his reft in the 

court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two 

eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the 

palace. 

2 ■£ And he heard their devices, and 
f arched out their purpofes, and learned 
that they were about to lay hands upon 
Artaxerxes the king, and fo he certified 
the king of them. 

3 Then the king examined the two 
eunuchs, and after that they had con- 
/effed it, they were ftrangled. 

4 And the king made a record of thefe 
things, and Mardocheus alio wrote there- 
of. 

5 ^f So the king commanded Mardo- 
cheus to ferve in the court, and for this 
he rewarded him. 

6 Howbeit, Aman the fon of Amada- 
thus the Agagite, who was in great hon- 
our with the king, fought to moled Mar- 
docheus and his people, becaule of the 
t vo eunuchs of the king. 

I A P. XIII. 
t The copy of the ting's letters to deflroy 
the fetus : 8 the prayer of Mardocheus 
fw them. 

I Hh copy of the letters wa. this : The 

ere it king Artaxerxes writeth thefc 

ngs to the princes and govc mors that 

are under him from India unto Kthio- 

, in an hundred and ieven and twenty 

£ After that I r many 

over tli 
whole world, not lifted up n ith prefuinp* 
j authi but i in, ing my- 

l«i : ,1 

f> « 1 1 pofi 'I to fettli i Dfitim 

y in a quiet lite, and i king- 

•nil open for panage to 
•molt ^ renev 

rd o:'all it 
Now when I iflccd mfellors 

how this might be br< light to paU, A- 
in, that excelled in wifdom among us. 
at :d lor his conftant good 

will, ;» dtafi fidelity, and had the h 

ir ol the fecond place in the kingdom, 
4 D d unto us, that in all nations 

th »ut the world there was I 

nn malicious people, that fuel 
laws, contrary to all nations, and con- 
tinually defpifed the comi tents ol 
kin^., fo as the uniting oi our king- 
dom., honourably intended by us, < 
forward. 
i Vnnj; then we undcrftand that this 
people alone is continually in oppol 
unto all men, differing in the ltrangr 



lin. xiv. Apocrypha. 

manner of their laws, and evil affected to 
our flate, working all the mifchief they 
can, that our kingdom may not be firm- 
ly eftablilhed : 

6 Therefore, have we commanded, that 
all they that are fignifted in writing unto 
you by Aman, (who is ordained over the 
affairs, and is next unto us) fliall all w ith 
their wives and children, be utterly de- 
ftroyed by the fword of their enemies, 
without all mercy and pity, the four- 
teenth day of the twelfth month Adar of 
this prelent year : 

7 That they, who of old, and now al- 
fo are malicious, may in one day with 
violence go into the grave, and fo ever 
hereafter caule our affairs to be well fet- 
tled, and without trouble. 

8 ^1 Then Mardocheus thought upon 
all the workt of the Lord, and made his 
prayer unto him, 

9 Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Al- 
mighty : for the whole world is in thy 
power, and if thou haft appointed to lave 
Ifrael, there is no man that can gainfay 
thee : 

10 For thou haft made heaven and 
earth, and all the wonderous things un- 
der the heaven. 

11 Thou art Lord of all things, and 
there is no man that can refill thee, 
which art the Lord. 

12 Thou know eft all things, and thou 
knowelt, Lord, that it was neith r in con- 
tempt nor pride, nor for any defirt of 
glory, that I did not bow down to proud 
•Aman. 

13 Tor I could have been content with 
(1 will, for the f dvaiion oi Ifrael, to 

kits the foles oi his ttet. 

14 Hut I diil this, that I IBlgl 

the glory ot man above th< [lorj 

God i Neithei '-\ill I worth ip any but 
\ neithei will 1 do it i 

1 < And now, O Lord God, and Kin,;, 

(pare thi people : for tl. e upon 

\ us to nought ; yea, they de- 
i . the inheritance * hat hath 

from the beginning. 

16 I not the portion whu h thou 
had delivered out ol Egypt for thine 

OU II 

17 Hear my prayer, and be merciful 
unto thine inheritance i turnout fori 

into u>) , that WC may lire, <) Lord, and 

praife thy name, and deftroj not tl 
mouths of them that praife thee, o Lot 

18 All hi ir 1 in \\'<r mannei cried n 

;> unto the Lord, becaufe their 

dear 'dure their eyes. 

I \ P. XIV. 
The prayer of J^ue en Ejlbtf for berfelf 

and her ftople. 
QyBEN Kfthcrallo bring in fear of 
death, i d unto the Lord I 

2 And laid away her glorious apparel, 

and 



jpocrypbs, ESTHER. 

and put on the garments of anguifh and 
mourning ; and inftead of precious oint- 
ments fhe covered her head with afhes 
and dung, and (he humbled her body 
greatly, and all the places of her joy me 
filled with her torn hair. 

S And fhe prayed unto the Lord God 
of Ifrael, faying, O my Lord ; thou only 
art our king : help me, defolate woman, 
which have no helper but thee : 

4 For my danger is in mine hand. 

5 From my youth up I have heard in 
the tribe of my family, that thou, O 
Lord, tookeft Ifrael from among all peo- 
ple, and our fathers, from all their pre- 
decefTors, for a perpetual inheritance, and 
thou haft performed whatfoever thou 
didft promise them. 

6 And now, we have finned before 
thee : therefore haft thou given us into 
the hands of our enemies, 

7 Becaufe we worshipped their gods : 

Lord, thou art righteous. 

8 Nevertheless, it fatisfieth them not, 
that we are in bitter captivity : but they 
have ftricken hands with their idols, 

9 That they will abolifli the thing 
that thou with thy mouth haft ordained, 
and deflroy thine inheritance, and flop 
the mouth of them that praife thee, and 
quench the glory of thy houfe, and of 
thine altar, 

10 And open the mouths of the hea- 
then, to fet forth the praifes of the idols, 
and to magnify a fiefhly king for ever. 

11 O Lord, give not thy lceptre unto 
them that be nothing, and let them not 
laugh at our fall, but turn their device 
upon themfelves, and make him an 
example that hath begun this againft 
us. 

12 Remember, O Lord, make thyfelf 
known in time of our affliction, and give 
me boldnafs, O King of the nations, and 
Lord of all power. 

13 Give me eloquent fpeech in my 
mouth before the lion : turn his heart 
to hate him that fighteth againft us, that 
*hcre may be an end of him, and of all 
that are like minded to him : 

14 But deliver us with thine hand, and 
help me, that am defolate, and which 
have no other helper but thee. 

15 Thou knoweft all things, O Lord ; 
thou knoweft that 1 hate the glory of the 
unrighteous, and abhor the bed of the 
uncircumcifcd, and of all the hea- 
then. 

<6 Thou knoweft mv ncceftity : for I 
abhor the lignofm^ high eftate, which 
is upon mine head, in the days wherein 

1 (hew myfclf, and that I abhor it as a 
menftruous rag, and that I wear it not 
when 1 am private by my fell", 

17 And that thine handmaid hath not 
eaten at Atnaiv*tf tabic, and that I have 



Apocrypha. 



not greatly efteemed the king's feaft, not 
drunk the wine of the drink oflerings. 

18 Neither had thine handmaid any 
joy fince the day that I was brought hith- 
er to this prefent, but in thee, O Lord 
God of Abraham. 

19 O thou mighty God above all, hear 
the voice of the forlorn, and deliver us 
out of the hand of the mifchievous, and 
deliver me out of my fear. 

C H A P. XV. 
6 Efiher cometb into the king's prefence .* 

7 Jbe fainieth : 8 be taketb berup % and 

doth comfort ber. 

AND upon the third day, when fhe 
had ended her prayer fhe laid away her 
mourning garments, and put on her glo- 
rious apparel. 

2 And being glorioufly adorned, after 
fhe had called upon God, who is the be- 
holder and favour of all things, fhe 
took two maids with her : 

S A nd upon the one fhe leaned, as car- 
rying herfelf daintily ; 

4 And the other followed, bearing up 
her train. 

5 And (he was ruddy through the per- 
fection of her beauty, and her counte- 
nance was cheerful, and very amiable ; 
but her heart was in anguifh for fear. 

6 «| Then having palled through all the 
doors, fhe flood before the king, who fat 
upon his royal throne, and was clothed 
with all his robes of majefty, all glitter- 
ing with gold and precious ftones j and 
he was very dreadful. 

7 qj Then lifting up his countenance 
that (hone with majefty, he looked very 
fiercely upon her : and the queen fell 
down, and was pale, and fainted, and 
bowed herfelf upon the head of her maid 
that went before her. 

8 q Then God changed the fpirit of 
the king into mildnefs, who in a fear 
leaped from his throne and took her in 
his arms, till fhe came to herfelf again 
and comforted her with loving words, 
and f aid unto her, 

9 Lfther, What is the matter ? I i 
thy brother, be of good cheer. 

10 Thou malt not die, though om 
commandment be general : come near. 

11 And fo he held up his gold* 
fceptre, and laid it upon her neck, 

12 And embraced her, and laid, Spcal 
unto me. 

13 Then faid fhe unto him, I faw thee 
my lord, as an angel of God, and my 
heart was troubled for fear of thy ma- 
jefty. 

14 For wonderful art thou, lord, and 
thy countenance is full of grace. 

15 And as (he was fpeaking, fhe fell 
down for faintnefs. 

16 Then the king was troubled, and 

all his ferv ants comforted her. 

CHAP. 



jpocrypba. Chap. 

[A p. xvr. 

1 The letter of Artuxerxes, 10 ivbere'iH 
beta* t^e de- 

cree procured b\ Dim to deftrty 'be Jeiur 
^reat kin^ \i [C$ unto the 

princes and governu; indred and 

feven an'." , from India 

unl into ad our faithful 

>jects, j 

more often they are hon- 
oured wit ;ra 
cious princes lore proud t; 
■ en, 

3 And endeavour to hurt not our Tub 
jectsonly, but not being able I r a 
buudance, do "al- 

ilt thole tli i em good . 

4 And take not onh 
way from iflQong m up 

'h the ;.;1 >i 
■ 

I, tii at IV 

iir fpe-^ch ofthofe 
tft to i eir 

Sat are 
y to b .- ut : r 

th enwrapped them in re- 
JBiedile' 

t> f Tfhood and de 

of (heir le ition the i 

fs or princes. 
. (re tl "-e have 

•i by ancient h'.ltories, 
• hat h it h been 
w - * lone of late 



i. A; i* 

t> , went about to deprive us of our king- 
Jc'ii and 

Having, by manifold and cunning 
deceits, fou f us the definition, u 

well of Mardocheus, who laved our life, 
and continually procured our good, as 
i of blamelefs Either, partaker of our 
kingdom, ^ >h their whole nan. 

1* For by tl ie means he thought, 
; \is deili'ute of friends, to nave 
.;ed the kingdom cf the Perfians to 
the Macedonia 

we find that the Jew?, whom this 
h hath delivered to utter 
defl n, are no evil doers, but live by 

Mull laws. 
And that they be children of the 
moft high and mod mighty living God, 
who hath ( i the kingdom both unto 

and to our progenitor:, m tl-emoft ex- 
cellent manner. 

17 ^f VI ire ye (hall do well not to 

. uticn th< 1 ;tten fent unto you 
in the fon of Amadatha. 

that was the worker of thefe 

d at 'he gates of Sufa, 

mily : G-.d, who ruleth all 

things, ng vengeance to 

him accotding to his defc: 

1 - '! hen 'me ye frail publtfh the copy 
of this letter in al! places, that the Jews 
:'celv live after their own laws. 
. ye (ball aid them, that even the 
famed . dirteenth Ai\ f)I t,ie 

. tliey may I 
) in the time of their 
fhavaoui pofl them. 

t\ : God hath turned to 

6 And we ti the chol- 

»me, tfl 

all ran among your f I- 

9 Both bj m high d all 

with more equal proceeding. 

10 « 
ofAmadatl 

md lar distant I 
(s. ad ' 

1 1 I 
vour that we 

that he • \\\r t \ our f.uher, and v% 

rintfally honoured 
ne: ;i unto the kit leful to 

it :, not bearing his great digni- :-r. 



th now and hereaftet 
fety to it ., and thew< i 

: to lh< 

untry 



The WISDOM i I SO 1 

CHAP. I t < 

t T -'/",* and ren 

" brrfi / uu. 

no: 

LOA it brjn 

of the earth : think of the I or 

rt) and In inn, :t -» ( I '^m 

nor d. 
I 



Apocrypha. 

5 For rlie holy fpirit of difciphne will 
ilee deceit, and remove from thoughts that 
are withoui underftanding, and will not 
abide when unrighteoufnefs rometh in. 

6 fj For wif'lom is a loving fpirit : and 
will not acquit a blafphemer of his words: 
for God is witnefs of his reins, and a 
true beholder of his heart, and a hearer 
of his tongue 

7 For the fpirit of the Lord frlleth the 
world and tha* which containeth all 
things hath knowledge of the voice. 

3 Therefore he that fpcaketh unright- 
eous things cannot be hid : neither fhall 
vengeance, when it puniiheth, pafs by 
him. 

9 For ■inquifirtofi (hall be made into 1 youth, 
the counfels of the ungodly ; and thej 1 Let us fill ourfelves with coftly wine 
found of his words (hall come unto the' and ointments : and let no flower of the 
Lord, for the manifestation of his wicked jfpring pafs by us : 

deeds. 8 Let us crown ourfelves with rofebuds, 

10 For the ear of jealoufy heareth alL before they be withered 



WISDOxVT of SOLOMON. Apocrypha 

fhall be turned into afhes, and our fpirig* 
(hall vanifh as the foft air, 

4 And our name fhall be forgotten in 
time, and no man fhall have our works 
in remembrance, and our lite (hall yafo 
away as the trace of a cloud, ann (hall be 
difperfed as a milt that is driven away 
with the beams of the fun, and over- 
come with the heat thereof. 

5 f For our time is a very fhadow thit 
paffeth away : ind after our end, there 
is no returning : for it is fait fealed, fo> 
that no man cometh again * 

6 q[ Come on therefore, let us enjoy the 
good things that are p relent : and let us. 

I fpeedily ufe the creatures like as ire- 



things ; and the noiie of murrnurings is 
not hid. 

11 Therefore bewa/e of murmuring, 
which is unprofitable, and refrain your 
tongue from backbiting ; for there is no 
word fo fecret, that fhall go for nought ; 
and the mouth that belieth, flayeth the 
foul. 

12 Seek not death in the error of your 
life: and pull not upon yourfelves de- 
struction with the works of your hands. 

13 For God made not death : neither 
hath he pleafure in the deftruclion of the 
living. 

14 For he crearedall things, that they 
might have their being : and the gener- 
ations of the world were healthful: and 
there is no poifon of deftruCrion in them : 
nor the kingdom of death upon the 
earth : 

15 (For righteoufnefs is immortal) : 

16 But ungodly men with their works 
and words caPed it to them : for when 
they thought to have it their friend, 
they conlnmed to nought, and made a 
covenant with it, becaufe they are wor- 
thy to take part with it. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The "Jjlckrd think this life fbort, 5 and 

of no otter ajtir this .* 6 therefore they 

nvill take their plea jure in /bis, 10 and 

confpire agmnfl thejuji. 

FOR the ungodly faid, reafoning with 
themielves, but not aright, Our life 
is thort and tedious, and in t lie death of 
a man there is no remedy : neither was 
there any man known to have returned 
from the grave. 

2 For we are born at all adventure: 
and we (hall b^ hereafter, as though we 
had n°ver been : for the breath in our 
noftrils is as fmnke, and a little fpark in 
ihc mov'ng of our heirt : 



9 Let none of us go without his part of" 
our voluptuoufnefs : let Us leave token* 
of our joyfulnefs in every place : for this 
is our portion, and our lot is this 

10 f { Let us opprefs the poor righteous 
man, let us not fpare the widow, nor rev- 
erence the ancient grey hairs of the aged. 

It Let our itrength be the law of uf- 
tice : for that which is feeble is found 
to be nothing worth : 

12 Therefore let us lie in wait for the 
righteous, becaufe he is not of our turn„ 
and he is clean contrary to our doings : 
he upbraideth us with our offending the 
law, and obje^teth to our infamy the 
tranfgreflicns of our education. 

IS He profedethtohave the knowledge 
of God : and he caileth himfelf the child 
of the Lord. 

14 He was made to reprove our 
thoughts. 

15 He is grievous unto us even to be- 
hold : for his life is not like other men's, 
his ways are of another fafhion. 

16 We are efteemed of him as coun- 
terfeits : he abftainerh from our ways a? 
from filthinels ; he pronouncerh the enc 
of the uiil to be blelTed, and maketh his 
bcaft that God is his father. 

17 Let us fee if his words be true : am 
let us prove what (ball happen in the en< 
of him. 

18 For if the juft man be the ion 
God he will help him, and deliver hit 
from the hand of his enemies. 

19 Let us examine him with defpite- 
fulnefs and torture, that we may know 
his meeknefs- and prove his pane 

£0 Let us condemn him with a shame- 
ful death : for by his own faying he fliali 
be refpetted. 

21 Such things they did imagine^ and 
were deceived : for their own wicked* 



$ Which bsing extinguifted, our body nefs hath blinded them. 



22 , 






&}ocrypl Chap. 

t* the rr.yfleries of God, they 

4r neither hoped they tor 

r dilcen.- 

idar . ( ne ; eli i^uls. 

i crated man to be irrsni r- 
e h.ni to be an image or his 

fs, th-ough envy of the 
d« ;»dthe\ 

th 

C.I.aP. 111. 
1 lb' gOJij ate bapiy tn tbeir dea:h % b 
i in tbeir r>ouvirs: 10 /be tvit 
t not. ncr i if adul- 

n and bi, fb. 

- T the eoiis ar 

they feem- 
e ii tctk.cn 

e Ltter 
. 

, be pi 

iin- 

i 

5 c laving bee 

, rewarceo 
em, and found ; 

r he furnace hath he tried 
•.hem as at ler. 

■ 

<f their v 

the nati< 

- . 

trull in him I 
and : he 

xl!* (Y. "bed 

as. 

11 I r a 

>pe 
ful, ai 
works c : 

arc foolifh, and I 
■ 

led : ' 
fore b • barren th 

i hath not known r 
I have 

1 4 And r 

■ 
nor im3 L 

for l be g 

>?iit an inhci 

■!e of the Lord, more a 
d. 



IW, jJfGtrypbg. 

13 For glorn e fruit off 

bcurs : and the . nC y* 

er tall awaj 

!■ « irenot rers, 

fball not come to theii 
and I i of an . I ed (hA\ 

be root 

17 fit they live Ion .hall 
be nothing re. 

agr Oxall br .t honour. 

18 Or it they die quickly, they have no 
hope, ne 

19 For horrible zi the 
righteous gent: 

C IV. 

I Tb+cbajlt h 11 b ntd. 3 

I e 

Bh ITER 

ripe : 

beca 
: .en 
t When it t, men i 

pie at it, a: i it is gone. 

it wearel 
cth J ^ gotten 

ilri*. 

:> ^1 Cur tl 
ungf d 

u> an. 
toundat: 

4 k\r though they Bourifli in branches 
for a time ; > c : tail, 

fhall be Mijl.en • 
through tic Is they lUuil be 

a 1 he imperfect fa . be 

'<en off, their fruit i able, not 

\ ea, met 

I ten ol 
bcis, are witti'- fTesc: .eunets a 

•heir li 

e righteous be pre- 
vc ft. 

ie a^e it not 
vs I, indetl at 

ars. 
9l; r unto 

1 age. 

■ 
1 1 was he taken a*ar, 



It lor the b 






uc 



He be •* fliort 

. I 

-- 
fore . 

ed 
, fg* t and 

ftocd it not, ncuhci la'd f 
the.: . , llut I. . - 



WISDOM of SOLOMON. 



Apocrypha. 

with his faints, and that he hauh refpe£tj 
unto his chofen. 

16 Tims the righteous that is dead 
fhall condemn che ungodly, which are 
living ; and youth that is foon perfected 
the ma/iy years and old age ot the un- 
righteous. 

IT For they fhall fee the end of the 
"wife, and fhall not underftand what God 
in his counfel hath decreed of him, and 
to what end the Lord hath fet him in 
Jafetv 

18 Thev mall fee him, and defpife 
him, but God fhall laugh them to fcurn, 
and they (hall hereafter be a vile carcafs, 
and a reproach among che dead for ever- 
more. 

19 For he fhall rend them, and caff 
them down headlong, that they ihail be 
jpeechlefs : and he lhajl (hake them from 
the foundation ; and they (hall be utterly 
laid walte, and be in forrow ; and their 
ineiYioria) fhall perifh. 

20 And when they caft up the accounts 
of their fins, they lhall come with fear : 
and their own iniquities fhall convince 
them to their face. 

CHAP. V. 
i The nvtckrdJbaU wonder at the godly, 

A and confrfs their error, 5 and tbt 

*vanity of their lives. 

THEN 7 lhall the righteous man fbnd 
in great boldnefs before the face of 
fuchas have articled him, and made no 
account of his labours. 

"2. When they fee it, they fhall be 
troubled with terrible fear, and fhall be 
amazed at, the (frangenefs of his falva 
tion, fo far beyond ail that they looked 
for. 

3 And they repenting and groaning 
for anguifh of fpirit, (hall fay within 
themfelves. This was he whom we had 
Sometimes in "derifion, and a proverb of 
reproach : 

•4 1] We fools accounted his life mad- 
nefs, and his end to be without honour : 

5 <f\ flow is he numbered among the 
children of God, and his lot is among the 
faints ! 

6 Therefore have we erred from the 
way of truth, and the light of righteous- 
nefs hath not fliined unto us, and the 
Jim of righ'eoufnefs rofe not upon us. 

7 We wearied ourfe'ves in the way ot 
wickednefs and definition : yea, we 
have gone through deferts, where there 
Jay no way : but as for the way ot the 
Lord, we have not known it. 

8 What hath pride profited us ? or, 
What good haih riches with our vaunting 
brought us ? 

9 All thofe things are palled away like 
8 (hadow, and as a poll that hafteth 
by : 

iO And as a (hip that palTeth over the 



Apocrypha. 

waves of the water, which, when it i 
gone by, the trace theieof cannot be 
round, neither the path way of the keel, 
in the waves : 

11 Or as v hen a bird hath flown 
through the air, there is no token of her 
way to be found, but the i'ght air being 
beaten with the llroke of her wing?, and 
parted with *he violent noife and motion 
of then d through* and therein 
afret fjgn where fbe went is to 
be fo 

12 ke as when an arrow is {hot 
ata \. k it parteth the air, which im- 
nv lately comeih together again, fo 
rfcat a man cannot know where it went 
through : 

iS Even fo we, in like manner, as foort 
as we were born, began to draw to our 
end, and had no fign of virtue to {hew 
but were confurned in our own wicked 
nefs . 

14 For the hope of the ungodly is 
like duft that is blown a>va) with the 
wind; like a thin froth that is driven 
away with the fiorm , like as the fmoke 
whirh is difperfed here and there with 
a tempeft, and palfeth away as the re- 
membrance of a gueft that tanieth but a 
day- 

13 But the righteous live for ever- 
more ; their reward alfc is with the 
Lord, and the care of them is with the 
Moft'High 

16 Therefore fl all they receive a glo- 
rious kingdom ; and a beautiful crown 
from the Lord's hand : for with his right 
hand fliall he cover them, and with his 
arm fhall he protedt them. 

IT He fhall take to him his jealoufy 
for complete armour, and make the crea- 
ture his weapon lor the revenge of bis 
enemies. 

18 He {hall put on righteoufnefs as a 
breaft plate, and true judgement in fieud 
of an helmet. 

19 He {hall take holinefs for an invin- 
cible fliield. 

'~0 His fevere wrath {hall he fl jrpen 
for a fword, and the world fhall fight 
with him againft the unwife. 

£1 Then (hall the ri^ht aiming thun- 
derbolts go abroad : and from the clouds, 
as from a well drawn bow , fha!l they fly 
to the mark. 

22 And hailflones full of wrath fliall 
be caft as out of a ftone bow, and the 
water of the fea (hall rage againlr. 
them, and the floods {hali cruelly drown 
them. 

25 Yea, a mighty wind fliall fi3nd up 
againff them, and* like a ftorm fl)a ! i 
blow them away : thus iniquity fhall lay 
wafte the whole earth, and ill dealing 
(Mill overthrow the thrones of the migh- 

ty ' CHAP. 



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ba*ve bri 



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M«T If 



;e d;fire of ■ 

nee 



He 

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L 
. who 



1 w 



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ereign 
jour i-oi 

4 Becaufe, bein _~ )f his I 

dora, ye ha" 
*w, nor * 

It ami 



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* For mercy w 

mrn-r . :_ ne 

fear n«> man's perfon, 
i awe i 



1 he 






i 



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He fr 









I ■ 



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1 - :*s woir.b wa5 



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not ti\ 

leaned lucn t 

It Wh/rff '-(et your ami 

L»e 
. 

i . r beg 

h • 
ir-r-n thar love h-r, ino :. .. : &: k.ci i> 
ierk her. 

it c 



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Apocrypha. 

rnunicate her liberally 
her riches. 

14 For the is a treafure unto men, that 
never faileth ; which they that ufe become 
the friends ol God, being commended 
for the gifts that come from learning. 

15 God hath granted me to (peak as 
J would, and to conceive as is meet for 
the things that are given me : becaufe it 
is he that leadeth unto wiidom, and di- 
rected the wife : 

l<» For in his hand are both we and 
our words ; all wifdoffl alfo and knowl- 
edge of workmanfhip. 

IT For he hath given me certain knowl- 
edge of the things that are, namely, to 
know how the world was made, .and the 
operation of the elements ; 

*tf The beginning., ending, and midft 
of the time : the alterations of the turn- 
ing ef the fun, and the change of lea- 
ions : 

$9 The circuits of years, and the poSi- 
tions ol Stars : 

20 The natures of living creatures and 
the furies of wild beafts : the violence 
of winds, and the reafonings of men : 
the diversities of plants, and the virtues 
of roots : 

21 And all fuch things as are either 
fecret or mamieff, them 1 know. 

tt For wiidom, which is the worker 
of all things, taught me : for in her is an 
understanding fpirit, holy, one only, 
manifold, fubtil, lively, clear, un defiled, 
plain, not fubject. to hurt, loving the 
thing that is good, quick, which cannot 
be letted, ready to do good, 

23 Kind to man, ftedfafr, Aire, free 
from care, having all power, ovcrfeeing 
all things, and going through all under- 
ffcrndiug, pure, and mod fubtil fpirlts. 

U IK For wiidom is more moving than any 
motion : (he palleth and goeth through 
all tilings by reafon of her purenefs. 

25 For fne is the breath of the power 
of God, and a pure influence flowing 
from the glory of the Almighty : thcve- 
fo re can no defiled thing fall into her. 

$6 For ihe is the brightnefs of the ev 
erlafting light, the unfpotted mirror o? 
the power of God, and the image of his 
goodnefs. 

21 And being but one, (lie can do all 
things ; and remaining in herfe'f, (he 



WISDOM of SOLOMON. 
I do not hide; 



Apocrypha, 

CHAP. VIII. 

2 He is in love ivitb ivijdom ; 4 for be 
that kaib it y hath entity good thing. 
WISDOM reacheth from one end to a- 

nother mightily : and lweetly doth (he 

order all things. 

2 q] I loved her and fought her out 
from my youth, I defired to make her 
my fpoufe, and I was a lover of her 
beauty. 

3 In that fhe is converfant with God, 
fhe magnifieth her nobility : yea, the 
Lord of all things himfelf loved her. 

■4 ^ For (he is privy to the m> fleries of 
the knowledge of %iod, and a lover ot 
his works. 

5 If riches be a poffcffion to be defired 
in this life ; What is richer than wiidom 
that worketh all things ? 

<> And if prudence work ; Who of all 
that are, is a more cunning workman 
than (he ? 

T And if a man love righteoufnefs, 
her labours are virtues : for ihe teacheih 
temperance and prudence, jufiice a-id 
fortitude j which are fuch things as meii 
can have nothing more profitable in their 
life. 

B If a man defire much experience, (he 
knoweth things of old, and cortjeftureth 
aright what is to come : ihe knoweth the 
iubiilties of Speeches, and can expound 
dark fentences : the foreleeth Signs and 
wonders, and the events of (ealons and 
timer, 

9 Therefore I purpoSed to take her to 
me to live with me, knowing that fne 
would be a counSellor of good things, and 
a comfort in cares and grief. 

10 For her fake I (hall have estimation 
among the multitude, and honour with 
the elders, though I be young. 

11 i ihall be tound of a quick conceit 
in judgment, and Shall be admired in the 
fight of great men. 

12 When I hold my tongue, they (hall 
bide my leifure, and when f (peak, they 
ihall give good ear unto me : if I talk 
much, they (hall lay their hands upon 
their mouth. 

IS Moreover, by the means of her I 
Shall obtain immortality, and leave be- 
hind me an everlafiing memorial to them 
that come after me. 

14 I (hall fet the people in order, and 
maketh all things new :'and in all ages the nation (hall be fubject unto me. 
entering into holy fouls, fhe maketh them 15 Horrible tyrants ihall be afraid, 
fnends of God, and prophets. when they do but hear of me : I Shall be 

Z$ bor God lovcth none but him that i found good among the multitude, and 
dwelleth with wifdom. valiant in war. 

"29 For (he is more beautiful than the t6 After I am come into mine houfe I 
fun, and above all the order of Slats : be- will repofe myfelt with her; for her con- 
ing compared with the light, She is found verfation hath no bitternefs, and to live 
before it. | with her hath no forrow, but mirth and 



.-0 for after this cometh night : but 
vice Shall not prevail agamft wiidom, 



joy 



17 Now when I considered thefe things 

in 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

in myfelf, and pondered then in my 
irt. how rh.it to be allied unto wifdom, 

18 \ti i ^re.ir pleafure it is to have her 
fri- . and in the works of her hands 

. and in the exerafe of 
ence with her prudence ; and in 
» with her a good report : 1 went 
eeking how to tike her to me 

19 For I was a witty child, and had .: 
Omit. 

M Yea rather, b?ing good, I came into 
a body undefi 

£1 NeverthHefs, when I perceived that 
I could not othTwife obtain her, exc 

her me : and that was a point of 
wifdom alfo to know whofe gifr ihe v. 
7 ; unto the Lord, and bef, night 

him, arid with my whole heart 1 laid, 

CHAP. I 
1 Prayer to Go i for bis ivi/dom, 6 i-j'itbont 
tvbicb the brft man is nothing zuortb, 13 
neither can be tell boiv topleaje God. 
O GOD of my fathers, and Lord of 
jnercy, who haft nude all things with 
word, 

And ordained man through thy wif- 
dom, that he fhould have dominion over 
th«- cr which thou h . le, 

\nd order the world \r g to 

equity and rightroul ute 

Igment with an upright heart : 

i by thy 
ihi vjecl me not from among 

I thy \ ► and fon of tl 

I, am a feeble I i 

'cr- 

be 

7 I king 

•if | t): ; 

an : 

• build 

. ninT, 

altar in tl. 

■ . 
thou hafl i tli'-. 

with thee : which 
ki >rks, (enl 

thou m ideft the >• 

i thy fighti 

1 ' 
■ 

.v what 

1 1 For hV knoweth 
all thing 



\x. :<. Apocr 

1 i So fhall my work Me, 

and then rtial! I judge thy peop »t- 

ifly, and be worthy to lit in ray fat 
I 

13 CJ For what ; 
the counfel of G< d 5 or. Hank, 

what the will of the Lord is > 

i 4 For the thoughts of mort »1 men are 
miferable, and our devices are but uiicer« 

t*» For the corruptible body pre/ 
down the foul, and the earthl) taoern iclc 
weigheth down the rairid that tnuicth 
upon many things. 

16 And hardly do we guef- aright at 
things that are upon earth, 

bour do we find the things that are before 
but the things that are in heaven, 
Who hath fearched out ? 

17 And, Thy ounle! who hath knoi # 
*pt thou mve wifdom, and fend thy 

Holy Spirit from above i 

'or fo the ' I them which lived 

on the earth were re forme 

e taught the things that are pleiiing 
unto thee, and were laved through wir- 
dom. 

C H v P. X. 
1 What n, 4 .W, .'» 

Akral jit, and again (I the 

cities, 10 jor y.icob, 13 j ., i ■; . 

*, 17 and tbe I, r if'. >tr\ 
I I 
of the w lone, and 

It him < dl, 

. power to rule all 
thin: 

•lie tint HI went 

r, he perilhed 
lory v 

4 % For w 

... . pi< dl 

'< « the nations in t] 

I 
., and i- • pi him 

■ 

re which fell < wi 

7 i • 

. 

! to I 

nUlUCnl 

thethi 



Apocrypha. WISDOM of SOLC Jpccrjpt*. 

their {02 hat in were punifhed, by tl rjintfar 

wh-. r id nut w need were benefited. 

:h as t - & For inftead of a fountain of a \ 

livered from [ rtual running river troubled wi 

blood, 
10 € When the right-, d his! 7 Foramanifeft reproof of that corn- 

brothers v%r rreby the ere 



? be wed • 



n, thou gavel unto them abundance 



. f warer. by a means which they fa 



m 

the Jrutt *J 
if In the c : op- 

Eretf - Lood by him, and : 

: h . 

ene- 
rraes, tnd kept hi r\ :nat 

- : {he 
gave him the • 

an all. 

for 

fir. - > the pit, 

14 
bt : of the no, 

" oppre 
hem tfi :ufed him, 

aSe fhe*ed ther fc , and ga 

- 

rhem 
16 - ' - balof the ftr- 

va :-d dre. 

fui 

IT [be *eous a re- 

ward of their labours 1 a 

m.i 

a cover by day, and a light of tfars in the 
Eight feafi 

water ; 

: « rd the - and 



Declar it thirft then how 

thou hadit pur n -;s. 

9 F tried, albeit but 
in mercy chafrifed, they knew how the 

. irere -^:h, and tor- 

:her manner than 

10 For thefe thou d -lonifli 

rher : V other, as a fevere 

didft c ; unilh. 

11 er they we .t, orpref- 
ere vexed alik 

12 For a d " came upon th : 

embrance of 
. 
r when : * :ird by wn 

pur he other to I , 

- ing of the Lord. 

> fcorn, 
when he was at 

the forth of tbeinfanii, him in the 

end when the; lis, 

15 But for the foolifh devices of t 
wicke>: rived, 

they worfhi i of reafbn, 

a mul -.- 
upon them 

e i 

<now that where- 
, by the lame alia 
be 



them up out or the : ; 17 For that n 

de withoi , want- 

e the righteous fpoiled the eans to ie-.d among them a 1 

■ 

ne arc* Or u: I 

jaght for them. pj out either 

ittcr- 
horrible fparkles 
■ ■ 

! ! Whereof note e harm 

5 :e, but alfo the tei 

ht uttc 

out thefe night they 
c a with cne blaft, being 

ed of vengean: J a- 

jwer : 
. raeaf- 
Ji :re, and number, an 

^reat 
it all tic thou wilt 

: power of thine 
rock, a 

.. For the le worW before 
j e mcc, yea, as a 

:p 



Afcrypbm. Chap 

drop of the I ? dew that fjlleth 

th 
45 H it thou haft mercy upon ill : 

nkeit at 
nen : becaufe they thould a- 

-4 Kor thou lev tha' 

are, ibhorre : 

• - never iOU li.tvc 

:e any t <t. 

l any thing t 
endun 
been pri i!cd by thee ? 

io >r thc> are 

1 -, O Lord, the u !«v r oFfouls. 

:n. 

5 C; - of Cbanaan 

all mi once 

■i ? 
e uncorruptible Spirit isinall 
gs. 
!c -neftthou them be- 

little ar a offend, nit ft 

' \ in remembunce 

.ive offended, th il 
is, they may believe on 
thee. <) 

A 1 \\y will to deftroy by the 

hands ot our thofc old in- 

ha I 

4 Whom th >u t tor doing mod 

odious * And w i 

■ 

\nd alfo th efs murderers 

ofchildrm, an. iefh, 

and the 

6 With their prints out of the r 



of their 
that k lied 






i 
i 

8 hi 

edfl 

r >ers of thine h n by 

little and 

> waft unable to 

the ungodly under i 

•nee with cruel be t 

But ex 
them by li;:lr i ihem 

• -f repentance, rant 

t • 

cogitation would nevci 
ch.t v 

1 1 r nr it was a 

■ 
!. r 

oe ? or, Wfc 

, Who 



. xii. Afr.*j$: . 

nations that reriffi, whom thou haft 
made ? or, Wh) ihjll come to (Land a- 
:hre to be revenged for the d .« 
hteous me.i I 

there any God but 
itcareth tor all, to whom thou 
jhtefl thew that thy judgment is not 
unnpht. 

i « v - -her ihall kin*; or ty t irit be able 
tofcth sfaceagatnft tine, for any whom 
thou halt ininflied. 

\5 I then as thou art right- 

eous thyfelf, thou ordered all things 
righieoufl . tg it rvt agreeable 

th thj p >werto condemn him that hath 
not deferved tobepunifhed. 

16 TYr 'My pow er is the beginning of 
righteoufnefs, and becaufe thou art the 
Lord of all, it maketh the to be gracious 
unto all. 

II Tor when men will not believe that 
thou art of a full power, thou Ihewcft thy 
ltrength, and them that know it, 

thou makeft their bold net's maniteit. 
Rut thou, ma (ering thy pc 
witl eq 1". ;».nd ordereft us « ith 
, tor then mayeft u!e power 
it. 
»9 But by aft thou taught 

jiiil man frould be 
merctfiUi and . children to 

be ot. a g [C> that thou giveft re- 

o for fins. 

u didjt punifh the c 
miesotthy children, and the Condemn- 
ed to death with inch deliberation, . 
ing I me an , "hereby they 

might be delivered from their malir 
tl With how groat drenmfpection 

fons. 
i *orn, and made 
. oA pro- 

houdo'Tchifr- 
Hir enern 

I tlut 
rcluily th: 
when r- 

, we ihould 

i have 

ed i. 

44 For they went a 

the ' held • I i 

, ■ 









dren without the uic < I 

a* 



Apocrypha. WISDOM of SOLOMON. 

grudged, when they were puni-fhed, that 
is, for them whom they thought to be 
gods ; [now] being punifhed in them, 
when they law it, they acknowledged 
him to be the true God whom before 
they denied tokno*, and therefore came 
extreme damnation upon them. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 They ivere.not excufed that ruoorjbipped 
any of Gods works : 10 but moji 
'wretched are they nvho ivorjhip the 
nvorki cf men's hands. 
SURELY vain are all men by nature, 
who are ignorant of God, and could 
not out of the good things that are feen, 
know him that is : neither by confider 
ing the works, did they acknowledge the 
work matter ; 

' 2 But. deemed either fire, or wind, or 
the fwift air, or the circle of the (tars, 
or the violent water, or the lights of 
heaven, to be the gods which govern the 
world. 

8 With whofe beauty, if they being 
delighted, took them to be gods : let 
them know how much better the Lord 
of them is : for the fir ft author of beauty 
hath created them. 

4 But il they were attonilhed at their 
power and virtu?, let them underttand 
by them, how much mightier he is that 
made them. 

5 For by the greatnefs and beauty of 
the creatures, proportionably the maker 
of them is feen. 

6 But yet for this they are the lefs to 
be blamed : forthev. peradventure, err, 
ftekins ^od, and defirous to find him. 

7 For being converfant in his works, 
they fearch him diligently, and believe 
their fight : becaufe the things are beau- 
tiful that are feen. 

8 Howbeit, neither are they to be par- 
doned. 

9 For if they were able to know fo 
much, that they could aim at the world ; 
How did they not fooner find out the 
Lord the reof ? 

'0 t\ But mifcrablc are they, and in 
dead things is their hope, who called 
them gods which are the works of men's 
hands* gold and filver to ttiew art in, 



and ref^inblances of beads, or a llone 
good for nothing, the work of an ancient 
hand. 

It Nfnw a carpenter that felleth tim- 
ber, alter he hath fawn d i x h » tree meet 
Tor the purpofe. and taken eft all the 
bark fkilfulK round about, and hath 
wrought it handfbmely and made a vef- 
fel thereof fit for '.he fervice of man's 
life ; 

12 Ann after fpendmg the refufe of 
Bis work to drefs his meat, hath filled 
fcjrnfelf'; 

13 And taking the v«ry refufe among 



Aptcryphs. 

thofe which ferved to no ufe, being a 
crooked piece of wood, and full of knots tt 
hath carved it diligently, when he had 
nothing elfe to do, and formed it by 
the (kill of his undei (landing, and fafh- 
ioned it to the image of a man ; 

14 Or made it like fome vile beafr„ 
laying it over with vermilion, and with? 
paint, colouring it red, and coveting ev- 
ery fpbt therein ; 

15 And when he had made a conven- 
ient room for it, fet it in a wall, and 
made it fatt with iron : 

16 For he provided for it that it might 
not fall, knowing that it was unable to 
help it (elf : for it is an image, and hath 
need of help : 

17 Then maketh he prayer for his> 
goods, for his wife and children, and is 
not afhamed to (peak to that which hath 
no life. 

18 For health he calleth upon that 
which is weak : for life, prayeth to that 
which is dead : for aid. humbly befeech- 
eth that which hath lead means to help : 
and for a good journey, he afketh of that 
which cannot (ct a foot forward : 

19 And for gaining, and getting, and 
for good fuccefs of his han^s, afketh a- 
bility to do, of him that is moil unable 
to do any thing. 

CHAP XIV. 
1 Though men do no: p>ay to their Jh>ps T 

5 yet they are fanjed by them ratber 

than by iheir idols. 

AGAIN, one preparing himfelf to- 
fail, and about to pais through the 
raging waves, calletn upon a piece o£ 
wood, more rotten than the veil'el that 
carriethhim. 

2 For verily de fire of gain devifed that^. 
and the workman built it by Ins (kill. 

S But thy providence, O Father, goy- 
erneth it : for thou had made a way in 
the fea, and a fafe path in the waves : 

4 Shewing that thou canft fave from 
all danger: yea, (hough a- man went to 
fea without art. 

SfJ Neverthelefs. thou wouldeff not that 
the works of thy wifdom (hould be idle* 
and therefore do men commit their lives, 
to a (mail piece of wood, and palTin* the 
rough fea, in a weak veflel, aie iaved. 

b For in the old time alfo, when the 

proud giants perifticd, the hope of the 

world, governed by thy hand, f leaped i 

el, and left to all ages a fee 

of generation. 

7 For blefled is the wood whereb 
righteoufnefs cometh. 

h But that which is made with hand 
is cur fed, as well it, as he that made :t : 
he, becaufe he made it ; and it, btcauO? 
beinr, corruptible, it was called god 

9 For the ungodly, and his ungodh* 
nefs, are both alike ha>eful unto G; 

1.0 Fo* 



Apocrypha . Q ap 

10 For »hat wh : ch is made, (hall be 
pu 'her with him that made it. 

11 'lh. , even upon the idols of 
the Gentiles (hall thoe be a vifitation : 
bee mfe in the creature of God they are 
become an abor n, and Rumbling 
b i cks to the fouls of men, and a Inare 
to the feet or the i 

the deviling of idols was the 
beginning oMpiruua. I jrnic4tion,and tie 
invention of them the conuption of 1 

13 For neither were they from the be- 
g'mi -ltl^er (hall they be for e\ 

14 I- or by the vain glory of men 
entered into the world, and there: 
(ban they come »rior: n end. 

1 1 For a father I i timely 

tsourning, when he hath made a. < 

.y, now hon- 
oured him aa a god, • I :> I hen a dead 
man, and d ! tu t! r were 
un.' 

16 >od- 

Jy cufl '.vas kept a 

Jaw, ■ uflnp- 

l>ed by th ::ts of kings. 

II ,ld not r in 

prefei.ee iiey 

to*<k ti rom 

• i kin^ 
v*l. |, to the cm) tl: it b> 

Inefi i 
. 

the 
■rttficer i ardthe 

I 

. of the 

■ 
e grace of : lur 

: a little it hon- 

wat an occafion I 
vet he 

■ 

icy cr: 
. but . 

■ 
•*. or ufed !■ 
cr made revel: 

■iiRer u::<:' i 

traitei 

u there reigned 

i 

, ua- 
thfulnefs, I ... _ ry, 

wlnefcol^ood I ling of iouli, 



, xv. Aptcrjpbm. 

changing of kind, diforder in marriage* 

lltT) , J id It - 

tl For the worfhipying^ of idols not to 
be named, inningj the 

and the end o: r. 

. For either the] are rnad when they be 
men rophefj i live unj 

or elfe lightly foriweai themfeU 

I infoiDUCb as c.e:r iruit is in 
idu ^, which have no life ; though I 
rfaJfeiy, yet they lu k be hurt. 

.o Howbcii, foi both caules ih 
be jui'tly pun i (bed . boili L 
thought not well ot UoJ, gum* 
unto idols, and ally unjuitly : 
deceit, defpifing holinels. 

lot the | t them by 

whom they iwear : but it is the juii ven- 
geance of linnets that puniiheth 
the oifence ot the urn 

CUAf. XV. 
t do acknowledge we true C;./. I 
.ol makers % 14 ana ■/ iLe 
intuitu •) God's people. 
BU i thou, i > Gpd, art graci< 
true. fufrenng, and in ruercj 

ordering all things. 

I l nine, k 

thy i : will not im, know- 

ing that 

.-> 1 or to hno • 

rex in the 

m- 

■ 
.tthdi. 

nghi v. I enticetn I 

luft a 

ot a dead n ia ■;»: thai h*th "^ breath. 

• . ' em, I 

thcr., 
1 C J 

lh bull J \ I(r,v 

i ■ 

. 

»hilc 
turneth 

thit 

ret h 

• ■• - - 



Apocrypha, WISDOM of 

vile than earth, and hi* life of lefs value 
than clay : 

11 Forafmuch as he knew not his 
Maker, and him that infpired into him 
an active foul, and breathed in a living 
fpirit. 

12 But they counted our life a p^f 
time, and our time here a mar;<et for 
gain : for, fay th^y, We mu(t be g< tting 
cverv way, th< ugh if be by evil means. 

15 For this man, that of earthly matter 
maketh brittle veiled and graven images, 
knoweth himfelt to offend above all oth- 
ers. 

14 ff And all the enemies of thy people, 
that hold them in fubjection, are moft 
fooliftj, and are more miferable than very 
.babes 

i5 For they counted all the idols of 
the heathen to be gods, which neither 
have the ufe of eyes to fee, nor noies to 
draw brearh, nor ear? to hear, nor fin- 
gers of hands to handle ; and as for their 
feet, they are flow to go 

ti> For man made them, and he that 
borrowed his own fpirit fafhioned them : 
tut no man can make a god like unto 
liimfelf. 

16 For, being mortal, lie worketh a 
•dead thing with wicked hands : for he 
himfelf is better than the things which 
he worfiiippeth ; whereas he lived once, 
but they never, 

18 Yea, they worth ipprtd. thofe beads 
alfo that are mod hateful : for being 
compared together, fome are worfe than 
others. 

19 Neither are they beautiful, fo much 
as to be delired in uefpect of beads: but 
they went without the praiie of God and 
his blcffiiig. 

CHAP. XVI. 
2 God gave Jt range meat to bis people, to 
Ji'r up tveir affrtite, and *vile beafis 
to their encnuei, to take it from them ; 
5 be flung them nvitb Jerptnlt, t$c 
THEREFORE by the like were they 
puntfhed worthily, and by the mul- 
titude of beafis tormented. 

"2 1ft Inftead of which punifhment, deal- 
ing gracioufly with thine own people, 
ihou pre pared ft for them meat of a 
flrange tafte, even quails to ftir up their 
appetite 

H To the end, that they de firing food, 
might, for the u^ly fight of the beads 
lent among them, loathe even that which 
they mutt needs deiire ; but the(e fuffer- 
jng penury for a (hort fpace, might be 
jnade partakers of a ftrange tafte. 

4 For it was requiiite, that upon them 
exercifing tyranny (hould come penury, 
which* they could not avoid : buttotlie/e 
ir (hould only be ftiewed how their ene- 
mies were tormented. 

5 € For when the horrible fiercenefs of 



SOLOMON Apocrypha. 

beafts came upon tbefe, and they perifn- 
ed with the flings of crocked ferpents, 
thy v rath endured not forever : 

But they were troubled tor a fmall 
feafon, that they mi^ht be admoniflu-d, 
having a fign ot falvation, to put them 
in remembrance of the commandment of 
thy law. 

7 For he that turned himfelf toward it, 
was no*, faved by the thing that he law : 
but by thee that art the Saviour of all. 

8 And in this thou madeft thine ene- 
mies tronfefs, that it is thou who deliver- 
ed from all evil : 

i) For them the bitings of grafshoppers 
and flies killed, neither was there found 
any remedy for their life : for they were 
worthy to be punifhed bj fuch. 

10 But thy fons, not the very tee-th of 
venomous dragons overcame : for thy 
mercy was ever by them, and healed 
them 

11 For they were pricked, that they 
(hould remember thy words, and were 
quickly faved, that not falling into deep 
torgetfulnefs, they might be continually 
mindful of thy goodrsefs. 

12 For it was neither herb, nor molli- 
fying platter that lettered them tohealih : 
but thy word, O Lord, which healeth 
all things. 

13 For thou haft: power of life and 
death : thou leadeft to the gates of hell, 
and bringeft up again. 

14 A man indeed killeth through his 
malice : and the fpirit, when it is gone 
forth, returneth not ; neither the foul 
received up, eometh again. 

15 But it is not poflible to efcape thine 
hand. 

16 For the ungodly that denied to 
know thee, werefcourgedby theftrength 
of thine arm : with ftrange rams, hails, 
and (howers were they perfecbted, that 
they could not avoid, and through fire 
were they confumed. 

17 For, which is moft to be wondered 
at, the fire had more force in the water, 
that quencheth all things : for the worh 
fighteth for the righteous. 

18 For fometime the flame was miti- 
gated, that it might not turn up the 
Deaffs that were ienf againfl the ungod- 
ly : but themfelves might fee and per- 
ceive, that they were perfecuted with the 
judgment of God. 

19 And at another time it burneth e- 
ven in the midft of water, above the 
power of fire, that it might deftroy the 
fruits of an unjuft land. 

W Jnftead whereof thou feddeft thine 
own people with angel's food, and didff. 
lend tiicm from heaven bread prepare*^ 
without their libour, able to content 
every m m's delight, and agreeing to ev- 
ery tafte. 

■ %i For 



Apocrypha. 



Chap. xvii. xviii. 



It For thy friflenance declared thy 
fweetnefs unto thy children, and ferving 
to rhe appetite of the eater, tempered it- 
fclf fo every man's liking. 

But fnow and ice endured the 
and melted not, that the*. 1. light k, 
that fire burning in the hail, and 
ling in the rain, did deilroy the fruits of 
the enemies. 

Id But this again Hid even forget his 
own ftrcngth, that the righte .jht 

be nourilhed. 

14 For the creature that ferveth thee 
whoart the Maker, increalerh hi> flrength 
againft the unrightcDus for their puniih- 
ment, and ab tteth his ftrength for the 
benefit offuch as put their truit in thee. 

% r j Therefore even then Itered 

into all taihions, and wa-> ebedient to I 
grace that nouriftteth all things accord- 
ing to the defire of them that li id need • 

26 Th . 
thi know, that it 

the gr iits that nounfheth 

nan : but that it is thy word, which , 
ferveth them that put their tr Lift in thee. 

17 For that 
cl the rue, being warrr.e d with a little fun 
beam, loon melted awaj 

58 That it might be known, tha f 
mull prevent the fun to give thee thank?, 
ing pray unto thee, 
r thr- hope of the U thankful 
/ as the winter's 
and Hull run away a^ unprofitable 
water. 

\\\ XVII. 

1 h .'» e pun'ijhrd ivhb 

d- ■ . ;// con- 

I 

mured 

f I ; men t 

to I 

fll.lt U] 

• ith the bond 
a long nig i >m tlie 

ete; 

ft 1 j fid to 



. 

lorncr 
, keep I 

ind- 

ircd 
ra.vy countena 

5 ^ them 

ot tl endure to lighu 

o Onl ired unto thera a 

"frit, •. 
i terrified, tl.cy t » t the 



Jpocrypha. 

things which the to be worfe than 

the light they faw 

^ As for the illufiooa of art rnagick, 
they were put down, and tl eir vaunting 
in w',i.:o'ii was rej rov ace. 

8 For they that promifed to drive a- 
way terrors and troubles iron, a '.ck foul, 
were lick themfelres oi tear, wen thy to 
be I at. 

9 lur though no terrible thing did fear 
the ■ i w ith beafls t< 

\ afl • ferpents, 

io Ihc\ died lor frar, denying I 

they faw the air, which could < .de 

be avoid 
11 f| For Wicked nefs condemned by her 

own w is very tim rous, and being 

th conlcience al i ift- 

eth 

i- I >r ia nothing el 0*, but a be- 

traying of the fuccours wrhich real,!! c t- 

ferrth. 

13 And the expccl:a;ion frcm within 
being ..orance more 
than the caufe which bringeth the tor- 
it. 

14 But they fieeping the fame fleep 
that night, w h:ch was indeed intolerable, 
and winch came upon than out of the 
bottoms of inevi tab - hell, 

15 Were partly vexed with monfh I 

tions, an .ut 

failing them : for a hi \x x and not 

at upon th* 

10 So then, w t there fell d< 

kept, final up in a prifon 
with n b irs. 

17 For whether he were mifbandn 
hepherd labourer in the field, he 

, and endured tl, ili. 

ty, which could not be avoided j foi tl 
wei 
1 < ■ 

«it bird i he 

i 
19 Or a t riblc (but d ol 

t or a r unn g l it ( oe 

of i nd- 

mouiif 

r : 
Id fbii 
d none were hii 

only m 

■ 

more 

■ 

t :viii. 

i u 

■ 

had a 
!. fir- 
ing,' . 

y 



Apocrypha, 

they alfo had not fuffered the 
things, they counted them happy. 

2 But for that they did not hurt them 
noiv, of whom they had been wronged 
before, they thanked (hem, and befought 
them pardon, for that they had been 
enemies. 

3 Jnftead whereof thou gavefl them a 
burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide 
of the unknown journey, and an harm- 
lefs iun to entertain them honourably. 

■4 ^| For they were worthy to bedepriv- 
ed of light and imprifoned in darknefs, 
who had kept thy fons (hut up, by whom 
the uncorrupt light of the law was to be 
given unto the world. 

it 51 And when they had determined to 
/lay the babes of the faints, one child be- 
ing call forth, and faved, to reprove them, 
thou tookeft away the multitude of their 
children, and deltroyedft themallogether 
in a mighty water. 

t> Of that night were our fathers cer- 
tified afore, that a flu redly knowing unto 
what oaths they had given credence, they 
might afterwards be of good cheer : 

7 So of thy people was accepted both 
the falvation of the righteous, and de- 
ftruction ot the enemies. 

8 For wherewith thcu didfl punifli our 
adversaries, by the fame thou didft glori- 
fy us whom thou hadft called. 

9 For the righteous children of good 
men did facritice fecretly, and with one 
confent made a holy law, that the faints 
fhouhi be alike partakers of the fame good 
and evil, the lathers now finging out the 
fongs of pracife. 

10 But on the other fide there founded 
an ill-according cry ot the enemies, and 
a lamentable noife was carried abroad 
for children that were bewailed. 

It The mailer and the fcrvants were 
punifhed after one manner ; and like as 
the king, io differed the common per- 
fon. 

12 So they altogether had innumera- 
ble dead with one kind of death ; nei- 
ther were the living fufficient to bury 
them : for in one moment the nobleft 
offspring of them was dellroyed. 

13 For Whereas they would not believe 
any thin,?, by reaibnof theiiicbantn'.ents ; 
upon the deftruction of the firlt born, 
they acknowledged this people to be the 
fons of God. 

14 For while all things were in quiet 
illence, and that night was in the inidlt 
of her fwift courfe, 

15 Thine Almighty word leaped down 
from heaven out ot thy royal throne, as 
a fierce man of war into the midft of a 
land of dcflruclion, 

16 And brought thine unfeigned com- 
mandment as a (harp frford. and (finding 
12 d filled all tiling* with death ; and it 



WISDOM of SOLOMON, 
fame 



Apocrypha. 

touched the heaven, but it flood upon 
the earth. 

IT Then fuddenly vifions of horrible 
dreams troubled them lore, and tenors 
came upon tnem unlooked for. 

18 And one thrown here, andanother 
there, half dead, mewed the caufe of his 
death 

19 For the dreams that troubled them 
did fore f hew this, left they mould penih, 
and not know why they v.ct afflicted. 

20 Yea, the tailing of death touched 
the righteous alfo, and theifc was a de- 
ftruc'tion of the multitude in the wilder- 
nefs : but the wrath endured not long 

21 For then the blamelefs man made 
hafte, and liood forth to defend them ; 
and bringing the fhield of his proper min- 
iffry, even prayer, and the propitiation 
ofincenfe, fet himfelf againlt the wrath, 
and fo brought the calamity to an end, 
declaring that he was thy fervant. 

22 So he overcame the delfroyer, not 
with ftrength ot body, nor force uf arms, 
but with a word fubdued he him that 
punifhed, alledging the oaths and cove- 
nants made with the fathers. 

25 For when the dead were now fallen 
down by heaps one upon another, (land- 
ing between, he (tayed the wrath, and 
parted the way to the living. 

24 For in the long garment was the 
whole world, and in the four rows of the 
(tones was the glory of the fathers grav- 
en, and thy Majefty upon the diadem of 
his head. 

25 Unto theft the deftroyer gave place, 
and was afraid of them ; for it was e- 
nough that they only tailed ot the wrath. 

CHAP. XIX. 
I Why God fished no mercy to the £. 

gypiiaas, o and boiv njooudtrfully tie 

dealt ivitb bis people. 

AS for the ungodly, wrath come upon 
them without mercy unto the end : 
for he knew before what they would 
do ; 

2 How that having given them leave 
to depart, and f'ent them haltily away, 
they would repent and purine them. 

.** For whilit ihey were yet mourning 
and making lamentation at the graves of 
the dead, they added another loolifh de- 
vice, and purfued them as fugitives, 
whom they had entreated to be gone. 

4 For the defliny, whereof they were 
worthy, drew them unto this end, and 
made them forget the things that had 
already happened, that they might fulfil 
the puniiliment which was wanting to 
their torments : 

5 ^1 And that thy people might pafs a 
wonderful way : but they night find a 
it range death. 

6 For the whole creature in his prop- 
er kind wai fafhioncd again anew, ferv- 

ing 






i the peculiar command merits th^ v V( ?re 
■n unto rhem, that thy children mi. 
be ke; nurt : 

7 .is numclii a cloud (badowing the 

I where water (tood before, 

iand appeared : anl out of the Red 

. without impediment; and 

,f thev : field : 



PROLOGUES. 



were defer 
ing thy inarvelh 



thy fund, 

i wonder>. 






Apicrytba. 

15 A ;t. per td venture, 
te refpert (hall be hid of thole, be- 

'ifed ft: _ ■ not friendly. 

16 But thefa very gr>evoully- atfiicled. 
them, whom tl ved \w\\\ 

f made par- 
takers of tl; | ith the 

17 Therefore even with btindnefs were 



8 Where through all the penpl<- thrfe llricken, as the (t were at the doori 



itereghte^ 1 : when, I- m- 

pafTed about rrible great darlc- 



9 For they went at 1 , everyone ;eof hit 
and leaped like lambs, v rs. 

Loul, who had ft del ii J It* For the elements were changed in 

10 Kn- they were yet mindful of the themfelves by a kind of harmony, like 



thin 

• 
jght fort'i fir 

.altitude 
•t frogs inftea 1 <-i 

11 Bui i r aw a new 

e 
t ked del 

» them 
from the fea, for their contentme: 

And puniflim 
( not thout form 5 by the 

force o( thundeis : for they furlVred 

aeir own wickeinefs, 
ifed a more hard and 
.ingers. 
14 : utes did not re 



i a pfaltery notes «• ''\c 

• : in ', and yet are always f 
which may well be p i by the tight 

of the thin„ e beer 1 . 

19 Foi r.Tth' cd inT> 

ie thin 
in »he - e grou 

50 The fire ha J ; r to the 
for his own virtue : and the w 

te: tenchinj 

21 On 0>e other tide, the flames waft- 
ed not the Heft of the corruptible livi 
things, though t'. 

ther melted they the a- 

ly m iture a, 

... , i) I. oid I 

nagnify thi . !e, a* 



thofe who n I , neither tightly regard 

but thefe bi mds into them, bit d; em in eve: 

-, that ! of them, and pL 



The WxsDom of Jesus the Son of Si or 

CLESIAST1CU< 



A Profafw tnadslv an ttrcrrtain an 






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i pari it nlai II i ''nt 
i irs of men th tt -I ; 

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Apocrypha. ECCLESIASTICU5. Apocrypha, 

given himfelf to the reading of the law, I 11 The fe«r of the Lord ishonour, and 
and rhc prophets, and other books of oitr 'glory, and gladnefa, and a crown of re- 
fathers- and hid gotten therein good joicin- 
iudgiden** was drawn on a! fo himfelf to 



i n f 



12 <T The fear of the lord tnaketh a 



write fnnething pe-f lining to learning 'merry heart, and giveth joy and glad- 

l ci _«.! ._ . . 1 ... . tl-nC** hiViikIi r»f»fc rt tirl t \r\n rr 1 i T<» 



andvvifdom.tothe iment.thatthofe which 
are iefirous to learn, and ate addicted to 
thefe things, m.ght profit much more in 
living according to the law . Wherefore 
let me iu treat yon to read it with favour 
and attention, and to pardon us, wherein 
we may IV em to come Ihort ot Tome words 
wh'chwehavelab wed to interpret. For 
the fame things utered in Hebrew, and 
transited into another tongue, have not 
the fame force in them : and not only 
thefe things, but the law i.tfelf, and the 
prophets, and the ret! of the books, have 
no fmall dirierence, when they are fpoken 
jn the.r own language. For in the eight 
and thirt ; eth year, coming into -Eg) pt, 
when Euergetesw^s king, and continuing 
there fame time, 1 found a book of no 
fma'l learning: therefore 1 thought it 
moft neceflary for me to bellow, fome dil- 
igence and travail to interpret it ; uiing 
great watchful nefs and flail in that fpace, 
to bring the book to an end, and fet it 
forth for them alfo, which in a ftrange 
country are willing to learn, being pre- 
pared before in manners to live after the 
Jaw. 

CHAP. T. 
1 All wifdom tsjrom God : 10 He giveth 
it to them that love bim. 12 the J ear 
of Gnd is full of many blefings 
ALL wifdom comito from the Lord, 
and is with him for ever. 

2 Who can number the fand of the 
fea, and the drops of rain, and the days 
of eternity I 

S Who can find out the height of heav- 
en, and the breadth of the earth ; and the 
deep, and wifdom ? 

4 Wifdom hath been created before all 
things, and the understanding of pru- 
dence from everlalting. 

5 The word of God moft high is the 
fountain of wifdom : and her ways are 
everlafting commandments. 

6 To whom hath the root of wifdom 
bren revealed ? or, Who hath known her 
wife counfels ? 

7 [Unto whom hath the knowledge 
of wifdom been made manifeft ? and, 
\V\\o hath underftood her great experi- 
ence •'] 



nefs, and a long life. 

iS Whofvj feareth the Lord, it fhall go 
well with him at the laft, and he (hall 
find favour in the day of his death. 

14 To fear the lord is the beginning 
of wifdom : and it was cteatcd with the 
faithful in the womb- 

I ) She hath built an everlafting foun- 
dation with men, and {he (hall continue 
with her feed. 

iti To fear the Lord is fulnefs of 
wifdom, and filleth men with her fruits. 

17 bhe fille'h all their Iloufe with 
things defii jble, and the garners with 
her "increase 

13 The fear of the Lord is a crown of 
wifdom, making peace and perfecl health 
to fiourhii : both which are the gifts of 
God i and it erilargeth their rejoicing that 
love him 

19 Wifdom raineth down fiVill and 
knowledge of undemanding, and ex- 
alteth them to honour that hold her 
faff. 

20 The root of wifdom is to fear the 
Lord, and the branches thereof are long 
life. 

21 The fear of the Lord driveth away 
fins : and where it is prefent, it ttirneth 
away wrath. 

22 A furious man cannot be juitined : 
for the fway of his fui-jr (hall be his de- 
struction. 

23 A patient man will bear for a time* 
and afterward joy ftall tyring up unto 
him. 

24 He will hide his words for a time, 
and the lips of many &ail declare hi* 
wifdom. 

25 The parables of knowledge are m 
the treafures of wifdom: but godlinefs 
is an abomination to a finncr. 

26 If thou defire wifdom, keep the 
commandments, and the Lord flidil giv< 
her unto fhee. 

27 For the fear of the Lord is wifdoi r 
and instruction ; and faith and ineekneia 
are his delight. 

38 Diftruft not the fear of the Lord, 
when thou art poor j and come not untc 
him with a double heart. 

29 Be not an hypocrite in the fight c 



8 J 'ere is one wife and greatly to be \ men, and take good heed what thou fpeak 



feared; the Lord lilting upon his : eft. 



ae - r 1 

9 He created her, ana faw her, and 
numbered her, and poured her out upon 



all his works, 

to «1 She is with all ftefh 
his gift, and he hath given 
that love him. 



according to 
her to them 



SO Exalt notthyfclf, left thou fall, and 
bring difhononr upon thy foul, and /© 
God^difcoverthy fecrcts, and caft thee 
down in the midft of the congregation, 
becaufe thou cameft not in truth to the 
fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full oi 

<***' CHAP. 



Jjmrjpbc. a P« 

CHAP. IT. 
t God'i ffvant* mui lo-,k fir trouble, ' 
ar.J be patient. anttu,t in him: \Z 
fat njuor to ibem that di, not 

,n, it" thou come to ferve the 
"1, prepare t. . - ^ul for temp 

1 Set thy heart ari^hr, and conftantly 
'.ure, and make lAc in time of 

tible. 

$ Cleave un»o him. and depart not a- 
*va r thou maycfl be increased at 

I 

»ver is brought upon thee, 
take cheerful) 7, and be patient * hen thou 
art i 1 to a low eliaie. 

5 1 -d m the tire, and ac 

ce^table men in the I 

t> Belie ve in him, and he will he 
or ay aright, and trnft in him. 

7 «• ' ne Lai r hi* 

mercy, an ! . >t afide left vr till. 

h V?: him, 

an I (hall n 

hope for % 
ani for everta inercy. 

10 id, and 

fee ruft in the Lord, arid 

led i or, Did any abide in 

en r or, Whom 

I he ever defp ie, thai call=d upon 

i ? 

If is full of compa 

y pUi- 
I faveth in time 

1 : « ,v -, and faint 

hand*, and the fin r lh 
■wa. 

H itohimtbat 

e lhall he 

l i 

• (c-ir ' 
difobe. ami t:;ry that ! 

It 1 lv « feck 

that « n ; 

that love hira ball be tilled 

17 I 

hearts, a uls 

- . 

«*f 

chap. ;ii. 

2 Cbildren • >noar and htlb tbeir 

remit :<ij not de/tre to knoiv 

all i 

HEAR *l.rr, < 



ii. i.i. Apocrypha. 

t «1 For the Lord hath given the father 
honour over the children, and hath con. 
tinned the authority of the mother o\ 
the i ; 

5 Whofohorourethhis father, malceth 
an atonement for his tins : 

4 And he thu' honoureth his mother, 
is as one th3t l-iyeth up treafure. 

5 Whofo honoureth his father, (hall 
e joy of bis rwn children, and ••• • - u 

he mafceth his piayer, he {hall he heard. 

6 He that honoureth his tather lhall 
fmvea long life ; and he that isobed. 
unto the Lord, mall be acomtort to his 
mot! 

I He that feareth the Lord, will hon- 
our his tather, and will do iervice unto 
his parents, as to his mailers. 

8 Honour thy father and mother, both 
in word and deed, that a bleding may 

ie upon thee from them. 

9 For (he bletlinp of the father eftab- 
lifheth the lv nldren, but the 
curie of the mother routeth out founda- 

i. 

t" Glory not in the di (honour >l (Jty 
father, for thy I dnhonour is i a 

glory unto • 

II j of a mm, is from the 

.'father ; and in 

di (honour, is a reproach to ; lil- 

dien. 

M My fon, help thy father in ' 
and grieve him nol ! 

IS \nd it his under: 
encc v. ith him, anc him not 

en thou art in thy full Rrength. 
t4 For the reliev hy 'at! 

n0 . nfte id ot hn». it 

lhall be build tl 

15 In the d hction it 

rememl ll n "' 11 

, i ■ • ice in the f n wealh- 

• 
blafpheov r, ind he thai angereth I 

d. 
II vith Ihj bufinefi in 

lhall ihou be beloi 

it ncr thou 

hui 

t9 

the 

..■ | 

■ 
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■ 



JSpvcrypba. 



»ers: for more things are (hewed unto 
ihee, than men underftand. 

24 For many are deceived by their 
own vain opinion, and an evil fufpicion 
hath overthrown their judgment. 

25 Without eyes thou (halt want light : 
profefs not the knowledge therefore that 
thou haft not. 

26 A (tubborn heart fnall fare evil at 
the laft : and he thatloveth danger, fhall 
perifh therein- 

27 An obftinate heart fhall be laden 
with fcrrow, and the wicked man (hall 
heap fin upon fin. 

28 In the punifbment of the proud 
there is no remedy : for the plant of 
wickednefs hath taken root in him. 

29 The heart of the prudent will un- 
derhand a parable, and an attentive ear 
is the defue of a wife man. 

SO Water will quench a flaming fire, 
and alms maketh an atonement for fins. 

3t And he that requiteth good turns, 
is mindful of that which may come here- 
after : and when he falleth, he (hall find 
a flay. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 We may not defpife the poor or father. 

Jefs f tt but jack for <wiJdom> 20 and 

not be afbamed of fonts things. 

MY fon, defraud not the poor of his 
living, and make not the needy eyes to 
wait long. 

2 Make not an hungry foul forrowful \ 
neither provoke a man in diftreis. 

3 Add not more trouble to an heart 
that is vexed ; and defer not to give to 
him that is in need. 

A Reject not the fupplication of the 
afflicted j neither turn away thy face 
from a poor man. 

5 Turn not away thine eye from the 
needy, and give him none occsfion to 
curfe thee. 

6 For if he curfe thee in the bitternefs 
of his foul, his prayer fnall be heard of 
him that made him. 

7 Get thy felf the love of the congrega- 
tion, and bow thy head to a great man. 

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down 
thine ear to the poor, and give him a 
friendly anfwer with meeknefs. 

9 Deliver him that fuffereth wrong, 
from the hand of the oppreffbr : and be 
not faint hearted, when thou fitted in 
judgment. 

10 Be as a father unto the fathcrlefs, 
andinfiead of anhufband unto their moth- 
er : fo (hair thou be us the (on of the Mofi 
High, and he fiiall love thee move than 
thy mother doth. 

11 fl Wifdom exaltcth her children, 
and laveth hold of them that feek her. 

12 He thatloveth her, loi rth life ; and 
they that feek to heir early, c filled 
toithjoy. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. Apocrypha 

IS He that holdeth her faft fhall inher- 
and wherefoever (he entereth, 



it glory , 

the Lord will blefs. 

\K They that ferve her- fhall minifter 
to the Holy One : and them that Jove 
her, the Lord doth love. 

11 Whofo giveth ear unto her (hall 
judge the nations : and he that attenCeth 
unto her, fhall dwell fecurely. 

16 If a man commit him felf unto her, 
he (hall inherit her : and his generation, 
(hall hold tier in poffeffion. 

17 For at the firft (he wfll walk with 
him by crooked ways, and bring fear 
and dread upon him, and torment him 
with her difcipline, until fhe may truft 
his foul, anu try him by her laws 

18 Then will the return the ftraighf 
way unto him, and comfort him, and- 
ftiew him her fecrets. 

19 But if he go wrong, (he will forfakc 
him, and give him over to his own ruin. 

20 5 Obferve the opportunity, and be- 
ware of evil ; and be not aihamed, when 
it concerneth thy foul. 

21 For there is a (hame that bringeth 
fin ; and there is a (hame which is glory 
and grace. 

22 Accept no per fon again ft thy foul, 
and let not the reverence of any man 
caufe thee to fall. 

23 And refrain not to fpeak, when 
there is occaiion to do good, and hide 
not thy wifdom in her beauty. 

24 For by fperch wifdom fhall be 
known ; and learning by the word of the 
tongue. 

25 In no wife fpeak again 0. the truth : 
but be abaflied ot the error of thine ig- 
norance. 

26 Be not afhamed to confefs thy fins ; 
and force not the courfe of the river. 

27 Make not ihyfelf an underling to 
a foolifh man ; neither accept the perfon 
of the mighty. 

28 Strive for the truth unto death, and 
the Lord (hall fight for thee. 

29 Be not hafty in thy tongue ; and in 
thv deeds (lack and remifs. 

30 Be not as a lion in thy houfe ; nor 
fiantick among rliy fervants. 

iit Let not thine hand be rt ret died out 
to receive, and (but when thou {hculdef: 

repay. 

' CHAP. V. 

1 We mufl not frcjutn? of oar 'wealth and 
flrengtb, 6 nor of the mercy of God^tefin. 

SET not thy heart upon thy goods; 
and fay not, 1 have enough for my 

2 Follow not thine own mind, an<i 
thy ltrength to walk in the ways of thy 
heart: 

3 And fay not, Who (hall control mc 
for my works ? For the Lord will furely 
revenge thy pride.. ^ ^ 



jCpccrjpb*. 



4 Say not, I have finned, anil, What 
harm hath happened unto me ? For the 
Lord is long iuffering, he will in no wile 
Jet thee go. 

cerning propitiation, be not with- 
out tear to add iin unto fin. 

6%\ And hy not, His mercy i* great ; 

he will be pacified for the multitude of 

my tins ; for mercy ami wrath come 

n htm, and his indignation relteth 

upon Tinners. 

1 Make no tarrying to turn to the 
Lord, and put not oit from day to dav : 
for fuddeniy (hall the v\ rath of the I 

1, and in thy fecurity thoujhalt 
be destroyed, and penih in the d*/ ot 
geance 

8 bet not thine heart upon goods un- 
juflly gotten, l^r tl ey (hall not profit 
thee <n the day of calamity. 

9 Winnow not with every wind, and 
go not into every way j lor (o doth the 

it hath a douole tongue. 
iv> Be lit. thy umiei .'landing, 

and let thy word be the fame. 

It Be fprifl to hear : and let thy life 
be fincere, and with patience give an! 

If thou haft unde 
thy neighbour, if not, lay thy hand 
thy month. 

id flume h m talk i and 
the tongnt of man is his fall. 

14 lie not called a wbifperer, and lie 
not ; with thy tongue : for a 

eis uprn the thief, and an evil con- 
»n upon tl ue. 

it in any thing, in a 
great n 

. I. 
' not extol ;//, 7 but 

makr i / ajrir: :. 18 Sttk iui$- 

become not an 
enei; i (halt 

hem 

even l a finnei thai hath a double 

t n e . 

felf in the catinfel 

• f tl D hen i be 

U a bull (ii. 
: J 

5 1 bo i (halt eat up thj 

lole thy fiu ell a . a di . 

tree 
* Avici i that 

tugh- 
ed • enemie 

* 
™d increafe 

6 i 

have b>. 
f ^ 



Chap. vi. Apocrypha. 

occafion, and wiM aot abide in the day of 
thy trouble. 

9 And there is a friend, who, being 
turned to enmity and ftrife will difcover 
thy reproach. 

It) Again, fo me friend i.; a companion 
at the table, and will not continue in the 
dav of thy affliction. 

It But in thy profperity he will be as 
thy fell, and will be, bold over thy fer- 

if thou be brought low, he will be 
againlt thee, and will hide himfelf irom 
thy t ice. 

13 Separate thy felf from thine enemies, 
and take heed ( friends. 

14 A faithful friend is a ftrong de- 
fence : and he that hath found fuch an 
one, hath found a treafure. 

thing doth countervail a faith- 
ful triend, and his excellency is invalua- 

16 A faithful friend is the medicine of 
; and they that fear the Lord lhall 

■ him. 

17 Whofo feareth the Lord (hall direct 
his friendship aright, for as he is, fo lhall 
his neighbour be alio. 

18 fl My fj. i inirruction from 
youth up ; lo (halt thou tind wiijom 

till thine old age. 

. e unto her as one that plougheth 
cth, and : good fruits ; 

for thou malt not toil nindi in L 

, but thou (halt eat of J 

JO S cafant to the 

I : he that is without uadciUaud- 
m iin with her. 

(lone c d be will cut he 

i . according to 
(I unto ;. 
t* Give r ., receive m> 

:uic not pay counfel, 
£4 And put thy fret inio her fell 

iin. 
thy (houlder, 
, and be giicvcd ,.; r 

t6 { ]\ thy w | 

he irt, bet vsuys with 

rcll and feek, and (\ 

- 
I 



all 



pre , an- 






-8 fox [ouxz man is a i for 






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31 lhou (halt pul ir 



Apocrypha. 

honour : and (halt put her about thee as 
a crown of joy. 

82 My fon, if thou wilt, thou -(halt be 
taught, and if thou wilt apply thy mind, 
thou (halt be prudent 

33 If thou love to hear, thou (halt re- 
ceive underftanding : and if thou bow 
thine ear, thou (halt be wife. 

31 Siand in the multitude of the elders, 
and cleave unto him that is wife. 

35 Be willing to hear every godly dif- 
courfe, and let not the parablesof under- 
standing elcape thee. 

3d And if thou fcefl a man of under- 
Handing, get thee betimes unto him, 
and let thy foot wear the (teps of his 
door. 

87 Let thy mind be upon the ordinan- 
ces of the Lord andmeditatecontinually 
in his commandments : he (hall effablifh 
thine heart, and give thee wifdom at 
thine own defire. 

CHAP. VII. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



Apocrypha, 



hnfbandry, which the Molt in^h hath 
ordained 

lb Number not thyfelf among the mul- 
titude ot (inners, but remember that 
wrath will not tarry long. 

IT Humble thy foul greatly : for the 
vengeance of the ungodly is fire and 
worms 

ly Change not a friend for any good 
by no means : neither a faithful brother 
for the gold of Ophir. 

19 Forego not a w ife and good woman ; 
for her grace is above gold. 

•20 Whereas thy fervant worketh tru- 
ly, entreat him not evil, jict the hire- 
ling that beftoweth himlelf wholly ior 
thee. 

21 Let thy foul love a good fervant, 
and defraud him not ot libeity. 

22 Halt thou ca'tle ? have an rye to 
them : and if they be forth) troth, keep 
them with thee. 

°2S Haft thou children ? inftrudr. them, 
1 We arc dtborted from Jin, k ambition, and bow down their neck from their 



8 prejumpfion, *0 andjaintitig m pray 
er. 

DO no evil, folhall no harm come un 
to thee. 

2 Depart from Uie unjuft, and iniquity 
fhall turn away from thee. 

3 My fon, low not upon the furrows 
of unrighteoufnefs, and thou ihalt not 
re;ip them feven fold. 

4 ^1 Seek not of the Lord preeminence, 
neither of the king the feat of honour 

5 Jnftify not thyfelf before the Lord, 
and boaft not of thy wildom before the 
king. 

6 Seek not to be judge, being not able 
to take away iniquity, led at any time 
thou fear the perlon of the mighty, and 
lay a (tumbling block in the way of thy 
uprightnefs. 

7 Offend not againft the multitude of 
a city, and then thou (halt not caff thyfelf 
down among the people. 

8 ^] Bind not one (in upon another, for 
in one thou (hall not be unpunifhed. 

9 Say not, God will lock upon the 
multitude of my oblations and when I 
offer to the moft high God, he will ac- 
cept it. 

10 t\ Be not faint hearted when thou 
makHl thy prayrr, and neglect not to 
give alms. 

1 1 Laugh no man to fcorn in the bit- 
ternefs of his foul : for thete is one 
which humbleth and exalteth. 

i 1 Dcvife not a lie againft thy brother: 
neither do the like to thy friend 

13 Ule not to m 'ke any manner of lie : 
for the cullom thcreoi i - not good. 

1 I Ufe not many words in a multitude 
of elders, and makejnot much babbling 
when tin u prayrft. 

15 Hate i r ious work, neither^ 



youth 

2i Haft thou daughters ? have a rare 
of their body, ano fhew not thy lei f theer- 
hi! rov\ ard them. 

.5 Mairy thy daughter, and fo (halt 
thou have performed a weighty matter ; 
but give her to a man ot unacrflahd- 
tng. 

%6 Haft ihou a wife after th> mind > 
forfake her not : but give not thy (elf o- 
ver to a light woman. 

27 Honour thy father with thy whole 
heart, and forget not theforrows of thy 
mother. , 

28 Remember that thou waft begotten 
of them, and, How can/t thou recompense 
them the things that they have done for 
thee ? 

29 Fear the Lord with all thy fcul, and 
reverence his priefts. 

> Love- him that made thee with all 
thy ftrength, and forfake not hit> minif- 
ters. 

31 Fear the Lord, and honour the 
prieft : and give him his portion, aa it is 
commanded thee ; the fir ft friiits, and 
the trefpafs. offering, and the gift of the 
(houhiers, and tie facrifice <. f fandlifi- 
cation, and the fir It fruits of the holy 
tilings ; 

Si And ftrctch thine hand unto the 
poor, that thy bleflingmay bepeifeded. 

3S A gift hath grace in the fight of ev- 
ery man living, and for the dead detsi.. 
it not 

M Fail not to be w ith them that weep, 
and mourn with them that mourn. 

85 Be not flow to vifit the fit k : for 
that (hall make thee to be beloved. 

Mi Whatfoeverthoutakt if in hand, re- 
member the end, and thou Hull ncvef 
do amifs, 

CHAP. 



ix.' X. Apocrypha . 

i Give not thy r 



J^crypba. Chap 

CHAP. VIIT. 
1 W^m >or Jlriz \ % 8 nor fet her toot up u 

\0 ntr pmor nor ba*ve 

not with a mighty mia, left 

? 



e. 

iefl thou 



\ Meet 
fall into her (hares 

*^!e; -npany of a ;\on- 

%n that is a linger, 



Be man her altera 

^old hath 9 Gaze not on a main* , that tl 

:..ar[3 r.ot by thofe th:n fe < that are precious la 
her 



:^an that is fu x 
d upon 
l man, left thy 

I ! be di fgraced 

.eih 
irom lin. but re:nn iUca 

» ent 

6 D flionv 
I ae of us * 

• over thy greatest er- 
i reme: -- 

i *| 1 • the dileourfe of the 

• [ rov- 

eib* hrm thou fhalt learn in 

J ton, and how to ferve great men 



: of tJi<* el.lcrs : 
md 
of tht rn «rv u ib-ilt lear 

need r ' h. 

' - *of afinner.lefl 

u be bamt with the r 1 i:nr of hi> fire. 
11 



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Lend not unto h«m thif 






re thy p 

it. 
14 



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r the 

■ 

bail pe 

■ 

a fool, for he i 

■ 
18 \j ;cret th : - 5 b- 'er ot tl 

18 

1 ' ,l'f .7 . 

3 Wbut iv* o:J, \i)4t.t H 

■ 



b Gire not thy foul ur.to harlots, 
thou lole nor thine inheritance 

7 Lock net round about thee in 

wander tl: 
in the 

8 Ton eejefruma beauri. 

• 
nay have Lien deceit 
by i herewith 

love is kindled as a fire 

rait vsirh another r -ifc t 

nor lit down with her in thine arms, a 
fpend not thy money 

;ne onto her, 

ana re thou til i .to 

■ 

MM frend, for the 

new is nv b\c to I -w 

is as r. . when it is old, 

It drinlc it \\hh pleafure. 

li b'-,v\ not the . for 

id. 
n the ; ih.it the 

nog ylejfr ;n. 

ber thc> ftall DC 

n 

bt the 

■ 
for take away tl 
ou goc 

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I 9} fr.. 

I 



. 



Apocrypha. 

felf, fo are his officers ; and what man- 
ner of man the ruler of the city is, inch 
are all they that dwell therein. 

3 An unwife king dcflroyeth his peo- 
ple ; but through the prudence of them 
which are in authority, the city fliall be 
inhabited. 

4 The power of the earth is in the 
hand of the Lord, and in due time he 
will fet over if one that is profitable. 

5 In the hano" of God is the profperity 
of man : and upon the perfon of the 
icribe fhall he lay his honour. 

6 Bear not hatred to thy neighbour 
for every wrong, and do nothing at ail 
by injurious practices. 

1 % Pride is hateful before God and 
man : and by both doth one commit 
iniquity. 

8 Becanfe of unrighteous dealings, in- 
juries and riches got by .deceit, the king- 
dom is tranflated from one people to an- 
other. 

9 Why is earth and afhes proud ? 
There is not a more wicked thing than a 
covetous man : For fuch an one fetteth 
his own foul to fale, becaufe while he 
liveth,_he caftethaway his bowels. 

10 The phy/ician cuttelh oft a long 
difeafe ; and he that is today a king, to- 
morrow fliall die. 

It For when a man is dead he fliall in- 
herit creeping things, beafis and worms. 

12 The beginning of pride is when 
one departeth from God, and his heart 
is turned away from his Makers 

13 For pride is the beginning of fin, 
and he that hath it, (hall pour out a- 
bomi nation : and therefore the Lord 
brought upon them firange calamities ; 
and overthrew them utterly. 

14 The Lord hath caft down the 
thrones of proud princes, and let up the 
meek in their Head. 

15 The Lord hath plucked up the 
roots of the proud nations, and planted 
the lowly in their place. 

16 The Lord overthrew countries of 
the heathen, and defhoyed them to the 
foundations of the earth. 

17 He took tome of them away, and 
dedroyed them, and hath made their 
memorial to ceatc from the earth. 

10 Pride was not made for men, nor 
furious anger for ti cm that are born of 
a woman. 

19 They that fear the Lord, area fure 
feed, and they that love him, an honour- 
able plant : they that regard not the 
law, are a difhonourable feed ; they that 
franfgrefs the commandments are a de- 
ceivable feed. 

"10 Among brethren, he that is chief 
is honourable ; fo arc they that fear the 
Lord in his eyes. 

21 The iear of the Lord goeth before 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



Apocrypha. 
I the obtaining of authority : but roughs 

net's and pride is the looling thereof. 

%% Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, 
their glory is the fear of the Lord. 

23 It is not meet to defpife the poor 
man that hath underftandmg ; neither 
is it convenient to magnify a linful man. 

24 Great men, and judges, and pot- 
entates, (hall be honoured ; yet is there 
none of them greater than he that iear- 
eth the Lord. 

25 Unto the fervant that is wife (hall 
they that are free do iervice : and he 
that hath knowledge will not grudge 
when he is reformed,. 

26 Be not overwife in doing thy bufi- 
nefs, and boaft not thyfelf in the time of 
thy diftrefs. 

27 Better is he that laboureth and a- 
boundeth in all things, than he that 
boadeth himfelf, and wanteth bread. 

28 My fon, glorify thy foul in meek- 
nefs, and give it honour according to the 
dignity thereof. 

iO Who will juftify him that finneth a- 
gainft his own foul ? and, Who will hon- 
our him that difhonoureth his o^*n life ? 

30 M he poor man. is honoured for his 
flull ; and the rich man is honoured fur 
his riches. 

31 He that is honoured 
How much more in riches ? 
is difnonourable in riches, 
more in poverty ? 

CHAP. xr. 

4 We may not ■vaunt 1 nor fet firth cur- 
Jel<ves t 8 ner an/icer rajbly y 10 nor 
meddle 'With many matters. 
WISDOM lifieth up the head of him 

that is of low degree, and maketh hinn 

to (it among great men. 

2 Commend not a man for his beauty ; 
neither abhor a man for his outward ap- 
pearance. 

3 The bee is little among fuel) as fly j 
but her fruit is the chief of Tweet things. 

4 <jf Boali not of thy clothing and rai- 
ment, and exalt not thylelf in the day 
of honour : for the works of the Lord 
are wondeiful, and his works among 
men are hidden. 

5 Many kings have fat down upon the 
ground ; and one that was never thought 
of, hath worn the crown. 

6 Many mighty men have bern great- 
ly difgraced ; and the honourable deliv- 
ered into other men's hands. 

7 Blame not before thou haft examin- 
ed the truth : underffand firft, and thea 
rebuke. 

8 4] Anfwer not before thou haft heard 
the caufe ; neither interrupt men in the 



in poverty, 
and he that 
How much 



t 



midft of their talk 

9 Strive not in a 
eth thee not 
with finners. 



and 



matter that concern- 
fit not in judgment 

10 fl My 



jpocryplc. £hap 

10 fj My fon, meodle not with many 
matters : tor it thou meddle much, thou 
Ihalt not be inoofent ; and if thou * 
low afrer, thou liialt not obtain, neither 
ilnlt liuu efcape by fleeing 

11 There is one that laboureth and 
liketh pains, and maketh hafte, and is /o 
much Ine more behi'. 

. tin, there is anorhcr that is flow, 
a-id I uih r^eed ot help, wanting ability, 
and full of poverty ; yet the eve of the 
."Lord looked uyon him tor good, and let 
birn m hi* low eftate, 

13 led up his head from t. 

, fo that many that fa* it maiTf lle< 
ium. 

t4 Prcfperify an i rnty, life and 

and riches, come ol the 

m, knowledp 
jftari : n? of the : he Lei 

I the v kl .in 

I darknefs had their be 
l>ii hei " nh tinners : and rvil 

lh i % r> then 

le -dt of the Loi .1 ifiu lii 
with tl ind his favour bringeth 

jjrolpei 

I here is tlrat r.axeth rich by Ins 
and pin . and this is the 

\\ l\n> : irth, J have found 

xer • wiil <• 

yet he know I v I. -t 

and tha* 
» 

and b" 
eonverfant tl and wax old in thy 

•il ■ ers, 

but ti 

i ea'j 

'.t <>f i' I, on the luudcn to make 

• the 
| he 

nail 
1 f t 

, and 

pC it evil 

co r ? 

i here 

•. 

re i en. 

*6 th< 

.n hour 
.;itt in hll ( 
- 

W J 
fcr a I 



1&. Aptcrjpba. 

19 Bring not erei i into thine 

houle : tor the deceitful man hath tna 
trains. 

30 Like as apsrtriJge taken [and kept 3 
in a cage, fo is the heart oi the proud ; 
and like as a fpy, wauheth \\z for thy 

M For be lieth in wait, and turneth 
good into rvil, and in things worth/ 
life, will lay blame upon thee. 
Si Of a fpark of tire a heap of coals i; 
kindled : and a linful man layeth v. 
for blood. 

55 Take heed of a mifchievous mm, 
for he worket! • Inefs, left he bring 

upon 'hee a perpetual blot. 

infzer into thine hotifr, 
he will diiiurb thee, and turn then 
out of thine own. 

CHAP. XII. 
t Be not liberal to tbe ungodly. t0 TruJ! 
not thine enemy, nor the "nicked. 
WHEN thou urilt do good, know to 
whom thou doeft it : (o lhalt thou be 
ked for thy benefits. 
« I) • the godly man, and 

i itiah n.i d a i t compenle ; and if not 
'in, yet from the Moll High. 

■ can : 1 come to him 

that is always oiriij ed in evd : nor to 
him ins. 

4 Give to the godly man, and help not 
a finner. 

II unto him that is lov ly, but 
give not to tl ..godly : hold back thy 

Unto him left he o- 
ve; ma I - 1 thee then by. Foi [elfe] thoi\ 

much evil : 
done unto him. 
i .r the Moit iiij',h hateth rt, 

I will it r vint' 

ly t and keepetn th 

i pnnilKinr 
7 i »ivc unto the | I, and help not 

■ 
erfity. 
9 In tl i, rnc 

will be t in his ad. c- 

ven a ' will •'.'•p :r:. 

;t c ir 

tii i he 1 

< fting 
. 
the 

M (hah 

■ 

Ii (I he I 

i b 

13 Vf ho will pity a 



Apieryphs. 

bitten with a ferpent, or any fuch as come 
nigh w ild beads ? 

U So one that goeth toafmner, and is 
denied with him in his fins, Who will pity? 

15 For a while he will abide with thee, 
but if thou begin to fall he will not tar 

16 An enemy fpeaketh fweetly with 
hislips,bui in his heart he imagineth how 
to throw thee into a pit : he will weep 
with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, 
he will not be fatisfied with blood. 

17 If adverfity come upon thee, thou 
{halt find him there fird, and though he 
pietend to help thee, yet (hall he under- 
mine thee. 

18 He will (hake his head, and clap his 
liana's, and whifper much, and change 
his countenance. 

C H A P. XIII. 
1 Keep not compjqy "tvitb tbe prcud, or a 

mightier than thyfelf. 15 Like nvitl 

to Lkc, &c. 

HE rhat toucheth pitch fhall be defil- 
ed therewith, and he that hath fellow- 
fhip with a proud man, (hall belike unto 
him. 

2 Burden not thyfelf above thy power, 
while thou lived, and have no fellowship 
with one that is mightier and richer than 
thyfelf. For, How agree tlve kettleand 
the earthen pot together ? For if the one 
be fmitten againtt the other, it ihall be 
broken. 

."* The rich man hath done wrong, and 
yet he threateneth withal : the poor is 
wronged, and he mud entreat alfo 

4 If thou be for his profit he will ufe 
thee: but if thou have nothing he will 
ibrfake thee. 

5 If thou have any thing, he will live 
with thee : yea, he will make thee bare, 
and will not be forry for it. 

6 If he have need of thee, he* will de- 
ceive thee, and fm:le upon thee, and put 
thee in hope ; he will fpeak thee fair, 
and fay, What wanted thou ? 

7 And he will fhanie theeby his meats, 
until he havedrawn thee dry twice or 
thrice, and at the lad he will laugh thee 
to fcom : afterward, when he feeth 
thee, he will tor(ak« thee, ind (hake his 
head at thee. 

ii Beware that thou be not deceived, 
and brought down in thy jollity. 

9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, 
withdraw thyfelf, and lo nuich the more 
will he invite thee. 

10 Pre fs thou not upon him, left thou 
be put back ; (land not far off, left Ihou 
be forgotten. 

It Afreet not to be made equal unto 
him in talk, and believe not his many 
words : for with much communicati 
will he tempt thee, an i f nailing upon thee, 
will get out thy fecreu : 



ECCLESIASTICUS 



Apocrypha. 

12 But cruelly he will lay up \hf 
I words, and will not (pare to do thee 

hurt, and to put thee in priion 

13 Obferve, and take good heed, for 
thou walked in peril of thy ovenhrow- 
ing : when thou heareft thefe things, a- 
wake in thy deep. 

14 Love the Lord'all thy life, and call 
upon him for thy falvation. 

15 f Every bead loveth his like, and 
every man loveth his neighbour. 

16 All flefh conforteth according ta 
kind, and a man will cleave to his like. 

17 What fellowfhip hath the wolf with 
the lamb ? fo the (inner with the godly. 

IB What agreement is there between 
the hyena and a dog ? and, What peace 
between the rich and the poor ? 

19 As the wild afs is the lion's prey- 
in the wildernefs : fo the rich eat up the 
poor. 

20 As the proud hate humility 
doth the rich abhor the poor. 

it A rich man beginning to fall, is 
held up by his friends : but a poor man 
being down, is thrud alfo away by hi* 
friends. 

22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath 
many helpers : he Ipeakch things not to 
be fpoken, and yet men jufiify lnm : the 
poor man flipped, and yet (hey rebuked 
him too ; he fpake wifely, and could 
have no place. 

23 When a rich m3n fpeaketh, every 
man holdeth his tongue, and look, what 
he faith they extol it to the clouds : but 
if the poor man (peak, they fay, What 
fellow is this ? and, if he Humble, they 
will help to overthrow him. 

24 Riches are good unto him that hath 
no fin, and poverty is evil in the mouth 
of the ungodly. 

25 The heart of a man changeth his 
countenance, whether it be for good or 
evil : and a merry heart maketh a cheer- 
ful countenance. 

26 A cheerful countenance is a token 
of a heart that is in profperity ; and the 
finding out of parables is a wcarifome 
labour of the mind. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 J good conference rnaketb men happy. 

20 Men are happy that draw near 19 

luijdom. 

BLESSED is the nun that hath not 
flipped with his mouth, and is not 
pricked with the multitude of fins. 

2 Blefled is he whofe conscience hath 
not condemned him, and who is not fal- 
len from his hope in the Lord. 

S Riches iire not comely for a niggard .* 
and, What fnould an envious man do 
i with money ? 

4 Me thatgathereth by defrauding Jns 
own foul, gathereth for others that fhall 
(pend his goods riotoufiyi 



fo 



Apocrypha. Chip, xv 

He rhat is evil to himfelf, to whoi 
will he be good i He ihall not take pleas- 
ure in his goods. 

6 There is none worfe than he that en- 
vieth hni (elf, and tin* it a recompenfe 

rdnefs. 

7 And it he doeth good, he doeth it 
unwillingly, and at the lafl he will de- 
clare his wickedn< 

•ii haih a wicked eye, 
he turneth away his lace, and dc 
men. 

\ covetous nun's eye is not fafi 
with his porricin, and the in [uitj oi the 
wicked drieth up his foul, 

10 A u i< r -1 eye envietn [his] bread, 
and he is a ni^ 



x\ A pic *y ph. 

C H A P. XV. 

1 Wifciom embrace tt' tboje /bat fear God .* 
7 the witked jh ill not get bcr. 

HE that feareth the Lord will do ;;ood, 
and he that hath the knowledge ut the 
(hall obtain her. 

1 fl And as a mother mall fhe meet 
him, and receive him as a vsiie mirried 
of a virgin. 

S With the bread of underfhmding 
(hall fhe feed hirn, and give him the wa- 
ter of wifddm to drink. 

4 He Ihall be flayed upon her, and (hall 
not be moved, and (hall rely upon her, 

.and (hall not lie confounded. 

5 She (hall exalt him above his neigh- 
: hours, and in the rhidft of the congrega- 



11 My (on, acc to thy ability d (hall (he open his mouth. 



! to thyfelf, and give the Lord h:s 
n fieri 

Remember that death will not be 
£, and that the covenant of 
the ,t (hewed unto thee. 

1% - t!i> trKiwl before; 

I ording to thy ability 
e hand and give to him. 
14 ' J not thyfelf of the 

day, and let not the part of a gC 
overp.ifs ihee. 

la biilt thou not leave thy travels 
imto . ,d thy labours to be 

divided by lot ? 

It l tike, and I y thy 

foul, for there U no f< eking or 
in the »;rave. 

17 All fleth waxeth old as 

k» ii, 
the deatn. 
the green on i | 

I ..c fall, and l >me grow ; i i 
of fleflj 
etii to an r 

19 , ,eth 

(hall go 

il. 

f Bli • med- 

in vsid' 
reafoneth - hit under- 

Ilanding. 

41 He th hei * lyi in 

his I h .!l all 

i 
"ii Go .titer her as - < thattraceth, 

tx He tint pi ieth i i at her v. 

ken .ii i 

i in hci wall • 
■ He il. ill pit 'i I unt.) 

I i iodgu. 
d thins 
£6 He (lull in }, , luMren tin 
flielfer, and \h A \\ lod, 
brand. 

11 By her he (hall It* covered fi om 
heat, and in her glory Ihall he d 



crown of 

lim to in- 



to He fliall find joy and a 
gladnels, and (he (hall caufc 
herit an everlafling name. 

7 €\ But foolish men Hi all not attain 
unto her, and linners ihall not fee her. 

8 For fhe is far from pride, and men 
that are liars cannot remember her. 

9 Praile is not ieemly in *he month of 
a (inner, for it was not lent him of the 

•1. 

10 For praife fliall be uttered in wlf- 
dom, and the Lord will piofper it. 

11 Say not thou, It is through the 
Lord that I fell away ; for thou oughteft 

I to do the things that he hjteth. 

12 Say not thou, he ha'h I me 
r ; for he hath no need of tt 

. i. 

(Lord i'l abominst' 

and they Out fear God, love it n<>r. 

1 4 He himfelf made man From the be- 
ginning, and Un I the hand of his 

nilrl : 

i>i'i! It, to keep the Coram ind- 

menta, ei form at faith- 

ful n 

16 , fel fire and w itei b 
thee rth thj hand unto a hcth- 
er thou wilt. 

17 Before I death, and 

r him tiketh thall i>e given him. 
i >; | the Lord 

lighty in ppv 

u| on ; i--'f 

knoweth i voik 

led no • 

my nun 
... • i » fin. 

P. >:v(. 

it better to i. than miry 

••. 10 I 

: I 

:i, nettfa >dly 

I 
- i i they i 



Apocrypha. ECCLESIASTICUS. Apocrypha. 

m them, except the fear of the Lord be fee : for the moft part of his works are- 
with them. hid. 

S Truft not thou in their life, neither 22 Who can declare the works of his 
refpecl: their multitude ; for one that is juftice ? or, Who can endure them > For 



juft is better than a thoufand ; and better 
it is to die without children, than tohave 
them that are ungodly. 

4 For by one that hath under/landing, 
<hall the city be replenifhed : but the 
kindred of the wicked /hall fpeedily be- 
come defolate. 

5 Many fuch things have I feen with 
mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard 
greater things than thefe. 

6 In the congregation of the ungodly 
(hall afire be kindled ; and in a rebellious 
nation wrath is fet on fire. 

7 He was not pacified toward the old 
giants, who fell away in the ftrength of 
their foolifhnefs. 

8 Neither fpared he the place where 
Lot fojourned, but abhorred them for 
their pride. 

9 He pitied not the people of perdition, 
who were taken away in their fins : 

10 Nor the fix hundred thoufand foot- 
men, who were gathered together in the 
hardnefs of their hearts. 

11 And if there be one fliff necked a- 
mong the people, it is marvel if he ef- 
cape unpunifhed : for mercy and wrath 
are with him ; he is mighty to forgive, 
and ro pour out difpieafure. 

12 As his mercy is great, fo is his cor- 
rection alfo : hejudgetha man accord- 
ing to his works. 

13 The finner (hall not efcape with his 
fpoils ; and the patience of the godly 
ihall not be fru (Irate. 

14 Make way for every work of mer- 
cy : for every man fhall find according 
to his works. 

15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that 
ire (hould not know him ; that his power- 
ful works might be known to the world. 

16 His mercy is manifeft to every crea- 
ture, and he hath feparated his light from 
the darkness with an adamant. 

17 Say not thou, I will hide my f elf 
from the Lord : Shall any remember me 
from above ? T ft all not be remembered 
among fo many people : for, What is my 
foul among fuch an infinite number of 
creatures J 

ttf Behold, the heaven, and the heaven 
ef heavens, the deep, and the earth, and 
all that therein is, (hull be moved when 
he (hall vifit. 

19 The mountains al(o and founda- 
tions of the earth fhall be thaken with 
trembling, when the Lord looketh upon 
them. 

20 tjy No heart can think upon thefe 
thinis worthily: and, Who is able to 
conceive his ways ? 

21 It is a temped which no man -an 



his covenant is afar off, and the trial oF 
all things is in the end. 

23 He that wanteth underftanding, 
will think upon vain things : and a fool- 
ifh man erring, imagineth follies. 

24 My fon, hearken unto me, .and learn, 
knowledge, and mark my words with thy 
heart. 

25 I will- (hew forth doctrine in weight, 
and declare his knowledge exactly. 

25 The works of the Lord are done irj. 
judgment from the beginning : and from 
the time he made them, he difpofed the 
parts thereof. 

27 He garni (bed his works for ever, 
and in his hand are the chief of them un- 
to all generations : they neither labour, 
nor are weary, nor ceafe from their 
works. 

28 None of them hindereth another, 
and they fhall never difobey his word. 

29 After this the Lord looked upon 
the earth, and filled it with his bleffings. 

SO With, all manner of living things 
hath he covered the face thereof, and 
they (hall return into it again. 
CHAP. XVII. 
t Hoio God created and furnijbed man. 

14 To avoid all Jin : 19 Jor God Jeeth 

all things. 

THE Lord created man of the earth » 
and turned him into it again. 

2 He gave them few days, and a fbort 
time, and power alfo over the things 
therein. 

3 He endued them with ftrength by 
themfelves, and made them according to 
his image, 

4 And put the fear of man upon all 
fiefn, and gave him dominion over beafts, 
and fowls. 

5 [They received the ufe of the five 
operations of the Lord, and in the fixth 
place he imparted them underftanding,. 
and in the feventh, fpeech, aw interpre- 
ter of the cogitations thereof. 3 

6 Counfel, and a tongue, and eyes* 
ears, and a heart, gave he them to un- 
dtrltand- 

7 Whithal, he filled them with the 
knowledge of underftanding, and ikewrd 
them good and evil. 

& He (et his eye upon their hearts, 
that he might (hew them the greatnefc- 
of his works. 

9 He gave them to glory in his mar- 
vellous acts forever, that they might de- 
clare hrs works with underftanding. 

10 And the elect (hall praife his hoi/ 
name. 

It Betide this, he gave them knowl- 
edge, and the law of life for an heriiat 



Apocrypha* Chap. 

12 He m3de an cverlafling covenant 
villi them, and lhcwed thein his judg- 
mt: 

»d J heir eyes faw the majefty of his 
glory, and their ears heard Ins glorious 
vo.ee. 

» 4 fl And he fail unto them, Beware 
of all unrig hteoufnefs ; and he gave every 
nan commandment concerning hisr.eigh- 
ir. 

II Their way9 are ever before him, 
and fhall not be hid from his eyes. 

lfi Kvery man from his youth is -Riven 
to evil ) neither could they make to 
themfelves fleftiy hearts for llony. 

H l-'or in the divih ,ns of the nations 
of the whole caith, he ic t a ruler o. 
every people; but lirfttfl is the Lord's 
.portion : 

'u Whom, being hi burn, he 

nourilhrth with ne, and giving 

him ll : his love doth not for- 

19 fj i Irreforc, all their works are as 
the Kin b^tor- liini> and Ins cjcs are 
itinually upon tht 

10 None ot their tini ighieous deed > jtc 
hid from him, but all their tin! are be- 
loic • 

21 Hut the Lord being gracious*, and 
kn • hib workmanfbip, neither left 
jok them, but (pared 
1 1.'.- alms of i 

will keep the good 
<leeds of man 

laugh 

tei 

2S md re- 

W;. 

to them thai repent, ! 

| turn, and <\,- u 

thy ii 

'end lei 

- th- Ni/I Hi 
tu ity : i r ill 

Is, into ' 
1 alth, and lute thou abuir. 
icinently. 
TT \\ ho It ill j oft H .;!i in 

I 

eth from Ihe 
«d<" Dot ; ihe liv- 

ing i id in he irt ih.iil | 

rd. 

l -9 How gi ihe loving kin 

Lordour God, (lion 

is tin n unto him mh 
r all things cannot be in men, 
becaule the fon , tal 

3t What i> br'mhter than the fun yet 
the light thereof uid fklh ami 

- jod will imagin 



xviii. Apocrypha, 

M He vieweth the power of the height 
of heaven, and all men are but earth and 
ailits. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
4 God's ivorks are to be luonJered at : 9 

man' J life lsjbort : 11 God is merciful. 

UK that liveth forever, created all 
things in general. 

I The Lord only is riglitcou:, and 
there is none other but he, 

5 Who governeth the world with the 
palm of his ham!, and all things ol 
his will : for he is the King of all, by his 
power dividing holy things among llv 
from profane. 

4 ^] To whom hath he given power to 
declare his works ? and, Who (hall tind 
out his noble acts ? 

Who fhall number the flrength of 
his niaiclty ? and, Who mall alio tell out 
hit) mercies ? 

6 As for the wondrous works of the 
Loid, ti. ere may nothing be taken from 
them : neither may any thing be put un- 
to them, neither can the ground of them 
be found out : 

7 When a man hath done, (hen he 
beginneth, and when he kaveth off, then 
lie (hall be doubtful. 

U What II man, and whereto ferveth 
he: What is his good, and, what is hJB 

9 flThe muni nun's days at the 

in. »it are an hm. cii 

10 A. a drop ol water unto the (ea, 

iiul ■ <-l done' in companion ot the 

i uid, lo are a thoulanU | I the da 

• r 1 1 1 1 y . 
1 1«1 I !■ r with ti 

ureth foi th hi ■ mei i y upon them. 
If He 1 I pew eived then end to 

. .1 ; therefore h • multiplied his \ 

l he mercy of man ii toward his 
. bill Pi 

fti ih, ind r.ur- 

tureth, i i; -d bring* i! 

eph< rd hit Bock. 

I I He hath • 

, and that di! 
after hi 

il thy g 

ufe ur 
thou 

1 not the drw the h< 

■ 

17 Lo, -rd bed 

i 

■ 
thou f| ■•-''., I 
■ 
Igmeni 

'.halt 
find • 
41 Humble tbyfew b r 



Apocrypha* 

fick, and in the time of fins fhew repent- 
ance. 

%t Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy 
vow in due time, and defer not until 
death to be j unified. 

23 Before thou prayed, prepare thy- 
felf ; and be not as one that tempteth the 
JLord. 

2* Think upon the wrath that fiiall be 
at the end, and the time of vengeance 
when he {hall turn a way his face. 

"25 When thou haft enough, remember 
the time of hunger : and when thou art 
rich, thinkupon poverty and need. 

2<j From the morning until the even- 
ing the time is changed, and all things 
are foon done before the Lord. 

27 A wife man will fear in every 
thing, and in the day of finning he will 
beware of offence : but a fool will not 
obferve time. 

2tf Every man of understanding know- 
eth wifdom, and will givepraife unto him 
that found her. 

29 They that were of understanding 
in fayings, became alfo wife themfelves 
and poured forth exquifite parables. 

SO Go not after thy luffs, but refrain 
thyfelf from thine appetites. 

31 Ifthougiveftthy foul the defires that 
pleafe her, (lie will make thee a laughing 
lrock unto thine enemies that malign thee 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



32 Take not pleafure in 
neither be tied to 



much good 
the expenfe 



cheer, 
thereof. 

•*>3 Be not made a beggar by banquet- 
ing upon borrowing, when thou haft noth- 
ing in thy purfe : for thou fhalt lie in wait 
for thine own life, and be talked on. 

CHAP. XIX. 
2 Wine and <xvomen feduce <wife men. 7 

Say nor all tbou beaiefl. 17 Reprove 

thy friend luithout anger. 

A LABOURING man that is given to 
drunken nets Hi all not be rich : and he 
that contemneth fmall things, fhall fall 
by little and little. 

2 f| Wine and women will make men 
of underftanding to fall away : and he 
that cleaveth to harlots will become im- 
pudent. 

S Moths and worms fliall have him to 
heritage, and a bold man fliall be taken 
away. 

4 He that is hafty to give credit, is 
light minded : and he that finneth, fliall 
offend agawift his own foul. 

5 Wholo taketh pleafure in wickednefs, 
(hall be condemned : but he that leiifteth 
pleafures, crowneth his life. 

6 He that can rule his tpngue fhall 
live without flrife ; and he that hateth 
babbling (ball have lef> evil. 

7 «] Rehearfe not unto another thai 
which is told unto thee, and thou fhair 
fore never the wuifc. 



Apocrypha* 

8 Whether it be to a friend or foe, 
talk not of other men's lives, and A thou 
canft without offence, reveal them not. 

9 For he heard and obferved thee, and 
when time cometh he will hate thee. 

tO If thou haft heard a word, let it die 
with thee, and be bold, it will not bur ft 
thee. 

It A fool travaileth with a word, as a 
womat! in labour of a child. 

12 As an arrow that fticketh in a 
man's thigh, fo is a word within a fool's 
belly, 

13 Admonifh a friend, it may be he 
hath not done it : and if he have done it, 
that he do it no more 

14 Admonifh thy friend, it may be he 
hath not faid it : and if he have, that he 
fpeak it not again. 

15 Admonifh a friend : for many times 
it is a flander, and believe not every tale. 

16 There is one that flippeth in his 
fpeech, but not from his heart ; and, 
Who is he that hath not offended with his 
tongue ? 

17 qj Admonifh thy neighbour before 
thou threaten him, and not being angry, 
give place to the law of the Moft High. 

18 The fear of the Lord is the firft 
ftep to be accepted [of him] and wifdom 
obtaineth his love. 

19 The knowledge of the command- 
ments of the Lord is the doctrine of life : 
and they that do things that pleafe him, 
fliall receive the fruit of ihe tree of im- 
mortality. 

20 The fear of the Lord is all wifdom, 
and in all wifdom is the performance of 
the law, and the knowledge of his om- 
ni potency. 

21 If a fervant fay to his matter, I will 
not do as it pleafeth thee, though after- 
ward he do it, he angereih him that 
nourifheth him- 

22 The knowledge of wicked nefs, is 
not wifdom, neither at any time the coun- 
fel of finners,. prudence. 

23 There is a wicked nefs, and the fame 
jan abomination, and there is a fool want- 
ing in wifdom. 

£4 lie that hath fmall underftanding, 
and feareth God, is better than one that 
hath much w ifdom, and tranfgreffeth the 
law of the Moft High. 

23 There is an exquifite fubtilty, and 
the fame is unjuft, and there is one that 
turneth afide to make judgment appear : 
and there is a wife man that juftifieth i;i 
judgment- 

2o There is a wicked man that hang- 
ethdown his head fadly ; but inwardly 
he is full of deceit, 

27 Catling down his countenance, and 
making as if he heard not : where he is 
not known, he will do ihee a mi ft hie 1 
.befoie thou be awaic. 

28 And 



p, xx. xxi. 



Apocrypha. 

IB And if for want of power be be 
hindered from finning, yet when he find- 
eth opportunity he will do e^ 

ZS A nun nuy be known by his look, 
and one rim hath underftanding by his 
countenance, when thou : him. 

SO A man's attire, »nd ■ c laugh- 

ter, and gait, mew what he is. 

C H A P 
i Ofjilence and [peaking : 10 of gifts and 

gain : \'i of Jl pping 

of lyh 

THE* reproof that is not come- 

ly : a K 'ne man i.oldeih his tongue, 

and he is w 

2 It is much better to reprove, I 
to be angr 

eth his fault fl n hurt 

3 How good ia u w hen thou 
proved, to flic >pentance talt 
thou efcape will 

4 A« i ut of an eunuch to de- 
flc n ; fo is he t. teth 
ju»: 

th liience, 

' . other by much 

ml 

6 5 . tie ■ in . : th hi tongue, be- 

ifehehath not to anfwer : and fume 

kee, • noting h s t : ;. 

i his tongue, 
till he fee . but a babbler 

and a t » time 

B H my words (hall be 

ab 1 i th to him! 

autl J. 

hath n 
ce' am 

: 

©mp' 
• i II 

th up 
te 

h mm h I »r a 
old 

:eth 
hin : but the , 

14 The gift ol (hall do thee 

had it ; neither yel of 
he look* 

cth to r- 

1 
much, i, nth like i < 

t again : fu< h an one r to be hated 

lb 1 :, no n 

I I my good d 

hey thai 
17 H< W oft, w many , 

n I tor • 
t 1 1 i s t • i ! . • 
all jt. 



Apocrypha* 

Itf^lTo fl : p upon a pavement, is b 
than to flip with the tongue : lo the tall 

the wicked lhall come fpecdily. 

19 An unfeaf • always 

be in th.e mouth of the unw if?. 

A wife fentence lhall be rejected 

imeth out ut a th : 

w 11 not fpeak ir in due feafon. 
-' 1 here is thai is hindered Irom fin- 
ning tin m it .- aiul v hen I 

eth i 

nat deftroyeth his own 

1 through bafhfuliu lb, and t pt- 
ing o! | <i fi throw< th himfelf. 

I ir bathfulnefs prorn- 
ifeth to his him ins 

IJ A Lie is a ton I blot in a man. yet 
.y in the m lith ol the un- 
taught 

f is better than a m 
is accu. ro lie : but they both (hall 

iclion to h- 
-6 1 he difpofition of a liar is di I 

i with him. 
n (hall promote himfelf to 
honour with his words : and he that hath 
under (landing, will pleafe great men. 
tie that tilleth his land, (ball inci 
his hcip : anil hi thai pleafeth 
ion for iniquity . 

ind the ey 
: up h;s moiith that he 
re. 

.i that • I rreal 

■ i hoarded up,V hat 

st B •■• h his folly, 

than a man »h it hideth hi 
91 IS the 

it leadeth I 

lee from j: t; a! ' P:f- 

■ 

M 1 ! I thou 5m i 

■ thy former 

- «' l l- r fn m fin as 

* : tor it thou i near it, 

it will I rcof an 

■ii. 
8 All iniquity it a 

v» hew 
4 To tern I 

I 

y. 

the 'h 

i 

*r- 

■ 

8 He 



Ap-xrypba. 

8 He that buildeth his houfe with 
other men's money, is like one that gath- 
ereth himfelf frones for the tomb of 
his burial. 

9 The congregation of the wicked is 
like tow wrapped together : and the end 
of them is a fiameoffire todeflroy them. 

-10 The way of tinners is made plwn 
with ffones, but at the end thereof ts the 
pit of hell. 

it He that keepeth the law of the 
Lord, getteth the underftanding there- 
of : and the perfection of the fear of the 
Lord is wifdom. 

18 iff He that is not wife, will not be 
taught : but there is a wifdom which 
multipHeth bitternefs. 

13 The knowledge of a wife man (hall 
abound like a Rood : and his counfel is 
like a pure fountain of life. 

14 The inner parts of a fool are like a 
broken veffel, and he will hold no knowl- 
edge as long as he liveth. 

15 If a fkilful man hear a wife word, 
he will commend it, and add unto it : 
but as foon as one of no understanding 
heareth it, it difpleafeth him, and he 
cafreth it behind his back. 

16 The talking of a fool is like a bur- 
den in the way : but grace fhall be found 
in the lips of the wife. 

17 They inquire at the mouth of the 
wife man in the congregation, and they 
(hall ponder his words in their heart. 

18 As is a houfe that is dettroyed, fo 
is wifdom to a fool : and the knowledge 
of the unwife is as talk without fen(e. 

19 Dodtrine unto fools is ar. fetters on 
the feet, and like manacles on the right 
hand. 

10 A fool Iifteth up his voice with 
laughter: but a wife man doth fcarce 
frhile a little. 

21 Learning i3 unto a wife man as an 
ornament of gold, and like a bracelet up- 
on his right arm. 

£2 A foolifn man's foot is foon in his 
£ neighbour's] houfe ; but a man of ex- 
perience is aihamed of him 

23 A fool will peep in at the door into 
the houfe : but he that is well nurtured 
will (land without. 

24 It is the rudenefs of a man to 
hearken at the door : but a wife man will 
be grieved with the difgrace. 

25 The lips of talkers will be telling 
fuch things as pertain net unto them : 
but the words ot fuch as have under- 
fianding, are weighed in the balance. 

26 The heart of fools is in their 
mouth : but the mouth of the wife is In 
their heart. 

27 When the ungodly curfeth Satan, 
he curfeth his own foul. 

28 A whifperer dehleth his own foul, 
and is hated wherefoever he dweikth. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



Jpwcryp&a, 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Ofthefictbjnl man, S and ofafoolijb 
daughter. 20 What <will loje apitnd. 
A SLOTHFUL man is compared to a 

filthy flone, and every one will hifs him 
out to his difgrace. 

2 A flothful man is compared to the 
filth of a dunghill : every man that takes 
it up will (hake his hand. 

3 q[ An evil nurtured fon is the diihon- 
our of his father that begat him : and a 
[fooliih] daughter is born to his lofs. 

4 A wife daughter fball bring an in- 
heritance to her hufband : but (he that liv- 
eth difhoneftly is her father's heavinefs. 

5 She that is bold, diflionoureth.both 
her father, and her hufband, but they 
both (hall defpifeher. 

6 A tale out of feafon [is as] mufick: 
in mourning : but ftripes and correction 
of wifdom are never out of time. 

7 Whofo teacheth a fool, is as one that 
glueth a potfherd together, and as he that 
vvaketb one from a found fleep. 

8 He that telleth a tale to a fool fpeak- 
eth to one in a flumber : when he hath 
told his tale, he will fay, What is the mat- 
ter ? 

9, If children live hcneftly, and have 
wherewithal, they (hall cover the bale- 
nefs of their parents. 

10 But children being haughty through 
difdain and want of nurture, do (tain the 
nobility of their kindred. 

1 1 Weep for the dead, for he hath loft 
the light : and weep for the fool, for he 
vanteth tmderftanding : make little 
weeping for the dead, for he is at reft : 
but the life of the fool is worfe than death. 

12 Seven days do men mourn for him 
t hut is dead ; but for a fool and an un- 
godly man all the days of his life. 

13 Talk not much with a fool, and go 
not to him that hath no underflanding ; 
beware of him left thou have trouble, 
and thou lhalt never be defiled with his 
fooleries : depart from him, and thou 
(halt find reft, and never be difquieted 
with madnefs. 

14 What is heavier than lead ? and 
What is the name thereof, but a fool ? 

15 Sand, and fait, and a mafs of iron, 
is calier to bear, than a man without un • 
dernanding. 

10 As timber girt and bound together 
in a building, cannot be loofeel with fiiak- 
ing : i'o the heart that is eftablifhed by 
advifed coun>l, frail fear at no time. 

17 A heart fettled upon a thought of 
undrrftanding, is as a fair plafferingon 
the wall of a gallery. 

18 Pales let on an high place will nev- 
er fiand againfl the wind ; fo a fearful 
heart, in the imagination of a fool, can- 
not lrand againft any fear. 

19 He that pricketh the "ye, will make 

tears 



Jtpurypb*. Chap. 

fears to fall : wd he that pricketh the 
he«»rt inikcth it to (hew her know ledge. 

10 «J VV'lie "th a fume at the birds, 

frayeth them away : and he that upbraid- 
eth his fnead, breaketh friendili »p. 

Though thou dreweft a f.vord at 
tfey firieod, yet defoair not : for there 
f be a returning [to favour. 3 

If thou haft opened thy mouth a- 
Rainft thy friend, fear not : for there may- 
be a reconciliation : except for upbraid- 
, or pride, ordifclofmg oi lecreu. or a 
f oeherous wound : for, for thefe things 
every friend will depart. 

■ii Be faithfu >bcr in his 

poverty, that thou mayeft rejoice in his 

,fperity \e (ted to him in 

this trouble, that thou 

be heir with him in his heritage : for a 

mean eilate is not a: in- 

; nor the rich tha 
in admiration. 

t4 As the vapour and fmuke of a fur- 
wa' h before the fire ; io refiling 

before blood. 

45 I will not be afhamed to defend a 
f/iend : neither v. ill I 

id if any evil Inpprn unto r. 
kirn, f thai be 11 be- 

ware ot him. 

fet a watch before 
►uth, 'j j! kj( wildom upon my 

I fall i!y by them, 

d that my t< t } 

CM A P. II. 

1 A frmytr Jor ^rajf to flee Jin. £3 The 

~.fib many rju.j 
O LORD rand (iovcrn 

my whole leave me i their 

■ tall by 
- Who m fcourpr-j over my 

*V' 

.ces, a 

Wv d I 

- . 

*ivr ir»r n k, but | 

thy fen 

, and 

■ 
I 

•* he that kwepetb it ihatl 

**< 

* ilk 



xx j8'.*:rypl*. 

i.'hr.ef? : both the evil fpeaker and tlie? 
.id (kail fall thereby. 
9 Accufro; mouth to fv ear- 

ing : neither ufe -ig 

he Holy One. 
For a« a fei -at is continually- 

beaten, (hail not be without a nark i 

|fo he that fwearerh, and named) God 
! continually (hall not be fault! 

It A man that ufeth much ing, 

'(hall be r . iniquity, and i 

<ue (hall never depart Iron* his houii 
if he (ball offend, I .^all be upon him : 

land it he aci- ge not his (In, he 

jmaketh a double oiTence; and \t ire 

, in v i (hall n >t be innocent, but . 

e (ball be full ot es. 

14 There is a word that is clothed a- 
jbout with death : God grant that ir be 
n«>t f.nind in the heritage of Jacob ; t >i 
(all fuch things (hall be far from the pod- 
I [f t and they (hall not wallow in their fins. 

13 Ufe not thy mouth to iotempe 
fwearin^, forthei | rd of I 

14 Remember thy father anu totk* 
er, when thou fitted am ti:cn. 
Be not forgetful before them, and f 

by thy cufiom become a ; ■ iih> 

• thou hadfl not been born, a.»d curie 

15 i i thai i* accuftomed to 

i us words, 
1 the days of 1 

16 Ti of men . km! 
third 

:rning 11 ne*( r be 

ached till it be confume«l : a torn. 
tor in the body rtcfli will 

ceiff till he hat !ed a tire 

II ret to remon- 

:if will no' 

lay- 
ing tbu lieart, rth me ? 

iarkneff, the 

H ghf 

not remember 

of I 

ot [he molt 

- I : 

lookc 

i 
, hith ti 

. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



and 
peo- 



Apocrypha, 

in adultery , and brought children fay an- 
other man. 

24 She (hall be brought out into the 
congregation, and inquifiiion fhall be 
mane of her children 

25 hter children (hall not take root, and 
her branches (hall bring forth no fruit 

26 She (hall leave her memory to be 
curfed, and her reproach (hall not be 
blotted out 

27 And they that remain ftiall know 
that there is nothing better than the fear 
of the Lord, and that there is nothing 
fleeter than to take heed unto the com- 
mandments of the Lord. 

£8 It is great glory to follow the Lord, 

and to be received of hirrt is long life. 
CHAP. XXIV. 

2 JVifdom doth praif' hcrfdj, Jbewetb her 
beginning, 4 her drilling, 1$ her glo- 
ry, 17 her fruity 2<> her increafe 'und 
ffrfeclion 
WISDOM ftiall praife herfelf, 

fnall glory in the midft of her 

pie. 

2 «T To the congregation of the Molt 
High mail (he open her mouth, and tri- 
ll m p 1 1 b e fo r e h i s p o w e t> 

3 I came out of the mouth of the Mod 
High, and covered ihe earth as a cloud. 

4 fl I dwelt in high places, and my- 
th rone is in a cloudy pillar. 

5 I alone compared the circuit of heav- 
en and walked in the bottom of the deep 

6 In the waves of the fea, and in all the 
earth, and in every people, and nation, 
I got a pofiefiion 

7 With all ihefe I fought reft : and, In 
whofe inheritance thai I I abide ? 

8 So the Creator of all things gave me 
-.a commandment, and he that made me 

caufed my tabernacle to reft, and i'aid, 
Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine 
inheritance in Iirael 

9 He created me from the beginning 
before the world, and I (hall never fail. 

10 In the holy tabernacle I ferved be- 
fore him : and fo was I eftablifhed in Sion. 

It Likewife in the beloved city he 
gave me reft and in Jerufalein was my 
power. 

12 A.nd I took root in an honou; 

pe^ 

mheriiance- 
13 fl I was exalted like a cedar in Li- 
barius, and as a cyprefs tree upon tiie 
mountains of Hernu 

14 I was exalted like a palm tree in 
Engaddi, and as a role plant in Jericho, as 
a fair olive tree in a pleafant field ; and 
grew up as a plane free by the water. 

tO I gave a fweet fmell like cinnamon 
and afpalathtis, and I yielded a pleafant 
odour like the beft myrrh, as galbanum, 
and onvx, and fweet ftorax, and as the 
fume of frankincenfe in I he tabernacle 



even in the portion of the Lord's 



Apocrypha* 

16 As the turpentine tree I ftretched 
out my branches, and my branches are 
the branches of honour and grace. 

17 ^ As the Vine brought I forth 
pleafant favour, and my flowers are the 
fruit of honour and riches. 

ii I am the mother of fair love, and 
fear, and knowledge, and holy hope : I 
therefore being eternal am given to all 
my children which are named of him. 

19 Come unto ine, all ye that be de- 
(irous of me, and fill youffeives with my 
fruits. 

20 For my memorial is fweeter than 
honey, and mine inheritance than the 
honeycomb. 

11 'They that eat me fhall yet be hun- 
gry, and they that drink me (hall yet be 
thirfty. 

11 He that obeveth me (hall never be 
confounded, and 'they that work by me 
fliall not do amifii 

13 All thefe things are thebook of the 
covenant of the molt high God, even the 
law which Mofes commanded for an her- 
itage unto the congregations of Jacob. 

IK Faint not to.be ftrong in the Lord ; 
tin: he may confirm you. cleave unto 
him; for the Lord Almighty is God a- 
lorte, and befide him there is no other 
Saviour. 

25 Hefillethall things with his wif- 
dom, as Phiibn, arid as Tigris in the time 
of the new ffuits. 

26.^ He maketh the undemanding to 
abound like Euphrates, arid as Jordan in 
the time of the harveft. 

11 He maketh the doctrine of knowl- 
edge appear as the light, and as Geon in 
the time of vintage. 

23 The firft man knew her not perfect- 
ly ; no more fhall the laft find her out. 

29 For her thoughts are more than the 
fsa,and hercounfels pro founder than the 
great deep. 

SOI alio came out as a brook from a 
river, and as a conduit into a garden. 

81 I laid, I will water my beft garden, 
and will water abundantly my garden- 
bed : and, lo, my brook became a river 
and my river became a fea. 

S2 I will yet make doctrine to ihir.e as 
the morning, and will lend forth berlight 

afar oft*. . 

83 1 will yet pour out doctrine as pro- 
phecy, ana leave it to all ages torever. 

34 Behold, that I have not laboured 
for myfelf only, but for all them that 
feekw'ifdom. 

CHAP. XXV. 
I What things are beautiful, and nvhat 

hateful. IS Nothing is nvorfe than a. 

notched woman. 

IN three t^Niigs I was beautified, and 
flood up beautiful both before ^od 
and men : the unity of brethren, the 



\P&Cfypba % Chap. x\ri. A *. 

love of neighbours, a nun and a u A. worn :"h-* maintain her huf- 

thu tther. band, is full of anger, impudence, and 

iien ray foiil hateth, ch. 

hfe:a nan abateth the cour* 

is proud, a rich man uuketh an heavy countenance, and 

Iterer thatdoateth. a wounded heart: a woman that will 

.} If Ui hing in th) jrafort herbufbandin diirreis, mak- 



ith, How canli . find any thing in 

thine age ? 

4 comely a. thine is judgment 
,;rey hms, and for ai.cient men to 

el I 

5 Oh, how comely is the wifdom < I 
men, and understanding 

nour ' 
■luch expt rience is the crown of nl J 
men, and the od ia. their glo- 

r >' 
7 There be tiine thir ch T h 

Red in mine heart to be h , , and the 

1 ti tef •■• ith my tongue : A 

ren, and he 

s en»*: 

i Hi it dwellefh with a 

hath no! 

:e, and that hath 

not f'-rved a n <re unworthy than 

q vl | ru- 

..u fpeaketh in the ears 
it will hear. 

10 Oh, how great is he that fi. 

here none above 
fearetn 

11 But the love I paflTeth all 

n : he that hi 
it, 

' - the bi\ 

k:ed- 
i • 
14 And a 



eth nd feeble kner 

24 Of the woman came 'he beginning 
of fm, at nl through her we all die. 

5 Give the water no paflage : neither 
a wicked ttuman liberty to gad abroad. 

iG [frae as thou ie it have 

her, cut her off from thy fiefh, and give 
her a bill or divorce, and let her go. 
CH \ P. XXVI. 

bad loom en. 
BLESSH \) is fhe man that hath a - 
tuous vvife, lor the number of his days 
ihall be doul 

£ A virtuous woman rejoice th her huf- 

ban he Ihall fulfil the years of his 

life in peace. 

i A . • wife is a good portion, which 

en in t lion ot them that 

rd. 

4 Whet I in be rich or poor, if 

he I d the Li rd, 

he ihall at all timi E rej •.« e w ith a chter- 
ful countenance. 

a There be three things that mine^ 
heart f id for the I urth 1 * 

lore atraid ; t!.: (lander of a city, the 
ering tog I an unruly multi- 

tude, and >ulution ; all th 

• than death. 

But a gi heart and fori > v is % 

wo;- loui over another • orn- 

:n, and a fcourge of tt.c tongue which 

h all. 
7 \:i evil wife is a yuk<* fi. nd 

he thai told of her it 

held a ; 'i. 

I, am! 



» I any th great anger, ami i 

l >ver 1 1'- 1 

9 ! be 

r haughty Looki and I 

16 I in d ' 10 If t'>y ielef< ! 

a d than to kcr r . ,(h j \ < r in i 



eth ' 

rh. 

■ 

it little to the 



u \ eye : and 

■ 
■ 
haih 

her 
itteo 

1 1 A file • 

■ 
i 

ij fi Q) im : teed and a fail 

an 



Apocrypha. 

an is a double grace, and her continent 
mind cannot be valued. 

16 As the fun when it arifeth in the 
high heavens ; fo is the beauty of a good 
wife, in 'be ordering of her houfe. 

17 As f he cl^ar ligh' is upon the holy 
candleftick ; fo is the beauty of the face 
in ripe age 

18 As the golden pillars are uron the 
fockets of Giver : fo are the fair feet with 
a c;nftant heart 

19 My fon, keep the flower cf thine 
age found ; and give not thy ftrength to 
Grangers. 

20 When thou haft gotten a fruitful 
pofTenloi-! through all the field- fow it 
with thine own feed, truftingin thegood- 
aefs of thy frock 

£1 So :hy race which thou leave!! (hail 
"be magnified, having »he confidence of 
their ^ .'cent. 

22 An P3rLr ftftuT be accounted as 
fpittle ; but a m irried v oman is a tower 
againft death to her huibsnd. 

2:TA v icked woman is given as a 
portion to a wicked man ; but a godly 
woman is given to him that feareth the 
Lord- 

24 A difheneft woman contemneth 
fliame ; bu an honed woman will rever- 
e« ce her hufband. 

25 A (hamelefs woman uhall be count- 
ed as a dog : but (he that is fhamefaced 
will fear the Lord. 

26 A woman that honoureth her huf- 
band, (hall be judged wife of all; but 
fhe that diftcnoureth him in her pride, 
final 1 becoimfpd ungodly of all. 

27 A loud crying woman, and a fcold, 
fhsll be fought out to drive away the 
enemies. 

20 There be two things that grieve my 
beait ; and the third maketh^me angry : 
a man of war that fufFererh poverty, and 
men of underftarding that are not fet 
by ; and one that returneth from right- 

Lifnefs to On, the Lord prepareth iuch 
an one tor the fword. 

29 A met chant fhall hardly keep ] 
felf from doing wrong ; and an huckfter 
fhall noi be freed from fin. 

CHAP. XXVII. 

1 Of J: ft in felling and buying: 25 he 

that d\ugetb a pit jb tl Juli Into it. 

MANY have finned f . r a fmall mat- 
tier: 2nd he that feeketh for abundance 
will turn his eves a ay. 

2 As a nail ftickelh fair between the 
joinings of the for. 1 ^oth f:n (tick 
elole between buying and I 

3 Un'pf-, a man hold himfelf dilige 
in the fear of the Lvi J, I 

foon be overthrown. 

4 As when one fifteen with a neve, the 
refufe remained! i fo the filth of man in 
"lis talk* 



ECCLE3IASTTCUS. 



Apocryfbc. 

5 The furnace proveth the potter's 
j veffcls ; fo the— trial of man is in his rea- 

loning. 

j 6 The fruit derlareth if the tree feave 
j been drefr-d .• io is -he utterance of a 
, conceit in the heart of man. 
j 7 Praife no man before thou beared 

him ("peak : for this is the trial of men. 
! 8 If thou followed righteoufnefs thou 

fhalt obtain her, and put her on, as a 

glorious long robe. 

9 The birds will refort unto their like 5 
fo will truth return unto them that prac- 

j ticein her 

10 A*, the lion lieth in wait for the prey % 
\ fo fin for th?m that work iniquity. 

11 The.difccurfe of a godly man is al- 
! ways with wifdom ; but a fool changetk 
■ as the moon. 

MS If *hou be among the indifcreet 9 
obferve the Time ; but be continually a- 
niong men of underftanding. 

13 The difcourfe of fools is irkfome^ 
and their fport is in the wantonnefs of fin* 

14 The talk of him that fweareth much, 
maketh the hair ftand upright; and their 
brawls make one ftbp his ears. 

15 The ftrife of the proud is blood- 
(hedding, and their revilings are grievous 
to the ear 

16 Whofo difcovereth fecrets lofeth his 
credit ; and (ball never find a friend to 
his mind. 

17 Love thy friend, and be faithful un- 
to him 1 but if tho'u betra> eft his lecrei: 3 
follow no mere after him : 

18 For as a man hath deftroyed his en- 
emy ; fo haft thou loft the love of thy 
neighbour. 

19 As one that letteth a bird go out oT 
his hand, fo haft thou let thy neighbour 
go, and ibalt not get him again. 

£0 Follow after him no n ore> for he is 
too far off j he is as a roe efcaped out of 
the fnare. 

21 As for a wound, it may be bound 
up ; and after reviling there may be ree- 
led ent but he that betray eth fe- 
crets is w ithout hope. 

K He that winketh with the eyes, 
worketh evil : and he that knoweth him, 
will depart from him. 

I When thou art pref:r.t, he v% i 
etly, and will admire thy 
"crds: but at the laft he will writhe. 
his mouth, and (lander thy Payings. 

24 I have hated many things, but 
nothing like him, for the Lord will hate 

me on lur.T, 
?th ii own head ; and a de- 

e fhall make wounds. 

26 -i!i a pi: ihall fall there- 
in ; and he that letteth a trap, (hail be 
taken therein- 

27 He that woxkei .isief, it fta 

fall 



Apo:rypb*. Chap. 

"fall -upon him, and he (hall not know 
whence it comeih. 

18 ry and reproach are from 

the proud : but vengeance a» a lion /hill 
lie in wait for them. 

59 They that rejoice at the fall of the 
righteous, (hull be t iicen in the fnare, 
and anguiOi fhall conkune them before 
they d 

SO Malice and wrath, even thefe are 
abominations, and the finful man lhail 
have them both 

chap, xxvirr 

1 Agair.jl rcver,gc % 8 quun tiling, 10 an, 
grr % lj und butkbi: 
HB that revengeth ven- 

ie. no:.] 

>our the hurt that 
he hdt»j done nee, io ihuli thy lins 

alfo be hen thou 

3 One man beareth igainft an- 

©tr D . he feekpai aun trjni the 

Lor 

* vrth no mercy to a man 

ne thai 1. nourith hatred, 

U entr* io or 

fin-. 

6 Kemember thy end, and let ent 

. death, 

menrs. 
I kern 

r : [ic- 
ed, 
■ .... 
< , and th 

I luriou* man will 
re. 
9 A i in difquieteth 

and ih debate a 

at pe^cc. 

;h : and a> :rrugtf 

Ith : a:, ^ ;e* 

anger riicrh ; and tl 
are which 

• i A n it - on kJndleth u I 

h 

i : I 

it t!i it, it fhall be 

both ihele come 
h. 

and double- 
I 
ere at i • > 
u iiet- 

from 

to -tics hath if | 

I the houfes oi 

cue ha I 

icm 

ct I 



xxvm. xxix. 



Apocrypha, 



I 



16 Whofo hearkene»h unto it, 
never find relt, and never dweil quietly. 

IT The ltroke of the whip maketh 
marks in the fkih : bat the ltroke oi the 
tongue breaketh the bonea. 

18 Many have fallen by the edge of 
the lrtord : but not fall- 
en by the tongue. 

19 Well is he that is defended from it, 
and hath not pa lie l through the venom 
iheieof : who ha'h not drawn the 
thereof, nor hath been bound in her 

Is 
For the yoke thereof is a yoke t f 
iron, and the liar.ds thereof are bands o-i 

21 The death thereof is an evil death, 
the g : er than it. 

*2J It (ball not have rule over them 
that fear Uod, neither Ihali they be 
.cd with the flame thereof. 

ii as forlake the Lord mall tall 
into it, and it (hail burn in them, and 

be quenched ; it fhall be lent u 
them as a lion, and devour them as a 
leop; 

hedge thy p^ 
liun about with thorns, and bind up thy 
r and gold : 

ih> mouth. 
26 B . Aide not b> 

thou iall b Lbit lietl 

/ruff J]j<ic ml ; 4 but 

i'f r.oi .Jcj'Ukd ibt 

HE tl lerciful will lend unto 

id he that 1. 1 u- 

eth h id, keepelh i lie command- 

I t i thy neighl 
\ 
fealbn< 
8 Keep th i i il faith: 

with bint thou .. find 

• 

4 « 
them, reclu I \ u't 

trouble ti them. 

i 
man*s h md • and 

he 1. 'he 

and 

t> i 1, he fliall h <i '-ive 

ii he had 
htm 

i 
■ 

H ith , 
win , 

7 
• r . < j b* 

delrauo 

« Ye 



Apocrypha. 

8 Yet have thou patience with a man 
in poor eftate, and delay not to fhew him 
mercy. 

9 «ff Help the poor for the command- 
ment's lake, and turn him not away be- 
cauie of his poverty. 

10 Lofe thy money for thy brother 
and thy friend, and let it not ruft under 
aftoneto he loft 

11 Lay up thy treafure according to 
thecommandmentsofthe Mo ft High, and 
it thaii bring thee more profit than gold. 

12 Shu,t up alms in thy (tore hoUfes : 
and it (hall deliver thee from all affliction. 

15 It fhall tight for thee agaifift thioe 
enemies, better than a mighty (hield and 
ftrong fpear. 

14 An honeft Irian is furety for his 
neighbour : but he that is impudent will 
fcriake him.' 

15 Forget not the friend fhip of thy fure- 
ty, lor he hath given his life for thee. 

16 A (Inner will overthrow the good 
eftate of his furety : 

17 And he that is of an unthankful 
mind, will leave him [in danger] that 
delivered him. 

19 Surety (hip hath undone many of 
good eftate, and fhaken them as a wave 
ofthefea: mighty men hath it driven 
from their houfes, fo that they wander- 
ed among ftrange nations. 

19 A wicked man tranfgrefting the 
commandments ci the Lord, frail fall 
into furety'fhip ; and he that underraketh 
^nd follow eth other men's hu finds for 
gain, ftall fall inro fuits* 

20 Help thy neighbour according to 
thy power, and beware that thou thyfeif 
fall not into the fame. 

21 The chief thing for life is water, 
and bread, and clothing, aad an houfe 
to cover iha me. 

22 Better is the life of a poor man in 
a mean cottage, than delicate fare in an- 
other rnan*s houfe. 

He it iittle or much, hold thee con- 
tented, that thou hear not the reproach 
of thy houfe. 

24 For it is a miferable life to go from 
houfe to houfe ; for wJiere thou art a 
llranger, thou darcft not open thy 
mouth. 

25 Thou (halt entertain, and feaft, and 
have no thanks : 
hear bitter words 

£6 Come, thou itranper, and furnifh 
a table, and feed me of that thou haft 
ready 

2" Give place, thou ftrangcr, to an hon 
curable man. my brother cotneth to he 
lodged, and 1 !>ave need ol 'mine houle. 

2tS '1 befc ate grievous i 

man of vnC . 

of houfe rouni^ and te ting of 

lender. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



moreover, thou (halt 



Apocrypha* 

CHAP. XXX. 

1 // is good to co: reel our children, 7 and 

not to be too fond oftbem. 14 Health 

is better than ivealtb. 

HE that loveth his fon, caufeth him 
oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy 
of him in the end. 

2 He tbatchaftifeth his fon, (hall have 
joy in him, and (hall rejoice of him a- 
mong his acquaintance. 

S He that teacheth his fon, grieveth 
the enemy : and before bis iriend3 he 
(hall rejoice of him. 

4 Though his father die, yet he is as 
though he were not dead ; for lie hath 
left one behind him that is like mmfelf. 

5 While he lived, he law and rejoiced 
in him: and when he died, he was not 
forrowiul. 

ti He left behind him an avenger a- 
gainft his enemies, and one that (hall re- 
quite kindnefs to his friends. 

7 $ He that maketh too much of his 
fen, (hall bind up his wounds, and i. 
bowels will be troubled ar every cry. 

8 An horfe not broken becomerh head- 
lining : and a child left to himlelf will 
be wiiful. 

9 Cocker thy child, and he fhall make 
thee afraid ; play with hiin, and he will 
bring thee to heaviness. 

10 Laugh not with him, left thou have 
for row wuli him, and left thou gnafh thy 
teeth in the end. 

11 Give him no liberty in his youth, 
and wink not at his follies. 

12 Bow down his neck while he is 
young, and beat him on the fides while 
he is a child, left he wax ftubbcrn, and 
be difobedient unto thee, and fo brin 
forrow to thine heart. 

15 Chaftife thy fon, and hold him to 
labour, left his lewd behaviour be an 
offence unto thee. 

14 «[] Better js the poor, being found 
and ftrong of cenftitution, than a r;ch 
man that is afflicted in his body. 

15 Health and good eftate of body are 
above all gold, and a ftrong body above, 

ire wealth. 

16 There is no riches above a found 
body, and no joy above tne joy ot the 
heart. 

17 Death is better than a bitter life, 
or continual lickneis. 

18 Delicates poured upon a mouth (hut ^ 
up, are as mefies or meat let upon 

ve. 

19 W;-,at good doeth theoffeting nnt<*. 
an idoi ? for ne ther can it eat, nor 
fmell : fo : ic a; is perfecuted of the. 
Lord. 

He fee th with his eye?, and grc 
erh as a aceth a vir- 



gin, and fighe*h. 



21 Give not over thy mind to 



heavv 

i.t'fs, 



nets, and afflift not thyfelf in thine own 
I. 
be gMnr he heart is 

:i 
prolongeth h\> 

£3 Love thine own foul, s- itort 

thy heart, remove forr, rem tfiee ; 

: there 
is n ■) , n. 

44 fcovy and nrrath Morten the life, 
and care; th age 

nc. 

*'• A cheerful and good heart 
have a . ■■:. 

CI. 
4 ( lejtie of rickes, \i of modera. 

i or ca ;, oi drinking 

■ ie. 

riches meth 

the fit tereof 

■ 
2 will not l?t a 

. c 
■ 
4 I'he poor laboured] 

.till 

He that loveth gold (hall not be juf- 
tit: uption 

thall have enough thereof. 

6 Gold h en the rain oi 

.•lent. 

unto them 
j1 {hail 

* i 'hat is ' 

. 

him 
he 
•ople. 



Chap. xxxi. xxxii. Apocrypha. 

13 When thou fitterr among manv, 

h not t: id out hrit ot all. 

M A \ tie is h r a man 

i nurtured, and be aot kis 

; . Ihort ed. 

lleep comelh of moderate 
rileth early, and his 
with him : but the pain of watchii 
r, and pangs of the belly a 
i uniatiublc arm. 
- 1 i hall been force 

eat, arife, go forth, Tomit, and 
cr relt 

p me, and defpife 
at line la(t thou (halt find as f 
told thee : in all ■ be quick, (o 

. there no i unto thee. 

b-ral of iiis meat, men 
im ann the repotl 
his good houfe keeping will be believed. 

24 But again 
of his meat, die whole city (hall murmur, 
• the teftimonies of his niggardu fs 
-jf. 
thy valia ... 

for wine hath ed ma. 

tS The furnace proveth trie edge by 
dippin oth w ine i 

proud by i 

fe to a 
it be drunk :,. 

ut wine 
it wa men glad. 

afuiab ik, and in 

, I . 
I iieerfu ad. 

wilh 



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Jruit ii 

10 a 

- 

becomctn tt 
4 P 



Apocrypha. 

5 A concert of mufick in a banquet of 
wine, is as a fignet of carbuncle fet in 
gold. 

6 As a fignet of an emerald fet in a 
work of gold, fo is the melody of muiick 
with plealanr wine. 

7 Speak, young man, if there be need 
©f thee : and yet fcarcely when thou art 
twice afked. 

8 Let thy fpcechbe fhort, comprehend 
ing much in few words ; be as one that 
knoweth, and yet holdeth his tongue. 

9 If thou be among great men, make 
not thyfelf equal with them ; and when 
ancient men are in place, ufe not many 
words. 

10 Before the thunder goeth lightning, 
and before a (hamefaced man (hall go fa- 
vour. 

1 i Ri fe up betimes, and be not the laft, 
but get thee home without delay. 

V'l There take ihy paftime, and do 
what thou wilt } but lin not by proud 
Ipeech. 

15 And for thefe things, blefshim that 
made thee, and hath replenished thee 
with his good things 

14 q\ Whofo feaieth the Lord will re- 
ceive his difcipline ; and they that feek 
him early mail find favour. 

15 He that feekcth the law, (hall be fil- 
led therewith ; but the hypocrite will be 
offended thereat. 

16 They that fear the Lord (hall find 
judgment, and (hall kindle juitice as a 
light. 

17 A finfui man will not be reproved, 
but findeth an excuse according to his 
will. 

18 ff A man of counfel will be consid- 
erate, buc a ft range and proud man is 
not daunted with fe.ir, even wheuofhim- 
ielf he hath done without counfel. 

19 Do nothing without advice, and 
when thou haft once done, repent not. 

20 Go not in a way wherein thou 
Tnaycft iall, and {tumble not among the 
ftones. 

21 He not confident in a plain way. 

°li And beware of thine own chil- 
dren. 

28 ^ In every good work tr.ufl: thy own 
foul, for this is the keeping of the com- 
mandments. 

£4 He that believeth in the Lord tak- 
eth heed to the commandment, and he 
that iruiieth in iuni, /hull tare never the 
wo; fe. 

CHAP XXXIH. 

1 Thefufny oj uim ibutjeuretk the Lord. 

7 'lints unci J^ujvn are of God. 

THERE (hall no evil happen unto 
him that feaitth i'c Lord, but in 
temptation even again he will deliver 
him. 

2 A wife man ha;eth not the law ; but 



ECCLES1ASTICUS. 



Apocrypha* 

h« that is an hypocrite therein, is as & 
(hip in a (form. 

"» A man of understanding trufieth ill 
the law, and the law is faithful unto him 
as an oracle. 

4 Prepare what to fay, and fo thou 
(halt be heard : and bind up inftru&ion, 
and then make anlwer. 

5 The heart of the foolifli is like a cart 
wheel : and his thoughts are like a roll- 
ing axletree. 

6 A ftallion horfe is as a mocking 
friend, he neigheth under every one that 
fitteth upon him 

7 fl Wh> doth one day excel another, 
when as all the light of every day in the; 
year is of the fun \ 

8 By the knowledge of the Lord they 
were didinguifaed, and he altered fealon* 
and fealls. 

9 Some of them hath he made high 
days, and hallowed toem, and lome of 
them hath he made ordinary da> s. 

10 And all men are from the ground, 
and Atiam was created of earth- 

li In much knowledge the Lord hath 
divided them, and made their ways di- 
ve rfe. 

12 Some of them hath he bleffed and 
exalted, and lome ot them hath he fane- 
iitied and let near himlelf : but fome of 
them hath he curled and brought low, 
and turned out of their places. 

15 As the clay is in the potter's hand, 
to faftiion it at his pleafuie : fo man is in 
the hand of him that made him, to render 
to them as liketh him belt. 

14 Good is let againlt evil, and life a- 
gainft. death : fo is the godly againlt the 
(inner, and the finner agamll the godly. 

16 So look upon all the works of the 
Molt High, and there are two and two, 
one againlt another. 

16 I waked up laft of all, as one that 
gathereth after the grapegatherers ; by 
the blefling of the Lord I profited, and 
filled my wine prefs like a gatherer of 
grapes. 

17 Confider that I laboured not for 
pry (elf only, but lor all them that feek 
learning. 

13 Hear me, O ye great men of the 
people, and hearken with your ears, ye 
rulers of the congregation. 

19 Give not thy ion and wife, thy 
brother and friend, power over thee 
w. 1,'le thou lived, and give not thy goods 
to another : lelt it repent thee, and thou 
entreat for the fame again. 

20 As long as thou lived and haft 
breath in thee, give not thy felt* over to 
any. 

21 For better it is that thy children 
(hould feek to thee, than that thou (hould- 
elt hand to their couriely. 

22 hi all thy works keep to thyfelf 

-r the 



leave not a ftain in 



jpoerypbs. 

the preeminence, 
thine honour. 

£5 ^\t the time when thou (halt end 
thy davs, and finiih thy life, diltribute 
; ie inheritance. 

£4 Fodder, a wand, and burdens, are 
for the als ; and bread, correction, ami 
fvofk, for a Servant. 

If thou let thy fervant to labour, 
thou malt find reft : but if thou let h m 
go idle, he (hall f-ek liberty. 

26 A yoke and a collar do bow the 
neck fo <re tortures and torments for 
evil fervant. 

17 ben 1 hitfl lo Ubour, that he be not 
idle : for idlenefs te<cheth much evil. 

,i to work as is rit fur him i 
if he be not Obedient, put on more 1 
fett' 

29 But be not excc.Tive toward any, 
and without diloetion do nothing. 

i>(i It thou h int, let him be 

unto thee as I ife thou halt 

bou,. th < price. 

Al It rhofl \i- rvant, entreat him 



Chap, xxxtv. xxxv. 



1 



Apocrypha. 

^fr times in r of death: 

delivered becaufe of thefe 



I was 
yet 1 wai 
things. 

Ifl «T The fpirit of thofe that fear the 
Lord (ball live, for their hope is in him 
that fjveth them. 

U Whofo feareth the Lord mall not 
fear, nor be afraid, for he hi his hope. 

15 BlelTed is the foul of him that fear- 
eth the Lord i To whom doth lie look ? 
and. Who is his ftrength 1 

lo For the eyes of the Lord are upon 
them that love him. he is then mighty 
lection and hrong Ray, a defence 
from heat, ami a cover from the iun at 
noon, a preformation from (fumbling, and 
an help from falling. 

IT He raiieth up the foul, and lighten- 
eth the eyes: he giveth health, lite, and 
bleflin^. 

la ft He that faciifketh of a thing 
wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridio 
ulous ; and the -^ifts of unj.iii men, are 
not accepted. 

19 The Moft High is not pleafed with 



as a brother ; forth 1 of himnhe wicked : neither 



IC 0^ n loul : it thou enirr |{ 

evil, aad h rhee, 

wifttho. 

i J XX XIV. 
1 Of dreams. \5 Tor /" ttjr and hleflrng 

I '■ / be oj- 
feringtoftkcwtcktti cefietbntt. 

1 His hopes "f t m uT void ol un 

re v«un and talk* ; and d real 
It r t up l>».»ls. 
1 v. irdeth dre . 

utd lolloweth 

- 
blance of one ti , 

the 

4 i >r an unci' hat can be 

I, I 

I 

dreams, n ieth 

■ worn ivail. 

thy lr 

icin 

1 that ; 
• - 
8 ! 

idom i .» a 

th 

th -i h 

! i i 

tany- 

. *nd I 
«a<- 



IS 

he pacified tor fin by the multitude of 
i inces. 

bringeth an offering of the 

>f the | one that k.ill- 

etl\ the fon before hi. 

21 r he bread of the need] ts their life: 

fvaudeth h .in 

►ur'a 

living. Ili;, eth him ; ld- 

eth tourer oi hia !. :.•:, t> a blood 

l another 

pullethdown, What profit have they th^n 
bu; i t 

14 V ther 

cm 1 irr 

25 rh himfcll • 

It 

•£6 So hut wii 

l, and dot (I. the 
W . 
at doth hi i i 

ci :v. 

1 . /. 14 Thr 

, nj the 01 

't 

fer | k.eth I I 

th' , 



nt 

■ 
I 



.ore 



ECCLESIASTIC-US. 



Apocrypha, 

5 For all thefe tilings [are to be done] 
becaufe of the commandment. 

6 The offering of the righteous maketh 
the altar fat, and thefweet favour thereof 
is before the Moft High. 

T The facrifice of a juft man is accept- 
able, and the memorial thereof (hail nev- 
er be forgotten, 

8 Give the Lord his honour with a 



Apocrypha. 

5 Lift up thy hand againft the ftrangg 
nations, and let them fee thy power. 

4 As thou waft fanctifiedjn us before 
them : fo be thou magnified among them 
before us 

5 And let them know thee, as we h^ve 
known thee, that there is no God but 
only thou, OGod. 

6 Shew new figr.s, and make other 



good eye, and diminifh not the firft fruits Grange wonders, glorify thy hand, and 



of thine hands 

9 In all thy gifts Cnew z cheerful coun- 
tenance, and dedicate thy tithes with 
gladnefs. 

10 Give unto the Moft High according 
as he hath enriched thee ; and as thou 
haft gotten, give with a cheerful eye. 

It For the Lord recompenfeth, and 
will give thee feven times as much. 

12 Do not think to corrupt with gifts, 
for fuch he will not receive : and trull 
not to unrighteous facrifices, for the Lord 
is judge, and with him is no refpect of 
perfons. 

13 He will not accept any pcrfon a- 
gainft a poor man, but will hear the 
prayer of the opprefTed. 

14 ^T He will not defpife the fuppllca- 
tion of the falherlefs : nor the widow 
when hhe poureth out her complaint. 

15 Do not the tears run down the wid 
ow's cheeks ? and, Is not her cry again!! 
bim that caufeth them to fall ? 

16 He that ferveth the Lcrd fhall be 
accepted with favour, and his prayer 
fhall reach unto the clouds. 

17 The prayer of the humble pierceth 
tbe clouds : and till it come nigh, he will 
not be comforted, and will not depart till 
the Moft High fliall behold to judge 
rightenuily, and execute judgment. 

18 For the Lord will not be Hack, nei- 
ther will the Mighty be patient toward 
them, till he have fmitten in (under the 
loins of the unmerciful, andrcpayed ven- 
geance to the heathen ; till he have tak- 
en away the multitude of the proud, 
and broken the fceptre of the unright- 
eous ; 

19 Till he have rendered to every man 
according to his deeds, and to the works 
of men according to their devices; til) 
he have judged the caufe cf his peo- 
ple, and made them to rejoice in his mer- 
cy. 

20 Mercy is fe^fonable in the time of 
affliction*, as clouds of rain in the time of 
drought. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
1 A prayer /or the cburch aga'mjl the 

enemies thereof : i8 d good heart, and 

a fro-ward. 

HAVE mercy upoo OS, O Lord God 
cf all ; *va behold us : 

2 And fend thy fear upon all the na- 
tions thii feck not after the;, 



thy right arm, that they may fetf< rththy 
ponderous works. 

7 ilaife up indignation, and pour out 
wrath i take away the adverfary, and de- 
ftroy the enemy. 

8 Make the time fhorr, remember the 
covenant, and let them declare thy won- 
derful works. 

9 Let him that efcapeth be confumed 
by the rage of the fire, and let them per- 
Uh that opprefs the people. 

10 Smite in funder the heads of the 
rulers of the heathen, that fay, There is 
none other but we. 

It Gather all the tribes of Jacob to- 
gether, and inherit thou them, as from 
the beginning. 

12 O Lord, have mercy upon the peo- 
ple that is called by thy name, and upon 
I fra 1, whom thou haft named thy firft: 
born 

13 O be merciful unto Jerufalem, thy 
holvcity, the place of thy reft. 

1* Fill Sion With thine unfpeakable 
oracles, and thy people with thy gk>rj 

15 Giveteftimony unto thofe that thou 
haft po Hefted from the beginning, and 
raife up prophets that have been in thy 
name. 

16 .Reward them that wait for thee, 
and let thy prophets be found faithful. 

17 O Lord, hear the prayer of thy fer- 
vants, according to the blelfing of Aaron 
over thy people, that all they which dwell 
upon the earth, may know that thou art 
the Lord, the eternal God. 

18 Tf The belly devoureth all meats, 
yet is one meat better than another. 

1? As the palate tafteth d ; vers kinds of 
venifon : fo doth an heart of undemand- 
ing falfe fpeech.es. 

20 A froward heart caufeth heavinefs ; 
but a man of experience will rccompenfe 
him. 

21 A woirian will receive every man, 
yet is one daughter better than another. 

22 The beauty of a woman cheereth 
the countenance, and a manloveth noth- 
ing better. 

23 If there be kindnefs, meeknefs, and 
comfort in her tongue, then is not her 
hufband like other men. 

fc 24 He that getteth a wife, beginneth a 
Rion, a help like unto himlelf, and a 
pillar of reft. 
25 Where no hedge is, there the pof- 

fefiioy. 



Apocrypha. 



Chap, xxxvii. xxxviii. 



Apocrypha. 



feflion is fpoiled ; and he that hath no 16 Ler reafon go before every enter- 
wife, will wander up and down mourning prife and counfel before every action. 

1t> Who will trufl a thief well appoint- 17 The countenance is a fign of changV 

ed, that Ikippeih from city to city ? fo, ing of the heart 

[Who will believe] a man that hath no 18 Four manner of things appear: 

Route* and lodgeth wherefoever the night good and evil, lite and death ; but the 



taketh him ? 

CH A P. XXXVII 
1 Hoiu to knoiv jr tends and councilors. 
L*arn to refrain tbine appetite. 
EVkKY friend faith, I am his friend 



tongue ruleth over them continually 
ty There is one that is wife and teach- 

eth many, and yet is unprofitable to him- 

feir. 
20 There is one that (heweth wifdom 



alfo : but there is a friend which is only i'i words and is hated : he fliall be delti- 



a friend in name 

- Is it not a Rriefunto dea'h, when a 
companion and friend is turned to an ene- 
my 

5 O wicked imagination, Whence cam- 
efl thou in to cover the earth wirh deceit ? 

4 TIitc is a companion which rejoic- 
e«h in the profperity of a friend, but in 
the time oi trouble will beagainft him. 

5 rhere is a companion, which help- 
eth his friend for the belly, and taketh up 
the buckler a^ainJt the enemy. 

6 Forget not thy friend in thy mind, 
!>e not unmindful of hiin in thy 

riches. 

7 Kvery counfellor extolleth counfel ; 
but there is fume that cmnfelleth for 
himfclf. 

8 Beware of a counfellor, and know 
re what need he hath, for he will 

counfel f.*r himfelf, left he call the lot up 
on thee. 

9 And fay unto thee, Thy way is 



.d : and afterward lv ftand on the in everything 



tute of all food. 

2t For grace is not given him from 
the Lord : becaufe he is deprived of alL 
wifdom 

11 Another is wife to himfelf : and the 
fruits of imderftanding are commenda- 
ble in his mouth. 

2^ A wife nun inftrufteth his people ; 
and thefruitsof hisundefftandinu fail not. 

54 A wife man fhall be filled with 
blefline ; and all they that fee him fhall 
count him happy. 

25 The days of the life of mm may be 
numbered : but the days of Hrael are in- 
numerable. 

16 A wife man (hall inherit glory a- 
mong his people, and his name (hall be 
perpetual 

27 \\ My fon, prove thy foul in thy 
life, and fee what ii evil for it, and give 
it n r i it. 

S8 For all ihings are not profitable for 
all men, neither hath every foul pleafu.c 



othT fide to ir-- what ih*!l befal thee 
K) Cbnfult n - r with one that fufp 

eih tlur : and hidethj 

at> envy thee. 
if fult with a woman, 

hina her or whom rtv- 

thrr vvuli a r a ir I in m ittei I i t 

iv>r with a m-rchant, ( 

c ee ; nor with a buyer of felling, noi 

with an envious m thank I i 



19 Be nol unfatiablein any dainty thing, 
nor too ^r. n mi atl : 

US bringeth fick- 
will turn into ch< 
.s 1 Bi forfeiting have many periOted, 

but hell. II i iketh he« \ pr ' Ins life. 

CHAP XXXVIII 

I Honour our tntk< in, ant ivhy, 

\ f, I -o iv to "erp and mourn for ti t /lead . 

HONOUR a phyfici in w th the Hon- 



nor with an unmerciful man, touching (our due unto him, t«»i theufea which ye 
kindnefs j nor with the flothful fo ma) have of him: for the Lord hath tie- 
work ; nor with an hireling \>>r j fear, ated him. 
of nnifhinK work, nor with an id! e Mod High cometh healing, 

ot much bi .ii I he fl 

thefeinany matrerof* unf 3 The Belli "t the phyl lift 

tl Mut be continually with i ind m the fight oi great 

man whom thou knowefl to keep thee m- men lie fhall b< liration 

icnt s of the Lord, whole mind isi 4 The Lot I huh created medicines] 

aC( I will furrow out of the earth ; and hethat is wife will 

*"'!' thee if thou th di i - u . 

13 And let the counfel ol thine own ' Wasnoi the water made fweet 

),e»rt it.ind : fur there is no man nioic wood, that tin: virtue then- t n ight be 



faithful unto thee than it. 
t4 F >r a man's mind i-» fometim 



i . 
6 And he ; ivrn men fkill 



to tell him more than feveo watchmen, ' in his mai 

that fo i an high tower. w< i 

,15 And dl thi* pray to the M T With fuch doth he heal [ and 

«gh, that he will direct thy vsay m taketh 



truth., 



O 



taketh away their pa ns. 

d Oi fuch doth LJ ~ar> make 



! and of his works there i* 
from him is peace over all 



ApoervpbOi. ECCLBSTASTTCUS, Apocrypha. 

cvconfeclion 
no end ; and 
the earth 

9 My fon. in thy ficknefs be not neg- 
ligent : but pray unto the Lord, and he 
will make thee whole. 

10 Leave off from fin, and order thine 
hands aright, and cleanfe thy heart from j ever in his ears, and his eyes look ftill up 
all «v irked ne(s. j on the pateinofthe thing that hcmakethj 

1 t Give a fweet favour and a memorial! he fetteth his mind to finifh his work B 
of fine flour ; and make a fat offering, and watcheth to polifh it perfectly : 



themfelves to counterfeit imagery, and 
watch to finifh a work . 

2S The fmith alfo fitting by the anvtt 
and confidering the iron work, the va- 
pour of the fire wafteth his flefh, and he 
fighteth with the heat of the furnace ; 
the noife of the hammer and the anvil i$- 



as not being 

19 Then give place to the phyfician,for, 
the Lord hath created him : let him not; his feet, 
go from thee, for thou haft need of him. i his work 

13 There is a time when in their harrds; 
there is good fuccefs 

U For they (hall alfo pray unto the; 
Lord, that he would profperthat which 
they give for eafo and remedy to prolong 
life 

i •» He that finneth before his Maker, 
let him fall into the hand of the phyfi 
cian . 

16 fT My fon ? ler tears fall down over 
the dead and begin to lament, as if thou 
hadft fnffered great harm thyfelf : and 
then cover his body according to the 
cuftom, and neglect not his burial. 

17 Weep bitterly and make great 
tnoan, and ufe lamenafion; as he is wor 



49 So doth the pot'er fitting at his work* 

and turning the wheel about with 

who is alwav carefully fet at 

and maketh all his work by 



number 

SO He fafhioneththe clay with his arm,, 
and boweth down his ftrength before 
his feet, he applieth hirnfelf to lead it 
over; and he is diligent to make clean 
the furnace ; - 

31 All thefe trust to their hands : and 
every one is wife in his work. 

32 Without thefe cannot a city be in« 
habited : and they (hall not dwell whera 
they will, nor go up and down : 

3 They {hail-not be fought for in pub- 
lick couniel, nor fit high in the congre- 
gation : they (halt not fit on the judges 
feat, nor underftand the fon te nee of judg, 
merit : they cannot declare juftice and 



thy and that a day or two, left thou be! judgment, and they (hall not be found 



evil fpoken of : and then comfort thy- 
self fcrf- rhy heavinefs 

18 For of heavinefs cometh death, 
and the heavinefs of the heart breaker!* 
ftrengthl 

19 In affliction alfo forrow remain- 
eth : and the life of the poor is thecurfe 
of the heart 

20 Take no heavinefs to heart : drive 
if away and remember *he laft end 

St Forget it not, for there is no turn- 
ing again : thou (halt not do him good, 
but hurt thyfelf 

22 Remember my judgment : for 
fh'me alfo (hall be fo - f yelterday for me, 
and today for thee. 

28 When the dead is at reft, let his 
r"'nembrance reft, and be comforted for 
him Then his fpiritis departed from him. 

24 The wifdom of a learned man com- 
eth by opportunity of leifnre : and he 
that halli little bufmefsrtiall become wife 

2. r » Hc\w can he get wifdom that hold- 
eth the plough, and that glorieth in the 
goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupi- 
ed in their labours, and whofe talk is of 
bullocks r 

16 He giveth his mind to make fur- 
rows ; and is diligent to give the kine 
fodder. 

?7 So every carpenter and werkmaf- 
ter that iab'Hirerh night snd day : and 
t¥ v tha: cut and grave fekk, and are dil 
igent to make great variety, and give 



where parables areipoken. 

S4 But they will maintain: the ftate of- 
the world, and [all] their defi re is in the 
work of their craft 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 A defcriftion of bim that is truly ixnfe* 

12 An exhortation to praife God for bis 

works. 

BUT he that giveth his mind to the 
law of the Mod High, and is occupied in 
the meditation thereof, will feek out the 
wifdom of all the ancient, and be occu^- 
pied in prophecies. 

2 He will keep the fayings of the re- 
nowned men : and where fubtil parables 
are, he will be there alfo. ^ 

8 He will feek out the fecrels of grave 
fentences, and be converfant in dark- 
parables. 

4 He fhall ferve among great men, and- 
appear before princes : he will travel 
through ftrange countries, for he hath 
tried the good and the evil among men. 

5 He will give his heart to refort early 
to the Lord that made him, and v ill 
pray before the Molt High, and will 
open his mouth in prayer, and make fup- 
plieation for his fins 

6 When the great Lord will, he frail 
be filled with the fpirit of underftand. 
ing : he (hall pour out wife fentences, 
and give thanks unto the Lord in hi*, 
prayer 

1 He (hall direct his eorthfel, *n$ 

knowledge. 



Apocrypha. 

Unervlecige, and in his fecrets (ball he 
meditate. 

8 He (hall (hew forth that which he 
hath learned and (hall glory in the law 
of the covenant of the Lord 
k 9 Many (hall commend his imderftand- 
ing, and Jo long as the world endureth, 
it ihall not be blotted out, his memorial 
ihali not depart a*ay, and his name ball 
live from generation to generation 

• Nations ihall (hew forth his wifdom 
and the congregation ihall declaie his 
pfaife. 

i 1 If" he die, he (hall leave a greater 
name than a thoufand : and if he live, 
he (hall intreafe it 

18 41 Yet have I more to fay, which 1 
hnve thought upon, for I am filled as the 
moon at the full. 

1 Hearken unto me, ye holy children, 
an-< hud forth as a role growing by the 
brook of the ii c .J : 

U And v.ivr ye a fweet favour as frank- 
iricenfe, and flourtQi isa lily, lend forth 
a fmeU, an ftng a long of praiie, blelsthe 
Lord in all hit *crks. 

15 Magnify his name, and fhew forth 
his pia'le with the fongs of your lips, and 
with harp3, and in prainng him ye (hall 
fa> after ihi* maimer 

l*> All the works of the Lord are ex- 
ceeding good, and Aha'foever he com 
ma. idem (hall be ac complijbtd in due lea 
ion 

■ 7 And none may fay, What is this J 
Whrrelore is tuatt for at atime lunveiicnt 
they ihall all be fought out ; at his Com- 
mandment the water, flood as an heap 
I af the words of his mouth t'le recep- 
tacle;, of » aters. 

18 At his ennnnndment is done what- 
soever pleafeth him and none can hin- 
dei ■ h . n he will lave 

19 The works ot all Befli are before 
tum f and nothing can be hid from his tyei. 

10 He teeth tr >ni evetlufhng to etCl 
laft ng , and there i:> nothing srondei ful 
before him. 

^i A man need not to fay, What j. 
this i Wherefore is that ? for he hath 
made all thing! for their u(- 

f I His blefftng covered the dry land as 
a river, and watered it a | 8 loo. 

■43 Aa be hath turned the waters into 
faltnefs] fo ihall the heathen inherit his 
wrath 

14 As his ways are plain unto (he ho- 
ly, fo are they (fumbling blocks i. 
the \ irk. ■ 

°Lj For the good, are good things cre- 
ated from the beginning \ fo evil thi 
tor (inner 

T6 '1 he principal things for the whole 
lifeof man's iter, ire, iron and 

fair, flout ot wheat, honey, milk, ai d the 
'■bioo4 oi the .grape, and oil, and clothing. 



Chap xt. 4t6cyth*+ 

*ll All thefe things are for good tc 
the godly j To to the (inners the> ait 
turned into evil 

28 f here be fpirits that are created for 
vengeance, which in their fury lay an 
fore ttrokes in the time of definition 
they pour out their force, and apptafe 
the wrath of him that made rhetu 

19 Fire and hail, and famine anJ death, 
all thele were created for vengeance , 

SO Teeth of wild hearts, ana fcorpions, 
ferpents, and the fword, punching the 
wicked to deftruction. 

•M They (hall rejoice in his command- 
ment, and they (hall be ready upon earth, 
when need is, and when their time h 
come they Ihall not tranfgrefs his word. 

S v 2 .'Therefore fiom the beginning I 
was refdlved, and thought upon liufe 
things, and have let: them in writi. 

53 All the works ot the Lord are 
good and he will give every needful thing 
in due feafon. 

54 So that a man cannot fay, Tin* is 
worle than that for in time they fhall 
all be well appro ed. 

85 And mere tore praife ye the Lord 
with th* whole heart and mouth, and 
bielsthc name of the Lord. 

CHAP XL. 
i Matiy mi/tries in a man's life. 17 d 

t vmuou> wije and an bonijt J nitici <c 

joict ttjf I. cart. 

CjREA I naveil is created for every 
man. and an heavy joke is upon 
the fons i r kdam, from 'lie day (hat 
ihey go out ot their mother** worab, till 
the day they return to the mother of all 
things 

2 i'heir imagination of thing', to come 
i d the day of death, [t rouble j h if 
thoughts, ant [cabled fear ol ht 

*> Prom him ihat fitietn on a throne of 
glory . unto lum that ia humbled in eartfe 
and .i!h< 

t From him that weaitih purple and a 
Crown, unto him that n cittbrd ivuh a 
linen frock. 

9 Wrath and envy, trouble and unqui- 
ets aii, aim anger and fli 
and in the time of ren" upon hit l> ■■ ins 
night deep, do change his km w ledge 

b A little or > othing is bw rert and af- 
tei wad he ii in l>^ i! ejp, as in a da 
keeping watch troubled in the vifion 
his heart, ab :t he were efcaped out *>: 

I bitile. 
1 v\ hen all is fafd he awake th and 
leffi thai the t< .ii ■ • 
»uch t ; ings f. 
I) i h iudi\ and be a I, and thai 
lold more upon (inners. 

9 Death, and bio dfli< d flrife, 
fw< , i.. in tie,ti ibulatii h and 
the feourge 

10 Xheic things are created for 

vicked, 



wicked, and for their fakes came the 
fiood. 

11 All things that are of the earth 
ihall turn to the earth again ; and that 
which is of the waters doth return into 
the fea. 

12 All bribery and injuftice fhall be 
blotted out : but true dealing fhall en- 
dure forever. 

13 The goods of the unjuft fhall be 
dried up like a river, and faall vanifh 
with noife like a great thunder in rain. 

14 While he openeth his hand > he (hall 
rejoice : fo fhall tranfgreifors come to 
nought : 

15 The children of the ungodly (hall 
rot bring forth many branches ; but are 
as unclean roots upon a hard rock 

16 The weed growing upon every wa- 
ter and bank of a river, (hall be pulled 
up before all grafs. 

IT ^[ Bountifulnefs is as a raoft fruit- 
ful garden, and mercifulnefs endureth 
forever. 

18 To labour and to be content with 
that a man hath, is a fweet life ; but he 
thatfindeth a treafure is above them both. 

19 ChildreH and the building of a city 
continue a man's name : but a biame- 
lefs wife is counted above them both. 

20 Wine and mufick rejoice the heart ; 
but the love of wifdom is above them 
both. 

21 The pipe and the pfaltery make 
fweet melody : but a pleafant tongue is 
above them both 

22 Thine eye defireth favour and beau- 
ty : but more than both corn while it is 
green. 

*2S A friend and a companion never 
meet amifs : but above both is a wife 
with her hufband. 

24 Brethren and help are again ft: time 
of trouble : but alms (hail deliver more 
than them both. 

-5 Gold and filver make the foot 
ftand lure : but counfel is efteemed above 
them both. 

26 Riches and ftrength lift up the 
heart : but the fear of the Lord is above 
them both : there is no want in the fear 
of the Lord, and it needeth not to feek 
help 

"11 The fear of the Lord is a fruitful 
garden, and covereth him above all glo- 
ry 

28 My fon, lead not a beggar's life ; 
for better it is lo die than to beg;. 

29 The life of him that dep>ndeth on 
another man's table is net to be counted 
for a life : for he polluteth himfelf with 
other men's meat ; but a wife man well 
nurtured wilt beware thereof. 

SO Begging is fweet in the mouth of 
the (hamelefs : buj. in his bejly there fhall 
burn a fire. 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



Jpurypba, 

CHAP. XLI. 
1 The remembrance of death 14 Wifdtm 

is to be uttered. 16 Of ivbat things hajs 

Jbould be ajhamed. 

O DEATH, how bitter is the remem- 
brance of thee to a man that liveth at reft 
in his pefrcftions, unto the man that hath 
nothing to vex him, and that hath prcf- 
perity in all things : yea, unto him that 
is yet able to receive meat \ 

2 O death, acceptable is thv fentence 
unto the needy, and" unto him whole 
ftrength faileth, that is now in the laft 
age, and is vexed with all things and to 
him that defpaireth,and hath loft patience. 

3 Fear not the fentence of death, re- 
member them that have been before 
thee, and that come after : for this is the 
fentence of the Lord over all flefh. 

4 And, Why art thou againfithe pleaf- 
ure of the Moil High ? There is no in- 
quisition in the grave, whether thou have 
lived ten, or an hundred, or a thoufand 
years. 

5 The children of fmners are abomina- 
ble children, and they that are conver- 
fant in the dwelling of the ungodly. 

6 The inheritance of finners' chil- 
dren fhall pernh and th«*ir polteri'y ihall 
have a perpetual reproach. 

7 The children will complain of an un- 
godly father, becaufe they fhall be re- 
proached for his fake. 

8 Woe be unto you ungonly men, 
which have forfaken the law of the n oft 
high God! for if ye increale, it fhall be 
to your definition. 

9 And if ye be born, ye fhall be born 
to a curfe ; and if ye die, a curie thail be 
your portion. 

10 All that are of the earth fhall turn 
to earth again : fo the ungodly fhall go 
frcm a curfe to dettru£tion - 

1 1 The mourning of men is about their 
bodies : but an ill name of finners fhall 
be blotted out. 

12 Have regard to thy name : for that 
(hall continue with thee above a thouland 
great treafures of gold. 

13 A good life hath but few days: 
but a good name endureth forever. 

1* ^j My children, keep dilcipline in 
peace : for wifdom that is hid, and a 
treafure that is not feen, What profit is 
in them both ? 

15 A man that hideth his foolifhnefs 
is better than a man that hideth his wif- 
dom. 

16 ^ Therefore be fhamefaced accord- 
ing to my word : for it is not good to re- 
tain all (hamefacednefs ; neither is it alto- 
gether approved in every thing. 

17 Be alhamed of whoredom before 
father and mother, and of a lie before a 
prince and a mighty man : 

lb Of an offence before a judge and 

ruler, 



Chap. xlii. xliii. 



Apocryfba. 

ruler, of iniquity before a congregation 
an 1 people, of unjuit dealing before th) 
partner and friend ; 

ly And of thefr in regard of the place 
where thou fojourneft, an 1 in regard < f 
the truth of God and his coven ml ; and 
to lean with thine elbow upon (lie meat, 
and of fcorning to give and take ; 

10 And of filence before them that 
falute thee, and to lojk npon an harlot ; 
1 And to turn av%ay tin tace fa m thy 
kirdman or to takeaway a portion 
gift, or to gaze upon another man'* 

Or to be over bnJv uith his maid, 
and come oof near her bed ; or of up- 
braiiing (pfeches before friends ; and 
after 'hou h en. upbraid n ;t ; 

.-> Or of iterating and \\c 
that which thod halt heard, and oi re- 
. A lee rets. 

be truly (hamefaced, 
and rma tavour b en. 

I A i J \ II. 
1 Wcere<J\ ihimed. \5 

I I ■'./". ■ j 

OF thefe hanied, 

a to (In t hereby 

•.e law i his 

.-, and of j Qttojuftif) the 

. thy p irtners a id 



travellers, or of the gift of ihe hentage 
ot t: 
• Of 

en' felling, 
of much c 

•.he fide 

are ke where an evil 

e is, and /hut ;,ere m . Lid-* 

are 

7 Deliver all n number 
weight, and \ ut that thou I 

•giveit out, or receiv- I 

8 1- u-d to the u\wifc 

: the ei 'liat 

' are young i 
the thou br trul) framed, a 

ill men living. 

I tor the <• 
when no tnm knowethi a >d : ( r 

when Ihe ia > oung 
ihe p i! a *a) th r "t bei 

and being married, left (he thould be ! 

: ; fhe (houtd bede 
er's 
$ .m hufb ind, lefl (he 
Jh and when (he 

is married, led fhe fl >uld be barion. 

ii Keep a lure m-ci: overa fharaelefs 
daughter, lefl the nuke thee a Ian 

to thine enemi -. and a b . 
in the cit 

• ana nuke thee aihamed . . 
ie. 



Apocrypha. 

If Behold not every bod) \> beauty, 
and (it not in the n.uiit ot women 

13 For from gan. ometh a moth 
and from women wickedneis. 

14 Belter is the churlifhnefs of a man, 
than a courteous woman, a \. man, I Jay 
which bringeth thame and ie 

ij ^j 1 will now remember the woiksof 
the Lord, and declare the things that I 
l\d\c leen : In the words of the Lcid are 
his works 

to The fun that giveth light, lo^keth 
upon all things, ana thevNork. thereof is 
full of the glor> of the Lord. 

t" 1 he I ord hath not given power to 

the liints to declare all his marvellous 

v\ork*, which the Almighty Lor i firmly 

led, that whatfoever is, might be el- 

tablilhed tor his giot . 

id tie feeketh cut t!:e dtep, and the 

lieart, ana confi r crafty de- 

r the Lord ki ill that 

- be known, and he beholdeth the 

- 
19 . c •" ti, thi:< K s that are pad, 
ie, and revealeth t; e ueps 
ot hi; ;en things 

-U . t efcapeth him, neither, 

jm .'.den fl a. 

e excellent 
b fro 
j to everl ifting : unto hi n in 

and he hath no i.eed ot any 
r. 

. how defirablc are all his 
a man ma I ' k. 

;■> ind tri 

ever, forallufeS; and they are all obe- 
dient 

14 All ti re double one againfl 

i : and he hath made nothing uu- 

One thing eft.i' h the ^nod of 

in 1. W ho ihali be tided v. :th 
Idmg his I y ? 

HAP XLIII. 
F e or or k t oj 'i, in eaub, 

. in ibe jta we exceedingly 'Aort. 
out at U rfui 

i ii . height, the < !cat fir- 

It, thr beaut) ot heaven, With 
bew ; 
1 1 he (un when it l| I u'!. 

imeut, ■ 

'». ot tli< * | ■ gh : 

3 At noon eth thecount. 
Who can abide the bum c 

Ot r 

4 A man blow sis in w< 

ot he it, bur the I 

taint thrre times more . bi< ithin 

iCQt u ruuueih 

b he 



Apocrypha. ECCLESIASTICUS. 

6 He made the moon alio to ferve in her 
£eafon, for a declaration of times and a 
fign of the world. 

* From the moon is the fign of feafts, 
a light that decrealeth in her perfection. 

# The month is called after her name, 
increaiing wonderfully in her changing, 
being an instrument of the armies aboVe, 
fhm'.ng in the firmament of heaven % 

9 i he beauty of heaven, the glory of 
the flars, an ornament giving light in the 
higheft places of me Lord. 

10 At the commandment of tlie Holy 
One, they will Hand in their order, and 
never faint in their watches 

11 Look upon the rainbow, and praife 
him that made it, very beautiful it is in 
the brightnefs thereof ; 

1- It compafleth the heaven about with 
a glorious circle, and the hands of the 
Molt High have bended it. 

15 By his commandment he maketh 
the fnow to fall apace, and fendeth fwift- 
\y the lightnings of his judgment. 

t4 Through this the treasures are open- 
ed : and clouds fly forth as fowls. 

15 By his great power he maketh the 
clouds firm, and the hail lionet are broken 
imall 

lb At his fight the mountains are fliak- 
en, and at his will the Couth wind blow- 
eth. 



jipicrypba. 



17 The noife of the thunder maketh their in 11 ructions 



27 We may fpeak much, anu j et com* 
fhort ; wherefore in ium, he is all 

2ti How (hall we be able to magnify 
him 1 For he is great above all his works. 

-9 The.Lord is terrible and very great, 
and marvellous is his power. 

-bO When ye glorify the Lord, exalt 
him as much as ye can ; for even >et * ill 
he far exceed ; ana when ye ex-.it mm 
put forth all your ftrength, anu be not 
weary ; for ye can never go tar enough. 

#1 Who hath feep h.m that he might 
tell us r and, Who can magnify him as heisi 

32 There are yet iiid greater things than 
thefe be, for we have feen but a lew ot" 
his wortcs 

33 For the Lord hath made all things, 
and to the godly hath he given wafdom. 

CHAP XL1V 
Tte praijc oj certain oly men 

LKT us now praife famous men, and 
our fathers that be^at us. 

a The Lord bath wrought greav gl< ry 
by them, through his great power Iron* 
the beginning. 

a Such as did bear nile in their king- 
doms, men renowned fortheir power, gi' 
ving Counfel by their underftandir-g, and 
declaring prophecies ; 

4 Leaders of the people by their coun- 
fels, and by their knowledge of learning 
meet for the people, wile and eloquent in 



the earth to tremble : fo doth the north- 
ern ftorni and the whirlwind: as birds 
flying he fcattereth the fnow, and the 
failing down thereof is as the lighting of 
grafshoppers : 

i* The eye marvelleth at the beauty 
of the whitenefs thereof, and the heart is 
altouiihed at the raining of it- 

19 The hoar frolf alio as fait he pour- 
eth on the earth, and being congealed, it 
lieth on the top of iliarp Hakes. 

20 When the cold north wind bloweth, 
and the water is congealed into ice, it a- 
bideth upon every gathering together of 
water, andclothcth the water as with a 
breahpiate. 

21 It devoureth the mountains, and 
burnetii the wiidernefs, and confumeth 
grafs as fire. 

2 2 A prefent remedy of all is a miff 
comtr.gjptedily : a dew corning after heat, 
refreftieth. 

«fl By his counfel heappeafeth the deep, 
and planteih iflands therein. 

24 They that fail on the lea, tell of the 
danger thereof ; and when we hear it with 
our ears, we marvel tlvereat. 

25 For therein be ftrange and wonder- 
ous works, variety of all kinds of beafts, 
and whales created. 

26 By him the end of them hath prof- 
perous fuccefs, and by hi* word all things 
con 



and. 



5 Such as found out mulical tunes, 
recited verfes in writing : 

6 Rich men furni lied with ability, liv- 
ing peaceably in their habitations ; 

7 Ail thefe were honoured in t^eir gen- 
erations, and were the glory of their 
times 

» There be of them that have left a 
name behind them, that their praifes 
might be reported 

9 And fome there be, which have no 
memorial, who are periihed as though 
they had never been, and are become as 
though they hud never been born, and 
their children after them 

(0 But thefe were merciful men, whole 
tigh^eoulnels hath not been forgotten. 

lPWith their feed (hall continually re- 
main a good inheritance, ana then children, 
are within the covenant. 

12 Their feed handeth hft, and their 
children for their lakes. 

13 iheirlced lhall remain for ever, and 
their glory (bail not be blotted out 

14 Their bodies are buried in peace, but 
their name livcth forevermoie. 

15 1 he people wiiltellof their wifdom, 
and the congregation will fhew forth their 
praife 

16 Enoch pleafed the Lord, and was 
tranflated, being an example of repentance 

to all generations. 

17 Moah was. found perfect and right* 

ejus j 



Jfieerypba* Chap 

tons : in the time of wrath, he was taken 
in exchange [for the world} ; therefore 
was he lelr as a remnant, unto the earth, 
when the fl.jO'i came. 

18 An everlaftinc covenant was made 
with h ; m. tha« ul I fie& Ihould peri h no 
more by the ft' i d 

19 Abraham was a great father of many 
people in glory was there none like unu> 
him ; 

Who kept the law oftheMoft Hi {h, 
anu -v ib in covenant with him : lie eltah- 
liined tin ant in his flelh, and 

•rhen he *as proved, he was found faith 
fill. 

Therefore he- afTured hi 1 , by an oath, 
that he would blel>- ihe nations in his I ■ 
a. d that he would mulripli him as the 
dull of the earth, and exih f us feed asthe 
itars, .and ranil to inherit fro n fea to 

fea, :rom the river unto the utmofl 

pai t of the land. 

With Ifaac d-d heeftablift like wife 
Tt >l Abraham his father's lake} 'he blef- 
nng of all men, aim the covenant 

i m tde it red U] head of 

He acknowledged him in hisblef- 
., and give him aw hn itage, arn* «f i \ I 
is portions ; a nnng t he twelve tribes 
did he part them. 

C H -\ P XI V. 

1 Ibe praijt oi BSo/et, 6 of Aaron, 23 

un.i >'hirtfe%. 

AND h" brought oul <>r him a merciful 

man which found favoi lie li^ht . t 

■ii, even M< fea, bel< 

(led 

ll« dints 
, fo that lus en 

By Ik* '■ infed the wonders 

♦o . i the 

I 
m-nt tor hi? people, and (hewed him parr 
or ry 

K 1 1 d him i 

ami meekness, and chofc him out ol all 

Jlirti 

made him to I eir hit 
bt 

even -he law i-t life and '■ r '^K r i that 

h< iuht teach laccb lus COVClMUIta, an-1 
urn's. 

.died \ n*on an holy man lihe 
ant»» him, even hit brother, oi the t, 
of Levi. 

• 7 At- evernlttfi 
him, anil vivc h 
the < ; he beautifie I him a 

oi naments, and clothed him with i •• 
of gloi y 

. le put upon him pei f« ft pi r> : 
'' 
«i ches, with a long u<be, and the 



. xfv, Apocrypha. 

9 And he compaiTed him with pome- 
granates, and with many golden bells 
■ round about, that as he went, there might 
be a found, and a nwife made that mi^ht 
be heard in the temple, for a memorial 
to the children of his people ; 

t() With an holy garment, with gold, 
[and blue filk, and purple, the wo:k of 
the embroiderer, with a breaftplate of 
judgment, and with Unm and Thummiml 
li Wirh twitted fcarlet, the work of 
j t he cunning workman, with precious 
'(Tones graven like feds, and fet in pold, 
:the work ot the jeweller, with a writing 
[engraved for a memorial, after the num. 
' ber of the tribes of Krael. 

12 He let a ciown of gold upon the mi- 
tre, wherein was engraved Holinefs, an 
ornament of honour, acoftly work, thede- 
lires oi the e\ c My and beautiful. 

13 Before him there «ete none (uch^ 
neither did ever any If ranger put them 
on, but only his children, ana his chil- 
li i en rally. 

14 1 heir facrm* ill oe wliolly con- 
fumed every day twice continually. 

doles < ted him, <. n d a roirrt- 

ed him with hoi ■ 1 a this w ointedl 

unto him by an cv« rlaftli nd 

to lu> feed to I • would 

remain, that th< y fliould i • unt 

him, and execute the office ot tl ;U 

u« oi\, ai ■ ]■< iplt name. 

it> He < living 

lo offer i M :d, incenfr, 

and a fweet ir- u, * r a menu rial, to 
mak'- reconciliation for his people. 

t7 He gave unto him hiscommandnv 
and itj in the ff itutt tol rs, 

' he (hi ui i b ihe teuimoniei 

and inform ffrael in his laws. 

ngen 1 1 . etht - >i 

him, a id null. I >, 

ev* Dathan 

■ . ,and the <« 
■•, * ul. fn, \ i nth. 

19 1 

■ ' "i hi 
■ I 

vith th 

f! .; 

f But 1 

. | 

I For th 

in 

r ; he rlui I 
jfou ot I r, I 

It 



Apocrypha, 

fear of the Lord, and flood up with good 
courage of heart, when the people were 
turned back, and made reconciliation for 
Ifrael. 

24 Therefore was there a covenant of 
peace made with him that he (hould be 
the chief of the fanctuary and of ins peo- 
ple, and that he and his potter: ry (hould 
have the dignity of the priefthocd for 
ever : 

45 According to the covenant made 
with David fon of Jetfe, of the tribe of 
Ju.ia, that the inheritance of the king 
fhould be to his pofterity alone : fo the in- 
heritance of Aaron ihould alfo be unto 
his feed. 

26 God give you wifdom in your heart 
to judge his people in r.ghteoufnefs, that 
their good things be not abolifned, and 
that their glorv naay endure for ever. 

CHAP. XLVI. 

1 The praife of Jojhua, 9 of Caleb, 13 of 

Samuel. 

JESUS the fon of Nave, was valiant in 
the wars, and was the fuccelfor of Mo- 
fes in prophecies, who according to his 
name was made great for the faving 
of the eiect of God, and taking vengeance 
of the enemies that rofe up againff them, 
thrit he might let lirael in their inherit- 
ance. 

.' Mow great glory gat he^when he did 
lift up his hands, and ft retched out his 
fword again ft the cities ! 

S Who before him fo ftood to it ? For 
the Lord himfelf brought hi* enemies un- 
to him. 

I Did not the fun go back by his 
means ? and, Was not one day as long as 
two ? 

5 He c tiled upon the mod: high Lord, 
when the enemies pre fled upon him on 
every fide, and the great Lord heard him. 

6 Vnd with hailltonesof mighty power 
he made the battle to fall violently upon 

>ns, and in the defcent \_of Beth- 
heron J he deftroyed them that refuted, 
that the nations might know all their 
ftrength, becaufe he fought in the fight of 
the Lord, and he followed the ivlighty 
One 

7 In the time of Mofes alfo he did a 
: of mercy, he and Caleb the fon of 

j ine r in that they withftood the con- 

ation, and witheld the people from 
fit _ 1 the wicked murmuring- 

li And of (ix hundred thdufand people 
X)t, they two were preferved to bring 
them into the heritage, eve- unto the land 
thar floweth with milk and honey 

9 fj The Lord gave ftrength alfo unto 
Caleb, which remained with him unto 
h:3 old age : fo that he entered upon the 
High places of the find, and his feed ob 
ta ed it for an heritage : 

10 That all the children of Ifiael 



ECCLESIASTFCU ST. Apocrypha* 

fee that it is good to foiiow ths 



might 
Lo rd . 

11 And concerning the judges every one 
by name whofe heart went not a whoring 
nor departed from the Lord, let their 
memory be bleflTed 

12 Let their bones flourifh out of their 
place, and let the name of them that 
were honoured be continued upon their 
children 

13 «[J Samuel the prophet of the Lord, 
beloved of his Lord, eftabliihed a kingdom, 
and anointed princes over Ins people. 

14 By the law of the Lord he judged 
the congregation and the Lord had ref- 
peel unto Jacob. 

15 By his faithfulnefs he was found a 
true prophet, and by his word he was 
known to be faithful in virion. 

16 He called upon the mighty Lord, 
when his enemies preffed upon him on 
every fide, when he offered the fucking 
lamb. 

17 And the Lord thundered from Heav- 
en and with a great noile made his voice 
to be heard. 

18 And he deftroyed the rulers of the 
Tyriaus, and all the princes of the Phi- 
liftines. 

19 And before his long deep he made 
prote ftations in the fight of the Lord and 
his anointed, I have not taken any man's 
goods fo much as a lhoe ; and no man 
did accufe him. 

to And after his death he prophefied 
and (hewed the king his end, and lifted 
up his voice from the earth in prophecy, 
to blot out the wickednefa of the people. 

CHAP. XLVII. 
1 The pra'fe of Nathan, 2 of Datnd y 12 of 

Solomon* his glory, and infi'mitirt, &c- 
D after him rofe Up Nathan to pn>» 
ptaefy in the time of David 

t 1\ As is the fat taken away from the 
peace offering, fo was David chofen out 
of the children ot Ifrael. 

5 He played with lions as with kids, 
and with bears as with lambs. 

4 Slew he not a giant when he was yet 
but voong ? And did he not tak^ an ay* 
reproach from the people, when he lifted 
up his hand with the (tone in fhe fling and 
boa' down the boafting of Goliath ? 

v r he called upon the moft high Lord, 
and he gave him ftrength in his right hand 
to fla> thar mighty warrior, and fet up 
the hern of his people 

6 So the people honoured him with ten 
thoufands, and praifed him in the blefTings 
of 'he Lord, in that he gave him a crown 
of gl >ry. 

7 For he deftroyed the enemies on ev- 
ery tide, and brought 'o nought the Phi- 
liftines his adversaries, and brake their 
borri in hinder u,ito this day. 

8 in ail his works be prailed the Holy- 

One 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

With words of glory • 
with his whole heart he fung long.-,, and 
lovei him that made him. 

9 'e let lingers alfo before the altar, 
that by tiicir voices the^ might nuke 
melody, and daily Gng praiies in 
tlieir f.ji>gs. 

He beautified their feuli, and fet 

in nn times, until the end, 

thit they » . i i < 1 1 1 praile his holj name, 

1 'hat the temple might found from 

It | •% ay his fi 

1 ed i \>>v < n vci : he gave him 
ac i jf kings, and a throneof glory 
in l!r 

I- <i After hi n rofe up a wile fan, and 
for his fake he d welt at lar^e. 

in . blei 

~aii' forG l'ii- 

ei , tii «t he m „i\ f build 

an name, and prepire i i is 

fei ever. 

1 I I thou in thy youth, 

an | filled with undedtanding I 

I » e eai tii, 
and Ifl it with dark les 

'6 1 hy name wen' far u 
and for thy peace thou \\alt belov- 
ed. 

II The countries marvelled at the I i 

n i b , and p irables, 
am' rions. 

18 By the 

ol in lei " 
tin, anddidlt mul 

• 
lught 



Xlvii;. Apocrypha, 

CHAP. XT.VTI1 
t Tbepraife - : - or EUfeus, IT 

r*r,d of Ezehius 
THEN llood up Eiias the prophet 
rite, and his word burned like a 
lamp 

- He brought a f)rc famine upon them, 
I by his zeal he dimiaiihed their 
nun, her. 

3 By the word of the Lord he (hut up 
the heaven, and alio three times brought 
down fire 

4 O Elias, how wait thou honoured in 
thy wonderous deeds \ and who may glo- 
ry like unto thee ! 

Who did i raife up a dead man 'rotn 
death, and his foul from the place • t the 
ie word of the Moil High ■ 
I ho brougbteft king 5 ; todefli ucl on t 
and honourable m no their bed 

7 Who h<*aide!t the rebuke of the 
Loi i , and in lloreb the judg- 
nient of vengt i 

8 WhoanointedH kings to takerrvenge, 
and prophets to fucceed ;i ; r n ■ 

tft taken up in .i W h Hwii 1 

othif, i a chariot of fiery hoi fes : 

10 Who •• ir rt proofs in 

'heir limes to pacif) the wrath of the 

Lord's judgment, before it br 'h 

i to turn the ' f ;he 

if ler unto the fon, and to reflore t lie 

tubes ol lace b 

it B are they thai faw rheCi and 

furel) ' • 
It c I ,. it was, who • I C ' ' red 
nd JEH few 1 

s 

neither coi j biing liira uito tub* 



1 1 ,i. 

pol . t.S N » word C"iiM 0V( I 

liter hi! 

14 H d at 

t i- 



•her mall a 
pen i 

that 
1 
i facob, and 

oir [ unto David. 

1 ■ . ; 

rhei - 

n the I I the 

Their 
the : 

U I nd their tins were mul . 

h it thi mi oj 

flie land. 

i ht out all wicked nefs, 
till the vengeance came upon the 



! i r 
all t he 
. 
in '!•■ I- ul 

1 7 « i i foi 

r 

18 In his li tie Sennac 

d I ed 

■■ • 
hand 
n ti 

e 

towaxdl ihe 



Apocrypha, 



ECCLESYASTTCUir. 



<5np he;»rd them Oltf of heaven, and de- 
liver ! them bv the ni'r;iftry ofEfay. 

2« He fmote'the hoft of the AlTyrians, 
and hisan<?el de^royed them. 

22 For Ezekias had done the thing 
that pleafed the Lord, and wa« firong in created like" tinoch j 
the ways of David his father, as FTa> the from the earth 



who rai fed u^ 



whofe renown if gmf, 
for us the walls that ^ere fallen, and fe> 
up the gates and the bars, and raifed up 
our ruins again 

t4 But upon the earth was no man 
for he was taken 



prophet, who was great and faithful in 
his vifion, had commanded him 

2 "J In his time the fun went backward, 
and he lengthened the king's life 

2 4 He (aw b\ an excellent fpirit what 
fliould come *o pafs a? the laft and he 
comforted them that mourned in Sion. 

21 He (hewed what would come to pafs 
forever, and fecret things ere ever they 
came. 

CHAP XLTX. 
1 The praife of Jojias, 4 of Di<*vid. and 

Ezekias, 6 of Jeremy, 8 oj Ezekicl, It 

Zo- obabrl. &c 

THE remembrance of Tofia? is like the 
compnfition of the perfume that is made 
fey 'he art of the apothecary : it is fweet 
as honey in all mouths, and as rnufick at 
a banquet of wine, 

2 He behaved himfelf uprightly in the 
converfion of the people and took away 
the abonvnations of iniquity. 

•S He directed his heart unto the Lord 
and in the time of the ungodly he eftab- 
lifhed the worihip of God. 

* C All, except David, and Ezekias, 
and Jofias, were defective • for they for- 
fock the law of the Mod High, even the 
kings of Juda failed 

r > Therefore he gave their power un- 
to others, and their glory unto a Hrange 
ration 

6 f\ They burnt the chofen city of 
the fancluary. and made the ftreets c\ef 
olate, according to the prophecy of Jere- 
roias 

7 For they entreated him evil, who 
sieverthelefs was a prophet fancliiied in 
his mother's womb, that he might root 
out. and afflicl. and de.ftroy ; and that 
he might build up alfo, and plant. 

tt *J It was Ezekiel who faw the glori- 
ous virion, which was fhewed him upon 
the chariot of the cherubims. 

9 For he made mention of the enemies 
un-er the figure of the rain, and directed 
them tint went right 

(0 And of thr t- Hve prophets let the 
memorial b* bleffcd ano let their bones 
jRourifh again out of th°ir place : for 
they comforted Jacob and delivered 
them by ^fThrrd hope 

U q How thai) we magnify Zorobabel? 
Even he was as a fignet on the right hand: 

1C 2 So was Jems the fon of Jofedec : 
who in their time buildcd the houfe, and 
fet Up an hoi v temple to the Lord, which 
r .-as prepared for eve'-laOing glory. 

^9 And among the ek£t was JSeemias, 



l r > Neither was there a man born like 
unto Jofeph a governor of his brethren, 
a flay of the people, whofe bones were 
regarded of the Lord. 

16 Sem and Seth were in great honomp 
among men, and fo was Adam above ev- 
ery living thing in the creation. 

CHAP. L. 
1 Of Simon /be fon of Onias. llHonothe- 

people <were taught to praife God, und 

fray 17 The conttujio*. 

SIMON the high prieft, the fon of 
Onias, who in his life repaired the 
houfe again, and in his days fortified the 
temple : 

2 And by him was built from the foun- 
dation the double height, the high for- 
trefs of the walls about the temple 

9 In his days the ciftern to receive wa- 
fer, being in compafs as the fea, wa$ 
covered with plates of brafs : 

4 He took care of the temple that it 
fhould not fall, and fortified the city a- 
gainft befieging : 

5 How was he honoured in the mid ft 
of the people, in his coming out of the 
fancluary ! 

6 He was as the morning ftar in the 
midft of a cloud, and as the moon at the 
full : 

T As the fun fhining upon the temple 
oftheMoft High, and as the rainbow 
giving light in the- bright clouds : # 

8 And as the flower of rofes in the 
fpring of the year, as lilies by the rivers 
of waters, and as the branches of the 
frankincenfe tree in the time of j'ummer: 

9 As fire and incenfe in the cenferj 
and as a veflel of beaten gold fet with all 
manner of precious ftones : 

10 And as a fair olive tree budding 
forth fruit, and as a cyprefs tiee which 
groweth up to the clouds. 

11 When he put on the robe of hon- 
our, and was clothed with the perfection 
of glory, when he went up to the holy- 
altar, he made the garment of holinefs 
honourable. 

12 When he took the portions out of 
thepriefi's hands, he himfelf flood by the 
hearth of the altar, comparted with his 
brethren roundabout, as a young cedar 
in Libafnus, ami as palm trees compared 
they him tound about. 

1.-3 So were all the funs of Aaron, in 
fheir glory, and the oblations of the 
Lord in their hands, before all the con- 
gregation of Ifrael. 

14 And finifhing the fervice at the alj- 
- ' tai\ 



Apocrypha, Chap. Ii. Apecrvpbe. 

tar that he might adorn the offering ut 2 Far thou att my defender and help- 

the molt hi [ aighty. er and halt prefervcd my \) nl> tr >..i ,ie» 

1 He (tieicned out his hand to the (truction, and from tne ...arc oi iiie 

Cup, and poured oti the bU>od of the dermis tongue and from 'he i;pi mat 

grjpe. he poured out at the toot ot the torgelies, ami hail betni(\;nc helper x- 

-r a fv. eer tmellmg tavour unto the molt gain it mine advti lane* 



King of ail 



> And hall delivered me according t« 



»•" O '" """• - -^~».....p, , 

lo 1 hen fhouted the fons of Aaion ' the mm .indeoithy mercies, and great 



founded the filver trimmers, and 
e a gr -ar noife to be heard for a ic- 
tliembrance before the Mult Hij>h. 
1- 'i hen all the people together halt 
and feii do.wi t.. the ear.'h u,>- 
on thejr faces t nip ihe»r Lord God 

Alrntg < j M At High. 

i<i lie lingers a;lo fane, praifea with 
tli'ir voices, with fcreat variety oi founds 
Tvas there made f ^eet melody , 

»'; And I he proplebel night the Lord, 
the 'vioft !igh,b. pr.i ; er betore him thai 
ismerotnl, t.ll the ,n> uf the Loi l 

v/as ended, and they had tiniined his 
iei vice 

--0 i hen h*» went Ho •■ n, and I tci up 
his I vcr the w I m of 

the children of llrael, »o give Ifing 

ot the Lord wuh I , and to n 

ins mime 

id the) b.-.ved rhemfelves .1 
p 'he i ime,tha the* might 

a bl- fling umn t! 

: re bled we I 
of ill, n .Ay doeth *onurou 

ro, m DtC b < x i'e'.'i our 
- the V" ileth with u 

wur ling to h - 

*B He .an- 

ni mir da> . in 1 1 ■ ael 
•ver . 

1 hut he « icy 

•a. th u , and deliver u .;r ! 

■ 
which my heart abh rrcth. and the 

i : 
,ry thai fit upon the mOQOlaifl 
of Samaria, and ihej 

dim ! 

f hat d«rll in S3 

<7 i] jefus i 1 u(a 

lrm haili vm 

aim <i 
it ot Ins heart poured forth 
v. ildom 

1 is he th ii (ball I 
in thele tl 

1 1 (hall become wil 



nelbo; thj name, trom tne teeth of I 
that were ready to devour me, and ut 
ot the hand* ot fuch as loughl ai'ei .uy 
lite, and trom the mtihifold afflict 
which I had ; 

4 From the choking ot tire on e\ ry 
fide, and from the midti ot th* he which 
I kindled not ; 

5 Prom the deptli of the belly of hell, 
trom an uncle, n tongue and tromly.ng 
A o i d * 

By an iccufation to the kmg from 
an unrighteous tof&ue^ in. loul 

near even unto death, my hie was near 
io th eath 

7 Tne) c 1 me on every (ide, 

here *a» no man to help me ; I 
i Q bed I i the luccuur ot men. but 
none 

i hen thought I upon thy mercj 

Lord, a oi ■ lu now 

.'. u deiivercil luc lit for thee, and 

faveft th i the ha ids ot the ene« 

y l hen Idled J up my fupp 

earth, and prayed for dedver- 
h 
to 1 cjIi- d upon the l"r i, the Father 

>t uij L -id i hut he w%' . t Lea* t me 
in t! id in. trouble, <t\)A i . (he 

•line id the proud, when there «.. 

It I will j h) name continually a 

•. ill ling pra e with 'hu ng - % 

^ i »ti (g in> i 

1 - • ; UC- 

tion, d"A deliver) II m i •> ihc 
time i • .d 1 give tha 

ee, an i uic la u.> aam< 

vVhen I w %$ ^ 1 1 young | 
v\ent al>i oa'i, 1 de tired 
i 
14 I pi fore the t< 

n lo (' 

1j l ! .vrn from ii ■ i , till i h< „ 

»at i ath my heart 

. . i wen j , i i m 



r it he do i Light 1 1 

dl things : i i the light oi the Lord md 

l hi 



d loi ever f A- 

n, Amen. 

CHAP r 

d pra\er c 

1 Vvl LL thank I king. 

and p. hi ■ thee, <>(;.> : — . , viil • i 
4« kivc ptaile uiuo tliy name : 



there n, < • I 

I : > unto I 
me w 

1 I I I pur. 

earneftly I i , 

I lo iii ill 1 n 
i la My foul iu'.i MfrcUkd with ker t 

1 and 



Apocrypha. BARUCH. 

and in my doings I was exact : I ftre'ch- 
ed forth my hands to the heaven above, 
and bewailed my ignorances of her. 

•20 1 directed my foul unto her, and I 
found her in pure.ne Is : I have had my 
heart jomed with her from the beginning, 
therefore (ball I net be forfaken. 

"L\ i\Jv hem was troubled in feeking 
her : therefore have I gotten a good pof- 
feflion. 

22 The Lord hath given me a tongue 
for my reward, and I wilipraile him there- 
with. 

23 Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, 
and dwell in the houfe of learning 



Apocrypha. 

(ay ye of thefe things, feeing your lords 
are very thirity, 

25 I opened my mouth, and faid, Buy 
her for yourfclves without money 

26 Put your neck under the yoke, and 
let your foul receive inftrucYion \ (he is 
hard zx hand to rind. 

•27 Behold with your eyes, how that 
1 have ind but little labour, and have 
gotten unto me much reft. 

tti Get learning with a great fum of 
money, and get much gold by her 

29 Let your foul rejoice iq his mercy* 
and be not afhamed of his praife. 

SO Work your work betimes, and tft 



24 Wherefore are ye flow, ana What his time he will give you your reward. 



BARUCH, 



CHAR T. 
1 Barucb ivrote a Soak' in Babylon ; 7 the 

"Je vus fend money and tbe book to tbe j 

brethren at Jerufaiem, 

AND thefe are the words of tbe | 
book, which Uaruch, the fon of Nerias, 
the Ion of Maafias, the fon of Sedecias. I 
the fon of Afadias, the fon of Chelcias, 
wrote in Babylon > 

■i In thefi'th year, and in the fever) th 
day of the month, what time as the 
Chaldeans took Jerufaiem, and burned 
it with fire. 

5 And Baruch did read the words ofj 
this book in the hearing of Jechoniasi 
the fon ot Joachim king of Juda, and 
in the ears ot ail the people that came to 
hear the book. 

4 And in the hearing of the nobles, 
and or the king's Ions, and in the hear- 
in.; of the elders, and of all the people; 
from the loweft unto the higheft, even, i 
of all them that dwelt at Babylon, by | 
the river Sud'. 

5 Whereupon they wept, faffed, and 
prayed before the Lord. 

ti They maie alto a collection of mon- 
ey according to every man's power : 

7 f! And they fent it to Jerufaiem un 
to Joachim the high pried, the fon of 
Chelcias, fon of aalom. unci to the prieffs, 
and to ail the people which were found 
witli him at Jerufaiem 

v> At the lame time when he received 
the vcflfels of the houfe of tre Lc id that 
were earned out of the temple, to return 
then, into the land of Juda, the tenth day j 
of the month Sivan namely, nlvei velfels 
which Sedecias, the fon ot Johas king of 
Juda had made. 

9 After 'fiat Kabuchodonofor king of 
^Babylon had carried away Jechonias, 
and ihe princes, arid the captives, and :he 
j) igl ty n;en, and the people of the land 
from jerufaiem. and bi ought them unto 
Babyioi*. 



our 

the 
the 
not 



10 And they faid, behold, we have 
fent you money to buy you burnt offer- 
ings, and fru offerings, and incenie, and 
prepare ye manna, and offer upon the 
altar of *he Lord our God ; 

it And pray tor the life of Nabuch- 
odonofor king of Bab\lon, and for the 
life of Balthafar his fon, that their 
days may be upon earth as the day of 
heaven. 

12 And the Lord will sive ushrength, 
and lighten our eyes, and we fhall live 
under thefhadow of Nabuchodonoforking 
of Babylon, and under the ftiadow of 
Balthafar his ion, and we (ball feive them 
many days, and find favour in their 
fight. 

IS Pray for us alio unto the Lord 
God, for we have finned againit 
Lord our God ; and unto this day 
fury of the Lord and hi 3 wrath is 
turned from us. 

14 And >e fhall read this book wheh 
we have fent unto you, to make confef- 
fion in the houfe of the Loru upon the 
ftafrs and folemn days. 

15 And >e (hall fay, To the Lord out- 
God btlongeib rightecufr.efV, but unto us 
the con fu lion of faces, as;/ it come to pefs 
:hisdav unto them of Juda, and to the 
inhabitants of jerufaiem, 

16 Vrid to our kings, and to our princes, 
and to cur priefts, and to our prophets, 

to our lathers 

17 l*'ur we have finned before the Lord, 
tK And dtfobeyed him, and have not 

hearkened unto the voice ot the Lord 
our God. to walk in the commandments 
l hat he <:ave us openly : 

iy Since the day that the Lord brought 

our forefathers out ot the land of Egypt, 

unto this prefent/Jay, we have been ailo- 

ien! unto the Lord our God, and we 

have been negligent in not hearing hit 

voice. _ „ T . c 

£0 Wherefore 



Jipoeryfba. ap« ii. Apocrypha. 

-o Wherefore the evils cleaved unto] W O Lord our God, w finned, 

us. a:id the curfe which the p- x> '' have done ungodly, we hav< un- 

I I by Moifs his fervant, at the righteoufly in all ihi. ances. 

t e tn*t he brought cur fathers out 13 Let thy wrath turn from us : for 



the land of Egypt, to *ive ih a hind that 
:h milk ana" hones, like 
> Jee this day. 
tl Neverthelefs, we have not hearken, 
ed unto the voice of the Lord our ( 
according unto all the of the pi 

ets, s : 

But every man followed the imag 



we are but a few left among the heathen, 
w here thou halt fcattc i 

i * Hear our praj ers, O Lord, and our 
ons, and deliver us for thine 
fakCj and give us iuvour in the light of 
them which have led us away .- 

J • 1 ;iat all the earth n:ay knew that 
thou art the Lord uur Gou, becauie li- 



en of his own wicked heart, toferrelrael and h;s potterity is tilled by thy 



ange gods, and to do evil in the ; 
t the Lord our God 

H A P. II. 
7[oe prayer and t -; ivbub the J 

at Bubjlon made, and )evt in tbat bvuk 
w:t -j t r breti >st: at Jerufulem 
THEREFORE the Lord hath n 
g " .'i hii hich he pronounced a- 

cainfl ii->, and agaiuft our judges t 
l Ifrael • . , 

t our princet, jainfl the men 

of ilrao m 1 Juda. 

;>on usgrear plagues, fuch 
as never ' le heav- 

en, is it <_ its in Jerufalem, 

c ; ins to the things that were written 
ol Moles. 
3 That a man ihotild eat the flefh of 
his own ion, and the fi:h ol his own 
daughi 

- r, he lialh delivered them to 
b-" in (objection to all the kingdoms that 
are iu. un us, 

and deiolation air. ill the people 

r and , where the LorJ hath ft al- 

ter m. 

5 Ihus we were c. n, and not 

.ve finn< nnfl 

i 

*> 1 >> i 1 apprrtti'metb 

righteoufnefs •. hut ui 

far en Oiame. as mffftcti ny 

1 i ies aie 

us, whuh the L i«i hath 

a Yet have we Hot | • the 

Lord, that we urn cvei 

I ii the una,, 
i t. 

9 Who 

id the 

l * for the Lord is rig: n ill 

• :nto 

lents 
oi the l ns, 

tl And n 



name. 

15 O Lord, look dow n from thine holy 
houfe, and conlider us : bow down thine 
ewr, O Lord, to hear US. 

17 Open thine ej i">, and behold : for 

the dead that ar^- in the graves, whole 

iouls ate taken from their bodies, will 

-■ unto the Lord neither praife noj 

iteoufnel 

its lint the foul that is greatly ve\ I, 

which goeth (toopina and feeble, and the 

. t.'i tt fail, and the hue il will 

give thee \ aifs and righteoufneis, O 

Loi 

i » Therefore we do not make our 
humble fupplication bel red ee, o Lord 
our God, for the righteoufneis of ouj 1 i- 
thers, and of our - 

M Lor thou haft lent out thy wrath 
and in<Jignati< 

ken bj thy lervants the | • | is, 

1 1 Tl 
yourlhouh 

: f0 ft | 

i" > our fat he i 

ill not hear the voice of 
the to fenre the king ol Babylon, 

l will « t the i 

i. .I.i, i tluUt I 'ii, 

he f , 

the 

l 
be dclolate ot in 

n<o 

tii ii m . '.s 

that thou .; b> th> (erVaniS, the 

■ 
I t, 

and 

i • 
l'> which by 

'•* 
. . , i.i 
Hut jht thy p< 



I 

t 
I 
|ent) 



i 

■ 
10 As thoi 



Apocrypha, 



fes, in the day when thou didft command 



Jmn to write thy law before the children 
of Ilrael, laying, 

Qd Jf ye will not hear my voice, furely 
this very great nmltitude ihall be turned 
Into a iroail number among the nations 
where I will fcitter them. 

30 For I knew that they would not 
hear me, bec mfe it is a ftiffnecked peo 
pie : but in the land of their captivities 
they (hall remember themfelves, 

SI And (hail know, that 1 am the Lord 
(heir God, lor I will give them an heart, 
ami ears to heir : 

33 And they (hali praife me in the land 
of their captivity, and think upon my 
name, 

3$ And return from their (LIT neck, 
and from their wicked deeds ; for they 
fhall remember the way of their fathers, 
which iinned before the Lord. 

S4 And I will bring them again into 
the land which I promiied with an oath 
unto their fathers, Abraham, Ifaac, ano 
Jacob, and they (hall be lords of it : and 
1 will increafe them, and they (hall not 
be diminifhed. 

S r > And 1 will make an everlafting cov- 
enant with them to be their God, and 
they (hall be my peopie : and I will no 
more drive my people oi Ifrael out of the 
land that i have given them. 

CHAP. 111. 
The re (I of their prayer and conjfjjxon, con- 
tained inthat book ivbicb Buiuch wrote 

and ft n t to Jerafalem, 

O LORD Almighty, God of Ifrael, t!;e 
foul in anguiih, tne troubled fpirit, en 
cth unto thee. 

"i Hear, O Lord, and have mercy : for 
thou art merciful ; and have pity upon 
us, becaufe we have iinned before thee. 

5 For thou endureit for ever, and we 
ptr.Oi utterly. 

4 O Lord Almighty, thou God of If- 
rael, hear now the prayers of the dead 
Israelites, and of their children, which 
have tinned before thee, and not hearken- 
ed unto the voice of thee their God : 
for the which caufe thefe plagues cleave 
unto us. 

5 Remember not the iniquities of our 
forefuhers: but think upon thy power, 
and thy name now at trmtime. 

b For thou art the Lord our God, and 
thee, O Lord, will ue prade. 

7 And for this cauie thou haft put thj 
fear in our hearts, to the intent thai we 
thouM call upon thy name, -Ami pr life thee 
in our captivhy : ior we have called to 
mind all the iniquity of our forefathers 
that finned before tf | 

6 Behold, v,c are yet this day in our 
captivity, where thou hall leattered us 
for a reproach and a curie, and to be fub- 
ject to payments, according lu all the in- 



BARUCtf. Apocrypb*. 

iquities of our fathers which departed 
from the Loid oui Gov: 

9 Hear, lirael, the commandments of 
life ; give ear to underlUnd wifriorn. 

10 How happeneth it, ilrael, that -hou 
art in thine enemies' land, that thou art 
waxen old in a (trangt country, that thou 
art defiled with the nead ; 

1* That ihou art counted with them 
that go down into the grave ? 

t4 Thou haft forlaken the fountain of 
wifdom 

15 For if thou hadlt walked in the way 
of God, thou lhouloelt have dwelled m 
peace for ever 

* Learn where is wifdom. where is 
(Length, where is underftanding ; that 
thou may eft know alfo where is length of 
days, and life, where is the light of the 
eyes, and peace. 

ta Who hath found out her place ? or, 
Who hath come into her trealures ? 

!>> Where are the princes of the 
heathen become, and fuch as ruled the 
beads upon the earth : 

IT ihey that had their paft time with 
the fowls of the air. and r!>ey that hoard- 
ed up lilver and gold wherein men trull, 
and made no end of their getting > 

18 For they that w rought in lilver. and 
were l'o careful, and whole works are un- 
fea reliable, 

19 They are vanifhed and gone down 
to the grave, and others are come up in 
their (leads. 

20 Young men have feen light, and 
dwett upon the earth : bur the way of 
knowledge have they not known. 

21 Nor underliood the paths thereof, 
nor laid hold of it : their children were 
far oft from that way. 

11 it hath not been heard of in Cba- 
na3n,nei r her hath it been <een inTheni m. 

£3 The Agarenes that feek wifdom 
upon earth, the merchants of Meran and 
of Theman, the authors of fables and 
fearchersout of underUanding : none or 
thefe have known the way of wifdom, or 
remember hei paths. 

'24 O Ifrael, how great is the houfe of 
God. and how ftrge is the place ot his 
policlTum ! 

tb Great, and hath none end ; 
and unmeafurable. 

26 There were the giants famous from 
the beginning, that were of fo great fut- 
ure and fo expert in v\ar. 

ST I hofe did not the Lord choofe, nei- 
ther gave he the way of knowledge unto 
them : • r 

u 2<'> But they were dedroyed, becaule 
they had no wifdom, aud penlhed through 
their own fjoliihnels. 

29 Who baih gone up into heaven and 
taken her, and brought her down from 

the clouds* -x«7, 

i SO W ho 



high 



flTbJf 

90 Who hath ono* over tfcf fra, an~ 
* hex, and » 

I No 
thinketh of her path 

9t But tee "ut knowrrh all thiols. 
knowrth her, and hath f mod heroa? 
Im ui**ert?andin z : he tl «• prepared the 



hrr «ar, nor 



•T 



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Ap$ny%U. 

OTer roe. a r 
who for ' | 
defoiate; be- 

ir«xa the law of 



c*uie trie- 
i. 

*jr knew rot* his ft at m tea, nor 
-?d in the w« 
: - : - . x 

•* foe evermore, hath nlled it with to J eouf«*f 

fmt fimli I bej*ia - 

:ha« le ye the c 

Uletb it yri, and 

'eri* 
- tars (lined in their watches. | brought a nation opon 

aal reiotced : wher n tar, a Hji 

> we be ; and 
he> the* jrwohim tiiat m. 

•rfr. i» nave carried a- ay * 

our God. and there fail! beloved children r.i ihe -Hew, ao£ 
nor* other be accounted of in cornpari- tier that was alone defoiate 
Co- of him i _ - % 

» He hath found on* of Bat, What can I 

knowledge, and harh gi»e •• 1 

his- - . =: I, and I Iftaellanhe e* nj ' ■ > , n --.t:.- poa bom c 

ard did he (aew h-rrfelf op- hands of your eor- 
on earth, and cooler I 

Jyour * >r I am left cefe 

The *••*•/ rwuw**<- . :*ar *. iO I h2Te f-u 

Ti*j <*mmf*Sfj m d pot upon roe the 

r*- 

e book of the counaartd 
names of God, and the law «naT St 

N 'hey »har » 
€i~.t to bte .- hot loch r and 

die 
tTor- 

r - ■ .on. an< 

there o f, that rbna mated h 

* i 
nor the thing* tha* are p- 
thee «o a f:r*r. fc e nifton :r' 

ow : for th-r » - I fc* 

* 

•O'C H«. 

5 be of tcr4 r}<etT, odt pec^ 

* Ye »d tc 'he ratioas net for Son h? 
T "mf becaule > e nv • 

■•rain. *e weredelirt 

, revoked r 
t anto devils, and not tot 

* Ye hue forgotten the everlaHir 

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ApQCtyptz. 

29 For he that hath brought thefe 
plagues upon you, (hall bring you ever- 
lafting joy again with your falvation 

SO lake a good heart. O Jerufalem ; 
for he that gave thee that name, will 
comfort thee. 

Si Milcrable are they that afflicted 
thee, and rejoiced at thy fall. 

Si Miferable are »he cities which thy 
children ferved : miferable is (he that re- 
ceived thy ions 

S3 For as (he rejoiced at thy ruin, and 
was glad of thy fall ; fo fhall (he be 
grieved for her own defolation. 
" S4 For I will take away the rejoicing 
of her great multitude, and her pride dial) 
be turned into mourning 

55 For fire (hall come upon her from 
the Everlafling, long to endure, and the 
(hall be inhabited of devils for a great 

time. 

36 O Jerufalem, look about thee to- 
ward the eaft, and behold the joy that 
Cometh unto thee from God. 

37 Lo, thy fons come, whom thou fent- 
eft away, they come gathered together 
from the eaft to the weft, by the word of 
the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of 

God. 

CHAP. V. 
tjerujalem is moved to rejoice J^and to he- 
boid I heir yeturnoutofcapti<vity r witbglo>y 

PUT off, O Jerufalem, the garment of 
thy mourning and affliction, and put on 
the cemelinefs of the glory that cometh 
from God forever- 

9 Cad about thee a double garment 
cf the righteoufnefs which cometh from 
God ; and fet a diadem on thine head 
of the glory of the Ever! ifting. 

8 For God will (hew thy brightnefsun* 
to every country under heaven. 

* For thy name Hull be called of God 
for ever, The peace ©f righteoufnefs, 
and. The glory of God's worfliip. 

r> q Arile, O Jerufalem, and (land on 
high, and look about toward the eaft, 
and behold thy children gathered from 
the welt unto the e:ift by the word or 
the Holy One, rejoicing in the remem- 
brance of God. 

<i For they departed from thee on foof. 
and were led away of their enemies : but 
Godbringeth them unto thee exhalted 
v , ren of the kingdom 

7 I d hath appointed that every 
high hill, and banks ot long continuance, 
nSould be call down, and vallies filled 
up, to make even the ground, that Ilrael 
m • fafely in the glory of God. 

8 Moreover, even the woods,and every 
ftoeet (melting tree (hall overlhadow li- 
rael by the commandment of God. 

9 For God (hall lead Ifrael with joy in 
the light ofhis gioryj withthe mercy and 
righteoufnefs that cometh from him. 



BARUCH. JpocrypB*. 

The Epistle of JEREiMY. 

CHAP VI 

t The cauje oftbeir captivity is tbeirfm. 

S Tbe place vobereto tneyiuere carried 

is Babylon. 

A COPY of an epiftle which Jeremy 
fent unto them which were to be led cap- 
tives into Babylon, by the king of the 
Babylonians, to certify them as it was 
commanded him of God. 

2 Becaufe ot the fins which ye have 
committed before God, ye lhall be led 
away captives into Babylon, by Nabach- 
odonofor king of the Babylonians. 

*> fl So when ye be come unto Baby- 
lon ye fhall remain there many years, and 
for a long feafon, namely feven genera- 
tions : and after that 1 will bring you a- 
way peaceably from thence 

4 Now fhall ye fee in Baby ion gods of fil- 
ver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon 
(boulders, » hich caule the nations to fear. 

5 Beware therefore that ye in no wife 
be like to ft rangers, neither be ye afraid 
of them when ye fee the multitude be- 
fore them and behind them, worffnp- 
ping them. 

6 But fay ye in your hearts, O Lord* 
we mu ft worihip thee. 

7 For mine angel is with you, and I 
my feif caring for your fouls. 

8 As for their tongue, it is polhhed 
by the workman, and they tbemf Ives 
are gilded anH laid over with gold, yet 
are they but falfe, and cannot fpeak 

9 And taking gold, as it were for a 
virgin that ioveth to go gay, they make 
crowns for the heads of their gods. 

10 Sometimes alfo the prjefts convey* 
from their gods gold and filver, and be- 
llow it upon themfelves. 

11 Yea, they will give thereof to the 
common harlots, and deck them as men 
with garments, [being] gods of fi'ver, 
and gods of gold, and wood. 

12 Yet cannot thefe gods fave them- 
felves from raft and moths, though they 
be covered with pu-ple raiment 

13 They wipe their faces becaufe ot 
the duft ot the temple, when there is* 
much upon them : 

14 And he that cannot put to death 
one that offended him, holdeth a icep- 
tre, as though he were judge ot the 
country . . 

15 He hath alfo in Ivs right hand a 
dagger, and an axe: but cannot deuver 
himlelf from war and thieves. 

1.. Whereby they are known not to be 
eods : therefore fear them not. 
' 17 For like as a veffel that a man ufetrr 
is nothing worth, when it is broken ; 
even io it is with their gods : when 
they be fet up in the temple, their eyes 
be full of duft, through the feet ot them 
that come in. lR ^ 



jpocrypba. 



Chap. vi. 



Apocrypha* 



tS And as the doors are made fure 35 Tn like manner they ran neither 
.(Hi tver, tide upon him that oftenderh give riches nor money : though a ir.au 
th J ^:ng- as be; nmitted to fufVer make a vow unto them, anikeepit not a 

h: even fa the piic.ts make fart they will not require it. 
tht.r temples with doors, *ifh locks 36 They can lave no man from death, 
and bats, ielt their goJt be fpoilcd with neither deliver the weak from the might 



robbers 

They light them candles, yea 



\ { y 



W They cannot reftore a blind maa 



more thai tor themielves, where to his tight, nor help any man in his dif- 

can i 

ey are as one of the beams of 
the temple, yet tfu 

gnawed upon by thin :> creeping out ot 
earth, and when them and 

they feci it not 
it Their faces ai Itht ugh the 

^e that cornel 
Upon their b and hcac 

bats, fwallowt, . is, and the c 

alio. 

23 By know hey 

i : therefore fear them not. 



33 They can (hew no mercy to the 
widow, nor do good to the fatherlefs. 

39 Their gods of wood, and which 
ire wveilud with gold and filver, arc 
like the (tones that be hewn out of the 
mountain : they that worfhip them (ball 
be confounded. 

40 How mould a man then think and 
fiy, that they are nods, when even the 
Chaldeans thtmlelves dimonour them r 

4t Who, if they lhall ice one dumb- 
'hit cannot fpeik, they bring him, and 



iding the gold that is entreat Bel that he may fpeak, as though 



ke them beautiful, ex 
ceptthey wipe off* the ruft, they will 
fliti' " her when they vere mol- 

-y feel 

rem there is no 
rice 
•uldcrs, 
having no ic-t, wliereby thev declare 
har they be nothi 
t7 i tic v aifo that ferve them are a- 
(hamed ; t i Fthey tali to t.ne grou 
I 

ifelvei ie let th< m up. 

right, can thjey move< fthemfelres: nei- 
ther if the\ .>wn, Can they 
m«k»* »hem 
£ ?" > b< f >r« :. i | unto d- 

Is the thi 

Unto ti.» 

in like manner thnt wire liy 
thereof In (sir, but u 

. re nothioi I ;t. 

••■ men ir. 
l cat their facrii by I 

th.n^s )' may know thai thty are no 
them i 
r how can t iiev be called ^ 
becaufe women fet me it before the ( 

ood. 



tie were able to underffand. 

If Vet they cannot underttand this 
themfelves, and leave them : ior they 
<• no knowlcdg 

43 1 he women alfo with cords about 
them, lining in the ways burn bran tor 

fame: bill it any of them, dn« n by 

paffeth by, he with hint, (he 

repruacheth her fellow, th *t (V.e was not 

th light as woithy as herfclf, nor iter 

n. 

44 Wharfocver is done among them is 
falfr : How may it then be thought or 

la i 

i . fl nude of carpenters and 

goldfmith" : they can be nothing elfe 
than the workmen will have them to be. 

*6 A 1 ijjcy themfelvei ihat made 
them < ret coi 

.Id \\i<:. 'he things that are made of 

47 J ,:nd rci roaches to 

them tl.it ci er. 

eth any war 
i them, ih'- priefti confi 
with trt they ni d- 

den m 

49 ilow t pen 

. Is, wl ( • 



«}i Vnd the priefts C their 1 ..om *.u i. i i. m 

having their i \ thr. 

heads and he tven, and nothi For feeing tl '. 

ith fih 
-3' cry bel re their (ha I be ku ifter that the) iw 

. as men do at the feaii when oi i 






\nd it ft ill i r to 



33 The priefts al fo take off their gar nd kn bo 

menfa and clothe their \ men's hands and 

dren ! i n || cm. 

M V. l.ether it be evil that r.ncdon . that t'ney 

unt kJ, they are not able 



r«<~ thev raw neither fet up 

a kinj, or put lurn down. 



.« 1 fet up a I 

I ■: lUc land, nor give rain unto n 

•4 



jCpucrypba. 



SONG of the THREE CHTtDREIv. 



Apocrypha 

54 Neither czn they judge their own 63 And the fire fent from above to' 
caufe, nor redrefs a wrong, being una- confume hills and woods, doeth as it id 
ble for they are as crows between heav- commanded : but thefe are like unto 
en and earth. [them neither in fbew nor power. 

55 Whereupon, when fire falleth upon! 64 Wherefore ir is neither to be fup- 
the houfe of -pods of wood, or laid over 'pofed nor faid, that they are gods, feeing- 
with gold or filver, their nriefts will flee : they are able neither to judge caufes, nor 
away, and efcupe ; but they themfelves jto do good unto men. 

feali be burned afuuder like beams 65 Knowing, therefore, that they are' 

56 Moreover, they cannot withftand no gods, fear them not : 



any king or enemies -• How can it then 
be thought or faid that they be gods r 

57 Neither are thofe gods of wood, 
and laid over with filver or gold, able to 
efcape either from thieves or robbers. 

08 Whole gold, and filver, and gar- 
ments wherewith they are clothed, they 
that are ftrong do take, and go away 
tfrithal : neither are they able to help 
themfelves. 

59 Therefore it re better to be a king 
that fheweth his power, or elfe a profita- 
ble veifei in a houfe, which the owner 
Hull have ufe of, than fuch falfe gods ; 
or to be a door in a houfe. to keep fuch 
things iafe as be therein, than fuch falfe 
gods ; or a pillar of. wood in a palace, 
than fuch falfe gods 

60 For fun, moon, and ftars, being 
■bright, and fent to do their otSces, are 
obedient 



it break eth forth is eafy to be feen, and 
after the fame manner the wind blovveth 
in ^very country. 

6*1 And when God commandeth the 
clouds to 'go over the whole world, they 
do as they are bidden* 



66 For they can neither curfe nor blefs 1 
kings 

o7 Neither can they (hew figns in the 
heavens among the heathen, nor (bine as' 
the fun. nor give light as the moon. 

68 The beads are better than they : for, 
they can get under a covert, and help 
themfelves. 

69 It is then by no means manifefir 
unto us that they are gods : therefore 
fear them not. 

70 For as a fcarecrow in a garden of 
cucumbers keepeth nothing : foare their 
gods of v/ood, and laid over with filver 
and gold. 

7t And likewife their gods of wood,, 
and laid over with filver and gold, are 
like to a white thorn in an orchard, that 
every bird fitteth upon ; as alfo toadeac\ 
body that is call into the dark. 

11 And ye fball know them to be no 



61 In like manner; the lightning when [gods by the bright purp'e that rottethi 



upon them : and they themfelves after- 
ward ihall be eaten, and (hall be a re- 
proach in the country . 

73 Better, therefore, is the juft man 
that hath none idols : for he rtiall be far 
from reproach. 




% Asanas bis prayer and co*frjji*n in all thefe things upon us, becaufe of our* 

ttte fiim' °2H Ihr fong oj tbc three (ins. 

thud~ en in the o<wn. 

AND thej walked in the midft of the 
fire, praifing God, and Wefiing the 

Lord 
£ f, Then Azarias flood up and prayed | 



on 'his manner 



6 For we have finned, and committed 
iniquity, departing from thee. 

7 In all things have we trefpaffed, and 
not obeved thy commandments, nc»r 

.kept them, neither done as thou haft-' 
and opening his mouth (commanded us, that it might go well. 



in the midft of the fire. faid. 

5 Blejfcd art thru, O Lord God of our 
fathers \ thy name is worthy to be prail- 
ed and glorified lor evermore : 

i For thou art righteous in all the 
things that thou haft done to us-: yea 
true are all thy works, thy ways are 
right and all thy judgments truth. 



with us 

8 Wherefore all that thou haft brought 
upon us, and every thing that thou haft* 
done to us, thou haft done in true judg- 
ment 

9 And thou didft deliver us into the 
hands of lawlefs enemies, moft hateful 
forfakers oj Cod, and to an unjuft king a 



5 In all the things which thou haft 1 and the moft wicked in all the world, 
fct'oiight upon us/%nduprm the holy city I 10 And now we cannot open our 
of our fathers toe* Jerufalem, thou haft J mouths, we are become a thame and re- 
fexccutrd true judgment i for according ■ pcoach to thy fervants, and to them that' 
^Vuth and judgment didft thou bring ' worfuip thee. 

it Yf:i 



tl Yer delive ot»p wholly, 

Xr.y name's fake, neither disannul thou 
thy Covenant ; 

\ife not thy : 
rlromus, fee thy beloved Abraham's 
fervant Ifiac 1 * fake, and 
tar'i.T he 

IS To whom thou hift fpofcen ami 
pr .j mi fed, 1 

their feed a<the ft^r* of he^vrn, and as 

. '.Sere. 
14 For *»e, O L 

. « J - - . -pt under thii 
day it 

there at th<> time 
crproph*- r, or burnt ofier. . 

.'ion, or incer; :": 
yiace ..nd to r. 

ti Nevert 1 ^ 

an : iii.S.e :, i • let us t ted 



-Chap. L 

holy nair.e : and fofce prai. 
edabov- 

5* art ibou in 

oe hol> and to be . - . 

i . r ~ - • . - . -. - _ . r.r-r: 
Jed ar: 

. 
and to be praiied anc e.'.. .: _ - 
lor ever 

5 B zC? hou on the fJ:«nou* 

throne ct th^ k a 

ind , - rer 

s* Bluffed - e 

of heaven and abo^e l t 10 1 
^'. fc .:: ::r:: rt\r; 

.$ of the Lord 
ye the Lore 
r r v e r 
:S§ O ye heaven rd: 



IT 1 -. he burnt otlerings cf 'he Ix>rd . 



rajas and bullocks, a en i 

r : fo let ou r .* . 

fice be n ti and grmui 

me may wholly > 

jt be : put 

i thee 
i now we follow thre 
our hc«*rt, u«iear t.jre. ^r.J : face 



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e> 



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feanr id let all them ti. 

be amame 

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their p> a rrr. r ct the,i 

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fiie out rt the oven : 



- 

tS rd God of 

-nd ex 

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be *b 
Lord : 
rxilt him above all for ev 

J all > . ft he Lord, I 

rove 
r ever 
*/ O ye fun and moon, biefs ye the 
Lore nd cju 

u rc (ran ven r - 

Lord d exal 

4. 

- 

14 O i - 

the I 

of fno 

• 
ili r 

47 

: ail 

DO) and <darknef 

Id, bl<". 

- 
LorU 



above 

: heat, Mela 



I :i. 






I* 



I God] 31 O >e ligfi* 
C. • the I^ord : p.. ind r*ilt i».raa'.. 

. O let rd -. 

ft raouBUir: 



Apocrypha* 

Wets ye the Lord : praife and exalt him 
above a ! l for ever. 

54 O all ye things that grow on the 
earth, blefs ye the Lord : praife and ex- 
alt him above" all for ever. 

55 O ye fountains, blefs ye the Lord : 
praife and exalt him above all for ev- 
er 

56 O ye feas and rivers, blefs ye the 
Xord : praife and exalt him above all for 
ever 

57 O ye whales, and all that move in 
the waters, blefs ye the Lord : praife 
and exalt him above all for ever 

5 O all ye fowls of the air, blefs ye 
the Lord : praife and exalt him above ail 
ior ever. 

59 O all ye beafis and cattle blefs ye 
the Lord : praife and exalt hirn above 
all forever- 

60 O ye children of men, blefs ye the 
Xord : praife and exalt him above all 



HISTORY of SUSANNA. 



forever 



praife 



6 O [frael, blefs ye the Lord 
and exalt him above all for ever 

62 O ye priefts of the Lord, blefs ye 



Afotrypbo-. 

the Lord praife and exalt him above 
all tor ever. 

6d O ye fervants of the Lord, blefs ye 
the Lord : praife and exalt him above 
all for ever 

64 O ye fpirits and fouls of the right- 
eous, blefs ye the Lord : praife and ex- 
alt him above all for ever. 

. 65 O ye holy and humble men of heart.. 
blefs ye the Lord ; praife and exalt hini 
above all forever. 

■ 36 O Ananias, Azarias, and Mifael, 
biefs ye the Lord : praife and exalt him 
above all for ever : for he hath delivered 
us from hell and faved us from the hand 
of death, and delivered us out of the 
midft of the furnace and burning flame ; 
even out of the midft of the fire hath 
he delivered us. 

67 O give thanks unto the Lord, be- 
caufe he is gracious ; for his mercy en- 
dur;tb forever. 

63 O all ve that worfhip the Lord, 
blefs the God of gods praife him, and 
give him thanks : for his mercy endur- 
etb forever. 



The HISTORY of SUSANNA. 

Set apart from the Beginning of DANIEL, becaufe it is not in the Hebrew, as nei- 
therthe Narration of BEL and the DRAGON. 

10 And albeit they both were wound- 
ed with her love : yet durft not one 
fhew another his j>,rief. 

11 For they v\ere ashamed to declare 
their luft that they denied to have to do 
with her 

12 Yet they watched diligently from 
day to day to fee her. 

13 And the one faid to the other, let u's 
now go home j for it is dinner time. 

14 So when they were gone out, they 

other, and 

turning back again, they came to the 
fame place ; and after they had afked 
one another the caufe, they acknowledg- 
ed their luft : then appointed they a 
time both together when they might 
find her alone. 

15 And it fell out, as they watched a 
fit time, (he went in as before, with two 
maids only, and flie was defirous to wad 



IFwo judges hide thetnfel<vei in the garden 
cf Sujanna, to have ibeir pleafure ej bcr. 

THERE dwelt a man in Babylon, cal- 
led Joacim : 

2. Aid he took a wife, whofe name was 
Smfanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very 
fair woman, and one that feared the Lord 

5 Her parents alfo were righteous. 
and taught their daughter according to 
the law of Mofes 

4 Now Joacim was a great rich man, 
and had a fair garden joining unto his parted the one from the 
houfe, and to him reforted the Jews 
becaufe he was more honourable than ail 
others 

3 The fame year were appointed two 
of the ancients of the people to be 
judges, fuch as the Lora ipake of, that 
•wickednefs tame from Babylon from 
ancient judges who feemed to govern 
the people. 

6 Thefe kept much at Joacim's houfe : 
and all that had any fuits in law, came 
unto them. 

7 Now when the people departed 
away at noon, ^ufanna went into her 
hu (band's garden to walk. 

tJ And the two elders fiw her going 
in every day and walking : i'o that their 
luff was inflamed toward her. 

9 And they perverted their own mind, 
and turned away their eyes, that they 
might not look unto heaven, nor remem- 
ber jull judgments, 



herfelf in the garden ; for it was hot. 

16 And there was no body there, fave 
the two elders, that had hid themfelves, 
and watched her. 

17 Then rt>e faid to her maids. Bring 
me oil and wafting balls, and fhut the 
garden doors thai I may wafh me. 

18 And they did as ihe bade them, 
and ftiut the garden doors, and v. ent out 
themfelves at privy doors, to fetch the 
things that (he had commanded them ; 
but they faw not the elders, becaufe 
they were hid- 

1 if Now 



j&oerypba. 

19 Now when the maids were gone 
forth, the two elders rofe up, and ran 
Unto her, faying, 

20 Behold the garden doors are (hut, 
ItU man can tee us, ami we are in 
1 . e with thee, therefore content unto us, 
and lie with us. 

21 If thou wilt not we will bear witnefs 
unft thee, that a young nun wis with 

t .*e : and therefore thou didft fend a 
thy m ;i thee 

en Sufanna figheJ, anu faid, f 
an; \cd on every lide : r'jr if 1 do 

this thing, it is death unto me : and if 1 
c a not, I cannot e ;.ipe your han 

-i It is better for me to fall into your 
haids, and not to do it, than to iin in the 
jjgm of fiie L 

i4 With that Sufanna cried with a 
loud v.jice ; and the t*o elders cried out 
againfl her. 

Then rxn the one, and opened the 
garden do 

he fervants of the hotlfc 
heard the cr; rden the] rufhed 

in at a privy door, to lee what v%as Uone 
Unto hrr 

Bur when the el id dec 

t rvants were greatly 

aifci.-ned : tor there wa* never filch a re- 
p rt made «t Sulanna. 

And it < ame to pafs the next 
wh*n the people were affmbled to her 

f s imap 

' her to dcatn ; 
iid before the people, S 
for Nilr >3Sf 

] acim'i 

to J-o <h 
Bfloth* 11 her ki 

'ma w is a vfi , delicate 

ided 
-. 
it they • be filled with her 

re her friend 
£aw her 

ov id of the | 
Upon hrr : 

3j And ;he weeping, lookr 
heav- r ^ cr j if irt ,, ,.... j 

* elder 
i p the gi: »man Came in 

u hut the 

A- 

■ 

came ,er. 

' er ( , 

them. 

Awl when • them I 

the man - t could . 



Wronger than we, and rpened the door, 

ri cut. 

But having taken this woman, 
who the young nu I flie 

t not tell us ; their thu.,;s do we 

• " > • 

41 Then the aflTembly beiieved them, 
as thoie that were the elders a;id judges 
ol the people ; (o they condemned her to 
death 

4£ Then S i cried out with a 

voice, a: d fa a, C everlafhng God, that 

• eft the fecrets, a;»cl knoweti all things 
re rhty be ; 

43 Thou knoweft that they have b me 
falfe wi'r.eis againfl me, and, behold, I 
mud die, unereas I never did I ich things 
as thete men have nulicioufly invented 
againft me 

4* And the Lord heard her voice. 

4*> There! ien (he was led to be 

■ j death, the Lord raifed up the holy 

• ot a \uung youth, whole name was 
Daniel 

46 Who cried with a loud vcice, I ana 
cle ir from the blood of this woman 

47 Then all the people turned them to- 
ward him an itmeanthefei 

H thou I afl lpoi:cn ? 

48 So he. Handing in the mid ft ol I 
Paid, Are j e fu< I 
that wit!. out exa; 

. 
ter of hi 1-1 ? 

49 Return again to the phce . 
ment : lor they have but no tatle «i 

A\ her. 
\N hri- • people turned a 

and ti i rdunto I 

. and (he a it us, 
feeing G I hath gi\ honour 

Put 

. and 

.n 

ier one 

, and 
i old 

< h thou 
e aie con 

e 

bett the 
faith, • ghtcous 

■ 

(wcred, 



i 



faid, \ ; \ 

i a i Ood I at 

• of God to cut th' 

be put him af:Jc, and coa- 
led 



dfrscryptnt. 



BEL and the DRAGON. 



iha tided to bring the other, and laid unto 
him, O thou feed of Chanaan, and not of 
juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and 
Jult hath perverted thine heart. 

57 Thus have ye dealt with the 
daughters of lfrael, and they for fear 
companied with you : but the daughter 
of Juda would not abide your wicked- 
jieis. 

58 Now therefore tell me, Under what 
free didft thou take them companying to- 
gether i Who anfwered, under an holm 
tree. 

59 Then faid Daniel unto him, Well, 
thou haft alfo lied againft thine own 
head ; for the angel ot God waiteth with 
the (word to cut thee in two, that he may- 
deft roy you. 

60 With that, all the aiTembly cried 



*&p§erj>pb&. 



God 



out with a loud voice, and praiied 
who iaveth them that truft in him. 

til And they arofe againft the two elder* 
for Daniel had convicted them of falfe 
witnels by their own mouth : 

6 C 2 And according to the law of Moles, 
they did unto them in fuch fort as they 
malicioufly intended to do to their neigh- 
bour : and they put them to death Thus 
the innocent blood was laved the 
day. 

63 Therefore Chelcias and his 
praifed Goo for their daughter Sufanna, 
with Joacim her hrtiband, and all the kin- 
dred, becaufe then was no difhoneftjf 
found in her. 

64 From that day forth was Daniel had 
in great reputation in the fight of the peo- 
ple. 



fame 

wife. 



The HISTORY oe 
The destruction of BEL and the DRAGON ; 

Cue off from the end of DANIEL. 



19 The fraud of Bel's priefts is difemered 

by Da n lei .* 32 b( isprefe rnted In the lionss 

4 en % *'2 and bhtnsmiescaji into tbcj&vie. 

AND king Aftyages was gathered to 

his fathers, and Cyrus of Periia received 

his kingdom. 

£ And Daniel converfed with the king, 
and was honored above all his friends 

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol 
called Bel, and there was fpent upon him 
every day twelve great meafures of fine 
Hour, and forty fneep, and fix vcfieis of 
wine. 

4" And the king worshipped it, and 
went daily to adore it ; but D.uiiel wor- 
shipped his own God. And the king faid 
utro him, Why doft not thou worlhip 
Bel ? 

5 Who anfwered, and faid, Becaufe 1 
may not worihip idols made with hinds, 
but the living God, who hath created the 
heaven and the earth, and hath fovereign- 
ty over all fle(h. 

6 Then faid the king unto him, Think- 
efl thou not that Bel is a living god i 
Seeft thou not how much he eateth and 
drmkerh every day f 

1 Then Daniel finiled, and faid, Oking, 
be not deceived : for this is but clay with, 
in, and bra's without, and did never eat 
or drink any tiling. 

8 bo the king was wroth, and called 
for his priefts, and faid unto them. If ye 
tell me not who this is that devoureth 
thefe expenfes, \e (ha'.l die 

9 Bur if ye can certify me, that Bel de- 
voureth them, then Daniel fndl die : for 
he hath fpoken blafphemy againft Bel 
And Daniel faid unto the king. Let it be 
according to t!iy word 

10 Now the prieltsof £sl were three - 



fcore and ten, befide their wives and chil- 
dren. And the king went with Daniel in- 
to the Temple of Bel. < 

11 So Bel's priefts faid, Lo we go out; 
but thou, Oking, fet on the meat, and 
make ready the wine, and lhut the door 
faft, and leal it with thine own fignet : 

ik And tomorrow when thou coined in, 
if thou findeft not that Bel hath eaten up 
all, we will fufter death ; or elfe Daniel, 
that fpeaketh falfely againft us 

15 And they little regarded it : for un- 
der the table they had mar , e a privy en- 
trance, whereby thej entered in continu- 
ally, and confumed thole trunks 

14 So when they were goiK fonh, the 
king fet meats before Bel Now Daniel 
had commanded his fervants to bring afh- 
es, and thofe they ftrewed throughout aid 
the temple, in the pretence of the king 
alone : then went they out and (hut the 
door, and fealed it with the king's fignet, 
and fo departed. 

15 Now in the night came the priefts 
with their wives and children, as they 
were wont to do, and did eat and drink 
up all. 

16 iu the morning betime, the king a- 
rcfe, and Dan-el with hi n 

17 And the king laid, Daniel. A»e the 
feat* whole i And he faid, Yea, O king 
they be whole 

t» And a-? foon as he had opened the 
door the king looked upon the table, and 
cried with a loud voice, Great art thou O 
lid, and with thee is no deceit at all. 

t9 fl I hen laughed Daniel, and held 
the king that he (hould not go in, and 
faid, Behold now the pavement, and 
mark well whole fontftep.^ aic thefe. 

SO And the king fcid, I fee the frotftep« 

of 






Aftcrjpt*. 



Grayer of man asses. 



4>f men, women, and children And then 
<he kng was angry, 

41 And rook the priefts. with their 
drives and children, who (hewed him the 
pr vy doors where they came in, and 
t n turned fticli things as were upon the 

►le. 

it Therefore the king flew them, and 
delivered Bel into Dan ei s power, v. ho 
roved him and his temple. 

2* And in that fa nc place there was a 
great Dragon, which they of liab) iun 
wor (kipped 

-4 And the king faid un^o Daniel V 

th m ilfo fay that this is of brafa ? Lo, he 

liveth, he eate»hand drinke'h . thou can ft 

Dot fay that he is no living god : there - 

e wnrfhip him. 

15 Then Lud Daniel unto the king, I 
w^ll worfhipthe Lord my God : for he is 
the living G*>d. 

!6 But g've me leave. O king, and I 
(hill (\*y this drigrvn without Word or 
ft.tfi l'hr ..d, I give thee le:ive 

n l hen Dan k puch, and far, 

and hair, and did fircthe them together, 
ai i made lamps fhereof : this he put in 

' dragon's mouths and fi the dragon 
burd in (under : arid Daniel la-id, Lo, 
thelear- the gods ye worth fp 

*« When tliey of Babylon heard that, 
they t-»ok great indignation. and confpir* 
ed againft rhe kinp:. faying, 1 he kin 
be >me * fJel, 

he huh fl^in the Dra^ :d put the 

pr- ,: s tf. <>4 f h. 

i > th" ; .e k i n ^ , and faid, 

XV -r e:le we w ill deltroy 

So Now v ng fav. they 

, tie 

lo the lion's den : 

where he * 



3- ^1 And in tl>e den there was fev?- 
lions, and they had gi?en them ewiy 
d2y t>vo carcaffes, aod t«j iheep : which 
then were not given to them, to the intent 
they might devour Daniel 

SS Now there was in Jewry a prophet 
called Habbacuc, who had made pottage, 
and had broken bread in a bowl, and 
was going into the field, for to bring it 
to the reapers. 

34 But the angel of the Lord (aid unto 
Habbacuc. Go, carry the dinner that- 
thou hall into Babylon unto Daniel, w no 
n the lion's <len. 

And Habbacuc (aid, T ord, I never 
faw Babylon : Neither do I know whete 
the den is. 

Then the angel of the Lord took 

him bv the crow n, and bare him by the 

hair of his head, and through the v«he- 

mency of his fpirit let hmi in Babylon 

r the den. 

1 And Habbacuc cried, faying, O 
Daniel, Daniel, take the dinnrr which 
GtJd hath <••:!' 

$'< And Daniel faid, thnu ha.1 f 
bend me, V God: neither ha£ th< n 
forlaken them that feek thee, and lwe 
■ 

">^ So Daniel arofr, and did ear, and 
the angel of the L©rd fet Habbacuc in 
his own place again immediately 

40Upon the feventh day the k'ng w ent 
iewaH D iniel : an I w nen he c ii 

,ked in, and behold, D.ir- 
iel *a'. tirri 

4! Then Cried the king with ■ loifft 

■ thou, O 1 nrd 
1, and I ' ii none other 
re. 

a ^| And he drew him out, and caft 
thof ■• thai •■• '■ '" "t his 6N 

. ini > the di ' they preredt 
rd in tenl I i cc. 



PRAYER oJ , Kma of Judah, 

Wltn ft w^holdcn C U'TIVL n H S. 



OLOP.D, Almighfy God r fa- 

tham, lh«C, and 1 

and i ghteou 

I iven «n<t earth, v. rh all 

a ho h ii» bou ..1 

I thy nt ; who 

v p the d< i bv 

and ^1 .- 
a fear, and .sir before M»j 

I he M 
■ 

tinners ia de : but 

thy merc»ful pi i in re j unmeafui 
? I art the mull 

I. rd 
* Tulul, ajidrc^enteituttue 



of men 1 hott, <"> Lord. . 
hail pi 

that 
uid of i 

* 

I || the 

I , ( d ol t 

i nd Jacob 

ned above tl c 

multiplied,* nd 1 v,c » 

d, 



/tpjjcryfha * 

and fee the height of heaven, for the mul- 
titude of mine iniquities. 1 am bowed 
down with many iron bands, that I cannot 
lift up mine head, neither have any re- 
leafe : for I have provoked thy wrath, 
and done evil before thee , i did not thy 
will, neither kept I thy commandments : I 
have fet up abominations, and have mul- 
tiplied oftences. Now, therefore,! bow the 
knee of mine heart, befeeching ihet of 
grace : I have finned,, OXord, I have fin- 
ned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities ; 
wherefore I humbly befeech thee, forgive 



!. MACCABKE5. tfpocrypbh* 

me, O Lord, forgive me, and deftroy mfc 



not wi',*t mine iniquities. Be not angry 
with me for ever, by referving evil for 
me ; neither condemn me into the lowet 
parts of the earth. For thou art the 
God, even the God of them that repent "t 
and in me thou wilt fliewall thy goodnefst 
for thou wilt fave me that am unworthy* 
according to thy great mercy. There- 
fore I will praife thee for ever all the days 
of my rife ; for all the powers of the 
heavens do praife thee, and thine is the 
glory for ever and ever Amen. 



a wrs,^ ., 



The FIRST book of the MACCABEES. 



CHAP. I. 
14 Anthehtti g't^etb leave to /ft up the 

fa/b.ons of >he Gentiles in Jerufalem^ 

22 andfpod'th it. &c, 

AND it happened, after that Alexan- 
der [on of Philip the Macedonian, who 
came out of the land ofChertiim, had 
fmitten Darius king of (he Perfians and 
Medes, that he reigned in his Mead, the 
fir ft over Greece, 

2 And made many wars and won ma- 
ny frrong holds, and flew the kings of the 
tj»rth. 

S And went through to the ends of the 
earth, and took fpoils of many nations, 
infomuch that the earth was quiet before 
him ; whereupon he was exalted, and 
his heart was lifted up. 

4 And he gathered a mighty ffrong 
hoft, and ruled over countries, and na- 
tions, and kings, who became tributaries 
Unto him 

5 And after thefe things he fell fick, 
and perceived that he fhoulddie. 

6 Wherefore he calle-d his Servants, 
inch as were honourable, and had been 
brought up with him from his youth, and 

tried his kingdom among them, while 
. ; yet alive. 
5p Alexander reigned twelve years, 
a' 1 ben died- 

8 And his fervants bare rule every one 
in hi* place. 

9 And after his death, they all put 
Crowns upon ibemfelnjeSy (o did their fens 
after them nnny years : and evils were 
multiplied in the earth. 

10 And there en me cut of them a 
wicked root, /Ki}Uvch<\s,furnamcd hCpiph- 
ancs, fon of Antiochus the king, who had 
been an heffage at Rome, and he reigned 
in the hundred and thirty and feventh 
year of the kingdom of the Greeks. 

It In thofe days went there out of If- 
racl wicked men, who p^rfuaded many, 
faying, Let us go, and make a covenant 
■with the heathen that are round about us; 
for fince we departed from them> we 
have had much for row. 



pa-te 
he vi 



V 



12 So this' device pleafed them well. 

15 Then certain of the people were Co 
forward herein, that they went to the 
king, who gave them licenfe to do after 
the ordinances of the heathen : 

ii 5[ Whereupon they built a place of 
exercife at Jerufalem, according to the 
cuftoms of the heathen : 

J 5 And made themfelyes uncircumcif- 
ed, and forfook the holy covenant, and 
joined themielves to the heathen, and 
were fold to do mifchief. 

16 Now when the kingdom was eftab* 
lifted betore Antiochus he thought to 
rei^n over Egypt, that he might have 
the dominion of two realms. 

17 Wherefore he entered into Egypt 
with a great multitude, with chariots, 
and elephants, and horiemen, and a great 
navy. 

IB And made war againft Ptolemee 
king of Egypt : but Ptolemee was afraid 
of him, and fled j and many were wound* 
ed to death. 

19 Thus they got the flrong cities i.n 
the land of Kgypt, and he took the fpoils 
thereof. 

20 And after that Antiochus had fmit- 
ten Egypt, he returned again in ihe 
hundred forty and third year, and went 
up againft iirael and Jerufalem with a 
great multitude, 

21 And entered proudly into the fanc- 
tuary, and took away the golden altar, 
and the candlellick of light, and all the 
vefTels thereof, 

22 <Tf And the table of the (hew- 
bread, and the pouring veff'els, and the 



vials, and the cenfers of gold, and the 
veil, arid the crowns, and the golden or- 
naments that were before the temple, all 
which he pulled off. 

23 He took alfo the filver and the gold, 
and the precious vefTels : alfo he took the 
hidden treafures which he found. 

24 And when he had taken all away, 
he went in f o his own land, having made 
a great maflicre, and fpoken very proud- 

25 Therefore 



m 



4pccrypha> 



15 Therefore there was great mourn- 
ing in Ifrael, in every place where they 
were ; 

±$ So that the princes and ciders 
mourned, the virgins and young men 
Mer-- made feeble, and the beauty of 
women was changed. 

27 Kvery bridegroom took up lamen 
tation, and (he that fat in the marriage 
chamber was in heavinefs. 

28 The land alfo was moved for the 
inhabitants thereof, and all the houle or 
Jacob was covered with contufion. 

^9 And arrer two years fully expir- 
ed, the king (enr his chief collector of 
tiibute unto the cities of Juda, who 
came unto Jerufalem with a great multi- 
tude, 

•>0 And fpake peaceable wordl unto 
them, but all r wm deceit : for when they 
had given him credence, he tell fudden- 
ly upon the city, and lmote it very fore, 
and rlefrroyed much people of Ifrael. 

5t And * hen he had taken the fpoi's 
oftuecity, he fet it on fire, and pulled 
doAii the houfes and wall* thereof on 
every lide- 

32 but the women and children took 
they captive, and polR-IIVd the cattle. 

W Then budded they the city of David 



Chap. t. Jfccrypba* 

confented to his religion, and f icrihced 
unto idols, and profaned the labbath- 

44 For tiie king \\m\ lent letters by 
meflcngers unto Jerufalem. and the 
cities of f ud a, that they flioulj iollow the 
drange laws of the land, 

45 And forbid burnt offerings, and 
facrifice, and drink offerings, in the tem- 
ple ; and that they Ihould profane the 
iabbaths and feflival days : 

46 And pollute thcfancluary and hoi/ 
people : 

47 Set up altars, and groves, and chap- 
els of idols, and facrifice fwine's flefh, 
and unclean beafts : 

4ft That they fhonld alfo leave their 
children uncircumci'ed, arid make their 
fouls abominable with all manner of ua- 
ckannefs and profanation : 

49 To the end they might forget the 
law, and change all the ordinances. 

•'»0 And whofoever would do not ac- 
cording to the commandment of the 
king, br ja'td % he fbou'.d die. 

51 In the felfsame manner wrote he 
to his whole kingdom, and appointed o- 
verfeers over all the people, commanding; 
the cities of Juda to lacrilicc, city by city. 
Then many of the people were gath- 
ered unto them, to wit. every one that 



mith a great and frrong wali, and w ith i foi fook the law, and fo they committed 
mighty towers, and made il a ftrong hold evils in the land ; 

lor them. .'>3 And drove the Ifraelltes into ferret 

S4 And they put therein a (infill na- pi een wherefoever they could fiec 

tion. wicked men, and fortified tbemjel'vcs for fucCOUT. 

therein. 



5# Now the fifteenth day of the mentb 
S5 They ftored it alfo wifh armour ! CafleU, in the hundred forty and fifth 
and victuals, and w hen they had gather ' fear, »hey fet up the abomination oj def- 
ed together the fpoils of Jerufalem, the) oiatioh upon the altar, and buifded idol 
1 tpem up there, and fo they I- altars throughout the cities of Juda on 



a I re lY ire : 



every lide ; 



For it was a place to He in wait a-, 56 And burned incenfe at the doors of 
gn nir the far.ctua.ry, and an evil adveila- 'their houfes, and in the Mieets. 
aytolfiael. r,6 And when the) had rent in pieces 

S7 J niu they Hied innocent blood on the bookiof the law which they lound. 



ever, fide of the fanctuary, and defiled il 

3ft Infomurh that the inhabitant! oi 
Jerufalem fled becau'e of them • where- 



they burned them with hie. 

^7 And wherefoef ef u.<s found v*ith 
any the book ot the teftatnehf or it 



upon tbt cuv was made an habitation of Conl to the law, th- k 



Grangers, and became It range to thofc 
that were horn in her, and her ovmi 
children left her. 

39 Her fanctuary was laid wade (ike 
a wildernefs, her fe ifts were turned into 
mourning, her fabbatha into reproach, 
her honour into contempt 

\» had been her glory, fo v\ t >s her 

di (honour increafed, and her excellenc] 

wa^ mmed into mourning. 

41 Moreover, king Antiochna wroti they put ith cer.« 

to his whole kingdom, that all Aiould be lain women that nadcautird ill 



ing a com- 
martdment * as, mat the) fh aiia put him 
to death. 

5U I his did Ihey by th»-ir authority 
the IfraeGtea evert month, to ■ 
m it , as were found m the cities 

-> P Now the rive and twentieth 
"i the rooi th. the) did i.u i in 
idol altar, which wai upon the altai ot 
i 
bo At which time, . ng I > 1 1 



on^ people, 

4i And every one ffeould leave hit 
law? : fo all the he.«thrn agreed 
ing to the commandment of the 

4» Yea, many alfo of *hc Israelites 



ren fo be cir< umci 
* i %nd the) I inged the 

and rifl and 

(I •% fhem ill a ha. i cii m 

i 



T MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 

refoivd. and confirmed in themfelves, 
nor to ear any unclean thing 

63 Wherefore they chofe rather to die. 
thar they might not be defiled with meats, 
and that they might not profane the holy 
covenant : to then they died. 

6* And there was very great wrath 
upon Ifrael. 

CHAP II 
6 M tuathias lamrntrth tbe cafe Jerufa- 

I m: 50 he dieib^and :nftiu{i.rtiy bis/on f, 
Wi.ndm xkrtbJudasM.~ccubcusgcneral 
IN thole days, arofe Mattathias the Jon 

of John, tiefon oi Simeon, a prieft of 
the (ons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and 
dwelr in Modin. 

- And he had five fons, Joannan, call- 
ed Caddis : 

3 Simon, called ThafTi : 

* fudas, who W3s called Maccabeus-: 

3 fileazar, called A varan, and Jona- 
than, whofe furname was Apphus. 

o q\ And when he faw the blafphemies 
that vere committed in Juda and Jeru- 
falem 

7 He faid, Woe is me ! Wherefore was 
I born to fee this mifery of my people, 
and of the holy city, and to dwell there, 
when it was delivered into the hand of 
the enemy, and the (ancillary into the 
hand of (tranters ? 

8 Her temple is become as a man with- 
out glory 

9 Her glorious velTels are carried away 
into captivitj , her infants are flair, in the 
flreets, her young men with the fword of 
the enemy. 

in What nation hath not had a part in 
bo ktngdom and gotten of her fpoils ? 

I I \11 her ornaments are taken away ; 
of a free woman {he is become a bond 
fiave. 

12 And, behold, our fan canary, even 
our beauty and our glory, is laid wafle, 
and the Gentiles have profaned it- 

13 To what end therefore (ball we 
live, any longer ? 

t» Then Mat »athias and his fons rent 
their clothes and pur on fackcloth, and 
If] urned very fore 

15 In the mean while the king's offi 
ccrs fuch as compelled 'h<* people f o re 
volt, cam- into the city Modin, to make 
thenvfacriffite 

16 And when many of Ifrael came un- 
to them, Mattathias alfo and his fons 
ca'ne t. gather 

1 7 Then anfwered the king's < fficers, 
and faid to Mattathias dn this wife, thou 
a-- a ruler, and an honourable and great 
man in this city, and (trengthened with 
for, . and brethren : 

Now thereof come thou firff, and 
fu'rfil 'lie king's commandment, like as 
all he hejfhen have done >ea, and the 
;nen of Juda alfc, ar.d fuch as remain at J 



Apocrypha. 

Jerufalem : Co ftialt thou and thy houfc 
be in the number of the king's friends, 
and thou and thy children mall be hon- 
oured with filverand gold, and many re- 
wards. 

19 Then Mattathias anfwered, and 
fpake with a loud voice, Though all the. 
nations that are under the king's domin- 
ion obey him and fall away every one 
from the religion of their fathers, sn& 
give confentto his commandments : 

10 Yet will I and my fons, and my 
brethren, walk in the covenant of our 
fathers 

23 God forbid that we (hould forfake 
the law and the ordinances 

52 We will not hearken to the king's 
words to go from ©ur religion, either on 
rhe right hand, or the left 

23 Now when he had left fpeaking 
thefe words, there came one of the Jews, 
in the fight of all. to facritice on the al- 
tar which was at Modin, according to 
the king's commandment. 

24 Which thing when Mattathias faw, 
he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins 
trembled, neither could he forbear to' 
fhew his anger according to judgment : 
wherefore he ran, and flew him upon the 
altar 

25 Alfo the king's com mi fli oner, "ho 
compelled men to iacrifke, he killed at 
that time, and the altar he pulled down. 

2o Thus dealt he zealoufly for the law 
of God, 1'k-e as Phinees did unto Zambri 
the fon of Salom. 

27 And Mattathias cried throughout 
the city with a loud voice, faying Who- 
mever is zealous of the law, and main- 
taineth the covenant let him follow me, 

£8 So he and his fons fted into the 
mountains, and left all that every they had 
in the city. 

29 Then many that fought after jufrice 
and judgment, went down into the wilder- 
nefs. to dwell there : 

30 Both they, and their children, ?nd 
their wives and their cattle, becaufe af- 
flictions increafed fore upon them. 

Si Now when it was told the king's 
fervants, and the hoft that was at Jerufa- 
lem, in the city of David, that certain 
men, who had broken the king's com- 
mandment, were gone down into the 
lecrer places in the wildernefs, 

32 They purfued after them a great 
number, and having overtaken them, 
they camped againft them, and made war 
againff them on the fabbathday. 

3 J J And they faid unto them, Let thar 
which ye have done hitherto fuffice ; 
come forth, and do according to th.e com- 
mandment of the king and ye fball live. 

34 But they f aid, We will not come 
f irth neither will we do the king's com- 
mandment, to profane the fr.bb*th day? 

S5 Sd 



4p*crjpbs. 



Coap ii.. 



Apocrypha. 



S3 So 'hen they gave them the battle in temptation, and" it was imputed untc 



V> th all fp 
^ How beit they anfwtred them not, 



dim i teoufn< 

^ J leph, in the ume 



of his di tl 

and vsa«> i;:ade 



neither caa they a ft«ne at them, nor krpt the commandment, 

Xlop :ed the plates where the> lay hid \ • lord ct fc^ pt 

54 Pi.,1. ees our lather in being 
ens and fervent, obtained the covenant 
of an ev< rlatting prie'thu 



I 



SI But laid. Let us die in an our m 
jioce; cy ; heaven and earth (hall teftify 
5 r US. that ye put us to death wrong- 

they rofe up aga.rut them in 

e on the fabba r h, and the> flew 

the n, with their ^ivesand children, and 

their cattle, to the number -A a thoufand 

pe i 

Now when Mattathias and his 
underltood hereof, the) mourn- 
ed r r them i e. 

t them laid to another, 
• >a utir brethren have d 

I d^ht no' : 1 ves and la* 

ft the heathen, the> ••• ill no>v quick- 
ly ro< t Ui out i th 

4» At that »; oie therefore ther decreed, 

^ever fl oe to make 

• the fabbath day, we 

Willi :t him; neither Will we 

,i >ur brethren that were rnur- 

dc ef place 

4! I hen came there unl a cm 

lI lifideanftg who 
of llia^i even all filch as were 
liy devote the law 

43 fi\{ ; foi jerfecu 

ied themfelvea unto them, and 
wr > unto them 

44 1 their forces, and 
I in- n in er, and 

i ''d men in their wia'h bul the relt 
the heathen foi Inc. >ur. 

i n d his u 
md about and j . the 

li children f evei they 

I uncir- 
ifed, thuie t fed v 1 

ianilj 

They purfueH all" > after the pi 
the Muik . in 



zeal. 



r, i Jeius, tor tulfiling tlve word was 
raa^e a ju Ige in Uriel. 

50 v.alfb, for bearing witnefs bef rt 
t!te congregation, received the hoj 

of the land. 

51 David, f>r being merciful, p H fled 
tlie throne of an everiamng kingdom. 

El i , turbeip.g zealous ana fervent 
f>r the law, was takes up into heaven. 

j9 Ananias, Axarias, and My (a 1 by 
belseving, were faved ootid the flame. 

ou Daniel, for his innocency, v\as de- 
liverer from the mouth of lions 

6l And thus conlider ye throughout 
all ages, that none that put the.r trutt in 
bim (hall be overcome. 

61 Fear not then the words of a n fill 
man : tar his glory lhall be dun^ and 

65 Today he (hall be lifted up. and 
tomorrow he ftiall not be found, becauie 
he is returned into the dmt and 
ughf is come to nothh 

64 Wherefore. >eni) font, be valiant, 
and flic. v yourfeives men in the behalf or 
the law ; for bj it ye lhall obtain 

o • And, behold, 1 I thai j 

ler Simon ;i a m ui ol counfel, . 
ear unto him alway s he (fa til be a lather 

unto ) .>u 

t6 < s ; r J idaa Maccabeus, be hath 
been might) and ftrong, even Erofi 

bin be ; aptain, and 

~ 1 ike alio unt jil thofe that 

d avenge ye the ••■ i ng 
iplc 

fe fully the heath 
take hcvd to the c udnicnta of the 



o9 



(Ted them, and was j, 
they rec ivercd the law 

7 ) lied in the hundred t 

t kmg3. ncithci luHered they the and I buried I 

f i h fathers, at Mo? 

the t rew near din, ind all lit 



v near 
i I die,' hi 

' - • h i f h pi •!' .« id 

h, and the tin 
wrath o; ind 

I, be )C 
livea 

■ 

fo h ■'. 
i , and in evt : 

■ante 
Si 









thm foi him 

CHAP. IM. 

i / . <.. o. 

be U i Pf 

I I 

I 

■ 

HM 



Apocrypha, r. MACCABEES. 

and put on a breaftplafe as a giant, and| 
girt his warlike harried about him, and 
he made battles, protecting the hod with 
his lword. 

•4 In his acts he was like a lion, and 
like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey. 

5 For he purfued the wicked, and 
fought them out, and burnt up thofe 
that vexed his people. 

6 Wherefore the wicked fhrunk for 
fear of him, and all the workers of ini- 
quity were troubled, becaufe falvation 
jprofpered in his hand. 

7 He grieved alfo many kings, and 
made Jacob glad with his atls, and his 
memorial is blefTed forever. 

8 Moreover he went through the cities 
of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of 



Apocrypha, 

2 1 B u t wr fight for our lives and ou rla ws 
22 Wherefore, the Lord himfelf witf 
overthrow them before our face : and as 
for you, be ye not afraid of them 

2S Now as foon as he had left off 
fpeaking, he leapt fuddenly upon them, 
and fo Seron and his hoft was overthrown 
before him. 

24 And they purfued them from the 
going down of Bethoron, unto the plain, 
where were flain about eight hundred 
men of them ; and the refidue fled into 
the land of the Philiflines. 

25 Then began the fear of Judas and 
his brethren, and an exceeding great 
dread to fall upon the nations round a- 
b.out them : 

{ Z6 Iafomuch as his fame came unto 



them and turning away wrath from Ifrael: ! the king, and all nations talked of the 



9 So that he was renowned unto the ut 
moft part of the earth, and he received 
unto him fuch as were ready to perith. 

to ^1 I hen Apolionius gathered the 
Gentiles together, and a great hoft out of 
Samaria to fight againft Ilrael 

11 Which thing when Judas perceived 
he • ent forth to mee* him, and fo he 
fmote him. and flew him : many alfo fell 
down flain, but the reft fiVd. 

12 Wherefore Judas took their fpoils, 
a»nd Apolionius' fword alfo, and there- 
with he fought all his life long 

13 Now when Seron, a prince of the 
army ot Syria, heard fay, that Judas had 
gathered unto him a multitude and com 
pany of the faithful, to go out with him 
to war i 

14 He faid I will get me a name and 
honour in the kingdom ; for I will go 
fight with Judas, and them that are with 
him, who defpife the king's command- 
ment. 

15 So he made him ready to go up, 
and there went with him a mighty holt 
of the ungodly to help him, and to be 
avenged of the children of Ifrael. 

lt> And when they came near to the go- 
ing up of Bethoron, Judas went forth to 
sneet him with a final! company : 

17 Who, when they law the hoft com- 
ing to meet them, faid unto Judas, How 
ihall we be able, being fo few, to fight 
againft fo great a multitude and fo ftrong 
feeing we are ready to faint with falling 
all this day ) 

18 Unto whom Judas anfwered, It is 
no hard matter for many to be fhut up in 
the hands of a few ; and with tic God of 
heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great 
multitude, or a final I company : 

19 For the victorv of battle ftandeth 
rot in the multitude of an hoft, but 
ftrength cometh from heaven. 

90 They come againft us in much 
pride and iniquity to deftroy us f and our 
**ives and children, and to fpoil us : 



battles of Judas. 

27 Now when king Anrioc'ius heard 
the fie things, he was lull of indignation : 
wherefore he fent and gathered together- 
all the forces of his realm, even a very 
flrong army. 

28 He opened alfo his treafure, and 
gave his foldiers pay for a year, com- 
manding them to be ready whenfoever 
he fhould need them 

29 Neverthelefs, when he faw that the 
money of his treafures failed, and that 
the tributes in the country were final! 
becaufe of the diflention and plague, 
which he had brought upon the land, in 
taking away the laws which had been of 
old time ; 

SO He feared that he mould not be 
able to bear the charges any longer, nor 
to have fuch gifts to give fo liberally 
as he did before : for he had abounded 
above the kings that were before him. 

Si Wherefore, being greatly perplexed 
in his mind, he determined to go into 
Perfia, there to take the tributes of the 
countries, and to gather much money 

S2 So he left Lyfias, a nobleman, and 
one of the blood royal, to overfee the af- 
fairs of the king, from the river Eu- 
phrates, unto the borders of Egypt : 

33 And to hring up his fon Antiochus 
until he came again. 

34 Moreover, he delivered unto him 
the half of his forces, and the elephants, 
and gave him charge of all things that 
he would have done, as alfo concerning 
them that dwelt in Juda and Jerufalem : 

85 To ivit % that he fhould fend an ar- 
my again fi them, to deftroy and root out 
the ftrength of Ifrael, and the remnant 
of Jerusalem, and fo take away their 
memorial from that place j 

36 And that he fhould place ftrangers 
in all their quarters, and divide their land 
by lot. 

S7 So the king took the half cf the 
forces that remained, and departed from 

Antioch r 



Aferyfbm. Chap 

♦Antioch, his royal city, the hundred for- 
ty and leventh year : and having palled 
the river Euphrates, he went through 
the high countries. 

*tt Then Ly lias chofr Ptolemee theyiw 
of Dorymanes, and Nicanor. and Gor 
gias, mighty men of the king's Iriends : 

39 And with th<-m he lent torty thou 
land footmen, and feven thouland horfe 
men, to go into the land of Jtida, and 
to Heflroy it as the king commanded. 

40 So they went forth with all their 
j>ower,and came and pitched by Emmaus 
lu the plain country . 

41 And the merchants of the country, 
hearing the fame of them, took filvrr and 
flold very much, with fervants, ami i 
into the camp to buy the children oi 11 
rael for Oaves i a power alio of Syria, 
and of the land of the Phlutines, joined 
themfelves onto them 

4£ Now when Judas and his brethren 
faw that miferies were multiplied, and 
that the forces did encamp themfelves in 
their borders, for they knew how the 
king ha 1 given commandment to deftroy 
the people, and utterly jholifh them ; 

I hey (aid one to another, Let us 
re the decayed (late "1 our people, 
ib fight for our people, and the 
rjr. 
en was the hei - 

ed together, that thev might I 
for b«tl i and tl 
and i comp 

45 Now Jerufalern I d as a w iJ 

derneis, their was nonr of her children 
tli it went m or out : thr 
town, and a! 

; the r I 
'hat place, and 

he harp ceafed. 
W win 'lie n aflembl 

mfelves to. 

Unfl frnil i M ii. 

tiere they prayed 
-in llrarl. 
4T 1 hen thr> ' I uf 

on fii ki loth, a i their 

is and rent hrs, 

4H And laid open thr book of the law, 
wherein thr heathen had I >ught to \ aint 
thr likenefs of thrir in 

I hry hroti i the pi efls' 

metitt, and thr firlt fruil 
and thr tei thr-, 

had acr ,r 1 their da 

en enr ' 
toward heaven, faying \- 
do with their, and whither (hall wc < 
ry them a-.v a | 

thy fanetuary '•<< trodden < ! 
and p t |, n nd th\ prie 

inrls, and brought I 

And, In, | n are afl 

;ethcr agau.lt us ;o ci ui ; what 



IV. 



Apo<ryfba. 



U.N 



things they *imag^ne againft 
knoweft 

33 How (hall we be able to (land a- 
ofl ihein, except thou, U ind btr i 

help ? 

34 Then founded thej with trumpets, 
and cried with ah uJ \o.ce 

55 And after this, Judas ordained cap- 
tains over the peop.e, even captains over 
thoulands, and over hundreds, ana over 
fifties, and over tens. 

56 But a fur inch as were building 
houfes, or had betrothed wives, wr were 
planting v;ne\ aid . or were fear till, thole- 
he commanded that they thould return 
every man to his own houie, according 
to the law . 

57 So the camp removed, and pitched 
up n the Couth liiJe of Emmaus 

58 And Judas faid, Arm yourf elves, 
and be I met), and lee that ye be 
in readme (>, ap;a:nlf the morning, that 

i thefe nations that art: 
mbled together a^ainlt us, to dctiroy 
us and our fanetuary. : 

39 For it is better for us to die in bat- 
tle, than to behold the calamitieJ of otfr 
people, and our la ctuai y 

60 Neverthelels, a'* the will of God is 
in heaven, fo let him do. 

C H A P. IV. 
6 Judas defeat etb the plot. 14 and forces 
oj Gorgtas,l3 and /p?ilerb toett tent < . &e. 

Ill >;ve t( 

footmen, and a thou land ot thr brit horfe - 
l, and removed out ol the camp by 

- I -nd they might ru(h in upon 

the camp of the J * . and In le them 

Idenl) And the men of the tortrefs 

heard tl , he 

, and the valiant men 

th him, ths Imite the king'l 

.ich wa» » h mmius. 
4 U | the force* were difper- 

i id from t 

• In the n mc Gorgias by 

' hi' i f I. • hru 

:.i o. there, he fought thrm 

be in tunta I i d I r, 1 htlc 

tell. s 

b « ii it was dav, Judat 

the plain » 
thou* 
th*r their nu: 

7 | t hea 

bout will I. 
mei . v r\r . 

8 'i to the men tha» 

Itl 

. I r ■ !;r ; |>e J r 

■ 

livered in the ked fra, when Ft 

:m with an an 

iu Now 



Apocrypha. I. MACCABEiti. Apocrppaa, 

10 Now therefore Jet us cry unto heav- ! /and horfemen that lie might lubduc 
en, if perad venture the Lord will have them 
mercy upon us, and remember the coven- 
ant of our fathers, and deftroy this heft 
before our face this day : 

H That (6 all the heathen may know 
that there is one who deiiverethand fav- 
eth Ifrael. 

12 Then the Grangers lifted up their 
eyes, and law them coming over againft 
fhem. 

• 13 Wherefore, they went out of the 
camp to battle ; but they that were with 
Judas founded their trumpets 

14 qf So they joined battlc,and the hea- 
then being difcomfired, fled into the plain 

15 Howbeit, ail the hindniv'ftof them 
were (lain with the fword : for tney pur- 
sued them unto Gazera, and unto the 
plains of Idumea, and -Azotus, and Jam 
nia, fo that there were flain of them about 
three thou fa nd men. 

16 This done, Judas returned again 
with his hoft from purfuing them, 

17 And faid to the people, Be not 
greedy of the fpoils, inafmuch as there is 
a bar tie before us, 

18 And Gorgias and his hoft are here 
by us in the mountain : but ftand ye now 
againft our enemies, and overcome them, 
and after this ye may boldly tak<e the 
ipoils. 

19 As Judas was yet fpeaking thefe 
Hfords, there appeared a part of them 
looking; out of the mountain : 

Who when they perceived that the 
Jews had put their hoft to flight, and were 
burning the tents ; for the fmoke that 
was feen declared what was done : 

21 When therefore they perceived 
t\\d'e things, they were fore afraid, and 
feeing aifo the hoft of Judas in the plain 
ready ro fight, 

41 They fled every one into the land of 
ftrangers. 

23 fl Then Judas returned to fpoil the 
tents, where they got much gold and ill - 
ver, and blue filk, and purple of the ied, 
and great riches. 

•24 After t his they '.vent home, andfun^ 
a fong of 'hankfgiving, and praifed me 
Lord in heaven : beraufe it is good, be 
can 'e his mercy enduteib fur ever. 

t'" Thus Ifrael had a great deliverance 
that day. 

6 :-...w all the ftrangers that had ef- 
caped, came and told Lyfias what had 
happened . 

27 Who. when he heard thereof, was 
confounded and difcouraged, because 
ntitnei fuch things as he would were 
done unto Ifrael, nor fuch things as the 
| comrtian led him were come to yvj-s- 

in rhe nexi year therefore following, 
j. (| ier ' hi ft le >re th<>u • 

(and choice men ofjwJt t and five thou- 



%■* So they came into Idumea, and 
pitched their tents at Bcthfura, and Judas 
met them with ten thoufand men. 

SO And when he fa v that mighty army, 
he prayed, and faid, Blefled art thou O 
Saviour of Ifrael, who didft quell the vio- 
lence of the mighty man b> the hand of 
thy fervanr David, and gavelt the holt of 
ftrangers into the hands of Jonathan the 
fon of Saul, and his armour hearer ; 

#1 Shut up this army in the hand of thy 
people Ifrael, and let them be contound- 
ed in their power and horfemen 

S*2 Make them to be of no courage, and 
caufe the boldnefs of their ftrengfh to tall 
away, and let them quake at their de- 
ftruction : 

35 Caft them down with the fword of 
them that love thee, and let all thole that 
know thy name, praife thee with thaukf- 
giving. 

34 So they joined battle ; and there 
were flain of the hoft of Lyfias, about five 
thoufand men, even before them were 
they (lain. 

M Now when Lylias faw his army put 
to flight, and the manlint is id Judas' lol- 
diers, and how they were ready either to 
live or die valiantly, he " ent mto An.'io- 
chia, and gathered together a company 
of ftrangers, and having made h:s army 
greater than it was, he puipofed to come 
again into Judea 

£6 Then faid Judas and his brethren, 
Behold, our enemies are difcorofited : let 
us go up tocleanie and dedicate the ia.c- 
iuary. 

37 Upon this all the hoft affembled 
'hemleives together, and went up into 
mount Sion. 

S>* And when they faw the fanclnary 
defolate, and the altar profaned, and rhe 
gates burned up, and (hrubs growing in 
he courts as in the loreft, or in one of 
'he mountains, yea, and the pnefts' cham- 
bers pulled down ; 

39 They rent their clothes, and made 
great lamentation, and caft afhes upon 
their heads, 

■40 And fell down flat to the ground 
upon their faces, and blew an alarm v* i-j 
the trumpets, and cried toward heaven. 

4i Then Judas appointed certain men 
to tight againft thole that were in the foj - 
trefs, until fie had cleanfed the f mctnary. 

4' ; So lie chofe priefts of blamcleu< con- 
verfation,fuch as had plea(»:re in the l.<w : 

IS Who cleanfed the fanCtuary, and 
bare out the defiled hones into an uncie »n 
placi 

4i And when as they confuted wbpl 
to do with the altar of burnt offerings, 
v h ; rii ■ a' pr< » : i ed : 

45 They thought it belt to pull it 

down, 



Apocrypha. Chap 

m'd be a reproach to them 
I . iefiled it : 

down, 
le Hones in the moun 
t • rj- r« iple in a convenient pi 

ntd come a prophet «.■ 
u'd be done with them 
«T • hen th-ey took whole ll nes ic- 
i to '.lie la^- . and built a new 

I i^ to the torn. 

i \ id made up the finctuiry, an i 
t in the ten 

e<1 'lie c 

new holy veff 
to rhe temple the 
cleltirk, a-id i lie altar of burnt otienngb, 
c and r!ie fade 

burned in 

fe, and the lam % that were upon the 

ck thej ' they might 

le. 

<rc. they fet the loaves 

n the table a"d f it the veil*. 

the) had 

n the fivr 
of the ninth month, which h ail'd the 
'he nil 
, thej rofe up betimes in 

o e according to 
I . i burnt 

ide. 

■" 

:' 

ern« 

I 

i 

n of 

I 

' of 



I with 

I 

•J doors up- 

'here v 

- 

■ 
re vrr, | Us ai 

I 
id twenl 
I 

!!t, 

: e 
And I ere a gar- 



as thry 



keep it: and fortified Beth.'ura to pre- 
lerve it, that the people might have a 
defence again I. ea 

CHAP V. 

W*j fmiteth tree d.irrn of Efau.Beati 

and Ammo it exploits iu o 

»i bf dt III or fro Epbson 

NOW when the nations round about 

ird that the altar m s built, ami the 
fan&uary renewe I aa beloic, it dii 
ed them very much. 

5 Wherefore 'hey thought to deftrojr 
the generation of Jacob that was a 
them, and thereupon thej began to ftay 
• deftro] t) pie. 

* fl i hen ]u I .ht apa'mrt. the : 

dren ot Eiau in I < at Arabatiine, 

aufethej befieged llrael : and he ^e 
them a ^teat overthrow, and abated their 
I e, and took their fpuils. 

4 Mfo he remembered the injury of 
the children of Bean who had been a 

fnare i (Fence v\,u> tl 

n wait for ihei i in the w iys. 

I He lhut them up therefore in the 

.1 enc unpi d ag i nd 

deft royed them utter i the 

towers ol thai pLtie with hie, and ail tl 

were therein. 

«» Ve i ward he over to the 

children t f \ ind a 

might ;. \ uc!i people, with 

I on >:! < tin 

. 
-. 

ind when he had taken fazar, witfi 
• ng thereto, m returi 

1 

y I • ien the b- | ' • . pre at I 

• 
i!t the ii; i hat *r-e 

; but they flej 
i, 
10 

I - ' 

tifl . 
it And i 

i 
: 

It « ome . rP anr | 

15 Yea, a 

hav 

.. 

14 W| 

I 



Apocrypha. T. MACCABEES'; Apocrypha* 

the Je riles, are affembled together a- looked up, and behold, there was an in-c 
gainft us 'o confume us numerable people bearing ladders, and 

Now when Judas and the people \ other engines of war to take the fortrefs: 



heard rhefe words, there aiT-tnbled a 
great congregation together, to confuh 
what they (hould do tor their brethren 
that were in trouble, and affiulted off hem. 
17 Then faid Judas unto Simon his 
brother. Choofe thee out men, and go 
an. deliver thy brethren that are in Gal- 
ilee ; for I and Jon-it han my brother, 
will go into the country of Galaad 
' m 18 So he left Jofeph the fon of Zacha 
ria% and Azarias, captains of the people, 
with the remnant of the hoft in Judea, 
to keep it : 

Unto whom he gave command - 



for they afTaulted them. 

51 When Judas therefore faw that the 
battle \vas begun, and that the cry of the 
city went up to heaven, with trumpets, 
and a great found. 

88 He faid unto his hoft, Fight this, 
day for your brethren. 

53 So he went forth behind them in 
three companies, who founded their 
trumpets, and cried with prayer. 

34 Then the hoft of Timotheus know- 
ing that it was Maccabeus, fled from 
him , wherefore he fmote them with u 
great daughter : fo that there were kill- 
tnent, faying, Take ye the charge of this led of them that day about eight thou- 



people, and fee that ye make not war 
again ft the heathen, until the time that 
we come again. 

-0 Now unto Simon were given three 
tboufand men to go into Galilee, and 
unto Judas eight thoufand men for the 
country of Galaad. 

-21 Then went Simon into Galilee, 
where he fought many battles with the 
heathen, fo that the heathen were dif- 
Coinfited by h:m. 

£% And he purfued them unto »he 
gate of Ptolemais ; and there were (lain 
of the heathen about three thoufand men, 
fe fpoils he took. 

^5 And thofe that were in Galilee, and 

in '^ rbattis, with their wives and their 

ch:!dren ? and all that they had, took he 

away i.ouh him, md brought them mto 

ea with great joy. 

-24 Judas Maccabeus alfo and his broth- 
er Jonithan went over Jordan, and 
Travelled three days' journey in the wil- 
dernefs. 

15 1\ Where they met with the Naba- 
thites, who came unto them in a peaceable 
manner, and told them every thing that 
had happened to their brethren in the 
land of Galaad : 

'-6 And how that many of them were 
(hut uo in Bofora, and Bofor, and Ale- 
ma, Cafphor, Maked, and Carnaim, all 
thefe cities are ftrong and great : 

£7 And they that were <hut up in the 
reft of the cities of the country of Ga- 
laad. and that againft tomorrow they 
had appointed to bring their hoft againft 



[ fand men. 

35 This done, Judas turned afide to 
Mafpha ; and after he had aflaulted it r 
he took it, and flew all the males thereia 
and received the fpoils thereof, and burn- 
ed it with fire. 

33 From thence went he and took Caf- 
phon, iVlaged, Bofor, and the other cities 
of the country of Galaad. 

37 After thefe things gathered Timo- 
theus another hoft, and encamped againft 
Raphon beyond the brook 

38 So Judas fent m>n to efpy the hoir* 
who brought him word, faying, All the 
heathen that be round about us, are af- 
fembled unto them, even a very great hoft. 

39 He hath alfo hired the Arabians to 
help them, and they have pitched their 
tents beyond the brook, ready to come 
and fight againft thee : upon this Judas 
went to meet them. 

40 Then Timotheus faid unto the cap- 
tains of his hoft. When Judas and hit 
hoft come near the brook, if he pals over 
fint unto us, we fhall not be able to 
withftind him : for he will mightily pre- 
vail againft us : 

41 But if he be afraid, and carcp be- 
yond the river, we fhall go over unto 
him, and prevail againft him. 

i'l Now when Judas came near the 
brook, he can fed the fcribes of the peo- 
ple to remain by the brook : unto whom 
he gave commandment, faying, Suffer 
I no man to remain in the camp, but let all 
'come to the battle. 

43 So he went firft over unto them, 



the forts, and to take them, and to de- and all the people after him : then all 



(troy them all in one day. 

: 2'< Hereupon JuHas and his hoft turned 
Suddenly by the way of the wildernefs 
'info Bofora ; and when he had won the 
city, he flew all the miles'with the edge 
of the f.vord, and took all their fpoils, 
and burned the city with fire. 

29 From whence he removed by night, 
in<i went till he came to the fortrefs. 

•30 Ap.d betimes in the morning th*y 



the heathen being difcomfited before 
him, caft away their weapons, and fled 
unto the temple that was at Carnaim 

44 But they took the city, and burned 

the temple, with all that were therein. 

(Thus was Carnaim fubdued, neither 

:ld they ftand any longer before Judas. 

43 Then Judas gathered together all 
the Ifraelites that were in the country o€ 
Gaiaad, from the leaft unto the greateftj 

even 



Apocrypha. 



even their ftives, and the ;ren, and 

i verv g'-rat hofl, 'o the end 
- come into the lai 

ey cane u?,to Eph 
?reat c they 

KMlM 

jm it, «. jht hand 

through 

^n they of trie city (hut tru-m out, 
,1/cd v: . t. v ie i \ s 

I uiJdS lent unto them 

in peac<- . Let u 

t .at land to go into our own 

ort; 
root : 
him. 
M re Judas commanded a 



o be 



Apoaypba, 

6-2 Moreover, thefe men came not of 
the feed of thofe bv whofe hand d 
ance was g ven unto Ifrael. 

63 Wow beit, the man Judas a 
brethren were greatly renowned in the 
fight of all Ifrael, and of all the heathen 

: eloever their name « s heard of ; 

64 Inlomuch as the people afletnbled 
unto them with joytul acclamations. 

6 5 Airer^ards went Judas forth with 

h ; i brethren, and fough' again:! the ch 

dren of Elan, in the land toward the 

fouth, where lie fmote Hebron, and the 

ns thereof, and pulled down the for- 

frefi <»f it, and burned the towers thereof 

A ab^t: 

66 From 'hence he removed to go into 

the land of the Philiitines, and palled 



i his 
lie he ■> 

^>o the . iud afTHult- 

iay,anda 
• i the ered 

I all the males with 

the edge of the 



through the'thr iria. 



•he 



intu thr 

gathered r thofe 

peo- 

•y came 

M S i the] • nt up to mount 5 
with jo, e's. w, 

e*l b 

iti peace. 



At that ti ne certain prieftf, defirous 
to fhew their valour, were fiain in battle, 
for that : cutout to tight unadvis- 

edly. 

68 So fud . • icd to Azotu< 
land of the Phd'ftine^, and whec 
pulled down their altars, and burned 
their car , and f 



nnd palled : ed their t i ned into the la 



w what time an Judas and I 
n the . 

frph the ,■ ' 

of tlu- valiant a.' :ceui 

:>e. 
therefore they fa d, Lei 
£•■' us a n..:i.c, and » ii the fled, 

r arr r 

rgc un- 
to r 

.mn:a 
39 The; 

• ■ 
60 Az 

■ 

he people ot Ifrael, a 



of Judea 

A P. VI. 

o Antiocbus Uieth y It und con'rf!:tb thai 
isplag.. 

I r that I 

_ 
hear ie coi: 

uowned 
lor riches, 
t And thai 

Id, 



Alex. 



that was with them, they 



!had 

3 t to 

ie was 

r'thc city I 
had 

4 Y 

. 

that 

me i 

• 

tC lews, and thai 

' v t tic 



oil t oven 

• llrael, becaufe 






T ^Ifotha Jo*n 



ere 

ethr 



• t "into Judi , . 



.iromi 



icl. 



a .< 



bout 



I ? 



Apocrypha v 

8 9} Now when the king he-ird thefe 
wor.- s, he was affonifhed. and fore mov- 
er whereupon he laid him down upon 
his bed, and fell fick for grief becaufe if 
had not befallen him as he looked for. 

9 And there he continued many days : 
for his grief was ever more and more, 
and he made account that he (hould die 

JO Wherefore he called for all his 
friends, and faid unto them, The deep is 
gone from mine eyes, and my heart tail - 
eth for very care 

tl And I thought with myfelf, into 
what tribulation am 1 come, and how 
great a flood of mijery is it wherein now 
1 am • for I was bountiful and beloved 
in my power. 

12 $1 But now I remember the evils 
that I did at Jerufalem. and that I took 
ail ; he vefleisof gold and filver that were 
therein, and fent to deftroy the inhabit- 
ants of Judea without a caufe. 

tS 1 perceive therefore that for this 
caufe thefe troubles are come upon me, 
and, behold, I perifh through great grief 
in a flrange land 

14 Then called he for Philip, one of 
his friends, whom he made ruierover all 
his realm, 

*5 And gave him the crown, and his 
robe, and his fignet, to the end he fliouk 1 
bring up his fun -Antiochus, and nourifh 
him up for the kingdom 

16 So king Antiochus died there in the 
hundred forty and ninth year 

IT Now when Ly fias knew that the king 
was dead, he fet up Antiochus his fon, 
whim he had brought up, being young, 
to reign in his (lead, and his name he cal 
led Eupator. 

lb About this time they that were in 
the tower, fhut up the Ifraelites round 
about the fanctuary, and fought always, 
then hurt, and the ftrengthening of the 
heathen. 

«9 Wherefore Judas purposing to de- 
ftioy them, called all the people together 
to befiege them 

£0 So they came together, and befieged 
them in the hundred and fiftieth year, 
and he made mounts for fhot againft them, 
and c:brr engines. 

21 How be it, certain of them that were 
befieged got forth, unto whom fome un- 
godly men of I frael joined themlelves : 

£? And they went unto the king, and 
(aid, How long will it be ere thou execute 
judgment, and avenge our brethren ? 

We have been willing to ferve thy 
fit her and to do as he would have us, 
and to bey his command men ts ; 

21 For which caufe they of cur nation 
befiege the tower, and are alienated from 
us : moreover, as man) of us as they 
Could light on, they flew and fpuiied our 
inheritance. 



1. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 

25 Neither have they ffretched out their 
hand agamff us only, but alfo againii all 
• heir borders. 

26 And, behold, this day are they be- 
fieging the tower at Jerufalem, to take it : 
the fanclnary alfo, and Bethfura have 
they fortified 

T Wherefore, if thou doft not prevent 
them quickly, they will do greater things 
than thefe, neither (halt thou be able to 
rule them. 

28 Now when the king heard this, he 
was angry and gathered together all his 
friends, and the captains of his army, 
and thofe that had charge of the horfe. 

29 There came alfo un'o him from 
other kingdoms, and from iflesof the fea, 
bands of hired foldiers 

®0 So that the number of his army W33 
an hundred thoufand footmen, and twen- 
ty thoufand horfemen, and two and thirty 
elephants exerciled in battle 

St Thefe went through Idumea, and 
pitched againft Bethfura, which they af- 
faulted maty days, making engines of 
war ; but (hey of Rtihfuta came out. and 
burned them with fire, and fought val- 
iantly. 

Si Upon this ludas removed from the 
tower, and pitched in Bathzachanas, o- 
ver againfi. the king's camp 

S3 Then the king riling very early, 
marched fiercely with his hofi toward 
Bathzacharias, where his armies made 
them ready to battle, and founded the 
trumpets. 

34 And to the end they might provoke 
the elephants to fight, they (hewed thena 
the blood of gripes and mulberries 

35 Moreover, they divided the beads 
ameng the armies; and for every ele- 
phant they appointed a thoufand men 
armed with coats of mail, and with hel- 
mets of brafs on their heads ; and bifide 
this for every beaft were ordained five 
hundred horfemen of the befi. 

36 Thefe were ready at every occafion ; 
whereloever the beaff was, and whither- 
fi ever the beaft went, they went alfo, 
neither departed they from him. 

37 And upon the bealts there were 
flrong towers of wood, which covered 
every one of them, and were girt faff, un- 
to them with devices : there were alfo 
upon every ore two and thirty (trong 
men, that fought upon them, befide the 
Indian that tuh-d him 

38 As for the remnant of the horfemen, 
they f?t them on this fide and that fide at 
the two parts of the hod. giving them 
figns what to do, and being harneffed all 
over Hniidfi the ranks 

39 Now when the fun fhme upon the 
Qtields of gold and brafs. the mounfa-ns- 
. I i fie Fed therewith, and fhined like lamps 

of fire. 

40 So 



Afitcrypb*. Ghap 

40 >o par! c\ the kinp's army being: 
fpread upon the higii tnoiiniauis, and 
paic 0:1 the va!)t> * bc.jA , the) marched 

. in i-rjer. 

41 W; c all that heard the noife 
of their multitude, and the marching ot 
the company, aud the ra:i : the 

efs, weie moved : t^r the army wa* 
Tery great and ought 

I hen Judai and drew rear, 

and entered into tattle, and »here were 
(la n of cd mm 

t3 bl.Miar alio, /vrnaMt* 

•iving that the be- >. jrmed 

. ai harnefi, wa» higher than all 

the rett and luppolmg that trie king *** 

+ * i J il himfeif in jeopardy, to the end 
:liTer I get him 









1 cour 

&rt0> e battle, 

- 

'^ey *zri C:v jm hn 



* 1 done, he crept under the 

.rid thri ler, an 

• liereupon the elephant :'.. 

<7 HjAbM, ;:.- rejt 0/ tbr Jet*:*, feeing 
the : the km ence 

[ji. 
*3 1 it up fv 

* n<ee- ne kin^ 

and a 
1 

•■ere in 
■ 

- 
-■^e, it being 1 

ok Bethiuri, and fet 



Apt* 

Media, an - ai o that 

went wvitu hire, a r to 

the ruling of the a 
Vv i.e. efore he ••• all haile, 

and faid to the king, and | 



in> 



it. 






eged 
t there 11 1 ilU 1 

fie 
eces to ca , a. id 

Where they alfo ma-le en- 

and trr> in J 

. 

re bol 

- 

:lves, evcr> 
ice. 
that 

I 

i 









^jf the hoft, and tl 

cay daily, and our . ds are 1 

and the place we laj : 

and mratTairsof the L . 

53 - . heretore let us be . . 

I !i 
them, and wit: :r nan 

hem, tl r . 
^{•er their laws, as I 
. lor it.ey are thererore diip.: . 
and hate do;. -'ings b^. 

*e abolnhed their laws 

to the princes were 

coi re he fen" . iem to 

and they aicepted there 
61 c * ng e princ< 

an 
went out of the itron^ hold. 

n the k tered into mount 

1 : but when 

.c he brake I jd 

.t to 1 
Cow n thr wall ror Lit. 

t>3 Afterward uepartei he in all hatte, 
-d un where he 

Liter oi me cil 
iga nil him, and lock 1.. 
;orcc. 

'•II. 
t Anilbcbttt i>jl tin, l. t /ign- 

r 1 ..J. !i . . i il ou. a be 

and one and 

>. Jiiie U| 
lev* nien 11 the Ux coait, 

and reigned the 

.e ti.tcred into the pibce of 

• '. 
had ta«.e.i Antiochu 

5 v . , w lien he knew it, he 

I 

» w when 

I let upon the e ot 

■if . ' kk> 

. 

the 
kng. faying, 
have llain a.i th , I 
out d. 

I 

in t 

- 






c^^d 



I MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 

flood, and was a great man in the king 
dom and faithful tu the king. 

9 And him he fent with that wicked 
Alcimus, whom lie made high pried, 
and commanded that he fhould take ven 
geance of the children of Ifrael. 

10 So they departed, and came with a 
great power into the land of Judea, 
where they fent meffengers to Judas and 
his brethren with peaceable words de- 
ceitfully. 

11 But they gave no heed to their 
words, for they faw that they were come 
with great power 

12 Th«.n did there aflemble unto Al- 
cimus and Bacchides a company of 
fcribes, to require juftice. 

13 Now the AfTideans were the firft 
among the children of Ilrael that fought 
peace of them : 

14 For laid they, One that is a prieM 
of the ieed of Aaron is come with this 
army, and he will do us no wrong. 

15 So he fpake unto them peaceably, 
and (ware unto them, faying, We will 
procure the harm neither ot you, nor 
your friends. 

16 Whereupon they believed him : 
howbeit, he took of them three fcore men, 
and (lew them in one oay, according to 
the words which he wrote, 

11 The fieih of thy faints ba<ve tbey 
cap cut, and their blood have they hVd 
roth«d about Jerufalem, and there was 
none to bury them. 

18 Wherefore the fear and dread of 
them fell upon ail the pe. pie, who laid. 
There is neither rruih ooi righteoufnefs 
in them ; for they have broken the cov- 
enant and oath that they made. 

19 After this removed Bacchides from 
Jerufalem, ana pitched his tents m Be- 
zel h, where he lent and took many of 
the men that had forfaken him, and cer- 
tain of the people alfo. and when he had 
flam them, be cujl them into the great pit. 

-.<> Then commuted he the country to 
Alcimus, and left with him a power to 
aid him : jo Bacchides went to the king. 

21 But Alcimus contended tor the 
ijigh priellhood. 

VL And unto him reforted all fuch as 



Apocrypha, 

gotten the upper hand, and knew thai' 
he was not able to abide their force, he 
went again to the king, and ("aid all the 
word of them that he could. 

26 Then the king fent Nicanor. one 
of his honourable princes, a man that 
bare deadly hate unto Ifrael, with com- 
mandment todelUoy the people. 

27 bo Nicanoi came to Jerufalem with 
a great force ; and fent unto Judas 3nd 
his brethren deceitfully with friendly 
words, fay»ng, 

28 Let there be no battle between me 
and you, I will come with a few men, 
that I may fee you in peace. 

29 He came therefore to Judas, and 
they faluted one another peaceably, 
howbeit, the enemies were prepared to 
take away Juria* by violei ce 

30 Which thing, after it was known 
to Judas, to ivii, that he came unto him 
with deceit, he was fore afraid of*him, 
and would fee his face no more. 

31 Nicanor alfo, when he faw that his 
counfel was di (covered, went out to fight 
again ft Judas behde Capharfalama : 

32 Where there, were (lain of Nicanor's 
fide above five thoufand men, and the reft 
fled into the city of David. 

33 After this went Nicanor up to 
mount Sion, and there came out of the 
fanctuary certain ot the priefts, and cer- 
tain of the elders ot the people to falute 
him peaceably , and to (hew him the burnt 
facrifice that was off red for the king 

Si But he 'mocked them, and laughed 
at them, and abufed them (hamefully, 
and fpake proudly, 

66 And fware in his wrath, faying, Un«. 
lefs Judas /and his holt be now delivered 
into my hands, if ever 1 come again in 
fately, ! will burn up this houfe : and 
with that he went out in a great rage. 

56 Then the priefts entered in, and 
flood before the altar, and the temple, 
weeping and faying, 

57 Thou, O Lord, didft choofe this 
houfe to be called by thy name, and to 
be a houfe of prayer and petition for thy 
people : 

38 Be avengfd of this man and his 
holl, and let them fail by the (word 



troubled the people, who, after they had J remember their blafphemies, and fuller 
gotten the land of Juda into their power them not to continue an> longer. 



did much hurt in Ifrael. 

23 Now when Judas faw all the mif- 
thicf that Alcimus and his company had 
done among the Israelites even above 
the heathen, 



So Nicanor went out ot Jerufalem, 
and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, 
w \ Hie an hod out of S> ria met him. 

40 But Judas pitched in Adaia with 
three thouiand men, and there he prajr- 



24 He went out into all the coafts of led, faying, 
Jndea round about, and took vengeance 41 O Lord, when they that were lent 
of them that had revolted from him, fo from the king of the Afl'yriajis blafphem- 
that they duriL no more go forth into ed, thine angel went out and fmote an 
the country. hundred four fcore and five thouiand of 

24 On the othfr fide, when Alcimus them. 
i'jkw thiil judas and his company hadj i% £ven fo deftrcy thou this heft be- 

\ for $' 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

tore us tins day, tliat the reft may ki 
that lie hath fpoken blafphemoul!;, againl! 
thy fanctuary, and judge thou him ac- 
cording to his picked nefs 

45 So the thirteenth day of the month 
Adar the hofis joined battle : but Nici 
zior's hoft was difcomtitf d j and he h 
lei i:i the battle 

44 N > v when N-canor's hofl faw tha. 
lie was flain, they call away their weip 
ons, and \\ 

* • 1 hen they purfue ! after the 
day's journey from \dafa unto (■ 
ioundrng an alarm after them with their 
tru 

Whereupon, the I h out 

of all the 'owns of Jud 
and doled ti ihat the) tur 

ha n them that p ere 

all flai.i with the (Word, and i;ji one ot 

47 At is they took 'he f, 

and the | 

hf i .% hich h ch 

ed out fop , and brought i 

i ward 
For th iced 

greatly, and the) kept thai day a day of 
gie u gladneft. 

49 ver, they ordained to keep 

yearly th, . b ing the thirteenth of 

Adar. 

the land of Juda was in refl 
a little while. 

[AP VIII 
1 Judas i ' : ol 

icy of c.e Uomrlnt .0 and tn.k.io a 

t the fa ne of ( 
the H tha' they * ere might 

vj! n, a, id 

I - >intd t, unto 

them, and mal I of amity 

all tJ 

re men of gi 
valour I • 1 him ilfo « I 

It the 
I 

red the them 

■ 
3 And wh ne in thecoun- 

inning ol the i 
oh' I w hich 

kings 

i he in 

i 
■ i •.' i : 

tr il : r : 

IP • the 

■ 
Ihen 



VUl. Apocrypha. 

6 How alfo Ant'nchus, the great king 
of Atia, that cat tinti them in battle* 
having an hundi I twenty eleph- 
with horfemen and chariots, and a very 
great army, was difcomfited by them ; 

7 -.nd how they took him alive, and 

', and fuch ^ned 

a**ter Imh thould pay a great mbute, 
■ I, oltages and that which was 
agr. i. 

8 Kna the country of India, and Me- 
and Lydia, and of thecoodliefto 

they t-ok oi him. and gave 
Kun:ei:i 

9 A? rer, how the Grecians f.ad 
deter nined to come :\nd deflroy them ■ 

to And that ir.e\ having knowledge 

. linfl them tin c ap- 

hting with them, ilfw many; 

rried a a i\ c ipt vc> i h<-ir 

■i and IpoiU >i i^cm, 

ind i lleffi m oi their lands, 

i ftrong holds, and 
be their lervants unto 
tin 

1 1 // t iim befides, how they 

I bi lUgli! under their iio- 
niinion all other kingdoms and :Iles, 
led them ; 
But wi i Friends and Inch as 

, in them, they kept amity : 
th it ' ed Itingdt nu hi th 

id nigh, infomm h .h .il! tl .;t aea d 
■ ol the 
J •> hat whom the* would help 

tos n ; and wh« m a- 

1 1 place : finally, 
. exalte 
li \ ol them wore 

a c i.'icd in purple to be 

■ i 

how they had madr for 
igrein thi 
hurt ' ■■. t nty men (at in com cil 

t! -n ay for t to 

l : 
16 And that i ,:ov. 

imeni to - jrye it, who » ul- 

nintry. il all wtic 

tO that d thai 'here M 

net - them. 

, Ju- 
inut, fhi tbt 

. and J 

• 

•hrm. 

.w 

,: - 
very g 

they Ipakr 

I 

I 



Apocrypha. 



i. MACCABEES. 



apocrypha. 



us unto you, to make a confederacy and 
peace with you, and that we might be reg- 
iftered your confederates and friends. 

41 So that matter pleafed the Romans 
well. 

42 And this is the copy or the epiftle 
which tbefenate wrote back again, in ta 
feies of brafs, and lent to Jerusalem, that 
there they might have by them a memo- 
rial of peace and confederacy : 

258 Good fuccefs be to the Romans, and 
to the people of the Jews, by fea and by 
land forever : the fword alio and enemy 
be far from them. 

24 If there come fir ft any war upon the 
Romans, or any ot their confederates, 
throughout ail their dominion, 

id The people of the Jews (hall help 
them, as the time Ihall be appointed, with 
all their heart : 

2o Neither (hail they give any thing 
unto them that make war upon them, or 
aid them with victuals, weapons, money, 
cr (hips, as it hath feemed good unto the 
Romans ; but they ihall keep their cove 
Rants without taking an> thing therefor 

£7 In the fame manner alio, if war 
come firft upon the nation of the Jews, 
the Romans (hail help them with all 
their heart, according as the time (hall be 
appointed them : 

28 Neither fhail victuals be given to 
*hem that take part againft them or weap- 
ons, or money, or (hips, as it hath feem 
5d good to the Romans ; but they mail 
keep their covenants, and that without 
deceit. 

Id According to thefe articles did the 
Romans make a covenant with the peo 
pie of the Jews 

30 Howbeit, if hereafter the one party 
cr the other (hall think meet to add or 
diminifh any thing,they may doit it their 
pleafures, and whatfoever they (hall add 
or take away, (hall be ratified. 

^1 And as touching the evils that De- 
metrius doeth to the Jews, we hive wiit- 
ten unto him, faying. Wherefore hall 
thou made thy yoke heavy upon our 
friends and confederates the Jews ? 

3: If therefore they complain any more 
againft thee, we will do them julhce, ami 
tight with thee by fea and by land. 

CHAR IX. 
1 Alcimus and Bacc bides come again ivitb 

neiv forces into judeu ; 7 Ttte army of 

Judas ji e /. om Uim, IT and he isjluin. 

60 Jonathan o in bis pLai.e 

FUR 1 HfcRMORE, w hen Demetrius 
heard that Nicanor and his lioft were 
fi tin m battle, he lent Bacchides arid Al- 
cimus into the land of Judea the i'ec 
ond time, and will them the cniet 
iirength ol his holt : 

"2 NVilo went forth by the way that 
IcaJeth to GJgala. and pitched tlieir 



tents before Mafaloth, which is in Arbe- 
la, and after they had won it, they flew 
much people. 

H Alio the firft month at the hundred 
fifty and fecondyear, they encamped be- 
fore Jerufalem : 

4 From whence they removed and 
went to Berea, with twenty thoufand foot- 
men, and tw r o thoufand horfemen 

a Now Judas had pitched his rents at 
Eleafa, and three thoufand chofen men 
with him : 

6 Who. feeing the multitude of the 
other ai «ny to be fo great, were foreafraid, 
whereupon many conveyed themfeives 
out of the hoft, infomuch as there ab e 
of them no more but eight hundred men. 

7 q\ When Judas therefore law that his 
holt fliptaway, and that the battle pref- 
(ed upon him, he was fore troubled in 
mind, and much diftrefied, for that he 
had no time to gather them together. 

8 Neverthelefs, unto th'-m that remain- 
ed, he faid, Let us arife and go up againft 
our enemies, if pera-iventure we ma> be 
able to fight with them. 

y But they dehorted him, faying, We 
(hall never be able ; let us now rather 
fave our lives, and hereafter we will re- 
turn with our biethren, and fight agamft 
them for we are but few. 

10 Then Judas faid, God forbid that 
I (hould do this thing, and flee .*way 
from them; if our time be come, let us 
die manfully for our brethren, and let us 
not (fain our honour. 

It With that the hoft of Bacchides re- 
moved out of their tents, and flood over 
againit tiiem, their horiemen heingdivid- 
ed into two troops, and their dinger:* 
archers going before the heft, and they 
that marched in the foreward were all 
mighty men. 

1 1 As for Bacchides, he was in the right 
wing, fo the holt drew near on the Iwo 
parts, and founded their trumpets. 

13 They alfo of Judas' fide, even they 
founded their trumpets a ! fo, fo that the 
earth (hook at the noife of the armies, 
and the battle continued from morning 
til! night. 

U Now when Judas perceived that 
Bacchides and the Ifrength of his army 
ivere on the right fide, lie took with lurn 
all the hardy men, 

15 Who difcomfited the right wing, 
and purfued them unto the mount Azotus. 

lb But when they of the left wing law 
i hat they of the right wing were difcorn- 
f: red, r hey tol lowed upon Judas, and thofe 
that were with him, hard at the heels 
from behind. 

17<§ W hereupon there was a fore battle, 
infomuch as many were flain on both parts 

IK Judas alfo Was tolled, and die rem- 
nant fled. 

19 Ihen 



Apicrypba. Chap 

19 Then JonalTian ard Simon took Ju- 
das i heir brother, md bu/ <d him in ihe 
fcpu.chre of ill-*- fathers in iVJodin 

-<> Moreover. tiie> bewailed him, and 
all Ifracl made great lamentation for 
Jinn, and mourned many days, faying, 

41 How is thevaiiant man fallen, that 
vered Ifracl ! 

It As for the other tilings concerning 
Judas and his wars, and the noble acts 
■which he did, and h:s ureatnef>. the\ arc 
not written : (or (hey were v ( r> many 

Z 1 * Now after the death of fudas, the 
wicked began to put forth their he.t 
;;ll mecoafts of Ifracl, ind there arcfe up 
all luch as v rough! in quits . 

•24 In.thofe dars alfo was there a very 
£ieat famine, by reafon whereof the 
Country revolted, ami went with tl^em. 

Then Bacchidrs chcJe the wicked 
men, and made them lordj o( the country. 

-6 Afid they made inquiry and harch 
for Judas' friends ami brought thein 
unto Bacchides, who took vengeance of 
them, and ufed tl \y 

_7 So was there a gi lion in 

Ifrael, the hke wlicroof was not fince the 
t\ nc that a prophet was not leen among 
them. 

2tf For thi> caufe a'l Judas' friend 
came together, and faid unto Joi 

t* bince thv brother Judas died, we 
have no man like him forth a., 

otir enrmie>, a;-d | jtainfl 

them of ou. thai are ad votaries 

to it 

SO €J Now therefore v * have civ 
this djy to be our pi 
tatn in hli head, that thou I 
our ba" 

• t It the | 

in him al l ••, an t rote 

tip 

"dgc 
fix reof, I 

.j i hen | 
er. and all 'hat weie with h 

and pitched their t< nts i»> me water of 

when 

• !'»i<i^. boil 

i the ! '..bath c 

f :.it !ii te , 

5t> V. n the t hitdren 

Oilt 

that he had, and w< nl 

1 Came word to Jonathan 
I 

J inhn m kde « 

the bride lion; 
- ibatb* with a v^tcat iraui, ai being ihej 



»*• Apurjph* % 

daughter of one of the great pi * 

Chanaan. 

3« Therefore they remembered Jolia 
their brother, and wen tup and hid them- 
felves under the covert of the mourn 

19 Where they lifted up the and 

looked, and behold, there was much ado, 
and Kfeat carriage : and the brio 
cone forth and his friends and brethren, 
to meei them with drums, and inflru- 
merts of mufick, and many weapo: 

40 1 hen lonaihan and they that were 
with him ro(c up again d tliem from tnc 
place where they lay in ambufli, and 
t a (laughter ofthrm in finch ton, as 
many fell down dead, and the remnant 
fled into the mountain, and they took ail 
tht : r Ipoils 

*T '1 hus was the marriage turned into 
mourning, and the noife of their nu 
into lamentation. 

It ! n they had avenged fully the 

blo >d ol then- brother, the V turned agahs 
to 'he onarffl of Jordan. 

i.i M ,w when Baechides heard hep 
he came on the fabbalh day unto the 
banks ot Jordan with a k'^^' | 

44 Then Jonathan t aid to his COQ1I 

• and fight foi oUr lives, 
(or it Randeth not with us today . 
rim*' j aft : 

4.0 for, behold, the battle is before us 
I the water 1 j rdan 
on 'I >\ the ■ like- 

wise and neither us ih« r 

4G WtH Cry j e now unto heaven, 

ye mjy be rd from the hand 

4 7 With that :f and 

•hin !!• rth his I 

lie turned bac|c 

ra 

I 

, "• ' '. 
over 
I he • I . i • r , 

49 S > ih< re v rre fl on <-f ides' 

out a I 

\r\ tifvfem, a 
in pude i 

and Bet ' i »n, a 
Than , 

i 

.\ rli . 

-t : the n he '■■ • 

might i 

he i if y ira, 

it I . 

in them aa 

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I. MACCABEES. 



Aptcvypba. 

5* Moreover, in the hundred fifty and many of them, and purpofed to*return 
' >ear, in the fecond month- Mcimus into his own country. 



GO anded that the wall of the 

C .1 the far.ct.uary mould be pulled 



TOW hereof when Jonathan had knowl- 
edge, he feat ambafTadors unro him, to 



ti p. he pulied down alio the works of the etid he (hould make peace with him, 



the prophets 

55 And as he began to pull down even j 
at that time was Alcimus plagued, and 



deliver them rne prisoners. 
7t Which- thing he accepted, and did 
according to his demands and lv are unto 



bis enterprifes hindered : for his mouth, him, that he would never do him harm. 
V-hs iropped. and he was taken with a , ail the days of his life 



palfy fo that he could no more fpeak a 
thing, nor give order concerning his! 
honfe 

56 So Alcimus died at that time with 
great torment. 

57 Nov/ when Bacchides faw that Al- 
cimus was dead, he returned to the king, 
whereupon the land of Judea was in reft 
two years. 

OH Then all the lly men held a 

council, faying, behold, Jonathan and 
his company are a j eafef, and dwell with 
cut care: now therefore we will bring 
Bacchides hither, who mall take them ail 
in one nigiif . 

59 So they went and consulted with 
him. 

60 Then removed he, and came with a 
great hoft, and lent lct'ers privily to his 
adherents in Judea, that they fbould take 
Jonathan and thofe that were with him', 
h >wbeit, they cnuid nor, bccaufe t 
Counfel was known unto them. 

6t Wherefore they took of the men 
of the country, that were authors, of that 
milchief, about fifty perfons, andTIew 
them. 

6-i Afterward Jonathan and v, and 

they thai were with him. go: away 

to Bethbafi, which is in the wildernefs, 
and they repaired the decays thereof, and 
:.. de it ftrong 

63 \Y; . :n Bacchides knew, 
he gathered together all his hoft andfent 
word to them that were of Judea* 

6i Then went he and laid fiege againft 
2 bafi ; and the> fought againtt it a 
oj .. feafon, anc made engines of war. 

65 -.athan letf his brother Simon 

in the city, and went forth himfelf into 
the country, and with a certain number 

6B And he fmote Odonarkes and hi^ 
% and the children of Phafiron in 
liieir tent. 

6t And when he began to fmite them, 
and came up with his forces, Simon and 
his com it of the city, and 

burned up the engines of wai 

64 And fought againu Bacchides, who 
wasdifcomuted by them, and they afflic- 
ted him fore : for his counfci and travail 
was in vain. 



73 When therefore he had reftored un- 
to him the prifoneii, that he had taken a- 
foretime out of the land of Judea, he re- 
f urned and went his way into his own 
land, neither came he any more into their 
borders 

7^ Thus the {word ceafed from Ifrael : 
but Jonathan dwelt at Machmas, and be- 
gan to govern thepeople, and he deft roy- 
ed the ungodl . men out of Ifrael. 

CHAP. X. 
2 D( metrites makrtb Large offers to have 

peace ivub Jonathan : tb hu letters to 

tbt jeit'S 

IN the hundred and fixfieth year, Alex- 
ander, the/on of Antiochus, Jurnamed 
Epiphanes, went up and took Ptotemais : 
for the people had received him, by 
means whereof he reigned there. 

2 Nv)w when king Demetrius heard 
thereof, he gathered together in exceed- 
ing great hoft, a. id vent forth againfl 
him ' 

3 Moreover Demetrius fent letters un- 
to Jonatl an with lov.ng words, lb as he 
magnified him. 

4 For laid he, Let us firft make peace 
with him. before he join with Alexander 
againfr us : 

5 iilfe lie will remember all the evils 
f hat we have done againft him and a- 
gainii his brethren, and his people. 

6 Wherefore he gave him authority to 
gather together an noil, and to provide 
weapons that he might aid him in battle: 
he commanded ailo, that the hoftages 
that were in the tower ihculd be deliver- 
ed him. 

7 Then came Jonathan to Jerufakm, 
and read the letters in the audience of 
all the people, and of them that were in 
the tower; 

b Who were fore afraid, whey they 
heard that the king had given him au- 
thoi her together an hofl. 

9 Whereupon they of the tower deliv- 
ered the --gea unto Jonathan, and 
he delivered them unto their parents. 

10 This done, Jonathan fettled himfelf 
in Jerufalem, and began to build and re- 
pair the city. 

-l\ And he commanded the workmen to 

build the walls, and the mount Sion 

69 Wherefore he was very wroth at the 'round about with fquare ftones, tor for- 

^•ickedmen that gave himcounfei tocome ftincation: and they did fo. 

were '.u. 
the 



into '.. ury, inibmuch as he fl< ii Then the ftrtn - that 



jp*CTj}b44 ip. X. 

:h Bacchides had bu.lt, of Jud 



led 



l 



■ three gu -nts 

J which arc a he 

ch as every min left his cc J Galilee. 



i 
14 ra cert- liole 

J the c 
I wa 
of refuse 
■ 
heard nhv r . j lea Demetrius had feni 

*as tol<j 
the battle. 

iren ha t i^one, an J of the 

. 

:ch am 
a make 

• he wrote a letter, and 
Ang to the 



re 
i Let Jer ree, 

with th tliereoi, boin frora 

temhs and tributes 

r the tower which is at 
up my 
it. a o the h . 

ch men .. 
J ey> it. 

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carried 

i hat 

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and 

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rity 
tbtm % or to any 

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power, 

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ogether 






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Apocrypha. 



I. MACCABEES. 



in the liberties thereof, being indebted 
unto ihe king, or for aoy Other matter, 
let their be at liberty* and all that they 
have in my realm. 

hi For the building alfo and repairing 
of the works of tie fin&uary expenfes 
fhall be given of the king's accounts. 

45 Yea, and for the building of the 
walls of Jerufalem, and the forty tying 
thereof round about, expenfes fhall be 
given out of the king's accounts, as alfo 
for the building of the walls in Judea. 

46 Now when Jonathan and the peo- 
ple heard thefe words, they gave no cred- 
it unto them nor received them, becaufe 
they remembered the great evil that he 
had done in Ifrael ; for he had afflicted 
them very fore. 

47 But with Alexander they were well 
pkafed, becaufe he was the firft that en- 
treated of true peace with them, and they 
were confederate with him always 

48 Then gathered king Alexander 
great forces, and camped over againft 
Demetrius 

i'} \nd after the two kings had joined 
battle, Derrietrius's rh.ft fled : but Alex- 
ander followed after him, and prevailed 
agamft them 

50 And he continued the battle very- 
fore until the fun went down : and that 
day was Demetrius flain. 

51 Afterward Alexander fent ambaf 
fadors to Ptolemec king of Egypt, with 
a meffagc to this effect : 

52 Forafmuch as I am come again to 
my realm, and am fet in the throne of 
my progenitors, and have gotten the do- 
minion, and overthrown Demetrius, and 
recovered our country ; 

53 For after I had joined battle with 
liim, both he and his hoft wasdifcomfited 
by us, fo that we fit in the throne of his 
kingdom : 

' Now therefore let us make a league 
of amity together, and give me now thy 
dauther to wife : and 1 will be thy fon 
in la vi-, and will give both thee and her 
gifts, according to thy dignity. 

55 1 hen Ptolemee the king gave an- 
fwer, faying, Happy be the day wherein 
thou did ft return into the land of thy fa- 
thers, and fatteft in the throne of their 
kingdom. 

56 "\nd now will I do to thee, as thou 
baf' written : meet me therefore at Piol 
emais, that we may fee one another y for 
I will marry my daughter to thee, ac- 
cording to thy defire 

57 So Ptolemee went out of Egypt with 
his daughter Cleopatra, and they came 
unto Ptolemais in the hundred threc- 
fcore and fecond year : 

58 Where king Alexander meeting 
him, he gave unto him his daughter Cle- 
opatra, and celebrated tier marriage at 



Apocrypha. 

Ptolemais with great glory, as the man- 
ner of kings is. 

59 Now king Alexander had written 
unto Jonathan, that he Ihould come and 
meet him. 

60 Who thereupon went honourably 
to Ptolemais, where he met the two 
kings, and p,ave them and their friends 
filver and gold, and many prefents, and 
found favour in their fight. 

61 At that time certain peftilent fel- 
lows of Ifrael, men of a wicked life, af- 
fembled themfelvesagainft him to accufc 
him : but the king would not hear them. 

G2 Yea, more than that, the king com- 
manded to take off his garments, and 
clothe hirn in purple : and they did fo. 

6a Alfo he made him fit by himfelf, 
and faid unto his princes. Go with hira 
into the midft of the city, and make proc- 
lamation, that no man complain againffc 
him of any matter, and that no man 
trouble him for any manner of caufe 

64 Now when his accufers law that he 
was honoured according to the procla- 
mation, and clothed in purple, they fled 
all away. 

65 So the king honoured him, and 
wrote him among his chief friends, and 
made him a duke, and partaker of his do- 
minion 

66 Afterward Jonathan returned to 
Jerufalem with peace and gladnefs. 

67 Furthermore, in the hundred thrce- 
fcore and fifth year, came Demetrius, 
fon of Demetrius, out of Crete into the 
land of his fathers : 

68 Whereof when king Alexander 
heard tell, he was right forry, and re- 
turned into Antioch. 

69 Then Demetrius made Apollonius 
the governor of Celofyria his general, 
who gathered together a great hofi. and 
camped in jamnia, and lent unto Jona- 
than the high prieft, faying, 

70 Thou alone liftefi up thyfelf againft 
us, and I ant laughed to fcorn for thy 
fake, and reproached, and, Why doff, 
thou vaunt thy power agaim't us in the 
mountains r 

71 Now therefore, if thou trufleft in 
thine own (ircngth, come down to us in- 
to tiie plain ficlH, and there let us try 
the matter together : for with me is the 
power of the cities. 

72 A(k, and learn w ho I am, and the 
reft that take our part, and they (hall tell 
thee, that thy foot is not able to ftand be- 
fore our face ; for thy fathers have been 
twice put to flight in thrir own land. 

7j* Wherefore now thou flialt not be 
able to abide the horfemen, and fo great 
a power in the plain, where is neither 
ftone nor flint, nor place to flee unto. 

74 So when Jonathan heard thefe 
words of Apollonius, he was moved ia 

his 



rm rmnd, and, 



Chap, xj. 



Apocry 



choclinz ten thou land 



mm, he went out of Jeiufalem, where 
.ion his brother met him torto helphim 
Tj And he pitched h-.s tcnti againlt 

Jorpe : but tlicy of Joppe flint him out 

of the ciry, became Apollonius had a 

gatrilon tnere. 

16 Then Jorutl. I liege unto it; 

wheteupon Use) ui the citj let him in 
lu Jonathan *on Joppe. 
77 when ^pollonius heard, 

lie tooic three thou (and horferoen, w ith a 
•rat holt i ••<< nt ru Azol 

as one that journed, and therewithal 

drew him form into the plain, becaule he 

had a great nun .omen, in 

who:.: he j lit hii r i 
To ifter im to 



and went about, through deceit, 
Alexander's kingdom, and join it to ins 

own 

^ £ Whereupon he took h ; b journey into 
Syria in peaceable manner, lu of 

trie cities opened unto him, and met him : 
for king Alexander had commanded 
them lo to (io t becaule he m i father 

i i 

3 Now as Ptolemee entered into the 
cities, he fet in everj one ot them a gar- 
rifon of foldicrs lo keep it. 

4 And when he came near to Azorus, 
they ihewed him the temple of D-ijton 
thai wab bui nt, and Asotua and th< lub- 
lirba tliereot that were delt toyed, and the 

lies that were caft abroad, and them 
that he Ivad burnt in the battle. ; tor they 



eu battle ".id made heaps ot them by the 
ir here he fhouid pais. 

5 Alio thei told the king whatfoever 

Jonathan had done, to the intent he 

ght blame him : but the king held hia 

o I hen ! m met the king with 

great pomp at Jo; pe. v. hcie they laliueil 
. 

7 . Jonath in, when he had 
gone with the king »o the river called I 
lent! to Jerul il< 

8 K ng Ptoletn halving got- 
do o i I c it »es b j 1 1 

nni upon the f< a o ail imagin* 

er. 

9 V : he ten un- 
to I , Come J ui 

, I Mi I W 

i , v. hon 
md thou (halt reign in thy ftuhei i 

it that I ga gh- 



a tjiuuiand 
.Hi. 

thai there w is 
an i.mi hon : tor they 

had rta 

at ' 

dill, as iona 
than h ni : the 

i red. 

forth hia ho ft, 
them agi. footmen (tor the 

com rued by him, and 

. being fcaitered 
in the ficl I, tied to * cnt in 

.., their idol's I 

Azottsi, 

I ,. 

in ii- 

• e. 



re bun unto him, < to Hay me. 









d. 









V. I I 1 I t 

lov- 
ed hia i alon, 

ne forth, 

1 Spoils. 

, i..: h ith in > el 

. 

HAP 

lis daugttn 

toe 

C 1 ,. i , \ j,t j, , . ■: 

/\ s . ! < I to- 

i that 

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Li (j Whei 
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and !• i I '"•' h t- 

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t h, i In 

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1 4 : 

andei Iwelt 

■ II 

10 Bur wh< 

■ 

• lot ih bhi I 

him to il i k r ■ l 



rcto be defended ; bui I 

it i i Zabd 

I, and lent it unto Pli 

lo d.cd tii« third 
day 



I. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha, 

day after, and they that were in the 
ftfong holds were (lain one of another 

1^ By this means Demetrius reigned in 
the hundred three icore and feventhyear 

^0 «j \\ the fame nine Jonathan gath- 
ered together them that were in Judea, 
to like the tower that was in Jerufalem . 
and he made many engines of war a- 
gaitift it. 

21 Then certain ungodly perfons who 
hated (heir own people, went unto the 
king, and told him that Jonathan befirg- 
ed the tower 

'22 Whereof when he lieard, he was 
angry, and immediately removing he 
came to Pto!emais, and wrote unto Jona- 
than, that he mould not lay fiege to the 
tower, but jcome and f peak with him at 
Ptolemais. in great hade. 

23 Neverthelefs. Jonathan, when he 
heard this, commanded to befiege it /?///, 
and he chofe certain oi the elders of Ifra- 
el, and the pnefts,and put himfelf in peril; 

£4 And took filver and gold, and rai- 
ment, and divers prefents befides and 
went to Pfolemais, unto the king, * here 
he found favour in his fight 

26 And though certain ungodly men 
of the people had made complaints a- 
gainft him, 

26 Yet the king entreated him as his 
prev'ect iTji."- had done before, and pro- 
moted him in the fight of aii his friends, 

2T And confirmed him in the high 
priefthood, and in al! the honours that he 
had beh re, and gave him preeminence 
among his chief friends. 

28 Then Jonathan defired the king 
that he vvould make Judea free from tri- 
bute, as affothe three governments, with 
the country of Samaria : and he promii- 
ed him three hundred talents 

£9 So the king confented, and wrote 
letters unto Jonathan of all theie things, 
after (his manner • 

."iO King Demetrius unto his brother 
Jonathan, and unto the nations of the 
Jews, lendeth greeting . 

S\ \\ e fend you 1 ere a copy of the let 
ter which we did write unto our coufih 
Laflhencs concerning you, that ye might 
fee if 

King Demetrius unto his father 
LaftheiK ii th g reeting : 

5i/ We ii i ned to do good to 

the peofU oi the jews, who are our 
friends and keep covenant's with us, be- 
caule,ofth< ! -.dl toward: us 

34 Where lore ■ • ratified urno 

them t; erst t Judea, with the three 

governments of Aphere'ma, and Lydda, 
and Ramathem, Jhat are added onto Jn 
dea Irom the nunry of Samaiia, and ai! 
things appertaining unto them, for all 
inch as do faenfice in Jeruialem, inilead 
of the payments which the king received 



Apocrypha. 

of (hem yearly aforetime out of the fruits 
of the earth and of trees 

35 And as for other things that belong 
unto us, of the tithes and cuffoms per- 
taining unto us, as alfo the fait pits, and 
the crown taxes, which arc due unto us, 
wedifcharge them of them all for their 
relief. 

66 And nothing hereof (hall be revok- 
ed from this time forth forever 

57 Now therefore fee that thou make a 
copy of thefe things, and let it be deliv- 
ered unto Jonathan, and fe' upon the ho- 
ly mourn in a confpicuous place 

3fl After this, when king Demetrius 
faw that (he land was quiet b^foie him, 
and that no refinance was made againfl 
him, he fentaway all his forces ever, one 
ro his own place, except ceitain bands of 
{{rangers, whom he had gathered from 
the 'lies of the heathen : wherefore ail 
the forces of his fathers hated him 

39 Moreover, there was one Tryphon, 
that had been of Alexander's part afore, 
who, feeing that all the holt murmured 
againft Demetrius, went to bimalcue the 
Arabian, that brouuhi up Antiochus the 
young ion of Alexander, 

40 And lay fore upon him to deliver 
him this young Antiocbui, that he might 
reign in h ; s father's itead : he told him 
therefore all that Demetrius had done and 
how his men of war were at enmity with 
him, and theie he remained a long ieafon. 

H In the mem lime Jonathan lent un- 
to kmg Demetrius, that he vvould raft 
thofeof the tower out of Jerufalem. and 
tho/e alfo in the fortrelies : for they 
fought agajnft Ifrael 

42 bo Demetrius lent unto Jonathan, 
faving, 1 will nor only do this for thee 
and thy people but I will greatly honour 
tl ee and thy nation, if opportunity feive. 

43 Now there f< re thou (halt do well, 
it thou fend rne men to help me ; for all 
m> forces are gone from me. 

-4 Upon this Jonathan lent him three 
thoufand ftrong men unto Antioch . an« 
when they came to the king, the kin{ 
was vcr> glad of their coming. 

t.'i Howbeit. they that were of the cit; 
gathered themfelves together into th< 
midftoJ the enj to the number of an 
hundred and twenty thoufand men. and 
would have (lain (he king. 

\6 Wherefore 'hie king fled into the 
court, but they of ihe ci(> kept the paf- 
fages of ihe city, and began to fi^ht 

*7 Then ihe king called to the Jews 
for help, who came unto him all at once, 
and impeding themfelves through the 
city, (lew that day in the city tothenum- 
bei oi an hundred thoufand. 

Alfo (hey fet fire on the city ; and 
gat manj Jpoils that day, and delivered 

the kin ^ 49 So 



Apocrypha. 



49 So when they of the city i 
the Jews had got the cit\ as t. 
th ; j abated ■ \\ lu refore I 

made duplication to the king aud cri 
fa>inj 

Gnnt us peace, and let the Jews 
cea(e from ifTaulring us and the cr 

51 With rhal I >• the'r 

weapons an.l I the ! 

were honoured in the fight i f 'lie k 
and in the fight < t all thai were 
realm ; and to J<ruia c 

having gt 

king lVmru- u • fir on the tl >i 
of jui, and the I; <s qin< x 

Never i . lie d. 

himfeh 

ill lull 

ce 

: 

With I .. |,(; 

I ' 

th< put 

^ r » M : took the cle 

pha 

Lt that tin g \nti< 

the high I ■ ul 

I 

n buck 

Ci; 

CI if 1 p| 

- 

tei , 

<>\ * | id ( , 

t hr laid 

m 

l] ■ 

1 | 

I Hli ll 

I 

: 

C , " i r I , 
purj 
try, 
o4 He went t 

r in the coum 



Chap. xii. Apocrypha. 

»5 Then Simon en th- 



lura an<! f,.- , , g lea Ion, 

b 

I • the> defired i 

:• in \- hich he \ r .: m t-.i i nd tlicn 

put : ' |( rJic 

. and fei a gai i in it. 

u 'iic watej ul Gennefar, fn»m 

morning ihe\ &at 

rhem to the nla ifor 

08 Am ! Q of Grangers 

et them in the plain who, having laid 

men in ami ufh t r ; .i ains, 

Pelves < ft I ini 

in an:bufh 

.rid j. ine i hjttle, 

Red ■ 

' e of 

. , Fattathias theyo// of 

iii, 
. .- ;, 
■ I his clothes and 

II Ins head and pra> ed 
7: a erwards turning again to battle, 
he i-ui them to flight, I they ran 

" i N .'. m hf n his own men that were 
fled :ic> turned again unto linn, 

' v\ith htm purfu 

iv n tent 1 *, and then t; 
. cd 

t the heathen 
id men ; but 
ithan reiui nco to Jernfalem. 
XII 
i ' th thr 

ionium for- 

<but 

:i. 

the} J 

in. 

me 
purj 
B 

;ic 
pie of l 

il \ e ; 

4 t !|k in Irf 

o! Ji 

i 
b I- 

t- 
iiis ; 



Apocrypha 

7 There were tetters fen t in times paft 
unto O.nias the high prieft from Darius, 
who reigned then among you, to signify 
that ye are our brethren, as the copy here 
underwritten doth fpecify. 

8 At which time Onias enteared the 
ambaflTador that was fent honourably, and 
received the letters, wherein declara- 
tion was made of the league and frend- 
ihip. 

9 Therefore we alfo, albeit we need 
none of thefe things, for that we have the 
holy books of fcripture in our hands to 
comfort us, 

10 Have never thelefs attempted to fend 
unto you for the renewing oi brother- 
hood and friendship, lelt we (h ou id be • 
come Grangers unto you altogether ; for 
there is a long time palled fince ye fent 
unto us. 

11 We therefore at all times without 
ceafing, both in our feafh, and other con- 
venient days, do remember you in the 
facnfices which we offer, and in our 
prayers k as reafon is, and as it becomeift 
us to think upon our brethren : 

it And we are right glad of your hon- 
our. 

18 As forourfelves, we have had great 
troubles and wars on every side, foraf- 
much as the Icings that are round about 
us have fought againft us. 

14 Howbeir, we would not be troubie- 
ibme unto you, nor to others of our con- 
federates and friends, in thefe wars : 

15 For we have help from heaveh that 
fuccoureth us, fo as we are delivered 
from our enemies, and our enemies are 
brought under foot. 

16 For this caufe we chofe Numenius 
the fin of An'iochus, and Antipater the 

Jo» of Jafon, »nd fent them unto the Ro- 
mans, to renew the amity that we had 
with them, and the former league. 

17 We commanded them alfo to go un 
to you, and to faltite you, and to deliver 
you our letters, concerning the renewing 
of our brotherhood. 

IS Wherefore now ye (hall do weJl to 
give r.s an anfwer thereto. 

19 And this is the copy of the letters 
which Oniares fent. 

Areus king of the Lacedemonians, 
to Onias the hitch prieft, grsetin;: ! 

$< It is found in writing, that the La- 
cedemonians and Jews are brethren, and 
that they are of the flock of Abraham. 

22 Now therefore, lince this is come 
to our knowledge, ye fhall *\o well to 
write unto us of your profperity. 

23 We do write back again to you, 
that your cattle and goods ate our's and 

ir*sareyour*s, We do command there- 
fore our* ambajfadors to make report unto 
you on this wife. 



I. MACCABEES. 



Si Now when Jonathan heard that Be- came to Bethfan, 



Apocrypha. 

metrius's princes were come to fight a- 
gainft him with a greater holt than afore a 

25 He removed trorn Jerufalem, and 
met them in the land of Amathis : fur he 
gave them no refpite toenter his country. 

£6 He fent fpies alio unto their tents, 
who came again, and told him that ihey 
were appointed to come upon them in 
the night fealon. 

27 Wherefore fo foon as the fun was 
down, Jonathan commanded his men to 
watch and to be in arms, that all the 
night long they might be ready to fi^ht : 
alfo he fent forth centinels round abou: 
the holt. 

2;1 But when the adverfaries heard that 
Jonathan and hismen ivere ready forbattle, 
they feared and trembled in their hearts, 
and they kindled fires in their camp. 

29 Howbeit, Jonathan and his compa- 
ny knew it not sill the morning ; for they 
f:rv the lights burning. 

30 Then Jonathan purfaed after thern y 
but overtook them not: for they weie 
gone over the river Eluetherus. 

ol Wherefore Jonathan turned to the 
Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, 
and fmote them, and took their fpoils. 

St And removing thence, he came to 
Damalcus, and fo palTed through all tht: 
country. 

S$ Simon alfo went forth, and palled 
through the country unto ^fealon, and 
the holds there adjoining, from whence 
he turned alide to joppe, and won it. 

$4 For he had heard that they would 
deliver the hold unto them that took De- 
metrius's part ; wherefore he let a gam- 
fun there to keep it. 

3* fl After this came Jonathan home 
again, and, calling the elders of the peo- 
ple together, he confulted with them a- 
bout building llrong holds in Judea, 

3o And making the walls ot Jerufalem 
higher, and railing a great mount be- 
tween the tower and the city, for to fep ■ 
arate it from the city, that fo it might be 
alone, that men might neiiher fell nor 
buv in it. 

?'>' Upon this they came together to 
build up the city, tora I much a9 pari «f 
the wall toward the brook on the eaft 
fide was fallen down, and they repaired 
tiiat which 'A as palled Caphenatha. 

3j Simon alfo let up Adida in iephela, 
and made it flrong with gates and bats. 

89 Now Tryphon went about to get 
the kingdom of Alia, and to kill Antio- 
chns the king, that he might fet the 
n upon his own head. 

40 Howbeit, he was'afraicl that Jona- 
than would not fuffer him, and that he 
would fight again It him ; wherefore he 
fought away how to take Jonathan, that 
he might kdl him. So he removed and 



-61 Then 



4focryfba, 

41 Then Jonathan vent out to meet 
him with forty thoufand . fen fcr 

the battle, and came to Bcthfan 



4t Now when ton faw that Jon3 :ier, 



Aptcrjpkm. 

5 And faw that t ^rle wa 

great trembling and I 
to Jerulalciu, a the people 



came with fo great a f< rce, he durft 
retch his hand sgainit him ; 
43 But received i nourah 

Tended him untc 
^ave , and commanded his men 



\r to be as obedient i 

44 Unto Jonathan alio he (aid, Why baG 
thou put all tl. it trouble, 

feeing there is no war it us ? 

There ti>eni now 1 

.:n, and choofe a en to war on 

- and come thou with me to fiole- 
mats, for i arill girc it thee, and I 

■ (trong boldi rces, and 

that have harge : me, 1 will 

return and depart for Chi ule 

of m> corning. 

46 s in belie 1 him, did as 

bade him, a 

the land of Jodea. 
d with 
thf n h« lent 

two thoufind into Galilee, and one thou- 

•40 €. Now as foon ai Jonathan entered 

• -ma is I 

. and I and all them 

th him h with I 

49 Then fent T; of foot- 

, to dettroy all Jona 

knew 
were with 

v?n and 

went i par- 

- 

followed ii 

■ 

j peaceab!;. icy 

• ■■ 

ma ' - , 

it *rrr 

, :ior 

ip them 

and t^ke u 
* me ma 

C ! 
8 Sir- 

40 Sim«n tvimneik ou<, a *J tbr 
■ ■* 

- Try- 



And gave them exhortation, faying, 
Ye yourfelves know what great \\. 
1, and my brethren, and my fatrw 
hioufe, have dene lor tlie lav 
fanc"tuary. the battles alto and troubles 



:h we have feen, 
4 B i eof all my brethren 

ate fiain tor Ifracl's lake, and I am left 

b Now therefore be it far from me, 
that I thould fpare mine own life in any 
time of trouble : for I am no bet 
brethre 
$ E 1 1 will avenge my nation, 

and the fanctuary, and our wives, and 
our children i tor all the heathen are 
ered to deflroy us of very malice. 
1 Now as 1 the people heard 

thefe ril revived. 

8C 1 hey anfwcred withaloudvoice, 

r leadci 
ot Judas ah'\ Jonathan thy brother. 

iou our b 
foever thou comi us, thai Prill 

ithered together 

aade h:: 
i oi Jerufalenr, and he 
it round about. 
ti Alto be I 
ru, and w 

therci. I there in it 

n removed from Ptole- 
witli a great the 

fudea, 
. 

f SirJH .r"i 1, . at 

■ 
er Jonathan, 

to 

■ 



an tire fen of 
' cr, 

Ut them t 



1 IW'j 

4t libe 
17 






ct hi. 



18 









■' 









Apocrypha. 



I. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha* 



She h :ud red talents : howbeit, Tryphon 
dilTemoled neither would he let jona 
than go 

£0 And after this came Tryphon. to 
invade the land and deftroy it, going 
round about by the way that leadeth unto 
Adora . buf Simon and his holt marched 
again ft him in ever> place wherefoevei 
he v\ < 

t\. Now they that were in the tower, 
fent meflerijjers unto Tryphon, to the 
end that he fhould haft en his coming 
unto them by the wildernefs, and fend 
them victuals 

_ -2 \Vherefore Tryphon made ready ali 
Lis horfemen to come tha' nigh/ • but 
there fell a very great fnow, by reafon 
whereof he cSme not. So he departed, 
and came into the country of Galaad 

And when he came near to Bafca- 
ma ht flew Jonathan, who was buried 
there 

24 Afterward Tryphon returned and 
went into his own land 

25 Then fent Simon, and took the 
bones of Jonathan his brother- and buried 
them in Modin, the city of his fathers 

_ 26 And all Ifrael made great I amenta-' 
tion for him. and bewails 1 him man-, days 

27 qr Simon a'fo built a monument 
upon the fepulchre of his father and his 
brethren, and raifed it a'oft to the 
fight, with hewn (lone behind and be- 
fore. 

Z'l Moreover lie fet up feven pyramids 
one againft another for his father, and 
his mother, and his four brethren 

-9 \iid in thefe he made cunning de- 
vices, about the which he fet grea' pil- 
lars and upon rhe pillars he made all 
their armour for a perpetual memory, 
and by the armour ihip* carved, that 
they might be feea of all that fail on the 
fea 

SO This is the fepulchre which he 
made at Modin. and it ftandeth yet un- 
to this day 

St Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully land fo entered into it with fongs and 
with the young king Antiochus, and i'lew thankfgiving 
him. i * Yea, he put all uncleannefs out of 

5°. And lie reigned in his flead, and it, and placeu inch men there as would 
crowned himfelf king of Afia. and keep the law, and made it ftronger than 
brought a great calamity upon the land I it was before, am' built therein a dwell- 

3d Then Simon built up the ttrong 

s in Judea. and fenced them ab Ul 

with hiuh tower--, and gre^t v. alts, and 

gates, and bars, and laid up victuals 

therein 

31 Moreover, Simon chofe men, and 
fent to king Demetrius, to the end he 
.id pive the hnd an immunity, be- 
caufe all that Tryphon did was to fpoil. 

3 r > Unto whom king Demetrius an 
fwered. and wrote after this manner : 
King Demetrius unto Simon 



unto the elders and nation of the Jews, 
fendeth greeting : 

37 The golden crown, and 'he fcarlet 
robe, hich ve fent unto us, vse have re- 
ceived ; and we are ready to make a fted- 
faft peace wi'h you, >ea ani to write un- 
to our officers, to confirm the immuni- 
ties which we have granted. 

58 And what Joe ver covenants we have 
made with you (hall /land ; and the. 
(Irong holds which ye have builded, lhall 
be youi own 

39 As for any oversight or fault com- 
mitted unto this dav, we forgive ir and 
the crown tax alfo, which ye owe us : and 
if there were any other tribute paid in 
Jerui'alem, it (hall no more be paid. 

£0 *J And look who are meet among 
you to be in our court, let them be en- 
rolled, and let ihce be peace bet n ixi us. 

4t Thus the yoke of the heathen *as 
taicen away from Ifrael in the hundred 
and feventieth year. 

42 Then the people of Ifrael began to 
write in their initrumems .md contracts, 
In the firft >ear of Simon the high prieft, 
the governor and leader of the Jews 

43 Inthofedays Simon camped againfl 
Gaza, and befieged it round about , he 
male alfo an engine of war, and fet it by 
fiie city and battered a certain tower, 
and took it 

44 And they that were in the engine 
leaped iriro the city ; whereupon there 
was j great uproar in the city ; 

45 Infomuch as the people of the city 
rent their clothes, and climbed upon the 
walls with their *ives and children, and 
cried v\ ith a loud voice, beieeching Simon 
to grant them peace 

*ti And the> faid, Deal not with us 
according to our wickedneis, but accord- 
ro thy mercy 

47 So Simon was appeafed toward 
them, and fought no more againft their, 
bur pur them out of the city, and cleanf- 
ed tlie houfes wherein the idHs were, 






high prieft, and friend of kings, as aliq edtiie tower iron* pollution 



in^ place tor himfelf 

49 They alfo of the tower in Jet ufalem 
were kept fo .'trait, that the> could nei- 
ther come forth nor go into the country, 
noi buv, nor fell : wherefore they were 
in great difirefs for want of victuals, and 
a great number of them periflied through 
famine. 

50 Then cried they to Simon, befeech- 
irg him to be at one with them which 
thing he granted them ; and when he 
had putthemcut irom thence, he cleanf- 



51 And 



Apocrypha* 

51 And entered into it the three anH 
twentieth day ofthefecond month, in 'Jie 
hundred icventy and hilt year, with 
th ■ mg, and branches of palnurees, 

and With harps, and cymbals and with vi 

s, and hymns, and longs : be Mere 

i>deitroyed a great enemy oat of Ifr 
- He ordained alfo th.it that* day 
flioald be kept every year with left 

Moreover, the hill of the temple thai 

^5 by the tower lie madr flrongiVthan 
jt was, and there he dwelt himielx with 
his company. 

55 And when Simon faw that John 
his Ton was a valiant man, tie him 

• ptain oi all the ho;.i. and hi dwelt in 

izara. 

JAP. XIV 
1 Demetrius is taken by ihc king of Pc 

A The good deeds of Simon to bis ivun- 
i a memorial oj l. itfetuf 

in 

the hundred threescore and 
t*N'-itt!i year, king ;us gath- 

er • rhct , a;i<l went into 

i get him :\U 

when Arfaces, ; he king of Perfia 
•*ar.i that Der 

i 9 he fent one 
his prince ihve : 

ent and linote the hoft of 
L»cmetri'ii, a. id took him, and brought 
him i . bj whom he \\av put in 

id. 

4 «f \ , for the Ian 1 tf | was 

quiet all tl r he fought 

nation i i fuch wife, 
that evermore his authority .t jur 

|>J< . well. 

I his 
bat he i 
d made di\ em i »e nles 

• 

6 Is of hit 

J 

. 1 1 in - 
I iltc d 
ot (j and the tower, 

out ot the which he took, all un( 
, neither was thcic any that rcJ 

8 Then d 

reafe, 

e tiees «-t the it. 

:n fat all in tl, 
com 

'he \ 1 10 in a 

•I. 
10 led v.ct 

and : all manner nition 

to that h mi ible 

ed unto ii. r the w orld. 

It He Hid, and If- 

d with ^;u i 

r W$ 
J 



xiv.' 



Apocrypha. 



and hi? fig tree, and there was none to 
fray them : 

IS Neither was there any left in the 
land to fight againft them \ >ea, the kings 
'.hemieh^ were overthrown in thole 
days 

14 Moreover, he rtren^thened all thofe 
of his people thit were brought low : 
the law he fearched out •. an<' . on- 
temner of the law and wicked perfon he 

tu. k s\\ i) 

15 He beautified the (ancillary, and 

multiplied the reflets of the tenip'e 
t6 Now when ii was heard at Rome, 
1 a^ l »r as Sparta, that Jonathan *•• 

dead they were very lorry 

17 Bji i as the* heard that his 

brother Simon was made high pried in 

his (lead, and ruled the country, a<'d the 

cities therein. 

I ; They wrote unto him in tables of 

brafs, to r be friend fhip and league 

which they had made with Judas and 

Jonath in his brethren : 

19 Which writings were read before 

the con. u J' i ufaleui. 

-0 And this is : 

that the I .. ms lent , I he 

rulers of the with the 

city mi' on the high prielt, and the 

i prieits, a I I reiidue of the 

pleoi the Jcwb, our brc'hren, jend 

ft The ambaffadon that ucrc lent un- 
-\ us i t \ mir glory 
were glad of 
their i omingi 

■giftcr the things that 
they (nake in the I if tl 

in tnis manner. Numerous/** oi \nt o- 
chus, and Antipatery«« of Jafon, the 

l aine unto us to re- 
new th i US. 
M people ( • ' r - 

id io put ?hc 

to the en<! I m ni- 

mighi 1. ivr .i memorial thereof fui 
the ten a cop) thcrcot 

■ 
18 After ih ius to 

Rome w ith a (fctcld i I of a 

to ifii m the 
ith trw 

■\ the i .rd, 

fons » 
i ^ For he. ai 

her, have* 
»n fight i j 

the) wrote it in • 

upon j in 

... f,c 

• teeiith •"> 

i three 



Apocrypha. 

twelfth year, being the thittf yearot Si- 
mon the huh prieft, 

18 A' Saramcl in the great congrega- 
tion or the priefts, and people and rulers 
of the nation, and elders ot the country 
were thefe things notified unto us. 

29 Forafmnchas oftentimes theie have 
been >\ars in the country, wherein for 
the maintenance of tlieir fanctuarj , and 
the law, Simon the fon of Mattatmas, of 
the pofterity of Jarib, together with his 
brerhien, put themfelves in jeopardy, 
and refifting the enemies of their nation, 
did their nation great honour: 

50 (For aftei that Jonathan, having 
gathered his nation together, and been 
their high prieft, was added to his people, 

51 Their enemies purpofed to invade 
their countr>, that the> might deftroy it, 
and lay hands on the fanctuary : 

32 At which time Simon rofe up and 
fought for his nation, and fpent much of 
his ow:n fubftance, and armed the valiant 
men of his nation, and gave them wages 

3*i And fortified the citie c of Judea, to- 
gether with Bethfura, that lieih upon the 
borders of Tudea, where (he armour of 
the encores had been before ; but he fet 
agani'onof Jews there : 

Si Moreover he fortified Joppe, which 
lietli upon the fea, and Gaz^ra that bor- 
dereth upon Azo'us, where the enemies 
had dwelt before : but he placed Jews 
there, ind furniflied them with all things 
convenient for the reparation thereof ) 

S5 The people therefore, feeing the acts 
of Simon, and unto what glory he thought 
to bring his nation, made him their gov- 
ernor and chief prieft, becaufe he had 



1 MACCABEES. Apocrypha. 

well pleafed that Simon (hould be iheir 
governor and high prieft for ever, until 
there (hould arife a faithful prophet ; 

42 Moreover, that he ttiould be their 
captain, and ihould take charge of the 
(ancillary, to let them over their works, 
and over the country, and over the ar- 
mour, and over the tortreffes that, I/aj, 
he Ihould take charge of the (andtuary j 

43 Befide this, that he (hould be obey- 
ed of every man, and that all the writings- 
in the country (hould be made in his 
name, and that he (hould be clothed in 
purple, and wear gold ; 

44 Alfo that it (hould be lawful for none 
of the people or prierts lo break any of 
the(e things, cr to gainfay his words, or 
to gather an affembly in the country 
without him, or to be clothed in purple, 
or wear a buckle of gold : 

45 And whofoever (hould dootherwife, 
or break any of theie things, he (hould be 
punilhed. 

46 Thus it liked all the people to deal 
\vith Simon and to do as hath been faid. 

47 Then Simon accepted hereof, and 
was well pleafed to be high prieft, and 
captain, and governor of the Jews and 
priefts, and to defend them al) 

48 So they commanded that his writ- 
ing {hould be put in tables of brah\, and 
that the\ (hould be fet up within the 
compafs of the fanctuary in aconfpicuouii 
place ; 

49 Alfo that the copies thereof (hould 
be laid up in the ttealury, tothecn'd that 
Sunon and his fons might have them. 

CHA P. XV. 
1 Antiochus d(ji> etb leave to pafs through 



done all thefe things, and for the juftice Judea. end grantetb great b oritur * to 



and faith which he kept to his nation, 
and for that he fought by all means to 
exalt his people. 

*6 For in his time things profpered in 
his hands, fo that the heathen were taken 
on? of their country, and they alfo that 



the Jews: -~t be quarrelietk iin/b S;mon t 
39 and J'endt th Jome to annoy Judea, 
MOREOVER, Antiochus fon of De- 
metrius the king, fent letters from 
the ifles of the fea, unto Simon the pricf- 
and prince of the Jews, and to all the 



wrre in the city of David in Jetufalem, people . 
who had made themfelves a tower, out or 2 The contents whereof were thefe : 
which, they iffued and polluted all about King Antiochus to Simon the high prieft 
the fanctuary, and did much hurt in the and prince of his nation, and to the peo- 
holy place : pie of the Jews greeting : 

37 But he placed Jews therein, and for 3 Foralmitch as certain peftilot men 
tified it foi the (afety of the country and have ufurped (he kingdom ofour fathers, 
the city, and railed up the wall , cf Jcru- and my purpofe is to challenge it a;;ain, 
falem that I may letfore it to the < id edate„ 

3>> King Demetrius aifo confirmed him' and to that end have gathered a rouhi- 
in ihe high piieithood according to thofe tude oi foreign loldieis together, and 



things 

39 And made him one of his friends, 
and honoured him with great honour 

40 For he had heard fay that the Ro- 
mans had called the Jews their friends, 
and confederates, and brethren ; and that 



prepared (hips of w ar ; 

4 My meaning alfo being to go through, 
the country, that I may be avenged ot 
them that have de ! it, a:,d ir.aclc 
many cities in the kingdom defoiate : 

5 Now therefore, I confirm unto t 



they had entertained the ambaftadors of all the oblations which the kings before 

Simo.. honourably ; me granted thee and whatfoever gifts 

41 Alfo that the Jews and prieds were .betides they granted. , 



Apocrypha. Chap 

6 I give thee le.: to coin money , 

untry ■ tnp 

~ i a: concerning d ihe 

jry, let them be tree ; and ail I 
arn.our that thoti ide,and 

tha' thou halt built, and i in thine 

liar. them remain unto tnee 

y And if any thi ; 

) the king, let it be forgiven thee, 
n this time forth tor erverrnoie 
9 Furthermore, when hare obi 
tir ki: ir thee, 

. ition, and thv i with 

great honour, f<» that tour] thall 

n through* 
l'> In the >re and 

•nth >e 
I •* inch time all 

■1, lu 

king 

■ 

le 

i . I ., 

:n e, j 

1 5 J 

1 and 

i> ihpnland men of war, and eight 

And v. e had I the 

( ity roi, 

•• to\N ii, on tl 

1 < f •] the m eni 

iVUlg 

unto 

it The I ■ 
i 

c a (hii 
of a 

19 re to 

th ii, 

i 

. 

' % m. 
<l It tl here b<* in 

il JL- 
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t<> j, 

ill the i if s, and to 

, and 

to uelua, z. and 



• xv. . Apxryfba. 

Carta, and Santos, and Pamph yl i, and 
Lycia, and Halica 

and Phalelie, and die ami 

Ajradus, and Gurt> na, and Cnidus, 
I, and C) re 
And the cop) hereof they wrote to 
Simon the high pr 

S Antiochus the king camped a- 

(t Dora the fecund duy, attaching it 

continually , ana making ens by 

t nich means he (but up rryphon, that 

Id neither go out nor in 

At t ii j t time Simon feni him two 

thoufaud chofen men to aid him; filrer 

alto and gold, and much anno ir. 

i] Neverthelefs, he would notieceive 

them, but brake all the covenants which 

oad made with him atore, and became 

unto him. 
"8 Furthermore, he lent unto him A- 
rhenobms, one ot his trie tn- 

\ <■ w irhi 

that is 
m j :ii,wlrch bi 

I rs thei^ 
ed, and dv. e great hurl in iIh land, i 
gut mimon ot many places within 

m 
10 i\im then ver the cities 

,. and the tnb 
, w hen ■ ' l io- 

mini 

! un- 
file hat 

ciu. 
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thenobi 

ind 

im 

... 

, but ihe in I < i t.. < <• ot 
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nc. 

hold ti 

mi Gasa ilbeit < , d 

i us i a. 

. 

c» ;i nion, I 

• lie had j. i king 

ih 
17 . 
Ihip unto ()i ili mas 

cay, ica i Wti 

him 



I. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha, 

him an hoft of footmen and horfemen 

39 f| And commanded him to remove 
hjs hoft toward Judea : alfo he command • 
ed him to build up Cedron, and to forti 
fy the gates, and to war againft the peo- 
ple ; but as for the king bimfetj, he pur ■ 
iued j ryphon. 

40 So Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and 
began to provoke the people, and to in- 
vade Judea, and to take the people prif • 
oners, and fh:y them. 

41 And when he had built up Cedron, 
he let horfemen there, and an hoft oj 
foo'mtn to the end that ifl'uing out they 

mighr make outroads upon the ways of 
Judea. as the king had commanded him. 

CHAP. XVI 
S Judat and ~Jo.hn prevail againjt t be forces 
fent by Annocbus .* > 1 Simon and t~wo of 
hi* fom > reach froujly murdered 
THEN came up John from Gazara. 
and told Simon his faiher, what Cendebe- 
us had done. 

2 W'heiefore Simon called his two 
eldeft fons, Judas and John, and faid unto 
them, i, and my brethren, and my fa- 
ther's houfe. have ever from our youth 
unto this day fought againft the enemies 
of ilrael ; and things have profpered fo 
we'l'in our band*, that we have deliver- 
ed Ifrael oftentimes. 

3 «j] But now I am old, and ye, by God's 
mercy, are of a fu trident age : be ye in- 
ftead oi' me and my brother, and go and 
figlit for our nation: and the help from 
heaven be with you. 

4 So he chofe put of the country twen- 
ty thoufand men of * ar with horfemen, 
who went our againft Cendebeus, and 
relied that night at Modin 

'■'■ 'viitl when as they rofe in the morn 
ing. and went into the plain, behold, a 
mighty gieat hoit both of footmen and 
horfemetfa came againft them : how be it 
there was a waier brook betwixrthem 

u So he and h-s people pitched over a- 
gainft them : and when he (aw that the 
people -ereafiaid to go over the water 
brook, he went fi rft over hirnfelf, and then 
the men feeing him, patted through atter 
him. 

7 That done, he divided his men, and fet 
the horfemen in the midft of the tootmen ; 
for thecneiriies'liorlemenwerevery many 

tf Then founded they with the holy 
trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and 
hi; in. ft were put fo Right, fo that many 
of them were il.nn, and the remnant gal 
them to the ftrong h<>l i. 

9 At that time was Judas, John's broth- 
er, wounded : but John dill followed at 
ter then, until he came to Cedron, which 
Cendebeus had built. 

10 So -\e.\ fled even unto the towers 
in tin fields of Azotus : wherefore he 
burned it with fire : fo that they were 



Apocrypha.- 

(lain of them about two thoufand men. 
Urerward he returned into the land of 
Judea in peace, 

II ^[ Moreover, in the plain of Jeri- 
cho was Ptolemeus the fon of Abubus 
made captain, and he had abundance of 
filver and gold : 

H For he was the high prieft's fon in 
law. 

13 Wherefore his heart being lifted 
up he thought to get the country to him- 
feif, and thereupon confulted deceitful- 
ly againft Simon and his fons to deftroy 
then). 

14 Now Simon was vifiting the cities 
that were in the country, and taking care 
for the good ordering of them ; at which 
time he came down hirnfelf to Jericho 
with his fons, Mattathias and Judas, in 
the hundred threefcore and feventecnth 
year, in the eleventh, month called Sa- 
ba t ; 

15 Where they^« of Abubus receiving 
them deceitfully into a little hold, called 
Docus, which he had built, made them a 
great banquet : howbeit, he had hid men 
there. 

16 So when Simon and his fons had 
drunk largely, Ptolemceand his men rofe 
up, and took their weapons, and came 
upon Simon into the banquetting place, 
and (lew him, and his two ions, and cer- 
tain of his fervants. 

IT In which doing he committed a 
great treachery, and recompenfed evil 
for good. 

Itf Then Ptolemee wrote thefe things, 
and fent to the king, that he (hould fend 
him an hoft to aid him, and he would 
deliver him the country and cities. 

19 He fent others alfo to Gazara to 
kill John : and unto the tribunes he 
fent letters to come unto him, that he 
might give them filver, and gold; and re- 
wards.. 

HO And others he lent to take Jeru- 
falem, and the mountain of the tem- 
ple. 

21 Now one had run afore to Gazara, 
and told John that his father and breth- 
ren were (lain, and, quoth he t Ptolcmee 
hath fent to day thet: alfo. 

S3 Hereof when he heard, he was fore 
aftonifhed ; fo he laid hands on them that 
were come to deftroy him, and flew them ; 
for he knew that they fought to make 
him away. 

it As concerning the reft of the acts 
of John, and his wars, and worthy 
deeds which he did, and the "building 
of the walls which he made, and his 
doings. 

24 Behold, thefe are written in 
chronicles of his priefthood, from 
time he was made high prieft alter 
father. 



the 
the 
h*s 



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dpocrypba. 



jpodjpBt, 



The SECOND book of the MA 



CHAP. I. 
Utter of th f j'-vs Jtom Jrrufalem to 
tbem nj Eq)?: to tbank Go.tjor tbe 
death $f nif.o,. I \s 

1 UK brethren, the Jews that b. at Je- 
I tlem and in the landofjudea, with 
unto the brethren the Jews that 
throughout Kgypt, health and peace : 

1 God be gracious unto you and re- 
member his covenant th it lie ma ic with 
Abraham, liaac, and Jacob, his fait I 
fervants ; 

3 An l | ill an heart to I 
him, ami . .1, with a good cotir* 

:ig mind ; 

4 An i open your Hearts in his law and 

.'1 > ou j ■• ice, 
o And hear your pra> d br at 

one with you, and oevei foilake you in 
tin ruble. 

Mid now we be here praying tor you. 
7 What tim^as. Demetriui reigi 
ndred threefcore and ninth year 
Jen * you in 

trouble that came upoQ u i in thofe years, 
from the time that Jafon and 
revolted from the holy land and kingdom, 

\nd burned the porch, and the 
nocent bl >od : then we prayed unto the! 
Lord, and were heard ; w 
Sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted r 
lamps, an 1 let forth the 

9 And now Ice that > - the feaftofi 

• in the month i 

10 In the hundred fourfcore j\\< { > eighth j 
• r, the peopl • thai were ai Jen 

in Judea, and the council, and 

d i. i Arid 

r, who 



lent g 

the (:. ' k ot the .. uid to 

I : 
1 1 Inl h deliver • 

from ( i highly, 

I 

tn out ; 
within the hoi) 

»"> was com** into 

Pcriia, and the army with him th it feem. 
ed invincible,tl tin in tlie let 

inea by the deceit or i iefts. 

14 Por Am i, as though he would 

irry her, (.one into the place, and I 
l that were with 

1 8 Wh I h when the pried - of 
1 let forth, and he 
I 
temple, theJQgiu| the temple n ai 

Antiochus 
If And openii r of the 

, they t' • under b 

l the captain, I "hem 



in pieces, fniote off their heads, and 
them to thofe that were with 

IT Bltlled be our God in all thing;, 
w l>o hath delivered up the ungodl) . 

tii Therefore whe earenowpur- 

pofed to keep the purification ot »he tem- 
pi*- upon the five and twentieth da] iA the 
montb Call en wethoughtitnecefTai 
tifj you thereof that ye alio might li 
it, as the teaji of the tabernacles, and of 
the fire, nvbict tvaj given Us t when Ne- 
fercd facril I he had 

builded r)ie temple and the a 

19 For when Vis were led into 

..:, the priefts that were then devout 

:h" fire ot the rivily, and hid 

it in an hollow plat e of a pit withoul 

ter, where they kep» // iuu*. fo thu the 

! men 
w after many j when it 

pleal , being fent i 

the king did fend of the po 

ity of thofe priefts that had hid it, to the 
fire . bur when 'hev told us they tound 
no fire, but thick 
-t Then commanded he them to d 

bring it ; and when thefaC- 
amand- 
ed the pried < to fprinkJe tn 
the things laid thereupon with the 

..i the i 
came that I bone which i 

in the t loud, there fire 

kindled, 1 j man I 

ii ide a pi hilft 

i 
the be- 

gin tn- 

d. 

ncr . I I God, Creatoi 

id 

I, and l he only 

and r 

the 

prefenre tl v n 

it 
17 * ■ 
terrd from us, delivi r tht 
am them t 

ure defpil the 

■29 
| 

> of 

C. KT 



St Now when the facrifice was con fum- 
ed, Neemias commanded the water that 
left ro be poured on the great flours. 

bz When this was done, there was 
^TfKt^ed a flame : but it was confumed 
by the light that fhined from the altar. 

S8 So when this matter was known, 
it- was told the king of Perfia, that in 
the place, where the prielfc that were led 
away had hid the tire, there appeared 
v;ater, and that Neemias had purified the 
(acrinces therewith. 

51 Then the king inclofing the place 
made it holy, after he had tried ths matter. 

5 r > And the king took many gifts- and 
beftowed thereof on thofe whom he would 
gratify. 

36 And Neemias called this thing Naph- 
thar, which is as much as to fay , a clean! 
ing : but many men call it Nephi. 

CHAP II 
i Woat Jeremy the -prophet did : 5 boto be 
bid the tabeinaile, the ark, and the altar. 

IT is alfo found in the records, that j 



II. MACCABEES. 



ApKrypba* 

f >o prayed Solomon alfo, and the fire 
came down from heaven, and coniumeu 
the burnt offerings. 

1 1 And Mofes laid, Becaufe the fin offer- 
ing was not to be eaten, it was confumed. 

12 So Solomon kept thofe eight days. 

13 The fame things alfo were report- 
ed in the writings and commentaries of 
Neemias ; ami how he founding a li- 
brary gathered together the ach of the 
kings, and the prophets, and of David, 
and the epiflles of the kings concerning 
the holv gifts 

14 In IiK.e manner alfo Judas gathered 
together all thofe thing3 that were loft 
by teafon of the war we had, and they 
remain with us 

15 Wherefore if ve have need there - 
of, fend fome to fetch them unto you. 

lti Whereas we then are abou' to cel- 
ebrate the purification, we have written 
unto you, and ye mail do well, if ye keep 
die fame Cays. 

•7 We hope alfo, that the God that 



Jeremy the prophet commanded them { delivered all his people, and gave them 
that were carried away to take of the fire, all an heritage, and the kingdom, and 



as it hath been fignified : 

t And how that the prophet, having 
given them the law, charged them not to 



the prieflhood, and the fatvcltrary, 

itf As he prormied in ihe li-v, will 
(Uortly have mercy upon us. and gather 



forget the commandments of the Lord, jus together out of every land under heav- 

and that they fhould not err in their i en unto the holy plu r he hath de- 

rninds when they fee images of iilver and I livered us out of great troubles, and 



gold, with their ornaments 

S And with other fuch fpeeches ex- [ 



[hath purified the place. 

9 Now as concerning Judas Macca- 



horted he them, thai the law fhould not! bens and his brethren, and rhe pui ifiea- 



deoart from their hearts. 



j tion of the great temple, and the deriica- 



4 It was alfo contained in the fame tion o£ the altar, 

writing, that the prophet being warned iO And the wars ag^.ir. A Anliochus 
«f God, commanded the tabernacle and ! Epiphanes, and Euparor hi 4 ? fan, 

21 And the manifeft Ggns that came 
from heaven unto thole that behaved 
themftlvcs manfully to their honour for 
judaifm : fo that, being but a few, they 
overcame the whole country , and c.h 
barbarous multitudes, 

ii And recovered again the temple 
renowned all trie world over, ar.d freed 
the city, and upheld the laws which 
were going down, the Lord being gra- 
cious unto them with all favour : 

£*) 411 ttrfe things, I/ay, bein^ de- 
clared by Jafon of Cvrene in five books, 
we will aiTay to abridge in one volume. 

24 for confidering the infinite number. 



the ark to go with him, as he went forth 
into the mountain, where Mofes climbed 
up and law the heritage of God. 

5 *| And vv hen Jeremy came thither, he 
found an hollow cave, wherein he laid 
the tabernacle, and the ark. and the altar 
of incenfe, and fo flopped the door 

6 And fome of thofe that followed him. 
came to mark the way, but they could 
not hnd it. 

7 Which when Jeremy perceived, he 
b!.Kiied them, faying, As for that place, 

unknown until the time that 
God gafhe; his people again together, 
and receive them unto mercy 



8 Then Oiall the Lord fhew them thefe and the difficult) which the, find that 
things, and the glory of the Lord fta'tlldeftrc to look into the narrations of the 
appear, and the cloud alfo, as it wa •, for the variety of the matter, 



. ed under Mofes, and .is when Solo 
mondeGred that the place might be hon- 
ourably fanctified 

9 It was a if'> declared, that he being 

, offered the facritice of dedication, 

and of the fmifhing of the temple 



<*. r > We have been caieful, that they 

that will read might have delight, and that 

that are deiirous to commit to mem- 

oty might have eafe, and that all, into 

whofe hands ii comes, migllt have pr< 

£6 i herefore to us, that have taken 



10 And as when Mofes prayed unto f upon us this> painful labour of abridging, 
the Lord, the fir down from heav it was not eafy, but a matter of Iweat 

*n. atwi conlu ifices : even and watching ; 

1 ©7 Even 



17 is it is r.o eaf 

prep a re th a banquet and feckc 

I 
ox' many we 
great fair 

tt i /to the author I 

Hoc ok ever. ng 

x*\ abr '. 

19 For as ;*w 

houfe mult carr I 
but rv - tindertaketh to fet 
ami paint it, mult feck, out fit things for 
the adornvn^ therrot : even to I think it 
is v. 

30 point, 
over things at large, and to be cur 
particulars, belongeth to tl 

oi ' 

31 But to \*\? brevity, and avoid much 
!ah -k, is to be ^r^nted 

chat «*ill make an ab- 
Here ther, 
only adding thus n 
hath beett 

to make a long prologue, ami to be C. 
ia tl 

CH \P III 
1 Of tbe t%r.9ur dtz ' ten* fie by 

kmgi 9ft la X Sim— Mtereib 

ijwet are in ibe temf - 

NC 

ed "re 

kept very well, bee 

I 

• 

themfelvei diJ honour to the 

h thetr 
much that 
jmtk rev 

■ 
4 % But cite - 

, » ho '. 



Jfoeryfha. 

9 And when he was come t. 

i been : 

*hat 
gence w - moor 

: re i 
■he hig that 

pre was tvc^. money !a*.d up for the re- 
l.ef of v. 

H at ft v to 

-eanus Jot of Tobias, a mat 
dignity, and not asthit wicked 

lum v 
Ired talent j 
and indred ! 

it - 
ble ! be dor.' 



olable la of the 

over all the 

13 Bui , becaufe 

: ■ 

14 So at the day wh 
he entered ia 

I 



they 
had 1 



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To ci 

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J en. Mem »j 

he 

when 

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Apncrypha* 



II. MACCABEES 



24 Now as he was there prcfent him 
ielf with his guard about the treafury, 
the Lord of fpirits, and the Prince ot all 
pov..*r caufed a great apparition, fo that 
all fhat prefumed <"o come in wiih him 
were aftonifhed at the power of God, and 
fainted, and were (ore afraid 

For there appeared unto them an 
horle with a terrible rider upon him. 
an;! adorned with a very fair covering, 
and he ran fiercely, and f mote at Heliodo- 
1 us with his fore teet, and it feemed that 
lie tjiat fat upon the horle had complete 
harnefs of gold, 

26 Moreover, two other young men 
appedree before him, norable in ftrength, 
excellent in beauty, and comely in ap- 
parel who flood by him on either fide, 
and Iccurged him continually, and gave 
him many fore ftripes. 

2? And Heliodorus fell fuddenly unto 
the ground, and was compafled with 
great darknefs : but they that were with 
Jiim took him up, and put him into a litter. 

"18 Thus him, that lately came with a 
great tram and with all his guard into 
the faid treafury, they carried out, being 
unabie to help himfelf with his weapons s 
and manifeftly they acknowledged the 
power of God ; 

'-29 For he by the hand of God was caft 
down, and lay fpeechlefs without ail hope 
of life 

50 But 'hey praifed the Lord that had 
miraciiloufly honoured his own place : 
for the temple, which a little afore was 
full of fear and trouble, when the Al 
mighty Loi/i appeared, was filled with 
joy an I gladnefs. 

•St Then ftraightways certain of Helio- 
dorus'.. friends prayed Onias, that he 
would call upon the Mofl: High to giant 
him his life, who la> ready to give up the 
ghoft. 

51 So the high prieft, fufpecling left 
the king (hould mifconccive that fome 
treaehery had been done to Heliodorus 
by t tie je,/s, offered a facrifice for the 
health oi the man. 

33 Now as the high pried: was making 
an atonement, the fame young men in the 
fame clothing appeared and flood betide 
Heliodorus faying, Give Om »s the high 
prielt great thanks, infomuch as for his 
fake the Lord hath granted thee life : 

34 And feeing that thou haft been 
fcourged from heaven, declare unto all 
men the mighty power of God. And 
when they had fpoken thefe words, they 
appeared no more. 

Si So Heliodorus after he had offered 
facrifice unto the Lord, and made great 
vo-vs unto him that had faved his life, 
and fainted Onias, returned with his hull 
to the king 

5S Then tcftified he to all men the 



Apocrypha, 

works of the great God, which he had 
feen with his own eyes. 

il And when the king afked Heliodo- 
rus, who might be a fit man to be fent 
yei once again to Jerufaiem, he faid, 

S« It thou haft any enemy or traitor, 
fend him thither, and thou fhalt receive 
him well fcourged, ifheefcape with his 
life : for in that place, no doubt, there iff 
an efpecial power of God. 

39 For he that dwelleth in heaven hath 
his eye on that place, and defendeth it ; 
and tic beateth and deftroyeth them that 
come to hurt it 

40 And the things concerning Heliodo- 
rus, and the keeping of the treafury, fell 
out on this fort. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Simonjlanderttb Onias : 34 Andronicus 
trait* i ouJJy murdereth him : 36/er nabicb 
the k-ng caufetb him to be put to death. 
THIS Simon now, of whom we fpake 
afore, having been a bewrayer of the 
money, and of his country flandered O- 
nias, as if he had terrified Heliodorus, 
and been the worker of thefe evils. 

2 Thus was he bold to call him a trai- 
tor, that had deferved well of the city> 
and tendered his own nation, and was 
fo zealous of the laws. 

3 But when their hatred went fo far, 
that by one of Simon's faction, murders 
were committed, 

4 Onias feeing the danger of this con- 
tention, and that Apollonius, as being the 
governor of Celofyria and Phenice, did 
rage, and incieafe Simon's malice. 

J He went to the king, not to be an 
acculerofhiscountrymen, but feekingthe 
good of all, both publick and private : 

6 For he faw that itwasimpofhble that 
the :'iate fhould continue quiet, and Si- 
mon leave his folly, unlefs the king did 
look thereunto. 

7 But after the death of Seleucus, when 
Antiochus, called Epiphanes, took the 
kingdom, jafon the brother of Onias la- 
boured underhand to be high pricft, 

H Prorating unto the king by inter- 
ceflion^rt-ee hundred and threefcore tal- 
ents at iilver, and of another revenue 
eighty talents : 

9 Befide this, he prcmifed to afTign an 
hundred and fifty more, if he might have 
licenfe to fet hirrvup a place for exerco'e, 
and for the training up of youth in tiie 
taihions of the heathen, and to write them 
of Jerufaiem by the name o/ Antiochians. 

10 JW*hich when the king had granted, 
anu he had gotten into his hand the rule, 
he forthwith brought his own nation to 
the Greekith fafhidn. 

11 And the royal privileges granted of 
fpecial favour to the Jews by the means 
of John the father of Eupolenius, who 
went ambailador to Rome for amity and 



Jfpccrjpba-f 

i,Hv' took away ; and putting down the 
governments wtjich were according to 
the law, lie brought up new cuftoms a 
gaunt the la* 

IS lor he built glidly a place of exer 
cife under the tower itfelf, and brought 
the cruet young men undr, his iubjec- 
i, and made them wur a lut 

I* Now luch was the height of Greek 
fafhioru, and incrcale ol heathenifli man 
nets, through the exceeding profanenefi 
of Jafon, that ungodly wretch, and no 

gh priell ; 

>4 That the priefts 1 id no courag 
e any more at I 

g liir I 

ned to be partakers ol the unlawful 

vauce in the \ lace 
the game of Difcus called them forth ; 
ifl >) the honour 

I. king the glory ot the Gre 
dl. 
. w herr.n fore I i' unity 
came 
■ 

torn thej folio ■ ifriil) . 

lefired 

-> not ., ! ,;ill '.:. 

edly againfl the laws t>( God . but the 
■in; (hall de thefc things. 

18 hen the 

every fifth year, was Kept at , , the 






. 



>ns Jafon fent fpe ,: 

III • -Ml 

liochi , three hund:* hms 

Hei u 

i even | 
tit not to beitov. i:. • i tci t: .-, 

canle mvenient, but i 

; the 
e'er, was appuinu I to Hercul 

- 

U > tO the linking ol £ .11' 

41 Now when Apol fi ot 

Menefthu int i h ,r> p\ toi i 

Coi 

Antiochuc ti utding him n t to 

to hi .it! it , pi ,; . 

'•ah fafcty t whereupon nt to 

and from i to Jerul ilem 

■ 
, and ol the city, .. ughl 

in with toi< i, ; ,,l v. ith greai i 

and ! ! aciii vn ich h i h (1 

fterwai i irm 

Men »ther, 

to b ue> unto the kin^ ai 

put him in mind o: mat 

icrs 

24 But he being brought I 
ence .;, when 

him t> r the 
power, got 

1 



Chap. v. Ap&cryplu 

fering more tlian Jafon by three hun- 
dred talents ot lilver. 

2'' ^>o he came v. ith 'he king's mandate, 
bringing nothing worths the high pr 
hood, but having the fury of a cruelty- 
rant, and the rage ol a fa\ age b. 
26 Then Jalon, who had undermined 
wn brother, being undermined by 
another, was compelled to lice into the 
country ot the Amm mites 

%1 >o Menelans got the princi{ 
but as for the money that he had promif- 
ed unto the king, he took no good oioei 
for u, albeit Sottratus the ruler ot the 
caitlc required it j 

ill For unto him appertained the gath- 
ering of the cuftoms. Wherefore tjiey 
led before the ku 
2y Now Meoelaus left his brother Ly- 
chus in in. (lead in the priefthood j 
left Crates, who was gov. 
ernor of th< 
Ui While thole things were in do 

[alios made infui 
i lie th . e given to the 

• in all hade to 

a;- 1 i I .us, a 

, foi his depu 
is, fuppolina that i e 
■ 
»..i n v- Tel i ol ,."l>t out of ti. 

I l li Ml I 

tome he fold intoTyrus and the eft 

i, . 
VI h i h w ben Onias k ire* 

tj he n i ' him, and w ithdre* I ira- 

fcll into .i ' ■' lieth 

i 

34 €] V 

into his hand i , 
thereunto 

m his l 
though he 

I 
uarj . • • 

cc. 
%'j i i the w nu h c tufe not < 

},-.-. .IlLtlM-. 

" v - 

ird i > '• th 

« mi.! wb 

from the j • ' 

the 

M 
ot him tlut 

i 

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IL MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha, 

very place, where he had committed im- 
piety againft Onias, (here flew he the 
curled murderer. Thus the Lord reward- 
ed himbis punifhment, as hehad deferved. 

&? Now w hen many facrileges had been 
committed in the city by Lyfimachus 
with the confent of Ivlenelaus, and the 
bruit thereof was fpread abroad, the 
mut hide gathered themfelves together 
nfl Lyfimachus, many vefTels of gold 
being already carried away 

40 Whereupon the common people 
rifing, and being filled with rage, Lyfima- 
chus armed about three thoufand men, 
and began firfl to offei violence ; one 
Auranus being the leader, a man far gone 
in years, and no lefs in folly. 

4i They then feeing the attempt of 
Ia fimachus, fome of them caught (tones, 



fome clubs, others taking handfulis oficaftle : 



Jipocvypbc. 

all the city, for the fpace almoft c»f fortj 
days, there were feen horfemen, running: 
in the air, in cloth of 'gold: and armed 
with lances like a band of {oldiers, 

3 And troops of horfemen in array, 
encountering and running one againfi an- 
other, with fliakingof fhields, and multi- 
tude of pikes, and drawing of fwords and 
carting of darts, and glittering of golden 
ornaments, and harnefsof all forts. 

4 Wherefore every man prayed that 
that apparition might turn to good. 

5 Now when there was gone forth ■£ 
falfe rumour, as though Antiochus had 
been dead. Jafon took at the leaft a thou- 
fand men, and fuddenly made an afTault 
upon the city and they that were upon 
the walls being put back, and the city at 
'ength taken, Menelaus fled into the 



dull, rhat was next at hand, caff them all 
togerher upon Lyfimachus, and thofe that 
fet upon them 

42 Thus many of them they wounded, 
and fome they (truck to the ground, and 
all of tbem they forced to flee : but as for 
the church; robber himfelf, him they kil 
Jed befide the treafury. 

43 Of thefe matters therefore there 
was an accufation laid againft Menelaus 

44 Now when the king, came to Tyrus 
three men that were fent from the fen- 
ate pleaded thecaufe before him : 

45 But Menelaus. being now convict- 
ed, promifed Prolemee the f on ofDorym- 
enes, to give him much money, if he 
would pacify the king toward him. 

■4C Whereupon Ptolemce taking the 
king afide into a certain gallery, as it 
were .to take the air, brought him to be 
cf another mind : 

47 Infomuch that he discharged Mene- 
laus from the accufations, who nofhwith- 
{landing was caufe of all the miichicf: 
and thofe poor men, who if they had told 
their caufe, yea, before the Scythians, 
mould have been judged innocent, them 
he condemned to death. 

A8 Thus they that followed the matter 
for the city, and for the people, and for 
the holy vefTels did loon fuller unjuft 
punifhmerif. 

49 Wherefore even they of Tyrus. 
moved with hatred of that wicked deed, 
caufed them to be honourably buried. 

60 And ib through the covetoulnefs of 
them that were in power, Menelaus re 
named (iiH in authoriry.tBcreafing in mal- 
ice, and being agreat traitor to the citizens. 

CHAP V, 
2 Of the Jtgns and tokens feen in Jerufa ■ 

le?n. »5 fbe fpoiling.of tbe temple. 21 

M'tccabem fi.ctb into tbe r witdernt/i 

ABOUT th <ame time Antiochus pre 
parea his fecond Vuj age into Egypt : 

£ <J And then it happened, that through 



6 But Jafon Hew his own citizens with- 
out mercy > not considering that to get the 
day of them of his own nation would be 
a mod unhappy day for him ; but think- 
ing they had been bis enemies, and not 
his countrymen, whom he conquered. 

7 Howbeit, for all this he obtained not 
the principality, but at 'h< lalt received, 
fhame for the reward oi his treafon, and 
fled again into the country of the Ammo- 
nites. 

8 In the end therefore he had an un- 
happy return, being accufed before Are 
tas the king of the Arabians, fleeing 
from city to city, purfued of all men, 
hated as a forfakerot the laws, and being- 
had in abomination, as an open enemy ct 
his country and countrymen, he was call 
out into Egypt. 

9 Thus he that had driven many out 
of their country, perifhed in a ftrange 
land, retiring to the Lacedemonians, and 
thinking there to find fuccour, by reafen 
of his kindred : 

to And he that had calt cut many un- 
buried, had none to mourn tor him nor 
any folcmn funerals at all, nor fepulchre 
with his fathers. 

11 Now when this that was done cam*? 
to. tfce king's ear, he thought that Judea 
had revolted : whereupon removing out 
of Egypt in a furious mind, be took the 
otv by force of arm?., 

1-2 And commanded his men of war 
not to fpare inch a?- they met, and to fay 
fuch as went up upon the houfes. 

IS Thus there was killing of young and 
old, making away of men, women and 
children, flaying of virgins and infants- 

i "4 And there were deUroyed within 
the Twice of three whole days, fourfcore 
thoufand, whereof forty thoufand were 
llain in the conflict; and no fewer fold 
than flain. 

15 fl Yet was he not content with this, 
but preiumed to go into the rnpft holy 

x temple 



dpurypba. Chap 

lp.'.e of a.i ihe world ; Mrrdaus that 
> the law> and to his o. mi coun- 
try, being his guide : 

16 And ; he h< l> veflcls with 

I hand e hands 

.. -■ 
cated by other ■ to t ; ir 

<nd glory, and honoui ot the - t 
he 

l~ • hang] s in 

:, th.«r he confide rv r the 

• i - 

•It in tl e cilj - if re 

at not upu'i the j..ace 
Foi ha<t the erl> 

- 

ged, and l back 

Jeutits the > :he trca 

the | the 

40 e the p. (hit 

n or the adv 
that nation, di 

.? in the i len T 

i the Loid 
the wrath of :he Aim i the 

fcreit Loid bei ig rec :, it vus iet 

i all gle 

Vntioch out 

of the i 

I 

• < i. ■ 
I 

• . lu::: 

vx the 

:'iiiers . 

the i 

the 

t the ■ 

mfeli 



with his ( • i fed on kerbs i 

they (hould be partakers of 
the pollution. 

CHAP. VI 
1 Tt>e Je~.vs are compelled 10 leut-e the 
Gad. A Ihe temple is 

rer this the k r an 

old i Athens, to compel i 

to depart from the laws ot their ta- 
d not to live alter the law:* of 

I And to pollute alio the temj le in 
Jeruialem, and to call it the te: , 

jrOlympitis ; and thai in Garizim 
i f Jupitor the ! er of ftrangej 

tl e> did denre thai dwell in the place. 
I Ihe con. i oi tiita mifchi 
<i the i • 

4 f lor the temple was filled « 
^•veiling by the Geiiti.cs, n 

. -1 with h jn*A had to d 

women v i'hin the circuit it the 
places, and I thai brought in t 1 

that were t tl. 

5 Ihe ^as filled with \ 

thinai which the -a* iorbiddi »h. 

H L-* lul for a m in t.i 
keep tabbuth days 
to pioicis bin ea 

.nd in I I) ot tf, 

cvay month they * ere 
conftj 
*hen th 

tO g'j in | . 
to V' 9} 

3 .\ 
to th i tf c | 

by ti n ol Ptolcn 

the ! 

9 And »•• 

i o i i here 
whom, v 
iheit 

ior i 

. but that 

- 






mem 



Apocrypha. 1L MACCABEES-, 

whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to 
pumfh, till they be come to the fulnefs 
ot their fins, io deaicth he with us, 

\j Left that being come to take 'height 
ot hn, afterwards he mould take ven- 
geance ot us. 

1 6 And therefore he never withdraw- 
eth his mercy from us. And though he 
pumfh with adveriity, yet doth he never 
torlake his peopie 

17 But let th s that we have fpoken 
be for a warning unto us. And now 
will wc come to the declaring of the mat 
ter in a lew words. 

18 Kieazar one of the principal fcribes 
an aged man, ana of a well favoured 
countenance, was conftrained to open 
his mouth and to eat (wipe's flelh. 

19 But he chooling rather to die glori- 
oufly, than to live iiained with f'uch an 
abomination, {pit it forth, and came of 
his own accord to the torment, 

20 As it behoved them to come, that 
are refblute to fland out againfl fuch 
things, as are not lawful for love of life 
to be tailed. 

21 But they that had the charge of 
that wicked teatf, tor the old acquaint- 
ance they nad with the man, takmp him 
ahde, belought him to bring fieOi oi his 
own provihon, Inch as was lawful lor him 
to u(e, and make as if he did eat of the 
flelh tanen from the lacrifice commanded 
oy the king ; 

22 That in fo doing he might be de- 
Jivered from death and for the old 
Jnendflup with them, find favour. 

13 But he began to con hder difcreetly, 
and as became his age, and the excellen- 
cy of his ancient years, and the honour 
ot his grey head, whereunto he was come, 
and his molt honeft education from a 
child, or rarher the hc-ly law made and 
given by bod : therelore he anfwercd 
accordingly and willed them ifraightwars 
to lend hun to the grave. 

£4 For it becometh not our age,/W 
he, in any wife to dillemble, whereby 
many young perfons might think that El 
eazar being tourlcore years old and ten 
were now gone to a if range religion ; 

6 L» And fo they through mine hypocri- 
iy, and defire to live a little time, and a 
moment longer, fhould be deceived by 
me, and 1 get a {fain to mine old age, and 
make it ab« nimable. 

26 For ihough for the prefent time I 
fhould be delivered from the punifhment 
ot men : yet Ihould I not eleape the hand 

Ct t i? e , 1 A . ,m ' 8,Uy » nei,her ai,v e nor dead. 

27 Where tore now manfully chaneine 
this hie, i will mew myfell Inch an one 
as mine age required, 

*-« And leave a notable example to 
:nchas be young, to die willingly and 
couragcoufly for the honourable and ho- 1 



Apacrjphj*. 
ly laws: and when he had faid thefe- 
words, immediately he went to the tor- 



i ^fV hat . led him » changing the 
good will they bare him a little before, 
into hatred, becaufe the aforefaid fpeech- 
es proceeded as they thought, from a 
delperatemind. 
SO But when he was ready to die with 

fl"n pCS ; e .i gr0 T anC ^ and faid ' Itismani- 
feliunto the Lord, that hath the holy 
knowledge, tnat whereas 1 might have 
been delivered from death, I no<w en- 
dure lore pains in body, bv being beaten • 
but in , loul am well content to fuffer 
thefe things becaufe 1 fear him 

Si And thus this man died, leaving his 
death for an example of a noble courage, 
and a memorial of virtue not only unto 
young men, but unto all his nation. 

CHAP VII 
The tonftancy and cruel death of /even 
bretb,en and their mother in one day, 
becaufe they 'would not. eatfzvine's fie fit 
aitne king's commandment 
1 1 came to pals alfo, thatfeven breth- 
ren with their mother were taken, and 
compelled by the king, againfl the' law, 
to tafte Jwme's flelh, and were tormented 
with fcourges and whips. 

2 But o„e of them that fpake firft, faid 
thus, What wouldeft thou afk or learn of 
us ? We are ready to die, rather than to 
tranlgrefs the laws of our fathers. 

S 1 hen the king being in a rage, com! 
manded pans and chaldrons to be made 

* Which forthwith beiug heated, he 
commanded to cut out the tongue of him 
that {pake firit, and to cut off the utmoft 
parts of his body, the reft ot his brethren 
and his mother looking on. 

5 Now when he was thus maimed in 
all his members, he commanded him, be- 
ing yet alive to be brought to the fire, 
and to he fried in a pan : and as the 
vapour of the pan was for a good fpace 
difperfed, they exhorted one another 
with the mother, to die manfully, faying 
thus, J b 

6 The Lord God looketh upon us, and 
in truth hath comfort in us, as Moles in 
hisfong, which wirnelled to their faces, 
declared, laying, And he fliali be com- 
forted in his fervants. 

7 So when the firfi: was dead afler this 
'tanner, they brought the lecond to make 
him a mocking (lock : and when they had 
pulled oh the fkin of his head with the 
hair, they a Iked him, Wilt thou eat be- 
t(-:c thou be punilhed throughout every 
member of thy body. 

8 Bu' he anfwered in his own language, 
and faid, No. Wherefore he alfo receiv- 
ed the next torment in order as the form- 
er djd| 

9 Arfd 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

\nd when he was at the laft grafp. 
he laid, "Thou like a fury takeft us oul of 
this prefent life, but the King of the 
world (hall raif: u^ up who have died 
for his laws, unto everlafling lit''. 

«u Atter him wis the third made a 
mocking; ltock and when he v\ .»-> requir 
<d, he put out his tongue, and that right 
fooii, holding forth Its hands manful)) 

n And faidcourageoufly, 1 hefe I had 
from heivrn ; and tor hi> laws I defj 
them, and from him 1 hope to receive; 
them again 

Infomuch tfur the king, and they' 
that were with him, marvelled at the 
young man's courage, for that he nothing 
led the 

i^ v lien this m in " ilfo, 

the mangled the t jurth ' 

like m ••" i 

14 - » when he was reaty to die, he 

laid thus, Ir i ■ to death 

by men, to J >ok tor hope tr irn i » >i tobr 

raifed u bj himi as for thee, thou 

refurreclion to life. 

t ' Afterward the) brought the fifth 
alfo and mangled I 

16 Then looked he unto the king, 
laid, Thou haft power over men, thou art 

uptible,thoudoefl what thou w ilt 
ihinknotthatournation ii forfakenofGod ; 

17 Jiut abide awhue, and behold 
great power, how he will torment thee 

I thy (c 

After him alfo they brought the 
fixth, who beiri I, Be 

not deceive ut caul we fuf> 

fer thef vet. h i 

I >•! ■ th< 
lous thing unr§ m 

i I But thinl tii a i 

> Arive againfl God, t . 
-- I 
ii it the mother i lout a 

■ all, and worthj o( I, 

ory ; t ,i (he ffl >. her l< 

Pain within the (pace ol o 

ife of 
the ho-v that (be had in rd 

*i exhorted everi on 

them in filled with 

>us fpn 1 1 ; and itii ring up hei 
wotnaniih thoughts with a manly flora- 
, die faui in. to them, 
I cannot f :il how ye c ame info 
won. i I neither k ; jv<- you bicuh 

^as it J thai foi med the 

ii every one nt you ; 

^.i But doubtlefs, the ( 
World, who formed the gi 

, ami found out the beginning i 
things, will alfo ot Irs own m< 
you breath tin. i> ye 

gard not your own felves for his Ian 
ii Now Antiochns thinking hi 
!cd, and fufpeCting it to be a 



vii. Apocrypha. 

proachful fpeech, whilft the youngeft 
wa^ yet alive, did not only exhort 
by words, but alio allured him with 
oaths, that he would make him both a 
rich and a happy man, if he would turn 
from the laws ot his fathers: and That 
alio he would take him for his friend, 
and trult him with aflairs 

-» Hut v% hen the young man would 
in no cafe hearken unto him. the king 
called l.is mother, and exhorted h< I 
that (he would counfel the young man 
to 1 iv< his lite. 

16 And when lie had exhorted her 
with many words, fhe promifed him 
thai ftr* would counfel her ion. 

But fhe bo ing herfelf toward him a 
uig the cruel tyrant to fcom, fpake 
in her country language on this manner. 
up, fou, have pity upon me thai bare 
thee nine months in my womb, and gave 
thee luck three uriuied thee, 

and brought thee upunl > this kc, and 

>n. 
h ther, rn > (on, look u 
the heaven and . and all thai is 

therein, ind confidei thai God n id< 

l hem of thing 'i • not ; :ind fo 

inkind made |i| 

29 Feat n n tins tormentor, but b' 
worth) ol thy hi ethrt n take thj 
that 1 tl n in n 

w ith thy i" ethren. 

80 Wh t fpeaking 

I. Wh m 
re for f I will i y the k 

nundment i but I will ibej u • • 
mandment oi th< 
unto our fathers by v 

51 And thou • l been 'hor 

ot all the Hebrews, (halt 

not el i;<;' the h |m,' s oj ( ,,,d 

M l.i bei iu! ns. 

.M -\nd though tli'* I ring Lord 1" 
i>ry wi»h Dl while for out I I) dlen- 

md con . > r ' flsall he l" - al 

n with 
.14 But thou, god lei 
all othei n. ked, be noi lift ■ t up 

without a can fe, noi putted up with un- 

up t h j 
gainfl the • I : 

i or thou h.it not 
judgments of Almighty Godi wl 
• Kings. 

<«>tr brethren, P h • n 

I ot ever' ifling ' '" 

thou through thejudgmei 'halt 

i-iit puniHimei t for thj 
Bui i. as mj ' 
ind life for tl 

tul unto <<or 
th'Mi bj tormenl 

Felt ifa It lie alone is G. 

30 A 



S3 And that in me and my brethren, 
the wrath of the almighty, which is juftly 
brought upon all our nation, may cea(e. 

39 Then the king, being in a rage, 
handled him worfe than all the reft, and 
jooJc it grievoully that he was mocked. 

40 So this man died undefiled, and put 
his whole truft in the Lord 

41 La ft of all, after the fons, the moth- 
er died. 

42 Let this be enough now to have 
fpoken concerning the idolatrous fealts, 
and the extreme tortures 

CHAP VIII 
t Judas gaiberetb an bod : 9 Nicar.or is 
jent againft htm .' 16 Judus pututc bim 
'to flight, to and dinjidcth tbe /poiLs : 
55 tiieaner fecexh ivith grief to .intiocb 
THEN Judas Maccabeus, and they 
that were with him, went privily into 
the towns, and called their km folks to- 
gether, and. took unto the n all fuch as 
continued in the Jews' religion, and af- 
fembied about fix thoufand men. 

2 And they called upon the Lord, that 
he would look upon the people that was 
trodden down of all, and alio pity the 
temple profaned of ungodly men ; 

3 And that he would have companion 
upon the city, fore defaced, and rear- 
to be made even with the ground, and 
hear the blood that cued unto him 

4 And remember the wicked {laughter 
ofharmlefs infants, and the blafphenries 

nmitted againft his name ; and that he 
would (hew his hatred againft the wicked. 

5 Now when Maccabeus had his com- 
pany about him, he could not be with- 
rtood by the heathen : for the wrath of 
the Lord was turned into mercy. 

<i Therefore he came at una v; ares, and 
burnt up towns and cities, and got into 
bis hands the moit commodious places, 
and overcame and put to flight no imal) 
number of his enemies. 

7 But fpecially took he advantage of 
the night for fuch privy attempt?, inso- 
much that the bruit of his manlinefs was 

ead every where. 

8 So when Philip faw that this man in 
rreafed by little and little, and that 
things pro'fpered with him (till more and 
more, he wrote unto Ptolemeus the gov 
ernorof Celofyria and Phemce, to yield 

re aid to the king's affair 

9 % Then forthwith chooung Nican >r 
the/on of Patroclus, one ot his fpecial 
friends, he lent him with no fewer 'han 
twenty thoufand of all nations under 
bim, to root out the whole generation of 
the Jews ; and with him he joined alfo 
Gorgias a captain, who in matters of 
war had great experience. 

10 So Nieanor undertook to^make fo 
much money of the captive jews, al 

iiild defray the tribute of two thou- 



II. MACCABEES. 



^t* cr >*' 



fand talents, which the king was to p. 
to the Romans. 

11 Wherefore immediately he fent to 
the cities upon the fea coatl, proclaiming 
a fale of the captive Jews, and promot- 
ing that they fliould have fourfcore and 
ten bodies for one talent, not expecting 
the vengeance that was to follow up. 
him from the Almighty God. 

i : Now when word was brought unto 
Judas of Nicanor's coming, and he had 
imparted unto thofe that were with bias 
that the army was at hand, 

13 They that were tearful, and dif- 
trufted the jultice of God, fled, and con- 
veyed thenilelves away. 

14 Others fold all that they had |eft 
and withal beiough; the Lord to deli v. 
them, being fold by the wicked Nicao. 
before they met together : 

15 And if not for their own fakes* 
yet for the covenants he had made with 
their fathers, and for his holy and glorious 
name's fake by which they were called. 

10 fl So Maccabeus called his men to- 
gether unto the number of lix thoufand, 
and exhorted then not to be ftrick 
with terror of the enemy, nor to fear 
the great multitude of die heathen, 
came, wrongfully againlt them, but to 
fight manfully, 

IT And to let before their eyes the in- 
jury that they hao unjuftly done to the 
holy place, and the cruel handling of the 
city, whereof they made a mockery, and 
alio the taking away of the government 
of their forefathers : 

lU For they, laid he, truft in their 
weapons, and boldnefs ; but our confi- 
dence is in the Almighty God, who at 
a beck can calf, down both them that 
come againft us, and alfo all the worlJ. 

19 Moreover, he recounted unto them 
what helps their forefathers had fo. 
and how they were delivered, when 
der Senacherib an hundred fourfcore 
and five thoufand perifhed. 

'20 And he told them of the b« 
that they had in Babylon with the Ga- 
latians ; how they came but eight then 
land in all to the bu,'ine! r >, with tour" 
thoufand Macedonians, and that 
Macedonians being perplexed, the eight 
th<»ufand deftroyed an hundred and 
twenty thoufand, becaufe of ine help 
that they had from heaven. re- 

ceived a great booty. 

2t Thus wiien he had made them I 
with thefe words, and ready to die for 
the laws and the country, he divi 
his at my into four parts ; 

22 And joined with himfelf his own- 
brethren, leaders of each band, to rc»//. 
Simon, and Jofeph, and Jonathan, givmg 
each one fifteen hundred men. 

95 Alio kt a: 



dpterypbs. Chap 

the holy book : and when he had given 
then* t hi- watch word, The help of God ; 
himiclt leading the hrft band, he joined 
battle with Nicanor. 

14 And by the help of the Almighty 
(hey Hew above nine thoufand of meir 
cr.< unded and maimed the 

(t part or Nicanor's holt, and fo put 
ail to flight : 

15 And took their money that came to 
bit them, ami purfued them far tin 
lacking time, ihei returned : 

•26 For it wa r 
bath, and therefore they \%uuld no longei 
purine them 

when they had ^atheied tl 
mour together, and fpoiled rheir • 

themfel >ut the 

tth, \ lelduiki exceeding praife ami 
thank* to the Lord, who had pre 
them tint' that hich wa the bc- 

them 

♦ Vnd alt. ■ ith, when they 

to t lie maim 
ami rhe k . and S, the 

ided among themfelvei 
an<i th 

en thi 

tion, they be 
lul 1 .01 <1 to be reconcil 
hi . lei vants for ever 

that were with 
Han hide , v\ho fought 
I them, thr^ above I 

ind, and v< 1 j eafily j,"t hi| 

ves. 

• 1 -I when .r ur 

.1 le- 
ant 

si 

I t the feafl 1 

1 

els 
34 As for that 1 

1 had 1 ■- 

:d brm: 
he 

lie mid' . I- n 

. ... x . .. 

ho! 

by 



ix. AporrjjAa* 

fold abroad, that the Jews had God 
fight for then), and their fore 1 !d 

• be hurt, becaufe tl ej 
laws that he gave them 

CHAP. IX 
I Annocbus iscbajeJ fr§m Perfepdij : 26 
be dietb mi eral ■ 
ABOUT that t. hot 

with diihor.our out of the country 
Perfia. 

d entered the citj ca 
Pet it about to n 

ijde, and to hold the city, whei 
the multitude running to defend iheu 
• elves with their weapons, put them to 
Right; .-opened, mat Ajitiochus 

. put 10 11 : abitantS| 1 

ith lb . 
)w when he came to Kcbatane. new! 
was brought I at had happened ua- 

and Timotheus 
'1 hen levelling with anger, he I 
^e upon 1I1 
unto him by thole that made him fiee. 
1 hereforecon 1 he htschariotn: 

irivc without ceafing, andtu 

the journey, 1 he idgi : 1 

follow! .-• had fpoken proud- 

ly in tins tort, II. at he me to 

• it a common burj - 
-• of the Jl 
5 But the lord A 
l.i .-l fmote 1 

invifibl le had 

1 », a p. on 0} the bow •" 
it wa» reiiu ami 

is of the inner pa: 

Illy : for he had 
tormented othei 

7 1'.. i»ng at til 
fro 

wit re in hit 1 

• 

, 
h 

8 And • : 

I 

wa In 

to all th 

of G 

■ 
•I. • • i' : 

1 1 



If. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha* 

.began to leave off his great pride, and to 
come to the knowledge of bimfetf by the 
fcourge of God, his painincreafing every 
moment 

11 And when he himfelf could not a- 
bide his own finell, he laid thefe words, 
It is meet to be (abject unto God.and that 
a man that is mortal thould not proudly 
think of himfelf; as if he were God. 

IS This wicked perfon vowed aUounto 
the Lord, who now no more would have 
mercy upon hi u, laying thus, 

14 That the holy city (to which he 
was going in halie to lay it even with *he 
ground, and to make it a common bury, 
ing place) he would fet at liberty : 

15 And as touching the Jews, whom 
he had judged not worthy fo much as to 
be buried, but to be call out witfi their 
children to be devoured of the fowls and 
wild beads, he would make them all e 
qualsto the citizens of Athens • 

lt> And the holy temple, which before 
he had fpoiled, he would garnilh with 
goodly gifts andreftore all the holy vel 
iels, with many more, and out of his own 
revenue defray the charges belonging to 
the facrifices : 

17 Yea, and that alfo he would become 
a Jew himfelf, and go through all the 
world that was inhabited, and declare tiie 
power of God. 

18 But for all this his pains would not 
ceafe : for the jutt judgment of God was 
come upon him : therefore defpainng of 
his health, he wrote unto the Jews the 
letter underwritten, containing the form 
of a fupplication, after this manner : 

19 Antiochus, king and governor, to 
the good Jews his citizens wifheth much 
joy, health andprofperity : 

J 20 If ye and your children frre well, 
and your ailairs be to your contentment, 
I give very great thanks to God, having 
my hope in heaven 

21 As for me, 1 was weak, or elfe I 
would have remembered kindly your 
honour and good will Returning out ot 
Perfia, and being taken with a grievous 
difeal'e, 1 thought it neceflary to care lor 
the common fafetv of all : 

42 Not diftrufting mine health,but hav- 
ing great hope to efcape this ficknefs. 

23 out confidering that even my father 
at what time he led an army into the high 
countries appointed a fuccellbr, 

%4 To the end, that if any thing fell out 
Contrary to expectation, or if any tidings 
were brought that were grievous, they ot 
the land knowing to whom the ftate was 
left, might not be troubled. 

<£i Again, conlidering how that the 
princes that are borderers and neighbours 
unto my kingdom, wait tor opportunities, 
and expect what mall be the event, I 
ftkve appointed my fon Antiochufrkmg, 



Apocrypha, 

whom I have committed and commended 
unto many of you, when 1 went up into 
the high provinces : to whom I have 
written as following : 

2b Therefore 1 pray and requeft you 
to remember the benefits that 1 have 
done unto you generally, and in fpecial, 
and that every man will be (fill faithful 
to me and my fon. 

27 For 1 am perfuaded that he under- 
(landing my mind, will favourably and 
gracioufly yield to yourdetires 

°i8 fl Thus the murderer and blalphe- 
mer having (offered molt grievoutly, as 
he entreated other men, fo died he a mif- 
erable death in a ftrange country in the 
mountains 

°29 And Phdip that was brought up 
with him, carried away hisbody, who al- 
io fearing rhe fon of Antiochus, went in- 
to Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor. 

CHAP. X. 
I Judas ret owrecb the city, and purifieth 

tbe temple ; 35 Gazara n taken, and 

TiniQtbeui Jlain 

NOW Maccabeus, and his company 
the Lord guiding them : recovered the 
•temple and the city : 

2 iiut the altars which the heathen had 
built in the open ftreet, and alio t lie chap- 
els they pulled down 

a And having cleanfed the temple. they 
made another altar, and n ricking Hones, 
tney took fire out of '.hem, and offered a 
faenfice after two years, and let forth m- 
cenie, and lights, and fnew bread 

4 When that was done, they fell flat 
down, and belought the Loid that they 
might come no more in fuch troubles ; 
but if they finned any mote againlt him, 
that he himfelf would chaiten them with 
mercy, and that they might not be deliv- 
ered unto the blafphemous and barbarous 

nations. 

5 Now upon the fame day that the 
(hangers profaned the temple, on the 
very fame day it was cleanfed again, even 
the five and twentieth day of the lame 
month, which is called Ca.'leu. 

6 And they kept eight days with glad- 
ncis as in the feaft of the tabernacles, 
remembering that not long afore they 
had held thetealtof the tabernacles, when 
as they wandered in the mountains and 
dens like beads 

7 Therefore they bare branches and 
fair boughs, and nalnis alio, and fang 
pfalms unto him that had given them 
good fuccefs in cleaning his place. 

« They ordained alfo by a common 
ftatute and decree, That every year thole 
days Ihonld be kept of the whole nation 
of the Jews. _ . . 

*j And this was the end of Antiocnu% 
called Epiphanes 

10 Now will v/e declare the actsot An- 
tiochus 



AfKryfb* 

trochus Eupator, who wai the Ibo of 
this : man, githcring briefly the 

es of the wars- 
1 1 iro when he was ccrr.e to the crv 
tone Lyiiasover the afl i h.s 

:n, and apf ef gorernor 

i and P 
itForPtolemciu 
ron, choof: r o do jutnee unio 

s, tor the • that had been 

loured to continue 

j>eace with the 

13 ieine acenfed of 

.1 called 
he had 

left .thatP 

- \ntiochus 

n no 

U rnor I I 

the nfll - 

cd ■ he Jev. 

the IJumeans 

•re ban- 
,& | went about to 

16 ca- 

and bel 

■ . 

e upoi. 

ho' 

they 

won : 

foiiRh' e wall, 



be< 



in ho wcr 

r of thi >t to 

19 n and Jofeph, 

an 1 , and were 

• 

non, 
pcr- 

id let 
e. 
11 

lor 
toi 



Chap. x. Apocrypha. 

-us, whom the J 
had overcome b . n he h . 

- 
,od horfea oiil i not a te*v, came 

as though he wuind take Jewrj by torce 

hen he drew near, they that 
were with Maccabeus turned theraielvei 

to pray unto God. a a i *1 earth 

upon their ; md girdM their k 

vv;th fact 

l tell down a' the foot of the 
Altar, and befought hmi to be mrrcitul 
and to -nenjy t ne- 

n adrertary to their a 
is the la^ 'jeclareth. 
*7 - r the prayer, they :'eir 

- further t 
hen they drew n<**r to t. 
% they kept b • . 

v the fun brine new 1, r,i 
joined b r ; the one part ha i 

their virtue, their refuge 
unto the Lord tor a pledge • 

in* I f their 

•, ■ men 

of them led 

bens bel em, 

ief$, 

i »in •/ 

twenty tl md fwc 

irn 

into mi 

nhrre Che i 

- 

Ulll1) i 

r,i re within, I 

! 
■ 

I all 






u * 



.. ' i 



Apocrypha, 

€8 When this was done, they praifed 
the Lord with Pfalms and thank {giving, 
who had done fo great things for ifrael, 
and given tliem the viclorv, 
CHAP. xr. 
1 Lyfias thinking to get Jerttfale?n, 8 Is put 



U MACCABEES. 



Aftx4ypbm± 

reaio^abl e<ro«^//«fff, and ^rwa//>d that 
would perfuade the king, that lie muf-' 
needs he a friend unto them. 

15 Ihen Maccabeus conferred to 

that Lyhas deliied, being careful of the 

common good ; and whatiberer Macca- 



lojligbt. 16 The letters of Ljfias rolbeus wt-rdte unto Lyfias concerning the 

toe Jews, &e, * jews, the kin granted it. 

NOT long after this, Lyfi ;« tlie king's j 16 % For there were letters Wtflrtm un- 
rro'sclof and coufin, who alio managed to the jews from LytiaS to this effect { 
the affairs, took fore dilpleafure for Lyfias unto the people of the }t\\*jend~ 



things that were done 

"2 And when he had gathered about 
fourfcore thoufand with all the horfe- 
rnen he came ^gainff the Jews, thinking 
to make the city an habitation of the 
Gentiles-, 

S And to make a gain of the temple, 
as of the other chapels of the heathen, 
and to fet the high priefhood to {ale ev- 
ery year : 

k Not at a*!l considering th.e power of 
God, but puffed up with bis ten thoufands 
of footmen, and his thoufands of horfe- 
men, and his four (core elephants. 

5 So he came to judea, and drew near 
to Bethitira, which was a frrong town, 
but dilfant from Jerufalem about five 
furlongs, and lie laid fore fiege unto it. 

6 Now when they that were with 
Maccabeus heard that he befieged the 
holds, they and ail the people with la- 
mentation and tears befcught the Lord, 
that he would fend a good angel tcsdeliv- 
er Ifrael. 

7 Then Maccabeus h'imfelf firft- of all- 
took weapons, exhorting the other that 
they would jeopard themfelves together 
with him to help their brethren : fo they 
went forth together with a willing mind 



eth greeting. : 

17 John and Abfalom, who were fent 
frcm you, delivered me the petition fub- 
fcribed, and ni3de requeft for the per- 
formance of the contents thereof. 

l*{ Therefore what things foevcr vretc 
meet to be reported to the king, I have 
declared them* and he hath granted as 
much as might be. 

19 If then )e will keepyouffelve&loyal 
to fhe ftate, hereafter alfo will i endeav- 
our to be a means of your good. 

-20 But of the particulars f have given 
order, both to thefe, and the other that 
came from me. to commune w ith you; 

ti Fare \e well. The hundred and 
eight and fortieth year, the Sour and 
twentieth day oi toe momo Difcorinthius. 

££ Now the king's letter contained 
thefe words: King Atitiochus unto his 
brother F.yfi&s'j tendetb greeting : 

£3 Sinci our lather is tranflated unt« 
the gods, our will is, that they that ;;re 
in our realm live quietly, rhat every one 
may attend upon his own afSairs. 

24 We underftand alfo, that the Jr 
would not confent to cur father, for to be 
brought unto the tuflomcf the Gentiles,, 
out had rather keep their own manner 



8^| And as they were at Jerufalem, of living : for the which caufcthey re 
there appeared before them en horfe- I quire of us, that we (houldfuffer them tot 

back, one in v. hue clothing, (haking his j live after their own laws. 



armour of gold 

9 Then they pfflifed the merciful God 
all together, and took heart ihfomuch 
that the> were ready, not only to fight 
with men, but with moil cruel bee.fis, and 
to pierce through walls of licrr. 

10 Thus they marched forward in their 
armour, having.an helper' from heaven : 
for the Lord was merciful unto them; 

11 And giving a chaige upon their en 
emies like lions, the> (few eleven thou/- 
fin&ftotmen, and fixteen hundred horfe- 
men, and rut all the other to flight. 

12 Many of them nifo being wotfnded 
e leaped naked : and Lyfias himfclf ftcd 
away iharce fully, and fo efcaped- 

13 Who, as , a man of under- 
flanding, cafl'mg with bimfelf ivhat I fs 
he had had* and considering that the 
Hebrew? coutd not be overcome,!)' caufe 
the Almighty God helped them, he ienr 

nto them, 



25 Wherefore cur mind is that thi? na- 
tion flia.ll be in red, and vc have deter- 
mined to reftore tliem their temple, that 
they may live according to the cuffomsof 
their f •>. 

26 Thou fhaJl d.i well therefore to f 
unto them, and grant them peace, tha: 
When they are certified of our m nd, I 
maybe oi good comfort, and ever go- 
cheeffal Ot their own affairs. 

'.7 And the letter of the king ui\jo 

the nation of the jews was after this 

ier.: Kin? Antioehus > //w<^r/J& gr<=e' - 

in-r unto the council, and the reft of the 

Jews : 

18 i f - el ! , we have our dc fi re ; 

we ar<* sdfo in »»ood health". 

SS Menda'.v; declared unto u c , th.;*; 
vour deftre, was ro return home, and to 
follow your own bufinefs : 

: ••• V»4»crefore tiiey that will depart 
have • ifc co*>duct, till the thirtieth 



14 And perfuaded them to agree, to ail day ef XaxuhktfS, nvitMecurity.. 

4 £1 And 



'/*' 



3t And the J«wi ti 

: i meats, ' ; ZT) d 

• m auv inanr.er of 

things ne. 

tent iiio ! ^ he 

ma/ comfort jtm 

ell In forty 



9 He came upon the Jam;., 
d i'et hre 
, fbthat ih lie fire was feen 

t! jerufalera, two hunt u,r " 

lon r 

io Noiv when ih< ) were gone trom 
thence nine furlongs, in theirj *irnc 



cus, no fewer thai I «u»u 

tbemomb Xanthicus. *™<* *»'« '">*'• ' ll0llC 

54 The K nen oi ins let upon mm. 

a letter . Q i» Whereupon there wa lore 

mrnius. and Titui ' lc : Bur I »«• i> c £' 

. fo that the Norn- 

° ... •. r , v*»rr>mr n.-I( i:«jP. 



the 'he jew 

85 Wharf ev< Jscoufin 



hath granted, therewith we al » are well him cattle pleasure hint of nerwiii 

r> . . .1 .. I ..... imi'pp/1 III 



vercjmc t 

.; both t^ give 



pie 

.:.it torn hmg fuch thing* tsJ • judjgr 
d to the i 

flue V. 

we are n >* p !; •■ h 

th- 

-l and i 

. of 

j<»e «c us. 

.I'. XII. 
t Ibf kin uunan: 

V5 Irmoioeui'i armies •■ <• 

■ 

r hulb i 

v 

ph 

•• 
I 
5 an 

they I 

4 V 
out 

tw n 

5 Whi 

Lini ryi 

him /s ■ **( ibem: 

•hat fled thither hi 

it up he 

went '. 

h But when he hi mites 

**hc Javrl that nv. tUro, 



It Then tl ii king indeed that 

tnany thinj 
ited them' peace, wherenpon they 
Dl ieyd< parted to their 
tern 
13 He 

, ftrong city, which m 

■A by pe 
, urii ^ai.d the name ot it 

14 Bur they I *re within it, put 

f llc ,, lofthe wall , and 

j behat 
t j, c . i( rd them thai 

., ratlin I blafphei 
uttei e :,ot t0 D - 

iny. 

Id, 

;ili the *;i 

I h> the will of G< 

UK! 

tilled t HI, was 

"d. 

i 7 1 hen t'.r^ui !■ 

i .hi i 

i 

i.y thing, I 

rong g 

. \c ih I 

an- 

10 I ' ' * cd » 

and i 

:, o| ;.. two ill* ifan 

had ki 

tu a 



Apocrypha. 

unto a fortrefs called Carnion : for the 
town was hard to befiege, and uneafy to 
com^ unto, by reafon of the ftraitneis of 
all the places : 

ft But when Judas his firfr band came 
in fight, the enemies, being fmitten with 
fear and terror, through the appearing of 
him that feeth. all tilings, fled amain 1 , one 
running this way, another that way, foas 
thar they were often hurt of their own 
men, and wounded with the points of their 
own {words. 

23 Judas alfo was very earneft in pur- 
fuing them, killing rhufe wicked wretch- 
esj of whom he flew about thirty thousand 
men. 

£4 Moreover, Timotheus him felt fell 
into the hands of Dofitheus and Solipater, 
whom he be (aught with much graft to let 
him go with Ins life, becauie he had ma- 
ny ot the Jews 5 parents, and the brethren 
of Come of them, who, if they put him to 
death, mould not be regarded. 

u 25 So when he had affined them with 
many words, that he would reftore them 



II. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 



cenor's company, who was on horfeback, 
and a ftrong man was {fill upon Gcrgia?, 
and taking hold of his coat, drew him by 
force ; and when he would have taken 
that curled man alive,ahorfemanof Thra- 
ciacomingup^on him 'mote off his fhoul- 
aer, io that Gorgias fled unto Marifa. 

36 Now when they that were with 
Gorgias, had fought long, and were 
weary, Judas called upon the Lord that 
he would (hew himfelf to be their helper 
and leader ot the battle 

61 And with that he began in his own 
language and fung pfalms with a loud 
voice, and rufhing unawares upon Gor- 
gias's men, he put them to flight. 

Sy bo Judas gathered his hoff; and 
eameinio the city of Odollam. And when 
the feventh day came, they purified them- 
felves, a^.the cultom was, and kept the 
fabbath in the fame place. 

39 And upon the day following, as the 
ufe had been, Judas, and his company 
came to take up the bodies of them that 
were (lain, and io o\ay them with their 



without hurt, according to the agreement i kinfmen and their fathers' graves. 



Saving ot their 



they let him go for the 
brethren. 

■£6 Then Maccabeus marched forth to 
Carnion, and to the temple of Atargatis, 
and there he flew five and twenty thou- 
iand perfons. 

2T And after he had put to flight and 
deflroyed them, Judas removed the hoff 
toward Kphron, a lfrong city, wherein 
Lyfias abode and a great multitude of 
divers nations, and the ftrong young men 
kept the wills, and defended them might- 
ily : wherein alfo was great provif:on of 
engines and darts. 

- 5() But when Judas and his company 
had called upon the Almighty God, who 
with his power breaketh the flrength of 
liis enemies, they won the city and fiew 
twenty and five thcufand of them that 
were within. 

29 From thence they departed to Scy- 
th< pohs, which Loth fix hundred furlongs 
from {erufaleru. 

iO But when the Jews that dwelt 
there, had tellified ;hat the Scythopoli- 
tans dealt lovingly with them, and en- 
treated them kindly in the time of their 
atlverfity ; 

M They gave th°m thanks, defiring 
them to he friendly (liil unto them, and 
fo t hey came to Jerulalem, the feaitof 
the weeks approaching. 

S-2 And after ihe J en ft c died Penticofl 
they v\ent fortli againft Gorgias the gov 
crnor of Idumea, 

53 »Vho came out with three thou fan d 
men of foot, and four hundred hoi femen 

Si And it happened that in their figh t 
ing together, a f ew of th** Jews were flain 

3a At which timcDoiitlieu5,one of 3a- 



40 Now under the coats of every one 
that was (lain, they found things confe- 
crated to the idols of the Jamnites, which 
is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then 
every man faw that this was the cauf- 
wherefore they were flain. 

4 1 All men therefore praifing the Lord, 
the righteous Judge, who had opened the 
things that were hid. 

42 Betook themfelves unto prayer, and 
befought him, that the fin committed 
might wholly be put cut of remembrance. 
Be/ides, that noble Judas exhorted the 
people to keep themfelves from fin fcr- 
fomuch as they faw before their eyes the 
things that came to pa's for the fins of 
thofe that were flain. 

43 And when he had made a gathering 
throughout the company, to the fum of 
two thoufand drachms of filver, he lent it 
to Jerufalem to offer a fin offering, doing 
therein very well, and honeftly, in that 
he was mindful of the refurrection ; 

44 For if he had not hoped that they 
that were flain mould have rifen again, 
it had been fu^erfluous and vain to pray 
for the dead. 

45 And alfo in that he perceived that 
there was great favour laid up tor thofe 
that dkd godly. It wasanmoly and good 
i bought. Whereupon he made a recon- 
ciliation for the dead, that they might be 
delivered iiom fin. 

CHAP. XIII. 
• Eupoiir invade lb Judea : t8 his fur- 
jioje u defeated : %t he makeib fe&ce 
nv/ih Jndui 

IN the hundred forty ar.d ninth vear 

jit was told Judas lhat Anuochus Eupator 

was coming with a great powering Judea 4 

2 And 



Apocrypha. Chap 

8 An 1 with him L\ fhs his protcftor, 
and ruler of his affairs, having either oi 
them a Grecian power, mi footmen an 
-<i and ten thoufand, and horsemen 
rive rhoufand and three hundred, and - 
phantf two and twenty, and t ree hun- 
dred chiriot* armed with he 
«J Menelaus alfo joined himfelf «ii!i 
and with ^reat di Simulation en- 
ged Antic* hus, n >t for the fa 
guir.l of the country, but becaufe he 
th.ueht to hive hem male govern 

* Bur the r m,>- 

chus's mind i c eti wren 

h> fiaj i- . the king, th.it 

as the « - fall mifchief, lo i 

the king c ! to bring him ti 

"a, and to pi • > dea' 

is in iImt plice. 

it | lace a tower 

of ritry cubit . full of aft • j c 

1 a rcunl inftrumenr, which on 

hanged down into the alhes. 
6 And whofoever was condemned i t 
f*C' or had committed any other 

.11 men thrufi 
i unto death. 
T Such a death ir h i it wick- 

man to die not having fo much .i* 

the earth, and that mofl joitl 
o Porinafmuch as he hid committed 
ma ny tins about t!ie altar, whole tire and 
^ere holy, he receive leath in 

a(h- 

5 Now the k ; ng came with a barb i 
' haughty mind, to do far wt rfe t 
s rhan had been done in !. 
ie. 

10 Which thfi n Judas perceived, 
he commanded ll 

it rvrr at 
any ot ier t ; .nie, aifo help 

them, being at tl ? to be put h 

their law, from their counti 
I 

1 1 And that not Puffer the 
people, if | lit. 
lie refreOied, to be .on to the 
I 

when th 1 all d 

tcr, and t merciful I 

i weeping an l fad Bat 

the ground ti;; ,ntf, Ju 

having eahor 
fcould be in rea lit el 

And jud is b :ii : ap rt with tl-: 
eldcri, del before the king's hofl 

(lion Id \ t y t 

goforth ihe matter infag-t by 

Ihe lie J t > of the L 

So when lie had committed all to 

Creator of 

his fold iers to fight ma .even unto 

death, tor the laws, the temple, the city, 
the country, and the common wealth, he 

damped by Mod in ; 



xiv. Apocrypha. 

15 And havir n the watch word 

to them that were about him, Victory is 

of God : with the mod valiant ar.<' choice 
joung men, he went in into the kind's 
tent by tii^ht, and flew in the camp about 
tour thousand men, and the chietelt of 
the elephants, with ail that were upon 

\nd at lart they filled the camp with 
fea. umult, and departed with good 

I I his was done in the break ot the 
, becaufe the protection ot the Lord 
i him. 
<1 Now when the king had taken a 
' of the manlinefs of the Jews, he went 
t t,« take the holds by policy. 
19 And n 1 toward Bethfura, 

which "as a llron^ hold of the 
bur he was put :o Bight, tailed, and lott 
ot h> n 

For Judas had conveyed unto them 
thai • in it, fuch things as were ne- 

cetfai 

S * ho was in the J 

hod difcloied the fecrets to the enem 

ore he was fought out ami when 
:ten him the) put him in 
prii, 

! ticated with thcr. 
Bethfura the iccond time, gave his Inn-', 
Ic their's. departed, fought with ju 
e ; 
25 aj Heard that Philip, who W3S left 
:s in Antioch wal del 
rately bent, i I, entreated Ihe 

fubmiti , ind i \ u<- I > 

reed ■ iih tl em, 
noured the ti 
pie, and dealt kindly with the i 
- 4 I ",>trd well of Mil 

■ 
email unto ihe ( »ei i hei iani j 

Came to Pro >ple 

there wei the covenant 

lor thr-. (formed, l they would 

make their C01 I : 

46 I 

i . nu old be h ■ 

caule, perina led, \ I, made 

well an* I, returned to Antioch. i ims 
it went touching the g and 

deu. 

CHAP* XIV. 

6 Alcimus aaujetb Ju<tus : 18 .'. .V.'-rcr 

rV## pt <ce tuitt bsm. 46 Kaxu kill- 

eth bint/f 

nrre years was Juda 
ed : s the | 

ing entered by the haven c i I 
c\f it power and navy, 

'he country, , and k 
r. 
me Alcimus, I been 

I, and had defiled himfelf wjl- 

g T^'f 
1 



II. MACCABEES 



jifM*ypba 

■tbe GnuUs, feeing that by no means he 
couM fave himtelr, nor have any more 
accefs to tne holy altar* 

•i Came to king Demetrius m the hoa- 
dreU ixv.d one and fiftieth year, presenting 
Unto bun a crown oi gold, and a palm 
and alio of the houghs which were n!ed 
folemnly in the temple : and fo that day 
he held his peace. 

5 How be: t, having gotten opportunity 
io Further his foolinS enterpnfe, and be- 
ing called into council by Demetrius, 
and a feed how the Jews flood affected, 
and what they intended, be anfwened 
thereunto : 

<> 1} Thofe of the Jews that be called 
Affideans, whofe captain is judas Mac 
cabeus, nourifh war, and are (editions, 
and will net let the realm be in peace. 

7 Therefore I, being deprived of mine 
sneeftors' honour, I mean the high 
prieithood, am now come hither : 

8 Firtt, verily fcr the unfeigned care I 
have of things pertaining to ihe kin^ ; acid 
Secondly, even for that 1 imend the good 
of m : ne own countrymen : for ad our 
nation ii in no fmall mifery, through the 
unadvifed dealing of (hem afcrciaid. 

9 Wherefore, O king, feeing thou 
knoweii all thefe things, be careful for the 
country and our nation, which is pre (fed 
on every iide, according to the clemency 
that thou readily fheweft unto all. 

10 For a? long as Judas liveth, it is not 
poffible that the ftate (honld be quiet. 

It This was no fooner fpoken of him 
but others of the kind's friends being 
malicioudy let againlt Judas, did more 
incenfe Demetrius. 

VI And forthwith calling Nicanor, who 
had been mailer of the elephants and 
making him governor over judea, he lent 
him forth, 



13 Commanding him to flay Judas, and hade unto Antioch 



IK *J Nevervhe'efs, Nicanor hearing of 
the marhnefs of them that were with Ju- 
das and the courageou fuels that they had 
io r!Ju for their country, durit not try 
the matter hv thefword." 
■ -'" Wherefore ht lent Pclidonitis, and 
Theodetus,a;;.d Mattathias,to make peac*. 

iO So when they had taken long ad- 
vifement thereupon, and 'ho captain had 
made the multitude acquainted there- 
with, and it appeared that they were 
all of one mind, tney conicnted to the 
covenants, 

21 And appointed a day to meet i>; 
together by themielves : and when 1 1 it- 
day came, and lloois were let for either 
of l hem, 

%% judas placed armed men. ready in 
convenient places, left lome treachery 
ihoukl be luddenly practl fed by the ene- 
mies; io thev madeapeaceableconference. 

2d Mow Nicanor abode in Jcrulalem, 
and did no hurt, but fent away the peo- 
ple that came flacking unto him. 

ti And he would act wUHijqgfy have 
judd^ o-ut of his light ; for he "loved tne 
man from his heart 

"15 He prayed him alfo to take n wife, 
and to beget children : fo he married, 
was quiet, and took pa>t of this li&. 

t6 But Alcinuis perceiving the love 
that was betwixt them, and considering 
the covenants that were made, came to 
Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor 
was not well affected toward the fla'e ; 
for that he had ordained judas. a traitor 
to his realm, to be the king's fuccei: 

'it Then the king being in a rijje, and 
provoked with tne accufations of the moft 
wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, fignfymg 
that he was much dif pleated with the cov- 
enants, and Commanding him that he 
(hould fend Maccabeus prilbrter in ait 



to fcatter them that were with him, and 
to make Alcimus high pried of the great 
temple. 

14 Then the heathen that had fled out 
of fudea from Judas, came to Nicanor by 
flocks thinking the harm and calamities 
of the Jews to be their welfare. 

15 Now when the Jews heard of N'c i 
Ivor's coming, an<t that the heathen were 
up agamit them, they ca!t earth upon 
their iieads, and made application to hifti 
that had eftablirhed his people for evtr, 
ami who always helpeth his portion with 
manifeftations of his pre fence. 

16 So at the commandment of the cap- 
removed ftraightways from 



tarn 



they 



thence, and came near unto them at the 
town of DefTau. 

17 Now Simon, Judas's brother, had 
joined battle with Nicanor, but was fome- 
wh at difcomPited through the fuddcu fi- 
ance of his enemies. 



-> When this came to Nieanor's hear- 
ing, he was much confounded inhimfelf, 
and took it grievoufly tliat he Ihould r 
void the articles which were agreed upon, 
the man being in no fault. 

S3 liut becaufe there was n< inga- 

gainil the king, he watched his time I 
accomplil-i this thing by policy. 

."Ju Notwilhflanding, when Maccabrus 
law that Nicanor began ro be churliA 
unto him, and that he entreated him more 
lily than he was wont, perceiving 
that Inch four behaviour came not on 
good, he gathered together not a few ot 
his men, and withdrew hinilelf from Ni- 
canor. 

.SI But theoiher. knowing thrst he wa»| 
notably prevented by Judas's policy, came! 
into the great and holy temple, and com- 
manded the priells that were offering theirs 
Sacrifices, to deliver him the man. 

32 And when they Iwa.-e that ilw 
• eoulA 



Jtptcrypha. Chap. iv. 4fr*ij/>fjr 

«ov. whfrc tht mat throng upon thcT 

i-.-iluic )i in thoft 
sed out his ri?ht nan he thu* 

ward ibe tern C i . ?\ V. 

. if ye will not deliver ■ 5 Hica>-*>'>b n. 

will Uy ti bU I And 

d, and i will his compart) were in the ftrong placef 
brc .: .J erect a notable about Samaria 'ith-.m 

I 

i~:er r ords he departed the J ere 

'11.- ' d up their ha ><+\ him, faid, O i 

y and barb troufly, t. >r 
nation, day, « hich he r:. it 

iaer ; . with 1. 

of all thinji ve otin • 

. mded the/abl 
i Then I • ! ept } 

4 A I, 'I here >' ir. h<rav~ 

wh: :d,aod flop eve >rd and , who com* 

l ic fevei .• to be kept : 

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II. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha* 

1* Then Omas anfwered, faying, This 
is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth 
much for the people, and for the holy 
city, to wit, Jerermas the prophet of God, 

15 Whereupon Jeremias holding forth 
his right hand, gave to Judas a fwcrd of 
gold, and in giving it, f pake thus, 

16 Take this holy fword, a gift from 
God, with the which thou (halt wound 
the adverfaries. 

17 Thus being Wfcll comforted by the 
words ot Judas, which were very good, 
and able to ftir them up to valour, and 
to encourage the hearts of the young men, 
they determined not to pitch camp, but 
courageously to fet upon them, and man- 
fully to try the matter by conflict, becaufe 
the city, and the fancluary, and the tem- 
ple, were in danger. 

18 For the care that they took for their 
wives, and their children, (heir brethren, 
and kinsfolks, was in lead account with 
them : but the gfeateftaerd principal fear 
was tor the holy temple. 

19 Alio they that were in the city took 
not the leaft care, being troubled for the 
conflict abroad. 

?.0 Andnowwhenas all looked what 
fhould be the trial, and the enemies were 
already come near, and the army was fet 
in array, and the beafts conveniently 
placed, and the horfemen let in wings, 

2i Maccabeus feeing the coming of the 
multitude, and the divers preparations of 
armour, and the fiercenefs of the beafts, 
itrctched out his hands toward heaven, 
and called upon the Lord that worketh 
wonders, knowing that victory cometh 
not by arms, but even as itfeemeth good 
to him, hegiveth it to (uch as are worthy ; 

22 Therefore in his prayer he fuid af- 
ter this manner, O Lord thou didft fend 
thine angel in (he time of Ezekias king of 
Judea, and didft fiiy in the hoft of Sen- 

nucnerib, an hundred foui Icore and five j the day before Mardocheus's day 
thoufand : 37 Thus went it with Nicanor ; and 

25 Wherefore now alfo, O Lord of from that time forth the Hebrews had 
heaven, fend a good angel before us, for the city in their power. And here wiU. 
a fear and dread unto them ; 1 make an end. 

ii Mid through the might of thine So And if / ba<vt done well, and as is 
arm, let thofe be ftricken with terror, ' fitting the ftory, it is that which I defir- 
that come againft thy holy people to blaf- ed : but if fknderly, and meanly, it is 
pheme : and he ended thus. that which 1 could attain unto. 

25 i hen Nicanor, and they that were j 39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or 
with him, came forward with trumpets water alone ; ana as wine mingled wirh 
and longs, j water i.s pleafant, and delighteth thetafte; 

86 liot Judas and his' company en- even fo, fpeech finely framed delighteth 
countered the enemies with invocation , the eari of them that read the ftory. And 
and prayer. j here thai! be an end. 



Apocrypha, 

27 So that fighting with their hands, 
and praying unto God with their hearts, 
they flew no Jefs than thirty and five 
thoufand men : for through the appear- 
ance of God they were greatly cheer- 
ed- ' 

28 q Now when the battle was done, 
returning again with joy, they knew that 
Nicanor lay dead in his harnefs. 

2i> Then they made a great fhout, and 
a noife, praifing the Almighty in their 
own language. 

30 And Judas, who was ever the chief 
defender of the citizens, both in body 
and mind, and who continued his love 
toward his countrymen all his life, com- 
manded to ftrike off Nicanor's head, and 
his hand, with his moulder, and bring 
them to Jerufalem. 

5t So when he was there, and had call- 
ed them of his nation together, and fel 
the pnefb before the altar, he lent foi 
them that were of the tower, 

S2 And ihewed them vile Nicanoi 
head, and the hand of that blafpht mer, 
which with proud brags he had itretch- 
ed out againit the holy temple of the Al- 
mighty. 

SS And when he had cut out the tongue 
of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded 
that they fhould give it by pieces unto 
the fowls, and hang up the reward of his 
madnefs before the temple. 

34 So every man praifed toward the 
heaven thegloi ious Lord, faying, BlefTedbe 
he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 

35 He hanged alfo Nicanor's head up- 
on the tower, an evident and maniieft 
fign unto all of the help of the Lord- 
SB And they ordained all with a com- 
mon decree, in no cafe to let that day pafs 
without folemnity, biit to celebrate the 
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, 
which in the Syrian tongue is called Ad*r, 



&ND OF THE APOCRYPHA. 



THB 



NEW TESTAMENT 



OF OUR 



LORD AND SAVIOUR 



JESUS CHRIST, 



TRANSLATED OUT OF 



THE ORIGINAL GREEK ; 



AND 



WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS 



DILIOr.NTLY COMPARLD AND RIVISIB. 



WALPOLE, (N. U.) 
PUBLISHED BY ANSON WHIPPLE. 

1815. 



THE 



N EW TEST A M E N T. 



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAIXT V ATI III. 



CHAP. I. 

I The genealogy of Cbrifi. 1.1 His »on- 
* and birtb. II, IS Jits names, 
ite, book of the generation of Jefui 
Chrift, the ton of David, the ion of A- 
braham. 

2 Abraham begat Ifaac ; and I faac be- 
gat Jacob; and Jacob begat Juda* and 
brethren ; 
."J And Judas begat Phares and Zara ot 
nar ; and Phires begat hliom; and 
Kfrom begat Aram ; 

4 And Aram begat Aminadab ; and 
Aininadab begat N ; una NaalTon 

begat i ; 

)Z of Rachab ; 
and Booz begat Obcd or Kuth ; and <J- 
bed begat Jci. 

6 And iegat David the king; and 
David the k monof her/tal 
bud been i Urias ; 

7 And Solomon 'mam ; and 
Roboam begai Vbia and 

tt And /\ i ; and 

pint 

. 

10 kiaj b'g.tt Mi and 
afles b >n begat 

Juli , 

11 And ]( I hit 

br f l '■! en, tl y werr 



together the w ;i s found with child of the 
Holy Ghoft. 

1 9 'ihen Jofeph h>-r hufband, being n 
jiift mun, and nut willing to'-make br t - a 
pubi mple, was minded to put hi I 

\ privily. 

iu But while he thought on thefeth 
behold, the angel of t he Lord a| 
unto hi nun ad re im, faying, |ofep I, thou 
(on ot David, fear not to take i 
Mary thy wife, tor thai wh 

Cd in her is of the Holy Ghol*. 

41 t] And the ftiall fan ing f< 
and thou ' dl n;> tianu JESI 
lie (hall from theii (ins. 

done, thai ii might 

'. f*3 '"Ki 

old a virgin (hall be « 
chid, and lhall bring forth a Ion, and 

the) ih;di call ii hich 
being int( n re I with i 

1% 'I hen Jofeph being raifi i Fi 

*i as id h.ui 

II llir 

in loi ib hei • id hr 

I hit name |l I 

t II \ :'. !'. 

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13 Ami / and 

Abiud begat Kiiakim ; ai 
T ; 

• * And Azor bej ido< 

be h ,1 , 

1 ' .'. ;i | i bud l)r. 



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ol fh< || 

, and, all 
Jerttfalem • 
I And w fa 



ir begat Matthan vlatth in be 

•b ; 
16 h the huf- 

b ind ^t '^ in J» : 

who is c died Chrift. 

dl the generation fi o Ai. lthou Betl 

ham tn David, cr f foul 

I from 1) .* Id until tt. 
into Bab) Ion, ute t mi teen . 

imthecarryin ml ' I ictod, 

unto Chrilt, met \ >ufi< cu genei tlioA the « en, inq 

18 u \ .. the bii th 
«n tins wil ioth«r ivtary * • 

uas efpouXed to Jofeph, before the) faid, Go an.t [< 'he 



740 He rod's cruelty. 



St. MATTHEW. 



young child j and when ye have found 
him, bring me word again, that I may 
come and worfhip him alfo. 

9 When they had heard the king, they 
departed ; and, lo, the flar, which they 
faw in the eaft, went before them, till it 
came and ftood over where the young 
child was. 

10 When they faw the ftar, they re- 
joiced wdh exceeding great joy. 

11 ^1 And when they were come into 
the houfe, they faw the young child with 
Mary his mother, and fell down, and 
worihipped him : and when they had 
opened their treafures, they prefented 
unto him gifts s gold, and frankincenfe, 
and myrrh. 

11 And being warned of God in a 
dream that they (bould not return to Her- 
od, they departed into their own country 
another way. 

15 And when they were departed, be- 
hold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to 
Jofepb in a dream, faying, Arife, and 
take the young child and his mother, and 
flee into E^ypt, and' be thou there until 
1 bring thee word : for Herod will feck 
Ahe young child to deftroy him. 

14 ^j When he arofe, he took theyoung 
child and his mother fey night, and de- 
parted into Egypt ; 

15 And was there until the death of 
Herod : that it might be fufilled which 
was fpoken of the Lord by the prophet, ; 
faying,Qat of Egypt have J called my fon. 

16 Then Herod, when he faw that he 
was mocked of the wife men, was ex- 
ceeding wroth, and fent forth, and flew 
•all the children that were in Bethlehem, 
and in all the coafis thereof, from two 
years old and under, according to the 
time which he had diligently inquired of 
the wife men. 

17 Then was fulfilled that which was 
fpoken by Jeremy the prophet, faying, 

18 In Rama was there a voice heard, 
lamentation, and weeping, and great 
■mourning, Rachel v/eeping for her chil- 
dren, and would not be comforted, be- 
cause they are not. 

19 But when Heiod was dead, behold, 
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream, 
to Joiepii in Egypt, 

20 Saying, Arife, and take the young 
child and his mother, and go into die 
land of Ifrael : for they are dead which 
fought the young child's life. 

ti And he arofe, and took the young 
child and his mother, and came into the 
land of Ifrael : 

11 But when he heard that Arohelaus 
did reign in Judea in the room of his fa- 
ther Herod, he was afraid to go thither : 
notwithstanding, being warned of God 
in a dream, he turned slide into the parts 
oi Galilee ; 



Chriji is baptized. 

25 And he came and dwelt in a city- 
called Nazareth ; that it might be fulfilled 
which was fpoken by the prophets, He 
fliall be called a Nazarene. 

CHAP. III. 
1 John prcacbtth .k His apparel ,mcat and 

bc.pnfm. 7 He reprebenddb tuc Pbari- 

fecSy 13 and bapuzeth Cbrijt in Joidan. 

IN thofe days came John the Baptilt, 
preaching in the wjldernefs of judea, 

I And faying, Repent ye : lor the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand 

3 For this is he that was fpoken of by the 
prophet Efaias, fa>ing, The voice of one 
crying in the wildernefs, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make his paths ftraight. 

4 ^ And the fame John had his rai- 
ment of camel's hair, and a leathern gir- 
dle abbut his loins, and his meat was lo - 
culls and wild honey. 

5 Then went out to him Jerufalem, 
and all Judea, and all the region round 
about Jordan, 

6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, 
confeffing their fins. 

7 fl Bur when he law many of the Phar- 
ifees and Sadducees come to his bap- 
tifra, he faid unto them, O generation of 
vipers, Who hath warned you to flee 
from the wrath to come : 

8 Bring forth therefore, fruit9 meet 
for repentance : 

9 And think notto fay withinyourfrlves, 
We have Abraham to our fatlie'r: for 1 fiy 
unto you, That God is able of thefe ltones 
to raife up children unto Abraham. 

10 And now alfo the ax is laid unto the 
root of the trees : therefore, every tree 
which bringeth not forth good 'fruit is 
hewn down, and call into the fire. 

II 1 indeed baptize you with water un- 
to repentance : but he that cometh after 
me is mightier than I, whofe fhoes 1 am 
not worthy to bear : he fliall baptize you 
with the Holy Ghoft, and nuhb fire. 

VI Whofe fan is in his hand, and he 
will thoroughly purgehisfioor.and gather 
his wheat into the garner ; but he will 
burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13 fl Then comerh Jefus frorni ialilee to 
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him .- 

14 But j( hn forbade him, faying, 1 have 
need to L zed of thee, and, Cornell: 
thou to me ? 

13 And Jefus anfwcrmg faid unto him, 
Suffer it to be fo n.orv ; lor thus it becom- 
eth u* fo fulfil all nghteoufnefs. Then 
he fullered him. 

16 And Jefus, when he was baptized, 
went up ftraightway out ct the water : 
and, loj the heavens were opened unto 
him, and he faw the Spirit of God defcend- 
ing like a dove, and lighting upon him : 

17 And, lo, a voice from heaven, fay- 
ing, This is my beloved oon, in whom I 

, am well pleated. CHAP. 



ChriJI irmpffd. Chjp. iv. v. Hit ferma* on the mourn. 711 

CHAP. TV. io And they anight way left tbt 

ChriJI fujleib, is urr i'id, Mrtd ci'fr- and foll( • < <:<1 him. 
cometh. 17 He beginr.etb :q p> raid, 18; oing OB from iln'iicr, h: 

and cmileib lomr t» b- bis dtjfcifles. | Other two brcthrei James //. t jon of 7 
'ill sjefusledupof thefpiritinto edoe, and John his brother, in >■« 

with 2 



wildei nels to be tempted ol the devil. 

wlici he had failed forty < . and he called them 

and forty nights, he v\«ib afterward an 

5 . 'on the ten 

he (aid, If thoi 
id i:i<i ir--u • ones b< ad 

4 J 'aid, li 

ten, Mai) fl.all not live by bread al 
but ; h out 

■ I 

9 i Ik i t, th birn up into 

tiif ! nd I- i: i) on .. 

U >. ' I ■ 
I • lilfy 

■ :.. , a- anj i me thdti 

dalh 
7 J id unto him, it is wi itten 

, rhou (hall mpt the Lot I 

>d. 

the devil taket It him up into 
•n exceeding high mountain, and fl 
eth him all the .ins ot the world, 

and the glory of i. 

\n't ( iith unto th fe tl 

will I give i; . , if thou will lull dovMt 
and v.oi il. 

iu i \\- m,Gettl •■' 

hem 

fhall d hint 

only fhah t 

1 1 
i. 

Jol I J ft in: 

I 

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and 

1 1 J I. 

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c i Net hi 



d !•. m 
Anil Jefiia vent about all G il U -, 
teaching in their fynagogues, in< \ . 

lorn, an I 
i manner aitu all mai 

pie. 
24 Line weni thr ugh< ut all 

they I n all 

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with i 

and thofe th il 
•nt. 
h in gn 
titud 

i • , / 0-. |l 

>, ind from beyond fordan. 
i \ . 
8 Who are blefed. 1 9 Apojlles u re tbt I 
tftbe njo)U. CI Jte- /.« 
AM) feeing the multitudes, be i 
up into i u, < untain .- and w hen he 
ft i. Ins di\ iplej 
f An I he opened lira month, and t w 
m, fayii 

5 4j Bletf d urr \ | i poor in fpiril . i r 
. 

4 Blefl'r I . thai mourn i foi 

d. 

th. 

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d. 

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/ IV. | 

in tl 

up 
IT , 

ind to I . 

dun, «>l Ik . I. 

in ^l And Jel \ \>y ih 

Galilee, fa died 

Peter, ai > brotlic ng a 

net into thr fea i I hei I. 

19 And he- faith unto them, 
nte, and I will make you fi 



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with (kail il 

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T42 The light of the apojtles. 

15 Neither do men light a candle, and 
put it under a bufhel, but on a candle- 
ftick ; and it giveth light unto all that 
are in the houfe. 

16 Let your light fo ASine before men, 
that they may fee your good works, and 
glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

17 Think not that I am come to de- 
tftroy the law, or the prophets : I am not 
come to deftroy, but to fulfil. 

\& For verily I fay unto you, Till heav- 
en and earth pafs, one jot or one tittle 
fnall in no wife pafs from the law, till all 
be fulfilled. 

Id Whofoever therefore fhall break one 



St. MATTHEW, 



The lanv expounded. 



SI It hath been faid, Whofoever lhalt 
put away his wife, let him give her a 
writing of divorcement : 

Si But I fay unto you, that whofoever 
(hall put away his wife, faving for the 
caufe of fornication, caufeth her to com- 
mit adultery : and whofoever (hall marry 
her that is divorced committeth adultery. 

53 Again ye have heard that it hath 
been faid by them of old time, Thou 
ihalt not forfwear thy (elf, but flia'.t per- 
ioral unto the Lord thine oaths : 

54 But I fay unto you, Swear not at all ; 
neither by heaven ; for it is *5od's throne : 

35 Nor by the earrn ; for it is his foot- 



of thefe leaft commandments, and fhall ftool : neither by Jerufalem ; for it is the 



teach men fo, he thail be called the leaft 
in the kingdom of heaven : but whofoever 
fhall do and teach them, the fame mall be 
called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

20 For I fay unto you, That except y our 
righteoufnefs fhall exceed the rightcouj'- 
nefs of the fcribes and Pharifees, ye (hall in 
ao cafe eater inrfo the kingdomof heaven 



them of old time, Thou ihalt not kill ; 



city of the Great King. 

56 Neither (halt thou fwear by thy 
head, becaufe thou canfr. not make one 
hair white or black : 

37 But let your communication be f 
Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatfoever is 
more than thele com^th of evil. 

8$ Ye have heard that it hath been faid, 



21 ^f Ye have heard that it was faid by An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 



59 But I fay unto you, That ye refiftnot 



and whofoever (hall kill lhall be in danger j evil : but whofoever mail imite thee on thy 
of the judgment : j right cheek, turn to him the other alfo. 

£2 Bat I fay unto you, That whofo- ; ♦ ' Ana if any man will fue thee at ihe 



tever is angry with his brother without a 



law, ar*d take away thy coat, let him 



caufe mall be in danger of the judgment : have thy cloak alfo. 

and whofoever (hall fay to his brother, 41 And whofoever (hall compel thee 

i<.aca, (hall be in danger of the council : to go a mile, go with him twain. 

but whofoever (hail fay, Thou fool, fhall 42 Give to him that afketh the<», and 



be in danger of hell fire : 

23 Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to 
the altar, and there remembered: that thy 
brother hath aught againft thee ; 

24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, 
and go thy way ; firftbe reconciled to thy 
brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 

25 Agree withthineadverfary quickly, 
whiles thou art in the way with him ; left 



from him that would borrow of thre tufit 
not thou away. 

43 \ e have heard that it hath been 
faid, Thou (halt iove thy neighbour, and 
hate thine enemy : 

4 4 But \ fay unto you, Love your ene- 
mies, blefs them that cm fe you, do good 
to them that hate you, and pray for 
them which defpitefully nit you, and 



at any time the adverfary deliver thee to i perfecute you ; 

the jud^e, aud the judge deliver thee to I 45 That ye may be the children of 

the officer, and thou be caft inio prifon. i your Father which is in heaven : for he 



26 Verily f fay unto thee, Thou ihalt 
by no means come out thence, till tnou 
haft paid the uttermoft farthing. 

°27 Ye have heard that it was faid bv 



maketh his fun to rife on the evil and 
on ihe good, and fendeth rain on the juft 
and on the mnjuft. 

46 For if ye love them which love you, 



them of old time, Thou (halt not com- j What rewaid have ye ? Do not even the 
nut adultery : j publicans the fame ? 

28 But 1 (ay unto you, That whofoever! 47 And if ye falute your brethren on- 
looketli on a woman to lull after her, j!y, What do >e more than abets? Do 
ham committed adultery with her already I not even the publicans (o f 



la ins heart. 

29 And if thy right eye offend thee, 
pluck it our, and caft // from thee : fur 
it is profitable for thee that one of thy 
members (hould periih, and not that thy 
whole body (hould be call into hell. 

SO And if thy right hand offend thee, 
cut it off, and caft it from thee : for it is 
profitable for thee that one of thy mem- 
bers (hould periih, and not ibat thy whole 
body (houla be caft into hell. 



48 Be ye thei -eioro }..ei fec~f.,even a« your 
Father which is in heaven is peifect. 

CHAP. VI. 
t Of alms ^ a prayer ; \kforgin;enef^ 1f*» 

Juft nig, (9 r,ur tieafure, 24 and againft 

%i or idly care. 

TnKK heed that ye do not your alms 
before men, to be ieen of them : other- 
wile ye have no reward of your Father 
which is in heaven. 

2 Therefore, when thou doeft thine 

alms, 



§>f aims and prayer . Chap. vii. 

alms, do not fouod a trumpet before 
thee, as the hypocrites do in the lyna- 
goRues and in the lheets, that they may 
nave glory or" men. Verily I (ay unto 
you. '1 hey have thf ir reward. 

3 But when thou duel' . let not 
thy [eft hafedknow what thy right hand 
doeth : 

4 i hat thine alms may be in ferret \ 
and thy Father, w liicJi teeth in fecietj 
himfelf (hall reward thee openly 

5 fj And when thou prayed, thou (halt 
not be as the hj ? for they 
love to praj (t.tndintf in the fyaa 
and in the corners of the ftreets, th 
Riay be leen of nun. Verily 1 la/ unle 
yon, I ird. 

6 But thou, when thou prayeft <_■ 

mo w hen thou haft fliut 
tli y Father which is in 

thy I .it lur which feeth in 
mi thee I penl< 

7 B . e pray, ufe not * tin rep- 
etiti< - the he r they 

thai I he I 

mi 

8 I '•fore like unto then i 
i your Fathi r 

, before ye alk him. 

9 . ner therefore , 
Or art in heaven, Hal- 
low name. 

10 dom come Thy will be 
do is in heaven. 

H Give u .id. 

H ve ib oui d i we 

lor> i* 

• into l rion, 

bo; deliver thine is 

tl glo. 

r^tvei r trel 

I ivcnly 1 ather w ill alio 

re rwit men their 
your I ather 
gi\ - Ipallea. 

16 * 

' ■ 
U 

untft men to i iH i el 

1. 1 e thru i 

. m hen thou i oint 

th i i with th) i» 

I hat thwu nut unto men i > 

fan*, but unu ithei . which i 

. III ir- 

i9 ^| J -.il- 

in- ;, eat th, v. here moth and • 

doi n i ,i ; m i . and where thieve 

i : 

-'• B . lay up for rourfelves treafurea 
in . w hei e neit he"r iii«>th nor mil 

iipt, and \ - - h re thic 

hi j .[ . 



Agatnjl tufrdly care. T43 

21 For where your treafure is, there 
will your heart be all 

it The light of the body is the eye : 
if therefore thine eye be (ingle, thy 
whole body ihall bt- lull of li^ht. 

- j But if thine e>e be evil, thy u hole- 
body liiill be full of tlarknefs. Ifthei 

e the light that ia in thee be darknefa, 
how gre.tr is that darkoel 

14 * No man *n ferve two mafters : 
for either he wi l.l hate the one, and love 
the other; or rile he will hold to ihe 
•, ;oid dclpile the other. Ye cannot 
■ jd and mammon. 
1 berefere 1 lay unto you, Take no* 
thought for your lite, what ye ilnli eat, 
or what ye (halt drinjc ; nor yet for your 
, what ye that i put on. Is not the 
lite more than meat, and the body than 
raiment 
•-o Behold the fowls of the air : for 
>■ low not, neither do they reap, nor 
her into barm \ yet your heavenly* 
A»e je not mud* 
better than they ? 
27 ' you, by taking thought, 

4dd one cubit unto hi> li.Uuie ? 

take >e tin u 'in for rai- 
ment Confider the lilies ot the field, 
how they grow ; they toil not, neither 

vlo th( \ I Din : 

29 And yet 1 1 ty unto j ou, Tt 
Solomon ui all his ,;loi >• wab not arrayed 
hke one ol theft. 

the the 
graft of ihe field, which today is, and 
tomorrow itcati into the oven, be 

not uiuih juoie ti«/*r you, O ye ol l.ttle 

faith 

■ re take no thought, faying* 
W| 11 we eat r or, What ball we 

• in: r, Wherewithal mall vnc 

cl< it. d 

(For tl ! thefe thingi 

or your 

toweth that >e have DCcd ot all 

t tl 

fit r the k i ot 

i thele 

84 1 ,im therefore no tl f<>r the 

lor the (hall tal 

! unto ti •• 'lav /» the *• v 1 1 thei of. 
VII. 

I ( :on tn the mr.w.r, 

rt fruit tb r*jb judgment, 6 fotbm'd/tbim 

eafi bo. tat} 10 

■nter ". irait j,;-'!', 

ft I* tl 4 

not to be hearer i but doers of 
II rd. 

oi with what 

(hall be judged : 

>e mete 



744 Cbrift exhorteth to praytr. St. MATTHEW, 

is in thy brother's eye, but confidcreft 
not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 

4 Or, How wilt thou fay to thy brother, 
Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : 
and, behold, a beam is in thine-own eye ? 



5 Ihou hypocrite, fir ft caft out the 
bfarn out of thine own eye ; and then 
fliait thou fee clearly to caft out tiie mote 
out of thy brother's eye. 

6 <| Give not that which is holy unto 
the dogs, neither caft ye your pearls be- 
fore fwine, left they trample them under 
their feet, and turn again and rend you 

7 <[J Afk, and it fhall be given you ; 
I'cek, and ?ye (hall find ; knock, and it 
fiiali be opsned unto you : 

3 For every one that afketh receiveth ; 
and he that feeketh fmdeth ; and to him 
that knocketh it fhall be opened. 

9 Or, What manisthereofyou,whom,if 
his fon afk bread, will he give him a ftone ? 

10 Or if he afk a nth, Will he give him 
a ferpent > 

ii If ye then, being evii, know how to 
give good gifts unto your children, How 
much more fhall your Father which is 
in heaven give good things to them that 
afk him ? 

12 Therefore all things whatfoever ye 
would that men (hould do to you, do ye 
even fo to them : for this is the law and 
tue prophets. 

IS ^| tinter ye in at the ftrait gate : for 
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, 
tha' leaieth to deftruction, and many 
there be which go m thereat : 

1 4 Becaufe firait is the gate, and nar- 
row is the way which leadeth unto life, 
and few there be that find it. 

15 f Beware of talfe prophets, which 
cwne to you in fheep's clothing, but in- 
wardly tiie\- are ravening wolves. 

i6 Ye (hall know them by their fruits. 
D«» men gather grapes of thorns, or figs 
< f thirties I 

17 fcven fo every good tree bringeth 
f<mh good fruit ; but a corrupt tree 
bri-ngeth forth evil fruit. 

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil 
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring 
forth good fruit. 

IS Every tree that bringeth not forth 
pood fruit, is hewn down and caft into 
thr ftre. 

•ii) Wherefore by their fruits ye fhall 
know them. 

"2 J fj Not every one that faith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom 
of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of 
my Father, which is in heaven. 

H Many will fay to me in that day, 
Lord, Lord, Have we not prnphefied in 
thy name ? And in thy name hive caft 
out devils ? And in thy name done many 
wonderful works ? 

SiS And then will I profcf; unto them, 



He cleanfeth a lefer: 

I never knew you : depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

24 Therefore whomever heareth thefc 
fayingsof mine, and doeth them, I will 
liken him unto a wife man, which built 
his houfe upon a rock : 

25 And the rain defcended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and 
beat upon that houfe ; and it fell not : 
for it was founded upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth thefe 
flyings of mine, and doeth them not, 
(hall be likened unto a fooiifh man, which 
built his houfe upon the fand : 

27 And the rain defcended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and 
beat upon that houfe ; and it fell ; and 
great was the fall of it. 

28 And it came to pafs, when Jefu» 
had ended thefe fayings, the people were 
aftonifhedat his doclrine : 

2y For he taught them as one having 
authority, and not as the fcribes. 

CHAP. VIII. 
2 Chrijl cUanfetb the hpcr. 5 bealeth 
tbe centurion's fer<vant, U Peter* s moth- 
er in lanv y 16 and many other difeaf- 
ed ; 18 Jheiveth hoiv be is to be fol- 
lowed ; 2S ftillttb the temfcjl on the . 
Jea ; 28 dri<vcth drnjilt out of t r wo men 
pofffffed y 31 and Jufferetb them to g* 
into the fwine. 

WHEN he was come down from the 
mountain, great multitudes followed him. 

2 f And, behold, there came a leper 
and worfhipped him, faying, Lbrd,if thou 
wilt, thou canft make me clean. 

3 And Jefus put forth his hand, and 



touched him, faying, I will ; be thou 
clean. And immediately his leprofy wat 
clean fed. 

4 And Jefus faith unto him, See thou 
tell no man ; but go thy way, fliew thyfelf 
to tkeprieft, and offer the gift that Mofes 
commanded, for a teftimony unto them. 

5 ^] And when Jefus was entered into 
Capernaum, there cftme unto him a cen- 
turion, befeeching him, 

6 And faying, Lord, my fervant lietl 
at home lick of the palfy, grievoufly 
tormented. 

7 And Jefus faith unto him, I will 
come and heal him. 

8 The centurion anfwercd and faid # 
Lord, I am not worthy that thou fhouldeft 
come under my roof: but fpeak the word 
only, and my fervant fhall be healed. 

9 For I am a man under authority, 
having foldiers under me : and I fay to 
this matiy Go, and he goeth ; and to an- 
other, Come, and hecometh : and to my 
fervant, Do this, and he doeth it. 

10 W|»en Jefus heard /*/, he marvelled* 
and faid to them that followed, Verily I 
fay unto you, I haver not found fo great 
faith, no, not in Ifracl. 

11 And 



CbriJ! fiUlctk the trmf'S. 



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e f rorr. ft ami 

n with iac, and 

. 

iren of the k 
terdar 
•* and gnafhn. ^th. 

khi haft beheved, 
fervaot 
was he* ime hour. 

14 * come 

-*her 
! Tick or a fever. 

the 
., and 

even u . . rhey 

brtx: ,t were poi- 

arfl out the 
word, and healed all that 
we? 

lied which was 
c prophet, fa 
Hin 

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them an herd of many Twine, feeding, 
I if So the devils r t h:m, fay- 



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out, fuller bs to 
away into tie herd of fwine. 

*i And he lad unto them, Go. And 

when they were come out, they went 

be herd r>e: and, beheld, the 

whole herd of fwine ran violently down 

a fteep place into the fea, and per.thed in 

hat kept them fled, and 

into the city, and told 

every and what was befallen to 

'bedev 

J, behold, :;me 

» meet Jefus : aM when they faw 

him, they be fought »tm that he would 

depa- r their coafts. 

CHAP. IX. 
•tretb tbepalfy,9 calif rBMjtt 
10 taietb iv:: rans and 

N D he entered into a fiiip, and patted 
:ime into his owr. 
- * ' -y brought to 

, lying on a bed : 
5. feeing tn i. laid unt 

fick of the i be of good cheer ; 

■ of the fcribes 
themfelve , man blal- 

phetT.eth. 

« ng their thoughts, 

re think ye evil in 
hear 

whetbr 

iven thee ; cr to fay, A 

nay know Son of 

>wer on earth to for^ ; 
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St. MATTHEW. 



John, faying. Why do we and the Phar- 
ifees faft oft, but thy difciples faft not ? 

15 And Jefus faid unto them, Can the 
children of the bridechamber mourn, as 
long as the bridegroom is with them ? 
.But the days will come, when the bride- 
groom fhall be taken from them, and 
then (ball they faft. 

16 No man putteth a piece of new 
cloth unto an old garment, for that which 
is put in to fill it up, taketh from the 
garment, and the rent is made worfe. 

17 Neither do men put new wine into 
old bottles' : eHe the bottles break, and 
the wine runneth out, and the bottles 
perifa : but they put new wine into new 
bottles, and both are preferved. 

18 While he fpake thefe things unto 
them, behold, there came a certain ruler, 
and worfhipped him, faying, My daugh- 
ter is even«no'v dead : but come and lay 
thy hand upon her, and (lie fhall live. 

19 And jefus arofe, and followed him, 
and fo did his difciples. 

•20 (And, behold, a woman, which was 
difeafed with an ifflie of blood twelve 
years, came behind him, and touched the 
hem of his garment : 

21 For fhe faid within herfelf. If 1 may 
but touch his garment, I (hall be whole. 

22 But Jefus turned him about, and 
when he faw her, he faid, Daughter, be 
of good comfort ; thy faith hath made 
thee whole. And the woman was made 
whole from that hour.) 

23 And when Jefus came into the rul- 
er's houfe, and faw the minftrels and the 
people making a noife, 

24 He faid unto them, Give place : for 
the maid is not dead, but fieepeth. And 
they laughed him to fcorn. 

25 But when the people were put 
forth, he went in, and took her by the 
hand, and the maid arofe. 

26 And the fame hereof went abroad 
into all that land. 

27 And when Jefus departed thence, 
two blind men followed him, crying, and 
faying, Thou Son of David, have mercy 
on us. 

28 And when he was come into the 
houfe, the blind men came to him : and 
Jefus faith unro them, Believe ye that I 



The apuftles fent to preach. 

the dumb fpake : and the multitudes 
marvelled, faying, It was never fo feen 
in Ifrael. 

84 But the Pharifees faid, He cafteth out 
devils through the prince of the devils. 

35 And Jefus weni about all the cities 
and villages, teaching in their fynagogues, 
and preaching the gofpelof the kingdom, 
and healing every ficknefs and every dif- 
eafe among the people. 

36 But when he faw the multitudes, 
he was moved with companion on them, 
becaufe they fainted, and were fcattered 
abroad, as fteep having no fhepherd. 

37 Then faith he unto his difciples, 
The harveft truly is plenteous, but the 
labourers are lew ; 

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harveft, that he will fend forth labourers 
into lus harveft. 

CHAP. X. 
The apojiles are fent to do miracles, and 
to preach. 
AND when he had called unto him 
his twelve difciples, he gave them power 
againft unclean fpirits, to caff them our, 
and to heal all manner of ficknefs and all 
manner of difeafe. 

2 Now the names of the twelve apoftles 
are thefe : The firft, Simon, who is called 
Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James 
the Jon of Zebedee, and John his brother ; 

3 Philip, and Bartholomew ; Thomas, 
and Matthew the publican ; James the. 
fon of Alpheus, and Lebbeus,' whofe fur- 
name was Thaddeus ; 

■4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas If- 
cariot, who alfo betrayed him. 

5 Thefe twelve Jefus fent forth, and 
commanded them, faying, Go not into 
the way of the Gentiles, and into any city 
of the Samaritans enter ye not : 

6 But go rather to the loft fheepofthe 
houfe of Ifrael. 

7 And as ye go, preach, faying, Th? 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

8 Heal the lick, cleanfe the lepers, raife 
the dead, caft out devils : freely ye have 
received, freely give. 

9 Provide neither gold, nor filver, noi 
brafs in your purfes, 

10 Nor fcrip for year journey, neither 
two coats, neither Oioes, nor yet ftaves 



am able to do this ? They laid unto him, : for the workman is worthy of his meat 



Yea, Lord 



11 And into whatfoever city or tow? 



29 Then touched hctheir eyes, faying, ! ye fhall enter,inquire who in it is worthy ; 



According to your faith be it unto you 
30 And their eyes were opened \ and 

Jefus ftraitly charged them, faying, See 

that no man know it. 

St But thev.when they were departed, 



and there abide till ye go thence. 

12 And when ye come into an houfe, 
falute it : 

13 And if the houfe be worthy, let your 
peace come upon it : but if it be not wor- 



fpread abroad lus fa me in all that country, thy, let your pe;icc return to you. 

32 As they went out, behold, they] 14 And whofoever (hall not receive 
brought to him a dumb man poffeffed you, nor hear your words, when ye de- 
with a devil. trt out of that houfe or city, fhake oft 

33 And when the devil was caft out, ] (he curt of your feet. 

15 Verily 



Cbrijl's cza*ge to the aptjlles. 

15 Vcrilj I : .. unto you, It (hall be 

the land of Sodomand 

of judgment, than 

, ° /heep in 

the midft of wrolrc wife 

, and 1, 

But bew»;e • •: ,r they will 

deliver you trie y 
will fcourgc 

iov. 



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lor 
hour »l 

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ii 1. 1 

i the brother Qui I deliver up 

r the 
ip a- 
tobe 

^ (hall be hated or n for 

nry names take : but lie tha: e 
e eiwl (hall be Paved. 

i they perffc.it^ \ou in 

-rily 

i 

■ r he 
lore 



Chap. xi. Jobn fendetb bis d'-fciples 

35 For i am a r •■ to fet a i. 
ance againk ;u er 

:r in 
again ft he 

da mn be the 

own hcufehold. 

at L>ve<h father ther 

^ not wort! 
he that loveth (on or da . 
rt won mc. 

i he tha jcrofs, 

' findeth his life f. 



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Ingratitude upbraided. 

face, which mall prepare thy 
tore thee. 

11 Verily I fay unto you, Amongthem 
that are born of women, there hath not 
rifen a greater than John the Baptifl : 
notwithstanding, he that is leatl in the 
kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 

12 _ And from the days of John the 
Baptift, until now, the kingdom of heaven 
jwlfereth violence, and the violent take 
it by force. 

13 For all the prophets and the law 
prophefied until John. 

14 Arid if ye will receive //, this is 
Elias, which was for to come. 

15 He that'hath ears to heardet himhear. 

16 But,Whereunto fhall J liken this gen- 
eration ? It is like unto children fitting in 
the markets, and caliingunto their fellows, 

17 And faying,We have piped unto you, 
and ye have not danced ; we have mourn- 
ed unto you, and ye have not lamented. 

18 For John came neither eating nor 
drinking, and they fay, He hath a devil. 

19 The Son of Man came eating and 
drinking, and they fay. Behold, a man 
gluttonous, and a wine'bibber, a friend of 
publicans and finners. But wifdom is 
juftified of her children. 

20 "J Then began he to upbraid the ci- 
ties wherein molT of his mighty works 
were done, becaufe they repented not : 

21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto 
thee, Bethfaida ! for if the mighty works, 
which were done in you, had b^en done 
in Tyre and Sidon, they would have re- 
pented long ago in fackcloth and a flies. 

22 But f fay unto you. It {ball be 
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the 
day of judgment, than for you. 

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art 
exalted unto heaven, fhall be brought 
down to hell : for if the mighty works, 
which have been dune in thee, had been 
done in Sodom, it would have remained 
until this day. 

24 But I fay unto you, That it ihall 
"be more tolerable for the land of Sodom 
jn the day of judgment, than tor thee. 

25 fl At that time Jefus anf.vered, and 
faid, I thank thee. Father, Lord of 
heaven and earth, becaufe thou baft hid 
thefe things from the wile and prudent, 
and haft revealed them unto babies. 

26 Even fo, Father: tor fo it feemed 
good in thy fight. 

"27 All things are delivered unto me 
of my Father : and no man hnoweth the 
Son, but the Father ; neither kftoweth 
any man the Father, lave the Son, and be 
to whomfoever the Son will reveal bim. 

28 Come unto me,aii;r 'hat labour and 
are heavy laden, and I will give you reft. 

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn 
of me; for I am met k and low] ; in heart ; 

i ye fhail find reft unto y?ur fouls, 



Sr. MAT 
way be- 



e fhe Pharifees reproved. 



SO For my yoke is eafy, and my bur- 
den is light. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The difciples ptuck the tan of corn on 

the fabbath. S6 Blafpbeny againji lbs 

Holy Gbojtjhnll not be forgiven. 

AT that time Jefus went on the fab- 
bath day through the corn ; and his dif- 
ciples were an hungered, and began tj 
pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 

2 But when the Pharifees faw //,. they 
faid unto him, Behold, thy difciples do 
that which is not lawful to do upon the 
fabbath day. 

S But he' faid unto them, Have ye not 
read what David did, when he was an 
hungered, and they that were with him * ' 

4 How he entered into the houfe of 
God, and did eat the fee wb read, which 
was not law fur foi him to eat, neither 
for them which were with him, but only 
for the priefts ? 

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how 
that on the fabbath days the pri^fls in 
the temple profane ihe fabbath, and are 
blamclefs ? 

6 But I fay unto you, That in this place 
is one greater than the temple. 

7 But if ye had known y/b&itbis mean- 
eth, 1 will have mercy, and nor larrifice, 
ye would not have condemned the guilt - 
lefs. 

For the Son of Man is Lord even cf 
the fabbath day. 

9 And when he was departed thence, 
he went into their fvnagogue : 

10 And, behold, there was aman which 
had bis hand withered. Abo fhey alked 
him, faying, Is it lawful to heal on the 
fabbath days f thatthey n i -ht acuiOhim. 

It And he faid unto them, Whatman 
(ball there be among you, that fhall have 
one Sleep, and if it fall into a pit on tli£ 
fabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, 
and lilt ;.' out ? 

12 How much then is a man better 
than a fhecp ? Wherefore it is lawful to 
do well on the fabbath days. 

15 Then fairh he to the man, Stretcl 
forth thine hand. And he ftretched // 
forth ; and // *as reftored whole, like as 
(he other. 

14 Then the Pharifecc went out, an( 
held a counfel againlt him, how the) 
might deftroy him. 

15 Bqt when jefus knew/.*, he with- 
draw himfelf from thence : and great 
multitudes followed him, and lie healed 
them all ; 

16 And charged them that the) ;.iould 
not make him known : 

17 That it might be fulfilled which was 
fpoken by Efaias the prophet, faying, 

18 Behold, my fervant, whom 1 havi 
cfiofen ; my beloved, in whom ray foul 
is well pleafed i I will put nay fpirit u^- 



on I ent to 

the 

19 He r i ry : : : '*her 

(hill a 

i h, till 
lie feud forth r y- 

tl Ai. 
ft. 

Then was brought unto him one 
polled i'umb 

and he h ihe 

bb uurub both fpake and In 

And all i I zed, 

and laid, 1 

ait dev 
butbv 

- 

agaii.it it r i ■ » n ; 

. 1 • 

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I out devils. 
m out f 

t if J caftout «1 

of uod, t:.en the 
u. 
19 Or cite how <■ into a 

except he 

So He 

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31 • , All 

mi 

• the bla(| 

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til. 

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t. 74* 

and by thy woids thou (bait be 
nned. 
S3 Then certain cf t 
the Phaii:ee> 
we would fee a lien from fl - 

39 But lie a 
them. An evil I ul tenuis . .uu 

ketb afiei a figo no 

Ggn be given to u, but 
Jonas : 
*0 was three d 

three i ihe whale 

ihali \\\k - s cn be three a.- 

three nigh' of the e 

*t i : c men 

ration, and fyall 
caufe thej 
preacl J, behold, a 

foutli (ball 
up in the judg i(h this j. 

and mail i une fi 

the utten: 

n pi & :'nj, behold. - 

i here. 
43 V the oi i, ii it i ; 

out of , he v. 

plac 

*>* I ''In, 1 to 

.id 
en he is come, 

him fell 

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alio unto this w ick< 

4u \. 
be! 

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er« 



?50 Toe parable oftbefower. 

by the way fide, and the fowls came and 
devoured them up. 

5 Some fell upon ftony places, where 
they had not much earth : and forth- 
with they fprung up becaufe they had 
no deepnefs of earth : 

6 And when the fun was up, they 
were fcorched ; and becaufe they had not 
root, they withered away. 

7 And fomefell among thorns ; and the 
thorns fprung up and choked them : 

3 But other fell into goodground, and 
brought forth fruit, fome an hundred 
fold, fome fixty fold, fome thirty fold. 

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

10 And the difciples came, and faid 
unto him, Why fpeakeft thou unto them 
in parables ? 

tl He anfwered and faid unto them, 
Becaufe it is given unto you to know 
the myfteries of the kingdom ©f heaven, 
but to them it is not given. 

12 For whofoeverhath, to him fhall be 
given, and he mall have more abundance : 
but whofoever hath not, from him (halt 
be taken away even that he hath. 

13 I herefore fpeak I to them in par- 
ables ; becaufe they feeing, fee not ; and 
hearing, they hear not, neither do they 
underhand. 

1 4 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy 
of Efaias, which faith, By hearing ye (ball 
hear, and (h all not underltand ; and fee- 
ing ye fhall fee, and mall not perceive : 

15 For this people's heart is waxed 
grofs, and tbeir ears are dull of hearing, 
and their eyes they have clofed ; left at 
any time they mould fee with tbeir eyes, 
and hear with their ears, and mould un- 
derltand with their heart, and lliould be 
converted, and I fliould heal them. 

16 But blelTed are your eyes, for they 
fee : and your ears, for they hear. 

17 For verily 1 lay unto you, That 
many prophets and righteous men have 
defired to Ice thoje things which ye fee, 
and have not feen them ; and to hear 
tboje things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

18 Hear ye therefore the parable of 
the fower. 

19 When any one hcareth the word 
of the kingdom, and underftandeth :/ 
not, then cometh the wicked one, and 
catcheth away that which was ("own in 
his heart. This is he which received feed 
by the way fide. 

•20 But he that received the feed into 
itony places, the fame is lie that heareth 
the word, and anon with joy receive*!) it ; 

21 Yet hath he not root in hnnlcit, but 
dureth for a while : for when tribulation 
or perfecution arifeth becaule of the word, 
by and by he is offended. 

22 He alfo that received feed among 
the thorns, is he that heareth the word ; 



St. MATTHEW. 

and 



Divers other parables, 

the care of this world and the de- 
ceitfulnefs of riches choke the word, ani 
he becometh unfruitful. 

23 But he that received feed into the 
good ground, is he that heareth the word, 
and underftandeth /'/ ; which alfo beareth 
fruit, and bringeth forth fome an hun- 
dred fold, fome fixty, fome thirty. 

24 q Another parable put he forth un- 
to them, faying, The kingdom of heaven 
is likened unto a man which fowed good 
feed in his field : 

25 But while men flept, his enemy 
came and fowed tares among the wheat, 
and went his way. 

26 But when the blade was fprung up, 
and brought forth fruit, then appeared 
the tares alfo. 

27 So the fervants of the houfeholder 
came and faid unto him, Sir, Did ft not 
thou fow good feed in thy field i From 
whence then hath it tares ? 

23 He faid unto them, An enemy hath 
done this. The fervants faid unto him, 
Wilt thou then that we go and gather 
them up ? 

29 But he faid, Nay ; left while ye 
gather up the tares, ye root up alfo the 
wheat with them. 

30 Let both grow together until the 
harveft : and in the time of harvelt I will 
fay to the reapers, Gather ye together 
firtt the tares, and bind them in bundle* 
to burn them : but gather the wheat into 
my barn. 

31 Another parable put he forth unto 
them; faying, The kingdom of heaven 
is like to a grain of mufiard feed, which 
a man took, and fowed in his held : 

32 Which indeed is the leaft of all 
feeds : but when it is grown, it is the 
greater! among herbs, and becometh a 
tree, fo that the birds of the air come 
and lodge in the branches thereof. 

33 Another parable fpake he unto 
them, The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto leaven, which a woman took, and 
hid in three" meafnres of meal, till the 
whole was leavened. 

34 Cf All thele things fpake Jefus unto 
the multitude in parables ; and without 
a parable (pake he not unto them ; 

S5 That it might be fulfilled which was 
fpoken by the prophet, laying, 1 will open 
my mouth in parables: i will Utter things 

lich have been kept fecret from the 



uo. 



W 

foundation of the world. 

36 Then Jefus fentthemultitudeaway, 
and went into the houle : and his difciples 
came unto him, faying, Declare unto us 
the parable of the tares of the field. 

37 He anfwered and faid unto them, 
He that foweth the good feed is the Sou 
of Man ; 

38 The field is the world ; the good 
feed arc* the children of the kingdom ; 

but 



7be reward of the right 'en s. Chap. 

but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one ; 

59 The enemy that fowed them is the 
devil : the harveftistheendof the world ; 
and the reapers are the angels. 

40 As therefore the • \>hered 
and burned in the tire ; fj {ball it be in 
the end of this world. 

41 The Son of Man (hall fend forth 
his angels, and they thall gather out o1 his 
kingdom all thingsth i, and them 
which do iniq 

4- And (hall cafl them into a f.irnace 
of fire : there (hall be wailing and g 
ingot' teeth. 

41 Then mall the righteous 1 ne forth 
as the fun in I n ot th lr I 

o hath ear ir f !et I ir. 

A4 Again, 1 -aven is 

like untotreafure hid in • field ; the w h 
when a man hath found, he h md 

for joy thereof goethand (clleth all that 
he rth thai fi 

tin, 1 he king I m of heaven is 
i, feekinggood- 

46 Who, when he had found one pearl 
of great price, went and (old all that he 
hi I, and bought it. 

47 Again, 1 he kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a net, that a :t into the fea, 
and gathered of every kind : 

*B Winch, wb- full, they 

f o fhore, and fat down, and gath- 
ered the good into veflfeU, but calt the 

49 So thall it be at the * the 

world : tlie i th, and 

nong the juft, 
r\ CaH th fur- 

na there (hall be wailing 

teeth. 
SI Jel faith unto vin- 

hc(r th 

ere- 

n, is like 
m ing- 

re tbir 
and old. 

' came I Jc- 

fus had finiihed thel 
ed them 

lie wa& c°me ir 
■ 

ed, and la 

wifdom, 

b' les, and S 

rd Judi 

with i man all 



John Baprifi beheaded. 

57 And they were offended in h 
But Jefus faid unto them, A prophet is 
not without honour, f<tve in his own 
country, and in his own houfe. 

58 And he did not many mighty works 
there becaufe of their unbelief. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Herod's npinion oj Cbnfi. 13 The m'ir~ 
acle cf the ji<ve loavc .Aof walk- 

ing on the J'ea. 

I that time Herod thetetrarch heard 
of the tame of Jefus, 

4 And (aid unto his fe/vants. This is 
John the Baptift ; he is rilen from the 
dead ; and therefore mighty works do 
(hew forth themfelves in Turn. 

6 For Herod had laid hold on John, and 

bound him, and put bim in prilon for 

Herod e, his brother Philip's wife. 

>r John faid unto him, It is not 

til tor thee to have her. 

\nd when he would have put him to 

death, he feared the multitude, becaufe 

they counted him as a prophet. 

»> But when Herod's birth day was 
kept, the daughter of Herodias danced 
before them, and pleafed Herod. 

1 Whereupoi miled withanoath 

ve her whatfoever ihe would a Ik. 
And (he being betore inftructed of 
r moth ..ere John 

Btptili's head in i charger* 

'hekin neverthelefi, 

C. and 
• i him at meat, he i orananded it to be 
■i her. 

1 hr lent, And beheaded Jchn in 
the prifon. 

II And 1 bi in a 

irger, and gii ind 

•be iwr mothei . 

' - -ndtook \ty 

the h tnd buried it, and went and 

• 

I 

a- 
heard 
', the] t illowed him on ft ol 

t4 And |efui want forth, and faw a 

was moved nv 

d tlic-m, and I led 

I - \ . ! w even'np hil 

fari , i 

unto th | I hey 
need 

I I 'iaVe 

I 



"752 Qbrljtwalketbonthejea. St. MATTHEW. 

mg up to heaven, he blefTed, and brake, 
and gave the loaves to bis difciples, and 
the difciples to the multitude. 

20 And they did all eat, and werendled : 
and they took np of the fragments that 
remained, twelve bafkets full. 

2t And they that had eaten were about 
fire thoufand men, beiide women and 
children. 

2$ ^f And ftraightway Jefus conftrained 
h ; s difciples to get into a fhip, and to go 
before him unto the other fide, while he 
fent the multitudes away. 

'2.5 And when he had fent the multi- 
tudes away, he went up into a mouUtain 
apart to pray : and when the evening was 
come, he was there alone. 

-'.4 But the Ihip was now in the mid ft 
of the lea, tolled with waVeS : for the wind 
was contrary. 

25 And in the fourth watch of the night 
jefus went untothem, walking onthe lea. 

2-6 And when the dncpies law him 
walking on the lea, they were troubled, 
laying, [t is afpirit ; and they cried out 
for t'cAr. 

t*i Hut ftraightway Jefus fpake unto 
them, faying, He of good cheer ; it is I ; 
be not afraid. 

•28 And Peter anfwercd him, and faid, 
Lord, if it be thou, bid ine come unto 
thee on the water. 

29 And he faid, Come. And when 
Peter was come down out of the Ihip, he 
walked on the water, to go to Jefus. 

•Si*) Uut when he faw the wind boifler- 
rus, he was afraid ; and, beginning to (ink, 
he cried, faying, Lord, lave me. 

St And immediately jefus ftretched 
forth his hand, and caught him, and faid 
unto him, O thou ot little faith, Where- 
fore didfi thou doubt ? 

92 And when they were come into the 
fhip, the wind ceafed. 

33 Then they that wre in the fhip 
came and worihipped hirn, faying, Of a 
truth thou art the Son of God. 

34 And when they were gone ovcr y 
they came into the land of Gennefaret. 

•">'• And when the men ot that pi ice 
had knowledge of him, they fent out in- 
to all that country round about, and 
brought unto him all that were difeafed ; 

30 And befought him that they might 
only touch ihe hem of his garment : and 
as many as touched were made perfectly 
whole. 

CHAP. XV. 
3 G'.k!' s commanfimr»ts y und men's tra- 
ditions. 10 What defile lb a man. 
7 HkN came to jefus foribesand Phar- 
ifees, which wereof Jerufaierii, faying, 

2 Why do thy difciples tranfgrefs ihe 
idttiofi of the elders ? for they waih not 

their hinds when they eat bread. 

3 cj Cut hsanfweredand faid untc them, 



Whdt dtfileth a a 



Why do ye alfo tranfgrefs the command - 
ment of God by your tradition ? 

K For God commanded, faying, Ih 
our thy fat he i a-.m mother : and, lie 
that curfeth father or mother, let him die 
the death. 

5 But ye fay .Whomever fhall fay to his 
father or his mother, It is a glft,D4 to hat- 
foever thou mighteft be profited by me ; 

6 And honour not his father or hi 
mother, he Jljali be free. Thus have ye 
made the commandment of God of non'e 
efiect by your tradition. 

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Efaiasproph- 
efy of you, faying, 

8 This people draweth nigh unto me 
with their mouth, and honoureth we with 
their lips ; but their heart is far from me. 

9 But in vain they do worfhip me, 
teaching far doctrines the command- 
ments of men, 

-i0 f\ And he called the multitude, and 
faid untothem, Hear and underttand : 

1 1 Not tha't which goeth into the mouth 
defileth a man : but that which Cometh 
out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 

1- Then came his difc;ples, and faid 
unto him, Knoweft thou that the Phari- 
fees were offended, after they heard this 
faying ? 

t3 But he nnfwered and faid, Every 
plant which my heavenly Father hath 
not planted, (hall be rooted up. 

K Let ti>em alone : they be blind lead- 
ers of the blind. And if the blind lead 
the blind, both fhall iall into the ditch. 

15 I hen anfwered Peter and faid unto 
him, Declare unto us this parable. 

to And Jefus faid, Are ye alfo yef 
without underltanding ? 

|7 Do not ye yet underfland. that 
whatfuever entereth in at the mouth go- 
eth imo the belly, and is (aft cut into the 
draught ? 

IB But thofe things which proceed out 
of the mouth come forth from the heart : 
and they defiie the man. 

19 For out ot the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, thefts, falfe witnefs, Dlafphemi.es : 

2.0 Thefe are the things widen defile a 
man: but to eat with nnwafhen hands 
defileth not a man. 

£t Then jefti3 went thence, and 
departed into the coalis of Tyre and 
Sidon. 

$.4, And, behold, a woman of Canaan 
came out of the fame coalis, and cued 
unto him, faying, Have mercy on me, O 
Lord, thou foil of David : my daughter 
is gricvoufly v< xed with a devil. 

23 But he anfwered her not a word. 
And his difciples came and befought 
him, faying, bend her away ; tor ihe 
crie'.h after us. 

"2 I But he anfwered and faid, I am 

jK.r 



Cbtijl's miracles 

not fcnt but unto the loft (heep of the 
houfe of I (ml 

-' rh ne rtie and worshipped him. 

faying. Lord, help ne 

• ''> But he anfwered ind faid. It is not 
meet r j rake the Children's bread, and to 
it to do 

faid. Truth Lord 1 : yrt 

-' do^s ea» of 'he crumbs which fall 
1 the r hie 

23 I hen Jel'us a d (aid unto 

her, toman, great /.« thy fa ; th he if 
unt a thee even as ihotl w !t And h.'r 
daughter was mule whole from that 
verv hour 

An 1 J.-fus departed from th-nce, 
and cine m ^h it \*u the Tea of G <l lee ; 
and went up into a mountain and fat 
down there 

^0 An) gre it multitudes came unto 
him having with them tbtft that no- rt 
lame, blind, maimed, ;md many 

»ers an-1 l it JetusS 

fee rtn : 

3i Infomuch that the multitude 'von- 

: t'ie> ' dumb to fj • - 

the maime ie to 

I they 
glorified til of 1 fr.f 

■M. Then Jeful C died hi | lei unto 

Li>n> and (aid, 1 have COS n on the 

titude, becaufe they continue with 

, and nave nothing to 

and ( will ad them away fait. 

I he \* iy. 
33 ill to h.rn, 

Whence Aiould wen niicli bread 

ne wilderoefs, as to fiH 
itude I 
■ w '4 And J 9 thrm, I 

many loavea have \ e I 

fade 
?o lit down oi 1. 

■ ■•*<-> and 
ll^r r. he , | i | rave t 
them .oni e,.tve to hit I ., ..:. 

difc pies to the multitude. 

fill- 

up of ♦ i bi 

ntr II 

And the) tl 
thoul 

' And he 

• 
lala 

C 11 A P. v 
he fan if fouai • I be 1'avrn u/ 
tbe rbmt to 

til I fore/belVttb '• th. 



Chap, xvi. Tbe Jtgn of Jonas. 7JS 

S And in the morning, // tuill be foul 
weather today : t->r the Iky is red and 
louring. Oje hypocrites, ye can dif- 
rern the face of thu fky ; but, Can yenat 
dtfa m the figna of the times } 

4 A wicked and adulterous generation 
feeketh after a lign ; and there fhall no 
Hk;n be given unto it, but the lign of the 
prophet Jonas. And he left them and 
departed 

.'» i] And when his difcples were come 
to the ether lide, they had forgotten to 
take bread. 

t> Then Jefus faid unto them, Take 
heed and beware of the leaven of the 
Pharifees and of the Sadduce :>. 

7 Andthe^ rcif »ned among themfelve.% 
fry> n £» /' /* becaule we have taken no 
bre id. 

8 Which when Jefus perceived, he faid 
unto them, O \e of little faith, Why 
reafimye among youifelves, becaufe ye 
have brought bo bread ? 

9 Do ye nor j er undcrftand, neither re- 

member the five loaves of the hve thou- 
sand, and 1) in man) baflcets ye took up? 

10 Neither the (even loaves of the 
four thonfand, and how many bafkets 
ye tuok up } 

It How is it that yc do not undcr'.hmd 
that I (pike it not to you concerning 
bread, that >e mould beware of the leaven 
of the Pharisees and ot the Sadducee 

It Then underllood thry how that he 
bade thrm not beware of the leaven of 
bread, but of the dodrifte of the Phari- 
fee- i the Sadducees. 

When j' fus came into the coails of 

L'efarea Phillppi, he afked his difciple.*, 

ingi Whom do men fay that I the 

oi Mai 

14 And they laid, Some /*v that thcu 

art John the Haj 'as ; and 

othei ■ |< remit: -, oi one i f the ; 

1 i llr faith auto them, But, Wfc 

I ml 
16 A-: | Sim in I ind 

I, '1 hou ai \ the Clirilt, tl.'- Son i I I 
■ i 

IT 

non Bariona . i< i 
th doi ■ I it uni 

thee, bui n. 

1 fa) all • unto th- ■•-. I h 

M 
*~i\w id tht U 

i ' I I win nio the 

oftht vcr 

r I) in, 



THE I fo with the! idducees ' i b*cr th 



camr and, tempting, dv r : n thai h \ 

would rh.- v them a :': ;:i from h;:aven. 

I lie anf.vere I and fail unto them, 
^yhen it 15 ev« e lay, /: ivill br 

fair weather : for the fky is red. 

AY 



lonfc or. tarth fll ill be 

to lea that 

,tl wai Jelua 



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754 ChriJIforeJheivethbis death. St MATTHEW. 

fits to (hew unto his difc'ples, how that 
he mufl go unto Jerufalem. and fnff'er 
ma.iv things of the elders and chief 
priefts and bribes, and he killed, and be 
raifed again the third day. 

<22 Then Peter took him, and began 
to rebuke him, faying, Be it far from 
thee T'.ord : this fhall not be unto thee 

2.3 But he turned and faid unto Peter, 



Ger thee behind me, Satan . thou art 
an offence unto me : for thou favoured 
not > he things that be of God, but thofe 
that be of men 

2' Then faid Jefns unto his difc'ples. 
If any nnn will come after me, let him 
deny himfelf, and take up his crofs, and 
follow me: 

15 For whofoever will fave his life 
ihall lofe it • and whofoever will lofe his 
life fo»" my fake, fhall find it. 

2fi For, What is a man profiled, if he 
fhall ?a ; n the whole world, and lofe his 
own fuil ? or, What fhall a man give in. 
exchange for his foul ? 

'■H F»r the Son of Man fhall come in 
the glory of his Father wi'li his angels ; 
and then he (hall reward. every man ac- 

Cor'T") tn hi? works. 

"R Ver>ly I fay unto you, There be 
fome (landing h^re, which mall no' tafte 
of death, till they fee the Son of Man 
coming in his kingdom. 

CHAP XVII. 
1 The transfiguration of Gbrift 14 He 
he '> l"t h a Lunatic k 1* for? telle tk bis 
©TO" 1>j/Jion y 21 and payeih tribute 
AND af r er fix davs J'efus taketh Pe- 
ter Tames, and John hi>" brother, and 
bring^th them up into an high moun- 
ta' n apirf, 

2 \ ^(\ was transfigured before them : 
and Jvs fac did (h'ne a* *he fun, and his 
raiment was w.hite as the light?, 

3 And, hphnM there appeared unto 
them Mofes and Fins ^alkin^ tvifh him 

\ Tli"i anfwered Pet^r, and fa ; d unto 
Je'nv. Tcrd, it is good for us to be here : 
if »h v> wilt, W us make here three 
fabpr? acl^s : one for thee, and one for 
M"^ and one f<"*r Elias 

". While h" vet make behold a bright 
cloiH nyprfharHwed 'h^m and behold, 
a vn'c nut of the cloud, wlvcn fa ; d, 
Th'-K ;<; iiiv hpVived Son, in whom I am 
well '.d- > r - ' : Ivar ve hhu 

n \r\ A whetl f h* d : fciph-s heard ff, they 
fell on »hp'r face and were fore afraid 

7 \„<] ff>fu< came and touched them, 
ano 1 Pud Vife and be hot afnid. 

R And uhen f he $r had lifted up their 
eve f hev faw rto man, five frfusonly. 

9 A nd a<; th^y cane down from: thef*! 
m »i.in*a? ; n. feftt8 charged thorn, fayintr. 
•rvu j ia <''!foi to rm man until the Son 
of VI in be rifen again from 'he d' j a I 



10 And h^ difciples alked him, faying, for me and thee. 



He healetb a lunatici. 

Why then fay the fcribes that Elias muft 
firfi come ? 

11 And Jefus anfwered, and faid unto 
them, Elias truly (hall firft come, and 
refiore all things. 

12 But I fay unto you, that Elias is 
come already, and they knew him not 9 
but have done unto him whatfoever they 
lifted. Likewife (hall alfo the Son of 
Man fu ffer of them. 

13 Then the difciples underftood that 
he fpake unto them of John the Baptift. 

14 «1 And when they were come to the 
multitude, there came to him a certain 
man, kneeling down to him, and faying, 

15 Lord, have mercy on my fon for 
he is lunatick, and fore vexed : for oft- 
times he falleth into the fire, and oft into 
the water. 

16 And 1 brought him to thy difci- 
ples and they could not cure him. 

.17 Then Jefus anfwered, and faid, O 
faithlefs and perverfe generation, .How 
long fhall I be with you ? How long fhall 
I fuffer you ? Bring him hither to me. 

18 And Jefus rebuked the devil ; and 
he departed out of him : and the child 
wa> cured from that very hour 

19 Then came the difcioles to Jefus 
apart, and faid, Why could not we caft 
him out I 

20 And Jefus faid unto them, Becaufe 
of your unbelief for verily 1 fay unto 
you If ye have frith as a grain of muf- 
taid feed', ye fhall fay unto this moun- 
tain, Remove hence to yonder place ; 
and it fhall remove ; and nothing thall 
be impofh'bleunto you 

21 Howbeit, this kind goeth not out 
but b> prayer and falling. 

24 f And while they abode in Galilee, 
Jefus faid unto them. The Son of Man 
Ihall be betrayed into the hands of men : 

23 And they fhall kill him, and the 
third day he ihall be raifed again. And 
they were exceeding forry. 

•2i q| And when they were come to 
Capernaum, they that received tribute 
money came to Peter, and faid, Doth not 
your matter pay tribute ? 

23 He faith, Yes. And when he was 
come into the houfe, Jefus prevented 
him faying. What thinkelt thou, Simon i 
Of whom do the kings of the earth take 
cuftom, or tribute ?*. Of their own chil- 
dren, or of flrangrrs ? 

u 26 Peter faith unto him, Of ftrangers. 
Jefus faith unto hiin, Then are the chil- 
dren free 

n . Notwithstanding, left we fhould of- 
fend them, go thou to the fea, and caft 
an hook, and take up the fifb that firft 
cometh up , a;id when thou haft opened 
his mouth, thou (halt hnd a piece of 
money : that take, and give unto them 



CHAP. 



ChriJI teacbetb to be bumble. Chap. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Cbrifi teatbrti) o br humble 7 Touching 

offtmef^ tS and ; ngoneam: 

Ai r he fame time c <me (he dilciples 
unto Jelus, faying, Who is the 
in the kingdom of heaven 

\nd jefus called a little child unto 
him, and let h'.m in the mutft of ihem, 

S An .1 faid, Verily I faj ur.ro you, 
Excepr ye be converted, an*l become as 
little children, ye ihail not enter into the 
kingdom ot heaven. 

4 Wholbever therefore fh-ll humble' 
himlelf as tlu> little child, the fame 
greaielt in the kingdom ot" hea\ 

'j A. id wiiolo ihall re< ne fuch 

little child in my n tun-, i c< eh - th n 

6' But whofu mall i 

little ones which bel;ev • in me, it were 
better fur him that a mi) I ft one 

• thjt he 
drow ned in the 

« A '■ unto the world becaufe of 
ces : k<r it mud 

but vsoe to thai m m by 

Mil the :neih ' 

« Where! 
offend thee, cut then. 
U <m thee . it ; r thee t 

liie hall or iiiumcd. ra'hrr than 

feel to b 
re. 
■ 

// from 'lice : it • b 
■ 

' one 
hi tie a ' ,i I 1 1 

'I hai in he .%•< 

Id the face of ii. > 1 ith i • 
in I. 

• i Ko» the t<> i w r 
that * hu h 

l h nk \ in h i\ •• ID 

htm 

e, and g 

.'.■ill r 
l* And 1 1 I 

•ih more of ih U 
r#, than 
:u noi 

i I tiven la u is n »t the trill i I 
in he iv in, tl 
ihefe ; 

r ih a 1 1 tl 

it thee, go andiell him h I uilt 

(hall 
1 r •, thou I I thy bi 

to Bui it he • >t hear 

take w ith »hee one or two m 

the mouth oi Wltncfl el eV- 

er> word m .> be ell ,v : ih 

• 7 And it he ihall neglc< t to hear il. 
tell // unto the Church : but if he • 



xviii. Of fo'gi'v'irg one another. 155 

to hear the t hur< h, let him be unto thee 
as an h* atheta m in and a in. 

in Veritj 1 la) unto >ou, Whatfoever 
ye ihull bind on earth (hall b'( bound 

n : and *i 

on ear'h thai 1 br t< oled in he .•• - s. 
ty Again I lay umi 

Of ) OU 

any th ng tl a; tl ei Ih i he 

done fur tbcmof i. her whicn is in 

lit aven 

Ml I- r w here two c r three are ^a* 

ei ii my name, theie am 1 m 
the midll ol tin m 

■il « Perer to him, and . 

I ord, Hov ut ihall my Ui . 

I r rgive him »en tin 

Jelus laith unto him I la> ik >! 
(o thee, [/mil liven tjme \ but, Until 
(even 
ne i ih'* kingdom ol » 
en likened unto a v\ Inch 

!d lake account i f bis fervanfe, 
Ik A had b khn, 

one was bro him, whnh o»*ed 

him 'en d !.iie:n-, 

But f. ral.i I 
I i . . , 

and hi> witi . that 

he h.i 1, a I e 

:o i h- lerva rfoi < t'" 11 Bo« n t 

worfhipped him, laying 1 ro, b 
and I will \ .. . u. 
' I h< n the Inrd ci thai lei ^ ant 
id with i loolcd i. mi, 

ti 
■ the i •■ 
foum 1 Hi h 

laid i . >n h m, the 

i 

at lr 

I vsil, 

ill. 

. lU'O ' . 

• r. 

1 

rd (enfant, It 

■ 
i 

tred him to the torn 

• ■ . 
• y one 
their til. , 

P. 



T56 



Cbrijl healetb tbtjick. 
CHAP. XIX. 



St. MATTHEW. N«w to obtain eternal life, 

| one, that is God : but if thou wilt eater 

% Cbrijl bealetb tbejick, % anfiuereth the \ imo life, keep the commandments 

Pbanfeet touching divorcement. \§ ind* 18 He faith unto him, Winch? Jefus 

Jbeioetb bo<w to attain everlajting I fe. faid, 1 hou (halt do no murder, 1 hou (halt 

AND it came to pafs, /A*/ wherf Jefus not commit adultery, Thou (hair uot 

had finifred thefe fayings, he departed (teal, Thou (halt not bear falfe witnefs, 

from Galilee, and can>e into the coafts of 19 honour thy father and thy moth- 

Judea beyond Jordan ; ,er ; and, Thou (halt love thy neighbour 



2 ,\nd great multitudes followed him : 
and he healed them there. 

3 % 2 he Pharifeesalfq came unto him, 
tempting him, and faying unto him. Is it 
la* ful for a man to put away his wife for 
every caule ? 



as thyfelf 

20 The young man faith un'*o him, All 
thefe things have I kept irom my youth 
tip : What lack I yet ? 

21 Jelus faid unto him. If thou wilt be 
peifecl:, go and (ell that thou haft, 



4 And he anfwered and faid unto; and give to the poor, and thou (halt have 
them, Have ye not read, that he which jtrralure m heaven: and come and fol- 



made thtfti at the beginning made them 
male and female, 

5 And faid, For this caufe (hall a man 
leave father and mother, and (hall cleave 
to his wife : and they twain (hall be one j 
fledi J 

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, 
but one fleih. What therefore God 
hath joined together, let no man put 
afunder. 

l> They fay unto him, Why did Mofe.s 
then command to give a writing of di- 
vorcement and to put her away ? 

8 He faith unto them, Mofes, becaufe 
of the hardnefs of your hearts, fu fie red 
you to put away your wives : but from 
the beginning it was not fo 

9 And I fay unto you WJiofcever (hall 
put away his wife, except it be tor for- 
nication and (hall marry another commit- 
teth adultery : and vy hofo marrieth her 
which is put away doth commit adultery 

10 His difciples lay unto him, If the 
cafe af the man be fo with bis wife, it is 
not good to marry. 

11 But be faid unto them, All men 
cannot receive this laying, fave ibey to 
whom it is given. 

12 For there are fome eunuchs, which 
were fo born from their mother's womb : 
and there are fome eunuchs, v\hich were 
made eunuchs of men : and there be 
eunuchs, which have made themielves 
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's 
lake. He that is able to receive tt t let 
him receive it. 

IS 1 hen were there brought unto him 
little children that he Ihould put bis hands 
on them and pray : and the difciples re- 
buked them. 

H But Jefns faid, Suffer liltlechildren 
and forbid them not, to come unto me : 
for of fnch is the kingdom of heiven. 

15 And he laid bis hands on them, and 
departed thence. 

»>■> ff And, behold, one came and faid 
unto him, Good Mailer, vVhat good thing 
(hall I do, that I m<> have eternal life r 

17 And he laid unto him, VVhy caile.l 



low me. 

22 But when the young man heard that 
faying, he -ent away iorrowiul : for he 
had great poflt Ifions. 

23 1 hen (aid Jelus umo his disciple?, 
jVeniy I (ay unto you, 1 hat a )ich man 

(hall hardly enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

24 And again I fay umo you, It is 
ealier for a camel to go through he eye 
of a needle, than for a lich man to enter 
»nto ihe kingdom of God. 

25 When his difcip'e^ heard //, they 
were exceedingly amazed, faying, Who 
then can be faved ? 

"2.6 But Jelus beheld them, and faid un- 
to them With men this is impotTible ; 
but with God all things are poilible 

2T Then anfwered Peter and faid unf© 
Behold, we have forfaken all, and 



what (hall we have there- 



mm, 

followed thee ; 
fyre ? 

28 And Jefus faid urto them. Verily I 
fay unto you, That ye which have follow- 
ed mc in the regeneration, when the Son 
of Mjm lhall fit in the throne of his glory, 
ye alio 'hall lit upon twelve thrones, 
judging the twelve tribes of Ifrael 

2? And every one that hath iorfaken 
houfes, or brethren, or fillers, or father, 
or mother, or wile, or children, or lands, 
for my name's fake, (hall receive an hun- 
dred told, and (hall inherit everlattinglife. 

$0 Bur many that are full (hall be 
laft ; and the lad fh .11 be rirft. 

c a t\ p. xx. 

1 Of the labourers in the 'vineyard. 20 

Cbrijl teacheth bis dijeiphs to be loavly. 

FOR the kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a man that is an houfehokicr,which 
went out early in the morning to hire 
labourers into his vinevard 

'I And when he had agreed with the 
labourers for a penny a day, he lent them 
into his vineyaid. 

S And he went out about the third 
hou'*, and law other:; Manding idle in the 
market place, 

4 And faid unto them, Go ye alfo into 



thou me good i There is none good butjthe vineyard, and -tvhatioever is ii F 

w .' 



Of the itbe*uiaryard. Chap. 

II give YOU* And they went their way. 

5 Again he went out about the flxih 
and ninth hour, aivi ewife 

t> And about I (Tenth hour he-went 

t, aRd fcund orherb II and 

th unto them, Why (land >c here -'1 
the day idle > 

i) unto him, Becaufe no man 
hath hired us I i unto I So 

ye alfo into the vineyard; and vshatfo- 
cver is r fchf, >b i Dull ye receive 

d So vrhene* lie, the lord of 

t!i<! vineyard (aith unto his Reward, Call 
Ihe labourers them ttteir hue, 

beginning Iroai ' he I ft unto ih^ HrA 

9 And n In n the) a i e tlul Wert 
ed aboutthe eleventh hour, the) i ■ ceived 
every man » | 

10 But Ahcn the firfl came, the y fup- 
pofed that 'hey (hail recer 
more ; and tl ved ev 
man a , 

1 1 And had i I //. 
they mm man ot 
the 

It Sayii . I lafl ha 1 i but 

one h inal 

uir e borne the bin' • 

and heat of »rn 

15 Bui them, and 
faid, Friend I • 
nut me t r 

1 * l .i ■ hinc n 

will give u unto thee 

o vs h j r 
I x ill wit h i r e ) e e vi I, 

• I am 

16 So th< e firft, and the 
lart : i cl ofen. 

17 

I 
an mail be un- 

him o i'.i'h, 
19 And (ha! I del ■. 

h-r I d 

fhipring 6/*t,and deC 
of h 

£« And he fai.i unto I x, 

M.c (aith u ito 
Tc my two U ij fit, tl 

i the l- 
m. 
I3ut Jefua a and Paid, Yej 

know nor \i e j I ..'v • 

;:k Of tl 

] am h iprized with ) 1 

V/e are able. 

i, Ye 



xxi. Cbr'rjl ridctb to Jeruftlftx. T5T 

with the baptifm that I am b ptized 

, \Mth ; bi-r to fit on mj right hand, and 
on my lerr, is not mine to give, but // 
i/i be given io them foi whom it is 
, 1 1 : >drt d ot my Father 

t\ And when tiic ten heard //, they 
were moved v\ith indignation againit tnc 
two bie'hren. 

-S Hut Jefus called them wto Lint and 
faid, Ye know that the princes ot the 
(-•entiles exercife dominion o\er ihim, 
and they thai are great exercile autlioritf 
upon them. 

Co But it (hall not be fo among \ on : 
,but whofoevi r vsili be great among )ou, 
' let him be v< or minrftei 

17 And w however v. dl be chief among 
yi U, let him be your lervjht : 

'o Even II . C ^on or Mm tame not 
• " b* m >, but Ki nop 

ind to give Ins 1 fc :t rantom tor many. 

£9 And as tl>: > departed trom Jericho, 
a great multitude tollowe t him 
SO And, behold, t'ui blind men tltrng 

- he ird that 
. Cried our, faying I 

y on us, Lord, ihcu Son or Dav d. 

#• And the mulritude rebuked them. 

becanfe th< ieir pe..ce : 

but tl j. Have 

•: i ) ' ird, -t-ou Son ot P 

3* Ai d jefu Mill, i lird 

ihem, and laid, V. hat will ye that I (hull 

du UOI , ON } 

8 ' Lord, tint our 

•''* mpaflion en tbf.ir, 

ind irai 
!. their eyei received Tight, and they 
-wed him 

P, XXI. 
1 frujaUmt ■■ aft. 

It a id ,ut tb<- bii\. Urs. 

ligh mil | 
lalem, ari to H<-: h 

m the • < 'lives, ihi n feni ' 

two 

4 Sa;, i mk UntO I hi m I 

• 
tin.: ) irr , 

Icofe 

3 /■ 

n i 
■ 

4 All this, w.i> do Ighl be 
fnlfilh u whicli wai i\ \- 

5 lell ye the 
hold 

- 

6 And tl , 

hi 

7 A 

i and "Y 
?eon. 

8 And 



758 The fig t ree eurfed. 



St. MATTHEW. Parable of the vineyard. 



8 And a very great multitude fpreadjif ye tell me, I in like wife will tell you 

by what authority 1 do thefe things. 

J 25 I he baptifm of lohn. Whence was 
it, from heaven or of men ? And they 
reafoned with themfelves, faying, If we 
(hail fay, From heaven ; he will fay unto 
u , Why did ye not then believe him ? 

26 But if we (ball (ay, Of men ; «c fear 
the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. 

"27 And they anfwered Jetus and faid, 
We cannot tell And he laid unto them, 
Neither tell I you by what authority I 
do thefe things. 

'28 But, What think ye ? !K certain man 
had two fons ; and he came to the firft, and 
laid, Son, go work today in my vineyard. 

29 He anfwered, and faid, I will not : 
but afterward he repented, and went. 

30 And he came to the fecond, and 
faid likewife. And he anfwered, and 
laid, I go, (ir : and went not. 

.it Whether of them twain did thewill 
of his father ? They fay unto him»The firft. 
Jelus faith unto them. Verily 1 fay unto 
you, That the pub'icans and the harlots 
go into the kingdom of God before you. 

32 For John came unto you in the way 
of righteoufnefb, and ye believed him 
not: but the publicans and the harlots 
believed him : and ye, when ye had 
feen it, repented not afterward, that ye 
might believe him. 

33 Hear another parable : There was 
a certain houfehokier, which planted a 
vineyard, and hedged it round about, 
and digged a wine prefs in it, and built a 
tower, and let it out to hulbandnien, and 
went into a far country ; 

34 And when the time of the fruit 
drew near, he fent his fervants to the 
hufbandmen, that they might receive the 
fruits of it. 

35 And the hufbandmen took his fer- 
vants, and beat one, and killed another, 
and ftoned another. 

36 A^ain, he fent other fervants more 
than the firft : and they did unto them 
likewife. 

37 But laft of all he fent unto them his 
fon, faying. They will reverence my fon. 

3U But when the hufbandmen law the 
fon, they (aid among themfelves, This is 
the heir ; come, let us kill him, and let 
us feize on his inheritance. 

39 And they caught him, and call him 
out of the vineyard, and flew him. 

40 When the lord therefore of the 
vineyard cometh, What will he do unto 
thofe hufbandmen ? 

k\ They fay unto him, He will mifer- 
ably deflroy thofe wicked men, and will 
let out bis vineyard unto other hufband- 
men, which (hall render him the fruits 
in their feafons. 

42 Jefus faith unto them. Did ye never 
read in the fcnprures,The (tone which the 

builders 



their garments in the way ; others cut 
down branches from the trees, and draw, 
ed them in the way 

9 And the multitudes that went before, 
and that followed, cried, fav ing, Holanna 
to the fon of David : Blelfed it he that 
cometh in the name of the Lord ; Ho- 
fanna in the highelt. 

10 And when he was come into Jeru- 
falem all the city was moved, faying, 
Who is this I 

11 And the multitude faid, This is Je- 
fus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee 

12 fl And Jefus went mto the temple 
of God, and call out all them that fold and 
bought in the temple, and overthrew the 
tables of the moneychangers, and the 
feats of them that fold doves, 

13 And faid unto them, It is writ- 
ten, My houfe lhail be called the houfe 
of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of 
thieves 

14 And the blind and the lame came 
to him in the temple ; and he healed 
them. 

15 And when the chief priefts and 
fcribes faw the wonderful things that he 
did, and the children crying in the tem- 
ple, and faying, Holanna to the fon of 
David ; they were fore difpleafed, 

16 And faid unto him Heareft thou 
what thefe fay ? And Jefus faith unto 
them, Yea ; Have ye never read, Out of 
the mouth of babes and fucklings thou 
hall perfected praife ? 

17 And he left them, and went out of the 
city into Bethany ; and he lodged there. 

18 Now in the morning, as he returned 
into the city, he hungered. 

19 And when he faw a fig tree in the 
way, he came to it, and found nothing 
thereon, but leaves only, and faid unto 
it, Let no fruit grow on thee hencefor- 
ward for ever. And prefently the rig 
tree withered away. 

20 And when the difciples faw //, they 
marvelled, faying, How foon is the fig 
tree withered away ! 

21 Jefus anfwered, and faid unto them, 
Verily I fay unto you, If ye have faith, 
and doubt not, ye (hill not only do this, 
which is done to the fig tree, but alfo if 
ye fli ill fay unto this mountain, Be thou 
removed, and be thou call into the fea ; 
it (hall be done. 

22 And all things whatfoever ye (hall 
aflc in prayer, believing, ye fha'.l receive. 

23 And when he was come into the 
temple, the chief prie(ts and The elders 
of the people came unto him as he was 
teaching, and faid, By what authority 
doert thou thefe things ? and, Who gave 
thee this authority I 

ti And Jefus anfwered, and faid unto 
them, I alio will aik yon one thing, which 



Tie fmtahle of the marriage. Chap. 

buiHers rejected, the fame is become the! 
he id ,.t the corner • this is the Lord's 
ing and it tfl marvellous in our eyes <* 

»3 rherefore fty I unto you, The 
kingdom ..f God (hall be taken from >ou, 
an.i given to a nation brin K in^> forth the 
frti ts thereof 

II Andwh foever&all fall on this ftone 

fhillbe broken : but en whorafoever it 
lhall tall, it will grind hint I ier. 

4 r * • nd when 'he chief p and 

PI'- 1 ' had heard hii f- .-..Sleb, they 

perceived thai he f r »akcof them. 

««i Bit wnrn 'hey fought to lay hands 
on him, thc> feared the multitude, be- 
caufe thev took him for a prophel 

1 The Tryrr<*vr •/ ,[,, k -^'s/on 11 Tbe 

dd ng garment, ftngtri. 

bu < t r,Jurr f £l,o n 

AND Jefus anfv . i< e un to 

their, 

i 11 ■ f he iven .into 

* ( ' k,f 'K. vshich made a m 

vrvants to call 
b d len to the weddii 
1 they 

I forth other 

faying i ell »l em -• hich .ir- b dden, 

., ne<l n 
ai 

are read) i o ne unto ti.<- m u 

'''it the> in ,t ol // went 

,fv h ■ i ii m, ana 

Ir : 
*nd the int t», ik I 

tern fpitefull] , 

7 Bui when the I 

:. .nid 
ai 

• > 
« I hen faith he to his In 
we 

an -h til fi- 

ll) > 

1 5 > r h 1 1 

hi 
m 

and 

11 r 

hjd mi' 

1 ' And !)-■ f ir h unto hi I I Iton 

• il thou m lot I 
sfingganw 

I him h , and 1 

a^ iv. and 

there fh ill tping and . 

tce.h 

ti For naoy IK called, but few are 



xxfi. Tbe SadJucees confuted. 75J 

15 €J Then v%ent the Phariiees, and 
took counii I hon th ; hl entanele 
him m bn talk. 

16 And they fentout unto him their 
d:ic.ples. with the Herod iana, las 
Mailer, we know that thou art true, and 

the way of God in truth, neither 
carelr thou h-r any m*n : fur thou re- 
not th< i ot men. 

17 Tell us therefore. Whll thinkeft 
thou ? Is it lawful to fcive tribute unto 
^ eljr, or n< 

IB but jefus perceived their vsicked- 
refs, and faid, \\ hy tempt > e me.jr* h) p- 
les ? 
• 9 Shew me the tribute money. And 
the> bi into him i p m ny. 

ilth unto i hem, Whofe it 
thil image and (u> \ i 

• ty unto him. C Then 

faith he unto then Rendei nn- 

far the things which are < 
and unto God the rhii «s thai 

hen fhe> b i tbef'e lot 

they marvel I h fi I 

» 

, -■> * I he : ry came to him the 

, whit h fay thai there ia nor 
fun 

4 I. If a 

l marrj I ,d raife „ : , fj ed 

unto ' is bi 

t withusfevenbn th- 

i he had m irri d 

no uii., 

■ 

" ' :! «• • ' , and lh< 

Inn 

rithrr 
ut 

■ 

1 

I 
iod, fl 

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S * hit, 

phng 
rig, 

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ma, 



769 Chrift expo/ah the Pbanfees. St. MATTHEW. 

»7 Jefus faid unto him. Thou fhalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heait. and 
with all thy foul, and with all t} 1y mind. 

3tf This is the firft and great com 
xnandment. 

$9 And the fecond is like untoit,Thou 
ihalt love thy neighbour as th y felt. 

^ 40 On tht-fe two commandments hang 
all the law and the prophets. 

41 While the Phari fees were gathered 
together. Jefus afked them, 

42 laying. What think ye of Chrift ? 
Whofe fon is he ? They fay unto him. 
Ybr Jon of David. 

43 tie faith unto them, How then doth 
David in fpirit call him Lord, faying, 

44 The Lord fail unto nay Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, till I make thine 
enemies thy footftool ? 

45 If David then call him Lord, How 
is he his fon ? 



4o And no man was able toanfwer lvm by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty 



Againji hypocrify. 

go in yourfelves, neither fuffer ye them 
that are entering to go in. 

14 Woeumoyou,fcribesand Pharifees, 
hypocrites 1 for >e devour widows' houf- 
es a id tor a pretence make long pray- 
er : tnerefore je (hall receive the greater 
damnation, 

1.') Woe urttoyou fcribes and Pharifees, 
hypocrites! for \h cnrhpafs fea and bud 
to make one profelvte, and when he ie- 
made, ye make him- twofold more the 
child of hell than yourfelves, 

16 Woe unto 3 on ye blind guides, which 
fay vv*hofoever (half fwear by the temple, 
it is nothing ; but whofoever fnall fwear 
by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor ? 

• 7 Tc fools and blind : for, Whether 
is greater, the gold, or the temple that 
fancMeth the geld ? 

1» And, Whofoever lhall fwear by the 
a!tar,it is no»hing, but whofoever fweareth 



a word, neither durft any man from that 
day forth afk Kim any mote quejt ons. 
CHAP.' XXII /. " 



o4 Tbe 



1 The Jcnbti ami Pharifees* good doc 
trine, bu <<vt>x,nnbL * of {iff 
d f jtru£i on of Jfruf ale m foretold 
THK * fpake lefus to the multitude, 

and to his oifciples, ' 
2 Saying The fcribes and the Pharifees 

fit in Mofes's fe.it 



1 9 Ye fools and blind • for, whether is 
greater, the eift, oi the altar that fancti- 
fieth the gift"? 

•0 Whofo therefore fnall fwe*r by the 
altar, fweaieth by it, and by all things 
thereon \ 

21 And whofo (hall fwear by the tem- 
p'e, fweareth by it, and by him that 
dwelled therein 

22 And he that lhall fwear by heaven 



S Aii therefore whatfoever they bid lueareth by the throne of God, and by 
you obferve, tbat obferve and do : but [him that fitteth thereon, 
do not \e after their works . for they fay, -^ Woeuntoyou.fcnbesand Pharifees, 



and do not 

4 For they b nd heavy burdens andj 



hypocrites ! tor ye pay tithe of mint and 
anife and cumin and have omitted the 



t» • v>» Kti\, y \i mi Hv.n » jr ui!iui.ii8 ail vj ! v«»ii »v. •-<. 1. -1 vmiiiiii una nan uiiuii^u ij Ji^ 

grievous to bb borne, and lay tb m on I weightier matters of the law, judgment, 
men's (honkers; but they tiemfi<ves\ mercy, and faith : thefe ought ye to have 

- done, and not to leave the other undone. 



will not move them with one of their 
finders 

6 But all their works they do For to 
be feen of men : they make b r oad their 
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of 
their garments, 

6 And love the nppermoft rooms at 
feafts, and the chief feats in the fyna* 
gogues, 

7 And greetings in the markets* and 
to be culled of men, Rabbi, Rabbi 



24 Ye blind guides, which ftrain at a 
gnat, and fwallow a camel, 

£5 Woeunto you, fcribes and Pharifees, 
hypocrites ! for ye makeclean the outfide 
of the cup and of the platter, but within 
they are full of extortion and excefs 

b Z6 Tbou blind Pharifee, clean'e firft that 
Tvbicb ts within the cup and platter, that 
the outfide of them may be clean aifo. 

27 Woe unto you, Jcnbesund Pharifees, 



L't V1IHAI HI IllC'l, IXilWUI) IXJUJI *•« T< ut UilU) JUU,)LI H/i. 'il.'IU I Ijai ULtJ, 

8 But be riot ye called Rabbi : for one j hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited 
your Mifrer, fven Chrift ; and all ye fepolchres, winch indeed appear beauti- 
e brethren. fnl outward, but are within full of dead 



JS 

are 

9 And call no man your father upon 
the earth : for one is your Father which 
is in heaven 

10 Neither be ye called mailers: for 
one is your mailer e'ven Chrift. 

11 But he that is greateft among you 
(hall be your fervant 

12 \nd whofoever fiial), exalt himfelf 
/hall be ahoifed ; and he that (ball hum- 
ble himfell (hall be exalted. 

15 But woe unto you, fcribes and Phar 
ifees, hypocrites! for ye ifcut up the king- the prophets, 
dorm of heaven a gain It men: for ye neither $1 Wherefore ye be witnefTes unto 

yourfelves, 



m'n's bones, and of all unclcannefs. 

58 Even fo ye alfo outwardly appear 
righteous unto men, but within ye are 
full of liypocrify and iniquity. 

29 Woe unto you, fcribes ahd Pharifees, 
hypocrites ! becanfe ye build the tombs 
of the prophets, and garnifh the fepul- 
chres cf the righteous, 

SO And fay, If we had been in tiie 
days of our fathers, we would trot have 
been partakers with them in the blood of 



Dejtruflion of Jerufalem foretold. Chap. xxiv. Signs of Cbrifl's coming. 761 
>ourfelves, th?t ye arc the children of 



them which killed the prophets. 

Fill ye up then the meafure of your 
fa the is. 

3) Ye feipents, yrgene ratioo of vipers, 
Howcnn ye efcape the damnation of hell \ 

34 ^| Wheretore, behold, I fend unto 
you prophets, and wife men, and fcrihcs : 
and fome of them ye (hall kill and cruci- 
fy : An&fowe of them (hall ye fcourgt in 
your fynagogues, and pcrfecute tbc m iVom 
city to cit 

55 Thar upon you may come nil the 
righteous blood (bed upontheearth, from 
the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood 
of Z^charias fon of Barachias, whom ye 
ficv between thu temple and the altar. 

56 Verily I fay unto you, All thefe 
things (hall come upon this generation. 

37 O Jerufalem, Jerusalem, thou that 
killeft the prophets, and Honed them 
which are fent unto thee, how often 
would I h ithered thy children to- 
gethf r, even as a hen gathereth her chick- 
ens nnder bet wings, and ye would not ! 

38 B^hoid your houfc is left unto you 
delolare. 

39 p'or I fay un'o you, ye fhall not fee 
me henceforth, till >e mail fay, Blefled h 
he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

CM A P. XXIV. 
1 The d'ftruclion of the temple foretold. 
59 Of thrift's coming to judgment. 
ND Jefus went out, ami departed 
from the ' : and ! 

to bim, for to Qm the bi 

the temple. 

"2 Ana Jefus faid unto them, See ye not 
all thefe things i Verily I fay unto you, 

me fl >ne uj ua 
(hall not be 'hi n. 

v upon the mount ol '• )1- 

ives, the difi unto him pri- 

vately, f . ; ( ii us, w i 

ihii d, \y\,.y\j-',ii!nr the Ggn ol 

ih> coming, and of the end of tin- world ? 

i ui I 11 ml :: 

them, Take hee^l that no Blan dece 

r > For roar ie in m> . I ty 

i.ip 

6 . • ihali hear ot ru- 

mours that ye be 

I : for all tbeje things rnufl o- 
pafs, but tl 
T Ppr nal rion, 

. 
I 
thquak 
ft Allthcf".!" 

afflicted, a'i<! (nail kil . ye (hall 

hated of k)\ natio 

»0 And tl be "I. 

and (hall betray one another, sad Hull 
hate one anotbt 



11 And many falfe prophets (hall rife, 
and thall deceive many. 

i- And becaufe iniquity (hall abound 
the love of many fhall wax cold. 

13 Bur he that thall endure unto the 
end, the fame thall be faVed. 

li And this goipel of the kingdom 
lhall be preached in all the world for a 
witn.Ms unto all nations ; and then fhall 
t lie end come. 

15 When ye theiefore (hall fee the a- 
bomination of defolation, fpoken of by 
Daniel the prophet, hand in the holy place, 
( w hofo readeth, let him underftand : ) 

lb Then let them which be in Judea 
ilee into the mountains: 

17 Let him which i's on the hcufetop 
not come down to take any thing out of 
his houfe : 

18 Neither let him which is in the 
field return back to take his clothejs. 

J 9 And woe unto them that are with 
child, and to them that give fuck ia 
thofe days ! 

20 Fhit pray ye that your flight be not 
in the winter, neither on thefabbath day : 
-» For then flwll be great tribulation, 
inch a> w as not fince the beginning of the 
world to this time, no, nor ever lhall be. 
22 And except thofe days Humid be 
fbortened, there Arnold r>o Heln be faved : 
but for the elect's fake thole days (hall be 
ih >i u ned. 

"23 '1 hen if any man fliall fay unto you, 
Lo.herei/Cliriu, or the re ; believe// not. 
-i For there fhall arife falfe Chrifts, and 
fal/e prophet:,, ami thall lhew gnat figtis 
and wonders; infomuch that, xiittoere 
poffible, they fliall deceive the ▼err cto 
hold, 1 have told you before. 
26 \» h it they fhall (ay unto 

\ ou, Behold, he i not 

hold, /•- /j in the fecret clum- 
bers ; believe it not. 
tl For as the lightning cometh oat of the 
*h even unto the well ; lo 
(bsllalfi the coming of the Son of Man b 
■i the eaic i fa isjihere 
-red together. 
\ lulation 

d, 
loon lhall not give her light. 
ii in 'h dl fill from heaven, and 
<>i the heavens fliall be l! 

ill appc 

: and tl. 
! .11 the n o, 

in th la of 1 

■ I 

UK 
he Ofbei 

tel 






76-2 Signs of Chrijl's coming* St. MATTHEW. 

feth forth leaves, ye know that fummer 
nigh 



is . 

S3 So like wife ye, when ye fhall fee all 
thefe things, know that it is near, even 
at the doors- 

34 Verily I fay unto you, This gener- 
ation (hall not pafs, till all thefe things 
be fulfilled. 

35 Heaven and earth (hall pafs away, 
but my words fhall not pafs away., 

36 But of that day and hour knoweth 
no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but 
my Father only. 

37 But as the days of Noe were, fo fhall 
alfo the coming of the Son of Man be. 

38 For as in the days that were before 
the flood they were eating and drinking, 
•marrying and giving in marriage, until 
the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

39 And knew not until the flood came, 
and iook them all away ; fo (hall alfo the 
coming of the Son of Man be. 

40 Then (hall two be in the field ; the 
one fhall be taken, and the other left. 

41 Two -women Jhall ^grinding at the 
mill ; the one fhall betaken, and the oth- 
er left. 

42 Watch therefore : for ye knofr not 
what hour your Lord doth come. 

48 But know this, that if the good 
man of the houfe had known in what 
watch the thief would come, he would 
have watched, and would not have fuf- 
fered his houfe to be broken up. 

44 Therefore be ye alfo ready : for in 
fuch an hour as ye think not the Son of 
Man cometh. 

45 Who then is a faithful and wife 
fervant, whom his lord hath made ruler 
over his houfe hold, to give them meat in 
due feafon ? 

46 Bleffed is that fervant, whom his lord 
when he cometh (hall find-.fo doing. 

A7 Verily I fay unto you, That he fhall 
make him ruler over all his goods. 

48 But and if that evil fervant (hall 
fay in his heart, My lord delayeth his 
coming ; 

49 And (hall begin to frnite his fellow 
fervants, and to eat and drink with the 
drunken ; 

50 The lord of that fervant fhall come 
in a day when he looketh not for bim y and 
in an hour that he is not aware of, 

51 And fhall cut him afunder, and ap- 
point him his portion with the hypo- 
crites : there fhall be weeping and gnafh- 
ing of teeth. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and 
of the talent*. St Aljo the defcription 
of the la ft judgment, 
THEN (hail the kingdom oT heaven be 
ned unto ten virgins, which took 
theiF, lamps, *nd went forth to meet the 
bridegroom. 



Parable of the ten virgins, 

2 And five of them were wife, and five 
'were foolifh. * 

3 They that were foolifh took their 
lamps, and took no oil with them : 

4 But the wife took oil in their veflels 
with their lamps. 

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they 
all flumbered and flept. 

6 And at midnight there was a cry 
made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; 
go ye out to meet him. 

7 Then all thofe virgins arofe, and 
trimmed their lamps. 

8 And the foolifh faid unto the wife. 
Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are 
gone out. 

9 But the wife anfwered, faying, Net 
fo ; left there be not enough lor us and 
you : but go ye rather *o them that fell, 
and buy for yourfelves. 

10 And while they went to buy, the 
bridegroom came ; and they that were 
ready went in with him to the marriage ; 
and the door was (hut. 

11 Afterward came alfo the other vir- 
gins, faying, Lord.. Lord, open to us. 

12 But he anfwered and faid, Verily I 
fay unto you, I know you not. 

13 Watch therefore, for ye know nei- 
ther the day nor the hour wherein theSoa 
of Man cometh. 

14 ^j For the kingdom of heaven is as a 
man travelling into a far country, <wbe 
called his own fervants, and delivered 
unto them his goods. 

15 And unto one he gave five talents,, 
to another two, and to another one ; 
to every man according to his feveral a- 
bility ; and ftfaightway took his journey. 

16 Then he that had received the five 
talents went and traded with the fame, 
and made them other five talents. 

17 And likewife he that had received 
two, he alfo gained other two. 

18 But he that had received one, went 
and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's 
money. 

19 After a long time the lord of thofe 
fervants cometh, and reckoneth with 
them. 

20 And fo he that had received five tal- 
ents came and brought other five talents, 
faying, Lord th®u delivered!! unto me 
five talents : behold, I have gained be- 
fide them five talents more. 

21 His lord faid unto him, Well done, 
thou good and faithful fervant : thou hafi 
been faithful over a few things, I will 
make thee ruler over many things : enter 
thou into the joy of thy lord. 

22 He alfo that had received two tal- 
ents came and faid, Lord, thou deliv- 
ered ft unto me two talents : behold, I 
have gained two other talents befides 
them. 

23 Hib lord faid unto him, Well done, 

good, 



Dej crlft ion »f the laft judgment. Chap. xxvi. Rulers confpire againjl Chrtjf. 763 



good and faithful fervant ; thou haft been 
faithful over a few things, 1 will make 
thee ruler over many things : enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. 

-4 Then he which had received the 
one talent came and faid, Lord, I knew 
tnee that thou art an hard man, reaping 
where then halt nut (own, and gathering 
where thou haft not ftrawed : 

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid 
thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou 
haft tbat is thine. 

lb His lord anfwered and faid unto him, 
Thou w icked and flothtul fervant, thou 
kneweft that I reap where I fowed not, 
and gather where I have not ft rawed ; 

£7 Thou oughtell therefore to have put 
my money to the exchangers, and 
at my coming 1 (hould have received 
mine own with ufury. 

"28 Take therefore the talent from him, 
and give it unto him which hath ten 
talents. 

29 For unto every one that hath, (hall 
be given, and he (hall have abundant 
but from him that hath not fhall L 
away even that winch he ha h 

30 And call ye the unprofitable fer- 
vant into outer darknefs : there lhall be 
weeping an ting of teeth. 

^1 When the Son of Man fhall come 
in his glory, and all th<» holy a • ith 

him, then (ball be fit upon the I 
his glory : 

Si And before him (hall be g 
all nations and he fhall ; 



on the left hand, Depart from me, ye 
curfed, into everlafting fire, prepared for 
the devil and his angels : 

4.1 For I was an hungered, and ye gave 
me no meat : 1 was thirfty, and ye gave 
me no drink : 

■43 I v\ as a ftranger, and ye took me not 
in : naked, and ye clothed me not . 
and in prifon, and ye vifited me not. 

44 Then fhall they alfo anfwer him, 
raying, Lord, When law we thee an hun- 
gered, or athirft, or a ftranger, or naked, 
or lick, or in prifon, and did not minilfer 
unto thee f 

45 Then fhall he anfwer them, faying, 
Verily I lay unto you, Ir.afmuch as ye 
did it not to one of the lead of theft, ye 
did it not to me. 

46 And thefe fhall go away into ever- 
lafting punilhment : but the rightee 
into hie eternal. 

( HAP. XX\ I. 
t The rulers confpire again!! (Ibri/t. 14 
Judas jelletb him, \1 Qi 
pajf»ver. -47 He is betrayed by Ju 
■ D it came to pals, when Jciu. ! 
finifhedaJI thefc fayingSj he faid unto his 
di Triples, 

> e know that after two 
H of the paflbi 1 the Son of Man 

iyed to be cfu< 

i allembled t< ' er the i 
priefis, and the lenhes, and the eb 

opje, ui the h gh 

called 

it take 



one fj fubtilty, and kill km 



ht> (hee, 

S3 And t the fteep 

right hand, but the goal-, on the left 






tfl dnv % 
w hen J , in 



34 Then lhall the K.mg fay uni 
en ! . v 
my Father, it the k 
ed for you from ?.' 

Id : 

35 For I was an hungered, i ;ave 
me meat : I me 



oi ink.: I was a ttrangcr, and 
in : 

*6 Naked, and J 
fick, and ye vifited me : I w 
ito mc. 

37 'hall tl 

injr, Lord, Wfo >. 

ind fed thee ? Or thn 
re diu. 
33 When 
M tbet in ) On . ind clothed ti 



P'ii - 
I 



omt nenl ourcd/i on hia heae" 

■ vie at. 
8 But u h w it t 

had indi ' , 1 .. w| 

c r 
or (hit ointment migtii ; 

i li, am r. 

io \\ h 

. ti oubk j i 

'■% rough) ;i 
i 1 I .'tli 



. 



40 And the ku^ ! all anfwer I 
unto th . ily I lis unto \, ou, 

I. ive d( ne it unto i i 
cd thefc my brethren, ye have done 
tt up 
4t ii lay alfo unto tl 



in u 
14 « 

•■ 

.i.d 1 v 

)C. 



784 Cbrtft tamh the fojover. St. MATTHEW. B* is betrayed by Judas. 

you > And they covenanted with him 
lor thirty pieces of fiiver. 

16 And from that time he fought op- 
portunity to betray him. 

17 f] Now the firft day of the ft a fi e/un- 
Jeavened bread the difciples came to Jefus ; 
faying unto him, Where wilt thou that 
we prepare for thee to eat the pafibver ? 

18 And he faid, Go into the city tofuch 
a man, and fay unto him, The Matter 
faith, My time is at hand; I will keep the 
pafibverat thy houfe. with my difciples. 

19 And the difciples did as Jems iiad 
appointed them ; and they made ready 
the paffover. 

20 Now when the even was come, he 
fat down with the twelve. 

21 And as they did eat, he faid. Ver- 
ily I fay unto you, that one of you mail 
betray me. 

22 And they were exceeding forrow- 
ful, and began every one of them to fay 
unto him, Lord, Is it I ? 

23 And he anfwered and faidj He that 
dippeth bis hand with me in the diih, the 
fame {hall betray me. 

24 The Son of Man goeth as it is 
"written of him : but woe unto that man 
fey whom the Son of Man is betrayed ! 
it had been good fcr that man if he had 
not been born. 

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, 
anfwered and faid, Mailer, Is it I ? He 
faid unto him, Thou halt faid. 

25 And as they were eating, Jefus 
took bread and blefTed z/, and brake it, 
and gave it to the difciples, and faid, 
Take, eat ; this is my body. 

27 And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and gave it to them, faying, 
Drink ye all of it ; 

23 For this is my blood of the new 
teftament, which is ihed for many for the 
re million of fins. 

29 But I fay unto you, I will not drink 
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until 
that day when I drink it new with you in 
my Father's kingdom. 

50 And when they had funjj an hymn, 
they went out into the mount ot Olives. 

51 Then fajth jefus unto thcr», All 
ye (hall be offended hecaufe ot me this 
night : for it is written, I wiJl finite the 
fhepherd, and the fheep of the flock frail 
be (cattered abroad. 

82 But after I am rifen again, I will 
go before you into Galilee. 

S3 Peter anfwered and (Vd unto him, 
Though all metifcaW beoffeaded becaufe 
ot thee, yet will 1 never be often oed. 

31 Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay 
unto th?e, That this night, before the 
cock crow, thou (halt deny me thrice. 



; 36 Themcometh Jefus with them unto 
a place called Gethlemane. and faith un- 
to the difciples, Sit yc here, while I 
and pray yonder. 

37 And l>e took with him Peter -<md 
^he two fons of Zebedee, and began to 
be forrewful and very heavy. 

38 Then faith he nnto them, My foul 
is exceeding forrowful, even unto death ; 
tarry ye here, a*nd waTh with me. 

39 And he went a little further, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, faying, O my 
Father, if it be poffible, let this cup- pafs 
from me ; neverthelefs, not as i will, 
but as thou toiit. 

40 And he Cometh unto the difciples, 
3nd finderh them afleep, and faith unto 
Peter, What ! Could ye not watch with 
me one hour ? 

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not 
into tempution : The fpirit indeed is 
willing, but the flefh it weak. 

42 He went away again the fecond 
time, and prayed, faying, O my Father, 
if this cup may not pafs away from me, 
except I drink it. thy will be done. 

43 And he came and found them afleep 
sgain : for their eyes were heavy. 

4 4 And lie left them and went away 
again : and prayed the third time, fay- 
ing the fame words. 

45 Then cometh he to 
and faith unto them, Sleep on now, and 
take your reft : behold the hour is at 
hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed 
into the hands of finners. 

46 Rife, let us be going : behold he is 
at hand that doth betray me. 

47 «| And while he yet fpake, lo, Ju- 
das, one of the twelve, came, and with 
him a great multitude with fwords and 
Haves, from the chief piiefts and ciders 
of the people. 

48 Now he that betrayed him gave 
them a fign, faying, Whomfoever t fha'l 
kifs, that fame is he : hold him faft- 

*>V And forthwith he cam** to Jefus, 
and faid, Hail nftaOer ; and killed hi-n. 

50 And Jefus faid unto him, Friend, 
Wherefore art thou come? Then carne 
they, and laidhandsonTefus,and took him. 

51 And, behold, one c>{ them which 
were with Jefus, Itretched cut bis hand, 
and clrew his fword, and /truck a fervant 
of the high prielfs, and fn-ote off his ear. 

52 Then faid Jefus unto him, Put up 
ag rin thy (word into his place : for all 
ihey thai take the fvvord Aiall perifti with 
the fword 

.'•.JThinkeff thou that 1 cannot now pray 

to nay Father, and he f ha 11 prefentiy give 

me more than twelve legions of angels I 

But, how then fhaii the fcriptures 



go 



his difciples, 



35 Peter faid unto him. Though I be fulfilled, that thus it muft be1 



fiiould die with thee, yet will I not deny 
thee. Likewise alfo faid all the difciples*. 



55 In that fame hour faid jefus to the 
multitudes, Are ye come out as againft a 

thief 



Chrift led prifoner to Caiapbas. Chap. 

thief with fwords and ftavcs for to take 
me ? I fat daily with you reaching in the 
temple, and ye laid no hold on me. 

56 But all this was done, that the 
fcriptures of the prophets might be ful- 
filled. Then ail the difciples forfook. 
him, and fled. 

57 And they that had laid held or> Je 
fus led him away to Caiaphas the hi^h 
priell, where the fcribes and the elders 
were atTembled. 

53 Rut Peter followed him afar off" un- 
to the high prieft's palace, and \*ent in, 
and fat with the fervants to fee the end. 

50 Now the chief priefis and eh' 
and all the council, fought filfe witnefs 
againft Jefus to rut him to death ; 

60 But found none : ye3, though many 
falle wit.nefTescamcjK'/ found they none. 
At the laft came two ta!fe * es, 

61 And faid, r \ his Jrllo no faid, I am 
able to deflroy the temple of God, and 
to build it in three days. 

62 And the high pneft arofe, and faid 
unto him, Anfwerett thou nothing ? What 
is ifwbicb thefc witnefs againrt thee ? 

63 But Jelus held his peace. And the 
high prielt anfwered and faid unto him, 
1 adjure thee, by the living God, that 
thou tell us whether thou be the Chrift, 
the Son of God. 

_ 64 Jefus faith unto him, Thou haft 
faid : Neverthelefs, I fay unto you, 
Hereafter fhall ye fee the Son of Mar. 
ting on the right hand of power, and 
coming in the clouds of heaven. 

65 Then the high prieft rent his 
clothes, faying, He hath fooken blaf- 
phemy : \ further nerd have hc of 
witnefiea ? Behold, bo* ye have heard 
his blafphemy. 

66 What think ye ? Tl nfwercd 
and faid, He is guilty of death. 

67 Then d:d they fpit in his fio*. and 
buffeted him j and others fmote i 
with the palms of their ham 

t ng, Pi , thou 

Chrift, Who is • ihec i 

69 Now P without in the \ V. 

d a damfel came him, faying 

i hou alfo . of < rali I 

TO But he. tbtm all, I 

, I know not what thou fayeft. 

71 And when into the" 
porch, another mat i f i 

unto tl". m thai w rrc there, I hi 
ilfo with lefiia of Naaj treth. 

72 And 1 \t i t h . 
I do not ki m m. 

73 And after a whil 
'that Aood b< 

Surely tho art one of them . 

thy fpecch 1 *w ray eth thee. 
14 rhen he to curfe and to 

not the man. 
nedialel) the cock en 



xxv . He is deliutrtd to Pilate. 765 

75 And Pe>er remembered the words of 
Jefus, which faid unto h ; m, Before the 
cock crow, thou (halt deny me thrice. 
And he went out, and wept' bitterly. 

CHAP. XXVII 
I Cbrift deliver Yd to Pilate. S Ju-las 

bangetb btmfelj Si Cbnjt is crucified , 

WHKN the morning was come, all 
the chief priefts and alders ot the people 
took couniel againft Jefus to put him to 
death 

J 2 And when they had bonnd him, they 
led htm away, and delivered 1 im to Pon- 
tius Pilate the \ Vi r 

$ fl Then Jud a which had betrayed 
h : m, when he tat he was condemn- 

ed, repented himfelf, and brought aj.-ain 
|the thirty pi f filver to the chief 

prieCs and elders, 

4 Saying, 1 have finned in that I 1 
betrayed the innocent blood. And they 
fairi, What istbur to us r iee thou/a that. 

5 And he cafrdown the pieces of filver 
in the ten pie, and departed, and vent 
and handed himfelf. 

6 And the chief priefts took the filver 
pieces, and (aid. It is not lawful foe to 
put them into the trea(ury,becaufc it is 
the price of blood. 

7 And the; took counfef, and bought 
with them the potter's field to bury 
It rangers in. 

8 Wherefore that field was cailcd the 
field ot blood, unto this day. 

9 ('1 hen waft fulfilled that which was 
fpoken by Jeremy the prophet, fayit 
And thej took I he thirty pieces ot fil- 
ver, the price of him thai was vajued. 
whom they of the children of I Intel d 
value ; 

10 And aave them for the potu 
d, as the Lord appoint) d me ) 

11 And l< gover- 
nor : and the governor aiked him fa 
ing. Aj t tin U the K:ng of tl 

And ; 

pried he aofa ered ni 

13 I hen faid P • i to him, H« i 
thou not bn v.. niai y things they witni 
nil the 
H ' hist to never a 

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were \ 

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i that 

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19 I down on ! «- 

me 



T5S Barahhas releafed. 



ineiit feat, his wife fent unto him, fay- 
ing, Have thou nothing to do with that 
juft man : tor I have fufcered many things 
this day in a dream, becaufe of him. 

20 But the chief priefts and elders 
perftiaded the multitude that they fhould 
aik Barabbas, and deftroy jefus. 

21 The governor anfwered and faid unto 
them, Whether of the twain will ye that 
i releafe unto you ? They faid, Barabbas. 

22 Pilate faith unto them. What ihall 
I do then with Jefus, which is called 
Chrift ? They all iay unto him, Let him 
be crucified. 

25 And the governor faid, Why, what 
evil hath he done ? But they cried out 
the more, faying, Let him be crucified* 



St. MATTHEW. Chrift is crucified. 

38 Then were there two thieves cruci- 



fied with him, one on the right hand, 
and another on the left. 

39 And they that paffed by reviled 
him, wagging their heads, 

40 And faying, thou that deftroyeft 
the temple, and buildeft it in three days, 
fave thyfelf. If thou be the Son of God, 
come down from the crofs. 

41 Likewife alfo the chief priefts 
mocking bim t with the fcribes ahd el- 
ders, faid, 

42 He faved others; himfelf he cannot 
fave. If he be the King of lfrael, let 
him now come dofrn from the crofs, and 
we wilt believe him. 

43 He trufted in God ; let him deliver 



24 When Pilate faw that he could him now, if he will have him : for he 



prevail nothing, but that rather a tu 
mult was made, lie took water, and warn- 
ed his hands before the multitude, fay- 
ing, I am innocent of the blood of this 
juft perfon ; fee ye to it. 

25 Then anfwered all the people and 
faid, His blood be on us, and on our 
children. 

26 Then releafed he Barabbas unto 
them : and when he had fcourged Jefus, 
he delivered bi?n to be crucified. 

27 Then the foldiers of the governor 
took Jefus into the common hall, and 
gathered unto him the whole band of 
foldiers, 

28 And they (tripped him, and put on 
him a fearlet robe. 

29 And when they had platted a crown 
of thorns, they put it upon his head, and 
a reed in his right hand : and they bow- 
ed the knee before him, and mocked 
ium, faying, Hail, king of the Jews ! 

SO And they fpit upon him, and took 
the reed, and fmote him on the head. 

31 $ And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe oft from him, 
and put his own raiment on him, and led 
him away to crucify bim. 

32 And as they came out, they found 
a man of Cyrene, Simon by name : him 
they compelled to bear his crofs. 

S3 And when they were come unto a 
place called Golgotha, that is to fay, a 
place of a fkull, 

34 They gave him vinegar to drink 
mingled with gall : and when he had 
tafted thereof, he would not drink. 

35 And they -crucified him, and part- 
ed his garments, carting lots, that it 
might be fulfilled which was fpoken by 
the prophet, They parted my garments 
among them, and upon my vefture did 
they caft lots. 

36 And fitting down they watched him 
there ; 

37 And fet up over his head, his accu- 
fation written, THIS IS JESUS THE 
KING OF THE JEWS, 



faid, 1 am the fon of God. 

44 The thieves alfo, which were cruci- 
cified with him, caft the fame in his teeth. 

45 Now from the iixth hour there was 
darknefs over all the land unto the ninth 
hour. 

46 And about the ninth hour Jefuscri- 
ed with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, la- 
ma fabacthani ? That is to fay, My God, 
my God, Why halt thou forfaken me ? 

47 Some of them that flood there, 
when they heard tbat, faid, This man 
calleth for El'tas. 

48 And ftraightway one of them ran, 
and took a fponge, and filled ;'/ with vin- 
egar, and put // on a reed, and gave him 
to drink. 

49 The reft faid, Let be, let us fee 
whether Elias will come to fave him. 

50 Jefus,when he had cried again with 
a loud voice, yielded up the ghoft. 

51 And, behold, the veil of the tem- 
ple was rent in twain from the top to the 
bottom ; and the earth did quake, and 
the rocks rent ; 

52 And the graves were opened;and ma- 
ny bodies of the faints which fiept aroie, 

53 And came out of the graves after 
his refnrreclion, and went into the holy 
city, and appeared unto many. 

54 Now when the centurion, and they 
that were with him, watching Jefus, faw 
the earthquake, and thofe things that 
were done, they feared greatly, laying, 
Truly this was the Son of God. 

ti And many women were there be- 
holding afar off, which followed Jefus 
from Galilee, miniftering unto him : 

J6 Among which was Mary Magda- 
lene, and Mary the mother of James and 
Jofes, and the mother of Zebedee's chil- 
dren. 

57 When the even was come, there 
came a rich man ot Arimathea, named Jo- 
feph.who alfo himfelf was Jefus's difciple: 

58 He went to Pilate, and begged the 
body of Jefus. Then Pilate commanded 
die body to be delivered, 

« And 



ChrijVs refurrecJion 

59 And when Jofeph had taken the body' 
he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 

60 And laid it in his own new tomb, 
■which he had hewn out in the rock : and 
he rolled a great flone to the door of the 
fepulchre, and departed. 

t»l And there was Mary Magdalene, 
and the other Mary, fitting over againii 
the fepulchre. 

62 Now the next day, that followed the 
day of the preparation, the chief prielh 
and Pharifees came together unfo Pilate, 

63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that 
deceiver faid, while he was yet alive, 
After three days I will rife again : 

64 Command therefore that the fepul- 
thre be made fu r© until the third day, 
left his difciples come by night and (leal 
him away, and lay unto the people, He 
is rifen from the de.\d : fo the lalt error 
(hall be worfe than the full . 



Chap. i. He appearetkio the 'women, &e. 76T 

he laid. Come, fee the place where the 
Lord lay. 

7 And go quickly, and tell his difciples 
that he is rifen from the dead ; and, be- 
hold, he goeth before you into Galilee; 
there fhall ye fee him : lo, I have told you. 

G And they departed quickly from the 
fepulchre, with fear ana great joy ; and 
did run to bring his difciples word. 

9 «J And as they went to tell his dif- 
ciples, behold, Jefus met them, fayir 
•All hail. And they came and held him 

by the feet, and worfhipped hint. 

10 Then faid Jefns unto them, Be not 
afraid ; go tell my brethren that they go 
into Galilee, and there (hall they fee me. 

It Now when they were going, be- 
hold, fome of the watch came into the 
city, and fhewed unto the chief priefts all 
the things that were done. 

14 And when they were affembled with 



111 UC WUIIC Illrtll IHC mil. » " iinu vy iiv. ii \.i\\.y v* ci t. auciu U ICU W 11 !l 

65 Pila;e fa:d unto them, Ye have a 1 the elders, and had taken counfel, they 



watch : go your way, make // as lure as 
ye can. 

66 So they went and made the fepul- 
chre fure, iealing the (tone, and letting 
a watch. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Christ rsfurrt Won. 9 He appearetb to 

the ivomen y tti and to bis dijciples, ti> 

and Jendetb tbem to baptize. 

IN the end of the fabb ith, as it began 
to dim n toward the firfl dayoi the week, 
.da'.cae and the other 
Ma he fepulchre, 

% And, beheld, there waa a a 

;cl of the Lord 
ended fro n hea\ .one and 

rilled back the done hum the door, and 
fat upon it. 

S His countenance waa like lightning, 
and his raiment v. ' mow : 

4 And for fi ar of him the k« rpera did 

■•en. 

5 Ar.d t! 1 anfwei ed ind 

. . car not 
tha» 

6 He is not here : 



gave \zTz,zfums o/money unto the fold 

15 Saying. Say y c, His difciples came by- 
night, and ftole him away while we fiept: 

14 And if this come to the governor's 
ears, we will perfuade him, and fecure 
you. 

15 So they took the money, and did as 
they were taught : and this faying is 
commonly reported among the Jews un- 
til this day. 

16 <fl 'I hen the eleven difciples went 
, intoGalilee, into a mountain where 

Joins had appointed them. 

IT And when they law him they wor- 

ed him : but hunt- doubted. 
t I And Jefus came and (pake unto 
their., 1. -Ml power is given unto 

ind in i arth. 
19 fl < irej 2:\3. tcaci 

m in the nan 
5bn, and of 
yGh 

lirtg the- veall th 

whatfoever I 

ind, , even unto 

the end ol me ten. 



THK (»< i. A( tl)IX(J TO SAINT MARK. 



C H \ P. \ 

i John Baptid's op 

\enpu •', 14 pi .'■■', tt> Lullt'n 
Peter mad other *i • . ■ ./ uretb mc 
of the gcfpel of j. 
ill, the 1 ; 

hohl, I fend n 

, wni< h mail pi 
I 

S I 'he -. -ice of i.' wil- 

• iefs, Pj 

e his ; .n!. 
4 John did bapi. . ' 



I prearh the baptifin of r< pentance (or 

th • -ii oi ii 

$ And i i all the 

1 i, and m, 

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f)t Jet', 

And | I 
, and with 

y ; 
md ii 

■ 
•t of v. I am 

to iluop down and ui< 



TS3 Jefus is baptized. 



St. MARK. 



He curetb tbejick. 



8 I indeed have baptized you with wa- 
ter : but he {hall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghoft, 

9 $] And it came to pifs in thofe days, 
that Jefus came from Nazareth of Gali- 
lee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 

10 And ftraightway coming up out of 
the water, lie law the heavens opened, 
and the fpirit like a dove defcending up- 
on him : 



28 And immediately his fame fpread 
abroad throughout all the region round 
about Galilee. 

29 And forthwith when they were 
come out of the fynagogue, they entered 
into the houfe of Simon and Andrew, 
with James and John 

30 But Simon's wife's mother lay fick 
of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 

St And he came and took her by the 



1 1 And there came a voice from heav- (hand, and lifted her up ; and immediate 



en, faying, 1 hou art my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleated. 

12 fj And immediately the fpirit driv- 
eth him into the wildernefs. 

13 And he was there in the wildernefs 
forty days tempted of Satan ; and was 
with the wild beads ; and the angels 
miniftered unto him. 

14 ^f Now aOer that John was put in 



prifon, Jefus came into Galilee, preach- *of divers difeafes, and caff out many 



ing the gofpel of the kingdom of God, 

15 And faying, The time is fulfilled, 
and the kingdom of God is at hand : re- 
pent ye, and believe the gofpel. 

16 ^| Now as he walked by the fea of 
Galilee, he faw Simon and Andrew his 
brother, cafting a net into the lea : for 
they were hftiers. 

17 And Jefus faid unto them, Come 
ye after me, and I will make you to be- 
come fifliers of men. 

18 And ftraightway they forfook their 
nets, and followed him. 

19 And when he had gone a little fur- 
ther thence, he faw James tbe fan of 
Zebedee, and John his brother, who alfo 
were in the thip mending their nets. 

20 And ftraightway he called them : 
and they left their father Zebedee in the 
thip with the hired fervants, and went 
after him. 

21 And they went into Capernaum ; 
and frraightway on the fabbath day he 
entered into the fynagogue, and taught 

22 And they were aftonifhed at his 
doctrine: for he taught them as one that 
had authority, and not as the icribes. 

53 And there was in their fynagogue 
a man with an unclean fpirit ; and he cri- 
ed out, 



ly the fever left her, and (he minifiered 
unto them. 

3fi.fl[ And at even, when the fun did 
fet, they brought unto him all that were 
difeafed, and them that were pofieifed 
with devils. 

S3. And all the city was gathered to- 
gether at the door. 

31 And he healed many that^were fick 



devils ; and fuffered not the devils to 
fpeak, becaufe they knew him. 

35 And in the morning, rifing up a great 
while before day, he went out and depart- 
ed intoafolitary place, and there prayed. 

5b" And Simon, and they that were 
with him, followed after him. 

S7 And when they had found him, 
they faid unto him, All men feek for thee. 

38 And he faid unto them, Let us go 
into the next towns, that I may preach 
there alfo : for therefore came I forth. 

39 And he preached in their fyna- 
gogues throughout ail Galilee, and caft 
our. devils. 

40 And there came a leper to him, be- 
feechinghim. and kneeling down to him, 
and faying unto him, If thou wilt, thou 
canft make me clean. 

41 And Jefus, moved with compaiTion, 
put forth his hand, and touched him, and 
fail h unto him. I will ; be thou clean. 

42 And as foon as he had fpoken, im- 
mediately the leprcfy departed from 
him, and he was cleanfed. 

43 And he ^raitly charged him, and 
forthwith lent him away ; 

44 And faith unto him, See thou fay 
nothing to any man : but go thy way, 
(hew thyfelf to 4 he prieft, and offer for 

24 Saying, Letz/j alone ; What have we 1 thy cleanfmg thofe things which Mofes 



to do with thee, thou Jefus of Nazareth 
Art thou come to deftroy us ? I know 
thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 

25 And Jefus rebuked him, frying, 
Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 

26 And when the unclean fpirit had 
torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he 
came out of him- 

27 And they were aU amazed, info- 
much th.it they oueftioned among them- 
felves, faying, Wnat thing is this ? What 
new docTrine is this ? For with authority 



commanded, >for a tefhmony unto them. 

45 But he went out, and began to pub- 
lic it much, and to blaze abroad the 
matter, infomuch that jefus could no 
more openly enter into the ciry, -but was 
Without in defert places : and th<:y came 
to him from every quarter. 
CHAP. II. 
1 Chrijt beateth one fick of the palfy, 1* 

c-alleth Matthew, i'j and eaietb nvitb 

■publicans andfinuers. 

AND again he entered into Caperna- 



commandeth he even the unclean f'pirits, urn after fame days ; and it was noifed 



and they do obey hiin. 



jllut he was in the houfe. 



2 And 



Haft hem) called. 



Chap. iii. The withered band healed. 769 



2 And ftraightway many were gather- 
ed together, infomuch that there was no 
*7)o 11 to receive them, no, not fo much 
as about the door : and he preached the 
word unto them. 

3 And they corre unto him, bringing 
one Tick of the pally, which was borne 
of four. 

4 And when they could not come nigh 
unto him fof the prefs, they uncovered 
the roof where he was : and when they 
had broken it up, rhey let down ths bed 
wherein the lick of the palfy lay. 

5 VVhen Jefu> faw their faith, he faid 
unto the fick of the palfy, Sow, thy fins 
be forgiven thee. 

6 But there were certain of the fcribrs 
fitting there an 1 reafoning in their h< 

TWhjrdoth thisn«H thusfpeak blafphe- 
mies ? Who can forgive fins but God only? 

8 And immediately when Jefus per- 
ceived in his fpirit that they fo reafoned 
within themfe.ve<, he faid unto them, 
Why reafon ye thefe things in your 
hearts ? 

9 Whether is it cafier to fay totheGck 
of the pally, fby lirvs be forgiven thee ; 
or to (a\ , Arife. and take up thy bed 
and 

10 But that ye may know that the Son 
bf Man hath power on earth, to 

fins, (he faith to the tick of the pall 

l' I fay unto thee, Arife, and take up 
thy bed, and go thy *a) m'o thine houfe. 
I? And immediate!) k up 

the bed, an h before litem all ; 

infomuch tl I, and 

glor , wc never I 

on < h 

And he went forth i the lea 

fide; ; l the multitude reforted un- 

to him, and he tan "m. 

t A cj And ! by, he fa w Levi 

How 

me. .-\ fe and ! 

la 4] . Je- 

fus fat at meat in hi« houfe, many , 
licans and finne with 

Jefu 
ma; 

to And when the fi ibe* 
fees faw him ear with pul 
ners, they faid unto h I iw is 

it that he eatefh and drinketfi with 
• 

17 V. 
them. I hey that »re whole 
of a -. ' but i k : I 

cime not to I ill the i \ , but fin- 

And tl • ! 

the Fhai i 
and fa\ • i 

ohn ^\u\ of the Pharifees fall, b~ 
Si iples faft not t 

5 A 



19 And Jefus faid unto them, Can the 
children of the bridechamber faft, while 
the bridegroom is with them ? as long as 
they have the bridegroom with them, 
thev cannot faft. 

20 But the davs will come, when the 
bridegroom trail be taken awav from 
them, and then (hall they fait in thofe days. 

21 No man alfo feweth a piece of new 
cloth on an old garment: elfe the new 
piece that filled it up, taketh away from 
the old, and the rent is made worfe. 

And no man putteth new wine into 
old bottles : elfe the new wine deth burft 
the bottles, and the wine is fpilled, and 
the bottles will be marred ; but new wine 
muil be put into new bottles. 

£3 And it came to pafs, that he went 
through the corn fields on the fabbath 
daj ; and hi> difciples began as they 
went, to pluck the cars of corn. 

-t Ami the Pharifees faid unto him, 
Behold, Why do they en the fabbath 
day that which is not lawful ? 

t5 And he faid unto them, Have ye 
never read what David did, when he had 
need, and was an hungered, he, and they 
that were with biffl ? 

U 1G How he went into the houfe of God 

in the days of Abiathar the high prieft, 

and did eat the (hew bread, which is not 

lawful meat but lor the priefts, and gave 

to them which were with him ? 

faid unto them, The fab- 
bath was nude for man, and not man fa 
b uh : 

'. the Son of Man is Lord 
the fabbath. 

HAP. HI. 
c withered hand healed. 1.5 The a. 
be ft ribes conjuted. 
' ure C brifl's t'iH/:i 
AM) he ent< into thefvm- 

: u hich 
u id 

i A ' red him, whether he 

would heal him th day ; 

the;, him. 

.s -\n" unto the man which 

. be wit! 

i ' 
ful t- I ibbath , or to 

, or io kill ' But 
they he: 

had In. ttnd *- 

forth * 

I 
ftraij th the Hi 

7 I 



770 The apojiles cbofen. 



St. MARK. 



"the parable oftbefo*uoet 



tude from Galilee followed him, and 
from Judea, 

8 And from Terufalem, and from Idu- 
*iea, and from beyond Jordan ; and they 
about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, 
when they had heard what great things 
he did, came unto him. 

9 And he fpake to his difciples, that a 
fmalluVip fhould wait on him, becaufe of 
the multitude,leftthey fhould throng him. 

t0 For he had healed many : infomuch 
that they preffed upon him for to touch 
him, as many as had plagues. 

11 And unclean fpirits, when they faw 
him, fell down before him, and cried, 
faying, Thou art the Son of God. 

12 And he ftraitly charged them that 
they fhould not make him known. 

13 ^f And lie goeth up into a moun- 
tain, and calleth unto him whom he 
would : and they came unto him. 

14 And he ordained twelve, that they 
fhould be with him, and that he might 
fend them forth to preach 

15 And to have power to heal ficknefT- 
es, and to caff out devils : 

16 And Simon he furnamed Peter ; 
IT And James/^ fon of Zebedee, and 

John the brother of James ; and he fur- 
named them Boanerges, whieh is, The 
fonsof thunder : 

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, 
and James the fen of Alpheus. and Thad- 
deus, and Simon the Canaanife, 



the Holy Ghoft hath never forgivenef% 
but is in danger of eternal damnation : 

SO Becaufe they faid, He hath an un- 
clean fpirit. 

3! ^f There came then his brethren 
and his mother, and, ftanding without, 
lent unto him, calling him. 

32 Andthemultitudefatabouthim,an& 
they faid unto him, Behold, thy mother 
and thy brethren without feek for thee. 

33 And he anfwered them, faying, 
Who is my mother, or my brethren ? 

34 And he looked round about on 
them which fat about him, and faid, Be- 
hold my mother and my brethren ! 

35 For whofoever fhall do the will of 
God, the fame is my brother, and my 
firter, and mother. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The parable of the foiuer. \kTbe mean- 
ing thereof. 26 Of the feed gr Giving 
fecretly y i»0 and of the muflard feed. 
AND he began again to teach by the 
fea fide : and there was gathered unr- 
to him a great multitude, fo that he en- 
tered into a- (hip, and fat in the fea ; and 
the whole multitude was by the fea on. 
the land. 

2 And he taught them many things 
by parables, and faid unto them in his 
dodlrine. 

3 Hearken ; Behold, there went out a 
fower to fow : 

4 And it came to pafs, as he fowed, 
fome fell by the way fide, and the fowls 



19 And Judas Ifcariot, which alfo be- of^the air came and devoured it up 



trayed him : and they went into an houfe 

20 And the multitude cometh together 
again, fo that they could not fo much as 
eat bread. 

21 And when his fnends heard of it, 
they went out to lay hold on him : for 
they faid, He is befide himfelf. 

22 «| And the feribes which came down 
from Jrrufalem faid, He hath Beelzebub, 
and fry the prince of the devils cafteth 
he out devils. 

IS And he called them unto him y and 
faid unto them Sn parables, How can Sa- 
tan can 1 out Satan ? 

24 And ifa kingdom be divided againft 
itfelf, that kingdom cannot ffand. 

1!t And if a houfe be divided againff 
itfelf, trVat houfe cannot ftand. 

26 And if Satan rife up a gain ft him- 
felf, and be divided, he cannot ftand, but 
hath an end. 

27 No man can enter into a ft'rong 
man's houfe, artd fpoil his goods, except 
he will fir ft b ; ->d the ftrong man ; and 
then he will fpol his houfe. 

28 Verily I fay unto yon, All finsuVll 
be forgiven unto the fon$ of men, and 
blnfphemies wherewith focver they flial! 
blafpheme : 

29 But he that fhall blafpheme a-ga'mft. 



5 And fome fell on ftony ground, 
where it had not much earth ; and im- 
mediately it fprang up, becaufe it had no 
depth of earth : 

6 But when the fun was up, it was 
fcorched : and becaufe it had no root, it 
withered away. 

7 And fome fell among thorns, and the 
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it 
yielded no fruit. 

8 And other fell on good ground, and 
did yield fruit that fprang up and in- 
creafed; and brought forth, fome thirty, 
and fome fixty, and fome an hundred. 

9 And he faid unto them, He that hath. 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

10 And when he was alone, they that 
were about him with the twelve, afked 
of him the parable. 

11 And he faid unto them, Unto you 
it is given to know the myftery of the 
kingdom of God : but unto them that 
are without, ail thefe things are done h\ 
payables : 

12 Thnt feeing they may fee, and net 
perceive ; and hearing they may hear, 
and not ur.'ierftand ; left at any time they 
fhould be converted, and their fins fhould 
be forgiven rhsim 

13 And he faid unto them, Know ye 

not 



Of the feed groiuing fecretly. 



rot this parable ? and, How then will ye 
know all parables f 

14 f! The lower foweth the word. 

15 And thefe are they by the way fide, 
where the word is fown ; but when they 
have heard, Satan cometh immediately, 
and tak.eth away the word that was fown 
in their hearts. 

lt> And thefe are they likewife which 
are fown on (tony ground; who, when 
they have heard the word, immediately 
receive it with gladnels ; 

17 And have n > root in themfelves, 
and I'o endure but for a time : afterward, 
when affliction or perlecuiion anifui for 
tiie wuid'i fake, immediately they are 
offended. 

18 /And thefe are they which are fown 
among thorns ; inch as hear the word. 

19 And the cares of this world, and the 
deceitfulnefs of riches, and the lufts ot 
ether things entering in, choke the word, 
and it becometh unfruitful. 

And thefe are they which are fown on 
good giound ; fuchasnea: >rd,^nd 

receive i/,and bring forth fruit, Tome thir- 
ty fold.lome lixty, and fome an hundred. 
*il And he faid unto them, Is a candle 
brought to beput underabufhel, or under 
a bed r And not to be let on ac indleftick > 
ti For there i* nothing hid, which (hall 
not be manifelted ; neither w-^s any tlunt; 
fecret,but that it thould come abroad. 
It any man nave ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

"24 And he faith unto them, Take heed 
what ye hear: with what meafure ye 
, it ihull I .fined to you : and 

unto you that hear In ill more be ^iven 
For he that hath, to him (hall be 
given : and he that hath not, him 

(hall be taxen even that which he hath. 

< And h« laid, So i*> the kingdom 
of Cj : a mail mould colt feed into 

the nio.ni 1 , 

I rife, night and 
day, and ti, (hi uld fj ind grow 

up, he knoweth not ho 

- uth bi ingeth forth • 
ofherlelf; fir ft the blade, then the ear, 
at the full c rn in the e^r. 
But w I rth, 

innn ,i in ih , be- 

\ n unto (hall we 

liken the k f God ] or, With 

what compa (hall .. 

it t> |j 

i the eai ih, is 
hat be in the earth i 
Bui when it ::> fov 
and becometh all he 

i 
the fowls 

ot it. 
I And with] fuch parablci! 



Chap. v. The legion of devils cajf cut. "Ti 

he the word unto them, as they were a- 
ble to hear it. 

34 But without a parable fpake he not 
unto them : and when they were alone, 
he expounded all ti i o his difciples. 

o5 And the fame ddy , when the even 
was come, he faith unto them, i.et us puii> 
over unto the other fide. 

•**o And when they had fent away the 
multitude, they took him even a 3 he was 
in the Ihip. And there were alio with 
. other little (hips. , 

SI And there arofe a ^reat florin of 
wind, and the waves bear into the (hip, lo 
that it was now full. 

sii And lie uas in t he hinder part of the 
(hip, afleepon a pillow : and they awake 
him, and lay unto him, M after, Careft 
thou not that we periih ? 

o9 And he aroie, and rebuked the 
wind, and faid unto the lea, Peace, be 
(till. And the wind ceded, and there 
wai a^. m. 

40 And he faid unto them, Why are ye 
fo fearful f I low is it that ye have no faith i 

41 And they feared exceedingly, ami 
faid one to another, What manner of 
man ia this, that even tiie wind and the 
fea obey him - 

CHAP. V. 
t Cbrijl cdjleib out the legion of Je<v\ls y 

L-> beats :/.e bloody ijue, 50 u/id raijes 

Jan u>'s daughter. 

AND : over unto the other 

lido ol the fea, into the Country of the 
Gad are; 

- And when he was co i of the 

(hip, inn i e met him out of 

the l . man with an unclean fpirit, 

a Who had bit dwelling among the 
tombs ; ami no man could bind him, no, 
not with chains i 

4 Becaule that he had been often bound 
with : , and the I 

i been plucked afunder by him, and 
tl" in pieeeo : neither 

could an} >n m tame him. 

I alwaj I and d w a , 

in the mount , ing 

and . himfelf wan ■ 

o lint when he fau Jefus afar off, he 

. 

7 ,.'■. ..I M il 1 ) 

t'lOU 
>.,,! nil!. 

by l •> d, ti. it ihoU toi in. ill l,. 

;; I i he faid unto h •:,, Come out of 

, t»oa i. 

Lnd he him, Whal u ihy 

jion ■ i 

i 
would not fend 
counl 

1 1 N o -s ; I 
moo; -<-id ol 



the 






172 Chrifl heals the bloody ifue. St. MARK. He re'tfes Jairus's daughter. 



12 And all the devils befought him, 
laying, Send us into the fwine/ that we 
may enter into them. . 

13 And forthwith Jefus gave them 
leave. And the unclean fphits went 
out, and entered into the fwine : and the 
herd ran violently down a fteep place in- 
to the lea, (they were about two thou- 
fand) and w ere choked in the fea. 

1* And they that fed rhe fwine fled, 
and toid it in the city, and in the coun- 
try. And they went out to fee what it 
was that was done. 

15 And they come to Jefus, and fee 
him that was pofletied with the devil, and 
had the legion, fitting, and clothed, and 
in his right mind : and they were afraid. 

16 And they that faw it told them how 
it befel to him that was poifefled with the 
devil, and aifo concerning the fwine. 

17 And they began to pray him to de- 
part out of their coaiis. 

18 And when he was come into the fhip, 
he that had been pofTeffed with the devil 
prayed him that he might be with him. 

19 Howbeit, Jefus fuffered him not, but 
faith unto him, Go home to thy friends, 
and tell them how great things the Lord 
hath done for thee, and hath had compaf- 
fion on thee. 

20 And he departed, and began to pub- 
lifh in Decapolis how great things Jefus 
had done for him : and all men did marvel 

21 ff And when jefus was pa (Ted over 
again by {hip unto the other fide, much 
people gathered unto him : and he was 
nigh unto the fea. 

22 And,behold,there cometh one of the 
rulers of the fynagogue, Jairusby name ; 
and when he law him he fell at his feet, 

23 And befought him greatly, faying, 
My little daughter lieth at the point of 
death : 1 p>ay ibte, come and lay thy 
hands on her, that fhe may be healed ; 
and fhe mail Jive. 

24 And Jefus went with him ; and much 
people followed him, and thronged hitn. 

25 qj And a certain woman, which had 
an iflue of blood twelve years,, 

26 And had fuffered many things of 
many phyficians, and had fpent all that 
{he had, and was nothing bettered, but 
rather grew worfe, 

2T When {he had heard of Jefns, came 
in the prefs behind, and touched ills 
garment : 

28 For fne faid, If I may touch but 
his clothes, 1 ihall be whole. 

29 And ftraightway the fountain of her 
blood was dried up ; and flie felt in her 
body that (lie was healed of that piague 

SQ And Jefus, immediately knowing in 
himfelf that virtue had gone out of him, 
turned him about in the prefs, and faid, 
Who touched mv clothes \ 

51 And his difciples faid unto him, 



Thou feeflthe multitude thronging theej, 
and, fay eft thou, Who touched me ? 

32 And he looked round about to fee 
her that had done this thing. 

35 But the woman fearing and trem- 
bling, knowing what was done in her t 
came and iell down before him, and told 
him ail the truth 

34 And he faid unto her, Daughter, 
thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in 
peace, and be whole of thy plague. 

36 While he yet fpake, there came from 
tlie ruler of the fynagogue : s houje certain 
which faid, Thy daughter is dead : Why 
troublefi thou the Mailer any further ? 

56 As foon as Jefus heard the word that 
was fpoken,he faith unto rhe ruler of the 
fynagogue Be not afraid, only believe. 

St And he fuffered no man to follow 
him, fave Peter, and James, and John the 
brother of James. 

38 And he cometh to the houfe of the 
ruler of the fynagogue, and feeth the tu- 
mult, and them that wept and wailed 
greatly. 

39 And when he was come in, he faith 
unto them, Why make ye this ado, and 
weep ? the damfel is not dead, but fleepeth. 

40 And they laughed him to fcorn. But 
when he had put them ail out, he taketh 
the father and the mother of the damfel, 
and them that were with him, and enter- 
eth in where the damfel was lying. 

41 And he took the damfel by the 
hand, and faid unto her, Talitha cumi ; 
which is, being interpreted, Damfel, I 
fay unto thee, arife. 

24 And ftraightway the damfel arofe, 
and walked ; for fhe was of the age of 
twelve years. And they were ail onifhed 
with a great afjonifhment. 

4S And he charged them ftraitly that 
no man mould know it ; and commanded; 
that fomething fhould be given her to eat, 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Cbrifi is cent e mind of his countrymen. 
^5 he nvatketb en the fea. 

AND he went out Irom thence, and 
came into his own country ; and his dif- 
ciples followed him. 

2 And when the fabbath day was come, 
he began to teach in the fynagogue : *ad 
many hearing him were afloniflied, faying, 
From whence hath this;»«» thefe things \ 
and, What wifdom is i.his which is given 
unto him, that even fuch mighty works 
are wrought by his hands ? 

8 Is not this the carpenter, the fon of 
Mary, the brother of James, and Jofes,' 
and of Juda, and Simon i and. Are not 
his fiilers here with us ? And they were 
offended at him. 

4 But Jefus faidlinto them, A prophet 
is not without honour, but in his own 
country- and among his own kin, and ir; 
Ids own houfe. 

5 And 



J»hn the Baptiji btbeadtd. 

5 xA.nct he could there do no mighty 
v.ork, (zmc that he laid his hands upon a 
few lick folk, and healed //< 

6 .- . iiei becaafe if their 
linbel et. . went roundabout tn.e 

_;es. teach- 
1 And he caned unto him the twelve, 



Chap.'. - e tl$ufandfed. ^* 

"23 And he fvare unto her, Whatfoev- 
• ti (hah afk of me, I * ill give // thee, 



and began ro lend them forth by two haftc unto theking, and auced, fay in 



two ; and £ave them power over un- 
clein fpiri.tr ; 

B And commanded th-^m that they 
ig tor tbeir journey, 



unto the half of mj kingdom 

24 Anri (be went forth, and fa ; d ur.to 
her mother, \\ hat thill I a(k \ And .he 
U\d, The head of John the Bapr 

And (he came in Uraightway with 



will that thou give me by and by, in a 
cha r head of John the Baptift. 

I the king was exceeding l'o 
yet for his oath's fake, and for 



favea fhuTonfy ; no Icrip, no bread, no (fake; which fit with him, he would noe 



money in tbeir purle : 

9 But br fliod with fandals ; and not 

on two coat* 



reject her. 

-T And imm- the king fent an 

:oner, a:- i commanded his head to 



And he faid unto them, In what be brought : and he uent and beheaded 



place foever ye enter into an houie, there 

abide till ye depart froi 

It And whofoever (hall not receive 
you, nor I. u,when j e depart thei 

ihake ott the Kir feet tor a 

:iraony againlt them. Verily I lay un- 
to you, It ihall be more tolerable 
Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of 
judgment, than tor that city. 

M And they went out, and preached 
that men fhoiild repent. 

IS And they cift out many devils, 
and anointed with oil many that were 
iick. and healen tbem. 

14 And king Herod heard of bim ; 
^r his name was fpread abroad \ and 

faid, That John the B t «. 
in the deid, and therefoi »hty 

do mew forth the m. 

15 Others faid, i hat it is Mas. And 
others faid, That it is a prophet, or as 
one of the pro 

16 But when Herod heard tbere§f % he 
faid, It is Jo 

the dc 

I fent forth and 
upon J bound him in 

is brother 
I m trricd her. 
i 1 unto i I Tod, li 

not lav brotll- 

,fe. 

> again.: m - ( 

(he con id i 

rl Joh- 

ed Herod u id i cnul 

w h ktfoev r t 
:e. 



him in the prifen ; 

I brought his head in a charger, 
and gave it to the danfel : and the damfel 
gave it to her moiher. 

19 :\nd v^hen his difciples hes: 
'hey came and took up his corpfe, and 
laid it in a tomb. 

50 And the s gathered thera- 
felves together unto Jefus, and tc\i him 
all things, both fiey had done, and 
u ha I the) .had taught. 

51 An ; he faid unto them, Come >e 
your felves apart into a defert place, and 

i while .- for there were mam com- 
ing and going, and they had iu leifure fo 
much as to cat. 
3* And they departed into a d. 
-, by n , itely. 

And the people law them departing, 
and many knew him, and ran afoot thith- 
er out of all cities, and outwent them, 
her unto him. 
SI And TefilS, when he came out, faw 
much peopi , li com- 

panion toward them, becaufe they 
as fheep not , a ihepherd \ and he 

(an to teach thein many things. 

n the day w Ut 

fpenf unto him, 

• the 

time 

Send i: t v if they ma] 

■ 

id unto thrm, 
h»m, 
Shall 

•ve tliem I 
■ 
!"»av t 

i 

40 

. 
4t And wl five 

I up 
. brake 

lja ■ 



T?4 Chrijt tva-lketb on the fea. St. MARK. 

loaves, and gave them to his difciples to 
let before them ; and the two fiihes di- 
vided he among them all. 

42 And they aid all eat, and were filled. 

43 And they took up twelve balkets 
full of the fragments, and of the fiihes. 

44 And they that did eat of the loaves 
were about five thoufand men. 

45 fl And ftraightway he conftrained 
his difciples to get into theihip, and to go 
to the other fide before unco Bethfaida, 
while he fent away the people. 

46 And when he had fent them away, 
he departed into a mountain to pray. 

4T And when even was come, the (hip 
was in the midft of the fea, and he alone 
on the land. 

48 And he faw them toiling in rowing : 
for the wind was contrary unto them : 
and about the fourth watch of the night 
he cometh unto them, walking upon the 
fea, and would have patfed by them. 

49 gut when they faw him walking 
upon the fea, they fuppofed it had been a 
fpirit, and cried out : 

50 For they all faw him, and were 
troubled. And immediately he talked 
with them, and faith unto them, Be of 
good cheer : it is 1 ; be not afraid. 

51 And he went up unto them into 
the (hip ; and the wind ceafed : and they 
were fore amazed in themfelves beyond 
meafure, and wondered. 

52 For they considered not the miracle ot 
for their heart was hardened 



Meat defileth not a man. 

received to hold, as the walhing of cups 
and pots, brafen veffeis, and ot tables 

5 Then the Phanfees and fcnbe> alked 
him, Why walk not thy difciples accoid- 
ing to the tradition of the eiders, boi eat 
bread with u'nwalhen hands ? 

6 He anfwered and faid unto them, 
Well hath Emias prophefied of you hyp- 
ocrites, as it is written, This people h.n- 
oureth me with their lips, but their heart 
is far from me. 

7 Howbeit, in vain do they worfhip 
me, teachingy^r doctrines the command- 
ments of men. 

8 For laying afide the commandment 
of God, ye hold the tradition of men, at 
the washing of pots and cups; and many 
other fuch like things ye do. 

9 And he faid unto them, Full well ye 
reject the commandment ot God, that ye 
may keep your own tradition. 

10 F"or Motes laid Hoi, our thy father 
and thy mother; and, Whofo curfeth fa- 
ther or mother, let him die the death : 

11 But ye lay , If a man (hall fay to his 
father or mother, // is Corban, that is to 
fay, a gift, by whatfoever thou mighteft 
be profited by me ; ue Jbatl be free. 

1-2 x^nd ye fuft'er him no more to do 
aught for his father or his mother ; 

16 Making the word of God of none 
effect through your tradition, which ye 
have delivered : and many fuch like 
things do ye. 

i4 «f And when he had called all thepeo- 



the loaves : i 

53 And when they kad patted over, pie unto mm, he faiQ unto them .Hearken 
ev came into the land of Gennefaret, umo me every one oJjou,and underhand : 



they came 

and drew to the fhore. 

54 And when they were come out of 
the {hip, ftraightway they knew him, 

bb And ran through that whole region 
round about, and began to carry about 
in bedsthofe that were lick, where they 
heard he was. 

58 And whitherfoever he entered, into 
villages, or cities, or country, they laid 
the fick in the ftreets, and befought him 
that they might touch if it were but the 
border of his garment : and as many as; pet :ive, 
touched him were made whole. 

CHAP. VIi. 
1 The Phanfees find fault njottb the dij- 

ciplesfor eating nvitb unwajben banas. 

\K Meat dejileib not a man. 

THEN came together unto him the 
Pharifee a ,a 
came from Jerufalem. 

2 And when they faw fome of his dii- 
ciples eat bread with defiled (that is to fay, 
with unwafhen) hands, they found lault. 

5 For the Phariiees, and all the Jews, 
except they wain their hands oft, eat not, 
holding the tradition of the elders. 

4 And nubent bey come from the market, 
except they wafh, they eat not. And ma- 
ny other things there be, which they havei 



1j There is nothing from without a 
man, that entering into him can defile 
him : but the things which come out of 
him, thofe are they that uefile the man. 

16 If any man have ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

17 And when he was entered into the 
home from the people, his difciples afked 
him concerning the parable. 

18 And he faith unto them, Are ye fo 
without understanding alio ? Do ye not 

that whatfoever thing from 
without entereth into the man, ;/ cannot 
defile him ; 

i9 Btcaufe it entereth not into his 
heart, but into the belly, and goeth out 
into the draught, purging all meals ? 

20 And he faid, That which cometh 
^amSoTthcTcHbeiwlilch out of the man, that defileth i|ie ^man. 

21 tor from within, out ot tne neait 
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, 
fornications, murders, . 

22 Thefts, covetoufnefs, wickednels, 
deceit, lafcivioufuefs, an evil eye, blai- 
phemy, pride, foohlhnefs : 

23 All theie evil things come from 
within, and defile the man. 

tk And from thence he arofe, and went 
nto the borders of Tyre and Sidon, ana 

entereu 



An unclean fp'irit cajl forth. Chap.viii. The multitude miraculoujly fed. 

ent red into an houfe, and would have no 
man know /'/ .* but he could not be hid. 
For a certain woman, whofe young 



daughter had an unclean fpii it, heard of 
, and came and fell at his teet : 
i he woman was a Greek, a Syro 



6 And he commanded the people to fit 
down on the ground : and he took the fev- 
en loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, 
and gave to hisdifciples to fet before them; 
and they did fet them before the people. 

7 And they had a few fmall fifties : and 



phenician by nation; and fhe befought ; he blefled, and commanded to fet them 



him that he would caft forth the devil 
out of her daughter. 

27 But Jefus faid unto her, Let the 
children firft be filled : for it is not meet 
to take the children's bread, and to caft 
it unto the dops. 

£3 And fheanfwered and faid unto him, 



alfo before them. 

K So they did eat, and were filled : and 
they took up of the broken meat that 
was left feven bafkets. 

9 And they that had eaten were about 
fourthoufand : and he fent them away. 

10 % And ftraightway he entered into 



Yes, Lord : yet the do^s under the table a (hip with his difciples, and came into 



eat of the children's crumbs 

29 And he faid unto her, For this fay- 
ing, go thy way ; the devil is gone out 
of ihy daughter. 

SO And when Hie was come to her 
houfe, ftK found the devil gone out, and 
her daughter bid upon the bed. 

31 And again, departing from the 
roafts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto 
the (>a of Galilee, through the midit of 
the coaft- of Decapolis. 

32 And they bring unto him one that 
deaf, and had an impediment in his 

fpeech ; and they hefeech him to put lr.;> 
hand upon him. 

53 And he took him afide from the mul- 
titude, and put his fingers into his ^ai 's, 

i he fpit, and touched his tongui 

54 AnH looking up to heaven, he figh- 
ed, and faith unto him, Kphphatha, that 
is, Be opened. 

3. r » And ftrniuhtway his fars were o- 
pr«ied, nnd the ftring of his tor 
loo fed, and he fpake plain. 

36 And he charged them that I 
d trll no man : but the more \\c 

rged tli much the more a g 

publifhed it ; 

37 And were beyond meafurc afh 1 
faying, He hath done all things we ' ■ 

eth both the deaf to hear, and the 
dumb to fpeak. 

lP. VIII. 
t Gbrijt fenlftb the people miraeu 
10 and rejujetb /• gt*ve a Jign to 
Pbsrift 
IN thol the mul 

difciples unto him, litfl 

■ 

; have eompaflion on the multitude, 
have now been with me 
till I : 

4 \ 



th^ parts of Dalmanutha 

11 And the Pharifee-s came forth, and 
began to queftion with him, feeking of 
him a fign from heaven, tempting him. 

12 And lie fighed deeply inhisfpirit,and 
faith. Why doth this generation feek after 
a fign ? Verily I fay unto you. There fhall 
no fign be given unto this generation. 

13 And he left them, and entering into 
the 'hip again, departed to the other fide. 

1* Now the difciples had forgotten to 
take bread, neither had they in the fhip 
with th^m more than one loaf 

15 And hecharced them, laying. Take 
heed, beware of the leaven of the Phari- 
fees, and '■/the leaven of l.erod. 

16 And they rcafoned among them- 
felves, faying, It is becaufe we have no 
bread. 

17 And wVt-n Jefus knew it, he faith 
unto them. Why reafon ye, becaufe yc 
have no bread! Perceiveyenot yet, nei- 
ther underlfand ; Have ye your heart yet 

1 ? 
1R I la-. ^ee ye not ? and hav- 

, Hear ye not ? and, Do ye not 
•',ber ? 

19 Wlienlbr i fire loaves among 
thoufan '. H w many bafkets full of 

fragments took ye up? They fay unto 
him. I 

20 Ann* v. hen the '.even anyone: four 
thonfand, How many b 
men' \tt(\ they ven. 

It And I em, 1 1 • 

not underftand | 

to Bethfaidi ; an 1 
a blind man unto him, and 






h him. 
• he to blind man by tbe 

I 

Is upon him, he afked hi 
'it. 

• 

when a m m de him In 

d he « 

• r > Ai d heafked »1 em, H< w many loaves ly. 

have ye I And tbey fa >S -n. U And be fent h houfe, 



m Chrtfi transfigured. 



St. MARK. 



The dumb. f pint cajf oiit. 



faying, Neither go into the town, nor tell I with Mofee : and they were talking wilht 



it to any in the town. 

27 And Jefus went out and his difci- 
ples, into the towns of Cefarea Philippi : 
and by the way he afked his difciples, 
faying unto them, Whom do men fay- 
that I am ? 

28 And they anfwered, John the Bip- [ 
tift : but fome fay Elias 
One of the prophets. 

29 And he faith unto them, But whom, 
fay ye that I am ? And Peter anfwereth 
and faith unto him, Thou art the Chrift. 

SO And he charged them that they 
fliould tell no man of him. 

31 And he began to teach them, that 
the Son of Man mufrfuffer many things, 
and be rejected of the eiders, and p/the 
chief priefts, and fcribes, and be killed, 
and after three days rife again. 

32. And he fpake that faying openly. 
And Peter took him, and began to re- 
buke him 

33 Bur when he had turned about and 



and the gofpel's, the 
if 



looked on his difciples, he rebuked Pe- 
ter, faying, Get thee behind me, Saltan : 
for thou favoured not the things that be 
©f God, but the things that be of men. 

S4 And when he had called the people 
v.nt* him with his difciples alfo, he (aid 
unto them, Whomever will come after 
me, let him deny himfelf, and take up 
his crofs, and follow me. 

85 For whofoever will fave his life 
Shall lofe it ; but whofoever ihall lofe his 
bfe for my fake * nA tK * nnft 
fame fhall fave it. 

3S For, What fhall it profit a man, 
he fhall gain the whole world, and lofe 
his own foul ? 

37 Or, What fhall a man give in ex- 
change for his foul ? 

v 58 Whofoever therefore fhall be a- 
fhamed of me and of my words in this 
adulterous and finful generation ; of him 
alfo fhall the Son of Man be 2fhan.eri, 
when he comethin the g.ory of his Fa- 
ther with the holy angels. 

CHAP. IX. 
2 Jtftts transfigured. 30 He foretelleth 

bis death and re/urn £?ion y S'iandgins- 

etb divsrs inflrudions to his difaples. 

AND he faid unto them. Verily 1 fay 
unto you, that there be fome of them 
that ftand here, which fhall not tafte of 
death, till they have feen the kingdom of 
God corne with power, 

2 «R And after fix days Jefus taketft 
ivith him Peter, and James, and John, 
and leadeth them up into an High moun- 
tain apart by themfetaej 
transfigured before them. 



jefus. 

5 And Peter anfwered and faid to Je- 
fus, Matter, it is good for us to be here s 
and let us make three tabernacles; one 
for thee, and one for Mofes, and one for 
Elias. 

6 For he wifl not what to fay ; for they 
and others, (were fore afraid. 

7 And there was a cloud that over- 
fhadowed them : and a voice came out 
of the cloud, faying, This is my beloved 
Son : hear him. 

8 And fuddenly, when they had lock- 
ed round about, they faw no man any 
more fave Jefus only with themfelves. 

9 And as they came down from the 
mountain, he charged them that they 
fhould tell no rnan what things they had 
feen, till the Son of Man were rifeia 
from the dead. 

10 And they kept that faying with them- 
felves, queffioning one with another what 
the rifing from the dead fhould mean. 

It And they afked him, faying, Why 
fay the fcribes that Elias muff firft come ? 
■ ; l- And he anfwered and told them, 
Elias verily cometh firft, and re floret It 
all things, and how it is written of the 
Son of Man, that lie mufl fufler many 
things, and be fet at nought. 

13 But I fay unto you, That Elias is 
indeed come, and they have done unto 
him whatsoever they lifted, as it is writ- 
ten of him. 

14 And when he came to his difciples,- 
he faw a great multitude about them, and 
the fcribes quefHoning with them. 

15 And Straightway all the people, 
when they beheld him, were greatly a- 
mazed, and running to him fa luted him. 

16 And he afked the fcribes, What 
queftion ye with them ? 

M And one of the multitude anfwered 



and faid, Matter, I have brought unto' 

thee my fon, which hath a dumb fpirit ; 

18 And whereioeverhe rakctb him, he 
teareth him : and he mameth, and gnafh- 
eth with his teeth and pineth away : and 
1 fpake to thy difciples that they fhculd 
caff him out : and they could not. 

19 He anfwereth him, and faith, O' 
faithlefs generation, How long fhall I be 
with you ? How long fhall 1 fufler you ? 
Bring him unto me. 

20 And they brought him unto him : 
and when he .faw hum Mraightway the 
fpirit tare him-, and he fell on the ground, 
and wallowed foaming. 



%Y And he afked his father, How long 
and he was is it ago fince this came unto him ? And 
hefakt, Of a child. 

3 And his raiment became thining, ex- u vl And offtakes it hath caff him into 
ceeding white as fnow ; fo as no fuller ' the firr, and into the waters, to Jeffrey 
on earth can white therri. I him : but if thou cauft 6o any thing, have 

4 And there appeared unto them Elia^j companion on uc, and help us. 



t 



23 Jefu* 



Cbrift foretelletb bis death. 



Chap. x. 



Concerning divorcement. 777 



23 Jefus faid unto him, If then canft 

believe, all things are poiiible to him 
that believerh. 

*4 And ftraightway the father of the 
child cried out, and laid with tears, Lord, 
I believe ; help thou mine unbelief. 

£2 When Jefiia faw that the people 
came running together, he rebuked the 
foul fpint, laying unto him, fbau dumb 
and deaf ipiiit. 1 charge thee, come out 
of him, and enter no more into him. 

26 And tie fpir-t cried and rent him 
fore, aiTi came out of him ; and he was 
as one dead \ inlomuch tlut many (aid, 
He is dead. 

27 But Jefus took him by the hand, 
and lifted him up ; and he arol'e. 

23 And when he was come into the 
houfe, his difciples aflced him privately, 
Why could not we caft him out i 

29 And he laid unto them, This kind 
can come forth by notiiing, but by pray, 
er and fafting. 

30 ^ A;v departed thence, and 
pafTed through Galilee ; and he would not 
that any man {hould knov it. 

31 For he taught his d:fciules, and faid 
unto them, The Son of Man is delivered 
into the hands of men, and they (hall 
kill him ; and afcer that he is killed, he 
ihall rife the third day. 

3% But they undertlood not that fay- 
ing, and were afraid to alk htm. 

33 ^f And lie came to Capernaum : 
and be ng in the houle he afked them, 
What was it that ye difputed among 
yourf elves by the way ? 

34 But they held their peace : for by 
the way they had difputed anions them- 
felves, who Jhould be lite greafclt. 

35 And he fat down, and called the 
twelve, and faith unto them, If any man 
defire to be tint, the fume (hall be lad ot 
all, and (ervanl ol all. 

S6 And he to.d; a child, and i»-t him 
in the midfl of them : and when he had 
taken him in his anus, he faid unto th 

37 Whofoever (hall i fuch 

children in my name, r md 

whofoever (hall receive me, re< not 

mc, but him that (-nt 

•Vndjohn ani' Maf- 

ter, we (aw on<- calling out di • 
name, and he follow t r h n »t u 
forbade him, la c.\u(c hefolloweth not ul. 

39 Bui Jefua faid. him 
for there is no man which Q) 

acle in my name, tl . Ii^hti 

evil of i' 

40 I*'or he that i r > not again fl m is on 
our part. 

41 For whofoever Hi ill give y< 
of water to drink in my nan • . 

ye belong to Chrift, y I faj unto 

you, he (hall not lofe h ;, > reward. 

42 And whofoever Hull offend one ol 

a B 



theft little ones that believe in me, it is 
better for him that a millflone were 
hanged about his neck, and he were call 
into the lea. 

* 8 . A n 4 i* dby hand offend thee, cut 
it off: it is better for thee to enter into 
life maimed, than having two hands to 
go into bell, into the rite that never fhall 
be quenched : 

44 Where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched : 

4.3 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it 
oft' : it is better for thee ro enter halt in- 
to life, than having two feet to be caft 
into hell, into the fire that never fliall be 
quenched : 

46 Where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched. 

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it 
out : it is better for thee to enter into 
the kingdom of God with one eye, than 
having two eyes to be call: into hell fire : 

43 Where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched. 

49 For every one (hall be faked with fire, 
and every fact ifice (hall be falted with fait. 

50 Salt is good : but if the fait have 
loft his faltnefs, Wherewith will ye fea- 
fon it ? Have fait in vourfelves, and have 
peace one with another. 

CHAP. X. 
I Touching divorcement. \SLittle children 
brought to Chrifi. 23 The danger vf riches. 

AND he arofe from thence, and Com- 
eth into the coafts of Judea by the far- 
ther fide ot Jordan : and the people re- 
fort unto him again ; and, as he v 
wont, he taught them again. 

- «' And the Pharif< es came to him, 
and aflted him. Is it lawful for a man t.) 
put a ; tempting him. 

infwered and faid unto them, 
What ' : J M< fes command you 

4 \ id they I ruffe red la 

write a bill oidi nent, and to put 

W ay. 

3 \;ai fefus anfwered and faid unto 
them, ; your heart he 

wrote (rou thi precept. 

6 But From the beginning of the crea- 
lion t rod made them n id female. 

I For 'Ji i ai i a m w his 

: .\wd moth 

\nd tl, lhall be 111 : 

(o then they are no more twain, but one 
Hefh. 

' I 

i afu ■ i 
10 And in •• 

him '. 

tl ' d he faith 

hia wife, and m 

put aw 

eT| n.e 

- 

13 «I And 



778 The danger of 'riches. 



St. MARK. RequeftoftbefonsofZebedee. 



good 



IS % And they brought young chil- 
dren to him that he fhould touch them : 
and bis difciples rebuked thofe that 
brought them. 

14 But when Jefus favv //, he was 
much du'plcafed, and faid unto them, 
Suffer the little children to come unto 
me , and forbid them not : for of fuch is 
the kingdom of God. 

15 Verily I fay unto you, Whofoever 
fhall not receive the kingdom of God, as 
a little child, he fhall not enter therein. 

16 And he took them up in his arms, put 
his hands upon them, and Wetted them. 

17 And when he was gone forth into 
the way, thete came one running, and 
kneeled to him, and afked him, Good 
Matter, What ihall 1 do that 1 may in- 
herit eternal life ? 

18 And Jefus faid unto him, Why 
called thou me good ? There is none 

but one, that is, God. 

19 Thou knoweft the commandments, 
Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do 
not tteal, Do not bear falfe witnefs, De- 
fraud not, Honour thy father and mother. 

20 And he anfwered and faid unto 
him, Matter, all thefe have I obferved 
from my youth. 

91 Then Jefus beholding him loved 
him. and faid^unto him. One thing thou 
lackeft : go thy way, fell whatfoever thou 
haft, and give to the poor, and thou fhalt 
have treafure in heaven : and come, take 
up the crofs, and follow me. 

22 And he was fad at that faying, and 
■went away grieved : for he had great 
pofleflions. 

23 ^] And Jefus looked round about, 
and faith unto his difciples, How hardly 
lhall they that have riches enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

24 And the difciples were attonifhed at 
his words. But Jefus anfwereth again, 
and faith onto them, Children, how hard 
is it for them that trutt in riches to en- 
ter into the kingdom of God ! 

25 It iseafier for a camel to go through 
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. 

26 And they were attonifhed out of 
meafure, faying among themfelves, Who 
then can be faved ? 

27 And Jefus looking; upon them faith, 
With men it is impoflible, but not with 
God : for with God all things are poffible. 

28 Then Peter began to fay unto him, 
Lo, we have left all, and have followed 
thee- 

20 And Jefus anfwered and faid, Ver- 
ily T fay unto you. There is no man that 
hath lefthoufe, or brethren, or lifters, or 
father, or mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands- for my fake, and the gofpel's, 

SO But he fhall receive an hundredfold 
now in this time, houfes, and biethren, j 



and fitters, and mothers and children, 
and lands with perfecutions ; and in the 
world to come eternal life. 

31 But many that are fiiR fhall be laft ; 
and the laft firft. 

32 And they were in the way going 
up to Jerufalem ; and Jefus went before 
them ; and they were amazed ; and as they 
followed, they were afraid.' And he took 
again the twelve, and began to tell them 
what things fhould happea unto him, 

S3 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jeru- 
falem ; and the Son of Man fhall be de- 
livered unto the chief priefts, and unto 
the fcribes ; and they fhall condemn him 
to death, and fhall deliver him to the 
Gentiles : 

34 And they fhall mock him, and fhall 
fcourge him, and fhall fpit upon him, 
and fhall kill him : and the third day he 
fhall rife again. 

S5 And James and John, the fons of 
Zebedee, come unto him, faying, Matter, 
we would that thou fhouldeft do for us 
whatfoever we fhall deli re. > 

36 A nd he faid unto them, What would 
ye that I fhould do for you ? 

37 They faid unto him, Grant unto us 
that we may fit, one on thy right hand, and 
the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 

38 But Jefus faid unto them, Ye know- 
not what ye afk : Can ye drink of the 
cup that 1 drink of ? And be baptized 
with the baptifm that I am baptized with ? 

39 And they faid unto him, We can. 
And Jefus faid unto them, Ye fhall in- 
deed drink of the cup that I drink of ; 
and with the baptifm that I am baptized 
withal, fhall ye be baptized : 

40 But to fit on my right hand and on 
my left hand, is not mine to give ; but 
it jhall be given to them for whom it is 
prepared. 

41 And when the ten heard //, they 
began to be much difpleafed with James 
and John. 

42 But Jefus cabled them to him, and 
faith unto them, Ye know that they which 
are accounted to rule over the Gentiles 
exercife lordfhip over them ; and their 
great ones exercife authority upon them, 

43 But fo fnall it not be among you : 
but whofoever will be great among you, 
fhall be your mimller : 

44 And whofoever of you will be the 
chiefeft, fhall be fervant of all. 

45 For even the Son of Man came not 
to be minittered unto, but to minitter, 
and to give his life a ranfom for many. 

46 And they came to Jericho : and as 
he went out of Jericho with his difciples 
and a great number of people, blind 
Bartimeus, the (on of Timeus, fat by the 
highway fide begging ; 

47 And when he heard that it was Je-» 
fus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and 

fay 



Bartimsus reflated to fight. Chap. 

fay, Jefus, tbou Son of David, have mer- 
cy on me. 

48 And many charged him that he 
ihould hold his peace : but he cried the 
snore a great deal, Ttou Son of David, 
have mercy on me. 

■49 And Jefus ftood frill, and command- 
ed him to be called. And the) call the 
blind man, faying unro him, Be of good 
comfort, rife ; he calleth thee. 

50 And he, calling away his garment, 
rofe, and came to Jefus 

at And Jefus anfwered and faid unto 
him, What wilt thou that I mould do 
vintothee ? The blind man faid unto him, 
Lord, that I might receive my Gght. 

52 And Jefus /aid unto him, Go thy 
way ; th> faith hath made thee w hole. 
And immediately he received his fight, 
and follo.ved Jelusin the way. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Cbrijl ridetb <tvitb triumph into Jerufa- 

lem. It He curjetbtbe fruttlejs Jig tree 

AND when they came nigh to Jeruiu- 
lem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the 
inounr uf Olives, he fendeth forth two ot 
his difciplea, 

£ And iaith unto them, Go your way 
into the village over againlt > ou : and 
as foon as ye be ent.red into it, ye (ball 
find a coit tied, whereon never man fat ; 
loofe him, and bring bitn. 

3 And if any man lay unto you, Why 
doyeth \ ye that the Lord bath 
need of him : and ftraightway he will 
lend htm hith 

4 And they went their way, and found 
the cult tied by the door without, in a 
place where two ways met ; Jnd they 
loofe him. 

5 Arid certain of them that flood there 
faid unto them, What do ye, looting the 
col 

6 And they faid unto them even is Jelui 
had commanded : aid they let l 

7 And rht y brought the colt to )■ 
and catt their garments on him ; and he 
fat upon h 

8 And many fpread their garment 
the waj : tnuotiu down branches 
off the tre'-s. and lirav. ed them in the v. t\ . 

9 And thc> that wei 

that followed, cr'n , Hofanna ; 

red i\ he that comet h in I me of 

the Lord j 

»0 I be the kingdom of our I i 

thcr David, that comet h in the nam 
the Lord : Hofanna in the higl. 

it And Jefus entered into ferula) 
and into the temp h id 

locked round about upon all I . and 

now the eventide * 
unto Bethany with the twelve. 

IS f\ And on the morrow, when they 
were come from Bethany, he was bun 

IS And feeing a hg uce afar off, Jiav- 



xi. 7be temple f urged. 779 

ing leaves, he came, if haply he might 
:find any thing thereon: and when he 
came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; 
tor the time or figs was not yet. 

14 And Jefus anfwered and faid unto 
it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for 
I ever. And his difciples heard ;/. 

i5 And they come to Jeruialem ; and 
Jeltis went into the temple, and began 
to caft out them that fold and bought m 
the temple, and overthrew the table* ot 
the money changers, and the feats of 
them that fold uovo ; 

16 And would not fufler that any 
man fhould carry any vell'el through the 
temple • 

17 And he taught, faying unto 

Is it not written, My houfe fhall be 
called of all nations the houfe of prayer > 
But ye have made it a den ot thieves. 

18 And the iciibes and chief piiefts 
heard //, and fought how they might de- 
ftroy him , forthey feared him,becanJeall 
the people wasaitonilhed at his docrnne. 

iy And when even a as come, he went 
out of the city. 

'-u Ana in the morning, as they parted 
by, they law the hg tree dried up trom 
tne roots. 

ii And Peter calling to remembrance, 
faith unto him, M behold the fig 

tree which thou curleaft is withered aw ay. 

1*1 And Jdus unfwering, faith unto 
them, 1 lave tenth in God. 

25 For verily 1 fay unto you. That 
whofoever (hall fay unro this mountain, 
Be thou removed, and be thou cafi into 
tne (ea : and ihall not doubt in his heart, 
but ihal! believe that thole th. hich 

he faith (lull come to pail ; he /hall have 
vs hatloi la th. 

•li therefore I fat unto you, What 
things foever yedeure, when •><.■ pray, 

them, and ye lliall 
have the 

And when ye Hind pray ing, | 
give if \ • aught ;i h .!in(i a iy : that 

may 
jive ) ou your trefj ifi 

do not forgive, neither 

will your Father which IS in heaven f< 

-T And the) come to Jem' il 

d a-, lv a liking ii) the tl 

there come to him tl , . ind 

rid th.- i 

unto Inn. Bj 
rity doeit tlio. i tlv l" thing - < .* 

this authority iheie 

thing 

49 And I wered and (aid unto 

them, I v. ill alio all oi ) o liOQa 

and anlu I I by 

what . uthority 1 do thefc th 

30 The baptifm of John, Was // i 
heaven, "r oi mail I Ar.iwcr me. 

SI AM 



780 the parable of tbe vineyard. St. MARK. 

31 And they rcafoned with themfelves, 
faying, If we fh all fay, From heaven,he will 
lay, Why then did ye not believe him ? 

32 But if we fhallfay, Of men ; they 
feared the people : for all men counted: 
John, that he w a s a prophet indeed, 

S3 And they anfwered, and faid unto 
Jems, We cannot tell. And Jefus anfwer- 
ing, faith unto them, Neither do I tell 
you by what authority I do thefe things. 

CHAP. XII. 
i The parable of the vineyard, 13 Touch- 
ing the paying of tribute, 18 and the 
rejurreclion. 4i The ivido<w and her 
fwo mites. 

AND he began to fpeak unto them by 
parables. A certain man planted a vine- 
yard, and fet an hedge about it, and dig- 
ged a place for the wine fat, and built a 
tower, and let it out to huibandmen, and 
went into a v far country. 

2 And at the feafen he fent to the 



huibandmen a fervant, that he might re- 
ceive from the huibandmen of the fruit 
of the vineyard. 

S And they caught bim and beat him, 
and fent him away empty. 

4 And again he fent unto them another 
Servant ; and at him they caft ttones, and them ? For the feven had her to wife, 
v/ounded him in the head, and fent him 
away fhamefully handled. 



Of the refurre&ion, 

But he knowing their hypocrify, faid 
unto them, Why tempt ye me \ Bring 
me a penny, that I may fee it. 

16 And they brought it. And be faith 
unto them, Whofe is this image and fu- 
pericription > And they faid unto him, 
CefarV 

17 And Jefusanfwering, laid unto them, 
Render to Ceiar the things that are Ce- 
lar's, and to God the things that are 
God's. And they marvelled at him. 

18 ^T Then come unto him the Sad- 
ducees, which lay there is no refurrec<r 
lion ; and they afked him, faying, 

i9 Matter-, Moles, wrote unto us, If a 
man's brother die, and leave his wife be- 
hind bim, and leave no children, that his 
brother fhouid take his wife, and raile up 
feed unto his brother. 

20 Now there were feven brethren : and 
the nrft took a wife, and dying left no feed. 

SI And the fecond took her, and died, 
neither left he any feed : and the third 
likewile. 

22 And the feven had her, and left no 
feed : laft of all the woman died alio. 

25 In the refurrection therefore, when 
they fhall rife, Whofe wife fhall ihe be of 



24 And Jefus anfwering, faid unto 
them, Do ye not therefore err, becaufe 

5 And again he fent another ; and him ye know not the fcriptures, neither the 
they killed* and many others ; beating power of God ? 

25 For when they fhall rife from the 
dead, they neither man y, nor are given 
in marriage : but are as the angels which 
are in heaven. 

26 And as touching the dead, that 
they rile ; Have ye not read in the book 
ot Moles, how in the bufh God fpake 
unto him, faying, I am the God of A- 
braham, and the God of Haac, and the 
Gocl of Jacob ? 

2T He is not the God of the dead, but 
the God of the living ; ye therefore do 
greatly err. 

2i3 And one of the fcribes came, and 
having heard them reasoning together, 
and perceiving that he had anfwered. 
them well, alked him. Which is the firir. 
commandment of all ? 

29 And Jefus anfwered him, The fir ft: 
cf ail the commandments is, Hear, O 11- 
rael ; the Lord our God is one Lord •. 

50 And thou thalt love the Lord thy Ged 
with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, 
and with all thy mind, and with all thy 
firength : this is the firft commandment. 

31 And the fecend n like, namely this, 
Thou (bait love thy neighbour as thy- 
lelr". There is none other commandment 
greater than thefe. 

.3 - And the i'cribefaid tinto him, Well, 
Walter, thou hail laid the truth : for 
ihere. is one God } and there is none oth- 
er but he: 

33 Aq4 



fome, and killing lbme 

6 Having yet therefore one fon, his 
well beloyed ; he fent him alfo lalt unto 
them, faying, They will reverence my fon. 

7 But thofe huibandmen faid among 
themfelves, This is the heir; come, let us 
kill him, and the inheritance (hall be ours. 

8 And they took him and killed bim, 
and caft bim out of the vineyard. 

9 What (hall therefore, the lord of the 
vineyard do ? He will come and deltroy 
the huibandmen, and will give the vine-' 
yard unro others. 

10 And have ye not read this fcripture; 
The Hone which the builders rejected is 
become the head of the corner : 

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is 
marvellous in our eyes ? 

12 And they fought to lay hold on 
him, but feared the people : for they 
knew that he had fpoken the parable a- 
gainft them : and they left him, and went 
their way. 

IS % And they fend unto him certain 
of the Phaiifees,and of the Herodians, to 
catch him in his words. 

11 And when they were corre, they 
fay unto him, Mailer, we know that thou 
art true, and caret! for no man : for thou 
regarded: not the perfon of men, but 
teachelt the way of God in truth : Is it 
iawful to give tribute to Cetar, or not ? 

45 Shall we give, or fhall v\ e r.ot give ? 



The tuido-iu and her two mites. Chap. xiii. Perfections for the go/pel. 78t 



35 And to love him with all the heart, 
and with all the understanding, and with 
all the foul, and with all the ftrength, 
and to love bis neighbour as himfelr, is 
more than all whole burnt offerings and 
Sacrifices. 

34 And when Jefus few that he an- 
swered difcreetly, he laid unto him, 
Thou art not tar from the kingdom of 
God. And no man after that duiltalk 
him any quejtion. 

$5 And Jefus anfwered and faid, while 
he taught in the temple, How faj the 
icnbrs that Chrill is the Son of David I 

36 For David himfelf laid by the Holy 
Gholt, The Lord laid to my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, till I make thine 
enemies thy footilool. 

57 David therefore hitnfelfcalleth him 
Lor> ; , and, Whence i-* he tben his Ion? And 
the common people heard him gladly. 

i& And he (aid unto them in his doc- 
trine, Beware of the (cribes, which love 
to go in long clothing, and love Saluta- 
tions in the market places, 

39 And the chief (eats in thefynagogues, 
and the uppei mod rooms at fealts : 

40 Which devour widows.' houfes, and 
ior a pretence make long prayers ; thefe 
ihall receive greater damnation. 

41 ^J And Jefus fat over againft the 
treafury, and beheld how the people c id 
money into the treafury : and many that 
were rich caff in much. 

42 And there came a certain poor 
widow, and Ihc threw in two mites, 
which make a farthing. 

43 And he called unto bim his difci- 
pl«*s, and faith unto them, Verily 1 (ay 
unto you, That this poor widow hath 
ca!t more in, than all they which have 
call into the trealury. 

44 For all ibey did call in of their a- 
bundance ; but the of her want did I 

in all that (he had, e<ven all her livi 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The defltudion oj tbe temple. 9 Petfecu- 

ttons jnr the go/pel 14 Great calamif.a 
( to tbe Je-TJin. 14 Cbrijt* scorning Mjttdg. 

men:. S'i Tbt b»Ut oj it uncertain. 

AND as he went out of the ten, 
one of hi> dil nlo him, I laf- 

ter, fee win- manner of ftdnes, and what 
buildings ure f.ete ! 

2 And J' faid uutj him, 

■ tiiele great buildings I 'I i 
{ball not be leit te up-n ai 

that ihall not be thrown down. 

S And as hi (it tij-i.;. (he mount of Ol 
pves over againft the temple, Peter and 

nd John, and Andrew all. 
privately, 

a leli us, When (hall thefe things be ) 
1, What fbnii be the Ggn «i,ra 
thefe things thai) be fulnMed - 

5 And Jefus anfwejFing them began to 



fay, Take heed left any man deceive, you : 

6 1 ormany _ (hall come in my name, fay- 
ing, 1 am Cbnjl j and (hall deceive many. 

7 And when ye fliall hear of wars and 
rumours of wars, be ) e not troubled : 
for Jjteb things muft needs be ; but the 
QvAJball net be yet. 

y For nation fliall rife againft nation, 
and kingdom againft kingdom : and 
there fliall be earthquakes in divers places 
and tiiere fuall be famines and troubles : 
thefe are the beginnings of forrows. 

9 €J But lake heed to yourfelves : for 
they (hall deliver you up to councils: and 
in the fynagogues ye (hall be beaten: and 
ye fhall be brought before rulersai.d kings 
for my fake, for a teftimony againfl them. 

10 And the gofpel mult firft be pub- 
lifhed among alt nations. 

11 But when they fhall lead yeu 9 and 
deliver you up, take no thought before- 
hand what ye fhall fpeak, neither do ye 
premeditate : but whatsoever fhall be giv- 
en you in that hour, that fpeak ye : for it 
is not ye that fpeak, but the Holy Ghoft. 

12 Now the brother fliall betray the 
brother to death, and the father the fon ; 
and children fhall rife up againft their 
parents, and fhall caufe them to be put to 
death. 

13 And yc fhall be hated of all men for 
my name's fake : but he that (hall endure 
unto the end, the fame fhall be faved. 

li fl But when ye (hall lee the abom- 
ination of defolalion, fpoken of by Dan- 
iel the prophet, (landing where it ought 
[not, (let him that readeth underfiand) 
'then let them that be in Judea flee to the 
mountains : 

13 And let him that is on the houfe - 
! top not go down into the houfe, neither 
enter therein, to take any thing out of 
his houfe. 

lo And let him that is in the field, net 
turn back again for to tAe up blSjg u nunt. 
17 But woe to them that are with t. hild, 
and to them that give (ink in thole d 

And pra) ye ih.it your flight be not 
in the winter. 

19 For in thofe days (hall be affliction, 
fuch not ii om the beginning 

the ( re Ition W hich ( >od created unto this 
, neither (hall he. 
And t acq t that the 1 1 rd had fli 
ened thole da\ s,no fleth mould be fav< d ; 
bul t«n the i ike, w horn he hath 

i hofefti he hath (hortened the <t i 

And then it a iy man fliall fa? I i 
you, ' i, I -re is Chrifl ; or, lo, i 
there ; believe bim n< 

fe ( !hrifti and foil hets 

ihall i nd fhall thew fi 

ders, to (educe, it ven 

u iS But tal tee 1 i behold, I have 

foretold you ad thing 

24 fj I 



*?32 Cbrijl's bead anointed. 



2* ^ Bat in thofe days, after that trib- 
ulation, the fun (hall be darkened, and 
the moon ihail not give her light ; 

25 And the ftars of heaven fhall fall, 
and the powers that are in heaven (hall 
be (haken. 

26 And then (hall they fee the Son of 
Man coming in the clouds with great 
power and glory. 

£7 And then (hall he fend his angels, 
and fliall gather together hjs elect from 
the four winds, from the uttermoltpart of 
the earth to the uttermoltpart of heaven. 

2.8 Now learn a parable of the fig tree ; 
When her branch is yet tender, and put- 
teth forth leaves, ye know that fummer 
is near ; 

29 So ye in like manner, when ye fhall 
fee thefe things come to pafs, know that 
ft is nigh, even at the doors. 

SO Verily I fay unto you, That this 
generation (hall not pafs, till all thefe 
things be done. 

31 Heaven and earth (hall pafs away : 
but my words (hall not pafs away. 

52 fl But of that day and rhat hour 
knoweth no man, no, not the angels 
which are in heaven, neither the Son, 
but the Father. 

53 Take ye heed, watch and pray ; for 
ye know not when the time is. 

54 For the Son of Man is as a man tak- 
ing a far journey, who left his houfe, 
and gave authority to his fervants, and 
to every man his work, and commanded 
the porter to watch. 

55 Watch ye therefore : for ye know 
not when the matter of the houfe com- 
eth, at even, or at midnight, or at the 
cock crowing, or in the morning : 

36 Left coming fuddenly he find you 
fleeping. 

37 And what I fay unto you, I fay un- 
to ail, Watch. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 A con/piracy againft Chrijl. 8 A wo- 
man yourctb ointment ou bis head, 10 
Judas fetleth % 43 and betrayetb bim. 
66 Peter thrice denietb him, 
AFTER two days was the feaji of the 
paiTover, and of unleavened bread ; and 
the chief priefts and the fcribes fought 
how they might take him by craft, and 
put bim to death. 

2 But they laid, Not on the feaft day, 
left there be an uproar of the people. 

S ^| Aad being in Bethany, in the houfe 
of Simon the leper, as he fat at meat, 
there came a woman having analabafter 
box of ointment of fpikenard very pre- 
cious ; and (he brake the box', and pour- 
ed it on his head. 

4 And there were fome that had indig- 
nation within themfelves, and laid, Why 
was this wafte of the ointment made ? 

5 For it might have been fold for more 



St. MARK, Judas Betrayetb bim. 

than three hundred pence, and have been 



given to the poor. And they murmured 
againft her. 

6 And Jefus faid, Let her alone ; Why 
trouble ye her ? She hath wrought a good 
work on me. 

7 For ye have the poor with you al- 
ways, and whenfoever ye will ye may do 
them good : but me ye have not always. 

8 Sne hath done what (he could (he is 
come aforehand to anoint my body to 
the burying 

9 Verily I (ay unto you, Wherefoe ver this 
gofpel (hall be preached throughout the 
whole world, this alfo that (he hath done 
(hall be fpoken of for a memorial of her. 

10 qj And Judas Ifcariot, one of the 
twelve, went unto the chief pnefts, t» 
betray him unto them. 

11 And when they heard If, they were 
glad, and promifed to give him money. 
And he fought how he might conven- 
iently betray him. 

12 And the hrft clay of unleavened 
bread, when they killed the paflTovei, his 
difciples laid unto him, Where wilt thou 
that we go and prepare, that thou mayeft 
eat the paffover ? 

IS And he fendeth forth two of his dif- 
ciples, and faith unto them, Go ye into 
the city, and there (hall meet you a man 
bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him. 

14 And wherefoe ver he Aall go in, fay 
ye to the good man of the houfe. The 
Matter faith, Where is the gueft cham- 
ber, where I (hall eat the paffover with 
my difciples ? 

15 And he will (hew you a large up- 
per room furnifhed and prepared : there 
make ready for us. 

16 And his difciples went forth, and 
came into the city, and found as he had 
faid unto them : and they made ready 
the paffover. 

17 And in the evening he cometh with 
the twelve. 

til And as they fat and did eat, Jefus 
faid, Verily I fay unto you, One of you 
which eateth with me (hall betray me. 

19 And they began to be forrowful, 
and to fay unto him one by one, Is it I r 
And another faid y Is it I ? 

20 And he anfwered and faid unto 
them, It is one of the twelve, that dip- 
peth with me in the dim. 

21 The Son of Man indeed goeth.as it 
is written of him : but woe to that man 
by whom the Sen of Man is betrayed I 
good were it for that man if he had nev- 
er been born. 

2'2 And as they did eat, Jefus took bread, 
and bleffed, and brake it, and gave to 
them, and faid, Take, eat : this is my body. 

23 And he took the cup, and when he 
had given thanks, he gave it to them : 

and they all drank of it. 

24 And 



Peter's dental foretold. Chap. xiv. Cbrijf arraigned. 78$ 

24 And he faid unto them, This is my I 44 And he that betrayed him had giv- 
blood of the new teftament, which is Ihed en them a token, faying, Whomfoever I 



for many. 

25 Verily I fay unto you, I will drink 
no more ef the fruit of the vine, until 
that day that I drink it new in the king- 
dom of God 

26 And when they had fung an hymn, 
they went out into the mount of Olives. 

27 And Jefus faith unto them, All ye 
(hall be offended becaiife of me this 



mall kifs, that fame is he ; take him, and 
lead him away fafely. 

45 And as foon as he was come, he 
goeth itraightway to him, and faith, 
Mafter, matter : and kifled him. 

46 And they laid their hands on him, 
and took him. 

47 And one of them that flood by- 
drew a fword, and fmote a fcrvant of 



night : for it is written, I will fmite the .the high prieft, and cut off his ear. 
fiiepherd,and the (beep (hall be fcattered. | 48 And Jefus anfwered and faid unto 
28 But after that I am rifen, 1 will go ;them, Are ye come out asagainft a thief, 



before you into Galilee. 

"19 But Peter faid unto him, Although 
all (hall be offended, yet 'will not I. 

50 And Jefus faith unto him, Verily I 
fay unto thee, That this day, even in 
this night, before the cock crow twice, 
thou fhalt deny me thrice. 

51 But he fpake the more vehemently, 
If I fhould die u :th thee, I will not deny 
thee in any wife. Likewife <dfo faid 
they all. 

M And they came to a place which was 

named Gethfemane : and he faith to his 

pies, Sit ye here, while 1 lhall pray. 

3-S And he taketh with him Peter, and 
Jatr.es, and John, and began to be fore 
amazed, and to be very heavy , 

54 And faith unto them, My foul is 
exceeding forrowful unto death : tarry 
ye here, and watch. 

35 And he went forward alittle,and fell 
on the ground, and prayed, that if it were 
potTible. the hour might pafs from him. 

S6 And he faid, Abba, Father, all 
things <*re pofTible unto thee ; take away 
this cup trom me : neverthclefs, not 
what I will, but what thou wilt. 

And he cometh, and findeth them 
fleoping, and faith unto Petrr, bin 
Sieepeft thou 1 L'ouldeil not thou watch 
ene hour i 

38 Watch ye and pray, left ye enter 
into temptation. The fpirit truly is rea- 
dy, but the fleli it weak. 

*9 An ; he v\eM away, and pray- 

ed, and fpake the fame w-rds. 

40 And when he returned, he found 
them afleep ntaia : for their **ycs were 
heavy ; neither wift they what to an- 
fwer him 

i\ And he cometh the third time, and 
faith unto them. Sleep en i r»d take 

your reft : ir i igh, the hour is 

come ; behold, the f Man is be- 

trayed into the hands of linr.i | 

Kile uj ; 1^» !><-• that be- 

trayer h me is at hand 

^j Aii.i • ly, while he 

fpake, cometh Judas, one i 
and with hi 

(Words an oils 

and the fenbei and the o'.Ucis. 



with fwords and<to///> ftaves to take me I 

49 1 was daily with you in the temple 
teaching, and ye took me not : but the 
fcriptures mufl be fulfilled. 

50 And they all forfook him, and fle<l. 

51 And there followed him a certain 
young man, having a linen cloth caft 
about bit naked body ; and the young 
men laid hold on him : 

52 And he left the linen cloth, and 
fled from them naked. 

55 And they led Jefus away to the 
high pried: : and with hirn were affem- 
bled all the chief prietfs, and the elders 
and the fcribes. 

54 And Peter followed him afar of!", 
even into the palace of the high prieft : 
and he fat with the fervants,and warmed 
him felt at the fire. 

55 And the chief priefls and all the 
council fought for witnefs againft Jefus 
to put him to death ; and found none. 

So For many bare falfe witnefs againft 
him, but their witnefs agreed not to- 
gether. 

• r »T And there arofe certain, and bare 
falfe witnefs againfl him, faying, 

58 We heard him fey, I will deftroy 
thi temple that i> m ule with hands, and 
within tl [ will build another 
made v. ithout hands. 

59 But neither fo did their witnefs a- 
gree together. 

60 And the high priefl fl< od up in the 
midii, and afked Jefus, laying, Anfwer- 
ed thou nothing ? What is it which thefe 
u it; 

61 But he held his peace and .inhered 
nothing. Again the high priefl afked 
him, and laid uitto him, Ait thou the 

c hnfl, the Son of the Blefied I 

And Jefus faid, I am : and ye (hall 

A in fitting on th< 

hand of power, and coining in the I i >udl 

en. 

he high | rn1 hi 

and faith, What need we any 

u it: 

N r have heard the bl 
What think )<* I And thej 
him to be gu 
63 And ion e b ,, u to fpit on h 

and 



f 84 Peter denieth Cbnjf. 



St. MARK. 



and to cover his face, and to buffet him, 
and to fay unto him, Prophefy : and the 
fervants did rtrike him with the palms of 
their hands. 

66 q\ And as Peter was beneath in the 
palace, there cometh one of the maids 
of the high prieft ; 

67 And when (he faw Peter warming 
bimfelf, fhe looked upon him. and laid, 
And thoa alfo waft with Jefus of Naza- 
reth. 

68 But he denied, faying, I know not, 
neither underftand I what thou fay eft. 
And he went out into the porch ; and 
the cock crew. 

69 And a maid faw him again, and be- 
gan to fay to them that ftood by, This is 
one of them. 

70 And he denied it again. And a 
little after, they that ftood by faid again 
to Peter, Surely thou art one of them : 
for thou art a Galilean, and thy fpeech 
agreeth thereto. 

71 But he began to curfe and to fwear, 
faying, I know not this man of whom ye 

fpeak. 

72 And the fecond time the cock crew. 
And Peter called to mind the word that 
Jefus faid unto him, Before, the cock 
crow twice, thou fhalt deny me thrice. 
And when he thought thereon, he wept. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Jefus brought bound and accufed before 

Pilate, 15 is delivered to be crucified, 

27 hanged between tivo thieves, 42 

and is honourably buried. 

AND ftraightway in the morning the 
chief priefts held a confutation with the 
elders and fcribes and the whole council, 
and bound Jefus, and carried bun away, 
and delivered him to Pilate. 

2 And Pilate afked him, Art thou the 
King of the Jews ? And he anfwering, 
faid unto him, Thou fayeft it. 

3 And the chief priefts accufed him of 
many things : but he anfwered nothing. 

4 And Pilate afked him again, faying, 
Anfwereft thou nothing ? Behold, how 
many things they witnefs againft thee. 

6 But Jefus yet anfwered nothing ; fo 
that Pilate marvelled. 

6 Nowat/Aa/feafthereleafed unto them 
one prifoner, whomfoever they defired. 

7 And there was one named Barabbas, 
nvhicb lay bound with them that had 
made infurreftion with him, who had 
committed murder in the infurreclion. 

8 And the multitude crying aloud, be- 
gan to defire him to do as he had ever 
done unto them. 

9 But Pilate anfwered them, faying 
Will ye that I releafe unto you the King 
of the Jews ? 

10 For ht knew that the chief priefts 
had delivered him for envy. 

It But the chief priefts moved the 



CbriJI crucified. 
rather releafe 



people, that he fhould 
Barabbas unto them. 

12 And Pilate anfwered and faid a- 
gain unto them, What will ye then that 
I fhall do unto bitn whom ye call the? 
King of the Jews ? 

IS And they cried out again, Crucify 
him. 

1* Then Pilate faid unto them, Why, 
what evil hath he done ? And they cri- 
ed out the more exceedingly, Crucify 
him. 

15 f And fo Pilate, willing to content 
the people, re leafed Barabbas unto them, 
and delivered Jefus, when he had 
fcourged him, to be crucified. 

16 And the foldiers led him away in* 
to the hall, called Pretorium ; and they 
call rosether the whole band. 

17 And they clothed him with purple, 
and platted a crown of thorns, and put it 
about his bead ; 

18 And began to falute him, Hail, 
King of the Jews ! 

19 And they fmote him on the head 
with a reed, and did fpit upon him, and, 
bowing their knees, worfhipped him. 

20 And when they had mocked him, 
they took off the purple from him, and 
put his own clothes on him, and led him 
out to crucify him. 

21 And they compel cne Simon a Cy- 
renian, who pafted by, coming out of 
the country, the father of Alexander 
and Rufus, to bear his crofs. 

22 And they bring him unto the place 
Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, 
the place of a fkull. 

23 And they gave 
mingled with myrrh 
not. ' 

24 And when they had crucified him, 
they parted his garments, calling lots up- 
on them, what every man fhould take. 

25 And it was the third hour, and they 
crucified him. 

26 And the fuperfcription of his arcu- 
fation was written over, THE KING 
OF THE JEWS. 

27 fl And with him they crucify two 
thieves ; the one on his right kand, and 
the other on his left. 

28 And the fcripture was fulfilled, 
which faith, And he was numbered with 
the tranfgreilbrs. 

29 And they that paflfed by railed on 
him, wagging their heads, and faying, 
Ah, thou that deftroyeft the temple, and 
buildeft it in three days, 

50 Save thy fell", and come down from 
the crofs. 

51 Likewife alfo the chief priefts 
mocking, faid among themfelves wi«h 
fhe fcrib p s, He faved others, himfelf he 
cannot fave. 

52 Let Chrift the King of Ifrael de- 

fcend 



him to drink wine 
but he received it 



The burial of Clri ft. Cliap. 

fcend now from the crofs, that we may 
fee and believe. And they that were 
. ] with him reviled him. 
S3 And when t he fix th hour wai rome. 

;• tile v - Utd 

I the ninth hour. 
And at the ninth hour Jefus cried 
w : th a loud voice, faying, 1 ioi, 

1 (abachthan ■''■ .in 

preted, . ray God, Whj hail 

thou furfaken 

55 And iom? of (hem that Itood by, 
when they heard »>, laid, Lehold, he 

l one ran and filled a f.'^nge 
full of vinfegj it on a reed, and 

gave him to drink, <:, Let alone ; 

let us fee whe. will cuine to 

take him dow i. 

37 And Jefus cried with a loud voice, 
and gave up the glv- 

58 And the veil of (he temple was rent 

;u troni the top to the bottom. 
50 And when the cepturion, which 
hood peer agaii i, faw that he (o 

cried om, and gave up the ghoft, he laid, 
Truly this nun wa- the Son of G 

■40 There were aifo women locking on 
afar off: among wh Mary Mag- 

dalene, and Ma y the mother of James 
the lefs, and of Jofes, and Salome ; 

41 (Whoalfo, when he was in Galilee. 
rd him, ait muiilei e<i unto hir; 
. other women which came up 
with him unto Jeru'alem. 

W c And now when tlie even was 
. le it was the i reparation, 
that is, «hf «ldY helo»« 'lie fabbath, 

4.5 Jofeph or Ariraathea, an honour* 
ble counlellor- whir ^d lor 

ki came, ai.d went in 

to Pi lite, and 

44 Ami Pilate i 
already drad unro birr, the 

while «'• a 1. 
4 » And .. | n he knew it of the centu- 
rion, ] rhe bo.iy I 

46 And he h n, and took 
; >wn, and wra, . i the lin 

i laid him in a ic\ which wa« 

, and roiled a i' 
e dour or I 're. 

47 And Ml ~ne and M ir> 
tbe MiO.berot Joles, beheld where he 
laid. 

( HA P XVI. 
1 CbrtVt refurrfGio*. 1C <-*/<"//> 

ANT) the fabbath was , 

o, and M 
oi Jan 
fweet , fliat tiit) might COl 

anoint him. 
i And very i : morning »he 

5 C 



xvi. /y// refurreftion. 785 

firft Jay of the week, they came unto the 
lepulchre at the rifing of the fun. 

3 And they faid among themfelves, 
Who (hall roll us iwary the ftone fiom 
the door of the fepulchre I 

4 And when they looked, they faw 
that the ftone was rolled away : for it 
was very great. 

5 And entering into the fepulchre, they 
faw a young m in fitting on the right fide, 
clothed in a long white garment ; and 
they were affrighted. 

6 And he faith unto (hem, Be not 
affrighted : Ye feek Jefus of Nazareth, 
v. liich was crucified j he is rifen ; he is 
not here : behold the place where they 

' him, 

T But go >our way. tell his difciples 
and Peter that he goeth befoie you into 
Galilee: there (hall ye fee him, as he 
faid unto ) ou. 

8 And they went out quickly, and fled 

from the fepulchre ; for they trembled 

and were amazed : neither faid they any 

thin^ to any man ; for they were afraid. 

Now when Jeftti was rifen early the 

firft day of the week, he appeared firft to 

ry Magdalene, cut of whom he had 

l«s en devils. 

10 And toe went and told them that 
had been w ith him, as they mourned and 
wept. 

tl And they, when thry had heard 
that he was alive, and had been feen of 
her, believed not. 

11 After that he appeared in another 
m unto two of them, as they walked, 

and went into the country. 

*3 And they went 3rd told it unto the 

refidue : neither believed they them. 

H \'t heappeared unto the elev* 

jsthey fat at meat, and upbraided them 

d hard ne Is of heart, 

fie they b<- en winch 

| had feen him after he was ri! 

1 d unto them, Go ye into 

all the world, and preach the gplpel to 

h and ii baptized 

(hall l but he that bclievcth not 

I be dan ne< 
17 And ihefc nV I follow them 

that believe : I * fhall tl 

• ut devil! | they (hail fpeak with new 

I t.«kr up f< rpenl 
atiy deadly »l ing, it A 

on 
, and they (haii ^^ 
1? • the I 

inri i-i* on the right hand «•• 
i forth 
• iy m here, the Lord \ [« . t li 

nruung thewt 
ng. Amen. 

iK 



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE. 



CHAP. I. 
1 Luke's preface. 5 The conception of 
■ John Baptijl, 26 and ofCbr/Jl. 57 The 

nativity and circu mcijion of John, 67 

The prophecy of Zacharias. 

FORASMUCH as many have taken in 
hand to fet forth in order a declaration 
of thofe things which are moft furely 
believed among: us, 

2 Even as they delivered them unto 
us, which from the beginning were eye- 
witheffes, and minifters of the word ; 

3 Ir feeroed good to me alfo, having 
had perfect underftanding of all things 
from the very raft, to write unto thee 
in order mo!i excellent Theophilus, 

4 That thou mighteft know the cer- 
tainty of thofe things, wherein thou haft 
been inftructed. 

5 ^ THERE was in the days of Herod, 
the king of Judea, a certain prieft named 
Zacharias, of the courfe of Abia : and 
his wife *v)bs of ihe daughters of Aaron, 
and her name ivas Elifabeth. 

6 And they were both righteous before 
God, walking in all the commandments 
and ordinances of the Lord blamelefs. 

7 And they had no child, becaufe that 
Eliforbeth was barren, and they both 
were nouu well ftricken m years. 

8 And it came to pafs, that while he 
executed the prieft's office before God, 
in the order of his courfe, 

9 According to the cuftom of the prieft's 
office, his lot was to burn incenfe when 
he went into the temple of the Lord. 

10 And the whole multitude of the 
people were praying without at the time 
of incenfe. 

It And there appeared unto him an 
angel of the Lord, ftanding on the right 
fide of the altar of incenfe. 

19 And when Zacharias faw him, he 
was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 

IS But the angel faid unto him, Fear 
not, Zacharias : for thy prayer is heard ; 
and thy wife Elifabeth (hall bear thee a 
fon, and thou fhalt call his name John. 

14 And thou fhalt have joy and glad- 
nefs. and many fhalt rejoice at his birth. 

15 For he (hall be great in the fight of 
the Lord, and (hall drink neither wine' 
nor ftrong drink ; and he fhall be filled j 
with the Holy Ghoft, even from his( 
mother's womb. 

16 And many of the children of Tlrael 
fhall he turn to the Loi d their God. 

17 And he fhall k« before hirn in the 
fpirit and power of Elius, to turn the 
hearts of the fathers to the childrea, and j 
the disobedient to the wifdom of the iuft ; 
to make ready a people prepared For the 
Lord. j 



18 And Zacharias faid unto the arf~ 
gel, Whereby fhall I know this ? For 1 
am an old man, and my wife well ftrick- 
en in years 

19 And the angel anfwering faid unto 
him, lam Gabriel, that ftand in thepref- 
ence of God : and am fent to fpeak unto 
thee, and to (hew thee thefe glad tidings. 

20 And, behold, thou fhalt be dumb, 
and not able to fpeak, until the day that 
thefe things fhall be performed, becaufe 
thou believed: not my words, which fhall 
be fulfilled in their feafon. 

21 And the people waited for Zacha- 
rius, and marvelled that he tarried fo long 
in the temple. 

22 And when he came out, he could 
not fpeak unto them : and they perceiv- 
ed that he had feen a vifion in the tem- 
ple : for he beckoned unto them, and 
remained fpeechlefs. 

23 And it came to pafs, that as foon as 
the days of his miniftration were accom- 
plifhed, he departed to his own houfe. 

£4 And after thofe days his wife Elif- 
abeth conceived, and hid herfelf five 
months, faying, 

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me 
in the days wherein he looked on me, to 
take away my reproach among men. 

26 qj And in the fixth month the angel 
Gabriel was fent from God unto a city of 
Galilee named Nazareth, 

27 To a virgin efpoufed to a man whofe 
name was Jofeph, of the houfe of David ; 
and the virgin's name ivas Mary. 

28 And the angel came in unto her, 
and faid, Hail, toou that art highly fa- 
voured, the Lord is with thee : blefTed 
art thou among women. 

29 And when fhe faw him (he was troub- 
led at his faying, and call in her mind 
what manner of falutation this fhould be. 

50 And the angel laid unto her. Fear 
not, Mary : for thou haft found favour 
with God. 

51 And behold thou fhalt conceive in 
thy womb, and brirffr forth a fon, and 
(halt call his name JESUS. 

52 He fhall be great, and (hall be called 
the Son of the Highcft ; and the Lord 
God fhall give unto him the throne of 
his father David : 

53 And he fhall reign over the houfe 
of Jacob forever ; and of his kingdom 
there fhall be no end. 

34 Then faid Mary unto the angel, 
How (hall this be, feeing I know not a 

man ? 

55 And the angel anfwered and faid 
unto her, The Holy Ghoft fhall come 
upon thee, and the power of the Higheft 
fhall oveilhadoW thee ; therefore alfo 

that 



Thefalutatlon of Mary. 



Chap. i. 



The nativity of John. 1 C T 



that holy thing which (hall be born of! 
thee, (hall be called the Son of God. 

36 And, behold, thy coufin Elifabeth, 
(he hath alfo conceived a fon in her old 
age : and this is the lixth month with 
her, who was called barren. 

S7 For with God nothing (hall be im- 
poflible. 

38 And Mary faid, Behold the hand- 
maid of the Lord; be it unto nie accord- 
ing to thy word. And the angel depart- 
ed from her. 

39 And Mary arofe in thofe days, and 
went into the hill country with hafte, 
into a city of Juda ; 

40 And entered into the houfe of Zach- 
arias, and falured Elifabeth 

4i And it came to pah, that, when K- 
hfabeth heard the (duration of M 
the babe leaped in her worn!) ; and Rlif- 
abeth was tided with the He ly Ghoft : 

tit And '1, • | pake out with a loud vo 
and faid, BlerTed art thou among women, 
and blclfed is the fruit of thy \-. u mb. 

4 J And whence is this to me, that the 
mother of my Lord fhould come to me 

• 4 for, lo, a^. foon as the voice of thy 
falutation founded in mine ears, the Lube 
leaped in my womb for joy. 

45 And bletfed is (he that believed : 
for there (hall be a performance of thofe 
things which were told her from the Lord. 

46 And M iry (aid, My foul doth mug- 
nify t! Lord, 

mt And my (pint hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour : 

* For be hath regarded the loweftate 
of hi", handmaiden . for, behold, from 
henceforth all generations (hail call me 
blefl 

49 For he that is mighty hath done to 
me great things ; and holy is his name. 

50 And his mercy it on liicm that fear 
him from generation to generation. 

51 1 If hath (hewed li with his 
arm ; he hath ft itten | roud in the 
imagination <>\ their heat 

I k bath pul « 1 1 > v.\ ii the mighty ft 

bfrrir feats,and exalted th< m iflow degree 

hath t.lleH the hungi 
good things ; and the rich I i fenl 

ly. 
54 He hath holpen his (Vrvant [J 
in remembrance of bis m-rcy ; 

he fpake id our fall 
braham, ami to his I 

■ ith her al 
three months, .ii\d returne 1 to h r own 
houle. 

57 fj Nov. 
that (he fhould be d< d , an 

brou^h' forth a (on. 

And her neighbours and hercouf- 
"is heard how I Lord had II. 

great men y uj on her , and they 
ed with h< 



59 And it came to pafs, that on the 
[eighth day they came to circumcife the 
chiid ; and they called him Zacharias, 
after the name of his lather. 

t0 And his mother anfwered and faid, 
Not/o ; but he (hall be called John. 

6t And they (aid unto her, There is 
none of thy kindred that is called by 
this name. 

61 And they made figns to his father, 
how he would have him called. 

t>3 And he alked for a writing table, 
and wrote, faying, His name is John. 
And they marvelled all. 

64 And his mouth was opened imme- 
diately, and his tongue toc/'ed, and he 
(pake, and praifed God 

65 And tear came on all that dwelt 
roundabout them : an 1 all theft h\ 
were noifed abr ad throughout all the 
hill country of Judea- 

66 And all they that had heard them laid 
them up in their hearts, faying, What 
manner ol child iha!l f his be ! And the 
hand of the Lord was with him. 

67 fj And Ins father Zacharias was 
rilled with the Holy Ghoft, and prophe- 
tic', faying, 

6)5 Blefled be the Lord God of 1 f r 
for he hath viliied and redeemed his 
people, 

69 And hath raifed up an hoi n of fal- 
vation for us in the houfe of his 
David ; 

70 As he fpake by the rrotith of his 
holy prophets, which have been (ince the 
'.\<;i id began : 

71 '1 hat we fhould be f >m <mr 
enemies, and from the hand of all that 

hale ill : 

n 1 perform the mercy t>m» 
our fathers, ind to remember h 
covenant ; 

13 The oath Which he (ware to our 
father Abrah im, 

Ti That he won' 1 grant unto us, • 

wr. bein^ d t of 



, wv., 

iur i ■ him w ii 

fean 

in hoi • 

him dl ' 

76 And ih 

■ 
, .) b »forc the 1 Lord to 

77 ! n'o 

hi* pi } the remi 

■ 
j 

hi^h' hath 

t to i 

dark' 

d the chr and w> I 

ftrong in (,■ : it, a I in the 

till the day (hewini 



73S Cbrijt's nativity. St. LUKE. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Augujius taxetb all tbe Roman em- 
pire. 6 LhrijVs nativity . 21 His cir 
curnc[Hon. t'6 Simeon and Anna proph- 
ejy oj Cnriji. 

AND it came to pafs in thofe Hays, that 
there went out a decree from Cefar Au- 
gultus, tnat all the world (hould be taxed. 

2 And this taxing was firft made when 
Cyrenius was governor of Syria. 

3 And all went to be taxed, every one 
into his own city. 

4 Ana Jofeph alfo went up from Gali- 
lee, out ot the city of Nazareth, into Ju- 
dea, unto the city of David, which is 
called Bethlehem ; becaufe he was of 
the houfe and lineage of David : 

5 To be taxed with Mary his efpoufed 
wife, being great with child. 

6 <5J And fo it was, that, while they 
were there, the days were accompli&ed 
that (he (hould be delivered. 

7 And (he brought forth her ftrft- 
born fon. and wrapped him in fw ad- 
dling clothes, and laid him in a manger : 



Simeon and Anna's prophecy. 

fying and p railing God for all the thing? 
that they had heard and feen, as it was 
told unto them. 

-1 *T And when eight days were ac- 
complished for the circumciiing of the 
chiiu. his name was cal.'ed JEiUS, which 
was io named of the angel belore he was 
conceived in the womb. 

22 And when the days of her purifica- 
tion, according to the law of Males, were 
accompiiihed, they brought him to Jeru- 
salem, to preient btm to the Lord j 

23 (As it is written in the law of the 
Lord, livery male that openc lithe womb 
(hail be called holy to the Lord ;) 

44 /\nd to otter a facrifice according 
to that which is faid in the law of the 
Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young 
pigeons. 

■- ■> And, behold, there was a man in 
jerufalem, whofe name tuas Simeon ; 
and the lame man luas juft and devout, 
waiting for the confolation of lirael ; and 
the Holy Ghoft was upon him. 

2t> And it was revealed unto him bv the 



becaufe there was no room for them in Holy Ghoft, that he mould not lee death, 



tne inn. 



before he had feen the Lord's Chrift. 



8 And there were in the fame country j 27 And he came by the Spirit into the 



fnepherds abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flock by night. 

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came 
upon them, and the glory of the Lord 
Aone round about them : and they were 
i ore afraid. 

10 And the angel faid unto them, Fear 
not : for, behold, I bring you good tidings 
of greatjoy, which (haii be to all people. 

1 1 For unto you is born this day, in 
the city of David, a Saviour, w 
Chrift the Lord 



temple : and when the parents brought - 
in the child Jelus, to do for him alter 
the cuflom of the law, 

48 ^} Then took he him up in his 
arms, and bleffed God, and laid, 

29 Loid, now letrefi thou thy Servant 
depart in peace according to thy word : 

SO For mine eyes have leen thy falva- 
tion, 

41 Which thou haft prepared before 
hich is; the face of all people ; 

S- A light to lighten the Gentiles, and 



l u 2 And i his /ball be a fign unto vou : the glory or thy people lirael 



Ye (hall find the babe w rapped in fwad 
dling clothes, lying in a manger. 

* And fuddenly there was with the! 



55 And Jofephand his mother marvelled 
atthole things which were fpoken of him. 
3* And Simeon blefled them, and faid 



angel a multitude of the heavenly hoft, junto Mary his mother, Behold, this child 



praihng God, and faying, 

14 Glory to God in the higheft, and on 
earth peace, good will toward men. 

15 And it came to pafs, as the angels 
were gone away from them into heaven, 
the fnepherds faid one to another, Let us 
now go even unto Bethlehem, and fee 
this thing which is come to pafs, which 
the Lord hath made known unto us. 

16 And they came with hafte, and 
found Mary, and Jofeph, and the babe 
lying in a manger. 

17 And when they had feen //, they 
made known abroad the fayidg which 
was told them concerning this child. 

18 And all thev that heard it, won- 
dered at thofe things which were told 
them by the fnepherds. 

19 But Mary kept all thefe things, and 
pondered tbem in her heart. 

' 20 And the fiiepherds returned, g'ori- 



is let tor the tall and riling again ol many 
j in Ifrael ; and for a fign which (hill be 
fpoken again!! ; 

£5 (Yea, a (word (hall pierre through 
thy own foul alfo ;) that the thoughts of 
many hearts may be revealed. 

St> And there was one Anna, a proph- 
etefs, the daughter of Phanuel, of the 
tiibeof Afcr ; ihe was of a great age, 
and h-id lived with an hufband (even 
ye.trs from her virginity ; 

57 And fhe <was a widow of about 
fourfcoreand four years, v\ hich depai ;ed 
nor from the temple, but iervedGod with 
ladings and pray ers night and day. 

68 And the, ooming in that lnftant, 
gave thanks like wife unto the Lord, ana 
■'pake of him to all them that looked for 
redemption in Jerufalem 

89 And when they had performed all 
things according to the law of the L6rd 3 

they 



Jobn*s preaching and bap'.ifm. Chap, iii- H:$ teftimony of Chriji. H9 

they returned into Galilee, to their o\ 8 Every valley fliall be filled, and 

pity Nazareth. { 'i'y mountain and hill (hall he brought 

40 And Hie child gew, and d low ; and the crooked Ihall be n 
strong hi fpirir, filled with wifdom : and ftraight, and the rough ways fbait be 
the grace ot God was upon him. ule fmooth ; 

41 Now his parents went to Jerufalem 6 And all flefh fhall fee the falwr 
every year at the tea'.t of the paflbvet. of God. 

4i And when he was twelve years old, 1 Then fa id he to the multitude I 
they went up to Jerusalem after the cuf- came forth to be baptized of him, Ogen- 
torn of the teaft. ition ol vipers, Who hath warned you 

hS And when they had fulfilled the J to lice from the wrath to come ? 

as they returned, the child Jel 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy 

tarried behind in Jerufalem ; and Jofephjof repentance, and begin not to fay with- 
and his mother knew not of it. in yourfehres, We have Abraham to our 

4i But they, fuppofing him to have j father j fori fay unto you, that God is 



been ia the company, went a day's jour 
ney : and they fought him am fir 

kinsfolk and acquaintance. 

45 And when they found him not, they 

turned back again to Jerufalem, feeking 

him. 

46 And it came to pais, that after three 
days they found him in the temple, (it- 
ting in the midJt of the doctors, both hear- 
ing them, and afkmg them quettions. 

47 And all that heard him were alton- 
iflied at his onderftanding and anfwers. 

4;: And when th him they were 

amazed : and his mother (aid unto him, 
Son, Why halt thou thus dealt with us ? 
behold, thy father and j have fought 
thee forrowu 

49 And he laid unto them, How is it 
that ye fought me \ Wilt ye not that I 
mutt be about my path inefs ? 

And they underftood not the laying 
which he (pake m w. 

SI And he went down with Ihetll, and 
rame to Nazareth, and was fiibjecl unto 
them : b-u |, her kept all thefe lay- 

ings m h -r heart. 

'ot And Jefiis increafed in wifdom and 
Hature, and in favour with ( rod ami man. 

(Hap. in 
1 John's f ^reaching and bapitfm 15 His 
teflimor.v of Cbriji. 19 Herod imprif- 
oneib John, t1 Cbr;ji a bapuxed . . 
tin venealovv 



ableof'hele hones to raife up children 
unto Ahrah 

9 And now alio the ax is laid unto the 
root of the tree> : every tiee therefore 
which bringeth not forth good fruit i; 
hewn down, aim cafe into the fire. 

10 And the people afked him, faying, 
What (ball we do then ? 

u He attfwereth and faith unto them, 
He that hath two coats, let him impart 
to him that hath none ; and he that hath 
, let him do likewife. 

12 Then came alio publicans to be 
baptized, and laid onto him, Matter, 
What <ha!l we do ? 

13 And he laid unto them, Exact no 
more than that which is appointed you. 

»4 And the foldiers likewife demanded 
of him laying, And what (ball we do I 
And he fatd unto them, Do violence to 
no man, neither at cufe rnny faliely ; and 

intent w ith your 

15 ^1 And as the propl- 

ftation, and nil men mufed in then 
Marts, of John, whether he were the 
Chrift, or nol i 

16 John anrweredi faying onto tbem 
all, I in leed ha on with watei , 
but one mightier than I cometh, the 

lat< n hole i .mi not M 

t" unlooi he t)i ill baptize jou with 

the Hoi ' • i I w it !i tii 

n hand. 



»vv in tl ir of tl >ughly| is floor, and will gat h. 

. riuj i el ii , i being < i the m heai h , l>m tt 

governor <>t iudea, and Hei I burn with fire in ir. 

trarch of Galilee, and h • things in kts exhof- 

tetrarch of Itw I ol the r 

i< ttonitis, .ii.it : i the 1 | 'Ml Bo( I • teti i 

Abilene, re| fbrl 

I'll hp's wife, 
-.-. !,K Ii I 



the fon ol in the 

ill the i John in pi >'• 'i 

the i 

'ins; 

d pray it . 
d, 
ce of »' Ghoft in a 

Prepare ye the way of the JL dily III 

hibpj.l ;ht. iven, which faid, 

ou 



T90 the genealogy of Chrifi. St. LUKE. 

Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am 



well pleafed 

23 fl And Jefus himfelf began to be 
about thirty years of age, being (as was 
iuppofed) the fon of Jofeph, which was 
ibe fon of Heli, 

2* Which was the fan of Matthat,which 
was the fon of Levi, which was the fon 
of Melchi, which was toe fon of Janna, 
which was the fon of Jofeph, 

25 Which was the fon of Mattathias, 
which was the fon of Amos, which was 
the Jon of Naum, which was the fon of 
Efli, which was the fon of Nagge, 

26 Which was the fon of Maath. which 
was the fon of Mattathias, which was the 
fon of Semei, which was the fon of Jo- 
feph, which was the fon of Juda, 

2T Which was the fon of Joanna,which 
was the fon of Rhefa, which was the fon 
of Zorobabel, which was the fon of Sala- 
thiel, which was t be fon of Neri, 

2« Which was the fon of Melchi, 
which was the fon of Addi, which was 
the fan of Cofam, which was the fon of 
Elmodam, which was the fon of Er, 

29 Which was the fon of Jofe, which 
was the Jon of Eliezer, which was the fon 
of Jorim, which was the Jon of Matthat, 
which was the Jon of Levi, 

30 Which was the fon of Simeon, 
which was the fon ot Juda, which was 
the fon of Jofeph, which was the fon of 
Jonan, which was the fon of Eliakim, 

SI Which was the Jon of Melea,which 
was the fon of Menan, which was the fon 
of Mattatha, which was the fon of Na- 
than, which was tbefon of David, 

St Which was tbefon of Jeffe, which 
was tbefon of Obed, which was the fon 
of Booz, which was the fon of Salmon, 
which was the fon of Naaflbn, 

S3 Which was the fon of Aminadab, 
which was the fon of Aram, which was 
the fon of Efroin, which was the fon of 
PhareSj which was the fon of Juda, 

34 Which was tbefon of Jacob, which 
was the fon of lfaac, which was the fon 
of Abraham, which was tbefon of Tha- 
ra, which was tbefon of Nachor, 

&C> Which was the fon of Saruch, 
which was the fon of Ragau, which was 
the fon of Phalec, which was the fon of 
Heber, which was the fon of Sala, 

36 Which was the Jon of Cainan, 
which was the fon of Arphaxad, which 
was the fon of Sem, which was the fon of 
INoe, which was the fon of Lantech, 

37 Which was toe fon of Methufa- 
Ja, which was the fon of Enoch, which 
was tbefon of Jared, which was the Jon 
of Maided, winch was toe fon of Cai- 
nan, 

3» Which was the fon of Enos, winch 
was tbefonoi Scth, which was tbefon of 
Adam, which was toe Jon of God. 



//// temptation and <vi£lory. 

CHAP. IV^. 
1 Cbrifl's temptation andvifiory. \K He 

beginneth topreacb. i6 IheyatNazatetb 

admire him. S3 Hecureth di'vtrsftck. 

AND Jefus. being full of the Holy Ghoft 
returned from Jordan, and was led by 
the Spirit into the wildernefs, 

2 Being forty days tempted of the dev- 
il. And in thofe days he did eat noth- 
ing : and when they were ended, he af- 
terward hungered. 

*$ And the devil faid unto him, If thou 
be the Son of God, command this (tone 
that it be made bread. 

4 And Jefus anfwered him, faying, It 
is written, That man lhall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word of God. 
5 And the devil. takinghimup into anhigli 
mountain, fhewed unte him all the king- 
doms of the world in a moment ot time. 

6 And the devil faid unto him, All 
this power will I give thee, and the glo- 
ry of them ; for that is delivered unto 
me ; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 

7 It thou therefore wilt worlhip me, all 
(hall be thine. 

8 And Jefus anfwered and faid unto 
him, Get thee behind me, Satan : for it 
is written, Thou (halt worlhip the Lord 
thy God, and him only (halt thou ferve. 

9 And he brought him to Jerufakm, 
and fet him on a pinnacle of the temple, 
and faid unto him, If thou be the Son of 
God, caft thyfelf down from hence ; 

10 For it is written, He (hall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee : 

11 And in their hands they (hall bear 
thee up, left at any time thou dafh thy 
foot againft a Hone. 

12 And Jefus anfwenng, faid unto 
him, It is faid, Thou (halt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. 

13 And when the devil had ended all 
the temptation, he departed from him 
for a feafon. 

14 ^y And Jefus returned in the power 
of the Spirit into Galilee : and there 
went out a fame of him through all the 
region round about. 

15 And he taught in their fynagogues, 
being glorified of all. 

l<> «ll And he came to Nazareth, where 
he had been brought up: and as hiscuftom 
was, he went into the fynagogue on the 
fabbath day, and flood up tor to read. 

17 And there was delivered unto him 
the book of the prophet Efaias. And 
when he had opened the book, he found 
the place where it was written, 

1« The Spirit of the Lord ts upon me, 
. becaufe he hath anointed me to preach 
the gofpel to the poor ; he hath fent me 
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach de- 
liverance to the captives, and recovering 
of light to the blind, to let at liberty 
them that are bruifed, 

19 To 



Cbrijt beginnetb to preach. 



Chap. 



19 To preach the acceptable year of 
the Lord. 

20 And he clofed the book, and he gave 
h a^aiw to the minifter, and fat down. 
And the eyes of all them that were in the 
fynagogue were fattened on him. 

81 And he began to fay unto them,This 
day is this fcripuire fulfilled in your ears. 

22 And all bare him witnefs, and won- 
dered at the gracious words which pro- 
ceeded out of his mouth. And they laid, 
Is not this Jofeph's fon ? 

23 And he faid unto them. Ye will 
finely fay unto rut this proverb, Phyfi- 
cian, heal thyfelf : whatfoever we have 
heard done in Capernaum, do alio here 
in thy country. 

24 And he faid, Verily I fay unto you, 
No prophet is accepted in his own country. 

25 But I tell you of a truth, many wid- 
ows were in Ifracl in the days of Klian, 
when the heaven was lhut up three years 
and fix m>nt'i.->, when great famine was 
throughout all the land : 

"i6 Hut unto none of them was Elias 
fent, Ijve unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, 
unto a woman that nvas a widow. 

27 And many lepers were in Ifracl in 
the time of Eliieus the prophet , and none 
of them was cleanled, laving Naaman the 
Syrian. 

28 And all they in the fynagogue, when 
they heard thele things, were filled with 
wrath, 

29 And rofe up, and thrull him out of 
the city, and led him unto the brow 
the hin, whereon their city was built, 
thnt they might call him down headlong. 

50 But he palTing through the midii of 
them wen* iv, 

51 And came down to Capernaum, a 
" of Galileea and taught them on the 

labbath days. 

And they were aftoniftied at his doc 
trine ■ tot his word wa» with y 

SS «j Ami in the fynagogue th< n 
a man which had a ipirit oi an un< 
devil, and cried out with a loud 

Hi Saving. Let K/ alone ; Wliai 
to do with thee, ttou I 
Art thout omi todellri I 

who thou art, the Holy One i- 

^ r < And Jefus rebuked him, 
Hold thy peace, and come him. 

And when the devil had thrown him in 
the midll, he came out of him, and hurt 
him not. 

&6 And they were ail amaze I, »nd 
fpake among, tnemfelves, faying, What 
a word is tln> I for •■• 
power he conim in leth the unclean 
its, and they come out. 

Mf And the fame of him went out info 
every place ot the corinti bout 

S3 And he a i it th« fyna 

and emcacd into Canon's h And 



v. A miraculous draught of fifbes. 791 

Simon's wife's mother was taken with a 
great t'ever ; and they befought him for 
her. 

39 And he ftood over her.and rebuked 
the fever; and it left her : and immedi- 
ately fhe arofe and miniftered unto them. 

40 Now when the fun was letting, all 
they that had any fick with divers difeaf- 
es brought them unto him ; and he laid! 
his hands on every one of them, and 
healed them. 

4t And devils alfo canv* out of many* 
crying out, and faying, Thou art Chrift 
the Son of God. And he, rebuking tbem f 
fuffered them not to fpeak : for they 
knew that he was Chrilt. 

42 And when it was day, he departed 
and went into a defert place : and the 
people fought him, and came unto him, 
and (tayed him, that helhonld not depart 
from tnem. 

4S And he faid unto them, I mud 
preach the kingdom oi God to other cit- 
ies ulio : tbr therefore am I. fent. 

4 4 And lie preached in the iynagogues 
of Galilee. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Cbmjl teacbeth out cf Peter's Jbip. 4 A 

miraculous draught of JtjLes. li Tbr 

If per clear.fed. 17 1'be' palfy healed. 

27 Matt be tv tailed. 

AND it came to pafs, that, as the 
people preued upon him to hrar the 
rd oi God, he flood by the lake ot 
net, 

•> two (hips Handing by the 
lake : but the ftfhermen were gone out 
oi them, and were walking tben nets. 

•** And he entered into oneof the ihn.< # 
which i ind pi i\ cd him that 

he would tliruft our a little From the 
land. Ami he lat down, ami taught the 
people out oi the iMp. 

4 «] Now w In I left fpe A inn, he 

faid unto Simon, Laum h out Into the d< ept 
<uh\ I i dow n J om i I tor a draught. 

ind Simon anfwering, faid unto him. 
Matter, we have toiled all the night, and 
nothing : n< vertheleit , it thy 
word 1 will let d..w n the i 

ml when they had tbil done, they 

inclofed .i great multitude of fHhei i Mid 

tin ir net braki 

t Vnd the) beckoned unto thtir part- 

ch '■• ei -• in the other (hip, that 

they fiiould come and help them. An I 

. and filled both th<- fti , . 
that they began to fink. 
« Whi n S mon Pi tei I iw f/, 

u t 
frpi for 1 • ' ' 

9 Foi 

him, ai tit of the 

ihey h 
10 
the 



792 The leper cleanfed. 



St. LUKE. 



Matthew called. 



ners with Simon. And Jefus faid unto 
Simon, Fear not ; from henceforth thou 
(halt catch men. 

1.1 And when they had brought their 
fhips to l?.nd, they forfook ail, and fol- 
lowed hirn. 

12 ^J And it came to pafs, when he was 
in a certain city, behold, a man full of 
leprofy ; who feeing Jefus, fell on bis 



face, and befought him, lay ing Lord, if ( fat down with them. 



27 fl And after thefe things he wenf 
forth, and iaw a publican named Levi, 
fitting at the receipt of cuflom : and hef 
faid unto him, Follow me. 

28 And he left all, rofe up, and fol- 
lowed him. 

29 And Levi made him a great feafi 
in his own houfe : and there was a great 
company of publicans and of others that 



thou wilt, thou canft make me clean 

13 And he put forth bis hand, and 
touched him, faying, I will : be thou 
clean. And immediately the leprofy de- 
parted from him. 

14 And he charged him to tell no man : 
but go, and ihew thy (elf to the prieft,and 
otter for thy<sieafcimg according as Mofes 
commanded, for atefiimony unto them. 

15 But fo much .he more went there 
a fame abroad of him ; and great multi- 
tudes came together ta hear, and to be 
hea'ed by him of their m far mi ties; 

16 And he withdrew himfelf into the 
wildernefs, and prayed. 

17 ^f And it came to pafs on a certain 
day, as he was teaching, that I here were 
Pharifees and doctors of the law fitting 
by, which were come out of every town 
of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerufalem : 
and the power of the Lord was pre/eat 
to heal them. 

18 And, behold, men brought in a bed 
a man which was taken with a palfy : 
and they fought means to bring him in, 
and to lay him before him. 

19 And when they could not find by 
what <ivay they might bring him in, be- 
caufe of the multitude, they went upon 
the houfetcp, and let him down through 
the tiling with, bis couch, into the mid/1 
before Jefus. 

2Q And when he faw their faith, he faid 
unto him, Man. thy fins are f®r given thee. 

21 And the fcribes and the Pharifees 
began to reafon, faying, Who is this 
which fpeaketh blafphemies ? Who can 
forgive fins but God alone ? 

22 But when Jefus perceived their 
thoughts, he anfwering laid unto them, 
What reafon ye in your hearts ? 

25 Whether is ealier, to fay, Thy fins be 
forgiven thee ; orto fay, Rife up and walk ? 

24 But that ye may know that the Sen 
of Man hath power upon earth to for- 
give fins, (he faid unto the (ick of the 
palfy,) I fay unto thee, Arife, and take 
up thy couch, and go unto thine houfe. 

2> And immediately he rofe up before 
them* and took up that whereon he lay, 
and departed to his own houfe, glorify- 
ing God. 

26 And they were all amazed, and 
they glorified God, and were filled with 
fear, faying, We have feen flrange tilings 
today. 



30 But their fcribes and Pharifees mur- 
mured againft his difciples, faying, Why- 
do ye eat and drink with publicans and 
fin tiers? 

31 And Jefus anfwering, faid unto 
them, They that are whole need not a 
pbyfieian; but they that are fick. 

Si I came not to call the righteous, but 
finners to repentance 

55 And they faid unto him,Why do the 
difciples of John faft often, and make 
prayers, and like wife the difciples of the 
Pharifees ; but thine eat and drink ? 

54 And he faid unto them, Can ye make 
the children of the bridechamber faft, 
while the bridegroom is with them ? 

3a But the days will come, when the 
bridegroom fhall be taken away from 
them, and then fhall they faft in thole 
days. 

56 And he fpake alfo a parable unto 
them 5 No man putteth a piece of a new 
garment upon an old ; if otherwife, then 
both the new maketh a rent, and the 
piece that was taktti out of the new a° 
greeth not with the old. 

37 And no man putteth new w T ine in- 
to- old bottles ; eife the new wine »= — ill 
bur ft the bottles, and be fpilled, and the; 
bottles fhall perifh. 

38 But new wine muft be put into new 
bottles ; and both are preferved. 

39 No man alfo having drunk old 
<rx>itit' J firaightway defireth new : for he* 
faith, The old is better. 

C H A p. vr. 

t Touching ibe ears of corn that 'were 

plucked by tbe difciples on the fabbatb. 

12 Cbnft cboofcth the twelve. 

AND it came to pafs on the fecond 
fabbath after the faff, that he went 
through the corn fields ; and his difci- 
ples plucked the ears of corn, and did 
eat, rubbing them in their hands. 

2 And certain of the Pharifees faid un> 
to them, Why do ye that which is not 
lawful to do on t lie fabbath days ? 

S And Jefus enfwering them, faitf, 
Have ye not read fo much as this, what' 
David did, when himfelf was an hunger- 
ed, and they which were with him ; 

I How he wenf into the houfe of God, 
and did take and eat the fhew bread, and' 
gave alfo to them that were with him ; 
which it is not lawful to cat but for the 
priefls alone ? 



5 And 



The tivelve afcjlles chofen. 

5 And he faid unto them, That the 
Son of Man is Lord alfoof the fabbath. 

6 And it came to pafs alfo on another 
fabbath, that he entered into the fyna- 

_ mc and taught : and there was a man 
whofe right hand was withered. 

7 And the fcribes and Pharifees wal 
ed him, whether he would heal on the 
fabbath d «y ; that they might find an 
aecufation againft him. 

H But he knew their thoughts, and faid 
to the man v. hich had- the withered hand, 
Rife up, and Rand forrh in the micft. 
And he un >od forth. 

9 1 hen laid JefiM unto them, I will afk 



Chap. vi. Of loi'irg our enemies. 793 

$4 But woe unto you that are rich : 
for ve have received your confolatiop. 

£5 Woe unto you that are full ! for yc 
lhall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh 
now I for ye (hull mourn and weep. 

"16 Woe unto you, when all men ftall 
fpcak. well of you ! for fo did their fa- 
thers to the fa'fe prophets. 

*7 Hut I fay unto you which hear, 
Love your enemies, do good to them 
which hate you, 

c 28 Blefs them ihatcurfc you, and pray 
for then which defpitefully uie you 

29 And unto him that fmiteth thee on 
the«- r alfo the other : and 



you one thine: Is it lawful on the fab- | Inm that taketh away thy cloak, forbid 



path days to do good, oi to do evil J To 
five life, or to deftroy /'/ ? 

10 And looking round about upon 
them all, he (aid unto the man, Stretch 
forth thy hand. And he did fo : and 
his hand was retlored whole as the other. 

11 And they were filled with mad- 
nefs ; and communed one with another 
what Ihey might do to Jefus. 

1£ * And it came to pafs in thofe 
days, that he went out into a mountain 
to pray, and continued all night in pray- 
er to God. 

13 And '-hen it was day, he called unto 
him his difciplei ; and i I lie chofe 

twelve, whom alfo he named apoltles ; 

t4 Simon, (whom he alfo named Pe- 
ter,) and Andrew his brother, James 
and !ohn, Philip and Bartholomew, 

whew and Th" r [on 

of Alpheus, and Simon calle 

f ti ,0as the brotbei nes.and 

Judas Ifcariot, which alfo v.as the traitor. 

17 And he c.:n'.>: down with ihem, 
and flood in the plain, and the company 
of his difciples, and a great multitude of 

ifalem, 
.it "i l j re and 

, and to be 
•3 ; 

18 And th : wei e ' -• ith un- 
ties I. 

19 And ti le multitu* fit t.» 

ent virtue 
him, and healed tbem all. 

d he lifte his 

dii . i be ye \< >r : 

for . the kingdc 

Bl^ifed are ye thai 
ii. all be filled. ' fiat 

wet • fhall i 

yo when the pou 

Jr»m their ronfiinv, ind ftial'i 

tr i 















it 
'en : tor in the I 
fathers unto • | 






not to take tbv coat alfo. 

.*>0 Give to every man that afketh of 
thee ; and of him that taketh away thy 
goods, afk tbem not again. 

d as ye would that men fhould 
do ti> you, do ye alfo to them likev\ife. 

For if ye love them which love you, 
what thank have ye ? For finners alfo 
thofe thai love th^m. 
And ii ye do good to them which 
good to you, what thank have ye r 
finners alfo do even the fame. 
34 And if ye lend to tbem ot whom ye 
hope to receive, what thank have ye r 
For finners alfo lend to finners, to receive 
as much rgain. 

55 Hut love ye your enemies, and do 
good, and lend, he »r nothing again ; 

and your reward (hall be j: ind ye 

iliall be the children of the Highefl i for 
he is kind unto the unthankful and to the 
e v i i . 

."6 Be ve therefore merciful, as your 
her alio is merciful. 

57 Ju< ge not,and] e (hall not be judged : 
condemn no', > frail not ndem- 
ned ; .e, and ye flial en. 

58 Give, ^\\<\ it lhall be given unto 
you; good meafure, prefled d ind 
ihd' ining ov^r, fli 

i. For with 

ithal, 
it »Nal' I » ) i n. 

39 And he fpake ble unto them, 

i the hi 
not I ii ? 

le in not i ;< m «f 

rer that is ] I lhall 

■ 
i: ! ithei 

pull oui the 
. in th • ' • "• thou 

• I 

' our 

and 

I 

4i ! 



^4 The centurion's faith. 

43 For a geod tree bringeth not forth 
corrupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt 
tree bring forth good fruit. 

44 For every tree is known by his own 
fruit.Forofthornsmendonot gather figs, 
nor of a bramble bufh gather they grapes. 

45 A good man out of the good treaf- 
ure of his heart bringeth forth that which 
is good ; and an evil man out of the evil 
treafure of his heart bringeth forth that 
which is evil : for of the abundance of 
the heart his mouth fpeaketh. 

46 And, Why call ye me Lord, Lord, 
and do not ths things which I fay ? 

4T Whomever cometh to me, and 
heareth my fayings, and doeth them, I 
will (hew you to whom he is like : 

48 He is like a man which built an 
houfe, and digged deep, and laid the 
foundation on a rock : and when the 



St: LUKE. Chrijlraifetb the tukio'w^sfcrj, 

and faid unto the people that followed 
him, I fay unto you, I have not found 6> 
great faith, no, not in Ifrael. 

10 And they that were fent, returning 
to the houfe, found the fervant whole 
that had been iick. 

11 ^J And it came to pafs the day 
after, that he went into a city called 
Nain ; and many of his difciples went 
with him, and much people. 

12 Now when he came nigh to the 
gate of the city, behold, there was a 
dead man carried out, the only fon of his 
mother, and (he was a widow ; and much 
people of the city was with her. 

13 And when the Lord faw her, he 
had companion on her, and faid unto her. 
Weep not. 

t4 And he came and touched the bier ; 
and they that bare him flood ftill. And he 



flood arofe, the ft ream beat vehemently! faid, Young man, I fay unto thee, Arife. 
upon that houfe, and could not (hake it ; 15 And he that was dead fat up, and 
for it was founded upon a rock. began to fpeak. And he delivered him 

49 But he that heareth and doeth not, to his mother, 
is like a man that without a foundation 16 And there came a fear on all: and 



built an houfe- upon the earth ; againft 
which the ftream did beat vehemently, 
and immediately it fell ; and the ruin of 
that houfe was great. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The centurion's faith. 11 Cbrifi raifeth 
the <wido<iv'sfon, 18 anfweritb John's 
ntfjfengers^k and ginjetb teftimony of 
him. 87 Mary Magdalene anointeth 
Ch-ift'sfeet. 

NOW when he had ended all his fay- 
ings in the audience of the people, he 
entered into Capernaum. 

2 And a certain centurion's fervant, 
who was dear unto him, was fick, and 
ready to die. 

3 And when he heard of Jefus, he fent 
unto him the elders of the Jews, be- 
feeching him that he would come and 
heal his fervant. 

4 And when they came to Jefus, they 
befought him infrantly, faying, That he 
was worthy for whom he fhould do this : 

5 For he loveth our nation, and he 
hath built us a fynagogue. 

6 Then Jefus went with them. And 
when he was now not far from the houfe, 
the centurion fent friends to him, faying 
unto him, Lord, trouble not thyfelf : 
for I am not worthy that thou fhouldeft 
enter under my roof : 

7 Wherefore neither thought I myfelf 
worthy to come unto thee : but fay in a 
word, and my fervant (ball be healed. 

8 For I alfo am a manfet under author- 
ity, having under me foldiers, and I fay 
unto one. Go, and he goeth ; and to an- 
other, Come, and he cometh ; and to my 
fervant, Do this, and he doeth it. 

9 When Jefus heard thefe things, lie 
marvelled at him, and turned him about- 



they glorified God, faying, That a great 
prophet is rifen up among us ; and, That 
God hath vifited his people. 

17 And this rumour of him went forth 
throughout all Judea, and throughout 
all the region round about. 

18 ^f And the difciples of John fhewed 
him of all thefe things. 

19 And John, calling unto him two of 
his difciples, fent them to Jefus, faying, 
Art thou he that fhould come ? or, Look 
we for another ? 

20 When the men were come unto 
him, they faid, John Baptift hath fent us 
unto thee, faying, Art thou he that 
fhould come ? or, Look we for another ? 

21 And in that fame hour he cured 
many of their infirmities and plagues, 
and of evil fpirits ; and unto many that 
njoere blind he gave fight. 

22" Then Jefus anfwering faid unto 
them, Go your way, and tell John what 
things ye have feen and heard ; how that 
the blind fee, the lame walk, the lepers 
are cleanfed, the deaf hear, the dead are 
raifed, to the poor the gofpel is preached. 

2S And bleffed is be, whofoever fhal! 
not be offended in me. 

24 f And when the meffengersof John 
were departed, he began to fpeak unto 
the people concerning John, What went 
ye out into the wilder-nefs for to fee i A 
reed fhaken with the wind ? 

25 But, What went ye out for to fee ?■ 
A man clothed in foft raiment ? Behold, 
they which are gorgeoufly apparelled, 
and live delicately, are in king's courts. 

26 But, What went ye out for to fee ? 
A prophet ? Yea, I fay unto you, and 
much more than a prophet. 

27 This is he of whom it is written, Be- 

hold, 



Mary ani'mtetb CbrijVs feet. 

, I lend my meffenger before thy face, 
h mall prepare thy way before thee. 
rl lay unto you, Among tl 
that are born of woraen, there is ne 
greater prophet than John the Bapf 
but he that is leaU in trie kingdom of 
God, is greater than he 

■29 And all the people that heard bim, 
and the publicans juttrfied Gad, being 
baptized with the 1 of J^ I 

But the Pharifees and lawyers re- 
red the cou f God againif. them- 
ielves. being not baptized ot hi 

31 And the Lord faid, Where 
then lhall I liken the men of t: ra- 

tion • and. To what are the] 

tft They are li.<e unto c -ting 

in the market place, and calling one to 
another, and faying, We have piped unto 
you, and ye have not danced ; we ti 
mourned to you, and j 

33 Fo: >nft c*me ne: 
eating bread nor drinking wine ; and 

th a de 

34 1 ne Son of Man i* conre ea 
and drinking ; and ye fay, Be-ho! 
gluttonous nun, and a winebibbei 
triend of publicans and linrer 

35 But wifdom is jultified of all 
children 

36 And one of the P iiife de 
him that he would eat with 1 And 
he went into the Pharifte's houfe, and 

iown at me 

f -V. 1, b :hold, a 
wh'cl' ^en (he kne>\ that 

J ejus ;ieat in 

fter box ot ointment, 



Chap. viii. ffsmen minifter unto Cbr'tji. 795 

w allied my feet with tears, and wiped 
them with the hairs of her head. 

4d Thou gavelt me no kifs : but tl 
woman lince the time 1 came in hath i 
d to kits my feet. 
46 My head with oil thou didft not 
anoint: but ; -man hath anointed 

my feet with ointment. 

-refore 1 fay unto thee, Her 
fins, which are many, are forgiven : I 
Ihe loved much : but to whom little 
forgiven tbe fame loveth little. 

4 v.id he laid unto her, Thy fins are 
forgiven. 

And they that fat at meat w ifh him 
began to fay within themfelves, V» 
this that forgiveth fins alio ? 

And he faid to the woman, Thy 
faith hath laved c': i in peace. 

Women mini tier t/nto Cbrifl. 4 Tbt 
able of tbe joiver, \6 

ID it came : that 

he went throughout every city and v.l- 

e, preachi: le gl.td ti- 

din d the 

twdve hun, 

V-een 
healed of evil Ipirits and infinnif ry 

cai cut of whom went 

feven dev 

nna the wife of Chuza, Her- 
od's itewaui, and Sufanna, 
oth Inch miiullered unto him 

iheir iubftar.ee. 

4fl And when much people were £ 
cred together, and were ccmc to him 



S« And :e by a] 

weeping, and began I t with \ fowei 

.•.ipe tbem by the 

:d tbem with the ointmr 



» trodden d md the 

'evouicd it ; 
6 And fame fell upon a and as 

fooi fprung up, it withered a- 

. 

Ionic i- 

Lew it : 

8 And otl 

told. when I 

he enc . 

9 A 

10 

r»c$ of # th 'om 

- 
g, they 

iwfwered 

II \c iM! I lie feed 

>d. 



v when th- Phanfee which 

, he fpdke within him- 

were a 

> and 

eth h 

*nfwei him, 

thee. 
And he faith, M 
K\ rhere n i . 

Ihe ore 
idred pen. . the other I 

41 An n the] 

cav. zavef 



liint 



\c:;i ; then i 

♦ hey Oiould believe and be 1, 

1 13 



796 The parable pftbg candle. St. LUKE. 

13 They on the rock are they, which, 
when they hear, receive the word with 
joy ; and thefe have no root, which for 
awhile believe, and in time of tempta- 
tion fall away 



The legion of devils. 



loud voice faid, What have I to do with 
rhee, Jefus, thou Son of Godmoit high 1 
I befeech thee, torment, me not. 

29 (For he had commanded the un- 
clean ipirit to come out of the man. For 



14 And that which fell among thorns oftentimes it had caught him : and he 



are they, which when they have heard, 
go forth, and are choked with cares and 
riches and pleafures of this life, and 
bring no fruit to perfection. 

15 But that on the good ground are 
they, which, in an honeft and good heart, 
haying heard the word, keep //, and 
bring forth fruit with patience. 

lt> «]' No man, when he hath lighted a 
candle, covereth it with a veifel, or put- 
teth it under a bed ; but fetteth // on a 
candleflick, that they 
may fee the light. 

IT For nothing is feoret, that fhall not 
be made manifeit ; neither any thing hid, 
that mall not be known and come abroad. 

13 Take heed therefore how ye hear : 
for vvhofoever hath, to him (hall be giv- 
en ; and vvhofoever hath not, from him 
fhall be taken even that which he feem- 
eth to have. 

19 Then came to him his mother and 
his brethren, and could not come at him 
for the prefs. 

20 And it was told him by certain 
which faid, Thy mother and thy brethren 
fland without, deiiring to fee thee. 

21 Andheanfweredand faid unto them, 
My mother and my brethren are thefe 
which hear the word of God, and do it. 

22 Now it came to pafs ou a certain 



was kept bound with chains and in fet- 
ters j and he brake the band, and was 
driven of the devil into the wilderneis.) 

30 And Jefus afked him, faying, What 
is thy name ? And he fdid, Legion : be- 
caufe many devils were enteied in*o him. 

31 And they befought him that he 
would not command them to go out into 
the deep. 

Sgj And there was there an herd of 

many fwine feeding on the mountain : 

which enter in j and. th^y befought hirn that he would 

lufFer them to enter into them. And he 

iu de red them. 

33 Then went the devils out of the 
man, and entered into the fwine : arid 
the herd ran violently down a deep place 
into the lake, and were choked. 

34 When they that fed them faw what 
was done, they fled, and went and told 
it in the city and in the country. 

35 Then they went out to fee what was 
done : and came to Jefus, and found the 
man, out of whom the devils were depart- 
ed, fitting atthe feet of Jefus, clothed, and 
in his right mind : and they were afraid. 

36 They alfo which faw it, told them 
by what means he that was pofTeffed of 
the devils was healed. 

37 Then the whole multkude of the 
country of the Gadarenes round about be- 



day, that he went into a fhip with his {fought him to depart from them; for they 
difciples : and he faid unto them, Let us 
go over unto the other fide of the lake. 
And they launched forth. 

23 But as they failed he fell afleep : 
and there came down a florin of wind on 
the lake : and they were filled fuitb loa^ 
ttr, and were in jeopardy. 

24 And they came to him, and awoke 
him. faying, Matter, matter, we perith. 
Then he arofe and rebuked the wind 
and the raging of the water 
ceafed, and there was a calm. 

25 And he faid unto them, Where is 
your faith ? And they being afrajd, won- 
dered, faying one to another, What man- 
ner of man is this ! for he commandeth 
even the winds and water, and they obey 
him. 

26 ^J And they arrived at the country 
of the Gadarenes, which is over againft 
Galilee. 

27 And when he went forth to land, 
there met him out of the city a certain 
man which had devils long time, and 
ware no clothes, neither abode in any 
houfe, but in the tombs. 

28 W T hen he faw Jefus, he cried out, 



were taken with great fear : and lie went 
up into the fhip and returned back again - 
S3 Now the man out of whom the 
devils were departed, befought him that 
he might be with him : but Jefus fenfc 
him away, dying, 

39 Return to thine own houfe, and 
fliew how great things God hath done 
unto thee. And he went his way, and 
published throughout thewholecity how 

ind they great things Jefus had done unto him. 

40 And it came to pafs, that, when Jefus 
was returned, the people gladly received 
him : for they were all waiting for him. 

41 And, behold, there came a man 
named Jairus, and he was a ruler of tie 
fynagogue : and he fell down at Jefus's 
reet, and befought him that he would 
come into his houfe ; 

42 For he had one only daughter,- a- 
boift twelve years of age, and (he lay 
a dying. Hut as he went the people 
thronged him. 

43 And a woman having an ifTiie of 
blood twelve years, which had fpenr all 
her living upon phyficians, neither could 
be healed ot any, 



and fell down before him, and with at 44 Came behind him, and touched the; 

» border 



Cbrijl beaictb the bloody ijfue. Chap 

border of his garment : and immediately 

riuue of biood ttauache< 

And Jefus faid, Who touched me ? 
When all denied, Heter, and they that 
were with him, (aid, Matter, the multi- 
tude throng thee and prefs tbee % and, 

yeft thou, Who touciied me ? 

4o Aud Jefus faid, bomebody hath; 
touched me ; tor I perceive that vii 
ii gone out of inc. 

And w woman faw that the j 

is not hid, (he came trembling, and 
tailing down before him, fhe declared! 
unto him before all the people for what J 
caufe fhe had touched him, and how lhe 
was healed immediately. 

48 And he faid unto her, Daugh 

be of good comfort : thy faith hath made 
thee whole j go in 

49 While he yet fpake, there cometh 
one from the ruler of the fyiiagogue's 
boufe, faying to him. thy daughter is 
dead ; trouble not the Mailer. 

^0 But when Jefus heard it, he anfwer- 
ed him, faying, Fe.tr not : believe only, 
and fhe ihall be hole. 

51 And when he came into the houfe, 
he fuffered no m:m to go in, fave Peter, 
and James, and John, an 1 the father and j 
the mother of the n. 

52 And all wept and bewailed her : i 
but he faid, weep not : (be is not dead, 
but fleepeth. 

53 And they laughed him to f'corn, 
knowin^thai lhe wa- 

54 And he pur them ail out. and took 
her by the and called, laying, 

hd, an 

55 And her fpirit came Igain, md (he 
arofe flraightway : and he comniafi 

to give I...I m 

.'o And her j urentfl w-re 

but he charged them that 

tell no nun w hat wa done. 
H A P. 

i Chrifl [tnHeth '. 41 his apollles- 7 II' 
is </• _-i" US t; fee Dim. -5 His trutisfigu- 
rui. ■ alrib a isxnatick. 

!ii ft dffciples 

trity o\ >CUTC (. 

I he fent them I the 

kingdom d, and to I 

\nd he faid i 
ing 

neither I • 

. 
4 txwi what!' nto, 

ihe 
vc 

■ 
the t, • 



aflonimrd ; 
mid 



ix. Herodisdrfiroustojeehlm. Ti>7 

7 fl No.v Herod the tetrarch heard of 
all that was done by him : and he was 
perplexed, becaule that ir was ! 
fome,tltat John was rilen from the dea.l ; 

8 And of fome, That hilia* had appear- 
ed : and of others, that one of the old 
prophets was rilen again. 

9 And Herod faid, John have 1 behead- 
ed: but, Who is this, of whom 1 hear fuch 
things ? and he delired to fee him. 

10 And the apoltles, when they were 
returned, told him all that they had 
done. And he took them, and wentalide 
privately into a defert place, belonging 
to the city called Bethfaida. 

11 And the people, when they knew 
*/, followed him : and he received ihet 
and fpake unto them of the kingdom of 
God, and healed them that had need o* 
healing. 

l - And when the day began to wear 
away, then came the twelve, and 1 1 
unto him, Semi the multitude away , that 
they may go into the towns and country 
round about, and lodge, and get victuals : 
tor we are here in a defert place. 

15 But lie faid unto them, Give ye 

a to eat. And they faid. We have 

no more but five loaves and two filhea ; 

except we (hould go and buy meat for all 

this people. 

14 For they were about five thoufand 
men. And he la:d to hi- le>, Make 
them fit 

15 And they did fo. and made them 
all lit down. 

it> 'I hen he took the five 
the two tithes, and l< up to heaven, 

he blelied them, and brake, and gave to 
the difciplss to fi the mull ii 

17 And they did all fill- 

ed : and there was t i 
that remained to them tweh 

1 And it came to paft, I • he ■ .is 
ing, his dift Ipl ttll 

him i and he .ilkcd them, fj\ in^, \'. I • 
. le thai 1 am 1 
19 '1 hej .!iih-. -i ::■ hn the 

t ; but 1 . >. I li.is ; i nd 

lay, 1 

ll. 

I unto tl • a, But 
that I am M . .\< i tni 

thrift of 
21 An 
mxaanded tbtm ro tell no man ti 

i 

Man mult 

la 

ny 

:, and I 

all 



798 Qhrijl's transfiguration. St. LUKE. 

(hall lofe it : but whofoever will lofe his 
life for my fake, the fame fhall fave it. 

£5 For, What is a man advantaged, if 
he gain the whole world, and lofe him- 
felt, or be call away ? 

26 For whofoever ffeall be afhamed of 
ipe and of my words, of him fhall the 
Son of Man be afhamed, when he fhall 
come in his own glory, and in -bis Fa- 
ther's, and of the holy angels. 
^ 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be 
fome ftanding here, which fliall not tafle 
of death till they fee the kingdom of God. 
_- 28 5 And it came to pafs about an 
eight days after thefe fayings, he took 
Peter, and jGhn,and James, and went up 
into a mountain to pray. 

29 And as he prayed, the fafhion of 
his countenance was altered, and his rai- 
ment 'was white and glittering. 

30 And, behold, there talked with him 
two men, which were Mofes and Elias : 

SI Who appeared in glory, and fpake 
of his deceafe which he fhould accom- 
plifli at Jerufalem. 

Si But Peter, and they that were with 
him, were heavy with fleep : and when 
they were awake, they faw his glory, and 
the two men that flood with him. 

33 And it came to pafs, as they de- 
parted from him, Peter faid unto Jefus, 
Mailer, it is good for us to be here : and 
let us make three tabernacles ; one for 
thee, and one for Mofes, and one for Eli- 
as : not knowing what he faid. 

34 While he thus fpake, there tame a 
cloud, andoverfliadowed thern : and they 
feared as they entered into the cloud. 

35 And there came a voice out of the 
cloud, faying, This is my beloved Son : 
hear him. 

36 And when the voice was pad, Jefus 
was found alone. And they kept // clofe, 
and told no man in thofe days any of 
thofe things which they had feen. 

37 fj And it came to pafs, that on the 
next day, when they were come down 
from the hill, much people met him. 

38 And, behold, a man of the company 
cried out, faying, Mailer, 1 befeech thee, 
look upon my fomfor heismine onlychild. 

39 And, lo, a fpirit taketh him, and he 
fuddenly crieth out ; and it teareth him 
that he foameth again, and bruifing him 
hardly departeth from him. 

40 And l befought thy difciples to caft 
him out ; and they could not. 

41 And Jefus anfwering, faid, O faith- 
lefs and perverfe generation, How long 
fhall 1- be with you, and fuffer you ? 
Bring thy fon hither. 

42 And as he was yet a coming, the 
devil threw him down and tare kirn. 
And Jefus rebuked the unclean fpirit, 
and healed the child, and delivered him 
again to his father. 



He rebuke th his difciples, 

43 And they were all amazed at the 
mighty power of God. But while they 
wondered every one at all things which 
Jefus did, he faid unto his difciples, 

44 Let thefe fayings fink down into 
your ears : for the Son of Man fhall be 
delivered into the hands of men. 

45 But they underftoodnot this faying, 
and it was hid from them, that they per- 
ceived it not : and they feared to ai'k him 
of that faying. 

46 Then there arofe a reafoning a- 
mong them, which of them fhould be 
greatefl. 

47 And Jefus, perceiving the thought 
of their heart, took a child and fet him 
by him, 

48 And faid unto them, Whofoever 
fhall receive this child in my name, re- 
ceiveth me : and whofoever fhall receive 
me, receiveth him that fent me : for he 
that is leaft among you all, the fame ihall 
be great. 

49 And John anfwered and faid, Maf- 
ter, we faw one calling out devils in. thy 
name ; and we forbade him, becaufe he 
fclioweth not with us. 

50 And Jefus faid unto him, Forbid him 
not ; lor he that is not againfl us is for us. 

51 And it came to pafs, when the 
time was come that he (hould be receiv- 
ed up, hefleadfaftly fet his face to go to 
Jerufalem, 

52 And fent meffengers before his 
face : and they went, and entered into a 
village of the Samaritans, to make ready 
for him. 

53 And they did not receive him, be- 
caufe his face was as though he would go 
to Jerufalem. 

54 And when his difciples, James and 
John faw this, they faid, Lord, Wilt 
thou that we command fire to come down 
from heaven, and confume them, even 
as Elias did ? 

55 But he turned and rebuked them, 
and faid, Ye know not what manner of 
fpirit ye are of. 

56 For the Son of Man is not come to' 
dellroy men's lives, but to fave them. 
And they went to another village. 

57 And it came to pafs, that, as they 
went in the way, a certain man faid unto 
him, Lord, 1 will follow thee whitherfo- 
ever thou goefl. 

58 And Jefus faid unto him, Foxes 
have holes, and birds of the air have 
nefts ; but the Son of Man hath not 
where to lay his head. 

59 And he faid unto another, Follow 
me. But he faid, Lord, fuffer me firft 
to go and bury my father. 

60 Jefus faid unto him, Let the dead 
bury their dead : but go thou and 
preach the kingdom of God. 

61 And another alfo faid, Lord, T wiii 

low 



The fcoenty dij 'ciples fent forth. €hap. x. 

follow thee ; but let me firft go bid them 
farewell, which are at home at my houfe. 

t>2 And Jefus faidunto him,Nomanhav- 
ing put his hand to the plough and look- 
ing back, is tit for the kingdom of God. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The fe<ven ty difc i pies fen tfe rtb and a d- 

monifbed. 41 Martha reprehended. 

AF"ffc)R thefe things, the Lord ap 



The lawyer's quejlien. 799 

And lie faid unto them, I beheld 
Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 

19 Behold, I give unto \ ou power to 
tread on terpen ts and fcorpions, and 
overall the power of the enemy : and 
nothing (hall by any mean: hurt you. 

"20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, 
that the fpirits are fubjecl unto you ; bu* 
rather rejoice, beciufe your names are 



pointed other feventy alio, and lent them > written in heaven. 

two and two before his face into every tl In that hour Jefus leioiced in fpir 

city and place, whither he himlelf would it. and laid, I thank thee, O Fa; her, Lord 



come. 

2 Therefore faid he unto them, the 
harveff. truly is great, but the labourers 
are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of 
the harvelt, that he would fend forth la- 
bourers into his harveft. 

5 Go your ways : behold, I fend you 
forth as lambs among wolves 

* Carry neither purfe, nor fcrip, nor 
flioes : and falute no man by the way. 

And into whatsoever houfe ye enter, 
firft fay, Peace be to this houfe. 

6 And it the Son of Peace be there, 
your peace uSall refi upon it : if not, it 
!h n 1 1 turn I again. 

7 And ::i the fame houfe remain, e*> 
and drinking fuch things as they give ; 
for I he labourer is worthy of his hire. Go 
not from houfe to houfe. 

8 And into whatfoever city ye enter, 
and they receive ymi, eat inch things as 
are fet before you : 

\nd heal the flck that are therein, 
and fay unto them, The kingdom of God 
• oigh unto you. 
10 But in! » whatfoever i rty ye enter, 
and the> receive you not, uo youi i 
out into the ftreets of the lame, ind fay, 
It Even the very dull of your city, 
whit we do u ;pc off 

. ou : notwithstanding, be ye furc 
hat the kingdom of Go d 
unto j 

But I fev unto you, that it fl.all be 
more to that da> t i 

for that city. 
13 

ighty 
wot ks had '. >ne in '; 

which have bc< 

t while ago repented, lining in fa k- 
ih and : 
ti But it (hall I. 



ot heaven and earth, that thou halt hid 
thele things from the wife and prudent, 
and half revealed them unto babes ; even 
fo Father ; for fo it leemed good in thy 
fight. 

Ml things are delivered to me 
my Father : and no man knov\eth who 
the Son is. but the Father ; and who the 
Father is, but the Son, and he to whom 
the bon will reveal him. 

tS And he turned him unto his dif- 

ciplcs, and faid privately, Blefled are 

. es which fee the things that ye fee : 

21 For I tell you, that many prophets 

and kings have delired to fee thole things 

h ye fee, and have not fcen tbem ; 

and to hear thofc things which ye hear, 

and have not heard tbem. 

-5 And, behold. in lawyer flood 

up, and tempted him, laying, Matter, 
\N hat fhall I do to inherit eternal life ? 
-2u He faid unto him. What is written 
How readeft tin 
anfwering, (aid, Thou fhalt 
love the Lord thy I rith all thy 

•. and with a'! thj ti il, and with all 
thy llrength. and with all thy mind ; and 
thy neighbour as thyfi 
• 

thou (halt i 
19 
unto fe( :ir ? 

SO And Jefll 
tain ma- 

I 
'ft ripped him 

irtrd, leaving bim 
d by cl 

I when he law 
him, other i 

at the [on bim, 

and by on the other i 



at the | than 

on. v, here hr 



i And thou Capern 
enjhallbe 
IK He that heareth ) ou, heat eth n 



■> bim, 
.14 ent to him, i 



he thai • 

Ipifeth me, i r< 



I, he 



#00 Chrlfl teachetb bow to pray. 

fpendefl more, when I come again, I will 
repay thee. 

36 Which now of thefe three, thinkeft 
thou, was neighbour unto hi m that fell 
among the thieves ? 

37 And he laid. He that (hewed mercy 
on him. I hen faid Jefus unto him, Go, 
and do thou like wife. 

S8 Now it came to pafs, as they went, 
that he entered in v o a certain village, and 
a certain woman named Martha received 
him into her houfe. 

39 And (he had a filler calledMary, which 
alfo fat at Jefus's feet, and heard his word. 

40 But Martha was cumbered about 
much ferving, and came to him, and faid, 
Lord, Doit thou not care that my fitter 
hath left me to ferve alone \ Bid her 
therefore, that (he help me. 

41 ^j And jefns anfwered and faid unfo 
her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful 
and troubled about many things : 

4-2 But one thing is needful ; and Mary 
hath chofen that good part, which fhali 
not be taken away from her. 
CHAP. XI. 
1 Chrijfteacberh to pray, and that inftantly. 

14 He cafleth out a dumb devil. 29 He 

preacbeth to the people, ST and reprou- 

etb the Pbarifeeijfcribes, and laivyers. 

AND it came to pafs, that, as he was 
praying in a certain place, when he ceaf- 
ed, one of his difciples faid unto him, 
Lord, teach us to pray, as John alio 
taught his difciples. 

t And he faid unto them, When ye 
pray, fay, Our Father which art in heav- 
en, hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done, as in 
heaven, fo in earth. 

S Give us day by day our daily bread. 

4 And forgive us our fins : for we al- 
fo forgive every one that is indebted to 
us. And lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil„ 

5 And he faid unto them, Which of 
you fhall have a friend, and (hall go un- 
to him at midnight, and fay unto him, 
Friend, lend me three loaves ; 

6 For a friend of mine in his journey 
is come to me, and I have nothing to let 
before him : 

T And he from within fhailanfwer and 
fay, Trouble me not : the door is now 
(hut, and my children are with me in 
bed : 1 cannot rife and give thee. 

ft I fay unfo you, Though he will net 
i :!'.*and give him, becaufe he is his friend, 
yet becaufe of his importunity he will 
rife and give him as many as he needeth. 

And I lay unto you, A (k, and it (hall 
be given you ; feek, end ye fiiall rind ; 
knock, and it (hall He opened unto \on. 

10 For every one thatafketh,receiveth; 
and he that feekefh, Model h ; and to him 
that knocketh it (hall be opened. 



St. LUKE. He ca fifth out a dumb devil. 



11 If a fon fhall afk bread of any of 
you that is a father, Will he give him a 
(tone ? Or if he ajk a fifh, Will he for a 
fifli give him a ferpent ? 

12 Or if he maUafk 
offer hjm a fcorpioh ? 

13 If ye then, being evil, know how 



an egg, Will he 



to give good 



gifts 



unto your children 



How much more fhall year heavenly Fa- 
ther give the Holy Spirit to them that 
afk him ? 

14 ^| And he was calling out a devil, 
and it was dumb- And it came to pais 
when the devil was gone out, the dumb 
fpake ; and the people wondered. 

i5 But fome of them faid, lie cafleth 
out devils through Beelzebub the chief 
of the devils. 

16 And others, tempting iim t fought 
of him a fign from heaven. 

17 But he knowing their thoughts, 
faid unto them, Every kingdom divided 
again!! itlelf is brought to defolation : and 
a houfe divided againft a houfe falleth. 

18 If Satan alfo be divided againft him- 
felf, How fhall his kingdom (land ? Be- 
caufe ye fay that I call out devils through 
Beelzebub. 

19 And if I by Beelzebub call out dev- 
ils, By whom do your ions call them out f 
Therefore ihall they be your judges. 

20 But if I with the linger of God call 
out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God. 
is come upon you. 

ft When a ftrong man armed keepeth 
his ralace, his goods are in peace : 

22 But when a ilronger than he (hall 
come upon him, and overcome him, he 
taketh from him all his armour wherein 
he trufled. and divideth his fpoils. 

23 He that is not with me is againft: 
me : and he that gathereth not with me 
fcattereth. 

24 When the unclean fpirit is gone 
out of a man, he walketh through dry 
places, feeking reft ; and finding none, 
he faith, I will return unto my houfe 
whence I came out. 

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it 
fwept and garnifned. 

?6 Then goeth he, and taketh to him 
[even Other fpirits more wicked than 
him felf ; and they enter in, and dweli 
there : and the laft jtate of that man hi 
worfe than the iirft. 

27 And it came to pafs, as he fpake 
thefe things, a certain woman of the com- 
pany lifted up her voice, and faid unto 
him, Blelfed is the womb thatbnre thee, 
and the paps which thou haft furked. 

28 But he faid. Yea, rather, blefledtf>v 
they that hear the word of God, and keep 
it. 

".9 q\ Arid when the people were gath- 
ered tftick tot^eiher, he began to fay, 
i his is ;m evil generation : they feek a 

fig" : 



Cbriji reproixtb tie Pbarifees. Chap. xii. JgainJI byfocrt/v. tn.t 

figA ; and there 'lull no fign be given it, fetves touch not the burdens with one of 
but the fign of Jonas the prophet. 

aO For as Jnnas v?s a rlgn unto the 



Ninevii-5, fo (hall l i.o the joii ol N4:m 
be to this generation. 

31 The queenof the fourh flviil r ; fe up 
in the jddgm nt with the -ren of this 
generation, ani condemn the n : ror the 
came from the uunod pait- of the earth 
to hear the wifckma ot Solomon ; and, 



yournngers. 

»• V ( ,e unto you ! for yc build the 
clues ef the prophets, and vour 
- killed thern. 
IB i ruly ye hear witneft that ye allow 
the deeds bf your fathers: tor they indeed 
killed them, and yebmld their (Vpulchrcs. 
^49 Therefore alfo faid the uifttorfl or" 
Gody i will lend tlum \>r< rV 



behold, a gre;i er tl >'ome Of rhem'they 

51 The men of Nineveh (hail r'feupin 
the judgment %• :th this generation, arid 
lhall condemn \f : for they rt pen ted at 
the preaching of Jonas ; and, be.'uld, a 
greater thm Jo. us :s here. 

33 iNonrm, when he 'iath lighted a can- 
dle, putterh '/ in a fecret phtt the* 
under a bu !el, but on a caudu.it. rk, that 
they ivhtch c une" in may fee the light. 

S\ The light of the bod> is Hie eye : 



day fecute 

50 That the blood of all the prophets, 
which wai ihed from the foundation of the 
world crcquired cf this iiererui^n, 

51 i he blood oi Abel unto the 
blood ot Aacharias, which periflied be- 
tween the altar and the tempie : verily I 
fay unto you, Ii {ball be required of this 
genera 'on. 

5i Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have 



therefore, when thine eye ks lot^le. thy taken away the key of knovs ledge : ye 
v h«4e body aifo is full of light ; but when entered not in ^oiirfelves, and them that 
ttinr eye is evil, thy body felfo i> fall of] were entering in ye hindered 

65 And a^ he faid thefe things unto 
them, the fcribtt and the Pharifces be- 
gan I v.henien'ly. and to 
provoke him t»- ij'eak ot fifahy things : 

54 Laying Waft fur him, and fceking 
to Cafth lynching out of hi* mouth, 
that they might accufe h ; m. 

1 N P. \M. 

t To <tio:d l<\ hoct i/y and ic<irfuli<($ in 
publ'ijbingtlbr. rt,ir.\Sloh"ivarc 

of c onjetoufnejs t ."land over carefuhiefs. 
4 I Ice Jutibjul andivife /hfWtttli. 

IN the mean time, when there were 

feathered together an innumerable mul- 

• of people, infomuch thai they 

one ii; r, he beaan to i\iy 

• I'll'. hi'» difciples fi 'I, Bewai 

of tl i (d the Phertl'eea, which is 

hypoci "ify . 

t ! re is nothing cover. 

(hall iher lnu, that 

i . 

i ye have fpo- 

ken in darknrfs fhJl be heard in the 
light : r. I \\ hich \ <• h ken 

in the eai i: pit* laimcd 

upon »h< houf( 

4 And I I i you my fl , Be 

n. t a (raid • i mem thai k 11 1 h- 

But I v- i ii \ ..it n ye 

hath 

i 



da i 

35 rake lirred therefore th:u t'.ie light 
which is m Ihee be nor darfoifefs 

>46 ii thy a hole body therefore he full 
of light, hiving no part dark, the whole 
lhall be t .• 1 1 04 light, ■ n the bright 

Aiming of a candle doth ^ive thee light. 

37 ff /\ fid a« he fpake, a certain l J Jiar- 
Sfee befoughl hnn to dine vsith him : and 
he went in, and tit down to Ht< 

38 And when the Pharifee faw r>. 
marvelled tint he had i;t warned 

belore dtnl 

^9 And the Lord faid uti»o him. Now 
do ye Pharifee* make ciea i the but! 

of the cup and the y\ it *r ; 1 | • 
iirward part ib full or r. .de- 

ed nefs 

40 Ye fools. Did not lie that ma !e th.r. 
which is without, nuke that whioti 
within alio > 

41 hur rather g ; ve alms ot fuCh t' 
j c have ; and, behold, all thii 



m oroo you. 

K-l But woe unto you, Pharifirei I tor 
> c tithe mint and roe at.: 1 , all manner ol 
hi i bs, and p tfs bl ■ ■ tit and the 

re of God : thcf( 
done, and not to leave the other m 

A.S Woe unto ypti, Pharil r >e 

l.ve the unpermeft teats in th na« 

i i Vrod unto y< 

, oocr.te- ' 
wh ar not 

thnn j.it r.ot aw, 

45 Then an f wren | ers, 

and faid unto him, Maftef, I 
thou rrproacht tin. 

16 And he faid, V 
ye lawyers I for ye ' i le n* n with bur- 
dens grievous to be boi ne 



1 
fartl 

7 i ithevei 

I 

COOfi 

St 



ZQl To beware of covetoufnefs. St. LUKE. 

Son of Man alfo confefs before the angels 
of God ; 

9 But he that denieth me before men 
fhall be denied before the angels of God. 

10 And whomever fhall fpeak a word 
againft the Son of Man, it fhall be for- 
given him ; but unto him that blafphem 



eth againft the Holy Ghoft, it fhall not of the world feek after : and your Father 



The g wifefte e ward. 

which is today in the field, and tomorrows 
is caft into the oven, How much more 
ivitl be clothe you, O ye of little faith ? 

29 And feek not ye what ye fhall eat* 
or what ye fhall drink, neither be ye of 
doubtful mind. 

SO For all thefe things- do the nations 



be forgiven 

11 And when they bring you unto the 
fynagogucs, an< J unto magistrates, and 
powers, take ye no thought how, or 
what thing ye fhall anfwer, or what ye 
mall fay : 

12 For the Holy Ghoft fhall teaeh you 
in the fame hour what ye ought to fay. 

13 fl And one of the company faid unto 
him, Mafter fpeak to my brother, that 
lie divide the inheritance with me. 

14 And he faid unto him, Man, Who 
made me a judge or a divider over you ? 

15 And he faid unto them, Take heed, 
aad beware of cove' oufnefs : for a man's 
life confifteth not in the abundance of 
the things which he pofFetfeth. 

16 And he fpake a parable unto them, 
'faying, The ground of a certain rich man 
brought forth plentifully : 

17 And he thought within himfelf, 
faying, What fhall I do, becaufe I have 
no room v here to beftow my fruits ? 

18 And he faid, This will I do : I will 
pull down my barns, and build greater; 
and there will I beftow all my fruits aad 
my goods. 

19 And I will fay to my foul, Soul, 
thou haft much goods laid up for many 
years • take thine eafe> eat, drink, and 
be rnerry. 

20 But God faid unto him, Tbou^ fool, 
this night thy foul fhall be required of 
thee : Then whofe fhall thofe things be, 
which thou haft provided ? 

21 So is he that layeth up treafure for 
himfelf, and is not rich toward God. 

22 fl And he faid unto his difciples. 
Therefore I fay unto you, Take no 
thought for your life, what ye fhall eat ; 
neither for the body, what ye fhall put on. 

23 The life is more than meat, and the 
body is more than raiment. 

24 Gonfrder the ravens : for they nei- 
ther low nor reap ; which neither have 
ftorehoufe nor barn ; and God feedeth 
them : How much more are ye better 
than the fowls ? 

25 And which of you with taking 
thought can add to his ftature one cubit ? 

26 If ye then be not able to do that 
thing which is leaft, why take ye thought 
for the reft ? 

27 Conlider the lilies how they grow : 
they toil nut, they fpin not ; and yet T 
fay unto you, that Solomon in all his 
glory was not ai '<iyed like one of thefe. 

28 If then God fo clothe the giafs> 



knoweth that ye have need of thefethings. 

St But rather feek ye the kingdom of 
God ; and all thefe things fhall be added 
unto you. 

SI Fear not, little flock ; for it is your 
Father's good pleafure to give you the 
kingdom. 

s # Sell that ye have, and give alms ; 
provide yourfelves bags which wax not 
old, a treafure in the heavens that fail- 
eth not, where no thief approacheth, 
neither moth corrupteth. . 

34 For where your treafure is, there 
will yeur heart be alio. 

35 Let your loins be girded about, and 
your lights burning ? 

36 And ye yourfelves like unto mea 
that wait for their lord, when he will 
return from the wedding ; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open 
unto him immediately. 

37 Bleffed are thofe fervants, whom the 
lord when he cometh fhall find watching: 
verily I fay unto you, that he fti all gird 
himfelf, and make them to fit down- 
to meat, and will come forth and ferve 
them. 

38 And if he fhall come in the fecondr 
watch, or come in the third watch, and 
find them fo, bleded are thofe fervants. 

39 And this know, that if the good 
man of the houfe had known what hour 
the thief would come, he would have 
watched, and not have fufFered his houfe 
to be broken through. 

40 Be ye therefore ready alfo ; for the 
Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye 
think not. 

41 qj Then Peter faid unto him, Lord, 
Speakeft thou this parable unto us, or 
even to all ? 

42 And the Lord faid, Who then is 
that faithful and wife fteward, whom bis 
lord fhall make ruler over his houfehold, 
to give them their portion of meat in due 
feafon ? 

43 Bleffed is that fervant, whom his 
lord when he cometh (hall find fo doing. 

44 Of a truth I fay unto you, that he 
iwili make him ruler over all that he 

hath. 

4. r < But, and if that fervant fav in hi* 
heart. My lorddelayeth his coming; and 
(hall begin to beat the menfervants and 
maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be 
drunken ; 

46 Thelordofthat fervant will come 
in a day when he looketh not for bim t 

and 



Cbr'ijf preacbetb repentance. Chap 

and at an hour when he is not aware, 
and will cat him in funder, and will ap- 
point him his portion with the unbe- 
lievers. 

47 And that fervant, which knew his 
lord's will, and prepared not uimjclf. nei- 
ther did according to his will, (hall be 
beaten with many ftriprs. 

48 But he that knew noc,and did commit 
things worthy of ftripes, null be beaten 
with few Jlnp's. For unto whomfoever 
much is given, or him lhall be much r^- 
o^uired : and to whom men have commit- 
ted much, of him they willaik the more 

49 I am come to fend fire on the earth ; 
and, What will I if it be already ki idled I 

50 But I nave a baprifu to be baptized 
with ; and how am I ftraitened till it be 
accompliihed ' 

51 Suppole ye thit I am come to give 
peace on earth ? 1 tell you, Nay ; but 
rather divilion : 

52 For from henceforth there (hall be 
five in one hotife divined, three againll 
two, and two again!! three. 

S3 The father lhall be.livided againft the 
fon, and the ioj\ againll the father ; the 
mother agaimuhedaughter, and the. laugh 
teragainii the mother, the mother in law a. 
g3inlt her daughter in law, and the daugh- 
ter in law againtt her mother in law 

54 And 1k j laid alio to the people, 
When ) e lee a cloud rife out of the well, 
ftraightway ye fay, There cometh a (bow- 
er : an:! fo it is 

55 And when ye fee the fouth wind 
blow, ye fay, There wi'l be heat ; and 
it cometh to pafs. 

"6 Te hypocrites, ye can difcrn the 
faceot theiky and ot the earth ; but, How 
is it that ye do not difcern thifl tune ? 

57 Yea, and, Why even of yourlelves 
judge ye not what i> ri^ht ? 

5« When thou g' i thine adversa- 

ry to the magi ft Mlc.fl/ ttou art in tl 

give diligence that thou mayefl be deliv- 
ered from him ; lefl he 1 ate thee to ihe 
ge, and rhe judge deliver Ihee to the 

oiricer.and tfv* ofScei < a.i ihi e into pnfon. 

59 1 tell thou (hall no' <1 

thence, till thou hall pai ery laftmitc 

CHAP. IIII 
1 Cnrifl preachetb rrf>' n/ufue upon the 

fumjhmrnt oj the <jaltlcan< % mnd o:l . 

ers. 6 J be Jig nrc tur\ed. II Tkt 

flratt gate. 

JHKRK were prefect at thai 
fome that tohi hi.ii of the Galil 

whole blood Pdate liad mingled witli 
their faci ifices. 

Knd Jefua anfwering, faid unto t 
■^uppofe \e that t! 

valileans, becaufc they 
iutfercd fuch thu . 

3 1 tell you, Nay . I of, except yt 
^eut, ye lhall all hkcwik ptufh. 



. xiii. Tie fig tree curjed. 80? 

4 Or thofe eighteen, upon whom the 
tower in Siloam tell. and Hew them, Ihi-i!^ 
ye that they were Gnners above all men 
that dwelt in jerufalei 

5 1 tell >ou, but except ye rr- 
pent, ye lhall all likewife pet 

b f He (dakealfo this parable ; A cer- 
tain man had a fig tree planted in his 
vineyard ; and he came and (ought fruit 
thereon, and found none. 

7 Then faid he unto the dreiier of his 
vineyard, Behold, thefe three yean 1 
come feeking fruit on this fig tree, and 
find none : cu r it down ; Why camber- 
eth ii the ground ? 

8 And he anfv.ermg, faid unto him, 
Lord, let it alone this year alio, till I 
lhall dig about if, and dung // : 

9 And if 't be.ir truit, -well : and if not, 
tben after that thou fha't cut it down. 

10 A id he was teaching in one of the 
fynagogues on the labbaih ; 

11 And, behold, there was a woman 
which had a fpirir of infirmity eighteen 
>ears, and was bowed together, and 
could in no wile lift up berfrtf. 

M And when fefus fan her, he called 
her /• him, and faid unto h- r Woman, 
thou art loofed from thine infirmity. 

13 And he laid bt\ hai.us on lu r : and 
immediate!, ihe was made liraight, and 
glorified (; jd. 

14 And the ruler of the fynagogue an- 
fwered with indignation, becaufc tl 
Jelus had healed on the fabbath day, and 
faid unto the . , There are fix ila>>- 
in which men ought to woik : in them 
therefore come and be healed, and not 
on the (abba I h day. 

15 I he Lord then anfwered him, and 
laid, Jbo'i hypocrite. Doth not each one 

'i oo the fabbath loofe his ox >r bis 
>ffi the ittll, and leau tim awa , 
watering ? 

It* And ougM no» thi^ woman, being a 
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath 
bound, lo. thefe eighth en i eai ♦., be loofed 

from tlu^ bond ( ii the |y 1 

17 And when he had faid thefe thing*. 

all hn adverfai (tamed 

people rejoiced i> i all the glorioui 
things that were done by him 

i he, . Ultt t ia the 

kingdom oi G I i.ke ; and, Whereunto 
(hail I refemblc M 

i • l : .-Ik- i gi ain < ' muftard fe« d, 

h a man tOOk, a no r.M :: 
den ; and it gre* , and 
tree ; and the fom la of tl 
■ . of it. 
Aid again he faid,V to (hall 

I hk'-n the kingdom 

-l ! m, w I ( h i woman 

d hid in tin nra!, 

till the * h »lc was leav 
52 And he went through \h> and 



804 Tbejrait gnte. St. LUKE. 

villages, teaching, and journeying to 
ward Jerufalem. 



Cbrifi teacbetb humility. 



23 *T Then laid one unto him, Lord, 
Are there few that be faved i And he 
{aid unto them, 

24 Strive to, enter in at the firait gate : 
for many, I fay unto you. will fcekto en- 
ter in, and (hall not be able. 

25 When once the matter of the houfe 
is rifen up, and hath ihut to the door, 
and ye begin to (land without, and to 
knock at the door, faying, Lord, Lord, 
open unto us ; and he (hall anvwer and 
iay unto you, 1 know you not whence 
ye are : 

2ti Then fhall ye begin to fay. We 
have eaten and drunk in thy pretence, 
and thou haft taught in our ftreets. 

27 But he (hall fay, I tell you, I know 
you not whence ye are ; depart from me, 
all y.e workers of iniquity. 

28 There fhall be weeping and gnafV 
ing of teeth, when ye mall fee Abraham, 
and Ifaac, and Jacob, an<f all the propn- 
ets, in the kingdom of God, and you 
yourfelmes thrufi out. 

29 And they (hall come from the eaft, 
and from the weft, and from the north, 
and fiom the lou'h, and (hail fit down in 
the kingdom of God. 

30 And, behold, there are laff, which 
fhall be firlr, and there are firft which 
fhall be laft. 

St. The fame day there came certain of 
the Pharif-es, faying unto him, Get thee 
out, and depart hence .- for Herod will 
kill thee, i 

32 And he faid unto them, Go ye, and 
tell that fox, Behold, I cart out devil.*, 
and I do cures today and tomorrow, and 
the third day I (hall be perfected. 

33 Nevenhelefs, I mud walk today, 
and tomorrow, and the day following : 
for it cannot be that a prophet perifh out 
of Jerufalem. 

Si O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, which 
killed the prophets, and fioneft them 
that are fent unto thee ; how often would 
I have gathered thy children together, 
as a hen do:b gather her brood under her 
wings, and ye would not ! 

&!* Behold, your houfe isleftunto you 
defblate : and verily I fay unto you, Ye 
(hall not fee rne, until the time come 
when ye (hall fay, Blefled is he that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. 

CHAP. XIV. 
7 Chrifi teachetb humility \ 12 and to feed 

thepoor. 16 The parable of the g.rtaijuf • 

fer. £5 Who cannoi bt CoriJPi diJctpUs. 

AND it came to pais, as he went into 
the houfe of one of the chief Pharifces 
to eat bread on the fab bath day, that 
they watched him. 

2 And, behold, there was a certain 
inan before him which had the dropfy. 



j .3 And Jefus anfwenng, fpake unto 
! lawyers and Pharifees, laying, Is it 1 



the 
law- 



ful to heal on the fabbath day ? 

4 And they held tdeir peace And he 
took him, and healed him, and let him go ; 
And anfwered them, faying, Which 
of you fhall have an afs or an ox fallen 
into a pit, and will not firaightway pull 
him out on the fabbath day ? 

6 And they could not anfwer him a- 
gain to these things. 

7 $1 And he put forth a parable to thofs 
which were bidden, when he marked 
how they chofe out the chief rooms ; 
faying unto them, 

3 When thou art bidden of any man 
to a weddivg, &t not down in the higheffc 
room ; left a more honourable man than 
thou be bidden of him ; 

9 And he that bade thee and him, come 
and fay to thee, Give tills man place 3 
and thou begin with fhame to take the 
lowed room. 

10: But when thou art, bidden, go and 
fit down in the lower! room : that when 
he that bade thee cometh, he may fay 
unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then 
(halt thau have worfhip in the prefenca 
of them that fit at meat with thee. 

11 For, whoibever exaheth himfelf 
fhall be abafed ; and he that humble th 
himleit" fhall be exalted 

12 «ft Then faid he alfo to him that bade 
him, When thou makefl a dinner or a 
fupper, call not thy friends, nor thy* 
brethren neither thy kinfmen, nor thy 
rich neighbours ; left they alfo bid thee 
again, and a recompenfe be made ibec. 

IS But when thou makefta feaft callthe; 
poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind : 

14 And thou (halt be blefled: for they 
cannot recompenfe thee : for thou fhalt 
be recompenfed at the refurrt ction of 
the -j tiff. 

lb And when one of them that fat at 
meat with him, heard thefe things, he 
faid unto him, Bleflbd is he that fhall eat 
bread in the kingdom of God. 

iti qf Then faid he unto him, A ceri'im 
man madea great fupper, and bade many : 

17 And fent his fervant at fupper time 
to fay to them that were bidden, Come ; 
for all things are now ready. 

18 And they all with one ronfer.t be- 
gan to mi'ke excufe. The fifft (aid unto 
him, I have bought a piece of ground, 
and I mult needs go and fee it ; I pray 
thee hive me excufed. 

19 And another faid, I hav« bought 
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove 
them : 1 pray thee have me excufed. 

20 And another faid, I have married a 
wife, and therefore I cannot come. 

21 So that iervant came, and 1 hewed 
his lord thefe things. Then theinafler of 
the houfe, being angry , faid to his Iervant, 

Go 



The great fjp;: r . 



Cll3p. XV 



Tbe prodiga I f*n. £t>5 



Go out <] info the ftreets and 

lar.es of md bring in hither the 

poor, and I he maimed, and the hair, and 
the bhnd. 

£2 And the fervant faid, Lord, it is 
done as thou halt commanded, and yet 
there is room. 

And the lord Paid unto the fervant, 
Go out into the I nd he 

and compel them to come in, that my 
houfe may be fill 

i.% For I fay unto you, 1 hit none «f 
thofe men which v. ere bidden fhall taltc 
ef my flipper. 

-Li *f And there went great multitudes 
■with him : and be turned, and laid unto 

Ml, 

ib ff any man come to me, and 
not hia father and mother, and » ite, 
and children, and brethren, nnd 
yea, and his (j alia, he cannot 

aiy dikip'e- 

And m h n t b ■ tr his 

oofs, and COD :;mnot be n.v 

nle. 

1* For, Which of you, intendir 
build a tower, fitreth not down firft, and 
counteth th^ coK, tr bet her he hive fitffi- 
cient to finilh // ? 

49 Left haply, after he hath laid the 
foundation, sw\ is not able to fimfh it, 
all tiiat behold ;/ begin to mock him, 

30 baying, This man began to b: 
and was nor able to finifh. 

St Or, What kin^, going to make 
a^ainfl another kin eth not do 



md //, he lay. 
eth it on hi 

Cometh home, hecaH- 
ether bis friends and nei 
faying unto them, Rejoii c with R r 

1 have found my flieep which was I 
T I fay unto you, that lik [hall 

in heaven over one finn< r that tepent- 
eth, moie than over ninety and nine jutr 
perfons, which need no repentant 

tf ^f Father what woman having ten 
pieces of filver, it (lie lofe one piece, do! h 
not light a candle, and fweep the houfe, 
and feek diligently till Hie find it ? 

knd when (he hath found //, <he 
calleth her friends and />«"- neighbour* 
■ Iher, faying, Rejoice with me; for I 
have found the piece which 1 had loft. 

10 Likewife, 1 fay unto yon, there is 
in the prefence of th<* angels oi God 
rone finae i that repenteth. 

11 «J And he faid, A certain man had 
two fons : 

Ind the younger of them (aid tj 
k>s Father, give mc the portion 

of goods that fallefh to me. And he di- 
vided unto them I ng« 

13 And not many da)S afrer the 

younger fon gathered aW together, *nd 

k his journey into « far country, and 

wailed his Jubilance with riotous 

living. 

H And when he had fpent all, there 
e a mighty tamine in that land ; and 
he be^an to b<* in w)i,t, 

\j Al d he we joined himfelf t > 



i ft, and confulteh whether he be ahi-- a citizen or that country : and he lent 



with te 1 1 dor (and to meet him that com 
again ft him with twenty ;d ? 

52 Or elfe, uhile the other 

g>eat way off, he lendeth an ainbalfjge, 

and deli re th conditionsof peace. 

ikewile, w hoi 3ever he be of 

that forfaltetl :!l that he hath, 

cannot 

34 Ni!t /f good • btlt if the (alt I 
H hu favour, Wherewith fhall U 

f for the land, nor >e i 
for the dunghill ; but r..c<i < ut. 

that hath ran to hear, let him 
I'll A P. 

1 the farahl, cj ■ : K 0/ 

pi> a o/jilvei : II Oj i fi/ .■/ 

1 HEN di 

ind tin: m. 

t / v • mr- 

mured, <i> n^. i hn i 

, and eai«th v. m. 

.*$ And hef| hie unto ill 

og. 
i \v lut man ol foil, r . 
dred fheep. i; he lofe oi them, d 

HOl F • ' 

rnefs, and t o n h ch 

uniil h 



him into In* fields to teed fa ine 

Mi And he would fain have tilled his 
belly with ihehufks that the fwine did 

eat : and no ■ lllltO him. 

IT <o hiflfll 

faid, Ho.v many hired fervanti ol my 
father'! have bread enough and to (pare, 

land I penfh with hui gei I 

II I will a rile I 
and will lay Unto 1 I h.i\ c- 

linn heaven, re, 

19 Al d .on n> m..r'.- 
called thy FOO : nuke 

I 

I onto hl1 

i thy 









• y I 
■ 
> on */ 

t, 



§06 Of the unjuji Jleward. 

24 For this my fon was dead, and is 
alive again ; he was loft, and is found. 
And they began to be merry. 

25 Now his elder fon was in the field : 
and as he came and drew nigh to the 
houfe, he heard mufic and dancing. 

26 And he called one of the fervants, 
and afked what thefe things meant. 

27 And he faid unto him, Thy brother 
is come ; and thy father hath killed the 
fatted calf, becaufe he hath received him 
fafe and found. 

28 And he was angry, and would not 
go in ; therefore came his father out, 
and entreated him. 

29 And he anfwering, faid to bis fath- 
er, Lo, the'e wiany years do I ferve thee, 
neither tranfgreued I at any time thy 
commandmerrt : and yet thou never ga- 
veft me a kid, that I might make merry 
with my friends : 

SO But as foon as this thy fon was 
come, which hath 'devoured thy living 
with harlots, thou halt killed for him the 
fatted calf. 

31 And he faid unto him, Son, thou art 
ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 

32 It wa« meet that we (hould make 
merry, and be glad : for this thy brother 
was dead, and is alive again j and was 
loft, and is found. 

CHAP. XVI. 
i Of the unjuji fieivard. 14 The bypoc- 
rify of the c3<vetous Pharifers reprov- 
ed. 19 The rich glutton, and Lazarus 
the beggar. 

AND he faid alfo unto his difciples, 
There was a certain rich man, which had 
a fteward ; and the fame was accufed un- 
to him that he had wafted bis goods. 

2 And he called him, and faid unto 
him, How is it that I hear this of thee >. 
Give an account of thy Uewardfhip ; for 
thou mayeft be no longer fteward. 

S Then the fteward faid within him- 
felf, What (hall I do ? For my lord tak- 
eth away from me the Itewardfhip : I 
cannot dig ; to beg f am afhamed. 

4 I am refolved what to do, that, when 
I am put out of the (tewardfhip, they 
may receive me into their houfes. 

5 So he called every one of his lord's 
debtors unto bim, and faid unto the firft, 
How much owelt thou unto my lord ? 

6 And he faid, An hundred meafures 
of oil. And he faid unto him, Take thy 
bill, and fit down quickly, and write fifty. 

7 Then faid he to another. And how 
much owed thou ? And he faid, An hun- 
dred rne3fures of wheat. And he faid unto 
him, Take thy bill, and write fourfcore. 

And the lord commended the unjuft 
fteward, becaufe he had done wifely : for 
the children of this world are in their gen- 
e.r;uion wifer than the children of light. 

9 And I fay unto yon, Make to your- 



St. LUKE. The ritb glutton and Lazarus. 

felves friends of themamrpon of unright- 
ecufnefs; that, when ye fail, they may- 
receive you into everlafting habitations. 

10 He that is faithful in that which is 
leaft,is faithful alfo in much : and he that 
is unjuft in the ieaft, isunjuft alfo in much. 

U U therefore ye have not been faith- 
ful in the unrighteous mammon, Who will 
commit to yourtruft the true riches ? 

12 And if ye have not been faithful in 
that which is another man's, Who (halt 
give you that which is your own ? 

13 No fervant can ferve two mafters : 
for either he will hate the one, and love 
the other, or elfe he will hold to the one, 
and defpife the other. Ye cannot ferve 
God and mammon. 

14 ^j And the Pharifees alfo, who were 
covetous, heard all thefe things : and 
they derided him. 

15 And he faid unto them, Ye are they 
which juftify yourfelves before men : 
bu-t God knoweth your hearts : for that 
which is highly efteemed among men is 
abomination in the fight of God. 

lt> The law and the prophets nvere un- 
til John : fince that time the kingdom of 
God is preached, and every man prefTeth 
into it. 

IT And it is eafier for heaven and earth 
to pafb, than one tittle of the law to fail. 

18 Whofoever putteth away his wife, 
and marrieth another, committeth adul- 
tery : and whofoever marrieth her that 
is put away from her hufband, commit- 
teth adultery. 

19 fl There was a certain rich man, 
which was clothed in purple and fine lin- 
en, and fared fumptuoufly every day : 

£0 And there was a certain beggar 
named Lazarus, which was laid at his 
gate, full of fores, 

21 And defiring to be fed with the 
crumbs which fell from the rich man's 
table : moreover, the dogs came and 
licked his fores. 

22 And it came to pafy, that the beg- 
gar died, and was carried by the angels 
into Abraham's bofom : the rich man 
alfo died, and was buried ; 

U 13 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and feetli Abraham 
afar oft, and Lazarus in his bofom. 

24 And he cried and faid, Fattier A- 
braham, have mercy on me, and ferftf 
Lazarus that lie may dip the tip of his 
finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for 
I am tormented in this flame. 

25 But Abraham faid, Son, remember 
that thou in thy hfetime receivedft thy 
good things, and likewife Lazarus evil 
things ; but now fie is comforted, and 
thou art tormented. 

26 And beiides all this, between us 
and you there is a great gulf fixed : fo 
that they which would pals from hence 

to 



One to forgivt mnotber. tLhap 

to you cannot ; neither can they pafs to 
us, that ivould come from thence. 

tl Then he faid, I pray thee tiierefore, 
father, that thou wouldeft lend him to 
my father's honle : 
28 For I have rive brethren ; that he 
terrify unt© them, lert they alfocomc 
into this place of torment. 
t9 Abraham faith unto him, They 
Mofes and the prop!.. :ts ; :^t them 
hear them 

SO And he faid, Nay, father Abraham: 
t one went unto tlicm from the dead, 
will repent. 

■\nd he (aid unto him, H they hear 
Mofes and the prophets, neit! 
they be periuaded, though one r 
the dead. 

WAP, [I. 

1 To avoid c i^ing offence. 3 One to for. 
gi~ve anitOfr. 11 Jre ten lepers. 10 
Oftbe kingdom of C»d, and ::? t9Mi*g 

in 
Tl rhedifciples, It is 

fT.ble but that ofl will come : 

voe unto Li/n, through whom they 
e ! 
i lr v. ere bctor for him rhat a mil! 
were ha- neck, and he 

into the fea, than that he Ihould c. 
one cf theie little ones. 

t] Take heed to yourfeive* : If thy 
her trefpafsagainfl thee, rebuke h 
if he repent, forgive him. 
4 And if l>e t againft thee feven 

»imcs in a day, and (even tunes in I 
turn again to thee, faying, I repent ; ihou 
flja't forgive I 

. the apoftles I 
Increafe otir faith. 

! the L< ye had 

.tin of mulfard leed, ye might lav 
me tr»- 

! be thou pi i the 

lei ; a old oh' 

7 But mI) \tmg a fervant 

■toughing or feeding i 

come • 
the fiel.l 

ft And w ill 'ier lay unl 

•with ! 

till 1 have 
eaten an i ward 

k ? 

that I 
h<- did Hie hat wcic - i 

in 

I 

It « 



OfCbttVs cohing. S9f 

village, there met him ten men that were 
lepers, which flood aim ori : 

13 And they lifted up tbeir voices, and 
laid, Jeius, Mattel 

14 And when he law tt>em t he I 
ur.to them. Go mew- yourlelve* unto the 
pr:efts. And it came to 511., that, a » 
they went, they were cleanfrd. 

1 j And one of them, w hen he faw that 
he wab healed, turned back, and with a 
loud voice glorified God, 

16 And tell down on bis face at his 
feet, piving him thanks : an.] he was a 

uritan. 

17 And Jelus anfwering Wd, W C re 
there not ;- d 1 But where are 

- 1 } 

18 '1 here A returned 

Uod, five tl 

19 \ unto him, 

: th> faith hath made thee whole. 
tO % And v. hen he - 

<nfees, when the kingdom oi 
fhould come, he anfwered them and fad, 
The k'.ngdora of God cometh not with 

'her fhall Ihey Lv, Lo here ' or, 

!o there ! for, behold, t! i oi 

on. 

4t And he faid unto the difciples. The 

dayb • me, when ye (ball il'f-.re to 

Ian, 
and ye (hall net fee it. 

. And they fhall fay to 
or, fee there : ^o not .. cm t nor tul- 

tbem. 
£4 For as the lightni 
rut c t t 1 - ^ • part and ineth 

unto th»- 
fball alfo the Son of M «.i he in ' 

and be 1 

fo fhall u be alio in the daysc' 

17 If r .', • 

en in 1 
- until • that N.»e % rtt< 

- 

18 Like* n the <' 

of I 

y fold, they planted, the/ 

I ; 

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£08 The importunate nvidoiv 

lhall lofe it ; and whofoever (hall lofe his 
life (hall preferve it. 

34 I teil yon, In that night there fliall 
be two men in one bed ; the one (ball be 
taken, and theoihei (hall be left. 

35 Two ivomm (hall be grinding to- 
gether ; the one fhall be taken, and the 
other left. 

So Two men fliall be in the field ; the 
one fhall be taken, and the other'left. 

57 And they anfwcred and faid unto 
him, Where, Lord ? And he laid unto 
them, Wherefoever the body it, thither 
iviil the eagles be gathered together. 

CHAP. XVI II. 
1 The importunate ividoiv. 9 The Pbar. 

ijee and pu'Aican. \b Children brought 

to Chrift\ 18 jill to be left jot Chrifi's 

fake. 

AND he fpake a parable unto them to 
this end, that men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint ; 

2 laying, There was in a city a judge, 
which feared not God, neither regarded 
man ; 

S And there was a widow in that city ; 
and (lie came unto him, faying, Avenge 
me of mine adverfary. 

•i And he would not for a while : but 
afterward he laid within himfelf, Though 
I fear not God, nor regard man ; 

5 Yet becaufe this widow troubleth 
me, 1 will avenge her, left by her contin- 
ue 1 coming (he weary me. 

fi And the Lord faid, Hear what the 
unjuft judge faith. 

7 And, "Shall not God avenge his own 
eleft, which cry day and night unto hint, 
though he bear long with them ? 

8 1 tell you that he will avenge them 
fpeedily. Neverthelefs, when the Son 
of Man cometh, Shall he find faith on 
the earth ? 

9 ej And he fpake this parable unto cer- 
tain which t rutted in themfelves that they 
were righteous, anddefpifed others : 

10 Two men went up into the temple 
to pray ; the one a Pharifee, and the 
other a publican. 

It The Pharifee flood and prayed thus 
with himfelf, God, I thank thee, that lam 
not asother men arr, extortioners, unjuft 
adulterers, or even as this publican. 

H I foil twice in the week, I give 
tithes of all that I poffefs 

13 And the publican, (landing afar off, 
would not lift up fo much as bis eyes 
unto heaven, but fmote upon his bread, 
faying, God be merciful to me a (inner. 

4 4 I tell you, this man went down to 
h's ho life juftified rather than the other : 
for every one that exarteih himfelf (hall 
be abided ; and he that humbleth him- 
felf (hail be exalted. 

I a €] And they brought unto him atfo 



St. LUKE. Children brought to Cbrijf, 

when bis difciples faw it, they rebuk 
them. 

16 But Jefus called them unto him^ 
and faid, Suffer little children to come 
unto me, and forbid them not : for o 
fuch is the kingdom of God 

17 Verily I fay unto you, Wbofoev< 
fhall not receive the kingdom of God as 
little child, fhall in no wife enter therein. 

18 And a certain ruler afked him, fay* 
ing. Good Matter, What fliall I do to ih^ 
herit eternal life ? 

19 And Jefus faid unto him, Why call 
efl thou me good ? None is good, fave 
one, that is, God. 

20 Thou knoweft the commandments, 
Do not commit adultery, Do not kill* 
Do not fteal, Do not bear falfe witnefs* 
Honour thy father and thv mother. 

*Zi And he faid, All thefe have i kept 
from my youth up 

aS Now when Jefh* heard thefe things, 
he faid unto him, Yet lacked thou one 
thing : fell all that thou had, and diftrib 
ute unto the poor, and thou fhalt have 
treafurc' in heaven : and come, follow me. 

23 And when he heard this, he was 
Very forrowful : for he was very rich. 

2i And when Jefus faw that he was 
very forrowful, he faid, How hardly (hall 
they that have riches enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

65 For it is eaficr for a camel to go 
through a needle's eye, than for a rich 
man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

26 And they that heard if, faid, Who 
then can be faved ? 

27 And he faid, The things which are im- 
pofTible with men are polTihle with God. 

' J l$ ^1 Then Peter faid, Lo, we have 
left all, and followed thee. 

29 And he faid unto them, Verily I fay 
unto you, There is no man that hath left 
houfe, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or 
children, for the kingdom of God's fake f 

50 Who fhall not receive manifold 
more in this prefent time, and in the 
world to Come lifeeverlatting. 

31 Then he took unto him the twelve* 
and faid unto them, Behold, we go up 
to Jerufalem, and all things that are 
written by the prophets concerning the 
Son of Man fliall be accomplittied. 

23 For he fliall be delivered unto the 
Gentiles, and (hall be mocked, and fpite- 
fnlly entreated, and (pitted on : 

33 And they thall fcourpe hint, and 
put him to death : and the third day he 
fliall rife again 

34 And they underfrood none of thefe 
things : and this faying was hid from 
them, neither knew they the things which 
were fpoken. 

£5 And it came to pais, that as he was 
come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind 



infants, that he would touch them : but man fat by the way hdc begging 



56 Ar.d 



Z&ecbeus t the publican. Chap, 

36 And hearing the multitude pafs by, 
he afked n hat it meant. 

37 And they told him, That Jefus of 
Nazareth paffeth by. 

SB And he cried, faying, Jefus, thou 
Son of David, have metcy on me. 

39 And they which went before rebu- 
ked him, that he fho.:ld hold his peace : 
but he cried lb much the more, Thou Son 
of David, have mercy on me. 

AO And Jelus flood, and commanded 
him to be brought unto him : and when 
he was come near, he afkcd hi 

44 Saymp, What will thou that I fliall 
do unto thee ? And he faid, Lord, that 1 
may receive my light. 

42 And Jelu ; faid unto Kim, Receive 
thy fight : thy tilth hath laved thee. 

45 And immediately he received his 
fi^ht, and followed him, glorifying God : 
and all the people, when they faw //, gave 
praife unto God. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 The pttVuan Zaccbeus. 11 The ten 

pieces of money. 28 Cbrift ridetb into 

jerufalrm, 41 iiaepetb over ir t 45 and 

purge tb tbe temple. 

AND Jefus entered and paired through 
Jericho. 

$ And, beheld, there ivat a man named 
Zaccheus, which was the chief among 
the publicans, and he was rich. 

3 And he (ought to fee leftiS who he 
was ; and could not for the prefs, be- 
caufe he was little of ftature. 

4 And he ran before, and climbed Dp 
into a fycamore tree to fee him : for he 
was to pafs that ivay. 

5 And when Jelus came to the place, 
he looked up, and law him, and laid un- 
to him, Zaccheus, make halte and come 
down ; for today I muftabide at (h> liuuh'. 

6 And he made h : down, 

ed him joyfully. 

7 And when I • //, they all mur- 
mured, laying, I hat he K to be 
guell with a man that is a liiin< r. 

8 And Z.icchcius It.iod, and faid unto 
the Lord ; Heboid, lx»rd, the kali of my 
goods I give to the pour : ami if I have 

i »ny thing from any n talle 

illation, 1 reflore him fourfold. 

9 And Jefua bid unto him, l hi 

is falvation to ihii houfe, fora£ 

much as he all I >n of Abraham. 

10 For the Son of Wan is come to 
and that w >lt. 

It i Ai. d thefe things, 

d and fpake 
he was ftigfa C in 1 '- 

they thought that the kingdom < i (jod 
fhoi mediately ;> 

1 : . . ble- 

mm went into alar country to 

a kingdoj n. 

13 



xix. Parable of the nobleman. 809 

delivered them ten pounds, and faid unto 
them, Occupy till I come. 

14 But his citizens hated him, and 
fent a meflage after him, faying, We 
will not have this man to reign over us. 

15 And it came to pafs, that when hewai 
returned, having received the kingdom, 
then he commanded thefe fervants to be 
called unto him. to whom he had given 
the money, that he might know how 
much every man had gained by trading. 

t6 Then came the fir ft, laying. Lord, 
thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 

17 And he faid unto him, Well, thou 
good fervant : becaufe thou haft been 
faithful in a very little, have thou au- 
thority over ten cities. 

IH And the fecond came, faying, Lord, 
thy pound hath gained five pounds. 

19 And he faid likcwife to him, Be 
thou alfo over five cities. 

20 And another came, faying, Lord, 
behold, here is thy pound, which I have 
kept laid up in a napkin : 

11 Tor 1 feared thee, becaufe thou art 
an aultere man i thou takeft up that thou 
layedit not down, and reapelt that thou 
didlt not fow. 

t% And he faith unto him, Outof thine 
own mouth will I judge thee, thou wick- 
ed fervant. 'I hou kneweft that I was an 
aultere man, taking up that I laid not 
down, and reaping that I did not fow : 

25 Wherefore then gaveft n»t thou 
my money into the b?.nk, that at my 
coming I might have required mine own 
with ufury 1 

14 And he faid unto them that (tood 
by, Take from him the pound, and give 
"to him tint hath ten pounds. 

t'o And they laid unto him, Lord, lie 
hath ten pound 

B 1 or 1 lay unto you, That unto ev- 
ery OM which bath fhall be given ; and 
from him that hath, not, even that he 
ia ill be taken away Irom him. 
But thole mine enemies, which 
would not that 1 (l.ould reign over them, 

g hither, and (lay them befoi 
i] And when hu had thus fpoken, he 

, aicendmg Up to Jri ulal'-m. 
U And it i. mi'- t.> pais, when he wae 
come nigh to Bethphage and Betbanyi 
at the ii t mount of Olii 

h« I Ins di!> 

iu s. (> | n g f < i i he village <>v- 

t t \m thewh leringyc 

ll.jli \r( t 

lat : loofehitn,andbnog *J* btiher. 

H i, W|i. 

yelooi'- tim '■' I'lniMl ill ><• faj untohiu» 9 
iufe the Lord I r d <>t lum. 

t h it w< -'irir 

i even ,i id l lid onto 

3.i And a* they were lochng th<* colt. 



3 SO Gbriji rideth into Jerufalem. St. LUKE. The parable of the vineyard. 



the owners thereof faid unto them, Why 
loofeye the colt ? ' 

34 And they faid, The Lord hath need 
of him. 

35 And they brought him to Jefus : and 
they caft their garments upon the colt, 
and they fet Jefus thereon. 

36 And as he went, they fpread their 
clothes in the way. 

37 And when he was come nigh, even 
now at the defcent of the mount of Ol- 
ives, the whole multitude of the difciples 
began to rejoice, and praife God with a 
loud voice, tor all the mighty works that 
they had feen ; 

38 Saying, BlefFed be the King that 
cometh in the name of the Lord : peace 
in heaven, and glory in the higheft. 

39 And forne of the Pharifees from a- 
mong the multitude faid unto him, Maf- 
ter, rebuke thy difciples. 

40 And he anfvvered and faid unto 
them, 1 tell you, that if thefe (hould hold 
their peace, the ftones would immediate- 
ly cry out. 

41 qj And when ye was come near, he 
beheld the city, and wept over it, 

42 Saying, Ifthouhadft known, even 
thou, at leaft in this thy day, the things 
nvbuh belong unto thy peace 1 but now 
they are hid from thine eyes. 

43 For the days fhall come upon thee 
that thine enemies (hall caft a trench a- 
bout thee, and compafs thee round, and 
keep thee in on every fide, 

44 And (kail lay thee even with the 
ground, and thy children within thee ; 
and they fhall not leave in thee one (lone 
upon another ; becaufe thou kneweft 
not the time of thy vifitation. 

45 ^| And he went into the temple, 
and began to caft out them that fold 
therein, and them that bought ; 

46 Saying unto them, It is written, 
My houfe is the houfe of prayer : but ye 
have made it a den of thieves. 

47 And he taught daily in the temple. 
But the chief priefts and the fcribes and 
the chief of the people fought to dettroy 
him, 

48 And could not find what they might 
do : for all the people were very atten- 
tive to hear him. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Chrijt a<VQucbeth bis authority. 9 The 
parable of the vineyard. 19 Of giving 
tribute to Cefar. 11 Of the re/urreelion 
AND it came to pais, that on one of 
fhofe days, as he taught the people in the 
temple, and preached the gofpel, the 
chief priefts and the fcribes came upon 
him with the elders, 

2 And ("pake unto him, faying, Teli 
us. By what authority doeft thou thefe 
things r oi% Who )s he that gave thee 
this authority ? 



3 And he anfwered and faid unto 
them, 1 will alfo afk you one thing ; and 
anfwer me : 

4 The baptifm of John, Was it from 
heaven, or of men ? 

5 And they reafoned with themfelves, 
faying. If we fhall fay, from heaven ; he 
will fay, Why then believed ye him not r 

6 But and if we fay, Of men j all the 
people will ftone us : for they be per- 
fuaded that John was a prophet. 

7 And they anfwered, that they could 
not tell whence it <was. 

8 And Jefus faid unto them, Neither 
tell I you by what authority I do thefe 
things. 

9 «[} Then began he to fpeak to the 
people this parable j A certain man 
planted a vineyard, and let it forth to 
hufbandmen, and went into a far coun- 
try for a long time. 

10 And at the feafon he fent a fervant 
to the hufbandmen, that they fhould give 
him of the fruit of the vineyard : but 
the hufbandmen beat him, and fent bitn 
away empty. 

11 And again he fent another fervant : 
and they beat him alfo, and entreated htm 
(hamefully, and fent him away empty. 

12 And again he fent a third : and 
they wounded him alfo, and caft him out. 

13 Then faid the lord of the vineyard, 
What fhall I do f I will fend my beloved 
fon : it may be they will reverence him 
when they fee him. 

y 14 But when the hufbandmen faw him, 
they reafoned among themfelves, faying, 
This is the heir : come, let us kill him* 
that the inheritance may be ours. 

15 So they caft him out of the vine- 
yard, and killed htm. What therefore (hall 
the lord of the vineyard do unto them ? 

t6 He (hall come and deftroy thefe 
hufbandmen, and (ball give the vineyard 
to others. And when they heard //, they 
faid, God forbid. 

IT And he beheld them, and faid„ 
What is this then that is written, The 
ftone which the builders rejected, the 
fame is become the head of the corner ? 

18 Whofoeverfhall fall upon that ftone 
fhall be broken ; but on whomfoever it 
(ball fall, it will grind him to powder. 

19 <f| And the chief priefts and the 
fcribes the fame hour fought to lay hands 
on him j and they feared the people r 
for they perceived that he had fpoken 
this parable againft them. 

20 And they watched him> and fent 
forth fpies, which fliould feign them- 
felves juft men, that they might take 
hold of his word^, that fo they might 
deliver him unto the powerand authority 
of the governor. 

21 And they afked him, faying, Maf- 
ter. we know thai liiou fayeit and teach- 

eft 



Of the refurreclian. 



Chap. xxi. Dejlruftion of the temple foretold . 



Ml 



eft rightly, neither accepted thou the 
perfon of any y but teacheit the way of 
*Jod truly : 

Is it lawful for us to give tribute 
unto Cefar, or no ? 

ii3 But he perceived their craftinefs, 
and faid unto them, Why tempt ye me ; 

24 Shew me a penny. Whofe image 
and fuperfcription hath it I They an- 
swered and laid, Ceiar's. 

25 And he laid unro them. Render 
therefore unto Cefar the things which 
be Cefar's, and unto God the things 
which be God's. 

26 And ihcy could not rake hold of 
his words before the people : and they 
marvelled at his anfwer, and held their 
peace. 

27 f f Then came to him certain of the 
Sadducees, which deny t>iat there is any 
refurrection ; and they afked him, 

Saying, Mailer, Moles wrote unto 
us, If any man's brother die, !nv 
wife, and he die without children, 
his brother (hould take his v\ite, and 
laife up feed unto his brother. 

29 There were therefore (even breth- 
ren ; and the firft took a wile, and died 
without children. 

80 And th? fecond took her to v\. ife, 
ami he died childlefs. 

Si And the third took her ; and in 
like manner the feven alio ; and they left 
no children, and died. 

•^- Lid or all the woman died alfo. 

."*■*'] here fore in the refuri ,\v hofe 

wife ot tiicm is (he ' lor feven had her 
to w 

^* A rid r ig, faid unto 

them, I he children of this it orld marry, 
and in nvirr.i. 

*v which (hall he accounted 
it world i th" 

relin im the icither mar- 

ry, ii ma i ri ige ; 

3b , for 

thej 

'lie children 
of the rein 

*7 pe railed, 

Mol lir call- 

cth the L M . and 

the I 

•**H for he iod of th I, hut 

of r he iivin 

39 
in^; I. 

i0 ih ii thej dui :t 

I an\ </uei! *n fir alt. 
* I Ann I 
they f o ( hi ..' :s p , 
i himfc 
Low i' 
i my i ighl I 

t h v 
foo'ffool. 



44 David therefore calleth him Lord, 
How is he then his Ion ? 

45 Then, in the audience of all the 
people, he laid unto his difciples, 

4b Beware ot the fcribes, which dehre 
to walk in long robes, and love greetings 
m the markets, and the higheft feats in 
the fynagogues, and the chief rooms at 
teafls : 

47 Which devour widows' houfes, and 
for a lhew make long prayers : the fa 
lhall receive greater damnation. 

CHAP. XXI. 
j The defintclton oj the temple and r.'.'v rJ 
Jorttolit. •£.'» 1 be JigHi oj the lajt J.. 

AND he looked up, and faw 'lie rich 
men calling their gnis into the treafur j - 
And he faw alio a certain poor wiu- 
ow calling in thither two m; r - 

3 And lie laid, Of a truth 1 fay nnta 

that this poor widow .'. >t in 

more than they all : 

4 (foral) thefehaveoi t! eir abundance 
call in unto the offerings of God : but (he 
of her penury hath cad in all the faring 
that the had 

5 fl And as fome fpake of the I 

how it was .vloincd with ., (tone* 

and gifts, he faid, 

At jo' theie things which ye behold, 
the days will come, in the which there 
lhall not one done upon another, 

' ihail not be throw n don n. 

Mid they afked him, faying, Mailer* 

But when lhall ihHc thingi i>i- 

t itgn iuiU \ i theie 

things ifs I 

b And he faid, i ak-- heed that ye lv> 
not deceived i for manj (ball cone in 
my n )- v a< ' :,m ' tnd the 

tune drawetl I l 

r them. 
9 B II ••• hen ye lhall hear of v«. 
comi be not t- 

thin^ ' • to pal ; l"it the 

end is not by and bj . 

it) I hen I unto th 

fhall • linfl nat :i .i- 

n : 
1 1 (hall h 

■ I . •"- 
a \ t irl 

ii. 
all ib< 
i, and pei v*, 

■ 

i \\\ri% foi my 

1 lor a I 
15 For 1 



812 Signs of the lajl day^ 

16 And ye fhall be betrayed both by 
parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and 
friends ; and joma of you fhall they caufe 
to be put to death. 

17 And ye (hall be hated of all men 
for my name's fake. 

t8 But there fhall not an hair of your 
head perifh. 

19 J n your patience poffefs ye your 
fouls. 

20 And when ye (hall fee Jerufalem 
compared with armies, then know that 
the defolation thereof is nigh. 

21 Then let them which are in Judea 
flee to the mountains ; and let them 
which are in the midlt of it depart out ; 
and let not them that are in the countries 
enter thereinto. 

22 For thefe be the days of vengeance, 
that all things which are written may be 
fulfilled. 

25 But woe unto them that are with 
child, and to them that give fuck, in thofe 
days ! for there (hall be great diftrefs in 
the land, and wrath upon this people. 

24 And they (hall fall by the edge of 
the fword, and (hall be led away captive 
5nto all nations : and Jerufalem (hall be 
trodden down of the Gentiles, until the 
tjmes of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

2.) ^1 And there fhall be figns in the fun, 
and in the moon, and in the liars ; and up- 
on the earth difirefs of nations, with per- 



St. LUKE. Ihf pajfover prepared. 

cape all thefe things that (hall come ta 
pafs, and to (land before the Son of Man. 

37 And in the day time he was teach- 
ing in the temple ; and at night he went 
our, and abode in the mount that is called 
the mount of Olives. 

38 And all the people came early in 
the morning to him in the temple, for to 
hear him. 

CHAP. XXII. 
t Judas mowed to betray Cbrijl. 7 The 

pajfo<v>er prepared, ly The Lord's flip- 

per injtituled. 

NOW the feaft of unleavened bread 
drew nigh, which is called the paffover. 

2 And the chief priefts and fcriues 
fought how they might kill him ; for 
they feared the people. 

3 Then entered Satan into Judas, fur- 
named licariot, being of the number of 
the twelve. 

4 And he went his way and communed 
with the chief priefH and captains, how 
he might betray him unto them. 

5 And they were glad, and covenanted 
to give him money. 

(J And he promifed, and fought oppor- 
tunity to betray him unto them in the 
ab fence of the multitude. 

7 qj Then came the day of unleavened 
bread, when the paffover mud be killed. 

H And he lent Peter and John, faying, 
Go and prepare us the palfover, that we 



plexity ; the fea and the waves roaring ; | may eat. 

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, j 9 And they faid unto him, Where wilt 
and for looking after thole things which i thou that we prepare 



are coming on the earth : for the pow 
of heaven (hall be (haken. 

27 A»d then (hall they fee the Son of 
Man coming in a cloud, with power and 
great glory- 

28 And when thefe things begin to come 
to pafs. then look up, and lift up your 
heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 

29 And he (pake to them a parable ; 
Behold the fig tree, and all the trees ; 

SO When they now (hoot forth, ye fee 
and know of your own felves that Cum- 
mer is now nigh at hand. 

31 So likewife ye, when ye fee thefe 
things come to pafs, know ye that the 
kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 

32 Verily I fay unto you, This genera- 
tion fhall not pafs away till all be fulfilled. 

33 Heaven and earth lhall pafs away : 
"but my word (hall not p.tfs away. 

34 And take heed to yourfelves, left at 
your 



10 And he faid unto them, Behold, 
when ye are entered into the city, there 
Siall a man meet you bearing a pitcher 
of water ; follow him into the houle 
where he entereth in. 

11 And ye (hall fay unto the good man. 
of the houfe, The mafter laith unto thee, 
Where is the gueft chamber, where I 
(halt eat the pallover with my difciples ? 

\ J l And heihall ihew you a large upper 
room hunifhed : there make ready. 



13 And they went, 



and 
a; id 



tuvnid as he 
they made 



had faid unto them 
ready the pa Hover. 

1 4 And when the hour was come, he fat 
jdown, and the twelve apoftles with him. 

15 And he faid unto them, With de- 
fire I have dsiired to cat this paifover 
with yon before I fuller : 

16 For 1 fay unro you, I will not any 
more eat thereof, until it be fulhlkd in 

hearts be overcharged [the kingdom of God. 
and dnmkennek, and 17 And he took the cup, and gave 
ite, and jo that day come [thanks, and faid, Take this, and divide 
upon you unawares. lit among yourfelves : 

55 For as a fnare lhall it come on all | 18 For I fay unto yon, I will not drink 
them that dwell on the face of the whole [of the (ri.it of the vine, until the king- 
earth, (doin of God ihall come. 
' 3t» Watchye therefore, rmd pray always, j 19 qj And he took bread, and gave 
thrt ye may be accounted worthy to ef- i thanks, and brake i/, and gave unto thein, 

J faying, 



any 

with 

cares of this 



forfeiting 



The Ltrd's /upper injHtuted. jp. xxii. Cbriji betrayed and denied. RlS 

40 And when he was at tlie place, he 
faid unto them, Tray that ye eatei not 
into temptation. 

41 And be was withdrawn from them 
about a itone's caft, and kneeled down, 
and prayed, 

42 Saying, Father, If thou be willing, 
remove this cup from me: nevcrl 
not my will, but lini.e, be done. 

43 And there appeared an angel unto 
him from heaven, lengthening him. 

44 Aud being in an agony, be prayed 
more earnestly ; and his fweat v^.s jb it 



f *) ing, This is my body which is given 
j ou : this do in remembrance of me. 

20 Likewile alfo the cup after flipper, 
faying, This cup is the new teilament in 

blood, which is fhed tor you 
But, behold, the hand of him that 
betray eth me is with me on t're table. 

21 And truly the Son or' Man goeth 
as it was detei R but woe unto that 
man by whom he is betrajed 

i3 And they br^an to inquire ai 
themfelves, which of them it was that 
ild go this tin 

14 Ana there was alfo a ft rife among 
them, which of them lhould be account- 
ed the greateft. 

25 And he faid unto them, The k 
of the Gentiles exercilc lordfhip 
them ; and they that exercilc authority 
upon them, are tailed bt >rs. 

26 Bi. tit not be Ij : but lie that 
is greatelt ;«. i, let him be as the 
jounger j and ho that is < is be thai 
doth lerve. 

27 For whether is greater, he that fit- 
teth at m»at, or he that ferveth ? // not 
he that litteth at meat > But I am among 
you as he that ferret h. 

tH Ye are they which have continued 
with me in my temptatio: 
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, 
iy Father hath appointed tint j me ; 

That ye may eat my 

! in my kingdom, and :it on thrones, 
judging the 

31 And the Lord faid, , Simon, 

behold, hath defined to katts yoti, 

that he may lift you as w heat : 

St But 1 hav r thee, that thy 

i fail not . u..il when thou art 
cd, ftrr thy broth. 

$5 And h into I d, 1 am 

ready tt< 
and to death. 
34 \r. 

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ient . and 

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I 

.ii, 1 1 

I 

' >rd. behi Id, I 
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were great drops of blood tailing down 
to the ground. 

45 And when he rofe Up frompra)cr, 
;i:id was come to his difciplcs, he found 
thcru Beeping tor lorn 

46 And faid unto them, Whj fleep 
)c ? Kile and pray, left ye enter into 

tation. 
AT And while he yet fpakiBJ behold, a 
multitude, :md he that w.is called Ji 
one of went before them, 

drew near ti .:> to kjfs him. 

48 But Jei unto hnu, lad 

H thou the Son of Man with j k 

49 When tl.< h were about him 

law v. hat would w, they laid U 

him, Lord, Shall ite with the fword I 

50 And one of them fmote the fervant 
of the high pried, and cut on" h right ear. 

51 And J( 

he toucjied In^ tai , 

ued him. 

n 1 1- 1 1 1 , 1 lid unto the t liief 
priel e temi 

driN V s bicn v i \ him, Be 

ye come out, with 

ind it ii - 
5.3 When I w i in the 

temple, ye ft retched forth i 

\ me : bur ll | ) out hour, 
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54 1 I , and h d I 

and I t him into the high pi i 

tl»er f J m 

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814 Cbrifl accufed before Pilate. St. LUKE. 

61 And the Lord turned, and looked 
upon Peter. And Peter remembered the 
word of the Lord, how he had faid unto 
him, Before the cock crow, thou (halt 
deny me thrice. 

62 And Peter went out, and wept 
bitterly. 

63 And the men that held Jefus mock- 
ed him, and fmote him. 

64 And when they had blindfolded 
him, they ftruck him on thr face, and 
afked him, faying, Propfjefy, Who is it 
that fmote thee ? 

65 And many other things blafphe- 
raoufly fpake they again ft him. 

66 And as foon as it was day, the el- 
ders of the people and the chief priefts 
and the fcribes came together, and led 
him into their council, faying, 

67 Art thou the Chrift \ Tell us. And 
he faid unto them, If I tell you, ye will 
not believe : 

68 And if I alfo afk you y ye will not 
anfwer me, nor let me go. 

69 Hereafter (hall the Son of Man fit 
on the right hand of the power of God, 

70 Then faid they all, Art thou then 
the Son of God ? And he faid unto them, 
Ye fay that I am. % 

71 And they faid, Why need we any 
further witnefs ? For we ourlelves have 
heard of his own mouth. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
i Jefus is accufed before Pilate, 13 nubo 

is defirous to releafe him. 11 The dr- 

firutlion of Jerufalem foretold. 46 

ChnjPs death y 50 and burial. 

AND the whole multitude of them a- 
rofe, and led him unto Pilate. 

£ "And they began to accufe him, 
faying, We found th'xsfellotu perverting 
the nation, and forbidding to give trib- 
ute to Cefar, faying that he himfelf is 
Chrift a king. 

3 And Pilate afked him, faying, Art 
thou the king of the Jews ? And he an- 
fwered him and faid, Thou fayeft //. 

4 Then faid Pilate to the chief priefts 
and to the people, 1 find no fault in this 
man. 

5 And they were the more fierce, fay- 
ing, He ftirreth up the people, teaching 
throughout all Jewry, beginning from 
Galilee to this place. 

<J When Pilate heard of Galilee, he 
afked whether the man were a Galilean. 

7 And as foon as lie knew that he be- 
longed unto Herod's jurifdicYiou, he fent 
him to Herod, who himleli alfo was at 
Jerufalem at that time. 

8 And when Herod faw Jefus, he was 
exceeding glad : for he was delirous to 
fee him of a long feafon % becaufe he had 
heard many things of him ; and he 
hoped to have feen feme miracle done by \ 
him. 



Pilate is defirous to releafe kirn. 

9 Then he queftionedwith him in many 
words ; but he anfwered him nothing. 

10 And the chief priefls and fcribes' 
flood, and vehemently accufed him. 

11 And Herod with his men of War 
fet him at nought, and mocked him y and 
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and fent ' 
him again to Pilate. 

12 And the fame day Pilate and Herod 
were made friends together ; for before 
they were at enmity between themlelves. 

13 ^ And Pilate, when he had called 
together the chief priefts and the rulers, 
and the people, 

14 Said unto them, Ye have brought 
this man unto me, as one that pei verteth 
the people : and, behold, J, having ex- 
amined him before you, have found nn 
fault in this man touching thofe things 
whereof ye accufe him : 

15 No, nor yet Herod : for I fent you 
to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy' of 
death is done unto him.. 

16 I will therefore chaftife him, and 
releafe him, 

17 (For of ncceffity he muff, releafe one 
unto them at the feaft. ) 

18 And they cried out all at once, fay- 
ing, Away with this man, and releafe un- 
to us Barabbas : 

19 (Who tor a certain fedition,made in 
the city, and for murcter, was caff into 
prifon.) 

°10 Pilate therefore, willing to releafe 
Jefus, fpake again to them. 

21 But they cried, faying, Crucify 
biffi, crucify him. 

22 And he faid unto them, the third 
time, Why, What evil hath he clone f 1 
have found no caufe of death in him : I 
will therefore chaftife him, and \eibim go. 

23 And they were inftant with loud 
voices, requiring that he might be cru- 
cified. And the voices of them and of 
the chief priefts prevailed. 

■24 And Pilate gave fentence that it 
fhould be as they required. 

"lb And he rcleafetl unto them him that 
for fedition and murder was caff into 
prifon, whom they had defired j but he 
delivered Jefus to their will. 

l ZH And as they led him away, they laid 
hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming 
out of the country, and on him they laid 
the crofs.that he might bear// alter Jefus. 

27 «] And there followed him a great 
company of people, and of women, which' 
alfo bewailed and lamented him. 

28 But Jefus turning unto them, faid, 
Daughters of Jerufalem, weep no? tor 
me, bur weep for yoiu (elves, and foi 
your children. 

29 For, behold, the days ^ r^ coming, in 
the which they (ball fay, BlefTed arr the 
barren, and the wombs that never bar 



J and the paps which nev< 



gave fuck. 



30 Then 



Cbrijl's crucifixion. 



Chap. xxiv. 



His rejurrecHon. 8 if 



50 Then fhall they begin to fay to the 
mountains, Tall on us ; and to the hills, 
Cover us. 

51 For if they do thefethingsina green 
tree, What fhall be done in the dry ? 

32 And there were alio two others, mal- 
efactors, led with him to be put to death 

33 And when they were come to the 
place, whichis called Calvary, there they 
crucified him, and the malefactors, one on 
the right hand, and the other on the left. 

34 Then faid Jefus, Father, forgive 
them ; for they know not what they do. 
And they parted his raiment, and call lotb. 

And the people I food beholding. And 
the rulers alio with them derided btm % lay- 
ing, He laved others ; let him lave him- 
lelf, if he be Chnil the cholen of God. 

• And the foldien alio mocked him, 
coming to him, and offering him vinegar, 
i>7 And laying, If thou be the king of 
the Jews, fave thy fell. 

38 And a fupei Icription alfo \va^ writ- 
ten over him in letters ot Greek, 

in, and Hebrew, I'llIS IS TllK 
KING OF THE JKW 

39 And one ot the malefactors, which 
were hanged, railed on him, faying, If 
thou be Chrift, fave thylclf and us. 

40 But the other anlwering, rebuked 
him, faying, Doll not thou fear God, fee- 

ihou art in the fame condemnation ? 

41 And we indeed juftly ; for we re- 
teive the due reward of our deeds ; but 
this man hath done nothing anii 

4i And he faid unto Jelus, Lord, re- 
member me when thou corned into thy 
kingdom. 

43 And Jefus (aid unto bim, Verily I 
unto thee, Today lhalt thou be with 

me in paradife. 

44 And it wa 

thrrc wa 3 darkneff 01 
bni ; I ttie ninth hour. 

And the Ium was darkened, and the 
ot the rnt in the hi 

46 «] And * I 
loud vou ■-,!.•■ I j 1,1 ith i , into thy I. 
immend 

*t Now v, hen the < enl ■ hat 

done he gi God, fj Cer« 

ill the . 

It u' re done, i 

lilee, 

■ 

alio 



himfelf waited for the kingdom of God. 
lhis man went unto Pilate, and 
begged the body of Jefus. 

53 And he look it down, and wrapped 
it in linen, and laid it in a fepulchre that 
was hewn in ltone, wherein never man 
betorc v. as laid. 

5* And that day was the preparation, 
and the fabbath drew on. 

55 And the women alfo, which came 
with him from Galilee, followed alter, 
and beheld the fepulchre, and how ln> 
body \va.> laid 

56 And they returned, and prepared 
fpices and ointments; and relied the 
fabbath day according to the command* 
meat. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
I Cbrifi's re fur re SI ion tie flared to tbe 

ivomen. 13 He bimfelf opfearetb, SS 

givetb a i barge to ibe affiles, 50 and 

ajccndcib. 

NOW upon the rirlt day of the week, 
ncrj early in the morning, they came 
unto the fepulchre, bringing the |j 
which they had prepared, and certain 
oibos m ith them. 

- And they h-und the Gone rolled a - 
from the fepulchi 

a And they entered in, and found not 
the body ot the Lord jefus. 

4 And it came to pais, as they were 
much perplexed thereabout, I , two 
men ltood b) them in (bining ntl : 

5 And as thej were 

down tbeir faces to il . laid 

unto them, Why le<-k ye || g a- 

mohg the i\cm\ ? 

6 He is not here, but is rifcn \ rewtem- 

into you wh 

) e r 

7 Sa 

the hands ui linful i 
ucified, and the third 
« And the) i 

hre, 

all ihele things unto I 

eft. 

10 it v.t, M.H nr, and |oan- 

I 
i, \\ huh 

tt And tl i j , 

idle 

retei - . 

! 

- 

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t i 6 Cirljt appeareth to his dlfeiples. St. 

communed together and reafoned, Jefus 
himfelf drew near and went with them. 

16 But their eyes were holden that 
they mould not know him. 

17 And he faid unto them, What man- 
ner of communications are thefe that ye 
have one to another, as ye walk, and are 
fad ? 

18 And the one of them, whofe name 
was Cleopas, anfwering, faid unto him, 
Art thou only a flrangerin Jerufalem, 
and haft not known the things which 
are come to pafs there in thefe days ? 

19 And he faid unto them, What 
things ? And they faid unto him, Con- 
cerning Jefus of Nazareth, which was a 
prophet, mighty in deed and word before 
God and all the people : 

20 And how the chief priefts and our 
rulers delivered him to be condemned to 
death, and have crucified him. 

STl But we trufted that it had been he 
which fhould have redeemed Ifrael : and 
befide all this, today is the third day 
fince thefe things were done. 

22 Yea, and certain women alfo of our 
company made us aftonifhed, which 
were early at the fepulchre : 

23 And when they found not his body, 
they came, faying, that they had alfo 
feen a vifion of angels, which faid that 
he was alive. 

24 And certain of them which were 
with us went to the fepulchre, and found 
it even fo as the women had faid : but 
him they faw not. 

25 Then he faid unto them, O fools, 
and (low of heart, to believe all that the 
prophets have fpoken ! 

26 Ought not Chrift to have fuffered 
thefe things, and to enter into his glory ? 

2T And beginning at Mofes and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them 
in all the fcriptures the things concern- 
ing himfelf. 

20 And they drew nigh unto the vil- 
lage, whither they went : and he made 
as though he would have gone further. 

29 But they conftrained him, laying, 
Abide with us : for it is toward evening, 
and the day is far fpent. And he went 
in to tarry with them. 

50 And it came to pafs, as he fat at 
meat with them, he took bread, and 
bleffed it, and brake, and gave to them. 

51 And their eyes were opened, and 
they knew him ; and he vanifhed out of j 
their fight. 

32 And they faid one to another. Did; 
not our heart burn within us, while he 
talked with us by the way, and while he 
opened to us the fori prn res ? 

S'i And they rofe up the fame hour, 



LUKE. He givetb them a charge ; 

and returned to Jerufalem, and found 
the eleven gathered together, and them 
that were with them, 

34 Saying, The Lord is ri fen indeed, 
| and hath appeared to Simon. 
I 35 And they told what things <were 
done in the way, and how he was known 
iof them in breaking of bread. 
j 36 f And as they thus fpake, Jefus 
himfelf flood in the midft of them, and 
faith unto them, Peace be unto you. 

ST But they were terrified and affright- 
ed, and fuppofed that they had i'ten. a 
fpirit. 

3tf And he faid unto them, Why are 
ye troubled ? and, Why do thoughts a- 
| rife in your hearts ? 

I 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that 
it is I s myfelf, handle me, and fee; /or 
a fpirit hath not flefti and bones, as" ye 
fee me have. 

£0 And when he had thus fpoken, hs 
(hewed them bis hands and bis feet. 

41 And while they yet believed not 
for joy, and wondered, he faid unto 
them, Have ye here any meat ? 

42 And they gave him a piece of a 
broiled fife, and of an honeycomb. 

43 And he took //, and did cat before 
them. 

44 And he faid unto them, Thefe are 
the words which I fpake unto you, while 
I was yet with yon, that all things muft 
be fulfilled which were written in the 
law of Mofes, and in the prophets, and 
in thepfalms, concerning me. 

45 Then opened he their underftand- 
ing, that they might underftand the fcrip- 
tures, 

46 And faid unto them, Thus it is 
written, and thus it behoved Chrift to 
fuffer, and to rife from the dead the third 
day : 

47 And that repentance and remiffion 
of fins (nould be preached in hfs name, 
among all nations, beginning at Jerufa- 
lem. 

48 And ye are witneffes of thefe 
things. 

49 And, behold, T fend the promife of 
my Father upon you : but tarry ye in 
the city of Jerufalem, until ye be endued 
with power from on high. 

!)0 ^ And he led them out as far as to 
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and 
blefFed them. 

51 And it came to pafs, while he blefT- 
ed them, he was parted from them, and 
carried up into heaven. 

52 And they worshipped him, and re- 
turned to Jerufalem with great joy : 

53 And were continually in the temple, 
praifing aad bk fling God. Amen. 






THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAWT JOHX. 

CHAP. F. I 23 He fa ; <i. I am the voice of one crying 

i The divinity, humanity, and office of {fit the wildernefs. Make ftraight the way 

Jefui Cbnit is the teftimony of Jthn. i of the Lord, as faid the prophet Efaias. 

H » iTx? calling of Andrevj, Peter, &c. j 24 And they which were lent were of 

IN the beginning wao the Word, and the Pharifees 
the Word was with God, and the word] 25 And they alked him, and faid unto 
Was God. him, Why baptizeft thou then, if thou 

2 The hrue was in the beginning with be not that Chrift, nor Elias, neither 
God. .that prophet ? 

3 All things were made by hyn ; and 26 John anfwered them, faying, 1 bap- 
vruliout him «vas not any thing made tize with water : but there (tandeth one 
that was made. among you, whom ye know not ; 

4 In him was life ; and the life was ! 27 He it is, who coining after me is 
the light of men. 

5 And the light (hineth in d irknefs ; 
and the darkneis comprehended it not. 

*> There was a man lent from God, 



whofe name ivas John. 

7 The (ami came for a uitnefs, to 
hear witnefsof the Light, thai all men 
through him might believe. 

3 He was not that Light, bat ivasfent 
to bear witnefsof that Light 



— - -■— - - ■» ---- — -- Q 

preferred before me, whofe fhoe's latchet 
1 1 am not worthy to unloofe. 

28 Thefe things were done in Bethabara 
beyond Joi dan,whereJohn was baptizing. 

29 The next day John feeth Jefus com- 
ing unto him, and faith, Behold the 
Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
fin of the world ! 

Sit This is he of whom I faid, After 
me comeih a man which is preferred b§- 



9 That was the true light, which light- fore me : for he was before me. 



eth every man tint cometh into the world. 

10 He was in *he world, and the world 
was made by him, and the woili knew 
him not. 

1 1 He came unto his own, and ins own 
received him sot. 

12 Buras many as received him, tothem 
gave he power to become the forv> or God, 
even to them that believe en his name : 

13 Which were born, not of blood, 
nor or the will of th** rle;h, nor or the 
wdl of man, but of God. 

14 And the Word was made flefb, and 
«'»welt among us, (and «*e beheld his fcl 
ry, the glory as of the only begotten of 
the Father. ) full of grace and truth. 

'5 f[ John bare witnef., of him, 
cried, fi)ing, This was he of whom I 
fp.ike, He that conieth after me is prefer- 
red betor'- me I for lie was before rne. 

16 And r.t his fulnefs have all we re- 
ceived. aim\ grace for | race. 

17 For the law was given by Mofes, 
hut grace and '.ruth came by Jehu Chrtft. 

18 No man h ith feen G j nine ; 
the only begotten ^on, which is in the 
bofomoftheFather,hehathd< clared 

19 And I | of John, when 
the Jews fca; 



SI And I knew him not : but that ha 
rhould be made nunifeft to Iirael, there- 
fore am I come baptising with water. 

M And John hare record, faying, J 
faw the Spirit defcending from heaven 
like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

33 And 1 knew him not : but he that 
fent me to baptize with water, the* fame 
faid unto me, Upon whom thou (halt fee 
the Spirit deiceoding and remaining on 
him, the fame is he which bapiizeth with 
the Holy Ghoit. 

34 And I faw, and bare record that 
this i mi of G )1. 

X5 q Again the next day after, John 

, ind t\\ o of his difcij les ; 
io And looking upon Jefutasbe walk- 
ed, he faith. Behold the ! I >od 1 

31 And the l«vo difciples ! e.ird him 
Qpeak. and the, 

i tea Jems turned, and faw thnn 
followi: faith unto them, What 

• j > him, 

(which it .ug intci pre ted, Mal- 

crc dwelled thou I 
39 them. Come and fee. 

The;. d • It, I 

k with him thai d pit wi l/» 

bout the i' nth hour. 
io i Ao which he ird [ohn 

, And. 






prii : Levi! 

jerufalem to a(k him, Wii > m tin u ? 

£0 And he conferted, an d sot ; [fptak, a:. 1 followed him, 

but contelTed, I am not t' 

:i . Ith Liked him, What then} Art 
thou Bliaa } And he faith, I am not. 
bhouthatvi '.No. 

iz Then r i • « i they unto arl 

thou I that we may rive in il 
them that fent us. What fiyelt tbjOU ut 
thylelf { 



41 !le lii I- 

und 

the S w In. Ii 

4: And be bi And 

when J efus beheld hui: 



818 Water turned into wine. St. JOHN. 

ed Cephas, which is by interpretation, 
A ftone. 

43 The day following, jefus would go 
forth into Galilee, and rlndeth Philip, 
and faith unto him, Follow me. 

44 Now Philip was of Bethfaida, the 
city of Andrew and Peter. 

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and faith 
unto him, We have found him of whom 
Moles in the law, and the prophets, did 
write, Jefus of Nazareth,thefoncf Jofeph. 

46 And Nathanael faid unto him. Can 
there any good thing come out of Naza- 
reth ? Philip faith unto him,Come and fee. 

4T Jefus faw Nathanael coming to him, 
and faith of him, Behold an Ifraelite in- 
deed, in whom is no guile ! 

48 Nathanael faith unto him, Whence 
knoweft their me ? Jefus anfwered and 
faid unto him, Before that Philip called 
thee, when thou waft under the rig tree, 
I faw thee. 

49 Nathanael anfwered and faid unto 
him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; 
thou art the King of Ifrael. 

50 Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, 
Becaufe 1 faid unto thee, I faw thee under 
the fig tree, Believeft thou ? Thou (halt 
fee greater things than thefe. 

5t And he faith unto him, Verily, ver- 



ily, I fay unto you, Hereafter ye fliall 
fee heaven open, and the angels of God 
afcending and defcending upon the Son 
of Man. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Chriji turnetb water into ivine, 12 de- 
partetb into Capernaum and Jerufa* 
lent, 13 and furgetb the temple. 
AND the third day there was a mar- 
riage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother 
of Jefus was there : 

2 And both Jefus was called, and his 
difciples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine, the 
mother of Jefus faith unto him, They 
Rave no wine. 

4 Jefus faith unto her, Woman, What 
have I to do with thee ? Mine hour is 
not yet come. 

5 His mother faith unto the fervants, 
Whatfoever he faith unto you, do it. 

6 And there were fet there (ix water- 
pots of ftone, after the manner of the 
purifying of the Jews, containing two or 
three firkin> apiece. 

7 Jefus faith unto them. Kill the water- 
pots with water. And they filled them 
Up to the brim. 

8 And he faith unto them, Dnw out 
now, and bear unto the governor of the 
ieaft. And they bare it. 

9 When the ruler of the feaii had raft- 
ed the water that w?s made wine, and 
knew net whence it was, (but tire fervants 
which drew the water knew,) the gover- 
nor of the feail called the bridegroom, 



The temple purged*. 

10 And faith unto him, Every man at' 
the beginning doth fet forth good wine r 
and when men have well drunk, then that 
which is worfe : but thou haft kept th» 
good wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles did Je- 
fus in Cana of Galilee, and manifefted 
forth his glory ; and his difciples believ- 
ed on hmi 

12 f After this he went down to Ca- 
pernaum, he, and his mother, and his 
brethren, and his difciples ; and they 
continued there not many days. 

13 ^| And the Jews' paifover was at 
hand, and Jefus went up to Jerufalem, 

14 And found in the temple thofe that 
fold oxen, and fheep, and doves, and the 
changers of money fitting : 

15 And when he had made a fcourge 
of fmail cords, he drove them all out of 
the temple, and the ftieep, and the oxen j 
and poured out the changers' money, and 
overthrew the tables ; 

16 And faid unto them that fold doves, 
Take thefe things hence ; make not my 
Father's houfe an houfe of merchandife. 

17 And his difciples remembered that 
it was written, The zeal of thine houfe 
hath eaten me up. 

18 Then anfwered the Jews and faid 
unto him, What ftgn fheweft thou unto- 
us, feeing that thou doeft thefe things ? 

19 Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, 
Deftroy this temple, and in three days I 
wiil raife it up. 

20 Then faid the Jews, Forty and fix 
years was this temple in building, and, 
Wilt thou rear it up in three days ? 

21 But he fpakeof the temple of his 
body. 

22 When therefore he was rifen from 
the dead, his difciples remembered that 
he had faid this unto them f and they 
believed the fcripture, and the word 
which Jefus had faid. 

23 Now when he was in Jerufalem at 
the paflbver, in the feaft day, many be- 
lieved in his name, when they faw the 
miracles which he did. 

24 But Jefus did not commit himfelf 
unro them, becaufe he knew all men y 

15 And needed not that any flaould teiri- 
fy of man : for he knew what was in man. 

CHAP. III. 
t Chriji teacbetb Nic*d?mus the neeef- 

Jity of regeneration. 22 The taftifm^ 

nxtimefs, and ducirint of John concern-^ 

ing Chriji. 

T;lhRK was a man of the Phnrifees, 
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : 

2 The fame came to Jefus by night, 
and faid unto him, Rabbi, we know that 
thou art a teacher come from Ggd : for 
no man" can do thefe miracics that thou 
doeft, except God be with him. 

3 J<:fus anfwered and faid unto him., 

Verily, 



7&r necejfity of regeneration. Chap. iv\. 



The doff rine of Jobn. 61 1 



Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, Except a 
man be born again, he cannot lee the 
kingdom of God. 

4 Nicodemus faith unto him, How can 
a man be born when he is old ? Can he 
enter the fecond time into his mother's 
womb, and be born I 

5 jefus anfwered, Verily, verily, I fay 
unto thee, except a mun be born of wa 
ter and of the Spirit, he cannot entet 
into the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flelh is 
flelh ; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is fpirit. 

I Marvel not that I fa id unto thee, Ye 
nuid be born again. 

8 The wind, bloweth where it liftrth, 
and thou hearelt the found thereof, but 
canlV no« ted whence it cometh, ;md 
whither it t-oeih : fo is every one that is 
born of lie Spirit. 

9 Nicodemus anfwered and faid unto 
him, How can thele things be ? 

10 Jeflis antv\ered and (aid unto him, 
Art thou a mailer of Ilrael, and knoweit 
not theie things ? 

II Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, We 
fpeak that we do know, and teliify that 
we have Icen ; and ye receiv-e not our 
witnefs. 

12 If I have told you earthly things, 
and ye believe not, Honv ihall ye beheve, 
if I tell you of heavenly things t 

15 And no man hith alcended up to 
heaven, but he that came down from 
heaven, even the Son ot Man which is 
in heaven. 

u And a% Mofes lifted up the l< rpenl 
in the wilder/nets, even fo raufl the >on 
of Man be lifted up : 

10 Thar h h , believeth in him 

fhould not pemO, but have eternal lilr. 

16 for Goo In loved the world, that 
he gav«- nil only begotten Sun, that 
whoJbever believeth in him ihonld not 
penlh, but have everlafting lift. 

17 For God lent net hi- Son into the 
world to condemn the world \ but that 
the woild through him might be i.ivud. 

18 He thai believeth on bim i not 
condemned : but he th u believeth DOl 
it condemned already, becaufe be hath 
not believed in the name ot the only 
gotten Son ot God. 

19 And this is the condemnation, that 
light is com-: into the world, and n ;n 
loved darknefa rather than light, b< catife 
their deeds were evil. 

20 For every on • that doeth evil haf- 
eth the lighr, h to the h. 
left his deedi fhould be reproved. 

it But he that deeth truth Ih to 

the li^ht, thai nis deeds may be ni 
maniteit, that they are « n 



dea ; and there he tarried with them, 
and baptized. 

23 And John alfo was baptizing in E- 
non near to Salim, becaufe there w:is 
much water there : and they came, ar.d. 
were baptized. 

-4 For John was not yet cart inta 
prifon- 

t5 Then there arofe a queflion be- 
tween fome of John's dilciples and the 
Jews about nurif) ng. 

26 And they came unto John, and faid 
unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee 
beyond Jordan, 'to whom thou barelt 
witnels, beheld, the fame baptiz;th, and 
all men come to him. 

tl John anfwered and faid, A man can 
receive nothing, except it be given him 
from heaven. 

28 Ye yourfelves bear me witnefs, that 
I faid, 1 am not the Chrift, but that i 
am lent before firm. 

89 He that hath the bride is the bride- 
groom : but the friend ot the bridegroom, 
which ftandeth and heareth him, re- 
joiceth greatly becaule of the bride- 
groom's voice; this my joy therefore is 
fulfilled. 

30 Wemuft increafe.but \ muft decrtafe. 

81 He ihat Cometh from above is a- 
bove all : he that u of the earth iN earth- 
ly, and fpeafecth ot the earth \ he that 
e >meth hum heaven is above all. 

86 And what he hath leen and heard, 
i he tellirieth ; and no man receiveth 
hit teftimony. 

8> He thai huh received his teftimony 
hath let to hi leal thai ( rod is tru 

For he whom God hath fent fpeak« 
rth the words of i »od: for God giveth 

not the Spirit by nieiluiv unto bim. 

85 1 he Father loveth the Son, 
hath given all things into hit h uul. 

.So He thai br'tcveth on tl 
evii tailing hie : ami ii believeth 

not the Son ihall not fee life j but the 
a i ith it I rod abideth on him* 
HAP. IV. 

I (.'/rift tulkcih tu//A a ivo'Hiin <>f S" j- 

mmris, %1 Hhdifeiolex mat 81 

LbnU's Kesl for rl>>\. ti Iff 

dtpim'th im§ Galilee x ^n,i oealetbtke 

i u lr i ' i j >n . 

\v li E N therefore the Lord 
tl •■ Phariil ei h i i that 

and b iptized more d U 

I ( I hough j -i i hitnfc t b i 
but In , nil. . 

9 He Left |i 

e. 

4 Ami be mull r I thl 

mai 

5 i ! . •■ i he to i 
wl',' r, it 



«. 



i i: fl After thefe tin- (efuslcelol :id that Jacob I 

and his dilciples into the land ot Ju- j 



820 Chriji talkeib *with a woman. St. JOHN. 



M. my Samaritans believe. 



6 Now Jacob's well was there, Jefus 
therefore, being wearied with his jour- 
ney, fat thus on the well : and it was a- 
bout the fixth hour. 

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria 
to draw water : Je/us faith unto her, 
Give me to drink. 

8 For his difciples were gone away 
tthfo the city to buy meat. 

9 Then faith the woman of Samaria 
unto him, How is it that thou, being a 
Jew, afkeft drink of me, which am a 
woman of Samaria ? For the Jews have 
no dealings with the Samaritans. 

10 Jefus anfwered, and faid unto her, If 
thou kneweft the gift of God, and who it 
is that faith to thee, Give me to drink ; 
thou wouideft have afked of him, and 
he would have given thee living water. 

11 The woman faith unto him, Sir, 
thou haft nothing to draw with, and the 
well is deep: From whence then haft 
thou that living water ? 

12 Art thou greater than our father 
Jacob, which gave us the well, and 
drank thereof himfelf, and his children, 
and his cattle. ? 

13 Jefus anfwered, and faid unto her, 
Whomever drin-keth of this water fliall 
thirft again : 

14 But whomever drinketh of the wa- 
ter that I (hall give him, (hall never 
thirft ; but the wafer that I mall give 
him mall be in him a well of water 
fpringing up into everlafting life. 

15 The woman faith unto him. Sir, 
give me this wafer, that I thirft not, 
neither come hither to draw. 

16 Jefus faith unto her, Go, call thy 
hufband, and come hither. 

IT The woman anfwered, and faid, I 
have no hufband. Jefus faid unto her, 
Thou haft well faid, I have no hufband : 

IB For thou haft had five hufbauds ; 
and he whom thou now baft is not thy 
hufband : in that faidlt thou truly. 

19 The woman faith unto him, Sir, I 
perceive that thou art a prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshipped in this 
mountain ; and ye fay, that in Jerufalem 
is the place where men ought to worfhip. 

2' Jefus faith unto her, Woman, be* 
lieve me, the hour cometh, when ye fhall 
neither in this mountain, nor yet at Je- 
i ufalem, worfhip the Father. 

22 Yc worfhip ye know not what : we 
know what we worfhip : for falvation is 
of the Jews. 

25 But the hour com :.. 

when the true worffcippers fhall 
the Father in fpirit and in tFHth : fot ...* 
Father fceketh fuch to worthip him. 

24 God is a Spirit: and they tuat worfhip 
him mull worfhip htm in fpirit and intruth. 

25 The woman faith unto him, I know 
that Meflias cometh, which is called 



Chrift : when he is come, he will tell 
us ail things. 

26 Jefu& faith unto her, I that fpeak 
unto thee am he 

27 <{J And upon this came his difciples, 
and marvelled, lhat he talked with the 
woman : yet no man faid, What ieekeii 
thou ? or, Why talkeft thou with her } 

28 The woman then left her waterpot, 
and went her way into the city, and faith 
to the men, 

29 Come fee a man, which told me all 
things that ever I did : is not this the 
Chrift ? 

30 Then they went out of the city, and 
came unto him. 

31 «fl In the mean while his difciples 
prayed him, faying, Mailer, eat. 

32 But he, faid unto them, I have meat 
to eat that ye know not of 

3S Therefore faid the difciples one to 
another, Hath any man brought him 
aught to eat ? 

34 Jefus faith unto them, My meat is 
to do the will of him that fent me, and to 
finifh his work. 

35 Say not ye, There are yet four 
months, and iben cometh harveft ? Be- 
hold, 1 fay unto you, Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields : lor they are 
white already to harveft. 

3d And he that reapeth receiveth wa. 
ges, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal s 
that both he that foweth and he that 
reapeth may rejoice together. 

37 And herein is that faying true, One 
foweth and another reaperh. 

38 J fent you to reap that whereon ye 
beftowed no labour : other men laboured, 
and ye are entered into their labours. 

39 And m«ny of the Samaritans of 
that city believed on him for the faying 
of the woman, which teflified, He told 
me all that ever I did. 

40 So when the Samaritans were come 
unto him, they befought him that he 
would tarry with them : and he abode 
there \\\o days. 

41 And many more believed becaufe 
of his own word ; 

k!l And fa:d unto the woman, Now 
we believe, not becaufe of thy faying : 
for we have heard him mrlelves, and 
know that this is indeed the Chrift, the 
Saviour of the world. 

43 <IJ Now after two days he departed 
thence and went into Galilee. 

U For Jefus himfelf teftihed, that a pro- 
phet hath no honour in his own country. 

45 Then when he wascomeinto Gaii- 
the Galileans received him, having 

.'«■•.. all (he things that he did at Jerufa- 
icc;, at the ftaft ; for they alio went un^ 
to the ieuft 

46 So Jefus came again into Cana of 
Galilee, where he made the water wine, 

And 



Cbrijt kealctb the ruler's fott. Chap 

And there was a certain nobleman, whofe 
fon was lick at Capernaum. 

47 When he heard that jelus was come 
out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto 
him, and besought him that he would 
tome down, and heal his (on : tor he was 
at the point or death. 

4o Then laid Jrlus unto bins, Fxcept 
ye fee ligDs and wonders, ye will qoS be- 
lieve. 

49 The nobleman faith unto him, Sit, 
come down, ere d die. 

aO Jefus 1'j.itri unto him, Go thy p 
thy Ton liveth. And the man bel.eved 
the word that Jefus h.id fnokrn unto 
him. And he went iiis way. 

at And as he was now going down, 
hisfervanti ,.:i, and to id c-im, 

ing, Tny Ion liv 

52 1 hen inquired he of them the hour 
when he began to amend. Ana they 
bid unto him, Yelterday at the feventh 
hour the fever left him. 

j$ So the -lather knew rhat /"/ ivas at 
the fame hour, in the which Jefus laid 
unto h;m, Thy fon iiveth : and himlelf 
believed, and his whole boufe. 

ai This is again the fecond miracle 
tb*t Jeius did, when he was come out ot 
Judea into Galilee. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Jefus, 9ft ibe Jabbatb d<tj, curetb bim 

/bat 'Was dijeajed rigbt and thirty 

years. 10 The Jeivs cavil, u*,J per. 

Jecute him J or it. 

AFTER, this there was a feaft of the 
Jews ; and Jelus went up to Jerusalem. 

4 Now there is at Jerulalem, by the 
fheep market, a pool, which ifl called in 
the Hebrew tongue, Betheiua, hiring five 
pofchc 

3 Inthefebya great multitude of im- 
potent folk, of blind, halt, withei 

**«- r the moving of the water. 

4 Koran angel went do m n at a cci 
(eafofl into the pod, and tsoubled the 
water i Whofoever then firfl after the 
troubling of the 

made whole of whattocver difeafehe i 

o And a certain man was t! hich 

1- id an inrirnuty thirty and eight 

6 When |eUis l3w I 
that he had bi <m now a Ion m tbat 

•e, he faith unto him, Will thou be 
le ? 

anfwered him, 
r, 1 have no i 
In • into l i : but 

while 1 am coming, peth 

. 
a lei us faith unto him, t up 

thy be 

9 ;\ 

whole, a - ilked ; 

and on thr i ith. 

10 €J I he J- 



v. The Jews ferfeeute Chrifi. 811 

him that was cured, It is the sabbath 

day : it is not lawful for thee to carry 
tby bed. 

U fie anfwered them, He that no 
me whole, the fame laid unto me, 
up thy bed, ana walk. 

15 Then alked they him, What man 
is that which laid imto thee, Take up thy 
bed, and walk ? 

U And he that was healed will not wi 
it «ji : for Jelus had conveyed hinih 
-■•- altitude being in ;bat place. 

H Afterward Jelus rindeth him in the 
temple, and (aid unto him, liehold, thou 
art made whole : lm wo more, lclt a 
worfe thing come unto thee. 

la The man and told the 

Jew* that it was /eius, which had made 
him whole. 

16 .-And therefore did the Jews perfe- 
cut . and fought to flay him, be- 
cauie he had done thefe things on the 
fabbath day. 

IT Hut Jefus anfwered them, My Fa- 
ther workeih hitherto, and I work. 

18 1 heretore the Jews fought the more 
to kill him, because he n< I 

broken the fabbath, but l ...l .i.ii 
God was his Father, making hin 
equal w ith Gc>d. 

19 1 hen uilwered Jefus, and faid i 
them, \ ei ily, ?ei ily, 1 lay m 
The Son can ilo nothing ol h 

what he !eeth the i : j- 

things (oever he doetb, thele alio c. 

the Son like wife. 

SO lor th- 
flieweth him all things that rumfelf do- 
eth : and he w ill hew him gi < iter a orks 
than thefe that 1. 

11 lor .is the I a net raifi th up the 
dead, and (juickeneih tbrm ; even io the 
licki neth v hum he will. 
*i 1 01 judgelh no :: 

but hath committed all judgment unto 
the Shi : 
£s I hat all men (hould honour 1 1 

r the I - that 

irrth • i rth not 

the I ather which hath lent h in. 
24 \ erili • verily, 1 fay um I le 

my word, and behcvel 
him , hath ev< I 

and lhalJ 
but 

nly, verilj , I fay um 

ball 1 

■ 

S7 And I 
execute uidgUM 
n. 

r 



m Chri/hfiewetb <who he h. St. JOHN 



is coming, in the which all that are in 
the grave (hall hear his voice, 

29 And (hall come forth ; they that 
have done good, unto the refurrecfcion 
©f life ; and they that have done evil, 
unto the refurreftion of damnation. 

30 I can of mine own felf do nothing: 
as 1 hear, I judge : and my judgment is 
juft ; becauie 1 feek not mine own will, 
but the will of the Father which hath 
fent me. 

Si If I bear witnefs of myfelf, my 
witnefs is not true. 

3'2 There is another that beareth wit- 
nefs of me ; and I know that the witness 



which he witnelTeth of me is true 

33 Ye fent unto John, and he bare 
witnefs unto the truth. 

34 But 1 receive not teftimony from 
man : but theie things I fay, that ye 
might be faved. 

__ 35 i-ie was a burning and a fhining 
light : and ye were willing for a feafon 
to rejoice in his light. 

36 But I have greater witnefs than 
that ot John : Tor the works which the 
Father hath given me to finiih, the fame 
works that I do, bear witnefs of me, that 
the Father hath fent me. 

31 And the Father himfelf,which hath 
fent me, hath borne witnefs of me. Ye 
have neither heard his voice at any time, 
nor feen his (hape. 

38 And ye have not his word abiding 
in you : for whom he hath fent, him ye 
believe not. 

33 Search the fciptures ; for in them 
ye think ye have eternal life : and they 
are they which teftify of me. 

40 And ye will not come to me, that 
ye might have life. 

41 1 receive not honour from men. 

42 But I know you, that ye have not 
the love of God in you. 

43 I am come in my Father's name, and 
jjt receive me not : If another (hall come 
in his own name, him ye will receive. 

44 How can ye believe which receive 
honour one of another, and feek not the 
honour that comet b from God only ? 

45 Do not think that I will accufe you 
to the Father ; there is one that acculeth 
you, even Mofes, in whom ye truit. 

46 For had ye believed Mofes,ye would 
have believed me : For he wrote of me. 

47 But if ye believe not his writings, 
How thall ye believe my words ? 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Cbriftfccdetbfi<ve tboufand. 15 He ivitb- 

draivetb himfelf. 22 Tbe people follow 

him y and are reproved for tbeir Jirjhly 

hearts. 6o Many difciples leave bim. 

AFTER thefe things Jems went over 
the fea of Galilee, which is tbe fea of 
Tiberias. 

2 And a great multitude followed him, ■! law that there was none other boat there, 

» lave 



He feedeth five tboufand. 

becaufe they faw his miracles which he 
did on them that were difeafed. 

3 And Jefus went up into a mountain, 
and there he fat with his difciples. 

4 And the padover, a feaft of the Jews, 
was nigh. 

5 When Jefas then lifted up his eyes, 
and faw a great company come unto 
him. he faith unto Philip, Whence ihall 
we buy bread, that theie may eat ? 

6 >\nd this he faid to prove him : for 
he himfelf knew what he would do. 

7 Philip anfwered him, Two hundred 
pennyworth of bread is :i ot fufficient for 
them, that every one of them may take 
a little. 

y One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon 
Peter's brother, faith unto him, 

9 There is a lad here, which hath five 
barley loaves, and two fmail tithes : but 
what are they among fo many ? 

10 And Jefus faid, Make the men fit 
down. Now there was much grafs in 
the place. So the men fat down, in num- 
ber about five tboufand. 

It And Jefus took the loaves ; and 
when he had given thanks, he diftribut- 
ed to the difciples, and the difciples to 
them that were let down ; and like wife 
of the fifties as much as they would. 

12 When they were filled, he faid unto 
his difciples, Gather up the fragments 
that remain, that nothing be loft. 

13 Therefore they gathered them to- 
gether, and filled twelve bafkets with 
the fragments of the five barley loaves, 
which remained over and above unto 
them that had eaten. 

14 Then thofe men, when they had 
feen the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This 
is of a truth that prophet that fhould 
come into the world. 

15 <(1 When Jefus therefore perceived 
that they would come and take him by 
force, to make him a king, he departed 
again into a mountain himfelf alone. 

16 And when even was noiv come, his 
difciples went down unto the fea, 

17 And entered into a Chip, and went 
over the fea toward Capernaum. And 
it was now dark, and Jefus was not come 
to them. 

18 And the fea arofe by reafon of a 
great wind that blew. 

19 So when they had rowed about five 
and twenty or thirty furlongs, they fee 
Jefus walking on the fea, and drawing 
nigh u nto the (hip : and they were afraid. 

'20 But he faith unto them, It is I : be 
not afraid. « 

21 Then they willingly received him 
into the (hip : and immediately the (hip 
was at the iand whither they went. 

t J l ^y The day following, when the peo- 
I pie which hood on tfce other fide of the fea 



lie people reproved. Chap. They murmur at Cbrljt . Bt3 

iave thatone where! -to his difciples were 41 The Jews then murmured at him 
ed and That j ent not with his becaufe he (did, 1 aru the bread which 

j.les into the boat, but that his difci- came down from heaven. 



pie gone away alon 

from 

the> 

had 



42 And they laid, Is not this Tefns.the 



there came other boats fori of Jofeph, whofe father and mother 
i unto the p'ace where ' *ve know ? How is it then that he faith, 



read, after that the Lord I came down from heaven ? 



h 



inks 



43 Jefus there fore a nfw^redandfaidunto 



the people therefore faw that thewn. Murmur not among yourie. 



ia n<*t there, neither his difciples, 
: ng, and came to Ca- 
naum, ! for Jefus. 

25 ^ - | found him on 



44 No m m can come to me, except the 
Father which ha'h fent me draw him: 

jand I will raife hira up at the lad day. 

45 It :s written in the prophets, And 



le of the lea, they faid unto they fhall be all taught of God. Fvery 

him, Rabbi. When cameft thou hither ' , man therefore that hath heard, and hath 

£6 Jefus anfwered them and faid, Veri- learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 

ly, verily, I fay unto you, Ye leek me, not; 46 Not that any man hath feen the 

becaufe \e (** the miracles, but be- Father, fave he which is of God, he hath 



ye did (,r of the loaves, and were rilled 
Labour not for the meat which per- 
ifhech. but for that meat which endtireth 
umo everlaftirig life, which the Son of 
Man (hall give urto you : for him hath 
God the Father foaled. 

?tf I hen faid they unto him, " 
fhail wi that we might work the 

Horks of God t 

29 Jefus anfwered and faid unto them. 
This is the work of God, that >e b<: 
on him whom lie hath fent. 

SO They (aid there fore unto him, What 
fign fheweft thou then, that we may fee, 
and believe thee I Whatdoft thou work ? 

St Our fathers did eat manna in the 
defert i as it is written, He gave them 
bread from heaven to eat. 

- Then Jefus faid unto them. Verily, 
I fay unto you, i not 

that bread from heaven; but my lather 
giveth you the true bread from heaven. 

» For the bread of God is he which 
cometh down from heaven, and ^ 
life unto the world. 

34 1 hen faid they unto him, Lord, ev- 
ermore <i\ve ii 

feius (aid unto 'hem, I an 
bread oi lite : he that cometh I 
r.cver hunger ; and he that beheveth on 
me fha'l or 

36 But 1 
have feen me, and believe not 



feen the Father. 

47 Verily, verily, I fay unto you. He that 
believeth on me loth everlafhng life. 

48 I am that bre re. 

49 Your father* did eat manna in the 
wildernefs, and are dead. 

50 This h the bread which cometh 
down from heaven, that a man may eat 
thereof, and not die. 

i ! the living bread which r 

down from I : if any nan e?.t of 

this bread, he mall ever 

the breid that I will g; ~.eih, 

which 1 will give fur the life of the 
world. 

The Jews therefore fir long 

themfeh F'mg, How can t: 

• us bis flefll to eat i 

55 Then Jefus (aid unto ily, 
verily, I fay I rpt ye eat 
thefltlhwt the Son of Man, and dunk 
his bl<- d, >e have no life in you. 

54 V* ho lb eateth my flefh, and drink- 
id, hath eternal life ; and I 
m up at the lart day. 

53 l\>r hiy flelh is meat indeed, and 
d is drink inci 

56 my rteth, and drinketll 
my blood, dwelieth in me, and I in him. 

rhe living Father hath fent me, 
and I fo he that eat- 

eth rue, even he (hall live by me. 

5* » :. . that bread which canic dow n 



37 AU that the Father giveth me flwlli from h ur tit! 

come tome ; and him thai >h tw me eat manna, aid arc it catcth 

I w iu i n no .„,. of thtsbread Hull I evrr 

38 V>r 1 1 *n trom heaven, tin 
to do n. rn will, but the will of him go*ue, : 



• n 

will whuh 
,11 wi.u i< he I 
» >ue I fbould I j, but should 

rail> it up a^iin at tlie la 



when they I f '• ■ 

!a> ing : Who (an he* 
When Jefus knew in h 

it, he laid un- 



lu An I is I Ik will of Hii 



fent me, »ha' every one which iceth the 






e II. all irr i of 

eve 

»nd I will ra.fc him u,> «»3 it i* ir* 

•:h nc: 

1 



eve. lifo- 

at (he I 



Ui Jefm reprovetb his kinjmen. St. JOHN: 

fhat I fpeak unto you, they are fpirit, 
and they are life. 

64 But there are fome of you that be- 
lieve not. For Jefus knew From the be- 
ginning who they were that believed not, 
and who (fcould betray him. 

65 And he faid, Therefore faid I unto 
you, that no man can come unto me, ex- 
ceptit were given unto him of my Father. 

66 3J From that time many of Iris dif- 
ciples went back, and walked no more 
with him. 

67 Then faid Jefus unto the twelve, 
Will ye alfo go away ? 

63 Then Simon Peter anfwered him, 
lord, to whom mall we go ? Thou haft 
the words of eternal life. 

69 And we believe, and are fore that 
thou art that Chrift, the Son of the liv- 
ing God. 

70 jefus anfwered them, Have not 1 
chofen you twelve, and one of you is a 
devil. 

71 He fpake of Judas Ifcariot, the/on 
of Simon : for he it was that fhould be- 
tray him, being one of the twelve. 

CHAP. VI f. 

1 Jefus repronjetb bis kin f men ; 10 go- 
etb unto the feaji of tabernacles ; 14 
teacbeth in the temple. 40 Divers 
cpin'ions of CbrijI. 45 The Pharifees 
are angry at their officers, and at Nic- 
otic mus. 
AFTER thefe things Jefus walked in 

Galilee : for he would" not walk in Jewry, 

becaufe the Jews fought to kill him. 
2 Now the Jews' feaft of tabernacles 

was at hand. 

S His brethren therefore faid unto him, 

Depart hence, and go into Judea, that 

thy dilcip3.es alfo may fee the works that 

thou doefr. 

4 For there is no man that doeth any 
thing in fecret, and he himfelf feeketh 
to be known openly : If thou do thefe 
things, (liew thyfelf to the world. 

5 For neither did his brethren believe 
in him. 

6 Then Jefus faid unto them. My 
time is not yet come : but your time is 
always ready. 

7 The world cannot hate you ; but me 
it hateth, becaufe 1 teftify of it, that the 
works thereof are evil. 

8 Go ye up unto this feaft : I go not 
up yet unto this feaft j for my time i? 
not yet full come. 

9 When he had faid thefe words unto 
them, he abode ft:U in Galilee. 

10 *I But when his brethren were gone 
up, then went he alfo up unto the feaft, 
not openly, but as it were in fecret. 

It Then the Jews fought him at the 
feaft, and faid, Where is he ? 

12 And there was much murmuring 
among the people concerning him : for 



He teacheth in the temple. 









fome faid, He is a good man : others faid. 
Nay, but lie deceiveth the people. 

IS Howbeit, no man fpake openly of 
him for fear of the Jews. 

14 fl Now about the mid ft of the feaft: 
Jefus went up into the temple and taught. 

15 And the Jews marvelled, faying, 
How knoweth this man letters, having 
never learned ? 

IS Jefus anfwered them, and faid, My 
doctrine is not mine, but his that fent me. 

17 If any man will do his will, he (ball 
know of the doctrine, whether it be of 
God, or ivbetber I fpeak of myfelf. 

18 He that fpeak eth of himfelf, feeketh 
his own glory : bin he that feeketh his 
glory that fent him, the fame is true, 
and no unrighteoufnefs is in him. 

19 Did not Mofes give you the law, 
and yet none of you keepeth the law ? 
Why go ye about to kill me ? 

20 The people anfwered and faid. Thou 
hall a devil: W ho goeth about to kill thee? 

21 Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, 
I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 

22 Mofes therefore gave unto you cir- 
Cumcifion : (not becaufe it is of Mofes, 
but of the fathers :) and ye on the fab- 
bath day circimicife a maw. 

23 If a man on the fabbath day re* 
ceive circumcifion, that the law of Mofes 
ftionld not be broken, Are ye angry at 
me, becaufe I have made a man every 
whit whole on the fabbath day ? 

24 Judge not according to the appear- 
ance, but judge righteous judgment. 

25 Then faid fome of them of Jerufa- 
lem,Is not this he whom they feekto kill i 

2t> But lo, he fpeaketh boldly, and they 
fay nothing unto him. Do the rulers 
know indeed that this is the very Chrift ? 

27 Howbeit, we know this man whence 
he is : but when Chrift cometh, no man 
knoweth whence he is. 

28 Then cried Jefus in the temple as 
he taught, faying, Ye both know me, 
and ye know whence I am ; and I am 
not come of myfelf, but he that fent me 
is true, whom ye know not. 

29 But I know him : for I am from 
him, and he hath fent me. 

50 Then they fought to take him : 
but no man laid hands on him, becaufe 
iiis hour was not yet come. 

51 And m?ny of the people believed 
on him, and faid, When Chrift cometh, 
.Will he do more miracles than thefe 
which 1 bis wan hath done ? 

m The Pharifees heard that the peo- 
ple murmured Rich things concerning 
him ; and the Pharifees and the chief 
prirfts fent officers to take him. 

S3 Then faid Jefus unto them. Yet a 
little while am I with you, and then I go 
unto him that fent me. 

Si Ye fluilfeek me,and fi»all not find me: 

and 



Divers opinions of Cbrijl, Chap. 

and where I am, thitber ye cannot come. 

$5 Then faid the Jews among them- 
selves, Whither will he go, that we (hall 
not fiod him ? Will he go unto the dif- 
p-rfed among the Gentiles, and teach 
the Gentiles ? 

66 What manner of faying is this that 
he faid, Ye fha.il feek me, and (hall not 
find me: and where I am, thither yie 
cannot come ? 

37 In the laft day, that great day of 
the feaft, Jefus flood and cried, laying, 
If any man thirft, let him come unto me, 
and drink. 

38 He that believeth on me, as the 
fcripture hath faid, out of his bsliy mall 
flow rivers of living water. 

39 But this fpake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on himfhould receive : 
for the Holy Ghoft was not yet gi<uen ; 
becaufe that Jefus was not yet glorified. 

40 fl iMany of the people therefore, 
when they heard this faying, faid, Of a 
truth this is the Prophet. ' 

41 Others faid. This is the Chrirt. 
But fome faid, Shall Chrifr come out of 
Galilee ? 

it Hath not the fcripture faid, That 
Chrifr cometh of the feed of David, and 
out of the town of Bethlehem, where 
David was ? 

43 So there was a divifioB among the 
people becaufe of him. 

44 And fome of them would have tak- 
en him ; but no man laid hands on him. 

43 fl Then came the officers to the chief 
prieftsand Pharifees ; and they faid unto 
them, Why have ye not brought him ? 

46 The officers anfwered, Never man 
fpake like this man. 

♦7 Then anfwered them the Pharifees, 
Are ye alio deceived ? 

48 Have any of the rulers or of the 
Pharifees believed on him ) 

4y But this people who knoweth not 
the law are curfed. 

50 Nicodemus faith unto them, (he that 
came to Jefus by night, be ngoneof them) 

51 Doth our law jii'! tan, before 
it hear him, and k lat hedoeth - 

51 They anfwered and faid lintO him, 
Art thou alio of Galilee? Search, .: 
look: for out of ( ralilec .irifeth no prophet. 

55 And every man went unto his own 
houie. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Cbrijf delinjetetb the j ouirn taken in 

adultery. 1* He preacbetb himfelf tbe 

tight of the ivtrid, and jujlijieth its 

doftrine . 

JESUS wentunto the mounto' 

$ And early in the in >rning he < 
again into the temple, and 
came unto him ; and he fat down, and 
taught them. 

3 And the fcribes and Pharifees brought 

a II 



viii. Cbrijl, tbe light of the world 81$ 

unto him a weman taken in adultery : 
and when they had fet her in the midfr, 

4 They fay unto him, Mailer, this 
woman was taken in adultery, in the 
very ;il\. 

5 Now Mofes in the law commanded 
us, that fuch fliould be lloned : but, 
What fayeft thou ? 

6 This they faid, tempting him, that 
they might have to accufe him. But 
Jefus ftooped down, and with bit finger 
wrote on the ground, as though be beard 
them not. 

7 8L> when they continued afking him, 
he lifted up himfelf, and f»id unto them, 
He that is without fin among you, let 
him firff. caft a ftono at her. 

8 And again he (looped down, and 
wrote on the ground. 

9 And they which heard r/, being con- 
victed by their Won confeience. went out 
one by one, beginning at theekitlt, ei>en 
unto the laff : and Jefus was left alone, 
and the woman ftanding in tho midft. 

10 When Jefus had lifted up himfelf, 
and law none but the woman, he faid 
unto her, Woman, Where are thofe thise 
accufers ? Hath no man condemned thee \ 

il She faid, No man. Lord. And Je- 
fus faid unto her, Neither do I condemn 
thee : go, and (in no more. 

H ^J Then (pake Jefus again unto them, 
faying, I am the light of the world : he 
that followeth me (hall not walk in daik- 
nefs, but {hall have the light of 1 

1.5 The Pharifees therefore faid unto 
him, Thou beared record of thj 
thy record il not true. 

14 Jefus anfwered and laid uni ) them,' 

Though I bear record of my felt, yet my 
record is true : for I know wheoC( I 
tte, and whither I go ; but ye cannot 
tell whence I come, and whithei I 

15 Ye judge alter the fielh : f ju 
no man. 

16' And yet if 1 judge, ray judgment il 
true: for lam not alone, but J and 
father that lent mc. 

it it it alio written in your law, i 
the teftimeny o( two men i» true. 

id I am t bear a itnefi of i 

felf, and the Fathei di il lent n 
witnefi of me. 

19 'I hen fa d lh« v UBtO him, ^ I 
her ? Jefus an 
know me, nor my I »thei : ii 
had i nie, > e fliould have t now 

mv i atber alio. 
tO I hefc wordl f| il in ihe 

' m the " rnpl< 
no man n him ; hour 

• 
:i l hen ii^\ Jehu ■ 

I gQ my v. ay, a' 

Ihall die in your fiol I whether I go, jr 

c moot come. 



826 The Jeius' hoafiingof Abraham. St. JOHN. 

, 22 Then faid the Jews, Will he kill 
himfelf ? becaufe he faith, Whither I go, 
ye cannot come. 

23 And he faid unto them, Ye are 
from beneath ; I am from above ; ye are 
of this world ; I am not of this world. 

24 I faid therefore unto you, that ye 
fhall die in your fins : for it ye believe not 
that I am he, ye. (hall die in your fins. 

25 Then (aid they unto him, Who art 
thou ? And Jefus faith unto them,* Even 
the fame that I faid unto you from the 
beginning. 

26 I have many things to fay and to 
judge of you : but he that fent me is 
true ; and I fpeak to the world thofe 
things which I have heard of him. 

27 They underftood not that he fpake 
to them of the Father. 

28 Then faid Jefus unto them, When 
ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then 
fhall ye know that I am be t and that I do 
ricrhing of myfelf ; but as my Father 
hath taught me, I fpeak thefe things. 

2.9 And he that fent me is with me : 
the Father hath not left me alone ; for I 
do always thofe things that pleafe him. 

SO As he fpake thefe words, many be- 
lieved on Him. 

Si Then faid Jefus to thofe Jews which 
believed on him, If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye my difciples indeed ; 

32 And ye (hall know the truth, and 
the truth fhall make you free. 

S3 They anfweredhim, We be Abra- 
ham's feed, and were never in bondage 
to any man : How fayefl thou : Ye fhall 
be made free ? 

34 Jefus anfwered them, Verily, verily, 
I fay unto you, Whomever committed] 
fin is the fervant of fin. 

35 And the fervant abideth not in the 
houfe for ever : but the Son abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore fhall make you 
free, ye fhall be free indeed. 

37 I know that ye are Abraham's 
feed ; but ye feek to kill me, becaufe my 
word hath no place in you. 

38 I fpeak that which I have feen with 
my Father : and ye do that which ye 
have feen with your father. 

39 They anfwered and faid unto him, 
Abraham is our Father. Jefus faith unto 
them, If ye were Abraham's children, 
ye would do the works of Abraham. 

40 But now ye feek to kill me, a man 
that hath told you the truth, which I have 
heard of God : this did not Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. 
Then faid they to him, We be not born 
of fornication ; we have one Father, ev- 
en God. 

42 Jefus faid unto them, If God were 
your Father, ye would love me : for I 
proceeded forth and came from God ; 
neither came I of myfelf, but he fent me. 



Their boa fling reproved. 

43 Why do ye not underftand my fpeech? 
Even becaufe ye cannot hear my word. 

44 Ye are oiyour father the devil, and 
the lufts of your father ye will do. He 
was a murderer from the beginning, and 
abode not in the truth, becaufe there is 
no truth in him. When he fpeaketh a 
lie, he fpeaketh of his own : for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. 

45 And becaufe I tell you the truth, 
ye believe me not. 

46 Which of you convinceth me of 
fin ? And if I fay the truth, Why do ye 
not believe me \ 

47 He that is of God heareth God's 
words : ye therefore hear them not, be- 
caufe ye are not of God. 

48 Then anfwered the Jews, and faid 
unto him, Say we not well that thou art s 
a Samaritan, and haft a devil ? 

49 Jefus anfwered, I have not a devil ; 
but I honour my Father, and ye do dif- 
honour me. 

50 And I feek not mine own glory : 
there is one tbatfeeketh and judgeth. 

51 Verily, verily, I fay unto you,If a man 
keep my faying, he fhall never fee death. 

52 Then faid the Jews unto him, Now 
we know that thou haft a devil. Abra- 
ham is dead, and the prophets ; and 
thou fayeft, If a man keep my faying, he 
fhall never tafte of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our father A- 
braham, which is dead ? and the prophets 
are dead ; Whom makeft thou thyfelf? 

54 Jefus anfwered, If I honour myfelf, 
my honour is nothing : it is my Father 
that honoureth me ; of whom ye fajr 
that he is your God. 

55 Yet ye have not known him ; but I 
know him : and if I fhould fay, I know 
him not, I fhall be a liar like unto you : 
but I know him, and keep his faying. 

56 Your Father Abraham rejoiced to 
fee my day : and he faw i/, and was glad. 

57 Then faid the Jews unto him, Thou 
art not yet fifty years old, and, Haft thou 
feen Abraham ? 

58 Jefus faid untothem,Verily,verily,I 
fay unto you, Before Abraham was, lam. 

59 Then took they up ftones to caft at 
him : but Jefus hid himfelf, and went out 
of the temple, going through the midft of 

• them, and fo pa (fed by. 

CHAP. IX. 

I He that <rvas born blind is reflored to 

figbt. IS He is brought to the Pharifees. 

54 They excommunicate him. 35 Chrift 

rer.eiz/eib him, and he conftffeih Chrifi. 

AND as Jefus pafTed by, he faw a man 



which was blind from bis birth. 

2 And his difciples afked him, faying, 
Mafter, Who did fin, this man, or his 
parents, that he was born blind ? 

3 Jefus anfwered, Neither hath this 
man finned, nor his parents : but that 

the 



The blind man's fight reftored. Chap 

the works of God fhould be made mani- 
feft in him. 

k I mult work the works of him that 
fent me, while it is day : the night Com- 
eth, when no man can work. 

3 As long as I am in the world, I am 
the light of the world. 

6 When he had thus fpoken, he fpat 
on the ground, and made clay of the 
fpittle, and he anointed the e) es of the 
blind man with the clay, 

7 And faid unto him, Go wafh in the 
pool of Siloam, (which is by interpreta- 
tion, Sent.) He went his way therefore, 
and waftied, and came feeing. 

tf The neighbours therefore, and they 
which before had feen him that he was 
blind, faid, Is not this he that fat and 
begged ? 

9 Some faid, This is he : others fa id, 
He is like him : but he laid, 1 am be. 

10 Therefore faid they unto him, How 
were thine eyes opened » 

11 He anfwered and faid, A man that 
is called Jefus made clay, and anointed 
mine eyes, and faid unto me, Go to the 
pool ot Siloam, and wafh : and 1 went 
and warned, and I received fight. 

12 Then faid they unto him, Where 
is he r He faid, I know not. 

13 fj They broi ght to the Pharifees 
him that aforetime was blind. 

1 4 And it was the fabbath day when 
Jefus nude the clay, and opened his eyes 

13 Then again the Pharifees alio alked 
him how he had received his light, 
laid unto them, He put clay upon mine 
eyes, and I waihed, and do fee. 

lt> Therefore faid lonie of the Phari- 
fees, This man is not of God, becaufe he 
keepeth not the fabbath day. Others 
laid, How can a man that i> a (inner 
inch mirae'es ? And there was adivilion 
among them. 

17 They fay unto the blind man again, 
What fayefl thou ot him, that he hai h 
pened thine eyes ? He laid, I : i ophet. 

18 But the Jews did not bi con- 
cerning him, thai he h id been blind, and 
received hii fight, until thej i tiled the 
parents of him that had n i eived his fight. 

19 And they aflced them, faying 
this your (<n,w h<> >c lay h.i born blind ? 
How then doth he now !• 

to Hit parents anfwered ihe n and 
Weknowth.it (his it our fon, and i 
lie was born bind : 

21 But b> what means he no 
we know not ; <.>y u ho hath 0| ened 
eyes, we know not : I <^e ; art; 

nn Qi ill h eak h i h mf< If. 

Thele njoordi fp tl 
Caufe they feared the Je i the J 

had agreed already, that if SO] n 
confels thai he was Chrilt, he (hould be 
put outot the Isnagogue. 



x. The Pbarifeet excommunicate him. 827 

23 Therefore faid his parents, He is of 
iage : alk him. 

24 Then again called they the man that 
was blind, and faid unto hint, Give God 

i the praife ; we know that this man is a 
finner. 

| 25 Heanfwered and faid,Whetlvr hebea 
(Inner or no, 1 know not: onething \ know, 
thar, whereas I was blind, no* 1 lee. 

2u Then faid the) to htm again, What 
did he to thee ? How opened he thine eyes? 

J7 He anfwered them, I have told you 
'already, and ye did not hear ? V> herefoie 
would ye hear it again ? Will ye alfo be 
his difciples 1 

28 Then they reviled him, and faid, 
Thou art his dildple ; but we are Mo- 
fes's difciples. 

£9 We know that God fpakcunto Mo. 
fes : as jor this felttiv, we know not 
from w hence he is. 

SO 1 he man anfwered and faid unto 
them, Why herein is a D arvellous thing, 
that ye know not iro*n v\ hence he is, 
and yci he hath opened mine eyes?. 

St Now we know that God hearethnot 
(inners : but ii any man be a worfhipper of 
God, and doeth nis will, him lieheareth. 

S3 Since the « till began uas it not 
heard, that any man opened the eyes of 
o' e that was born blind. 

S"$ Ift! n were not of God, he 

could do nothing. 

Si f They anfwered and faid unto 
him, Thou waft altogether horn in lit , 
thou teach us ? And ihey cafl 
him out. 

S5 (J Jefus heard that they had calf 
him out ; and when hi had found him, 
he laid unto him, Dolt thou believe on 
the Son of G 

£6 He .oil.' ered and l.iid, V lw, 

Lord, that I u. -^hi believe on him } 

I unto him. r l lu u hall 
h feen him, and u is he that talketh 

v\ nil thee. 

S8 And he faid, Lord, 1 believe. And 
he worihipped him. 

laid, F«ir judgment I am 
me itito this world, thai I 
. might fee : and thai Ihty which fi , 
might b< blind. 

At) e\nd Jome of the Pharifees which 
i heard th , and 

faid unto linn " blind alfo ? 

41 r m,I1 )• ind, 

• 
rh. 
K 
\ Ck< t dour % and the 

1 9 D'fuei ' °* v - 

rii '■. it ** " 

VERI LY, 

her 

Iwj\, the lame * ihi 

J « But 



*£8 Chrift, the door, and tbejbepberd. St.J 

£ But he that entereth in by the door 
is the (hepherd of the (heep. 

S To him the porter openeth : and the 
fheep hear his voice : and he calleth his 
own flieep by name, and leadeth them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth his own 
fheep he goeth before them, and the (heep 
■follow him : for they know his voice. 

5 And a Granger will they not follow, 
but will flee from him : for they know 
not the voice of (hangers. 

6 This parable fpake Jefus unto them: 
but they undcrrtood not what thing3 
they were which he (pake unto them. 

7 Then faid Jefus unto them again v 
Verily, verily, \ fay unto you, I am the 
door of the fheep. 

U Ail that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers ; but the (heep did 
not hear them. 

9 I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he fhall be faved, and {hall go 
in and out, and find pafture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but for to 
ileal, and to kill, and to deftroy : I am 
come that they might have life, and that 
they might have it more abundantly. 

Ill am the good (hepherd : the good 
fhepherd giveth his life for the (heep. 

12 But he that is an hireling, and not 
the fhepherd, whofe own the (heep are 
not, feeih the wolf coming, and leaveth 
the (heep, and fieeth, and the wolf catch- 
eth them, and fcattereth the fheep. 

13 The hireling fleeth, becaufe he is an 
hireling, and careth not for the flieep. 

14 I am the good (hepherd, and know 
my free p, and am known of mine. 

13 As the Father knoweth me, even fo 
know [ the Father : and 1 lay down my 
3ife for the fheep. 

16 And other (heep I have, which are 
not of this fold : them alfo I mud bring, 
and they fhall hear my voice ; and there 
(hall be one fold, and one fhepherd. 

IT Therefore doth my Father love me, 
becaufe I lay down my life that I might 
take it again. 

13 No man taketh it from me, but I 
lay it down of myfelf. 1 have power to 
Jay it down, and I have power to take it 
again. This commandment have I re- 
ceived of my Father. * 

19 «[J There was" a divifion therefore 
again among the Jews for thefe layings. 

20 And many of them faid, He hath a 
devil, and is mad ; Why hear ye him ) 

21 Others faid, Thefe are not the words 
of him that hath a devil. Can a devil 
open the eyes of the blind ? 

22 •d And it was at Jerufalem the feafl 
of the dedication, aad it was winter : 

23 And Jefus walked in the t temple in 
Solomon's porch. 

24 Then came the Jews round about 
him, and faid unto him, H®w long doft 



OHN. Hepreveth himfelfthe Son of God. 

thou make us to doubt ? If thou be the 
Chrift, tell us plainly. 

25 Jefus anfwered them, I told you, 
and ye believed not : the works that I 
do in my Father's name, they bear wit- 
nefsof me. 

26 But ye believe not, becaufe ye are 
not of my iheep, as I faid unto you. 

27 My (heep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me : 

2*J And 1 gave unto them eternal life : 
and they fhall never perifh, neither (hall 
any man pluck them out of my hand. 

29 My Father which gave them me, is 
greater than all : and no man is able to 
pluck them out of my Father's hand. 

50 I and my Father are one. 

51 Then the Jews took up ftones again 
to flone him. 

52 Jefus anfwered them. Many good 
works have I fhewed you from my Fa- 
ther ; for which of thole works do ye 
ftone me ? 

53 The Jews anfwered him, faying, 
For a good work we ftone thee not ; but 
for blafphemy ; and becaufe that thou, 
being a man, makeft thyfelf God. 

34 Jefus anfwered them, Is it not writ- 
ten in your law, 1 faid, Ye are gods ? 

35 If he called them gods, unto whom 
the word of God came, and the fcripture 
cannot be broken ; 

S6 Say ye of him, whom the Father 
hath fandlified, and fent into the world, 
Thou blafphemeft j becaufe 1 faid, I am 
the Son of God f 

37 If I do not the works of my Father, 
believe me not. 

38 But if I do, though ye believe not 
me, believe the works : that ye may 
know, and believe, that the Father is in 
me, and I*in him. 

39 Therefore they fought again to take 
him : but he efcaped out of their hand, 

40 And went away again beyond Jor- 
dan into the place where John at firft 
baptized ; and there he abode. 

41 And many reforted unto him, and 
faid, John did no miracle : but all things, 
that John fpake of this man were true. 

42 And many believed on him there. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Chrift raiftth Laxarus. 47 The prieft sand 

Pbarijees gather a council again ft him. 

NOW a certain man was (ick, named 
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary 
and her filler Martha. 

2 It was that Mary which anointec 
the Lord with ointment, and wiped his 
feet with her hair, whole brother Laza- 
rus was fick. 

3 Therefore his fillers fent unto him, 
faying. Lord, behold, he whom thou 
lovefl: is fick. 

h When Jefus heard that, he faid, This 
ficknefs is not unte d«ath, but for th« 

glory 



Lazarus's death. Chap. 

glory of God, that the Son of God might 
be glorified thereby. 

5 Now Jefus loved Martha, and her 
fitter, and Lazarus. 

6 When he had heard therefore that 
lie was Tick, he abode two days ftill in 
the lame place where he was. 

7 Then after that faith he to bis difci- 
ples, Let ns go into Judea again. 

t> His difciplea fay unto Dim, Mailer, 
the Jews of late (ought to (lone thee: 
and, Goeff thou thither again ? 

9 Jefus anlwered, Are there not twelve 
hours in the day ? If any man walk in 
the day, he ltumbleth not, becaule he 
feeth the light of this world. 

10 But if a man walk in the night, 
he ltumbleth, becaufe there is no light 
in him. 

11 Thefe things faid lie : and after 
that he fail h unto them, Our friend Laz- 
arus (leepeth ; but 1 go, that 1 may a- 
wake him out of fieep. 

\i Then (aid his difciples, Lord, if he 
ileep, he (hall do well. 

IS Howbeit, Jefus fpake of his death : 
but they thought that he had fpoken of 
taking of reft in lleep. 

.14 Then faid Jefus unto them plainly, 
Lazarus is dead. 

15 And I am glad for your fakes that 
I was not there, to the int< nt > e may be- 
lieve , neverthelefs, let us go unto him. 

lo 1 hen (aid Thomas, which is called 
Did;, mus, unto his fellow difciples, Let 
us alio go, that we rr iy die with him. 

IT 'J hen when Jeins (rune, he found 
that he had lam in the- grave four cays 
already. 

18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jeru- 
falem, about fifteen furlong! oil i 

19 And many of the Jews came to 
Martha and Mary, to Comfort them 
concerning their brother. 

20 1 hen Martha, as (oon as (he heard 
that Jefus was coming! went tnd 
him : but Mary (at fiill in the Ik life. 

21 Then faid Martha unto Jefus, Lord, 
ifthouhadlf bee. i here, my brother had 
not died. * 

.i But 1 know that even now, whatic* ver 
thou wiltaflcoi God, God will give i/th 

JS faith unto her, Thy brother 
(hall rile again. 

24 Martha faith UntO him, \ V 
that he ihall rile again in the relm. 
tion at the lafl <'ay. 

2 r > Jcius faid unto her, 1 am the re fur- 
recYion, and the life . he thai th in 

me I h mgh he were dead, \ el Ihall h< lii e ," 

hefoever liveth ai 
in me HihII never < i i «- . I: u 1 1 

47 She laitli unto him, Yea, 1 ord . I be- 
lieve that ihou art the < 'hi ift, ih 
God, which ftiould come into the woi 

*C And when ihc had fo 1-. I cnt 



XI. 



Cbrijt raiffi b bi m. 819 

her way, and called Mary her fitter (e- 
cretly. faying, The Matter is come, and 
calleth for iliee. 

-9 As foon as (he heard tb«t y (he arofc 
quickly, ami came unto him. 

SO Now jel not >et come into 

the town, bUt was in that place where 
Martha met him. 

ai I'he Jews then which were with her 
in the houfe, and comforted Iter, when 
they faw Mary, that ihc rofe up haltily 
and went out, followed her, faying, bhe 
goeth unto the grave to weep there. 

Si Then when Mary was come wheie 
Jefus was, and faw him, (he fell down at 
his feet, faying unto him, Lord, if thou 
had ft been here, my brother had not died. 

&5 When Jefus therefore faw her weep- 
ing, and tlie Jews alio weeping, which 
came with her, he groaned in the fpirit, 
and was troubled ; 

34 And faid, Where have ye laid him ? 
They (aid unto him, lxnd, come and fee. 

S'> [efus -.\ept. 

3i3 Then faid the Jews, Behold how 
he loved him ! 

.7 And fome of them (aid. Could not 
this man, which opened the ejt>. it ihe 
blind, have caufed that even this man 
(hould not have died I 

jefus therefore again groaning in 
himfelf- - h to the grave, It was a 

cave, and a ttone lay u| on it. 

59 Jefus (aid, Take ye away the if 
Martha, the (i(!er o( h;in that was dead, 
faith unto htm. Lord, by this time he 
(hnketh i f< r he hath bet d dead i. urdaj s. 

40 Jefus faith unto her, Said I not un- 
to thee, that, if thou wouldefl be! 
tbou fhould< ft fee tl I <>oi\ ? 

41 I hen they UN the it- ne Jrom 
ike place where the dead was la* . Ami 
Tefua lifu d up sm < ' 1 1 i, I ithrr, 
I thai 1 bal thou I all h e. 

42 And 1 knew thai thou laanit me 

always v but becaufd ofthepe pie which 

(land by I la I //. thai thej nia> be. 
th H thOU ti ift I' 

4'S And w | ken, he 

; with a loud 
forth 

44 rth, 

hound hand 

and his th • 

•li unto thoni, I 
him, and U t J 

i i en many o( th. 

:. 

Jefus <! 

46 
to the PI 1 1- es and t< Id ll 
thin^. 

4" r J 

PI 
What do we ii 

->• 

U If 



830 Mary anoint etb drifts feet. St. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all men 
will believe on him : and the Romans 
fhall come and take away both our place 
and nation. 

49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, 
being the high prieft that fame year, faid 
unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 

50 Nor confider that it is expedient for 
us that one man (hould die for the peo- 
ple, and that the whole nation perifh not. 

51 And thisfpakehenotof himfelf : but 
being high prieft that year, he prophefied 
that Jefus Ihould die for that nation ; 

52 And not for that nation only, but 
that alfo he (hould gather together in one 
the children of God that were fcattered 
abroad. > 

5U Then from that day forth they took 
counfel together for to put him to deafch. 

54 Jefus therefore walked no more o- 
penly among the Jews; but went thence 
unto a country near to the wilderneis, 
into a city called Ephraim, and there 
continued with his dilciples. 

55 And the Jews' palfover was nigh at 
band : and many went out of the coun- 
try up to Jerufalem before the paffover, 
to- purify themfelves. 

56 Then fought they for Jefus, and 
fpake among themfelves, as they flood in 
the temple, What think ye, that he wiii 
BQt come to the feaft ? 

57 Now both the chief priefls and the 
Pharifees had given acommandment, that 
if any man khew where he were, he (hould 
(hew //, that they might take him. 

CHAP. XII. 

i Jefus excufeth Mary anointing his feet. 

12 He rideth into Jerufalem. 

THEN Jefus, fix days before the pafT- 
over, came to Bethany, where Lazarus 
was whieh had been dead, whom he rai- 
fed from the dead. 

2 There they made him a fupper ; and 
Martha ferved : but Lazarus was one of 
them that fat at the table with him. 

S Then took Mary a pound of oint- 
ment of fpikenard, very coflly,and anoint- 
ed the feet of Jefus, and wiped his feet 
with her hair : and the houfe was filled 
with the odour of the ointment. 

4 Then faith one of his difciples, Judas 
Ifcariot, Simon's fen, which fhould be- 
tray him, 

5 Why was not this ointment fold 
for three hundred pence, and given to 
the poor ? 

6 This he faid. not that he cared for 
the poor j but becaufe he was a thief, 
and had the bag, and bare what was put 
therein. 

1 Then faid Jefus, Let her alone : a- 
gainff the day of my burying hath the 
kept this. 

8 For the poor always ye have with 
you : but me ye have not always. 



JOHN. . Cbr'ift rideth into Jerufalem. 

9 Much people of the Jews therefore 
knew that he was there : and they came 
not f©r Jefus's fake only, but that they 
might fee Lazarus alfo, whom he had 
raifed from the dead. 

10 But the chief priefls confulted that 
they might put Lazarus alfo to death : 

1 1 Becaufe that by reafon of him many 
of the Jews went away and believed on 
Jefus. 

1* 9\ On the next day much people that 
were come to the feaft, when they heard 
that Jefus was coming to Jerufalem, 

13 Took branches of palm trees, and 
went forth to meet him, and cried, Ho- 
fanna ! Bleffiid is the King of Ifrael that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. 

14 And Jefus, when he had found a 
young afs, fat thereon j as it is written, 

15 Fear not, daughterof Sion : beheld 
thy King cometh, fitting on an afs's colt. 

16 Thefe things underftood not his 
difciples at the firft : but when Jefus was 
glorified, then remembered they that 
thefe things were written of him, and/Aa/ 
they had done thefe things unto him. 

17 Thepeople therefore tnat was With him 
when he called Lazarus out of his grave, 
and raifed him from the Head, bare record. 
IB For this caufe the people alfo met 
him, for that they heard that he had 
done this miracle. 

19 The Pharifees therefore faid among 
themfelves, Perceive ) e howye prevailno- 
thing? Behold, the w odd is gone after him. 

20 And there were certain Greeks 
among them that came up to worfhip at 
the feaft : 

21 The fame came therefore to Philip, 
which was of Bethfaida of Galilee, and 
de fired him, faying, Sir, we would fee 
Jefus. 

22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew : 
and again Andrew and Philip tell jefus. 

2S And Jefus anfwered them, faying, 
The hour is come, that the Son of Man 
(hould be glorified. 

24 Verily, verily, I fay unto you, Ex- 
cept a corn of wheat fall into the ground 
and die, it abideth atone : but if it die, 
it bringeth forth much fruit. 

25 He that loveth his life (hall lofe it : 
and he that hateth his life in this world 
(hall keep it unto life eternal. 

26 If any man ferve me, let him follow 
me ; and where 1 am, there (hall alfo my 
(ervant be : if any man ferve me, him 
will my Father honour. 

27 Now is my foul troubled ; and, What 
(hall I fay ? Father, fave me from this 
hour : but for this caufe came I unto 
this hour- 

20 Father, glorify thy name. Then 
cametherea voice from heaven, faying, 
I have both glorified if and will glori- 
fy // again. i 

6 29 The 



Chriji foretelleth bit death. 

29 The people therefore, that flood 
by, and heard iV, faid that it thundered : 
others fiid. An angel (pake to him. 

SO Jefus anfwered and faid, This voice 
came not became of me, but for your 
fakes. 

31 Now is the judgment of this world • 
now (hall the piince of this world be t 
out. 

31 And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will .11 men .e. 

33 This he faid, Ggnifying what death 
he Ihould die. 

34 '1 he people anfwc red him. We I 
heard out of the law tint Chrift abideth 
forever : an I, H ert thou. 1 he i>on 
of M in mult be lifted up i Who ii this 
bon o^ Man ? 

1 hen )< fas I lid unto them, Yet a 
little while is the with you. Walk 

while light, left darkn 

coi in you : foi he that walketh in 

darkiv iweth not whithei Cth 

36 While ye have light, l" lieve n the 
light, li nay b-- the children of 
light. Thefe things fpake fefus, and 
departed, and did hide himlelt h 
them. 

37 Rut though he had done (b n 
miracle? before them, >et they believed 

en h in ; 

38 n, ii the proph- 
et mi fylfilli >!, which he fp i 
Lord, Who hath believed oui i 
and, 1 m hath th< 
be' i ? 

lore they could not believe, 
We. iufe i i it E in, 

40 Hr hath d theif eyes and 
hardened rt j thai thej (bould 
not fee with tbeit ey< , nor . md 
with their ht d, and 
1 ihould heal them. 

41 I [,:■( • :!.. , v. ':.• 

faw his gl and ipake ol him. 

42 i >ng the ( biel rul- 
ers alfo m him ; but 

on- 

IT b/m, lefl tin', (bould be put OUl ot 

the 

43 1 i 

mote than tl I- 

44 
lie i n 'i "M me, bill 

(>n him tl: 

4 ■ And he that reeth eth him 

tli u 

I atti come a 
th eth on nl i 

n o I 

47 i ri heai in) ord . 

itnd I r 1 

but to i 
rid. 

4U Me th.it n me, an 

not my idgctii 



Chap. xiii. He luajbetb bit difci pies' feet. 831 

him : the word that I have token, the 
fame (hall judge him in th »y. 

49 For I have not fpoken of myfe 
but the Father which fent me, he gave 
me a commandment, what 1 ihould fay, 
and what I Ihould (peak. 

50 Ami I know tlur | idment 
is life everlafting : wbatfoever 1 fpeak 
tn even ax the Father (aid unto 
me, lo I fpc ik. 

chap, mil 

1 Jrfus tvajheth his difciples' /fft,ur .1 ex- 
I orteth them 10 humility and cbmi ity . 
tic foretvarmetb I'eter of bis Jet: nil. 
NOW before the feaflof tin paflbver, 
when Jefus knew that hi- h come 

that he Ihould d it ol I Id 

unto th-* Father, having luved his ov 

i hich w ere in the I, he loved them 

unto the end. 

.per being ended, th 
having now put into the heart of fud 
I fcariot, simon's/i*, to bel 

3 | Mowing tint the rati 
given all thii > Ms hands, and that 

come from God, and we: 
i ; 

4 He rifeth from (upper, 

his r and took a t 

cil himlelt : 

\ tu-r thai he poureth 

. 
feet, and to n tm with th I 

\% net •• ith he w 

6 I hen i ometh he I 
and I 
thou wafh : t ? 

unto him, 
w i i 1 1 I 
thou (bait know hei 

8 IV tei faith unto him, Thou ih ilt 



th unto him, 

him, It ifll ti 



h.iti no 



imon Peter I lith unto him, I 

> , but alio my hand:, and 
my he id 

10 Jei , H 

ed needeth not i> kit feet, but 

, 
but i 

it Foi heV n< w ■ ho uY i 

t : 
and l 

. K 

i \ a 

ell ; I 
14 If I the 
warned 

) Oil il 

that 

lo 

.i thi 



832 The betraying of Chrifl foretold. St. JOHN. 



neither he that is Tent greater than he 
that fent him. 

17 If ye know thefe tilings, happy are 
ye if ye do them. 

18 1 fpeak not of you all : I know 
whom I have chofen : but that thefcrip- 
ture may be fulfilled, He that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up his heel a- 
gainft me. 

19 Now I tell you before it come, 
that, when it is come to pafs, ye may 
believe that I am he. 

20 Verily, verily, J fay unto you, He 
that receiveth whomfoever I fend, re- 
ceiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, 
receiveth him that fent me. 

21 When Jefus had thus faid, he was 
troubled in fpirit, and teftified and faid, 
Verily, verily, I fay unto you, that one 
of you (hall betray me. 

22 Then the difciples looked one on 
another, doubting of whom he fpake. 

23 Now there was leaning on Jefus's 
bofom one of his difciples, whom Jefus 
loved. 

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to 
him, that he fhould afk who it fhould be 
of whom he fpake. 

25 He then lying on Jefus's bread: faith 
unto him, Lord, Who is it ? 

26 Jefus anfwered, He it is, to whom 
I fhall give a fop, when I have dipped it. 
And when he had dipped the fop, he gave 
it to Judas Ifcariot, the f on of Simon. 

27 And after the fop, Satan entered 
into him. Then faid Jefus unto him, 
That thou doeft, do quickly. 

28 Now no man at the table knew for 
what intent he fpake this unto him. 

29 For fome of them thought, becaufe 
Judas had the bag, that Jefus had faid 
unto him, Buy tbofe things that we have 
need of againft the feaft ; or, that he 
mould give fomethingto the poor. 

SO He then having received the fop, 
went immediately out : and it was night. 

31 Therefore when he was gone out, 
Jefus faid, Now is the Son of Man glori- 
fied, and God is glorified in him. 

32 If God be glorified in him, God 
mail alfo glorify him in himfelf, and (hall 
ftraightway glorify him. 

S3 Little children, yet a little while I 
am with you. Ye (hall feek me; and as 
I faid unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye 
cannot come ; fo now 1 fay to you. 

34 \ new commandment I give unto 
you, That ye love one another : as I have 
loved you, that ye alfo love one another. 

SS By this fhall all men know that ye 
are my difciples, if ye have love one to 
another. 

36 <ff Simon Peter faid unto him, Lord, 
Whither goeft thou ? Jefus anfwered him, 
Whither I go, thou cnnft not follow me 
now, but ihou (halt follow me afterwards 



Chriji comfortetk bis difciples, 

37 Peter faid unto him, Lord, Why 
cannot I follow thee now ? I will lay 
down my life for thy fake. 

38 Jefus anfwered him, Wilt thou lay 
down thy life for my fake ? Verily, veri- 
ly, I fay unto thee, The cock fhall not 
crow, till thou haft denied me thrice. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 Cbrii comfortetb bis difciples\$profeffhb 
bimfelj the <way, the truth, and the life, 
LET not your heart be troubled ; ye 

believe in God, believe alfo. in me 

2 In my father's houfe are many man- 
fions \\{it r were not/o, I would have told 
you. T go to prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a place for 
you, I will come again, and receive you 
unto myfelf : that where I am, there ye 
may be alfo. 

4 And whither I go ye know, and the 
way ye know. 

5 Thomas faith unto him, Lord, we 
know not whither thou goeft; and, How 
can we know the way ? . 

6 qj Jefus faith unto him, I am the 
way, and the truth, and the life : no 
man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

7 Jf ye had known me, ye fhould 
have known my Father alfo : and from 
henceforth ye know him, and have i'een 
him. 

8 Philip faith unto him, Lord, (hew 
us the Father, and it fufficeth us. 

9 Jefus faith unto him, H^ve I been fo 
long time with you, and yet haft thou 
not known me, Philip ? He that hath 
feen me hath feen the Father : and, How 
fayeft thou then, Shew us the Father ? 

10 Believed: thou not that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me ? The 
words that I fpeak unto you I fpeak not 
of myfelf : but the Father, that dwelleth 
in me, he doeth the works. 

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, 
and the Father in me : or elfe believe 
me for the very work's fake. 

12 Verily, verily, I fay unto you, He 
that believeth on me, the works that I 
do (hall he do alfo ; and greater uoorks 
than thefe fhall he do ; becaufe 1 go un- 
to my Father. 

IS And whatfoever ye (hall afk in my 
name, that will I do, that the Father 
may be glorified in the Son. 

14 If ye fhall alk any thing in my 
name, I will do /'/. 

15 If ye love me, keep my command- 
ments. 

16 And I will pray the Father, and he 
fhall give you another Comforter, that 
he may abide with you for ever ; 

17 Even the Spirit of truth : whom 
the world cannot receive, becaufe it 
feeth him not, neither knoweth him : 
but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with 
you, and lhall be in you. 

18 I will 



The Comjorfer promifed. Chap 

18 I will not leave you comfortlefs : I 
will come to you. 

19 Yet a little while, and the world 
Teeth me no mo re : but ye fee me : be- 
caufe I live, ye iSall live alfo. 

20 At that day ye ihall know that I am 
in my Father, i/iul yen me. ana 1 in you 

11 He that hath in . commandmt 
and keepeth them, he it is that lovt 
me : and he thai loveth nif ih II be 1 
ed of my Fat ■ ill lu v ' ' 

and will manifefl If to him 

21 Judas faith unto him, (nol Ifcai 
Lord, How is it tint thou will left 
thyfelf unt»» us aod oot tin 

23 Jc!ui anfwered, and fat I uo 
If a man love me, he will k< 
words ; and my Father will 1 >ve I 
and we will come unto him, and m 
our abode a itli i im. 

%k He that loverli me not, keepeth not 
my fayinps : and th** winch ye 

hearisr.ui , bur the Father's wh 

fent me. 

25 Thefe th ave I fyoken unto 
you, being yet prefent with you. 

26 Bt:t the Comforter, lobicb is the 
Holy Ghoft, whom the Fat 11 fend 
in my name, he (hall teach j «ju all tilings, 
and bring alt things to your remem- 
brance, whatfoever 1 have laid untoyuu. 

27 Peace I leave with you tnj peace 
I give unto you : not as the u or 

eth, give I unto you. Let not > our heart 
be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

48 Ye have heard how I laid unto you, 
I go away, and come again, urn It 

ye loved me, ft f !e 1 

laid, I go unto the Father : tor my 1 ^ 
ther is greater than I . 

€9 And now I have to'.d ye i hit, -re it 
come to pafs, that when If '.s come to 
pafs, ye might believe. 

30 Hereafter I will not ti!k n u 

you : for the prina I world Com- 

eth, and hath nothing in me. 

31 Bui that the world may know thai 
1 love the lather ; and ai I 

gave me cumin tndnteat, even Co I I 
Arile, let us go hence. 

CHAP. \ 

The mutual love betiuern Cbrijt and hi) 

memhcrS) under ibeparahle 

I AM th^ true vine, andorj Father II 
the hulbandman. 

1 Kvcry branch in me that beareth not 
fruit hC talccth away : and every ' 

that beareth Fruit he purgeth it, that it 

may bring forth more f 1 1 

3 No'.v . 1 an thiungh the word 
which I have fpoken unto you. 

4 Abide in me, an 1 1 in jrou. Al th< 
branch caoi 

it abide in Ihe vice ; no mofe can yr, 
except yc abide in me. 

5 I am the vine, ye an the branches : 



xv. Cbtiji's love f bis members. 85S 

[He that abideth in me, ai n him, 

I the fame I h foith much fruit . 

houl me ye ran do nothing. 
*> If a man at-de not in me, he ii i 
forth as .h, and is withered; 

me n I m. and cart tbtm into the 

fire, and they are burned. 

" It ye abide in me, and my worr 
bide in you, ye fha.ll afk what ye v 
i he done unto \ ou 
Herein is my Father glorified, that 
bear in uit ; fo (hall ye i 

iples. 

\sthe Father hath lov- J me> f nare 
ved \cu : continue ye mmv love. 

10 If \er :p my commandments, - 
; 1 ab:c- ve ; even as I have 
t my Father's commandments, and 

abide in his love. 

11 Thefe things have I fpoken unto 

joy might remain in you, 
and /Aa/your jjy might be hill. 

*- 1 my commandment, That ye 

love one another, as I have loved y 

ster 1< ire hath no man than thi<, 
that a man lay down his life for his friend 
i4 Ye are my friends, if ye do what 
• er 1 co. I you. 

la Henceforth I call ycu not fervant 
for the fervant knowcth not u hat hit 
idoeth : but 1 havecalict! 
all things thai I have heard of my 
I .ither I have made kno- 

M i "■•• have not chofen me, but I have 
chofen you, and ordained ><»u, that ye 
mould go and bring forth fruit, and tkmi 
Uf fruit mould remain : thai fo- 

ever yc lhall all; ol the Father in i 
name, he m 

17 Their things 1 command you, that 
ye love one an 

1« It the world hatr v.,u, \r know 
it hated DM OU. 

19 If ye were of the world, i world 
would love his own .- but becati are 

not of the world, but 1 havt 
out of the world, i re the woi I 

th you. 
£0 , ird thai 1 1 

you, '1 he (» i vant is not gr<- I 

I i they ha 
will 
my laying, they n ill keep j i 

.1 
unto you for mj 

<now t that fi 

1 1 I h.i<t nol i 
the . had i 

vr no cloai- 

■ 

.< I t I had n 
• I 
had nol had 

lecn and hated l> 

tj ii.u tbu cmui i 



t$k Cbrift amfortetb bis dlfci pies, St. JOHN. bytbepromifeoftbeHolyGbtft. 

rnightjje fulfilled that is written in their j and ye (hall fee me : and, Becaufe I g^ 

to the Father ? 

18 They faid therefore, What is this 



law, They hated me without a caufe. 
26 But when the Comforter is come, 



whom J will fend unto you from the Fa- 'that he faith, A little while ? We cannot 
ther, fiv« the Spirit of truth, which ! tell what he faith. 



proceedeth from the Father, he 
teftify of me : 



fhall 19 Now Jefus knew that they were 
deiirous to afk him, and faid unto them, 



2T And ye alfo fhall bear witnefs, be- ; Do ye inquire amorg ycurfelves of that 
caufe ye have been with me from the . I faid, A little while, and ye fhall nof 



beginning. 

CHAP. XVI. 

Chrtjfcemforteth bis diftifles againfttrib- 

vlarion y by thepromije of the Hely Gboji. 

THiiSb things have I fpokeri unto 
you, that ye ihould not be offended. 



fee me : and again a little while, and ye 
fhall fee me ? 

26 Verily,. verily, I fay unto you, That 
ye (hall w eep and lament, but the world 
fhall rejoice : and ye fhall be forrow ful, 
but your forrow fhall be turned into 



2 They (ball put you out of the fyna- joy. 
gogues : yea, the rime cometh, that who- J it A woman when fhe is in travail 
foever killeth you will think, that he do- ; hath forrow, becaufe her hour is come : 



eth God lervice. 



but as foon as fhe is delivered of the 



3 And thefe things will they do unto child, ihe remembereth no more the an- 
you, becaufe they have not kn©7/n the Iguifh, for joy that a man is born into the 



Father, ncr me. 

4 But thefe things have I told yon, 
that when the time mall come, ye may 
remember that 1 told y ou of them. And 
thefe things I faid not unio you at the 
beginning, becaufe I was with you. 

5 But new I go my way to him that 
fent me; and none of you a&eth 
Whither goefc thou ? 

6 But becaufe I have faid thefe things 

u, forrow hath filled you 

*i x* 



nrthelefs, I tell you the truth; your joy may be full. 
lieM for von that I go awav : Thefe things h; 



world. 

82 And ye now therefore have for- 
row : but I will fee you again, and your 
heart (ball rejoice, and your joy no man 
taketh from you. 

<3 And in that elay ye fhall afk me 
nothing. Verily, verily, I fay unto you, 
Whatfoever ye fhall afk the Father in 
my name, he will give it you. 

Hitherto have ye a'fk^d nothing in 
mv name : arte, and "ye fhail receive, that 



jtis expedient tor yon tnat t go a' 
for if T go not away, the C. rriforteT \ 
not come unto you ; but if 1 depart, I 
will fend bin imfco you. 

tf And when he ; i-conae, he will re- 
prove the world of fin, and of righteouf- 
nefs. and of judgment : 

9 C: tin, becaufe they believe not on me ; 

10 Of righteoufnefs, becaufe 1 go to 
Bt] Father, and ye fee me no more ; 

11 Of judgment, becaufe the prince of 
world is judged. 

\- 1 have yet many things to fay un- 
io you. but ye cannot bear them no . 

IS Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of 
truth, is come, lie will guide you into all 
truth : for he fhall not Speak of rumfelf : • no proverb 
bur whatfoever he fhall hear, that fhall, SO Now are we fure that thou know eft: 
lie fpeak : and he will fhew you things all thing?, znd needeft not that any man 
to come. 

14 He fhall glorifj me 
receive or mine, and fhall fliew it unto 
you. believe \ 



ave I fpoken unto 
you in proverbs": : time cometh, 

when I fhaH no more fpeak unto you in 
proverbs, but I fhall fhew you plainly of 
rer. 
At that day ye fhall afk in my 
name : and I fay not unto you, that I 
will pray the Father for you : 

27 For the Father himfelf Ioveth you, 

becaufe ye have loved me, and have be- 

:.' that I came out from God. 

M I came forth from the Father, and 

am come into the world : again, 1 leave 

the world, and go to the Father. 

29 His difciples faid unto him, Lo, 
now fpeakeft thou plainly, and fpeakeft 



Oiorjld afk thee : by this we believe that 
for he fhall thou earned forth from God. 

31 fefus anfwered them, Do ye now 



15 Al? that the Father hath are S* Behold, tl ir cometh, yea, is 

mine: there I, that he fake now come, that ye fhall be Heartened, 



or mine, and fhall fhew ir unto 



i, and lhall Wve 



16 A little while aad ye fhall not fee me al and yet I am rot alone, he- 



me : and again a little while, an 
frail fee me, becaufe 1 go to the 



caufe fhe Father is with : 

Thefe things I hav< ken unto 

IT Tl feme of his difciples a- 'you, that in me ye might have peace. 

mor.g themfelves, What tnal i In the w (half have tribulation: 

faith untc ' ; .le, end ye fli it be of good cheer ; me 



fee ... and again a little while, (the world. 



C H A P. 



Cbrijt pray etb for bis apojfles. 

CHAP. XVII. 
\€brijl frayetb to his Fatter to glorify 

Aim, 6 and to pre/ert-e bis apoftlet w 

in unity, 17 and in truth. 

TJ >vord$ fpake Jelus, and lifted 

up hit eyes to heaven, ai I iher, 

the hour is come ; glorify tl. 
thy Son alfo may g 

4 As thou given bim 

all flefto, that he (bould g . n:c 

to as many i him. 

3 And th the] 
might k; ee the < ue God, - . 
Jefu<> Chn. :it. 

4 1 ha nth : 
»ve finiihed the work which thou 

gavelt me to 

5 And now, I thou m<- 
with I >wn felf, with theglor) « 
I had with tli' re the world w 

6 «J I have . Mime unto the 

out or tlv 
world : thine tl ey were, and thou gavelt 
•;id the kept i 

7 Now they have known th 
whatlu vor 

rt I .»! 1 i): Vf glV< 

which thou me ; and the. have 

received tbem % and have kfl ircl) 

that I came out from 1 id the) 

believed that thou cioir fend me. 

9 I pray foi the 
Id, bat lor tl luft 

giv ; foi i!ir> arc 1 iC. 

10 il nunc 'nine 
are n. 

1 1 cy And now I a 
but ?he(e are in the 
thee. 1 ither, r.cep through I 

own name fhofe whom thou hafi ,. 
1 they ma> b • i e . 

m in the 
in »!iy 
• ■ i 
■ 

things I « woi Id, tl 

iv^r my 

t!ic woi i 

Id, even as I an. 
of the world. 

15 I pray DOl tl I ihouldett t »k< 

I of t- Id, but thai ; 

■ 

li> I hi lie world, cv< 

I it 

17 « through thy truth : 

thy word i* truth. 

IS 

world, even (o i fent « 

I 

19 \ their fakes I I 

(elf, that they alfo 
through the tiuth. 



Chap. xvii. rviii. ■ us is taken, 65b 

y 1 for thefe lutt 

for them alfo which ihall believe on me 
thro 

I it they all may be one, a* t! 

1 at: .ci.a'/ in 1 1 in thee, th 

• may be one in us : th 
may believe that thou hah fent me. 

And the glory which thou g.iveft 
them ; that the ; 
be one, even ai we 
W 1 in them, and th »u in me, 

eel in one 
i that tin 

\ me, and 1 tlv. m, as thou 

loved me. 
tA I thai ihej alfo, whom 

u haft ] e where 1 

im, tha' m. 

thou halt given me | m« 

right hath 

not known the e : but 1 ha 

thee, and thefe have known that thou 

ball le. 

id 1 have ired unto them 

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83S ?eur demeth Jefus. St. JOHN. 

thy fword into the (heath : the cup which 



His arraignment. 



my Father hath given me, Shall I not 
drink it ? 

1*2 Then the band and the captain 
and officers of the Jews took Jems, and 
bound him, 

IS And led him away to Annas firft ; 
for he was father in law to Caiaphas, 
wliich was the high prieft that fame year. 

14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave 
jotmfel to the jews, that it was expedient 
that one man Ihould die for the people. 

15 fl And Simon Peter followed Jefus, 
and/o did another difcipie ; that difci- 
pie was known unto the high prieft, and 
went in with Jefus into the palace of the 
high prieft. 

16 But Peter flood at the door without. 
Then went out that other difcipie, which 
was known unto the high pried, and 
fpake unto her that kept the door, and 
brought in Peter. 

17 Then faith the damfel that kept the 
door unto Peter, Art not thou alfo one of 
this man's difciples? He faith I am not. 



and faid. What accufation bring ye a- 
gainft this man ? 

50 They anfwered and faid unto him, 
If he were not a malefaclor, we would 
not have delivered him up unto thee. 

51 Then faid Pilate unto them, Take 
ye him, and judge him according to 
your law. The Jews there'fore faid un- 
to him, It is not lawful for us to put any 
man to death : 

32 That the faying of Jefus might be 
fulfilled, which hefpake, fignifying what 
death he Ihould die- 

S3 Then Pilate entered into the judg- 
ment hall again, and called Jefus, and 
faid unto him, Art thou the King of the 
Jews ? 

34 Jefus anfwered him, Saved thou 
this thing of thyfelf, or did others tell it 
thee of me ? 

35 Pilate anfwered, Am T a Jew ? Thine 
own nation and the chief priefts have 
delivered thee unto me ; What haft thou 
done \ 

35 Jefus anfwered, My kingdom is 



18 And the fervants and officers flood not of this world ; if my kingdom were 



there, who had made a fire of coals : for 
it was cold : and they warmed them- 
felves : and Peter flood with them, and 
warmed himfelf. 

19 The high prieft then afked Jefus of 
his difciples, and of his doctrine. 

20 Jefus anfwered him, 1 fpake open- 
ly to the world ; I ever taught in the 
fynagogue, and i r f he temple, whither 
the Jews alway- it: and in fecret 
have T faid nothing. 

.21 Why afkeft thou me? Aflc them 
which heard me, what 1 have faid unto 
them : behold they know what I faid. 

22 And when he had thus fpoken, one 
of the officers which flood by ftruck Je- 
fus with the palm of his hand, faying, 
Anfwereft thou the high prielt fo ? 

2.3 [efus anfwered him, If 1 have fpoken 
evil, bear witnefs of the evil : but if well, 
why fmiteft thou me ? 

24 Now Annas had fent him bound 
unto Caiaphas the high prieft. 

25 And Simon Peter flood and warmed 
himfelf. They faid therefore unto him, 
Art not thou alfo one of his difciples ? 
He denied /"/, and faid, I am not. 

26 One of the fervants of the high 
prieft, (being his kinfman whofe ear Pe- 
ter cut oft',) faith, Did not 1 fee thee in the 
garden with him ? 

27 Peter then denied again : and im- 
mediately the cock crew. 

"28 *f Then led they Jefus from Caia- 
phas unto the hall of judgment : and it 
was early ; and they theT.feives went 
Wot into the judgment hall, left they 
(bould be defiled ; but that they might 
e.u the paflbver. 



of this world, then would my fervants 
fight, that I ihould not be delivered to 
the Jews ; but now is my kingdom not 
from hence. 

37 Pilate therefore laid unto him, Art 
thou a king then ? Jefus anfwered, Thou 
fayeft that I am a king; To this end was 
I born, and for thiscaufe came I into the 
world, that I ihould bear witnefs unto 
the truth. Every one ihat is of the 
truth heareth my voice. 

38 Pilate faith unto him, What is 
truth ? And when he had faid this, he 
went out again unto the Jews, and 
faith unto them, I find in him ho fault 
at alL 

39 But ye have a cuftom, that I fbould 
releafe unto you one at the paflbver : 
Will ye therefore that I releafe unto you 
the King of the jews ? 

40 Then cried they all again, faying, 
Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Ba- 
rabbas was a robber. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 Chrifl isfcourged s crowned tvitb thorns, 

beaten, and crucified. 28 He dieth. 38 

and is buried by J^fcfb and Nicodemas. 

THEN Pilate therefore took Jefus, and 
fcourged him. 

''1 And the foldiers platted a crown of 
thorns, and put it on his head, and they 
put on him a purple robe, 

3 And faid, Hail, King of (he Jews! 
and they fmote him with th«ir hands. 

4 Pilate therefore went iorth again, 
and faith unto them. Behold, I bring 
him forth to you, that ye may know 
that I find no, fault in him. 

5 Then came Jefus forth wearing ths 



it tne pailover. a men came jeius iortn wearing nifs 

29 Piiiite then went out unto, them, I crown of thorns, and the purple robe 

And, 



Ckrifl crutifed. 
i Pilate faith unto them, Behold the 

< When the chief prieih therefore and 
•£ *w him, they erica c - 

Cru-iirV ai«r, crucify am. i 

e him, a-td ; 
*m 

7 The Jews anfwered h ve a 

law, and by our law be oo^. be- 

- he made bimiell 
• When ire heard 

Si ^ was the mi 
9 Asd went _ . 

nto J' 

-j anf*» 
tO Tfc ezk- 

eft thoti not unto me r Knowe 

it I hare power to c 
hare power to rel- 

l 1 Jefusanf* a!«Jeftaave 

no power at mil againft me, ei 
we * thee from above the 

he i hat delivered x? u:.:c :hc; hath the 
greater fin. 

• 
tD releafe e Jew* cr.ed 

nor s friend : who: eth 

raketh 
15 When rSlate th- 
fa> ing. he bruught Jefus forth, a 
oov ->.e judgment feat 

is the preparation ot 
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S38 ChriJPs refum&im. St. JOHN, He appearetb to bh difeiphs. 

and brought a mixture of myrrh and, hence, tell me where thou haft kid him/ 
aloes, about an hundred pound •weight. J and I will take him away. 

40 Then took they the body of Jefus.andj 16 Jefus faith anro her, Mary. She 
wound it in linen clothes,with the fpices,. turned herfelf, and faith unto him, Rab- 



as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 
4t Now in the place where he was 



boni ; which is to fay, Matter. 

17 Jefus faith unto her, Touch me not 5 



crucified there was a garden ; and in the Tor 1 am not yet afcended to my Father, 
garden a new fepulchre, wherein was butgotomy-brethren.and fay unto them, 



never man yet laid 

it There laid they Jefus, therefore, be- 
caufe of the Jews' preparation day j for 
the fepulchre was nigh at hand. 

CHAP. XX. 
11 Jefus appeareto unto Mary, 19 and 
to bis dijaples. 24 Thomas's incredu- 
lity, 26 and confeffion. 
THE firft day of the week cometh Ma- 
ry Magdalene early, when it was yet 
dark, unto the fepulchre, and feeth the 
ftone taken away from the fepulchre. 

2 Then (lie runneth, and cometh to Si- 
mon Peter, and to the other difciple 
whom Jefus loved, and faith unto them, 
They have taken away the Lord out of 
the fepulchre, and we know not where 
they have laid him. 

S Peter therefore went forth, and that 
other difciple, and came to the fepulchre. 

4 So they ran both together : and the 
other difciple didoutiun Peter, and came 
tint to the fepulchre. 

5 And he (looping down, and hoking 
in t faw the linen clothes lying ; yet 
went he not in. 

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following 
him, and went into the fepulchre, and 
feeth the linen clothes lie ; 

7 And the napkin that was about his 
head, not lying with the linen clothes, 
but wrapped together in a place by itfeif. 

8 Then went in alfo that other difci- 
ple, which came firft to the fepulchre, 
and he faw, and believed. 

9 For as yet they knew notthe fcripture, 
that he maft rife again from the dead. 

10 Then the difciples went away again 
unto their own home. 

11 f But Mary (loud without at the 
fepulchre weeping : and as (he wept, (lie 
(looped down, and looked into the fep- 
ulchre, 

12 And feeth two angels in white fit- 
ting, the one at the head, and the other at 
the feet, where the body of Jefus had lain. 

13 And they fay unto her, Woman, 
Why weepeft thou ? She faith unto 
them, Becaufe they have taken away my 
Lord, and I know not where they have 
laid him. 

14 And when flie had thus faid, (he 
turned herfelf back, and faw jefus (land- 
ing, and knew not thai it was Jefus. 

15 Jefus faith unto her, Woman, Why 
weepeft thou ? Whom kekeft thou ? She, 



I afcend unto my Father, and your Fa* 
ther ; and to my God, and your God. 

1,8 Mary Magdalene came and told 
the difciples that (he had feen the Lord, 
and that he had fpoken thefe things unto 
! her. 

19 *J Then the fame day at evening, 
being the firft day of the week, when the 

idoors were (hut where the difciples were 
jafTembled for fear of the Jews, came Je- 
fus and ftood in the midft, and faith unN» 
them, Peace be unto you. 

20 And when he had fo faid, he (hewed 
unto them his hands and his fide. Then 
were the difciples glad, when they faw 
the Lord. 

21 Then faid Jefus to them again, Peace 
be unto you : as my Father hath fent 
me, even fo fend I you. 

22 And when he had faid this, he 
breathed on thim, and faith unto them* 
Receive ye the Koly Ghoft : 

23 Whofe foever (ins ye remit, they 
are remitted unto them, and whofe fo- 
ever fins ye retain, they are retained. 

24 qj But Thomas, one of the twelve, 
called Didymus, was not with them when 
Jefus came. 

2^ The other difciples therefore faid 
unto him, We have feen the Lord. But 
he faid unto them, Except I (hall fee in 
his hands the print of the nails, and put 
my ringer into the print of the nails, and 
thrufi my hand into his fide, I will not 
believe. 

26 ^| And after eight days again his 
difciples were within, and Thomas with 
them : then came Jefus, the doors being 
(hut, and (Inod in the midft, and laid, 
Peace be unto you. 

27 Then faith he to Thomas, Reach 
hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; 
and reach hither thy hand, and thrufl h 
into my f:de : and be not faithlefs, but 
believing. 

28 And Thomas anfwered and faid 
unto him, My Lord and my God. 

29 Jefus faith unto him, Thomas, be- 
caufe thou haft feen me, thou haft be- 
lieved : bleft'ed are they that have not 
feen, and yet have believed. 

SO And many other fig us- truly did 
Jefus in the prefence of his difciples, 
which are not written in this book : 

31 But thefe are written, that ye might 
believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the bon 



fuppofing him to be the gardener, faith ! of God; and that believing ye might 
unto him. Sir, if thou have borne him! have life through his name. 

' ' l CHAP. 



\ 

Heg^eib Peter a .-barge. 85* 

fus fhewed himfelfto his dikiples, after 
that he was rifea from the dead. 
• }$ % >!■ fefui 

faith to |o- 

nas, Lovefr thuu tue more 
He faith unto him, Y« (hot) 

knoweft that 1 thee, i i unto 

him, Feed my Ian. 

It) lis faith to him again the fecend 
time, Simon, fun of Jonas, Loveft thou 
me ? He fail h unto him, Yea, Lord ; thoil 
kne thee. He faith unto 

him, Feed -. 

17 Ue laith unto him the third time, 
on. fort of Jon::?, Luveft thou me? 
as grieved becaufe he faid unto 
him the third time, Lovefi thou me ? And 
he faid unto him, Lord, thou 1c now eft all 
things : thou knoweft that I love thee. 
Jefus f.<iti) unto him. Feed my (her 

1a Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, Wl c;i 
thou wait young, thou girdedft thyfel . 
and walkedft whither thou wouldeft: but 
wbj (halt beol.i, thru ihalt itreteh 

forth thy hands, and another Hull gird 
thee, and cany tbee whither thou would- 
rftr 

19 This fpake he, by what 
dea. I. And when 
he had fpoken this, lie laith unto him, 

20 % Then Petrr, turning about, f 
the difciple whom Jefus lo\; 

. ch alfo IcancJ, breafl it fi 

and faid, I I . ich is he that be- 

~th thee r 

11 Peter feeing him. faith to Jefus, 
Lord. And whit flail this man d* ? 

2: ith unto him, 11 I u ill that 

he tarry till I come, What is thai to tin 
. thou me. 

10 Jf l \% of the' 2.«j on g 
fifli whi< ht. e brethren, that that < 

11 . eni up at e : yet J< , He 
net to 1 ii hundi 

id three For all there weir till I 

iianv, j not the net bn ken. 14 This is the 

\t Jelu " ' ■ 

dine. And none of 1 
afk In 
was the 

Id Jefus then i 
and giveth and till' like* 

l* 1 hia i ."• lite th'u • Jc- 



Clriji affearetb *g*lt* Chap 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Cbrift y appearing again, 15 gt<vetb 

Peter a charge j 20 and rebuketb bis 

euriojtty. 

AFihR thefe things Jefus (hewed 
himfelf again to the difciples at the iea 
of Tiberias ; and on this wife lhewed he 
blmjdf. 

2 There were together Simon Peter, 
andThomascalled Didymus, and Nathan- 
ael of Cana in Galilee, ami the f&ns ol 
Zebedee, and two other of his difciples. 
^ H Simon Peter faith v.nio them, I 
filhing They fay unto him, We all. 
with thee. went forth and en 

ed into a fMp immediately ; and that 
night they caught nothing. 

4 But whan the morning was now 
come, Jefus Mood on the fhore : but the 
difciples kne* not that it was Jefus. 

5 Then Jefus faith unto them, Chil- 
dren, Have ye any meat ? They anfwer- 
ed him, No. 

6 And he faid unto them, Call the net 
on the right fide of the (hip, and ye fhall 
find. They caft there: ndnowtbey 
were notable to d-jw it io flic multitude 
of fifties 

7 Therefore that difciple whom Jefus 
loved faith unto Peter, it is the Lord. 

vhen Simon Peter heard that it was 
the Lord, he girt bis rifi. al unn 

bim y for he i f*d, and did call hiw- 

f into the fea. 

■nd tj.e other difciples came in a lit- 
tle fhip, (lor they were not far md, 
It were tf red cubits,) drag- 
ging the net with fiffc 

9 As foon tii 1 were come to 

land, they lev a there, 

hfh laid then' ;>, and bread 



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THE ACTS OF THE 



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1 A ttfethiot 

Mat lb- M />. 3 'i 

THE ' 

Theopti fefui began b , 

to ii 

2 Lnti! tii 
Dp, after that he thn iAnd, being >lcd to . 

/6i 



840 Part of Cbrljl's bifcory. 

tbem, commanded them that the y fliould 
not depart from Jerulalerw, but -wait for 
the promife of the Father, which, faitb 

be, ye have heard of me. 

5 For John trulj baptized with water : 
but ye fhall be bapiized with. the Holy 
Ghcfr not many days hence. 

6 When they therefore were come to- 
gether, they a.'kedcf him. laying, Lord, 
Wilt thou at this time reftore again the 
kingdom to Ifrael r 

7 And he faid unto them, It is not for 
you to know the times or the leafons, 
which the Father hath put in his owe 
pGwer. 

But ye (hall receive power, after that 
the Holy Ghoft has come upon you ; and 
ye foal be witnefles unto me both in Je- 
rufalem, and in ail Judea, and in Sama- 
ria, and unto the uttennoft part of the 
earth. 

9 And when he had fpc-ken thefe things, 
while they beheld, he was taken up : and 
a cloud received him out of their liiht. 

10 And while they looked fredfattly to- 
ward heaven as he went up, behold, two 
men (rood by them in white apparel : 

It Which alio laid Ye men of Gali- 
lee, Why Hand ve gazing up into heav- 
en ? This fame Jefus. which is taken up 
from you into heaven, fhall fo come in 
like manner as ye have feen him go into 
heaven. 

12 Then returned they imto JernfaleiH 
from the mount called Olivet, which is 
from Jerufalem a fabbath day's journey. 

t3 And when they were come in, they 
went up into an upper room, where a- 
bode both Feter, and jaH~.es, and John, 

1 Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, James the fon 
of Alpheus, and Simon Zeictes, and Ju- 
dz^ i-e brother of James. 

H Tl.ele all continued with one ac- 
cord in prayer and fupplication, v, jth 
the women, and Mary the mother of 
Jefus, and with his brethren. 

l. r > C 1 And in thofe days Peter Mood up 
in the raid ft of the difciples, and faid, 
(the number of the names together were 
about an hundred and twenty,) 

16 Men and brethren, this fcripture 
muft needs have been fulfilled, which the 



The ACTS. The defcent eft be Holy Gboft. 

CO For it is written in the book cf 
Pfalms, Let his habitation be defolate, 
and let no man dwell therein : and his 
bifhoprick let another take. 

-1 Whereforeof thefe men whichhave 
companied with us all the time that the 
Lord Jefiis went in and out among us, 

i2 Beginning from thebaptifmof John, 
unto that fame day that he was taken up 
from us, muft one be ordained to be a 
witnefs with us of his refurrection. 

2 3 And they appointed two, Jcfeph 
called Barfabas, who was furnamed Juf- 
tus. and Matthias. 

24 And they prayed, and faid, Thou, 
Lord, which knoweff the hearts cf all 
met!, diew whether of theie two thou 
hail choien, 

25 That he may take partof this min- 
iflry and apofrlefhip, from which Judaa 
by rrmfgrefiion fell, that he might go to 
his own place. 

Co And "hey gave forth their lots ; and 
the lot fell upon Matthias ; and he was 
numbered with the eleven apoltles. 

CHAP. II. 
TSf aperies filled with tbt Hdy Gbofi, 
/peck divers languages. 

AND when ihe day of Pentecoft was 
fully come, they were all with: one ac* 
cord in one place ; 

? And fuddenly there c^me a found 
from heaven as of a ruthing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the houfe where 
they were fitting ; 

3 And there appeared unto them clo- 
ven tongues, like as of fire, and it fat 
upon each of them. 

4 And they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghoft, and began to fpeak with 
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 

5 And there were dwelling at Jerufa- 
1cm Jews, devout men, cut of every n:;- 
tion under heaven. 

6 Nov.- when this was noifed abroad, 
the multitude came together, and were 
confounded, becaufe that erery man 
heard them fpe.ikin his own language. 

7 And they were all amazed, and mar- 
velled, Faying one to another, Behold, 
Are not ali thefe which fpeak Galilean? 

8 And, How hear we every man in our 



by the mouth of David ipake own tongue, wherein we were born ? 



before concerning Judas, which wasguid 
to them that took Jefus 



9 Partbians, and Meres, and Elamite? t 
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and 



17 For iie was numbered with us, and in Judea, and Cappaducia,in Pontus, and 
had obtained part of this mininry. [Alia, 

18 this man purchafed a field J 10 Phrygia, and Psmpbylia, in Egypt, 
tfl the reward of iniquity : and falling (and in the parts of Lybia about Cymie, 

headlong, he burft afunder in the mid ft, and ft rangers of Rome, Jews and pro- 



and a!l his bowels guthed out 

*9 A"d it was known unto all the 
dwellers ?t Jerufalem ; in (eunuch as that 
in their proper tongue, Acel- 
j fay, The field of blood* 



felytes, 

li Crefes and Arabians, we do hear 
M em fpeak in our tongues the wonder- 
ful works cf God. 

12 And they were all amazed, and 



Peter infplred, preacbetb. Chap. ill. 

were in doubt, faying one to another, 
What meaneth this ? 

IS Oihers mocking, faid, Thefe men 
are full of new wjne. 

t4 Eur Peter (landing up u ith the elev. 



Hi 



en, lil'ed up hs v. ice, and (aid unto 
them, Ye men of Judea, and all ft thai 
cjwcll at Jerusalem, be this known unto 
you, and hearken to my v*ord> : 

15 For thele are not drunken, a 
(uppofe, ieeinj it is hut the third hour of 
the day : 

16 But this is that w hich was fpoken 
by the pp phet Joel : 

IT And it ihall come to ptf- in the laft 
days, faith God, I will pour out of my 
Spirit upon all fifth ; and your (bos a ,1 
your daughters 111 II propfaefy, and your 
young men (hall lee viiion >, and your 
old men ihall dream dreams : 

18 And on my Servants and en my 
handmaidens I w i'l pour out in thofc days 
ot my Spirit ; and they nYill prophefy : 

19 And I will ihew wonders in heaven 
above, an--t (igna in the earth beneath ; 
blood, and (ire, and tap ►uroffmoke : 

tO 1 he fun (ball be turned into djrk- 
nefa, and the moon into blood, before that 
gieat a"d notable day of the Lord com 

11 And it ihall come to pits, that 
whomever (hall call on the name of the 
Lord r !<all be I ived. 

14 Ye men ot Ifrael hear thele woi 
Jefus oi Nazareth, a man approved ol God 
among you '■'>)' mira< wooden) and 

■Ens, which God did by him in tin midi; 
Of you, as ye youi l< Ives alio know : 

£3 Him, being delivered by the deter- 
minate counted and foreknow h 
God, ye have taken. and by wicked hands 
hav crucified and tijin i 

-4 Whom ^»od hath railed up, hiving 
loofed the 
not poifiblc th it he (Itould be hold en i I 

For David 
him. I tore I 

m> for he is on my right hood, thai 

I fliouM not be moved : 

26 Therefore did my heart 

and my ton 01 glad ; moreover 

my flefh fli.d! refl in ' 

•-7 Hrcaufe thou wilt net leave my 
in hell, Mather will thou turtrr thine 
/ One to fee con upt ion. 

B '] hou hafl known to me the 

wa>s of life ; thou (hall make me full 



lh thy countei 
29 Men and br< thren, let 






ne 1 1 • 
:ak unto you ui the patriarch Dv 
if he is both i\c;u\ nnd buried, and 
leptilchre ia with us unto th 

30 I herefore kx et ( and 

knowing that rith in 

oath to him, ; the ti nil "t hi 

according to the Beth, he would railc op 
Chrilt to fit on his throne ; 

5 K 



His ftrmon. 

SI He, feeing this before, fpakeofthe 
refurreelion otChrift, thai his I ul was 

not left in hell, neither his flcfo did fee 
coi ruption. 

Si Thw Jefus hath God railed up 
f we :iil ire witness. 
Theicfore beint; by the right hand 
of (J vl exalted, and having received of 
the frithcr the piouuie ot the Holy 
Ghoft, be hath fhed forth this, which ye 
now fee and hear. 

34 lor David is not afcended into the 
heavens ; but he faith himfelf, The 
Lo&B faid unto my Lord, bit thou on 
my right hand, 

3' Until I make thy foes thy footftool. 

36 '1 herefore let all the houfe oi Kra- 
ei know aiTtirediy, that Gnd hath made 
that lame Jefus vs bom ye have crucified 
both, Lord and Ghrill. 

37 Now when they heard tbis y they 
were pricked in iheir heart, and laid un- 
to Fetor and to the rclt of the ajoltl s 
Men ami brethren, What ihall we do \ 

S3 Then Peter faid unto them, Repent a 
and be baptizod every one of you in the 

ae of Jt fus Chrift, For the re. 
Iin>, and ye ihall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghoft. 

59 For the proniife is unto you, and to 
your children, and to all that aie afar 
( ;i, even as many as the Lord our God 
ball call. 

40 And with many other did 
he teftify and exhort, lay jour- 

at from thii ui neratiooi 

41 J hen they tl i his 
word were baptized \ and the fame day 
there were a<ldcd unto them about three 

ihoui als. 

4 \\\<\ they continued Head fa lily in the 
'ties' doctrine and fellow A p, and in 
iking ot Up i im | ra 

A3 A nd fear i ime ii| on c vei 

d many *\u\ h^ns a ne 

44 And all that believed wene tog 

'•r, and bad all things common ; 

4'< A n.t fold i ; ' poods* 

and parted t! ■ ;;i to all ."ir/r, 

naan I .-'l ne< d. 

46 And th- 
in ttic ' 

from, houfe to houfe, i 

with gladnei and bnglcm '• ol heart, 

17 Pi i 

th all tl 1 

tothechui ad. 

I Vfttr and ;/«'•/; t rnan % 12 

■ 
nd fjtktrtimg • 

of 
. ■ • 
•2 And a certain ma t tron: 

mothci 



842 A lame man refiored. 



mother's womb was carried, whom they 
laid daily at the gate of the temple which 
is called Beautiful, to afk alms of them 
that entered into the temple ; 

5 Who feeing Peter and John about 
to go into the temple, afked an alms. 

■4 And Peter, fattening his eyes upon 
him with John, faid, Look on us. 

5 And he gave heed unto them, ex- 
pecting to receive fomething of them. 

6 Then Peter faid, Silver and gold 
have 1 none ; but fuch as 1 have give T 
thee ; In the name of Jefus Chrift of 
Nazareth, rife up and walk. 

7 And he took him by the right hand, 
and lifted him up : and immediately his 
feet and ancle bones received ftrength, 

8 Arid he leaping up, Mood, and walk- 
ed, and entered with them into the 
temple, walking, and leaping, and praif- 
ing God. 

9 And all the people faw him walking 
and praifmg God : 

10 And they knew that it was he 
which fat for alms at the beautiful gate 
of the temple : and they were filled with 
wonder and amazement at that which 
had happened unto him. 

11 And as the lame man which was 
healed, held Peter and John, all thepeople 
ran together unto them in the porch that 
is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 

12 $ And when Peter faw i/, he an- 
fwered unto the people, Ye men of If- 
rael, Why marvel ye at this ? or, Why 
look ye fo earneftly on us, as though by 
our ewn power or holinefs we had made 
this man to walk ? 

IS The God of Abraham, and of Ifsac, 
and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, i it was now eventide. 



The ACTS. Peter and John mfrifoned, 

20 And he (hall fend Jefus Chrifr, 
which before was preached unto you : 

21 Whom the heaven muff receive un- 
til the times of reftuution of all things, 
which God hath fpoken by the mouth 
of all his holy prophets mice the world 
began. 

22 For Mofes truly faid unto the fa- 
thers, A prophet fhan the Lord your God 
raife up unto you of your brethren, like 
unto me ; himfhall ye hear in all things 
whatfoever he thall fay unto you. 

23 And it {hall come to pafs, that every 
foul, which will not hear that prophet, 
fhall be deftroyed from among the people. 

21 Yea, and all the prophets from 
Samuel, and thofe that follow after, a» 
many as have fpoken, have likewife 
foretold of thefe days. 

25 Ye are the children of the prophets, 
and of the covenant which God made 
with our fathers, faying unto Abraham, 
And in thy feed fliall all the kindreds of 
the earth be blelfed. 

26 Unto you fli ft, God having raifed 
up his Son Jefus, fent him to blefs you, 
in turning away every one of you from 
his iniquities. 

CHAP. IV. 

t Peter and Jehn imprijoned. 5 Their 

defence. 15 They are threatened. 

AND as they fpake unto the people, 

the priefts, and the captain of the temple, 

and the Sadducees, came upon them, 

2 Being grieved that they taught the 
people, and preached through Jefus the 
refurrecfion from the dead. 

3 And they laid hands on them, and 
put them in hold unto the next day : for 



hath glorified his Son Jefus ; whom ye 
delivered up, and denied him in thepref- 
ence of Pilate, when he was determined 
to let him go. 



4 Howbeit, many of them which heard 
the word believed ; and the number of 
the men was about five thoufand. 

5 «fl And it came to pafs on the mor- 



14 But ye denied the Holy One and row, that their rulers, and elders, and 



the Juft, and defired a murderer to be 
granted unto you ; 

15 And killed the Princeof life, whom 
God hath raifed from the dead ; whereof 
we are witnefTes : 



fcribes, 

6 And Annas the high prieft, and Gai- 
aphas, and John, and Alexander, and 
as many as were of the kindred of the 
high prieft, were gathered' together at 



16 And his name, through faith in his I Jerufalem 
name, hath made this man (hong, whom j 1 And when they had fet them in the 
ye fee and know : yea, the faith which ; midft, they afked, By what power, or by 
is by him hath given him this perfecl:! what name, have ye done this? 
foundnefs in theprefence of you ail. 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy 

17 And now, brethren, I wot that Ghoft, faid unto them, Ye rulers of the 
through ignorance ye did i/, as did alfo; people, and elders of Ifrael, 

your rulers. 9 If we this day be examined of the 

18 But thofe things, which God be- good deed done to the impotent man, by 
fore had {hewed by the mouth of all his what means he is made whole ; 
prophets, that Chrift fhould futfer, he j 10 Beit known unto you all, and t© 
hath fo fulfilled. 'all the people of Ifrael, that by the Rame 

19 Cj Repent ye therefore, and be con- ! of Jefus Chrift of Nazareth, whom ye 
verted, that your fins may be blotted ' crucified, whom God raifed from the 
out, when the times of refrefhing fhall idead, even by him dcth this man ftand 
come from the pretence of the Lord : jhere before you whole. 

1 1 This 



TCbe applies threatened. 



Chap. v. 



Ananias and Sappbira. 84S 



11 This is the ftone which was fet at 
nought of you builders, which is become 
the head or the corner. 

it Neither is there falvation in any 
other : for there is none other name un- 
der heaven given among men, whereby 
we mud be laved. 

fl Now when they law theboldnels 



threatenings : ami grant unto thv fei% 
vants, mat with all boldnefs they may 
Ipeak. thy word, 

SO By ftretchiftg forth thine hand to 
heal ; and that figns and wondi 
be done by the name of thy holy child 
Jefus. 

31 And when they had prayed, the 



of Peter and John and |>erceved that tl> re was fhaken wh , wereaflem. 

were unlearned and ignorant men, they bled together; and they were all tilled 
marvelled ; and they took, knowledge oi with tl . Ghoft, and they ipake the 



them, that they had been with J< ! 

14 And beholding the nun which was 
healed Hand: h them, they conld 
fay nothing againii: it. 

15 But when they had commanded 
them to go alide out of the council, they 
conferred among themielvef, 

16 baying, V we do to thefe 
men ? For that ii dec! :<. notable miracle 
liath been c\u:\c by them « manifeft to 
all them that dwell in Jerulalem ; and 
we cannot deny if. 

II Hut that it i,jrcad no further among 
the people, I ly threaten them, 

that they fpeak henceforth to no man in 
this nan 

lu And they called them and com- 
m inded them not to (pea': at all nor 
leach in the i 

19 But Pete* and 

£aid unto then., ;er it be right in 

the u'tfiit of God to unto you 

Bl< i unto God, ju ge ye ; 

For »t but f| .-- things 

mi we havt rd 

when they '<.<'t hii thi r I 
ad them, they let them go, finding 
ing now tl 

Oi the : for hii men ^lo; 

r the ma yean 

old, miracle i 

wa> (he 

IS And b 
Own com pa ii) ill that ' 

chief priel em. 

24 And whi it, they 

lifted up their vait with < 

accord, and laid, Loi d, ih u art G 
which haft m 
the lea, and all tl em i-. : 

Who by the n nth ol thy fei 
David haft lad. Why 

ge,awd the . nnl bin 

I up, 
and the ru< 
againft the Lord, an .it. 

£7 I oi of a truth iuld 

Jefus, Whom t: 
Herod, and Pontius P i e, 
tiles, and the Ifrad a»ei ■ % i 

ered together, 

id Por to do whatfoever thy h in I 
tihy counfel determii 

43 And now, Lord, behold I 



a ord ol ^ rod with 1 Mne 

■ -- And he muli I them I 

lieved were of one heart "ne loul: 

neither faid any »J tern that aught ol I 
tilings winch he poMetied was his ow n ; 
but they I thin ks common. 

M And with ; <ve th« 

!:!cs witnefs of th< of the 

Lord Jefus : and great grace was upon 
them all. 

Neither «as tliTe any aim ng them 

that lacked : for a- nun;, as were \ < II I- 

lors ol lane's or honfes, fold il'cm, and 

■ i the pru the things that 

were foi 

. bem down at the || 
feet : and distribution was made unto 
; as hi • ■ i . 

■ . ihe 
fur nan w nil h I being in- 

■ 
and of th ry of ( 

lan<l,fold . 
money, and i.> d <■ ■ 

C ll A P. 

1 The death '>/ Ananim ar.d S.ipptira. 
17 Tbi uf'O/t'es u.ipr. 
ci- . •■ /; t </ 

1 1 on rn in n imed -• 

i , 
Vnd kept back 

• : h t 

a « ertain part, 

.11 

c .» ick /■><-•/ .1 t!. 

I 

4 V 

v I 

. and r 

It pee 

ho. i ng 

l ell 

I • 

9 Then 



844 The apoftles imprifoned. The ACTS. Gamaliel's counfet. 

9 Then Peter faid unto her, How is it : 26 Then went the captain with the 
that ye have agreed together to tempt officers, and brought them without vio- 
tne Spirit of the Lord ? Behold, the feet lence : for they (eared the people, left 
of them which have buried thy hufband j they ftiould have been ftoned. 

arc at the door, and {hall carry' thee out. j 27 *And when they had brought them, 

10 Then fell (he down frraightway at they fet them before the council: and 
his feet, and yielded up the gnoft : andjthe high pried afked them, 

the young men came in, and found herl -'# Saying, Did not we ftraitly corn- 
dead, and carrying her forth, buried ber imand you that ye mould not teach in 
by her hufband. j this, name? And, behold, ye have filled 

*1 And great fear came upon all the* Jerufalem with your dottrine, and intend 



< hurch, and upon as many as heard 
thefe things. 

12 And by the hands of the apoftles 
were many fig ns and wonders wrought 
among the people : (and they were all 
with one accord in Soiomon's porch 

13 And of the reft durft no man join 
himfelf to them : but the people magni- 
fied them. 

14 And believers were the more added 
to the Lord, multitudes both of men and 
women ) 

15 lnfomuch that they brought forth 
the fick into the ftreets, and laid them 
on beds and couches, that at the leaf! the 
ihadow of Peter palling by might over- 
ihaddw fome of them. 

16 There came alfo a multitude out of 
the cities round about unto jerufalem, 
bringing lick folks, and them which 
were vexed with unclean fpirits : and 
they were healed every one. 

17 q Then the high prieft rofe up, 
and all they that were with him, which 
is the feet of the Sadducees, and were 
filled V4»th indignation, 

18 And laid their bands on the apoftles, 
and put them in the common prifon. 

19 But the angel of the Lord by night 
opened the priion doors, and brought 
them forth, and faid, 

20 Go, (land and fpeak in the temple 
to the people all the words of this life. 

21 And when they heard that, they en- 
tered into the temple early in the morn- 
ing. and taught. But the high prieft came, 
anri they that were with him, and called 
the council together, and all the innate 
of the children of Ifrael, and fent to the 
prifon to have then, brought. 

22 But when the officers came, and 
found them not in the priion, they re- 
turned, and told, 

23 Saying, The prifon truly found we 
jfhut with all fafety, and the keepers {land- 
ing without before i he doors : but when 



to bring this man's blood upon us. 

f y Then Peter and the other apoftie3 
anfvvered, and faid, We ought to obey 
God rather than men. 

SO The God of our fathers raifed up Jc- 
lus, whom ye Hew imd hanged on a tree. 

31 Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to ifrael, and ior- 
giveneis of fins. 

32 And we are his witnefles of tkefe 
things ; and fo is alfo the Jrioly Ghoft 
whom God hath given to them that obey 
him. 

33 When they heard tbat t they were 
cut to the hearty and took counfel to flay 
them. 

34 Then flood there up one in the 
council, a Pharifee, named Gamaliel, a 
doctor of the law, had in reputation a- 
mong all the people, and commanded to 
pur the apoftles forth a little fpace ; 

85 And faid unto them, Ye men of 
Ifrael, take heed to yourfelves what ye 
intend to do as touching thefe men. 

36 For before thefe days rofe up Theu- 
das, boafling himfelf to befomebody ; to 
whom a number of men, about four hua- 
died, joined themfelves ; who was flain ; 
and all, as many as obeyed him, were 
icattered, and broaght to nought. 
^37 After this man rofe up Judas of 
Galilee, in the days of the taxing, and 
drew- away much people after him : he 
alio perifhed ; and all, even as many as 
obeyed him, were difperfed. 

3tf And now I fay unto you, Refrain 
from thefe men, and let them alone : for 
if this counfel or this work be of men, 
it will come to nought : 

39 But if it be of God, ye cannot over- 
throw it ; led haply ye be found even to 

'light again ft God. 

40 And to him they agreed: and when 
they had called the apoftles, and beaten 
them, they commanded that they (hould 



we had opened, we found no man within, j not fpeak. in the name of Jefus, and let 

24 Now when the high prieft and the i them go. 

captain of the temple and the chief 41 And they departed from the pref 
priefb heard theft things;, they doubted 
of them w hereunto this would grow. 

25 Then cainc one and told them, fay 



ing, Behold, the men whom ye put in 



teaching the people. 



ence of the council, rejoicing that they 
wore counted worthy to fufter iharae for 
his name. 

il And daily in the temple, and in ev- 



prifon are fianding in the temple, and ery houfe, they ccafed no: to teach and 



preach Jefus Chrift. 



C II A P. 



i 



Deacons iktfen. Chap, vi 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Deacons cbofen. y Stephen falfely ac- 
cujed of blajpoemy 
AND in thofe days, when the number 
of the difciples was multiplied, there a- 
rofe a murmm tn^ of the Grecians againlt 
the Hebrews, becau'e their an I ere 

neglected in the daily minhrration. 

2 Then the twelve called ihe multitude 
of the difciples unto tutni, and faid, It 
is not realon that we IhouUi leave the 
word of God, and fervc tables. 

3 Wherefore brethren, look ye out a- 
juong you feren men of h«nett report, 
full of the Holy Ghoft and wifdom, 
whom w^e may appoi 

4 But We will ourielvrs continu- 
ally to prayer, and to the ininitlry of the 
word. 

5 And the faring pleaf^d the whole 
multit hole Stephen, a 
man full o! faith, am: of the Holy Ghoft, 
and Philip, and Pr tchorus, an< 

and I iinon, and Parmenas, and Nicorai 
aprofeKteof Antioch : 

6 Whom the> let before the apoftles : 
ar.d when they had prayed, they laid 
their hands on them. 

7 And the * ord of God increafed; and 
tho number et the difciples mult plied in 
Jerulalem greatly ; and a ^teai c unpany 
of the priefts wee obedient to the with 

8 And Stephen, full of faith and poi 
did yreat wonders and miracles am 
the people. 

9 ^f i hen there arofe certain of the 
fynafcoeur, which it. called tte /vna^n^ue 
of the Libertines, a^i L ; f 

fteUMl In aus, and oi »f Cilii 

oi AGa, difoutiag w ith a. 

1»» . v , i 'hey were not able to reP 
wil '.(I ttie Ipirit by v, \ 

1 1 rhrHti] 

We have heard him fpeak bl I] 

words a g .ul tj^atnit ( Mtfi. 

It Anil they , and 

the eldeis, and the , 

upon him, and < broi 

him to the council, 

1 -J An I t up I life wifn . 
i r 

p| : words 

tm : 

14 jrd h 

thia I' ' 

■ 

i • And 

it ; 

\ ii. 
1 Stephen v is acct. 

i to. 

THEN fau the high pi 
ihin ;i 

And he fa>J, . I 



. vii. Stephen aceu/ed, an/iveretb. 845 

fathers, hearken ; The God of K lory ap- 
ed unto our father Abraham, when 

he was in Mefopotamia, before he dwelt 

3 And (aid unto him, Get theeout of thy 
country, and ;iom thy kinnred, . me 
into the land which I rtial! faew the* 

^ 4 Then came he out of the land of the 
. and dwelt in Charran : and 
trom thence when his father \sas dead, 
he. removed him into this laud, where 
ye now dwell. 

4 And i. c him none inheritance 
in it, no, not/* vuct as to let li- 
on ■ yet he pro mi fed that he would pi- 
rn for a pollen ed 

iftCl hen u> ye i 

t> ile, 1 hat his 

I fojourn in a (I I; and 

they Ihould bring them into bon [age, 
a d i ni 

I \nd the nation to whom tiny ihall 

be : din: 

attcr thai (hall they come forth, and 
icrve BM in thi 

he gai the covenai I 

cin umcifion : and : xm be 

Ifaac, and circumcifed him the eighth 
day ; and Ifaac brgai \ a:ul Jacob 

i ha. 
y And the • chs, moved with en- 
v>, Ibid |ofeph into Egypt: hut God 
was wiih hi 

10 And u his 

afflictions, and gave i i- 

the fighl oi i 

nd all hia I 

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*4S Stephen rebearfeth The ACTS. 

fo that they caft out their young children, 
to the end they might not live. 

20 In which time Mofes was born, and 
was exceeding fair, and nouriflaed up in 
his father's houfe three months : 

2t And when he was cart; out, Pha. 
raoh's daughter took him up, and nour- 
ished him tor her own fon. 

22 And Mofes was learned in all the 
wifdom of the Eg) ptians,and was mighty 
in words and in deeds. 

23 And when he was full forty years 
old, it came into his heart to vifit his 
brethren the children of Ifrael. 

24 Andfeeingone of tbem fuffer wrong, 
he defended aim, and avenged him that 
was cppreiled, and fmote the Egyptian : 

25 For he fuppofed his brethren would 
have underftood how that God by his 
hand would deliver them : but they un- 
derstood not. 

26 And the next day he ihewed him- 
felf unto them as they ftrove, and would 
have fet them at one again, faying, Sirs, 
ye are brethren ; Why do ye wrong one 
to another > 

27 But he that did his neighbour wrong 
thru ft him away, faying, Who made thee 
a ruler and a judge over us ? 

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didft the 
Egyptian yefterday ? 

29 Then fled Mofes at this faying, and 
was a Granger in the land of Midian, 
where he begat two for.s. 

SO And when forty years were expired. 
there appeared to him in the wildernefs 
of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in 
a flame of fire in a bum. 

St When Mofes faw it, he wondered at 
the fight : and as he drew near to behold 
it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, 

3*2 Saying, I am the Godot thy fathers, 
the God of Abraham, and the God of 
lfaac, and the God ot Jacob. Then Mo- 
fes trembled, and durft not behold. 

38 Then faid the Lord to him, Put off 
thy ihoes from thy feet : for the place 
where thou flan deft is holy ground. 

Si I have feen, I. have feen the afflic- 
tion of my people which is in Egypt, and 
I haveheurd their groaning, and am come 
down to deliver them. And now come, 
1 will fend thee into Egypt. 

35 This Mofes whom they refufed, 
faying, Who made thee a ruler and a 
judge > the fame did God fend to be a 
ruler and a deliverer by the hand of 
the angel which appeared to him in the 
bu.h. " 

36 He brought them out, afier that he 
had (lie wed wonders and signs in the land 
of E^ypt, and in the Red lea, and in the 
wildernefs forty years. 

37 This is that Mofes, which faid un- 
to the children of Ifrael, A prophet fhall 



the bifiory of Ifrael. 

of your brethren, like unto me ; him 
fhall ye hear. 

38 This is he, that was in the church 
in the wildernefs with the angel which 
fpake to him in the mount Sina, and 
ivitb our fathers : who received the live- 
ly oracles to give unto us : 

39 To whom our fathers would not 
obey, but thruif. bim from them, and 
in their hearts turned back again into 

Egypt* 

40 Saying unto Aaron, make us gods to 
go before us : for asjoi this Mofes, which 
brought us out of the land of Egypt, we 
wet not what is become of him. 

if And they made a calf in thofedays, 
and offered facrifke unto the idol, and re- 
joiced in the works of their own hands. 

42 Then God turned, and gave them 
up to worihip the hoft of heaven ; as it 
is written in the book of the prophets, 
O ye houfe of Ifrael, Have ye offered to 
me flain beafts and facrifices by the fpace 
of forty years in the wildernefs \ 

43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of 
Moloch, and the ftar of your god Rem- 
phan, figures which ye made to worihip 
them ; and I will carry you away beyond 
Babylon. 

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of 
witnefs k\ the wildernefs, as he had ap- 
pointed, fpeaking unto Moles, that he 
lh'-nld .make it according to the fafhion 
that he had feen. 

45 Which alfo our fathers that came 
afrer brought in with Jefus into the pof- 
feffion of the Gentiles, whom God drave 
out before the face of our fathers, unto 
the days of David ; 

46 Who found favour before God, and 
deli red to find a tabernacle for the God 
of Jacob. 

47 But Solomon built him an houfe. 

48 Howbeit, the Moft High dwelleth 
not in temples made with hands ; as faith 
the prophet, 

49 Heaven is my throne, an'i earth is 
my footftool : What houfe will ye build 
me ? faith the Lcid ; or, What is the place 
of my reft ? 

50 Hath not my hand made all thefe 
things ? 

^t Ye fliffnecked and uncircumcifed in 
heart and ears, ye do always relift the 
Holy Ghoft :as your uthers kid,{o do ye. 

5t Which of the prophets have not your 
fathers perfecuted f And they have flain 
them which fhewed before of the coming 
pi the Juft One ; of whom ye have been 
now the betrayers and murderers : 

• '3 Who have received the law. by the 
difpofition of angels, and have not 
kept n. 

54 ^] When they heard thefe things, they 
were cut to the heart, and they gnafhed 



the Lord your God raife up unto you on him with tbeir teeth, , 

4 $5 But 



The church planted in Samaria. Chap. 



55 But he. being full of the Holy Ghoft, 
looked up ltedfaitly into heaven, and law 
the glory of God, and Jefus Handing on 
the right hand of God ; 

^6 And laid. Behold, I fee the heav- 
ens opened, and the Son of Man ftanding 
on the right hand of God. 

57 Then they cried out with a loud 
voice, an 1 topped their ears, and ran 
upon him rd- 

58 And cait bim out of the city, and 
ftoned bim ; and the witnelles laid down 
their clothes at a young man's feet whole 
name was Saul. 

i9 And they ftoned Stephen, calling 
upon God, jnd faying, Lord Jelu>, re- 
ceive my fpirit. 

60 And Iip kneeled down, and cried 
with i loud voice, Lord, lay not this lin 
to the r charge. And when he had faid 
this he fell 

P. VIII. 
1 Jbe cburco planted'** Samaria, i\ /'.«• 
cor.fi • Peter and "John. 26 Phil- 

ip J-nt to bapt x.r an tunucb. 
t\ND Saul was consenting unto his 
death. A nd at that tune there v\as a 
great perfecution againft the church 
which was at Jerufalem ; and they were 
all fcattered abroad throughout the re- 
gions of judea and Samaria, except the 
apoftles. 

4 And devout men carried Stephen to 
his bunal, and made K reat lamentation 
over him. 

5 As for Saul, he made havock of the 
church, entering into every houfe, and 
tilling men and women, committed tbem 

to prifon. 

A JTherefore they that were fcattered 
abroad, went every where preaching the 

WO' 

5 1 hen Philip went d -iwn to thecity of 
Samaria, eachedChnfl untoth 

6 with one at. 

t unto i ing* which Phil- 

ip jj hearing and feeing the miracles 
which he did. 

7 ror i fpiriti, crying mth loud 
voice, many that were ; 

led with 
pahies. and thai an re lame, w 

8 And there was gre in that . 

9 But there i 

Sii . ■ hich bt ne in tl. 

nfe 

i ir i. , \ ing out that himfi 

lO' 

10 I gave he • 

the l< i I 

man er of G 

u m the> h 

. >fe th itol id Dew lied 

they bt 
preaching I 



The tunucb and Philip. 81T 

kingdom of God, and the name of Jefus 
Chnft, they were baptized, both men 
and women. 

I j Then Simon himfelf believed a' 
and when he was baptized, he continued 
with Philip, and wondered, beholding the 
miracles and llgns which were done. 

14 ej Now when the apoftlea wl 
were at Jerufalem, hear,, that Samaria 
had received the word of God, the] lent 
unto them Peter and John : 

15 Who, when they were come down, 
ed i "'■«' them that they mi^ht receive 

the Holy Ghofl : 

lb Fur as yet he was fallen upon none 
of them : only they were baptized in the 
name of the l.ord jefus. 

IT Then laid they their hands on them, 
and they received the Holy Ghofl. 

18 And when Simon law that through 
laying on of the apofrl^s' hands the Holy 
Gholt was given, he offered them money, 

19 S , Give me alio this power, 
that on wbomfoever 1 lay hands, he may 
receive the Holy Ghofh 

But Peter laid unto him Thy mon- 
ey peridi with thee, becaufe thou haul 
thought th it the gift o( God may he pur- 
chafed vi ith money. 

-i Thou hail neither part n 
this matter : Fof thy heai t is not right in 
the Geht of G I. 

Repent therefore of thi* thy wi 
ednels, and pn ^« d, if perhaps the 
thought of thine heart maj b^ forgiven 
tfvc : 

rceive that thou art in 
the gall ol bitternefs, and m the bond of 
iniquity. 

-t ! hen anfwered Simon, ^nd ', L 
Pi i .t none 

(• which ye have rpokencomt 
upon mr. 

I they, when thev had teft 
and pi word of the Lord, t 

tum i- 

p( l i 

%6 4 <\\c I ord I; 

unto Phihp, faj in 

i! • i at h unto the w .iy that p i 
I' i ufalem un( 
t rt. 

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hold, . an rum ch of 

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t8 Wai i*-tiii nil in hit 

iS 'I hen I 

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ihou 

read. 

31 And 



84S Saul's miraculous converf on ; The ACTS. 



He preacbetb Cbrijt. 



on their way, 
id th< 
What 



wafer ; and the 



31 And he faid, How \pan T, except 
fome man fhculd guide me ? And he de- 
fired Philip that he would come up and 
fit with him. 

32 The place of the fcripture which he 
read was this, He was led as a fneep to 
the (laughter ; and like a lamb dumb 
before his (hearer, fo opened he not his 
mouth ; 

55 In his humiliation his judgment 
was taken away : and, Who (halt declare 
his generation i For hts life is taken 
from the earth. 

•34 And the eunuch anfwered Philip, 
andfaid, 1 pray thee. Of whom fpeaketh 
the prophet this ? Of himfelf, or of fome 
other man ? 

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and 
began at the fame fcripture, and preach 
ing unto him Jefus. 

35 And as they wen' 
they came unto a certain 
eunuch faid, See, here is water 
doth hinder me to be baptized ? 

&7 And Philip faid, If thou believed 
with all thine heart, thou may eft. Anci 
he anfwered and faid, I believe that Je- 
fus Chrilt is the Son of God. 

38 And he commanded the chariot to 
(land (till : and they went down both 
into the water, both Philip and the eu- 
such ; and he baptized him. 

<S9 And when they were come up out 
of the water, the Spirit of the Lord 
caught away Philip, that the eunuch 
law him no more : and he went on his 
way rejoicing. 

40 But Philip was found at Azotus : 
and palling through, he preached in all 
the cities, till he came to Cefarea. 

Q HA P. IX. 

i Saul g9ing tonuard Damafcus^ 10 is 

called to (fee apoftlefbip 23 The Jews 

lay wait for bim. 36 Tabitba rat fed. 

AND Saul, yet breathing out threat- 

enings and (laughter again ft the difciples 

ef the Lord, went unto the high prieft, 

2 And defired of him letters to Da- 

mafcus to the fynagogues, that if he 

found any of this way, whether they 

were men or women, he might bring 

them bound unto Jerufalem. 

S And as he journeyed, he came near 
Damafcus : and fuddenly there (hined 
round about him a light from heaven : 

4 And he fell to the earth, and heard 
p voice fay ing unto him, Saul, Saul, Why 
pei (ecuteft thou me ? 

5 And he (aid, Who art thou, Lord ? 
And the Lord faid, I am Jefus whom thou 
per fecutelt : it is hard for thee to kick 
agaiiift tlie pricks. 

6 And he trembling and aflonifhed 
faid, Lord, What wilt thou have me to 



and go into the city, and it (hall be told 
thee what thou mud do. 

7 And the men which journeyed with 
him (food fpeechlefs, hearing a voice, but 
feeing no man. 

8 And Saul arofe from the earth ; and 
when his eyes were opened, he faw no 
man : but they led him by the hand, and 
brought bim into Damafcus. 

9 And he was three days without fight, 
and neither did eat nor drink. 

10 qj And there was a certain difciple 
at Damafcus, named Ananias ; and to him 
faid the Lord in a vificn, Ananias. And 
he faid, Behold I ambere y Lord. 

11 And the Lord faid unto him, Arife, 
and go into the ftreet which is called 
Straight, and inquire in the houfe of Ju- 
das for one called Saul of Tarfus : for, 
behold, he prayeth, 

12 And hath feen in a v : ;fion, a man 
named Ananias coming in and putting 
bis hand on him, that he might receive 
his fight. 

13 Then Ananias anfwered, Lord, I 
have heard by many ©f this man, how 
much evil he hath done to thy faints at 
Jerufalem ; 

14 And here he hath authority from 
the chief prielts to bind all that call on 
thy name. 

15 But the Lord faid unto him, Go thy 
way : for he is a cholen vefrel unto me, 
to bear my name before the Gentiles, and 
kings, and the children of Ifrael : 

16 For I will {hew him how great things 
he'muft fufFer for my name's fake. 

17 And Ananias went his way, and 
entered into the houfe : and putting hia 
hands on him, faid, Brother Saul, the 
Lord, even Jefus,that appeared unto thee 
in the way as thou cameft, hath lent me, 
that thou mighteft receive thy fight, and 
be filled with the Holy Ghoft. 

18 And immediately there fell from 
his eyes as it had been fcales ; and he 
received fight forthwith, and arofe, and 
was baptized. 

19 And when he had received meat, 
he was ftrengthened. Then was Saul 
certain days with the difciples which 
were at Damafcus. 

20 And ftraightway he preached Chrift 
in the fynagogues, that he is the Son of 
God. 

21 But all that heard him were amaz- 
ed, and faid, Is not this he that deftroy- 
ed them which called . on thi« name in 
Jerufalem, and came hither for that in- 
tent, that he might bring them bound 
unto the chief priefts ? 

22 But Saul increafed the more in 
firength, and confounded the lews which 
dwelt at Damafcus, proving that this is 
very Chrift. 



uo I And the Lord faid unto him, Aiife, { 23 « And after that many days were ful 



tilled, 



The Jews lay 'wait to kill Saul. 



Riled, the Jews rook couofel to kill him : 

24 But their laying await was known 
of Saul. And they watched the gates 
day and night to kill him. 

25 Then thedifciples rook hum by ni< r hf, 
and let bin -lown by the wall in a b.ifket. 

26 And when Saul was come w J. 
falem, Ire allayed to join hi nifelf to the dif- 
ciples : but they were all afraid of him, 
and believed not that h<» was a difciple. 

27 But Barnabas took him, ami i 
bim to the apoftles, and declared u 
them how he had leen the Lord in the 
way, and that he had fpoken to him, and 
how he had preached boldly at Damafcus 
in the name ot Jefus. 

28 And he was with them coming in 
and going out at Jerufdein. 

29 And he fpake boldly in the name of 
the Lord Jeh.s, anddifputed againil the 
Grecians : but they went about tod ay him. 

SO Wbicb when the brethren knew, 
they brought him down to Ceiarea, arid 
fent him forth to Tarfus. 

3! Then had the churches reft through- 
out all Judea and Galilee aiv • ia, 
and wereediricd ; and walking in the fe ir 
of the Lord, and in the comfort of ihe 
Holy Ghoft, were multiplied. 

32 And it came to pits as Peter pafTed 
throughout all quarters, he came do 
alfo to the faints which dwelt at Lyd la. 

•S3 And there lie found a certain man 
named Eneas, which had kept his bed 
eight years, and was lick of (he pally. 

34 And Peter faid unto him, Eneas, Jefoe 
Chrifr makcfhth.ee whole; arih 
lhy bed. And hearofe iraa ly« 

35 And a!l that dwelt in LyddaandSa- 
ron faw him, and turned to the I.e. 

.36 «j Now there » a ! >• pa a cer- 
n difciple named I abitha, which 
erpretatioii I 

an was full o. i almfd- - 

which ilie did. 
vl And it tame to p 

that (he w 

they bad wa bed, thej i lid ber in an I 

per chamber. 

38 And forafmiM 
to | difcip 

men, deflring bim thai dd not - 

lay to come to I 

39 Then Pel 
them. When Ik 
bim ia1 
widow I fl 

, D IS 

40 Bui 

kneeled d 

bim I 

And (ho opei 

faw Pr'er, f p, 

41 An.l he 

I 



Chap. x. Cornelius fenleth for Peter. 819 

her up, and when ho ha I called the faints 
and widows, he presented her alive. 

4i Audit \v as known throughout all 
Joppa ; and many believed in the Lord. 

4* And it came to pals that he tai ric ! 
manydaysinJoppawithoneSimona tanner. 

chap. x. 

t Cornelius fendetbj^r teter , 3 ! ,n. 

THKKh v. as a certain man in Ccfarea 
called Cornelias, a centurion of the band 
Called the Italian band, 

I A devout man, and one that feared 
God with ail his houfe, which p., 
much alnv to rh • people, and prayed to 
■ 

3 ^| He law in a vifion evidently about 
the ninth hour of the day, an angel of 
God corv.ir • : I to him, and laying unto 
him, Cornelius. 

4 And when he looked on him, he 
afraid, and faid. What is it, Lord ? And he 
faid unto him, Thy prayers and thine alma 
are come up for a memorial before God. 

3 And now lend men to J md call 

for one Simon, whofe lurname is. P< \tv : 

6 He lodgeth with one Simon a I 
whole houfe is by the fea lide : he shall 
tell thee what thou oiiphtefr to do. 

7 And when the angel which f| 
unto Cornelius wa^ departed, hr tailed 
two of his houfehold lervants, le- 

It foldier of them that waited on him 
continually ; 

H And when he had declared all tbefe 
things unto them, he fent them to ! 
9 On the morrow, as they went 

oey, and dre unto ihe 

city, reter wi upon tri I fetOP 

to pray about the fixlh hour : 
H> Ami he 

: but whi 

I I 

■ 
at t!ic 

i| i!i<- earth 
and creeping thin 

14 Bui 
I have nei 

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850 Peter preaebetb to Cornelius. The ACTS. 



He is aceufed. 



inon, which was furnamed Peter, were 
lodged there. 

19 While Peter thought on the vifion, 
the Spirit faid unto him, Behold, three 
men feek ^hee. 

20 Arife, therefore, and get thee 
clown, and go with them, doubting noth- 
ing : for I have fent them. 

21 Then Peter went down to the men 
which were fent nnto him from Cornelius ; j 
and faid, Behold, I am he wfcom ye feek : 
"What is the caufe wherefore ye are come > { 

22 And they faid, Cornelius the cen-| 
turion, a juft man, and one that feareth 
God, and of good report among all the 
nation of the Jews, was warned from 
God by an holy angel to fend for thee into 
his houfe, and to hear words of thee. 

28 Then called he them in, and lodged 
them. And on the morrow Peter went 
away with them, and certain brethren 
from Joppa accompanied him. 

$4 And the morrow after they entered 
into Cefarea. And Cornelius waited 
for them, and had called together his 
kinfmen and near friends. 

25 And as Peter was coming in, Cor- 
nelius met him, and fell down at his feet, 
and worftiipped bim. 

96 But Peter took him up, faying, 
Stand up ; I myfelf alfo am a man. 

27 And as he talked with him, he wentin, 
and found many that were come together 

28 And he faid unto them, Ye know 
how that it is an unlawful thing for a 
man that is a Jew to keep company with, 
or come unto one of another nation ; but 
God hath ffeewed me that I fhould not 
call any man common or unclean. 

29 Therefore came I unioyou without 
gainfaying, as foon as I was fent for : I 
afk therefore, For what intent ye have 
fent for me ? 

50 And Cornelius faid, Fourdays ago I 
wasfarting until this hour : and attheninth 
hour I prayed in my houfe, and, behold, a 
man flood before me in bright clothing, 

51 And faid, Cornelius, thy prayer is 
heard, and thine alms are had in remem- 
brance in the fight of God. 

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call 
hither Simon, whofe furname is Peter ; 
he is lodged in the houfe of one Simon a 
tanner by the fea fide : who, when he 
cometh, (hall fpeak unto thee. 

S3 Immediately therefore I fent to 
thee ; and thou haft well done that thou 
art come. New therefore are we all here 
prelent before God, to hear all things 
that are commanded thee of God. 

Si Then Peter opened bis mouth, and 
faid, Of a truth I perceive that God is 
no refpecter of perfons : 

35 But in every nation he that feareth 
him, ana woi keth righteoufnefs, is ac- 
cepted with him. 



36 The word which God fent unto the 
children of Ifrael, preaching peace by 
Jefus Chrift : (he is Lord of all :) 

37 That word, 1 Jay ye know, which 
waspublifhed throughout all Judea, and 
began from Galilee, after the baptifra 
which John preached ; 

38 How God anointed Jefus of Naza- 
reth with the Holy Ghofl: and with pow- 
er : who went about doing good, and 
healing all that were opprefled of the 
devil ; for God was with him. 

S9 And we are witueffes of all things 
which he did both in the land of the 
Jews, and in Jerufalem, whom they flew 
and hanged on a tree : 

40 Him God raifed up the third day, 
and (hewed him openly ; 

41 Not to all the people, but unto 
witneffes chofen before of God, even to 
us, who did eat and drink with him after 
herofe from the dead. 

42 And he commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to teftify that it is 
he which was ordained of God to be the 
Judge of (juick and dead. 

43 To him give all the prophets witnefs, 
that through his name whofoever belie v- 
eth in him ftiall receive remiflion of fins. 

44 While Peter yet fpake thefe words, 
the Holy Ghoft fell on all them which 
heard the word. 

45 And they of the circumcifion which 
believed were aftonilhed, as many as 
came with Peter, becaufe that on the 
Gentiles alfo was poured out the gift of 
the Holy Ghoft. 

46 For they heard them fpeak with 
tongues, and magnify God. Then an- 
fwered Peter, 

47 Can any man forbid water, that 
thefe (hould not be baptized, which have 
received the Holy Ghofl as well as we ? 

48 And he commanded them to be 
baptized in the name of the Lord. Theft 
prayed they him to tarry certain days. 

CHAP. XI. 

Prter aceufed, dejendeth bimfelf. 

AND the apoiiles and brethren that 

were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles 

had alfo receved the word of God. 

2 And when Peter was come up to Je- 
rufalem, they that were of the circum- 
cifion contended with him, 

3 Saying, Thou wenteft in to' men un- 
circumcifed, and didll eat with them. 

4 But Peter rehearfed (he matter from 
the beginning, and expounded it by or- 
der unto them, faying, 

5 1 was in the city of Joppa praying : 
and in a trance I faw a vifion, A certain 
vefTel descend, as it had been a great 
fheet, let down from heaven by four 
corners 5 and it came even to me i 

6 Upon the which when I had faftened 
mine e>es, I conikiered, and faw four- 
footed 



The go/pel isfpread. 

footed be'afts of the earth, and wild beafts, 
and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 

7 And I heard a voice faying unto me, 
Arife, Peter ; flay and eat. 

-8 But 1 faid, Not fo, Lord : for noth- 
ing common or unclean hath at any time 
entered my mouth. 

9 But the voice anfwered me again 
from heaven, What God hath cleanled, 
that call not thou common. 

10 And this was done three times: and 
all were drawn up again into heaven. 

11 And, behold, immediately there *\ ere 
three men already come unto the houfe 
where I was, lent from Cefarea unto me. 

12 And the Spirit bade me go with 
them, nothing doubting. Moreover thele 
lix brethren accompanied me, and we 
entered into the man's houfe : 

13 And he (hewed us how he had feen 
an angel in his houfe, which flood and 
faid unto him, Send men to Joppa, and 
call for Simcn, whofe (urname is Peter ; 

14 Who ihall tell thee words, whereby 
thou and all rhy houfe (-hall be faved. 

15 And as I began to fpeak,theholyGhoft 
fell on them, as ®n us at the beginning. 

16 Then remembered I the word ot 
the Lord, how that he faid, John indeed 
baptized with water ; but ye (hall be 
baptized with the Holy Gholt. 

17 Forafmuch then as God gave them 
the like gift js be did unto us„ v\ ho be- 
lieved on the Lord Jems Chrift, What 
was I, that I could withftand God 1 

l« When they heard" e'e things, they 
held their peace, and eli rined God, I 
ing, Then hath God alio to the Gentiles 
granted repentance unto life. 

H Now they wh ch were fcattered a- 
broad upon the persecution tint arole, a- 
bout Stephen, travelled as tar as Ph< 
and Cyprus, and Antioch, pi ; the 

word to none but unto the Jew s only. 

-0 And (bine of them were men ot 
Cyprus and Cyrene, which, wl 
were come tu Antiochi fpake unto the 
Grecians, preaching the Lord fefus. 

21 And the hand or the Lord >\.r. with 
them : and a great numbei be'ieved, and 
turned unto the Lot 

"2.2 Then tidings ol thefe thing:, came 
unto the ears of the < hurch which v. 
Jeruialem: ami th- forth Banu 

that iic (hould go a fir ar Antioch : 

-j Who when became, and had feen 
the grace of God and exhoi t 

cd them all, that with purpofe pi heart 
t!iey would cleave unto I d* 

24 FOJ 1 ip .n, and full ot 

the Holy Ghofl and ol faith i ai 

people was added unto the 

t'» Then departed Barnabtl to 1 arfus, 
for to (eek Saul : 

26 And when he had found him, he 
broughthini u. tioch. And it came 



Ghap. Xii. Agabus f raphe Jietb. 851 

to pafs, that a whole year they alTembled 
themfelves with the church, and taught 
much people. And the difctples were 
called Christians firft in Antioch. 

27 And in thele days camt* prephets 
from Jeruialem unto Antioch. 

lb And there Hood up one of them 
named Agabus and figmficd by the Spir- 
it that there (hould be great dearth 
throughout all the world j which came 
to pals in the days of Chudius Cefar. 

"29 Then i he difciples, every man accord- 
ing to his ability, aetermined to fend lelief 
unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea : 

30 Which alio they did and Cent it to the 
elders by the hands ol Barnabas and Saul. 

CHAP XII. 

1 Herod perjtcuietk /be thrift' ens. 20 

His pride, and vi.Jc ruble death. 

NOW about that time Herod the king 
It retched forth bis hands to vex certain 
of the church 

E And he killed James the brother of 
John with the fwora. 

3 And becaufe he fawit pleafed thejews, 
he proceeded further to take Peter aHo* 
Then were the daysof unleavened bread. 

4 And when he had appiehendcd him» 
he put him in priion, ana delivered hint 
to lour quaternions ot foldiers to keep 
htm ; intending atter Ealter to bring him 
foi th to the people. 

■> Peter there tore was kept in priion ; 
c>ut prayer w.i* made without cealing of 
the church unto God tor him. 

6 And \«. hen Herod would have brought 
him forth, the lime night Peter wastleep- 
<ng between two (oldieis, bound with 
two chains ; ami the keepers beiore the 
door kept the pnfon. 

7 And, behold, the angel of the 1 
ne upon f.<in: y ami a light finned in the 

prifon : and he (mote Peter on the fide* 
.mo raifed him up, [uick- 

ly. And his chain i fell on from bt, i,. ( mU. 

8 And tl I f^id unto him, Gird 
thyfelf. and bind on thj fandals. Knd 

fo he did. And he (ait h unto In in, I 
thy garment about thee, and tollow me. 
| | ind followed him ; 

> 'ml it WM true which t 
- bj t! ; but thought he (aw 

a vifion. 

10 . were part the hVfl and 

the hi oml unto th 

h unto the 
: ed to them ol its own 

i on tin 
ithwithth 

It And v»] ■ R P I 

ol ■ furet . 
that ih< hath fent 

hat I l me out 

| iiom all the :.. ot 

the i ; ie Jews. 

15 And 



S5t He red* s tniferable death. 

11 And when hehadconfidcrcd/£r /£*»£, 
he came to the houfeof Mary the mother 
of John, whole furname was Mark ; where 
many were gathered together praying, 

13 Ananas Peter knocked at the door 
of the gate, a darnfel came to hearken, 
named Rhoda. 

14 And when (he knew Peter's voice, 
fhe opened not the gate for gladnefs, but 
ran in and told how Peter fiood before 
the gate. 

15 And they faid unto her, Thonartrnad. 
But foe conftantly affirmed that it was ev- 
en fo Then faid they, It is his angel. 

16 But Petercontinued knocking : and 
when they had opened the door, and law 
him, they were aflonifhed. 

IT But he, beckoning unto' them with 
ihe hand to hold their peace, declared 
unto l hem how the Lord had brought 
Jrim out of the prifon. And he fard, Go 
jhew thefe things unto James, and to the 
brethren:. And he departed and went 
into another place. 

18 Now as foon as it was day, there 
was no fmall ftir among the foldiers, 
what was become of Peter. 

19 And when Herod had fought for 
him, and found him not, he examined the 
keepers, and commanded that tbey fhouJd 
be put to death. And he went down from 
Judea to Cefarea, and there abode. 

20 «[[ And Herod was highly difpleafed 
with them of Tyre and Sidon : but they 
came with one accord to him, and, having 
made Blaftus the king's chamberlain their 
friend, denied peace ; becaufe their coun- 
try was nourished by the king's country. 

L l\ And upon a jfet day Herod, arrayed 
in royal apparei, fat upon his throne, 
and made an oration unto them. 

22 And the people gave a (h out ,/<*?/«£, 
It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 

£3 And immediately the angel of the 
lord fmote him, becaufe he gave not 
God the glory : and he was eaten of 
worms, and gave up the ghoft. 

24 But the word of God grew and 
multiplied. 

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned 
from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled 
their miniftry, and took with them John, 
whofe furname was Mark. 



The ACTS. Ely mas the forcerer jlrvck Blind, 

3 And when they had faded and pray* 
ed, and laid their hands on them, they 
lent tbtm away. 

4 So they being fent forth by the Holy 
Ghoft, departed unto Seleuciaj and from 



CHAP. XIII. 



1 Paul and Barnabas go to the 

i% The Gentiles belie-j 



'he Gentiles , 
*ve. 

NOW there were in the church that 
was at Antioch certain prophets and 
teachers ; as Barnabas, and Simeon that 
was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, 
and Manaen, which had been brought 
up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 

2 As they miniftered to the Lord, and 
fafted, the Koly Ghoft faid, Separate me 
Barnabas and Saul for the work w here- 
unto I have called them, 



thence they failed to Cyprus. 

5 And when tbey were at Salamis, they 
preached (he word of God in the iyna- 
gogues of the Jews : and they had alfo 
John to their minifler. 

6 And when they had gone through 
the ifle unto Paphos, they found a certain 
forcerer, a falfe prophet, a Jew, whofe 
name au/a/Barjefus : 

7 Which was with the deputy of the 
country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man : 
who called for Barnabas and Saul, an«i 
de fired to hear the word of God. 

«> But Eiymasthe forcerer, (for fo is. 
his name by interpretation,) withftood 
them, feeking to turn away the deputy 
from the faith. 

9 Then Saul, who alfo is called Paul t 
filled with the Holy Ghoft, let his eyes 
on him, 

10 And faid, O full of all fubtHty and 
all mifchief, thou child of the devil, thou 
enemy o! a'llrigbleoufnefs, Wilt thou not 
ceale to pervert the right waysof the LordT 

11 And now, behold, the hand of the 
Lord is upon thee, and thou fhaic be 
blind, not feeing the fun for a fcafbn. 
Aud immediately there fell on him a mill 
and darknefs ; and he went about feek- 
ing fome to lead him by the hand. 

IS Then the deputy, when he faw what 
was done, believed, being ailonifhed at 
the doctrine of the Lord. 

15 Now when Paul and his company 
loofed from Paphos, they came to Perga 
in Pamphylia ; and John departing from 
them, returned to Jerufalem. 

14 But when they departed from Per- 
ga, they came to Anticch in Piiidia, and 
went into the fynagogue on the iabbath 
day, and fat down. 

J 6 And after the reading of the law 
and the prophets, the rulers of the fyna- 
gogue fent unto them, faying, Ye men 
and biethrcn, if ye have any word of 
exhortation for the people, fay on- 

16 Then Paul itood up, and beckoning 
with Ms hand, faid, Men of Ifrael, and 
ye that fear God, give audience. 

IT The God of this people of Ifrael 
chofe our fathers, and exalted the peo- 
ple when they dwelt as ftrangers in the 
land of Egypt, and with an high arm 
brouehtyhe them cut of it. 

to And about thetim.e of forty yearsfuf- 
fered he their manners in the wildernefs, 

19 And when he had deftroyed {even 
nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided 
their land to them by lot. 

•20 And after that he gave unto them 
judges, about the fpace of four hundred 



Paul preacbetb at Anthcb. Chap. air. 

and fifty years, untii Samuel the pre; 

"±i And afterward they defirea a king, 
and God gave unto them Saul the fos </. 
Cis, a man or the tribe of Benjamin, by 
the lpace of ft-rr> \ cars. 

And when he had removed him, he 
ra'.fed up uuto them David to be 
king: towhojnaliq he gave testimony , 
and laid, J hisve found David the /on of 
JeiTe, a mar: after mine own heart, which 
lhall fulfil all raj w.li. 

t5 Of this man's feed hath God ac- 
cording to bis promife, railed unto Ii. 
riour, Jen 

J li* \\ hen John had firft preached be- 
foie his cojiiing the baptifm of repent- 
ance to all the people ol Ifrael. 

SM And as J rtnfjj : ; .!led his courfe, he 
faid, Whorn think >e that 1 am r 1 
j.ot -be. But, behold, there cometh one 
after me. whole lhoti of bis feet 1 
worthy io loofe. 

t6 Men and brethren, children of the 
frock cr Abraham, and whoioever a- 
h Gud, to you is the 
word of this Jalvation lent. 

-T that dwell at Jerufalem, 

•int. bf.caufe they knew hi in 

not, n ces of the prophets 

which ai fabbath day, they 

have ful fi ^ >n condemning bim. 

nd nu cjufe of 



I 



•j, yc 



ed they Piute that 



Tkt Gentiles believe. Bj3 

And by him all that believe aic 
. . fthichyec 
not be b) tr.f law ot . 

•iol. ::.eupon 

you, which , proph 

4 l Behold, ) e d . , and i 
and peufh . lor 1 v\ork. a work in y 
a vcrk which )t fliall in no wil< 
lieve, though * ma ..ujcj. 

4J 1 And when the Jc^s weiegooe 
out ol thr i , the Gentilei be- 

fought thai ihefewi ght bepieaUi- 

tthi i I b;uh. 

43 No i when the egation 
broken up, ma: -as and lelig- 

followed Paul I ma- 

ided 
them to continue in :hc grace ot Goo. 

44 And the next fabbatl b*U 
the whole city together to hear the 

■4^ But when the Je* the multi- 

tudes,they v erefilleo ;\ ithem > ,ai 

fl thofe thins 
hv Paul, idicting and blafj 1 eming. 

*6 Paul and Barnabas w.. 

bold, and hti<L Ir \- ib n< i 
word of Go i ?' i ft iiavt 



lie fhoul 

d all tliat 
was v k bim d 

from the t/ee, and lire 

30 But God : , i . 

I Ana hi ernal I 

them w hie th him froi 4 - j A* 

ilee to Jerufalem, who are his win I Ihed tl 



en to ) ou : bul e pul n fi* 

and judge your unworthi i 

lafting hie, 

4T ; 

ig, 11 ave fet tin 
of the I 
for falvation unto tl 

48 . , - the Gentiles I 

they were glad, a 

i were oi 



umo the people. 



jo : op the del 



. we declare unto you I d 1 I 

ings, how that the promife which \ en oi the city, 



made unto tn< 
sS God h ime un( 

hat h railed up 

Jefus again : as it u en in I 

Iceoj.il plain-, Tl m> Sodj thii <\a) 

<• I begotten thee. 
3* ;ng that he i 

• i up from the dead, nonv no more 

return to ( 

1 « mere ies 

Wfaim, 'II :.'jly 

Oi i. 

, 
own ; 
en 

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on. 

ttt lie .r known Ul 
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CduntQ J OU t .ns: 



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854 Paul bealetb a cripple. 



The ACTS. 



4 But the multitude of the city was di- 
vided : and part held with the Jews, and 
part with the apoftles. 

5 And when there was an afTault made 
both of the Gentiles, and alfoof the Jews 
with their rulers to ufe them defpitefully, 
and to ftone them, 

6 They were ware of it. and fled unto 
Lyftra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and 
unto the region that lieth round about : 

7 And there they preached the gofpel. 

8 «ft And there fat a certain man at 
Lyftra, impotent in his feet, being a crip- 
ple from his mother's womb, who never 
had walked. 

9 The fame heard Paul fpeak : who 
iledfaftly beholding him, and perceiving 
that he had faith to be healed, 

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright 
on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 

it And when the people faw what Paul 
had done, they lifted up their voices, fay- 
ing in the fpeec h of Lycaonia, The gods are 
come down to us in the likenefs of men. 

12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter ; 
and Paul, Mercurius, becaufe he was the 
chief fpeaker. 

13 Then the pried of Jupiter, which 
was. before their city, brought oxen and 
garlands unto the gates, and would have 
done facrifice with the people. 

14 Which when the apoltles, Barnabas 
and Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, 
and ran in among the people, crying out, 

15 And faying, Sirs, Why do ye rhefe 
things ? We alio are men of like paflions 
with you, and preach unto you that ye 
fhould turn from thefe vanities unto the 
living God, which made heaven and earth, 
and the fea,and all things that are therein : 

16 Who in times pad differed all na- 
tions to walk in their own ways. 

17 Neverthelefs,he left not himfelf with- 
out witnefs, in that he did good, and gave 
us rain from heaven, and fruitful feafons, 
filling our hearts with food and gladnels. 

18 And with thefe fayings fcarce re- 
trained they the people, that they had 
not done facrifice unto them. 

19 And there came thither certain 
Jews from Antioch, and Iconium, who 
perfuaded the people, and, having ftoned 
Paul, drew him out of the city, fuppofing 
he had been dead. 

20 Howbeit,as the dilciples flood round, 
about him, he role up, and came into 
the city : and the next day he departed 
with Barnabas to Derbe. 

21 And when they had preached the 
gofpel to that city, and had taught many, 
they returned again to Lyftra, and to 
Iconium, and Antioch, 

22 Confirming thefoulsof thedifciples, 
and exhorting them to continue in the 
f lit h, and that we muft through much trib- 
ulation enter into the kingdom of God. 



Diffenfion about circumcifton. 

23 And when they had ordained them 
elders in every church, and had prayed 
with faffing, they commended them to 
the Lord, on whom they believed. 

24 And after they had pa fled through- 
out Pifidia, they came to Pamphylia. 

25 And when theyhad preached the word 
in Perga, they went down into Attalia : 

26 And thence failed to Antioch, from 
whence they had been recommended to 
the grace of God for the work which 
they fulfilled. 

£7 And when they were come, and 
had gathered the church together, they 
rehearfed all that God had done with 
them, and how he had opened the door 
of faith unto the Gentiles. 

28 And there they abode long time 
with the difciples. 

CHAP. XV. 
I Diffenfion about circumcifton. 6 'The 
apojtles conjult about it, &c. 

AND certain men which came down 
from Jijdea taught the brethren, andjatd % 
Kxcept ye be circumcifed after the man- 
ner of Mofes, ye cannot be faved 

2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas 
had no fmall diffenfion and difputation 
with them, they determined that Paul 
and Barnabas, and certain other of them, 
fhould go up to Jerufalem unto the a- 
pofties and elders about this queftion. 

3 And being brought on their way by 
the church, they palled through Phenice 
and Samaria, declaring the converfion of 
the Gentiles : and they caufed great joy 
unto all the brethren. 

4 And when they were come to Jeru- 
falem, they were received of the church, 
and of the apoftles and elders, and they 
declared all things that God had done 
with them. 

5 But there rofe up certain of the feci: of 
thePharifees,which believed, fay ing,That 
it was needful to circumcife them, and to 
command tbem to keep the law of Mofes. 

6 fl And the apoftles and elders came 
together for to confider of this matter. 

7 And when there had been much dif* 
puting, Peter rofe up, and faid unto them, 
Men and brethren, ye know how that a 
good while ago God made choice among 
us, that the Gentiles by my mouth fhould 
hear the word of the gofpel, and believe. 

8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, 
bare them witnefs, giving them the Holy 
G ho ft, even as he did unto us ; 

9 And put no difference between us and 
them, purifying their hearts by faith. 

10 Now therefore, Why tempt ye God, 
to put a yoke upon the neck of the dif- 
ciples, which neither our fathers nor we 
were able to bear ? 

It But we believe that through the 
grace of the Lord Jsfus Chrifl we fhall 
be faved, even as they, 

12 Then 






Letters to the ehurtkes. 



Chap. xvi. Paul and Barnabas contend. 



355 

SO So when they were difmifled, they 
:ame to Antioch : and when they 

they 



12ThenallthemultitudekeptfiIence,and 
gare audience to Barnabas and Paul, de- 
claring what miracles and wonders God . gathered the multitude together, 
had wroughtamong the Gentilesbythem. | delivered the epiflle 

13 And after they had held their peace, 
James anfwered, faying, Men an^breth- 
hearken unto me : 



ren, 

14 Simeon hath declared how God at 
the firlt did vifit the Gentiles, to take out 
of them a people for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words of the 
prophets: as it is written, 

16 After this I will return, and will 
build again the tabernacle of David, which 
is fallen down ; and I will build again the 
ruins thereof, and I will fet it up : 

17 That the refidY- of men might feek 
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles up- 
on whom my name is called, faith the 
Lord, who doeth all thefe things. 

18 Known unto God are all his works 
from the beginning of the world. 

19 Wherefore my fentence is, that we 
trouble not them, which from among the 
Gentiles are turned to God. 

10 But that we write unto them, that 
they abftain from pollutions of idols, and 
from tornication, and from things (trang- 

led, and from blood. 

21 For Mofes of old time hath in eve- 
ry city them that preach him, being read 
in the fynagogues every fabbath day. 

11 Then pleafed it the apoftles and 
elders with the whole church, to fend 
chofen men of their own company to 
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas ; name- 



ly, Judas furnamed Barfabas, and Silas, 
thief men among the brethren : 

IS And they wrote letters by them af- 
ter this manner ; The apoftle-, and elders 
and brethren Jend greeting unto the 
brethren which arc of the Gentiles in 
Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia : 

24 Forafmuch as We have heard, that 
certain which went out from ub have 
troubled you with i, fubverting 

your fouls, faying, Ye mujl \ ■ \m 

cifed, and keep the law : to v. horn we 
gave uojucb commandment : 

"ia' it feemed good unto us, being 
ferabled with one accord, to fend rhofen 
men unto you, with our beloved Barna- 
bas and Paul, 

Men that have h d th'-ir j 

for the name of our Lord |efus Chrift. 

27 We have fent thei 
Silas, who (hall ail > lell you the fame 
things by m >uth 



St Which when they had read, they re- 
joiced for the confolation. 

32 And Judas anil Silas, being prophets 
alio themfelves. exhorted the brethren 
with many words, and confirmed tbem. 

A3 And after they had tarried thei 
fpace, they were let go in peace from 
the brethren unto the apolHes. 

34 Notwithstanding, it pleafed Silas to 
abide there flill. 

35 Paul alfo and Barnabas continued 
in Antioch, teaching and preaching the 
word of the Lord, with many others alio. 

36 And fome days after Paul laid unto 
Barnabas. Let us go again and vilit our 
brethren in every city where we have 
preached the word of the Lord, and fee 
how they do. 

37 AndBarnabasdetermined to take with 
them John, whole furname was Mark. 

58 But Paul thought not good to 
him with them, who departed from them 
from Pamphylia, and went not with then 
to the work. 

39 And the contention was fo (harp be- 
tween them that they departed al'undtr 
one from the other : and fo Barnabas 
took Mark and 1 nled unto Cypr 

40 And Paul chofe Silas and departed* 
being recomnu by the brethren 
unto the grace ot < rod. 

41 And he went throng!, 
licia, confirming the churches. 

CHAP. XVI. 

I P.iul c'trcumc'tfetb rimothy, \i conint 
etb L\diu % and cajtetb out ujp:nt of 
di'Vinutibn. 

1 HI \ i une he to Derbe and I 
tra : and, behold, a certain difcij 
there, othcus, the (on ot x 

certain woman, wh , snd 

believed ; but his lather ivaj a dreck : 

hrri! I and \i 

3 Htm would Paul lav r t 
with him ; and t md cir< 

him, ewi whic h wei 

ey knew all 

(Greek. 
I And 



[ei 



itleemedgood 
and to us, I up m j great* 

burden than tl, diary tl 

19 That j 
to idol 

ftrai and from foi 1 i 

Which it ye k' 
well, i are ye wc 



S55 Paul cohverteth Lydia. The ACTS. 



Paul and Silas releafed. 



8 And they palling by Myfia, came 
down to Troas. 

9 And a vifion appeared to Paul in the 
night ; There flood- a man of Macedonia, 
and prayed him, faying, Come over into 
Macedonia, and help us. 

10 And after he had feen the vifion, 
immediately we endeavoured to go into 
Macedonia, afluredly gathering that the 
X.ord had called us for to preach the gof- 
pel unto them. 

11 Therefore loofing from Troas, we 
came with a ftraight Courfe to Samothra- 
eia, and the next day to Neapolis ; 

12 And from thence to Philippu which 
is the chief city of that part of Macedo 
nia, and a colony ; and we were in that 
city abiding certain days. 

13 And on thefabbath we went out of 
the city by a river fide, where prayer was 
wont to be made ; and we far down, and 
fpake unto the women that reioriedtbither. 

14 ^J And a certain woman named 
Lydia, a feller of purple, of the city of 
Thyatira, which worfhipped God, heard 
us; whole heart the Lord opened, that 
(he attended unto the things which were 
ipoken of Paul. 

15 And when (he was baptized, and 
her houfehold, (he befought us, faying, 
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the 
Lord, come into my houfe, and abide 
there. And (he conftrained us. 

16 And it came to pafs as we went to 
prayer, a certain damfel po defied with a 
Ipir't of divination met us, which brought 
her mafters much gain by foothfaying ; 

17 The fame followed Paul and us, and 
cried, faying, Thefe men are the fervants 
of the molt high God, which (hew unto 
us the way of falvation. 

18 And this did file many days. But 
Paul, being grieved, turned, and faid to 
the fpirit, 1 command thee in the name cf 
Jefus Chrifl to come out of her. And he 
came out the fame hour. 

19 ^y And when her mafters faw that 
the hope of their gains was gone, they 
caught Paul and Silas, and drew tbem into 
the market place unto the rulers. 

20 And brought them to the magif- 
trates, faying, Thefe men, being Jews, 
do exceedingly trouble our city. 

21 And teach cuttoms, which are not 
lawful for us to receive, neither to ob- 
ferve, being Romans. 

22 And the multitude rofe up together 
againfithem ; and the mngiftrates rent off 



prayed, and fangpraifes unto God : and 
the pri (oners heard them. 

26 And fuddenly there was a grea? 
earthquake, fo that the foundations of 
the prifon were fhaken : and immediately 
all the doors were opened, and every one's 
bands were loofed. 

£1 And the keeper of the prifon awak- 
ing out of his deep, and feeing the prifon 
doors open, he drew out his (word, and 
would rave killed hirafelf, fuppofmg that 
the prifeners had been fled. 
fi itfBwtPauiCriedwithaloud voice, faying, 
Do rhyfelfno harm ; for we are all here. 

u i9 Then he called for a light, and 
fprang in, and came trembling, and fell 
dawn before Paul ;*nd Silas, 

SO And brought them out, and faid, 
Sirs, What mutt 1 do to be faved r 

31 And they faid, Believe on the Lord 
Jefus Chritt, and thou (halt be faved, 
and thy houfe. 

32 And they fpake unto him the word of 
the Lord, and to all that were in hi:: houfe. 

S3 And he took them the fame hour of 
the night, and wafhed their (tripes ; and 
was baptized, he and all his, firaight-.vay. 

34 And '.vhfn he had brought them in- 
to his houfe, he fet meat before them, 
and rejoiced, believing in God with all 
his houfe. 

$5 And when it was day, the magistrates 
fent the ferjeants, faying. Let thofe men go. 

S6 And the keeper of the prifon told 
this faying to Paul, The magiflrateshave 
fent to let you go : now therefore depart, 
and go in peace. 

37 But Paul faid unto them, They have 
beaten us openly uncondemned, being 
Romans, and have caff #•> into prifon ; 
and now, Do they thrutl us out privily ? 
Nay, verily ; bur let them come thein- 
leives and fetch us out. 

Stf And the ferjeants toM thefe words 
unto the magiftratej : and they feared, 
when they heard that they were Romans. 

59 Ami they came and befought them, 
and brought ibem out, and defi red tbem 
to depart cut of the city. 

■40 And they went out of the prifon, 
and entered \x\iotbe houfe of Lydia ; and 
when they had feen the brethren,, they 
comforted them, and departed. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Paul preacheth at T h ejfalonica, 10 at 

Bcrea, 16 and at /likens, bi Some are 

con oeried . 

NOW when they had patted through 



theirclothes.andcommanded tp beat tbem. Amphipolis, ana Apolloiiia, they c?nie 
23 And when they had laid many (tripes to TheiTYionica, where was a fynagpgue 

upon them, they caft them into prifon, of the Jews : 

charging the jailer to keep them fafely : 2 And Paul, as his minner was, went 
21 Who having received fuch a charge, in unto them, and three fabbatlvdaysi rea- 

thrufi them into the inner prifon, andifon&l with them out of >he fcriptmes, 

made their feet fad in the docks. | 3 Opening and alkdging, that Ch'rift 

25 And at midnight Paul and Silaftjmuft needs have furlcred, and riien again 

from 



jr*«ja/ farracbctb at Ybrjfalanica % C 



from the dead ; and trut this }eiu?, ^% lions 
1 pre.ich nnto yfld, Is Chrift. 

* And fohie of (hern believed, and 
comforted with P-Wl and 5ilas ; .-.fid ot 
the devout Greeks a great multitude, and 
of the chief women not a iew. 

5 But the lews which believed not, 
moved with envy, took unto them Certain 
lewd fellows of the bafrr fort, and gather- 
ed a company, and fetall the city on an up- 
roar, and afiaubed the hotlfeof Jafon, and 
fou^h' to bring them out to the | 

f& And when they found them not, 
drew jafon and certain bretlnen un- 
to the rulers of the cifj , cr) rng, Thefe 
that have turned the woild uptide down 
arc come hither alio ; 

T Whom jalbrl hath received: and 
thefe all do contrary to the decree?, ot 
Gefar, faying that there is another king, 
onf Jefus. 

a And they troubled the people and 
the ruler* of the city, when they heard 
thefe tilings. 

9 And C- he-- they had t 3 ken fecurity of 
Jafon, aad of the other, they let then 

tO f] And the brethren immedi.; 
lent away P.uil and Bjfas by nl -,ht untu 
Berea ; who cruing tbuber, went into 
the fynagogue of the Je. 

1 1 Thefe were mere ruble than thofe 

in TntUafonita, in that they received the 

word with all readinefs of mind, and 

hed the fcriptures daily, whether 

thofe things were fo. 

l . 1" he re fore many of them Ix-Tieved ; 
Mfo of honourable women winch were 
Greeks, and or" ir.cn. not S 1 

ti But when the Jews of I i,-. T.l mica 
}>Td knowi- i.it the. word ol 

was preached of Paul ar B^rea, tl, 
thither all" >, and fttrrrrd Itp the peo' ; 

i i i ate If the brctl 

1J Paul to % r . a it v 

d 'I iniu' ibode there frill. 

tbey tint candr I Paul 
brought him unto Ati ihd re 

A commandment ortti • Silai II 
ictis for to come I 
d parted. 
M ; I for them at 

Athens, hk fpirit w ri him, ••• 

1 ■ [tw the city rtrl >!!> given t-> id< latry. 

• 7 Therefore difpnti 

..... .... 

, and in t' 

•net with hitlt. 
ttf '1 hen certain \ ' ' ers o\ 

I'rrnns and ot t': 
rered him. And I will 

this babbler f.tv :nrth 



to be i fetter fori 

re fun 



h< I unto then: 









I'.' And the« took him, and ; | 

him unto 

! M 



Rrtea, and Athens. I'A 

know wh.it th •■? riew doctrine, whereof 
thou fpeakrll, i 

for thou l-ringeit rertam llrange 
things to our ear Urohld know 

the ic fore v hat thefe things nun. 

F(Jr all the Athenians and ftrangers 
which ueie there tpent their time in 
nothing elfe, hut either to tell or to hear 
lome new thins 

2! 1 hen Paul flood in »he mnlft of Mars 
hill, and laid, /Vmenof Athens, I | 
that in all things ve arc too ftipet Virions. 

23 Tor r.s I patted by and beheld your 
devotions I found an altar wi'h thi> 
fcription, rO THE UNKNOWN GOD. 
Wluni therefore ye iguorantly worihip, 
him declare 1 unto you. 

.4 God that made the I all 

_s therein, feeing that he is J ord of 
Heaven and earth, dwclleth not in temples 
made *ith lianc 

ther ij w-crfli'tpped with 01 
hands an though lie needed any thing, 
ieeing he givech to all lite, jth, 

and all I 

ieof one b 
tions of men for to dw< II 6n all the face 
of the »-arti , hath detet mined the 

times belorc appninted, and the bounds 

'-T Thanh- 
lytbev might feel after 1 id find him, 

'h he be not lar from ei 
i* For in hi* 
have our being rtuin aifo ot J 

own poets- have fan!, For we are alio his 

53 I fl inch then *s we ar# the 
i ol C rod, We ought not to think that 
like unto gold, or tilver, 
or flone, graven by ai t 

t:n\c% t t thll ignoraAce 
it not nandeth 

all men overs \ to rrpe . 

St l • hath appointed n da] 

the which he will judge the world in 
i ii;l teoufnefi by tl 

ned ; tvbcrgtj hr hath >jiveH atfu- 
raju etlttl ntcd 

hint *i ma the dead. 

bi And ;s he«t 
tion ' - 'J'"i I 

tf| them. 

.^4 f] I [ ai\JO 

- 
:c Area 

ifJl th 
H \ I' I II. 

l /' . **4 

tr. u -» ■ ' 

rtcd 

\ A 

rom 



35S Paul accufed before Gallio. The ACTS. 



Italy. with his wife Prifcilla ;(becaufe that 
Claudias had commanded all Jews*o de- 
part from Rome ;■) and came unto them. 

3 And becaufc he was of the fame craft 
he abode with them, aiad wrought : for by 
their occupation they were tentmakers. 

4 And he reafoned in the fynagogue 
every fabbath, and perfuaded the Jews 
and the Greeks. 

!i And when Silas and Timotheus were 
come from Macedonia, Paul was prefTed 
in fpirit, and teftified. to the Jews that 
jefus ioas Chrifi. 

6 And when they oppofed themfelves, 
and blafphemed, he fbook bis raiment, 
and faid unto them, Your blood be upon 
your ewn heads ; I am clean : from 
henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 

7 And he departed thence, and enter- 
ed into a certain marts houfe, named Juf- 
tus,one that worfhipped God, wfiofe houfe 
joined hard to the fynagogue. • 

8 And Crifpus, the chief ruler of the 
fynagogue, believed on the Lord with all 
his houfe ; and many of the Corinthians 
hearing, believed, and were baptized. 

9 fl Then fpake the Lord to Paul in 
♦he night by a vifion, Be not afraid, but 
fpeak, and hold not thy peace : 

10 For I am with thee, and no man 
jfhall fet on thee to hurt thee : for I have 
much people in this city. 

11 And he continued there a year and 
fix months, teaching the word of God 
among them* 

12 And when Gallio. was the deputy 
of Achaia, the Jews made infurre&ion 
with one accord againff. Paul, and brought 
him to the judgment feat, 

1$ Saying,This^'//oau perfuadeth men 
to worfhip God contrary to the law. 

14 And when Paul was now about to 
open his mouth, Gallio fakl unto the 
Jjkws, If it were a matter of wrong or 
wicked lewdnefs, Oj^Jews,reafbn would 
that I fhould bear with you. 

15 But if it be a queftionof words and 
names, and af your law, look ye to it ; for 
I will be no judge of fuch matters. 

16 And he drave them from the judg- 
ment feat. 

IT Then all the Greeks took Softhenes, 
the chief ruler of the fynagogue, and beat 
him before the judgment feat. And Gal- 
lio cared for none of thofe things. 

It) And Paul after this farried there 
yet a good while, and then took his leave 
of the brethren, and failed thence into 
Syria, and with him Prifcilla and Aquila ; 
having thorn bis head in Cenchrea : for 
he had a vow. 

19 An,d he came to Ephefus, and left 
them there: but he liimfelf entered into,the 
fynagogue, and reafoned with the Jews. 

£0 When they defired bim to tarry logg- 
er time with them, he confeuted not ; 



The Holy Gbofl gi<ve?9. 

21 But bade them farewell, faying, t 
muft by all means keep this feaft that 
cometh in Jerufalem : but I will return 
again unto you, if God will. And lie 
failed from Ephefus. 

22 And when he had landed at Cefarea, 
and gone up, and faluted the church, he 
went down to Antioch. 

2Sr And after he had fpent fome time 
there j he departed, and went over all the 
country of Galatia and Phrygiain order, 
ftrengthening all the difciples. 

24 And a certain Jew named Apol- 
Ios, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man , 
and mighty in the fcriptures, came to 
Ephefus. 

25 This man wa,s inflru&ed in the 
way of the Lord ; and being fervent in 
the fpirit, he fpake and taught diligently 
the things of the Lord, knowing only the 
baptifm of John. 

26 And he began to fpeak boldly in 
the fynagogue : whom When Aquila and 
Prifcilla had heard, they took him unt& 
tbem t and expounded unto him the way 
of God more perfectly. 

27 And when he was difpofed to pafe 
into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhort- 
ing the difciples to receive him ; who, 
when he was come, helped them much 
which had believed through grace : 

28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, 
and that $\\h\\cW\yi mewing by the fcrip- 
tures that Jefus was Chrift. 

CHAP. XIX. 
The Holy Gbofl is gt<ven by Paul's hands. 

AND it came to pafa, that, while A- 
pollos was at Corinth, Paul having paflec! 
through the upper coafhs. came to Ephe- 
fus ; and finding certain difciples, 

2 He faid unto them, Have ye received 
the HolyGhoft frnceye believed? And rhey 
faid unto him, We have not fo much as 
heard whether there be any Holy Ghofh 

5 And. he. laid unto them, Unto what 
then were ye baptized ? And they faid, 
Unto John's baptifm. 

4 Then faid Paul, John verily baptiz- 
ed with the baptifm of repentance, fay- 
ing unto the people, that they mould be- 
lieve on him which fhould come after 
him, that is, on Chrift Jefus. 

A When they heard this, they were bap- 
tized in the name of the Lord Jefus. 

6 And when Paul had laid bis hands 
upon them, the Holy Ghofi: came en 
them ; and they fpake with tongues, and 
prophefied. 

7 And all the men were about twelve. 

8 And he went into the fynagogue, 
and fpake boldly for the fpace of three 
months, difputing and perfuading the 
things concerning the kingdom of God. 

9 But when divers were hardened, and 
believed not, 'but fpake evil of that way 
before the multitude, lie departed from 

them, 



e Tbt exorcijls' books burned. 

them, and Separated ths difciples, difput- 

g daily in the fchool >A one Tyrannus. 

i0 Aud this continued by the fpace of 
two years ; to that ah the .dwelt 

in Alia heard the word oi" the Lord Je- 
ius, both Jews and Greeks. 

11 And God wrought jpecial m.racles 
t)y the ham's of Paul 

14 So that from his body were b- ought 
unto the lick handkerchief; i r aprons, 
and the diieaies cepaaed from them, 
and the evil Ipirits wei r out of them. 

H Then certain of tl e vaguLor.d Jews, 
^xorctlts, teek upon th< .-» to call over 
them which had - vij fpirits, the name 
or the Lord Jefus, layii.„,V e adjure you 
byjefus whom Paul preachcth. 

14 Ana there were (even Tons of one 
Sceva, a Jew, and chief ot the priefts, 
which did io. 

15 And the evil fpirit anfwered and 
(aid, Jelus I know, and Paul 1 know ; 
but, Who are ye ? 

16 And the nan in whom the evil fpirit 
was, leaped on (hem, and overcame them, 
and prevailed againft them, for hart hey fled 
put of that huule naked ana wounded. 

17 And this was known to all the 
^Jews and Greeks alio dwelling at fiphe- 

fus ; and fear fell on them all, and the 
name of the Lord Jehu was magnified. 

IB And many that believed came, and 
confeflfed. and Ikewed their deed,. 

19 Many o( them alio which tiled cu- 
rious arts, brought their books together, 
and burned them before all mr> 
tli'- ited the price of them', and tound 

it : •• aod pieces of lilv< 

10 So mightily gr«w the word of God 
and \. . i. 

Alter fheie things were ended, Paul 

irppied - . ? had pa 

through Macedonia aivd , to go 

to J« Ofalem, < iy ii. >een 

thei 

t into M icedenia two of 
thrni thai miniftered unto him, I mio- 
thcus a. id Ei • himfelf ftaj 

in Alia tor u fcafon. 

And the lame time there arole no 
fmall llir ab >Ht I y. 

44 Fa .n man namedDemetrius, 

a filverlnnth, which made lilver ihrines 
for 1 1 it no fmall gain unto 

the coaftfmeti ; 

W hom he railed together with the 
workmen , and 

Sirs, ye know that by this < nH \ 
our wealth : 

4t> MorCO Ice and !Kir, that [KM 

alone at Epbefus, but alinofl il n jghoui 
all A!ia,th:> Paul hath perfuaded and tui n- 
ed away much | ' hey 

be no i •■ ro ide ••• ith 

47 ^o that not only this oui craft 
danger to be let at nought ; but alio that 



Chap. xx. An uproar againft Paul. 85* 

the temple of the great goddefs Diana 
fbould be defpifed, and her m&gntftcem 
Ihould be deft: whom all Alia aid 

the world woiihiupeth. 

48 And when they heard tbefefjyings, 
they were full of v. rath, and cried out, 
faying, Great is Diana of the hphefiaii*. 

19 And the whole city was filled with 

confmiou : and having caught Gaius and 

Ariltarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's 

companions in travel, they rufhed with 

accord into the theatre. 

SO And w hen Paul would have entered 
in unto the people, the dilciples fuller 
hira not. 

34 And certain of the chief of ACa, 
which we're his friends, lent unto him, 
defiling dim that he would net adventure 
himlelt into the thcatt 

Si Some therefore ci w d one thing, and 

oe another: for the afieri- n- 

luled ; and the more part knew not 
wherefore the) wi re corM: together. 

33 And they drew Alexander out of 
the multitude, the Jews putting him for- 
ward. And Alexander beckoned with 
the hand, and would have made his de- 
fence unto ihe people 

54 But when they knew that he w 
Jew, all with one voice about the 1, .. 
of two hours cried out, (.neat is Diana 
the Eph< h in-. 

S3 And w henthe town clerk had ap| 
ed the \ he iai I, Ye men ot Epfiefi 

What man is there tl 

that the city ot the Kpheiians is .i wor- 
ibipj>er od I of 

the ima^e w inch fell daw u from Mlpiter 1 

56 Seeing then ttiat thelc thh 
not be i againft, ye ought t.> be 

Io nothing i afhly . 

37 for > e have brought hitlvci thefemen, 
which arc neithci i ot chqrchi 

blafph 

3* w herefore ii Demeti ii 
craftfmen which ai^ wuh him. have a 
igainfl lan, the la 

iiplead 
i . 

.*J'.» but ii ye inquire .! 
earning otto i n .it (hall b 

i i l.iw tui alTembly. 

4u 1 .,1 

uuclhun tor this da) 

u 
ai And %v d thus fpoken, 

difmifled tl 

irUSi .iinb i 

rib, unJ ' tr 

Paul 

einbi ' R^ 

- . 



860 Paul rq'ijetb Eutychus. TKe ACTS. 

2 And when he had gone over thofe 
parts and had given then} much exhorta- 
tion, he came into Greece, 

3 And ibere abooe three months. And 
when the Jews laid wait for him, as he 
was about to fail into Syria, he purpoftd 
to return through Macedonia. 

4 Ar.j there accompanied him into A- 
fia, Sopater of Berca ; and of the Thef- 
falonians, Arifiurchus and Secnndus ; 
and Gains of Deibe, and Timotheus j 

,and of Afia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 

5 Thefe going before tarried tor us at 
Troas. 

6 <f[ And we failed away from Philip- 
pi after the days of unleavened bread, 
and came unto, them to Troas in live days; 
where we abode feven days. 

T And upon the fir ft day of the week, 
Avhen the difciples came together to break 
bread, Paul preached unto them, readv 
to depart on the morrow j and continued 
his fpeech until midnight. 

t> And there were many liphts in the 
upper chamber, where they were gather- 
ed together : 

9 And there fat in a window a certain 
young man named Eutychus, being fall- 
en, into a deep ileep : and as Paul was 
long preaching, he funk down with deep, 
and tell down from the third iqft, and 
was taken up dead. 

10 And Paul went down, and fell on 
him, a.nd embracing bim y laid, Trouble 
not yourfelves : for his life is in him. 

11 When he therefore was come up 
again, and had bro4cen bread, and eaten, 
and raJked a long while, even till break 
of day, fo he departed. 

1-2 And they brought the young man 
alive, and were not a little comforted. 

\-> And we went before to (hip, and 
failed unto Alios, there intending to take 
in P ml • for io had he appointed, mind- 
ing himfdf to go afoot. 
, tl And when he met with us at Ados, 
we took him in. and came to Mityleue. 

t> And we fuled thence, and came 
the next day over agaiuit Chios ; and the 
«ext day we arrived at Samos, and tar- 
ri,*i at Trogyllium : and the next day 
Ave came to Miletus. 

16 To-: Paul had determined to fail bj 
Ephefus, becaufe he would not fpend the 
time in Afia ; for he haded, if it were 
poflible for him, to be at jerufalem the 
day of Pentecoft. 

IT And from Miletus he lent to Ephe- 
fus and called the elders of the church. 

IPS And when they were come to him, 
he faid unto them, Ye know, Irom the 
iirft day that I came imo A.ia, after what 
nvinner I have been with you at all (za- 
fons, 

19 Serving the Lord with all humility 
of mind, and with many tcars } and temp- 



His charge ts tbt eidee;. 

ta.tions, which befel me by the lying n\ 
wait ot the Jews : 

St| And how 1 kept back nothing that 
wai profitable untoyau, but have fnewed 
you, and rave taught you pubhckly, and 
from houfe to houfe : 

21 Teftifyingbothto the Jeus,and alfo 
to the Greeks, repentance toward God,- 
and faith tow aid cur Lord Jeius Chnit 

22 And now, behold, I go bound in the 
fpint unto Jeruialem, not knowing the 
tilings that mall befal me there : 

%# Save that the Holy Ghoft witnefleth 
in every city, faying that bones and af- 
flictions abide me. 

24 But none of thefe things move me, 
neither count I my life dear unto my- 
felf, fo that I miphtfinifn my courfe wi'th 
joy, and the miniflry which 1 have re- 
ceive 1 of the Lord Jefus, to teftify the 
gofpel of the grace of God, 

2a And now. behold, lkncw that ye all, 
among whom I have gone preaching the 
kingdom of God, (kail fee my face no more, 

2b Wherefore 1 take you to record 
this day, that I am pure from the blood 



of all men 

27 For I hive not fluumed to decide 
unto you all the counfel cf God. 

2;{ Take heed therefore unto your- 
feLves,aa\d to all the iiock, over (he which 
the Holy Ghofthath made you overfeers, 
to feed the church of God, which he 
hath purchafed with hU own blood. 

29 For I know tbi.«, that after my de- 
parting ihall grievous wolves enier'in a- 
mong you, not fparing the flock. 

SO Alfo of your own feives (hall mm. 
arile, fpeaking perverfe tilings, to era v 
away difciples after them. 

.3t Therefore watch,and remember,tViat 
by the l£,v>:e of three years 1 ceafed not to 
warn everyone night and day with tears. 

X-i And now, brethren, J commend 
you to God, and to the word of his 
grace, w4iich is able to buikt you up, 
and to give you an inheritance among all 
them which are fanctiried. 

SS I have coveted no man's f.lver, or 
gold, or apparel. 

34 Yea, ye yourfelves know, that theies 
hands have miniftcred unto my necclfi- 
ties, and to them that were witfi me. 

£J5 I have fhewed you all things, how 
that fo labouring \'e ought to fuppoit 
the weak, and to remember the wurds 
the Lord Jefus, how he laid, It is more 
blelied to give than to receive. 

&6 And alien he had thus fpoken, hi 
kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 

3T And they all wept fore, and fell on 
Paul': neck, and ki^ed him. 

So Sorrowing molt <-f ;dl for the words 
which he (pake, that tiny ftiould fee his 
face no more. And they y < ompaniea 
him unfip the (hip. 

CHAP. 



Agahus ftfetelletb Paul's hands. 

CHAP. XXL 
1 Paul 'will not be dijfuadedfrom going 

to jerufalem. 9 Philip's daughters 

prop/jetejfes. 

AND it came to pafs. that after we were 
gotten trom them, and had launched, we 
came with a ftraight courfe unto Coos, 
and the day following unto Rhodes, and 
trom tiience unto Patara ; 

2 And rinding a faip failing over unto 
Phenicia, we went aboard, and let forth 

S Now when we had discovered Cy- 
prus, we left it on the left hand, and 
failed into Syria, and landed at Tyre : tor 
there the fhip was to unlade her burden. 

4 And finding difcipics, we tarried 
there feven days ; who laid to Paul, 
through the Spirit, that he fhould not go 
up to Jerufalem. 

5 And when we had accomplished 
thofe days, we departed and went our 
way ; and they all brought us on our 
way, with wives and children, till w 
ivere out of the city ; and we kneeled 
down on the (hore, and prayed. 

6 And when we had taken our leave 
one of another, we took (hip : and they 
returned home again. 

7 And when we had ri lifhed our courfe 
from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and 
fainted the brethren, and abode with 
them one day. 

ii And the next day we that were of 
Pud's company departed, and came unto 
Cefarea : and we entered into the houfe 
of Philip the evangehlt, which -as oi.e 
ot the leven ; and abode with him. 

'.) e; Ami the lame man had four daugh- 
ters, virgins, which did propriety 



Chap. xxi. Paul gsfth tajerufaiem. 06t 

17 And when we were come to Terufa- 
lem, the brethren received us gladly. 

»8 And the </«v following, Paul *ent 
in with us unto James ; and all the el- 
ders were prelcnr. 

19 And when he had filmed them, he 
declared particularly what th <l 
had wrought among the Gentiles by I 
mi nil fry. 

20 And when they heard /'.', they glori- 
fied the Lord, aad '('aid unto him, Thou 
feeft, brother, how many thousands of 

[Jews there are which believe ; and ihcy 
are all zealous of the law : 

21 And they are informed of thee, that 
thou teacheit ail the Jews which are a- 
mong the Gentiles to forfakeMofes, faying 
that they oight not to cifcuracife iheir 
children, neither to walk afrerthecuftoms. 

11 WhatisittheieforeFThemi 
muff needs come together : for they will 
hear that thou art come. 

2o' Do therefore this that we fay to 
thee : we have four men which have a 
vow on them ; 

-24 Them take and purify thy felf with 
them, ami be at i i with Inem, tr 

they may (have tkeir heads : and all 01 
know that thofe things, whereof they were 
informed concerning thee, arc nothing ; 
but that thou thyfelfalfo walked ordt 
ly, and keepett the la" - . 

25 Astouchingthe Gentiles which be- 
lieve, we have m ritten an t \ led 
that they obferve no fucll 
only that they V<>- p them an 
things [f, and from blood, 
and from id, an 1 from I «. 

'±6 Then Paul t<>>k the men, and the 



10 And as we tarried there many days, | next day pin himfelf with th 



there came down from |udea a ori\ 
prophet, named Agahus. 

1 1 And when be was come unto u^. he 
took PauVs girdle, and bound his own 
ji.i I, rims faith I 

Holy Ght mall th -<- 

If in bind the man thatowneth t ; 
and ihali im into the hands of 

the Gentil< 

\l And when w»e I i\^{c 

both we, and thej of thai t befi U| 
lum not to go up I 

\$ Then Paul sniwered, What i 
to weep and t'> break inin 

r 1 «m ready, not to be b ily, 

but all lei ui ill u lor the H 

ot 

t i And v. hen he I hr> pei 

ded, .• ii ,, I he will ol 

Loi d be doi 

15 And after thofe <'. 
ca 1 ■ and went up to Jerui 

with us alio r# 
the (Ii 

them one »n of Cj 

piple, with whom we fhould Ig 



to the temple, t 
accompli foment of r 
tion, until that a be of- 

: ' : 

i~ Aj»d i the feven days v. • 

molt ended, t! e oi V 

when the> aw him in the temple, flit i 

Up all the I 

18 Crying out, Men ol 

This i< the '.u.iu thai tea< heth si 

every v. h< f»ii ihr 

1 1*-, hi i this P 

all., into th I hath 

' r. 

ui seen before with hit 
■ 

to 

50 i the 

. • 
and di I 'ie temple . a 

iiw ith the do il 

'lii' 
lid.. 

nd, that a 

itcly to< 



862 Paulafprebendtfl at Jerufalem. The ACTS. He declareth his ei>»<v'erfiott. 

centurions, and ran down untp them : 
and when they faw the chief captain and 
the foldiers, they left beating of Paul. 

8S Then the chief captain came near, 
and took him, and commanded him to be 
bound with two chains ; and demanded 
ift- ho he was, sund what he had done. 

3* And fome cried one thing, fome an- 
other, among the multitude : and when 
he could not know the certainty for the 
tumult, he commanded him to be carried 
into the caftle. 

Sj And when he came upon the ftairs« 
fo it was, that he was borne of the fol- 
d;ers for the violence of the people. 

$ti For the multitude of the people foi- 
lowedafter, crying, away with him. 



ST And as Paul was to be led into the 
caftle, he faid unto the chief captain, 
May J {peak unto thee ? Who faid, Canft 
thou fpeak Greek ? 

Sfc Art not thou that Egyptian, which 
before thci'e days madefi an uproar, and 
leddeit out into the wiidernefs four thou- 
sand men that were murderers ? 

39 But Paul faid, I am a man which 
am a Jew of Tarfus, a city in Cilicia, a 
citizen of no mean city : and, I be leech 
thee, flitter me to fpeak un,to the people. 

■40 And when he had given him licence, 
Paul flood on the fhurs v and beckoned with 
the hand unto the people. And when there 
■was made a great Glence, he fpake unto 
them in the Hebrew tongue, faying, 

CHAP XXII. 
i Paul declareth his connjerfton. 25 He 

rfcufsib fcourging by the privilege of a 

Roman. _ 

MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye 
my defence, tablet) 1 make now unto you. 

± (And when they heard that he fpake 
in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept 
the more lilence : and he faith) 

# i am verily a man tobicb am a Jew, 
born in Tarfus, a city inCilicia,yef brought 
up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, 
and taught according to the perfect mam 
ner of the lawoi" the lathers, and was zeal- 
ous towards God, as ye all are this day. 

4 Ana I periecuted this way unto the 
death, binning and delivering into prif- 
ons both men and women. 

5 As alio the high prieff. doth bear me 
witnefs, and all the eitatc of the elders : 
from whom alio I received letters unto 
the brethren, and went to Darnafcus to 



Lord ? And he faid unto me, I am Jefus 
of Nazareth, whom thou perfecuteft. 

9 And they that were with me faw in- 
deed the light, and were afraid ; but 
they heard not the voice of him that 
fpake to me. 

10 And J faid.What fhall I do- Lord ? 
And the Lord faid ftnto me, Ariie, and 
go into Darnafcus/; and there it fhall be 
told thee of all things which are appoint- 
ed for thee to do. 

11 And when I could not fee for the 
glory ©1 that light, being led by the hand 
of them that were with me, I came into 
Darnafcus. 

12 And one Ananias, a devout mart 
according to the law, having a good re-' 
port of alt the Jews which dwelt there, 

i3 Came unto me, and flood, and faid 
unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy fight. 
And the fame hour 1 looked up upon him. 

14 And he faid, The God of our fa- 
thers hath chofen thee, that thou fhouldeft 
know his will, and fee that Jufl One, and 
(houldefi hear the voice of his mouth. 

15 For thou fhalt be his witnefs unto 
all men of what thou haft feen and heard. 

16 And now, Why tarrieit thou ? Anifc, 
and be baptized, and wa.lh away thy fins, 
calling on the name of the Lord. 

17 And it came to pafs, that, when T 
was come again to Jerufalem, even while I 
prayed in the temple, I was in a trance ; 

18 And faw him faying unto me. Make 
hafle, and get thee quickly out of Jeru- 
falem ; for they will not receive thy tef- 
timony concerning me. 

19 And I faid, Lord, they know that 
I imprifoned, and beat in every fyna- 
gogue them that believed on thee ; 

£0 And when the blood of thy martyr 
Stephen was ibed, 1 alio was Handing by, 
and consenting unto his death-, and kept 
the raiment of them that flew him. 

21 And he faid unto me, Depart ; for I 
will fend thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 

tt And they gave him audience un- 
to this word, and then lifted up their 
voices, and faid, Away with fuch ajel- 
loiv from the earth : for it is not fit that 
he fhould live. 

u 15 And as they cried out, and caft oft' 
their clothes, and threw duft into the air, 

6 24 The chief captain commanded him 
to be brought into the caftle, and bade 
that he fhould be examined by fcourging; 



bring them which were there bound un- that he might know wherefore they cried 
to Jerufalem, for to be puniflicd. lo againfl him. 

6Anditcametopa!s,thar.asI made my °±-> $ And as they bound him with 
Journey, and was con* ro&h tuitoDamaf- thongs, Paul faid unto the centurion that 
cus.aboutnoGnJ'uddenly there (hone from flood by, Is it lawful for you to fcourge a 
heaven a great light round about m< . man that is a Roman, and uncondemned ? 

1 And i fell unto the ground, and! 26 When the centurion heard that, he 
heard a voice faying unto me, Saul»Saul, | *ent and told the chief captain, faying, 
Why perfecuteif tlKHi me i Take heed what thou d«elf: for this 

£ And I aafwercd, Who ar: t: on, .'ir.u/i is a Roman. 

£7 Then 



Paul pkadelh bis caufe. Chap, xxiii. He hfeni to Felix. 5 65 

£7 Then the chief captain cam©, and Pml : for a ' a ft ie:1ified of me in 

faid unto him. Tell me, Art thou a Ko- , Jerufalem, thou bear witnefs al(o> 

man ? He faid, Yea i at Rome. 

2* And the chief captain anfwered, 14 And when it was daj rain of the 
With a great fum obtained I this free- ; Jews banded togethei , them- 

dom. Ami Paul faid, But I was/re* born, lelves under a curfe, faying, that they 

29 Then ftraightway they departed would neither eat nor drink till they had 
from him which (hould have examined .killed Paul, 
him: and the chief captain alfo was a-! IS And ifity were more than forty 



fraid, after he knew that he was a Ro- 
man, and becaufe he had bound him, 

30 On the morrow, becaufe he would 
have known the certainty wherefore he 
was accufeo of the Jews, he loofed him 
from bis bands, and commanded the 
chief priefts and all their council to ap- 
pear, and brought Paul down, and fet 
him before them. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 Paul pleadetb bis caufe. 7 Diftetifi wa- 
rn one his accufers. M He nfttn 10 Ftiijf. 

AND Paul, earneftly beholding the 
council, faid, Men and brethren, I have 
lived in all ^ood confeience be tore God 
until this day. 

4 And the high priefi Ananias conv- 
manded them that ftood by him, t» fmue 
him on the mouth. 

*J Tiien faid Paul unto him, God ft ill 
fmite th?e, thou whited wall : for, Sit- 
tefk thou to judge me after the law, nnd 
commanded; me to be fmitten contra] y to 
the lav. 

4 And they that flood by (aid, Revilefl 
th< m God's high priefl ; 

* Then (aid Paul, I will not, brethren, 
that he Was the high pried : tor it is 
m i itten. ThofJ (bait not fptak evil of the 
ruler oi thi people. 

But when Paul perceived that the 



which had made this confpira 

14 And they came to the chief prices 
and eldeis, and laid, We have bound 
ourfelvea under a great curl-, that we 
will eat nothing until we have (lain Paul. 

■ r ' Now i re with the council 

fijgn fy to the chief captain that he bring 
btm down unto you tomorrow, as 
though oald inquire fometrring 

more perfectly concerning him : and 
we. or ever he come near, arc ready to 
kill him. 

Id And when Raul's fifl m heard 

of their lying in wait, he went and enter- 
ed into the ; Paul. 

17 Then Paul called one of the cei 
rions unto bim y and faid, Bi 
voting man unto the chief ca i for 

in* hath i certain thing to HI hi. 

1 : >o he took him, _ ht him 

to the chief captain, Tmul faid, Paul th-* 
prifoner called me am/ ..yd 

me to bring this young roatwunto thee, 
who hath fomethii 

'9 captain him 

by the hand, - 

privately, ai ••■, What II tliar 

■ tell mi 

I Vndhi 

■ 
down Paul tomorrow iril. 



6 

one part were Baddu 

fce>, he crie.l out in the i - 
Men ftn / brethren, I ami Pharifee, 'he 
■j i i iff* 
ad I am i il ed In quefl 
7 %\ A . fo faid, ' 

arofe a di (Ten lion between th<- Phai 



m : 
for •' » in wait foi 

uiul 

■ * 



and I and the multitud 

H For the 



a pf 

I ■ 



no refurn irit :« j 

bt: t the Ph th. 

9 And there arofe 
the fcr 
I'.trt arofe, 

i,i> evil Cefarca, horfemen 

angel hath fpokc n to ! . .: thre 

againfl ( ! 

• An 

Ron, th 

ihoi'id h tiled in i 

nom 

\n take him bj 
a/nl - 
1 ( 



hun 

r. 

manner 



flood b - laid. Be 



Mi Paul accufed by Tertutlus. The ACTS. He anfwtfiethfot bimj/lj. 

and fhould have beenkilledof them : then 
came 1 with an army, and refcued him, 
having understood that he was a Roman. 
21? And when 1 would have known the 
caufe wherefore they accufed him, 1 
brought him forth into their council 



9 And the Jews alfo afTented, faying, 
that thefe things were fo. 

10 ^ Then Paul, after that the gover- 
nor had beckoned unto him to fpeak, 
anlwered, Forafmnch as I know that 
thou haft been of many years a judge 

29 Whom 1 perceived to be accufed of j unto this nation, T do the more cheerful- 



queftions of their law, but to have noth- 
ing laid to his charge worthy of death! or 
of bonds. 

SO And when it was fold me how that 
the Jews laid wait for the man, I fent 
ftraightway to thee, and gave command- 
ment to his accufers alfo to fay beforethee 
"what they had againft him. Farewell. 

&l Then the foldiers, as it was com- 
manded them, took Pan!, and brought 
him by night to Antipatris. 



y anfwer for myfelf 

1 1 Becaufe that thou mayeft underftand 
that there are yet but twelve days fince t 
went up to Jerufalem for. to worfinp. 

12 And they neither found me in the 
temple difputing with any man, neither 
raiung Up the people, neither in the fyn- 
agogues, nor in the city ; 

13 Neither can they prove the things 
whereof they now accufe me. 

14 But this I confefs unto thee, that 



32 On the morrow they left the horfe- after the way which they call herefy, fo 
men to go with him, and returned to the I worfhip I the God of my fathers, be- 
came : 

35 Who, when they came to Cefarea, 
and delivered the epiftle to the governor, 
prefented Paul alfo before him. 

54 And when the governor had read 
the letter, he afked of what province he 
was. And when he understood that be 
tvas of Cilicia ; 

35 I will hear thee, faid he, when thine 
accufers are alfo come. And he com- 
manded him to be kept in Herod's judg- 
ment hall. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

1 Paul accufed by Tertullus, 10 anfzver- 

eth "for himfelf. 

AND after five days Ananias the high 
pried defcended with the elders^nd^/fA 
A certain orator named Tertullus, who 
informed the governor againft Paul. 

2 And when he was called forth, Ter- 
tullus began to accufe him y faying, See- 
ing that by thee we enjoy great qnietnefs, 
and that very worthy deeds arc done un- 
to this nation by thy providence, 

S We accept it always, and in ail 
places moft noble Felix, with all thank* 
fuinefs. 

4 Notwithstanding, that L be not fur- 
ther tedious unto thee, 1 pray thee that 
thou wouMeft hear us of thy clemency a 
few words- 



lievmg all things which are written in 
the law and in the prophets : 

15 And have hope toward God, which 
they ■ themfelves alfo allow, that there 
{hall be a refurreeYion of the dead, both 
of the juft and unjuft. 

lo And herein do I exercife myfelf, to 
have always a ccnfcience void of offence 
toward God, and teivard men. 

t7 Now after many years I came to 
bring alms to my nation, and offerings : 

18 Whereupon certain Jews from Afia 
found me purified in the temple, neither 
with multitude, nor with tumult : 

19 Who ought to have been here be- 
fore thee, and object, if they had aught 
againft me. 

20 Orelfe let thefe fame here fay, \{ 
they have found any evil doing in me, 
while I flood before the council, 

2t Except it be for this one voice- that 
1 Cried (landing among them. Touching 
the refurreciion of the dead, I am called 
in queftion by you this day. 

22 And when Felix heard thefe things* 
having more per feci: knowledge of that 
way, he deferred them, and faid, When 
Lyfras * he chief captain (hall come down, 
I will know the uttermoft of your matter. 

25 And he commanded a centurion to' 
keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and 



r> For we have found this man a \ that he fhould forbid none of hisaequaint- 
peftilent fcllouo^ and a mover of fedi- iance to minifler cr come unto him. 
tion among all thr Jews throughout the ! 24 And alter certain days, when Felix: 
World, and a ringleader of the feet of the cam? with his wife Drufilla, which was 
Nazarenes : a jewels, he lent for Paul, and heard him 



t> Who alfo hath gone about to profine 
the temple : whom we took, anri would 
have judged according ro our law ; 



7 But 
jipon us 
him 



chief captain 



the 
, and with great 
nwav out of our hand*. 



Lv! 



ynas came 



8 Commanding his accufers to come 
unto thee : by examining ot Whom thy- 
fclf mayeft take knowledge of all thefe 
things, whereof wc accufe hi:n. 



concerning the faitk. in Chrift. 

25 And ashereafoned of righteoufnefs, 
temperance, and judgment to come, Fe- 
lix tremWed, and answered, Go thy way 
violence took iror this time ; when I have a convenient 
feafori I will call for thee. 

£*) He hoped alfo that money fhould 
have been given him ol ?aul,that he might 
loofe him: wherefore he fent for him 
fire oftCher and communed with him. 

27 But 



xxv. xxvi. He U cleared by Fef.ui. 865 

16 To whom I anfwered, It is not the 
manner of the Romans to deliver any 
man to die, before that hi 
cui'ed hive the accufers face to face, and 
have liernfe to ■nfwer for litmfelf con- 
cerning the crime laid auainfr hims 

17 Iherefore when they were come 
hither, without any delay on the morrow 
1 fat on the judgment :n " 

rded the man to be brought forth. 
t. ; \gainft whom, when the accnlers 
ftood up, they brought none accufirtu n 
of fuch things as I fuj 

If) But had certain queftmni againtt 
him ct their own funerl d of one 

[efus, which was dead, whom Pawl af- 
ro he alive. 
10 An btedol inch man- 

ner bf queftions, I ,ner ,,e 

would go »o Jerufalem, and there be 
judged ct theft matters. 

»il But when Paul had apj to be 

refervcu unto the h< aring o1 At 
.,,,, mded him to b* kept till I m 
I him to Cefar. 

rhen l bid unt 

would alio hear 'the man iu> fclf. 
morrow, Paid I 

And on the morrow** hen Agi 
was come, and Bernice, with great 
;tn( i v d into the place ot ! 

ine.wtth the ch el cat I nd print 

men of the cityi at I land- 

rth. 

14 And 1 and 



Pditl accufed. Chap 

£7 But after two years, Portms Fef- 
♦us came into Felix's room; and i«elix. 
willing to (hew the Jews a plcalure, letl 

Paulhound. cHAp xxv 

Paul accufed by the Jrws before icf.us, 
#pr>e(i<etb unto Cefar. 

NOW when Feltus was come into the 
province, atter three days he afcended 
Irom Cefarea to Jerufalem. 

B Then the high pneft and the chief 
of the Tews informed I unft Paul, 

and be lough! him, . 

3 And deured favour agatnft him, mat 
he would lend for him to ! emblem, lay- 
ing wait in the » ■ ' hmt; 

4 But Feft us anfwered, i hat PauKhould 
be kept at Cefarea, and that he himleli 
would depart Ihortly tkifrer- 

5 Let them therefore, fatd he, wmen 
umdng you are i n nottb me, 
and acenfe man, if there be any 
wickednefs in him. 

6 And when h* hs\ tarned ant 
them more thart len days, he went down 
unto Cefarea ; and the next day fitting 
on the ju it feat, con * u ' 
to he brought. . 

7 And when he wa* come, ' 
which came down from Jerufalem it 
roundabout, and bid many and gricv- 
oui complaints againft Paul, which they 
could rrot prove : . 

n Whde he anfwere ' '^ r htmfelt, x 
Iher again* the law at the J^*""™"" ifmenwhich arThe'ri ' us, 

againft th; '..n'boutv. I the mul! 

have I ofl myth \l 

• *■'* :t;;' M£* ^ 

F cll,,rf » '"' hrrc be that hfou 

thou go up to Jerul «" bC iV I en I found 

i(,t ineleth.n Li.ted nothing worthy that 

judgment feat, whet 

ed:j lews ha ne no wrong, h. 

as thou ver.- well anowett. , , v , ,. f 

•Miroi'A-'l any thing 

I r,., 

ofihel I herwl .,,,„ . 

„nm. 

" V , .1 I- 1-1, 



rd with • H " 

thou appealed unto Cefai M ' ' ( 
fhal' thou 

nice came unt " mr 

Fefl , 

U 

ny d 

tain 

man left i i 

15 About whom, ; 

frfem, the i I 

ju, loin. 



.6 bim ivt'b m, 

hunlelt : 



866 Paul's defence before Agrippa. The ACTS. He is pronounced innocenf. 



expert in ail cuftoms and queftions which 
are among the Jews : wheiefore I befeech 
thee to hear me patiently. 

* My manner of life from my youth, 
which was at the firft among mine own 
nation at Jerufalem, know all the Jews ; 

5 Which knew me from the beginning. if 
they would teftify, that after themoft ftrait- 
eft (eel; of our religion, I lived a Pharifee. 

6 And now t ftand and am judged for 
the hope of the promife made of God 
unto our fathers : 

7 Unto which promife our twelve 
tribes, inftantly fervingGo^ day and night, 
hope to come. For which hope's fake, 
king Agrippa, I am accufed of the Jews. 

8 Why fhould it be thought a thing 
incredible with you, that God mould 
raife the dead ? 

9 I verily thought with myfelf that I 
ought to do many things contrary to the 
name of Jefus of Nazareth : 

10 Which thing T alfo did in Jerufalem: 
and many of the faints did I (hut up in 
prifo'n, having receivedauthority from the 
chief priefts : and when they were put to 
death, I gave my voice againft them. 

11 And I punifned them oft in every 
fynagogue, and compelled them to blaf- 
pheme ; and being'exceedingly mad a- 
gainft them, I perfecuted ibem even unto 
ftrange cities. 

12 fj Whereupon as I went to Damaf- 
cus, with authority and commiffion from 
the chief priefts, 

15 At mid day,0 king, I faw in the way 
a light from heaven, above the brightnei's 
of the fun, fhining round about me and 
them whicn journeyed with me. 

14 And when we were all fallen to the 
earth, I heard a voice fpeaking unto me, 
and faying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, 
Saul, Why perfecuteft thou me ? It is 
hard for thee to kick againft the pricks. 

1T> And I faid,Whoart thou, Lord? And 
he faid, I am Jefus whom thou perfeeuteft. 

16 But rife, and ftand upon thy feet : 
fori have appeared unto thee for this 
purpofe, to make thee a minffter and a 
witnefs both of thefe tilings which thou 
haft feen, and of thoie things in the 
which I will appear unto thee ; 

17 Delivering thee from the people, 
and Jrom the Gentiles, unto whom now 
1 fend thee, 

18 To open their eyes, find to turn 
tkem from d-»rUnefs co li^ht, and from 
the power of £atan unto God, that they 
may receive forgivenefs of fins, and in- 
heritance among them which are fancTti- 
fied by faith that is in me. 

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa. T was 
not difobedient unto the heavenly vifion : 

£0 But (hewed firft unto them of Dimaf 
cus.and at Jerufalem, and throughout ail 
the coafts of Judea, and then to the Gen- 



tiles, that they fbould repent and turn \of 
God, and do works meet for repentance. 

2.1 For thefe caufes the Jews caught me 
in the temple, and went about to kill me. 

22 Having therefore obtained help of 
God, 1 continue unto this day, witneffing 
both to fmaU and great, faying none oth- 
er things than thofe which the prophets 
and Mofes did fay fhould come : 

2S That Chrift (hould fuffer, and that 
he (hould be the firft that (hould rife from 
the dead, and (hould (hew light unto the 
people, and to the Gentiles. 

24 ff And as he thus fpake for him- 
felf, Feftus faid with a loud voice, Paul, 
thou art befide thyfelf ; much learning 

| doth make thee mad. 

25 but he faid, I am not mad, mod 
J noble Feftus ; but fpeak forth the words 
J of truth and fobernefs- 

26 For the king knoweth of thefe 
things, before whom alfo 1 fpeak freely : 
for 1 am perfuaded that none of thefe 

I things are hidden from him: for this 
thing was not done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, Believed thou the 
prophets \ I know that thou believed. 

28 Then Agrippa faid untoPaul, Almotl' 
thou perfuadeft me to be a Chriftian. 

29 And Paul faid, I would to God, that 
not only thou, but alfo all that hear me 
this day, were both ahnoft, and altogeth- 
er fuch as 1 am, e-xceDt thefe bonds. 

50 And when he had thus fpoken, the 
king role up, and the governor, and Ber- 
nice, and they that fat with them : 

51 And when they were gone afide, 
they talked between themfelves, faying, 
This man doeth nothing worthy of death- 
or of bonds, 

52 Then faid Agrippa unto Feftus, 
This man might have been fet at liberty^ 
if he had not appealed unto Celar. 

CHAP. XXVH. 
I Panl, flipping t&nvard Rome, 10 fore- 

telleth the danger of the voyage, 11 but 

is not believed. 14 They are to/fed 

toith a tempef, it and Jbifwrecked ; 

43 yrt all come fafe to land 

AND when it was determined that we 
fhould fail into Italy, they delivered 
Paul and certain other prifoners unto one 
named Julius, a centurion; of Auguftub** 
band. 

£ And entering into a (hip of Adra- 
myttium.we launched, meaning to fail by 
thecoafls-pf Afia ; 'me Ariliarcnus, a Ma- 
cedonian of Theifalonrca, being with us. 

S And the next^y we touched at Si- 
don. And Julius eourteoufly entreated 
Pan', and gave/)/*: liberty to go unto his 
friends to refresh himfelf. 

4 And when we had launched from 
thence, we failed under Cyprus, becaufe 
the winds were contrary. 

5 And when we had failed over the 

fea 



Paul's dangerous voyage to Rome. 

fea ot Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came 
to Myra, a c't/j of Lycia. 

t> md there the centurion round a fbip 
of Alexandria failing into Italy ; and he 
put us there.n. 

7 And when we had failed flow ly many 
days, and icarcv were come over again fl 
Cnidus ; the wind not fufrerinj fail- 

ed und« i Crete, over againlt Saimone ; 

H And, hardly palling :t, came unto a 
place .vhicli is ceiled the Fair Havens ; 
nigh w hereunto was the city oj La 1 

9 iSow when much time was fjent, 
and v\ hen 'awing was now dangerods, 
becaufe the fail wa^ now already ^uii, 
i J uui adiuoniihed toem % 

10 ij And laid unto them, Sirs, I per- 
ceive that tins voyage will b hurt 
and much damage, not only ot the lading 
and fh;p, but alio oi oar lives. 

11 <| Neverthelefs^thecemurion belie*. 
ed the mailer and the owner of trflfchip, 
more than thole things which were fpok- 
en by Paul. 

It And becaufe the haven was not 
commodious to winter in, the more pari 
adviled to depart thence alio, it by any 
means they might attain to Phenice, and 
fberf to winter ; -ivbic^ is an haven oi 
Crete, and lieth toward the fouth wen 
and north weft 

1.* And when the fouth wind blew 
feftly, fuppbfing that they ba 
their purpofe, looting ib;nce t \ ilea 

cloie by Crete. 

li fl But not long after there arofe 
again!: it a tempettuous wind, caJ 
Euroclydon. 

\ > An l when the fliip was caught, and 
.could not bear up into the wind, 
totr di ivc. 

16 .And running under a certain id and 
which is culled v_ we had mi 
work, to come by the boat : 

17 . when they had taken up, I 
ufed helps, i h 1 1» ; and, 
fearing leftthej ihuuld fall into the quu 
lands, (trakefail, and fo were di 

18 And wc be,,. ''K 1 ) l 
with a tempeft, the next </«r they Light' 

Cned tbe ih'.y ; 

19 And 'he third d«y v. 
our own hand'. • >lmg oi ill 

fO . \ rid w hen n :ii hci fi n n u 
man/ da j I i fna ill ' 

pefl lay on w, all hop< ih it w : (h 

laved was I 

il But after 
forth m the inidll >l the 
ye fhould run . 

not have loo fed id to have 

gained thi> hai in and l< 

{] And now I exhort ; 
cheer : tor there (hall I 
mart's I 

Tor there llood bj me »glit 



Chap, xxvii. He fujftretb jlipiurfek. 867 

the angel of God, whofe 1 am, and whom 
I ferve, 

2i Say ing, Fear not, Paul ; tl : be 

brought bt efai : and, lo, I ith 

given thee all them that fail with tl ee« 
Vn e, Sirb, be ot g 

i , that it lii a 1 1 be 

ab it was u>id ,.. 

mull be cali upon a 
certain iflajtd, 

i teenth night w as 
e, as v. e in ere- driven up and dow n 
Iria, about;:: i dht theihipnieu deem- 
ed that th< i : to fon f i ouni i 
28 and found // tw< 
is : and wh n they had gune * 
little further, thej (bunded again, and 
tound it fifteen fai 

!i9 1 hen t lell tltey mould have 

fallen upon rocks, call fout inch 

out ot tiie item, and wilbed for the i ij . 

the fliipmen i'out to 

flee out of the lhip, when tl I lec 

down the b, u under colour 

as though they would ha\e call anch *l 
out ot the t 

6\ Haul (a 

the lo.d pt thel'e abide in the 

lhip, 

I hen the e ropes 

of the boa;, and let her tall o 
And while the day was 
1 

ing«Thi renth d 

ye i i inued I 

i; w i I praj you to • 

Jo fit 

for there (hall not an hau lall from the 
II. 

■ thus ' 

I I 
d : and a I h id 

I ' ihcer, 

t.jomr meat. 

38 And wh- 

■ 

not the i tnd i but i i • 

, it .1 w 

tA in tl. 
40 iud v 

, 

I 

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broken wii 

I 



863 The viper on Paul's band. The ACTS. 



42 And the foldiers' counfel was to kill 
the pri (oners, left any of them mould 
fvvim out, and efcape. 

43 ^| But the centurion, willing to fave 
Paul, kept them from their purpofe ; and 



He freachetb at Rome. 

1 i Where we found brethren, and wer© 
iBefired to tarry with them lev en days i 
and fo we went toward Rome, 

15 And from thence, when the breth- 
ren heard of us, they came to meet us as 



commanded that-they which couUI fvvim far as Appii Forum, and the Three Tav- 

ffeould call tbemjtlves firlt into the Jea, jerne ; whom when Paul faw, he thanked 



and get to land : 

4* And the reft, fame on boards, and 



i God, iind took courage. 

16 And when we came to Home, the 



fome on broken pieces of the rhip. And I centurion delivered the prifoners to the 



fo it came to pafb, that they efcaped all 
fafe to land. . 

CH A P. XXVIII. 
1 Paul is entertained by the barbarians 

3 He healetk many in the ijland 

Thty depart towards Rome. 



captain of the guard ; but Paul was fuf- 
feied to dwell by himfelf with a foldier 
that kept him. 

V( And it came to pafs, that after three 
11 jdays Paul called the chief of the Jews to- 
gether : and when they were come to- 






AND when ihey were efcaped, then gether he laid unto them, Men rfWbreth- 
they knew that the illand was called ren, though I have committed nothing 
Meiita. lagainft the people, or cuftoms of our fa- 



@ And the barbarous people (hewed us 'fliers, vet was 1 delivered prifoner fromje 



no little kindnefs : for they kindled a fire, 
and received us every one, becaufe of the 
prefent rain, and becaufe of the cold. 

8 And when Paul had gathered a bun- 
dle of (ticks, and laid tbem on the fir 



rufalem into the hands of the Romans, 

18 Who, when they had examined me, 
would have let me go, becaufe there was 
no caufe of death in me. 

19 But when the Jews fpake againft //,I 



there came a viper out of the heat, and! was constrained to appeal onto Cefar; not 



fattened on his hand. 

4 And when the barbarians faw the 



that I had aught to accufe my nation of. 
20 For this caufe therefore have I 



venomous beaft hang on his hand, they called for you, to fee ycu and to fpeak 
laid among themfelves, No doubt this) with you : becaufe that for the hope of 



man is a murderer, whom, though he 
hath efcaped the fea, yet vengeance fuf- 
fereth not to live. 

5 And he (hook off the beaft into the 
fire, and felt no harm. 

6 Howbeit, they looked when hefhould j of jh 
have' fwollen, or fallen down dead fud- 
denly : but after they had looked a great 
while, and faw no harm come to him, 
they changed their minds, *and faid that 
he was a god. 



Ifraei I am bound with this chain. 

2t And they faid unto him, We nei- 
ther received letters out of Judea con- 
cerning thee, neither any of the breth- 
ren that came (hewed or fpake any harm 



2.1 But we defire to hear of thee what 
thou thinkeft : for as concerning this 
feci, we know that every where it is 
fpokfen againft. 

£8 Ana when they had appointed him 



Tin the fame quarters were pofTefPonsLt day, there came many to him into bts 
of the chief man of the iilani, whole! lodging ; to whom he expounded and 



name was Publuts ; who received us, and 
lodged us three days courteoiifly. 

b <I And it came to pafs, that the fa- 
ther of Publius lay tick of a fever, and of 
a btoody Mux : to whom Paul entered in, 
and prayed, and laid his hands on him, 
and liea led him. 

9 So when this was done, others alio, 
which had difeales in the 
and were healed : 

10 Wlioalfo honoured us with many 
honours: and when we departed, they !aci- 
ed ns with fuch things as were neceflary. 

11 fl" And after three months we de- 
parted in a thip of Alexandria, which 
had wintered in the ifle, whofe ngn was 
Caftor and Pollux. 

it And landing at Syracufe, we tarri- 
ed there three day?. 

1.5 And from thence we fetched a com- 



teftijied the kingdom of. God, petfuading 
them concerning Tefiis, both out of the 
lawofMofes, and out of the prophets, 
from morning till evening. 

24 And (oine believed thethings which 
werefpoken, afid feme believed not. 

£5 And when they agreed not among 
themfelves, they departed, after that Paul 



ifland, came, had lpoken one word, Well fpake the 
Holy Ghoft by Efaias the prophet unto 
our fathers, 

£6 Saying, Go unto this people, and 
fay, Hearing ye (hall hear, and ilrall not 
undexfrand ; and feeing ye (hall iee, and 
not perceive ; 

27 For the heart of this people is wax- 
ed grofs, and their ears are dull of hear- 
ing, and their eyes have they clofed : 
Jell they mould fee with tbeir eyes, and 
hear with tbeir ears, and understand with 
pafs, and came to Rhegium ; and after \ their heart, and ihould , be converted, and 
one day the fouth wind blew, and we [ I fbould heal them. 



came the next day to Putcoli ; 



28 Be it kuown thuefore unto you, 

that 



PjuI's <al -d. Chap. i. ixgeratfitt. 8»9 

tbar . ation of G sown 1 J all 

G. it. 

F God , 
i depart . 

cs. 
5t Paul kUc.t tWO 



PAUL rHE APOSTLE TO .X 

CHAP. I. » 

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1 Pa 

GentiUs jin<. K r ' 

: of Je f men, l 



l'ht ;i: 
' ..oil is r< 






- 
p;c r 

:ernin, 

-d oi 

D i 

i be \\~ God 

, accur< 
>. oy t: from the d 



them. 
• v 1 ^ : from 

the crtal een, 

are 
eterna 
it they are without c 
*\ i 



j B 10m we have received g were 

ence to the faith h 

- ne : wasdai 



j to be v , 

corn »age m 

to corruptible man, *n«i 

tourfootcd ng dungs. 



44 Wherefore C 
to i 
own hearts, to 

and u, 



o Among . . : j ii-.e c . 

of Jefi t : 

r - be in Rome, beloved of 
CV ed /» £e faints : Grace to you, 

the 
Lord Je 

, I thank my God t! Je- 

. is 
Id. 
9 For l - * horn 1 I 

th my . the gol'pel of h S 

tr without ceafing I make mention of 

v bleffed I 
at lengtM 1 

1 1 ror I 

li Now 1 ,.. n] : 
brethren, that oftentimes i 
come . (but 

that I might 

en as anions othc 

barbar 'e, J 

i to the unwi 
t > 

pel 

ro filv a 

17 F\. 



>j.ivr thei 

own Uxi- 

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• llir n^< 



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870 Wboarejujlified. ROMANS. 

32 Who,knowingthe judgmentofGod, 
that they which commit inch things arc 
worthy of death, not only do the lame, 
bat have pleafure in them that do them. 

CHAP. II. 
They that condemn Jm in others, and yet 

Jin, are iuexcufable, 'whether Jews or 

Gentiles. 

THEREFORE thou art inexcufable, 
O man, whofoever thou art that judgeft : 
for wherein thou judgeft another, thou 
condemned thyfelf ; tor thou that judg- 
ed doeft the fame things. 

2 But we are fure that the judgment 
©I God is according to truth againft them 
which commit fuch things. 

3 Andthinkeft thou this, O man, that 
judgeft them which do fuch things, and 
doeft the fame, that thou (halt efcape the 
judgment of God ? 

4 Or defpifeft thou the riches of his 
goodnefs and forbearance, and longfuf- 
Jering -, not knowing that the goodnefs 
of God leadeth thee to repentance ? 

5 But after thy hardnefsand impenitent 
heart treafureft up unto thyfelf wrath a- 
gainft the day of wrath, and revelation of 
the righteous judgment of God ; 

6 Who will render to every man ac- 
cording to his deeds : 

7 To them who by patient continu- 
ance in well doing feek for glory, and 
honour, and immortality, eternal life : 

# But unto them that are contentious, 
and do not obey the truth, but obey un- 
righteoufnefs, indignation and wrath ; 

9 Tribulation and anguifh, upon every 
foul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew 
firft, and alfo of the Gentile ; 

10 But glory, honour, and peace, to 
every man that worketh good, to the 
jew firft, and alfo to the Gentile : 

1 1 For there is no refpecl; of perfons 
with God. 

12 For as many as have finned with- 
out law, (hall alio perifh without law : 
and as many as have finned in the law. 
fhall be judged by the law ; 

13 (For not the hearers of the law are 
juft before God, but the doers of the law 
fhall be juftified. 

14 For when the Gentiles, which have 
lot the law, do by nature the things con- 
fined in the law, thefe, having not the 
aw, are a law unto themfelves : 

15 Which (hew the work of the law 



Hoiv circumcijion frojtteth. 



written in their hearts, their confeience I layings, and 



eft the things that are more excellent, 
being in ft runted out of the law ; 

19 And art confident that thou thy- 
felf art a guide of the blind, a light of 
them which are in darknefs, 

20 Aninftruclorof the foolifh, a teach- 
er of babes, which haft the form of knowl- 
edge and of the truth in the law. 

21 Thou therefore which teachefl an- 
other, Teacheft thou not thyfelf ? Thou 
that preacheft a man (hould not fteal, 
Doll thou fteal ? 

2°«£ Thou that fayeft a man fhould not 
commit adultery, Daft thou commit a- 
dultery ? Thou that abhorreft idols, Doll: 
thou commit facrilege ? 

23 Thou that makeft thy boaft of the 
law, Through breaking the law dithon- 
oureft thou God ? 

ii For the name of God is blafphemed 
among the Gentiles through you, as it 
is written, 

25 For circumcifion verily profiteth, if 
thou keep the law : but if thou be a 
breaker of the law, thy circumcifion is 
made uncircumcifion. 

26 Therefore, if the uncircumcifion 
keep the righteoufnefs of the law, Shall 
net his uncircumcifion be counted for 
circumcifion ? 

27 And, Shall not uncircumcifion which 
is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge 
thee, who by the letter arid circumcifion 
doft tranfgrefs the law ? 

2« For he is not a Jew, which is one 
outwardly j neither is that circumcifion, 
which is outward in the flefh : 

29 But he ts a Jew, which is one in- 
wardly j and circumcifion is that of the 
heart, in the fpirit, and not in the letter ; 
whofe prai(e is not of men, but of God. 

CHAP. in. 
1 The Jenvs' prerogative. -2.0 None jufti- 
fied by the latv, hut all by faith. 
WHAT advantage then hath the 
Jew ? or, What profit is there of cir- 
cumcifion ? 

2 Much every way : chiefly, becaufe 
that unto them were committed the ora- 
cles of God. 

3 For, What if fome did not believe ? 
Shall their unbelief make the faith of 
God without effect: ? 

4 God forbid : yea, let God be true, 
but every man a liar ; as it is written, 
That thou mighteft be juftified in thy 



mi glue It 



overcome when 



Uo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts 
he mean while acouiing or elfe excuiing 
ne another;) 

16 In the day when God Dial I judge 
le fecrets of men by Jefus Chrift ac- 
>rding to my gofpel. 

17 Behold.thou art called a Jew,and reft- 
lin the law, and makeft thy boaft of God, 

18 And knoweft his will, and approv- 



thou art judged. 

5 But if our unrighteoufnefs commend 
the righteoufnefs of God, What fhall we 
fay ? is God unrighteous who taketh 
vengeance? (I fpeak as a man.) 

6 God forbid : for then, How lhall God 
judge the world ? 

7 For if the truth of God hath more 
; abounded through my lie unto iiis glory ; 
' W hy 



&one jujiified by the law. 



Chap.iv. Abraham, father oj believer;. 



Why yet am I alfo judged as a firmer ? 

8 And not rather (as we be flander 
oufly reported, and as fame affirm that 
we fay) Let us do evil, that good may 
come ; whofe damnation is juft 

9 What then ? Are we hetter than they? 
No, in no wife : for we have before prov- 
ed both Jews and Gentiles, that they are 
all under fin ; 

10 As it is written, There is none 
righteous, no, not one : 

11 There is none that underfhndeth, 
there is none that feeketh after God 

14 1 hen are all gone out of the w 
they are together became unprofitable ; 
there is none chat doeth good, no, not one. 

13 Their throat is an open fepulchre ; 
with their tongues they have ufed deceit ; 
the poifon ofafps is under their lips : 

14 Whofe mouth is full of curling and 
bitternefs : 

15 Their Tec* are fwift to fhed blood : 

16 Destruction and mifery are in tl 
ways : 

17 And the way of peace have they 
not known : 

W 1 here is no fear of God before 
their eyes. 

19 Now we know that what things fo- 
ever the law faith, it faith to them who 
are under the law : that every mouth 
may be (topped, and all the world may 
become guilty before God. 

10 «j Therefore by the deeds of the law 
there (hall no Befij be juitifi -d in his fight ; 
for by the law is the knowledge of lin. 



871 

30 Seeing it is one God which ff 
juftify the circamcifron by faith, and un- 
circumcifion through faith. 

31 Do we then make void the law 
through faith ? God forbid : yea, we 
eftabliihthelaw 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Abraham' i faith ivas imputed t« bin 

for righte%ufnefs ; tl and jo /ball ours. 

WHAT (hall we then fay that Kbi i- 
ham our father as pertaining flefti, 

hath found ? 

t Fer if Abraham were mftifiert 
works, he hath ivbereof to glory ; but 
not before ( - 

h the fcripture? Abra- 
ham believed God, and it was courHed 
unto him for righteoufne ' 

4 Now to him that worketh is tlie re- 
ward not reckoned of grace, but of d» 

5 Cut to him that worketh nor, hut be- 
lievethon himthat juftifieth the ui 

his futh is counted 

6 Even as David alfo defcribeth 
bleflednefs of the man, unto whom ( 
imputeth rightcoufnefs without worl 

lSayiefr,B\e{Tc*\ areth/ty whofe iniquities 
formvn. and whole fins are cove; 



to whom tbc 



are form 

8 Bletfed is the m 
Lord will not impute (in. 

9 Cometh this bleflednefs then upon the 
circumcifion only, or upon ttyeuru 

ciiion alfo ) ! 

oned to Abraham forrighteoufac 

i<> How was it tHen rcckotv ! - When 



he was in circumci!. :n- 

l!nt now the rightcoufnefs of t on, bat in \.v,\- 

without the lav is mani felted, being wit- circumcifion. 

nelfe.l by the law and the prophel 11 And he received the fign cf. 

the righteoufnefs i ion, a feal of th- 

"Jihich is by faith or Jefus Cbrift unt he bad. ye- 

all, and upon all them that believe . I ; that he I I all 
> ■ i-, no ii fference : 

r all have tinned and corae (hon mcifed ; thai < might 



of the glorj 

.* Being juftificd freely by h 



ited unl 
11 And the :. 



throngh the iption that is in Chrifl them who 



Jclu* 



in the I 



15 Whom ( I i /• be a tl 

pro; th in hhi b • I i i 

to de the re Ifl ' 

million of fi 
forbearanc 

16 
righteoul eft : \ 14 For if 1 

and the juftifier of him which believer 

in )el<. 

it boafting thrn J 1* 



eluded. B) wl 

but h 

There I >re w e 
is ju y faith without the i 

t h • 

/. he tl 
be bot dfo i 

miles alio : 



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872 Reconciliation by Cbrijf. ROMANS. 

a^father of many nations) before him 
whom he believed, even God, who quick- 
eth the dead, nnd calleth thcfe things 
which be not as though they were. 

t8 Who againffc hope believed in hope, 
that he might become the father of ma- 
ny nations, according to that which was 
fpoken, So fhall thy (etd be. 

19 And being not "weak in faith, he 
considered not his own body now dead, 
when he was about an hundred years old, 
neither yet the dead nefs of Sara's wortib : 

20 He daggered oot at the promife of 
God through unbelief ; but was ftrong 
in faith, giving glory to God ; 

21 And being fully perfuaded that, 
what he had promifed, he was able alfo 
to pertorm. 

22 And therefore it was imputed to 
him for righteous- zfs. 

23 Now it was n >t written for his fake 
alone, that it was imputed to him ; 

24 €} But for us aifo, to whom it Brail 
be imputed, if we believe on him that 
railed up Jefus our Lord from 'he dead, 

25 Who was delivered for our sffences, 
and was raifed again for our j unification- 

CHAP. V. 
1 Being jtifiifed by faith, tve have peace 
ivith God. 12 Sin and death came by ad- 



Sin and dealh came by Adv 

12 ^J Wherefore, as by one man 
entered into the world, and death by (in \ 
and fo death palTedupon all men, for that 
all have finned. 

13 For until the law fin was in the 
world : but fin is not imputed when there 
is no law. 

14 NeVertliefefSj death reigned from 
Adam to Mofes, even over "them that 
had not finned after the fimilitude of Ad- 
am's tranfgreffion, who is the figure of 
him that was to come. 

f5 But net as the offence, fo alfo is the 
free gift. For if through the offence of 
pne many be dead ; much more the grace 
of God and the gift by grace, ivhich is 
by one man, jefus Chrift, hath abounded 
unto many. 

lfi And not as it *xas by cne that fin- 
ned. /$ is the gift : for the judgment nvas 
by one to condemnation, but the free 
gift is of many offences unto justification. 

17 «T For if by one man's offence death 
reigned by one ; much more they which 
receive abundance of grace and of the 
gift of righteoufnefs (hall reign in life by 
one, Jefus Chrift. 

18 J heretore, as by the offence of one 
judgment came upon all men to condem- 
nation, even fo by the righteoufnefs or" 



am, 17 righteoufnefs and life by Vitftjf. nne the free gift ceme upon ail men unto 
1 hFREFQRE being juffified by faith, judication of lif 



we have peace with God through our 
Lord Jefus Chrift : 

2 By whom alfo we have accefs br 
faith in'o this grace wherein we (land, 
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

3 And not only/:?, hue we glory in 
tribulations alio : knowing that tribula- 
tion worketh patience ; 

4 And patience, experience ; and ex- 
pei ience, hope ; 

5 And hope maketn net aftamed ; be- 
caufe the love of God is fheO abroad in 
our hearts by the Holy Ghoft which is 
given unto U£. 

6 For when we were yet without 
flrengih, in due time Chrift cied for the 
ungediy. 

7 For fcarcely fora righteous xttsti will 



goou 



one die : >et peradventure for a 
man fome would even dare to die. 

8 But God eommendeth h;s love to- 
ward us, in that, v.h;'e we were yet tin- 
ners, Chri't died for us. 

9 Much more then, being now jufrifi- 
ed by his bioo H , we I hall be faved from 
Vk rath through him. 

10 For if, when ,,p were enemies, we 
were reconciled to God by the death of 
his Son, much more, being reconciled, 
we Dial I be faved by his life. 

11 And not only fo, bur we alfo joy in 
God through our Lord Jefus Chrift, by 
whom we have now ieceived the atone- 
ment. 



19 For as by one man's difobedience 
many were made finners, fo by th^ 
obedience of one (hall many be maue 
righteous. 

20 Moreover, the law entered, that 
the offence might abound. But where 
(in abounded, grace did much more a- 
bcund : 

21 That as fin hath reigned unto death* 
even fo might grace reign through right- 
eoufnefs unto eternal life by jefus Chrift 
our Lord. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 JTerru/l rrnt linje in fin, 12 tinrlet fin reign 
in us. 23 Death is ike "J.#ges of Jin. 
WHAT fhall we fay then ? Shall we 
continue in (in, that er.ice may abound ? 

2 God forbid. How (hall we, that are 
dead to fin, liveaey longer therein ? 

3 Know ye not, that fo many of us ^s 
were baptized into Jefus Chrift, were 
baptized into his death ? 

4 Therefore we are burled with him 
by baptTfm into death ; that like as 
Chrift was raifed up from the dead by 
r he glory of the Father, even !o we alio 
•liouid walk in newnefs of life. 

5 For if we have bef*n planted together 
in the likeneus of his death, v. e (hall be 
alfo in the liken, fs of bis refurreclion :_ 

6 Knowing this, that our oid man is 
crucified with him, that the body of lin 
mi?h: be destroyed, that henceforth we 

should not fetve fin. 

7 For 



Death is the nvages of fin, Cliap v 

7 For he that iv dead is freed from fin. 

8 Now if tve be dead with Chrift, we 
believe ihat we (ball alio live with him : 

9 K".oving that Chrift being raifed 
from i he dead, dieth no more ; death 
hath no moie dominion over hi 

10 For in that he died, lie died unto fin 
once • but in that he liveth, he liveth 
unto God. 

11 Likewise reckon ye alfo j 'tirfelves 
to be dead indeed unto (in, bur alive unto 
God through Jelus Chrift our Lord. 

J- f| Let not (in therefore reign in your 
mortal body, thai ye th mid obey it in 
the hills thereof. 

13 Neither yield ye your members as 
inftrurwents of unri jhteoufnefs unto lin : 

b 
ut yu-id yourielves unto God, as thofe 

that are alive from the dead, and your 

members as iidfrumcnts of righteoufneis 

unto God. 

14 For fin (hall not have dominion over 
you : for ye are not under the law, but 
under grace. 

10 What then ■ Shall we fin, becaufe 
we are not under the law, but under 
grace ? God forbid. 

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye 
yield yourfelves fervants to obey, his 
fervants ye are to whom ye obey ; wheth 
er of Cm unto death, or of obedience unto 
righteoufnef> 

17 But God be thanked that ye were 
the fervants of fin, but >e have obeyed 
from the he ut tint form ot doctrine 
which u>m delivered you. 

ih Being then maae freefrom fin, ye 
became it e (ei v Hits ot hghteoufo< 

19 1 fpeak atter the man: men, be* 
caufe of the inhrmit j ot yout Hefli i '• n 
>e have yielded your members fervants 
to uacleannefs and to injquit) unto in- 
iquity ; even fo now yield j out" memb 
iervant to i ightei unto holim 

20 For wl en ye were ihe fervants of 
fin, yc were I eoufneft. 

21 What f i nit h id j e then in tlx.fr 
things whereof ye an I i 
the end of thofe thioj 

■• from (in, 
and become I 

your fruit unto holme!- , I ev- 

er!, tl 

•Li % For the ■ n n d- ith ; l»iit 

rhe gift ot ( rod ' d life thi 

Jcfus Chrift our Lord. 

CHAP. VII. 

1 No Idtv bath f'jVJ" t ' \ T <i man I 
than he linjctb. 1 Tk* 
\1 hut I o/v, ju/l, ornt 

KNi W ye not, 1 (;> rak 

to them that know the law i I tin 

-ininion 0\ 
lie hvrlb - 

2 i worn in u hich hath 

bwnd is bound by the law to / 

J O 



ii. Htnv fttrtbe poiuer »f tbt taints. 8T$ 

folong as he liveth : but if the hufband 
be dead, (he is loofed from the law of 
her hufband. 

3 So then if, while ber hufband liveth, 
(he be married to another man, me i 
be called an adulterefs j but it her huf- 
band be dead, fhe is. free Irom that law ; 
fo that (he is no adulterefs, though fhe 
be married to another man. 

A Wherefore, my brethren, ye alfo are 
me dead to the law by I j of 

Chrift ; that ye fhould be married to 
another, e ■ en to him who is rail 
the (U\u\, that we (hould bung 1 
fruit unto God. 

5 For when wc were in the ne(h, the 
motions of Gns, which were by the 
did work in our members to bring forth 
fruit unto death : 

6 But now we are delivered from the 
law, that being dead wherein we were 
held ; that we mould ferve in newnefsof 
fpirit and not in the oldnefs of the letter. 

7 41 What lhall we fay then } Is the 
law fin ? God toibid. Nay, I had not 
known fin, but by the law : for I had not 
known luff, except the law had laid, 
Thou (hall not covet. 

8 But fin, taking occafion by the com- 
mandment, wrought in me all nunnerof 
concupifcence. for without the law fin 
ivat dead 

y For I was alive without the law 
but when the commandn 
came, fin revived, and I died. 

10 Aim the eomrn h Ti-as 
ordii'med to lite, I f < nmd io be unto de it h. 

1 1 For fin, taking 

mart t,decei> me, 

\i \] w re the law n holj , and 

. i Imeni hoi d iurt, an 1 got 

lil.lt Uli , li 

( < in, 

that it ar lin, wotk th 

in DM by that v. h by- 

indroeni might I •• 
ing Gnful. 

l * rit- 

ual t but 1 1 fin. 

IS 

M hat i hal I 

t if rhen hi. h I 

Leonfc law tl 

17 

mi 

W 1 1 I 1 k i 

19 

hut I 

v if I d 

no i 

eih in i 

; then a i ' ri * 



874 Who are free from condemnation. ROMANS. 



would do good, evil is prefent with me. 

22 For I delight in the law of God af- 
ter the inward man : 

23 But I fee another law in my mem- 
bers, warring againft the law of my mind, 
and bringing me into captivity to the law 
of fin which is in my members. 

24 O wretched man that 1 am ! Who (hall 
deliver me from the body of this death ? 

25 I thank God through Jefus Chrift 
our Lord. So then, with the mind I 
myfelf ferve (he law of God ; but with 
the flefh the law of fin. , 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Who are free from condemnation. 5, 

13 What harm comet h of the flefh, 6 

14 and ivbat good of the Spirit , Hand 
nvhat of being God's children. 
THER.E is therefore now no condem- 
nation to them which are in Chrift lefus, 
who walk, not after the flefh, but after 
the Spirit. 

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in 
Chrift jefus hath made me free from the 
law of fin and death. 

3 For what the law could not do, in 
that it was weak through the flefh, God 
fending his own Son in the likenefs of 
finful flefh, and for fin, condemned fin 
in the flefh : 

4 That the righteoufnefs of the law 
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not 
after the flefh, but after the Spirit. 

5 <Q For they that are after the flefh, 
do' mind the things of the flefh ; but they 
that are after the Spirit, the things of the 
Spirit. 

6 ^J For to be carnally minded is death ; 
but to be fpiritually minded is life and 
peace. 

the carnal mind is enmity 
; for it is not fubject to the 
neither indeed can be. 
they that are in the flefh 
God. 



7 Becaufe 
againft God 
law of God, 

8 So then 
cannot pleafe 



9 But ye are not in the flefh, but in 
the fpirit, if fo be that the Spirit of God 
dwell in you. Now if any man have not 
the Spirit of Chrift, he is none of his. 

10 And if Chrift be in you, the body 
Is dead becaufe of fin ; bnt the Spirit is 
life becaufe of righteoufnefs. 

11 But if the Spirit of him that raifed 
np Jefus from the. dead dwelt in you. he 
that raifed up Chrift from the dead fhall 
alfo quicken your mortal bodies by his 
Spirit that dwelieth in you. 

12 Therefore, brethren. we are debtors, 
not to the flefh, to live after the flefh. 



We are faved by h6pe 3 

received the Spirit of adoption, whereby" 
we cry, Abba, Father. 

16 The Spirit itfelf bearethwitnefswitH 
our fpirit, that we are the children of God: 

17 qj And if children, then heirs ; heir^ 
of God, and joint heirs with Chrift ; if 
fo be that we fuffer with bim, that we 
may be alfo glorified together. 

18 For I reckon that the fufferings of 
this prefent time are not worthy to be 
compared with the glory which (hall be 
revealed in us. 

19 For the earneft expectation of the 
creature waiteth for the manifeftation of 
the fons of God. 

20 For the creature was made fubject 
to vanity, not willingly, but by reafon of 
him who hathlubjected the fame in hope; 

21 Becaufe the creature itfelf alfo (hall 
be delivered from the bondage of cor- 
ruption into the glorious liberty of the 
children of God. 

22 For we know that the whole crea- 
tion groaneth and travaileth in pain to- 
gether until now : 

23 And not only they, but ourfelves 
alfo, which have the firft fruits of the 
Spirit, even we ourfelves groan within 
ourfelves, waiting for the adoption, t» 
ivit, the redemption of our body. 

24 For we are faved by hope : but 
hope that is feen is not hope : for what 
a man feeth, Why doth he yet hope for ? 

25 But if we hope for that we fee not, 
then do we with patience wait for it. 

26 Likewife the Spirit alfo helpeth our 
infirmities : for we know not what we 
fhould pray for as we ought : but the Spir- 
it itlelfmaketh interceflion for us with 
groanings which cannot be uttered. 

27 And he that fearcheth the hearts 
knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 
becaufe he maketh interceflion for the 
faints according to the will of God. 

28 And we know that all things work 
together for good to them that love God, 
to them who are the called according to 
A/jpurpofe. 

2y For whom he did foreknow, he al- 
fo did predeftinate to be conformed to the 
image of his Son, that he might be the 
firftborn among many brethren. 

SO Moreover whom he did predefti- 
nate, them he alfo called : and whom he 
called, them he alfo juflified : and whom 
he juflified, them he alfo glorified. 

31 What (hall we then fay to thefethings? 
If God be for us, Who can be againft us ? 

32 He that fpared not his own Son, but 



\o% For if ye live after the fle'h,ye fhall j delivered him up for us all, How fhall he 



die : but if ye through the Spirit do mor 
tify the deeds of the body, ye fhall live. 

14 <J[ For as many as are led by the 
Spirit of God, they are the fons of ( 

lr> For ye have not received the fpirit 
of bondage again to fear j but ye have 



not with him alfo freely give us all things ? 

83 Whofball lay any thing to the charge 

of God's elect ? It is 'God that juftifieth ; 

54 Who is he that condemneth ? It is 

thrift that died, yea rather, that is rifen 

who is even at the right hand of 

God, 



again, 



PauPsforwufor the Jews. Chap. ix. The calling of the Gentiles. 875 

15 For he faith to Mofes, I will have 



God,\vho alfo maketh interceffion for us. 

S W Jk> (hall feparateus from the love 
of Chrift 2 Shall tr bulation, or diftrefs, 
or perfecution, or famine, or nakednefs, 
or peril or fword ? 

56 As it is written, For thy lake we 
are killed all the da> long ; we are ac- 
counted as fheep 'or the daughter. 

37 Nay, in all thele things we are 
mote than conquerors through him that 
loved us. 

33 For I am perfuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi- 
palities, nor powers, nor things prefent, 
nor things to come, 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature (hall be able »o feparate us 
from the love ot God, which is in Chrilt 
Jefus our Lord. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Paul's fort oiujor the Jews. 7 All A- 

brabmm't feed were not tbe children 

of the prom-jc The calling of the 

Genxili ;, and rejttfion a; the jetus. 

1 SAY the truth in Chrift. 1 lie not, 
my conic icic^ alio bearing me wit nets in 
tiie Hol> Ghoft, 

2 1 hat 1 have great heavinefs and con- 
tinual furrow in my heart. 

S For I could wifli that myfelf were 
accurfed from Chrift for my brethren, 
my kinfmen according to the flefh : 

4 Who are Ifraelites; tow horn />r rtatn- 
etb the adoption, and the glorj , and I 
covenant;-, and the giving of the 1 
the fervice oj GW, and the promif s ; 

Whole arv the fathers, and of whom 
as concerning the H-Mh Chrilt carm-, who 
\> over all. God blefled for ever. \ tn 

ti Not aa though the word <>t God hath 
taken none effect. For they are not all 
Jlrael, which are of Ilracl : 

7 f[ Neither, ' ire the feed 
cf Abraham, are they all children : but, 
In Ki.n (hall 

8 That is, 1 ' 

of the fic-ili, thefe ar c n 

God : bul thechildren of the \ 

counted for t 1 

9 For this is the , At 
tl>is time will 1 c .u , ai 

■ a fon. 

10 And n this ; but * h< n 
becca alfo h eived by one, eve?: 
by oui 

11 ( t i >■•>■ i Idren yet 
bpi , 

evil, that 

to election might • -. ■ , not o( 

but ot him t : ) 

It It i I he elder fhall 

ferve th** you 

13 ittcn, aye ' 

ed, but E : 

h W] 

ynrighteoufn >id. 



merc> on v. horn I will have mercy, and 
1 will have compaflion on whom 1 will 
have compaflion. 

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, 
nor of him that runneth, but of God that 
(heweth mercy. 

1 7 Fot the fcripture faith unto Pha- 
raoh, Even for this tame purpofe have I 
railed thee up, that I might (hew my 
power in thee, and that my name migkt 
be declared throughout all the earth. 

18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom 
he will ba<ve mercy, and whom he « 
Ue hardeneth. 

19 Thou wilt fay then unto me, V 
doth he yet find fault ? For, Who luth 
refilled his will ? 

10 Nav but, O man, Who art thou 
that replieft againft God ? Shall the 
thing formed fay to him that formed ;/, 
Why halt thou made me thus ? 

c li Hath not the potter power over the 
clay, of the fame lump to make one veffel 
unto honour, and another unto dithonour ? 
What if Uod, willing tu fbew bis 
wrath, and to make his power known, 
endured with much longmffering the 
jls of v. rath fitted to deftruction : 
And that he might make knon n the 
riches of his glory on the- \ 
which he had afore prepared unto glor , , 
Even us, whom he hath called, no(P 
ot the Jews only, but alio of i 

£5 S[ As he faith alfo in Ofce, I will 
call them my people, which were not 
my people; and her beloved, which * 
not beloved 

(hall come to pals, that in 
place wheie it was Paid unto them, N 
ate not m, I (hall they be 

M I 
I l.< ugh the numbi i 

i frael b t, a rem* 

i fhall be favi ' 

1H .uh lh' I cut 

// (hort in i 

i k w ill the I.' i'! • on the 

the Lord • 

de 

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*T6 Believer sj&all Be fave J. ROMANS. 

fence : and whofoever believeth on him 

lhall not be afhamed. 

CHAP. X. 

1 The d/fference of the righteoufnefs of the 
lan.v y and that offaitb \lNobelie<vtrfhatl 
be confounded, ^whether Je'vu or Gtntite. 



All Ifrael not caft off. 



BRETHREN, my heart's 



Ifrael 



is 



deflre and 
that they 



prayer to God for 
might be faved. 

2 For I bear them record that they 
have a zeal of God, but not according 
to knowledge. 

SFor they being ignorant of God's right- 
eoufnefs,and going about toeftablifh their 
own righteoufnefs, have not fubmitted 
themfel ves unto the righteoufnefs of God . 

■4 For Chrift is the end of the law for 
righteoufnefs to every one that believeth. 

5 F^rMofesdefcribeth the righteoufnefs 
which is of the law, That the man which 
doeth thofe things mall live by them. 

t> But the righteoufnefs which is of faith 
fpeaketh on this wife, Say not in thine 
heart, Whofhall afcend intohe?,ven ? that 
is, to bring Chrift down from above. 

7 Or, Who (hall defcend into the deep ? 
that is, to bring up Chrift again from 
the dead. 

8 But, What faith it ? the word is nigh 
ihee,e r uen in thy mouth, and in thy heart : 
that is, the word of faith, which we'preach; 

9 That if thou (halt confers with thy 
mouth the Lord Jefus, and (halt believe 
in thine heart that God hath raifed him 
from the dead, thou (halt be faved. 

10 For with the heart man believeth 
unto righteoufnefs; and with the mouth 
confeffion is made unto falvation. 

11 <j Forthefcripture faith, Whofoever 
feelieveth on him (hall not be afhamed. 

12 For there is no difference betweenthe 
Jew and the Greek i for the fame Lord 
overall is rich unto all that call upon him. 

13 For whofoever (hall call upon the 
3»ame of the Lord (hall be faved. 

14 How then (hall they call on him in 
whom they have not believed ? And, 
How (hall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? And, How (hall 
they hear without a preacher ? 

15 And, How (hall they preach, except 
they be lent ? As it is written, How 
beautiful are the feet of them that preach 
the gofpel of peace, and bring glad tid- 
ing of good things ! 

lti But they have not all obeyed the 

{jofpel. For Efaias faith, Lord, Who 
nth believed our report ? 

IT So then faith c ometb by hearing, and 
hearing by the word of God 

18 But I fay, Have they not heard ? 
Ves verily, their found went into ail the 
ea^th, and their words unto the ends of 
the world. 

19 But I fay, Did not Tfrael know j Fir ft 
Moles faith, I will proyoke you to jeal- 



oufy by them that are no people, and by 
a foolifn nation I will anger you. 

20 But Efaias is very bold, and faith, 
I was found of them that fought me not ; 
I was made manifest unto them that 
afked not after me. 

1\ But to Ifraei he faith, All day long 
I have ftretched forth my hands unto a 
difobedient and gainlaying people. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 God hath not c aft off ull Ifrael. 1 Seme 

n.oereelecled,ihf reft turn- hardened. 18 

7 he Gen t lies may not nfult upon them. 

I SAY then, hath God caft away hi& 
people ? God forbid. For 1 alfo am an 
ifraelite, of the feed of Abraham, of the 
tribe of Benjamin 

t God haih not caft away his people 
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the 
fcriptnre faith of Elias >. How he maketh 
mterceliion to-Gori a gain ft Ifrael, faying, 

3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, 
and digged down thine altars j and 1 am 
left alone, and they fcek rny life. 

4 But, What faith the anfwer of God 
unto him ? I havereferved to myfelf (ev- 
en thoufand men, who have not bowed 
the knee to the image of Baal 

5 Even lb then at this prefent time 
alfo there is a remnant according to the 
election of grace. 

o And it by grace, then is it no more of 
works : otherwife grace is no more grace. 
But if it be of works, then is it no more 
grace : otherwife work is no more work. 

? fff What then ? Ifrael hath not ob- 
tained that which he feeketh for ; but 
the election hath obraiaed it, and the reft 
were blinded. 

8 According as it is written, God hath 
given them the fpirit of (lumber, eyes 
that they (hould not fee, and ears that 
they fhould not hear, unto this day. 

9 And David faith, Let their table be 
made a fnare. and a trap, and a ff umbling- 
block, and a recompenfe unto them : 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not fee, and bow down their 
back alway. 

II I fay then, Have they ftumbled 
that they fhould fall ! God forbid ; but 
rather through their fall falvation is come 
unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them 
to jealoufy. 

K Now if the fall of them be the riches 
of the world, and the diminishing of 
them the riches of the Gentiles, How 
much more their fulnefs ? 

13 For I fpeak to you Gentiles, in as 
much as I am the apoftle of the Gentiles, 
I magnify mine office : 

14 If by any means I may provoke to 
emulation them ivbub are my fiefh, and 
might fave feme of them. 

15 For if the calling away of them be the 
reconcilingoftheworld,What/&tf// the re- 
ceiving 



Againft boifiing. Chap. xu. Pride forbidden. 37T 

ceiving ojtbem be, but life from the dead } Lord I or,Who hath been his o>unfellor c 

16 For if the firlt fruit be holy, the! 85 Or,Whohatbl . md 
lump b d\i'o holy ; an J if the root *<r ho- il foall 1 ,1 unto Inn. 

Jy, io sre the branches. 56 Forofhim, and through him, I 

17 And if fome of the branches be to him, *r* all thing* : towhomfrgl 
broken off, and thou, being a v% «.ver. Amen. 



tree, »\crt ^ i ati'ed in among them, and 
with tveni partake!* of t!ie root and fat- 
nefs ot tl.e olive tret ; 

1 K «1 L : uj(t not againfl the branches, 



CHAP XII. 
lPrid<forb;d:ten 6 Seiei ul tiuties er.joitu 
fd \9 R .iy Jubiddm. 

I BESbEC >u thereiore, brethren. 



But it thou boalt thou beared not tlic by the men of G that ye prefent 

r , b.:r the root thee. ur bodies a living (acrifi 

19 then, The brar.c unto God, tokub is your I 

were broken off, hat I might be gra tied in. lonablefervice. 

nbelief And be not conform Id: 

broken off, and t y faith i but be ye t: the renewing 

i io! h'-ghminded, but feai : yourxnind, that )c 

•ii God : ot the i at and pei 



brant lake beed leir lie alio fpare not 

e. 

erefore the goodnefs and 
fe verity of God : on them 
fevcrity ; but toward thee, goodnel , 
thou continue 'od net's : 01 

tliou »Ho (bait be cut off. 

15 And the j they abide not ftill 

in unbelief, ihall be giatfed in God 

is able to gi art them in jgain 

-4 For if thou ihe olive 

tree which il wild by nature, and wort 
gr.itfed contrary to nature into a 
olive free. Hew much more (hall theie, 
which be the natural branrbes, bcgi 
into tt :ve frer 

.ut, brethren, thai > e 

fhould be < | of this my (lei . , ! I 

• on Id be wife in your own i 

blindiu fj in \ ad d to 

Jfrael, until the filfnefa of the Gentiles 

be come in. 

W rit ten, , -me out <-i 

• Dcm ■; er, .1 turn aw j> 

from ].iC(>\> ■ 

ita 'hem, 

• j tl ■■ ;_• fpcl ... 

enc , . i i i 

ing th< 

ii> <■ 
witl 

not 

believed < 

believe-1, I 
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will of U 

5 « rough tl 
unto me, to t 

you, net to thir 

than he 

toberly, ( < ith de lit to 

every man the th 

A For as »e have man) n 
one I i a;l membcj I 

fame «. 

I many, are one 1 
Clu in, and emben 

er. 

6 f Having then gifts diflerii 

ther pr 

ii ; 
i mini lry,/ri 
term 

8 < 

bim doit with (i 
ty ; I leth, with 

■ th cl 

9 Let lore hi m 

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with 

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1 i I • 

13 Dill ribu of 



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depth of tl 
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How ire his jttdgi 

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8?8 Of duties to magiftrates. 



of evil, but over- 



19 qj Dearly beloved, avenge not your- 
felves, but rather give place unto wrath : 
for it is written, Vengeance is mine : I 
will repay, faith the Lord. 

20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, 
feed him ; if he third, give him drink : 
for in io doing thou fhalt heap coals of 
l?re on his head. 

£1 Be not overcome 
come evil with good. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Of duties to m»gift rates. 8 Love is the 

fulfilling of the ia-iv. ll A gainji gluttony . 

druTikznticfsyandtbeHjuoiksoJ darknejs . 

LET every foul be fubject unto the 
higher powers. For there is no power 
but of God : the powers that be are or- 
dained of God. 

£ Whofoever therefore refifleth the 
power, refifleth the ordinance of God 
and they that refill: fliall receive to them- 
ielves damnation. 

3 For rulers are not a terror to good 
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then 
not be afraid of the power ? Do that 
which is good, and thou fhalt have praife 
of the lame ; 

•4 For he is the minider of God to thee 
for good. But if thou do that which is 
evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the 
fword in vain : for he is the minider of 
God, a revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. 

5 Wherefore ye mud needs be fubjecl;, 
not only for wrath, but alfo for con- 
science fake. 

6 For for this caufe pay ye tribute al fo : 
for they are God's ininiders, attending 
continually upon this very thing. 

7 Render therefore to all their dues ; 
tribute to whom tribute is due ; cuftom 
to whom cuffom ; fear to whom fear j 
honour to whom honour. 

€| Owe no man any thing, but to 
love one another : for he that loveth an- 
other hath fulfilled the law. 

9 For this, Thou (halt not commit adul- 
tery, Thou fhalt not kill, Thou (halt not 
deal, Thou (halt not bear falfe witnefs, 
Thou fhalt not covet ; and if there be any 
other commandment, it is briefly com- 
prehended in this faying, namely. Thou 
ihalt love thy neighbour as thyfeif. 

10 Love worketh no ill to his neigh- 
bour : therefore love is the fulfilling of 
the law. 

11 fl And that, knowing the time, 
that now /"/ is high time to awake out ot 
fleep : for now is our falvation nearer 
than when we believed. 

12 The night is far (pent, the day is at 
hand : let us therefore caff off the works 
cf darkijefs,and let us put on the armour 
«f light. 

15 Let us walkhonedly.asin the day ; 
not in noting and drunkennefs, not iri 



ROMANS. Days and meats indifferent. 

chambering and wantonnefs, not ih ft rife 



and envying 

14 But put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrifr, 
an.d make not provifion for the flefli, to 
Julfil the lulls thereof. 

CHAP XIV. 
4 M ■ n may not contemn or condemn one 

another jar things irut jftrtnt, 18 but 

take heed of giv-ng uffence in them. 

FilM that is weak in the faith receive 
ye, but not to doubtful deputations. 

2 For one believeth that he may eat 
all things : another, who is weak, eat- 
eth herbs. 

3 Let not him that e3teth defpife him 
that eateth not : and let not him which 
eateth not judge him that eateth : for 
God hath received him. 

4 qj Who art thou that judged another 
man's fervant ?To his ow n mailer he frand- 
ethor faileth. Yea.he fhall beholden up: 
for God is able to make him itand. 

5 One man efteerneth one day above 
another ; another elfeemeth every day 
alike. Let every man be fully perfuaded 
in his own mind. 

6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth 
it unto the Lord ; and he that regardeth 
not the day, to the Lord he doth not 
regard/'/. He that eateth, eateth to the 
Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; and he 
that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth 
not, and giveth God thanks. 

7 For none of us liveth to himfelf, and 
no man dietn to himfelf. 

8 For whether we live, we live unto 
the Lord ; and whether we die, we die 
unto the Lord : whether we live there- 
fore, or die, we are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end (Jhrift both died, 
and rofe, and revived, that he might be 
Lord both of the dead and living. 

10 But, Why doll thou judge thy 
brother ? Or, Why doft thou fet at 
nought thy brother ? For we fliall all 
(land before the judgment feat of Chrift. 

11 For it is written, As I live, faith the 
Lord, every knee fhall bow to me, and 
every tongue (hall confef? to God. 

11 So then every one of us fhall give 
account of himfelf to God. 

13 *[ Let us not therefore judge one 
another any more : but judge this rather, 
that no man put a (tumbling block or an 
occafion to fall in his brother's way. 

14 1 know and am perfuaded by the 
Lord Jefus, \hax there is nothing unclean 
of itfelf : but to him that efieemeth any 
thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 

15 But jf" thy brother be grieved with 
thy meat, now walked thou not charita- 
bly. Dedroy not him with thy meat, 
for whom Chrifr. died. 

16 Let not then your good be evil 
fpoken of : 

17 For the kingdom of God is not mea$ 

aaU 



To avoid giving offence. Chap. 

»tnd drink ; but righteoulnefs,and peace, 
and joy in the Holy Ghoft. 

ltf For he that in rhefe th'ngs ferve'h 
Chriff. is acceptable to God, and approv- 
ed of men. 

19 Let us therefore follow after the 
things which make tor peace, and things 
wherewith one may edity another. 

20 For meat dertroy not the work of 
God. All things indeed are pure; but 
it is evil for that man who eateth with 

>ce. 
1 It is good neither to eat flefti, nor 

to drink wine, nor any thm^ whereby 

thy brother flumbleth, or u led, or 

is made weak 

Haft thou faith ? Have it to thyfelf 

before God H ippy is ; e that con 

Beth not himfclf in that thing which he 

alloweth 

43 And he that doubteth is damned if 

he eat, becaule he eateth v mh : 

for \\lutfoe\cr is not of faith is fin. 
HAP. XV. 

1 The fix vfi bear tuirb the weak. ? 

We may not plraf'e ourjrli e< : 7 but re- 
ceive one another, as Chrtjl did us all. 
V V h then that arc ffrong ought to 

bear weak, and not 

to pleafe ourlelves. 

t €1 J ry one of us pl'ife bit 

nei _ -,b. 

b For eve i nut him: 

but, a< 

thr :ie. 

4 ! 
aforetiiiie w 
that we tin. 

5 Nuw tl 

i 

6 'J hat ye 

1. 

7 ^| \N 

er, 

I. 

thai J 
mil nth 

made 

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( fad I 

th 

1 yr 

1 
be 

reign i 



xv. We muji imiu 

may abound in hope, through tin 
ot I 

14 And I n;. 

en, that 
lets, hi h all knowledge 

alio to admonifl) one anotl; 

. ' 
ten the more boldly uni 
fort, as putti . ;■ OU i . mind, | 
the grace that is given to me 
lo I hat I Ih the in ; 

hrifl to the Gentiles, min 
gofpel of God, :hat the offering up ( ; 
Gentiles mi^ht 

i b) the l * h ft. 

17 I 1 I may 
glory throt;. 

which peitam t 

18 K>r 1 will not dare t 
of thote thii gs which ( 
wrought b) 

and deed, 

19 1 ! • 
by the \ 

from I 
unto II _ I have full,, 

th g :1. 

ild build tij 
foundation : 

- ' Bui 10m he 

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thai 

I 
mo 

ng no ■ 

■ 

I 
I 

I 






31 






880 The greetings of Paul. 
that do not believe in Judea 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



His thanks to God. 



and that 
my fervice which / ba<ve for Jerufalem 
may be accepted of the faints ; 

32 That I may come unto you with 
joy by the will of God, and may with 
you be refreshed. 

33 Now the God of peace be with you 
all. Amen. 

CHAP. XVI. 

i Paulftndeth greeting te many, 2t and 

endeth tvith praife and thanks to God. 

1 COMMAND unto you Phebe our 
jfifter, which is a fervant of the church 
which is at Cenchrea : 

2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as 
becometh faints, and that ye a (Tift her in 
whatfoever bufmefsfhe hath need of you : 
for (he hath been a .luccourer of many, [unto all 
and of myfelf alfo. 

3 Greet Prifciila and Aquila my .help- 
ers in Chrift Jefus i 

4 Who have for my life laid down their 
own necks : unto whom not only I give 
thanks, but alfo all the churches of the 
Gentiies. 

5 Likewife greet the chinch that is in 
their houfe. Salute my well beloved E- 
penetus, who is the firft fruits of Achaia 
unto Chrift. 

6 Greet Mary, who beftowed much 
labour on us. 

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my 
kinfmen, and my fellow prifoners, who 
are ot note among the apoftles, who alfo 
were in Chrift before me. 

3 Greet Amplias my beloved in the 
Lord. 

9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Chrift, 
and Stachys my beloved. 

10 Salute Apelles approved in Chrift. 
Salute them which are of Ariftobulus's 
toufebold. 

1 1 Salute Herodion my kinfman. Greet 
them that be of the household of Narcif- 
fus, which are in the Lord. 

12 Salute I ryphenaandTryphofa, who 
labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved 
Perfis, which laboured much in the Lord. 

13 Salute Rufus chofen in the Lord, 
and his mother and mine. 



14 Salute Afyncritus, Phlegon, Her- 
mas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the breth- 
ren which are with them. 

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nere- 
us, and his filler, and Olympas, and all 
the faints which are with them. 

16 Salute one another with an holy 
kifs. The churches of Chrid falute you. 

17 Now I beleech you, brethren, mark 
them which caufe divisions and offences 
contrary to the doctrine which ye have 
learned ; and avoid them. 

18 For they that are fuel) ferve not 
our Lord Jefus Chrift, but their own bel- 
ly ; and by good words and fair fpeeches 
deceive the hearts of the limple. 

* For your obedience is come abroad 

men. I am glad therefore on 

your behalf : but yet 1 would have you 

wife unto that which is good, and rimple 

concerning evil. 

£0 And theGod of peace (hall bruife Sa- 
tan under your feetfhortly. The grace of 
our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you. Amen. 

J l\ ^1 Timotheus my workfellow, and 
Lucius, and iafon, and Sofipater, my 
kinfmen, falute you. 

22 I Tertius, who wrote this epiftle, 
falute you in the Lord. 

23 Gaius mine hoft, and of the whole 
church, falutethyou. Eraftusthe cham- 
berlain of the city faluteth you, and 
Quartus a brother. 

24 The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift 
be with you all. Amen. 

25 Now to him that is of power toftab- 
lifli you according to my go/pel, and the 
preaching of Jefus Chrift, according to 
the revelation of the my ft ery, which was 
kept fecret fince the world began, 

26 But now is made manifeft, and by 
the fcriptures of the prophets, according 
to the commandment of the everlafting 
God, made known to all nations for the 
obedience of faith : 

3.7 To God only wife, be glory through 
Jefus Chrift for ever. Amen. 

% Written to the Romans from Corin- 
thus, and fern by Phebe, fervant of 
the church at Cenchrea. 



THE FIRST 

paul the Apostle 

CHAP. I. 
1 After falutation and t h an kf giving, 10 

be exhorteth to unity, 12 and reprouetb 

their dijfenftons. 18 God dcjlroyeib the 

<ivifdom oj the 'wife. 

PAUL, called to be an apoflle of Jefus 
Chrift through the will of God, and 
Softhenes our brother, 

2 Unto the church of God which is at 
Corinth, to them that are fanitified in 



EPISTLE OF 

TO THE CORINTHIANS. 

\ Chriftjefus.called to be faints.with all that 
in every place call upon the name of Jelus 
Chrift our Lord, both theirs and ours : 

S Grace be unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and J>om the Lord Jefus 
Chrift. 

4 I thank my God always on your 
behalf, for the grace of God which is 
given you by Jefus Chrift ; 

5 That in every thing ye are enrich- 

ed 



Paul exbortetb t§ unity. C 

ed by him, »n all utterance, ar>l in 
knc i ; 

6 bven as the tellimony of Chrift was 
connrmed in you : 

7 bo ih:»t ye come behind in no gift ; 
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jefns 
Chri 

8 Who ball a!fo confirm you unto the 
end, ib.. y be bhmelefs in the da) 
of our Lord Jcfu? Chi 

9 ood is faithful, L ye were 
♦ td unto the fellow ftup of his Son JeflM 
Chi Lcru. 

10 « efeech you, brethren, by 
the name of our Lord Jefns Chnft, that 
j the I j me thing, and tLjt there 
Dc no divifions among yon ; 

erfedh r in the fame 

me judgnu 
It For it hath been declare J unto me 
jii, my brethren, b> them "jjb-.cb are 
of the biuje ot Chloe, that there are i 
tentions among >ou. 

12 « , that every one of 

juii faith I am ol Paul \ and 1 oil ApoL. 

r\ as Paul cruci- 
fied i"v,r ; mi : Of were ye baptized in the 
name of Pai.l ; 

14 I * -od that 1 ed none 
of you but Criipus and Gaiv 

15 Left any Ihould fay that I had bap- 
tized in mii»e o* n name. 

'ized alio the h i 
of Stephanas: betidrs I know nut wheth- 
er I baptized any otuer. 

IT For CI ot to bap 

but to pre 

fhould be f none 

t • the pi 

is to t 

to us wlixh are 

19 en, I will <lc r 



u, 






b the 



• is the 

>e > \A. here it 

wor 

t\ ■ i fdom 

♦he world by i 

sofpv- 

■ e. 

. | 

45 B«. 

owcr 

n. 



Peiver •/ bh preaching. 88! 

26 For ye fee your calling, brethren, 
that not many * o alter the 

flefh, not many mighty, not D . ble> 

are ended : 

Kur God hath chofen the foolifa 
things of the world to confound the v. 
jod hath chofen the weak thin - 
orld to confound the thi fetich 

ire migh'y : 

*i8 And bafe things of the worl<\ ii«i 
thinjgi irhieh are defpi( 
chofen, jea t and things not, 

ight things thai i 
29 That no flefh (houid glory in hia 
prefence. 

him are ye in Chrift ]< 
who ot is made om, 

and rikjhreoufnefs, and (anCtification 
red j i : 

31 That, according "^ it is written, He 
that gbrieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

CHAP. II 
Paul declare tb that bit preaching far 
ex all human ivifdom. 

D I, brethren, when I < ame to 
you, came not with excellency of fpt-ech, 
or of wifdom, declaring unto you the 
teftimony of God. 

5 For I determined ret to knew any 
thing among you, fave Jtfus Chri ft, and 
him truc.fv 

3 And I was with you in wr*knefs, 
and in fear, and in much trembling. 
■i And my fpeech and my preaching 
not with eni 
. 
• nd rf power \ 

wifi" 

long 
wil- 
dom nces of 

■ 
But we 

imto our glory 
8 V 

d the 

• ruth* 



of TM 

the 












the I h (• 

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11 

of a 



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15 V. , 



882 Againft din>ifons f 



h CORINTHIANS. 



and cmeeit. 



13 Which things alfo we fpeak, not in 
the words which man's wifdom teacheth, 
but which the Holy Ghoftteacheth ; com- 
paring fpiritual things with fpiritual. 

1* But the natural man receiveth aot 
the things of the Spirit ©f God ; for they 
are fooliflinefs unto him : neither can he 
know them % becanfe they are fpiritually 
difeerned. 

15 But he that is fpiritual judgeth all 
things, yethehimfelf is judged of no man. 

16 For, Who hath known the mind of 
the Lord, that he may inftrucl: him ? But 
we have the mind of Chrift. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Milk is jit for children. S Againft di- 

'vrfiont.^ 16 Men % the temples of God. 

18 Againft conceit. 

AND I, brethren, could not fpeakunto 
you as unto fpiritual, but as unto carnal, 
en/en as unto babes in Chrift. 

2 I have fed you with milk, and not 
with meat : for hitherto ye were not able 
to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 

& ^[ For ye are yet carnal : for whereas 
there is among you envying, and ftrife, 
and divifions, Are ye not carnal, and 
walk as men ? 

4 For while one faith, I am of Paul ; 
and another, I am of Apollos j Are ye 
not carnal ? 

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apol- 
los. but minifters by whom ye believed, 
even as the Lord gave to every man > 

6 I have planted, Apollos watered j but 
God gave the increafe. 

I So then neither is he that planteth 
any thing, neither he that watereth ; but 
God that giveth the increafe. 

8 Now he that planteth and he that 
watereth are one : and every man (hall 
receive his own reward according to his 
own labour. 

9 For we are labourers together with 
God : ye are God's hufbandry, ye are 
God's building. 

10 According to the grace of God which 
is given unto me, as a wife mafter builder, 
I have laid the foundation, and another 
buildeth thereon. But let every man take 
heed how he buildeth thereupon- 

II For other foundation can no man lay 
than that is laid, which is Jefus Chrift. 

\1 Now if any man build upon this 
foundation, gold, filver, precious (tones, 
wood, hay, frubble ; 

13 Every man's work fhall be made man- 
ifeft : for the day (hall declare it, becanfe 
it (hall be revealed by fire ; and the fire 
ihall try evcryman's workof what fort it is 

15 If any man's work abide which he 
hath built thereupon, he (hall receive a 
reward. 

15 If any man's work {hall be burned, 
he (hall fuffer lofs : but he hktlfclf ihall 
be laved j jet fo a* by fire. 



16 <(J Know ye not that ye are the ten?- 
pie of God, and that the Spirit of God 
dwelleth in you ? 

1 7 If any man defile the temple of God, 
him (hall God deftroy ; for the temple of 
God is holy, w\\\ch. temple ye are. 

18 fl Let no man deceive himfelf. If 
any man among you feemeth to be wife 
in this world, let him become a fool, that 
he may be wife 

1 9 For the wifdom of this world is fool- 
iftinefs with God. For it is written, He 
taketh the wife in their own craftinefs. 

£0 And again, The Lord knoweth the 
thoughts of the wife, that they are vain. 

i 1 Therefore, let no man glory in men. 
For all things are yours ; 

11 WhetherPaul,or Apollos,or Cephas, 
or the world, or life, or death, or things 
prefent, or things to come ; all are your* ; 

25 And ye are Chrift's ; and Chrift is 
God's. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Hotuto account of minifters . iWe ha*ve 

nothing -which nveha<venot received. 15 

The apoftles are our fathers in Chrift B 

LET a man fo account of us, as of the 
minifters of Chrift, and ftewards of the 
myfteries of God. 

"2. Moreover it is required in ftewards, 
that a man be found faithful. 

3 But with me it is a very fmall thing 
that I ftiould be judged of you, or of man's 
judgment: yea, I judge not mineownfelf. 

4 For I know nothing by myfelf ; yet 
am I not hereby juftified : but he that 
judgeth me is the Lord. 

5 Therefore, judge nolhing before the 
time until the Lord come, who both will 
bring to light the hidden things of dark- 
nefs, and will make manifeft the coun- 
sels of the hearts : and then (hall eveiay 
man have praife of God. 

6 And thefe things, brethren, I have, 
in a figure transferred to myfelf and to 
Apollos for yoor fakes ; that ye might 
learn in us not to think of men above 
that which is written, that no one of you 
be puffed up for one againft another. 

7 qj For, Who maketh thee to differ/>o*t 
another ? and, What haft thou that thou 

j didft not receive ? Now if thou didft re- 
I ceive /"/, Why doft thou glory, as if thou 
, had ft not received it ? 

8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye 
' have reigned as kings without us : and I 
'would to God ye did reign, that we alfo 

might reign with you. 

9 Fori think that God hath fet forth us 
i the apoftles laft, as it were appointed to 
(death : for we are made a fpecracle unto 
(the world, dnd to angels, and to men. 

10 We are fools for Chrift's fake, but 
!ye are wife in Chrift j we are weak, but 
i ye are frrong ; ye are honourable, but 
{we are defpifed, 

11 Even 



The incefiuout ferfoi\ % 



Chap. v. vi. 



Offenders to he avoided. 815 



11 Even unto this prefent hour wet 8 Therefore, let us keep the feaft, not 
both hunger, and thirff, and are naked, • with old leaven; neither with the leaven 
and are buffeted, and have no certain, of malice and w ickednels ; bin with the 



dwelling place ; 

12 And labour, working with our own 
hands : being reviled, we blefs ; being 
9 erfecuted, we fufter it : 

13 Being defamed, we entreat : w« are 
made as the filth ot the world, and are the 
•ffseouring of all things unto this day. 

14 I write not thele things to (hame 
you, but as my beloved fon> 1 v^arnyvu. 

15 fl For though ye have ten thoufand 
inftructorsin Chriffjyet ba*vt ye not ma- 
ny fathers : for in Chrift Jefus i have 
fce^otten you through the go/pel. 

lt> Wherefore, 1 beleech >ou, be ye 
toll ,f me. 

17 For this caufe have I fent unto you 
Timotbeus, who is my beloved for., and 
faithful i « the Lord, who (hall bring you 
into remembrance of my ways which be 

hnit,as 1 teach every where m every 
churcn. 

18 Now fome are puffed up, as though 
1 would not come to y on 

19 Eut 1 will come to you fhortly, if the 
Lord will, and will know, not thefpeech of 
them which are purled up, but the power. 

20 For the kingdom of God ;/ not in 
word, but in power. 

21 What will ye i Shall I erne unto 
you with a rod, or in love, and in the 
ipirit of meekuels ? 

C H A P. V. 
1 TheinceHuous perjon. 7 The old leai ■■•- 
mujt be purged out. 10 Heinous of. 
:eien are i* be avoided. 
is reported commonly ikat there h 
cation u, and Inch foi 

tion 'V i- no! fo mu h a I nona 

the Gentiles, tliat one IhouUl have his 



unleavened bread of fincerify and truth. 

9 1 wrote unto you in an epilile, not to 
company with fornicator 

10 1\ Yet not altogether with the forni- 
cator of this world, or wiih the tovetoiri, 
or extortioner-, i r with idolaters ; ior 
then mult y e needs go out ol the world. 

11 But now I have w ritren unto you 
not to keep company, it any man th 
called a brother be a fornicator, or cov- 
etous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a 
drunkard, or an extortioner ; with fuch 
an one, no not to eat. 

I ( r, What have I to do to judge them 
alfo that are without i Do not ye judge 
them that are within ; 

13 But them that are without, C 
judgeth. 'therefore p.ut away from a- 
mong yon: thai wicked perion. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 Of going fa itiJi) ivitb the brethren. 15 

Our bodin ore iihrifl's members. 

DARK an; « a matter a- 

gainft another, go to law before the lift- 

jult, and not before the faintl ? 

know that the hall 

And it the world (hall 
be judged by you, Are ye unworth 
judge the (mailed mattei 

3 Know \e not that we (hall jtld 
gels ? How much Bat pel 

tain fo this life i 

l It then ye have judgment* of thinga 

pertainn i 1 i- . (el tl em to j 

who. 

8 I QUI lli one I , K fo, that 

there is not a silr man No, 

not one that (h.dl ^ge be- 

n } 

broth- 



are puffed up, and have not.er, a 
rat' i he thai I >ne 7 Now tl,< utterly 

from 

■' * 
,t in body, bui 
•nt in fpint, ! Iged ah 

igh 1 were \ mug h 8 N , and 

that hath fo dooe t hit deed, that raarrbrethn 

4 In the 9 f 

Chrift, when yi kingd 

and my fpirtt, with 
Lord Jelw > Chi ill, 

To deliver iu< h an one urn 

for the defti the fi< - nd, 

(pint ma] fed in the da] <<i ihel 10 

b your glorying it not Know Jet 

ye not that a little leaven I th the 

w hole lump ? 

1 ' e out therefoi 
en. that ye ma) 

unleavened. ! n I iui't oil 

Vei" is (acriticed ior w 



h..i 



' 



ii \' i fuch w 

\ : U 1 1 1 
all tl 



884 Our bodies Gbrijl's members. I. CORINTHIANS. 

lawful for me, but I will not be brought 
ynder the power of any. 

IS Meats for the belly, and the belly 
for meats : but God (hall defiroy both it 
and thern. Now the body is not for for- 
nication, but for the Lord ; and the Lord 
for the body. 

14 And God hath both raifed up the 
Lord, and will alio raile up us by his 
own power. 

15 ^f Know ye not that your bodies are 
the members of Chrift ? Shall I then take 
the members of Chrift, andr make tbcm 
the members of an harlot ? God forbid. 

ifr What ? Know ye not that he which 
is joined to an harlot is one body ? For 
two, (faith he,) (hall be one flefli. 

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord, 
:s one fpirit. 

18 Flee fornication. Every fin that a 
man doeth is without the body 5 but he 
that committeth fornication linneth a- 
gainlt his own body. 

19 What ? Know ye not that your body 
is the temple of the Holy Ghoft ivbicb is 
in you, which ye have of God, and ye 
are not your own ? 

50 For ye are bought with a price : 
therefore glorify God in your body, and 
in your fpirit, which are God's. 

CHAP. VII. 
2 Of marriage. 4 // is a remedy againfi 
JormcatioH, 19 amd not lightly to be 
dijfdnjed. 
NOW concering the things whereof 



Of marriage ', t '. , 



ye wrote unto me : it is good for a man 
not to touch a woman. 

2 ^\ Never rhelefs, to avoid fornication, 
let every man have his own wife, and let 
every woman have her own huiband. 

S Let the hufoand render unto the wife 
due benevolence : and likewife alfo the 
wife unto the hufoand. 

4 «f| The wife hath not power of her 
own body, but the huiband ; arid like- 
wife alfo the huiband hath not power of 
his own body, but the wife. 

5 Defraud ye not one the other, ex- 
cept it be with confent for a time, that ye 
may give yourielves to failing and prayer ; 
and come together again, that Satan tempt 
you not for your incontinency. 

6 But I fpeak this by pennilTion, end 
not of commandment. 

7 For I would that all men were even as I 
myfelf. But every man hath his proper 
gift of God, onealier this manner, and a- 
nother after that. 

3 I fay therefore to the unmarried and 
widows, It is good for them if they a- 
bide even as 1. 

9Butiftheycannotcontain,letthemmar- 
ry : for it is better to marry than to burn. 

10 And unto the married I command: 
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wile 
depart fjrsm be r hufoand ; 



11 But and if (he depart, let her re- 
main unmarried, or be reconciled to he r 
huiband : and let not the huiband put 
away bis wife. 

12 But to the reft fpeak I, not the 
Lord : If any brother hath a wife that 
believeth not, and ihe be pleafed to 
dwell withhim, let him not put heraway. 

13 And the woman which hath an hiif- 
band that beiieveth not, and if he be pleaf- _ 
ed to dwell with her, let her not leave him : 

14 Forthe unbelieving hufoand is fanc-i 
tified by the wife, and the unbelieving 
wife is fup.ctified by the huiband : elie 
were your children unclean ; but now 
are they holy. 

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let 
him depart. A brother or a filler is not 
under bondage in fuch cafes : but God 
hath called us to peace. 

lb For, What knoweft thou, 6 wife, 
whether thou (halt favc thy huiband ? or* 
How knowelr thou, O man, whether thou 
fhalt fave thy wife ? 

17 But as God hath distributed to ev- 
ery man, as the Lord hath called every- 
one, fo let him walk. And fo ordain I 
in all churches. 

18 Is any man called being circumcif- 
ed ? let him not become uncircumcifed. 
Is any called in uncircumcifion J let hiw 
not become circumcifed. 

19 qf Circumcifion is nothing, and un- 
circumcifion is nothing, but the keeping 
of the commandments of God. 

90 Let every man abide in the fame 
calling wherein he was called. 

21 Art thou called being a fervant ? 
care not for it : but if thou may ell be 
made free, uie // rather. 

22 For he that is called in the Lord, 
being a fervant, is the Ford's freeman : 
likewife alio he that is called, being free, 
is Chrift' s fervant. 

23 Ye are bought with a price j be not 
ye the fervants of men. 

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein 
he is called, therein abide with God. 

lb Now concerning virgins I have no 
commandment of the Lord : yet I give 
my judgment, as one that hath obtained 
mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 

26 I fuppofe therefore that this is good 
for the prefent diftrefs, I fay that it 13 
good lor a man fo to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wife ? feek 
not to be loofed. Art thou looled from 
a wife ? leek not a wife. 

Z'6 But and if thou marry, thou hall not 
finned ; and if a virgin marry, the hath 
not finned. Neverthelefs, Inch (hall have 
trouble in the flefh ; but I fpare you. 

29 But this 1 fay, brethren, the time is 
(hort : it remained!, that both they that 
have wives be as though they had none ; 

SO And they that iv«cp, ' as thou*'.* 

-7 



To abjiainfram meats. 



Chap. viii. ix. Fauljbeiueib bis liberij 



they wept not ; and they that rejoice, a^ father, of whom are all ti 
enough liiej rejoiced not ; and they that I in him j and one Lord Jems I by 

buy, a^> though they po fie fled not ; t all things, and wc by him. 

ji /*nd they that ule this world, a *l Hov»be:t, there i$ not in - 

abuling // ; tor the talhion of this that knowledge: for Com*, with confcie 



world pall'eth away. 

tJot 1 would have you without 
carefu-ineiV. He that is unmarried ( 
tor the things that belong to the L*.rd, 
how he may picale the Lc»d 

S3 But he thai is married i forth* r; neither. 

thin ot the world, how lie nsayj the worfe. 

ic sis wife. 9 t,] But take heed left by any means 

si x\it:t is difference alfo between a fours become a Rumbling 



or t!ie idol unto this hour I ''ing 

■A untoan idol ; and tl 
. is deri: 
8 \ but mr.it commendeth us not to 
. for neither, if we eat, are 

tf vvc eat nut, are 



an careth for the 



. unmarried worn- 



% to them thai are ueak. 
10 For if an) man fee thee which haft 



that lLe maybe knowledge fit at meat in the idol's :< 

in fpuit : but (be that is married catethlple, bhali not the conicience ot him wh 



for the things of 'he world, how (be 
pieafs bcr hufba'.id. 
ia And t : . sak for your own prof- 



ile be emboldened local thofe things 
which are offered to i 

11 And through tl !hallthe 



it; not that 1 i.. It a fnare upon you, weal erifb,forwhomLhriftdiedi 



but for that which is cornel., and that 



)e ma> attend upon the h^rd wit 

vlllti. . 

fto Uut if any man think that h 
haveth himfelf uncomel) toward his vir- 
gin, if-fhc he flower of btr age, and 
need fo require, let him dew hat he will, 
he (inneth not : let them marry. 

ircrtbelefs he mat (tan ling lted- 
ialt in his heart, hav 

hath uo^er over his ov n will, ami hath 
ij decreed in his heart that he will keep 
I lis virgin, do. th v. t .11. 

38 bo then he thai in mar- 

^e doeth vnc.I j but ne that givclh 
not m marriage doeth \ 

59 l b law a^> 

long a lh; but it her hui- 

Land I a liberty t.> be n 

siedtowhom A ; on!) in the Lord. 

40 

••nt : anil think. I 
d. 
ill. 
1 . meats offered tt > ■ 

r/j. 

to 
el! 

3 ! 

4 .-. 
thole • 
ui 

I, and i ouc 

j [ died 

goes. 

6 I 



IS But v> hen ve (in lb a^ainttthe bi i 
ren, and wound their weal: coofcience, 
Chrift. 

it make mv br< 
cr to t I will while 

leth, k broth- 

er to otlend. 

HAP. I 
1 I'auljhriveibbii I berty iMiniJIers ought 
toli've by tte gojp» ■ fe itUktmrmu 

AM i not an apoftle \ Am I not t 
Have I not feen J Chrtft our Lord i 
Are not ye my work in the Lord i 
I I| an a. . 

■ doubtlefs la 

• ye in the Lc. 
•m that vlo exam- 
ine i 

er to est and to 

j i 
lifter, erapoftles, and 

6 Or. I 
l 

7 «1 \\ 

sodeateth 

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IS 1! 



Oar life like a race. I. CORINTHI A NS. The yews our examples. 



12 If others be partakers of this power 
©ver you, Are not we rather ? Neverthe- 
lefs, we have not ufed this power ; but 
fuffer all things, left we fhould hinder the 
gofpeJ of Chrift. 

1* Do ye not know that they which 
mmifter about holy things live of tbe things 
©f-the temple ? And they which wait at 
the altar are partakers with the altar ? 

14 Even fo hath the Lord ordained 
that they which preach the gofpel fhould 
live of the gofpel. 

15 But I have ufed none of thefe things : 
neither have I written thefe things, that 
it fhould be fo done unto me : for it ivere 
better for me to die, than that any man 
Should make my glorying void. 

16 For though I preach the gofpel, I 
have nothing to glory of : for neceffity 
is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, if 
I preach not the gofpel ! 

17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have 
a reward : but if againft my will, a difpen- 
fation of the gofpel is committed unto me. 

IB What is my reward then ? Verily 
that, when I preach the gofpel, I may- 
make the gofpel of Chrift without charge, 
that I'abufe not my power in the gofpel. 

,19 For though I be free from all men, 
yet have I made myfelf fervant unto all, 
that I might gain the more. 

20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, 
that I might gain the Jews ; to them that 
are under the law, as under the law, that I 
might gain them that are under the law ; 

2t To them that are without law, as 
without law, being not without law to 
God, but under the law to Chrift, that I 
might gain them that are without law. 
, 22 To the weak became I as weak, 
that I might gain the weak : I am made 
all things to all men, that I might by all 
means lave fome. 

23 And this I do for the gofpePs fake, 
that I might be partaker thereof with^oa. 

2i fl Know ye not that they which 
run in a race, run all, but one receiveth 
the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. 

Vj And every man that ftriveth for the 
maftery is temperate in all things. Now 
they do it to obtain a Corruptible crown, 
but we are incorruptible. 

261 therefore fo run, not as uncertainly; 
fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air : 

2T But I keep under my body, and 
bring it into ftibjection : left that by any 
means, when I have preached to others, 
1 myfelf fhould be a carta way. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The Jews' Jacraments, 6 types of ours ; 

and their punifbments, 11 our exam- 
ples. 

MOREOVER, brethren, I would not 
that ye fhould be ignorant, how that all 
our fathers were under the cloud, and I 
all palfed through the le* t 



2 And were all baptized unto Mo(e$ 
in the cloud and in the lea ; 

S And did all eat the fame fpiritual 
meat ; 

4 And did all drink the fame fpiritua! 
drink ; for they drank of that fpiritual 
Rock that followed them ; and that Rock 
was Chrift. 

5 But with many of them God was 
not well pleafed : for they were over- 
thrown in the wildernefs. 

6 fl Now thefe things were our exam- 
ples, to the intent we fhould not lull af- 
ter evil things, as they alfo lufted. 

1 Neither be ye idolaters, as 'were 
fome of them ; as it is written, The peo*. 
pie fat down to eat and drink, and rofe 
up to play. 

8 Neither let us commit fornication,, 
as fome of them committed, and fall in 
one day three and twenty thoufand. 

i> Neither let us tempt Chrift, as fome 
of them alfo tempted, and wei e deftroyed 
of ferpents. 

10 Neither murmur ye, as fome of 
them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed 
of the deftroyer. 

11 \ Now all thefe things happened 
unto them for enfamples : and they are 
written for our admonition, upon whom 
the ends of the world are come. 

12 Wherefore, let him thatthinketh he 
ftandeth take heed left he fall. 

15 There hath no temptation taken you 
but fuch as is common- to man : but God 
is faithful, who will not fufter you to be 
tempted above that ye are able ; but will 
with the temptation alio make a way t» 
efcape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, iiee 
from idolatry. 

15 1 fpeak as to wile men ; judg« ye 
what I fay. 

16Thecupofbleffmgwhich weblefs, Is 
it not the communion of the blood of 
Chrift ? The bread which we break, Is it 
not the communion of the body of Chrift i 

IT For we being many are one bread, 
and one body ; tor we are all partakers 
of that one bread. 

18 Behold Ifrael after the flefh : Are 
not they which eat of the facrifices par- 
takers of the altar ? 

19 What fay 1 then ? That the idol is 
any thing, or that which is offered in fac- 
rifice to idols is any thing r 

20 But I fay, that the things which the 
Gentiles facrifice, they facrifice-to devils, 
and not to God ; and I would not thatye 
fhould have fellowfhip with devils. 

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the 
Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot 
be partakers of the Lord's table, and of 
the table of devils. 

22 Do we provoke the Lord to jeal- 
oufy i Are we ftronger than he ? 

' 23 All 



Bffenees te he avoided. 

23 All things are lawful forme, but all 
things are not expedient ; all things are 
lawful for me, but all things edify not. 

24 Let nomanfeek his own, but every 
nan another's ivealtb. 

15 Whatfoever is fold in the ftiambles, 
that eat»a(king no question for conscience' 
fake : 

16 For the eartk it the Lord's, and the 
fulnefs tkereof. 

27 If any of them that believe not bid 
you to m feajr, and ye be difpofed to go ; 
whatfoever is let before yon, eat, alking 
no queftion for confeience' fake. 

28 But if any man fay unto you, This 
k offered in faciihce unto idols, eat not 
for his fake that (hewed it, and for con- 
feience' lake : for the earth is the Lord's, 
and the fulnefs thereof : 

29 Confeience, I fay, not thine own, 
butof theother : for, Why ismy liberty 
judged of another man's confeience I 

30 For if I by grace be a partaker, 
Why am I evil Ipoken of for that for 
which I give thanks ? 

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 
or whatfoever ye do, do all to the glory 
of God. 

32 Give none offence, neither to the 
Jews, n»r to the Gentiles, aor to the 
church of God : 

33 Kven as I pleafeall men in all thing*, 
cot feekingmine own profit, but the prof- 
it of many, that they may be laved. 

CHAP. XL 
1 Of covering beadi in playing. II 
profaning tbe Lod's /upper, 1$ 
afojile's account of the ntjiitutitm oj 'it. 
BE ye follow rot, eveu as 1 alio 

em of Chrift. 

2 Now 1 praife you, brethren, tint re 
remember me in all things, and keep the 
ordinance, as I delivered them to > 

3 But 1 would have you know, that 
the head of ever^ man is ( hrifl 
head of the woman /< the man ; anil 
head of Chrill fj God 

4 Every man praying or prophefytng, 

having his ii< ui Covet 
ad. 

But every woman thai i ra 
propbefteth with her head m 

honoureth her head ; !nr thai I all 

one as if <li< 

6 For if the 1"* n< I 
let her al1> be fboi n i bui if il 
for a woman to be iii ,tw or (haven, lei 
her he co^ 

7 I or | hi n" r 
er hh head, fond 
and glory rod : but I 
the glory of the m 

h For the ui • : the * 

but » he- woman ef the man 

9 N 
woman . bat I nan lor the n. 



:hap. ki. Of the Lord's /upper. SgJ 

1° For this caufe ought the woman Co 
have power on her head, beeaufe of the 
Is. 

« Neverthelefs, neither is the man 
without the woman, neither the woman 
without the man, in the Lord. 

12 For as the wemai I the man, 

even fo // the man alfo by the woman ; 
but all things of God. 

43 J udge in yourfelves : Is it comelvthat 
a woman pray unto God uncovered } 

14 Doth not even nature itfelf teach 
you, that if a man have long hair, it is 
a fhame unto him ? 

15 But if a woman have ' ir, it il 
a ^lory to her : lor be r hair is given her 
for a cov 

1*> But if any m > to be conten- 

tious, we have no fuch cultom, neither 
the churches of God. 

17 Now in t!iis that I declare unttyou 
I praife you not, that ye come to| 
not for the better but for the woi 

18 For tin'; of all, when ye come 
getherinthe church, I hear that iheie* 
be diviiions among you ; and 1 partly 
believe it. 

19 For there mud hr alfo herefies a- 
tnong you, that they whieh are approved 
majroe made maniieft an u. 

20 When ye together there 
into one place, this is not to nt 
Lore 

21 ^| For in every one fa) 
e other hil I wn f\ 

hungry, and another is aruni 

I to eat 
o drink in thechu 

■ 
u h u n.aii i Shall I pi 

■>u not. 
< »f the I 

that which all 

I ' the l ord fefu», the fame ni iit r. 
ii he w 
14 rn thanks, 

he h 

■ 

- toot 

I 
I 

2t» I Ml 

and drink 

n w \ 

■ 

Old II 

tb*t \ I 

drir 

-•■ 

unwoi lady, • • • 

ion 



ourfelves, 



083 Diverfity of fpirhual gifts. I. CORINTHIANS. The natural myjllcul body. 

not the hand, I am no* of the body ; -Is 
it therefore not of the body ? 

16 And if the ear (hall fay, Becaufe I 
am not the eye, I am not of the body j Is 
it therefore not of the body ? 

17 If the whole body 'were an eye. 
Where were the hearing ? If the whole 
were hearing, where were the fmelling ? 

18 Bat now hath God fet the members 
every one of them in the body, as it hath 
pleafed him. 

t9 And if they were all one member, 
Where were the body ? 

20 But now are tbey many members, 
yet but one body. 

21 And the eye cannot fay unto the 
hand, I have no need, of thee : nor again, 
the head to the feet, I have no need ol yon. 

2i Nay, much more thofe members of 
the body, which feem fro be more feeble, 
are neceffary : 

23 And thofe members of the body, 
which we think to be lefs honourable, 
upon thefe we beftow more abundant 
honour ; and our uncomely farts have 
more abundant comelinefs. 

24 For our comely ftt rtsh a ve no need : 
but God hath tempered the body togeth- 
er, having given more abundant honour 
to that part which lacked : 

25 That there (hould be no fchifm ire 
the body ; but that the members fhoaldl 
have Ire lame care one for another. 

26 And whether one member fuffer, 



nation to himfelf, not difcerning the 
Lord's body. 

50 For this caufe many are weak and 
flckly among you, and many fleep. 

51 For if we would judge 
we Ihould not be judged. 

32 But when we are judged, we are 
chaflened of the Lord, that we (hould not 
be condemned with the world. 

3i Wherefore, my brethren, when ye 
come together to eat, tarry one for an- 
other. 

34 And if any man hunger, let him eat 
at home : that ye come not together un- 
to condemnation. And the reil will I 
fet in order when I come. 

CHAP. XII. 
i Spiritual gift? are di^vetfe, 7yet all to 

frofit withal. 12 Ghnjliansy as the 

members of the body natural, tire one. 

NOW concerning fpiritual g'Jts, 
brethren, I would not have you ig- 
norant. 

2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, car- 
ried away unto thefe dumb idols, even 
as ye tfere led. 

S Wherefore I give you tounderftand, 
that no man fpeaking by the Spirit of 
God ca'leth Jefus accurfed ; and that no 
man can fay that Jefus is the Lord, but 
by the Holy Ghoft. 

4 Now there are diverfities of gifts, but 
the lame Spirit. 

5 And there are differences of adminif- 
trations, but the fame Lord. 

6 And there are diverfities of opera- 
tions, but it is the fame God which 
worketh all in all. 

7 f[ But the manifefTatlon of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit withal. 

8 For to one is given by the Spirit the 
word of wifdom ; to another the word ol 
knowledge by the fame Spirit ; 

9 To another faith by the fame Spirit ; 
to another the gifts of healing by the 
fame Spirit ; 

10 To another the working of mira- 
cles ; to another prophecy ; to another 
difcerning of fpirits ; to another divers 
kinds of tongues ; to another the inter- 
pretation of tongues : 

It But all thefe worketh that one and 
the felhame Spirit, dividing to every 
man feverally as'he will. 

12 ^| For as the body i« one, and hath 
many members, and all the members of 



that one body, being many, are one bo- men and of angels, and have not charity, 



dy : fo alfo is Chrilt 

13 For by one Spirit arc we all baptiz- 
ed into one body, wdiether we be jews 
or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ; 
and have been all made to drink into one 
Spirit. 

14 For the body is not one member, 
Vit many. 

\y U'the foot (hall fay, Becaufe I am 



all the members fuffer with it ; or one 
member be honoured, all the members 
rejoice with it. 

2T Now ye are the body of Chrift, and 
members in particular. 

2ft And God hath fet fome in the 
church, firfi: apofHes, ff coudarily proph- 
ets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, 
then gifts of healings, helpSjgovernments, 
diverfities of tongues. 

29 Are all apoflles ? Are all prophets: Ave 
all teachers ? Are all workers of miracles ? 

30 Have all the gifts of healing ? Do all 
fpeak with tongues ? Do-all interpret ? 

31 But covet earKeflly the beft gifts: 
and yet (hew I unto you a more excel- 
lent way. 

CHAP. XNY. 
t All gifts, how excellent foe>vcr, are 
nothing \xjorrh without clxirity. 4 The 
praifes thereof. 
THOUGH 1 fpeak with the tongues of 



I am become as founding brafs, or a 
tinkling cymbal; 

2 And though I have r/>f£//>q/' proph- 
ecy, and underfcand all myhVries, and 
all -knowledge; and though I have alt 
faith, lb that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, 1 am nothing. 

$ And though I b'^ow all my goods 
to feed the po&r t and though I give my 

body 



C"ii r'uy p ra rfed. C ! 

body to be burned, if \ have not char- 
ity, ir j 

4 • ;».7 s kind ; 
char erh not ; ch raunteth 
not up 

5 E 
feekf th n is note.. 
cci. thinl 

6 K yiity , but re 

ill I »i i t • ■!'."•■ I »li : .ngs, 

hoi 

b : : bur v\ hether 

think* prophecic ' I 

■ 



Prophecy commended. 889 

tain found, Who (hall prepare himfel; to 
•tie t , 

. t ye utter by 
to be od, 

be kr s fpoken ? 

. into the 
1" lo many kinds 

s in the world and none ol them 
. ttion. 
1 1 not the mean- 

, 1 (hall be unto him I 
.-), and I c that fpcak- 
r a barbarian unto me. 
• - i >e, t". r i as ye are 

t \ c 



r* it llia.Il to the edifying of the church 



9 i '.v in part, and we rroph- 

ixl 

10 hen th h is perfect H 
come, then that v. Inch i* in part fliall be 

A) . 

1 i a child, 1 fnake a* a 



15 Wherefore let him that fpeal 

in an unknown tongue, \ raj that he may 
in'crpr 

14 For if I pre I unknown tons 

. eth, but my under (landing 

I 

1 "• ■ "i ? I v. ill pray ' 



child, 1 itn-ier i I, 1 'h< .nd I will | ith the 

chil < alfo : 1 •■ ith the 



; 

1 . ! nfs. 

but tl 

ball 1 know even 

a., z m. 



Ipin- 1 will ling wuh the under- 

itar >'o. 

16 I hen thou fh tl r hlefs with the 

w ftn!l he that 

ed l.»y An, en at thy 



t* ■ har-lgivifi .inks, feci- .nderftand 

: but the greateft of theft j eth not whai ti 

ri chaiity. 11 u venl. ' thanks well, 

( H A P XIV. • the cthci i ied. 

1 r M 1 '"''"''- 18 I thank my Qod ( I fpeak v 

iti >fuea nor<* than ft all I 

after • r. the chinch I h l r fpeak 

• " ■ r */ 

others* 

40 ii in im 

bait, ut : 
t in iinderiluridii en. 



fp. i itu i giju, b er that yc 

S • that \ ■■■■ II fpc 

and it. 

it! nnkmt- 1 a rtfn. 



men a 



t 



Ilia I 

• 

for are .-er n \\t tli '■■ \ r 

he I 

interpret, that the cl 

ed I 

6 Nonv, hi 

r by 
pro] 

7 | 

ther pi| 
g;ve a diftin< I ion in the 

3 For if ili« ; 



belie vi 

1 

sue \ ' ice, ana 1 



• 



. 


















. 



390 OfChrift'srefurreaicn. I. CORINTHIANS. 



come together, every one of you hath a 
pfalm, hatha dottrine, hatha tongue, 
hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. 
Let all things be done unto edifying. 
27 If any man fpeak in an unknown 



Of our refurreHton. 

I 6 After that he was feen of above five 
j hundred brethren at once ; of whom th* 
greater part remain unto this prefent, 
jbut fome jre fallen afleep. 

7 After that, he was feen of James ; 



tongue, Let it be by two, or at the mod .then of all the apoftles 
by three, and that by courfe ; and let 8 And laft of all he wasfeen of mealfo, 

j as of one born out of due time, 
interpreter, let \ 9 For I am ihe lead of the apoftles, that 
him keep filence in the church ; and let, am not meet to be called an apoftle, be- 



one interpret. 

; i8 But if there be no 



him fpeak to himfelf, and to God. 

-9 Let the prophets fpeak two or three, 
and let the other judge 



caule 1 perfecu ted the church of God. 

10 But by the grace of God I am what 
I am : and his grace which 'was bv ft owed 



SO If any thing be revealed to another [upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured 



thai fitteth by, let the firft hold his peace 

31 For ye may all prophefy one by 
one, that all may learn, and all may be 
com fori ed. 

32 And the fpirits of the prophets are 
fubjcct to the prophets. 

3d For God is not the author of confu- 
fion, but of peace, as in all churches of 
the faints. 

34 Let your women keep filence in 
the churches : for it is not permitted 
unto them to fpeak ; but tbey are com- 
manded to be under obedience, as alfo 
faith the law. 

35 And if they will learn any thing, 
fet them alk their hufbands at home : for 
it is a fhame for women to fpeak in the 
church. 

36 What i Came the word of God out 
from you ? Or, Came it unto you only ? 

37 If any man think himfelf to be a 
prophet, or fpiritual, let him acknowl- 
edge that the things that I write unto 
you are the commandments of the Lord. 

38 But if any man be ignorant, let him 
be ignorant. 

39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to proph- 
efy, and forbid not to fpeak with tongues. 

40 Let all things be done decently and 
in order. 

CHAP. XV. 
S By Cbrrft's rcfurreclion, 13 he proveth 

the necefftiy of our refurreclion. 21 The 
fruit, 35 and manner thereof \ 51 and 

of the change of them that fhall be a- 

li<ve then. 

MOREOVER, brethren, I declare un- 
to you the gofpel which I preached unto 
you, which alfo ye have received, and 
wherein ye ftand ; 

2 By which alfo yearefaved,if ye keep 
in memory what I preached unto you, 
unlefs ye have believed in vain. 

3 ^j For I delivered unto you firft of 
all that which I alfo received, how that 
Chrift died for our fins according to the 
fc rip tu res ; 



more abundantly than they all : yet not I, 
but the grace of God which was with me. 
H Therefore whether itivere I or they, 
fo we preach, and fo ye believed. 

12 qj Now if Chrift be preached that he 
rofe from the dead, How fay fome among 
you that there is no refurrection of the 
dead ? 

13 But if there be no refurrection of 
the dead, then is Chrift not rifen : 

14 And if Chrift be not rifen, then it 
our preaching vain, and your faith *\* alfo 
vain. 

15 Yea, and we are found falfe wit- 
neffes of God ; becaufe we have tefiified 
of God that he raifed up Chrift : whom 
he raifed not up, if fo be that the dead 
rife not. 

16 For if ihe dead rife not, then is not 
Chrift raifed : 

17 And if Chrift be not raifed, your 
faith ii vain ; ye are yet in your fins. 

18 Then they alfo which are fallen a- 
fleep in Chrift are periihed. 

19 If in this life only we have hope in 
Chrift, we are of all men moft miferable. 

J 10 But now is Chrift rifen from the 
dead, and become the firft fruits of them 
that flept. 

21 ^f For fince by man came death, by- 
man came alfo the refurrecYion of the dead. 

22 For as in Adam all die, even fo in 
Chrift (hall all be made alive. 

a Z3 But every man in his own order : 
Chrift the firft fruits ; afterward they that 
are Chrift's at his coming. 

24 Thencometb the end, when he fl.all 
have delivered up the kingdom to God, 
even the Father ; when he (hall have put 
down all rule and all authority and power. 

.5 For he muft reign till he hath put 
all enemies under his feet. 

26 The laft enemy that (hall be de- 
ftroyed is death. 

27 For he hath put ail things under his 
feet. But when he faith, all things areput 
under bim t it is nianifeft that he is except - 



4 And that he was buried, and that ed, which did put all things under him. 



"28 And when all things fhall befubdued 

iunto him, then fhall the Son alfo himfelf 

And that he was feen of Cephas, then | be fubject unto him that put all things 



he rofe again the third day, according to 
the fcriptures 



of the twelve 



under him, that God may be all in all. 
1 29 fclie, 



The manner of our refurreft'icn. Chap. xvi. Of our 'v'tSltry over death. 8?! 

God ; neither doth corruption inl 

jitCorrvijjiiv 



£9 Elk. What lhall they do which arc 
baptized for the oeati, if the dead 1 1 le 
not a, ail ) Why are they then baptized 
lor the dead ? 

30 And, Why (land we in jeopardy 
every hour > 

31 1 pruteltb) > our rejoicing v. hich 1 
have in Cur. U Jciusour Lord, 1 die daily. 

31 If ai'ier the manner ul men I 
fought with beans at bphefus, Wha 
vantageth it me, it the oe^d rile not 
us eat and drink, tor tomorrow we die. 

5.1 Be not dece vtd : evil communica- 
tions corrupt good manm 

34 A^ake to righteoufnefs, and fin 



*_ heboid, I ihew you a myfte 
W c lhall not all lieep, but we (ball all be 
charge 

nemeot, in the twinkling of 
an eye, at the laft trump ; for the trump- 
et ihail found, and the dead uY«d be 
laiieu incorruptib i wc .hail be 

changed. 

5> lot tins corruptible muff put on 
incorruption, and th:s mori- 
on immortality. 

'4 bo . hie (hall hav«* 

put on i: lis moi ta! il all 



not: tor lome have not the Itnowiedg put on immortality, then (hall be 



of God ; I fpeak this to ;, 

35 ^i But fume man How are 

the dead la.fed up I and, With what body 
do li ne ? 

5) luou tool, that which thou foweit, 
\i not quickenc 

37 n,n that which ihou foweft, thou 
fowefl n H body that li. , but 

bare chance oi ', or 

ct lome otlier giam : 

Bui ijod giveth it a body as it hath 
pleai'eu him, a. id to t :J his own 

djc 

61 All flefh /'■ nor tl fleih : but 

there is one k>nd of fle'.h ut men, 
flelh ofbeafts, another ol tin. i au- 

othe' 

4o Iberemre alfo celeflial bodies, 
bod^'5 lenc irul . 

. it une, and ihi .<;•<"_> o( in* 
rein 

4t foe rt u one glor 
soothe i 

gloiy ot the Uai ^ : tur on,- 11 ir d 

*- 3o alio is Hi 
dead. It | lion ; 

railed in i 

15 II . ir ; it 

, .t if 
railed . ' i 

14 It ib fofi n a natui 
cd a fpiritu nural 

. 

4 » An 1 I I 
A 
A 

4o I Mi .1 wai 

i. 

47 rhefii 

the I 

43 
that ate 
fucli an 

4i) An 
; i ih • 

of the heaven 1 

60 Now I 
aid blwadca uiot ioh< fit I 



b tou giit to paib the faying tl writ- 

ten, Death is [wallowed up i 
.'5 o death, Where O 

A" here // I 

i is fin ; and the 
It re i it the law . 

lint thanks be to God wt -th 

us the victory through our Lord Jclua 

I berefore, n._ beloved en, 

be ye deadfall, unmovi a- 

bounding in t lie work ot the Lord, foi 
afmuch know that your labour it 

not in vain in the Lord. 

i A P. XVI 

1 I t.r brr: : be re I ■ 

I -.on 'j iommendtd. 13 friendly 
andjalutatuns. 

NOW con for the 

lurch- 

n lb do ye. 
t I ; ilc «rk Irt 

th prof] e be 

M hen I tome. 

whon 
ihall a | **r letter*, them 

)our liberalii 

i \ . . it be meet I (hey 

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, yet, 

and * mi 

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S92 Friendly admonitions, II. CORINTHIANS. andfalutathns. 

but conduct him forth in peace, that he that which was lacking on your part they 

may come unto me ; for I look, for him have fupplied. 

With trie brethren. IS For they have refreshed my fpiiit 

1% As touching our brother Apollos and yours ; thereipre acknowledge ye 
I greatly defiied him to come unto you them thai are fuch. 

With the brethren : but his will was not 19 The churches of Afia faiute you. 
at all to come at this time ; but he Aquilla and Pnfcilla faiute yuu much 
will come when he (hall have convenient in the Lord, with the church ihat is in 
time. their hcufe. 

IS «y Watch ye, ftand faft in the faith, ! iO All the brethren greet you. Greet 
quit you like men, be ftrong. ; ye one another with an holy kifs. 

14 Let all your things be done with: %i The Mutation of mt Paul with 
charity. mine own hand 

la 1 befeech you, brethren t (ye know \ %l If any man love not the Lord Jefus 
the houfe of Stephanas, that it is the Chrift, let him be Anathema Maranrha. 
firft fruits of Achaia, and that they have u 23 The grace of our Lord Jelus Chrift 
addicted themlelves to the mmi'try oi be with. you. 
the faints,) | Zk My love be with you all in Chrifl 

lb % That ye fubmit yourfelves unto ■ Jefus .inien 
fuch, and to every one that helpeth with " The firft cpiMe to the Corinthians was 
us, and laboureth. j written Irom Phiiippi by Stephanas, 

IT I am glad of the coming of Stepha- j and Fortunatus, and Achaiacus, and 
nas, and Fortunatus, anjd Achaiacus : for I Timotheus. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF 

PAUL THE APOSiLE TO THii CORINTHIANS. 

CHAP. I. ,meafure, above ftrength, infomuch that 

S The apojlle encourageth them egainft\ we deipaired even of life : 
troubles, i c l andjbtnjuetb tbejincet ny if\ 9 But we had the fentence cf death in 
bis preaching 15 He excufeth his ;;c/[ ourfelves, that we fliould not truft in 

ourfelves, but in God which raifeth the 
dead : 

10 Who delivered us from £o great a 
death, and doth deliver : in whom we 
trull that he will yet deliver us ; 

li Ye alfo helping together by prayer 

for us, that lor the gilt btjlowea upon 

us by the means of many perlbns, thanks 

• may be given by many ow cur behalf. 



coming to them 

PAUL an apoflle of Jefus Chrifl by 
the will of God, and Timothy our broth- 
er, unto the church of God which is at 
Corinth, with all the faints which are in 
all Achaia ; 

2 Grace be to you, and peace from God 
our Father, and Jrom the Lord Jefus 
Chri ft. 



H «ft BlefTed^ God, even the Father of 
our Lord Jefus Chrilt, the Father of mer- 
cies, and the God of all comfort ; 

4 Who comforteth us in all our tribu- 
lation, tkat we may be able to comiort 



li ^J For our rejoicing is this, the tefti- 
mony of our confeienoe, that in iimpli- 
ciiy and godly fmcerity, not with tieihly 
wildom, but by the grace of God, we 
have had our converfation in the world, 



them which are in any trouble by the! and rapfe abundantly to you ward 
comfort, wherewith we ourfelves arej 13 For we write none other things 
comforted of God. ! unto you, than what ye read er acknowl- 

5 For as the fufferings of Chrilt a- 'edge; and 1 Hurt ye (hail acknowledge 



bound in us, 1c our coniolrUion alio a- 
boundeth by Chrilt. 

d And whether we be afflicted, it is 
lor your confoiacion and falvation, which 
is effectual in the enduring of the fame 
fufferings which we alio fuffer ; or 
whether we be comforted, it is for your 
eonfolation and falvation. 

7 And our hope of >ou is fteadfaft, 
knowing, that as ye are partakers of trie 
fufferings, lo Jbutlye oe alio of the eon- 
folation. 

a For we would not, brethren, have 
you ignorant of our trouble which came 
io us in Alia, that we were preiTld out of 



even to tire end , 

li As aim ye have acknowledged us 
in part, that we are your rejoicing, even 
as ye alfo are ouri in the day of the 
Lord jefus. 

15 <$ And in this confidence I was 
minded to come unto you before, that ye 
might have a fecond benefit ; 

16 r\nd to pals by you into Macedonia, 
and to come again out of Macedonia un- 
to you, and of you to be brought en my 
way toward Judea. 

17 When I therefore was thus minded, 
Did I ttfeligfUiieTs 1 Or, '1 he things that 
1 purpoie, ao I purpoie according to the 

ileln, 



Of the excommunicated ferfzn. Chap. ii. iii. 



Stint and letter. 



flefh, that with me there (houid be 
yea, an-i naj . nay ? 

18 but as God is true, cur word to- 
ward you was not yea ami n ly 



I found not Titus my bit* 

jng m m, I wenttrom th 

into ., . 

** « inks be unto God, * ' 



was pieached an. :i bj \ii i e t venby 

rue, and Sylvanus ana limothet 
not yet fend n<t\ , but in htm v\as \ta. 

10 Fur all the promises of G 
are y< a- and n h ien, unto the £ 

ry of God by us. 

Now hf hichftabiivhetliuswiih 
in Chrift, and haih anointed us, is (> 

i- Who hath alio Jea!e-I us, a; 
the earnelt or the spirit in our bear 

£$ Moreover I cali God tor a re 
upon my foul, 1 hat to (pare you 1 came 
not as yet unto Corinth. 

iii Not to: 

lr faith, but are helpers of you 
lor by faiti nd. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Tbe rcajoiis oj his not coming to t'em 

6 (JJ the ex caicd ferjon. 1 i 
Ibe Juccejs oj lis preaching tn ei-eiy 
place. 

BUT I deterr. lined ;th myfelf, 

that I would noi coiiie again to y u in 
vinefs. 

I For if I make you ferry, Who is he 
then tlut maiteth me glad, but the lame 
v. btch le forrj by u.e r 

JJ And I wrote the lame uni , left, 

when I came, I (ko ! 
them of vs 1 rejoice ; luv 

ing confidence iii you all, tl 
the jov of j >u all. 

4 For out of much afthciion • ,ui(h 

cf heart I w r. 

tears, not thai yc Cbould be grievi 
but that ye 1 
have W 

G But it an) ! hath 

not grieved me, but in part : that 1 
not ov dl. 

6f di a man is this 1 

Hhment, whi 

7 S: 
to • 

•ich an iw.dlo 

1 over mui h I 

8 v'. <ue I ch you that j e 
won) * 1 .,;■,:. 

9 Poi to this 1 iit alio did I •• 1 
T might I 

j e h 

to To wh 
fv 
to whom 1 

t I it in tl 

i 1 

us : !<<r M 

I I Fui : 

to ; 
opened unl 

:« 1 had ..•-• . . 



19 For the Son ot Godjchr Chrift. who '•a! w ifeth us to triumph in ( 

m iketh manifeft tl 
by us in t\ 
1 5 For we aie unto 

m that 
and in theui tJiat perith : 

I > I .or art- the (u 
death unto death ; and to the oi 

r ot life lulu liie. And, VS I 
fufficient 

II For we art 

I I 
C 

1 .1 c*r?:vte> 

A :Jcn o . 

i an J toe gojp. . 

h>< I * mend i 

of commendation to you, or Utteri 

■ 
'. \ our i , 

. 

cd tc 

written , hut wi 



tables 

i ficfti! ■! t. 

ch ti ufl ! 
Chi ifl i 

fufficient ofoi 
to think an) tl. 

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ZU Paul's comfort in affliahns. If. CORINTHIANS. 



til this day remaineth the fame veil untak- 
cn away in the reading of the old tefta- 
ment ; which f e it is done away in Chrifl. 

15 But even untothis day. when Moles 
is read, the veil is upon their heart. 

16 Neverthelefs, when it fliall turn to 
the Lord, the veil fhall betaken away, 

17 Now the Lord isthatSpirit:and where 
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 

18 But we all, with open face beholding 
as in a glafs, the glory of the Lord, are 
changed into the lame image from glory to 
glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

CHAP. IV. 

i Paul'sjincerity and diligence in preach- 

tngy 1 and bis troubles Jor the fame. 

1 riERLFORE feeing we have this 
miniftry, as we have received mercy, we 
faint not ; 

2 B ut have renounced the hidden th'ngs 
cf dilhonelty, not walking in craftinels, 
xior handling the word of God deceitful- 
ly t but by manifestation of the truth 
commending ourfelves to every man's 
conicience in the light of God. 

5 But if our goipei be hid, it is hid to 
them that are loll : 

i In whom (he god of this world hath 
blinded the minds ctthem which believe 
not, left the light of the glorious gofpel 
of Chrift, who is the image of God, 
fiiould ihine unto them. 

5 £or we preach not ourfelves, but 
Chrilt Jefus the Lord ; and ourfelves 
your fervants for Jefus's fake. 

6 For God, who commanded the light 
to Ihine out of darknefs, hath Ihined in 
our hearts, to give the light of the knowl 
edge of the glory of God in the lace of 
Jefus Chrili. 

7 % But we have this treafure in earthen 
velfels, that the excellency of the power 
may be of God, and not ul us. 

8 We are troubled on every fide, yet 
notdiftrelfed ; tue are perplexed, but not 
in defpair ; 

9 Perfecuted, but not forfaken ; cafl 
down, but not deirroyed ; 

10 Always bearing about in the body 
the dying of the Lord Jefus, that the life 
alfo of jefus might be made manifeft in 
our body. 

11 For we which live are alway deliv- 
eied unto death for Jefus' fake, that the 
life alio of Jefus might be made manifell 
in our mortal rlefh. 

VI So then death worketh in us, but 
life in you. 

IS We having the fame fpirit of faith, 
according as it is written, 1 believed, and 
therefore have 1 fpoken ; we alio believe, 
and thereiore fpeak ; 

14 Knowing that he which raifed up 
the Lord iefuslball raife up us alfo Dy 
Jefus, and fhall prefent us with you. 

la For all things are for your fakes, 



Of immortal glory. 

that the abundant grace might through 
the thankigiving of many redound to the 
glory of God. 

16 For which caufe we faint not ; but 
though our outward man periih, yet the 
inward man is renewed day by day. 

IT For our light affli6tion, which is but 
for a moment, worketh for us a far more 
exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; 
iS While we look not at the things 
which are leen, but at the things which 
are not leen ; for the things which are 
feen are temporal ; but the things which 
are not leen are eternal. 

CHAP. V. 
1 In hope of immortal glory , 9 and in ex- 
pectance of it, and of the general judg- 
ment, Paul laboureth to keep a good 
coafcience . 

FOR we know that if our earthly houfe 
ol this tabernacle were diffolved.we have 
a building of God, an houfe not made 
with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

2 For in this we groan earneftly defir- 
ing to be clothed upon with our houfe 
which is from heaven : 

3 If fo dc that being clothed we (hall 
not be found naked. 

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do 
groan, being burdened : not for that we 
would be unclothed, but clothed upon,^ 
that mortality might be fwallowed up of 
life. 

5 Now ke that hath wrought us for 
the fellsame thing is God, who alfo hath 
given unto us the earneft of the Spirit. 

t>, Therefore we are always confident, 
knowing that, whillt we are at home in 
the body, we are abfent from the Lord : 

7 For we walk by faith, not by fight : 

8 We are confident, I fay, and willing 
rather to be abfent fiom the body, and 
to be prefent with the Lord. 

9 % Wherefore, we labour, that wheth- 
er prefent or abfent, we may be accepted 
of him. 

10 For we rauft all appear before the 
judgment feat ol Chrilt ; that eveiy one 
may receive the things done in bis body, 
according to that he hath done, whether 
it be good or bad. 

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the 
Lord, we peifuade men ; but we are 
made manifell unto God ; and 1 trult alfo 
are made manifeft in your confeiences. 

12. For we commend not ourfelves a- 
gain unto you, but give you occaiion to 
glory on our behalf, that ye may have 
lomewhat to anf-wer them whicn glory 
in appearance and not in heart. 

13 For whether we be be fide ourfelves, 
/"/ is to God : or whether we be fober, it 
is for your caufe. 

14 For the love of Chrift conlrrameth 
us; becaufe we thus judge, that if one 
<ued for all, then were all dead : 

15 And 



TauV S faitbfulnefs in the minijlry. Chap. vi. vii. Exhortation to purity. 8M 

15 And that he died tor all, tint they (i fpeak as unto my children,) be ye alfo 
which live (hould not henceforth live un- 
to themfelves, but unto him which died 
for them, and role again. 

16 Wherefore, henceforth know we no 
man after the flefh : yea, though wc I 
known Chrift after the fieih, yet now 
henceforth know we bimuo more. 

IT Therefore if any man be in Chrift, ; Belial ) ov, \\ hat pari 
be is a new creature : old thinjrs are naif- ' lievath with an infidel i 



enh.r :.1. 

1* * e not unequally yoked 

getherwith unbelt* for, v\ 

low (hip hath righteoufnefs with unri 
eoufnefs ? and,' What communion hath 
light with darknefs ? 

»", !\nd,What concord hath Chrift with 

hath he that br- 



igs are p 
ed away ; behold, all things are become 
new. 

10 And all things are of God. who 
hath reconciled us to him'elf by Jefus 
Chrift, and hath given tons the miuiftry 
of reconciliation ; 

19 To wit, that God was in Chrilr, rec- 
onciling the world unto him Pelf, not 

imputing their trefpafles unto them ; an touch not the unclean thing \ and t 

hath committed unto us the word ci will receive you, 



? 

16 \nd, W|,ar agreement hath the 
temple of Ged \\ Ufa idols I For ye are the 
tenmlc of the living God ; as G< 
Paid, I will dwell in them, and walk in 

; and I will be their God, and the/ 
ilia' I be my ; 

17 Wherefore come out from an 
them, andbe>e feparate, faith the Lord. 



reconciliation. 
6 zO Now then we are ambaflTadors for 



Chrilt, as though God did be feech you 
by us : we pray you in Chrift's (lead, be 
ye reconciled to God. 

21 For he hath made him to be fin for 
us, who knew no fin : that we might be 
made the righteoufnefs of God in him. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Of Paul's faitbfulnefs in the minifiry 
14 Exhortation to avoid idolaters. 

VVK then, <\> workers together ivitb 
bim y befeech you alfo that ye receive not 
the grace of God in vain. 

5 For he faith, 1 have lizard thee in a 
time accepted, and in the day of lalv.i- 
tion have I luecourcd thee: behoH. 
is the accepted time ; behold, now is the 
day of I ilvation. 

6 Giving no offence in any thing, thai 
the miniltry be not bhuncd : 

i Hut in a I ibirngt approving out Pelves 
as the minifters d, in much i 

in afflictions, in neceffitie (tied 



5 In (tripes inimprifoi mi r : i in tumults, 
in I. n hings, in fafti 

tJ By i 

fufTerin^ 

by love unfeignf '. 

7 By the f truth, 
of God, b ir ol i 
on I '.t hand 't, 

8 Hy honour 
report 
ami pet tr 



in And will 1 ther unto you, and 

ye fliall be my Ions and daughters, iaith 
"the I hty. 

CH h P. vii. 
tb*rtrtb t§purify t 3an etb 

«U I 'ort be took in aft 

HA I thrrcfon I fr$, 

dearl] b< I n 

from all rilthinefs of the fleih and fpirit, 
perfecting I in the tear ol ( 1 

H eceive us : ■ * tv> 

man, we have corrupted no man, we I 
defrauded no man* 

8 tj I fpeak nor th m : 

f< r I 

u. 

i eat is my boldi i Ppeech to- 

wrard 

I .itn ii I am 

iti£ r>\ ful i ir tiibr ; 

, 
rji ir flelh 

'. that ■ eth 

• that . 

7 

•ih he v 

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9 

asd) ing, ind, 

tened, i 

11) ful, yet a! • ng ; 

as poor, j el m ik n 
ing n 

1 1 C) ve Cor in 1 1 
unto v >u, our hi i i 

It 
areftraitened inyour 

IS Now for a re< 



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395 Paul 'exbartetb to liberality . II. CORINTHIANS. Titus and others commended. 



fo there may he a performance alfo out 
of that which ye have. 

i£ For if tfeere be firfta willing mind, it 
is accepted according to that a man hath, 
and rot according to that he hath not. 

13 For I mean not tbat other men be 
eafed, and you burdened : 

14 But by an equality, that now at 
this time your abundance may be afupply 
for their want, that their abundance alfo 
may be a fupply for your want : that 
there may be equality : 

15 As it is written, He thrft had gath- 
ered much had nothing over ; and he 
that had gather ed little had no hick 

16 q\ But thanks be to G^d, which put 
the fame earneft care into the heart of 
Tit us for you. 

57 For indeed he accepted the exhort- 
ation ; but being more forward, of his 
own accord he went unto you. 

U> And we have fent with him the 
brother, whole praife is in the gofpel 
throughout all the churches ; 

19 And not that oniy,but who was alfo 
ehofen of the churches to travel with us 
(&ith this grace, wlvch is adminifiered 
by us to the glory of the fame Lord, and 



yeforrowed afcera godly fort, whatcare- 
xulnefs it wi ought in you, yea, tzbat 
clearing ot y our fe Ives, yea, tvhat indig- 
nation, yea, <what fear, yea, tob/rt vehe- 
ment defire, yea, nvhat 7.eal, yea, nvbat 
revenge ! In all things ye have approved 
yourfelves to be clear in this matter. 

H Wherefoi "e, though 1 wrote unto you. 
I did it not for his caufe that had done 
the wrong, nor for his caufe that fnffered 
wrong, but that our care for you in the 
fight of God might appear unto you. 

IS Therefore we were comforted in 
your comfort : yea, and exceedingly the 
more joyed we for the joy of Titus, be- 
caufe his fpirit was refreihed by you all. 

14 For if I have boa (led any thing to 
him of you, 1 am not afhamed : but as 
we fpake aU things ro you in truth, even 
fb our boafting, which / made before Ti- 
tus is found a truth. 

15 And his inward affe6tio» is more 
abundant toward you, whilft he remem- 
bereth the obedience of you all, how with 
i^ar and trembling ye received hint. 

i& I rejoice therefore that I have con- 
fidence in you in all things. 

CHAP VIII. 
i He jlirreth them up to contribute to thel declaration c/yonr ready moid 

faint i)\<a£ommendetb Titus aud others. \ 10 Avoiding this, that no man fhonld 

MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to blime us in this abundance which is ad- 
wit of the grace of God bellowed on thejtnimftered by us : 
churches of Macedonia ; j 21 Providing forhoneft things not only 

% How that in a great trial ofaffliclion j in the fight of the Lord, but alfo in the 
the abundance of their joy. and their deep ; tight cf men. 

poverty, abounded unto the riches of: 2& And we have fent with them our 
their liberality. brother, whom we have oftentimes proved 

S For to their power, I bear record, diligent in many things, but now much 
yea, and beyond their power they titer* [more diligent, upon the great confidence 
willing of themfelves ; wheh I hatte in you. 

4 Praying us with much entreaty that we 23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, 
would receive the gift. and take upon u > x \c\be is my partner and fellow helper con- 
feMowOiip of the miniftermg to the faints, jcerning you : orour brethren be inquired 

5 And ibis they d?d, not as we hope"!, jo/, they are th^ meifensersof t l -e church- 
but firfr gave their own felves to theLord ; ' es, and the glory of Chrift. 

and unto us by the will of God : 2i Wherefore, (new ye to them, and 

6 Infcmuch, that we defired Titus, that i before the churches, the proof of your 
as he had begun, fo he would alfo finifh jlove, and of our boafting on your behalf, 
in you the fame grace alfo. C M A P. IX. 

7 Therefore, as ye abound in everything* I He Jbeivetb tvhy he fent Titus ^ 6 and 
\n faith, and utterance, and knowledge, fiirrettstbem up to be bountiful e$ almss 
and in all diligence, and in your love to 10 nvb'tch Jlall yield thctn a bountijul 
us, fee that ye abound in this grace alfo. S ir.crecfe. 

8 I fjpeak not by commandment, hut FOR. as touching theminiftering to the 
by occafion of the forwardnefs of others, faints, it is fuperfluous for me to write 
and to prove the fincetity of your love, to you : 

9 For ye know the gtacc of our Lord t For I know the forwnrdnefs of your 
Jefus Chrift,that, though he was rich, yet mind, for which 1 boall of you to them of 
for your fakes he became poor, that ye Macedonia, that Acbaia was ready a year 
through his poverty might be rich. 

10 And hcrem 1 give my advice : for 
this is expedient for yon, who have begun 



forward a year ago 

11 Now therefore perform the doing (f 
it : that as there ivas a readineis to willj 



aeo ; and your zeal hath provoked very 
many. 

3 V Yet have 7 fent the brethren, left our 



before, Dot only to do, but alfo to be boafting of you fbould be in vain m this 



behalf: that, as I faid, ye may be ready : 
4 Lefthaply il they of Macedonia come 
witli me, and find you unprepared we 

(that 






W'-y Paulfent Titus. 



■p. x. x\. Foul's fp'irltual might, &c. 897 



(that we fay not, ye) Ihould be alhamed j to revc- 

in this fame confident boading. lalldi. , when your ot t is 

6 Therefore I thought j . toex-l fulfilled. 

hort ihe brethren, that they would go be* I on things after the out- 

fore unto you, and make up beforehand ward ince ? It to 

yourbounty , whereof ye hadnot If that he is i, let hint of him- 

that the fame mitfhi be ready, as* ma;- Ifi It think this again, that as he if Chrift's, 
lerojbow ■:. (o are we Chril 

6 «J But this I ,'\ Hi which 8 For though J Ihould boat! fomewhat 
iringly (hall i irinaiy ; and I more of our authority, wluh the L- 

which foweth bountifully Ball reap hai \ tor edification, and i 

all > bountifully. j yourdeirruflion,! Ihould nos bea&ami 

7 Ever iccordingashe eth ? Tlial I ntaj it I would 
in • • r, lo Irt ■ im terrify j ou b) letter 



;ly, or i i necefiitj God loveth a 

rerful f ' 

• able to make all grace 
abound toward you; thai \e, always hav- 
ing all fitthxienc nay a- 
bound to every good work : 

\.-> ii is written. He hath uifperfed 
abroad ; he hath given to the poor ; his 
hteoufnefi remaineth forever. 

10 aj Now he thai eth lord to 
the fever, both minifrer bre our 
food a y your fori (own, and 
increafe the fn i s ot your righteoufne 

1 1 inriche i all 
bountifulnefs, which caufeth tl us 
r kfgi • 'i)4 to G 

12 For the adminiftration of this fer 
vice not only fupplieth the want of the 
faints, but is abundant al/o by many 
lhankfgivingi unto God ; 

is Whiles 1 , the experiment of 
mini A ration. >ur 

profefied lul the Kofpel 

Chrilt, and ! .1 dittributi 

unto 1 1 v m), and Unto all mrn ; 

14 And by their prayer I I, which 
long alter you lor the CXCet 

u. 

15 Tl un- 

fpeak 

1 Paul's ff>>rnual Might - '/v. 

:\'ot t'j 

>\v I l'..,i m 

the nv 
who in pi 
bein| 

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10 Foi $htjr 

•i fill ; Dill 

fpeet h contemptible. 

11 Lei fui li an one ihii I I at furh 
rdby let 

h tutil ive he alio in deed 
A hen we ar :it. 

1- * :are not make cuirfelves 

ot the number, or tfoarjpan with 

that commend themh but they 

by thei | 

r.emlelves among ; 

are not wile. 

i • Bul n • will not boaflof things with- 
out tur u. ing tot 
ure ol the i ule. « huh I but- 

iture to re ii heven unto you. 
14 ' *. h not 

our mea hough w e i ea< hed iioi 

you 
alio in frttt* 

ut our 

meai. ura i 

bul having n > out in- 

that we ball be enlarged by you 

i ule abundantly, 

ich the 

thcf 

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t ideth hini- 

felf i 

1 P«*7, bt into a 

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898 Paul ctmmendetb himfelf. II. CORINTHIANS. He glorieth in afflWhn. 



have not received, or another gofpel, 
which ye have not accepted, ye might 
well bear with him. 

5 For I fuppofe I was not a whit behind 
the very chiefeft apoftles. 

6 But though I be rude in fpeech, yet not 
in knowledge:but we have been thorough- 
ly made manifeftamong you in all things. 

7 Have I committed an often ce in a- 
bafing myfclf that ye might be exalted, 
becaufe I have preached to you the gof- 
pel of God freely ? 

8 J robbed other churches, taking wa- 
ges '.>f them to do you fervice. 

9 And when I was prefent with you, 
and wanted, I was changeable to no man : 
for that which was lacking to me, the 
brethren which came from Macedonia 
{applied : and in all things I have kept 
myfclf- from being bnrdenfome unto you, 
and fo a' ill I keep my [elf 

10 As the truth of Chrift is in me, no 
man (hall ftop me of this boafting in the 
regions of Achaia. 

It Wherefore t Becaufe I love you not? 
God knoweth 

12 But what I do, that I will do, that 
I may cut off occafion from them which 
■defire occafion ; that wherein they glory, 
thev may be found even as we. 

IS For fuch are falfe apoftles, deceitful 
workers, transforming themfelvesinto the 
apoftles of Chrift. 

t4 And no marvel ; for Satan himfelf 
is transformed into an angel of light. 

15 Therefore, it is no great thing if 
his minifters alfo be transformed as the 
miniftersof righteoufnefs, whofeend ftiall 
be according to their works. 

16 I fay again. Let no man think me a 
fool ; if otberwife, yet a* a fool receive 
me. *hat I may boa ft myfelf a little. 

17 That which I fpeak, I fpeak it not 
after the Lord but as it were fooli(hly,in 
this confidence of boafting 

18 Seeing that many glory after the 
flefh, T will elorv alfo- 

19 For ye fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye 
yourffl-oes are wife. 

50 For ye fuffer, if a man bring you 
into bondage, if a man devour you. if a 
man take of you. if a man exalt himfelf, 
rf " man (mite you on the face. 

21 T fpeak us concerning reproach, as 
though we had been weak. Howbeit, 
where' n r o -*er anv is bold, (I fpeak fool- 
i ill lv ; I am bold alfo. 

22 Are they Hebrews J fo am I. Are 
thev Iffaelites ? fo am I. Are they the 
feec\ of Abraham ? to am I. 

2S Ar^thcv miniftersof Ghrift ? [1 fpeak 
as a fool) I am more ; in labours more 
abundant, in above meafore, in 

prifons more frequent in deaths oft. 

24 Of the lews five times received I 
forty Jlrifes ifave one. 



25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once 
was I ftoned, thrice I i uttered fhipwreck, 
a night and a day 1 have been in the 
deep. 

26 In journeyings often, in perils of 
waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by 
mine onvn countrymen, in perils by the 
heathen, in perils in the city in perils in 
the wildernefs, in perils in the fea, in 
perils among falfe brethren ; 

27 In Vearinefs and painfulnefs, in 
watchings often, in hunger and thirft, in 
faftings often, in cold and naked nefs. 

28 Belide thofe things that are with- 
out, that which eometh upon me daily, 
the care of all the churches. 

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak r 
Who is offended, and I burn not ? 

50 If I muft needs glory, I will glory of 
the things which concern mine infirmities. 

31 The God and Father of our Lord 
Jefus Chrift, which is blefled for ever- 
more, knoweth that I lie not. 

Si In Damafcus the governor under 
Are-tas the king kept the city of the Da- 
mafceaes with a garrifon, defirous to ap- 
prehend me : 

33 And through a window in a bafket 
was I let down by the wall, andefcaped 
his hands. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Paul commendetb his apojllejhip, not by 

bis revelations ,9 but by bis infirmhies % W 

blaming them for joicing this boafiing. 

IT is not expedient for me doubtlefs to 
glory. I will come to vifions and reve- 
lations of the Lord. 

2 1 knew a man in Chrift about four- 
teen years ago, (whether in the body. I 
cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, 
I cannot tell: God knoweth) fuch an 
one caught up to the third heaven, 

3 And f knew fuch a man, (whether 
in the body, or out of the body, I cannot 
tell : God knoweth) 

4 How that he was caught Up intopara- 
dife, and heard unfpeakabie words,which 
it is not lawful for a man to utter. 

5 Of fuch an one will I glory : yet of 
my felt 1 will not glory, but in mine in- 
firmities. 

t> Fur though I would defire to gbry, I 
ihall not be a fool ; for I will fay the truth; 
but noiv I forbear, left any man ihould 
think of me above that which he feeth me 
to be, or that he heareth of me. 

7 And left I thou Id be exalted above 
meafu re through the abundance of the rev- 
elations, there was given to me a thorn in 
the fiefli, the meflenger of Satan to buffet 
me, left I (hould be exalted above meafure- 

8 For this thing I befougltf the Lord 
thrice, that it might dej im me. 

9 ^] And he laid unto me, My grace is 
fufficient for thee: for my ftrength is marie 
perfect in weaknefs. Molt gladly there- 
fore 



tauVsfleafure in bis infir-.>ri*s,&s. Chip. i. He tbr tbjlittare firmer,. 8?9 



fore will I 

"thepow.fr inie. 

10 Therefore I rakr . 

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900 Paul marvels at the Galatians. GALATIANS. Ofjuftljteathnbyfatik. 

from him that called you into the grace communicated unto them that gofpel 
of Chrift unto another gofpel : which I preach among the Gentiles, but 

7 Which is not another ; but there be privately to them which <vere of reputa- 
forrte that trouble you, and would pervert !tion, left by any means I fliould run, or 
the gofpel of Chrift. had run, in vain- 

8 But though we, or an angel ficm! 3 But neither Titus, who wis with rre, 
heaven, preach any other gofpel unto being a Greek, was compelled to be cir- 
you, than that which we have preached cunicifed 



unto you, let him be accurfed. 

9 As we faid before, fo fay I now a- 



4 And that becaufe of falfe brethren 
unawares brought ia,whocamein privilj , 



gain, if any man preach any other Rofpel ; to fpy out o\ir liberty which we have in 
unto you than that ye have received, let j Chrift Jefus, that they might bring us 



him be accurfed. 

10 For, Do I now perfuade men, or! 
God ?or, Do I feek to pleafe men ? For if j 
I yet pleafed men, I mould notbe the fer- 
vant of Chrift. 

11 qj But I certify you, brethren, that 
the gofpel which was preached of me is 
not after man. 

12 For I neither received it of man, nei- 
ther was 1 taught it, but by the revelation 
of Jefus Chrift. 

13 For ye have heard of my converfa- 
tion in time part in the Jews' religion 
bono that beyond meafure I perfecuted 
the church of God, and wafted it : 

14 And profited in the Jews' religion 
above many my equals in mine own na- 
tion, being more exceedingly zealous of 
the traditions of my fathers. 

15 But when it pleafed God. who fep- 
arated me from my mother's womb, and 
called me by his grace. 

16 To reveal his Son in me that I might 
preach hisn, among the heathen ; immedi- 
ately I conferred not with flefli and blood : 

17 Neither went I up to jerufalem to 
them which were apoftles before me ; 
but I went into Arabia, and returned a- 
gain unto Damascus. 

18 Then after three years T went up 
to Jerufalem, to fee Peter, and abode with 
him fifteen days. 

19 But otherof the apoftles faw I none, 
iave James the Lord's brother. 

20 Now the things which I write unto 
you, behold, before God 1 lie not. 

21 Afterwards 1 came into the regions' 
of Syria and Cilicia ; 

22 And was unknown by face unto the' 



into bondage 

■• To whom we gave place by fubjec- 
tion. no, not for an hour ; that the truth 
ot the gofpel might continue with you. 

6 Butcf thofe, who feemed lo be fome- 
what, i whatsoever they w ere it maketh no 
matter to me : God accepteth no man's 
perfon :) for they who feemed lobe jome~ 
<what,'m conference added nettling torn-:: 

T But contrariwife, when f hey faw tint 
the gofpel of the uncircumcifion was 
committed unto me, as tbe g"fptl of the 
circumciiion nvas unto Peter i 

8 (For he that wrought effectually in 
Peter to the apotfleihip of the circumcis- 
ion, the fame was mighty in me toward 
the Gentiles ;) 

9 And when James, Cephas and John, 
who feemed to be pillars, perceived the 
grace that was giver, unto me, they- gave 
to me and Barnabas the right hands of 
fellowship : that we Jboula go unto the 
heathen, and they unto thecircumcifion. 

10 Only they -xccw/rfthat we fhould re- 
member the poor ; the fame which I alfo 
was forward to do. 

11 But when Peter was come to Anti- 
och, I withftood him to the face, becaufe 
he was to be blamed : 

12 For b« fore that certain came from 
James, he did eat with the Gentiles : but 
when they v»ere come, he withdrew and 
feparated himfelf, fearing them which 
were of the circiimcifioto. 

15 And the other Jews diffembled like- 
wife with him ; infomuch that Barnabas 
alfo was carried away with their difli imi- 
tation. 

M f] But when T faw that they walked 



chuichesof ludea which were in Chrift : j not uprightly according to the truth of 
25 But they had heard only, That he the gofpel, I faid unto Peter before them 
which perfecuted us in times paft, now all, If thou, being a Jew, livefl after the 
preacheth the faith which once he de- ; manner of Gentiles, and not as do the 



jftroyed. 
24 And thev glorified God in me. 

Chap. Ii. 

1 Paul Jbenueih nub en he m.ent up again 
to Jerufalem, and nuby. 14 Ofjuftifira- 
tion by fait b, and not t>y nvoiks. 20 fbey 
that are Jo. juflified, H<penoi infn 
THEN fourteen years after J went up 

again to Jerufalem with Barnabas and took 

Titus with me alfo 



|jews, Why compelled thou the Gentiles 
to live as do the jews ? 

15 We *wko a re Jews by nature, and 
not finners of the Gentiles, 

16 Knowing that a man is not juflified 
by the works of the law, but by the faith 
of Jefus Chrift, even we have believed in 
Jefus Chrift, that we might be juflified by 
the faith of Chrift, and not by the works 

j of the law : for by the works of the j/jw s 



2 And I went up by revelation, andjfhail no fkfh be juitified. 



17 But 



Bel'wvevs art ju ip. iii 

17 But if, .vc ("ec». 

by Ciuiil, we round 

Tinner^, Is therefore ChriA the minifter o( 
lin i L»od 

i I build again (he things which 

I deftroyed, I iiu!>e mj 

19 For 1 | dead to 

the law, that I Jit live uoto God. 

iOfj I .in. in. 
thelels, I at Chrilt liveth 

in mc .- an 1 '! hich I now live in 

fletli, 1 live ! v tuc faith of tJ 
:, v*ho loved : 
ior ; 

il I do not fru&rate the grace 
Tor i • , then 

Chrilt is dead in vain. 

i J . 111. 
i Paul oCtitb - ^veii tbem to I 

ibe fattb, and ct c pend on t - 

Tbey that belifur arc jujhjuJ, 9 and 

bit a bam. 

O FOOLISH Galai ho hathbe- 

vitched \ ou, thai | • ihould i 
truth, before • . I hriit 

hath been • 

among you ? 

I only would I !>:arn of you, 
ceived yet! | Ky the work 

faith ? 
\re >e i > : Having h 

the Sprit, now n.ade pei 

Beth I 

4 Have yr fuflfered fo many things in 
10 I t :r I \. 

5 H 

the Spirit, 
you, U< 
by the h 

6 r 

him t 

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i nth, 

Abi thec In ill all 

9 « 

10 I I the wort 

n But tl 
law in i lent : 

lor thv jufl !! I 

'Thrill ,; 

IS ilr 

cut : 

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am. 901 
come on tl , | c f us 

C prill: (hat we vethcpomilc 

of the Spirit tl 

i Brethren, I 
of mc:i \ 1 i 
nent, >et ifil ' 
annullcth, oi h ther 

16 \ 

thy ilt. 

the Ij*. which w 

thirty ye 
(hould m 

1 
it is \ 

19 : then /ei 

liom tl 

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or is not a mudiaft 
iic, but Ciod 
Is thr 
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life, verily r 

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GALATIANS. 



The liberty of the go/pel. 



4 But when the fulnefs of the time was 
come, God Cent forth his Son, made of a 
woman, made under the law, 

5 «f To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the adop- 
tion of fons. 

6 And becaufe ye are fons, God hath 
fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your 
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

7 Wherefore thou art no more a fer- 
vant, but a fon ; and if a fon, then an 
heirof God through Chrift. 

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not 
God, ye did fervice unto them which by 
nature are no gods. 

9 But now, after that ye have known 
God, or rather are known of God, How 
turn ye again to the weak and beggarly 
elements, whereunto ye defire again to 
be in bondage ? , 

10 Ye obferve days> and months, and 
times, and years. 

11 I am afraid of you, left I have be- 
llowed upon you labour in vain. 



12 Brethren, I befeech you, be as I 
am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not 
injured me at all. 

IS Ye know hew through infirmity of 
the flefh I preached the gofpel unto you 
at the fir ft. 

14 And my temptation which was in 
my flefh ye defpifed not, nor rejected ; 
but received me as an angel of God, 
even as Chrift Jefus. 

15 Where is then the blefTednefs ye 
fpakeof 1 For I bear you record, that, if 
it had £^«poffible,ye would have pluck- 
ed out your own eyes, and have given 
them to me. 

16 Am I therefore become your enemy 
becaufe I tell you the truth ? 

17 They zealoufiy affect you, but not 
well ; yea, they would exclude you, that 
ye might affect them. 

IB But it z.r good to be zealoufiy affect- 
ed always in a good thing, and not only 
when I am prefent with you. 

19 My little children, ofw horn 1 travail 
inbirth again untilChrift be formedin you> 

20 I defire to be prefent with you 
now, and to change my voice ; fori ftand 
in doubt of you. 

21 Tell me, ye that defire to be under 
the law, Do ye not hear the law ? 

22 ^[ For it is written, that Abraham 
had two fons, the one by 
the other by a freewoman. 



is, and is in bondage with her children. 

26 But Jerufalem which is above is 
free, which is the mother of us all. 

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou bar- 
ren that beareft not : break forth and 
cry, thou that travaileft not : for the def- 
olate hath many more children than fhe 
which hath an hufband. 

28 Now we, brethren, as Ifaac was, 
are the children of promife. 

29 But as then he that was born after 
the flefh perfecuted him that nvas born 
after the Spirit, even fo it is now. 

50 Neverthelefs, What faith the fcrip- 
ture ? Caft out the bynd woman and her 
fon : for the fori of the bondwoman fhall 
not be heir with the fon of the freewoman. 

51 So then, brethren, we are not chil- 
dren of the bondwoman, but of the free. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Paul moveth them to ftand in their lib- 
erty, 3 and not to obfer<ve circumciJion t 
IS but rather lo<ve. 
STAND faft therefore in the liberty 

wherewith Chrift hath made us free, and 

be not entangled again with the yoke of 

bondage. 
2 Behold, I Paul fay unto you, that if 

ye be circumcifed, Chrift fhall profit you 

nothing. 
S <[j For I teftify again to every man 

that is circumcifed, that he is a debtor to 

do the whole law. 

4 Chrift is become of no effect unto 
you, wbofoever of you are juftified by 
the law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

5 For we through the Spirit wait for 
the hope of righteoufnefs by faith. 

6 For in Jefus Chrift neither circum- 
cifion availeih anything, nor uncircum- 
cifion ; but faith which worketh by love. 

7 Ye did run well ; Who did hinder you 
that ye (houid not obey the truth ? 

8 This perfuaiion cometb not of him 
that callethj you. 

9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole 
lump. 

10 I have confidence in you through 
the Lord, that ye will be none otherwife 
minded : but he that troubieth you fhall 
bear bis judgment, whofoever he be. 

11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach cir- 
cumcifion,Why dolyetfufferperfecution? 
Fhen is the offence of the crofs ceafed. 

12 I would they were even cut off 
a bondmaid, j which trouble you. 

IS *T For, brethren, ye have been call- 



25 But he nvhoivasofthe bondwoman ied unto liberty ; only uje not liberty for 
was born after the flefh ; but he of the an occafion to the flefh, but by love lerve 
freewoman nvar by promife. j one another. 

24 Which things are an allegory: fori 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one 
tliefe are the two covenants; the one ] word, even in this ; 1 hou (halt love thy 
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth j neighbour as thyfelf. 

to bondage, which is Agar. la But if ye bite and devour one an- 

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Ara- j other, take heed that ye be not confumed 
bia.andanfwerethtojerufalemwluchnowlone of another. 

1 lti This 



the Spirit. 









To bf liberal to tethers. 90 J 



16 This I k in the Snirit, 

and ye mall not fulfil the luftoi the r 

IT Fcr the 8e(h lulteth againft the 
Spirit, and the Spirit againft the flefh : 
thefe are contrary the one t-> the oth- 
er : io tlwt ye ca.not do the things that 
ye would. 

IS Bu- be led of the Spii it, ye are 

:nder t 
19 Now the work - flefh are man- 

• . Adulter\ . 

•.. van 
ance, ernuL *rath, itrife, i 

he re lit 
it lefs, 

rtveiiir 

tell you before. 

time part, t» 

e kingdoi d. 

ge»tlenel\ 

■ii M e : again:! fuch 

there i m . 

ti havecr 

fied the riefh \* 

Ir wt live in ihe Spirit, let ib 
waltc in i 

26 1 not be defiro 

ry, | uiie another, env . 

i . 

HAP. VI. 
1 Hsu I ivilletb tbrm to deal mil 
a brother . 

eral to their \ot to hi 

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BRETHF 

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himHf aL 

every nun llnll 
burden. 

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9 Having made known unto us the 
myftery of his will, according to his good 
pleafnre, which he hath purpofed in 
himfelf : 

10 1 hat i«a the difpenfatien of the ful- 
nefs of times, he might gather together 
in one, all things in Chrift, both which 
are in heaven, and which are on earth ; 
wen in him : 

11 f In whom alfo we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predeftinated ac- 
cording to the purpofe of him who work- 
eth all things after the counfel of his own 
will : 

12 That v e fhould be to the praife of 
his glory, who fid} trufted in Chrift. 

13 In whom ye alfo trvfied after that 
ye heard the word of truth, the gofpel of 
your falvation ; in whom alfo after that 
ye believed, ye were fealed with thai 
Holy Spirit of promife, 

14 Which is the earned of our inherit- 
ance, untilthe redemption of the purchas- 
ed pofTeflion, unto the praife of his glory. 

t'j Wherefore, I alfo, after I heard of 
your faith in the Lord Jeius, and love 
unto all the faints, 

16 Ceafe not to give thanks for you, 
making mention of you in my prayers ; 

IT That the God of our Lord Jefus 
Chrift, the Father of glory, may give 
unto you the Spirit of wifdom and reve- 
lation, in the knowledge of him ; 

18 The eyes of your underftanding be- 
ing enlightened : that ye may know 
what is the hope of his calling, and what 
the riches of the glory of h-s inheritance 
in the faints. 

19 And what is the exceeding great- 
nefs of his power to us ward who believe, 
according to the working of his mighty 
power, 

£0 Which he wrought in Chrift, when 
he raifed him from the dead, and let htm 
at his own right hand in the heavenly 
f laces, 

<2A Far above all principality, and pow- 
er, and might, ?nd dominion, and every 
name that is named, not only in this world, 
but alfo in that which is to come : 

c lt And hath put all things under his 
feet, and gave him to be the head over 
all thingi to the church, 

23 Which is his body, the fulnefc of 
him that filleth all in all". 

CHAP. Ft. 
i What tt'e are by nature. 5 and nvha: 

nve are by grar.e. 10 H r e are created 

for pood 'works. 

AND you hath he quickened^ who were 
dead in tiefpaflcs and fins ; 

*2 Wherein in time paft ye walked, ac- 
cording to the conrfe of this world, ac- 
cording to the prince of the power of the 
a ; r, the fpirit that now tvorketh in the 
children of cifobMience : 



3 Among whom alfo we all had our 
converfation in times pad, in the luffs of 
our fiefh, fulfilling the deiires of the flefh, 
and of the mind ; and were by nature 
the children of wrath, even as others. 

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for 
his great love wherewith he loved us, 

^j Even when we were dead in fins, 
hath quickened us together with Chrift : 
(by grace ye are faved ) 

ti And hath raifed us up together, and 
made us lit together in heavenly places 
in Chrift jefus : 

7 That in theagestocomehemightfhew 
the exceeding riches of his grace, in his 
kindnefs towards us through Chriff Jefus. 
^ 8 For by grace are ye faved through 
faith : and that not of yourfelves : it is 
the gift of God ; 

9 Not cf works, left any man mould 
boaft. 

10 qj For we are his workman fliip, cre- 
ated in Chriff Jefus unto good works, 
which God hath before ordained that ve 
fhould walk in them. 

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being 
in timepaft Gentiles in the hVfh, who are 
cal'ed Uncircumcifion, by that which is 
called the Ciicumcifion in the flefh made 
by hands ; 

12 That at that time ye were without 
Chrift, being aliens from the common- 
wealth of Ifrael, and ft rangers from the 
covenants of promife, having no hope, 
and vv:thout,God in the worM : 

IS But now in Chrift Jefus, ye who 
fometimes were far oft, are made nigh by 
the blood of Chrift. 

14 For he is our peace, who hath made 
both one, and hath broken down the 
middle wall of partition between us ; 

15 Having abolifhed in his flefh the enmi- 
ty, e'ven the law of commandments, con- 
tained in ordinances, for to make in himfelf 
of twain one new m3n,/o making peace ; 

16 And that he might reconcile both 
unto God in one body by the crofs, hav- 
ing flain the enmity thereby : 

17 And came and p readied peace to 
you which were alar off, and to them 
that were nigh. 

ltf For through him we both haveac- 
cefs by one fpirit unto the Father. 

19 Now therefore, ye are no more 
drangers and foreigners, but fellow citi- 
zens with the faints, and of thehoufehold. 
of God ; 

£0 And are built upon the foundation 
of the apoftles and prophets, Jefus Chrift 
himfelf being the chief corner fione ; 

21 In whom all the building fitly fram- 
ed together, groweth unto an holy tem- 
ple in the Lord : 

82 In whom ye alfo arebuilded togeth- 
er for an habitation of God through the 
Spirit. 

CHAP. 



The bidden my fiery. Chap. iii. 

RAP. III. 
The bidder. ty, that ike C- tt riles 

jbould be Jai>ed. 

I >ner 
of }e 

I If ;r have heard ol the ition 



it's given nif 
d : 

revelation he • 
me the i 

may 

r ages wa - made 
. ro- 

Tfiarth? Gentiles (hould be fel 
heirs, and of 
<-' ol 

7 V. t rninider 
cording to the ^;tr or l 

given unt > me by the i 
of his powrr. 

8 ' leaf* 

t I 
I the 

mi 

And to make .<!1 wUn (cr what h the 

ated al! il 

10 

pr and powers in 

I be known by the i 

11 

which he pui J<luo uur 

m %* e have br 
ce< 

13 Wherefoi c I d 

no' 

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, according to the power that 

*1 the church by 

Igc , world 
out end. 

Ha P. IV. 
I P<i*l exbont/b tr> I we« 

MM* 

r of the 

:, beleech rou that \ e walk worthy 

of the vocal • are called, 

t With .«(! lovkhnr* maeknefs, 

fuflerini t an- 

othf 

A I p the u 

the 

* ■ f , , jnd cne Sj 

ye are called in one hope of j 
calling ; 

5 > rd, one '.nth, ptifm, 

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dure o: 

.re he I hen he 

ed up on 
and . » mm. 

9 ( it, 

but ' ill into lite 

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90S A gain fi fornication. 

through the ignorance that is in them, 
becaufe of the blindnefs of their heart ; 

19 Who being pad feeling have given 
themfelves over unto lafcivioufnefs, to 
work all uncleannefs with greedinefs. 

20 ^1 But y<? have not fo learned Chrifl: ; 



EPHESIANS. Duty cficiwes and htijhandt. 

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with 
them. 

8 For ye were fometimesdarknefs.but 
now are ye light in the Lord : walk as 
children of light : 

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all 



21 If fo be that ye have heard him, and Igoodnefs and righteoufnefs and truth :) 



have been taught by him, as the truth is 
in Jefus : 

22 That ye put off concerning the 
former converfation the old man, which 
is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lufts ; 

23 And be renewed in the fpirit of 
your mind ; 

24 And that ye put on the new man, 
which after God is created in righteouf- 
nefs and true holinefs. 

23 ^[ Wherefore putting away lying, 
fpeak every man truth with his neighbour: 
for we are members one of another. 

26 Be ye angry, and lin not : let not 
the fun go down upon your wrath : 

27 Neither give place to the devil. 

28 Let him that Hole fteal no more : but 
rather let him labour, working with his 
hands the thing which is good, that he 
may have to give to him that needeth. 

29 Let no corrupt communication pro- 
ceed out of your mouth, but that which 
is good to the ufe of edifying, that it may 
minifter grace unto the hearers. 

50 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of 
God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day 
of redemption. 

51 Let all bitternefs, and wrath, and 
anger, and clamour, and evil fpeaking, be 
put away from you, with all malice : 

St And be ye kind one to another, 
tender hearted, forgiving one another, 
even as God for Chrift's fake hath for- 
given you. 

CHAP. V. 
2 Paul exhorteth to charity, Sto flee for- 
nication, 22 The duties of <wi<ves t 25 
and hujbands. 

BE ye therefore followers of God, as 
dear children ; 

2^f And walkinlove,as Chrifl: alfo hath 
loved us, and hath given himfelf for us 
an offering and a facrifice to God for a 
fweet fmelling favour- 

S^jBut fornication, and all uncleannefs, 
or covetoufnefs, let it not be once named 
among you, as becometh faints ; 

4 Neither filthinefs, nor foolifh talking, 
nor jefling, which are not convenient ; but 
rather giving of thanks. 

5 For this ye know, that no whore- 
monger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous 
man, "who is an idolater, hath any inherit- 
ance in the kingdomof Chrifl and of God. 

6 Let no man deceive you with vain 
words ; for becaufe of thefe things Com- 
eth the wrath of God upon the children 
of difobedience. 



10 Proving what is acceptable unto 
the Lord. 

it And have no fellowfhip with the 
unfruitful works of darknefs, but rather 
reprove tbem. 

12 For it is a fhame even to fpeak of 
fhofe things which are done of them in 
fee ret. 

15 But all things that are reproved, are 
made manifefl by the light 'Joy whatfo- 
ever doth make manifeft is light. 

14 Wherefore he faith, Awake thou 
that fleepefl:, and arife from the dead, and 
Chrifl (hall give thee light. 

15 See then that ye walk circumfpecl:- 
ly, not as fools, but as wife, 

16 Redeeming the time, becaufe the 
days are evil. 

17 Wherefore be ye not unwife, but 
understanding what the will of theLord is. 

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein 
is excefs ; but be filled with the Spirit ; 

19 Speaking to yourfelves in pfalmsand 
hymns and fpiritualfongs, finging and ma- 
king melody in your heart to the Lord ; 

20 Giving thanks always for all things 
unto God and the Father, in the name of 
our Lord Jefus Chrifl ; 

21 Submitting yourfelves one to an- 
other in the fear of God. 

22 f[ Wives, fubmit yourfelves unto 
your own hufbands, as unto the Lord. 

25 For the hufband is the head of the 
wife, even as Chrift is the head of the 
church : and heis thefaviourof the body. 

24 Therefore as the church is fubjecT: 
unto Chrifl:, fo let the wives be to their 
own hufbands in every thing. 

25 <JJ Hufbands, lo^e your wives, even 
as Chrifl: alio loved the church, and gave 
himfelf for it ; 

'26 That he might fanclify and clean fe 
it with the w.afhing of water by the word; 

27 That he might prefent it to himfelf 
a glorious church, not having fpot, or 
wrinkle, or any Inch thing ; but that it 
fhould be holy and without bleraifh. 

28 So ought men to love their wives as 
their own bodies. He that lovethhis wife 
loveth himfelf. 

29 For no man ever yet hated his own 
flefh ; but nourifheth and chej itheth it, 
even as the Lord the church : 

SO For we are members of his body, of 
his flefh, and of his bones. 

.91 For this caufe Oiall a man leave his 
father and mother, and fh.^ll be joined 
unta his wife, and they two (hall be one 
flefla. 

32 This 



The duty cf children. Chap 

32 This isagreat myftery : but I fpeak I 
concerning Chrili and the church. 

S3 Nevertheleis, let every one of you j 
in particular (o love his wile even 
hirafelf ; and the wife fee that the rever- 
ence ber huCband. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The duty of children, J of fern/ants. 

10 Our life is a warfare. 13 lie 

ilhrijiian's armour. 

CHILD KEN. obey your parents in the 
Lord : tor this is right. 

"1 Honour thy father and mother ; which 
is the firfi commandment with promt! 

3 Thai it may be well with thee, and ' 
thou mayelt live long on the earth 

4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your , 
children to wrath : but bring them up in j 
the nurture and admonition of the Loi 

a <! Servants, be obedient to them th^i 
are your matters according to the flefb, 
with tear and trembling, in finglenefs 
your heart, as unto Chrili: ; 

6 Not with eyefervice, a^> menpleafers ; 
but as the iervants of Chrift, doing I 
will of God from the heai t ; 

7 With good will doing lervice, as to 
the Lord, and not to men : 

o Knowing that whatfoever good thing 
any man doeth, the lame ihall ne receive 
of the Lord, whether he be bo, 

9 And ye mailers, do the lame ti 
unto them, forbearing threatening, kna 
ing that your Matter alfo is in h nei- 
ther is there reipect of pc rfons with him. 

10 ^| h i 1 1 a i I > , my brethren, I 

the Lord, and in the power ol l.t. 

11 Put on the whoL armour i 

that ye may be able to Itaud again H the 
wiles of the devil. 

12 Por we wreftle cot a| 

blood, but againft principalities, ag 
powers, agaimt tlic i ulei 



. i. Tie Cbrijlian's armour. 9u7 

ofth I, againft fpiritt 

in high placet. 

is ^j Wherefore take unt< 
whole armour oi God, that he- 

able towithltand in the evild. hav- 

ing done all, to Hand. 

<-i Stand therefore, hat 

bout \ .tli, and havin , 

Opiate of i ighte ufne 

la And your 1 the pr«. ■. 

ration i : the gofpel of pear 

lC Above all, 
wherewith ye ihall be able to 
the i ; rts of the v\ id 

17 And take the helmet of k< 
and the fw oi I of the Spn it, w th<- 

uord of <■ > A . 

i Praj ing al\\ tys w ith all pra 
fupplication m I 
thereunto w ith 
plication foi ail iaints : 

19 And tor me, that uf 
given unto me, that I I 
mouth be dlj , to make known the 
tery jofj I, 

lot whicu I am 
bonds : that therein I may i; Uy, 

jj ! 

! i But thai \ i 
fairs, airf h 

brother and faithful mini Iter ii 
(hall make knoi 

Eg Whom 1 1 
lame purpofe, ^ht k>. 

iiid tbai 

uuh 

id. 
ti Gi 

^1 v. unto ih 

lia 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THK PHILL 

CHAP. I . 
i Paul's thankfuln-fi ur. . 
for the Patlippian*. II h J Bven I 

to fuffrr. ^7 lie exbi ' i in my 

*waik worthily. 
PAUL and I 
of J. firift, to all i 

it which are at Philij 

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"2 Ora< «• he unto you, and i 
(rod on i 
jus v 'hr.lt . 

. :ny Cod Uj 
brauce ot you, 

4 Always in eve 
you all, making i 

8 Por your fell 
from the lint <l:\y unit! ' ' 

6 Being confident ol ti 
he which oath begun a 









908 Paul's readimfs tefvjfgr. PHILIPPIANS. 

12 But ( would ye fhould underhand, 
brethren, that the things which happened 
unto me have fallen out rather unto the 
furtherance of the gofpel j 

13 So that my bonds in Chrift are man- 
ifeft in all the palace, and in aii other 
f laces : 

14 And many of the brethren in the 
Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are 
much more bold to i'peak the word with- 
out fear. 

15 Some indeed preach Chrift even of 
envy and ftrife ; and iome alfo of good 
will : 

lo The one preach Chrift of conten- 
tion, not lincerely, fuppoiing to add af- 
fliction to my bonds ; 

17 But the other of love, knowing that 
I am fet tor the defence of the gofpel. 

IB What then ? Notwithstanding, every- 
way, whether in pretence or in truth, 
Chrift is preached ; and I therein do re- 
joice, yea, and will rejoice. 

19 For I know that this fhall turn to 
my falvation through your prayer, and 
the fupply of the Spirit of Jefus Chrift, 

20 According to my earneft expect ation 
and my hope, that in nothing I (hall be 
afhamed, but that with all boldnefs. as 
always/0 now alfo Chrift (hall be magni- 
fied in my body, whether // be by life, or 
by death. 

21 <§ For to me to live is Chrift, and 
to die is gain. 

22 But if J live in the flefh, this is the 
fruit of my labour : yet what I (hall 
choofe, I wot not. 

26 For I am tii a ft rait betwixt two, 
having a delire to depart and to be with 
Chrilf ; which is far better : 

2fc Neverthelds, to abide in the fleih is 
more needful for you. 

25 And having this confidence, 1 know 
that I ftiali abide and continue with 
y©u all for your furtherance and joy of 
faith ; 

26 That your rejoicing may be more 
abundant in Jefus Chrift for me by my 
coming to you again. 

27 Only let your conversion be as 
It becometh the gofpel of Chrift : that 
whether I come and fee you, or clfe be 
abfent, 1 may hear of your affairs, that 
ye itatid faft in one fpirit, with one mind 
ftnving together for the faii.Ii of the gof- 
pel ; 

28 And in nothing terrified by your 
adverfaries: which is to them an evident 
token of perdition, but to you of f<»iva- 
tion, and that of God. 

29 For unto you it is given m the be- 
half of Chnit, notonly to believe on him, 
but ailo to fuffer for his fake ; 

SO Having the fame conflict which 
7/e faw in me, and now hear to be in 

J4|G« 



He exhorteth to unity y fifr. 
CHAP. II. 



Paul exhortetb to unity and humility. 

IS and to a careful proceeding in tee 

<v>ay of falvation. - 

IF there be therefore any confolation 
in Chrift, if any comfort of love, if any 
fellow ihip cf the Spirit, if any bowel sand 
mercies, 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like- 
minded, having the fame love, being of 
one accord, of one mind. 

3 Let nothing be done through ftrife 
or vain glory ; but in lowlinefs of mind 
let each efteem other better than inem- 
felves. 

i Look not every man on his own 
things, but every man aifo on the things 
of others. 

if Let this mind be in you, which was 
alio ia Chrift jefus : 

t> Who, being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal with 
God. 

7 But made himfelf of no reputation, 
and took upon him the form of a {errant, 
and was made in the likenefs of men ; 

o And being foundinfafhion as a man, 
he humbled himfelf,and became obedient 
unto death, even the death of thecrois. 

9 Wherefore God alfo hath highly ex- 
alted him, and given him a name which 
is above every name : 

10 That at the name of jefus every knee 
fhould bow,of//>iff£j in neaven, and //-?/«£.«■ 
in earth, and things under the earth ; 

11 And that every tongue fhould con- 
fefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glo- 
ry of God the Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have 
always obeyed, not as in my preience on- 
ly, but now much more in my abfence, 
work out your own falvation with fear 
and trembling : 

IS For it is God which worketh in you 
both to will and to do of his good pleaf- 
u re . 

i * Do all things without murnmrings 
and difpiitings ; 

lb That ye may be blamelefs and harm- 
!efs, the fens of God, without rebuke, in 
the mid It of a crooked and perverle na- 
tion, among whom je (bine as lights in 
the world ; 

to Hokiing forth the word of life : that 
I may rejoice in the day of Chrift, that I 
have not rua in vain, neither laboured in 
vain. 

17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the 
facrifice and fervice of your faith, 1 joj , 
and rejoice with you all. 

18 For the fame caufe alfo do ye joy, 
and rejoice with me. 

19 fl But I truft in the Lord Jefus to 
fend Timoiheus fhortly unto you, that I 
alfo may be of good comfort, when I know 
your ftate. „ 

....;■ %0 For 



Warning agminjt fulfe teachers. Chap. LiL IV. All things but lofs f»r Chri/t. 903 
20 For I have no nun i.keminded,who do count them but dung, that I may 



will naturally care for your ft a 

21 For ail icek their own,not the things | 
which are jeius Chrift's. 



Chrift, 

9 Ami be found in him, not h:s\ 
mine own righteoulnefs, which i 



£2 But ye know the proof of him, that law, but that whicli is through th 
as a fon with the father, he hath lerved the righteoufnefs whic 

with me in the go M «el. I d b) I th ; 

23 Him therefore I hope to fend pref- ; to nv him and the power 
(tally, fofooQ as I (hall fee how it will go [of hisrefurrecbon, and the fellow 
withme. his fufl ; made con foi 

24 But T trufi in the Lord that I jl\(v uiuo his <iejth : 



my felt ihatl come lhortly. 

25 Yet I iuppoled it jiecefTary toiendto 
you Epaphroditus, my brother and com- 
panion in labour, and fellow foldier, but 



1 1 Ir by any means, I might attain un- 
to the return i id. 

i - ' I had already a" 

ed. either w ere all 



your ineuenger, and he that inu follow after, Li tl lay apprehend 



to my wants. 

2o Fur ho Ion Led after you all, and was 
full of heavinels, becaufe that ye had 
heard that he had been lick. 

-7 For indeed he was Cck nigh unto 
death : but God had mercy on him ; and 
not on him only, but on me aifw, lelt J 
fhould have forrow upon lorrovv. 

2tf I fent him therefore the more care- 
fully, that, when >e lee him again, ye 
may rejoice, and that I may be the lels 
forrow tul. 

29 Receive him therefore in the Lord 
with at! gladncli ; and hold IikIi in repu- 
tation : 

50 Becaufe for the work of Chrift he 
was nigh unto death, not regarding bis 
life, to lupply your lack of fervice to- 
wards me. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Paul tvmrMetb them ct fat/e teachers, 

lo and 10 Ji t line lie IVOJi oj cw 

■irijttans ■ 
FINALLY, my brethi pice in 

the Lord. To write the fame things to 

you, to me indeed is not grievous, but 
tor you // is I 

2 Beware ol dog?, beware of evil work- 
ers, beware o 



3 For we are thecircumcifiofl, which 

fform'ip i the ipint, and n i ;ice m 

Chrift Jeiu», and have i 
the flefti. 

4 Though I might al lence 
in the Beth. H m-r m 

he hath wl :t in 

the flelh, I 

o CircumcUed the i ighth 
ftoci: of Ifi I i 

an 1 1 

!JW, a 

6 
church ; touch 
is in th 



that for which alio 1 . 
Chrift Jehu. 

la Bi ethren, I count not mylelf to 1 
apprehended : but . hing J 

forgetting Ihofe things which ait- beh 
and reaching forth unto thole t; 
which are before, 

14 I preh. tow ard the* mark for the pi 
of the high calling oi Cjoo in Chrift J. 

i i Let n> tli^iefo: 

bo thus minded : \ 
thing ye be otherwifc minded, I :hull 
reveal even this unto you. 

16 Nevertheli 

ready attained, let us walk by the I 
mind th thing. 

17 Brethren, be I i of 
me, and mark them which v. alk. lo .. 
have us ' 'inple. 

18 ^] 1 of W hoin I h 
told you often, and n 

wecpi:. 

the ! in it ; 

I 'i Yn i on, w : 

is tbeir bel 1 w hoi 

in th i mind i 

20 For OUI 
from whence alfo v. 
lour, tl !t : 

-I Who lhall 
lliat it ti ed Itk 

glorious b *iy, 

things unto h 

1 Iftb lo 






7 Bu; wh 

thofe I 

b" Yea, doublh-:>, a: 

edge 0l 



fellow . 

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210 PauUxhorteth to 



COLOSSIANS. 



religious joy in Gad, 



•4 Rejoice in the Lord always : and again 
I fay rejoice. 

5 Let your moderation be known unto 
all men. The Lord ts at hand. 

<J Be careful for nothing ; but in every 
thing by prayer and Supplication, with 
thankSgiving, let your requeits be made 
known unto God. 

1 And the peace of God which paiTeth 
all imderttanding, (hail keep your hearts 
and minds through Chrilt Jefus. 

tt Finally, brethren, whaifbever things 
are true, whatsoever things are honed, 
whatsoever things are juit, whatfoever 
things are pure, whatfoever things are 
lovely, whatfoever things are of good 



IS I can do all things through Chrilt 
which Itrengtheneth me. 

14 Notwithstanding, ye have well done, 
that ye did communicate with my af- 
fliction . » 

15 Now, ye Philippians, know alfo, 
that in the beginning of the go 1 pel, when 
I departed irom Macedonia, no church 
communicated with me as concerning 
giving and receiving, but ye only. 

16 For even in Fheffalonica ye fent 
once and again unto my neceffity. 

17 Not becaufe I delire a gift: but I 
defire fruit that may abound to your 
ac count. 

IB But I have all, and abound: I am 
report; if there be any virtue, and if | full, having received of Epaphroditus the 
there b' any praife, think on thefe things, things nvhicb ivere Jem from you, an 
9 Thofe things, which ye have bothj odour of a fweet fmeil, a Sacrifice accept- 



learned, and received, and heard, and 
ieen in me, do ; and the God of peace 
ikail be with you. , 

tO But 1 rejoiced in the Lord greatly, 
that now at the lafi your care of me hath 
fiouriihed again ; wherein ye were alfo 
careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 

11 Not that 1 Speak in reSpecl of want ; 
for J have learned, in whatfoever ftate I 
am, tbereivnb to be content 



able, well pieafing to God. 

19 But my God fhall Supply all your 
need according to his riches in glory, by 
Chrift Jefus. 

"ZO Now unto God and our Father, be 
glory lor ever and ever. Amen. 

ti Salute every faint in Chrilt Jefus. 
The brethren which are with me gteet 



you. 

22 All 



the faints falute yoa, chiefly 



Li I know both how to be abafed, and they that are of Cefar's houfehoid. 
I know how to abound: every where) %$ The grace of our Lord jefus Chrilt 
and in all things J am instructed both to be with you all. Amen, 
be full and to be hungry, both to | ^T It was written to the Philippians 
abound and to fuller need. 1 from Rome by Fpaphroditus. 



EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. 



C H A P. I. 

i Paul tbanketb God for their faitb, 9 
praye/b for their increafe in gtace, 14 
and defcrtbetb tbe true Gbrijt. 
PAUL, an apoftle of Jefus Chrift by 

the will of God, and Timotheus-, our 

brother, 

2 To the faints and faithful brethren 
in Chrilt which are at Coloife : Grace 
be unto yon, and peace from God our 
Father, and the Lord Jefus Chrilt. 

3 We give thanks to God and the Fa- 
ther of our Lord Jefus Chrift, praying al- 
ways tor you, 

k Since we heard of your faith in 
Chrilt Jefus, and of the love r woiib ye 
hu=vc to all the faints, 

5 For the hope which is laid up for you 
in heaven, whereof ye heard before in 
the word of the truth of the goSpel ; 

6 Which is come unto you, as it is 
in all the world ; and bringeth forth 
fruit, as it dott> alfo in you, Since the day 
ye heard of it % and knew the grace of 
G">d m truth : 

7 As ye alfo learned cfEpaphras our 
dear fellow Servant, who io for >on a 
faithful miniiler of Chrilt 5 



3 Who alfo declared unto us your love 
in the Spirit. 

9 4f For this caufe we alfo, 11 nee the 
day we heard it y do not ceaie to pray tor 
you, and to delire that ye might be fill- 
ed with the knowledge of his will in all 
wifuom and fpiritual underitanding ; 

10 That ye might walk worthy of the 
Lord unto all pleating, being fruitful in 
every good work, and increaling in the 
knowledge of God •, 

11 Strengthened with all might, ac- 
cording to his glorious power, unto all 
patience and long Suffering, with jOyfiU- 
nefs ; 

VI Giving thanks unto the Father, 
which hath made us meet to be partakers 
of the inheritance of the faints in light : 

13 Who hath delivered us from the 
power of darknefs, and hath trauflated us 
into the kingdom of hi^ dear Son : 

14 ^1 In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, even the forgivenefs 
of lins : 

ta Who is the image of the invifible 
God, the h'rltborn of every creature : 

lti For by him were all tilings created 
that aire in heaven, and that are in eartfe, 

vifible 



Paul defcrlbetb tbe true Cbrijt, Chap. 

vifible and invifibte, whether they be 
thrones, or dominio . 
or all th: ed by 

him, and I . : 

Yl And he i-> before a r l tilings, and by 

ill 
ta And he is the head of the 1 . the 
church : who • th< '•• r rirlt- 

born from the dead ; tl he 

tti'ght have tl 

,br Father that 
fheuld all • :l ; 

And h e thr. 

the blood ot his r«-. r 

bj Ivm, / 
nether g , in earth, or 

things in heaven. 

And j Mime alirn- 

\l and enemies in your mind bj 
• orks, yer n • ■ idled, 

through 
death, to I you holy and iinbhu 

able and unn b!e in ins tight : 

iS If i mie in . h ground- 

and I : 

. which je 
have hrard. and m I cached 

cry cr' ler heavei 

miuifter 
£4 /ice in rn 

ei"h tor 
ilirch : 

cording to the difper ' . 

«dven to me for you to fulfil the n 

£6 Even the myfter; 

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rs the rid 

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dc nt evei 

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& In 'a re hid all the treafures of 

4 And this I j fl,ould 

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yet a th jrou in thr re- 

order, and i ! 

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U) hich 

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912 Where to fee k Chrift. 



COLOSSIANS. 



An exhortation. 



neglecling of the body ; not in any hon- 
our to the Satisfying of the flefli. 

CHAP. III. 
i Pauljbevjeth <where to feekCbrijl. 5 

tie exhortetb to mortification, 12 t» 

cbarity y humility, and jundty general 

and particular duties. 

IF ye then berif'en with Chrift, feek 
thofe things which are above, where 
Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God. 

2. Set your affections on things above, 
not on things on the earth. 

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid 
with Chrift in God. 

4 When Chrift, to/jo is our life, fhall ap- 
pear, then lhail ye alfo appear with him 
in glory 

-'> *| Mortify therefore your members 
which are upon the earth ; fornication, 
uncleannefs, inordinate affection, evil 
concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which 
is idolatry : 

6 For which things' fake thew rath ofGod 
cometh on the children of difobedience : 

7 In the which yc alfo walked fome 
time, when ye lived in them. 

8 But now ye alfo put off all thefe ; 
anger, wrath, malice, biafphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

9 Lie not one to another, feeing that ye j 
have put off the old man with his deeds ; i^re without, redeeming the time. 

10 And have put on the new man, j 6 Let your fpeech be alway with grace, 
which is renewed in knowledge after the j feafoned with fait, that ye may know how, 
image of him that created hirn : 

11 Where there is neither Greek nor 
Tew, circumcifion nor uncircumcifion, junto you, ivbo is a beloved brother, and 
Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free : but a faithful minifter and fellow Jervant in 

the Lord. 

R Whom 1 have fent unto you for the 
fame purpofe, that he might know your 
eftate, and comfort your hearts ; 

9 With Onefimus, a faithful and be- 
loved brother, who is one of you. They 
(hall make known unto you all things 
which are done here. 

10 Ariftarchus my fellow prifoner fa- 
luteth you, and Marcus, Sifter's fon to 
Barnabas, (touching whom ye received 



21 Fathers, provoke not your children 
to anger i left they be difcouraged. 

22 Servants, obey in all things your 
mailers, according to the flefli ; not with 
eyefervice, as menpleafers ; but in fin- 
glenefs of heart, fearing God : 

25 And whatsoever ye do, do it heart- 
ily, as to the Lord, and not unto men j 

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye {hall 
receive the reward of the inheritance ; foi* 
ye ierve the Lord Chrift. 

25 But he that doeth wrong, fiiall re- 
ceive for the wrong which he hath done : 
and there is no refpe5l of perSons. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Paul exhortetb to be fervent in prayer, 

5 and to Tvaik "Wifely toward tbem 

that do not yet krtoTv Chrijt. 

MASTERS, give unto your Servants 
that which is juft and equal :• knowing 
that ye alfo have a Mafter in heaven. 

J - Continue in prayer, and watch in the 
fame with thankfgiving ; 

S Withal praying alfo for us, that God 
would open unto us a door of utterance, 
to (peak the myftery of Chrift, for which 
I am alfo in bonds : 

4 That I may make it manifeft, as I 
ought to fpeak. 

5 fl Walk in wifdom towards them that 



ye ought to anfwer every man. 
7 All my ftate (hail Tychicus declare 



Chrift ts all, and in all 

12 fl Put on therefore, as the elect of 
God, holy and beloved, bowels of mer- 
cies, kindnefs,humblenefsof mind>mee le- 
nds, long Suffering ; 

15 Forbearing one another, and for- 
giving one another, if any man have a 
quarrel againft any ; even as Chrift for- 
gave you, So alfo do ye. 

14 And above all thefe things put m 
charity, which is the bond ofperfec'tnefs. 



15 And let the peace of God rule in icominnndnients ; if he come unto you, 



your hearts, to the which alfo \ e are call 
ed in one body ; and be ye thankful. 



receive him.) 

11 And Jefus, which is called Juftus, 



16 Let the word of Chrift dwell in you J who are of the circumcifion. Thefe only 
richly in all wifdom : teaching and ad- \are my feiiow workers unto the kingdom 
monilhing one another in pialms and j of Gou, w Inch have been a comfort unto 
hymns and Spiritual fongs, tinging with ! me. 



grace in your bear's to the Lord. 



12 Eoaphras, who is one cf you, a fer- 



17 And "-hatloever ye do in word orivant ofChriff, falr.teth you, always la- 
deed, (to all in the name cf the Lord Te- \ bouring fervently for jou in prayers.that 
Sup. giving thanks to God and the Father jje may Hand perfect and complete, in all 

the will of t }')'.i. 

15 For I bear him record, that he hath 
a great zeal for you, and them that are 



by him 

18 Wives, fubmit yourfclves unto youi 
own hu (bands, as it is fit in the Lord. 



19 Hutbands, love your wives, and be jin Laodicea, and them in Hierapohs. 



not bitter againft them 



^OChildrenobeyjoarparentSnallthings: , Denies gr< et you. 
for this is well pleafing unto the Lord. 



\k Luke, the beloved phyfician, and 



15 Salute (he brethren which are m 

Laodicea 



Paul fbeixietb bis mindful nefs Chap. i. li. cf the Tbrjfulonians. 9i3 

Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church I to the miniltry which thou hail reel 
* hich is in his feou&. the Lord, thai thou fulfil it. 

16 And when this epi/tle is read among \ 13 The falutation by the hand of me 
you, caute that it be iead alio in die Pall). Remember my bonds. Grace be 



church of thr Laud^c-ai^ ; and that yc 
JKewife read the t pi/: , Laodicea. 

17 And Uy to Archippus, take heed 



with you. Amen, 
f Written f rum Rome totheColof! 
by Tychicus and Onel'mius. 



1 HE FIRS! JBPISTLE Of 
PACL THE APOSTLE TO THE TflESSAl ixs. 

H ^ I 1 I. W God to fpeak unto you the gufpel of 

1 He Jheioetb bis rmmdfulnrfs of tbtti in God with much contention. 



3 For our ex! n teas nut cf de- 

ceit, nor of unclean nefs, nor in guilt : 
I But as we were allowed vt Ge 



tbankjgiiiKg ai.t f r *j>er t ju i per- 
tuafon %f tbeii jincere Jaitb and con 

PAUL, and Sitvanus. and Timoiheus, be put in tiurt with the nofpel, even (o 



unto the ciutrch of »he 1 hellalonians 
b is in God the Father and in the 
Lord Jeius Ghrid : Grace be unto you, 
and peace, from God oil: l.andthe 

Lord |e/us Chi id. 

bo God always for 
you all, nuki:.. <tion of you in our 

prat' , 

5 Remembering without ceaung your 
work of faith, and labour of love, 
P'jii#nceof hop'.* in our Lord lefusC 
in i dand Oi'r Father ; 

4 Knowing, brethren beloved, 
God. 

j H\ For our . _ame not unto you 

in word out alfo ii i . and in 

the Hid) Ohoft, and in much tuTu ranee ; 
as ye know wk.u rati Iter of men nc 
were among roil for yur.r lake. 

And ye DCCam ar.d 



we fpeak : not as pleafing men, but God, 
which trieth our hearts. 

For neither at any time u:ed we flat- 
tering woids, as ye know, nor a c 
jtoulnris ; God is witnefs : 

6 Nor or men fought we glory, neither 
of )<. rjiers, when we n 

hay* been burdeni'ome, a* the apoftles of 
ChrilL 

^ But v\e were gentle among you, t 
as a nurfe cherifoetli her childre 

b bo being atlectionafcly dt lirous of 

you, we *cre willing to have impar red 

) «hi, not t J only, hut 

alio our own l^uls, bcCaulc ye wcie dear 

unto 

9 For >e remrmhrr, brethren, our la- 
bour and tra. ail ; for labouring night 

u!J noi 
unto any of you, we pieaclied unto 



of the Lord, having received the » . 

in much uH: I holy | idles, and Goda/jo, how 

o that ye m to ;dl that behaved vrs 



believe in 

a 1 :i y on founded out the \. 

of thr ' 

Acliaia, but a very place your liith 

to Gi '■ * ird I Iprea 
we need not io i^ak any I 

9 For thr • whal 

manner 
and I 
ve the ! 

lu Ai 
en, whc.n: i nun 

Jem from t 

to come. 



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n As ft knot* i n I 

i unioi !< barged 

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v. ho 

and gloi y . 

lb thank we ( 

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but ' 

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9*4 Paulfbevoetb bis love. I. THESSALONIANS. He exhortetb togodilnefj. 



tiles that they might befaved, to fill up 
their fins alwa-y : for the wrath is come 
upon them to the uttermoft. 

17 ^ But we, brethren, being taken 
from you for a (hort time, in prefence, 
not in heart, endeavoured the more a- 
bundantly to fee your face with great 
defire. 

18 Wherefore we would have come un- 
to you, even 1 Paul, once and again; but 
Satan hindered us. 

19 For, What is our hope, or joy, or 
crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in 
the prefence of our Lord Jefus Chrift at 
his coming ? 

20 For ye are our glory and joy. 

CHAP, III. 
1 Paul's love in fending Timothy to them. 

6 His joy for tbem t and dejire to fee them. 

WHEREFORE when we could no 
longer forbear, we thought it good to be 
left at Athens alone ; 

2 And fent Timotheus,ourbrother,and 
ininifierof God> and our fellow labourer 
in the gofpel of Chrift,to eftablifh you, and 
to comfort you concerning your faith : 

3 That no man (hould be moved by 
thefe afflictions : for yourfelves know that 
we are appointed thereunto. 

£ For verily, when we were with you, 
vre. told you before that we (hould fuffer 
tribulation ; even as it came to pafs, and 
ye know. 

5 For this caufe,when T could n© long- 
er forbear, I fent to know your faith, left 
by fome means the tempter have tempted 
you, and our labour be in vain. 

6 fl But now when Timotheus came 
from you unto us, and browght us good 
tidings of your faith and charity, and that 
ye have good remembrance of us always, 
defiring greatly to fee us, as we alfo to 
fee you : 

7 Therefore brethren, we were com- 
forted over you in all our affliction and 
diftrefs by your faith i 

tf For now we live, if ye (land faft in 
the Lord. 

9 For what thanks can we render to 
God again for you, for all the joy where- 
with we joy for your fakes be fore oufGod; 

10 Night and day praying exceedingly 
that we might fee your face, and might 
perfect that which is lacking in your 
iaith ? 

11 Now God himfelf and our Father* 
and our Lord jefus Chrift direct our way 
unto you : 

\1 And the Lord make you to increafe 
and abound in love one toward another, 
and toward all men, even as we do toward 
you : 

13 To the end he may ■ flablift) your 
hearts unblameable in holiuefs before 
God, even our Father, at the coining of 
Pttf Lord Jefus Chrifl with alt his hunts. 



CHAP. IV. 
1 Paul exhortetb to go on in godlineff f 6 t& 

bolmefi, 9 to love, It to euietnefs, IS t? 

moderate farrow for the dead. 17 Of the 

re[urrettion % and of the laft judgment. 

FURTHERMORE, then, we befeech 
you, brethren, and exhort you by the 
Lord Jeius, that as ye have received of us 
how ye ought to walk and to pleafe God„ 
fo ye would abound more and more. 

t For ye know what commandments 
we gave you by the Lord jefus. 

3 For this is the willof God, even your 
fancYification, that ye (hould abfiain from 
fornication : 

4 That every one of you (hould know 
how to pofiefs his veffel in (anelification 
and honour ; 

5 Not in theiuft of concupifcence,even 
as the Gentiles which know not God : 

6 flThat no man go beyond and defraud 
his brother in any matter : becaufe that 
the Lord is the avenger of all fuc'h, as we 
alfo have forewarned you, and teftified. 

7 For God hath not called us anto un- 
eleannefs, but unto bolinefs- 

8 He therefore that defpifeth, defpifeth 
not man, but God, who hath alfo given 
unto us his holy Spirit. 

9 ^] But as touching brotherly love ye 
need not that I write unto you ; for ye 
yourfelves are taught of God to love one 
another. 

10 And indeed ye do it toward all the 
brethren which are in all Macedonia : 
but we befeech you, brethren, that ye 
increafe more and more ; 

U And that ye ftudy to be quiet, and 
to do your own bufinefs,nnd to work with 
your own hands, as we commanded you : 

1- That ye may walk honeftly toward 
them that are without, and that ye may 
have lack of nothing. 

IS q[ But I would not have you to be 
ignorant, brethren, concerning them 
which are afleep, that ye forrow not, 
even as others which have no hope. 

14 For if we believe that Jefus died, 
and rofe again, even fo them alfo which 
(Jeep in Jefus will God bring with him. 

la For this we fay unto you by the 
word of the Lord, that we which are 
alive and remain unto the coming of the 
Lord (hall not prevent them which are 
a (leep. 

lti For the Lord himfelf (hall defcensl 
from heaven with a fhout. with the voice 
of. the archangel, and with the trump 6 f 
God and the dead in Chrift (hall rifefirft ; 

17 <g Then we v*hk:h are alive and 
remain, (hall be caught up together with 
them in the clouds, to r.icet the Lord in 
the air : and fo (hall we ever be with the 
Lord. 

t8 Wherefore, comfort one another 
with thele wordi. 

C H A P. 



ttbrijl's fecond coming to judgment. Chap. iT Divers precepts. SIS 

CHAP. V. know them which labour among you, 

i Paul proceedetb in the defcription of and are over you in the Lord, \\\\S. ad- 
Cbnjt's Jeconci coming i§ judgment, 16 . moniih you ; 

and give ib divers piecepn, t5 and Jo ; 13 And to efteem them very highly in 

concluJetb. love tor their works* fake. And be at 

BUT of the times and the fcafons, ; peace among yourlclves. 

brethren, ye have no need that I write j ** Now we exhui t you, brethren, warn 

unto you. ; them that are unruly, comfort the fee- 

2 For yourfelves know perfectly ihat bleininded, fappqrt the weak, be patient 
the diy of the Lord fo cometh as a thief "d all men, 

in the night. I ^5 See that none render evil for evil 

3 For when they fliall fay, Peace and junto any man ; but ever folio 
fafety ; then fudden deitruction cometli « hich is good, both among yourfeh 
upon them, as travail upon a woman and to all men. 



with child , and they (hall not efcape. 

4 But ye, brethren, arc not in darknefs, 
that that day fliould overtake you as a 
thief. is the will ol God in Chrill Jcfus con- 

5 Ye are all the children of light, and ' ccrning you. 
the children of the day : ve are not of* '9 (|^ench not the Spi i 



16 fl Rejoice evern ore. 

17 Pray without ceafing. 

lii In every thing this 



tlie ni^ht, nor of darknefs. 

6 Therefore, let us not fleep as do oth- 
ers ; but let us watch and be fobrr. 



-" D ;. prophefyii 

II Prove all things ; hold fafl that 
which is good. 
1 For they that fleep, fleep in the night j Abttain from all appearance . I »vtl. 

and they that be drunken, are drunken I ; 11 And the very God of | 
in the night : fy you wholly ; and / p 

But let us. who are of the day, be whole fphrit, mm\ foul, and body, b<;pie- 
fober, putting on the breaff plate ol faith krv rd blai umo the coming ot our 

and love : and for an helmet the hope of; Lord [efus Chrill. 
/alvation : - 1 ( tit h ful it he that calleth you, who 

9 For God Inth not appointed us to | alio v ill doi/. 
wrath, but to obtain falvation by our ^5 Brethren, pi 



Lord [efua Chrilt ; 
to ' : for us, thu, whether wc 

l or fleep) we fliould live together 
••■ 1 1 fi him- 

ii wherefore comfort yourfelves to- 
gether, and edify one another, even M 
alio ) e 

12 And wc befeech you, brethren, to 



16 threo with an ho- 

i harge you by the I ordj tl it this 

epiftli ill the holy bi 

"iu 1 !,c ^ : our Lord JefaaChnii 

be with >( u . Am 

4f I piJUt unto i iloni- 

. ,\ i tten from Atl 



H'bi 



I HE SECOND l i" I I • 
PAUL THE APOSTLE TO H 

CHAP. 1. 

t Paul Jheiueib bit . i opinion of tbeir 

faitb % tove sndt ,l >"*d com- 

jortfth them agatnfi perfrcution. 

P \i. L, and S .... 
unto hurch ol the I I 

in God our Father fefus 

Chi 

t i 
God oui 1 u 

for you, brethren, i 
th it j oui : 

the c !;.«: it) ol 01 jrou 

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4 So tl 
the < 

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j ii' bi. h it a m I I i he 

in) < ' 
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ng wiih 
umpenfi 
that • 
7 And I ' 

with th< I 'I be 

I from heaven with 

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91S Anticbrifl revealed. II. THESSALGNIANS. 



in his faints, and to be admired in all 
them that believe (becaufeour teftimony 
among yon was believed) in that day. 

11 <(] Wherefore alfo we pray always for 
you, that our God would count you wor- 
thy of ibis calling, and fulfil all the good 
plea fu re of his goodnefs, and the work 
of faith with power : 

12 That the name of our Lord Jefus 
Chrift may be glorified in you, and ye in 
him, according to the grace of our God 
and the Lord Jefus Chrift. 

CHAP. If. 
1 Ne vj'tlletb tbem to continue fteadfaji in 
the truth received, Sjheiving that there 
Jball be a departure from tbefaith t 9 
%nd a di/covery of Anticbrljt before the 
day of the Lord come. 
NOW we befeech you, brethren, by 
the coming of our Lord jefus Chrift, 
and by our gathering together unto him, 
•2 That ye be not foon fhaken in mind, 
or be troubled, neither by fpirit, nor by 
word, nor by letter, as from us, as that 
the day of Chrift is at hand. 

3 4j\ Let no man deceive you by any 
means : for that day fhall n*t come, ex- 
cept there come a falling away firtt, and 
that man of fin be revealed, the fon of 
perdition ; 

4 Who oppofeth and exalteth himfelf 
above all that is called God, or that is 
worshipped ; fothat he as God litteth in 
the temple of God, (hewing himfelf that 
lie is God. 

5 Remember ye not, that, when \ was 
yet with you, I told you thefe things f 

6 And new ye know what withhcld- 
eth that he might be revealed in his 
time. 

7 For the myftery of iniquity doth al- 
ready work : only he who now letteth 
•to/7/ let, until lie be taken out of the way. 

ft And then fhall that wicked be re- 
vealed, whom the Lord (hall confume 
with the fpirit of his mouth, and fhall de- 
itroy wirh the brightnefs of his coming. 

9 ^ Even bim y whole coming is after 
the working of Satan with all power and 
ligns and lying wonders. 

10 And with all deceivablenefs of un- 
righteouinefs in them that perifh ; becaufe 
they received not the love of the truth, 
that they might be faved. 

11 And for this caufe God fhall fend 
them flrong delufion, that they (hould 
believe a lie : 

t-2 That they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth, but had 
plea fur* in unrighteoufnefs. 

1«» But we are bound to give thanks 
alway to God for you, brethren, beloved 
of the Lord, becauie God hath from the 
beginning chofen you to falvation through 
fane'lification of the Spirit and belief of 
$he truth : 



Jdlenefs to he avoided, 

14 Whereun f o he called you by ouk» 
gofpel, to the obtaining of the glory of 
our Lord Jefus Chrift. ) 

15 Therefore, brethren, fland fart, and 
hold the traditions which ye have been 
taught, whether by word, or our epiftle. 

Now our Lord Jefus Chrift him- 



lb 

felf, and God, even our Father, which 
hath loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lalting confolation and good hope through 
grace, 

17 Comfort your hearts, and ftablifh 
you in every good word and work. 

CHAP. JU. 
t Paul cravetb their prayers, Sfffiifietb 

bis confidence in t htm, b giveth tbem 

divers precepts, specially tofbun idle- 

nfjs and ill company. 

FiNALLY, brethren, pray for, u.% 
that the word of the Lord may have free 
courfe, and be glorified, even as it, is 
with you : 

2 And that we may be delivered from 
unreasonable and wicked men : for all 
men have not faith. 

5 <fl But the Lord is faithful, who fhall 
ftablifh you, and keep you from evil. 

4 And we have confidence in the Lord 
touching you, that ye both do and wilt 
do the things which we command you, 

And the Lord direct your hearts into 
the love of God, and into the patient 
waiting for Chrift. 

6 ^ Now we command you. brethren, 
in the name of our Lord jefus Chrift, that 
ye withdraw yourfelves from every 
brother that walkerh riiforderly, and 
not after the tradition which he received 
of us. 

7 For yourfelves know how ye ought 
to follow us : tor we behaved not our- 
felves ddbrderly among you ; 

8 Neither did we eat any man's bread 
for nought; but wrought with labour and 
travail night and day, that we might not 
be chargeable to any of you : 

9 Not becaufe we have not vo-^rr, but 
to make ourfelves an en (ample unto you 
to follow us. 



10 
you, 



For 
this 



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were with 
you, that if 



we commanded 



any would not work, neither fhould he 
eat. 

11 For we hear that there are fome 
which walk among you diforderly, work- 
ing not at all, but are bufy bodies. 

l J 2 Now them that are fuch we com- 
mand, and exhort by our Lord Jefus 
Chrift, that with muetneis they work* 
and eat their own bitad. 

IS ttut ye, brethren, be not weary in 
well doing. 

14 Arc. if any man obey notour word 
by this epiltie. note that man, and have 
no company with him, that he may be 
alhamed. 

15 Yet 



The end of the la^w. 



Chap. i. ii. Prayers tub: made for all men. 51T 



t5 Yet count bim not as an enemy, but 
admonilh bim as a brother. 

16 Now the Lord of pesce himfelf give 
vou peace always by- all means. 1 he 
Lord be with you all. 

\~ The ialutation of Paul with mine 



own hand, which is t!ic token in every 
epiitie : io I write. 

18 I he grace of our Lord Jefus C! - A 
be with you all. Amen. 

€} The fecond epijile to the Thcflalo- 
nians was written from Athens* 



TilK FIRST EPISTLE OF 
PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TJMOTHT. 

C II A P. I. of all Dcceptation, that Chrift Jcfincame 

1 Timothy is fut in mind of the c u arg? into the world to fave litmer.s, of whom 
lubttb tuas given unto bim bx fwn. I am chief. 

:> Tbr end ot the tanu. 11 r*«*/'i c~. 16 Houbeit, for this cuufe I obtained 

ing to be an afoftte. -icy, that in me fil (t lefu<. Chrift might 

PAL L an 3poitir of Jefus Chrtit bj bow forth all long Puttering, 

command mem I our Sa%k>nr, and I tern to them which (bould hereafter be- 

Lord Jefus Chrift, iut>icb nour hope, jlieve on him to lit 

to Timothy, mv own fon in the ,T Iftto the King eternal, immor- 

faith : Grace, mere j ,a»d peace, from God^i'* inv'uiblc, the only wile ^oi\, be ' 



oar lather and Jefos Chnlt our Lo:\1 

5 As I hefought thee to abide fHII at 
Ephefus, when i went into Macedonia, 
that thou mightefl charge fotne thai they 
teach no, Other doctrine, 

* N I to fables and end- 

lels genealogies. which minuter quertions, 
rather than godly edifying, which is in 
faith /• df. 

6 c the end of the co^ mtnt 
is charity out of a pure heart, and I 
good COnfcience, an'! '-/faith unfeigned. 

b From which lome having Iwerved, 
have turned slide uuto » Rling ; 

7 Defirin* to be 
nnderlranduig neither what they I 
\s hereof they affir 



H I l the law is ►? 

if a man nfe it lawfully ; 

9 KnoA in . that the lav 

: t he 
la^. K 
and for linr. 

murderers I nu»rd< 

moth rsi foi n rs, 

1') ... 

defile theml men. 

i ;i:re I pel 
and if there be an J 
contrary to found 

tic According tu the . 

of the hi* ( 

mi hath ted 

- 
13 Who * 
a k I ob» 

tamcc 1 
unbel. 
tA An 

■ 
which Jefus. 

Ii i: )g»J'ld 



our and glory tor ever and t n. 

Itf T his charge I commit unt* thee, 
fen Timothy, according to the proph< 
which went before on thee, that thou by 
ii mightefl war a good warfare, 

»9 Holding la'thand a good coni 
which fome having put away, concerning 
faith have made fti^rak : 

£Q Of whomis Hymeneusand Ale- 
n hom I have delivered u'.ro Sataa a 

that they mav learn not to blafuhcme. 
LAP. If. 

t Prayers to be made for all men t and 
the reaJoH ivhy. \* Hoiv arc 
fhoulrl he attired. \1 Ihey are not 

pe i mitt' (l in : 

I h\noK l therefore,! 

fupp! || ns, and 

gi vi men ; 

thority ; that »r I ;uiet and 

e in all . n i hoi 

< ptable - 
the finht ol 

4 Who will hare 
and I 
trui 
8 ! me- 

Chi 
6 

H I *v:ll lh 
than 



\. Ol l 



' 



918 Divers precepts to Timothy. I.TIMOTHY. 



10 But (which becometh women pro- 

feffmg godlinefs) with good works. 
* 1 Let the woman learn in filence with 

all fubjeclidn. 

l°i fl But I fatter not a woman to teach, 

nor to-ufurp authority over the man, 

but to be in filence. 

13 For Adam was firft formed, thenEve> 
t4 And Adam was not deceived, but 

the woman being deceived was in the 

tranfgremon. 

15 Notwithstanding me mall be faved 

in childbearing, if they continue in faith 

and charity and holinefs with fobriety. 
CHAP. III. 

1 Hoiv bijhops and deacons, and their 
•wives, Jbould be qualified, 14 and to 
nvhat end Saint Paul ivrote to Timo- 
thy of thefe things. 
THIS is a true faying, If a man defire 

the office of a bifhop, he defireth a good 

work. 
2 A bifhop then muft be blamelefs, 

the hufband of one wife, vigilant, fober, 

of good behaviour, given to hofpitality, 

apt to teach ; 

5 Not given to wine, no ftriker, not 
greedy of filthy lucre, but patient ; not 
a brawler, not covetous ; 

4 One that ruleth well his own houfe, 
having his children in fubjettion with all 
gravity ; 

(For if a man know not how to rule 
his own houfe, How (hall he take care 
of the church of God ?) 

6 Not a novice, left being lifted up 
with pride he fall into the condemnation 
©f the devil. 

7 Moreover he tnuft have a good report 
©f them which are without ; left he fall in- 
to reproach and the fnare of the devil. 

8 Likewife mujt the deacons be grave, 
not double tongued, not given to much 
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, 

9 Holding the myftery of the faith in 
a pure conference. 

10 And let thefe alfo firft be proved ; 
then let them ufe the office of a deacon, 
being found blamelefs. 

11 Even fo mujl their wives be grave, 
notflanderers, fober, faithful in all tilings. 

VI Let the deacons be the hufbands of 
one wife, ruling their children and their 
own houfes well. 

13 For they that have ufed the office 
of a deacon well, purchafe to themfelves 
a good degree, and great boldnefs in the 
faith which is in Chrift Jefus. 

14 ^} Thefe things write I unto thee, 
hoping to come unto thee lhortly : 

13 But if I tarry long, that tnou may- 
eft know how thou oughteft to behave 
thyfelf in the houfe of God, which is the 
church of the living God, the pillar and 
ground of the truth. 

1$ And without controverfy great is the 



Apoflacy foretold. 

myftery of godlinefs ; God was manifeft in. 
the fleth, juftified in the Spirit, feen of an- 
gels, preached unte the Gentiles,believed 
on in the world, received up into glory. 

CHAP. IV. 
Paul foretelleth that in the latter times 
there foall be a departure from the faith. 
NOW the Spirit fpeaJketh exprefsly 
that in the latter times fome ihall depart 
from the faith, giving heed to feducing 
fpirifs, and doclrines of devils ; 

2 Speaking lies in hypocrify ; having 
their confeience feared with a hot iron j 

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding 
to abftain from meats, which God hatli 
created to be received with thankfgivingof 
them which believe and know the truth. 

4 For every creature of God is good, 
and nothing to be refufed, if it be receiv- 
ed with thanklgiving : 

5 For it is fanctified by the word of 
God and prayer. 

6 If thcu put the brethren in remem- 
brance of thefe things, thou fhalt be a 
good minifter of Jelus Chrift, nourifhed 
up in the words of faith, and of good 
doclrine, whereunto thou haft attained. 

T But refufe profane and old wives' 
fables, and exercife thyfelf rather unto 
godlinefs; 

,8 For bodily exercife profiteth little : 
but godlinefs is profitable unto all things, 
having prpmife of the life that now is, 
and of that which is to come. 

9 This 'is a faithful faying and worthy 
of all acceptation. 

10 For therefore we both labour, and 
fuffer reproach, becaufe we trnft in the 
living God, who is the Saviour of all 
men, fpecially of thofe that believe. 

It Thefe things command and teach. 

12 Let no man defpife thy youth ; but 
be thou an example of the believers, in 
word, in converfation, in charity, in fpir- 
it, in faith, in purity. 

Is Till I come give attendance to read- 
ing, to exhortation, to doctrine. 

14 Neglect not the gift ihat is in thee, 
which was given thee by prophefy, with 
the laying on of the hands of the pref- 



bytery. 

15 Meditate upon thefe things ; give 
thyfelf wholly to them ; that thy profiting 
may appear to all. 

16 Take heed unto thyfelf, and unto 
the doctrine ; continue in them : for in 
doing this thou (halt both lave thyfelf, 

,and them that heyr thee. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Rules to be obfei<vcd in reproving. S 

Of ivido r ivs. 17 Of ciders. 

RKBUKE not an elder, but entreat 

him as a father ; and the younger men 

as brethren ; 

Hi. The elder women as mothers ; the 
younger a,s fillers, with all purity. 

S ^1 Honour 



Of ividsus and elders. Chap. 

3 fj Honour widows that are widows 
inde 

4 But if any widow have children or 
nephews, Set them learn rirft to ihew piety 
at home, and to requite their parents : for 
that is good and acceptable before God. 

("he that is a widow indeed, and 
defola'e, trufteth in Gcxi, and continueth fome a: bef. 



Duties offewants. 

23 Drink no lo: cr, but uf« a 

little wine for s fake, and 
thine often infir 

44 Some i arr open bef 
hand, gem,; before t>> judgnte 

fome men » after. 

25 Likewile alio the tood 



in iupplications and prayers night and 
day. 

6 But fhe thatliveth in pleafure is dead 
while ihe liveth 

I Apd ihefe things give in charge, that 
they mas be blame it 

8 But if any provide not for his own, 
and fpecia!!)- for tbofe ot his own houfe, 
he hath denied the faith, and is worfc 
than an inh lei - 

9 Let not a widow be taken into the 
number under three/core years old, hav- 

\ been the wife of one man, 

rted of for good works ; 
if (he have brought up children, it fhe 
have lodged (tranters, if (he have walked 
the faints' feet, ifihe have relieved the 
afflicted, if (he have diligently followed 
every good work. 

II B it the younger widows refufe : 
when they have Dentin to wax wanton 

lift, t: I marry ; 

1- Having dami beeaufe they 

e caff off tier firft faith. 
1-5 And withal they learn to be idle, 

ng ab * j'm honfe to h ■ » withd 

die, b ers alio a 

bufy h ipeaking things which they 

(it net. 
14 1 will therefore that the younger 



and 

ca •/ 

they 



ue otberwife cannot be 1 
CI VI. 

1 Servant)' dutif'. b To avoid Ml 
ul'd teachers. 6 The gain oj 
LKTas mmy fervants as are the 

count their o*n • 
all honour, tliat the name of u^: and 
bis doctrine be nor blafphemed. 

. \w\ th< *r?, 

let them not de 

are brethren ; but rather do nem fer- 
vice, beeaufe they are faith, 
loved, partaker 3 of the bene 
thing3 te.icli and exhort. 

] Ii a :.\ man teach Othl 
lent not to whole' - 

; our L 

4 He is proud, knowing no 
doting about is ana 

s, whercor cometh e.. 
rail i 

5 Perverl 
rupt minds, and deflitute 

uppofii 



tin 



6 « jdlmefs with content 

it a 



7 1 or we 
world, and 



8 r 
be therewitl 

that wi 

* - 

I itwi 



11 






women marry, bear children, guide r 
houic, give none oc to the adv 

far} ak reproacht illy. 

fome are already turned afide 
after 5 

16 i or woman that belie 

havewidows, let then relieve tin- 
Id irch^ it it 

may relieve them that arc • 

i" <• ' • ithat rule well be count- 

ed worth . elpecially 

they-- in the' w me. 

For the I ! 

no" 

rn. A 

19 

20 

th 

Lord ' 
that thou 

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pure. 



d a ienl let us 



II be rich I 



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faith, 

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n (lie ng 









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920 Paul 1 s love to Timothy. \\. TIMOTHY. 0/ Phygellus and Hermgent*. 

16 Who only hath immortality, dwell-! 19 Laying up in fiore for themfelves at 
ing in the light which no man can ap- good foundation againft the time to come^ 
proach unto \ whom no man hath teen j that theyjrnay lay hold en eternal life. 
nor can tee : to whom be honour and ' 
power everlafling. Amen. 

17 Charge them that are rich in this 
world, that they be not highmlnded, nor 
truft in uncertain riches, but in the Hv 



ing God, who giveth us richly aii things 
to enjoy ; 

18 That they do good, that they be 
rich in good works, ready to difiribute, 
willing to communicate ; 



20 O Timothy, keep that which is 
committed to thy trurt, avoiding profane 
and vain babblings, and oppositions cf 
fcience falfely fo called ; 

41 Which fome profeffing have erred 
concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. 
Amen. 

$ The firft to Timothy was written 
from Laodicea, which is the chiefefi 
city of Phrygia Paeatiana. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF 
PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY. 



C H A P. I. 

1 Paul's love /& Timothy, and Timothy's 

jaitn. H Paul g vet!) diners exhort a- 

/iont. la Oj Pbygtllui andhlermogtnfs. 

PAUL, an apoille of Jems Chrift by 

ihe will of God. according to the promile 

of life which is in Chrift jefus, 

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved fon : 
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the 
Father, and Chnft Jefus our Lord. 

3 ] than* God, whom I ferve from my 
forefathers with pure conference, that 
without ceafmg 1 have remembrance of 
ihee in my prayers night and day ; 

4 Greatly dc.firing to fee thee, being 
mindful of thy tears, that 1 may be filled 
with joy ; 

3 When I call to remembrance the un- 
feigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt 
fin't in thy grandmother Lois, and thy 
mother Eunice ; and I am perfuaded that 
in thee alfo. 

6 Wherefore I put thee in remem- 
brance that thou ftir up the gift of God, 
which is in thee by the putting on of my 
hands. 

7 For God hath not given us the fpirit 
of fear; but of power, and of love, and 
of a found mind. 

8 ^1 Be not thou therefore afhamed of 
the testimony of our Lord, nor of me Irs 
pritbner : but be thou partaker of the 
afflictions of the gofpel according to the 
power cf God ; 

9 Who harh faved us, and called us 
with au holy calling, not according to 
our works, but according to his own 
purpoie and grace, which was given 
us in Chnft Jefeti before the worlu be- 
gan ; 

10 But is now made man: fort by the! 
appearing of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, 
who hath abolifned death, and hath 
brought life and immortality to light 
• hrough. rhe gofpti : 

11 Wbereunto I am appointed a 



preacher, and an apoftie, and a teacher 
of the Gentiles. 

1;: For the which caufe I alfo faffer 
thele things : neverthelefs, I am not a- 
ihamed ; for L kwow whom 1 have be- 
lieved, and arn perfuaded that he is able 
to keep that which 1 have committed un- 
to him againft that day. 

l'j Hold iaft the form of found words, 
which thou haft heard of me, in faith 
and love which is in Chrift Jefus. 

14 That good thing, which was com- 
mitted unto thee keep, by the Holy G holt 
which dwelleth in us. 

15 f This thou knoweft, that all they 
which are in Afia be turned a^ay from me; 
of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. 

16 The Lord give mercy unto the 
houfeof Onefiphorus ; for he oft refreshed 
me, and was not afhamed of my chain : 

IT But when he was in Rome, he fought 
me out very diligently, and found me. 

18 The Lord grant unto him that he 
may find mercy of the Lord in that 
day : and in how many things he minif- 
tered unto me at fephefus, thou knowi il 
very well. 

CHAP. If. 
1 Timothy exhorted to < vnji ancy and per - 

fever ance y la a/id tb Jhevj htm/elf ap- 
proved. 

THOU therefore, my (on, be firong 
in the grace that is in Chrift Jefus. 

2 And the things that thou haft heard 
of me among many witneffes, the lame 
commit thou to faithful men, who ihall 
be able to teach others alfo. 

6 Thou therefore endure hard fiefs, as 
a good foidierof jefus Chrift. 

4 No man . that warreth entangleth 
h'n.ifelf with rive affairs of this life ; ihat 
he may pteafe him who hath chofen him 
tc be a foidier. 

b And if a man alfo drive for matter - 
ies, yes is he not crowned, except he 
ftrive lawfully. 

6 Tft« 



Exbortatitn to conjlancy. Chap. 111 

6 The hufbandman that laboureth muft 
be firft partaker of the fruits. 

7 Confider what I lay : and the Lord 
give thee underftanding in all things. 

8 Renemher that Jeftis Chrilt of the 
iced of David was mi led from the dead 
according to my gofpel : 

9 Wherein I (utter trouble, as anr\ i 
doer, even unto bonds ; but the word of 
God is not bound. 

10 Therefore 1 endure all things for 
the elect's lake, that they may alio ob- 
tain the falvarion which is in Chrilt Jclus 
with eternal ^lor . 

11 It is a faithful faying : For if we he 
dead with bin, «e ftull alio livewith bin : 

H If we Infer, we Ih ill alfo reign with 
b:m : il we deny him, he alio wHI deny us: 

1*5 If we believe not, Jffll he abidcth 
faithful; he cannot deny himfclf. 

14 Cfthefe things put thrm in remem- 
brance, charging tbrm before the Lord 
that they drive not about words to no 
profit, bat to the fubverting of the hearers. 

15 €,] Study to fr.ew thyfelf approved 
unto <iod, a workman t»K«t needetli not 
to be aihimcd, rightly dividing the word 
of truth. 

16 But (bun profane and v.iin bab- 
blings : for they will increafe unto more 
ung idlinefs. 

17 And the ; r word will eat as doth a 
ranker ; of whom is Hymeneus and Phi- 
letu-, ; 

18 Who concerning the truth have er- 
red, faying tha' the refurreclion i^p 
ready ; ,r..w the faiih of ! 

19 Neverthelefs, th- fbu 

flandeth furc, having I ' Lord 

knowcth them that a 
every one that namethtbe na hnii 

depart from iniquity. 

r in a l< . not 

only v< it al- 

ia of wood and le !>■ 

honour, and ur. 

ii If a m mi ih 
from their. be ih dl D?a I 
fii.i , lam lifted, and w 
»d.-, mmd pi 

Flee alfo yotu 
reonfnefs, Uih, <'•>•. i , . 
rhcni that call un the it of a | 

But foolifh and u 

i 

9 1 \ 
o.^t ftrive j but I 
apt to t ■ u h, | 

In un" 
Opoofe iheml'elvcs ; i! 
am 1 1 gi v e t he 
• 

And i 'ut 'hey 
felves out of Ih 
are t 



.iV. Eiem'tes o) {be truth dtfenbed. Mi 

CHAP. III. 
iPi,ul ad'vertijeth bim of the times to coms 9 

6 dcJiTibab the enemies o/tbe truth, Id 

and comnrendt'tb tbe boly fcriptures. 

1 His know alio, that in the lalt day* 
perilous times fhall come. 

I For men fhall be lovers of th<ir 
felves, covetous, boaflers, proud blaf- 
phemers.difobedient to parents, unthank- 
ful, unholy, 

3 Without natural affecTion, tn 
breakers, falfe accufers, incontii 
fierce, defpilcrs of thole that are go< 

* I . heady, highminded, lovers 

of plealui'S moie than lovers of God ; 

5 I but de- 
nying the power thereof : from fuchtttsn 

6 «jFor of this fort are th'"y w Irch creep 
into houfes. and lead captive filly women 
laden with fins, led away w ith divers lufis, 

7 Bver learning, and never able to 
come to the knowledge of the truth. 

w as Jannes and : ■< with- 

flood Mofcs, fo do thtfe alio refill tlve 
truth: men of corrupt minds, bate 

concerning the faith. 

9 But they foall proceed no further j 
for their tolly {hall b- If unt 
men, as ih 

10 Bui thou hafl fully known my doc- 
, manner oi th, long 

fu tiering, charity, 

tt Perifa utiona, affli «me 

unto me at Antiot h, at Icooium, .it l.\ i- 
u hat perfecutioni 1 end hut 

d tnt-m all the delii rred me. 

ill that will live godly in 
Chi dt |efus (hall fufter perfei 
1 1 men and 

• 1. 
I \ But Dtml nue th 
I hall 1 
i, tnov i thou hafl 

n, ihri 

I - 

■ 

1 
i 

•ing, 

I 



922 Paul exhorteth Timothy. TITUS. 

fon, out of feafon ; reprove, rebuke, ex 
hort with all long fuffering and doctrine 

3 For the time will come when they will 
not endure found doctrine ; but after' 
their own luffs (hall they heap to them- 
felves teachers, having itching ears ; 

4 And they (hall turn away their ears 
from the truth, and (hall be turned unto 
fables. 

5 But watch thou in all things, endure, 
afflictions, do the work of an evangelift, j 



Salutations', 

thee, and the books, but efpecially ther 
parchments. 

14 Alexander the copperfmith did me 
much evil : the Lord reward him accord- 
ing to his works : 

15 Of who^i be thou ware alfo : for 
he hath greatly withstood our words. 

16 At my firftanfwernoman flood with 
me, but all men forfook me : I pray God 
that it may not be laid to their charge. 

17 Notwithstanding the Lord flood with 
make full proof of thy miniftry. j me, and ftrengthened me ; that by me the 

6 For I am now ready to be offered, j preaching might be fully known, and that 
and the time of my departure is at hand, j all the Gentiles might hear : and I was 

7 I have fought a good fight, I have j delivered out of the mouth of the lion, 
finithed my courfe, I have kept the faith : ( 18 And the Lordfhaii deliver me from 

8 Henceforth there is lairi up for me a ! every evil work,^ and will preferve me 
crown of rigbteoufnefs, which the Lord, \ unto his heavenly kingdom : to whom be 
the righteous Judge, fhali give me at that ; glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

day ; and not to me only, but unto all 19 Salute Prifca and Aquila, and the 
them a)fo that love his appearing. j houfehold of Onefiphorns. 

9 f\ Do thy diligence to come fhortly ( 20 Eraftus abodeat Corinth : butTro- 
unto me : phimus have 1 left at Miletum, fick. 

10 For Demas hath forfaken me, hav- ti Do thy diligence to come before 
ing loved this prefent world, and is de- [winter. Eubulus greeteth thee and Pu- 
parted unto Theffalonica ; Crefcens to; dens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all 

the brethren. 

22 The Lord Jefus Chrift be with thy 
fpirit. Grace be with you. Amen. 
f[ The fecond epijlle unto Timotheus, 
ordained the firftbifhop of the church 
of the Ephefians, was written from 
Rome, when Paul was brought before 
Nero the fecond time. 



Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia 

It Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, 
and bring him with thee : for he is prof- 
itable to me for the miniftry. 

12 And Tychicus have I fent to Eph- 
cfus. 

IS The cloak that I left at Troas with 
Carpus, when thou comeft, bring ivitb 



EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TITUS. 



CHAP. I. 
1 Why Titus ivas left in Crete. 6 Hotv 

miwfters fbould be qualified. 10 Of\ 

evil doers 

PAUL, a fervant of God, and an apof- j 
tie of Jefus Chrift, according to the faith ' 
of God's eleel, and' the acknowledging of 
the truth which is after godlinefs ; 

2 Tn hope of eternal life, which God, 
that cannot lie, promifed before the world 
began ; 

S But hath in due times manifefted his 
word through preaching, which is com- 
mitted unto me according to the com- 
mandment of God our Saviour ; 

4 To Titus, mine own fon after the 
common faith : grace, mercy, and peace, 
from God the Father and the Lord Je- 
fus thrift our Saviour. 

5 For this caufe left I thee in Crete, 
that thou fhotildeft fet in order the things 
that are wanting, and ordain elders in 
everv city, as I had appointed thee : 

6 q| If any be blame'c!?, the hufband 
of one wife, having faithful children, not 
accufed of riot, or uniuly : 

7 For a biftiop mull be blamelefs, as j 
the fteward of God ; not felfwiiled, notj 



foon angry, not given to wine, no ftriker, 
not given to filthy lucre ; 

8 But a lover of hofpitality, a lover of 
good men, fober, juft. holy, temperate ; 

9 Holding faft the faithful word as he 
hath been taught, that he may be able 
by found doctrine both to exhort and to 
convince the gainfayers. 

10 A For there are many unruly and: 
vain talkers and deceivers, efpecially 
they of the circumcifion : 

U Whofe mouths mufi be flopped, who 
fubvert whole houfes, teaching things 
which they ought not, for filthy lucre's 
fake. 

12 One of themfelves, ens en a prophet 
of their own, fai<=i. The Cretians *re al- 
ways liars, evil bead?, flow bellies. 

IS This witnefs is true. Wherefore 
rebuke them fnarply, that they may be 
found in the faith ; 

14 Not giving heed to J'ewifh fables, 
and commandments of men, that turn 
from the truth. 

15 Unto the pure, all things are pure ; 
but unto them that are defiled and unbe- 
lieving, is nothing pure : but even their 
mmd and conscience is defiled. 

16 They 



DireSiions for life and doctrine. PHILEMON. ffereticks to be rejrfted. 9!3 

16 They profefs that they know God ; : CHAP. III. 

but in works they deny him, being abom- 1 Titus dite&edivbat to teach, 10 to rejeH 



inable, and difobedient, and unto every 
.good work reprobate. 

CHAP. II. 



objitnate beretiiks Mlbc. 
PC T rhem in mind to be lubje^t to 
principalities and powers, to obey ma 



1 Direclions given to Titus, both ft r bis trates, to be rea U to work. 

doclrme and l/Je. 9 Of the du/y of I to Ipeak evil ot no - be no 

fernjants. > brav\ lers,/^/ gentle, the wing all meek 

BUT fpeak thou the things which be- , unto all men. 
come found doctrine : 3 For weouifelves alio were Ton etimea 

• That the aged men be fober, grave, ' f^olnh, difobedient, deceived I n. 
temper^'e, found in faith, in charity, m|versluftsandpleafures,livinginn 



patience. 

3 The aged women likewife, that 
be in behaviour as become!]] holinefs. 
not falle accufers, not given to much 
wine, teachers of good x\ 

•4 That they may teach the young 
women to be fober, to love their huf- 
bands, to love their child] 

DTobr e, keepers at home, 

goou obedient to their own hi 
that the word of God be not I no l 



ti Young men hkev\i(e exhort to be hope Of eternal life. 



envy, hateful, and hating one anoti 

4 Btlt after that the kind \d love 
ofGodou; ed, 

5 Not by 

! we have done, btil 
he laved us, by the * adi i t- 

■ . 

6 Which lie fix-d on i intiy 

r ; 
s bat be , wc 

(houl ' i 



fober minded 

7 In all things fliewing thyfelfa pal 
of good works : in dotinnc Jbeivmg nn- 
corruptnefs, gravity, ftneerity, 

H Sound fpeech that cannot be con- 
demned ; that he that is of the contrarv 



»; Jfiis.'- 
I w ill that thou afl 

! 

careful t,. maintain 

l . 
9 Hur 



part may be a (hamed, having no evil eal gies, a 
thing t( u. 

9 CI L.xkort fervants to be obedient un- land s 

to tlieir o.. 10 S}I A ti is an I 

well in all things ; nor ; the tirii 

,but (hewing al H Knowing that I 

fidelity ; i! cd 

of Ciod oui Sal i • til thin, 

1 1 For thi i viingcth 

falvation li ,1 men, 

1 : na ung 

r. el 

pl( fi !:t \< i 

13 ,i 

tin i i 

14 \\ | d. 
mighl ill iniquii) , 15 AH ll 

put n - 

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rebuke ivil 

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EJ PAUL I 

FauI d S Grace to 

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HEBREWS. 



may become effectual by the acknowl- 
edging of every good thing which is in 
you in Chrift Jefus. 

7 For we have great joy and confola- 
tion in thy love, becaufe the bowels of 
the faints are refreshed by thee, brother. 

8 Wherefore, though 1 might be much 
bold in Chrift to enjoin thee that which 
is convenient, 

9 Yet for love's fake I rather befeech 
thee, being fuch an one as Paul the aged, 
and now alio a prifoner of Jefus Chrift. 

10 I beieech thee for my fon Onefimus 
whom I have begotten in my bonds : 

11 Which in time paft v/as to thee un- 
profitable, but now profitable to thee and 
to me : 

It Whom I have fer.t again: thou 
therefore receive him, that is, mine own 



to forgiven eft. 

16 Not now as a fervant, but above a 
fervant, a brother beloved, fpecially to 
me, but, How much more unto thee, both 
in the fielh, and in the Lord ? 

17 If thou count me therefore a part- 
ner, receive him as myfelf. 

ttf If he hath wronged thee, or oweth 
thee aught, put that on mine account ; 

19 I Paul have written it with mine 
own hand. I will repay it ; albeit, I do 
not fay to thee how thou oweft unto me 
even thine own felf befides. 

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of 
thee in the Lord : refrefh my bowels in 
the Lord. 

21 Having confidence in thy obedience, 
I wrote Unto thee, knowing that thou 
wilt alio do more than I fay. 

2& But withal prepare me alfo a lodg- 
ing : for 1 truft that through your pray- 



boweis 

tS Whom 1 would have retained withjers \ fhali be given unto you 
me, that in thy ftead he might have minif- 23 There falute thee Epaphras, my 
tcred unto me in the bonds of the gofpel : j fellow prifoner in Chrift Jedts ; 

14 But without thy mind would I do 24 Marcus, Ariftarchus,Demas,Lucas,, 



nothing ; that thy benefit mould not be 
as it were of necefiity, but willingly. 

tb For perhaps he therefore departed 
forafeafon, that thou ftiouldeft receive 
him for ever ; 



my fellow labourers. 

25 The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift 
be with your fpirit. Amen. 

$ Written from Rome to PhiIemon 9 
by Onefimus a fervant. 



EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS. 



CHAP. T. 

1 drift, in tbefe laft timet ^ coming to us 
from the Father, K ii preferred before 
angels both in per/on and office . 
GOD, who at fundry times, and in 

divers manners fpake in time paft unto 

the fathers by the prophets, 

2 Hath in thefe'lart days fpoken unto 

lis by bis Son, whom he hath appointed 



throne, O God, is for ever and ever : a 
fceptre of righteoufnefs is the fceptre of 
thy kingdom. 

9 Thcu haft loved righteoufnefs, and 
hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy 
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of 
glad nefs> above thy fellows. 

10 And, Thou, Lord, in the begin- 
ning, haft laid the foundation of the 



heir of all things, by \vhoma:fo he made I earth : and the heavens are the works of 
the worlds : thine hands : 

S Who being the brightnefs of bis glo- 11 They fhallperifh ; but thou remain- 
ry, and the exprefs image of his perfon, eft: and they thall wax old as doth a 
and upholding all things by the word of garment ; 
his power, when he had by him felt" purg- 1 12 And as a vefture (halt thcu fold 



ed our fins, fat down on the right hand 
of theMajefty on high ; 

4 q] Being made fo much better than the 
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtain- 
ed a more excellent name than they. 

5 For unto which of the angels faid he 
at any time, Th»u art my Son, this day 
have I begotten thee ? And again, I will 
be to him a Father, and he ffrall be to 
line a Son ? 

6 And again, when he bringeth in the 
firft begotten into the world, he faith, 
And let all the angels ot God wodhip 
him. 

7 And of the angels he faith, Who 
luaketh his angels fpirits, and his minif- 
ters a flame of fire. 

8 But unto the Son be faitb, Thy 



them up, and they fiiali be changed : 
but thou art the fame, and thy years (ball 
not fail. 

13 But, To which of the angels faid he 
at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I 
make thine enemies my footftool ? 

14 Are they not ait mini tiering fpirits, 
fenf forth to minifter for them who fhali 
be heirs of falvation ? 

CHAP. II. 

I We ought to be obedient unto Chrift Je- 
fus, i> bscauje be "vouchfaject to take 
our nature upon him, 14 as neceffary. 
^THEREFORE we ought to give the 

more earneft heed to the things which 

we have heard, left at any time we fliould 

let them flip. 
2 For if the word fpoken by angels wa? 

fteadfaft, 



Qbed'unzc due to Cbriji. Ci 

fteadfaft, and every tntnfgreflion and o • he hlmfetfharh i 

obedience received a juft recompenfe ol - tempted, lie 

reward, j thai 

5 How (hall we efcape. if we ne^le^t :i.\F. III. 

to great falvation ; which ai the hrit be- ' is men ~ i;,.,., \ 

to be fpoken by the Lord, and was fre ij %nc bet e mj 

confirmed unto Ls by ihem that hca. W /halt be more ivo- 

t>im ; tarted 

4 God alfo bearing tbem wit nefs, both Vv Rfc, hoi) 

with id wonders, and with divers '■ ' the heavenly callii 

ifrsof the Holy Ghoft. a. • 



I will ? 
r j C For unto the anpels hath he not 



: Chnli [eflU 



to him t 



e&ion the world to c vut ijul 

whereof we I in all his i 

6 Bat o a certain place i SI 

ijyii that thou ;irt o( more 



inindh.1 of him ? Or the Ton of man, that 

7 Thou madefl him a little lower than 
the i then crowned!? him with 

glory and honour, and didtifet hi::: 
rhe works of thy h 

8 Thou haft put all things in fubjecl 
under 1 For in t!mt he put ail alter; 



* i 
I but 1 

i faithful in all 
;, for a i< 
ol thole things which 



in fubjection under run;, he thing 

put under him. But now a\ e 
ice not yet all things put under him. 

9 But we fee , who was ma 
litt'e lower than th , the l 
ing ot death, crowned with gli 
honour; that he by the grace ol 

mid tatle dtatl n. 

10 For it became him, tor whom are 
all things, and \r } whom an 
in bringing jlorj , tg 

through lull 
l I For both he 
they who ai e I 6, are ail 

which < i ife Jk i not athamed u 

l* , I will • 

unto hreu, in tl I the 

unto th 

l i A:i ' ii put my ti u 

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and blood. ! 

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tali tl t and the rcjoicinj 

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926 Reft attained by faith. HEBREWS. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 The reft ofChriftians is attained by faith. 
12 The power of God's word. 14 By 
cur high prieft, Jefus the Son of God, 
fubjeft to infirmities , but not to Jin, 16 
we muft and may go boldly to the 
throne of grace. 
LET us therefore fear, left a promife 

being left us of entering into his reft, 

any of you ftiould feem to come fhort 

of it. 

2 For unto us was the gofpel preached, 
as well as unto them : but the word 
preached did not profit them, not being 
mixed with faith in them that heard it. 

3 For we which have believed do enter 
into reft, as he faid> As I have fworn in 
my wrath, if they Iball enter into my 
reft : although the works were finifhed 
from the foundation of the world. 

4 For he fpake in a certain place of the 
ieventh day on this wife, And God did 
reft the feventh day from all his works. 

5 And in this place again, If they (hall 
enter into my reft. 

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that 
fome muft enter therein, and they to 
whom it was firft preached entered not 
in becaufe of unbelief, 

7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, fay- 
ing in David, Today, after fo long a 
time ; as it is (aid, Today, if ye will hear 
his voice, harden not your hearts. 

8. For if Jefus had given them reft, 
then would he not afterward havefpoken 
of another day. 

9 There remaineth therefore a reft to 
the people of God. 

10 For he that is entered into his reft, 
he alfo hath ceafed from his own works, 
as God did from his. 

11 Let us labour therefore to enter 
into that reft, left any man fall after the 
fame example of unbelief. 

12 ^1 For the word of God is quick, and 
powerful, and (harper than any two edged 
i word, piercing even to the dividing alun- 
deroffoul and fpirit, and of the joints 
and marrow, and is a difcerner of the 
thoughts and intents of the heart. 

13 Neither is there any creature that 



Chrift' s prieft hood.. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The authority and honour of our Sav- 
iours prieft hood. 1 I Negligence in the 
knowledge thereof rep>onjed. 
FOR every high prieft taken from a- 
mong men is ordained for men in things 
pertaining to God, that he may offer 
both gifts and facrifices for fins : 

2 Who can have compaiTion on the ig- 
norant, and on them that are out of the 
way ; for that he himfelf alfo is compaf- 
kd with infirmity. 

3 And by reafon hereof he ought, as 
for the people, fo alfo for kimfelf,to offer 
for fins. 

4 And no man taketh thishonourunto 
himfelf, but he that is called of God, as 
tuas Aaron. 

5 So alfo Chrift glorified not himfelf 
to be made an high prieft ; but he that 
faid unto him, Thou art my Son, today 
have I begotten thee. 

6 As he faith alfo in another place, 
Thou art a prieft for ever after the order 
of Melchifedec. 

7 Who in the days of his flefo, when 
he had offered up prayers and amplica- 
tions with ftrong crying and tears unto 
him that was able to fave him from death, 
and was heard in that he feared ; 

8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he 
obedience by the things which he differed; 

9 And being made perfect, he became 
the author of eternal falvation unto all 
them that obey him ; 

10 Called of God an high prieft after 
the order of Melchifedec. 

11 *i Of whom we have many things to 
fay, and hard to be uttered, feeing ye are 
dull of hearing. 

12 For when for the time ye ought to be 
teachers, ye have need that one teach you 
again which be the firft principles of the 
oracles of God ; and are become fuch as 
have need of milk, and not of ftrong meat. 

13 For every one that ufeth milk is 
unfkiliul in the word of righteoufnefs : 
for lie is a babe. 

14 But (Irong meat belongeth to them 
that are of full age, c<ven thofe who by 
reafon of ufe have their fenfes extrcifed 



is not manifeft in his fight : but all things I to difcern both good and evil. 



are naked and opened unto the eyes of 
him with whom we have to do. 

14 ^1 Seeing then that we have a great 
High Prieft, rhat is palled into the heav- 
ens, Jefus the Son of God, let us hold 
fa ft our profefilon. 



CHAP. VI 
1 Paul exhorteth not to Jail hack from 
ihefauh, 11 but to be jteadfaji, ^dili- 
gent ana patient to 'wait upon God, 13 
becaufe God is moft jure in his promife. 
THEREFORE leaving the principle* 



t.» For we have not an high prieft which ' of the doctrine of Chrift, let us go on 



cannot be touched with the feeling ofour 
infirmities ; but was in all points tempted 
like as toe are, yet without fin. 

16 ^| Let us therefore come boldly 



unto perfection; not laying again the 
foundation of repentance from dead 
works, and of faith towards Go J, 
2 Of the doctrine of baptifms, and of 



unto the throne of grace, that we may laying on of hands, and of relurrectiaii 
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in lof the dead, and of eternal judgment, 
time of rxed. 3 And this will we do, if God perm I 






Danger af apiifla ap. 

k For it is impoilible for thofe who 
were or.ce enlightened, and have tailed 
f the heavenly gifr, and were made par- 
takers of the Holy Ghofr, 

5 And have faded the good word of 
God, and the powers of the world to 
corne, 

6 If they (hall fall away to renew them 

unto repentance ; teeing they cru- 
Fy to themfelves the bon of God afrelh, 
and put bim to an open (hame. 

7 For the earth which dnrketh in the 
rain that cometh oft upon it, and \r 

r th herbs meet for them for whom 
dreflcd veth bl >d : 

rf B ir that which beareth therm and 
briers is rejected, and is nigh unto curf- 
ing, whofe end is to be burned. 

9 But, beloved, weare led bet- 

ter tli i, and tl ;at ace 

par 

HJ For God is nc ' unrighteous, to 
get your >f love, which 

je hewed toward his name, 

have zd to t:. , 

minrfter. 

1 1 -" it every on 

U do (hew the fame diligence to the 
full pe unto the end : 

1. » be not dot h nil, bur 

: ibem *ho through faith and 
pattern ;>romifes. 

15 « when G «i made promife to 
Abraham, becaufe he could Iwearby no 
greater, he fware by himfelf, 

14 Saying, . blelTing I willblcf> 

thee, and multiplying 1 will nmltiplv thee. 
, alter he had patiently en- 
dured, he obtained the promife. 

16 For men r by the great- 
er ; and an oath for confirmation is 

: rfe. 

17 . illing more oh 
danll; 

, Confirm- 
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which it - . 

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Cbrift and Meklifedec. *VT 

part of all ; tirfl being by interpretation 
Kingol , 

K 

• mothei 
out delcent, having oeithei 
days.norendof hi tC 

bono! God ; abidetha \ 

der how great 
M, unto whom even the i \. 

braham gave a tenth ot the : 

ly, they \. 
of Levi, who re the ottu 

Imemtt 
tithes of the prop'.- 
that i . 
come out of the loins of Abraha: 

b But he whofe defc 
frcm them, receit 
and him t; 

:il con 
r. 

8 And hei - 
bur there he recti 

"A that he 

9 A 

receive! h tith« . m. 

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father, w hen Vlelt 

II c 1' therefore \ 
Leviticalpi 
pie receive 

.s ibere that another priefl 
after the order of I cc, and 

be c .i 

there is made fo 

Of thr law. % 

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ken 

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17 For I 
for ei 

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328 Chrift s priejlbood unchangeable . HEBRE"W5. Rites andfacrifces of ike law. 

make with the houfe of Ifrael after thofe 



2S And they truly were many prieds, 
becaufe they were not fuffered to con- 
tinue by reafon of death : 

24 But this man, becaufehe continueth 
ever, hath an unchangeable priefihood. 

25 Wherefore he is able alfo to fare 
them to the utfermod that come unto 
God by him, feeing he ever liveth to 
make interceflion fcr them. 

26 For Inch an high pried became us, 
ivbo is holy, harmlefs, undehhed, (epa- 
rate from (inners, and made higher than 
the heavens ; 

27 Who needeth not daily, as thofe 
high prieds, to offer \\o facri£ce, fird for 
his own fins and then for the people's : 
tor this he did once, when he he offered 
up himfelf. 

20 For the law maketh men high prieds 



which have infirmity ; but the word or the facrifce of Chrijl 



oath, which was fince the law, mahetk the 
Son, who is conlecrated for evermore. 

CHAP. VI 11. 
1 By Gbrifl's eternal prirjlbocd the Le<vit- 
icalpnejlheod isabol.'Jhed,! and the tem- 
poral covenant b\ the eternal covenant . 

NOW of the things which we have 
fpoken this is the filth : We have fuch 
an high pried, who is fet on the right 
hand of the throne. of the Majefty in the 
heavens ; 

2 A mihifterof the fancTinary, and of 
the true tabernacle, 
pitched, and not man. 

$ For every high pried is ordained to 
offer gifts arC. fecrifices : w here fore it *'j 
ofneeeffity that this man have fornewhat 
aifo to offer. 

4 For if he were on earth, he fnould 
not be a pried, feeing *h?x there are^riefrs 
that offer gifts according to the law : 

Who ferve unto the example and 
fhadowof heavenly things, as Mofeswas 
admunifhed of God when he was about to 
make the tabernacle ; for, Sep, laith h*\ 
that thou make all things according to 
the pattern (hewed to thee in the mount. 

C But now hath lie obtained a more 
excellent miniftry, by how much aTo he 
■•s the mediator of a berter covenant, which 
w^s eftabliifced upon better promifes. 

7 €J For it that fird covenant had been 
fault lei's, thenfliould no place have been 
fought for the fecond. 

& For rinding fault with them, he faith, 
Behold the da^scome, faith the Lord, 
when I will make a ne>v covenant with 



pays, faith the Lord ; f will Dut mr 
laws into their mind, and "-rite them in 
their hearts : and I will be to them a 
God, and they (hall be to me a people : 

11 And they fhall not teach every man 
his neighbonf,and every man hisbrot 
faying, Know the Lord: for all (half 
knew me, from the lead to the greated. 

12 For 1 will be merciful to their un- 
righteoufnefs, and their (ins and their 
iniquities will 1 remember no more. 

i3 In that he faith, A new covenant, 
he hath made the fird old. Now that 
which decay eth and waxerh old is ready 
to vahilh away. 

C FT A P. IX. 
i The rites and bloody Jacrifices of the 

lavj, \\ far inferior to tte blood and 



THEN verily the fird covenant had 
a'(o ordinances of divine fervice, and a 
worldly fan£tuary. 

2 For there was a tabernacle made ; 
rhe firft, wherein turns the candled ick, 
and the table, and the fhewbread ; which 
is called the fan€tuary. 

$ And after the fecond vail, the taber- 
nacle which is called The Hoiiedof all ; 

4 Which had the golden cenfer, and 
the ark of the covenant overlaid round 
nbout with gold, wherein w«Jthe golden 

wliich the Lorn pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that 
budded, and the tables of the cove- 
nant ; 

5 And over it the cherubim s of glory 
fhadowing the mercy feat ; of which we 
cannot now fpeaic particularly. 

6 Now when thefe things were thus 
ordained, the prieds went always into 
the hrd tabernacle, accompli (hmg the 



fervice of God 

7 But into the fecond tvent the high 
pried alone once every year, not without 
blood, which he offered for himfelf and 
/or the errors of the people : 

8 The Holy Ghodthis lignifying, that 
the way into the holieft of all was not yet 
made manifed, while as the fird taberna- 
eie was yet (landing : 

9 Which voas a figure for tl 
then prefent, in which were offered both 
gifts and factifices, that could not make 
him that did the fervice perfect, as per- 
taining to the conlcience ; 

\QWbicbJtoodon\y in meats and drink", 
ana diver* washings, and carnal ordinan- 
(he houfe of I frafel and with the houfe of Ices, impofed on tbtrn until the time oi 
Jud \h : retormatioru 

9 Not according to the covenant that I H <n But Chrift being come an high 
rrude with (heir lathers in the day when : preft of good ihir , by a greater 



I took them by the hand 

out of the land of Egypt 

continued not in my covenant, and t :• - 

gai ■ m not, faith Ihe Lord. 

10 For this is tin that I '•• 'i ; 



to lead them I and more perfect tabernacle, not made 
becaufe they [with hands, thai is to fay, not of thu 
1 ling : 

Neither by the V tfs aft I 

, but by his own hU>od ; ho enieicd" 



iacrijices if the U*u. 
~.ce in r o the holy p 1 . 

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Itrength at all liveth : 

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bulls and ot goats Ihould take a way \ 

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world, he laith, Sacrifice and l 
u wouldert not, but a bod 
j ared me : 
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vol- 
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$50 Of ' holding f aft the faith. HEBREWS. 



in full afTurance of faith, having our 
beans fp rink led from an evil confidence, 
ana our bodies wafhed with pure water. 

23 Let us hold fafl the profeffiun of 
cur taith without wavering ; for he is 
faithful that pro mi fed : 

24 And let us confider one another to 
provoke unto love and to good works : 

25 Not forfaking the affembling of our- 
felves together, as the manner of fome n ; 
but exhorting one another : and fo much 
the more, as >e fee the day approaching. 

26 For if we fin wilfully after that we 
have received the knowledge of the truth, 
there remaineth no more facrifice for fins 

27 But a certain fearful looking for of 
judgment and fiery indignation, which 
ihall devour the adverfaries. 

28 HethatdefpiferiMofe^Maw died with- 
out mercy under two or three witneffes : 

29 Of how much forer punifhment, 
fuppofe ye, (hall he be thought worthy, 
who hath trodden under foot the Son of 
God : and hath counted the blood of the 
covenant, wherewith he was fanctified. an 
unholy thing, and hath done defpite unto 
the Spirit of grace > 

v For we know him that hath faid. 
Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will rec- 
ompenfc, iaith the Lord. And again, 
The Lord fhall judge his people. 

31 // is a fearful thing to fall into the 
hands of the living God. 

52 But call to remembrance the former 
days, in which, after ye were illuminated, 
ye endured a great fight of afflictions ; 

53 Partly, whiift ye were made a gaz- 
jngflock both by reproaches and afflic- 
tions * and partly, whiift ye became com- 
panion* of them that were i'o ufed. 

34 For ye had companion of me in my 
bonds, and took joyfully the fpoiling of 
your goods, knowing in yourfeives that 
ye have in heaven a better and an endur- 
ing fubftance. 

Si Caft not away therefore your confi- 
dence, which hath great recompenfe of j 
reward 



mat faith h, 

8 Through faith we underftand thaf 
the worlds were framed by the word of 
God, fo that things which are feen were 
not made of things w hich do appear. 

4 By faith Abel offered nnto God a 
more excellent facrifice than Cain, by 
which he obtained witnefs that he was 
righteous, God teftifying of his gifts : 
and by it he being dead yet fpeaketh. 

5 By faith Enoch was tranflated that 
he fhould not lee death ; and was not 
found, becaufe God had tranflated him : 
for before his tranflation he had this tefti- 
mony, that he pleafed God. 

6 qj But without faith// is impoflible to 
pleafe tim : for he that cometh to God 
muff believe that he is, and that he is a re- 
warder of them that diligently feek him. 

7 By faith Noah, being warned of God 
of things not feen as yet, moved with 
fear, prepared an ark to the laving of his 
houfe ; by the which he condemned the 
world, and became heir of the righteouf- 
nefs which is by faith. 

8 By faith Abraham, when he was call- 
ed to go out into a place which he fhould 
after receive for an inheritance, obeyed : 
and he went out, not knowing whither 
he went. 

9 By faith he fojourned in the land of 
promife, as in a ftrange country dwelling 
in tabernacles with Ifaac and Jacob, the 
heirs with him of the fame promife : 

10 For he looked for a city which 
hatii foundations, whofe builder and 
maker is God. 

11 Through faith alfo Sara herfelf re- 
ceived ftrength to conceive fc-ed, and was 
delivered of a child when fhe was paft 
age, becaufe fhe judged him faithful who 
had promifed. 

12 Therefore fprang there even of one, 
and h'm as good as dead, fo many as the 
ftats of the fky in multitude, and as the 
fand which is by the feafhore innumerable. 

13 Thefe all died in faith, not having re- 
• ceived the promifes.but having feen them 
lalar off,and wereperfuaded of item, and 



"rtiu. ;«:ai uiiionu ih.ii. j;^i i LidMi-U ui < '-' ' "« ; auvx 

36 For ye have need of patience, that, [embraced them, and confeffed that they 

«■».. „o. U„*r^ ,1~.,_ ,U~ ...ill ~C n. 1 ,.„ ,. era flT-mno-rc- ~„A r,\\~~\™r- ~ ., tUonr^l, 



after ye have done the will of God, ye 

might receive the promife. 

37 For yet a little while, and he that 

fhall come will come, and will not tarry. 
SR Now the juff fhall live by faith ; but 

if any man draw back, my foul fhall have 

no pleafure in him. 

39 But we t are not of them who draw 

back unto perdition ; but of them that 

believe to the Uving of the foul. 
CHAP. XI. 

1 What faith is. 6 Without faith ive can- 
not fit afe God. 17 lbt jruiis tber/of 
NOW faith is the fiibftance of things 

hoped for, the evidence of things not feen. 
2 For by it ihe elders obtained a good 

report. 



were Grangers and pilgrims on the earth. 

14 For they that fay fuch things declare 
plainly that they feek a country. 

15 And truly, if they had been mind- 
ful of that country from whence they camt 
out, they might have had opportunity to 
have returned : 

16 But now they defire a better country, 
that is, an heavenly : wherefore God is 
not adarned to be called their God : for 
he ha^h piepared for them a city. 

17 qi By faith Abraham, when he was 
tried, offered up Itaac : and he that had 
received the promifes oflered up his only 
begotten /&« ; 

18 Of whom itwasfaid, That in Ifaac 
fhall thy feed be called - : 

19 Accounting 



Tib* fruits if faith. 



C 



19 Accounting that God teat able to | 
raile bim up even from the dead ; from' 
whence alio he received him in a figure 

TO By faith Ifaacblefled Jacob unit tfau 
concerning things to come. 

-i By faith Ja en he was a dying, 

bletfed both tjjje fons of Jofeph ; and wor 
Skipped, tcj/,ing upon the top of his Itarl. 
By faith Joleph, vshrn he died, 
made mention of tne departing of the 
children of Ifrael ; and *uve command- 
ment coocernin » h :; > bones. 

hy filth M fes, when he was burn, 
was hid three ;uoiit!i> v>f his parents, be- 

ife they faw be noas a proper child 
and they were not afraid of the king's 
commandment. 

By faith Mofe?. when he was come 

years, refilled to be called the fon of 
Pharaoh's daughter ; 

Choofing ra'hcr to fuff'er affliction 
with the people of God. than to enjoj 
the pleafures of fin f >r a (eaf.m ; 

2t> h.teeming the reproach of Chrifl 
greater riches than the treafures in K 
gypt : tor he had refpe*:t unto the rci 
penie of th** re » ard. 

11 By faith he forfo pt, not fear- 

ing the wrath of the kin^ for he endur 
ed, a? feeing him who is invifible. 

igh faith he kept thejpaflbver, 
and the fprinkling of b ood, left he thai 
deLtroyed the tirltbornthould touch them 
By faith they paflTe 1 throu Red 

fea tb by dn land : which the Egypt 
alfivng to do were drow ne 

• B) faith the fell 

down, after they were coi i about 

feyen daj s 

31 B> faith the harlot Rahab perifked 

A with them that believed hen 

(he had re 

3* An it (hall I i the 

time would fail me to tell 
and of B and of i I °/ 

jephthae ; oj David alfo, and Sam 
I ot the prophets : 

33 Who I th fubdued king- 

doms, w rough! ' roufnel 
promi' 

• 
the edge of ihe fword, oui 
were mad 
tamed to !i ghl the 1 1 the alie 

3'» W 
to life 
not W 
ni 

! had tri '1 oi < rati n. 
ings and icovei, 

b' nprifoninent : 

37 They • 
•fund 
>rd : tl 

it Acini j facing dclhtutc, 
Micied, tormented j 



xii. An exhortation to conjlaney. 951 

3G Of whom the world t wor- 

thy : thej wandered in deferts, an 

tains, and in dens and 5 of the 

earth. 

39 And thefe ng obtained a 
good through faith, received not 

proiiiile : 

40 (jed paving provided fome better 
thing for us, that they without us lhould 
not be made p 

i\ XII. 
1 An exbonation to conltant faith, fm- 
ttemce mmd gotii VtJtcomme* 

•• tj the ne ment above ■ 

leeinn we are 

uleci al th fo great a clou 

wituefles, lei 

the fin which doth foeafily I 
ji\(\ Ice in run *ith pat.ence the race that 
re us, 
- Looking unto Jefus the author and 
finiuY ith . » the jo> 

f t b< ron him, eniuired 'I 
del, tling the fhame, an*: is t a at 

the rig 'he throne of God. 

1 coi fider him that endut 
com t finners himfell 

ye be weaned and fail Uf mil) 

4 Ye I od f 

flriv. nfl lin 

. rtten tl"* exht 

unto 

,ou the 

• ■ _■ ! nor tamt when 

I • | : : 

For 

th 

'eth 

with r, Wl 

he m 

8 But rnt » 

'.' I 

*e 

i hem i 

I 

1 I 

11 .ihaftrnii 

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II W he rci 

I 

14 1 

the Lord : 



932 The new teftament commended. HEBREWS. 



D'evers admenhiexs. 



!•'» Looking diligently left any man fail 
of the grace of God ; left any root of bit- 
terne/s fpringing up trouble you, and 
thereby many be denied ; 

16 Left there be any fornicator, or pro- 
fine perfon, as E feu, who for one mcrfel 
of meat fold his birthright. 

17 For ye know how that afterward, 
^hen he would have inherited the blef- 
jing, he was rejected : for he found no 
place of repentance, though he fought it 
Carefully with tears 

1 <J For ye are not come unto the mount 
that might be touched, and that burned 
with fire, nor unto blackncis, and dark- 
uefs, and tempeft. 

t9 And the found of a trumpet, and 
the voire of word", ; which •volar they 
that hcird entreated that the word fhould 
not be fpoken to them any more : 

20 For they couid not endure that 
which w vs commanded, And if fo much 
as a beaft touch the mountain, k (hall be 
Rfmed, or thruft through with a dart : 

21 And fo terrible was the fight, that 
Mofes fa»d, I exceedingly fear and quake : 

22 fl Uuz ye ire come unto mount SL 
on, and unto the city of the living God, 
the heavenly jerufalem, and to an innu 
merable company of angels, 

2"J To the general affembly and church 
of the firff born, which are written in 
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and 
to the fpirits of juft men made perfect, 

24 And to Jefus the mediator of the 
new covenanr.andro the blood of fprink- 
\u\%\ that fpeaketh better things than 
tbut o/'Abel. 

23 See that ye refufe not liim that 
fpeakeih. For if they efcaped not who 
refuted him that (pake on earth, much 
ix\q\zJJ.>;11?io> we eft-ape, if we turn away 
from him that fpea k/tb from heaven : 

26 Whofe voice then (hook the earth : 
but now he hath promt (ed, faying, Yet 
once more I (hake not the earth only, 
but alio heaven. 

27 Arid this ix>ord, Yet once more, 
£gnifieth the removing of thole things 
that are (haken, as of things that are 
made, that thofe things which cannot be 
ihakeii may remain. 

28 Wherefore, we r^ceivinga kingdom 
which cannot be moved let us have grace, 
whereby we may ferve God acceptably 
with reverence and godly fear : 

2V> For our God is a confuming fire. 
CHAP. XIII 
1 Motives i9 charity, A to honeji lift, r » 
to avoid covetoufnefs, to. regard (Sod's 
preachers. 9 t'j take hsed of it range doc- 
/nvrs, 10 io canjefs Cbrjt, &c. 
LET brotherby love continue. 

2 Be not forgetful to entertain (tran- 
ters : for thereby fome have entertained 
angels unawares,. 



8 Remember them that are in bond:, 
;as bound with them ; urd them wh:crt 
| fufTer adverfity, as being \omielves alio 
; in the body. 

I 4 fl Marriage is honourable in $11j and 
the bed uncefiled : but whoremongers 
tand adulterers God will judge. 

5 fl Let ymr convention be without 
covetout'nefs ; and be content with fuch 
things as ye have , for he hath fiid, I 
will /'ever leave thee, nor foriake thee. 

t> ^o that we may boldlj IV. y, The Lord 
is rny helper, ami I will not fear what 
man (hall do unto re 

7 Remember them which have the rule 
over you. who have fpoken unto you the 
word of God • whofe faith fellow, emu 
fidering the end of their converfation : 

8 Jeius Chrift the fame yelterday, and 
today, and for ever. 

9 ^| Be not Carried about with divers and 
ftranpf doctrines For// is a good thing 
that the heart be eftablijfhed with grace ; 
not with meats, which have not profited 
them that have been occupied therein. 

iOf|Wehavean altar. w hereof theyhave 
no right to eat which ferve the tabernacle. 

ii For the bodies of thofe beafls, whofe 
blood is brought into the (ancillary by 
the high prieft for fm, are burned with- 
out the camp. 

12 Wherefore Jefus alfo. that he might 
fanctify the people with hts own blood, 
futfered without rl»e gate. 

IS Let us go forth therefore unto hin> 
without the camp, bearing his reproach. 

1 4 For here we have no continuing city, 
but we ieek one to come. 

15 By him therefore let us offer the 
facrifice of praife to God continually, 
that is, the fruit of cur lips, giving thanks 
to his name. 

lt> But to do good and to communicate 
forget not : for with fuch facrifices God 
is we'.l pleafed. 

17 Ocey them that have the rule over 
you, and fubmit yourfelves : for they 
watch for your fouls, as they that mult 
give account, that they may oo it v/irn 
joy, and not with griei : tor that is un- 
profitable for you. 

IB Pray for us : for we trtjft we have 
a good confcience, in all things willing to 
live hpneftly : 

19 But I'befeech you the rather to do 
this, that 1 may be reitqred to you the 
fooner. 

"20 Now the God of peace, that brought 
again from the dead our Lord Jefus, that 
great Shepherd of the flicep, through the 
blood of the everlading covenant, 

21 Make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you that 
which is well pleafingin hisirght,through 
Jefus Chrilt ; to whom be glory for ev 
and ever. Air.en, 

%l And 



We mud aj& luifdom of God. C 

11 \\ du brethren, fuller 

rd of exhortation ; :• .- I have 



written a letter unto you in a 



ye that our brother JTimoihy 
whom, it ne come 
fBortly, I will le^ j oil. 



ii. n of t /. 9S3 

ite ail :l ,i r 

iver you, and all the 



ill. Amen, 
by I imothy. 



THE G [STLE OF 



CHA?. T. 
i We mujt a God, 

tbeivord, and ao thereafter. £'J What 

true religit n is. 

J A | of the 

Lord Je • the twelve tribes 

which are lea a 1. greeting 

L i My brethren, count it al r hen 

ye fall into divers temptation 

is, ?hat the trying of your 
faith worki 

. 4 \ patiei her ;•.- 

work, that ye may be perfect and en- 
tire, wanting noi 

5 If any of you I him 

aft: of God, that giveih to all men I 
all, , and upbraideth not ; and it (hall be 
given him. 

o Bo r let him afk in faith, n< wav- 

ering. For he that waverethis like a wave 
of the fea driven with the wind and to fled. 

T For let not that man think that he 
(hall receive any tl I the Lord. 

8 A man / 1 un Ubl 
jill ' 

9 Let the bro oicc 
in that | 

10 But the rich, in that ! 
low : becau 

/,<• ihall p 

tl Tor the lun is no fooncr ril 
a burning h« 't, but i« vithereth the era fs, 
smdthe iiower thereof fallrth, and the 



19 c Wherefore, 1 

let every i.ian be fwifl 10 hear, 
h : 

For the wi , n worketh not 

the ri 

t1 Where r all filtl 

and fuperfluitj ' re- 

with mcekiv 1 • word 

■ 

rd.and 
hearei 

1 if any be a hearer ol 
and not a doer, he be- 

hold • iir al la< a)afe : 

** I leth himfelr, 

1 

an he wai 
Butwhofoli ntothc 

ofliV aucthihereim t Yitb* 

ul hearer, bin 
an (h ill l>'- blefled in I 
16 <] If a ) to 

. 
but deceiveth his own h< 
religion is vain. 

27 Purer r fere 

God aid the ! al 

■ 
led from th : 
C H A P. II. 

f he por 
tvilt.iut ivoi t*. 11 id 



gra ie fafliionofit | 

. 

:s the man I I 
ten I, he fh ill a n 1 

and ihrrc 1 mail in 

hat» :fcd to them that love him. 

IS Let 
1 am tempted 

■in 






I) ; 
I 



- • , I I 



15 I 

tinii 

16 I) > not err, 1 

is from 

the lath. 1 1I1 wlv 

the '.void ol truth, that we T I 

kind. . 8 If 



1 



SS4 Of faith and nuorks. JAMES. 

If ye fulfil the royal law according to [ any man offem 
fcripture, Thou ihalt love thy neigh- a perfect man, 

v\hoie body 



the 

bour as thyfelf, ye do well 

9 But if ye have refpeet lo perfons, ye 
commit fin, and are convinced of the law 
as tranfgrefTors. 

to For whomever (kail keep the whole 
law, and yet offend in one point, he is 
guilty of all, 

il For he that faid, Do not commit 
adultery, faid alfo, Do not kill. Now if 
thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, 
thou art become a tranfgreflor of the law. 

12 So fpeak ye, and fo do, as they that 
mail be judged by the law of liberty. 

IS For he ihall have judgment without 
mercy, that hath fhewed no mercy ; and 
mercy rejoiceth againft judgment. 

14 ^J VVhat doth it profit, my brethren, 
theugh a man fay he hath faith, and have 
not works ? Can faith fave him ? 

15 If a brother or fifter be naked, and 
deftitute of daily food, 

16 And one of you fay unto them, De- 
part in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; 
notwithstanding ye give them not thofe 
things, which are needful to the body ; 
What dotb it profit ? 

17 fl Even fo faith, if it hath not works, 
is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may fay, Thou haft 
faith, and I have works : rtiew me thy 
faith without thy works, and I will fnew 
thee my faith by my works. 

19 Thou believed that there is one 
God : thou doeft well : the devils alfo 
believe and tremble. 

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, 
that faith without works is dead ? 

21 Was not Abraham our Father juf- 
tified by works, when he had offered 
Ifaac his fon upon the altar ? 

22 Seed thou how faith wrought with 
his works, and by works was faith made 
perfect ? 

23 And the fcripture was fulfilled 
which faith, Abraham believed God, and 
it was imputed unto him for righteouf- 
nels : and he was called the friend of God. 

24 Ye fee then how that by works a 
man is juftified, and not by faith only. 

25 Likewife alfo, was not Rahab the 
harlot juftified by works, when (he had 
received the raeffengers, and had fent 
them out another way ? 

26 For as the body without the fpirit is 
dead, fo faith without works is dead alfo. 

CHAP. III. 

1 We are not rafhly nor arrogantly to re- 
prove others, 5 but rather to bridle the 
tongue. 13 The truly nvife are mild and 
peaceable, 'Without envying and Ji rite . 
MY brethren, be not many matters, 

knowing that we ihall receive the greater 

condemnation. 

2 For in many things we offend all. If 



Of bridling the tongue, 

d not in word, the fame h 
and able alfo to bridle the 



5 Behold, we put bits in the horfes* 
mouths, that they may obey us ; and we 
turn about their whole body. 

4 Behold alfo the (hips, which though 
they be fo grear, and are driven of fierce 
winds, yet are they turned about with a 
very fmall helm, whitherfoever the, gov- 
ernor lifteth . 

«'; % Even fo the tongue is a little mem- 
ber, and boafteth great things. Behold, 
how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 

6 /\nd the tongue is a fire, a world of 
iniquity : fo is the tongue among our 
members, that it defiieththe whole body, 
and ictteth on fire the^courfe of nature ; 
and is fet on fire of hell. 

7 For every kind of beads, and of birds, 
and of ferpents, and of things in the fea, is 
tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind ; 

8 But the tongue can no man tame ; it 
is an unruly evil, full of deadly poifon. 

9 Therewith, blefs we God, even the Fa- 
ther ; and therewith curie we men, which 
are made after the fimilitude of God. 

10 Cut of the fame mouth proceedeth 
bleffing and curfing. My brethren, thefe 
things ought not fo to be. 

It Doth a fountain fend forth at the 
fame place fweet ivater and bitter ? 

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear 
olive berries ? Either a vine, figs? So can no 
fountain both yield fait water and frefh. 

IS f[ Who is a wife man and endued 
with knowledge among you ? Let him 
(hew out of a good converfation his works 
with meeknefs of wifdom. 

1+ But if ye have bitter envying and 
ftrife in your hearts, glory not, and lie 
not againft the truth. 

15 This wifdom ddfcendeth not from 
above, but is earthly, fenfual, devili(h. 

16 For where envying and ftrife is f 
there is confufion and every evil work. 

17 But the wifdom that is from above 
is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and 
eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, and with- 
out hypocrify. 

IB And the fruit of righteoufnefs is 
fown in peace of them that make peace. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Againft covetoufnefs, 4 intemperance ', 5 

pride ', 1 1 detraclion y and rajh judgment. 

FROM whence come wars and fightings 
among you ? Come they not hence- even 
of your luffs that war in your members > 

2 Yc lull, and have not: v e kill and delire 
to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and 
war, yet ye have not, becaufe ye afk not. 

3 Ye afk, and receive not, becaufe ye 
afk amifs, that ye may confume /'/ upon 
your 1 ufts. 

4 f Ye adulterers and aduUerefTes, 

Kn&w 



Again fi detraction, &e. 



Chap. v. 



Exhortation to patience. 935 



Know ye not that the friendfhip of the 
world is enmity with God ? Whofoever 
therefore will be a friend of the world is 
the enemy of God 

5 fl Do ye think that the fcripture 
faith in vain, The lpirit that dwelleth in 
us lufteth to envy ? 

6 But he giveth more grace. Where- 
fore he iaith, God refifteth the proud, 
but giveth grace unto the humble. 

7 Submit yourlelves therefore to 
God. Refill the devil, and he will flee 
from you. 

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will 
draw nigh to you Cleanfe your hands, 

ye finners ; and purify your hearts, ye 
double minded. 

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep ; 
let your laughter be turned to mourning, 
and your joy to heavinefg. 

10 Hambie yourfelves in the fight of 
the Lord, and he ftiall lift you up. 

11 «J Speak not evil one of another, 
brethren. He that fpeaketh evil of bis 
brother, and judgeth *// brother, fpeak- 
eth evil of the law, and judgeth the law : 
but if thou judge the law, thou art not a 
doer of the law, but a judge. 

12 There is one lawgiver, who is able 
to fave and to deftroy : Who art thou 
that judgelt another ? 

13 Go to now, ye that fay, Today or 
tomorrow we will ^o into Inch a city, 
and continue t^ere a year, and buy and 
lell, and get gain : 

14 Whereas )e know not what /ball be 
on the morrow. For, What is your life ? 
It is even a vapour that appeareth for u 
little time, and then vanifheth away. 

For that ye ought to fey, If the Lord 

will, we lh.ill live, and do this, or that. 
16 But now ye rejoice in your b<. 

ing : all fuch rejoicing is evil. 

IT Therefoie, to him that knoweth to 

do good, and doeth if nut, to him it i* 

tin. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Wicked rich men are learned of God's 
impending judgments. 7 The bretb 
ren are exhorted to patience ajter tbt 
example oj : -brtsand oj 

M to ubfla-.n fr§m ftoemt * v ' ; 1 
fray in ajfi.cli m 9ndJ%cknef$ t artJ Jing 
f-lutms in pr^J ferity 

) to now, ii men, weep and 

howl for your rt that (hall f 

\ipon you. 
t Your riches are corrupted, and 

garments are motheaten. 

3 Your cold and 

and the rn1t of ihem (hall be a 
•gainft ] on, .i . i (hull e i 
were tire. Y i trc.ilurc to 

gether For the I ■ t days 

4 Behold the hire of the 

v.'h* have reai IV n your fields, 



which is of you kept back by fraud, cri- 
eth : and the cries of them which I 
reaped are entered into the ran of the 
Lord of fabaoth. 

3 Ye have lived in pleafurc on the 
earth, and been iraitft A j \c 1 
nouriihed your hearts, as in a da 
llaughter. 

t> Ye have condemned and killed the 
juft ; and he doth not ou. 

7 f] Be patient therefore, brethren, 
uniothe coming of the Lord. , 

the hufbandnian waiteth tor the pre. 
fruit ot the earth, and hath long patience 
for it, until he receive the early and lat- 
ter rain. 

« Be ye alfo 



ftabhfh your 
ot the Lord 



Is any in ling 



ye alio patient , 
hi arts : for the coming 
draweth nigh. 

9 Grudge not one againft another, 
brethren, left ye be condemned : behold, 
the judge itandeth before the do 

10 'lake, my brethren, thepropb . 
who have (pokes in thr name ot the 
Lord, for an example of nili'eiing afflic- 
tion, and of pat:c 

11 Behold, 'int tliem happy 
which endure. Ye have heard of the pa. 
tience of Jub. and have feeo the 

the Lord ; i Lord 

and of tender mercy. 

If <J But above all thin 
ren, lwear not, neither by i , neith- 

er by the earth, neither by 
oath : "out let rot be yea ; and 

your nay, nay ; left ye fall ini 
nation. 

1 j «I Is any among you 
him pray. 
pfalnis. 

14 Isany ftck among > oi. 
for the elders of the 
them pray ovt r him, a 
oil in the n;tuie of" th< 

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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETES. 



CHAP. I. i 14 As obedient children, not fafhion- 

i He bl'Jfetb God jor bis manifold fpir- ing yourfeives according to the former 
itual grace* ; Xhjhenvetb tkut the fal- jlutts in your ignorance : 
i/anonin Cbriji is no news, but atbing\ 15 Bat as he which hath called you is 
prophijied of old; 13 and exborteib holy, fo be ye holy in all manner ot coC- 
them .« a godly con<verfatt«n. verfation ; 

PETER, an apoftle of Jefus Chrift, 16 Becaufe it is written, Be ye holy ; 
to 'he Grangers fcattered throughout for 1 am holy. 

Ppntjusj Galatia, Cappadocia, Afia, andj 17 And if ye call on the Father, who 
Bithynia, i without refpe£t of perfons judgeth ac- 

■i Ele6t according to the foreknowl- 1 cording to every mart's work, pafs the 
edge ot God rhe Father, through fane- 1 time of your rejourning kite in fear 
tificHtion of the Spirit, unto obedience 18 Forafmuch as ye know that ye were 



and fprinkiing of the blocd of Jefus 
Chrift; Grace unto you, and peace, be 
multiplied 

3 Blelfcd be the God and Father of our 
Lord Jefus Chrift which according to his 
abundant mercy hath begotten us again 
unto a iively hope by the reiurrecucn of 
Jefus Chrifl from the dead, 

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and 
undented, and that fadeth not away, re- 
ferved in heaven for you, 

5 Who a re kept by the power of God 
through faith unto falvation, ready to be 
revealed in the laii time : 

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though 
now for a feafon, (it need be,) ye are in 
fceavinefs through manifold temptations; 

I That the trial of j our faith, being 
much more precious than of gold that 
perifheth though it be tried with fire, 
might be found unto praife and hon- 
our and glory at the appearing of Jefus 
Chrift : 

8 Whom having not feen, ye love ; in 
whom, though now ye fee him not, yet 
believing, ye rejoice with joy urJpeaka- 
bie and fulj of glory : 

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even 
the falvation of jour fouls. 

*0 %. Of which falvation. the prophets 
have inquired and fearcked diligently", 
who prophefied of the grace that Jbvuld 
come unto you : 

II Searching what, or what manner of 
time the Spirit of Chrift which was in 
them did fignify, when itteft fied before- 
hand the fufferings of Chrift, and the 
glory that fliould follow. 

1<: Unto whom it was revealed, that 
not unto tlaemfelves, but unto us f hey did 
rniniHerthethings, which are now report- 
ed unto you by them that have preached 
the gofpel unto you with the HoJy Ghofr 



not redeemed with corruptible things, as 
(liver and gold, from your vain conver- 
farion received by tradition from your 
fathers ; 

19 But with the precious blood of 
Chrifl, as of a lamb without blemiih and 
without fpot : 

20 Who verily iwas foreordained be- 
fore the foundation of the world, but was 
mani/eft in rhefe laft times for you : 

%\ Who by him do believe in God, that 
raifed him up from the dead, and gave 
him glory ;.that your faith and hope 
might be in God. 

2-i Seeing ye have purified your fouls in 
obeying the truth through the Spirit un- 
to unfeigned love of the brethren, fee 
that ye love one another with a pure 
heart fervently : 

£3 Being born again not of corrupt- 
ible feed, but of incorruptible, by the 
word of God, which iiveth and abideth 
for ever. 

24 For all flefh is as grafs, and all the 
glory of man as the flower of grafs. 
The grafs withereth, and the flower 
thereof falteth away : 

25 But the word of the Lord endureth 
for ever. And this is the word which 
by the gofpel is prearhed unto you. 

CHAP. II. 
t He dijfuadeib them from the breacb of 
charity . 11 h'e beleeehet'o them cljo 
to abfiain fiom jl'Jbly lufts, it to be o- 
bedicnt to magijlrates : 18 and teacbeih 
frfvants bono to obey iheir mrtJUrs y 20 s 
patiently fiiffering for ivell doing, af- 
ter the example of Cbrijt. 
WHEREFORE laying afide all mal- 
ice, and all guile, and hypocrifies, and 
envies, and ail evil fpeakings, 

% As newborn babes, tietire the Hn- 
cere milk of the wcrd,,that ye may grow 



fent down from' heaven ; which things thereby : 

the angels defirr to look into. | 3 If fo be ye have tailed that the Lord 

13 % Wherefore gird up the loins of [is gracious. 
your mind, be fobor, an i hope tothe end] . * To whom coming, as unto a living 
for the grace that is to be brought unto|ftone, dilallowed indeed of men, but 
you at the revelation of Jefus Chrift ; chofen of God, and precious, 



Of obedience to tnagijlrates. Chip, iii. The duty of xvi<ves and bt-Jh.inds. 93T 



5 Ye alfo, as lively (tones, are built up 
a f pi ritual houfe, an holy priefthood, to 



not agaia ; when he differed, he tin 
rned not ; but committed bimj'e/j i. him 



©ft'er up ipiritual facriflces, acceptable to (that judgeth righteoufly 

God b>- Jcfus Chrili. £4 Who his own Kit bare s in 

6 Wherefore alio it is contained in the] his own body on the tree, thai we, t 
fcripture, Behold, IlayinSion a chief cor. dead to (ins, fbbuld live unto rtghteouU 
ner flond, elect, precious : and lie that be- 1 nefa ; by u hole (tripes \c vu 

lieveth on him /hall not be conform led. i5 'For >e were ab ilieep g< ay ; 

7 Unto you tiierefore which believe be but are now returned unto the fchcpl 
is precious: but unto them which be ana bi/hop of your fouls, 
difobedient. the ftone which the builders III A P. II. 
dilailowed, the lame is made the head of 
the corner, 

w 8 And a ftone of (tumbling, and a rock 
of offence, even to tbem which Humble 
at the word, being difobedient : v. here- 
unto alfo they were appointed 



I He teactttb tt 
bands ; li exhorting all men to ui 
lo-ae, 1 4 an J lojkjft r pt rfa utttn . i V 
benrj:/: of Cbrtjt toTvardtbi old tucrtd. 
LI KEW ISE, ye wivesi he in fubjeclitfi 
to your own hufbands ; that, il bey 

9 But ye area, chefen generation, a I not the word, they alfo may without I 



royal pricithood, an holy nation, a pecul 
iar people ; that ye ihould fhew forth the 
prailes of him who hath called you out 
of darknef* into his marvellous light : 

10 Which m time palt iuere'vio\.'& peo- 
ple, but are now the people of Ood : 
which had not obtained meicy, but now 
have obtained mercy. 

11 f\ Dcariy beloved, 1 befeech_v<?tf as 
Grangers and pilgrims, abllain from fiefli- 
ly lulls, which war a^ainli the foul ; 

i°Z Having your conversation honed a 
mong the Gentiles: that, whereas they 
fpeak againit ) ou as evildoers, they may 
by yuur good works, which they (hall be- 
hold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 

15 ^| Submit yourfelves io every ordi- 
nance of man for the Lord's fake : wheth- 
er it be to the king, as fupreme ; 

14 Or unto governors, as unto them 
that arc lent by him tor the pttnilhmenl 
of evildoer.^, and for the praife ol them 
that do well. 

tfl For lo is the will of God, that with 
well doing ye may put to filence the 
norance of foolilh men ; 

lb As Inr, and not ufing your libel ty 
for a cloak of malicioufneis, but as the 
fervanta of ' >od. 

IT Honour all men. Love the hrol 



word be won by the COM the 

wives : 

2 While they behold yeul - con- 
Verfation coupled with tear : 

3 V ning let it 
ward adorning ol plaiting! 
wearing of gold, ittingun ol 

4 Bui let it be the h the 
heart, in that which is i 

enjtn the onua 'net 

(pint, which io in lil« 
great pi 

3 For alter thii manner in tin old t 
the ho!) women alfo, who nulled in 
:d theinfelve , b m^ iu fub- 
jeclion unto their own hull 

o Even a: ed Abraham, call- 

ing him lord ; M 
long as ye do well, and 
w itn anj amazi 

7 Liki wife, 11 with 

them to \ 

ur unto the 
veflel, an ' as I 
life ; i 

8 «' i in 
ing ' 

i. be i 



hoo«i. Fear God. Honour the king 
ervantt, be fubjeet t< 
h all fe to the 

and ^ ntle, hut alfo to ih it will 

19 For this a thank 
for conference tow ardi ( i 
luffering w illy. 

SO c; For, W li ;i ;•!■ i j is if, i 
ye be buffeted for yi 






1 1 Lei 

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take it patiently ? hut, i do! the rig I 



well, and fuffei for /.-, 

ly, this is a i God. 

21 Foreven I 1 1 be- 

aufe Chrifl a 

ne.\ i ..;t ye fhould follow li 



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lid no (in, I 

found in his m 

23 Who, wit 

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*§& Exhortation to ceafe from fn. I. PETER. 



hearts : and be ready always to gi<ve an 
anfwerto every man that aiketh you a 
reafon of the hope that is in you with 
meeknefs and fear : 

16 Having a good conference ; that, 
whereas they /peak evil of yoix, as of evil 
doers, they may be aiharned that falfely 
acenfe your good conversation in Chrift. 

17 For // is better, if the will of God 
be i'o, that ye fuffer for well doing, than 
for evil doing. 

»3 Foi Chrift alfo hath once fufFered for 
fin>, t he j lift for the unjuil, that he?might 
bring us to God, being put to death in 
the Mefh, but quickened by the Spirit : 

i^» fl By which alio he went and preach- 
ed unto the fpiiits in prifon ; 

20 Which fo me time were difobedient, 
when once the longfuffering of God 
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark 
was a preparing, wherein few, that is, 
eight fouls, were faved by water. 

21 The like figure whereunto even 
baptifm doth alio now fave us (not the 
putting away of the filth of the flcfti, but 
the anfwer of a good confeience toward 
God) by the refurreclion of Jefus Chrift : 

22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on 
the right hand of God ; angels and au- 
thorities and powers being made fubjecl 
unto him. 

C H A P. IV. 
1 Peter exborteth them to ceafe from fin 

by the example of Chr/JI, and the con- 

ktier anon of the general end that nonv 

approacbetb. 

FOR A SM0CH then as Chrift hath Of- 
fered for us inthefleih,armyourfelveslike- 
wife with the fame mind : for he that hath 
fulfered in the fkfh hath cealed from fin ; 

2 That he no longer (hould live the reft 
of bis time in the fie ib to the 1 lifts of men, 
but to the wiil of God. 

3 For the time pad of our life may 
fufticc us to have wrought the will of the 
Gentiles, when we walked in lafciviouf- 
nefs, luffs, excefsof wine, re veilings, ban- 
qtietings, and abominable idolatries : 

4 Wherein they think it (i range that ye 
inn not with them to the fame excefs of 
not, 'peaking evil of you : 

5 Who (hail give account to him that 
ii ready to judge the quick and the dead. 

o For, for this caufe was the gofpel 
preached alfo to them that are dead, that 
they might be judged according to tneu 
in the fleih, but live according to God in 
tlif fpirifc. 

7 Bui the end of all things is athand: be 
/.* thercfoie ("ober.and watch unto prayer,. 

8 And above all things have fervent 
chanty among yqurfeJves • for ch.arity 
ihali cover the multitude of fins. 

9 U(t hofp'italily one to another with- 
out grudging. 



.10 A* svery man hath received the he carethior you. 



The younger to obey the eldgfi 

gift, even Jo minifter the fame one to : 
another, as good ftewards of the manifold 
grace of God. 

11 If any man (peak, let him fpeak as the 
oracles of God ; if any man minifter, let 
him do ii asof the abilitywhicliGod giveths 
that God in all tilings may be glorified 
through' Jefus Chrift ; to whom be praife 
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

12 Beloved, think it not ftrange con- 
cerning the fiery tria*l which is to try 
you, as though fome ftrange thing hap- 
pened unto you : 

IS But rejoice, inafmuch as ye are par- 
takers of Chrift's fufferings ; that, wheo- 
his glory (hall be revealed, ye may be 
glad alfo with exceeding joy. 

14 If ye be reproached for the name of* 
Chrift, happy are ye ; for the fpirit of 
glory and of God refteth upon you : oa 
their part he is evil fpoken of, but on 
your part he is glorified. < 

15 But let none of you fuffer as a mur- 
derer, or a s a thief, or as an evildoer, or 
as a bufybody in other men's matters. 

16 Yet if any man Juffer as a Chnftiaiij, 
let him not be aftiamed \ but let himglo- 
rify God on this behalf. 

n For the time is come that judgment: 
muft begin at the houfe of God : and if it 
firft begin at us, What fhall the end be of 
them that obey not the gofpel of God ? 

18 And if the righteous fcarcely be 
faved, Where fhall the ungodly and the 
finner appear ? 

19 Wherefore, let them that fuffer ac- 
cording to the will ot God, commit the 
keeping of their fouls to him in well do- 
ing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Peter exhorteth tbe elders to feed their 

fiveki ; 5 the younger to obey ; IS and all 

to be jober and e watchjnl t 13e. 

THE elders which aie among you I 
exhort, who am alfo an elder, and a wit- 
nefs of the fufle rings of Chrift, and alfo a- 
partakerof the glory that fn all be revealed: 

2 Feed the Hock of God which is a- 
mong you, taking the oversight thereof. 
not by conftraint, but willingly; not lor 
filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; 

S Neither as being lords over GW'j her- 
itage, but being enfamples to the Hock. 

4 And When the chief Shepherd fhall 
appear, ye ihali ivceive a crown of glory 
that fadeth not away. i 

5 «jf Like wife, ye younger fubmit ycur- 
felves unto the elder. Yea, all ofyoube 
fubject cue to another, and be clothed 
with humility : for God rehftcth the 
proud, and giveth grace ;o the humble. 

6 Humble yourieives therefore under 
the mighty hand of God, that he may 
exalt you in due time : 

7 Calling ail your care upon him ; for 



8 «J Be 



Peter exbortetb to he watchful. Chap, 

8 f t Be fober, be vigilant ; becaufe 
: adverfary the devil, as a roaring 

aion, walketh about, feekin. m he 

may dc 

9 Whom refill fleadfaft in the faith, 
knowing that the fame ions ar 

pli'ned in your brethren that are in 
the world. 

10 Bit the God c f all grace, who hath 
:dusuntoh;i e r en,dl glory by Chrift 

Jefus, afl ive fuffered a w 

in:ik , tubliih, Itrengthen. 

fettle you. 



mnd to refiji the Je*vrl. 93t 

I 11 To him be glory and douinion for 
j ever and e 

12 B ; - 

to you, (as 

efly, exhorting, an 

s i* the tri. >e 

13 The • 

ed together ■ 

14 Greet j 

chai itj . I J • ice be 

II. 



THE SECOSU EPISTLE GENEJ 



IAF. T. 
5 Peter e.rhnrtftb tbem by fjitb and 
ivcrki >o make their caU Mas 

knoivingtbat biideu: :': ivand 

nxarnetb tbem to be confiant in :oe faito 
of Cbri/t, tube it tbe true Son 
SI MO R, a fervant and an a- 

pofrle of Jefus Chrift, to them that have 
obtained like prre;ous faith with us 
through the rig-hteoufnefs of God and 
our ^aviour Jefu- Chi 

■i Gr*ce and peace be multiplied unto 
h the knowledge l , and 

of Jck rd, 

S Ac as his divine power hath 

.^S that pertain unto 
life and %■ the ki 

edge ot :'.t hath called us 



to put you 

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am in this I !c, to . by 

putting you in k, 

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hereby are given unto us ex- 'eed- 



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thele \e might . 

nature, having elcjped the corruption 
that is in the world through lufl 

5 « befide this, giving all 

gence, add I tith, virtue , 

Pledge ; 

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\nd to god line I . herly kindnefs; 

and to brotbei 

8 For if thele thin 
ind, t! <ce you 

neither be barren nor unfruitful ii 
knowledge ol <-»ur Lord Jefi ft. 

9 But he th.eie ilirngs is 
blinx . 

urged from li 
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940 Valje teachers defcribed. II. PETER. Of ChrijVs coming to judgment. 

and bring upon themfelves fwift de- 
ftruifllon. 

2 And many (hall follow their pcrni 



cirusways ; by reafon of whom the way 
oi truth (hall be evil fpokenof. 

S And through covetoufnefs fnall they 
with feigned words make merchandife of 
yru : w.hofe judgment now of a long time 
tingrreth not, and their damnation (lum- 
bereth not. 

I For if God fpared not the angels that 
finned, but caff them down to hell, and 
delivered them into chains of darknefs, 
to be referved unto judgment ; 

■ c > And fpared not the old world, but 
faved Noah thee'ghth per/on, a preacher 
of righteoufnefs, bringing in the flood 
upon the world of the ungodly ^ 

*) And turning the cities of Sodom and 
Gomorrha into afhes, condemned than 
with an overthrow, making them an en- 
f..nph unto thofe ibat after fhould live 
ungodfy ; 

7 *I And delivered ju ft Lot, vexed with 
the filthy conversation of the wicked : 

3 (For that righteous man dwelling 
among them, in feeing and hearing, vex- 
ed his righteous foul from day to day 
with their unlawful deeds :) 

9 i he Lord knoweth how to deliver 
the godly out of temptations, and to re- 
fervc the uhjuft unto the day of judg- 
ment to be punifhed : 

10 4f But chiefly them that walk after 
the flefh in the lull of uncleannefs, and 
defpife government. Prefumptious are 
they, (elfwilled ; they are not afraid to 
fpeak evil of dignities : 

1 1 Whereas angels, which arc greater 
in power and might, bring not railing 
accufation againff them before the Lord. 

12 But thefe, as natural brute beaffs, 
made to be taken and deflroyed, fpeak 
evil of the things that they underhand 
not ; and (hall utterly periih in their own 
corruption : 

13 And ihail receive the reward of un- 
ghtconfnefs, «.fthey that count it pleaf- 

nre to riot in the day time. Spots they 
are and blemifhes, fporting themfelves 
with their own deceivings while they 
feaft with you : 

11 Having eyes full of adultery, and 
that cannot ceafe from fin ; beguiling 
unffable fouls : an heart they have ex- 
ercifed with covetous practices ; curled 
children : 

15 Which have forfaken the right way, 
and are gone affray, following the way 
of Balaam the fan of Bofor, who loved 
the wages of unrighteoufnefs ; 

16 But was rebuked for his iniquity : 
the dumb afs fpeaking with man's voice 
forbade the madnefs of the prophet. 

IT Thefe arc wells without water, 
clouds that aic carried with a tempeft j 



to whom the mill of darknefs is referved 
for ever. 

18 For when they fpeak great fwelling 
words of vanity, they allure through the 
Uift of the fiefh, through much wanton- 
ness, thofe that were clean efcaped from 
them who live in error. 

19 While they promifethem liberty, 
they themfelves are the fervants of cor- 
ruption : for of whom a man is over- 
come, of the fame is he brought in bon- 
dage. 

20 For if after they have efcaped the 
pollutions of the world throughthe knowl- 
edge of the Lord and Saviour Jefus 
Chrilt, they are again entangled therein, 
and overcome, the latter end is worfe 
with them than the beginning. 

2t For it had been better for them not 
to have known the way of rightcoufnefs, 
than, after they have known it, to turn 
from the holy commandment delivered 
unto them. 

22_ But it is happened unto them ac- 
cording to the true proverb, The dog it 
turned to his own vomit again ; and the 
fovv that was walhed to her wallowing in 
the mire. 

CHAP. III. 
I The certainty of ChrijVs coming to 
judgment. 10 The manner ho<w the 
ivurldjball be defiroytd, 11 An exhor^ 
tation to godlinefs. t , 

THIS fecond epiffle, beloved, I now 
write unto you ; m both which I ftir 
up your pure minds by way of remem- 
brance : 

2 That ye may be mindful of the 
words which were fpoken before by the 
holy prophets, and of the command- 
ment of us the apofHes of the Lord and 
Saviour : 

S Knowing this hrft, that there (hall 
come in the laft day feoffors, walking af- 
ter their own luffs, 

4 And faying, Where is the promife of 
his coming ? For fince the fathers fella- 
fleep, all things continue as they ivere 
from the beginning of the creation. 

5 For this they willingly arc ignorant 
of, that by the word of God the heav- 
ens were of old, and the earth Handing 
out of the water, and in the water : 

6 Whereby the world that then was, 
being overflowed with water, perifhed : 

7 But the heavensand the earth, which 
are now, by the fame word are kept in 
ftore, referved unto fire againff the day 
of judgment, and perdition of ungodly 
men. 

8 But. beloved, be not ignorant of this 
one thing, that one day is with the Lord 
as a thoufand years, and a thouland 
years as one day. 

H The Lord is not flack concerning his 
proRvife, as feme men count flack nefs j. 

tut 



John defcribetb Cbrijt. Chap. 

but is long fitffering to us ward, not wil- 
ling- that any ihould perifh, but that all 
ihonld come to repentance. 

10 «] But the day of the Lord will come 
as a thief in the ni^ht ; in the w Inch the 
heavens lhall pafs away with a grejt noiie, 
and the elements (lull melt with fervent 
heat, the earth alio and the work; t 
arc therein llia'l be burnt up. 

11 €J Seeing then tbat all 'hefe things 
(hall be diflblved, what mani.er at fer- 

fom ought ye to be in all holy converfa- 
i if ;c»n ;n>d podli^cls, 

12 Looking for and lifting unto 
coming of the day of God, wherein the 
heavens being on fire (ball be ed, 
and the elements Hull melt with fervent 

13 Never we, according to his 
promile, In k for nc • heavens ;eu 
ca. th, where; 

14 Wherefore .cd, k i« >e 



I. U. O .Oil 

■k for fuch ' . ' y r 

'. and bl u 

And ai i tbar rite longh 

iir Lord it 
beloved brother Paul all 
the widi 
unto yen : 

16 'i all bis epiflles, {, 

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they 1 1 

unto their n. 

know thfjf : 

alio, bei 
w icl ed, fall 

13 
edge of our I 

ft. 1 j both • 



THE FIRST EPI5TJ 

CHAP. T. 
} ' •• rrirfb tbe per/on of Cbrijt, in 

tw eternal iff e by a com- 
munion iuih God : j to ivbitb tve 

tnuft ot! jo p. ' 

Tl hich v i the begint 

whu h:ivc heard, which we have 

ken' with our eye?, which w< look 

cd upon. is have handled, ol 

the 

2 
haveieen it, and l>'\ir wil ind Oi * — - 

unto you that eternal life.w hicli 
the Father, :in- to us ; 

3 Thai feen and h< 

declare we unto you, t! may 

have fellowship " llh U! 
I ith the 1 athei , and 

his Son I< : ft. 

K \ thingd " •-• unto . 

that voui j be full. 

j <1 1 
have 

thai him ia i 

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6 || we lay thit we h ive felloe 
with 
and do not ihe truth i 

.cd the truth 

and . id t<» 

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942 To beware offeducers. I. JOHN, 

11 But he that haleth his brother is in 
darknefs, and walked) in darknefs, and 
knoweth not whither he goeth, becanfe 
that darknefs hath blinded his eyes. 

12 I write unto you, little children, be- 
caufe your fins are forgiven you for his 
name's fake. 

13 1 write unto you, fathers, becaufe 
ye have known him that is from the be- 
ginning. I write unto you, young men, 
becaufe ye have overcome the wicked 
one. I write unto you, little children, 
becaufe ye have known the Father. 

14 1 have written unto you, fathers, 
becaufe ye have known him that is from 
the beginning. I have written unto you, 
young men, becaufe ye are ftrong, and 
the word of God abideth in you, and ye 
have overcome the wicked one 

15 Love not theworld, neither the things 
that are in theworld. If any man love the 
world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

16 For all thar is in the world, the luft 
of the flefh, and the lufl of the eyes, and 
the pride of life, is not of the Father, 
but is of the world. 

17 And the world palTeth away, and 
the luft thereof : but he that doeth the 
will of God abideth for ever. 

18 f Little children, it is the lad time : 
and as ye have heard that antichrifl fhall 
come:even now are there manyantichnfts; 
whereby we know that it is the iaft time. 



a!j& 



19 They went out from us, but they 
were not of us: for if they had been of us, 
they would no doubt have continued with 
us : but they nvent out, that they might be 
made mani fed: that they were not all of us. 

20 qj But ye have an unftion from the 
Holy One, and ye know all things. 

211 have not written unto you becaufe 
ye know not the truth, but becaufe ye 
know it, aad that no lie is of the truth. 

22 Who is a liar but he that denieth 
that JefuS is the Chrift ? He is antichrifl:, 
that denieth the Father and the Son. 

25 Whomever denieth the Son, the 
fame hath not theFather: [£&/] he that ac- 
knoTJjledgeth the Son hath the Father alfo. 

24 Let that therefore abide in you, 
which ye have heard from the beginning. 
If that which ye have heard fr^m the be- 
ginning fhall remain in you, ye alfo fhall 
continue in the Son, and in the Father. 

25 And this is the promife that he hath 
promifed us, even eternal life. 

26 Thefc things have I written unto 
you concerning them that feduce you. 

27 But the anointing which ye have re- 
ceived of him, abideth in you, and ye need 
not that any man teach you : but, as the 
fame anointing teachefh you of all things, 
and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it 
hath taught you, ye fhall abide in him. 

28 And now, little children, abide in 
hixai tliat, when he fhall appear, we may 



Thefingular love of God* 

have confidence and not be afhamed be- 
fore him at his coming. 

29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye 
know that every one that doeth right- 
e&uinefs is born of him. 

CHAP. III. 
1 John declareth the Jingular lo*ve of 
God tQ'Ward us in making us bis fons : 
S <we tberrfore ought obediently to 
keep his commandments. It as 
brotherly to lo<ve one another. 
BEHOLD, what manner of love the 
Father hath betfowed upon us, that we 
fhould be called the foiu of God ■ there- 
fore the world knoweth us not, becaufe 
it knew him not. 

2 Beloved, now are we the fons of 
God, and it doth not yet appear what We 
fhall be ; but we know that, when he (halt 
appear, we fhall be like him j for we fhall 
fee him as he is*. 

3 ^| And every man that hath this hope 
in him, purifieth himfelf t even as he is pure 

4 Whofoever committeth fin tranf- 
greffeth alfo the law : for fin is the tranf- 
greflion of the law. 

5 And ye know that he was manifeftedt© 
take away our fins ; and in him is no fin,' 

6 Whofoever abideth in him finneth 
not : whofoever finneth hath not feen 
him, neither known him- 

I Little children, let no man deceive 
you : he that doeth righteoufnefs is right- 
eous, even as he is righteous. 

8 He that committeth fin is of the dev- 
il ; for the devil finneth from the begin- 
ning. For this purpofe the Sen of God 
was manifefted, thathe might deflroy the 
works of the devil. 

9 Whofoever is born of God doth not 
commit fin ; for his feed remaineth in 
him; and he cannot fin, becaufe he is 
born of God. 

10 In this the children of God are mani- 
feft, and the children of the devil : whofo- 
everdoethnot righteoufnefs is not of God, 
neither he that loveth not his brother. 

II % For this is the meffage that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we fhould 
love one another : 

12 Not as Cain, ivho was of that wick- 
ed one, and flew his brother- And,Where- 
fore flew he him ? Becaufe his own works 
were evil, and his brother's righteous. 

13 Marvel not my brethren, if the 
world hate you. 

1 i We know that we have palled from 
j death unto Iife,becaufe we love the breth- 
j ren. He that loveth not his brother a- 
] bideth in death. 

15 Whofoever hateth his brother is a 
I murderer: and ye know that no mur- 
derer hath eternal life abiding in him. 

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, 
becaufe he laid down his life for us: and we 
ought to lay dowuo^r livesforthebrethren. 

17 But 



Of trying of the j 'pints. Chap, i 

17 But whofo hath this world's good, 

1 feeth his brother have need, and Guit- 
teth up his bowels of companion from him, 
How dwelleth the love of God in him ? 

18 My little children, let us not love 
in word, neither in tongue, but in 

and in truth. 

19 And hereby we know that we are 
of the truth, and (hall allure our hearts 
before him. 

20 for if our heart condemn us, I 

is greater than our heart, and knowetli 
all things. 

i'l Beloved,ifour heart condemn us not, 
then have we confidence toward God. 

2i And whitfoever we alk, we receive 
of him, became we keep his command- 
ments, and do thofe things that are pleat- 
ing in his fight. 

23 And this is his commandment, That 
we (honld believe on the name of his Son 
Jefus Chrift, and love one another, as he 
gave us commandment. 

24 And he that kecpeth his command- 
ments dwelleth in him, and he in h 
And hereby we know that he abideth in 
us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 John ixametb them not to bfiiti>e all 
teachers ivho bouft vj the Spirit, but to 
try them by the rules of the catbolick 
f'uiib ; 7 and by many reajor.s exLort- 
eih them to brotherly lonje. 
BKLOVkD, believe not every fpirit, 

but try the fpirits whether I he V are of 

God : becaufe many falfe prophets are 

gone out into the world. 

2 Hereby know >c the Spirit of God : 
Evert fpirit th U Beth thai } 
Chrid is come in the flelh, is of God : 

jpirit thai fcth not 

that Jefus Chrift is come in the fl< fli- i 
of God : and this is that/jwrii ofantichi id, 
whereof ) el, hat illhouldco 

and even now ly is it in t he woi! 

i Ye are o! Gud, li/tle children, and 
luve ovej I hem : 5e< a ' reater is 

he that is in juii, than he that is in the 
woi Id 

5 l h : Id : therefore 

rpeak ih rid 

lieareth • 

• th it k 
i he that i i 

ruth md rl 

7 c 

loveth '.i b and 

« He tl '!i n >t, knoweth 

i ; for Go 

9 In this \ i 
God low ; 
nil 

that wc might ! ■ c through ! 

10 llo: love, II ll t: • • 



v . v. ,' ■ nu bmi t he to ve of God 

God, but thai j !t 

. ■ 
It Beloved, 
ought alio to l 

I - ian hit' 

li we love one anotl 
us, and his lu\ 

is Hereb) know wc I 
him, and he in us, 
' his Spirit. 

1 4 And wc luvc i 

sther the 

siir of the Hd' 

15 Whofl thai i, - 
is the Son I dwelleth in him, 
and he in God. 

lb An d 
the love thai God 

love ; and he th rlU 

eth in God, ajid t ii d in him. 

17 Herein it our 1 »ve made ; 
that we may have bold 

ment ; be^ c in 

this world. 

Irt 1 here in love 

love caticth on 
hath torment. He thai 
mad .e. 

19 Welovehin 

20 If any in in t;r, , I 
hatctii I 

th it loveth 

(tun, How can he loi 

hath :i ' 

21 And thtl 
from him, that he . 
his bro' 

I lie that hietb < « 
dien, and keefeti 
3 • - the / 

Son of 
..ble to fatst . ' I 
pr t i\fi I e .ke Jot # 

ffi 

one th.it lo\ 

I 
childi 

wc keep h 

I 
i I 
• I 

:ieth th 

I, but 
I, 



944 John's exhortation. II. & III. JOHN. Tdforfakefedacers. 

7 For there are rhree that bear record ; have in him, that, if we afk any thing 
in heaven, the Father* the Word, and the according to his will, he heareth us : 
Holy Ghoft ; and thefe three are one. 15 And if we know that he hear us, 

8 And there are three that bear witnefsj whatfoever we afk, we know that we 
in earth, the fpirit, and the water, and j have the petitions that we defired of him. 
the blood : and thefe three agree in one. j 16 If any man fee his brother fin a (in 

9 fl If we receive the wjtnefs of menJ'TJbhicb is not unto death, he (hall afk, and 
(he witnef's of God is greater : for this is | he (hall give him life for them that fin 



the witnefs of God w'hich he hath tefti- 
hed of his Son. 

10 He that believeth on the Son of 
God, hath the witriefs in himfelf: he that 
believeth not God, hath made him a liar ; 
becaufe he believeth not the record that 
God gave of his fon. 

It And tlus is the record, that God 
hath given to us eternal life, and this life, 
is in his Son. 



not unto death. There is a fin unto death; 
1 Tdo not fay that he (hall pray for it 

17 All unnghteoufnefsis fin : and there 
is a fin not unto death. 

18 We know that whomever is born of 
God finneth not : but lie that is begot- 
ten of God keepeth himfelf, and that 
wicked one toucheth him not. 

19 And we know that we are of God, 
<and the whole worid lieth in wickednefs. 



12 He that hath the Son hath life ; andhe ; "20 And we know that the Son of God 
that hath not the Son of God hath not life. I is come, and hath given us an under- 

1S Thefe tilings have I written untoi ftanding, that we may know him that is 
you that believe on the name of the Son j true, and we are in him that is true, evert 
of God ; that ye may know that ye have (in his Son Jefus Chrift. This is the true 
eternal life, and that ye may believe on j God, and eternal life, 
the name of the Son of God. . - 21 Little children, keep yourfelves 

14 ^T And this is the confidence that we • from idols. Amen. 

THE SECOND EPISTLE, OF JOHN. 

1 John exhortetb a certain honourable his Commandments This is the com- 
matron nvitb ber children to fcrfc-vzre mandment, That, as ye have heard from 
in Ohrijlian lo-ve and belief, 3 and l>;ft j the beginning, sq fhould walk in it. 
they loft the reioard of their Jormer\ 7 For many deceivers are entered into 
pYxififfion : 10 and to ha<ve nothing to the world, who confefs not that Jeius 
do nxjith tbofc feducers thai bring not i Chrift is come in the flefh. This is a de- 
thf true doclrine. jceiver and an antichrift. 

THE elder unto the eleel lady and her j 8 fl Look to yourfelves., that we lofe 

children, whom 1 love in the truth ; and : not thofe things which we have wrought, 

7iot I only, but alfo all they that have ; but that we receive a full reward. 

known the truth ; j -9 W'hofoever tran{grefleth,andabMetK 

£ For the truth's fake which dwelleth j not in thedoetrine of Chrifl, hath not God. 

in us, and (hall be with us for ever : j He that abideth in the doctrine of Chrift, 

3 Grace be with you, mercy tund peace, .he hath both the Father and the Son. 

from God the Father, and from the Lord 10 ^| If there come any unto you, and 

Jefus Chrifl:, the Son of the Father, in bring not this doc"tnne,receive him not in- 



truth arid love. 

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy 
children walking in truth, as we have re- 
ceived a commandment from the Father. 

5 And now I befeech thee, lady, not as 
though I wrotea new commandment unto 



thee, but that which we had from the] face to face, that our joy may be full. 



beginning, that we love one another. 



6 And this is love, that we walk after 'thee. Amen. 



to>'o//r houi'e, neither bid him God fpeed : 
11 For he that biddeth him God fpced 

is partaker of his evil deeds. 

it Having many things to write unto 

you, I would notour//*? with paper and ink: 

but I trull to come unto you, and fpeak. 



13 The children of thy eleel filler greet 



THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN 

1 John commendetb Gains for his piety y 5 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when thebreth- 
and bofpnalny, 7 to true preachers y 9 ren came and teffified of the truth that is 
complaining of the unkind dealing otam- in thee, even as thou waikeft in the truth. 
bitious Dioirephes on the contrary fidc.\ 4 I have no greater joy than to hear 
THE elder unto the well beloved that my children walk in truth. 

Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 5 f Beloved, thou doeft faithfully 

2 Beloved, I wifh above all things that jwhatloever thou doe (I to the brethren, 

thou mayeft prolper and be in health, land to Grangers ; 

even as thy foul profpereth. [ 6 Which have borne witnefs of thy 

charity 



Jobr. cnmplainetb ofunkindnefs. 

charity be to re the church : whom if thou 
bring ji their journey after a 

ly fort, thou fhalt do well : 
7 Bcc. a fake they 

went foi th, Cienliles 

refore ought to receive fuch, 
that we flight be fellow lielpers ;a the 
truth. 

9 ^J I wrote unto the church: but Di- 
otrephe., who loveth t> have the preem- 
rrieiice them, receiveth us i •. 

10 therefore, if I come, 1 \ iem- 
b±r his he doeth. prating a- 
^iinit us ••• : rh rd words : and not 
content therewith, neitlier doth he nim- 
felr receive the brethren, and forbiJdeth 



JUDE. Pur 'for fa. DL5 

them that would, and catfeth I em out 
ot the church. 

* l >wpo: h it 

«*vii, bu, _;ood. He that 

doeth gced, jCln 

, hath not lee 

1 - Dei port o r 

men, and c t the trut! , and 

we aifv bear record ; and jw that 

our record is true. 

I had i ' ;. (hit . - • 
will not with ink and pe 

U But I truft I (hall . 
and v-e (hall fpeak fa 
be to thee. Uur friends la!. 
: riends by name. 



IE G LL &PISTLE OP yttDa*. 

'tntobe avjlant in tbe\3& n, but 

froffjjion oj the faith. \ F*lfe \cacher$V\ he Lord rebuke thee. 
are crept in to /educe tbem \ Jor i0t»fe\ 10 But thefe 
foil d'jshitt and manners botrible\ which they kr. t : bur 

fun-.jbmcnt is prepared : ^J xubeieas toe know naturally, as brute ' 



? ajjiftance of tkt H->iy Sp>rit t 
.' prayers io God, may ferf enter e ani 

£'>:;' in grace, an J recover others jut 
'ft deceive i 



in r: 
things the) 
I I Woe i! 
in the a ay oft 
ter the ei i 



JcJDH,, tli ant of Jefus Chrifr, and 

brc ' \ ues, to them i!i it are ia 1- In feare 

the Father, and prelcrvecl 



in Jefu . Chrilt, and called 

I j you, a:.d peace, and 
uihiplied 



it tear . 
without w i 

whole fi nit v% ith< 



5 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to! twice dead, plucked up by j!ie i 



uato ><>u oi the ition, 

• i needtui ' to write unto 

and exhort yiu that ye Qiould 

iur th 
livcrcd unto the faints. 

4 qj For there are certain men crept in 
unawares, Who were 
dained to this condemnation, un . 

i, turning the grace ol our God in 
Lzlvioufneis and de theonlyLo 

>ur Lord Jefus Chrift. 

5 I will therefore put you in remem- 

.1 ye onre knew this, how 
that the Lord having 
out ot the 1 in 1 of K*) ; r, 
. ed them that 
.-id the .i 
• 

I in everlaltingcuain und 
nefs unto th 

i the 

citie in inuc. , 

;. r to lui 

B| 

S. 

9 Yet M 

i, d 



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i 



1 I Raging v. 
out their o \ 
to whom 
dark 

I* \ 1 1 > t h no* h ll 

. 

of Ilia I 

i . . ■ ; 

■ 

them, "i all tli 
they have ungodl; 
their hard ff€ 
ners I 

mom 

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17 But, 

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$46 John's revelation 



REVELATION. 



to ibtfcven churches , 



looking for the mercy of our Lord Jefus. "24 Now unto himthat is able to keep' 



Chrift unto eternal life. 



lyou from falling, and to pretentjxaa fault- 



£ L i And of lome have companion, mak- 'lei's before the prefence of his glory with 



mg a difference 

~3 And others fave with fear, pulling 
them out of the tire ; hating even the 
garment fpotted by the fleih. 



exceeding joy, 

°2Z To the only wife God our Saviour, 
be glory and majefty, dominion and pow- 
er, both now and ever. Amen. 



Tti& JtbVELAlION OF St. JOHN THE DIVINE. 

r \ 



CHAP. J. 
•4 John vjotltetb his revelation to the feven 

churches of Afta,fignijiea by the J even 
y candlefticks . 1 "The coming of Chrift. 

TH E Revelation of Jefus Chrift, which 
God gave unto him, to (hew unto his ler- 
vants things which mnft (hortly come to 
pafs ; and he lent and fignified it by his 
angel unto his fervant John : 

2 Who bare record of the word of 
God, and of the refKmony of Jefus Chrift, 
and of all tilings that he faw. 

3 Bleffed is he that readeth, and they 
that hear the word,s of this prophecy, 
and keep thofe things which are written 
therein ; for the time is at hand. 

i *J JOHN to the /even churches which 
r.re in Afia; Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from him which is, and which was, and 
which is to come ; and from the feven 
Spirits which are before his throne ; 

.'> And from Jefus Chrift, vuko is the 
faithful whnefs, and the firft begotten of 
the dead, and the prince of the kings of 
trie earth. Unto him that loved us and 
v.afhed us from our fins in his own blood, 

6 And hath made us kings and priefts 
unto God* and his Father ; to him be glory 
srn'd dominion foreverand ever. Amen. 

7 H Behold, he cometh with cloiids; and 
every eye tfcall fee him, and they atjo which 
pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth 
shall wail becaufe or him. Even fo. Amen 

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the begin- 
ning ana the ending, faith the Lord, 
which is, and which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty. 

9 i John, who alfo am your brother, 
?nd companion in tribulation, and in 
the kingdom and patience of Jefus Chrift, 
was in the iflc that is called Patmos, for 
the word of God and for the teflimony 
<s>f Jefus Chri a . 

10 1 was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
day, and heard behind me a great voice, 
as of a trumpet, 

H Saying, i am Alpha and Omega, the 
firft and the Iaft : and, What thou leeft, 



13 And in the midft of the feven can- 
dlefticks one like unto the Son of Man, 
clothed with a garment down to the loot, 
and girt about the paps with a golden 
girdle. 

14 His head and bis hairs vjere white 
like wool, as white as (now ; and his 
eyes were as a fame of fire ; 

lt> And his feet like unto fine brafs, 
as if they burned in a furnace ; and his 
voice as the found of many w a'ers. 

ii> And he had in his right hand {even 
flars : and out of his mouth went a (harp 
two edged fword : and his countenance 
vjus as the fun (hineth in his Itrength. 

17 And when I faw him, 1 fell at his 
feet as dead. And he laid his rigJit hand 
upon me, faying unto me, Fear not ; I 
am the firft and the laft : 

t 8 lam he that liveth, and was de«d ; and- 
behold, i am alive *or evermore, Amen ;, 
and have the keys of hell and of death. 

19 Write the things which thou haft 
feen, and the things which are, and the 
things which mall be hereafter ; 

"id The royftery of the feven ftars which 
thou faweftin my right hand, and the lev- 
en golden candlefticks. The (even ftars 
are the angels of the feven churches : and, 
the feven candlefticks which thou faw eft 
are the feven churches. 

CHAP. TL 
1 Pfhat is commanded to be Tvrftten to 

tbe angels, (thai is, the minifiers,) of 

the churches of i Epbefus, & Smyrna, 

!<£ Pergamos, 18 Tbyatira, &c. 

TjNTO the angel of the church of 
Ephefus write ; Thefe things faith lie 
that holdeth the feven ftars in his right 
hand, who walketh in the midlt of the 
feven golden candlefticks ; 

°2 1 know thy works, and thy labour, 
and thy patience, and how thou canft. 
not bear tnem which are evil : and thou 
haft tried them wh'ch fay they are apoftles, 
and are not, and haft found them liars : 

3 And haft borne, snd haft patience, 
and for mv name's fake halt laboured, 



write in abook, and fend //unto the feven ( and haft noi fainted ; 

churches which are in Alia ; unto Ephe- ■ 4 Neverthelels.I have /jwrti'Afl/againfr. 

Jus,and unto Smyrna. and nolo Pergamos, ! thee, becaufe thou haft Ictt thy firft love. 

and unto 1 hyatira, and unto Sardis, and ■> Remember therefore from whence 

thou art fallen, and repent, and do the 
firft works ; or elie I will come unto thee 
quickly, and will remove thy candleftick 



unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

1*2 Ana 1 turned to fee the voice that 
fpake with me. And being turned, 1 faw 
(even golden candlefticks ; 



out of his place, except thou repent. 

6 But 



*L'f EpbejtiS, Smyrna^ 

6 But: lis thou haft,that thou hateft the 
deeded" i heNicolaitanes, wir.cn lalfo haic. 

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear 
it the spirit iaith unto the churches : 

'lohirnthat overcome'h will I give to 
ear of the tree or life, which is in the 
midtt of the paradiieof God. 

i C And unto the angel or the church in 

ria write ; Theie things 1 nth the fir ft 

arm the lair which was dea--,and is alive ; 

y I know thy works, and tribulation, 
and poverty (but thou art rich,) and / 
ttno~ju the blafphemy of the n which lay 
they are Jews, and are not, but uit the 
fynago^ue of Safla 

lu Fear u :" thofe things which 

thou (kali Julier : behold, the dc 
csi\i jome or you into prifon, that ye max 
be tri<*d , and ye (hall have tribuJ . 
ten days : he thou faithful unto death, 
and 1 will give thee a crown of life. 

II He that hath an ear, let him hrar 
what the Spirit Iaith unto the churches ; 
He that over, tmeth (hall not be hurt of 
the fecund death- 

■$ % the angel of the church in 

Pergatnos write ; i hefe things Iaith he 
vvh.cn h ith the (harp fv ordwithtwoedges; 

13 1 know thy works* and *heietiiou 
dwelled, t*uen where Satan's feat it : and 
thou holdett faft my na'ue,and haft not de- 
nied my faith, even in thofe days, wherein 
Am ism) faithful raartyr.wbo was 

jljin an' u, where Sataa dwelleth. 

1 * Bui I ha« gs againfi thee, 

beciulr thoo htft there thein that hold 
thedoctrine of Balaam, who 'aught Bjlak 
to call a Iti, the clul- 

of Ifrael, to eat things facrificed ua- 
CO . I 'i motion. 

» » bo hall thou alfo then that hold the 
the Nicolaitan ch thing 

J hate 

16 Repent; or elk- f will come unto 
thee qmt klj . and will fight againft them 
wit'i the fword of my mouth. 

17 He thai hath an ear, i< t him hear 
what the >pTit lath unto the churches ; 
To hun ti i will I gii i 
eat ot thr hidden manna, tnd will uivc 
htm a w hne i 'id in >n§ a 

which no iuw- 

eih et ii 'i. 

\ . .id unto the angel i hutrch in 

Thya»»ra writer . 
• '» I rod,v ho hathl 

r ■. and hii feel an like I 
19 I k now th j works, 1 il y,and 

and t nth. and thy p 
works.and> 

thou utferefl 
; h calleth hei 
propttetefs, I i leach and to reduce my 
fervants to commit fornication, aj 

lg$ iaCiific«d unto idol>. 



iii. PfigaT.cs, an J 1 

ti And I gave her (puce t 
, her tort. icatie-n ; . repented i. 

22 Behold. J will cait hei into a bed, 
land them that commit adultery with h 
, into great ttibuuuioi em 

or tl -ds. 

1 v ■- kill her children with 
atb i and ail ti.e chuft I tow 

that i am he which fearchrth the 
and hearts : ami I will gil i / 

ione ut \ our \*or> 

x* But \.\uk.- you I fay, and unto 
relr in Tli>arirj. as man. .. ^ have not tl 
doctrine - now n t 

dr, iii b ct" Satan, a- they I peak, i * 
put upon you ither burden* 

it that which }e lias 
hold hut till I come 

io And he that ovencometn, and ki 
eth my works unto tiie end, \u him 
1 g;ve pjowt r ovei I 

.aiki he trull rule thetn vuth .i 
of ir<>n ; as th. t 
they be bjrol Ct% : CVCO as i 

ceived of my Kat: 
t I And I will give him the morn 

19 He thar i i 
what the Spirit faith unto the chui 

N P 111 
1 The angti of . 

f>rov(*l y 1 of Pn I ■teipoia c. , 

14 of l.uodu e* ' '■■*■ 

S l> unto the ant ( ^ r ch ' 

is wrne ; I hele things iaun 

hath i he leven Spii 

en Itars ; J k i thai i 

i aame,that rho.i I 

1 Be Watchful, din\ ' 

'hing-i v, hi< h rem 
die : for I hive nut found ih. *v 
■ 

fl Remember thei 
ceive I 

It thej thuu fl itch, i 

come on ih« • . and tlmu »>i ill 

v. what houi I will come upoi tl 

4 'I hnu ! 
v. htch iiav r rU ' 

and tin y iK.iM me in vm. 

t He 1 

not r>l>'t 

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what the V ;'M il ' ••• 

Phil • awriie; 

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and 



&48 Laedicea rebuked . 



REVELATION. The/wr and twenty elders. 



and haft kept my word, and haft not de- 
nied my name. 

9 Behold I will make them of the fyn- 
agogue of Satan f which fay they are Jews, 
and are not, but do lie ; behold, I will 
iuuk.e them to come and worfhip befoVeihy 
feet, and ro know that J have loved thee. 

10 Becaufe thou haft kept the word of 
my patience, I alio will keep thee from 
the hour of temptation, which (Mil come 
upon all the world, to try them that 
dwell upon the earth. 

11 Behold, I come quickly : hold that 
faft which thou haft, that no man take 
thy Crown. 

12 Him that overcometh will I make a 



trumpet talking with me; which faid, 
Come up hither, and I will Ihew thee 
things which muft be hereafter. 

t And immediately I was in the fpirit: 
and, behold, a throne was fel in heaven, 
and one fat on the throne. 

S And he tha* fat was to look upon 
like a jafper and a fardine ft one : and 
there nvas a rainbow round about the 
throne, in fight like unto an emerald. 

4 *] And round about the throne nvere 
four and twenty feats; and upon the feats 
1 law four and twenty elders .'itnng : cloth- 
ed in white raiment ; and they bad on 
their heads crowns ot gold. 

And out of the throne proceeded 



pillar in the temple of my God, and he i lightnings and fhuhderings and voices 
ihall go no more out : and I will write and there nvere (even lamps of fire burn- 



upon him the name of my God, and the 
name of the city of my God, which it 
New Jerufaiem," which cometh down out 



ing before the throne, which are the lev- 
en Spirits of God. 

6 ^1 And before the throne there nvas 



of heaven from myGod: and Invdl turtle a feaof glafs like unto cryftal ; and in the 



ttpon hum my new name 

1$ lie that hath an ear, let him hear 
what the Spirit faith unto the churches. 

14 ^j And unto the angel of the church 
oftheLaodiceans write;Thefe things faith 
^he Amen, the faithful and true witness, 
the beginning of the creation of God ; 

15 1 know thy works, that thou art 
neither coid nor hot ; I would thou vvert 
cold or hot. 

16 So then becaufe thou art lukewarm, 
and neither cold nor hot, I will ipue thee 
out of my mouth : 

n Becaufe thou fay eft, I am rich, and 
increufed with goods, and have need of 
nothing ; and knoweft not that thou art 
wretched, and rniferable, and poor, and 
blind; and naked. 

13 1 counfel thee to buy of me gold tri- 
ed in the fire, that thou may eft be rich ; 
and white raiment, that thou mayeft be 
clothed, and that the fhame of thy tiaked- 
nefs do iiot appear ; and anoint thine 
eyes with evefalve that thou mayeft lee. 

19 As many as I love.f rebuke and cha.f- 
ten ? be zealous therefore, and repent. 

£0 Behold, 1 ihmd at the doer, and 
knock : if any man hear my voice, and 
open the door, 1 will come in to him, and 
will fup with him, and he with me. 

21 To him that overcometh will I 
grant ro lit with rne in my throne, even 
as I alfo overcame, and am fet down with 
my Father in his throne. 

He that hath an ear. let Jiisn hear 
what the Spirit faith lii to : ; ■>■ chi ic.es. 

C li . " 
2 John fee'b the throne of Gad in heav- 
en. 4 1 ke Jcur and tnventy elders. 6 
V he four beajlsjult qj eyes before ana 
behind, c§c. 

AFTJER this I looked, and, behold, a 
door nuas opened in heaven : and the firft 
voice which I heard nvas as it were of a 



midft of the throne, and round about the 
throne, nvere four beafis full of eyes be- 
fore and behind. 

7 And the firft beaft no as like a lion, 
and the fecond beaft like a calf, and the 
third beaft had a face as a man, and the 
fourth beaft nvas like a flying eagle. 

8 And the four beafts had each of them 
fix wings about him ; and they nvere full of 
eyes within : and they reft not day and 
night, faying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God 
Alrnighty,whichwas,andis,andistocome. 

9 And when thole beafts give gioiy, and 
honour, aad thanks, to him that fat on the 
throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 

10 The lour and twenty elders fall down 
before him that fat on the throne and wor- 
fhip him that liveth for ever and ever, and 
caft their crowns before the throne, faying, 

ti Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re- 
ceive glory, and honour, and power : for 
thou haft created all things, and for thy 
pleafure they are and were created. 

CHAP. V. 
i The book [rated nvitb feven feals ; 9 

nvhich only the L&mb isiiorthy to opm . 

AND I faw in the right hand of him 
that fat on the throne, a book written 
within and on the backftde, fealed with 
{even feals. 

2 And 1 faw a ftrmg angel proclaiming 
with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open 
the book, and to loofe the feals thereof ? 

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, 
neither under the ea 1 tfo, ? as abk" to o\ en 
t!;p b« ••'» , neither to look thereon 

4 And 1 wept much, becaufe no ;. 
was .found worth) to open and to lead 
(he book, neither to lock thereon. 

5 And one of the eiders faith unto me, 
Weep not 1 behold, the Lion of the tribe 
of Judah, the Root of David, hath pre-. 
vaih'.d to open the liook, and to loofe ih;^ 
(even feals thereof. 

C And 



The openit.g of ibefeals, 

\nd I b '., lo, i lidfl 

;l»e throne an.l or the four I 
in the midft of the elder . 1 >mb 

• h 
as: •!» aie the 1 , ir- 

rth into ail the eai III. 
V nd he nul 

of the r.^lit hand of him that 1. 
mc 
ft An] when he 1 en (he b 

vt(ls and ft ur d 

i ..!.,',< |r-vii p 
of them i 
odours, m re the praj 

«' A: 

Thou art I :<, 

open tl 

i had ) < 

it ot rv red, and t. 

people, and i . t j n ; 

M> All- 
an ' i: and we (ha the eai 

II And I bel 
qfmai 'Is round about the throne, 

and the beaftj and I : and the 

number of th< d times ten 

thou thoufands ; 

1 % Saying , Worth) is 
the Lamb that vraa ll «in to recti vc \ 

er, and ncht ;ih, 

and honour, and glory, and b! 

i \ j in 

heaven, at 

earth as are in tl ' all 

that ire in them, heard I 1 15 ing, R 
and honoui , and glory, , be 

imt«> htm thai fittei 

b for ever tr. 

1 4 And tl '• four beall men. 

BO the t enfy ci 

1 that liveth I 
and 

H \ P VI. 
The oprr ••- oj the featt in or,!- 

bereuft 
\\ when the Lai 

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and he tl 

1 in. 1 1 him 
loi • 

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4 And " 

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o r I nd. 

And i i ■ urd 



v : i . m 'upen. 

the four bi-aft» (ay, A 
tora uei 

tic 

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and, 
horfe 
Death, and hell I 

and ' 
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faying . 

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959 The number of 'the fealed. REVELATION. Seven angels -with J 'even tiumpu,. 



given to hurt the earth and the fea. 

S q Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither 

the fea, nor the trees, till we have lealed 

the fervants of our God in their foreheads. 



2 <jj And I (aw the feven angels which 
flood before God : and to them were 
given ieven trumpets. 

6 And another angel came and flood; 



i fl And I heard the number of them | at the altar, having a golden cenfer : and 



which were fealed : and there nvere fealed 
an hundred and forty and four thoufand 
of all the tribes of the children of Ifrael. 

5 Of the tribe of Judah 'were fealed 
twelve thoufand. Of the tribe of Reuben 
*were fealed twelve thoufand Of the tribe 
of Gad nvere fealed twelve thoufand. 

6 Of the tribe of Afer -were fealed twelve 
thoufand Of the tribe of Nepfhalim 
nvere fealed twelve thoufand. Of thetribe 
of ManalFes nvere fealed twelve thoufand. 

7 Of the tribe of Simeon nvere feaied 
twelve thoufand. Of the tribe of Levi 
nvert fealed twelve thoufand. Of the tribe 
of 1 ffac ha r nvere fealed twelve thoufand. 

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon nvere fealed 
twelve thoufand. Of the tribe of Jofeph 
nvere fealed twelve thoufand Of thetribe 
of Benjamin nvere fealed twelvethoufand. 

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great 
multitude, which no man could number, 
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, 
and tongues, ftood before the throne, and 
before the Lamb, elethed with white 
robes, and palms in their hands ; 

10 And cried with aloud voice, faying, 
Salvation to our God which fitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb. 

11 And all the angels ftood round a- 
jpout the throne, and about the elders and 
the four beafts, and fell before the throne 
on their faces, and worfhipped God, 

1- Saying, Amen : Bleliing, and glory, 
and wil'dom, and thankfgiving, and hon- 
our, and power, and might, be unto our 
God tor ever and ever. Amen. 

15 And one of the eldersanfwered, faying 
unto me,Whatare thefe which are arrayed 
• u white robes ? And, Whence came they r 

14 And I faid unto hint, Sir, thou 
knowett. And he faid tome, Thefe are 
they which came out of great tribulation, 
and have wafhed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

ii> Therefore are they before the throne 
of God, and ferve him day and night in 
his temple : and he that fitteth on the 
throne fhall dwell among them. 

16 They lhall hunger no more, neither 
thirft any more, neither {hall the fun light 
on them, nor any heat. 

17 For the Lamb which is in themidftof 
the throne fhall feed them, and lhall lead 
them unto living fountains oi waters : and 
God lhall wipeawayalliearsfromtheireycs. 

CHAP. VIII- 

1 At the opening of the jenjentb f<al, 1 

feven angels rtcetmed fenjcn ttumpcts. 

AND when he had opened the feventh 

ieal, ttrere was file nee in lteaven ajout 

: fpace of lulf uu hour. 



there was given unto him much incenfe, 
that he lhould offer// with the prayers 
of all faints upon tne golden altar which 
was before the throne. 

* And the f moke of the inceufe, nvbicb 
came with the prayers of ihe faints, afcend- 
ed up before God out of the angel's hand. 

5 And the angel took thecenfer.and rill- 
ed it wuhfireof iheahar,andcaf: // into the 
earth: and there were voices, and thunder- 
ings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 
ti Attd the feveu angels which had thefe v. 
en trumpets prepared themfelves tofound . 

7 The firft angel founded, and there 
followed had and fire mingled with blood, 
and they were calt upon the earth ; and 
the third part ot trees was burned up, 
and all green grafs was burned up. 

V And the fecond am,el lounded, and 
as it were a great mountain burning wiih 
fire was caff into the fea; and the third 
part of the fea became blood ; 

9 And the third part of the creatures 
which were m the fea,andhadlife,died;and 
the third part of the (hips were deflroyed. 

10 And the third .mgel founded, and 
there fell a great ffar from heaven, burn- 
ing as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the 
third part of the rivers, and upon the 
fountains of watt is- ; 

11 And the name of theflariscaliedWorm- 
w ood : and the third part of the waters be- 
came wormwood ; and many men died of 
the waters, becaufe they were madebuter. 
12 And the fourth angel founded, and 
the third part of thefnuwasf imtten.and the 
third part of the moon, and the third part 
of the ftars ; fo as the third part of them 
was darkened, and the day fhone not for a 
third part of it. and the night likewife. 

iS And I beheld, and heard an angel 
flying through the miuff of heaven, fay- 
ing with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe. 
to the inhabiters of the earth, by reafon 
of the other voice3 of the trumpet of the 
three angels, which are yet to found ! 

CHAP. IX. 
1 At the founding of the fjth a*igel f afiar 
Jalletbjrurn bsaven^ to nvtom is given 
the key of- tne houomLfs pi(. 12 7 Oejirjt 
wk paji. 13 Tbejixtb trumpet jound- 
eth. 14 Four cngeis are let locfe 
AND the fifth angol lounded, and I 
faw a flar fall from heaven unto the 
earth : and to him was given the key o* 
the bottomiefs pit. 

2 And he opened the bottomiefs pit ; 
and there arofe a fmoke out of the pit, 
as the fmokeof a great furnace ; and the 
fun and the air were darkened by lealon 
of the fmoke of the pic. 

3 And. 



Lifikjts covtt firtb. Chap, x: 

S And there came out of the fitK>ke 
Jocufrs upon the earth : and unto them 
,;iven power, as the fcorp oiis of the 
tarth have power. 

4 Anu it nas commanded them that 
the> ihotihl not hui t the gral^of theearth, 
neither en thing, neithi r any tree , 

but -miv mole men which have not the 
icji ,i ( rod n their forehe • 

\n«l to them it »j^ given that t 
fhouid not kill them, but that they ihould 
he tormented five month* : and their 
torment itms as the torment of a icorpion, 
when he itr;keth a man. 

\nd in thofe days (hall men fcek 
•i, an<l (hall not rind it ; and ih ill de- 
tire tod. e, and death (hall fiVe from them. 
T Ami the e lecufts ooere 

unto i prepared unto battle ; 

and on their beads t u:ere *% it were 
Crowns like % >M, and their faces nuert 
\ of men 
o v-i'ithrv haKihsyr as the hair of women, 
■ndcheii I tbr trrtb of lions. 

9 And they had breaflplates, as it were 
brealtj'i iron ; and the lo*>nd of 

then wings i»<is as the lound of chariots 
many holies running to battle. 
i'' Vndt bey had tails like unto fcorpions, 
and there wen in their tails : and 

their power toaj to hurt m<*n five months. 
11 And they had a king over them, 
ivbu b ii th** angel of - tomlel 

i> name in the Hebrew t in cue 

it in the Greek tongue hath 
hi* nan 'lyon. 

i - fj One v»oe is p.'tft ; arrd, behold, 
(here com* • more hereafter. 

13 SI And th' ingel funded, and 

I heard a voice from the four I 
the a rlden altai ■•• befor 

i* c Saying to the fixth angel whid 
the trumi l "- ' 

bound in the ^rr.it river I ites 

And th* four angels were loofed, 
h were pi • tn hour, and a 

cUy, and a month, and a year, lwr I 
the thirl pai r men. 

16 And the numberof the armi <<frhe 
hoi femen rd » t »« >< 

•iem. 

17 And f hu> I Uw th<- I rhr vil- 
jii \ th< iving 

brimffoi 

a* the Uths 

iiined ' 

ix he third 

I the tire, «hr 

• h ii- 

i\M d i>i.4 of t| uths. 

mouth, 
■r theii 

and 
hurt. 



xi. Art tngel appear 'tb'x'itb a but. 9:1 

not k'l'.rrl t ythefeplagues.yet relented not 
oftheii hands, t halt he ^ •, • 
| 
.ilver, - 

ch neither can fie 
N ither ic 
der>, nor ot their : *r of i 

fornication, nor.-r t.h< ; r the: 

CHAP 
1 A " ■! appease tb -with a 

book open m hn band, y John i, >, m _ 
MM r« imkf unci eat 

A N D other n 

iron heaven, clotht 
anu a rainb 

ice iva> as it were the f 
leet as pilla fire i 

And he had in his hand | little book 
open he let | • 

md tit th, 

5 And cried with 
a lion roareth : and when 
leven thunders uttered their 

4 And when the 
rt'red the 

and I heard a vo 

to me, Seal up thole th i 

en thunder uttered, and - rite th 

5 And the an 
on the k«a and i 

hand t 
o And i*arc hy him thai K?et| I 
eatrdheas 
things that the 

and ihe (in the 

: 4, and the thins , 

thar ibei e Ihou 

I J 
enth angel, w 
mytiery of Ood 

• 

8 An*; the l 

en fpa . • 

► aa^takeiht 
: i i e ha 
tl 

9 €| And I 

. iiim, Give 

eat it up i 
it it 

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$52 Tbet<ui9<witnffisprof>hefy. REVELATION*. . The great red dragon. 

2 But the court which is without the 1 i<> And the nations were angry, and 
temple leave out, and rtreafure it not j for thy wrath is come, and the time of the 
it is given unto the Gentiles : and the (dead, that they (hould be judged, and 



holy city (halt they tread under foot for- 
ty and two months. 

^ ej And t will givej8e><T*>?f unto my two 
wiineffes, and they (hall prophefy a 



thoufaud two hundred and threefcore deftroy the earth 



that thou fhouldeft give reward unto thy 
fervants the prophets, and to the taints, 
and them that fear thy name, final! and 
great ; and fhouldeft deftroy trffm which 



days, clothed in Jackcloth- 

4 Thefe are the two olive trees, and 
the two caudleflicks (landing before the 
God of theeurth. 

5 And if any man will hurtthem,firepro- 
ceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth 
their enemies : and if any man will hurt 
them, he muft in this manner be killed. 

6 Thefe have power to (hut heaven, 
that it rain not in the days of their proph- 
ecy ; and have power over waters to turn 
them to blood, and to fmite the earth 
with ail plagues, as often as they will. 

7 And when they (hall Inivefiiiitfied their 
tedimony,thebca(tYnat afcendcthoutof the 
boftomlefspit (hail make .var agamli. them, 
and (hall overcome them, and kill them. 

ti And tiieir dead bodies /bull lie in the 
ftreet of the great city, which spiritually 
is called Sodom and J^gypt, where alfo 
our Lord was crucified. 

9 And thcyof the peoplcand kindredsand 
tonguesandnationsihall feethe'if dead bod- 
ies three days and an half, aiv! fhall not fuf- 
ier their dead bodies to be put ifi graves. 

10 And they that dwell upon the earth 
fh:Ul rejoice over them, and make merry, 
zud fhall fend gifts 1 one to another ; be- 
caufe thefe two prophets tormented them 
that dwelt 6ft the earth. 

t ! Ann after three days and an half the 
fpiritof life from God entered into them, 
and they itood upon their feet ; and great 
fear fell upon them wh;ch law them. 

12 And I hey heard a great voice from 
heaven, faying unto them, Come up hither. 
And they afcended up to heaven in a 
cloud ; and tiieir enemies beheld them. 

15 And the fame hour was there a 
great earthquake, and the tenth part of 
the dry fell, and in the earthquake were 



19 And the temple of God was opened 
inheaven,and there wus feen in his temple 
the ark of his teitament : and there were 
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, 
and an earthquake, and great hail. 

CHAP. XII. 

I. Andaman clothed "with the Jim tra'<vail- 

etbATue great fed dragon flandetkbefore 

her, ready to devour her child. ti She fleet-b 

into toe ivilderne/s. 7 Michael and bis em- 

gels fight-'uuitbthf dragon t and prcvuii. 

AND there appeared a great wonder in 

heaven ; a woman clothed with the fun, 

and the moon under her feet, and upon 

her head a crown of twelve (tars : 

l i And (he being with child, cried, trav- 
ailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 
3 And there appeared another wonder 
in heaven ; and, behold, a great red drag- 
on, having (even heads and ten horns, 
and (even crowns upon his heads. 

4^1 And his tail drew the third partof the 
liars of heaven, and did caft them to the 
earth : and the dragon (food be fore the wo- 
man which was ready to be delivered, foi 
to devour her child as foon as it was born. 

5 And the brought forth a man child, 
who was to rule all nations with a rod 
of iron : and her child was caught up 
unto God, and to his throne. 

6 <ftAnd the woman fled into fhewiHer- 
fiefs, wherefhe hath aplacepreparedofGod, 
that they lhould feed her there a thou- 
fand two hundred and threefcore days. 

7 ^| And there was war in heaven : Mi- 
chael and his angels foughtagainftthedrag- 
on ; and the dragon fought and his angels, 

y And prevailed not, neither was their 
place found any more in heaven. 

9 And the great dragon was caft out, 
that old ferpent, called the Devil, and Sa- 



llain of men feven thoufand : and the tan, which deceiveth the whole world : 



remnant were ailrighted, and gave glory 
to (he God of heaven. 

1 I <fl The fecund woe is paft ; atul y be- 
hold, trie third woe comeih quickly 



he was caft out into the earth, and his 
j angels were caft out with him. 

10 And I heard a loud voice faying in 
! heaven, Now is come falvation, and 



L5ff And the feventhangellonnded; and j ftrength,and the kingdom of our God, and 
there were great voice? in heaven, faying, j the power of hisChrift : for theaccufer of 
The Kingdoms' of this world drc become! our brethren is caft down, which aecufed 



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the kingdom* of our Lord, and of his 
Chrifhandhe fhall reign forever and ever. 

>6 And tiie four and twenty elders, 
which fat before God on their feats, fell 
upon their fac<s, and worihipped God, 

17 Saying. We give thee thanks, O 
Lord God Almighty, which art and waft, 
and arc to come ; becaufe thou hafl tak< ti 
to thee thy great power,and haft reigned. 



them before our God day and night. 

11 And they overcame him by the^ 
blood of the Lamb, and by tlte word of 
their teftimony ; and they loved not their 
lives unto the death. 

f$ Therefore rejoice, jv heavens, and 
ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhab- 
ited of the earth and of the fea ! for 
the devii is coine down unto you, having 



great 



e beoji luiibfeveti beads, fef-*. Chap. 

crrar wrath, becaufe lie knoweth th it he 
t a tbort lime. 
IS Ani v / that he 

rib, he perl Lilted the wo 
which I 
14 And to the woman vv< re ^ivei 
wings of "a nie tl ht fly 

intu the ivilriti :irl«> jnto her place, frhei t 

l noUrithed fori time, and tii 
half a time, from tne lace ol the It ■ pent 
Ij And the ferpent cat out 01 hii> 
mouth wa'er as a r ter the woman, 

iie might caule lier to be carried a- 
way of the Rood. 

i'i A.id the earth helped the won 
and the eirtri np r mmith, 

owed up the flood v\ Inch the di 
tafl out of his mourh. 

17 And the dragon v. ^s u roth v. .th the 
woman, mid went to make war with the 
remnant ot her (red, which keep the coni- 
maodmenti ot God, and have the 
luony of Jefus Chi »(t. 

p. xi n. 

1 A beujl nfeib nut of the Jen iviih fe*ven 
beuui and ;rn boi us ,to ivbdlfl the <Jr . 
givetb his Uuiver. 1 1 Another beuil com- 
eth uf> out of the earth t Xkcuvfeth an im- 
age to be made of ike Joy mer f> u,i , 
MD 1 flood upon the fand of tne 
mid faw a bead rdr up out of the fea. 
ins (even heads and ten horns, and 
i hi* hi rn^ ten cfo n hr> 

ds i lie- name of blafphemy. 
f And f he beaft which ill like 

■ r<\, nnd ten 

<>f a bear, and hit month as the mouth 
lion : and ti 

i his feat, and great autl 'i ity. 
3 And I law one <<\ hi: head 

d hi d< 
lu aled : ;i id all the woi Id 

* And they 
which gave powei m 
i| the 1 

■ the b( • 
make war with hi 

All'l t!;.-|( 

It 

;;v in unto lum lo 
t 

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3 54 Ihe fall of Babylon . 



6 qj And I faw another angel fly in the 
midft of heaven, having the everlafting 
gOfpel to preach unto them that dwell on 
the earth, and to every nation, and kin- 
dred, and tongue, and people, 

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, 
and give glorv to him ; for the hour of 
his jfidgrnent is come ; and worfhip him 
tha f ma le heaven, and earth, and the fea, 
and t e foarifains of waters 

8 «] And there followed another angel, 
favins Babvlm is fallen. isfailen thatgreat 
city, be^aufe fhe made all nations drink of 



REVELATION. Song of Mofes and the Lamb. 

the wine prefs, even unto the horfes' bri- 
dles, by the fpace of a thoufand and fix 
hundred furlongs. 

C H A P. XV. 
1 The J "even angels 'with the feven lafi 
plagues. S 7 he Jong of them that over- 
come the beaft. 

AND I faw another fign in heaven, 
great and marvellous, (even angels hav- 
ing the feven laft plagues ; for in them is 
rilled up the wrath of God. 

1 And I faw as it were a fea of glafs 
mingled, with fire : and them that had 



the wine of the wrath of her fornication, gotten the vidory over the beaft, and 
9 And the third angel followed them, jover his image, and oyer his mark, and 



faying with a loud voice. If any man wor- 
fhip the beaft and his image, and receive 
bis mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 

10 The fame fhall drink of the wineof the 
Wrath of God. which is poured out without 
mixture into the cup of his indignation ; 
and he (hall be tormented with fire and 
brimftone in the prefence of the holy an- 
gels and in the prefence of the Lamb : 

11 ^id the fmoke of their torment 
afcendethuo for ever and ever : and they 
fiave.no reft day nor night, who worfhip 
trK beaft and his image, and whofoever 
receiveth the mark of his name. 

11 Here is the patience of the faints : 
here are they that keep the command- 
ments of God, and the faith of Jefus. 

IS And I heard a voice from heaven, 
faying unto me, Write, BleflTed are the 
dead which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth : Yea, faith the Spirit, that they, 
may reft from their labours ; and their 
works do follow them. 

14 And I looked, and, behold, a white 
cloud, and upon thecloud one fat like unto 
the Son of Man. having on his head a 
golden crown, and in his hand afharpfickle. 

15 %H And another angel came out of 
the temple, crying with a loud voice to 
him that fat on the cloud, Thru ft in thy 
fickle and reap : for the time is come for 
thee to reap ; for the harveft of the earth 
is ripe. 

16 And he that fat on the cloud thru ft 
in his fickle on the earth ; and the earth 
■was reaped. 



over the number of his name, ftand on. 
the fea of glafs, having the harps of God. 

3 qj And they fing the fong of Mofes 
the fervant of God, and the fong of the 
Lamb, faying, Great and marvellous are 
thy works, Lord God Almighty ; juft and 
true are thy ways, thou King of faints ! 

4 Who (hall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
glorify thy name ? For thou only art ho- 
ly : for all nations fhall come and wor- 
fhip before thee ; for thy judgmeats are 
made manifeft. 

5 And after that I looked, and,behold» 
the temple of the tabernacle of the tefti- 
mony in heaven was opened : 

6 And the feven angels came out of the; 
temple having the feven plagues, clothed 
in pure and white linen, and having their 
breafts girded with golden girdles. 

7 And one of the four beaft? gaveuntothe 
feven angels (even golden vials full of the 
wrath of God. who liveth forever and ever. 

8 And the temple was filled with fmoke 
from the glory of God, and from his 
power ; and no man was able to enter 
into the temple, till the (even plagues of 
the feven angels were fulfilled. 

CHAP. XVI. 
t The angels pour out the vials of 'wrath. 
6 The plagues tb t follow thereupon . 
AND J heard a great voice out of the 
temple, faying to the ieven angels, Go 
your ways, and pour out the vials of the 
wrath of God upon the earth. 

"1 And the firft went, and poured out 
I his vial upon the earth ; and there fell a 



«7 And another angel came out of the noifome and grievous fore upon the men 
temple which is in heaven, he alfo hav- which lwd the mark of the beaft, and upon 
rng a (harp fickle. them which woribipped his image 



18 And another angel came oiH from the 
altar. which had pQweroverfirC; and cried 



3 And the fecund angel poured out his 
vial upon ihe fea ; and it became as the 



Mith'a loud crv t him that had the (harp blood or a dead, man : and every living 
fickle, faying. Thrufl in thy (harp fickle, fo»l died »» the lea. 

h And the third angel poured out his 
vial upon the river? and fountains of wa- 
ters ; and they became blood. 

. r > And 1 heard the angel of the waters 



and gafherthe chillers of the vine of the i 
earth ; for her grapes are fully ripe 

19 And the angel thruft in his fickle 
into the earth, and gathered the vine of, 

the earth, and caft it into the gieat wine fay, i hou art righteous. O Lord, which 
prefs of the wrath of God. art, and waft, and (halt be, becaule thou 

£0 «T And the wineprefs was trodden hafl judged thus • . 

without the city, and blood came out of 1 6 % For they have fhed the blood ot 
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faints and prophets, and thou haft given 

them blood t>uriuk ; tor the\ :thy 

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gnawed their t< ngues fei \ ain, 

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955 Babylon Jallen. 



REVELATION. 



Lamentation over her t 



whore, and (hall make her tlefolate and 
naked, and fhall eat her fle(b, and burn 
her with fire. 

17 For God hath put in their hearts 
to fulfil his will, and Jo agree, and give 
their kingdom unto the bead, until the 
words of God fh ill be fulfilled. 

13 And the woman which thou faweft 
is that great city, which reignethover the 
kings of the earth. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
Babylon is fallen. A The -people *f God 
commanded to go out of her. 9 The kings 
of the eartb t 1 l 'With the merchants and 



manner velTeh of ivory, and all manner 
veffels of molt precious wood, and of 
brafs, and iron, and marble, 

1 ■> And cinnamon, and odours, and 
ointment*, awd fr^nkincenfe and wine, 
and oil, and tine flour, and wheat, and 
hearts and (beep, and horfes. and chari- 
ots, and flaves, and fouls of men. 

J A And the fruits that fhy (oul linked 
after are departed from thee, and all 
things which were dainty and goodly are 
depaxfed from thee, and thou (halt find 
them no more at all. 

!.'» The merchants cf thefe things, 

which were made rich by her, (hall (land 

AND af'er thefe things 1 faw another! afar off for the fear of her torment, 

angel come dovvii from heaven, having 1 weeping and wailing, 



2 



mariners, lament unjer oer. 



great power ; and the earth was lighten 
cd with his glory, 

2 *\ And he cried mightily with a flrong 
voice, faying, Babylon the great ts fallen, 
rs fallen, and is become the habitation cf 
devils. and the hold of every foul I'pirit,and 
a cage of every unclean and hateful bird 

3 For all nations have drunk of 'he 
wine of the wrath of her fornication, and 
the kings of the earth have committed 



fornication with her, and the merchants junto this great city 1 



»ti And faying, Alas, alas, that great 
city, that was clothed in fine linen, and 
purple, and (carlet, and decked with gold 
and precious (tones, and pearls ! 

17 For in one hour fo great riches is 
come to nought. And every fhipmafterand 
all the company in (hips, and tailors, and. 
as many as trade b> fea, (food afar oft", 

13 Andcriedwhen they faw the (moke 
of her burning, faying, What cUy is like 



and v. 



of the earth are waxed rich through the 
abundance cf her delicacies. 

* K And I heard another voice from 
heaven, faying ; Come out of her, my 
people, that ye be not partakers of her fins, 
and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

5 For her tins have reached untoheaven, 
~rod hath remembered her iniquities 

6 Keward her even as (be rewarded 
you, and double unto her double accord- 
ing to her works : in the cup which fhe 
hath filied, fill to her double. 

7 How much me hath glorified herfclf. 
and lived delicioufly, lo much torment 
<ind for row give her : for (he faith in her] 
heart, I lit a queen, and am no widow, 
and (hall fee no (orrow : 

6 Therefore (hall her plagues come in 
one day, death, and mourning, and fam- 
ine ; and (he (hall be utterly burned with 
■fire : for (trong is the Lord God who 
judgeth her. 

9 *1 And the kings; of the earth, who 
have committed fornication and lived de- 
liciou.'ly with her, fh'all bew v\ her, and 
lament for her, when they (hall lee the 
fmoke of her burning, 

10 Standing afar off" for the fear. .of. her 
torment, faymg, Alas, alas, that great 
city Babylon, that mighty city 1 for in 
one hour is thy judgment come. 

M «J And the merchants of the earth 
fhall weep and mourn over her ; for no 
man bu>eth their merchandife any more : 

i£ The merchandife of gold, and lil- 
ver and precious llones, and of pearls, 
and fine linen, and purple, and (ilk, and 
Icarlet, and all tUyine wood, and ail 



19 And they call duff on their head?, 
and Cried, weeping and wailing, faying, 
Alas, alas, that great c.ty, wherein were 
made rich all that had (hips in the (ea by 
realon of her coftlinefs ! for in one hour 
is (he made defolate. 

"10 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and 
ye holy appllles ana prophets ; for God 
hath avenged you on her. 

21 And a mighty angel took up a (tone 
like a great millllone, and fcaft ii into the 
(ea, laying, Thus with violence IhalJ that 
great city Babylon be thrown down, 
and (hall be found no more at all. 

±1 And the voice of harpers, and ran. 
ficians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, 
(hall be heard no more at all in thee; and 
no cinftfman, of whatsoever craft be he, 
fhall be found any more in thee ; and the 
found of a mdUtone (hall be heard no 
more at all in thee ; 

■23 And the light of a candle fhall ffrine 
no more at all in thee , znd the voice of the 
bridegroom and of the bride ibaH be heard 
no more at ail in thee : for thy merchants 
h ere the great men of the ear'h ; for by 
thy tbrcexies were all nations deceived. 

21 And in her was found the blood of 
prophets and of faints, and of all that 
were ilain upon the earth. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 God is pro -fed in hea=ven for judging 

Babylon and avenging the Lloo.l of ibt 
faints. 7 The marriage of toe Lamb. IT 

j he fonxUs called to toe great f 1 tughter. 

>\N D afrcr thefe things I heard a great 
voice of much peopie in heaven, laying, 
Alleluia j Salvation, and glory, and 

honour, 



The marr'.jgt of the Lamb. Chap. J 

honour, and power, unto the Lord our 

God : . 

t For true and righteous are h 
r.ien's : tor ith judged the great 

Avhure, wh ch did corrupt ihe earth witB 
her fornication, and h»th avenged the 
biood otn er hand. 

9 ain the Alleluia. And 

l.er frn p tor ever and eyrr. 

4 And the four and r* enti el t<*rs and 
the four beans fell down and woilhippeu 
God that fat on the throne, faying, A- 
men ; Alleluia. 

. .ice came out of the I 
faying, Praife our God, aUyerrn l<r- 
janfe, and ye that fear him, bothfinall 

6 And I heard as it were the voice of 
a great v le, tnd as til of 

many waters, an l asth of nun 

thund. Uleluia : for the 

Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 

I m Lei us t>e glad and rejoice, and 
K h ,ur to him : tor the man 

The I come, and his wife hath 

made her lei f re.; 

And to her was granted that ihe 
i rinc hnen, clean 
white; foi the fine linen is the nght- 
foufiiefs <>i fain»s. . 

9 And he faith u .^ nt^, tiled M 



The firjl refurrfflion. 951 

n. Come and yourlel 

gether unto the lu] 

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and tU flefl 1 

all men, botb tree and bond, both h 
and gr<* 

19 And I Li* the beaft, and ihe k 
of the earth, their armies, y 

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on the I r- 

20 the beaii 
him ' rophet that » 
cles before him, with 
them thai had 

them that 
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of fire 
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which/toai >tol 

and ail the^ fowls were 
flefh. 

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S58 The laji judgment. 

them together to battle : the number of 
whom is as the land of the fea. 

9 And they went up on the breadth 
of the earth, and compaired the camp of 
the faints about, and the beloved city : 
and fire came down from God out of 
heaven, and devoured them. 

10 fl And the devil that deceived them 
was cad into the lake of fire and brim- 
ftone, where the bead and the falfe proph.. 
ct are, and fhall be tormented day and 
night for ever and ever. 

11 And 1 faw a great white throne, 
and him that fat on it, from whofe face 
the earth and the heaven fled away : and 
there was found noplace for them. 

12 fl And 1 faw the dead, frwall and 
great, ftand before God ; and the books 
were opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life ; and the 
dead were judged out of thole things 
which were written in the books, accord- 
ing to their works. 

IS And the fea gave up the dead which 
were in it ; and death and hell delivered 
up the dead which were in them and 
they were judged every man according 
to their works. 

14 And death and hell were caft into 
the lake of fire. This is the fecond death. 

15 And whofoever was not found writ- 
ten in the book of life, was caft into the 
lake of fire. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 A neiv heaven and a neiv earth. 10 

The heavenly Jerujalem, nxith a full 

defcriptioH thereof. t5 She needeth 

no fun. 

AND 1 faw a new heaven and a new 
earth : for the fir ft heaven and the firft 
earth were paired away ; and there was 
no more fea. 

2 And I John faw the holy city, new 
Jerufalem, coming down from God out 
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned 
for her hufband. 

3 And 1 heard a great voice out of 
heaven, faying, Behold, thetabernacle of 
God is with men, and he will dwell with 
them, and they (hall be his people, and 
God himfelf (hall be with them, and be 
their God. 

4 And God (hall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes ; and there (hall be no 
more death, neither forrow, nor crying, 
neither fhall there be any more pain : for 
the former tilings are parted away. 

5 And he that fat upon the throne 
faid, Behold, I make all things new. 
And he laid unto me, Write : for thefe 
words are true and faithful. 

6 And he faid unto me, It is done. 
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
and the end. I will give unto him that 
is athirft of the fountain of the water of 
life freely. 



REVELATION. New Jerufalem Jefcribed. 

7 He that overcometh (hall inherit all 



things; and I will be his God, and he 
fhall be my fon. 

8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and 
the abominable, and murderers, and 
whoremongers, and force rers, and iiula- 
ters, and all liars, (hall have their part in 
the lake which burnetii with fire and 
brimftone : which i3 the fecond death 

9 And there came unto me one of the 
feven angels which had the feven vials 
full of the feven laft plagues, and talked 
with me, faying,Come hither,! will (hew 
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 

10 ^ And he carried me away in the 
fpint to a great and high mountain, and 
(hewed me that great city, the holy jerufa- 
lem, descending out of heaven from God, 

It Having the glory of God : and her 
light ivas like unto a (tone mod precious, 
even like a jafper ftone, clear as cfy'ftal ; 

it And had a wall great and high, and 
had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve 
angels, and names written thereon, which 
are tb* names of the twelve tribes of the. 
children of Ifrael 

13 On the eaft three gates ; on the 
north three gates ; on the fouth three 
gates ; and on the weft three gates. 

14 And the wall of the city had twelve 
foundations, and in them the names of 
the twelve apoftles of the Lamb. 

15 And he that talked with me had a 
golden reed to meafure the city, and the 
gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 

16 And the city lieth fourfquare, and 
the length is as large as t!iebreadth:and he 
meafured the city with the reed, twelve 
thoufand furlongs. The length and the 
breadth and the height of it are equal. 

IT And he meafured the wall thereof, 
an hundred and forty and four cubits, 
according to the meafure of a man, that 
is, of the angel. 

18 And the building of the wall of it 
was of jafper : and the city wjus pure 
gold, like unto clear glafs. 

19 And the foundations of the wall of 
the city ivere garnifhed with all manner 
of precious ftones. The fir ft foundation 
T.uaijafper;the fecond, lapphire; the third, 
a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; 

J 20 The fifth, fardonyx ; the fixth, far- 
dius; thefeventh, chryfolite; the eighth, 
beryl ; the ninth, a top.^z ; the tenth, a 
chryfoprafus , the eleventh, a jacinth ; the 
twelfth, an amethyft. 

ti And the twelve gates tvere twelve 
pearls ; every feveral gate was of one 
pearl : and the ffreet of the city nvas 
pure gold, as it were tranfparent glafs. 

tl And I faw no temple therein : for 
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb 
are th^ temple of it. 

23 qj And the city had no need of the 
fun, neither of the moon, to (nine in it ; 

for 



Tbe water and tree of life. lk i nS r t0 be aldei, If:. 5:9 

lor the dory of God did lighten it, and 9 I d 

ant, and 

the 

iiir into it. 



U And ithe nations of them wl breth,,;, tl 

ved ft ill walk in th of it: and tl, 

ie kings of the earth do bring the- . ,,j * w 



1,1 VP th unto m; 



15 And th r it (hall not be (hnt fa) f the prophecy 

at all by day : tor there fliall be no nig 1. 

there. 



its book 



26 And they (hall bring the glory and 
honour of the nations into it. 

-T Ai ill in no wife enter in- 

to it any thing thafdefileth, neither nxbat- 
er worketh abomination, or maketb 
a lie : but th •;. w hich are written in the 
Lamb's book of lite. 

CHAP. XX f I 
1 Tbe r I've r of ''tbe "water of life, i The 

tree of life. J The light oj tbe God 

is bimfelf. 1tf Nttbtng nay be added to 

thisprophecy, nor dtminijbed tbei efrom. 

AND he (hewed meapure river ol 
jf 1 ife, clear a-* a vlr.il, pr< 1 ee ling out 
te throne ot Ciod and of the Lamb. 

I «' In the mi 1ft of the ftreet of it, and 
en either fid e river, 'was there the 

tree of life, which bare twelve manner of 
fruits, Mnd yielded her fruit every month : 
and the leavrs of the tree 'were tor the 
healing of the natio 

3 And there (hall be no morecurfr: but 
throne of Ciod and of the I^amb Hull 

be in it; and his fervants (hall ferve him: 

4 And they ihall 
nameyfca// be in then fore he 1 

9 ^| And there thrill be no night 
and they need no I neither light <d 

the fun ; for f ; I God giveth them 

light an'l tl 

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m f \ iii hful afld tl . 

he hoi f angH to 

Ihcw ui ant*, ilie tl I hit li 

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14 BlefTed are they tin 
man th.it they nu. 

the tree of life, and may enter in thruiigU 
the ga"*<. inl ty. 

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A Table of OFFICES mid CONDITIONS cf MEN*. 



PA TRIARCHS, or fathers of Families, 
fiich as Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, and 
his Tons. 

Judges, Temporary Supreme Gover- 
nors, immediately appointed by God over 
the children of lfraei. 

Kings, and they either of the whole 
nation, or after the falling off of the ten 
tribes, of Judah or Ijrael. 

£iders t Senators, the LXX, or Sanhe- 
drim. 

Officers, Frovofts, Sheriffs, or Execu- 
tioners. 

Judges, Inferior Kulers, fuch as deter- 
mined controverfies in particular cities. 

Ifraelues, Hebrews, defcendants from 
Jacob. 

An Hebrew of Hebrews, an lfraei ite 
by original extraction. 

A Profelyte of tbeCovenant^h&wzs eir- 
cumcifed,and fubmittcd to the whole law. 

A Profelyte of the Gate, or Stranger, 
who worshipped one God, but remained 
uncircumciled. 



Officers under the A (Tynan or Perfian 
Mono re bs. 

Tirfbatba, or Governor appointed by 
the kings of Affyria or Perfia. 

Heads of the 6'<ar^/7«v//j\theChief ofeach 
tribe or family, who exercifed a precari- 
cas government during the captivity. 

Under the Grecian Monarch s. 
Superior officers. 
Maccabees, the SnccefTors of Judas 
Maccabeus, high prieils, who prefided 
with kingly power. 

Under the Roman Emperors. 

Prrjidents, or Governors, fent from 
Rome with imperial power. 

letrarchs, who had kingly power in 
four Provinces. 

Ptoconfuls, or deputies of Provinces. 

Inferior Officers. 
Publicans, or Taxgatherers. 



ccfl/Kr/o/zj.Captainsofan hundred men all others. 



of Aaron's family ; of thefe were \hrtt 
orders, Germonites, Kohathites, Mera- 
rites, feveral tons of Lr<vi. 

Netbimms, Inferior fervants to the 
Prieftsand Levites (not of their tribe) to 
draw water, and cleave wood, &c. 

Prophets, anciently called Seers, who 
foretold future events, and denounced 
God's judgments. 

Children of the Prophets, their difciples 
or fcholars. 

IVife men, called fo in imitation of the 
ealrern Magi, or Gentile Philofophers. 

Scribes t Writers and expounders of 
the law. 

Dfputers, that rai fed and determined 
questions out of the law. 

Rubbles or Doclors, Teachers of lfraei. 

Libertines, Freed men of Rome, who p 
being Jews or Profelytes, had a fyna- 
gogue or oratory for themfelves. 

Gaulonites, or Galileans, who pretend- 
ed it unlawful to ob^y an heathen ma- 
gi 'ft rate. 

Herodians, who fhaped their religion to 
the tirnes,and particularly flat tered Herod. 

Epicureans, who placed all happinefs 
in pleafure 

Stouks, who denied the liberty of the 
Will, and pretended all events were de- 
termined by fatal neceflity . 

Simon Magus, author of the herefy of 
the Gnpfiuks, who taught that men, how- 
jever vicious their practice was, fliould be 
laved by their knowledge. 

Nicolaitanes; the difciples of Nicolas* 
one of the firfl feven Deacons,who taught 
the community of wives. 

Naza rites, who, under a vow, ab- 
stained from wine, &c. 

A^£drf«,?jJewsprofefringChriftianity. 

Zealots Stcarii, or Murderers, who, 
under pretence of the law, thought them- 
felves authorised to commit any outrage. 

Pbanfees, Separating, who, upon the 
opinion of their own godlinefs, defpifed 



Etcl'Jiafiical Officers, or Sells of Men 
■ High tritjls, who only might enter the 
Holy of Holies. 

Second Pr'ujts, or Sagan, who fupplied 
the high prieit's ofiice, in ca(e he were 
dilabled 

High Prieils for the War, fct apart lor 
the occi/ion of an expedition. 

Pi tejls, Levites of the fons of Aaron, 
divided into twenty-four rank.3,each rank 
ferving weekly in the temple 



Sadducees, who denied the refurrection 
of the dead, angels, and fpifits. 

Samaritans, mongrel piofeffors, partly 
Heathen, and partly Jews, the offspring 
of the Ajfyrians fent to Samaria. 

Apojlies, Millionaires, or perfons fent ; 
thole who were fent by our Saviour, fron* 
their number, were called, 'The Twelve. 

Bjjbops, S-ucceflbrs of t lie Apoifles in 
the government of the church. 

Deacons, Officers chofen by the Apof- 



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